Planet Zoo 2 is a beautiful sequel and a fine management sim, but it's the animals that steal the show

If the Planet Zoo series has taught me anything it's that I'm rubbish at animals. Sure, I'm okay with the simple stuff - I do, you'll be relieved to hear, know the difference between an elephant and a flamingo - but the more exotic they get, the second we start dabbling in subspecies, the more clueless I am. That was o...

PlayStation Issues Yet Another Official Statement on Ending PS5 Discs

PlayStation’s future is becoming increasingly digital, but physical games have not disappeared just yet, although the company clearly wants everyone to remain aware of its upcoming policy change. The PS5 generation still gives players a choice between buying games digitally and picking up physical copies, but only for...

Xbox announces what sounds like a generative AI-focused game-making department, Xbox Labs, while avoiding mentioning AI

Xbox is reacting - uncharacteristically quickly - to the deluge of vibe-coded game ports, decompiles and recompiles we've been seeing online in recent weeks by establishing Xbox Labs, a new initiative seemingly designed to explore the phenomenon. Read more

Aion 2 Sapphire Farming Guide

Sapphires in Aion 2 are valuable crafting materials used in recipes for professions like Handicrafting and Alchemy. However, finding these gemstones requires knowing where Sapphire nodes spawn and how to gather them efficiently.

God Of War 3 And Knack 2 Among Games Delisted On US PlayStation Store

PlayStation Store users have noticed that a small handful of first-party games have disappeared from the PS Store in the US and select other regions. Knack 2, God of War 3 Remastered, and Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection have all gone missing without so much as an explanation as to why.

Rescue Mission Quest Guide for Oogie Boogie in Disney Dreamlight Valley

The fourth Oogie Boogie quest, Rescue Mission, is now available in Disney Dreamlight Valley. To unlock it, you must first complete The Ghost in the Portrait and unlock Zero. This time, Oogie Boogie has taken Scrooge McDuck and Merlin, and it’s up to you to rescue them. Here’s how to complete the Rescue Mission quest fo...

New Open-World Game Is Like Pokemon Meets Stardew Valley, and It Has 10/10 Reviews

Wildaria is a brand-new, procedurally generated open-world game on Steam that lets players catch animals and use them in battle. While its creature-collecting mechanics are clearly inspired by Pokemon games, its art style and visuals may remind some players of Stardew Valley. Wildaria entered Steam early access on Octo...

Every Major Classic Horror Movie Reference in Apple TV's Widow's Bay

Steam now has a maddening bouncing logo screensaver, and I'm pretty sure it doesn't perfectly hit the corners

The Steam client got a major new update today, with Big Picture Mode receiving the brunt of the attention. Most exciting, I guess, is that the previously beta-only screensaver feature for Big Picture Mode is now live for the general public. In its default mode the screensaver will display art from recently played games...

7 Best Sopranos Villains, Ranked by How Dangerous They Were

The Sopranos is an interesting crime drama because it never really had a conventional villain or big bad. By the end of the HBO series, Tony Soprano (James Gandolfini) had become so cruel that any other character looked good by comparison. His transformation is slow but inexorable, as the character who initially presen...

After 4 Years, One Piece Introduces The Three Strongest Transformations

Eiichiro Oda's One Piece focuses on the adventure of Monkey D. Luffy and the Straw Hat Pirates on the quest to claim the One Piece. In the midst of this adventure, the crew has come up against various obstacles, which they had to overcome with immense strength. Naturally, One Piece features many amazing battles, and in...

FPS Games Where Playing It Safe Can Actually Get You Killed

In most FPS games, taking cover is actually encouraged when you’re being shot at and your health bar is quickly melting. That makes sense because in what mad world does a person run toward whoever is trying to kill them? Well, although this doesn’t sound like the most brilliant survival strategy, it is actually not onl...