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Total War: Warhammer's End Times Expansion Lets You Rewrite Fantasy's Worst Ending

Immortal Empires' Lords of the End Times DLC finally gives Warhammer Fantasy fans a way to undo the setting's most hated storyline.

Wardogs' Helicopters Were Built by an Actual Aeronautical Engineer, and It Shows

A real aeronautical engineer designed Wardogs' choppers, and now landing one feels scarier than any boss fight in 2026.

Latest Xbox layoffs reportedly devastated Age of Empires developer and canceled its next game

The latest stage of Xbox's delicately named "reset" arrived last Tuesday—but its impact on World's Edge Studio, the developer now behind the Age of Empires series, was only briefly mentioned in Xbox CCO Matt Booty's announcement. On sites like resetera and LinkedIn, former employees of the RTS developer have shared that it was hit especially hard."What a morning," said former World's Edge…

The GTA Series is a Game Preservation Nightmare

Nor can you play the first GTA and its expansions, or GTA 2, or the spinoffs Liberty City Stories and Vice City Stories, or the GTA 4 expansions The Lost and Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony. And you can forget about Grand Theft Auto Advance and Chinatown Wars.

The Witcher 3 Remastered release time in your time zone

The Witcher 3Remastered's release time is coming up fast. It's been 11 years since CD Projekt Red launched the award-winning RPG, and the remastered version brings the game's graphics up to modern standards. It does a lot more than that, though. While CDPR hasn't been forthcoming on all the details, The Witcher 3 Remastered will change combat and skill trees, along with approachability and…

3 Must-Play September Games You Missed Between Fire Emblem and Wolverine

Congratulations: You’ve almost made it through one of the busiest Septembers in video game history! For anyone who enjoys keeping up with new games as they come out, September has run a ceaseless pace. Marvel’s Wolverine, Onimusha: Way of the Sword, Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave,Control Resonant, and more all made for a fun but nonstop month of action.

Every Star Wars Movie and TV Show Officially in Development

In previous years, Lucasfilm and Disney outlined some plans for the future of the Star Wars universe, including updating fans on upcoming projects and confirming a few release dates. Since then, a number of movies have been canceled or preserved in carbonite, including Rian Johnson's Star Wars trilogy and Kevin Feige's project, or delayed, such as Donald Glover's mysteriously missing Lando film…

5 Nintendo Games That Still Need a Switch 2 Edition

The Nintendo Switch 2 is already on one heck of a run. Though it has yet to see new installments of some heavy-hitter franchises, Nintendo’s latest console has built up an impressive library of games over its first year and a half. A chunk of that list includes excellent Nintendo Switch 2 Editions of the Switch’s best games. Super Mario Bros. Wonder, Kirby and the Forgotten Land, and more…

The Last of Us Gets Animated Background on PS5 as Naughty Dog Teases Announcements for TLOU Day 2026

Naughty Dog has released a free background on PlayStation 5 as it prepares to celebrate The Last of Us Day 2026.The studio behind Sony's exclusive post-apocalyptic video game franchise took to social media to tease some of what it has planned for this year's festivities. While September 26 is technically the day it's chosen to serve as its Cordyceps-breakout holiday, Naughty Dog won't share any…

World's First Official Minecraft Hotel Revealed for 2027, First Ever Minecraft Rollercoaster Named

Minecraft World got two announcements at Minecraft LIVE today: the world’s first official Minecraft hotel, and the name of the first ever Minecraft rollercoaster.Minecraft World Hotel and the Escape the Nether rollercoaster are confirmed for the Minecraft experience at Chessington World of Adventures Resort, and are set to open their doors at some point next year, Merlin Entertainments and…

13 Most Influential Video Games of the Past 45 Years

Developers don’t always set out to make the most influential games they can. A lot of them are just trying to provide players a good time, blissful escapism, mental stimulation, or thoughtful commentary. But sometimes, the sum of those efforts amounts to more than that. Every so often, a game comes along that forever shifts the landscape of the medium, and it doesn’t even have to be as big…

Castlevania celebrates turning 40 by giving away the original game for free

In celebration of the 40th(!!) anniversary of Castlevania, Konami is giving away the original 1986 game for free on the App Store and Google Play…