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Obsession star Cooper Tomlinson tackles a playful wish-making challenge ahead of the film’s streaming release, discovering that perfect outcomes may carry complications.
Memory shortages, unexpected PlayStation sales and studio job news headline this week’s arcade and gaming industry round-up, alongside an unusual Doom history lesson.
A hands-on look at LEGO’s Pokémon Smart Play sets ahead of their 1 August release, examining the link between building toys and interactive play.
Destin Daniel Cretton explains how video games, wingsuit flight and New York shaped the movement and identity of Spider-Man: Brand New Day.
Tom Holland, Jon Bernthal and Jacob Batalon answer questions about Spider-Man: Brand New Day in a concise cast feature for fans.
Find all six Pokémon Pokopia Bubbly Basin treasure locations, collect every decorative Poké Ball and build the mermaid’s gym habitat for Starmie.
Sadie Sink is staying silent on Spider-Man: Brand New Day, offering no plot, character or production details in this brief video update.
Shang-Chi’s possible role in Spider-Man: Brand New Day remains unconfirmed, while director Destin Daniel Cretton discusses the challenge of managing cameos.
Robert Pattinson’s unsettling Chris Hansen performance in Primetime recreates the presenter’s distinctive voice and mannerisms with alarming precision.
Sadie Sink remains tight-lipped about her character in Spider-Man: Brand New Day, even as reports suggest details of the secret role have leaked.
Tom Holland is better at protecting Marvel secrets, but one mystery remains: which character did he insist on adding to Spider-Man: Brand New Day?
Tom Holland, the star of Spider-Man: Brand New Day, addresses a major Marvel plot hole and adds to the ongoing conversation about superhero continuity.
A newly uncovered 2007 Demon’s Souls prototype reveals first-person gameplay, a missing tutorial area, an alligator encounter and a radically different Demon God fight.
From time-travel mysteries to alien comedies, these 10 sci-fi series on Netflix deliver memorable ideas, strong characters and consistently rewarding episodes.
ContraPoints revisits childhood gaming memories, low-fidelity horror and unexpected arcade classics during a thoughtful Shelf Quest visit to videogamesnewyork.
Memoirium is a surreal Windows PC Soulslike where PS1-style dreamscapes, deliberate combat, eight dungeons and a customisable room meet.
Hell Is Us is gaining fresh attention on Xbox Game Pass, pairing Soulslike combat with a deliberately map-free approach to exploration.
Find the Italian Exotics treasure chest in Forza Horizon 6’s spring Takashiro hunt with this location guide, landmark clue and off-road route.
Find the Sotoyama Ski Resort in Forza Horizon 6, photograph the correct buildings, and complete the #SkiHoliday challenge with a Lamborghini.
Track every Forza Horizon 6 Italian Exotics Series 3 challenge, event, unlock date, Playlist point threshold and reward in one practical guide.
Capcom’s Onimusha: Way of the Sword combines Japanese history, yōkai folklore, samurai cinema and Miyamoto Musashi in a supernatural action revival.
Toby Fox responds to Deltarune Chapter 5 criticism, explains its pacing and asks fans to keep theorising without expecting every theory to come true.
Warrior Cats is expanding with its first video game, Clans of the Forest, while an animated Disney Plus and Disney Channel series is planned for 2028.
Louis Leterrier’s The Last House blends paranormal family survival, 35mm film and IMAX-scale ambition, but its biggest-screen presentation may remain out of reach.
GTA 6 fans are challenging Rockstar and Netflix over a timed trailer exclusive, linking the decision to wider concerns about monetisation and digital access.
Find every Pokémon Pokopia cooking recipe, required ingredient, cooking station and skill upgrade, including the Bubbly Basin DLC smoothie additions.
Find the hidden ocean door recipe in Pokémon Pokopia, collect star-spotted rock and finish Popplio’s temple in the Bubbly Basin DLC.
A solo developer says Google’s AI search revealed a secret Operation Octo character name, raising fresh questions about private documents and AI-generated answers.
The Ribbon Hero reaches for Tezuka-inspired spectacle but loses its story beneath muddled mythology, uneven animation, weak characters and abrupt tonal shifts.
Find the Ocean Pals Rug for Stunfisk in Pokémon Pokopia, including the Bubbly Basin house location, return details and instructions for making copies.
Marvel is bringing the first year of its Ultimate Universe to $9.99 compact paperbacks, with four series scheduled for release in April and June 2027.
Daggerheart’s first major expansion, Hope & Fear, adds four classes, supernatural transformations, new enemies and campaign settings on 25 August 2026.
A first-print collection of Pokémon Red, Blue and Yellow for Game Boy has sold for $2 million, becoming the second-most valuable video game sale recorded.
Learn how Drifloon’s Dream Islands work in Pokémon Pokopia, including doll requirements, island resources, rare Pokémon locations and daily exploration tips.
Kit Connor is reportedly set to play Cyclops in Marvel’s new X-Men film, joining a developing cast that includes Samara Weaving as Emma Frost.
Ubisoft has confirmed a new Ghost Recon game during the franchise’s 25th anniversary event, while Wildlands receives a sizeable free update.
GTA 6 trailer 3 will debut on Netflix before reaching YouTube six hours later, creating an unusual marketing moment ahead of the game’s November launch.
Find the Rainbow Run speed trap on Rainbow Bridge in Tokyo City, then use the right approach and an S1-class car to chase three stars.
Track down every legendary and mythical Pokémon in Pokémon Pokopia, from Dream Island encounters to Bubbly Basin DLC residents and weather-based visitors.
Claim Ghost Recon: Future Soldier permanently on PC until August 13, while Ubisoft celebrates the franchise’s 25th anniversary and teases its next game.
Uli Latukefu has been cast as Ganondorf in Nintendo and Sony’s live-action Zelda film, which is scheduled for release in April 2027.
Black Adam has missed its theatrical expectations, but Dwayne Johnson’s superhero film is attracting fresh attention after landing in Netflix’s top ten.
Bubbly Basin adds a gorgeous underwater town and useful movement upgrades to Pokémon Pokopia, but its familiar chores delay the sandbox’s best ideas.
Find both Fortnite Chapter 7 Season 3 Gem hours, including the exact AEST times for players on Australia’s east coast.
Doug Cockle revisits memorable lines from The Witcher games in a quick test of voice-acting recall and Geralt knowledge.
Larian’s latest Baldur’s Gate 3 statistics reveal an unexpected pattern: regular characters have killed Alfira more often than Dark Urge players.
Deadpool’s Marvel Tōkon moveset draws on Street Fighter, Virtua Fighter, Marvel vs. Capcom and Arc System Works’ own fighting-game catalogue.
Devolver Digital plans to delist from London’s stock exchange after its market value fell 95.3%, citing industry volatility and pressure from public markets.
Nintendo’s latest figures show Switch 2 outselling the Wii, while original Switch sales, software performance and digital buying trends offer further clues.
Final Fantasy XIV performs strongly on Switch 2, pairing smooth visuals and reliable connections with a known black-screen glitch, battery drain and interface clutter.
New PS5 packaging reportedly warns that newly released PlayStation games will be digital-only from January 2028, while older discs remain playable.
A handshake in Spider-Man: Brand New Day may connect Ned’s mysterious memory of Peter Parker to the magical abilities revealed in No Way Home.
Capcom says digital sales now account for about 90 per cent of its units, leaving the publisher unconcerned about the shrinking physical games market.
The next GTA 6 presentation premieres on Netflix before YouTube. Here is what Rockstar’s history suggests about its footage, length and release timing.
WWE has applied to trademark “Vice City” for wrestling entertainment, creating an unexpected overlap with GTA 6’s famous Miami-inspired setting.
Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls can become stuck after language selection. Waiting for the PlayStation 5 download to reach 100% may help bypass the error.
Japanese officials have reportedly asked the Trump administration to stop using Pokémon, Nintendo and other Japanese game franchises in political memes.
A Brotherhood of Steel flag spotted during Fallout season 3 filming has fans wondering whether the series could revisit Fallout 3’s Capital Wasteland.
Ubisoft’s free Ghost Recon Wildlands: Last Rites update adds a new mission, tougher options and 4K 60FPS improvements for current-generation consoles.
Zach Cregger’s Resident Evil movie follows an ordinary courier through a modern-day Raccoon City outbreak, with original characters and a survival-horror focus.
Sam Neill is set to appear in The Legend of Zelda movie, while Uli Latukefu and Dichen Lachman take on Ganondorf and Impa.
A fan-made Destiny 2 exploration tool is reopening access to vaulted locations such as Leviathan, though it will not restore enemies, quests or combat.
A preservationist has restored a lost Final Fantasy VII mobile spin-off by decrypting its files with a GPU farm built from more than 90 servers.
Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls has launched on PC amid reports of heavy resource use, Linux difficulties, low Steam reviews and uncertain performance improvements.
GTA 6 will cost $80 at launch, but Take-Two says its pricing reflects value rather than maximum profit despite record-breaking interest.
Take-Two says more than 90 per cent of its business is digital, while GTA 6 may launch as a download code rather than a conventional disc.
Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick predicts low-latency game streaming could dramatically expand gaming’s audience within three years, despite rising hardware costs.
Community Shaders now supports popular ENB presets, giving Skyrim players improved lighting and detail with a more performance-friendly open-source approach.
Mafia: The Old Country’s Man of Honor expansion adds story chapters, challenges and new rewards to the previously sparse Free Ride open world.
Big Walk’s unnamed red puzzle item has become a co-op conversation starter, with players inventing names ranging from “Kong” and “egg” to “my son”.
Dropout is bringing Don Hertzfeldt’s acclaimed animated shorts together, including Rejected, the World of Tomorrow trilogy and upcoming feature Paper Trail.
Marvel Rivals Season 9.5 adds The Hood, a Vanguard hero who combines twin-pistol fire, mystical barriers and a devastating Gun Demon transformation.
Find every Arc Raiders Phantom Targets challenge, reward and completion tip, including antenna locations, Arc parts, weapons and Part 2 timing.
Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave has revealed an unexpected weapon: Anatolia carries a modern-looking gun classified as a gauntlet.
Spider-Man: Brand New Day may be planting clues for Cindy Moon, also known as Silk, to become the MCU’s next major spider hero.
Vinyl collectors are frustrated by albums arriving with missing songs, altered mixes and unfinished tracks as physical manufacturing struggles to match digital releases.
Gundam Hathaway: The Sorcery of Nymph Circe arrives on Netflix on 31 August 2026, with new Gundam anime and game projects also ahead.
Sega’s Shining Force introduced accessible tactical battles, eccentric recruits and inventive maps years before Fire Emblem became a worldwide hit.
Quantic Dream faces union criticism over roughly 115 layoffs, compensation negotiations and claims that Star Wars Eclipse development remains unaffected.
RyzaChat brings AI conversations, generated quests and a virtual Ryza to mobile, while raising fresh questions about storytelling, ethics and player attachment.
Find the Gears of War: E-Day early access multiplayer beta times, Australian start and finish times, modes, progression limits and unlockable rewards.
Eli Roth says generative AI appears in only a very small portion of a few Ice Cream Man scenes, clarifying earlier comments about its hand-drawn animation.
Minecraft’s Java snapshot finally adds concrete stairs and slabs, giving builders long-requested options nearly nine years after concrete first appeared.
Danganronpa 2×2 has been delayed until early 2027, with creator Kazuta Kodaka saying Grand Theft Auto 6 and development time both influenced the move.
Beast of Reincarnation’s wolf companion Koo brings elemental powers, teleporting entrances and remarkably consistent pet-inspired jump scares to Emma’s quiet adventure.
An 18-year-old developer’s $200 Steam joke generated $1.3 million in revenue before most buyers refunded it, leaving a surprisingly small final return.
Electronic Arts has completed its $55 billion sale to a Saudi-led consortium, changing the publisher’s ownership, transparency and accountability.
Electronic Arts is now privately owned after a $55 billion acquisition by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, Silver Lake and Affinity Partners.
Larian Studios’ latest Baldur’s Gate 3 statistics reveal the NPCs players kill most, mod download milestones and some remarkably unusual play habits.
George R. R. Martin’s latest blog post focuses on grief, depression, ageing and an overwhelming year, alongside positive news about Emmy-nominated work.
Find the Australian release time for Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls, plus the complete 20-character launch roster for PS5 and Windows PC.
Final Fantasy XIV has arrived on Nintendo Switch 2, but its expanded free trial covers four major story arcs before you need to buy the game.
Duskfade blends magical exploration, clockwork scenery and fast 3D platforming into a promising adventure for players waiting on Kingdom Hearts 4.
Zero Dark Thirty gave Chris Pratt the chance to be taken seriously as an action performer, helping pave the way for his casting as Star-Lord.
The Ninth Jedi expands Star Wars: Visions into an eight-part anime adventure with fresh mythology, a formidable villain and spectacular lightsaber action.
X-Men ’97 season 2 finally reveals Candra’s history, connecting the X-Ternal to Apocalypse, Gambit and a mystery dating back to the original animated series.
Pokémon Pokopia update 2.0.0 adds underwater exploration, Bubbly Basin content, cross-region storage, building improvements and an extensive bug-fix list.
Ti West’s X trilogy combines grimy grindhouse horror, Mia Goth’s standout performances and a surprisingly serious approach to three connected slasher films.
A Fortnite leak points to a possible Kingdom Hearts crossover as players speculate about a Gaming Legends season celebrating video game history.
Twin Engine and Bandai will invest ¥4 billion in a long-term anime partnership spanning original manga, animation, merchandise and licensing.
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