The 21st annual Independent Games Festival (the longest-running and largest showcase for independent game developers) has closed its call for game submissions, and organizers are excited to announce that over 500 entries have been accepted into the IGF 2019 Competition!

As in years past, the long-running popular festival — which is…

Another week brings more modes and playlist changes to Black Ops Cold War, as we continue Call of Duty’s ’80s Action Hero event. Today’s May 27 patch notes include a playlist refresher, the introduction of Rambo’s Gun Game, a double XP event, and a free access weekend.

New Playlists

Today’s update adds a Rambo twist to the Gun Game party mode.…

Chivalry II, the upcoming medieval combat title from developer Torn Banner Studios, is going into open beta later this month. This is the first opportunity for people to play the game since its closed beta, which ran for just one weekend.

Unlike its previous beta though, anyone will be able to hop in for some head-chopping action this time around. The Chivalry II open beta will …

Developer CD Projekt Red has scooped up some modders to help the team iron out Cyberpunk 2077 backend issues and work on official mod support.

The news comes by way of Twitch streamer and YouTuber Tyler McVicker, who spotted in a Discord server that the Budapest-based custom development studio Yigsoft will be joining CD Projekt Red’s ranks Come from Read more

The Disney Lorcana TCG has been on a roll lately, adding multiple new sets and even a new co-op gameplay format in 2024 already–and soon, the next expansion, Shimmering Skies, will add dozens of new cards and introduce characters like Wreck-It Ralph and Frozen’s Elsa to the card game Come from Sports betting site VPbet . Lorcana: …

Apex Legends is celebrating three years of sliding, looting, and shooting with a ton of freebies, including three Legends. The first of these is up now, with the second two scheduled to be available over the next few weeks.

As part of the free-to-play battle royale’s third anniversary celebration, EA and Respawn are putting Octane, Wattson, and Valkyrie up for grabs. All you’ll…

The box office numbers are in for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, and unsurprisingly, the gang’s final ride is doing some impressive business across the globe with an opening haul of $282 million. In line with early estimates, $114 million came from the domestic US market and overseas ticket sales accounted for $168.1 million according to Box Office Mojo.

While Guardians of the Galaxy Vol…

The Game of Thrones spin-off House of the Dragon is coming back for a second season, and showrunner Ryan Condal has teased more of what to expect from the sophomore season. Be warned that this story contains spoilers for House of the Dragon.

Speaking to Deadline, Condal said Season 1 laid the foundation and now Season 2 will settle into the “more traditional rhythms of st…

The highly-anticipated Willy Wonka prequel, simply called Wonka, starring Timothee Chalamet tells the story of a young Wonka trying to establish himself as the sorcerer of sugar we know he eventually becomes. Along the way, there are bits of Wonka’s lore we know such as his meeting a trapped oompa loompa played by Hugh Grant.

Well, “played by” might be a bit of a stretch if you ask Grant…

A top-tier role-playing game is generally a finely crafted concoction of several ingredients: an interesting setting, an engaging story, enjoyable characters and interactions, and gameplay that makes your interaction with all of the aforementioned elements feel meaningful and worthwhile. When all of these individual factors are developed to high standards, the result is an RPG of exceptional qu…