2026
Netflix’s Devil May Cry anime is changing Vergil’s lore in season 2
Twin brothers Dante and Vergil have always been two halves of a whole in Devil May Cry. Now, Adi Shankar’s anime adaptation of the beloved video game franchise is returning with its second season on May 12, bringing with it the promise of a tense family reunion. Season 1 of Netflix’s Devil May Cry made […]
Dragon Ball Xenoverse 3 is finally here after a decade of waiting
Dragon Ball Xenoverse 3 is happening, and it’s coming out next year. Dimps and Bandai Namco Entertainment confirmed this at Dragon Ball Games Battle Hour 2026, which took place in Los Angeles this weekend. This sequel ends a gap of more than a decade between new Xenoverse games. Dimps and Bandai Namco actually teased Dragon […]
The 2026 Street Fighter movie trailer is packed with Easter eggs
Capcom and Legendary’s upcoming Street Fighter movie will likely be as divisive as the original, Jean-Claude Van Damme-led attempt to bring the fighting-game franchise to the big screen. Director Kitao Sakurai’s adaptation of Street Fighter is taking a bold, stylized, filled-with-professional-wrestlers approach, with The Eric Andre Show levels of manic energy. Sakurai is also hewing […]
How Star Wars gave Darth Maul his own evil Baby Yoda sidekick with Spybot
Star Wars: Maul — Shadow Lord is the pulpy, sci-fi crime-thriller that fans are looking for. It blends a lot of what makes a great gangster film with the ever-expanding Star Wars galaxy, and the result is electric. But, despite the show’s grim and gritty tone, there is fun to be found within Shadow Lord […]
Virgin Punk is one of the most beautiful anime of 2025
Virgin Punk: Clockwork Girl, which opened in only a handful of U.S. theaters in 2025, is the epitome of art as animation. The anime film has a runtime of no more than 35 minutes, which doesn’t sound like much. However, when freelance animators like Daniela Padilla claim “a month of work for one second of […]
Attack on Titan studio slammed for AI use and it won’t be the last time
Anime’s darling WIT Studio, makers of Attack on Titan and the upcoming One Piece remake, just went toe-to-toe with its own fans — and lost. The studio released an apology after receiving backlash from its use of generative AI in the opening sequence (OP) of Ascendance of a Bookworm. The anime series debuted in early […]
Sony’s Metal Gear Solid movie alive again with Final Destination directors
Sony Pictures is giving a Metal Gear Solid movie another run, with Final Destination: Bloodlines directing duo Zach Lipovsky and Adam B. Stein tackling a new live-action adaptation of the tactical stealth action game franchise. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Lipovsky and Stein landed the gig directing Metal Gear Solid thanks to a fresh first-look […]
Disney Lorcana’s starter set remains fantastic — and now it’s a little cheaper, too
Disney Lorcana turns three years old this year, and it blends the recognizable characters of decades of Disney history with a unique TCG that’s just as much fun to play as it is to collect. Whether you’re into Frozen, Moana, or Darkwing Duck, the game keeps growing, and if you’ve ever wanted to jump in, […]
Crimson Desert patch 1.02 confirms those who played at launch had it the worst
Crimson Desert patch 1.02 rolled out across all platforms this past weekend, and it made some helpful changes to the game, like increasing the storage available to players at base games. Although all the significant changes made in Crimson Desert’s first two post-launch patches have fixed what were considered some of the game’s more frustrating […]
Crimson Desert interactive maps
Crimson Desert‘s continent of Pywel is a big ol’ place, and it’s easy to miss a lot of the best things the game has to offer if you don’t know where to look. One of Crimson Desert‘s favorite things is to not tell you anything about how the game works, like how to find fast […]