Spider-Man: No Way Home Script Offers Glimmer Of Hope For Peter And MJ

After the rather bleak ending for Tom Holland’s Peter Parker inSpider-Man: No Way Home, a small detail from the film’s official script may offer a bit of hope for the MCU hero in the future. Prior toSpider-Man: No Way Home, Holland had played Spider-Man for five years. His debut in the role was in2016’sCaptain America: Civil War, where he was recruited by Tony Stark to capture Captain America and the rest of his team....

July 9, 2025 · 3 min · 508 words · Kenneth Huffman

Steam Adds Major Personalized Shopping Features to the Store

Steamhas now received a comprehensive suite of upgrades that greatly improve the user’s shopping and browsing experience, including new tags, genre highlights, and informative hubs. As Valve’s PC gaming platform grows and more and more games are added to it, the issue of discoverability is becoming a serious concern, and the storefront revamp ought to help in this regard. Namely, Valve has had the latest batch of upgrades forSteamavailable as part of its experimental “Labs” feature, where users could test some of them out in a relatively controlled environment....

July 9, 2025 · 3 min · 440 words · Krista Kelly

Steam Users Call for Change to Platform's Review Policies

Summary SomeSteamusers took to social media to call on Valve to reconsider its policy on allowing users to submit reviews on games during early access or prerelease and citedStarfieldandRemnant 2as examples. Should Valve pick up on the suggestion, it would allow Steam users who gained early access to specific titles to potentially influence the sales of the games in question. The proposal made the rounds asStarfieldentered its early access window for users that already purchased the game at certain tiers on PC and Xbox Series X/S....

July 9, 2025 · 2 min · 410 words · Sandra Mathis

Suicide Squad Joker DLC Release Date Confirmed

Summary Players now have an official release date forSuicide Squad: Kill the Justice League’s first DLC season, which will add an alternate timeline version of the infamous Joker to the game’s roster of playable characters.Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice Leaguefeatures a new incarnation of The Joker to emerge from the Multiverse and assist in the battle to retake Metropolis from Brainiac and his army of mind-controlled minions. The version of The Joker that players will soon take control of inSuicide Squadwas deliberately designed to be differentfrom the one who terrorized Gotham in theBatman: Arkhamseries in many ways....

July 9, 2025 · 2 min · 409 words · Mr. David Chaney

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Players Can Unlock Sephiroth Early

Super Smash Bros. Ultimaterecently announced its next DLC fighter coming to the game followingMinecraft’s Steve.Sephiroth isSmash Ultimate’s next DLC fighter, as revealed during The Game Awards 2020 live stream event. Sephiroth’s announcement took fans completely by surprise following the stunning CGI reveal trailer, which also briefly showcased how the character would play inSuper Smash Bros. Ultimate. Now, following the Sephiroth-focusedSmashDirect presentation, players will have the opportunity to unlock Sephiroth five full days before his official release on December 22....

July 9, 2025 · 3 min · 471 words · Andrew Williams

Tears of the Kingdom Might Feature the Oldest Version of Zelda and Link Yet

AThe Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdomplayer has pointed out that the versions of Link and Zelda in the game may actually be the oldest versions of the characters in the franchise. EachZeldagame features a new version of Link and Zelda, andTears of the Kingdommay have the only versions of the characters over 18-year-old.For hardcoreZeldafans, one of the main topics of discussion around the lore of the series is the timeline, and when each game happens canonically....

July 9, 2025 · 3 min · 484 words · Maurice Perez

The Crown Shows the Traditions and the Burdens of the British Monarchy

A key moment inThe Crown– Netflix’s premierbiographical dramatizationof the modern British Monarchy – is when the newly anointedQueen Elizabeth II(Claire Foy, then Olivia Colman) is advised by her grandmother Queen Mary (Eileen Akins) about her new position. “To be impartial is not natural, not human”, she tells Elizabeth, but Elizabeth is no longer ‘human’. Instead she is a “divinely-appointed” sovereign, a unifying apolitical figurehead for the country, meant to neutrally inspire the public rather than impose her own opinion....

July 9, 2025 · 5 min · 895 words · Troy White

The Office is Getting a Middle Eastern Remake

Many have been pining forThe Officeto be brought back to television, and now it finally is, albeit in a much different form. With the show’s popularity as strong as it’s ever been both nationally and internationally, it was only a matter of time until its popular format would eventually resonate well enough overseas that an Arabic remake of the show would be in line. Now, it appears that’s exactly what the doctor ordered....

July 9, 2025 · 3 min · 555 words · Erika Jones

The Sims 4: Snowy Escape Review

The Sims 4has celebrated a few milestones in recent years, from the franchise turning 20 to hitting over 10 million active players across all platforms. Among these achievements is the tenth expansion pack toThe Sims 4base game, titledSnowy Escape. The new addition to the game is based on Japanese culture and is set in the picturesque mountain town of Mt. Komorebi. The Simsteam severely needed a win with this expansion, especially because the last game pack,The Sims 4-Star Wars: Journey to BatuuThe Simsfranchise....

July 9, 2025 · 5 min · 1004 words · Henry Jackson

The Story Behind The Axis Unseen's 'Primitive Metal' Soundtrack

The Axis Unseenis a new horror game created by former Bethesda developer Nate Purkeypile that features breathtaking landscapes, mysterious lore, and a handful of unique game mechanics. One feature that stands out from the rest is theindie game’s dynamic metal soundtrack. Described as “primitive metal,” the soundtrack not only helps accentuate the atmosphere of the game, it also has an interesting backstory. Game Rant spoke with Purkeypile, known for his work on titles such asSkyrimand the upcomingStarfield,about the story behind the “primitive metal” soundtrack on his new, independently developed gameThe Axis Unseen,which can be wishlisted now on Steam....

July 9, 2025 · 4 min · 646 words · Kevin Long

Ubisoft Extends Online Services for Some of Its Older Games

The last few months have been busy for gaming giantUbisoft. July brought the announcement that four titles headlined bySplinter Cell VRandGhost Recon Frontlinewould be canceledas well as a significant portion of titles were also delayed. As much as that left some fans disappointed, the developer kicked off the month of July by announcing the shutdown of online services and the end of support for a myriad of older titles would commence on September 1, to much fan frustration....

July 9, 2025 · 2 min · 409 words · Jenny Lang

Underrated GameCube Games That Came Out In 2002

TheNintendo GameCubedebuted in Japan and North America in 2001, before making its way to other regions in the following year. Therefore, 2002 was the console’s first full year on the market, and Nintendo’s system hit the ground running with releases such asResident Evil,Eternal Darkness: Sanity’s Requiem,Metroid Prime, and, of course,Super Mario Sunshine. These titles helped establish and cement the platform’s legacy and are still fondly remembered. Naturally, the same cannot be said for most of the GameCube’s library, and that often has little to do with their quality....

July 9, 2025 · 4 min · 825 words · Cynthia Scott

Valheim: How to Get Pine Cones & What They're For

InValheim, players can alter the terrain and world around their homes to make whatever biome they end up in a home. Whilefarming and plantingValheimcropsin the soil, players might be looking to plant their own trees. And they can do it with pine cones. Structures and Ground in Valheim As players build new structures, they have most likely stumbled across some of thestructural limitations and stability rules inValheim. Things built on the ground will show up with the hammer equipped as blue, which is the most stable that a building part can be....

July 9, 2025 · 2 min · 396 words · Mitchell Coleman