The first major professional tennis tournament of the year, the Australian Open, is underway now in Melbourne. New for the 2025 event is an alternate broadcast that makes players look like something out of Wii Sports. The Australian Open organizers rolled out what they are calling “AO Animated” versions of tennis matches this year, featuring […]

The announcement and reveal of the Nintendo Switch 2 is likely to be one of the biggest gaming stories of 2025. Earlier this month, Genki inadvertently became a part of that story when the company showed off a Switch 2 mockup at CES. Now, a report claims that Nintendo sent over some lawyers to Genki’s […]

President Biden kicks off his final week in office on Monday with a robust defense of his foreign policy, arguing in a speech to be delivered in the afternoon that America has become stronger on his watch. With just seven days left until he hands over the White House to President-elect Donald J. Trump, Mr. […]

Ahead of its return to Netflix this week, a new trailer for Castlevania: Nocturne season two has gone live. This time, the focus is all on the action that fans of the anime series can look forward to, as the vampire army of the seemingly invincible Erzsebet Báthory marches on France. In case you haven’t […]

When it comes down to it, the essence of Dynasty Warriors’ longevity is simple: Cleaving through hundreds of enemies like a hot knife through butter feels really good. It’s the ultimate power fantasy, with each swing of your weapon sending bodies careening through the air in every conceivable direction as the KO counter ticks up […]

Oliviero Toscani, an Italian photographer who used images of an AIDS patient and death row inmates to break the boundaries of fashion imagery as the creative mastermind of Benetton’s advertising campaigns, died on Monday. He was 82. His death was announced by his family on Instagram. They did not say where he died or cite […]

Between Death Stranding 2: On The Beach, Physint, and OD, Hideo Kojima is a very busy developer and keenly aware that time is catching up to him. On X/Twitter, Kojima explained how he’d like to keep being creative for the rest of his life, but as he enters “crunch time” on one of his game […]

A Scene From Illumination’s The Super Mario Bros. Movie GameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links. Big business. 2024 kicked wrapped up with the latest big video game movie, Sonic the Hedgehog 3. It was not the first video game adaptation from Hollywood and […]

Last year saw plenty of great games released, and if you’re looking to catch up on Dragon Age: The Veilguard, you can get it for just $40 right now through Amazon. After an ill-fated trip into live-service territory with Anthem, BioWare’s return to its single-player roots was well-received when it released last year, and the […]

High-level cease-fire talks appeared to be gaining momentum on Monday as Arab and American mediators pressed for an agreement to halt the fighting in Gaza and release hostages held by Hamas before President-elect Donald J. Trump assumes office on Jan. 20. It was still unclear whether the parties had reached resolution on central disputes that […]