Gearbox didn't set out to create an open-world game with Borderlands 4, but the FPS does have "open-world-like features, such as seamless travel between zones"

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Heres how it works. In a nutshell, that captures why we use the term seamless." It’s not just about how large and connected the maps are, though. Nicholson also said Borderlands 4 is surpassing its predecessors with billions of weapons and accessories.

February 1, 2025 · 1 min · 55 words · Joshua Carter

GTA: Liberty City Stories and Vice City Stories deserve the Definitive Edition treatment

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Heres how it works. GTA: The Trilogy The Definitive Edition’slaunch in 2021was dreadful. That we can all agree on. That sounded like utterly insane talk before LCS was first unveiled, but it somehow happened and was great. You just had to be there. Portable magic After making a splash on PSP, both games were ported to PS2....

February 1, 2025 · 1 min · 109 words · Dr. Catherine Serrano

House of the Dragon season 3 casts its Ormund Hightower after the character was teased in season 2

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Heres how it works. We can only wait and find out when House of the Dragon opens its doors again sometime in 2026.

February 1, 2025 · 1 min · 36 words · Kristen Harris

How do the Nintendo Switch's launch games compare to those of NES, SNES, N64, Gamecube, Wii and Wii U?

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Heres how it works. The Nintendo Switch has been, by all measures, a very successful console. Lets take a closer look. Thats not even to mention the blazing-fast loading times that made a mockery of cassette-based machines. This is a tough act to follow. What it had most of all though was variety. The launch titles ran the gamut from racing games to strategy games....

February 1, 2025 · 1 min · 207 words · Calvin Parker

Legendary Zelda dev "wasn't too pleased" about working on A Link to the Past as it robbed his enjoyment of playing the finished game: "I still really don't want to play that game"

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Heres how it works. I can remember that feeling even now. I still really don’t want to play that game - the testing was that difficult. It’s like PTSD or something." There you go, indeed.

February 1, 2025 · 1 min · 48 words · Barbara Lopez

Making an open-world game like GTA 6 bug-free is "a lot different" than something like The Witcher 3, says former Rockstar dev

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Heres how it works. “Because of it being open world, because of it being like a human city, right?” It’s totally different. You really don’t.

February 1, 2025 · 1 min · 38 words · Manuel Mcclain

Nosferatu director Robert Eggers is doing something "that’s not been done before" with his new upcoming horror movie

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Heres how it works. “Yeah, were doing it now,” Blaschke toldDen of Geek. “I cant tell you a thing. But its something thats not been done before that Im aware of or not done in this way. So [were] just going to test it and see if it works.” However, for now, Blaschke suggests there’s still some work to be done....

February 1, 2025 · 1 min · 91 words · Connor Bryant

Rockstar Games co-founder and GTA 5, Red Dead Redemption 2 writer Dan Houser's new studio shows off its "story-driven action-comedy"

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Heres how it works. A very first look at just a few characters from the ABSURDAVERSE. Prepare to meet some new kinds of heroes (and watch them suffer). Absurd Ventures has, most notably,debuted several other multimedia projects. It’s unclear if it’s the same game as theopen-worldone we found out about last summer, though.

February 1, 2025 · 1 min · 66 words · Ronald Whitaker

The Pokeball Plus cemented my appreciation of the Nintendo Switch, I just hope the Switch 2 carries on the tradition of weird and wonderful accessories

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Heres how it works. The adorable official Pokemon controller came packaged with Pokemon Lets Go Pikachu back in 2018. An upgraded version of it would feel right at home on the Switch 2. Not to be a gamer stereotype, but Im not a huge fan of exercise. There’s ample opportunity to continue these excruciatingly exhausting, but memorable experiences on the Switch 2....

February 1, 2025 · 1 min · 86 words · Kelsey Barry

This cozy farming sim is just a sleepy frog that idly grinds on your desktop all day's the best $4 I've spent in ages

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Heres how it works. Cozy farming sims are all the rage right now. But maybe the chillest farming sim of all is one that doesn’t ask you to farm. Or do much of anything, actually. Enter Ropuka’s Idle Island, the best $4/3 I’ve spent in ages. Ropuka’s Idle Island is exactly what the name suggests. Ropuka is a sleepy frog person who lives on an island of grass....

February 1, 2025 · 1 min · 168 words · Justin Rhodes

"It can't start in a way that just feels crappy": Avowed devs are turning to animation to solve an RPG "challenge" of offering a sense of progression without sacrificing a strong start

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Heres how it works. It’s an age-old problem. You won’t have to wait long to see how it all shakes out, either. Avowed is due to launch on February 18, 2025.

January 31, 2025 · 1 min · 44 words · Michael Brady

Absolute Batman writer Scott Snyder's Dark Spaces: Dungeon is being adapted into a movie by the producers of Late Night with the Devil

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Heres how it works. Spooky Pictures is the US horror production company run by Steven Schneider and Roy Lee. It found considerable success with indie horrorLate Night with the Devilin 2023 and critical acclaim forStrange Darlinglast year. (Image credit: IDW Comics) “There’s no shortage of serial killer stories in the marketplace. The challenge is finding one that is both terrifying and goes to places we haven’t seen before....

January 31, 2025 · 2 min · 229 words · Michael Morris

After 11 years, The Sims 2 returns with a re-release on the EA App and Steam – and it's still as wonderfully janky as it was in 2004

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Heres how it works. The year is 2006. “Is it ready?” These memories are still dear to me today. Sul sul! What’s the worst thing that’s ever happened to one of your Sims? That’s what strikes me first about the re-release. Hearing that “sul sul” at the start genuinely made my heart flutter. Then the music oh my god, the music....

January 31, 2025 · 2 min · 317 words · Lisa Haas