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Onimusha: Way of the Sword proves the parry formula is far from stale, you just need to get freaky with it

Parry fatigue? Not me.

Persona 4 Revival Finds Its Kanji, And It Isn't Troy Baker Or Matt Mercer

Daman Mills is the new voice actor for Kanji Tatsumi in Persona 4 Revival

Zach Cregger Says He Feels Like He's 'Running for Office' Trying to Get Skeptical Resident Evil Fans 'Not to Call Me a LARPer'

Resident Evil director Zach Cregger has said he feels like he’s been on an “apology tour” while navigating skepticism from some fans about his movie adaptation of Capcom’s horror franchise.

7 Huge Differences Between Christopher Nolan's 'Interstellar' and Steven Spielberg's Original Script

Before Christopher Nolan directed the 2014 film Interstellar, it was going to be made by Steven Spielberg. It would have been much different.

55 Years Later, Stanley Kubrick's Gritty Sci-Fi Masterpiece Is Officially Back on Streaming

A Clockwork Orange remains one of Stanley Kubrick's most unpleasant films to watch — and one of his most entertaining. It's now streaming on HBO Max.

I never thought a fishing sim could be this fun, but How to Fish proves me wrong with its ridiculous physics, killer spider crabs, and classic co-op chaos

I now know How to Fish, kinda.

Exodus Ending and Character Fates Change Based on Your Choices

Exodus is an upcoming sci-fi RPG that will account for the decisions you make in its story, and its narrative director explains how it'll all be reflected in the end.

Blending Deus Ex with Escape from Butcher Bay, Deficit is one of the best-feeling indie immersive sims I've played—even if the stealth system needs serious work

Playing the demo for Deficit was far from a net loss.

BG3's Best Evil Playthrough Replacement Is Waiting to Be Rediscovered on Steam

Tyranny casts you as an enforcer for a god-emperor who already won the war. If Baldur's Gate 3's evil playthroughs left you wanting more, play this

Riot Co-Founder Calls League of Legends MMO the 'Grail' Quest, 5 Years After It Was Announced

League of Legends developer Riot Games is still bashing away on its MMO, which co-founder Mark Merrill recently described as the studio’s "grail quest."

Valve staged its own Left 4 Dead 2 trailer "leak" to get around an ESRB ban, says former writer

Valve itself "leaked" the 2009 Left 4 Dead 2 trailer.

Here's 10 more minutes of the most interesting game shown at this year's Opening Night Live

Rat's entertainment.

GOTY 2026 is the Weakest Field in Years

In the shadow of GTA 6, other 2026 GOTY contenders like The Blood of Dawnwalker keep missing the mark.

Skytech Gaming Blaze 5 Review

The Skytech Gaming Blaze 5 is packed with strong mid-tier components in a sleek glassy tower, but there are a few issues that’ll impact your quality of life.

Dutch artist responds to the White House's Build the Wall game with Build that Bridge

A Dutch artist has released Build that Bridge, a free browser game built as a direct response to Build the Wall, the Tetris-style minigame the White House launched on Arcade.Gov last week .

The Blood of Dawnwalker has sold 1 million copies in just 3 days

The Blood of Dawnwalker has sold more than a million copies worldwide in just three days.

Civilization 7 will finally enter the atomic age in 2027, via a free update Firaxis says will be 'even bigger in scope' than last year's Test of Time

First expansion "Earthrise" also announced.

5 Most Shocking Anime Deaths Of The 21st Century

These anime deaths completely changed the trajectory of these stories.

3 Games Where Your Choices Truly Matter

Games where choices matter often narrow what matters to character death or branching endings. These narrative-driven games do it differently

Age Twisters is a genuinely charming co-op game hoping to bridge the generation divide - and one of my loveliest surprises at Gamescom

Despite the horrors its name might imply, Age Twisters it's a surprisingly nifty little thing. I had the opportunity to check it out at Gamescom, and to my delight its co-op adventuring provided a lovely tonic to the various violent delights the show provided elsewhere.

GTA Cheat Codes Taught a Generation How Much Fun It Is to Break a Video Game

For PS2-era gamers, Grand Theft Auto's extensive cheats were a key part of the fun.

Rock Paper ShotgunSep 6, 2026

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...

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8 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.

Netflix'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

30 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.

Ex-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."

Fire 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

How 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.

17 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.

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Left 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.