After surviving Embracer’s $460 million studio shuffle, director of anticipated open-world roguelike hits back at “cascading effect” of corporate consolidation “I don’t want to depend on megacorporations doing X, Y, and Z to dictate our future” When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. The developer ofour most-anticipated open-world roguelikehas hit back against the “cascading effect” that recent swathes of layoffs and corporate consolidation can have on the rest of the industry....

Star of fan-favorite Netflix show to play young Dexter in prequel to hit serial killer show Dexter: Original Sin has been greenlit at Showtime When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. A new Dexter prequel series is headed to Showtime – and the casting is perfect. Patrick Gibson (Shadow and Bone) is set to play a young Dexter Morgan in Dexter: Original Sin....

XDefiant opens with skill-based matchmaking but drops it quickly, and players are loving the SBMM-free life Call of Duty’s biggest loss is XDefiant’s gain When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. Ubisoft’s new first-person shooter joins the likes of Call of Duty and The Finals in including skill-based matchmaking, but here’s the thing – it doesn’t stick around. Now that XDefiant is in the hands of players, plenty are noticing that the ‘Welcome Playlist’ features SBMM up until the point you hit level 25....

After 30 years, Spawn’s greatest enemy is finally getting an in-depth origin story Violator: Origin will tell the demon’s story from his own point of view When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. Violator has been a thorn in Spawn’s side for 30 years now but, perhaps surprisingly, the malevolent demonic alter ego of the Clown has never really had an official origin series....

Elden Ring director Hidetaka Miyazaki has a “strong will” to make an Armored Core 6 follow-up, because “there’s still room for improvement” Armored Core 6 was a success, critically and commercially, but mechs are always due for an upgrade When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. FromSoftwarepresident and frequent director Hidetaka Miyazaki claims that the studio’s mecha-action series Armored Core has a very sturdy future ahead, unless the game’s dystopian vision comes to pass....