Been taking some rides on the nostalgia train recently with X Men ’ Xbox wants you to keep that locomotive chugging, as it’s giving away a Series X themed around the show. While the MCU is yet to fully reintroduce the X Men into its live action universe or I guess multiverse these days ,...

   There’s now a premium, extended version of this podcast that you can get as a VG paid subscriber check out our Support Us page for more info. Doing so helps ensure that we can keep making the show But don’t worry if that’s not for you, the main show will always be free.You can’t say anything...

   Sucker for Love: Date to Die For is the midpoint of a planned trilogy that grew out of solo dev Akabaka’s submission to Dread X Collection back in . The theme of the second lockdown game jam overseen by indie horror publisher DreadXP was Lovecrafting , which Akabaka ran with to create a...

   Mortal Kombat is five years old today. Although the at the end of the title might suggest otherwise, this was actually an unusual game in many ways. As much as it represented the final chapter in a long running story, I like to also think of Mortal Kombat as the last game of its kind from...

   A unit director and key animator from Makoto Shinkai’s hit film Your Name is making his own directorial debut soon, and it’s looking beautiful so far. Yoshitoshi Shinomiya isn’t a household name, but he has worked on some projects you’ve likely heard of, namely the film Your Name. Now, as...

   Some Helldivers Major Orders are harder than others. Kill something like two billion bugs Easy. Co ordinate the defense of planets in one go Not so easy. Unfotunately, the latter’s the latest mission folks have been given, and getting everyone to stick to a plan has proven a step too far for...

   It looks like M. Night Shyamalan’s daughter Ishana is staying in the family business, as her feature film directorial debut looks to be a surreal horror that almost definitely has a twist. Right now, M. Night is currently working on his own new film, Trap, a movie that sees an entire pop concert...

   While any details are yet to be set in stone, Tom Holland has made it clear that with Spider Man, everyone wants it to happen. Companies love money, and because of that reason, Spider Man is almost definitely going to happen. It’s not currently on the MCU docket at the moment, but a report...

   Today, April , was orginally supposed to be the release date of Fallout: London, with the massive mod being pencilled in for St Georges’s Day following a delay late last year. However, Fallout ’s long awaited next gen update ended up putting pay to that idea, given its potential to break several...

   Video game movies aren’t just for the big names it seems, as the indie Max Payne like El Paso, Elsewhere is next up on the adaptation train. We really are in the era of video game movies. Superhero movies are still around, sure, but post Avenger’s: Endgame it’s becoming clearer and clearer that...

   While Fallout ’s next gen update hasn’t even dropped yet, Amazon’s Fallout TV show has already been driving droves of players back to the series. Naturally, a lot these returning wastelanders have been grabbing mods to spice up their experiences about two Skyrim’s per second worth, actually.Yup...

   Illaoi has finally gotten a dedicated gameplay trailer and explainer, ahead of a new XKO demo available to play at Evo Japan. The character, first revealed during the game’s free to play announcement is the fifth to be fully playable by members of the public. The video in question, released on...

   Check out the video above for an in depth appraisal of this very unique adventure, in which we ask the question: is it still possible for games to surprise us The high tech world of game development has long had a fruitful creative partnership with the low tech world of clay people being poked...

   XKO is firmly in its pre release hype stage. People out there are fiending for the game, but unlike the past few years where information was drip fed to keen fans every year or so, updates are coming firm and fast. The game is even coming to Evo Japan this weekend Music to your ears, I’m sure...

   Fallout. It’s a series of games about what happens when someone pushes that big red button to drop the nukes, damning an alternate timeline version of humanity to spend an eternity doing fun little quests among the rubble. Within that, there’s scope for some of the best RPG fun you can get, no...

   No matter whether you’re a big car nerd who loves playing around with setups, or are just hopping in for a quick race against your mates, how the cars feel to drive in an F game is pretty key. After all, what you’re hoping for in both cases is to get a taste of the same sensation the likes of Max...

   The first full Deadpool Wolverine trailer is here, and yes, even though you’ve probably already seen it, the trailer finally shows what Hugh Jackman looks like in that iconic suit. Back in February, when the teaser trailer dropped for Deadpool Wolverine, it only offered us Jackman’s shadow,...

   Why is everyone so interested in Manor Lords The game, an ambitious city builder RTS hybrid, attempts to simulate how medieval towns were constructed by embracing organic layouts and doing away with the grid systems common in the genre. And, today, it hit million wishlists on Steam that’s no...

   If you were worried that Stellar Blade and its... well, particular proclivities, would be censored in some way, you don’t need to be. Stellar Blade is a bit of a hot button topic at the moment, mostly because its protagonist looks like she’s wearing the tightest piece of clothing ever invented,...

   Following Amazon’s Fallout TV show, folks have been hopping en masse back into their favorite games in the series. If that’s been Fallout for you, and you want a way to spice your playthrough up, you’re in luck, as one of the game’s most pupular perk overhaul mods has just gotten a fresh revamp...

   A recently published patent from Sony has revealed that the company is considering introducing a method to let your games play themselves. Have you ever thought to yourself, wow, I sure do wish that my game would just play itself so I can get this annoying grinding out the way and, I dunno, do...

   No Rest for the Wicked developer Moon Studios is seemingly living up to the game’s name. Shortly after the Early Access launch of the action RPG, the team got to work on tackling some of the more common complaints.While the majority of the big issues remain unresolved, Moon already released not one...

   Embracer Group is no more, as the company has made the decision to split into three separate entities, with various developers divided up amongst them. For the last year or so, it’s not been a great time to be a part of Embracer Group. There have been almost staff laid off across various...

   We all know Sonic the Hedgehog loves chilli dogs, right That’s not some weird deep cut from the s multimedia Sonic takeover that I’ve just internalised, is it It feels like canon to me: the blue blur loves to eat, and specifically, he loves chilli dogs. You can collect them in some of the more...

   No, there isn’t a Diablo show coming, though general manager of the franchise at Blizzard Rod Fergusson has expressed interest in the idea. It’s becoming increasingly clear that live action adaptations of video games are the big thing in film and TV. There had to be something after superhero...

   You might have your favourite combination in Mario Kart, but science has determined the selection that is statistically the best. There are a whole lot of combinations in Mario Kart Deluxe. As it turns out, there are specifically , possible ways to mix and match characters, karts,...

   Somebody’s lost their dad. Again.He’s wandered off into the wasteland, beyond the safety of the vault. He’s left one place trapped in its own little time bubble, and walked into another which in the case of a lot of the Fallout things we’ve gotten over the past decade or so feels like it’s also...

   You might want to wait a touch before you carry out any major orders in Helldivers, as it seems there’s a problem related to tracking them. If you’re currently out in the trenches fighting for sweet, sweet democracy in Helldivers, but you’re noticing that no progress is being made on the...

   People generally love Bethesda’s Fallout games these days, but the announcement of Fallout apparently led to some quite serious death threats. Despite not receiving a mainline entry since with Fallout I’d argue ’s Fallout is more of a spinoff given its online focus , the series...

   Supergiant Games recently held a technical test for Hades, leading to some datamining the game for future content. Earlier this week, Supergiant finally gave people the chance to go hands on with Hades after announcing it back in , thanks to a technical test on Steam. The game isn’t...

   Dragonsplague annoying you in Dragon’s Dogma The game’s next patch will make it slightly less frequent, and a bit easier to spot. Dragon’s Dogma is very much a game that is doing exactly what it wants to do, even if it is a bit player hostile sometimes. One such bit of design that has...

   As with any live service game, plenty of Helldivers players have differing opinions, but no matter what Arrowhead wants to do just one thing: make the best live service game ever. No one really expected Helldivers to blow up as much as it has, including developer Arrowhead. That much was...

   It’s a sad time for LittleBigPlanet fans, as the third game’s servers are now offline indefinitely meaning a large portion of the series could be lost forever. Back in January, the servers for LittleBigPlanet went down due to some technical difficulties, though they were meant to come back...

   Explaining what kind of game No Rest for the Wicked is, is going to prove challenging. After spending a few hours with the clearly very divisive Steam Early Access launch build, I don’t think I’m closer to quite nailing the answer down, yet. I can tell you, however, that I just can’t stop...

   Deadpool Wolverine looks fun enough, and at least The Fantastic Four appears to have a very specific pitch in mind to wow us come , but can Marvel Studios fix its current lack of soap opera dynamics and high stakes drama We’d be lying if we claimed Phase and entries such as Spider Man: No...

   TV shows are alarmingly short these days. Long gone is the era of episode seasons. Nowadays, you’re lucky to get ten episodes per year of your favourite show. With Fallout, the absolute television event of the year, we’ve had to make do with just eight installments. Sure, that means there’s very...

   With the release of Rising Tide, the world of Final Fantasy is now complete. A game about elemental gods that in the past have been known as Espers, Summons, Eidolons and more, one element was mysteriously missing from FF ’s narrative. Now, with Rising Tide, the Eikon of Water joins Clive’s...

   Picture this. You’re mythic raiding in World of Warcraft, and it’s all on the line. Your DPS is good and your ability rotation is damn near perfect. This is the run. Your hard work is about to be rewarded with the post boss logs showing you’re a top tier player one of the best, perhaps Just then...

   One of the original creators of Fallout, Tim Cain, has revealed his full thoughts on the recently released Fallout TV show, after having previously given the first two episodes a thumbs up. A producer, lead programmer and designer on the original game, Cain came away from Amazon’s own take on the...

   In the wake of the excellent Fallout TV adaptation, everybody is talking about the resurgence now being enjoyed by the Fallout video games. Fallout,, , and New Vegas have all vaulted into the top sellers on Xbox. On Steam, Fallout has squeaked its way into the top concurrently played games...

   Sony, yes, the company behind PlayStation, is reportedly considering making a bid to buy Paramount, the massive media that currently has the likes of Nickelodeon and MTV, as well as Paramount Pictures and Paramount though you might well have been able to guess those latter two under its...

   Good news, people who aren’t fans of creepy crawlies. Helldivers ’s latest Major Order tasked players with casually wiping out two billion Terminids, and in less than hours, intergalctic pest control has prevailed. It’s done so in such concerningly rapid fashion, in fact, that some people have...

   It’s now less than a week until Fallout ’s long awaited next gen update drops on April , bringing with it a bunch of tweaks for different platforms and some fresh goodies you can grab for free. If you’re on PC the only issue with that is that updates especially big ones tend to play havoc...

   The launch of No Rest for the Wicked hasn’t gone as smoothly as many had hoped. While there were no server issues to contend with, or severe optimisation and game stability problems, the reception has so far been mixed.The problems mainly revolve around the state of the Steam Early Access build,...

   You there Stop playing through through Fallout again Amazon’s Fallout TV show is now officially confirmed to be getting a second season, as pretty much all of us had hoped following the stellar reaction to its debut series.Yup, after increasing everyone’s appreciation for Walton Goggins and...

   After a successful first outing, Czech game developer Warhorse Studios is back with a sequel to Kingdom Come: Deliverance and fans will be able to play it later this year.Simply titled Kingdom Come: Deliverance, the new title promises to be another realism focused action RPG set against the...

   This might come as a bit of a surprise to some of you, but Jujutsu Kaisen is the most popular anime in the world. I’m not being hyperbolic, I’m not just being biassed and pulling out of my ass: the actual Guinness World Records said so. The organisation shared last week that a data science firm...

   As you may know, the network this site belongs to is for sale.To help us with our impending separation from the ReedPop business we are detaching some systems and services from the ReedPop brand.One of those systems is our reader accounts system which powers profiles, comments, subscriptions, and...

   Baldur’s Gate developer Larian isn’t doing any DLC for the game, or a Baldur’s Gate, or anything to do with D D in the near future. We know that. It’s, uh, far too busy teasing the mysterious new things it is actually working on, and casually announcing that more stuff’s going to be added to...

   I’ve waxed poetic about my love for the action combat in Diablo plenty of times before. Of the many, many Diablo like action RPGs I’ve played, the one that always felt the best moment to moment has been Diablo . This remained true until Diablo launched.Dunking on Diablo has been somewhat in...