2025 was a big year for gaming, and that includes gaming hardware. Nintendo launched its Switch 2 console in June, and since then, numerous Switch 2 titles and noteworthy updates for original Switch g...
Yesterday, Ubisoft confirmed that Rainbow Six Siege had been compromised and that it had shut down the game's servers and marketplace while it resolved the issue. The hackers managed to gain control o...
In this new era of console… inclusivity ? driven by Sony and mostly Microsoft bringing their exclusives to other platforms, it's getting harder to highlight games that make a singular console shine. I...
The hype around Heated Rivalry has only continued to grow in the weeks after its Season 1 finale and the announcement of Season 2 , continued release of press tour interviews that fans are eating up, ...
God of War’s Norse-set masterpieces has cemented it as one of PlayStation’s most iconic franchises . Born during the PS2 era, the God of War franchise made a name for itself with excellent action game...
📋 Key Facts ✓ The first trailer for Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey is extremely grim. ✓ Odyssey adapts Homer's epic poem as a war film...
2025 was bursting with really cool new game releases : Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Hollow Knight: Silksong, Death Stranding 2, Ghost of Yōtei, Blue Prince, Donkey Kong Bananza, I could go on. And yet...
📋 Key Facts ✓ CarX Street launched on mobile in 2022, PC in August 2024, and PS5/Xbox Series X/S earlier this year. ✓ Showdown mode sup...
Critical Role's chief creative officer, Matthew Mercer. Valerie Terranova/Getty Images for Prime Video Matt Mercer gave up the seat of game master for Critical Role's Campaign Four this year. That cam...
TheBurntPeanut is blowing up on Twitch, the Amazon-owned livestreaming service. Screenshot via Twitch/@TheBurntPeanut TheBurntPeanut, a foul-mouthed virtual peanut that plays the video game "Arc R...
This is Lowpass by Janko Roettgers , a newsletter on the ever-evolving intersection of tech and entertainment, syndicated just for The Verge subscribers once a week. Every year, TV makers flock to CES...
It's harder than ever for a new video game to crack the top of the most-played list. According to the Circana Player Engagement Tracker and video game market analyst Mat Piscatella, in 2025, the top f...
The parking lot was packed. That's the first Strange Thing. A little background. Just about every mall is struggling now, but the Neshaminy Mall in Bensalem, Pennsylvania is more or less comatose. As ...
LG is adding a karaoke-focused party speaker to its lineup of Xboom devices, which is built in collaboration with Will.i.am. Announced this week, LG says the Stage 501 speaker comes with an "AI Karaok...
In just the past couple years, the art TV category that's been dominated by Samsung's The Frame has seen growth, with additions from both TCL and Hisense. Now LG has announced its own entry, the LG Ga...
📋 Key Facts ✓ Disney's 'Avatar: Fire and Ash' achieved a domestic debut of $88 million ✓ Analysts expected an opening in th...
📋 Key Facts ✓ Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 lost Game of the Year and Debut Game awards ✓ Disqualification due to generative AI use for p...
Actor Mickey Rourke has distanced himself from the GoFundMe reportedly set up with his blessing to help him pay rent . The Hollywood Reporter revealed the GoFundMe , which was being used to raise mone...
📋 Key Facts ✓ Cross-platform terminal app for browsing movies and opening torrents ✓ Features include searching, rich UI with ratings, ...
📋 Key Facts ✓ Anna's Archive scraped metadata for 256 million tracks and 86 million songs from Spotify, totaling under 300TB. ✓ The...