When celebrities, actors, and filmmakers visit Japan, there’s a chance they’ll get a summons from Hideo Kojima, the game director and Metal Gear Solid creator, to come to his studio and have their likenesses scanned and added to his collection. Kojima is never above using his fame in the non-gaming world to meet famous people […]
Every year, for 2K Games’ annual NBA basketball game, a new player is chosen as its cover star. The process for exactly how the athletes are selected isn’t public knowledge, so for the most part, it’s often a guessing game on the fan’s part. But, as the dust settled on NBA 2K26’s grand reveal of
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2K Games is back again with another reveal: WNBA star Angel Reese and NBA Hall of Famer Carmelo Anthony are the cover athletes for NBA 2K26’s special editions. The Chicago Sky forward will grace the cover of NBA 2K26: WNBA Edition, while Melo is featured on the Superstar Edition. Angel Reese is only in her
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Netflix and CD Projekt Red announced a second season of Cyberpunk: Edgerunners at the 2025 Anime Expo, and it’s no surprise — the anime, which won the prestigious “Anime of the Year” award at the 2023 Crunchyroll Anime Awards, played a major part in making 2020’s Cyberpunk 2077 so successful following its troubled debut. Before
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Like any superhero worth their salt, Dispatch has an interesting origin story. AdHoc Studio was founded in 2018 by Telltale vets Michael Choung, Nick Herman, Dennis Lenart, and Pierre Shorette. Originally, AdHoc was going to work in multimedia spaces, and not strictly games, with chief creative officer Shorette telling Variety in 2019, “As a group
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Are you somebody who has yet to hit the streets of Night City in Cyberpunk 2077? Consider today your lucky day, as the dystopian open-world RPG is now free on PlayStation Plus as part of the service’s 15th anniversary celebration. The celebration also includes a special 30% discount for Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty DLC —
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Magic: The Gathering players have a refined concept of “cute” — one that includes parasitic, shapeshifting creatures that can ravage entire ecosystems. Old and new aficionados of the popular trading card game know that I’m talking about slivers, the creature type introduced in Tempest, 1997’s MTG expansion set. Slivers have always been a popular creature
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The Switch 2 launch lineup was weird — or that’s what I thought after watching the April Nintendo Direct, anyway. Sure, Mario Kart World as a launch game made sense from a business perspective. When a re-release of Mario Kart 8 sells 68 million copies on the original Switch, it’s hardly surprising to see Nintendo
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While 2021’s Lost in Random was far from a roguelike, the team behind the adventure game always knew its zany world and dice-based gameplay would be a great fit for the fast-paced, combat-focused genre. “Lost in Random being a roguelike sounded like a great idea and [way] to continue with the IP, but taking a
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Final Fantasy 9 fans have a lot to be excited for 2025, on the occasion of the game’s 25th anniversary. In a year already filled with Final Fantasy flavor due to the success of the Magic: The Gathering Final Fantasy set, the series ninth game is back in the spotlight. From a possible remake in
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