We share this earth with a number of irreplaceable freaks. Walking among us are god-like weirdos so prolific that their careers pierce culture at every joint, knuckle and orifice. Screaming Mad George, musician, game designer, director, and special-effects master, lorded over that heap. Sadly, the uncanny artist has passed away at…

Publisher Dotemu has just announced that Marvel Cosmic Invasion is getting another premium DLC later this year. Titled ‘The Siege of Castle Doom’, this upcoming Marvel Cosmic Invasion DLC will include two new playable characters and a brand-new game mode that centers around the iconic Marvel villain, and man of…

Fans have been waiting years for A Court of Thorns and Roses to continue, and that wait is finally coming to an end with an appetizer ahead of the main course. Of course, Sarah J. Maas’ ACOTAR 6 is scheduled to release on October 27, 2026, followed by a seventh…

The Switch version of the dinosaur-survival game Ark: Survival Evolved is ramping down its online support. Developer Studio Wildcard announced “with wistful hearts” that official servers for the Ark: Survival Evolved and its Ultimate Survivor Edition will shut down on August 31. The game reached “over a million players” on…

Over 40 years after licensing Barbie for a Commodore 64 spin-off, Mattel has decided that this whole video game thing is for real and is setting up an internal production pipeline to release its own games. The maker of Hot Wheels and other popular toys just announced Mattel Game Studios,…

If you ask anyone who’s spent real time in an MMO raid group what the worst role to main is, healer always wins by a landslide. Not because the class design is bad, as healers are often some of the most mechanically rich archetypes in the game and can provide…