Assassin's Creed Valhalla's 'Both Genders are Canon' Explanation Doesn't Hold Water

Despite a few shortcomings,Assassin’s Creed Valhallamanages to check off a lot of boxes among the community. The return of the insta-kill hidden blade, social stealth, and more make the game feel more liketraditionalACgamesthan the past two entries, while the modern-day story has hit a high it hasn’t since the days of Desmond. One head-scratcher for the game came before release, though: the fact that Ubisoft regarded bothmale and female Eivor as canon inAC Valhalla....

June 13, 2025 · 6 min · 1198 words · Stephen Montgomery

Astro's Playroom Revealed for PS5

Sony has unveiledAstro’s Playroom,a new platformer featuring the Astro from the PlayStation VR titleAstro Bot Rescue Mission.Astro’sPlayroomseems to incorporate much of the design philosophy from its predecessor, largely the bright colors and cute robot characters, but seems to be ditching the PlayStation VR restriction. Astro Bot Rescuemission was an inventive platformer, utilizing the VR headset in a way not many other games have managed to, at least as far as platformers are concerned....

June 13, 2025 · 2 min · 354 words · Thomas Parker

Barbie Combines With Akira In Fan Poster For Anime Masterpiece

There’s aBarbiemovie coming this summer. While some were busy reacting to the second trailer for Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling’s plastic adventure, a talented artist made her own unique Barbie model that combines Mattel’s prized doll with the anime legendAkira.SinceBarbiewas first announced, many have been puzzled by how Greta Gerwig will put together a movie in this bizarre toy world packed with spray-tanned people, a question not necessarily answered by either of the two trailers....

June 13, 2025 · 2 min · 321 words · Brandon Johnson

Blizzard President on Diablo 4 coming to Xbox Game Pass: “Not happening”

No free ride to Sanctuary Blizzard President Mike Ybarra took to Twitter to squash a rumor thatDiablo 4was coming to Game Pass. In a tweet that has since been deleted, an ad from Brazilian gift card retailer PICPAY indicatedDiablo 4was on Xbox Game Pass. https://twitter.com/Qwik/status/1678564200581595137 This isn’t the first time Blizzard has addressed the possibility ofDiablo 4on Xbox Game Pass. Back in May,Executive Producer Rod Fergusson tweeted“We’ve been getting some questions aboutD4on Game Pass and I want to let you know we have no plans for that....

June 13, 2025 · 2 min · 227 words · Luke Adams

Connor In First Marriage Shares Sheldon's Worst TBBT Trait

The character introduced as Sheldon’s replacement inGeorgie & Mandy’s First Marriagesneakily displayed a disturbing similarity with theBig Bang Theorygenius in season 1.First Marriagepartly continuingYoung Sheldon’s storyafter Sheldon’s departure for California ensured the young genius wouldn’t have been a key part of the spinoff. However, one McAllister was quickly revealed as his replacement. Young Sheldonalready showed the similarities between Connor and Sheldon as hinging on their being misunderstood by their families.First Marriageseason 1 developing Connor by setting him apart from Sheldonmade Mandy’s brother seem much more approachable than Sheldon, despite appreciating his personal space just like the genius....

June 13, 2025 · 4 min · 697 words · Sean Kelley

Danny's Boston Blue Spinoff Is Bringing Back The Wrong Reagan Family Member

Boston Blue, the Danny-centeredBlue Bloodsspinoff, is bringing back the wrong Reagan. This spinoff ofBlue Bloodswas announced shortly after the original left the airwaves, and audiences who lovedBlue Bloodsare not all sold on it yet. Originally, it seemed that Danny would be the only member ofBlue Bloods' Reagan familyto appear inBoston Blue. However, recent casting news about theBlue Bloodsspinoffrevealed that Sean Reagan would return, though played by a different actor. Additionally,Boston Bluerevealed that another Reagan would appear in the new procedural’s first episode....

June 13, 2025 · 3 min · 456 words · Anthony Barnes

Days Gone Has Officially Gone Gold

Days Goneis one of themost anticipated titleslaunching on the PlayStation 4 this year. After the game underwent several delays, the development team at Bend Studio announced thatDays Gonehas officially gone gold, just ahead of it’s April release date. The game was first announced at E3 2016 and scheduled for a 2018 release date, but after a myriad of delays, fans will finally get their hands onDays Gonein April. WhenDays Gonefirst made its debut, fans were beyond excited to get their hands on this rich, Freaker-infested world....

June 13, 2025 · 2 min · 325 words · Michael Miller

Destiny Fans Raise More Than $1 Million for Charity

For the second year in a row,Destinyfans have donated some serious cash to support St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. At the end of a non-stop, week-long streaming marathon, the GuardianCon stream brought in $1.2 million, which will be donated to St. Jude to go towards helping the fight against childhood cancer. GuardianCon is the fan-organizedDestinycommunity convention that had its inaugural event last year in Tampa, Florida. Back then it was calledDestinyCommunity Con, but its organizers quickly changed it to avoid any legal issues that could arise from the use of the nameDestiny....

June 13, 2025 · 2 min · 339 words · Diana Little

Downton Abbey Changed Lady Mary & Edith’s Lives In The Same Episode

Downton Abbeychanged the lives of Lady Mary Crawley (Michelle Dockery) and Lady Edith Crawley (Laura Carmichael) in the same episode.Downton Abbeyseason 5’s Christmas special, “A Moorland Holiday,” brought the Crawley family to Brancaster Castle in Northumberland at the invitation ofLady Rose Aldridge (Lily James)and her in-laws, the Sinderbys. After the tragicdeath of Matthew Crawley (Dan Stevens)at the end ofDownton Abbeyseason 3,Lady Mary spent the next couple of seasons mourning her husband before juggling two potential suitors, Tony Gillingham (Tom Cullen) and Charles Blake (Julian Ovenden)....

June 13, 2025 · 3 min · 545 words · Stephanie Lopez

Dr. Stone Previews Its Final Few Episodes in New Trailer, Teasing the Hit Show's Epic Ending

Part 2 ofDr. Stone’s three-part final season is almost here, and a new trailer is teasing the last conflicts and mysteries which will help drive the series to its epic conclusion. With new allies, enemies, and some crazy new inventions,Dr. Stonecertainly knows how to go out in style. Dr. Stoneis a science fiction series set in the distant future, thousands of years after everyone on Earth was turned to stone simultaneously....

June 13, 2025 · 3 min · 460 words · Tammy Duncan

Every Bob Dylan Album From The 1970s, Ranked From Worst To Best

The career ofBob Dylancan be divided into various eras (often focused around comebacks or innovations), but the decade of the 1970s might be the most chaotic of them. He trolled fans and critics, made bizarre choices, and created several of the best albums of his career. WhileDylan’s 1960s albumsmight be the most scrutinized era of his career, the ’70s provides a strange story of its own. With that chaos comes plenty of great (and not-so-great) music....

June 13, 2025 · 9 min · 1785 words · Julia Crane

Fallout 76 Xbox One X Bundle Revealed Alongside White Elite Controller

About a week ago, Microsoft unveiled a specialFallout 76Xbox One X bundleduring its Inside Xbox presentation at gamescom 2018, putting the bundle up for pre-order shortly after the announcement was made. Now, the tech firm has also revealed a new white edition of its Xbox One X bundle with the post-apocalyptic multiplayer game, as well as a white hued Xbox One Elite controller, with both coming this fall. According to Microsoft, theFallout 76Xbox One X bundle is colored “robot white” and is available for pre-order today for $500 exclusively at the Microsoft Store, with those who pre-order being the first to join the online beta before the multiplayer title’s release....

June 13, 2025 · 2 min · 347 words · Amanda Tate

Final Fantasy 15 Episode Prompto Release Date Confirmed

Today, the video game publisher and developer Square Enix confirmed the release date ofFinal Fantasy 15’sEpisode Prompto DLCfor later this month on June 11, 2025. The news regarding the expansion came about in a rather unorthodox way, as the launch time for the add-on popped up during an E3 2017 trailer forFF15 Universe– that is, a sub-franchise that collects different games, DLC, films, and more related to the title – which also detailed a lot more to come to the RPG sequel as “the universe keeps expanding....

June 13, 2025 · 2 min · 310 words · Jesse Chapman