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Ridley Scott May Never Direct Another Alien Movie

Alien is one of the most iconic sci-fi horror franchises of all time. But the director who started it all is not only done with the franchise, but is a bit disappointed in how its legacy turned out. In an interview with ScreenRant, Ridley Scott explained how he’s done with the franchise, and reveals his true feelings…

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Some Great Batman Games Are Super Cheap Right Now On Steam

Pow! Bam! Boom! Zam! And so on. You get it. There’s a big DC video game sale happening on Steam, and a ton of great (and not so great) Batman games are discounted right now. Hence that very funny opening gag at the start of this paragraph.

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Every Big Summer Gaming Showcase Happening This Week And How To Watch

June is officially here which means Geoff Keighley-palooza 2025 is just around the corner. E3 might be dead, but Summer Game Fest will be kicking off its fifth year running this week with a crowded field of other gaming showcases riding its coattails. Below you’ll find the schedule for each of them, including when…

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Gen V Season 2 Will Build Upon The Boys' Superhero Military

After the massacre at the end of Gen V’s first season, and the governmental coup at the end of The Boys’ fourth, sophomore year at Godolkin University will be nothing like the one before. By the looks of the newly released trailer, the new season will be focused on seeing the superhero students turn into soldiers.

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PSA: Some Switch 2 Pre-Orders Are Being Canceled

The Nintendo Switch 2 is launching later this week. Many people have pre-ordered the console and are eagerly checking to see if their new machine is beginning its journey from a warehouse to their home. But unfortunately, many people are seemingly discovering that their Switch 2 order has been canceled just days…

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Elden Ring Nightreign: A Beginner's Guide To Mastering Wylder

Among Elden Ring Nightreign’s eight character classes to choose from, there’s one class that’s arguably best-suited for beginners: Wylder. This is a jack of all trades class that’s perfect if you’re trying to learn the basic mechanics of the game. If you’ve played previous soulslike games before, Wylder will feel the…

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Elden Ring Nightreign: A Beginner's Guide To Mastering Ironeye

Elden Ring Nightreign has eight character classes to choose from, with both close up melee and long-ranged options. The dedicated archer, Ironeye, is a great pick for players who like to play the game safely; he can provide constant pressure on opponents while maintaining a safe distance. However, he does have his…

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A Giant Castle In The Middle Of Nightreign's Map Houses Your Best Shot At Scoring A Useful Talisman

There are multiple ways to get talismans while exploring Nightreign’s large, ever-changing map. However, there’s one way you can get a guaranteed choice between three talismans on every run, giving you a really great chance to snag something that is useful to you. You’ll just have to visit the map’s big castle and…

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Hitman Studio Finally Reveals A Bit More About Its Upcoming James Bond Game

Hitman and Kane & Lynch developers IO Interactive have shared some more information about the studio’s long-awaited James Bond project. On June 2, IOI revealed that its upcoming James Bond game is going to be titled 007 First Light, and if you think that’s because this is a new origin story for the famous British…

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Wednesday Season 2's First Six Minutes Shows A More Powerful Wednesday Addams

The goth princess of death has returned. After more than 2 1/2 years since Wednesday’s first season released on Netflix, we finally get a look at what’s been keeping Wednesday Addams (Jenna Ortega) busy. In many ways, she’s up to her old devious tricks. But, by the looks of the first six minutes of the new season,…

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Hang On, Why Doesn't The Switch 2 Have A Front-Facing Camera?

One of the features distinguishing the Switch 2 from its less powerful predecessor is GameChat. Much was made of this new feature on the device’s announcement, a way for people to communicate with friends while playing games, even having their live faces appear as avatars within games. It’s such a Nintendo-ey idea,…

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Outriders Studio Blames Square Enix's 'Lack Of Communication' For New Game Being Put On Ice

People Can Fly, best known for Bulletstorm and Outriders, has abandoned two of its in-development projects and blames Square Enix for at least one of them falling through. A triple-A blockbuster codenamed Gemini has been “suspended” due to a “lack of communication” from the Final Fantasy publisher.

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While Many Elden Ring Nightreign Players Are Getting Utterly Demolished, Some Are Already Pulling Off Incredible Stunts

Elden Ring Nightreign turns FromSoftware’s best-in-class boss fights into multiplayer affairs, so now your shame and frustration can be shared with others. But while lots of players have been going hours without beating the roguelite RPG’s first major encounter, others are in a race to be the sweatiest solo player out…

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Pokémon Cafes To Serve Incredible-Looking Plate Of Food That Can Mega Evolve Before Your Eyes

For most of us, the words “Pokémon Cafe” mean that free-to-play video game, Pokémon Cafe Remix. But if you’re lucky enough to live in Osaka or Tokyo, it’s a real-life restaurant, that serves food that looks even more extraordinary than the fantasy concoctions in the game. That picture above? That’s a curry.

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Yes, You Can Change Outfits In Nightreign, But Not At First

The original Elden Ring allowed you to create a character and deck them out in any number of unique pieces of armor to truly show off your fashion skills. However, multiplayer spin-off Nightreign features fixed character classes and progress that resets after every run, so you won’t be finding any sick armor to wear…

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Is Nightreign Solo Play Really Impossible?

Elden Ring Nightreign is a tough-as-nails game that blends the beloved roguelike and soulslike genres into something fans of both should find appealing. However, unlike most games in either genre, this one’s inherently designed around working together in a group of three. So, you may be wondering if you can strike out…

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How To Defeat Fulghor, One Of Nightreign's Most Devastating Bosses

Elden Ring Nightreign has plenty of hard boss fights, with some harder than others. And there’s one particular boss that you’re more than likely to have some trouble with. It’s called Fulghor, Champion of Nightglow.

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Kotaku’s Best Game Tips For The Week May 31, 2025

If you’re stuck on a tricky boss fight or a challenging puzzle, or just want to make the most of your time with a new release, we’ve got you covered. Here are some of the tips we found most helpful this week.

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Kotaku’s Biggest Gaming Culture News For The Week May 31, 2025

From mergers to memes, the landscape of interactive entertainment is always in motion. Here’s your cheat sheet for the week’s most important stories in gaming.

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Bethesda Devs Win Major Union Contract At Microsoft After Threatening Strike

ZeniMax Workers United just became the biggest game developer union in the country yet to win a contract at a major publisher. The group of over 300 quality assurance testers across franchises like Fallout and Doom secured an agreement with Microsoft that includes wage increases, salary minimums, and crediting…

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Kotaku’s Weekend Guide: 6 Great Games We’re Saying Goodbye To May With

With this weekend comes the close of another month in 2025. We’ve had a few ups and downs this past week. For us fans of CD Projekt Red’s adaptation of Cyberpunk, we just got a little bit closer to its sequel. That’s exciting! But, if you were eagerly anticipating the Black Panther video game, sadly that project’s…

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Kai Cenat's Streamer University Turned Chaos Into Content: 'The Whole Floor Smelled Like Wild Fumes, Mysterious Funk'

Kai Cenat became Twitch’s top showman long ago, but the secret to his ongoing success is continuously finding new ways to take his streaming stunts to the next level. Last year it was turning a 1,700-death-filled Elden Ring marathon into the gaming event of the season. In 2025 it was a riff on reality TV and Hogwarts…

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Two Great Games That Couldn't Be More Different Are Free Right Now

The Epic Game Store is currently giving away two PC games that are both very good, but also extremely different. First up, you can grab a free copy of the beloved indie platformer Limbo. And then, you can snag Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands, a strange but fun Borderlands spin-off, for the low price of zero dollars.

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Elden Ring Nightreign Modder Rushes Out Duos Mode To Save Friendless Tarnished

The Steam reviews for Elden Ring Nightreign are littered with the same request: duos. You can play FromSoftware’s latest game solo or in a three-stack but there’s no option to just team up with one other person and brave the Nightlords’ collective wrath together. Fortunately, it took one modder less than 24 hours to…

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Elden Ring Nightreign Is About To Become Easier For Solo Players

FromSoftware’s next big RPG, Elden Ring Nightreign, is out now on Xbox, PlayStation, and PC. But you probably already know that, considering the game reached over 300,000 players on Steam alone. For those of you venturing forth into this new Souls-like RPG alone, I have good news: Things are going to get easier next…

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Canceled Black Panther Game Reportedly Used A Nemesis-Like System For A Showdown With The Skrull

The team behind EA’s Black Panther game was working on a vertical slice before it was killed this week. That’s according to a new report by Bloomberg that sheds some light on what the canceled project was shaping up to be, including its story based around the alien Skrull and the evolution of Middle-Earth: Shadow of…

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New King Of The Hill Intro Implies A Lot Has Changed In Season 14

King of the Hill is back. The popular animated sitcom from Mike Judge is returning for a 14th season on Hulu. But, as shown in the show’s new intro sequence, a lot has changed in Arlen, Texas.

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Six Albums To Rip And Tear To After You've Finished Doom: The Dark Ages

Doom The Dark Ages is an interesting little beast. It’s still Doom at heart, in the vein of the last two games. But the vibe is just so very different, and not just because of the medieval setting. It’s the Army of Darkness of Doom games, if you follow. That goes double for the music, and while there’s, uh, obvious…

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You Should Be Pinging Loot For Your Pals In Nightreign

Cooperation is the name of the game in Elden Ring Nightreign, so it’s good to know how to communicate well with your party to help one another succeed. And since loot is one of an expedition’s most important aspects, you’ll want to be certain everyone’s working together to find the best stuff for each member of your…

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Let's Get You Some More Stonesword Keys In Elden Ring Nightreign

Clearing bosses on the map in Elden Ring Nightreign is generally the best way to level up quickly, so you’ll want to prioritize anything that grants you access to these big baddies. One great way to do this is to find Stonesword Keys, which can open gaols found around Limveld that will let you tackle a (usually)…

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Severance's Future Could Include Video Game, TV Show Spin-Offs

Your favorite mystery wrapped in a riddle that’s cloaked in secrecy is back with more breadcrumbs, leading our insatiable appetites toward still more unanswered questions. Months after Severance’s second season ended with Innie Mark (Adam Scott) and Innie Helly (Britt Lower) literally running into an uncertain future,…

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Just How Many Is A 'Great Many Vessels' In Nightreign?

Elden Ring Nightreign is tough as hell and very cryptic, as should be expected from any FromSoftware title. There are a lot of little details that are easy to overlook, so you’d be forgiven if you find yourself confused from time to time. Even a few of the game’s trophies and achievements are vague enough to trip up…

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How Long Is Elden Ring Nightreign?

Elden Ring was a massive open-world game that stretched well beyond what many of us expected back in 2022; and its Shadow of the Erdtree DLC even added dozens more hours of fun. Elden Ring Nightreign, on the other hand, is a multiplayer roguelike game with a smaller scope and more focused, action-packed gameplay loop…

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Former GTA Lead Designer Hopes You'll Build The Content For His New Game For Free

MindsEye looks like a flashy but somewhat genericthird-person shooter techno thriller from the Xbox 360 era that recently escaped containment and is now coming out in just a few weeks. Two of the most notable things about it are its director, longtime Rockstar Games producer and Grand Theft Auto 5 lead designer…

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35 Years Ago Today, Garfield's Owner Didn't Drink Dog Semen

On May 30, 1990, the world received a new Garfield comic strip. This isn’t a big deal. We’ve been getting daily Garfield comic strips since 1978. We got a new one today! But 35 years ago, a single Garfield comic strip became one of the most infamous in the franchise’s history because a lot of people thought it…

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How To Unlock Nightreign's Duchess

There are eight playable Nightfarers in Elden Ring Nightreign, but two must be unlocked. The first of these characters you’ll be able to unlock is Duchess, who is a nimble character with a moveset that prioritizes dodging and sneak attacks. As such, characters who enjoy unleashing rapid attacks and leaping around the…

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