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- June 19
- June 16
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- The Ring Tempts You in this new gameplay for MtG’s The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth™
- Zazie Beetz and Danny Ramirez on finding the thrill of being paparazzi in Black Mirror season 6
- Starfield promises to fill the void in my RPG-loving heart as I wait for Dragon Age 4 and Mass Effect 5
- Obsidian has said the magic words to sell me on Avowed
- Everdream Valley puts a new fun spin on the farming sim, complete with animal roleplay
- Pretty Red Dress cast and director talk breaking taboos with their new movie
- June 15
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- Marvel's Spider-Man 2 - the comic history of the symbiote costume
- Disney Illusion Island is a platforming Metroidvania and that really works for me, actually
- Josh Hartnett and Kate Mara break down Black Mirror's most heartbreaking episode yet
- It'd be easy to compare Cocoon with its best-selling forerunners, but it's so much more than that
- It doesn't matter who 'won' not-E3, 2024 is going to be an absolute blast for video games
- Ranking Starfield food in order of appeal: From Trilo Bites to a simple slice of toast
- Intel's CPU branding update explained: Ultra processors revealed
- Strange New Worlds, Poker Face, and the wonder of TV episodes that stand alone
- Robert Carlyle and more talk the return of The Full Monty
- Charlie Brooker doesn't want Black Mirror to be known as the 'tech is bad' show anymore
- June 14
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- Foamstars feels like the wacky, unexpected offspring of Splatoon and Fortnite
- Michael Keaton's most iconic roles, ranked
- John Romita is the definitive Spider-Man artist
- Every David Cronenberg movie, ranked
- Robert Kirkman explains THAT jaw-dropping Void Rivals twist and how he established a new shared universe
- Summer Game Fest 2023: Biggest announcements and reveals
- Here's how FromSoftware describes its core "action game philosophy" going into Armored Core 6
- Armored Core 6 looks like the exact opposite of Elden Ring in so many ways I didn't expect
- Watching a FromSoft dev nerd out about mechs in an Armored Core 6 theater was a highlight of Summer Game Fest
- The Flash is the perfect DCEU finale – but I'm not ready to say goodbye
- How Star Wars Outlaws will give you the freedom to become the Outer Rim's most infamous scoundrel
- I love that Starfield ships channel Mass Effect and Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy by being your "home among the stars"
- The Flash ending explained: Who is that surprise cameo? And what does it mean?
- The Flash: 22 Easter eggs and cameos you might have missed in the DC movie
- When does The Flash take place on the DC timeline?
- Every character that appeared in The Flash's reality-bending multiverse sequence
- How close is The Flash to DC's Flashpoint comics? Explaining the key differences
- Reverse Flash, Dark Flash, Black Flash and more: the history of evil versions of the Flash
- The Flash: What happened to the Justice League in Barry's alternate timeline?
- That surprise A-list cameo in The Flash explained
- June 13
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- Forza Motorsport revolutionizes its use of machine learning to craft its most realistic racing competition yet
- Little Kitty, Big City preview: cause chaos as a cheeky cat in this feline power fantasy
- Assassin's Creed Mirage isn't a reskinned old game, it's set to revamp them and add more besides
- Extraction 2 director on the Netflix sequel's 21-minute action scene: "We lit Chris Hemsworth on fire"
- The essential DC movies to watch before The Flash
- June 12
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- Assassin's Creed Mirage is tighter in scope but broader in appeal
- Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora is a timeline-hopping adventure that borrows from The Division and Far Cry
- The Crew Motorfest preview: Ubisoft keeps community spirit firmly in the driving seat
- Star Wars Outlaws looks like it'll finally let me live the fantasy of a no-good space scoundrel
- I played Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown and died so very many times
- The Fable reboot has all the British banter of the original, and it's a huge relief to see
- After the Starfield Direct, I'm completely sold on Bethesda's new adventure
- Mortal Kombat's Ed Boon reflects on 30 years of stomach-turning violence, and why rebooting is right for the series
- Remnant 2 preview: A no-nonsense shooter for those who suck at Soulslikes
- Avowed looks like a very silly Skyrim, and I'm here for it
- Sonic Superstars preview: Captures the magic of retro Sonic games
- The Flash filmmakers talk Michael Keaton, Batman rumors – and confirm that wild Tom Cruise story
- June 11
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- The Chinese Room's Still Wakes the Deep could be the pinnacle of the current survival horror boom
- All pressure was on for the Xbox Games Showcase but Microsoft really delivered
- I played Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty and Idris Elba wasn’t even the best part
- Mortal Kombat 1's Kameo system reinvents the series for a new generation of fighters
- June 10
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- Lords of the Fallen dev wants to improve the "scarcity of AAA Soulslikes" while building a "World of the Fallen" universe
- Everything Announced at the Future Games Show Summer Showcase Presented by Intel
- The ghostly, ghastly and gorgeous Hauntii is your new favorite upcoming twin-stick adventure game
- June 9
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- I'm already team Saga and Alan Wake 2 isn't even out yet
- Alan Wake 2 preview: 30 minutes is all it took to convince me Saga is a brilliant addition
- Alan Wake 2 is channeling LA Noire and Sherlock with the Mind Place and it's glorious
- 6 board games and tabletop RPGs like The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
- After the Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth trailer, I'm more excited than ever to experience a more open world
- Riley Keough, Gina Gammell, and Franklin Sioux Bob on the seven-year journey to make War Pony
- Transformers: Rise of the Beasts director and cast on the prequel that appeals to your inner ‘90s kid
- Medusa Deluxe director on method hairdressing and deconstructing the murder mystery
- Is it just me, or does the radio silence around Call of Duty 2023 seem a little strange?
- John Carpenter's Toxic Commando has me weirdly excited about horde shooters again
- Eddie Brock isn't Venom in Marvel's Spider-Man 2 - and that's a good thing
- Cassette Beasts puts a music-infused spin on old school Pokemon
- Playable Nicolas Cage and Fortnite Transformers remind us of how fun E3 season can be
- June 8
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- From Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth to Mortal Kombat 1 – nostalgia wins at Summer Game Fest 2023
- The best Venom hosts of all time
- Macabre and gloomy, Lies of P is a Soulslike for the horror fans
- Hold up, was that a PS5 controller in the Apple Vision Pro reveal?
- Xbox Games Showcase 2023 predictions: Here's what we expect to see from Microsoft
- Chevalier’s Kelvin Harrison Jr. and Lucy Boynton talk bringing rockstar energy to a classical period drama
- June 7
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- Return to the dystopian future world of X-Men: Days of Future Past with the new Doomsday limited series
- These Final Fantasy 9 fans spent three years making a gorgeous JRPG remake you’ll never play
- Knight Terrors is A Nightmare on Elm Street in the DC Universe
- Apex Legends: The Board Game is like playing 4D chess, and it could be really special
- Apple Vision Pro: Everything we know from price, to specs, to release date
- Hailey’s On It brings time travel shenanigans for teens to Disney Channel
- Assassin's Creed Mirage is focusing on stealth and I'm ready to feel like an assassin again
- Amnesia: The Bunker's generator is one of the scariest creations in survival horror
- Upcoming Ubisoft games: Every new Ubisoft game in development
- June 6
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- 6 board games and tabletop RPGs like Diablo 4 to play if you love slaying monsters
- Miasma Chronicles should be your next strategy game, no matter your tactical expertise
- Starfield is promising huge scale, but I just want memorable stories and adventures
- 5 of the biggest announcements from previous Summer Game Fest shows
- June 5
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- Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse - The comic book history of the Prowler
- Summer Game Fest 2023 predictions: all of the games we could see during the event
- The heist at the end of the world... Ed Brisson details his apocalyptic crime comic, Sins of the Salton Sea
- Viewfinder is a stunning, intelligent mix of Portal and What Remains of Edith Finch
- June 3
- June 2
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- Jake Gyllenhaal and Dar Salim on why The Covenant isn't your typical Guy Ritchie film
- The Xbox Games Showcase needs to be clear, transparent, and show a hell of a lot of gameplay
- Starfield Direct needs to be all gameplay, all of the time
- Killer Frequency carves up a stressful slice of interactive horror fiction
- Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse release date, plot, cast, and everything we know so far
- 5 games we want to see at Summer Game Fest 2023
- Outfit7 joins Green Game Jam 2 with two environmental in-game events
- Meet The Spot, the bizarre villain of Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
- June 1
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- Every Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse cameo, listed and explained
- Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse: The 23 major Easter eggs and Marvel references you probably missed
- All the alternate worlds and Spidey variants in Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
- Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse ending explained: your biggest questions answered
- Does Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse have anything post-credits?
- 30 years ago, the original Street Fighter comics traumatized fans with Ken's gruesome death
- Designing Warhammer 40K 10th edition: "The right answer was something new"
- The Boogeyman: Director Rob Savage on channelling childhood terror, adapting Stephen King, and creating the terrifying monster
- The System Shock remake is a surprisingly massive win for video game preservation
- All this year's Xbox Games Showcase needs to do is be more 2020
- Password sharing, preservation, and rising costs – why are streaming services failing us?
- Total War: Pharaoh's battles made me rethink everything I thought I knew about Total War
- Playing the first episode of The Expanse made me feel like a spacewalking, motionsick badass
- Melissa Barrera explains how romantic drama Carmen flips the script on immigration movies
- Chris Messina on facing the Boogeyman, his deepest fears, and horror's relationship with grief
