Looking at my past few years of reviews for GameSpot, I've noticed a trend: I've looked at a lot of remakes and remasters. A lot of them have been good--great, even. It makes me happy to see games that had a big impact in Japan in their heyday, like Live A Live and Romancing SaGa 2, finally make the journey overseas.
But lately, I've been feeling like these remakes specifically are lacking something. While I enjoyed many of these titles, there was just something I couldn't put my finger on...
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Rockstar Games co-founder Dan Houser may have included an advanced AI as a plot in his new novel, A Better Paradise: Volume One - An Aftermath, but he's not as impressed with the current state of the technology. During a recent appearance, Houser didn't completely downplay AI, but he noted that the technology isn't everything some of its proponents have made it out to be.
While making a guest appearance on Channel 4's Sunday Brunch, Houser acknowledged that his upcoming video game based on...
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 and Warzone's Season 1 arrives on December 4, and alongside new maps, guns, and modes, there is a new BlackCell DLC bundle coming.
The centerpiece of the new BlackCell offering is the new operator, Scorn, who is exclusive to the BlackCell offering. Beyond the new playable character, the new BlackCell DLC pack lets players grind through a BlackCell path of the Season 1 Battle Pass, and it unlocks all of this content immediately:
The “Scorn” BlackCell Operator...
Much like The Witcher 3's Gwent card game, Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2's dice game is now a collectible you can buy and play in real life. Farkle Dice wasn't an invention of the game's developer, Warhorse Studios, but it's fitting that Deliverance 2 has received a branded version of it that's available for purchase.
The official Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 Farkle Dice set is sold by a company called Wulflund, and it isn't cheap. It's going for $151.38, and it comes with 12 wooden dice and...
The gates are open - and a new era of Hunters has arrived. Solo Leveling: ARISE OVERDRIVE brings the legendary rise of Sung Jinwoo to life like never before, capturing every ounce of heart, grit, and power that made Solo Leveling a global phenomenon. Available now on PC via Steam and Xbox PC, the game invites players to step into Jinwoo’s shoes and carve their own path from E-Rank underdog to unstoppable Shadow Monarch. With breathtaking visuals, cinematic storytelling, and exhilarating...
Pokemon Legends Z-A: Mega Dimension is set to launch next month, and excitement is already building as fans anticipate its Hoopa-focused storyline and the return of several classic Pokemon, including new Mega Evolutions. To mark the upcoming release, The Pokemon Company is partnering with the Pikachu Sweets Pokemon Cafe in Tokyo to introduce a themed menu inspired directly by the DLC's mysteries and motifs. These limited-time offerings aim to give fans a preview of what awaits in the...
A harmless prophecy turned into confusion about whether Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet would show up at The Game Awards next month. But the Naughty Dog title reportedly won't be seen at the show.
Giant Bomb's Jeff Grubb confirmed that Intergalactic won't appear at The Game Awards in December. Additionally, Grubb also stated on X that Intergalactic isn't coming out in 2026. These details were discovered after a weird sort of telephone game played out on the internet, starting with a...
When it was announced in September 2025, Pokemon Pokopia appeared to be the franchise's cozy-game answer to Animal Crossing and Minecraft. But after the recently released extended trailer for the game, fans have pointed out intriguing and dark links to some of the previous titles in the franchise.
It's almost unsettling that one of the first things seen in the extended trailer is a devastated Pokemon Center and a generation-one Pokedex. As noted on Reddit (via Eurogamer), one of the fan...
Microsoft's next product category has emerged: shoes. More specifically, Microsoft is teaming up with Crocs, Inc. for a new line of Xbox-branded Crocs and themed Jibbitz.
The shoes go on sale tomorrow, November 25, so you don't have to wait very long to get your feet into them. The $80 shoes have been "designed with gamers in mind," the company said.
The individual black-and-green shoes are labeled "Player Left" and "Player Right," and include fixed joysticks and buttons on them...
After three years of mysteriously absent email-checking, Strong Bad has finally smashed his boxing-gloved fists onto the keyboard once more, returning with a brand-new message for his loyal fans. And in true Strong Bad fashion, it's about robots--again--and this time they apparently want to discuss their favorite sauces. His comeback feels like stepping back into Free Country, USA itself: chaotic, ridiculous, and somehow still deeply important to a generation. It also offers the perfect...
The Assassin's Creed series "exceeded" Ubisoft's expectations for the latest quarter, the French publisher has confirmed, while also providing updates on the success of the last two big games, Mirage and Shadows.
In its latest earnings briefing, Ubisoft said the Assassin's Creed series overall "posted a strong performance" in the latest quarter, including sales of the newest game, Shadows, and back-catalog titles. The Assassin's Creed series had more than 211 million "session days" so far...
After a relatively brief season that had no big star leading the show, Fortnite Festival is returning to normal for Chapter 7. The next headlining artist for Harmonix's rhythm game will be Lisa, the singer/rapper/dancer/actor best known as a member of Blackpink. Lisa will have a skin and jam track on the new Starlux music pass, and she'll also have a set of cosmetics in the item shop for the duration of the season, which begins November 29.
The Starlux music pass launches on November 29...
The muted response to Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 from critics and fans appears to have translated into lower sales for the futuristic first-person shooter, with the game reportedly falling behind competitors in a few regions. The Game Business described Black Ops 7's European launch as "disappointing," citing GSD, which tracks physical and digital sales data.
Sales numbers for Black Ops 7's opening week are 63% below those of Battlefield 6, and The Game Business also estimates that sales are...
Bethesda did a shadowdrop for The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered earlier this year, and it was a big success. Another Bethesda-published game, Hi-Fi Rush, had a shadowdrop as well. Now, Bethesda Game Studios director Tom Mustaine is openly calling for more releases of this type in the future from other developers across the industry.
Speaking to GamesRadar, Mustaine said the shadowdrop approach is a favorite of Bethesda boss Todd Howard, and releasing games like this can be a way to...
Actor Charlie Cox was nominated for Best Performance at this year's Game Awards for his role as Gustave in the breakout hit Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. He's now reacted to receiving that nomination, saying he is thrilled, but also making it clear that the credit ought to go to the performance-capture actor, Maxence Cazorla.
"I am thrilled for this nomination," Cox said at the La Conve/Animex event in Mexico recently. "There is an amazing French actor by the name of Maxence Cazorla who did...
Embark Studios' mega-popular extraction shooter Arc Raiders has some competition on Steam's most-played game chart, as there's a newcomer on the list: the free-to-play, open-world Wuxia fighter Where Winds Meet.
Where Winds Meet is the debut title from Chinese developer Everstone Studio. Set during ancient China's Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period (about 907 to 979 AD), the game is this fantastical amalgam of MMO, action-adventure, and RPG mechanics that seamlessly blends into an...
Valve will not say what the Steam Machine's price is just yet, and in this information vacuum, people are offering all kinds of different theories and guesses as to what the six-inch cube-like system may cost. Now, Valve has yet again commented on the pricing question, providing potentially the best clue yet, while also saying the company cannot or will not disclose pricing yet due to "a lot of external things."
Speaking to Skill Up--which is co-hosted by GameSpot's Lucy James--Valve...
Legendary German actor Udo Kier has died at the age of 81. The news was confirmed by Kier's partner Delbert McBride via Variety.
With hundreds of film and TV credits spanning decades, Kier rose to fame in horror films like Mark of the Devil, Flesh for Frankenstein, and Blood for Dracula in the '70s. His breakthrough Hollywood role came in 1991's My Own Private Idaho, and he'd go on to appear in Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, Johnny Mnemonic, Armageddon, and Madonna music videos.
In recent...
2025 has seen a surprising number of fun arcade racing games, including the recent Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds, which landed on PS5, Xbox Series X, Nintendo Switch, and PC back in September. And for a limited time during Black Friday, you can get the Amazon Exclusive Edition for just $45 (was $60). That's the lowest price we've seen since launch, and it applies to PS5, Xbox Series X, and Switch versions of the game. This deal will only stick around during Black Friday, however, and because...
If you've picked up a Switch 2 console recently and you're looking to grab a game that'll keep you entertained for nearly 100 hours, Persona 3 Reload comes highly recommended, and it's on sale at Amazon for $40 (was $60) thanks to the retailer's Black Friday event. If you don't own a Switch 2, you can also grab the game on PS5, PS4, and Xbox Series X, but like many of the other video game deals in Amazon's event, these Persona 3 Reload discounts could run out fast, so don't wait--it could be...