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Witcher Producer Blames Young American Audience For Viewership Decline
2.8.2023
When the first part of The Witcher season three’s final season premiered on Netflix to a significant drop in viewership, it felt all but inevitable that the internet would plunge into insufferable online discourse over the once-promising fantasy book adaptation. In what can only be described as...
2023's Worst Game Just Got A Pretty Big Patch
2.8.2023
The Lord of the Rings: Gollum, one of this year’s worst games, received a massive update on July 27 that addressed multiple issues across all platforms.Read more
10 Things You Should Never Say To An Xbox Gamer
1.8.2023
Do you have any Xbox gamers in your life? Maybe you’ve occasionally tried to talk to them about peculiar hobby? They can be a prickly bunch, and understandably so given how rough it’s been out there for, well, about a decade now. Time heals all wounds, unless you’re an Xbox fan and someone says...
Holes Actor Wins Mortal Kombat Tourney In Goofy Movie Cosplay
1.8.2023
At Dream Con, an anime and video game convention in Austin, Texas, actor Khleo Thomas, perhaps best known for the 2003 movie Holes, competed in and won a Mortal Kombat 11 tournament. Thomas, who played Zero in the 2003 Disney film opposite Shia LaBeouf, won the Mortal Kombat 11 tournament while...
Sailor Moon-Inspired Cosplay Turns Lizzo Into Love And Justice Barbie
1.8.2023
Lizzo wore a sequin-spotted pink bodysuit while headlining the Fuji Rock Festival in Naeba, Japan on Sunday, giving life to, she said on stage, her “favorite television show growing up,” Sailor Moon. The bodysuit, made and styled by Venezuelan designer Ruben Isaza and inspired by a popular...
Classic Nintendo Systems Get Beautiful Mechanical Keyboard Tribute Dek
31.7.2023
8BitDo has released countless controllers for every console, old and new. Now it’s getting into the mechanical keyboard frenzy with two models inspired by the NES and Famicom. They’re priced at $100 each with a planned ship-date of August 10.Read more
Activision Sues Popular YouTube Music Critic After He Tried Charging For TikTok Clip
28.7.2023
On July 24, Call of Duty maker Activision Blizzard filed a lawsuit in California alleging that YouTuber Anthony Fantano, a music critic who runs the immensely popular channel The Needle Drop, is misusing intellectual property law and “leveraging the popularity” of a widespread TikTok voice clip...
Here's The Big Overhaul Diablo IV's Getting After That Hated Patch
28.7.2023
As promised, Blizzard held a livestream today, July 28, going over what Diablo IV players ought to expect from the game’s upcoming 1.1.1 patch. During the stream, the developers laid out their overall philosophy behind the expected changes, and got into some specifics about what to expect when...
Twitter Owner Elon Musk Is Now A Fallout: New Vegas Bad Guy
28.7.2023
Fallout: New Vegas might be a 13-year-old game, but fans of Obsidian Entertainment’s open-world RPG continue to tinker with and release mods for it to this day. Hell, just this week, New Vegas received 88 new PC mods and one of them is hilariously on point, replacing one of the game’s main...
Nicki Minaj Is Coming To Call Of Duty, Barbs Stay Winning
27.7.2023
After weeks of rumors, Call of Duty has announced that it’s adding a Nicki Minaj operator to Warzone and Modern Warfare II. Nicki will join Snoop Dogg (who first became a playable Call of Duty character last year) and 21 Savage as part of an in-game celebration of the 50th anniversary of hip-hop....
Disney Kills An Iconic Dragon After Fire, Show Delayed Until 2024
27.7.2023
Disneyland Park’s popular Fantasmic! special effects show is delayed until 2024 following an April incident where its Maleficent dragon animatronic caught on fire. The Snow White animatronic will not return when the show resumes next spring, though Fantasmic! will continue to prominently feature...
Baldur's Gate 3 Devs Hired Intimacy Coordinators To Help With Its Sex Scenes
26.7.2023
In a recent interview with the BBC, an actor in the upcoming fantasy role-playing game Baldur’s Gate 3 revealed that developer Larian Studios used intimacy coordinators to help actors feel safe and comfortable when depicting the game’s more intimate moments. Read more
R&B Singer Ne-Yo Loves Street Fighter So Much He Takes His PS5 With Him On Tour
25.7.2023
This story is part of our new Hip-Hop: ’73 Till Infinity series, a celebration of the genre’s 50th anniversary.Read more
Oppenheimer Is Cinema's Most 'AAA' Gaming Moment Of 2023
25.7.2023
“Video games can never be art,” wrote the great film critic Roger Ebert back in 2010. The implications of that claim have annoyed developers, players, and endless online comment sections ever since like a splinter that’s big enough to hurt but too small to cleanly excise. Were Ebert still alive...
Fortnite’s Next Big Crossover Is With Futurama
25.7.2023
Bite my shiny metal ass and praise Hypnotoad! Epic just announced that Futurama is the next big IP that is getting dumped and mushed into the pop culture slurry that is the free-to-play battle royale juggernaut Fortnite. Read more
Max Payne 3 Mod Finally Restores His Original Face
25.7.2023
If you were feeling nostalgic for old-school Max Payne, the perpetually grimacing star of Remedy’s iconic third-person shooter of the same name, take heart. There’s now a mod for Max Payne 3 that brings back the character’s unforgettable OG face—based on Remedy Creative Director Sam Lake—squint...
Our Favorite Cosplay From San Diego Comic-Con 2023
24.7.2023
When it comes to incredible cosplay, San Diego Comic-Con always delivers, and this year was no exception. The event, which ran from July 20 to July 23 and took place at the famed San Diego Convention Center, brought fun panels, cool interactive experiences, and almost provided us with an unofficial...
Diablo IV’s Stingy Battle Pass Won’t Let You Afford Even A Single Item
24.7.2023
Like many battle passes for live-service games, Diablo IV lets you earn some of its premium currency as you grind your way through each of the tiers. And while fans might be ready to take the pass’s sweet 666 platinum to their wallets, they certainly won’t be taking it to the in-game shop,...
Star Wars Outlaws Will Feature Tatooine Because We’ll Never Escape That Place
24.7.2023
In a new video from Ubisoft about its upcoming Star Wars game, the publisher talked about creating an authentic Star Wars experience. As part of this, Outlaws will feature Tatooine, the galaxy’s most famous (and overused) desert planet. Read more
Diablo IV Twitch Streamer Starts Season With Permadeath After 50 Hours
24.7.2023
Season 1 of Diablo IV is officially underway with tons of new content like an extensive battle pass, more enemy types, a unique questline, and more. But the threat of server disconnects, which can wipe out your whole character if you’re playing on hardcore mode, looms. And Twitch streamer wudijo...