Summary Naoki Hamaguchi, the director ofFinal Fantasy 7 Rebirth, has confirmed that no DLC content will be released for the game. Released in February 2024,Final Fantasy 7 Rebirthis the second game in a planned trilogy, with the Square Enix team currently hard at work on the finale. Nominated for seven accolades atThe Game Awards 2024 in December, including Game of the Year, Best Score and Music, and Best Narrative,Final Fantasy 7 Rebirthwas one of the year’s biggest hits....

Summary STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobylhas received its first-ever update, which happens to be gigantic. However, since the game isn’t out yet, the new patch will only be of interest to people who have preloadedSTALKER 2. Following around six years of development and four major delays, at least one of which can be traced back to the Russian invasion of Ukraine,STALKER 2has gone goldin early November 2024. The long-awaited immersive sim is scheduled to hit the market on Wednesday, November 20....

Summary Transporter accidentsare so common in theStar Trekuniverse that they’ve become a trope. Each series in the franchise has at least a few — sometimes several — episodes about all the things that can go wrong when the ship’s transporters don’t function as they should. It’s actually kind of impressive thatStar Trekwriters keep coming up with new and interesting ways that this essential technology can fail. One of the best transporter fail episodes in the franchise is theStar Trek: The Next Generationepisode “The Next Phase....

Summary WhenStar Trekfans think of Starfleet, they probably think of the Starfleet officers aboard starships, the staff and students of Starfleet Academy, and the commodores, admirals, and administrative staff who work at Starfleet Headquarters. While the people in those roles make up the vast majority of Starfleet personnel, there are other divisions of Starfleet thatStar Trekfans see far less often. Two of those divisions are Starfleet Intelligence andSection 31, which started out as a subdivision of Starfleet Intelligence....

Summary Star Wars: Ahsokaseason 2 received an update from the rumor mill that could give fans a hint at when the series will premiere on Disney Plus. Ahsokaconcluded its first season with more than a few lingering storylines. However, the first season received high viewership for Disney Plus and generally positive reviews, so a second season seemed all but guaranteed. Lucasfilm hasn’t officially announced the show’s return. However, the company confirmed series creator Dave Filoni was developingAhsokaseason 2 when it announcedThe Mandalorian and Grogumovie....

Summary Like typical RPGs,Mario & Luigi: Brothershipwill offer players direct and indirect side quests. For example, the actual literal term and sub-menu will not pop up for side quests until about three to four hours into the game. Before that happens, players may think side quests only involve backtracking to islands and getting new treasures once pathways open up Metroidvania-style. While Island backtracking is certainly a thing players should do inMario & Luigi: Brothership, there are more direct side quests to take on....

Summary There are few things more unsettling in horror games than the idea of being constantly watched. Feeling the presence of an unseen foe, potentially lurking behind every corner, just waiting for the player to let their guard down long enough to strike. No amount of well-placed jump scares can supplant that feeling of dread. It’s common to encounter stalker enemies, confined to certain levels or sections in horror games, but some games go a step further, building the entire experience around the premise....

Summary Whether a JRPG is a lighthearted romp or adeeply intense and tactical affair, the central most important thing to a JRPG’s gameplay is its party composition. Who is in the party - and how their disparate roles synthesize together - is of incredibly important note in any game that involves parties. JRPGs often excel at this, especially where synthesizing archetypal classes like warriors and mages together is concerned. But what about players who want to build a warrioranda mage?...

Dragon Balltends to celebrate brawn over brains more often than not, but intelligent characters still play a very important role in thelong-running manga and anime series. The smartestDragon Ballcharacters have changed the world with their ideas and inventions; more so than many of the franchise’s main cast. Trying to determine who is the most intelligentDragon Ballcharacter is far from easy though, particularly as the main candidates for the title specialize in very different fields....

Summary Netflix’s adaptation of Neil Gaiman’sThe Sandmanlurks in the shadows of its dreamy world as it awaits its season two release, but in the meanwhile, Mason Alexander Park, who plays the anthropomorphic personification of Desire in the fantasy show, talks about their character and how it is similar to another role in a Broadway play that Park is currently starring in. The production forThe Sandmanseason two went underway in June 2023 at the Shepperton Studios in the UK but, due to the SAG-AFTRA strikes, the series was put on pause a month later....

Summary The premiere date for the second season ofToilet-Bound Hanako-kunhas finally been revealed. Aprevious announcementconfirmed that the series would return sometime in January. The new season was announced in 2023, four years after the first season finished airing. A spin-off series,After-School Hanako-kun,aired in 2023, and awith additional episodes airing from August to October of this year. The new trailer reveals a January 12 debut and previews The Three Clock Keepers (that’s also the video’s title): Kako, Mirai, and Akane Aoi....

Summary On June 24, 2025, Mark Warner, a US Senator from Virginia, published an open letter to Steam’s parent companyValveidentifying widespread use of the platform in spreading hateful speech and images. Steam is the world’s largest online gaming distribution platform with a robust array of social networking features. The service generates billions in annual revenue forValveand represents the majority of the company’s market value. The letter comes on the heels ofan investigation into Steamby the Anti-Defamation League’s Center on Extremism that found millions of instances of hateful content including swastikas and anti-Semitic cartoons, posts supporting terrorist organizations and mass shooters, and avatars utilizing white supremacist iconography....

Players will come across several locked chests during their adventure inIndiana Jones and the Great Circle. The codes needed to unlock them often hide in plain sight, but sometimes, it’s not so apparent. It’s up to you to scan the area in search of notes or hidden clues that will point you in the direction of the code. One of these locked chests can be found early in the game, after entering the Vatican City inside Belvedere Courtyard....