No more errant notifications With Nintendo continuing their ascent into the online world, there’s bound to be snafus every so often: especially with first party games.Splatoon 3had one minor issue pop up recently, and it involved friend lists. The popular “ghosting” or “appear offline” feature has been standard in PC games/PC platforms for many years, but consoles were slower to the take. While the feature exists now on major platforms, it doesn’t always go as planned....

Warning: SPOILERS for Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3Star Trek: Strange New Worldsis back for season 3 after a two-year wait. Rebecca Romijn and Christina Chong are excited for fans to see what’s next for Number One, Lieutenant La’an Noonien-Singh, and the crew of the Starship Enterprise. InStar Trek: Strange New Worlds, Rebecca Romijn and Christina Chong play best friends. Lt. Commander Una Chin-Riley is the perfect First Officer, andLa’an is the Enterprise’s no-nonsense Chief of Security....

A teaser trailer forSpartacus: House of Ashurhas been revealed, along with a confirmed release window. The long-awaitedSTARZSpartacussequel seriesis only months away from release, picking up the dormant Roman gladiator franchise after twelve years.Screen Rantis in attendance at San Diego Comic-Con for the latest updates involving the show. AlongsideSpartacus: House of Ashur’sSDCC 2025 panel,STARZ released a two-minute trailer for the series, also confirming a release date for this Winter. It’s currently unclear whether this will mean the tail end of 2025 or Q1 2026....

Mostly menu smoothness When I playedSuper Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Furypre-launch, it was pretty smooth! I didn’t encounter many major issues at all, so I was surprised to see a day one patch pop up. As it turns out, both Nintendo and prospective players are saying that the patch doesn’t do a whole lot, which is good news for day one stability. According to the patch notes, “some issues” were fixed to “make the game more comfortable to play....

TheMortal Kombatfranchise was one of the first video game series to cross over into TV and film. There’s no denying the cultural staying power of entries like the 1995Mortal Kombatmovie - still regarded as one of the best video game movies ever made - and its modern 2021 reboot, which introduced the brutal tournament to a whole new generation of fans. Even beforeThe Last of UsandFalloutraised the bar for game-to-screen storytelling,Mortal Kombatwas already paving the way with blood, style, and Scorpion’s iconic spear throw....

In celebration of The Game Awards 2016, Microsoft is hosting a sale featuring each of the titles to be nominated includingDoom,Dark Souls III, andBattlefield 1. Microsoft has gone out of the way this year to provide sales for a good number of nominees, along with very solid discounts. They may not compare to some of thebest Black Friday deals,but for viewers of The Game Awards seeing some of the nominees for the first time, it’s a great opportunity to turn around and pick up a great game for cheap....

Winamp was a popular music player program in the late 1990s and early 2000s, and recently it’s back under active development. A completely new version of Winamp is now available, but it’s pretty different than the original version. The parent company for Winamp has been split between two projects for the past few years:updates for the classic Windows player, and a completely new service with the same name. The initial version of the service is now live atplayer....

At theSan Diego Comic-Conpanel forThe Rookie,ScreenRant’sRachel Foertsch was on hand for the fan questions posed to showrunner Alexi Hawley and star Nathan Fillion, including one about a potential guest star for the series. The series has featured great guest stars in the past, like Alan Tudyk and Bridget Regan. Nathan Fillion During the fan Q&A portion of the panel, however, one fan was curious about whether the show could getNeil Patrick Harrison as a guest star - as a villain....

The Summer 2025animeseason is packed with heavy-hitters likeSakamoto Days,Kaiju No. 8, andThe Summer Hikaru Died. These shows are dominating streaming platforms and driving discussion worldwide. Yet, beneath the hype, several equally compelling titles have been left without a global home, leaving fans scrambling to find legal ways to watch them. The absence of licensing for certain series isn’t just disappointing, it’s baffling. The international appetite for anime is at an all-time high, and streaming giants routinely celebrate record viewership numbers....

Cyberpunk 2077has not stopped growing and improving since its somewhat disastrous launch back in 2020. Fans have been requesting a number of features, and, in most cases, CD Projekt Red has delivered. The police were improved, driving was overhauled, skills and progression were completely changed, and side quests got a very healthy facelift in thePhantom LibertyDLC. Of course, there will always be some fans who aren’t happy and some features that get left out....

Warning: SPOILERS ahead for The Walking Dead: Dead City season 2, episode 5!The Walking Deadjust repeated a key moment from season 8 twice in the same episode ofThe Walking Dead: Dead City, a massive twist for the spinoff.Dead Cityseason 2hasintroduced a multitude of core survivors groups in and around Manhattan.While theNew Babylon Federationand the Burazi have core roles to play, so do other groups, such as the Foragers in Central Park and the survivors led by Bruegel....

A leading star fromThis Is Ushas joined creator Dan Fogelman for his new Hulu drama. It’s been three years sinceThis Is Usconcluded, marking an end for one of the most popular family dramas of the past decade. In that time, Fogelman has reunited with actor Sterling K. Brown on the breakout genre-mashing thrillerParadise, which is returning for season 2. Fogelman has another drama set at Hulu, focusing on the world of football....

Super Mario Maker 2gives players the tools to create their very own side-scrollingSuper Mariolevels. Some people use these tools to create absolute platforming nightmares that push even the bestSuper Marioplayers' skills to the limit, like the Cat Trick EX2 stage created by user TiVoKen. This level is so hard, in fact, that it took Twitch streamer and well-knownNintendo speedrunner Trihexa staggering eight hours to complete it. After eight hours of trying to beat the Cat Trick EX2 stage inSuper Mario Maker 2, Trihex finally did it, and did so in just 42 seconds....