July 2026

Summer is sometimes a slow season for new video games, but that hasn’t been the case for 2026. July had plenty of must-play games get released, like Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced and Halo: Campaign Evolved. August is no different as exciting games are coming out one after another, and the month is bookended by […]

Wizards of the Coast president John Hight will be stepping down from his role as of Sept.1, according to a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing on Tuesday. Hight joined the company in 2024, replacing Cynthia Williams. Previously, he worked as executive producer and general manager for the Warcraft franchise at Blizzard Entertainment. Under Hight’s […]

For the last month, Dungeons & Dragons fans have been wondering about a mysterious new setting created by actor and D&D superfan Joe Manganiello for the tabletop role-playing game. First spotted in the description of an event taking place at GenCon later this week, “Death Saves” is a world inspired by Manganiello’s clothing line of […]

Kratos will return. On Friday, God of War game director Cory Barlog confirmed at San Diego Comic-Con that PlayStation’s Santa Monica Studio is developing another game in the action-adventure franchise that will star Kratos. IGN reports that Barlog said that Kratos’ next game will be released after God of War Laufey, which is now officially […]

Splatoon Raiders puts a big twist on the usual turf war formula and changes some of the series’ most fundamental aspects. Sub-weapons aren’t tied to primary weapons anymore, and you can mix and match different types together and with your main weapon, regardless of what it is. You’ve got a little robot buddy to help […]

The Splatoon Raiders release time is just over the horizon, as Nintendo gears up to launch the series’ first spinoff. Raiders sends you out to Salmonid-infested islands to search for heaps of treasure, and while you can complete the entire game solo thanks to some help from in-game characters like Big Man and Shiver, you […]

Christopher Nolan’s adaptation of Homer’s The Odyssey is a masterpiece, a three-hour epic with the scale of The Lord of the Rings that also continues Nolan’s career-long fascination with the cost of greatness. Filmed on IMAX, The Odyssey deserves to be watched in a theater with a sound system that can make the most of […]

Published Jul 17, 2026, 2:21 AM EDT Actor Ryan Hurst suffered a bicep tear and will be replaced Photo: Leah Gallo for Prime Video Deadline reports that Amazon Prime Video’s God of War TV show has suffered a major setback: The role of Kratos will be recast after lead actor Ryan Hurst suffered a serious injury during […]

Crunchyroll, one of the world’s biggest anime streaming platforms, has just announced big changes coming to its retail branch, the Crunchyroll Store. Starting this August, the Crunchyroll Store will be available exclusively to subscribers to the Mega and Ultimate Fan tiers, meaning non-subscribing Guests and users on the Fan tier won’t be able to make […]

At the end of season 2 of the Game of Thrones prequel House of the Dragon, Master of Whisperers Larys Strong (Matthew Needham) secretly flees King’s Landing with the grievously injured King Aegon II (Tom Glynn-Carney). Larys stole most of the kingdom’s gold and his plan is to wait out the Targaryen civil war in […]