The Acolyte is believed to be a success by its creator, a position that may be controversial, but ultimately may be true.

Netflix's best new show is an absurdist comedy with a 96% Rotten Tomatoes score and a wild ride across five seasons you will not forget.

I’m a little tardy in talking about Lord of the Rings Online’s early 2026 roadmap and the associated letter to the players, mostly because it didn’t seem that urgent. Standing Stone Games changed its approach a year or two back such that now it talks about only what’s happening in the imminent (i.e., next six […]

You know, you'd think that with decades worth of RPGs in existence, side quests would have been more or less figured out by now. And yet, there are still enough games releasing that seem more interested in going for quantity over quality. But for the devs over at Archetype Entertainment, the goal is to make the side quests in their upcoming sci-fi jaunt Exodus not feel just "tacked on."

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In a few months time we'll be approaching the anniversary of Square Enix realising that actually, their commitment to releasing certain games only on particular platforms isn't that good for them after all. These following two years will supposedly have been a time of internal change for the studio, with that translated externally via the Final Fantasy 7 Remake games releasing on more than just PlayStation. Perhaps they're finally making smart choices! And then last year, instead of finally showing off something like, I don't know, Kingdom Hearts 4, which was first revealed four years ago now, they announced Killer Inn. Okay! And now, you can try it out for yourself.

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My Menace campaign hasn't been a rousing success. In my first mission, I failed a string of optional objectives and saw one of my squads gunned down by a group of heavily-armed, jetpack-wearing space pirates. I got revenge by running them over with an APC. So, we'll call it a draw. But I need to up my game if I'm to kick these freeloading bandits off the planet Backbone.

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