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During the second season of Stranger Things, one of the best new elements introduced was the unlikely friendship between Dustin Henderson (Gaten Matarazzo) and Steve Harrington (Joe Keery). But like so much else in the show’s final season, this bond was robbed of its charm. Fortunately, one of the episodes of the new animated Stranger Things spinoff, Stranger Things: Tales from ‘85, brings Dustin and Steve’s bromance back to the forefront, allowing for a delightful reminder of why these two clicked in the first place. When Stranger Things began, Dustin and Steve were seemingly opposite characters. Dustin was an excitable…

Final Fantasy XIV’s North American Fan Festival is currently underway in Anaheim, California, and with it has come some huge announcements about the MMORPG’s future. During the festival’s two-hour-long opening showcase, game director Naoki Yoshida (referred to as Yoshi-P by the community) announced that XIV’s next expansion, Evercold, is slated to release in January 2027, and brings with it two new classes and several major changes. But while Yoshida delivered a lot of exciting news on stage, the director had plenty to say about the game off stage, too.Following the showcase, Yoshida met with members of the press to discuss…

Square Enix just announced that Final Fantasy Brave Exvius (Free) is shutting down on October 30th (this year) following its debut back in June 2016. Since launching on mobile, Final Fantasy Brave Exvius has seen many collaborations including ones with some of Square Enix’s best games like NieR: Automata and also its other titles like Final Fantasy XV. It is being shut down because Square Enix says that it will be “difficult to maintain the app experience.” Following this announcement, in app purchases will no longer be offered but you will be able to use anything you’ve bought until service…

Diablo 4 is gearing up for its biggest post-launch event yet: the upcoming release of the Lord of Hatred expansion. As was the case with Vessel of Hatred before it, expansion releases alter the seasonal flow in a few ways, and Blizzard has now explained how. The game’s next season – its 13th – has been officially revealed as Season of Reckoning. The new season will kick off alongside the expansion’s release next week, and will be available to all players, just like all previous seasons. To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Manage cookie settings Although Season of…

Even though it’s still pulling in roughly 250,000 concurrent players every day, Slay the Spire 2’s Steam rating has officially dropped to “Mixed” in the last week. The culprit? A second round of review bombing, which started on April 17, followed the release of its first “Major Update” patch. One of the primary grievances was the changes made to Act 3’s Doormaker boss fight, as many on Steam have complained that its newly implemented debuffs make the fight too difficult. However, Mega Crit decided to throw some fuel on the fire earlier last night, as it released the new v0.104.0…

Xbox Game Pass has gone through many phases since its launch in 2017. At first, it seemed like a harebrained scheme that would never work. In the early Series X era, it was widely hailed as “the best deal in games.” But after Microsoft bought Activision — and the gravy-train Call of Duty franchise along with it — Xbox found itself in a position to recoup a $70 billion investment. By the time 2025 drew to a close, a subscription service that had once cost $10 or $15 per month was now a whopping $30 per month, or $360 per…

Ratatan Standard Edition $40 | Releases July 16 Preorder at Best Buy Ratatan–a rhythmic roguelike action game from the creator of popular rhythm game series Patapon–is launching for PS5, Nintendo Switch 2, and PC on July 16. Console players eager to pick up the upcoming game can preorder it on all platforms, including a $40 physical release available on PS5 and Nintendo Switch 2 that comes with a special preorder bonus item. A Digital Deluxe Edition with even more exclsuive content will also be available on all platforms, though preorders aren’t live just yet. That said, PC players who don’t…

Last month, GungHo announced a new casual RPG for mobile in the form of Disney Pixel RPG (Free), due later this year. Today, Gungho has released (via Gematsu) the first trailer for Disney Pixel RPG. Disney Pixel RPG aims to let players explore with pixel versions of Disney characters across multiple worlds with battles, action, rhythm, and more challenges. It features an original story taking you on a journey with Mickey Mouse and other characters with many customization options. Watch the first gameplay trailer for Disney Pixel RPG below: Disney Pixel RPG is currently listed for October 7th on the…

HoYoverse just wrapped up a pretty exciting Zenless Zone Zero Special Program that not only delivered all the details on the next big update, it also came with the unexpected announcement that the action RPG is on its way to Steam. Previously, all HoYoverse games with PC versions have always been directly available from the developer’s website, or through the Epic Games Store. In other words, Zenless Zone Zero will soon mark the massive company’s debut on Valve’s platform. To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Manage cookie settings The main focus of the livestream, of course, has been…

Yesterday, fans of the Yakuza games were sent into a panic when it was revealed that Nagoshi Studio, the studio started by series co-creator Toshihiro Nagoshi after he left Ryu Ga Gotoku to make spiritual successor Gang of Dragon, had seemingly deleted its YouTube channel amid greater concerns that parent company NetEase was preparing to pull funding. But today, it…was back up? The missing YouTube channel was discovered by fans posting to Reddit yesterday, who claimed that “the YouTube channel and Gang of Dragon trailer” were both gone. This claim was repeated by a number of others over the course…