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While it's not as popular as Street Fighter 6 and now faces increased competition from the likes of Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls, SNK continues to support Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves.

There are few modern action stars as perfectly suited to disaster movies as Gerard Butler. He’s spent much of his career occupying that sweet spot between movie-star charisma and barely contained panic: the guy who can throw a punch, bark an order, s…

One of the secrets to Wolverine's enduring popularity, both in Marvel's comics and in various adaptations, is that there are two distinct versions of the character. Both have their fans, and both exist more or less concurrently. Sometimes he'll flip …

In two weeks, Asobo Studio will deliver its most ambitious game yet. Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy, finds the French studio taking a crack at a full-on modern action game made at a AA scale.

The first trailer for Fortnite Chapter 7 Season 4: Override was released and confirmed that it's the massive gaming crossover bonanza that leak suggested it would be.

It was five years ago that Netflix announced that it was breaking into video games, and it has been a nonstop whirlwind for the company ever since then. Netflix’s ever-changing gaming strategy put it in a perpetual state of start-and-stop momentum.

Disney Imagineers unveiled the Indiana Jones and the Myth of the Jade Serpent attraction for Animal Kingdom at D23 this weekend. The most surprising thing about this ride is that it'll feature an Indiana Jones animatronic directly modeled after Harri…

Being a fan of DC Comics comes with its own crosses to bear: most of the movie adaptations simply aren’t very good. You do have occasional wins, such as The Dark Knight trilogy and 2017’s Wonder Woman.

Ron Gilbert, creator of the beloved Monkey Island series of adventure games, admitted that making a new one would be "really complicated" because of all the companies that would have to be involved.

It's a rough life on the eternal midcard. In every big shared fictional universe, there's always someone whose "job," so to speak, is to get merked in order to establish a new threat's danger level.

Tatsuki Fujimoto’s Chainsaw Man never shies away from grotesque body horror. The story opens with the tragic, impoverished life of a teenager named Denji, who ends up making a contract with Pochita, the dog-like Chainsaw Devil.

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Tom Cruise has been at the top of Hollywood (and on top of couches) since the '80s. His filmography ranges from coming-of-age films like The Outsiders to the legal thriller A Few Good Men to Steven Spielberg's science-fiction adventure War of the Wor…

A particular kind of gratitude between writers and readers travels through fourth-dimensional space. Fablehaven author Brandon Mull knows this well. Long before he wrote about a secret preserve filled with fairies, demons, satyrs, and rock golems, he…

Mention the name "Stephen King" and most people immediately picture haunted hotels, killer clowns, possessed cars, and enough small-town nightmares to keep Maine's tourism board awake at night. More than 50 years after Carrie launched his career, Kin…

There are few anime directors whose names alone cast so much appeal for a new project. After helping define the anarchic energy of One-Punch Man’s first season and creating the surreal, deeply introspective Sonny Boy, Shingo Natsume is finally taking…

Classic anime series will always have a special place in our hearts for a reason. You might’ve grown up watching Naruto, Dragon Ball, or Pokémon, which acted as the gateway to all things anime.

Six years after revealing the first batch of Lego Super Mario sets, Nintendo and The Lego Group are finally giving fans what they want: Super Mario minifigures.

For a long time, I regarded the Fast & Furious franchise as beneath me. The movies appeared to be nothing more than a series of vapid car commercials and, not being much of a car guy, there was really no appeal.

Nickit is getting its own Pokémon Go Community Day, running on Sunday, Aug. 16 from 2-5 p.m. in your local time. This dark-type fox Pokémon will be in the spotlight during the event, spawning everywhere with a pretty high chance to be shiny.

We got our most extensive deep dive into Kingdom Hearts 4 yet during the franchise's D23 panel. The panel not only featured some great insights from the developers, but a longer version of the most recent trailer.

In the short, strange history of comic book superfans, the number one spot is taken and there are no realistic contenders. As long as Nicolas Cage is alive, he's earned the right to call himself the biggest comics nerd who’s ever lived.

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom pretty much always merits a replay. Or two. Or fifteen. There’s always another sky island you’ve skipped, or a cave you haven’t fully explored.

Isekai anime fans must feel vindicated right now. As of Aug. 12, the three biggest series in the genre are all streaming or being broadcast at the same time. It's a bit like being back in the golden years of 2004-2012, when Bleach, Naruto, and One Pi…

It seems likely that a leaked piece of key art for Fortnite's next season is real after Chapter 7 Season 3's Unstable event and a Sonic the Hedgehog crossover comic teased a season centered around what the battle royale calls "Gaming Legends.

Kaiju No. 8 has become one of anime’s most entertaining modern hits, pairing giant-monster spectacle a la Godzilla with a surprisingly goofy workplace comedy. The series follows Kafka Hibino, a 32-year-old sanitation worker who dreams of joining the …

When you think of roguelike RPGs with emotional stories about family, your mind probably goes straight to Hades. For good reason! Supergiant's exceptional take on Greek mythology is a modern classic.

One of the best (and worst) things about fantasy is that you're rarely done with a story after reading a single novel, watching just one movie, or even binging an entire season of television. Oh no, there are duologies, trilogies, spin-offs, and even…

Disney is finally doing something new with Oswald the Lucky Rabbit over 20 years after reacquiring the rights to Mickey Mouse's predecessor for Epic Mickey.

Over the years, we’ve enjoyed terrific games from developers large and small, on platforms popular and obscure. Many of the biggest hits received numerous sequels and spawned franchises that endure to this day. Others were never revisited, despite th…

Star Wars is heading into its 50th anniversary next spring in an unusual position. Lucasfilm certainly isn't short on ways to keep the galaxy-changing franchise alive — there are countless Skywalker-focused books lined up in the next year, Star Wars:…

Disney Dreamlight Valley's roadmap for the rest of 2026 has been announced, revealing a massive expansion pack and two free updates. It seems that every month of the year will bring new characters to the Valley, giving players a lot to look forward t…

Puzzle games are considered a cerebral activity, but in truth there are two types of puzzle game. There are the ones that really give your logical deduction capabilities a workout, like Jonathan Blow's The Witness.

Saber Interactive finally added a detailed AI disclosure message to the Steam page for Rideshare Stimulator. This follows a week of controversy over its use in the game after a former employee claimed that she was laid off and replaced by AI.

Air skills are, well, skills that you can earn in the air in Forza Horizon 6. They also appear from time to time as a challenge in the Festival Playlist. For example, in the summer set of daily challenges in the "Horizon Mascot Party" series, you nee…

William Gibson’s 1984 novel Neuromancer helped establish the cyberpunk genre, laying the foundation for everything from The Matrix to Cyberpunk 2077.

Fans of The Simpsons video games just got some great news at D23. While nothing was officially announced during Disney’s big showcase, series creator Matt Groening teased that the beloved The Simpsons: Hit & Run is "coming back in some form" during a…