Funcom is updating Dune: Awakening almost faster than we can write about it. No sooner had we introduced you to its Public Test Client and news that the studio was trialling extending the PvE zone of the Deep Desert from about 10% of the map to 50%, Funcom has dropped […]
Year: 2025
The Steam Summer Sale Is Officially Live With New PC Gaming Deals for 2025
9 months ago
One of the best days of the year is finally here: the Steam Summer Sale has arrived at last. If you’re unfamiliar, the Steam Summer Sale is one of the two biggest sales available on the platform annually, with the other occurring around the holiday season in December. You can […]
The Steam Summer Sale Is Officially Live With New PC Gaming Deals for 2025
9 months ago
One of the best days of the year is finally here: the Steam Summer Sale has arrived at last. If you’re unfamiliar, the Steam Summer Sale is one of the two biggest sales available on the platform annually, with the other occurring around the holiday season in December. You can […]
Amazon’s Free Audible Deal Is Perfect If You’re Into Non-Fiction Reads This Summer
9 months ago
Audible is Amazon’s way of piping books directly into your ears, and honestly, it’s a pretty great deal. While you can buy titles one by one, the real value is in the Premium Plus trial, currently running for three months at just $0.99 per month, or completely free for Prime […]
Amazon’s Free Audible Deal Is Perfect If You’re Into Non-Fiction Reads This Summer
9 months ago
Audible is Amazon’s way of piping books directly into your ears, and honestly, it’s a pretty great deal. While you can buy titles one by one, the real value is in the Premium Plus trial, currently running for three months at just $0.99 per month, or completely free for Prime […]
The Future of Queer Characters in Cinema (And Who the Real Villains Are)
9 months ago
When it comes to queer representation in movies just having a token character isn’t enough. In 2025 we may thankfully be past the queer characters always being the scary monsters purely because of their otherness, but we still need to see more complicated roles for the LGBTQIA+ individuals we see […]
Mark Hamill Discusses His 'Much, Much Darker' Head Canon for Why Luke Skywalker Has Become a 'Suicidal Hermit' in Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Mark Hamill has spoken in detail about the backstory he made up for Luke Skywalker as we see him in Star Wars: The Last Jedi, after moving to clarify his dissatisfaction with Rian Johnson’s story. Hamill has made no secret of his disagreement with Luke’s on-screen motivations for exiling himself […]
Dune: Awakening Dev Funcom Is Already Testing A Radical Change to the PvP Deep Desert Experience
You may remember that Funcom recently assured Dune: Awakening players in an AMA that it was already "formulating a plan" to improve PvP in the Deep Desert, which players have previously branded as "toxic" due to griefing even after patching out the ability for players to squish other people with […]
Nintendo Fans Upset Over Mario Kart World Patch That Makes a Big Change to Online Play — 'Thanks, I Hate It'
Nintendo has updated Mario Kart World to change how the game handles online course selection, in a move that has gone against many fans' wishes and highlighted the mixed response to the game's open world overall. Mario Kart World version 1.1.2 was released last night, and patch notes from Nintendo […]
Hellblade 2 Enhanced Finally Gets a PS5 Release Date — Here's What Those Enhanced Features Do
We already knew that Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2 Enhanced was on its way to PS5, and now we have a release date: August 12. Ninja Theory's game will be available in two editions: a $49.99 standard edition, which includes the base Hellblade 2 alongside the upgrades and new features available […]