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A few days ago, Paramount Pictures shared its first teaser poster for the forthcoming Sonic the Hedgehog movie, which revealed a redesigned look for the titular character that contained a lot more anthropomorphic features than many expected. Now, it appears as if the team behind the Blue Blur’s motion picture were eyeing several actors from the Marvel Cinematic Universe to lend their voices to the project and bring him to life–that is, if leaked documents are to be believed....

While he was briefly playable in the first game, Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales marks Miles’ debut as a playable Spider-Man in the PlayStation exclusive video game series. While Miles Morales himself debuted in the Ultimate Fallout series of comic books only less than a decade ago, the character has made a huge impact on the entire Marvel Comics canon, most notably serving as the central protagonist for 2018’s Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, one of the most beloved animated films of the past decade....

Netflix and Ubisoft have revealed that they are working on a Splinter Cell animated series as part of a collaboration that also includes an animated series based on Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon. The Splinter Cell Netflix series, which is being helmed by John Wick‘s Derek Kolstad, will follow an older version of Sam Fisher than we’ve seen in many of the Splinter Cell games. While it sounds like the show could be a couple of years away from actually being released, Kolstad seems to already know what direction he wants to take it in....

There’s no doubt that Resident Evil is one of the most important series in the history of the horror genre. Along with other classic series, such as Silent Hill, Fatal Frame, and many others, the Resident Evil series has helped define what horror games can be and has continued to find new ways of scaring gamers for two decades. Early next year, we’ll even get a whole new Resident Evil experience in virtual reality....

Resident Evil 7 is full of puzzles to solve and this guide helps walk players through surviving the Happy Birthday mystery and how to earn the speed achievement. It probably doesn’t come as much of a surprise that Resident Evil 7 players haven’t wasted any time tearing through the latest installment in the survival horror franchise. The series is scarier than ever with a creepy first-person perspective and VR support, but that isn’t stopping players from binging marathon sessions to unlock every puzzle and find every hidden trinket....

Our quick take Resident Evil Village - 4.5 / 5 The Winters of our discontent Best upcoming PS5 games: PlayStation titles to anticipate So anyway, I started blasting Best upcoming games for Xbox Series X and Series S: The top next-gen games A next-gen horror show Oozing with extras To recap A fun marriage of the the previous game’s tension, with action roots plucked from the rest of the series. It’s a rollicking good time that offers plenty of replay value for fans, although it loses that sense of threat at a certain point during play....

In the months leading up to the release of the highly anticipated Resident Evil Village, numerous fans have been obsessively infatuated with the game’s lead villain: Lady Dimitrescu. The ten-foot tall vampire lady has been the product of several memes and has become easily one of the most iconic characters to come out of Resident Evil 8 so far. Now, a famous internet artist has incorporated the game’s lead villain into a hilarious piece of crossover art....

A recent developer post from Riot Games introduces some new ranked mechanics for Act II. It has been almost two months since the full release of VALORANT, but ranked play has only been available for a little over a month. Riot Games has previously talked about the game being broken up into Episodes and Acts, seemingly their response to other multiplayer games’ Seasons. An Act lasts roughly two months, and each Act contains its own battlepass....

Microsoft accidentally details the season pass for Rise of the Tomb Raider, revealing three large expansions to the game as well as some smaller DLC items for those that purchase it. Purchasers of the Rise of the Tomb Raider season pass, which will retail for $29.99, can expect three large expansions to the game, as well as a bevy of smaller DLC items. The first large expansion will add an Endurance Mode, though all we know at this point is that the mode will challenge players to “survive in extreme conditions....

Our quick take Roccat Pyro - 4.0 / 5 Stylish budget setup Detachable palm rest Brushed aluminium top plate Linear (red) mechanical switches from TTC Best gaming keyboards: The best quiet, loud, colourful and proud mechanical keyboards around Game mode TTC linear switches - 45g Operating Force, 2.0mm actuation, 4.0mm total travel 5 shared media control keys Easy-Shift button duplicator Game Mode button Organic RGB AIMO lighting engine Per-key illumination 16....

Rockstar Games is on a roll right now and with anticipation for Grand Theft Auto 5 already red-hot as we enter the final stretch, they are doing everything they can to make it white-hot. We’ve seen a seemingly never-ending barrage of information doled out nearly daily recently, with things being announced and unveiled like the official trailer, the list of songs and radio stations, news that Rockstar will be using actual gangsters in V....

Rocksteady Studios is under fire for a letter sent in 2018 that accused multiple employees of sexual harassment. The #MeToo moment in gaming continues witch Rocksteady Studios, the developer behind Batman Arkham and the upcoming Suicide Squad adaptation, being accused of fostering a work environment that allowed sexual harassment. An internal letter sent in November of 2018 by 10 out of 16 female staffers at Rocksteady accused multiple male employees of harassment....

Microsoft’s reported aggressive pursuit of new software for both Xbox and PC is leading to some interesting acquisition rumors. A report from Polygon cited multiple studio and publisher names being “thrown around” at the company, which is to be expected. But few may have thought a publisher as large as Electronic Arts is apparently one of those names. According to Polygon, a reliable source says that Electronic Arts has indeed been mentioned as a possible acquisition by Microsoft....

Anonymous sources claim to have more information on the rumored upgraded Xbox One console, stating that the system is 4x more powerful than current Xbox One models. Earlier today, rumors surfaced of an upgraded Xbox One console, which would be released in 2017, and would be powerful enough to use Oculus Rift. Now more information about that alleged Xbox One console, codenamed “Scorpio,” has come to light thanks to anonymous sources....

The highly anticipated indie adventure Sable, being developed by Shedworks, finally has a release date which was revealed during today’s Guerilla Collective live stream. The game is planned to launch on September 23 2021 - just a few short months away. The game was showed off during the Guerilla Collective livestream, which is currently airing alongside multiple other livestreams happening throughout the week, close to Summer Games Fest and E3. It’s a good season to be a gamer....

The special Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chips that will grace Samsung’s new Galaxy S23 lineup won’t be a one-off, according to a new report. Samsung is getting its hands on a special version of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 that will be sued for the unannounced flagship lineup, with the chips clocked higher than the ones used in other phones around the world. Now, a new report suggests that Samsung’s future Galaxy S-series phones will have a similar arrangement....

Scalebound may have gotten the axe back in January of this year, but that doesn’t mean Microsoft Studios wants to relinquish every piece of its dragon-filled title just yet. News broke earlier this week that Microsoft has renewed the Scalebound trademark. Exactly what the publisher will do with the refreshed IP is still unknown. Renewal details were first discovered by Twitter user y2konya, and are posted in full on the trademark data and copyright website, Justia Trademarks....

From Software games are notorious for defying expectations in video games, often challenging the typical ways characters level up or complete basic tasks. Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice is no different, and the slightly different way that it has the main character Wolf sprint has been confusing some players. To sprint in Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, players don’t click in the left analog stick like they would in basically every other video game in the last 20 years....

It’s starting to feel like every indie game developer gathered together one day and decided that all future games have to be like Dark Souls. The amount of Soulslikes that continue to clog up online gaming storefronts is staggering. To be fair, this isn’t necessarily a bad thing since some of them are quite good. But the rest of the titles in this sub-genre are usually unremarkable clones that are content to do nothing more than follow the road map left behind by FromSoftware with very little deviation....

In The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim the player is guided early on into Whiterun through the events of the main quest. As such, the very first faction they’re most likely to get acquainted with would be the Companions, who reside in the old remnants of Ysgramor’s boat, Jorrvaskr. A guild based on warrior spirit and fighting, it’s one of the more generic paths for players to choose. Although the Companions are the most well-known thanks to their central location in Whiterun, many of their smaller details and secrets tend to go unnoticed or even unappreciated by fans....