Summary ThoughWorld of Warcraft’s Hardcore servers are on the horizon, players have already been able to spend some time testing out the realms in the PTR. The testing period has provided theWorld of Warcraftteam with some amusing insights into how players are ending their Hardcore runs, with deaths ranging from cave misadventures to drowning along with stubborn attempts to circumvent the game’s typical progression paths. In a group interview, Senior Technical Designer Tim Jones and Game Producer Linny Cooke Saverline spoke to Game Rant about how the team has been tracking these causes of death with highly detailed analytics data to reveal some interesting behaviors among Hardcore players....

Blizzard has introduced some changes to the Recruit A Friend system inWorld of Warcraft, allowing players to bring their friends back into the game with even greater ease. The Recruit A Friend referral program made its debut in 2008, where it awarded players with anexclusiveWorld of Warcraftmountif they got their friends to start an adventure in Azeroth. Since then, it has returned several times with many different rewards before Blizzard temporarily suspended the program in 2019....

Even before its worldwide release, writer-director Ryan Coogler’s new film,Sinners, had critics and audiences buzzing. Starring Michael B. Jordan in a dual leading role, this horror blockbuster pits a group of people living in Jim Crow-era Mississippi against a horde of evil vampires in a cinematic showdown unlike any other. Overall, critics have had nothing but good things to say about2025’sSinners, which has left the hype for this film feeling extremely palpable....

Summary TheAssassin’s Creedfranchise has always had an iconic sense of style. Present right from the very beginning, the traditional white, hooded Assassin robe is still one of the most iconic outfits in all of gaming, and practically every iteration of it is perfect in its own way, fromAltair’s simple robeto Ezio’s more flamboyant cape and shirt combo to Edward Kenway’s absurd number of pistol belts.Assassin’s CreedMirageis absolutely no exception to the rule, bringing another more traditional take on the classic Assassin robe....

Video games go through all sorts of intense changes during development. Some cool ideas end up on the cutting room floor and are either never seen again, or eventually used in a future game. The same goes for theSuper Mario Bros.franchise. Even from the debut entry, Nintendo has axed a whole slew of ideas that might have drastically changed the game’s finished form. The reasons for the cut content below are surely rational, and it is not like the finished product was lacking in quality....

It’s an odd concept to many that video games can be dangerous, yet it’s inarguably true. Video games are an inherently visual medium and there exists an unfortunate disorder of the central nervous system that can react negatively to certain visual conditions. That disorder is epilepsy. From time to time, games unknowingly cause epileptic reactions in gamers, the latest example of which beingBalan Wonderworld. InBalan Wonderworld’s case, at the very least, the issue has been fixed before the game launches....

Criminal Minds: Evolutionshowrunner and executive producer Erica Messer confirms that a TV legend has joined season 4. Inthe finale ofCriminal Minds: Evolutionseason 3, the BAU seemingly bids farewell to Zach Gilford’s Elias Voit and looks ahead to what’s next. For arguably the first time in the Paramount+ revival’s history, there isn’t a massive cliffhanger to address. The path forCriminal Minds: Evolutionseason 4 may be a little clearer now, as Messer confirms toTVLinethatveteran actress Jeri Ryan has joined the show....

James Gunn’sSupermanmovie gets a review from Marvel Studios' Kevin Feige, asthe Marvel Cinematic Universe boss reacts to theDC Universefilm. While Gunn has finished his time with the MCU, the filmmaker’s superhero chapter is far from over, as he is now running DC Studios together with Peter Safran, which led to the launch of the DCU franchise. The DCU’sSupermanmovie has finally arrived in theaters, marking the beginning of a new era for the comic book movie genre, with DC Studios now looking to create a fresh interconnected franchise....

But I’m not sure if that’ll happen Any MMO or hardcore MOBA player is probably aware of, or has used, some form of third party voice chat like TeamSpeak or Discord at some point. It seems like every new raid group I jump into has a preference, and Discord is one of the programs that I see pretty frequently. As you may have heard the Switch voice chat situation is a bit of a mess right now, and Discord wants to step in to provide an app for the system....

Microsoft is promoting improved efficiency with itsAMD-powered Surface Laptop 4, available until January 29 for only $749.99 ($150 off). The discounted laptop runs on AMD’s Ryzen 5 chip, giving you more time with each charge than its Intel counterpart without sacrificing functionality. Working from the road has never been more appealing than withMicrosoft’s sleek Surface Laptop 4. The 13.5-inch touchscreen is just big enough to cater to a variety of users, from writers on the road, to remote employees signing in for weekly meetings at the local coffee house, and everyone in between....

As is expected, Dorothy will have a slightly larger role inWicked: For Goodthan she had in the first film. Dorothy, Toto, The Tin Man, The Scarecrow, and The Cowardly Lion are all seen from behind walking down the Yellow Brick Road at the beginning of the firstWickedmovie, which received immense acclaim upon its release in November 2024. This was the extent ofDorothy’s cameo inWicked, though, since the film mostly focused on the friendship between Elphaba and Glinda....

With the introduction ofrandom weapon rolls in Forsaken, year oneDestiny 2weapons will be left behind with their static rolls – well most of them anyway. Today, Bungie confirmed that a select number of year one weapons will be brought up in Forsaken to have random rolls in addition to the static version of year one. In the announcement, Bungie included a teaser that hinted that the popular hand cannon Better Devils would be one of these weapons....

When Sony announced that it would be releasing a motion controller for the PlayStation 3, no one was shocked. The success of the Wii had virtually guaranteed that Nintendo’s competitors would start scrambling to enter the motion-controlled space in due time. Sony had been internally working with motion controls for quite some time (even releasing titles that, paired with the EyeToy, contained rudimentary functionality), but it wasn’t until the Game Developers Conference earlier this year that it gave it a name: PlayStation Move....