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2023’s best animated sci-fi series might be getting a second chance at Netflix, but I hate that it’s on us to save it Remember when TV shows got at least a couple of seasons? Image credit:Netflix/ Warner Bros Back in the day, about a decade ago, if a show with an active fandom got cancelled, you might find calls for Netflix to save it. It didn’t always work, and there weren’t even always calls to do so, but Netflix definitely had a helping hand in ensuring shows like Breaking Bad got a fifth season, and it did actually save others like Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, one that was originally meant to air on NBC....

A quarter of Starfield players couldn’t even be bothered to finish the first mission Starfield, a game mainly about space travel/exploration, couldn’t convince a chunk of its players to leave the surface of the tutorial planet. Starfield has been out for long enough now that anyone interested in playing it likely already has. But just how many of the game’s millions of players stopped playing before finishing the first mission?...

After years of silence, Transformers: Reactivate dev has confirmed what most of us feared - the game has been cancelled Transformers: Reactivate may not be a name that immediately comes to mind as one of the major games in-development, but it’s one Transformers fans have long awaited. Splash Damage, the UK-based studio behind the long-in-development Transformers: Reactivate has delivered some terrible news this week. The co-op action game, which was announced in December, 2022 , will not be released....

Ahoy, mateys! Skull and Bones sets sail for open beta with Year One Roadmap revealed Prepare to plunder. Image credit:Ubisoft Ubisoft has announced its endgame and post-launch plans for Skull and Bones along with providing dates for next month’s open beta. During year one, you will face Legendary Pirate Lords like Philippe La Peste and the Hubac Twins. To best these threats, you will need to strategize carefully as each encounter escalates in difficulty....

Alan Wake 2’s new game plus mode is almost definitely coming this month And with that comes the game’s Nightmare difficulty mode. Image credit:Remedy Entertainment Those of you looking for an excuse to return to Alan Wake 2 might soon have a reason to, as Remedy appears to be teasing a December release for its New Game+ update. Back in October, just before Alan Wake 2 launched , Remedy announced that Alan Wake 2 would be receiving a couple of pieces of DLC, as well as a New Game+ mode and Nightmare difficulty level....

All Basketball Showdown Styles and Zones Here’s a rundown of every Style and every Zone you can collect in Basketball Showdown! Image credit:Secret Game!/Roblox Basketball Showdown is the latest in a lineup of now-popular Roblox sports experiences which mix the diverse characters and over-the-top powers of anime with the compelling gameplay of Rocket League . As you play, you earn in-game cash to spend on spins which allow you to select different playstyles based on different characters from the Kuroko’s Basketball anime the game is based on....

Image credit:Amazon Games But, as Mike Brown states in his statement, we’ll have to sit back and stay tuned for additional updates. Personally speaking I’m happy to see a group of UK-based devs go out on their own and set up their own partnerships. Forza Horizon is great too, so if their previous work is any indicator of quality this should be a game worth keeping tabs on. What do you think of this news?...

Amid Fallout TV show fever, Nexus Mods says it’s been dishing out as much data as downloading Skyrim “twice per second” would involve Yep, just a casual couple of full Bethesda RPG’s worth of mods per moment over the course of several days. Image credit:VG247/Bethesda Yup, as they fill the void of not having a second season to immediately binge - though one is very much on the way - people have been busy downloading plenty of overhauls, weapons , and even Walton Goggins billboards ....

Animal Crossing: New Horizons Birthdays List When are your villagers’ birthdays? Here’s a full birthday list covering every ACNH character through to Version 3.0! Update January 2026: Following the release of Animal Crossing: New Horizons 3.0 and the game’s rerelease on the Switch 2, we’ve comprehensively updated our birthday list and added in the four new Amiibo-exclusive villagers: Mineru and Tulin (from Tears of the Kingdom), and Cece and Viché (from Splatoon)!...

Arc Raiders has proven that extraction shooters can be popular, with over 4 million copies sold in under two weeks Arc Raiders has sold even more copies, which we should’ve guessed, given that the game keeps breaking its own concurrent player records. Image credit:Embark Studios. It’s pretty clear at this stage that Arc Raiders is one of the biggest launches of 2025. More interesting than the numbers themselves, however, is that this is an extraction shooter - a subgenre which has typically been thought of as niche....

Armored Core 6 gameplay preview shows off sprawling levels and challenging battle sequences Success comes from tinkering with highly customizable mech builds. FromSoftware has brought the Armored Core series back, and for those of you who have waited over a decade for Armored Core 6: Fires of Rubicon , a new gameplay preview was released today. Narrated by the developers, in the video, you will learn all about the game’s universe and mechanics and get the full-on game experience....

As we all expected, GTA Online’s next big heist’s about…helping the police and shooting up a chicken factory Ah yes, battling corruption and stopping cartels from doing illegal things, exactly what criminals usually do. Image credit:VG247/Rockstar Games The trailer for the next big update that’s coming to GTA Online has just dropped, and what’s Rockstar got in store for us this time? Well, it’s helping out non-corrupt law enforcement and seeing how chicken burgers get made....

Assassin’s Creed Valhalla Guide: Lead the Viking conquest of England Story guides, systems guides, and more to help you make the most of Eivor’s time a-Viking in England and beyond. Assassin’s Creed Valhalla sets your Viking tale across huge land masses in Norway and England. And to keep up, our roster of Assassin’s Creed Valhalla guides is just as far-reaching. From the equipment at your fingertips to the decisions that shape your story, we’ve broken down the game’s trickiest systems and most testing choices to lend a helping hand to Eivor’s Viking conquest....

Assassin’s Creed Mirage Surrender enigma solution A rebel has left Ali a gift of sorts after surrendering, and we’re going to go and find it. Image credit:Ubisoft/VG247 Don’t let Assassin’s Creed Mirage fool you with its short story length. There’s still lots to see, do, and collect across 9th Century Baghdad outside of assassinating members of the Order. When you’re not collecting Mysterious Shards or retrieving Darvis’ Artifacts, you might find yourself puzzling over enigmas....

Baldur’s Gate 3 Moonlantern: Get protection from the Shadow Curse The light of a Moonlantern isn’t the only thing that will help you survive the shadow-cursed darkness in BG3! Image credit:Larian/VG247 As you venture forth into Act 2 of Baldur’s Gate 3 , a new threat beyond anything you’ve faced so far emerges. In the Shadow-cursed Lands, the ground itself is hostile to your presence. Wander too far without protection and the darkness will eventually envelop even the hardiest adventurer....

Baldur’s Gate 3’s real-time combat mod now allows you to get your party involved in battles, but you might not want to rely on them to save your bottom Modder tinybike has also implemented a rudimentary pause function, so the mod lives up to its real-time with pause billing. Image credit:VG247/Larian Studios As part of the explosion in interesting and advanced Baldur’s Gate 3 modding projects that have popped up since Larian unleashed the official toolkit, one modder’s busy swapping out the game’s turn-based fights for real-time ones....

Bandai Namco has lost or laid off over 100 staff since April with little fanfare The company has had some misses over the past year, which may have contributed to the loss. Bandai Namco appears to have lost over 100 staff since April 2024, according to online records of the Japanese Pension service. These staff have departed without much fanfare, after a rough patch for the video game giant. First discovered and reported by Amber V at Automaton Media , 117 developers have left the company - and as a result the people under Bandai Namco’s pension payroll scheme - in a mere 10 months....

Believe it or not, a years-old cake recipe has reignited Hollow Knight: Silksong hopes for the millionth time It sounds too good to be true. It probably is, but it’s the most refined Silksong copium we’ve seen yet. Image credit:Team Cherry If you’ve been a fan of indie games over the past, uh I don’t know, six years since Hollow Knight: Silksong was announced, you’ve probably been aware of the savage hunger the gaming community at large has been for a taste of a release date....

Believe it or not, there’s a new Devil May Cry game launching in January Devil May Cry: Peak of Combat is launcing worldwide in January, as the monkey’s paw clenches a finger. Image credit:Capcom / Nebula Joy A new Devil May Cry game is launching in January 2024. Surely all your dreams have been answered, you fans of stylish action games. However, as the monkey paw tightly clenches a finger closed, it’s worth knowing that Devil May Cry: Peak of Combat is a mobile game with gacha elements....

Bikini Bottom needs saving once more, but the first trailer for The Sandy Cheeks Movie shows SpongeBob isn’t the hero this time Still don’t know how they got away with a name like Sandy Cheeks. Image credit:Nickelodeon/ Netflix There’s a new CG, live-action hybrid SpongeBob SquarePants film on the way, but this time everyone’s favourite southern squirrel is taking the lead. It’s almost been a good decade since SpongeBob mixed animation with live-action through 2015’s The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water, but Netflix is here to change all that with the upcoming release of Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie....