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The Sunday Papers
Sundays are for luxuriating in the chill of the September air and hoping for more of the drenching rain that's ended the summer heat. Though, it's a luxuriating that's quickly pierced by the worry that we've seen the last warm weather of the year. Winter isn't far off and all...
Read at Rock Paper Shotgun8 Years Later, the Most-Near-Perfect Mystery Thriller of the Century is Officially Free on Streaming
Under the Silver Lake pokes fun at our obsessive puzzle-solving tendencies.
Read at PolygonNetflix's Near-Perfect 9-Part Gothic Thriller Is So Good You'll Finish in One Weekend
Mike Flanagan followed up his breakout Netflix thriller with a story that feels subtler but even more scary
Read at Polygon30 Years Later, The X-Files' Most Terrifying Episode Is Still a Top 5 All-Time Sci-Fi Achievement
The X-Files season 4 episode "Home" is a deeply scary episode about a violent, inbred family.
Read at PolygonEx-BioWare designer says doom and gloom about the next Mass Effect is overstated: 'I think that they can do it'
"I think BioWare can do it if we just leave them alone to do what they do best."
Read at PC GamerFire Emblem Fortune's Weave Owes Everything to an Overlooked 3DS Masterpiece
Fortunes Weave mechanics like turn rewinding and dungeon crawling all came from one of Fire Emblem's few remakes, Echoes: Shadows of Valentia
Read at PolygonHow to Watch the September 2026 Nintendo Direct and Zelda 40th Anniversary Direct
Nintendo is going big this September with two Nintendo Direct showcases airing on back-to-back days. Here's everything you need to know.
Read at IGN17 Years Ago, Quentin Tarantino's Wildly Audacious WWII Action Classic Broke the Genre's Biggest Rule
Quentin Tarantino’s WWII revenge movie Inglourious Basterds is now streaming on Hulu, and its rewritten history still delivers.
Read at PolygonLeft 4 Dead 2 Dev Admits Valve Intentionally Leaked Its Own Trailer After the ESRB Blocked It from Release
Former Valve writer Chet Faliszek has a confession to make: Valve intentionally leaked its own Left 4 Dead 2 trailer.
Read at IGNThe Blood of Dawnwalker Fixes the Worst Thing About Open-World Games
The Blood of Dawnwalker fixes an age old open-world problem by forcing procrastinating players to face its final boss.
Read at Polygon'The Mandalorian and Grogu' Has a Secret Jon Favreau Movie Easter Egg
A behind-the-scenes look at Rotta the Hutt and making Martin Scorsese an alien chef.
Read at PolygonCivilization 7 Officially Gets a Major Sci-Fi Update for 2027
The upcoming 1.5 and Arc of Tomorrow updates will also continue to transform Sid Meier's Civilization 7 ahead of Earthrise's launch in 2027
Read at PolygonDeliver packages in foresty mountains and avoid thieving boars in the Death Stranding-adjacent and quite calm-looking Pinetrail
I can take or leave a majority of Death Stranding 's story (BB forever, though), but I gotta give it to Kojima: delivering stuff is fun. There's a genuine complexity to the process of deciding what to pack and how you pack it, making the simple act of delivering something...
Read at Rock Paper ShotgunInsomniac Clears the Air After Marvel's Wolverine Fans Confuse Lady Deathstrike for Psylocke
Insomniac Games has cleared the air after a new trailer for Marvel's Wolverine had fans confusing Lady Deathstrike for Psylocke.
Read at IGN5 Huge Reveals To Expect From Nintendo’s Zelda Anniversary Direct
We have a good idea of what could appear at Nintendo's Zelda 40th Anniversary Direct thanks to leaks and a few educated guesses.
Read at PolygonLaser Guy is a twin-stick "anti-shooter" about a stressed out game developer who can't stop shooting laser beams from his eye
Do I need to explain how Cyclops from the X-Men's powers work? I'm going to anyway just in case. He shoots beams from his eyes! More or less, I think it's technically energy from a punch dimension? I'm not an X-Men nerd though, so correct me in the comments. Main point is, he...
Read at Rock Paper ShotgunPeak studio Aggro Crab is publishing a sick-looking platformer about a blue collar guy doing dirty work on an alien world
That's what's up.
Read at PC GamerSaber CCO says the studio isn't changing up its comms strategy after recent controversies: 'There's always some dust up'
"The games will speak for themselves."
Read at PC Gamer'The Gentlemen' Season 3 Confirmed? Potential Release Date, and Everything You Need to Know
Here’s what you can expect from the next chapter of Guy Ritchie's crime drama
Read at PolygonZach Cregger Says He's Done With Franchise Films After Resident Evil
Resident Evil movie director Zach Cregger is days away from his survival horror adaptation's theatrical premiere, but don't expect him to help bring another franchise film to the big screen ever again.
Read at IGNDwarf Fortress co-creator Tarn Adams was amazed other devs had heard of his game the first time he went to a convention: 'I didn't know that anyone knew what we were doing'
"I try to have good moral qualities, but I am apparently subject to all forms of flattery and vanity and such."
Read at PC GamerGo grandmaster becomes first human to win series against advanced AI engine in 3-hour match
We've still got some fight left in us.
Read at PC Gamer7 R-Rated Action Movies That Are 10/10, No Notes
From The Matrix to John Wick, these seven R-rated action movies pair spectacular violence with compelling characters and genuine stakes.
Read at PolygonPrimetime Review
A blast from the past with a sickly allure, the Robert Pattinson romp Primetime is as garish as its subject: Chris Hansen’s To Catch a Predator.
Read at IGN8-year Old School RuneScape saga comes to a close with former dev sentenced for stealing $400K in gold and items from players
You ever just lose your 20s to a self-inflicted RuneScape legal saga.
Read at PC GamerThe ESRB wouldn't let Valve release the cinematic trailer for Left 4 Dead 2, so what did they do? They "leaked" it, obviously
My only experience of Left 4 Dead 2 is a handful of sessions in my youth where a friend handed me a controller (me, a person whose shooter experience extended to Ratchet and Clank at the time), told me nothing, and let the chaos unfold. I did not do a good job. But it left a...
Read at Rock Paper ShotgunThe 8 Biggest Manhunter Theories in 'Lanterns'
From Zoe Macon to Hal Jordan, here are the wildest theories about who could secretly be the Manhunter in Lanterns.
Read at PolygonSaber CCO Tim Willits blames layoffs on games industry overspecialization: 'Studios that have a couple hundred employees that work on one game are going to struggle'
"Why not take a risk?"
Read at PC GamerThe Blood of Dawnwalker Passes 1 Million Copies Sold in Just 2 Days
Single-player RPG and new IP The Blood of Dawnwalker has sold 1 million copies just two days after its launch, publisher Bandai Namco and developer Rebel Wolves have announced.
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