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• Latest news Dave Bautista Cast as Kratos in Prime Video’s God of War, Replacing Ryan Hurst

  Dave Bautista has closed a deal to play Kratos in Prime Video’s live-action adaptation of God of War. He replaces Ryan Hurst, who had previously been cast in the role. Bautista is a former WWE star and a Guardians of the Galaxy actor, giving the series a high-profile, action-oriented lead for Amazon’s PlayStation franchise adaptation.

• Latest news Insidious: Out of the Further's post-credits scene teases sequel, expands franchise

  Insidious: Out of the Further opened in theaters today as the sixth film in the Insidious franchise. The movie introduces a new protagonist whose family is linked to the Further, a dark parallel dimension that houses demons, while series mainstay Elise Rainier appears in a key role. A post-credits scene explicitly sets up a sequel and shifts the series’ focus beyond the Lambert family.

• Latest news Black Myth: Zhong Kui 15-minute trailer shows confident swordplay and boss fights

  Developer Game Science released a 15-minute gameplay trailer for Black Myth: Zhong Kui that introduces the player character—a dishevelled swordsman—and a wizened companion as they traverse myth-inspired environments. Combat uses deliberate, soulslike mechanics with parries, deflections, narrow-turn dodges and expressive sword twirls that give the protagonist a confident, economical fighting style. The trailer presents boss encounters, including oyster-like enemies and striking skeleton designs, alongside large environmental set pieces such as a tidal wave and paper-talisman geysers. This footage demonstrates the studio’s continued focus on cinematic action and refined animation after Black Myth: Wukong.

• Latest news Fortnite map structure resembling Freddy Fazbear's pizzeria sparks FNAF crossover talk

  An under-construction building on the Fortnite map that includes an interior stage has been identified as resembling the Five Nights at Freddy's pizzeria, and leaker HYPEX reposted user AlignedEclipse’s discovery on X. The current Override season centers on video-game franchises—Sonic is in the battle pass while Mega Man and Crash Bandicoot are planned—making a FNAF crossover a thematic fit and prompting speculation it could tie into Fortnitemares. FNAF’s official X account posted an image that amplified fan expectations, but neither Epic Games nor FNAF has announced a crossover.

• Latest news Destiny 2 expansions and campaigns listed in release order

  Dot Esports compiled a chronological list of every Destiny 2 campaign and expansion to clarify the game's release history since launch. Destiny 2 originally released in fall 2017 and has received numerous expansions and seasonal updates since then. Bungie has changed what content is available over time, and seasonal content is rotated out at the end of each year, making a release-order list useful for players.

• Latest news Genki Manta controller launches on Kickstarter with onboard Manta OS and touchscreen

  Genki (Human Things) launched the Manta pro controller on Kickstarter, featuring a 2.79-inch color touchscreen beneath the thumbsticks running a custom Manta OS. The onboard OS and display enable on-the-fly tuning of tri-stage triggers, dead zones, haptics, button remapping and the ability to load small apps without a separate device. The controller targets high-performance play with TMR joysticks, Hall-effect triggers, wired polling to 8,000 Hz, 2.4 GHz wireless at 1,000 Hz, Bluetooth LE 6 with more than 150 hours battery life, and dedicated paddles and extra buttons.

• Latest news Marvel’s Wolverine trailer reveals preorder costumes and three alternate claw types

  A new trailer for Marvel’s Wolverine shows preorder bonus costumes and three alternate claw designs players can equip in place of Logan’s default adamantium blades. The claw variants shown are serrated blades, pierced fullers, and arrowhead‑tapered claws. The trailer also highlights multiple themed suits inspired by comic runs and artists. The game launches September 15 and these cosmetic and weapon swaps are part of the preorder offerings ahead of release.

• Latest news Razer Huntsman V3 Pro Low Profile adds low-profile optical switches, 19.5mm height

  Razer released the Huntsman V3 Pro Low Profile, a slimmer optical keyboard built around new low-profile optical switches. The keyboard measures 19.5mm tall at the front edge and retains the full feature set of the Huntsman V3 Pro while changing the form factor. It follows Razer’s July Hall-effect Huntsman V3 HE Magnetic and is presented as the company’s fastest keyboard, but it carries a substantial price that could limit its appeal.

• Latest news Fortnite teases Five Nights at Freddy’s crossover ahead of Halloween

  Fortnite has begun teasing a collaboration with the Five Nights at Freddy’s horror franchise in the run-up to Halloween. The tease appears amid Chapter 7 Season 4 Override and arrives days after Fortnite confirmed Sonic, Mega Man, and Pac-Man collaborations for the same season. Five Nights at Freddy’s is a highly requested indie horror franchise, and the tease continues Fortnite’s pattern of high-profile crossovers during seasonal updates.

• Latest news AMD Ryzen 7 7700X3D: a slightly slower, lower‑priced 3D V‑Cache AM5 chip

  AMD introduced the Ryzen 7 7700X3D as an AM5 gaming CPU that pairs 3D V‑Cache with lower clock speeds and a slightly reduced MSRP versus the Ryzen 7 7800X3D. The 7800X3D remains a top gaming performer and is still widely available—often at similar or lower prices—creating a crowded price-performance comparison. The 7700X3D is most compelling when bundled or sold in well-priced prebuilt PCs.

• Latest news 007 First Light passes 4 million sales less than three months after launch

  IO Interactive's James Bond game 007 First Light has sold more than 4 million copies. The developer reached the milestone roughly three months after the game's release. The rapid sales mark a strong commercial start for the title and boost IO Interactive's position with the Bond franchise.

• Latest news Arc Raiders partners with Subway for exclusive Subterranean skin and loot

  Embark Studios and Subway are running a promotion through October 26 that gives players a code for the Subterranean outfit and rotating in-game items when they buy a qualifying Subway meal. Codes are redeemable on Embark’s website and let players choose one of three bundles that pair the Subterranean skin with a second outfit and two additional items. The promotion launches ahead of Arc Raiders’ Frozen Trail expansion on October 8 and accompanies Embark’s move to larger updates roughly every six months, after previously avoiding crossovers.

• Latest news Golden Axe animated series trailer debuts, promising a faithful, violent reboot

  The first trailer for a new Golden Axe animated series has premiered, presenting an adaptation of Sega’s classic beat‑'em‑up with voices from Lisa Gilroy, Liam McIntyre and Matthew Rhys. The series follows the original trio of heroes as they attempt to defeat Death Adder and save the land of Yuria, joined by an inexperienced adventurer named Hampton Squib. Creators Mike McMahan and Joe Chandler position the show as faithful to the games while adding meta‑commentary and heightened violence. The project is part of Sega’s wider push to turn its game franchises into film and TV properties.

• Latest news DRM-free crack of Marvel Tōkon outperforms Sony's official PC release

  A cracked, DRM-free build of Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Soul is circulating on PC and is reported to perform better than Sony's official PC release. Sony's official PC version has faced widespread criticism from players. The contrast is reigniting debate over whether DRM implementations harm legitimate users' performance and damage publisher reputations.

• Latest news Disney exec: 'Nothing is impossible' for Kingdom Hearts movie as TV series and KH4 progress

  Walt Disney Animation chief creative officer Jared Bush said 'nothing is impossible' when asked about a potential Kingdom Hearts movie, leaving the door open to a film adaptation. Kingdom Hearts already has a TV series in development for Disney+ and is one of nine Disney gaming franchises to exceed $1 billion in sales. Square Enix confirmed Kingdom Hearts 4 is scheduled for late 2027 and will include Donald Duck as a playable character and characters from Coco. Earlier, an animatic pilot for a Kingdom Hearts TV show created by filmmaker Seth Kearsley circulated online then was removed, and former Disney CEO Michael Eisner says he does not recall greenlighting the original pitch.

• Latest news FromSoftware's The Duskbloods Uses Vampire: The Masquerade–Inspired Systems

  FromSoftware's upcoming action-RPG The Duskbloods incorporates tabletop mechanics drawn from Vampire: The Masquerade and other house-rule play. The game's Virtue system functions as a victory-point mechanic influenced by Vampire: The Masquerade and board-game scoring, while the Sigil system borrows from tabletop RPG house rules the director played. Designer Hidetaka Miyazaki also drew aesthetic and lore influence from modern vampire novels such as Fevre Dream and Dracula Cha-Cha-Cha, and the game maintains FromSoftware's signature elegant art direction and hard-hitting combat.

• Latest news Circana: US July gaming hardware spend fell to near 2020 pandemic lows

  Circana's July US market data shows consumers sharply reduced spending on gaming hardware and game software. Hardware spending in July nearly matched the low seen during 2020 pandemic stockouts when many items were unavailable. The drop signals weaker consumer demand that will pressure console makers, accessory manufacturers and game publishers.

• Latest news Ex‑Arkane founders' Black Pony Immersive will avoid trend‑chasing and focus on immersive sims

  Harvey Smith and Ben Horne have launched Black Pony Immersive and say the studio will not chase industry trends, instead building games that match their creative vision and the audience for immersive sims. They point to lasting cultural impact and commercial success of titles like BioShock, Deus Ex and Dishonored as a model. Dishonored's budget was described as reasonable and produced roughly a 4–5× return on investment. The stance follows Arkane's recent move into a live‑service shooter with Redfall, which was poorly received, and signals a deliberate shift away from trend-driven development.

• Latest news Game Science posts 15-minute gameplay of Black Myth: Zhong Kui

  Developer Game Science released 15 minutes of gameplay for Black Myth: Zhong Kui, the sequel to Black Myth: Wukong. The footage shows combat sequences and includes audio, giving a clearer view of the playable protagonist Zhong Kui, a figure from Chinese mythology. This is the first extended public preview of the sequel and shapes expectations for its combat and presentation.

• Latest news Project Sunrise 0.4 preview adds entity spawner, subclass switching and emote wheel

  Project Sunrise, a community mod for Destiny 2, previewed its version 0.4 features on Aug. 19. The update introduces an entity spawner that can create hostile enemies or ally Frames and an entity scaler to modify those spawns, plus subclass switching and a working emote wheel. No release date has been announced, but the team says the update will be available soon. These tools let players create custom combat scenarios on legacy Destiny 2 destinations.

• Latest news 18-minute Silent Hill: Townfall gameplay shows protagonist using revolver in Scottish town

  An 18-minute extended gameplay trailer for Silent Hill: Townfall follows protagonist Simon Ordell as he explores the abandoned, increasingly hostile town of St. Amelia and fights grotesque monsters. The playthrough shows Ordell using a revolver to quickly dispatch enemies, a departure from recent Silent Hill entries that removed firearms. Townfall is set a year before a handgun ban in a small Scottish town, making the presence and sourcing of firearms notable and likely to affect the series' traditional close-quarters tension.

• Latest news US agencies warn of active AI-generated attacks on Siemens S7 industrial controllers

  The NSA, CISA, FBI, DOE and EPA issued a joint advisory on an active cyber campaign using AI-generated exploitation scripts to target Siemens S7 programmable logic controllers. Attackers are disguising those scripts as legitimate monitoring tools and leveraging open-source automation libraries to build custom tools that evade detection and perform read/write operations on PLC data blocks. Targeted sectors include critical manufacturing, energy, water and wastewater, chemical, food and agriculture, commercial facilities and potentially the Defense Industrial Base; successful intrusions could disrupt processes and manipulate safety interlocks or emergency shutdown systems, and AI lowers the technical barrier and time required to develop such exploits.

• Latest news Watterson: Calvin's dad is a patent attorney; mother is a stay‑at‑home parent

  Bill Watterson wrote in the Calvin and Hobbes 10th anniversary collection that Calvin’s father works as a patent attorney, the same job Watterson’s own father held. The comic itself only includes one strip that explicitly names the father’s profession, while Calvin’s mother is portrayed as a stay‑at‑home parent who struggles to control him. These details show a direct autobiographical link and explain why adult work life is rarely depicted in the strip.

• Latest news Kraven the Hunter — the film that ended Sony's Spider-Man Universe heads to Disney Plus

  Kraven the Hunter, the Aaron Taylor-Johnson-led 2024 superhero film that grossed $62 million worldwide, is coming to Disney Plus. It was one of three Sony Spider-Man–adjacent releases in 2024 alongside Madame Web and Venom: The Last Dance, and all three films drew harsh critical response. Kraven’s poor box office performance prompted Sony to abandon its planned shared Spider-Man Universe (SSU), marking a major shift in the studio’s Marvel strategy.

• Latest news Steam discounts indie horror hit Carrion by 80%

  Steam is selling the indie horror game Carrion at an 80% discount on its PC storefront. Horror games typically cast players as desperate survivors — low on bullets, hiding, or fleeing from unstoppable threats — and the sale makes Carrion far cheaper to try. The deep discount lowers the price barrier for players interested in indie horror titles.

• Latest news Pokémon Center launches Halloween 2026 merchandise; items went on sale Wednesday

  The Pokémon Center released its Halloween 2026 merchandise and put the collection up for sale on Wednesday. The official drop gives fans early access to seasonal Pokémon items ahead of the 2026 spooky season. This marks the start of the franchise's Halloween merchandising push for the year.

• Latest news Leaked Secret Lair 'Odds and Ends' Commander Deck Reveals Yennett and High‑Value Reprints

  The full decklist for a new Magic: The Gathering Secret Lair Commander release leaked, showing a product titled "Odds and Ends" that uses Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign as its Commander. The deck is packed with reprints of powerful cards that have odd mana costs and includes a roughly $60 Commander staple that is currently hard to find. This collection is one of the most valuable recent reprint drops and expands availability of scarce Commander cards, with likely impact on secondary‑market prices.

• Latest news Director Ullom says MrBeast thriller '4 X 4: The Event' is opposite of 'It Ends'

  Director Ullom described the new thriller 4 X 4: The Event as the complete opposite of It Ends. Ullom made the remark during a Zoom interview. The film pairs internet creator MrBeast with a Battle Royale–style premise, and Ullom's contrast signals a deliberate tonal shift from It Ends that will shape expectations for the project.

• Latest news Insurance adjuster hunts monster to deny bankrupting payout and save the world

  Rayna is an insurance adjuster at Heroes United Life Group who reenacts fallen heroes’ deaths to find grounds to deny survivors’ payouts. When the company faces a single claim large enough to bankrupt it, she goes after whatever killed those heroes so she can use firsthand proof that they were unprepared and reject the claim. Her kill both preserves her employee-of-the-month streak and eliminates the threat, averting the payout and stopping further catastrophe.

• Latest news Modern Warfare 4 PC beta this weekend; Activision posts specs and adds shader preloading

  Activision published minimum and recommended PC system requirements for the Modern Warfare 4 beta ahead of two beta weekends. The beta is available this weekend and will run again the following weekend. The game will use shader preloading to reduce in‑game stuttering and shorten the wait before the first match, helping players confirm compatibility and test performance.