New Dark Alliance Game Coming to Xbox Game Pass at Launch

Xbox Game Pass continues to introduce great new games to the subscription service month to month.Xbox Game Passisn’t just a library of new first-party Xbox games and classics, however. Xbox also partners with third-parties to bring brand new major game releases to Game Pass. The latest example has just been announced.Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Alliance, the brutal fantasy action game from Tuque Games, will be available on Xbox Game Pass when it launches on June 22....

August 4, 2025 · 2 min · 308 words · Theresa Martinez

New J. Jonah Jameson Spider-Man Trailer Highlights Supervillains

In less than two weeks, fans will finally get their hands on Insomniac’sSpider-Man. To prepare for the highly anticipated launch, Insomniac has been releasing trailers to showcase various aspects of the upcoming game featuring the iconic J. Jonah Jameson. The previous trailer highlighted the web-slinging hero’scombat abilities, and today’s trailer showcases the villains that players will encounter in the game. In the new trailer, J. Jonah Jameson goes over the rising crime rate in New York and blames the web-slinging hero for escalating the conflict....

August 4, 2025 · 2 min · 286 words · Jane Garcia

Nintendo Download: Pinball Wizard edition

There rarely comes a time when I can mentionThe Who,Pinball Quest, and Kirby in the same article, but today is that day my friends! Granted, my connections are tenuous at best, because the only realpinballrelated thing today is the release ofKirby’s Pinball Land($3.99) for the 3DS VC. If you’re itching for a good pinball game, itch no more, because Kirby’s first foray into the world of flippers and metal balls is worth the price of entry....

August 4, 2025 · 1 min · 136 words · Amy Jones

One Of The Greatest Psychological Horror Movies From The Past 20 Years Only Has 68% On Rotten Tomatoes

It’s hard to believe, but even thoughAmerican Psychowas one of thegreatest psychological horror moviesof the past quarter century, its critical reception doesn’t reflect this. With a career-defining performance from Christian Bale as the serial killer yuppie Patrick Bateman, this adaptation of the infamous novel by Bret Easton Ellis was truly one of the most unique movies of the early 2000s. From the way it dismantled the all-consuming nature of consumer culture to its grim representation of grisly murders,American Psychowas a cult classic that reflected the darkest aspects of society back onto itself....

August 4, 2025 · 3 min · 625 words · Angel Wu

PES Could Come to Switch says Brand Manager

Fans ofPro Evolution Soccerhave long been awaiting the game’s move to Nintendo, and this dream may be on the verge of coming true. WithPESswitching game engines, the game may come to the Nintendo Switch. This process is now more likely with the change in game enginesfrom the Fox Engine to the Unreal Engine. Originally, the Fox Engine was touted as a project to ‘become the best engine in the world’ by Konami, but it has been abandoned for the next generation ofPESgames....

August 4, 2025 · 2 min · 309 words · Nicholas Mcmillan

Pokemon GO March Community Day Hints Revealed

Pokemon GOplayers now haveFebruary’s Community Day eventin the rearview mirror, which means it is time to start speculating about which Pokemon will get the spotlight next month. Although there used to be a fairly predictable pattern to Community Day features, the last few months have switched things up and left players guessing (or voting) on which creature would own the day. March’sPokemon GOevent doesn’t seem like it is going to using the voting mechanic like February, but Niantic is starting to drop hints about which Pokemon will be featured....

August 4, 2025 · 2 min · 350 words · Melissa Jones

Pokemon GO Season of Mythical Wishes

TheSeason of Mythical Wishesis just days away andPokemon GOtrainers are busy wrapping up their final Season of Light challenges before the early winter activities take over the mobile AR game. The upcoming season will be full of unique events, seasonal spawns, and activities to keep trainers entertained throughout the holiday season and into the new year. AsPokemon GOtrainers head out to enjoy the Season 9 activities, they’ll once again have a handful of bonuses to take advantage of....

August 4, 2025 · 2 min · 374 words · Matthew Jackson

Red Dead Online: Where to Find Gang Hideouts

One of the main activitiesRed Dead Redemption 2players will participate in when playing Red Dead Online is taking over gang hideouts. However, someRed Dead Redemption 2players may not know where to find gang hideouts in Red Dead Online, and may be confused about how they actually work in the game. Gang hideouts are special events that can occur at different times and places in Red Dead Online’s massive open world, and will be marked by a red skull on the map when they’re available....

August 4, 2025 · 2 min · 296 words · Anthony Manning

Shroud is Now the Fastest-Growing Twitch Streamer

Shroud has been a popular streamer for a while, playing well-loved games such asValorant, Fall Guys,andCall of Duty: Warzone. Since returning toTwitchearlier this month, his platform has been growing at an impressive rate, and now he has proven himself to be the fastest growing streamer on the platform. AfterMicrosoftsuddenly shut down Mixer in July, Shroud took a short break before moving back to Twitch. Since he returned to the older platform, many of his followers from Mixer flocked to watch him play various games on Twitch....

August 4, 2025 · 2 min · 341 words · Carlos Jones

Spector: We are fetishizing violence, it has to stop

Epic MickeyandDeus Excreator Warren Spector has generated a whirlwind of debate this week after suggesting that the games industry is relying too heavily on “ultraviolence.” Urging developers to stop drenching the market in blood, Spector has said that it’s time to put the guns and knives away. “The ultraviolence has to stop,” he toldGI International. “We have to stop loving it. I just don’t believe in the effects argument at all, but I do believe that we are fetishizing violence, and now in some cases actually combining it with an adolescent approach to sexuality....

August 4, 2025 · 2 min · 312 words · Leah Henderson

Star Wars Battlefront 2 Story Trailer Reveals Emperor Palpatine

Even with well over a month left before fans can finally go hands on with EA’s ambitious sequel,Star Wars Battlefront 2, the company has already begun its marketing blitz. Earlier this week,Star Wars: The Force Awakensstar, John Boyega,narrated a comprehensive trailer, revealing the many modes, heroes, and other content on day one. For fans wanting more of a look at the new single player campaign, EA released a new trailer showing off nearly 3 minutes of new footage....

August 4, 2025 · 2 min · 328 words · Keith Turner

The Fast & Furious Movie That Changed Everything Races To Streaming Success 14 Years Later

TheFast & Furiousfranchise was a movie series about illegal street racers who also pulled off criminal heists, until one installment changed everything. InFast Five, the franchise shifted into a film about former illegal street racers who began to work stopping major criminals, which led to enormous changes for the rest of the movies. Fast Fivesaved theFast & Furiousfranchiseby shifting this focus and makingthe “family” almost like superheroes in espionage movies.Many considerthe fifth film the best in theFast & Furiousseries,and this is evident in the continued success it enjoys on streaming platforms....

August 4, 2025 · 3 min · 444 words · Gregory Williams

The Rainmaker Season 1 Review: I'm So Glad We Finally Got A Good John Grisham TV Adaptation

John Grisham’s workhas led to some of the best legal thriller adaptations in film, whether it’s the paranoia-driven heights of Tom Cruise’sThe Firmor the cat-and-mouse fun of John Cusack’sRunaway Jury. But where the movies have succeeded in translating his novels for the screen, there have only been a handful of TV adaptations, none of which have replicated the formula of their books. This is where USA Network’sThe Rainmakercomes in. The second adaptation of Grisham’s 1995 novel, after the 1997 Matt Damon-led film, centers on Rudy Baylor, a recent law school graduate who finds himself fired from a prestigious firm and, with nowhere else to go, starts working for an ambulance chaser firm, beginning with a high-profile wrongful death suit....

August 4, 2025 · 4 min · 837 words · Bradley Ali