The themed popcorn trend continues, but this time around it’s a bit more practical. Regal and has unveiled a special popcorn bucket to celebrate the release of Resident Evil… and you can put your organs, or, uh, water bottle, in it. The upcoming movie follows a medical courier named Bryan who is in the process […]
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Afterworld will be strategy royalty Paradox’s “most approachable” game, and after raising cannibal fish-mutants to conquer America I’m hooked

If I can do justice to the hour I spent playing Afterworld, you’ll see why it’s the most exciting reveal of Gamescom 2026. Even if you don’t like grand strategy games, which this is, Afterworld may be the first one you fall for. It’s designed to be the “most approachable” game from developer Paradox Interactive […]
20198BitDo and SteelSeries have combined forces to create a whimsical Cozy Collection of Xbox accessories

If you aren’t much of a fan of limited-edition tech that leans hard into nostalgia, then the new Designed for XBOX Cozy Collection might be more your style. Landing on the back of the Xbox 25th Anniversary Collection, this new accessory set trades the transparent green tech for earth tones and images of adorable pixelated […]
2019Nexus Mods, “the biggest modding platform in the world,” has just acquired SteamDB: “We don’t take the responsibility of becoming its next steward lightly”

From hosting the best Skyrim mods to some of the wildest fan overhauls for The Witcher 3, Nexus Mods is well known as the go-to spot for modding any and every PC game – and, now, it’s also the parent company of SteamDB. In case you’re not familiar with the latter, SteamDB came to life […]
2019StarCraft 3 rumors resurface as new report claims Nexon and IP owner Blizzard are nearly ready to finalize a deal

StarCraft sequel rumors are blazing after a report claims that South Korean-Japanese publisher Nexon is close to acquiring development rights for the sci-fi onslaught from IP holder Blizzard. South Korean newspaper The Chosun Ilbo reports (according to machine translation) that, as of September 2, Nexon and Blizzard are on the knife’s edge of finalizing their […]
2019Banjo-Kazooie composer says “like 3 companies” have pitched a new entry in the series, but “Rare just typically say no to everything”

Banjo-Kazooie composer Grant Kirkhope says he’d still love to work on the series, but pitches for its return have been turned down over the years. Banjo-Kazooie is probably the game series with the biggest being dead to huge fanbase ratio (that or Mother). It’s coming up on two decades since Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts, which […]
2019My family loves board games and kaiju, so King of Tokyo: Godzilla was a day one purchase for me

In 2011, Iello and Richard Garfield released King of Tokyo, a kaiju-centric game in which players wrestled for control of Tokyo. The heart of the game used a Yahtzee-like mechanic, in which players repeatedly rolled a set of six dice. Different symbols translated to different results, ranging from gaining resources, dealing damage to other monsters, […]
2019The Mandalorian and Grogu features a hidden Han Solo Easter egg in a Rotta the Hutt scene

While Han Solo doesn’t appear in The Mandalorian and Grogu, a sneaky, unintentional Easter egg referencing him does – and it involves Rotta the Hutt. In the original trilogy, Han was in a lot of trouble with Rotta’s dad, Jabba the Hutt. In one scene in the 1997 Special Edition of Star Wars: A New […]
2019Avengers: Doomsday director Joe Russo says going into production without a script allowed for “magic”

Co-director of Avengers: Doomsday, Joe Russo, has addressed going into production on the Marvel Phase 6 film without a finished script. The movie was originally set to be Avengers: The Kang Dynasty; however Marvel pivoted away after Jonathan Majors was convicted of assault. The Russos took over, and shooting began without a finished script. However, […]
2019GamesRadar+ Fall Preview 2026: Your next favorite games make up our hefty Most Wanted list

The GamesRadar+ Fall Preview is here to be your companion as sunny days fade away and the colder and darker months tempt us back inside to revel in some cozy gaming while staying warm. While one game is set to dominate – GTA 6 when it releases on November 19 – we’re eschewing the titan […]
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