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While the core ARPG community may be busy arguing the merits of Path of Exile 2 right now; how challenging (and sometimes downright unfair) it can be, and how much it is and isn’t like Diablo, casual players likely don’t care much about all that. What may turn their heads, however – at least, the way Blizzard sees it, is a chance to play Diablo 4 for free while everyone is off for the holidays....

Ubisoft’s done it again. Here’s a new weird NFT game that’s been released with close to zero fanfare by the publisher. This one’s got Rayman in it, and is based on a thing that’s inspired by Far Cry 3’s fun Blood Dragon expansion, if you can believe that. As you may be aware, this isn’t the first time Ubisoft’s pretty much stealth-dropped a weird NFT/Web3 game this year – there was Champions Tactics: Grimoria Chronicles...

The second series of Amazon’s Fallout TV show has already commenced filming, and even if we’ve still likely got plenty of time to wait until we see what Lucy, Maximus and The Ghoul get up to in New Vegas, that doesn’t mean people aren’t excited. It’ll no doubt be a boon for Fallout games too, with the first series having brought players to the likes of Fallout 4 and Fallout 76 in droves, as the...

Larian has put out Baldur’s Gate 3‘s last big community update of 2024, and it brings some nice news. Registration’s now open for the stress test of Patch 8 that’s set to take place early next year, so you you can throw your username in the hat if you wish. As the studio revealed late last month, Patch 8 is the final major update for BG3, it swears. What’ll be in it? Well, a heap...

On TV and in films and games, Star Wars has the same problem. The original trilogy was an unprecedented mix of grizzled Western, brooding Samurai film and pioneering Science Fiction which made for transformative popcorn entertainment, a true pop-cultural event. Most things they do make lots of money, but in a cultural impact sense, in the Disney-era particularly, Lucasfilm has only managed to repeat anything close to that level of success a couple of times,...

Image: Warner Bros Pictures The line between success and failure can get blurred under a deluge of criticism, especially when it starts affecting your real life. That appears to be what Jesse Eisenberg has been secretly dealing with for nearly a decade. Deadline reports that in a recent chat on Dax Shepard’s Armchair Expert podcast, Eisenberg revealed that he feels his role as Lex Luthor in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice might’ve harmed his...

Well, here’s something I wasn’t expecting to see: Valve has finally revealed what Team Fortress 2‘s Spy looks like under his mask. And it turns out he looks pretty dang handsome! The Week In Games: A Star Wars Classic Returns & More New Releases Valve’s still-popular class-based team shooter launched back in 2007, which feels like three lifetimes ago at this point. Since then, Valve has slowly built up a ton of lore and history...

With Sonic the Hedgehog 3, the live-action adaptation of Sega’s speedy platformer is entering a new era. With each subsequent movie, the Sonic films have sought to shed the generic “family” movie image for one that was more honest to the anime-inspired twists and turns of the long-running platformer series. And this latest film succeeds. Sonic 3 is a loose adaptation of one of the most beloved stories in all of the series’ 30 years....

Sony’s PlayStation Portal began its life with a lot of limitations and skepticism. But after a much-appreciated update added the ability to stream PS5 games directly from the cloud, Sony’s PS5 companion has finally secured itself as a worthwhile accessory Sony’s current gen console. It still isn’t a perfect device, but it’s one with potential that continues to grow, and that means you’re likely to be spending more and more time with yours. As such,...

Image: Mineralblu / Kotaku The biggest pop-culture convention isn’t San Diego Comic Con, nor New York Comic Con—it is in fact CCXP, an international event that mostly takes place in Brazil, but sometimes pops up in Germany too! This year’s was in its main home of the São Paulo Expo, with a raft of big-name celebs and hundreds of thousands of visitors. And some absolutely stellar cosplay, too. This year’s CCXP saw the likes of...