Like a Dragon/Yakuza devs offer fans the toughest choice of all-time as the series turns 20: Goro Majima body pillow vs “the cup from that oden shop” I won’t blame you if you have to think about this one a touch. Image credit:RGG Studio Want to have your say in what Like a Dragon / Yakuza merch will be made to celebrate the series’ 20th anniversary? Well, you can do exactly that!...
Madame Web’s most memed-on trailer line apparently isn’t even in the horrendously reviewed Spider-Man spin-off Well I’m just not going to go see it then. The most infamous line from Madame Web’s first trailer seemingly hasn’t made it into the final cut of the film. Cutting scenes that appeared in trailers isn’t that uncommon - maybe the film just opted for a different shot of the same scene, or the scene was scrapped altogether, with blockbusters it happens all the time....
Mafia: The Old Country’s release date appears to have accidentally been leaked by someone I assume will soon be sleeping with the fishes Or, you know, getting told off by their boss for making an oopsie. Image credit:2K Mafia: The Old Country ’s release date looks to have been accidentally leaked by 2K itself, via a Steam update that was put live, and then hastily undone once someone realised they’d accidentally done something that’d make an actual mob boss start delivering colouful language and outstandingly demonstrative hand gestures....
Matt Damon looks like literally any ancient Greek soldier in the first image for Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey Feels like a bit more could have been done here. Image credit:Universal Our first look at Matt Damon as Odysseus in Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey is here, and you’d be forgiven for thinking he’s just any old ancient Greek soldier. We’ve known for a little while now that Matt Damon would be appearing in Christopher Nolan’s take on Homer’s Odyssey, but yesterday on the official Odyssey movie Twitter account, it was confirmed that he’d be playing Odysseus, the hero of the original text....
Metaphor Refantazio review: moreish, subversive RPG excellence that’s fit for a king The most inventive and peculiar RPG in recent years, Metaphor Refantazio plays like a ‘Greatest Hits of Atlus’ - with new ideas thrown in for good measure. Image credit:VG247 Have you ever seen ‘ The Garden of Earthly Delights ’ by Renaissance painter Hieronymus Bosch? It’s a messed up little curio of a piece, painted across three panels and representing the breadth of humanity’s foibles, from the Garden of Eden to a frigid hellscape of our own making....
Metaphor ReFantazio: Junah Follower answers and bond guide Help Junah take the stage and stay alive Metaphor ReFantazio ’s Junah Follower bond is, ostensibly, about getting Junah ready for a big performance, but there’s a lot more going on than just that. It explores some of the Nidia’s personal problems and the tribe’s unique characteristics that put them in a gray space under Sanctism’s social structure. Starting it takes more effort than usual, but it’s worth the gruelling dungeon you have to get through....
Metroid Prime 4: Beyond shows up at Nintendo Direct, and shows off Samus’ swanky mind-bending psychic abilities Samus rocked up at today’s showcase looking as big and blasty as ever, but still without a full release date. Image credit:Nintendo Metroid fans, gather round. Metroid Prime 4: Beyond has popped up at today’s Nintendo Direct showcase, with a fresh trailer but no proper release date. The game is still set to arrive at some point in 2025, though....
Microsoft Flight Simulator’s latest update lets New Zealand’s beauty shine Plenty of improvements to be found in this newest update. Microsoft Flight Simulator has a brand new update, shining a spotlight on New Zealand with some new big improvements. Earlier this week, Microsoft released World Update XII: New Zealand, bringing the mountainous country to much taller heights than it was previously. Like in previous updates, this one is all about making flying over New Zealand that much more realistic, with much higher-resolution satellite and aerial imagery used to do so, and improved digital elevation models on top of that....
Microsoft Gaming boss Phil Spencer signals openness to broader store options which could lead to third-party retailers appearing on Xbox Epic Games Store, Itch.io, or even GOG? It’s possible. Image credit:Microsoft Microsoft’s Phil Spencer wants players to have more options beyond the first-party stores tied to consoles. Spencer has always seemed keen on creating a more open and accessible digital environment for players and has often discussed reducing platform fragmentation and providing customers with more options and control over where they play or purchase their games....
Monster Hunter Wilds Hirabami guide: weaknesses, strategy, rewards Here’s how to beat the Hirabami in Monster Hunter Wilds, and what rewards you might receive from it. Image credit:Capcom The Hirabami is one of Monster Hunter Wilds ’ most impressive Large Monsters , with fast, fluid movement and a range of elegantly-executed attacks that Hunters will be both enamored and frustrated by. If the Hirabami and feelings of frustration go hand-in-hand for you, that’s fortunately where this Monster Hunter Wilds Hirabami guide comes in....
Monster Hunter Wilds might already be the 8th most-played game on Steam, but its reviews are painting a different picture Popular doesn’t always mean universally well-reviewed. Image credit:Capcom Crikey, you lot really love tracking down giant creatures to turn their hides into armour, because Monster Hunter Wilds has seen a massive amount of players on Steam. I remember the days when Monster Hunter was that niche series that your friend played and swore by, but only them and like one other person actually played it....
New Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn trailer arrives to remind everyone it’s coming to Game Pass and still looks great Two months into 2024, and we finally have a fresh look at A44’s long-awaited Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn , the Soulslike, God of War-inspired action RPG. Flintlock, of course, is the studio’s followup to one of our favourite Soulslikes, Ashen - but it’s quite a different beast. The game has been in development for years, and though it was initially expected to release sometime last year, it caught a big delay to 2024 last summer ....
Nintendo user agreement tweak threatens to brick your Switch 2 and Nintendo Account if you mod or use “unauthorized” games Late last night an update to the fine print has put modders and jailbreakers on notice. Image credit:Nintendo Nintendo put out an updated version of its Nintendo User Agreement last night. While this may not sound especially exciting, some of these changes and additions to the fine print set the stage for some serious consequences to those looking to mess around with the Switch 2 and its various games and services....
Nioh 3: Change these settings before you start playing Have you looked through Nioh 3’s several pages-long settings menu? Well, you don’t have to do it alone. Image credit:Team Ninja, Koei Tecmo. As the third game in a decade-old series, Nioh 3 builds on its predecessors in several key ways. This also means that its options menu has grown to accommodate settings we’ve come to expect from the other Nioh games, as well as new and interesting additions....
Nioh 3’s generous demo is out now, and your progress carries over to the full game If you’re looking for a way to check out one of the biggest releases of early 2026, Team Ninja has made it easy for you. Image credit:Team Ninja, Koei Tecmo. Nioh 3 is one of the most anticipated games of 2026, and it’s easily among the biggest releases of February. We’re a few days away from the start of that month, however, but we don’t have to wait until then to actually play Team Ninja’s next major release....
Not sure about that upcoming Lord of the Rings anime? You can check out the first eight minutes for free online to help you make up your mind They’re a pretty good eight minutes if you ask me! Image credit:Warner Bros. If you aren’t sure how well something like Lord of the Rings and anime would mix, the first eight minutes of The War of Rohirrim have been shared online....
Nvidia RTX 5080 review: the first, best bang-for-buck graphics card of this generation If you’ve got $1000 to spend on a graphics card, the RTX 5080 is probably now the one to buy. Image credit:VG247 There are a few different headlines you should expect to see in discussion of Nvidia’s latest graphics card, the GeForce RTX 5080 . So let me cut to the chase and summarize. First up: the 5080 is not a card that has evangelism-worthy performance gains over its predecessor....
Nvidia wants the RTX 5060 to be your new 1080p daily driver GPU thanks to big frame-generation boosts Nvidia’s newest entry-level card promises high frame rates and great performance on new games for $300 - but only if you turn on all of the performance-enhancing extras. I often think of graphics cards as being a little bit like cars. They’re performance focused, but aesthetics and efficiency also hugely matter. They also run the budgeting gamut....
Oh good, Diablo 4’s enemies can become larger and more terrifying in the endgame Wouldn’t it be crazy if enemies in Diablo 4 became bigger and more challenging as you’re clearing the dungeon? Image credit:Blizzard Once you finish the Diablo 4 campaign and begin the post-level 50 grind, you start running dungeons regularly for rare loot , and for the XP payouts that will give Paragon Points, and get you to level 100....
One of the best games of all time is included with Netflix on iOS, and just in time for its sequel Godly, gorgeous, and gripping – and that’s just the protagonist. You need to get yourself with Hades as its sequel tears up the charts in Steam early access. Image credit:VG247 If fighting through the same dungeons over-and-over, inching through the stygian halls of Tartarus, magma-singed islands of Ashphodel and raging battlegrounds of Elysium in a quest for freedom sounds like something of a Sisyphean task: it is....
