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Mark your calendars, because the 27-year-old The Mummy franchise officially returns exactly one year from today. To mark the occasion, Universal Pictures finally revealed the title for the next The Mummy movie. Now called The Mummy: Book of the Dead,…

Fast travel is tucked away until you make a fair amount of progress in Castlevania: Belmont's Curse. If you want to revisit old haunts in the early game and uncover treasures you missed, you'll have to go on foot — or just hold off for a couple of ho…

Now that the dust is slowly settling around Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave, my thoughts are turning elsewhere — namely, which of the dozens of new characters might end up in the next Smash Bros. game.

While big gaming showcases like The Game Awards are packed full of big-budget games, they usually feature plenty of exciting indies, too. Acts of Blood was spotlighted at last year's Summer Game Fest, and it immediately piqued our interest.

David Dastmalchian has seemingly played every single game in Videogamesnewyork and we got to listen to him tell us all about them. From Galaga to Castlevania, Splatterhouse to Magic the Gathering, and Street Fighter Cabinets to Street Fighter console…

Fortnitemares power hours are happening in Fortnite Chapter 7 Season 4 on Saturday, Oct. 10. During this set of power hours, the drop rate for Spooky Dash sprites, The Deer sprites, and Vampire sprites will be increased, so if you still need those fo…

You rolled your eyes at their first line, considered leaving them at camp, and now you can’t imagine the party without them. Every RPG has one: the companion whose first impression is a red flag, and whose second, third, and fiftieth impressions are …

One of the biggest and most unexpected announcements out of this year's BlizzCon was the reveal that Diablo 5 is in development. Blizzard was even confident enough in the project to set a release date on the next entry in the action RPG series, slati…

Curry Barker has quickly become a name to watch among cinephiles thanks to the stunning success of his recent horror film, Obsession. Thankfully, his next movie isn't far off.

On Thursday, Pokémon restock Discord servers were buzzing with rumors that The Pokémon Center might drop its hyped 30th Anniversary Ultra Premium Collection. The whispers were real, but what TPC actually dropped was not what anyone was expecting.

To beat the Sphinx in Valor Mortis, you don't just need your parrying skills — you'll need your blunderbuss and plenty of bullets. This unfriendly golden kitty, encountered at the end of Chapter 4, isn't too hard to defeat once you've learned its wea…

Every run of Fallout: New Vegas starts the same way: a man named Benny drags you to a cemetery outside Goodsprings and shoots you in the head. What happens next is up to you.

The Star Trek franchise got a much-needed jolt of life in 2009 when J.J. Abrams rebooted it for the silver screen. The "Kelvin-verse," named after a starship that encountered a time-traveling group of Romulans bent on vengeance, was a major success i…

Audio logs are quest items that give you a little more information about the story building up in Fortnite Chapter 7 Season 4. During Chapter 7 Season 4, you can find audio logs scattered across the entire map, and every so often, there will be more …

CD Projekt Red currently has a lot of irons in the fire. In addition to the upcoming The Witcher 3 DLC, Songs of the Past, the studio is also working on a new Witcher trilogy beginning with The Witcher 4.

The autumn Takashiro region treasure hunt is one of the weekly activities in Forza Horizon 6 Series 6, "Horizon Meets." Whenever a new hunt begins, a box appears somewhere on the map and, to locate it, the only hints you have are the region's name an…

Lanterns season 1 finished airing earlier this month, meaning Sunday nights are now fully free for NFL football, I guess. The season 1 finale wrapped up the show's plot well, while still leaving viewers with some burning questions.

Riot Games has announced that it is planning to end League of Legends Classic service in January 2027. If the information that League of Legends Classic even exists comes as a surprise to you, that might be because it was only released this July.

David Dastmalchian’s eyes roll back as he presses his thumbs into a sniveling scientist’s eye sockets. As the skull cracks and blood splatters across Dastmalchian's forehead, he makes an expression that can be best described as orgasm face.

Jodogohama Beach is a scenic location in Forza Horizon 6 where you can watch the sunrise and waves crash against the sides of huge rock formations just off the coast. It's a great place to take a photo, especially for the #SliceOfLife photo challenge…

Fans of Creative Assembly’s Total War series are used to launch-day issues, but the latest remaster of one of the studio’s most beloved games has crossed a line for many. Players are in an uproar over Total War: Shogun 2 – Complete Edition, which is …

When it rains, it pours. With the exception of Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave, 2026 has been a relatively quiet year for Japanese role-playing games. That's all set to change starting in January 2027.

Considering James Gunn has made Tom King one of the architects of the new DC Universe, it's no surprise that several of the writer's comic runs are being adapted for the screen.

To complete the "Lullaby" quest in Valor Mortis, you must find a way to soothe a crying baby's ghost. This Chapter 3 side quest involves some backtracking, which makes it extra hard to find the key item. But although this task is tricky and unsettlin…

Sprites are back again in Fortnite Chapter 7 Season 4, though they're sporting a pixel-y gamer look to coincide with the "Override" season. Just like last season, these sprites can be found around the map, and you can equip them to gain bonus effects…

Jason Statham will return as ass-kicking, name-taking super-assassin Adam Clay in The Beekeeper 2. In the first trailer for next year's sequel to 2024's surprise-hit revenge thriller The Beekeeper, Jeremy Irons' character explains that the Beekeepers…

We are 35 days out from the release of Grand Theft Auto 6, and Rockstar is drumming up hype for the game with an official launch trailer. The video provides a fresh look at the Florida-inspired state Leonida, as well as Jason and Lucia's story.

In 2023, Strange Scaffold had a breakthrough moment thanks to El Paso, Elsewhere. The Max Payne-inspired vampire shooter launched as an indie darling, helping an eclectic studio find the right audience for its games.

I’m the kind of player who loves to dabble in a lot of different games rather than go deep into a select handful every year. The video game medium is just too wide and vibrant to ignore such a strange, diverse array of games.

With Avatar: Seven Havens, the world of bending is entering an unfamiliar era. Set amidst the ruins of a civilization reshaped by a mysterious catastrophe, the new series expands the franchise's visual scope while bringing South Asian cultural influe…

Australian indie developer House House has explained that it has not released its acclaimed co-op adventure Big Walk on Xbox due to its support of the aims of BDS (Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions), the pro-Palestinian human rights movement.

The night I played through Penguin Colony, a surreal new psychological horror game from Umurangi Generation developer Origame Digital, I struggled to fall asleep. It wasn’t the thought of slimy Lovecraftian beasts that kept me up, but a more tangible…

It’s a great time to be a Fire Emblem fan. Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave was released in September 2026 to commercial and critical acclaim. The game brings back the classic elements that made the series popular while introducing some interesting innov…

It's still technically spooky season, but as soon as Nov. 1 rolls around, it's time to start thinking about the holidays. Pokémon is way ahead of you and has already released its new holiday collection.

Charles Schulz's retirement took the world a little by surprise. Following a period of failing health, Schulz announced on Dec. 14, 1999 that he would end Peanuts. He could no longer see clearly, he'd been diagnosed with colon cancer, and he needed t…

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Stephen King has never been shy about how much he hated director Stanley Kubrick’s adaptation of his 1977 novel, The Shining. Although it's easily one of the best horror films of all time, Kubrick’s vision of Jack Torrance and the Overlook Hotel real…

Medusa, also known as the Prophetess, is one of the first three bosses in Castlevania: Belmont's Curse that you face. You must defeat her to obtain the keys to open the gate to the catacombs.

You must kill enemies with a whip attack in Castlevania: Belmont's Curse if you want to upgrade the Fallen arcana. Arcanas are spells that cost mana, and you can upgrade them by spending Blessing points, which are earned from Works of Mercy tasks.

At the top of the Prison Tower in Castlevania: Belmont's Curse, you will find the Warrior, one of the initial bosses you must fight to open the gate to the catacombs.

The legendary science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke once said, “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.

Garry Newman, creator of the hugely popular Garry’s Mod, has admitted that his studio’s spiritual successor, S&box, is struggling and announced a series of sweeping changes intended to turn the project around.

There’s something about the RPG genre. These games tell amazing stories players want to experience time and time again, are populated by memorable characters, and often explore deep themes — even if their heroes do tend to have memory problems, spiky…

Under new Xbox CEO Asha Sharma, Microsoft's gaming division has been instituting radical changes and reversals. These include laying off thousands of employees, shuffling around and divesting from some owned studios, and making some games Xbox consol…

After several delays, young James Bond adventure 007 First Light finally has a firm release date for Nintendo Switch 2. The new release date follows months of uncertainty for the 007 game, which was released on consoles and PC back in May.

Sega and Creative Assembly's new release of Total War: Shogun 2 promised strategy fans an "updated, enhanced, and complete version of the grand strategy classic.

This week on Point It Out! We discuss the unfolding news around the GTA 6 Cyberleek leaks, a gaming favorite going to mobile and the sneaky favorite for AAA game of the year. Plus, Polygon Editor-At-Large Giovanni Colantonio holds Simone and Patches …