Sonic The Hedgehog 3's Shadow Has Some Sick Kicks In First Look At The Series' Edgiest Character

Sonic the Hedgehog 3’s Shadow has some sick kicks in first look at the series’ edgiest character Shadow posted feet. It might barely be a look at all, but we’ve still received our first look at Sonic the Hedgehog 3’s Shadow the Hedgehog . Well, if we’re being technical, this is sort of our second look at him, as we did see him in a post credits scene at the end of Sonic the Hedgehog 2....

February 7, 2026 · 3 min · 429 words · James Adams

Sony Is Reportedly In Talks To Buy Elden Ring And Dark Souls Developer Fromsoftware's Owner Kadokawa

Sony is reportedly in talks to buy Elden Ring and Dark Souls developer FromSoftware’s owner Kadokawa The megacorp behind PlayStation is looking to “add to its entertainment portfolio”, according to Reuters. Image credit:FromSoftware Sony is reportedly in talks to buy Japanese media giant Kadokawa Corporation, the current majority owner of Elden Ring , Bloodborne , and Dark Souls developer FromSoftware, in an attempt to expand its portfolio of entertainment stuff....

February 7, 2026 · 2 min · 388 words · Rosa Harris

Sony Wheels Out Ghost Of Yotei Just To Tease A Dedicated State Of Play For It In July

Sony wheels out Ghost of Yotei just to tease a dedicated State of Play for it in July This week’s State of Play did, technically, feature Ghost of Yotei, though it wouldn’t be a stretch to say we expected a little more. Image credit:Sucker Punch, Sony Interactive Entertainment. When we first got confirmation of this week’s State of Play , Sony’s official description provided little to go on. PlayStation’s first-party output is quite slim this year, but some of us expected the company’s biggest game in 2025 - Ghost of Yotei - to make some sort of appearance....

February 7, 2026 · 2 min · 265 words · Nancy Crisci

Sorry, Godzilla X Kong Fans, But It Sounds Like Director Adam Wingard Won't Be Back For A Sequel

Sorry, Godzilla x Kong fans, but it sounds like director Adam Wingard won’t be back for a sequel On to the next one. Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire has done very well at the box office, but Adam Wingard reportedly won’t be back for the next one. It’s clear that audiences just love big ole monsters duking it out, as Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire surpassed $563 million at the box office earlier this week, positioning it to take the top spot in the MonsterVerse’s rankings (Kong: Skull Island took home $568 million at the box office)....

February 7, 2026 · 2 min · 393 words · Jeanette Scott

Sorry, Turns Out You Won't Be Watching A Star Wars Movie December 2026, But At The Very Least You'll Get A Sequel To A Series You Probably Haven't Thought About In Almost A Decade

Sorry, turns out you won’t be watching a Star Wars movie December 2026, but at the very least you’ll get a sequel to a series you probably haven’t thought about in almost a decade Not so equivalent exchange. Image credit:Lucasfilm It may not have had a title, but Disney has given its December 2026 Star Wars film the boot, with a family friendly replacement I’m sure will do fine. Star Wars is very much in an odd spot at the moment, in that since the release of Rise of the Skywalker most of the new media that’s canon to the universe has been TV shows....

February 7, 2026 · 3 min · 432 words · Adriana Cournoyer

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Spider-Verse fans are hoping a massive neon sign that’s cropped up in New York is evidence of an incoming announcement, but I just feel sorry for the poor renters stuck behind it Seriously, are there people still living there? Image credit:Sony Some Spider-Verse fans have spotted a big ol’ neon sign the size of an apartment building in New York, and a few of them think it might be to do with the upcoming third film....

February 7, 2026 · 2 min · 398 words · Brandi Bennett

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Spider-Man 2 You Know What To Do trophy guide: Where to find Aunt May’s grave As Peter, it’s only right that you visit Aunt May’s grave – here’s where to go to reflect on the fact that great power comes with great responsibility. Image credit:VG247 No matter what iteration of Spider-Man you read, watch, or play, someone close to Peter Parker always kicks the bucket early in his life – Uncle Ben, Aunt May, Gwen Stacey; ther are a lot of Spider-Traumas that Peter has to live through in every version of his life....

February 7, 2026 · 3 min · 541 words · Marina Ware

Spine Was One Of Gamescom's Sleeper Hits, And It's Inspired By Deep

SPINE was one of Gamescom’s sleeper hits, and it’s inspired by deep-cut action games you probably don’t remember If you’ve played all of these, you’re officially an action game afficionado. My condolences. Image credit:VG247 When you sit down and chat to a developer about their upcoming game, a lot of the same names often pop up. Open-world games have roots in Breath of the Wild, fighting game devs love Smash Bros or Street Fighter 4, etc etc....

February 7, 2026 · 4 min · 710 words · William Blackman

Squirrel With A Gun Is A Decent Goat Sim

Squirrel with a Gun is a decent Goat Sim-like, but it’s at its best when it’s persuading me that my cat’s ready to fill Daniel Craig’s shoes Pinewood’s been expecting you, Meows Bond. Image credit:Dee Dee Creations/Universal Pictures We’re somewhere around Bletchley, on the edge of Milton Keynes, when the drugs begin to take hold. I say something like: “It’s my fault. I should never have let you drive.” Suddenly, there’s a terrible roar all around us, as my fellow traveller, catnip coursing through her furry little body, loses control of the car, which was going a hundred miles an hour towards Pinewood Studios with the top down....

February 7, 2026 · 5 min · 1010 words · Olga Stelmack

Starfield First To Fight, First To Die Quest Guide

Starfield First to Fight, First to Die quest guide Hope you’re ready to pay a visit to the First mercenaries. Image credit:Bethesda/VG247 As a Deputy for the Freestar Rangers in Starfield , your current assignment will have you investigating a group called the First mercenaries, who are stealing land from farmers. By now, you’ll have a dozen encrypted slates of information on the mercs, and in the ‘First to Fight, First to Die’ quest , you’ll be comin g face to face with them at last....

February 7, 2026 · 3 min · 500 words · Jill Welsh

Starfield: You’re Going To Have To Wait A Little Longer For Official Mod Support

Starfield: You’re going to have to wait a little longer for official mod support The official Starfield mod tools won’t be with us until next year, but that’s not to say we’re short on mods right now. Starfield modders never really had to wait for Bethesda’s blessing to mod the game. There are already hundreds of Starfield mods tweaking everything. From inventory UI updates , to adding missing basic features and even some… horny additions that aren’t very gameplay relative....

February 7, 2026 · 2 min · 376 words · Paris Childs

Starfield's Protagonist Could Have Had Adam Jensen's Gravelly Voice If Bethesda Hadn't Changed Its Mind

Starfield’s protagonist could have had Adam Jensen’s gravelly voice if Bethesda hadn’t changed its mind The voices behind the two coolest members of Constellation recorded some lines for the game’s player character. Image credit:VG247/Bethesda We already knew that Starfield ’s protagonist was once in line to be voiced rather than silent - but it turns out that the voice actors who ended up providing Sam Coe and Andreja’s dulcet tones actually recorded lines for the role....

February 7, 2026 · 3 min · 440 words · James Farmer

Summer Eternal’s Not-quite-disco Elysium Successor Needs A Focused Vision, And The Studio’s Unique Worker-owned Set

Summer Eternal’s not-quite-Disco Elysium successor needs a focused vision, and the studio’s unique worker-owned set-up is the key to making sure it finds one “I think we are going to relieve those fears.” Image credit:VG247/Summer Eternal/ZAUM One of the things that made Summer Eternal stand out from the not quite Disco Elysium successor studio crowd when it was announced was the unique way its developers - the majority of whom are ex-ZA/UM - had gone about setting up its structure....

February 7, 2026 · 4 min · 786 words · John Rojo

Surprise — Destiny 2 Servers Are Exploding With The Launch Of Lightfall

Surprise — Destiny 2 servers are exploding with the launch of Lightfall One moment please… the servers are getting bodied. Destiny 2 servers are under siege with the launch of Lightfall, leading to maby players running into a lengthy one moment please loading screen. With thousands looking to dive into the new content, they find themselves sitting on their hands for longer than they’d hope. Launches of online video games expansions, especially MMOs like Destiny 2, are usually a rocky event....

February 7, 2026 · 2 min · 303 words · April Peele

Switch Successor Won't Say Goodbye To Nintendo Accounts, Says Doug Bowser

Switch successor won’t say goodbye to Nintendo Accounts, says Doug Bowser Nintendo is finally keeping up with the times. Nintendo seems to be aiming to make the transition between the Switch and Switch 2 an easy one, as it plans to keep going with Nintendo Accounts. The thing about Nintendo, is that it is simultaneously a company that is so thoughtful about what play actually means as a concept, and how it can push that concept further, while at the same time being absolutely useless when it comes to common sense about online services....

February 7, 2026 · 2 min · 335 words · Bennie Pagan

Sword Of Convallaria Dantalion Build Guide

Sword of Convallaria Dantalion build guide The right weapons and trinkets for Dantalion to dish out princely punishment. The best Sword of Convallaria Dantalion build is a little trickier to put together, as the right skills depend on how you use Dantalion and who else you have in your party. True to his nature as a Destroyer unit, Dantalion excels at throwing damage around at as many enemies as possible, though you can also give him a few support skills to keep the weakest in your party from falling too far behind....

February 7, 2026 · 6 min · 1225 words · Dale Strickland

Tears Of The Kingdom Players Keep Forgetting Ascend Exists

Tears of the Kingdom players keep forgetting Ascend exists The best ability for traversal is seemingly the most accidentally slept on. Link has a whole suite of new powers in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom , but it seems like a lot of people are forgetting Ascend exists. I think I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve accidentally pressed up on the d-pad to try and choose one of my powers in Tears of the Kingdom ....

February 7, 2026 · 2 min · 331 words · Dana Scott

Tears Of The Kingdom Received A Year Long Delay Just To Focus On Polish

Tears of the Kingdom received a year long delay just to focus on polish And it looks like it was worth it. Image credit:Nintendo It turns out that The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom has been done for about a year, with the rest of that time being spent on just polish alone. Back in March of 2022, Nintendo made the decision to delay Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom out of its 2022 release window into spring 2023, where it’s obviously now out in the wild (pun not intended)....

February 7, 2026 · 2 min · 394 words · Ruth Moore

Telltale Games Cuts Staff In Response To "current Market Conditions"

Telltale Games cuts staff in response to “current market conditions” The Wolf Among Us 2 and other projects unaffected. <img loading=“lazy” src=“https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/the_wolf_among_us_2-(10).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=“Telltale Games cuts staff in response to “current market conditions” - 1”> Telltale Games is the latest development studio to implement a round of staff layoffs. News of the layoffs broke late afternoon on October 5 when one of the studio’s developers revealed on X (Twitter) that Telltale laid off most of its staff in September, just a few weeks after it acquired UK-based studio Flavourworks....

February 7, 2026 · 2 min · 391 words · Brandon Anderson

That Official Elder Scrolls Oblivion Remake Will Reportedly Shadow-drop Next Week, Finally Putting Us Robe

That official Elder Scrolls Oblivion Remake will reportedly shadow-drop next week, finally putting us robe-wearing Patrick Stewarts out of our speculation misery Come on, just pop through that damn wall and stab us already, if you’re going to! Image credit:Bethesda/VG247 That long-rumoured The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remake will reportedly finally release via shadow-drop during the week of April 21, according to usually reliable podcast guy Jeff Grubb. This as of yet still unannounced remake - that’s supposedly being developed in Unreal Engine 5 - has been the subject of alleged leaks and online chatter for absolutely ages....

February 7, 2026 · 3 min · 479 words · Harry Carter