“Slotting him into our game was actually quite complicated”: Baldur’s Gate 3 Character Who Appeared in the Both the Original Games Was a Nightmare for Larian

Follow us on Google News Get the latest updates directly in your Google News feed Baldur’s Gate 3had launched with immense excitement, and all players were ready to go back to the iconic world ofDungeons & Dragons. The rich storytelling, intricate gameplay mechanics, and a vibrant cast of characters awaited the players. However, incorporating the new story with engaging and dynamic gameplay was a difficult task, but slotting older characters who were in both the originalBaldur’s Gategames was a harder challenge in itself....

August 23, 2025 · 4 min · 715 words · Wendy Vance

“That’s 2.5 hours of my life that I want back”: Christopher Nolan’s Fitness Instructor Humbled Him With a Brutal Verdict on Tenet

Follow us on Google News Get the latest updates directly in your Google News feed If there’s anything besides his remarkable directing skills that Christopher Nolan is more renowned for, it’s his brilliant use of wit and humor — something that he gets to display ever so often, especially during award ceremonies. Just like he did recently while accepting his accolade at the New York Film Critics Circle. The event saw the filmmaker giving an acceptance speech that emphasized the need for critics in the entertainment industry, but not without sharing a rather hilarious story of him being humbled by his fitness instructor while working out as she landed him with a brutal verdict on his 2020 science fiction,Tenet....

August 23, 2025 · 5 min · 892 words · April Larson

“That’s a connection to our world”: Yoshihiro Togashi Gave Gon Daddy Issues to Make Hunter x Hunter More Realistic

Follow us on Google News Get the latest updates directly in your Google News feed In 2016, Masashi Kishimoto and Yoshihiro Togashi together answered some fan questions about their creations,NarutoandHunter x Hunter. These questions revolved around their process of drawing such great mangas, their characters, shaping their storylines, and even the inspirations behind the series that motivated them. During the discussion, both Kishimoto and Togashi were asked about the concepts from the real world that helped them shape the fantastical universe of their storylines....

August 23, 2025 · 4 min · 771 words · Juan Vaughan

%%title%% How Darkest Dungeon Avoids the Age-Old RPG Grinding Problem

As a kid, a little bit of homework was the only thing in the way of free time. Hours spent in front of the computer trying to level up my Adventure Quest character enough to enter Darkovia Forest meant nothing. Isn’t becoming a werewolf at the top of every 10-year-old’s priority list? The fun of RPGslies in your role as a strategist. In every battle, you need to consider all kinds of factors....

August 22, 2025 · 6 min · 1170 words · Erin Ball

10 Best Metroid Power-Ups Ranked

Metroidis a beloved series from Nintendo, which is responsible not only for several memorable titles but also for the creation of a whole new genre known asMetroidvania. The first game, released in 1986, popularized the idea of backtracking in an interconnected map. Of course, the series wouldn’t be much fun if it weren’t for the amazing power-ups,weapons, andsuitsthat you got along the way. But some of them clearly stood out from the rest....

August 22, 2025 · 8 min · 1549 words · Bob Bell

10 Best PS3 Games Available On PS Plus

The PS3 had the rockiest launch out of any Sony home console. There were many factors, including the asking price for the machine itself. Still, the console found its footing eventually, and there’s a rich library of games to explore. Best of all, you can enjoy several fantastic PS3 games as part of your PS Plus subscription. If you fancy a trip down memory lane or just want to play some bangers from two console generations ago, here are some worthy titles to fill your hard drive....

August 22, 2025 · 8 min · 1554 words · Brittany Crawford

11 Enjoyable Games With B-Movie Vibes

For about as long as big blockbuster films have existed, so too have schlocky B-movies existed in their shadow. Whether due to strange scripts or cheap special effects, these movies obviously don’t win awards. The vast majority of them come out to little fanfare and fade into the annals of history. 10 Best Action Movies, Ranked From the intensity of Terminator to the precision of John Wick, action movies redefine entertainment and cinematic experiences....

August 22, 2025 · 6 min · 1152 words · Darren Reynolds

9 Open World Games With No Fast Travel

Open World games are, rather unsurprisingly, games that take place in vast, open settings. Usually boasting densely packed maps with loads of regions, biomes, and cities to explore, which can be daunting to say the least. 10 Best PS2 Open World Games You Need To Play The halcyon days of the open world genre. It’s easy to suffer from a form of paralysis due to the infinite paths and wealth of options at your disposal, but in most cases, open-world gamesuse a fast-travel systemthat makes exploring and bouncing around the map much less of a burden....

August 22, 2025 · 8 min · 1625 words · Carolyn Murray

After Just Two Songs, Stray Gods Is Already My Favorite New Musical

I have two passions in life—the flash of the screen as I’m playing one of my favorite video games, and the bright lights of the musical theatre stage (also curry, but that’s irrelevant). So when I first heard that David Gaider, former lead writer for one of my all-time favorite game series,Dragon Age, (as well as some of my favoriteKnights of the Old Republiccharacters) was putting together something called Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical, I was onboard from the get-go....

August 22, 2025 · 5 min · 887 words · Brian Christensen

Ape Out Was Nearly About a Bald Man While Pharoh Sanders Helped Define the Aesthetic

Devolver DigitalannouncedApe Outin 2017, a game where you play as an angry gorilla trying to escape captivity by spiraling through numerous levels with increasingly difficult enemies. It’s a ride and a half, and you may find outwhy I enjoyed it so much in my review. In a recent interviewwith GamesIndustry.biz,developer Gabe Cuzzillo explains a little bit about the evolution of the game. Originally,Ape Outstarted off as a bald man escaping by using stealth and all with time-travel involved in some way....

August 22, 2025 · 2 min · 344 words · Jeffrey Stevenson

Back 4 Blood: When Does The Beta End? Time Confirmed/PDT

Back 4 BloodOpen Beta is now live and the end date has been set for earlier next week. Let’s have a look at the Open Beta content. The highly anticipated co-op shooter from Turtle Rock Studios,Back 4 Blood, is now available in theEarly AccessOpen Beta phase across all platforms. Supporting cross-play between platforms, it wouldn’t take too long to get involved in a match, even in the Open Beta phase....

August 22, 2025 · 2 min · 351 words · Mary Simpson

Baki Creator Keisuke Itakagi’s Daughter Wrote a Hit New Gen Manga, Had to Hide Her Identity to Beat Nepotism Allegations

Follow us on Google News Get the latest updates directly in your Google News feed You might know Keisuke Itagaki, the author ofBaki the Grappler, but did you know he has a daughter who is equally as famous as him and in the same field? As it turns out, Paru Itagaki, the author ofBeastars, is the daughter of theBakicreator. But how have you never heard of this before? How did Paru Itagaki maintain such a huge secret in a close-knit industry?...

August 22, 2025 · 4 min · 680 words · Joseph Gilmore

Black Clover: Even Aizen Will Feel Bad after Yuki Tabata Gave a Villain One of the Hardest Intros of All Time

Follow us on Google News Get the latest updates directly in your Google News feed If legendary villains are a topic of discussion, thenBleach‘s Aizen, Pain fromNaruto,Dragon Ball‘s Frieza, and others might take the award home. But if you talk about villain entrances, then Yuki Tabata is well ahead in the game withBlack Clover‘s antagonists. Not only doesBlack Cloverhave some incredibly powerful and well-developed villains, but Yuki Tabata is also fond of epic entrances for these characters....

August 22, 2025 · 4 min · 768 words · Amy Martin