Sons of the Forest Passes Impressive Sales Milestone After Only 24 Hours of Early Access

Sons of The Forest, the new survival-horror game from Endnight Games, has finally hit Steam in Early Access and is already topping the charts. Thedeveloper Endnight Gameshas revealed the astounding number of copies that the game has managed to sell in just 24 hours. Sons of The Forestis the follow-up and sequel to Endnight Games' last titleThe Forest, which also became a huge hit in Early Access and launched the developers into the gaming limelight....

July 31, 2025 · 2 min · 423 words · Elizabeth Bailey

Sony Needs to Differentiate Its State of Plays From Nintendo Directs

While E3 was once the one-stop-shop of video game announcements, the need for a weekend-long event has been largely suppressed by the efficiency of social media. Developers, publishers, creators, and marketing companies have moved away from theElectronic Entertainment Expo to form their own method of news delivery, making the annual event feel smaller in comparison to previous years.Sonywas a staple of the E3 festivities until 2019, when it instead opted to host its own event, which put E3 in the firing line of one of gaming’s giants....

July 31, 2025 · 4 min · 755 words · Steven Jones Jr.

Sony's Live-Action Spider-Verse Movies Are Failing, But They're Hurting Marvel Studios

Summary As more and more ofSony’slive-action Spider-Verse hits the big screens, fans just continue to collectively scratch their heads. While Spider-Man has become a massive hit for his involvement in Disney’s MCU, the same cannot be said for the other characters fromSpider-Man’s cast of flashy characters. Even years ago without the aid of Disney,Sonyhad success with the character, but it seems that there is an ongoing struggle to truly make something great....

July 31, 2025 · 5 min · 869 words · Scott Brooks

Speedrunners Clear Sonic Frontiers in Just Over an Hour

Speedrunners have beatenSonic Frontiersin just over an hour, though achieving this didn’t come without a few sacrifices. A sizable open-world adventure, it usually takesFrontiersplayers about 15 hours to finish the game’s main campaign, but it was just a matter of time until an optimized and admittedly glitchy speedrun record would end up getting submitted. Given the game’s subject, the fact that speedrunners would try to finish a hugeSonictitle likeSonic Frontiersis hardly surprising....

July 31, 2025 · 3 min · 437 words · William Porter

Star Trek: Discovery Season 5 Episode 1 Recap

Quick Links The end is near forStar Trek: Discovery, as Season 5 premieres on Paramount Plus, with 10 more episodes before it’s time to say goodbye to the popular spin-off series forever. Fans have had to wait over two long years for this season to arrive, and episode 1 really doesn’t disappoint with some jaw-dropping action, and a more serialized story that looks set to end the show on a high....

July 31, 2025 · 4 min · 744 words · Joyce Reed

Star Trek: Orbs of the Prophets, Explained

The Orbs of the Prophets are mystical artifacts that solidified the faith of Bajorans, making them one of the fewStar Trekspecies that practices a fully realized religion. 30,000 years ago, the first Orb of the Prophet appeared over the skies of Bajor. It was all the proof Bajorans needed that there were powerful celestial beings watching over them. Back then, Bajorans had no concrete proof of their existence. But they looked to the stars and felt in their hearts there was something bigger at work, much like Earth-based religions....

July 31, 2025 · 6 min · 1223 words · Mary Miller DVM

Star Wars Battlefront 2: 5 Best Galactic Assault Maps And The 5 Worst

Star Wars Battlefront IIis thriving withthousands of new playerskeeping the community healthy.Dice has fixedmany of the recurring bugs and glitches in the game, and thefuture of theBattlefrontfranchise looks bright. RELATED:Star Wars: Battlefront 2: 15 Best Heroes & Villains To Use, Ranked BattlefrontII made one ofthe most improbable comebacksin video game launch history, andStar Warslovers have a great game to play for the foreseeable future. After a number ofcontent updates and promotions,BattlefrontII players have 20 maps to explore....

July 31, 2025 · 5 min · 1030 words · Alexander Klein

Startling The Last of Us PC Bug Gives Joel Two Kids to Take Care of

A funny bug inThe Last of Us Part 1gives Joel two kids to take care of during the events of the game.The Last of Us Part 1is a full remakeof the PS3 game, and it just came out on PC on March 28, though the launch hasn’t exactly been smooth. Despite a lot of hype leading up to its release, especially with the success ofThe Last of UsTV series, players are experiencing various on the PC version ofThe Last of Us Part 1....

July 31, 2025 · 3 min · 436 words · Jacob Edwards

Temtem Road Map Details New Islands, Mystical Creatures, and More

Temtemhas only been out for a little over a month now, but fans are already curious where developer Crema plans to take its massively multiplayer creature-collecting game from here. To that end, Crema released a series of roadmaps– both short-term and longer-term– detailing plans that the studio has forTemtemin the coming year. ThePokemon-inspired MMOtakes players to the Airborne Archipelago, where they can explore the game’s world, collect Temtems, battle other tamers and adventure with friends....

July 31, 2025 · 3 min · 429 words · Andrew Mcdonald

Terrifying Skyrim Clip Shows Bugged NPCs Chasing After a Player

The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrimis one of the longest open world games on the market, and it features a sprawling world filled with NPCs to interact with. This massive game world has its downsides, however, especially since the title is incredibly well-known for its often hilarious glitches. Now, oneSkyrimfan has shared a clip showing bugged NPCs chasing after a player in a scene right out of a horror movie. SkyrimNPCs range from completely empty-headedto unexpectedly brilliant in the base game, although a variety of mods are dedicated to making their AI intelligence more predictable....

July 31, 2025 · 3 min · 430 words · Amy Boyer

The Dark Pictures: House of Ashes Pazuzu Lore Explained

During Summer Game Fest 2021,Supermassive Games treated fans to an extended trailerfor the third installment in its interactive survival horror anthology series.The Dark Pictures: House of Asheslooks set to offer fans the branching narrative and choose your own adventure-style choices they’ve come to expect, as they desperately fight to keep the star studded cast alive in a underground Sumerian temple. What stands out aboutThe Dark Pictures: House of Ashesthe most though, aside from anIndiana Jonesstyle adventure setting and host of monstrous bat-like creatures, is the ultimate evil that the game is setting up....

July 31, 2025 · 5 min · 878 words · Michael Jimenez

The Legend of Zelda Shouldn't Be Quick to Discard Every BOTW, TOTK Feature

The Legend of Zeldais one of Nintendo’s most successful franchises in gaming history. With dozens of titles, including mainline entries and spin-offs, and over 160 million units sold worldwide, fans of the legendary series will expect an outstanding new entry in the distant future. While the wait will be long, many can speculate what features the nextLegend of Zeldagame will retain or remove. With the recent success ofTears of the Kingdom, the franchise now has a clear winning formula that can be repeated for future titles....

July 31, 2025 · 3 min · 627 words · Debra Bryant

The Nightmare Before Christmas: Long Live The Pumpkin Queen Novel, Explained

Quick Links Tim Burton’sThe Nightmare Before Christmasis rich with wildly imaginative and speculative mythology that Disney has not further explored onscreen since its premiere for various reasons. It is an animated classic that is perfect as a standalone film not just for Halloween and Christmas. But thanks to the 2022 young adult novel, fans get a peek into what comes next for Jack Skellington and Sally. This suggests that there’s more to the “happily ever after” ending of the movie....

July 31, 2025 · 5 min · 893 words · Lisa Ramos