True Detective: Night Country lead actress Jodie Foster has revealed she was offered the Princess Leia role in the original Star Wars movie back in the ’70s. Her accepting the part could’ve substantially changed the course of the beloved story. Via The Hollywood Reporter, the actress talked on NBC’s Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon about
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Square Enix’s long-awaited new entry in the Dragon Quest Monsters franchise has been a hit as it has now shipped over one million copies worldwide, this figure also includes digital download sales. Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince launched exclusively on the Nintendo Switch family of systems on 1st December and has seen physical copies
An interesting free PS5 game has cropped up on the PlayStation Store, complete with a set of easy trophies. Titled Interaction Isn’t Explicit, the short experience comes with a catchy soundtrack, unique art style, and an equally unique premise: pros and cons of different game designs and systems. Interaction Isn’t Explicit comes with seven easy
Wake up, mayflies! FatShark have detailed the closed alpha for Warhammer: Vermintide 2‘s long-awaited Versus mode, in which the doughty Ubersreik Five go up against four player-controlled Skaven Pactsworn (translation: ratty supervillains) in addition to the rank-and-file AI-controlled rodent hordes. The alpha will launch in the “near future”, and sounds like just the dollop of
There is absolutely nothing wrong with building a shared universe, whether that be across games or films. Of course, Marvel and DC do it best, taking their heroes and villains, seeing them popping up or getting referenced to in different stories in their universe. But the gaming world does it as well; take the various
Call of Duty‘s anti-cheat software will now detect if a player is using aim assist on a keyboard and mouse and shut down their game. In a recent post shared on Twitter / X (via IGN), Activision announced that its anti-cheat technology, commonly known as ‘Ricochet’ to players, has been improved and now features the
Image: Riot Forge Last year was a busy one for Riot Forge, which published three solid, indie-developed games set in the expansive Runeterra universe (The Mageseeker, Convergence, Song of Nunu), each featuring totally unique art styles and gameplay. Now the company is turning its attention to its 2024 slate, which will kick off next month
Bethesda has announced The Elder Scrolls: Castles, a new mobile experience from the team behind Fallout Shelter. Like Fallout Shelter, Castles is a management sim, with Bethesda stating in an X post that “you’ll build your own dynasty where every day in our world is a year in the game’s world. Citizens are born, they
Harmonix has announced that Rock Band 4 DLC will exit stage left on January 25. After over eight years of releasing weekly DLC, Harmonix plans to shift focus to the free-to-play Fortnite Festival, which brings rhythm-action gaming to the Fortnite ecosystem. Players can expect a rotating selection of songs, and it will support Rock Band
Bullestorm VR launches for PSVR2 this week and developer Incuvo and publisher People Can Fly have detailed what’s new in the VR reimagining of the underappreciated 2013 shooter. You can read what they had to say below on new levels, features, and the use of PSVR2’s technology to sling goons around. Bulletstom VR features detailed
It seems like Marvel’s Midnight Suns, the troubled superhero RPG from the XCOM people, is getting an upswell of goodwill on social media following a stint of discounts and its inclusion in the current Humble Choice bundle. Jake Solomon, the game’s director who left Firaxis following the game’s disappointing release responded in disbelief, posting “As
Hey Xbox Insiders! We have a new Xbox Update Preview releasing to the Beta ring today. It’s important we note that some updates made in these preview OS builds include background improvements that ensure a quality and stable build for Xbox consoles. We will continue to post these release notes, even when the noticeable changes
The Sony Inzone H5 finds itself in the middle of the pack of the company’s gaming headset range. However, the set is less ‘middle of the road’ and much more ‘hits the sweet spot’ given its balance of performance, features, and pricing. In many ways, I found all my expectations to be greatly exceeded. If
You may recall that, last week Nintendo had announced that Golden Sun and Golden Sun: The Lost Age would be arriving on Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack on January 17th. As usual, the date was actually referring to Japan’s time zone, so January 17th in Japan would be late on January 16th or in
A round of videogame company layoffs following a period of “unsustainable” spending? It must be a Wednesday. Swedish conglomerate Thunderful Group AB – whose corporate possessions include Somerville developer Jumpship and several teams working on the SteamWorld games – have announced that they will lay off around 20 percent of their staff as part of
We’ve seen an influx in ‘cosy’ farming sims hitting the Xbox, with recent releases of Disney Dreamlight Valley and Everdream Valley. Now another comes along in the form of Coral Island. Even fans of the genre must be at risk of getting bored of the same gameplay, unless this new addition adds something a little
It’s been confirmed that UK store Game will stop offering trade-ins as it looks to phase out its pre-owned stock. An internal source confirmed to TechRadar Gaming (TRG) that all stores will stop trade-ins from February 16. Our source also tells us that internally, following the reports of this news surfacing online yesterday (January 15),