Sons of the Forestprovided the original game with a big popularity boost on PlayStation, according to Sony’s newly shared list of top game downloads for February 2023. This is yet another testament to the incredible success that Endnight Games' horror game has achieved, with Valve itself recently confirming thatSons of the Forestis currently among Steam’s best-selling games. Released in early access on February 23,Sons of the Forestcontinues the story of a cannibalistic society featured in its 2018 predecessor while expanding on its premise with the addition of a complex AI system and co-op multiplayer for up to eight players, among other new features....

Sunset Overdrivefans had a blast fighting off the OD on the Xbox One back in 2014, and now PlayStation users could have the chance to do the same. After six years of console exclusivity,Sunset Overdrivecould be coming to PlayStation systems thanks to a new patent registered by Sony. Sony has hadownership ofSunset Overdrivefor over a year, as it confirmed as much back in 2019. Since then, though, the company has said nothing official about the IP or its plans for the franchise....

BothMarvel’s Spider-ManandSpider-Man: Miles Moraleswere great experiences forSpider-Manfans. With a beautifully designed open world filled with easter eggs and superhero stories that fit the characters, there was not much to not love in the two recentSpider-Mangames.Marvel’sSpider-Manon PS4 in particular moved past the traditional beginnings and backstory that many fans are aware of to put Peter Parker in a more mature spotlight. Faced with the passing of his Aunt May, betrayal from his mentor Dr....

Ever sinceStar Wars: Episode IV – A New Hopewas first released in 1977, the sci-fi series has enamored fans of all shapes and sizes. Initially considered to be a risky venture when first in-production, that 1977 film went on to be the then-most successful movie of all time, with audiences queueing in the streets to see it. It’s no surprise, then, that many of the original audience grew up to be some of the biggest celebrities around today....

Stardew Valleyhas a bunch of interesting quest lines players can follow at their own pace to earn rewards. While there are some impressive rewards to be earned, not everything in the game gives players the items or benefits they want. In fact, one player displayed their displeasure withStardew Valley’s Gunter and his reward system by exiling some of those items to the southern tip of the game’s map. Stardew Valleyhas a bunch of different NPCs players can interact with and befriend....

Summary The newest update to theSuper Smash Bros. 64mod, Smash Remix, adds characters from cult classic and iconic titles from the Nintendo 64 era. These characters include Banjo and Kazooie from the titular Rare franchise, Ebisumaru from Konami’s cult classicGoemonseries, and even Dragon King, the playable fighters from Masahiro Sakurai’s original scrapped fighting game project that would evolve intoSuper Smash Bros.itself. These three characters were all welcome additions from longtime fans who had been following thisSuper Smash Bros....

Summary Carcassonne is the classic tile and worker placement game that has players collectively build a kingdom as they compete for points. It is one of thebest board gamesdue to its simplicity and balanced design. As players are competing on a shared board, moves that help you may also contribute to your opponents' success. Likewise, a move meant to block the leader may hinder your own success. Carcassonne is a fairly old game, meaning that plenty of players are ready to move on to something new....

Summary The Sega Saturn never got a fair shot in America. It was overshadowed by the PlayStation and N64, and so all thefun games on the Saturnnever really got to see the light of day. It’s too bad, though, because the console offers arcade-quality ports at home and a slew of titles that utilize 2D and 3D technology. The Sega Saturn was before its time, and players can see all the greatness the console has to offer by checking out some of the most underrated horror games....

Science fiction is always full of technology far more advanced than anything remotely possible today, but not every sci-fi adventure is all LEDs and chrome. Post-apocalyptic adventures likeFalloutintroduce a rustbucket aesthetic to the world, forcing survivors to scrounge up parts and cobble together machines and weapons to survive. Players in an environment likeFalloutoften have to use rusty improvised weapons as much as they use advanced and fantastical devices. Historically, developers have always found clever ways to demonstrate the advantages and disadvantages of salvaged technology in-game, but as real life hardware improves, they might be getting some truly immersive ways to simulate unreliable weapons....

When playing open world RPGs such asThe Witcher 3: The Wild Hunt, players are given seemingly endless ways to shape their unique gameplay. Some players stick to just enjoying the main story, others spend hours completing every side quest, and some obsess over collecting every single Gwent card in the game. ThoughThe Witcher 3has so many components to it, it can get challenging to try to utilize every single aspect of the intricate game....

Cowboy Bebopfamously defined itself as “the work which becomes a new genre itself,” which could mean that it would inspire works that follow it to echo its storytelling, or that nothing else could compare. Looking back at the popular anime of the last two decades,Durarara!!feels like something equally undefined, and not a single other show feels quite like it. Durararastarted as a light novel written by Ryohgo Narita in 2004, the same mind behindBaccanoandmore recent tales likeFate/Strange Fake....

Quick Links 2020 was a weird year for film and television. With the COVID-19 pandemic, many films that were set to be released in theaters were either pushed back, or went straight to streaming services. Some notable examples includeEternals,No Time To Die,Dune, andTop Gun: Maverick, the latter having towait another two yearsbefore a theatrical release. One film that actually was released in theaters for a single weekend in 2020, from October 16 to 18, was the apocalyptic comedy-dramaLove and Monstersstarring Dylan O’Brien....

TheTransformersmovies have long been criticized for their subpar storytelling, due in no small part to director Michael Bay’s divisive style-over-substance aesthetic. Travis Knight’s 2018Bumblebeefilm was widely regarded as a massive step in the right direction — but with its sequel,Rise of the Beasts, still a year away, only time will tell whether this upward turn will continue. However, theTransformersseries hasn’t been plagued with writing problems in every medium. Many hardcore fans prefer theTransformerscomic books to the live-action films, particularly those in the 2005-2018 IDW Publishing continuity....