8 Near-Perfect Sci-Fi Miniseries that Hook You in the First Episode
These sci-fi miniseries accomplish so much within 12 or less episodes.
These sci-fi miniseries accomplish so much within 12 or less episodes.
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Wright left Ant-Man in 2015, citing differences with Marvel. Here’s how his film would have been different
Stephen King fans rejoice: a Lovecraftian crime-thriller epic is on the way with Crouch End, a new miniseries from Prime Video.
Short on time but ready to game? These 10 co-op games range from one-level sessions to month-long campaigns, from Overcooked! to Gears of War: E-Day.
Kirby and the World Beyond is coming to Nintendo Switch 2 in 2027
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"Each one of these cards is this window into this incredible world. It's not just world building—it's worlds building."
A new weekend has arrived, and today, you can save big on Saros, the Criterion Collection sale, Gears of War: E-Day, Dragon Ball Super, Apple Watch Ultra 4, Xenoblade Chronicles 2, Persona 3 Reload, The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, Star Wars Zero Company, and more. Check out our top picks for Saturday, November 14, below. Save $700 Off this Asus TUF A16 Gaming Laptop It's no secret that building a gaming PC is more expensive than ever. Component prices for parts like RAM are through the roof, which has led many to hold off upgrading their builds. Today, while not a desktop, you can save $700 on this Asus TUF gaming laptop that features a Ryzen 7 8745HX processor, 16GB of RAM, and an RTX 5060. Not bad if you're looking to play some of the latest games on the go. Saros for $41.99 Saros is on sale for $41.99 today at Amazon, which matches the lowest price we've seen so far. As one of the biggest PS5 exclusives in 2026, now is a great time to check out Housemarque's latest if you haven't. In our review , we wrote, "With Saros, Housemarque once again proved that its bullet-hell sensibilities mesh incredibly well with fluid and super-challenging action. This is primarily a test of skill that's as much a rhythmic dance as it is a fireworks show with a punch-packing sci-fi arsenal." Sony INZONE H9 Wireless Gaming Headset for $178 Amazon has the Sony Inzone H9 headset on sale for $178 today, which is a huge discount from its standard $329.99 price tag. In our 8/10 review , we wrote, "Sony’s InZone H9 II is a super comfortable and smartly designed headset that shines specifically in competitive gaming, but carries a demanding price tag. It's stiff competition at the high-end, but this headset does some things better than most." 50% Off Criterion Collection Sale Barnes & Noble is having a Criterion Collection sale right now, so this weekend is one of the best times of the year to pick up some new 4K Blu-rays. Oftentimes, these 4K transfers are overseen by the original Director, and there's always plenty of great extras included. Frankenstein 4K UHD for $29.98 Frankenstein finally hit 4K Blu-ray as part of The Criterion Collection last month, and today, you can take home a copy for just $29.98. In our 9/10 review , we wrote, "Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein is a crowning achievement for the beloved genre director and one of the most effective adaptations of the Mary Shelley story ever put to film." Gears of War: E-Day for $60.99 Gears of War: E-Day is one of the best games of the year, and today, you can save a few dollars on a physical Xbox copy at Amazon. We gave the game a 9/10 in our review , writing, "Gears of War: E-Day’s stellar story campaign is complemented by an excellent multiplayer suite, particularly its evolved Horde Siege PvE mode." Save Big on Dragon Ball Super Amazon has the Dragon Ball Super Complete Series Blu-ray on sale for $116.25 today. This collection includes ten Steelbooks and 20 discs, with a variety of special and bonus features available in addition to the 131 episodes. Save $100 Off Apple Watch Ultra 4 Amazon has the Apple Watch Ultra 4 smartwatch on sale for $799.99 this weekend. This saves you $100 off MSRP. You'll get the Black Titanium Case and the Black Titanium Milanese Loop with this watch, which can easily complement any outfit. If you've been on the hunt for a new smartwatch, the Ultra 4 is one of the best you can buy. Dune: Awakening for $39.99 Physical PS5 copies of Dune: Awakening are on sale for $39.99 right now at Amazon. This is the perfect time to jump in, especially with Dune: Part Three just a few months away. In our 8/10 review , we wrote, "Dune: Awakening is an excellent survival MMO that captures Frank Herbet’s sci-fi world incredibly well, mostly to its advantage and occasionally to its detriment. The survival climb from dehydrated peasant to powerful warlord of Arrakis is a joy almost every step of the way, and the story and worldbuilding filled this nerd with absolute joy." Xenoblade Chronicles 2 + Expansion Pass Bundle for $39.94 Xenoblade Chronicles 2 is one of my favorite games of all time. The expansive world, gripping narrative, incredible cast, and spectacular soundtrack are just a few of the things you can look forward to in this adventure. Walmart has a digital bundle of both the base game and the Expansion Pass (which includes Torna: The Golden Country) on sale for $39.94. If you have a Switch 2, you can then upgrade your copy to the Switch 2 Edition for $10, which adds 4K and 60 FPS support. I cannot recommend this one enough, especially if you're a fan of JRPGs. The Super Mario Galaxy Movie 4K for $12.99 The Super Mario Galaxy Movie is one of the best performing movies of 2026, and today, you can score the Collector's Edition 4K for only $12.99 at Amazon. This package includes the movie on 4K, Blu-ray, and digital, so you can watch it however you'd like. There's also over an hour of special features to check out, too. Persona 3 Reload (Switch 2) for $24.99 Persona 3 Reload Switch 2 copies are available at Amazon for $24.99 this weekend. This is a pretty great price for an expansive RPG that you can easily sink 100 hours into. The Switch 2 version had a rocky launch with frame pacing issues, but those have been resolved. Atlus also did add support for 60 FPS in docked mode. Star Wars Zero Company for $47.97 Star Wars Zero Company is one of the biggest sleeper hits of the year, and you can save $12 off a physical copy today at Amazon. In our 9/10 review , we wrote, "Star Wars Zero Company is an excellent tactical game that does a fantastic job of slathering on the same cinematic look and feel we saw in Respawn's Star Wars Jedi games, incorporating strong characters and a storyline that's refreshingly centered on non-Force users and a non-traditional villain." Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter for $39.99 Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter is the first entry in the beloved Trails series, and last year's remake brought new life to the original game. With 2nd Chapter out now, today is a great time to dive into this wonderful RPG series.
The full track list for Grand Theft Auto VI: The Album seems to have leaked online just days before GTA 6's launch.
If a game is about cooking, at minimum I'll have to give it a quick testspin. Outside of this whole writing about video games thing, my other lot in life is soul bound to food, so I'm always curious to see how the two can be mixed together. And earlier this week, The Snackbar at the End of the World was revealed, a wonderfully cartoonish action-adventure game set in a magical, slightly post-apocalyptic version of 1960s Italy where you go out and forage for ingredients while fending off monstrous crops before turning them into tasty meals back in your struggling restaurant. Read more
No more calling on your high-level buddy for a boost.
At the 2026 League of Legends World Championship Finals, Riot Games officially unveiled League of Legends: New Dawn. The large-scale update is scheduled for 2027 and will bring changes to the game's client, Summoner's Rift, visuals, and gameplay, marking the beginning of a new chapter for one of the industry's most enduring titles.
Riot Games revealed at Worlds Finals 2026 a major update to League of Legends coming in 2027 with new gameplay and features.
Grace Ashcroft actress Angela Sant'Albano doesn't think her Resident Evil Requiem hero will "ever be a Leon character," but she's still hoping "there's a long way to go with her."
The idea of Dark Souls PvP has always scared me a tad. You can replace Dark Souls with Bloodborne or Elden Ring , I've typically just been a coward when it comes to the idea of fighting another, real person. They're probably going to be better than me! I don't use tactics in Souls games, I use brute force until I get my way! That being said, I do have to admit I quite like the look of Rasen, a game that is essentially just the PvP component of Dark Souls (or PvE if you just want to take on some computer-controlled enemies) that just launched into early access. Read more
Star Trek: Generations is streaming free on Pluto TV. Here's why the underrated Kirk and Picard crossover deserves another look.
Testing comedy games comes with a unique challenge.
Adam Driver still can't believe Disney killed his Star Wars movie, The Hunt for Ben Solo, and has now gone so far as to say that the move "felt criminal."
When you think about GTA as a series, the first thing that probably comes to mind is driving through crowds of people, gunning down whoever you like, just generally doing crime without any care in the world. I wouldn't exactly call it an empathy game, not to say that other games are any better at such a thing anyway. But with GTA 6 out, crikey, next bloody week, a new interview has gone up with co-studio head Rob Nelson where he shared that you have a bit more space to be empathetic compared to previous entries. Read more
Chris Pratt said he would love to reunite with James Gunn for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 4 after the director abruptly announced he would be leaving DC Studios earlier this week.
Earlier this year in a bit of a shakeup for the fleshiest kid in town, Super Meat Boy entered into a new dimension in the aptly named Super Meat Boy 3D. I've not played it but it seems like a good take on the format. Clearly, though, sometimes you just need to play the hits, as a new release of the original game is on the way in the form of Super Meat Boy Again+, a remaster with updated graphics, levels and plenty more. Read more
Rockstar has confirmed GTA 6 features something the franchise has never had before: mechanisms that encourage empathy.
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A big part of the point of The Blood of Dawnwalker is that you're on a fixed time limit. You've got 30 in-game days and nights to try and save your family, and if you don't manage to see everything the game has to offer, well, the game's director is fine with that . But that doesn't matter as much now, as The Blood of Dawnwalker is getting its 1.2 update next week that adds in a new game plus mode. Read more
Critical Role’s TTRPG system, Daggerheart, puts a greater emphasis on story-telling than some of its peers. A year after the core book was released, Daggerheart offered players and Game Masters new options for telling their stories.with the system’s first expansion. As someone who plays a variety of role-playing games on both sides of the GM screen, I’m always hungry for more options. More gear for my heroes to use and more vicious monsters to sic on my unsuspecting players. Daggerheart: Hope and Fear adds a plethora of toys to the toybox, but if you weren’t a fan of the core book, don’t expect this expansion to change your mind. Before diving into what’s new, for those unfamiliar, Daggerheart is a narrative-focused tabletop RPG system. It uses a rather handy card-based approach to help create and manage your characters and does away with the traditional initiative mechanic during combat. One of the most defining mechanics of Daggerheart, however, is its Hope and Fear dice. These two twelve-sided dice, one representing your Hope value and the other Fear, can either cause your checks to earn you a 'Hope' resource that can be used to pull off extra special actions, or give your GM a 'Fear' point that they can spend. A proverbial "wrench in the gears" sort of treat, depending on which die rolls higher during the check. This mechanic also serves as the namesake for the system’s first expansion. Where to Buy The Daggerheart: Hope & Fear expansion is available to buy at the Critical Role shop for $39.99. For players who have been wanting to make some new characters, a plethora of options await you inside this nearly 200-page tome. The Hope and Fear expansion comes with four new classes, each with two subclasses, six ancestries and communities, over 100 new pieces of gear and loot to dig through, and a brand-new domain. GMs get some new toys too, with 130+ new enemies to sic on those pesky heroes across 28 environments and four campaign frames (think of these as rough bases to build a campaign around). By far, though, my personal favorite inclusion in H&F is the brand-new Transformations system, but more on that gem in a bit. The new domain, Dread, actually has some pretty interesting effects. The ones I found most intriguing and beneficial were abilities like Avatar of Terror, which makes you stronger the more Fear the GM has, and the spell Dire-Strike, which straight-up takes some of the GM’s Fear away. The idea that my friends and I could gang up and shut down the bullshit my GM might pull during a game instantly shot this new Domain to the top of my list for the next character I make. "The idea that my friends and I could gang up and shut down the bullshit my GM might pull during a game instantly shot this new Domain to the top of my list for the next character I make." Two new classes, the Assassin (a standalone, more stabby-focused rogue) and the Brawler (Daggerheart’s punchy monk-like class), utilize the core domains that came in the core book, while the other two new classes, the Warlock (make a pact with a thing, get cool powers) and the Witch (mess with enemies by hexing them), take advantage of H&F’s new Dread domain. The new ancestries, which for D&D folks are basically Daggerheart’s equivalent to species, will feel familiar to anyone who’s played that other high-fantasy TTRPG. The Aetheris are winged, angel-y beings, while Elemental Kin—consisting of Earth, Ember (fire), Sky, and Tide (water) varieties—are individuals descended from powerful elementals. And then you have Gnomes, which are, well, gnomes. All certainly good to have, but both the new ancestries and some of the new classes seem like such core fantasy staples that it feels odd to me that they weren’t included in the base release. Glad they’re here now, though, and gnomes being able to just teleport around with their Flicker Step feature is silly fun. For the forever Game Masters out there (you are the real heroes), Hope & Fear’s new campaign frames offer good flexibility for running games for hesitant brand-new players or grizzled vets that want a challenge. My favorite out of the four offerings, surprisingly, is also the least complex: Castle High. Think modern-day wizard school where teenagers fly around on brooms while scrolling on their phones and take classes on giant floating islands in the sky. While I haven’t yet played or run the frame, the idea of swapping out my sword for pencil and paper and sneaking out of school instead of dungeons is a fun change of pace. Of course, if you want to slay a dragon, or in this case a weredragon tyrant, you can do that too with Reign of the Weredragon. The most complex of the new offerings, Journey to Horizon, has you working to resurrect a goddess. Now we can get to my favorite addition: transformations. Becoming a demigod, a werewolf, a vampire, or even living out your Danny Phantom dreams by transforming into a ghost is now possible! All of the transformation options in H&F (of which there are six) come with some sort of bonus or ability in addition to a downside. In Danny Phantom’s case, you take less physical damage but double magic damage, and can pass through solid objects at the cost of taking on some Stress. I love transformations as a way to add further depth of your character or as a narrative plot thread, and the fact that they don’t count against any sort of domain or character limit (outside of only being allowed a single transformation at a time, but that’s what house rules are for) opens up all sorts of possibilities. Now, if Darrington Press could just make an official Super Sentai / Power Ranger transformation equivalent, I’d be all set! Castle High already features teenagers with attitude as the player characters, after all. Daggerheart: Hope & Fear is a good first expansion, though it feels like a safe one. It adds a fair amount of new content for both players and GMs to mess around with, which is always great, even if some additions feel like they should have been included from the start. The Dread domain and how it can mess with the GM’s plans directly is a really fun twist. I’ve already gushed about the transformations, and I can’t wait to see what new options get added down the road. That all said, since it launched, Daggerheart feels like a game that is far more intimidating to play for those who aren’t comfortable with improvisation and narrating what they are doing, and Hope & Fear doesn’t really help with that. I enjoy what it adds, but if you were already overwhelmed by the core game, don’t look to this expansion to save you. Daggerheart as a system is still, comparatively, in its infancy, and I would love to see a well-put-together starter kit or more hand-holdy expansion to help new players get into things.
This is how Rockstar brought together bad fashion, a miserable gangster, an exploding phone, and fake Zuckerberg getting his just deserts to create GTA 5's memorable takedown of Silicon Valley.
World's Best Grandpa Cup be praised.
Accept Fight! (L+R). If you are a hockey fan with a Switch, you have been poorly served by the system’s library. Odd really, considering how well hockey itself translates into video game form. And then you chance upon T ape to Tape drowning in the weekly AI slop eShop releases, a curiously labelled “gorgeous roguelite hockey world" affair. Is this it? Is this the hockey game of my dreams? Tape to Tape did not sprout magically overnight. It has been a labour of love for several years and has been feeding off a lively player community with feedback to shape the version now in our hands. Forget about offsides, penalties, and other obtuse rules (unless you pick the Modern Squad): this is hardcore old-school hockey the likes of which we haven't seen since NHL Hitz and that is a very good thing indeed. Read the full article on nintendolife.com
"On one hand, I want to pay off those expectations. On the other hand, I want to exceed them."
More info to be announced at Halo Fest in December.
I'm here for it, though.
Masterful. Before launch, I didn't think it would be possible for anyone to spoil Ocarina of Time on Switch 2 for me. I've played through the N64 original more times than I care to admit, and know it better than just about any other game out there. That said, if someone had told me about the Master Sword moment in the remake before I got to it, I would have been really upset. Read the full article on nintendolife.com
The latest report from GDC shows a slight uptick in AI use, but negative sentiment towards the tech still dominates.
Ubisoft is reportedly working on a new Rainbow Six Vegas game 18 years after the last entry in the series. Read more
"We penalised shooting so much in that game," says design director Jens Andersson.
The Call of Duty Endowment is marking Remembrance Day and its 17th anniversary by encouraging Modern Warfare 4 and Warzone players to pick up its Valor Pack, with all of Activision's net proceeds going towards helping veterans find jobs. Read more
Netflix's long-gestating Magic: The Gathering animated series is called Planeswalker, and it's coming in 2027. Read more
A spoiler-filled The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Season 3 interview with Theo actor Tyroe Muhafidin.
"Get the limey out of here," Burt Reynolds tells the producers of GTA: Vice City during a recording session for the game, as Rockstar co-founder Dan Houser enters the studio. "I'm not going to work if this limey Brit is in here!" Houser refuses to leave, so the story goes - he just came down to meet one of his heroes! - and he and Reynolds end up chest-to-chest, about to come to blows, before a studio engineer breaks up the fight. Read more
Dandori Academy beckons. Well folks, you've made it through another week – well done! Chances are many of you have completed your quest in Ocarina of Time by now, with many more of you eagerly awaiting your next jaunt across Leonida when GTA 6 launches on the 19th. Going back to OoT for a moment, Nintendo confirmed this week that it managed to sell over 5 million copies in just 4 days – astonishing! The company also revealed some behind-the-scenes info about the ReDead enemies , while we took at look at what we think are some of the best 'tiny tweaks' in the remake . Read the full article on nintendolife.com
Ah, yes, Saturday. Traditionally a day for relaxing. Why is it then I'm packing, doing last-minute shopping, and going to a wedding all in the space of eight hours? Because, Julian, you are a fool who, as ever, has left everything far too late. What about the team, though. I imagine they've managed their time much better. Read more
Another week has climaxed and I'm so sorry you had to read that on a Saturday morning. But here we are again, with our regular feature, where we talk about what we've been playing in order that you do too. This week, Marie has been staring at monster butts; Connor has capitulated to World of Warcraft; Kelsey is discovering the joys of a beloved Zelda game for the first time; and Bertie enjoys someone being punched in the face, because I guess he's that sort of person? Read more