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The Monkey review: Longlegs director Osgood Perkins embraces his silly side in gory, surprisingly existential horror comedy

“I’ll die, you’ll die. The reaper is coming for us all, so you might as well boogie until he rocks up. “No…?” It doesn’t take long for Hal to realize why the phrase is mixed up. Like a magic, macabre game of Russian Roulette. Like…well, life. So long as you don’t count the scars it has left behind, anyway. After the director’s more somber works, it’s fun to see him step into splatterpunk territory....

The Need For Speed series is pumping the brakes as "Criterion are joining their colleagues working on Battlefield" instead of tuning more cars

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Heres how it works. There are currently no developers at Criterion working on my favorite racing game series,Need For Speed. Instead, the studio is one of four under EA lending support toBattlefield. It’s been supported by Criterion since release, with new updates being added consistently.

The Riffmaster Guitar controller for Fortnite Festival is seeing a rare discount, but I don't expect it to last for very long

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Heres how it works. I’ve been waiting for a discount to arrive, and it finally has. Since support for these controllers arrived in Fortnite Festival, the Riffmaster has been a true hot-ticket item. You really don’t have much choice if you’re in the market for a Guitar controller these days. It can fold up at the neck to store away more easily or take on the go....

The Sims is back after 25 years, and it's teaching Sims 4 players a lesson in retro life sim difficulty: "Damn this game is hard"

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Heres how it works. As one player writes in an onlinethreadon the difficulty, “The Sims 1 is VERY challenging.” #TheSims1 is VERY challenging. If you’re used to modern Sims games, TS1 is like a totally different experience. “It’s fun if you want a strategy game with Sims-like mechanics.” Other players seem to echo the same sentiment The Sims isn’t easy....

The SteelSeries Arctis Nova Pro Wireless is still the most impressive gaming headset on the market, and it just took a rare discount at Amazon

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Heres how it works. That is, until now. TheSteelSeries Arctis Nova Pro Wirelessis definitely not one of the most affordable gaming headsets out there. Most importantly, its accompanying base station is likely driving up the price. The base station is also pivotal to the Nova Pro’s multi-platform capabilities. Not feeling the SteelSeries Arctis Nova Pro wireless headset?

This trio of Blockbuster party board games is just $1 away from its lowest ever price … and there’s no late fees included either

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Heres how it works. Yet for around $10 more you might get two additional Blockbuster titles. You’re looking at the usual value of this Trilogy bundle cranked up a notch. Big Potato is the king of party games and their reign continues with Blockbuster. It’s both one of thebest family board gamesandbest adult board games. Don’t expect this board game combo to collect dust on your shelf....

World of Warcraft got a $90 dupe of a mount worth $475 around 6 years ago for the MMO's 20th anniversary, and fans reckon Blizzard made at least $15 million off it

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Heres how it works. Back in October,WoW players could buy the Trader’s Gilded Brutosaur mount for $90. It’s essentially a cheaper version of the old Reins of the Mighty Caravan Brutosaur mount. Then it’s a simple case of multiplying how many accounts own the mount by $90. 188,289 accounts at $90 a pop brings the total to $16,946,010....

Xbox bringing its exclusives to PS5 has a precedent set by Sega, but "it makes the conversation harder to create the FOMO," says former PlayStation boss

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Heres how it works. Xbox has been increasing its efforts to get its games in front of more people recently. Multiplatform means widening your addressable market, just giving more people a chance to see it. I welcome that." So, exclusives were a big deal. I couldn’t play Halo, but half my mates couldn’t play Uncharted. But what does it mean for Xbox as a brand if we can play Halo on a PlayStation?...

After 17 years, Ninja Gaiden 2 Black means I can finally recommend another version of the pinnacle limb-slasher

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Heres how it works. Yeah, yeah,Ninja Gaiden 4 looks pretty cool I guess. The PS3 version added extra levels with new characters and new bosses. A definitive version, then? (It also removed the vast amounts of blood spray in favor of a strange purple aura). At the very least, the original Ninja Gaiden 2 has remained available via backwards compatibility on Xbox One....

Benedict Cumberbatch's new horror movie is splitting critics with some saying that it "wastes" the Marvel and Sherlock star

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Heres how it works. You’ll have to wait until the film is given a general release to make your judgment.

Borderlands 4's tone sits somewhere between the first two games, which probably means less Skibidi Toilet and more Handsome Jack-style antics

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Heres how it works. So how might that actually look?

Civilization 7 director tweaked diplomacy because the entire design team "ganged up" on him in multiplayer

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Heres how it works. In the iconic strategy series' seventh mainline game, things are changing, though. “And I credit that pretty much to the new mechanical approach and rethink we’ve had on diplomacy. It used to be diplomacy and multiplayer was sort of a non-event at all. And yes, I approved some changes to the balance of that afterwards....

Elden Ring Nightreign went roguelike as the focus was "condensing" the RPG experience down, not because FromSoftware was "chasing a trend"

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Heres how it works. Rather, the co-op experience took on the genre’s characteristics naturally to solve design conundrums. How will it all shake out? Thankfully, you don’t have long to wait. Sorry, Elden Ring Nightreign is saying goodbye to FromSoftware’s beloved messaging system.