The Mandalorian became a phenomenon when it launched in 2019 thanks to the show's immaculate sci-fi western vibes and an unnamed animatronic creature that fans came to know as Baby Yoda. Now, seven years and three seasons later, Mando (played by Pedro Pascal and a team of stuntmen) and Grogu (the creature's actual name, revealed in season 2) are making the leap to the big screen. For series creator Jon Favreau, who's also set to direct the Star Wars movie The Mandalorian & Grogu, adapting the story from one format to another has been a challenge on multiple levels.

A goose with your skillset must be able to honk freely, unconstricted. They must be versatile, capable, adaptable. They must be grounded, stable, constant. I believe you are ready, goose. Honk.

That isn't quite what Keanu Reeves' talkative tailor says in the reveal trailer for Space Marine 2 devs Saber's Untitled John Wick Game, but it's what I heard. The stubbled and suited hitman's latest journey into videogamedom is touted as an uber-faithful putting of Wick's cinematic martial arts brawling and gunfighting into your hands, but until Saber prove otherwise, I'm treating it as a spiritual twin to House House's Untitled Goose Game.

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Valve has started testing a new feature that will allow users to add hardware specifications to user reviews, giving you more information when attempting to determine how a game might run on your own PC.

The update, which is currently being deployed to the Steam Beta Client, will give users the ability to attach hardware information to user reviews instead of just relying on users entering this in the text directly. The patch notes don't mention how or if these specifications will be verified by Steam, or whether the information is going to be sourced from Steam's optional Hardware Survey database.

Either way, it should give reviews more context when users leave criticism over a game's performance, letting you make a decision over whether it might affect your current hardware configuration. In addition to this, Valve is also giving users the option to allow for anonymized framerate data collection. This is currently exclusive to devices using SteamOS (which is officially just handhelds currently) but will apparently be used to help Valve determine game performance and compatibility to improve Steam going forward.

Help the Guild Wars 2 team test out some WvW scoring changes intended to make skirmishes less passive and reward active play.