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Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse finally puts some names to its directors, and no, they didn’t just join the film It might not be coming out next year, but it’s seemingly doing just fine. Image credit:Sony Remember when Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse was meant to come out in March of this year? Ha! That sure was an optimistic bet from Sony. Now a report from Deadline over the weekend is saying that the threequel won’t even be due out anytime in 2025, meaning it’ll be delayed by at least two years, give or take....

Square Enix kicks off 2024 by pledging to be “aggressive in applying AI” As part of its President’s New Year letter, we can catch a glimpse of the company’s future. <img loading=“lazy” src=“https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/final-fantasy-versus-13.jpg?width=570&quality=85&format=jpg&dpr=3&auto=webp" onerror=“this.onerror=null;this.src=‘https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhe7F7TRXHtjiKvHb5vS7DmnxvpHiDyoYyYvm1nHB3Qp2_w3BnM6A2eq4v7FYxCC9bfZt3a9vIMtAYEKUiaDQbHMg-ViyGmRIj39MLp0bGFfgfYw1Dc9q_H-T0wiTm3l0Uq42dETrN9eC8aGJ9_IORZsxST1AcLR7np1koOfcc7tnHa4S8Mwz_xD9d0=s16000';" alt=“Square Enix kicks off 2024 by pledging to be “aggressive in applying AI” - 1”> In a New Year’s letter released to the public, president of Square Enix Takashi Kiryu has pledged that the company will be “aggressive in applying AI and other cutting-edge technologies to both our content development and our publishing functions”....

Stalker, Far Cry 2, and, well, Arkane: Redfall proudly wears its most obvious influences on its bloody sleeve The trailers don’t do it justice: Redfall looks great, feels great, and promises something great – if Arkane can overcome an age-old problem. Arkane has a problem. Its games, by all accounts, are great. The Dishonored series, Prey, Deathloop – they all review well. Arkane, for generations now, has been a favourite of critics and developer peers....

Star Wars Jedi’s Cal Kestis actor has one simple condition for playing the character in live action He’s not opposed to the idea, at the very least. Image credit:Respawn Entertainment Star Wars fans would love Jedi: Survivor actor Cameron Monaghan to reprise his role as Cal Kestis in live action, and now the actor has shared what would encourage him to do it. For a long while, fans of both Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order and Survivor have wanted to see the red-headed hero that is Cal make his live action debut....

Starfield Accidents Happen quest guide Accidents happen, and that includes a casual bit of gross negligence, apparently. Image credit:Bethesda/VG247 By now in Starfield , you’ll have learnt that Ryujin Industries wants to be the best of the best, and they’ll stop at nothing to get there. Whether it’s incriminating competitors or messing up their deals, Imogene doesn’t care what lengths the faction has to go to. Your next assignment will be ‘Accidents Happen’ , where your crimes for Ryujin will become more extreme....

Street Fighter 6 Gifts guide: Best Gift & Special Gift for Each Master Street Fighter 6 might be a fighting game, but it’s got some dating game DNA, too. This gift guide will help you get closer to those masters. Street Fighter 6 gives players the opportunity to get to know the various heroes, villains, and famous world warriors of the SF series more closely than ever by training under them as part of the World Tour single-player mode....

Street Fighter 6 is about to get some huge balance changes - here’s some highlights from the upcoming patch New year, new pro tour season, new balance. The Street Fighter 6 meta is about to get spicy. Street Fighter 6 entering its second year can mean only one thing - a meta-shattering balance patch. About damn time. May 22nd is a big day for Street Fighter 6 , as it brings classic series icon Akuma to the game....

Tales of the Shire might have caught a delay, but not by much, as the cosy life-sim will let you live the Hobbit life in March 2025 The game was delayed earlier this month. Image credit:Weta Workshop Game Studio Despite only being delayed just the other week, Tales of the Shire already has a release date, and it’s not much later than you might have expected. Earlier this month, Wētā Workshop Game Studio announced that its debut title, the cosy life-sim Tales of the Shire: A Lord of the Rings Game, had been delayed ....

Tears of the Kingdom’s Fuse ability turns the game into Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater The Legend of Tony: The Skating Hawk Shield surfing returns in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom , but with Link’s new powers, he’s turned into a full on skater boy. It seems that there’s a limitless number of activities to do in this updated version of Breath of the Wild’s Hyrule. Whether it’s making a whole bunch of wacky and wonderful creations (and some rather obscene ones), or just simply proving that there isn’t a “right” way to play the game ....

Thanks to Helldivers 2, tricking normal people into role-playing has never been easier For now it’s fighting for democracy. I’ll have these chumps playing wizards and making goblin sounds in 3 months max. Image credit:VG247 Only last week, I was doing the usual: Helldiving with the homies. Taking on Automatons and helping out with the war effort. We’re a bunch of dorks. That’s not surprising, we’ve been like this for years....

The Acolyte shows the limits of TV in the streaming era Not to be like “remember the good ole days” but… Image credit:VG247 Once upon a time, there was this little thing called cable. It let you watch many different shows, most of them kind of awful, for an amount of money that didn’t really seem all that fair, but hey, what else are you gonna do, read a book? A lot of TV channels’ output was mostly just something to have on in the background while you have a cuppa with your nan, but at the very least you had a lot of choice, and a lot to watch too....

The best Honkai Star Rail Physical Trailblazer build, Relics, and Light Cones Hittin’ the old star trail. The best Honkai: Star Rail Trailblazer build turns your vanilla protagonist into a capable warrior. The Physical Trailblazer ’s basic form might be, well, basic, but you can still get quite a bit out of them with the right setup. Just don’t spend too much time and materials on this form, since their alternate forms have much more utility....

The best NBA 2K26 center builds A good defense is sometimes a good offense too Image credit:Visual Concepts It might be tempting to make your NBA 2K26 center build focus on defense and net shots, playing to the center’s strength as the team’s last line of defense. But the best centers are the ones that can do a bit of everything. Granted, it’ll take some cap breakers and a lot of grinding to have enough points to round off every edge, but there are other builds you can put to good use as well....

The Game Awards: Destiny 2 nominated for “best community support” days after community/social media layoffs A slightly cruel sense of irony on display here. Image credit:Bungie The Game Awards announced its nominees last night, yet Destiny 2 has landed a Best Community Support nomination despite Bungie laying off numerous community managers. Whatever you think of The Game Awards (I’ll refrain from sharing my real feelings here), it is undeniably the biggest awards show of the year in games....

The Moana Disney+ series you’d forgotten about is now Moana 2 because streaming is crumbling Return to tradition. Image credit:Walt Disney Animation Studios Disney has big plans for Thanksgiving 2024, as the company has suddenly announced Moana 2 will be taking over the spot . Yes, that movie wasn’t meant to happen. So, what’s up? Back in 2020, when the Covid pandemic was in full swing and most entertainment giants were looking to the streaming lands as the Ultimate Salvation, Disney was quick to turn several of its key properties into potential TV series....

The next Battlefield could be released later this year, but EA said it may arrive in the first quarter of 2026 instead We may not end up playing the next Battlefield game this year, even if that’s what most of us are counting on. Image credit:EA, DICE. EA has finally offered some guidance as to when we can actually expect the long-awaited next entry in the Battlefield series. This comes just one day after the publisher unveiled a new initiative, dubbed Battlefield Labs, designed to enlist the help of players to test various aspects of the upcoming game, and quickly iterate during this phase of development ....

The Sims series may be one of the best ways to come to terms with the fact that adulthood is mainly weird and scary, and sometimes fun The Sims is a poignant reflection of real life’s trials and tribulations. Image credit:EA Maxis/VG247 The Sims is one of the first games I remember playing. Growing up, my mum and I shared a PlayStation 2, and I recall many times fighting my way into my mother’s room (not literally, but you can imagine how rambunctious a child gets when begging for console time) to play The Sims....

The unlikely is happening: Battlefield 2042 is getting a new season in March 2024 DICE has confirmed Season 7 is coming to Battlefield 2042 in March next year. Image credit:EA, DICE. It seems writing off Battlefield 2042 , even this many years after its release, would not be wise. After the release of Season 6, no one expected any more seasons in the game’s future, but DICE clearly had other ideas....

The Witcher 3: Isle of Mists walkthrough Here’s how to complete the Isle of Mists quest in The Witcher 3. The Isle of Mists quest marks a major turning point in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt . There’s no going back now, and as we’re approaching the endgame, you’ll want to make sure you’ve tied up any loose ends prior to kicking this quest off. If you need a helping hand with the quest, here’s how to complete the Isle of Mists quest in The Witcher 3 ....

The Witcher 3: The Calm Before the Storm quest guide Here’s how to complete The Calm Before the Storm quest in The Witcher 3. The Calm Before The Storm is a well-named quest, as The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt stop pottering about and starts to get serious from here on in. This quest will conclude Act One of the game and swiftly take you into Act Two, while also letting you play as Based Ciri for a short while....