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Fear the Spotlight review: Blumhouse Games’ ghost story debut is a promising start Blumhouse Games’ publishing debut, Fear the Spotlight, is a perfectly enjoyable time delving into the psychological after-effects of a seance gone wrong. Image credit:Blumhouse Games/VG247 Spooky season is well under way following the successful launch of the Silent Hill 2 remake , but fans of survival horror have more to look forward to this month with the release of Cozy Game Pals’ Fear the Spotlight....

Following a Secret Level short and a Metroidvania reveal, it could be game over for the mysterious Pac-Man movie as director Justin Baldoni faces legal trouble Pac-Man’s rebirth has hit a snag. Image credit:Prime Video You might want to buckle up for this one, because it’s a doozy. The long-in-the-works Pac-Man movie might be in trouble due to director Justin Baldoni’s ongoing legal battle against Blake Lively following accusations of misconduct during the production of 2024’s box office hit It Ends With Us....

Following country legend Kris Kristofferson’s death at 88, Fallout fans pay tribute to the highly underrated New Vegas character he voiced “Send me all the Legion you can. I’ll be waiting for them.” Image credit:VG247/Obsidian Country music legend and actor Kris Kristofferson has died aged 88, his family has announced. “It is with a heavy heart that we share the news our husband/father/grandfather, Kris Kristofferson, passed away peacefully on Saturday, September 28 at home," their statement, posted to Kristofferson’s official Facebook page , reads....

For Candy Crush Soda, King blew 8 million dollars on hot air balloons that never flew A funny story about an eye-watering waste of money for us, but a drop in the bucket for the mobile giant. Image credit:VG247 / King All the way back in 2014, around the launch for Candy Crush Soda Saga, King spent roughly 8 million dollars on hot air balloons that never flew as part of its marketing efforts for the game....

Forget Astarion, Fallout: London claims to have nabbed one of the UK’s most memeable political figures to voice a robot that yells “Order!” No, it’s not a Keir Starmer Sentry Bot, or a David Cameron Deathclaw. Image credit:Team FOLON This is not a drill. UK political memes look set to inflitrate the Fallout universe via Fallout 4 mod Fallout: London . Having already confirmed some pretty huge names voice acting-wise, the mod’s Project Lead now looks to be suggesting a former MP known for yelling things is also on that list....

Forget battling Natarkveld, Monster Hunter Wilds modders have now made playable anthropomorphic Arkveld a thing for reasons and used it to replace a certain kid Why not swap your hunter for Anthrokveld, so you can chat to Arkveld Nata as Arkveld before fighting Arkveld? Image credit:Capcom/XenonValstrax Warning: Spoilers for Monster Hunter Wilds lie ahead. Hello. Monster Hunter Wilds modders have been getting pretty weird lately, both in the name of bizarre fetishes and the most widespread in-joke the community’s developed since this latest MonHun came out....

Former Xbox console exclusive, Ori and the Blind Forest, saved Moon Studios from bankruptcy The game has passed 10 million sales, according to CEO of Moon Studios. Image credit:Moon Studios GmbH / Xbox Game Studios Former Xbox console exclusive Ori and the Blind Forest looks to have saved Moon Studios from bankruptcy, according to Moon Studios CEO Thomas Mahler. The 2D platformer, which has sold “around 10 million copies” according to Mahler, has since gone on to warrant a sequel and ports to Nintendo Switch and PC in the nine years since its launch....

Fortnite developer Epic accuses Apple of glockblocking its attempts to shoot the game back onto US iOS, then probably hit the griddy Epic says Fortnite on iOS will now “be offline worldwide until Apple unblocks it”, as the corporate battle royale continues. Image credit:Epic Fortnite developer Epic recently suggested the game might become available on iOS in the US for the first time since 2020 soon, but it’s now looking like that won’t be happening....

From saving Barbie Land to fighting demons, Margot Robbie’s next role looks set to be a character from the creator of Deadpool Fighting demons is basically the same as fighting misogyny, right? Image credit:Warner Bros./ Image Comics Margot Robbie might be more focused on her work as a producer right now, but it looks like she’s finding some time for her next role too. As reported by Variety , Robbie is apparently currently looking to star in an upcoming adaptation of Avengelyne, a ’90s co-created by Cathy Christian and Rob Liefeld, the latter of which being the co-creator of the iconic Marvel anti-hero Deadpool....

Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective will be arriving on Switch in HD, and I can’t wait The game will arrive in summer. Last night’s Nintendo Direct was packed from start to finish with games to be excited about, most notably, plenty of ports and remasters. One title that slipped under my radar thanks to a trip to the kitchen was the wonderful Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective , which will arrive on the Nintendo Switch in HD this summer....

Goodbye 343 Industries, hello Halo Studios, multiple new games, and a switch to Unreal Engine 5 Big changes are coming for Master Chief. Image credit:Halo Studios It’s the end of an era at 343 Industries , as the developer is going by a new name, Halo Studios, with multiple Halo games apparently in development. Just yesterday, in this story about how Halo Infinite is getting a third person mode , I noted how the future of the series is a bit uncertain given its lack of appearance at Not-E3, and then someone at Microsoft decides to pull a prank on me after I packed up my work desk for the day and share what the future of the series is....

Gotta spend it all? Why Pokemon Go’s monetization is making me re-evaluate my playtime To spend, or not to spend, that is the question. Excitement surged through the Pokemon Go community recently with news of an upcoming Research Task featuring Mythical Pokemon Zarude. But it wasn’t long before the excitement waned. Why? Because the Dark/Grass-type Pokemon was locked behind paid research. Absent since 2021, players were disappointed to learn the only way to snag Zarude was by purchasing the Rogue of the Jungle research ticket for $8....

Grow a Garden Gourmet Eggs: All Gourmet Egg pets from the Cooking Update Traits and drop rates for Grow a Garden’s time-limited food-themed pets explained, plus how to get a Gourmet Egg. Image credit:Grow a Garden/VG247 In Grow a Garden , eggs can be used to hatch a surprising variety of pets , not at all limited to those species who are oviparous in the real world. Limited-time events in Grow a Garden frequently bring special eggs that can be hatched into special pets, and the recent Cooking Update is no exception, introducing five unusually food-themed pets to collect....

GTA 6’s huge trailer two info dump leaves its community-made map having to be updated “in smaller intervals” so we aren’t left “waiting for hundreds of new things to be added” “We’re all hard at work connecting the dots!” Image credit:Rocksar Games If you were feeling a bit overwhelmed in a good way by the barrage of fresh GTA 6 info we’ve gotten this week, thanks to trailer two and the game’s website’s smorgasbord of screenshots, spare a thought for the fans who’ve been busy trying to mock up what its map might look like....

Here are the winners of the 2022 Steam Awards Surely, you can already guess the Game of the Year winner. Your votes have been tallied, and the time has come to announce the winners of the 2022 Steam Awards . Back in November , nominations for the 2022 Steam Awards opened with voting commencing during the Steam Winter Sale . The Steam Winter Sale is live - get your savings on!...

Here we go again - the war against cheating is already underway in the Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 beta Imagine cheating in a beta. Go to your nearest church, mosque, synagogue, or other religious building immediately. Image credit:Treyarch, Raven Software, Activision. Oh boy, it’s happening again. The war between cheaters and Call of Duty’s anti-cheat software is kicking off once again. This time, the battle is rumbling aroun the Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 beta, where early testing of Activision Blizzard’s home-grown Ricochet anti-cheat software is ticking away and stamping out cheaters where it can....

Here’s your first look at Return to Silent Hill, the film adaptation of Silent Hill 2 that could release alongside its remake James Sunderland included. Image credit:Metropolitan Filmexport Remember the okay-ish Silent Hill adaptation directed by Christophe Gans and released in 2006? Well, the French director has been working under the radar on a big follow-up of sorts that also happens to be a reboot. The surprise? It’s adapting the plot of Silent Hill 2 , which is about to receive a Bloober Team-developed remake too....

Hollow Knight players release fan-made DLC, helping us endure the wait for literally any Silksong info Welcome the ambitious mod and fan-made DLC, Pale Court. Image credit:MEBI | Team Cherry While many await a morsel of news regarding Hollow Knight: Silksong since its delay during May , some keen Hollow Knight players have worked tirelessly to create an impressive, fan-made DLC known as Pale Court for the game (thanks, GamesRadar )....

Hollow Knight: Silksong has been delayed Silksong will no doubt be a game worth waiting for. Image credit:Hollow Knight: Silksong | Team Cherry We’ve all been waiting long enough for a slither of news regarding Hollow Knight: Silksong . Almost every Nintendo Direct in recent months has featured a slew of chatters repeating, “where’s Silksong?” to no avail. Last night (Tuesday evening), the publisher announced that Hollow Knight: Silksong has been delayed ....

Honkai: Star Rail 3.8 will run for an extra two weeks while Version 4.0 is in the oven The next Honkai: Star Rail update is upon us, and there’s a mix of good - and unusual news. Image credit:HoYoverse. HoYoverse just hosted a sizeable Honkai: Star Rail Special Program, revealing more than just the game’s next major update. Version 3.8 was the big highlight, of course, with the new release arriving soon, on December 16-17 depending on your server region....