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Why is everyone talking about Mighty Mike Plays? From the (alleged) $118,000 bill to AI-generated T-shirt designs, we’re here to explain how a Minecraft YouTube channel has captured the internet’s attention. It’s a tale as old as time: a child is playing a video game, they grab their parent’s credit card, and all of a…

Final Fantasy 7 Revelation director Naoki Hamaguchi teased that completionist playthroughs for the remake trilogy’s conclusion could “easily take over a hundred hours” to beat. The developer helping lead the charge on Cloud and the rest of the party’s final assault against Sephiroth opened up about the size of the final chapter during an interview…

Zach Cregger’s Resident Evil has pushed through the backlash to collect an estimated $108.3 million globally in its opening weekend at the box office. It’s a franchise-best opening for the horror-comedy hybrid that saw it bring in $60 million domestically and $48.3 million internationally. That’s a good hunk of change more than even some healthy…

Disney+ has altered its user agreement to clarify that ads will be allowed on all subscription tiers. Subscribers took note of the updated terms when the company sent out emails about the changes last week (via Dexerto). An email sent to UK subscribers that was reviewed by IGN mentioned that Disney+ had “clarified that all…

Escape from Playtime, the co-op survival horror extraction spinoff of the popular Poppy’s Playtime episodic horror games that was announced at Gamescom last month, will be launching into Steam Early Access on October 21. In this multiplayer spinoff, you and your friends play as Smiling Critters trapped in the abandoned Playtime Co. factory, trying to…

Director Zach Cregger suggested we won’t get a “Cregger cut” of Resident Evil, as fans call to see the jokes that got trimmed. As reactions to the latest live-action video game adaptation have poured in, moviegoers have reported seeing a movie with more jokes than anyone expected. It’s been a surprise for those who thought…

In June, Sony asked Hideo Kojima to attend a Zoom call. At the time, he was busy working on Xbox game OD and PlayStation game Physint, the latter a spiritual successor to the video game series that made him one of the most celebrated developers on the planet: Metal Gear Solid. For the meeting, he…

Big Bang Theory spinoff Stuart Fails to Save the Universe featured a surprise fight between a live-action Flash and Mr. Freeze, but the show’s creators originally wanted a different DC hero cameo. Fans of the sci-fi comedy offshoot may have been surprised to see it dive headfirst into comic book crossover territory when Season 1…

The Last of Us game director Bruce Straley has apologized to the God of War Laufey team after his comments about modern AAA games brought “uninvited and unnecessary negative attention.” The comments in question surfaced as part of a recently published piece by Edge magazine and saw the former Naughty Dog developer tackling the state…

Insomniac Games has stepped in to confirm Marvel’s Wolverine contains no generative AI after a few bizarre in-game signs raised eyebrows on social media. The hubbub surrounding the new PlayStation 5 exclusive’s latest controversial moment kicked off when TikToker SmoothMango shared a video of their findings online (via Kotaku). Their minute-long clip focused on not…