This is one of the most distinctive and powerfully evocative musical identities in gaming. It just is Diablo. It does so much to set the series' dark fantasy setting apart from the high-fantasy grandeur of contemporaries like Warcraft and The Elder Scrolls. It's mournful, personal, ancient and modern at the same time, rooted in vague, mysterious folklore rather than Toklienesque saga.
After exploding onto the anime scene with one of 2025’s strongest debuts, Gachiakuta is officially back with a new inside look of the next season at Anime Expo. Following the announcement that a second season was in production after the first finale, fans have now gotten their first proper look at what’s next for Rudo and the Cleaners with a new first-look teaser that dives even deeper into the Pit.
After Sony’s announcement that it will shut down the PlayStation Store on PS3 and Vita, many gamers are concerned they will no longer be able to play the digital games they have purchased. The news hits especially hard, since Sony also revealed it will no longer produce physical discs for games starting in 2028. The issue seems likely to only get worse.
When most people think of Japanese horror, the same handful of films inevitably come to mind. Ringu forever changed the image of the modern ghost story, while Ju-On turned creaking houses and long-haired spirits into horror icons. Even films like Dark Water, Audition, and One Missed Call helped define an era of horror that Hollywood spent years trying (and often failing) to recreate. But one J-horror masterpiece still lingers today with a premise that’s surprisingly relevant 25 years after its debut.
Mortal Kombat is synonymous with death. Dozens of characters have met their doom in the video games from the series' grisly signature Fatalities. The body count in 2021's Mortal Kombat movie reboot featured a handful of shocking deaths, some of which were undone by this year's sequel. While some fans certainly saw the fate of certain characters coming, there were still a few surprise deaths in Mortal Kombat 2. And maybe even one that some fans felt a little bad about…
Honkai: Star Rail just closed out its version 4.4 livestream, teasing what’s to come in the next update, which launches the evening of July 14. Alongside new characters and events, Hoyoverse uses the stream to distribute codes that reward free Stellar Jade and other upgrade materials.
Steam's latest sale event began last week. The Summer Sale includes too many discounts to count, from basically getting Disco Elysium for free when bundled with Zero Parades: For Dead Spies to a 70% markdown for CD Projekt Red's Cyberpunk 2077.
If you're building a Commander deck in Magic: The Gathering, there are a few hard and fast rules you need to follow as you assemble your 100-card battle plan: roughly 36-40 lands, about a dozen removal spells or other ways to interact with your opponents, a few boardwipes in case things really get out of hand, and one Sol Ring. Virtually every single Commander deck in existence benefits from Sol Ring, one of the most overpowered, totally busted cards in all…
It’s a great time to be a horror fan. Curry Barker’s soul-stirring horror film Obsession raked in $374 million worldwide at the box office and Kane Parson’s creepy-pasta sensation Backrooms wasn’t far behind, bringing in $331 million. It’s clear that the people want a specific kind of horror, and now Disclosure Day director Steven Spielberg is jumping right on that bandwagon with The Mandela Catalogue.
So in our world, where seemingly everyone has an opinion about Game of Thrones, there was only one person I wanted to hear deliver a truly spicy take on the franchise for Polygon's Spicy Takes Cookout. Thankfully, Rubin was up for the challenge, and when we connected on a video call, she didn't hold back, unleashing an opinion that flies in the face of 15 years of Thrones fandom.