8 Of The Best Gaming And Movie Themed Ugly Christmas Sweaters

It’s that time of year again when we eat too much and drink too much. Yes,Christmashas come back around again as it always seems to, making us all spend too much money and regret so many choices by the New Year, but what if you had the perfect gaming or movie ugly sweater to help cheer things up a bit and get on people’s nerves over the holiday season? Where would you find that, I hear you ask?...

August 18, 2025 · 5 min · 1029 words · Brett Hardy

After 25 Years, Cowboy Bebop Is Still The Coolest Kid In School

It had to be around 2 a.m. in a Carolina suburb. Random Adult Swim programming kept my red-eyed buddies and me glued to the screen. Suddenly, an assault of trumpets blared over conspiracy theory wallpaper visuals, immediately arresting my attention. A silhouette of a man smoking. Sinister, sexy bass notes joined by a voice calmly suggesting that we skip town and … jam. Things were moving too fast. Not enough time to take it all in....

August 18, 2025 · 6 min · 1227 words · Michelle Shelton

Assassin's Creed Odyssey is Getting New Game Plus Later This Month

As the latest entry in the long-running series,ÂAssassin’s Creed Odysseyearned high marks when it released back in Octoberfor bringing players into the biggest, most expansive, and detailed world that the series has ever seen yet. If you haven’t been able to get enough of your time in Ancient Greece, don’t worry: you’ll be able to revisit it again with the upcoming New Game Plus mode coming in the near future.Ubisoft has confirmed that New Game Plus will be coming toÂAssassin’s Creed Odysseylater this month, which (presumably) will give players the ability to start a new game that carries over their progression from first playing the game on a harder difficulty....

August 18, 2025 · 2 min · 308 words · Eric Combs

Assassin’s Creed Shadows Discord Challenge Hints At Rumored Region And Potential Tree Parkour

The build-up toAssassin’s CreedShadows’ release in November wouldn’t be as acute without a handful of ciphers and challenges to drip-fed extra tidbits about gameplay and setting. Fans are one cinematic trailer wiser but the community’s first look at gameplay is yet to be revealed, but players are hard at work behind the scenes picking apart the footage. Before the full reveal of “Assassin’s Creed Red”, Ubisoft sent out ciphers on Twitter - includingthe Hourglass Puzzle- and there was another treasure hunt stealthily planted at the end of the cinematic trailer....

August 18, 2025 · 2 min · 407 words · Kathryn Walton

Astro Bot has High Expectations to Live Up to as Industry Insider Dubs it GotY after 20 Minutes Play Time

Follow us on Google News Get the latest updates directly in your Google News feed Astro Botwas the highlight of the latest State of Play and the gaming community is excited to play Team Asobi’s latest project. The expectations are for the family-friendly title and recent comments of a trusted insider increased the hype even more. It may not be the kind of game that the majority of the community is looking forward to, but there are things to behold like the great attention to detail of Team Asobi....

August 18, 2025 · 4 min · 753 words · Bryan Sutton

Attack on Titan Parasitic Jaeger, Fan Theories Explained

As you already know, and you’ve possibly read the ending yourself,Attack on Titan, one of the most popular manga of the last decade, reached its conclusion with chapter 139, and several fans noted certain similarities and links with the Parasitic Jaeger - but how is a bird is linked to all theAOThype? We explained everything below. Needless to say, this story contains severalAOTspoilers, including from the final chapter and ending....

August 18, 2025 · 2 min · 348 words · Brittany Walters

Baldur's Gate 3 Developers Facing Abuse Over Mod Support Controversy

With an RPG as popular asBaldur’s Gate 3, you’re naturally going to have an attached thriving modding community. Among the most downloaded mods onNexusover the past month are a face pack, a mod that improves tooltips and a terrain texture pack. However, as any modder will know, an official patch can make a lot of mods suddenly incompatible with the updated version of the game. This can be frustrating for modders, especially as certain mods require other mods to function, causing a chain reaction where everyone’s work now requires maintenance....

August 18, 2025 · 2 min · 396 words · Michael Gill

Blades of Fire Review

Blades of Fire is an interesting concept. It has the heart of a Soulslike but brings many of its own ideas to the table, such as losing weapons on death, a combat system that relies on targeting body parts, and a complex weapon crafting system. MercurySteam, the developers best known forMetroid DreadandCastlevania: Lords of Shadow, are the team behind this latest Soulslike. Blades of Fire is a style of game they have never done before, and it’s a valiant effort for the most part....

August 18, 2025 · 8 min · 1576 words · Marissa Cole

Caligula 2 On Switch, Everything Revealed

FuRyu announced on the Japanese version of the February 2021 Nintendo Direct thatCaligula 2is coming to Switch.Caligula 2will be launching on July 12, 2025 in Japan, for 8778 Yen (tax included). FuRyu did not announcedCaligula 2in the West. The trailer explainedCaligula 2and it surprisingly has the exact same story pitch as the first game Caligula 2on Switch is set in a virtual world titled Redo, where people with regrets can redo their lives in high school....

August 18, 2025 · 2 min · 291 words · Eric Hernandez

Cardfight!! Vanguard EX Announced by FuRyu for PS4, Switch with a Teaser Trailer

FuRyu announced they will release a brand new video game for theCardfight!! Vanguardcard games franchise, titledCardfight!! Vanguard EX, in Fall 2019.Cardfight!! Vanguard EXwill be coming in Japan for PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch. A first teaser trailer for the game was released as well. Cardfight!! Vanguard EXwill feature an original story with new characters. The game’s protagonist is Izuru Shidou, a new original character designed byCardfight’s traditional character designer and franchise co-creator Akira Ito....

August 18, 2025 · 2 min · 400 words · Mr. Daniel Smith

CLAMP Legendary Manga Tokyo Babylon Gets TV Anime In 2021

It was revealed on October 25 (October 26 in Japan) that CLAMP’s legendary mangaTokyo Babylonwill receive a TV anime adaptation in 2021, titledTokyo Babylon 2021. The animation studio will be GoHands, who most notably handled theKseries or theMardock Scramblemovies. A website was opened for theTokyo Babylon 2021anime. Atwitter accountwas opened as well. The originalTokyo Babylonmanga by CLAMP was published from 1990 to 1993 and has sold over 100 million copies worldwide....

August 18, 2025 · 2 min · 303 words · Shannon Flores

Cross Generation Developer Frustration Is a Win for PS5

Another day, another insider giving some brief yet insightful details into the upcoming launch of PS5 and Xbox Series X. While yesterday we discussed the debunking of the pernicious"fake 4K" rumorbeing passed around, today focuses instead on some statements from Digital Foundry’s John Linneman. Specifically, that developers aren’t particularly keen to develop cross-generation titles – something that should be considered a win for PlayStation.First off, for those new to console generations (hey zoomers!...

August 18, 2025 · 3 min · 506 words · Andrew Cantu

Death to Patriarchy? The Best Tom Hanks Rom-Com is Being Slammed for the Worst Ending after 26 Years

Follow us on Google News Get the latest updates directly in your Google News feed Nora Ephron is a celebrated name in the world of hard-hitting, emotional rom-coms, and most of the director’s works have made it into the list of classics. One of those include the 1998 filmYou’ve Got Mail,which became an instant hit. Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan’s chemistry and the moving storyline made the movie a fan favorite for fluff lovers....

August 18, 2025 · 4 min · 846 words · Dana Mayer