Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes has revealed a love of Zelda so deep that it got him into trouble with Nintendo’s lawyers. Speaking on his podcast “What Do You Wanna Talk About?”Rhodes explained to fellow wrestler Kit Wilson that he used to sometimes put the famous The Legend of Zelda logo, the Triforce, on his … Read more
NBC has greenlit a Wordle game show hosted by Today anchor Savannah Guthrie. The network announced plans to tap into The New York Times’ word-guessing game phenomenon, with plans to premiere the show in 2027, today. It will be produced by Universal Television Alternative Studio with late-night TV host Jimmy Fallon via his Electric Hot … Read more
Nintendo has confirmed it has multiple unannounced Switch 2 games set for launch later this year, as the company responds to questions about its decision to raise console prices. Last week, Nintendo confirmed it was hiking the Switch 2’s price globally, with changes set to take place this month in Japan, or on September 1 … Read more
Making the leap to space feels like a big departure from the usually grounded horror of the previous games in Supermassive’s Dark Pictures anthology series. But Directive 8020 reminded me that the sense of isolation, living in a bubble surrounded by forces hostile to human life, makes the dark beyond a great fit for this … Read more
Mouse: PI For Hire, the stylish first-person shooter dressed up as a 1930s cartoon, has topped 730,000 sales since its launch in April. Publisher PlaySide confirmed the milestone during its financial presentation to investors, revealing that publishing and marketing costs have now been “recouped,” which means that from now on, funds collated from the “continued … Read more
Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight fans are bracing themselves for spoilers after some Xbox owners who bought the game digitally from Walmart found they were able to download and play. Redditor Dramatic-Track-9935 said they obtained a digital code from Walmart, which, when redeemed on their Xbox, let them download the game. Once the … Read more
Crimson Desert developer Pearl Abyss has released this week’s update as promised, and it adds what it said it would add. But it also adds a whole lot more, including a surprise claw machine mini-game that gives unique rewards. Update 1.06.00, rolling out across all platforms now, adds the extraction feature that lets players recover … Read more
“An expansion is not about fixing; it’s about evolving,” Diablo IV: Lord of Hatred’s Associate Game Director Zaven Haroutunian tells me. “And if we do our job, they are expanding and evolving toward solving existing problems. That’s a win-win. I look at our teams as being heavy hitters when it comes to this stuff. They’re … Read more
All 10 episodes of Rooster Season 1 are now streaming on HBO Max. The first season of Rooster just wrapped, but the team behind the breakout HBO comedy is already deep into planning Season 2. I spoke to showrunners BIll Lawrence, who also created Shrinking, Scrubs and Ted Lasso, and Matt Tarses (Sports Night, The … Read more
Darkest Dungeon developer Red Hook Studios has said it won’t use AI to replicate the voice of deceased voice actor Wayne June. Studio co-founder Chris Bourassa spoke about how the passing of the iconic narrator will affect the series going forward in a reply to a post on the Darkest Dungeon subreddit (via Kotaku). He … Read more