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In a disappointing turn of events for online shopper Rohan Das, what was anticipated to be a brand-new laptop from Amazon turned out to be a used one. Das, eager to get his hands on a sleek new device, splurged a hefty sum of Rs. 1 lakh on the e-commerce platform. However, his excitement quickly turned to frustration when he opened the package to find a Lenovo laptop with a warranty dating back to December 2023, indicating prior usage.

Xbox‘s upcoming Perfect Dark reboot is reportedly facing challenges, and is in “a very rough state.”

While 's new update is focused on combat, one underrated feature is amazing for a specific part of the player base. is changing combat in the survival game forever by putting a heavier focus on enemies with differing attacks and abilities. Vikings will be getting new strengths of their own to help battle these challenging combatants. The most prominent features in this regard are an entirely new weapon and armor tier, along with expanded magical options.

MUTAN has announced four Goonya Monster spin-off games: hopping action game Toad’s Soul Hopper, runner game Pirarucu’s Money Rush, shooting game Snail’s Knock Out, and balance physics puzzle game Octo’s Balloon Challenge. All four titles are planned for release in Early Access for PC via Steam. Release dates were not announced.

For more than a decade, reports have been circulating about the original version of the upcoming action movie Furiosa— an anime series that director George Miller and writer Mahiro Maeda were working on at the same time they were developing Mad Max: Fury Road. At a Q&A after a recent press screening for Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga at IMAX Headquarters outside of Los Angeles, Miller revealed that while the anime series eventually evolved into a live-action film, one small element survived from the defunct project, taken from early character sketches by Fury Road concept artist and anime stalwart Maeda.

Pokémon games continue to grow in popularity, so much so that fans are now returning to some of the series's greatest hits over the years, such as Pokémon Black and White 2.

Super Spin Digital will release kinetic rhythm action game Spin Rhythm XD for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, and PlayStation VR2 on July 9, the developer announced. A free update that adds virtual reality support to the existing PC (Steam) version will be available on the same date, as well as a new downloadable content pack containing 10 new tracks and skins for all available platforms.

Independent studios continue to create innovative, expressive video games across all genres. You may not have missed the surprise, breakout hits from independent studioPalworld from Japanese studio Pocketpair, but there are plenty of games that may have slipped through the cracks. That’s what we’re here for.

Publisher PLAION and Pumpkin Jack developer Evil Raptor have announced Akimbot, an action adventure platformer set in a science-fiction world where only robots exist. It will launch for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, and PC via Steam in 2024.

Gundam Breaker 4 will launch for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Switch, and PC via Steam on August 29, publisher Bandai Namco and developer Crafts & Meister announced.

A Hollow Knight: Silksong release date has made its way online, but you're probably not going to like it.

Bandai Namco US is running a competition that will see one player receiving a 10-foot statue as a prize.

We may never live in a world where Pokemon are real, but on the bright side, there are a lot of ways The Pokemon Company has brought them into the real world. Whether that be via Funko Pops, plushes, or action figures. Its latest venture technically falls into the plush category even though their primary function is furniture as Gengar, Lechonk, and Jigglypuff have all been turned into massive beanbags.

Today, in its Q1 2024 financial report, South Korean publisher Kakao Games revealed that both of its hotly anticipated UE5 powered action MMORPGs, ArcheAge 2 and Chrono Odyssey, are slated to launch globally next year.

This week’s Famitsu review scores are in.

Garena Free Fire MAX Redeem Codes for May 8: Players of Free Fire Max, get ready for a new event! Garena has launched the Mystery Shop event, where you can grab the Turbo Racer or Velocity Racer bundle at a whopping 90 percent off. This event introduces a luck-based system where you can win these bundles along with other cool rewards like outfits, weapons, and crates at discounted prices. Here's how to get in on the action and claim your rewards.

Cyprus based developer Nekki recently announced that it has partnered with media company Story Kitchen, founded by Sonic the Hedgehog Producer Dmitri M. Johnson, to adapt its upcoming action game, SPINE, into a live-action film.

Netflix unveiled the lineup of games it plans to bring to its game catalog over the course of May. The ones that stand out the most are Sega’s excellent Sonic Mania Plus and Askiisoft’s violently satisfying action game Katana Zero.

Rocket Knight Adventures: Re-Sparked! will launch for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Switch, and PC via Steam on June 11 for $29.99 / £24.99 / €29.99, Konami announced. Pre-orders are now available via PlayStation Store and Nintendo eShop.

Haegin’s collectible RPG Demian Saga: Chrono Pirates just dropped their latest update. The highlight of this update is the debut of a new hero and a bunch of other new stuff like new chapters. Who’s the new hero? Well, he’s a robot-riding racoon. Yep, Demian Saga’s new SSR Hero Ratchet is a special one with teleporting abilities. Keep reading to find out everything about him!

Movie stars at the top of their game can often feel invincible, but there was something about Dwayne Johnson’s 2000s climb from wrestler to bankable Hollywood star that seemed uniquely bulletproof. Possessing an endless supply of charm and an aggressive careerist streak, “The Rock” seemed to will his way to the top of the wrestling world and then the box office, managing the tricky maneuver of being ever-present — on the big screen, in random TV appearances, on Instagram — yet not suffocating.

We review Shovel Knight: Dungeon Duels, a board game published by Panda Cult. A semi-cooperative side-scrolling dungeon crawler where you compete against your fellow knights of shovelry to defeat the dungeon bosses and prove your worth.

One of my favorite copypastas on the internet comes from someone complaining about a player using mods to make a FromSoftware game easier. “You cheated not only the game, but yourself,” it reads. “You didn’t grow. You didn’t improve. You took a shortcut and gained nothing. You experienced a hollow victory. Nothing was risked and nothing was gained. It’s sad that you don’t know the difference.”

has one material that should be saved for late-game leveling. This new action gacha game is inspired by the popular South Korean webtoon, playable on PC and mobile. A recent interview detailed how players will experience the dungeon-clearing story themselves while building and strengthening a roster of familiar characters. However, as most gacha games do, the best characters will be locked behind a banner that must be pulled on using a specific currency.

God-like roguelike dungeon crawler sequel Hades II is now available in Early Access for PC via Steam and Epic Games Store for $29.99, developer Supergiant Games announced.

It is shocking to see that Hades 2 is only in early access, and that Supergiant Games plans to let it spend at least the rest of 2024 there before it’s ready to call it version 1.0. Shocking, because it already has just about everything I want from a sequel to one of the best roguelite action games of all time. Hades 2 manages to keep everything that made the original such a masterclass of design, but it does so in a way that changes up how each of the pieces fits together and gives it its own unique identity rather than feeling like a glorified expansion. The result is a familiar, but fresh follow up that challenged, surprised, and delighted me with every triumph and failure in equal measure. There are a few things missing, with an actual ending to its story being the most substantial among them, but once it’s complete it’s hard to imagine Hades 2 not living up to the mythological legacy of the first.

A few years ago, NVIDIA introduced NVIDIA Reflex, a revolutionary suite of technologies that gave PC gamers better responsiveness and lower latency. For competitive games, that resulted in faster target acquisition, quicker reaction time, and superior aim precision. It did this by measuring and optimizing system latency.

Frédéric Julian’s The Last Game is a game which hopefully won’t be your last game. If you’re into the charm of old-school pixel art and the thrill of survival, this top-down action roguelike should be your next pick. Developed and published by Frédéric Julian, this title is up for grabs on Android for $1.99. The indie developer is known for his other cool strategy title on mobile, Cards Knight.

The iQOO Z9x has been in talks for a long time due to several leaks and rumours surfacing on the internet. Now, the company has finally confirmed the launch date for the upcoming iQOO Z9x. The smartphone is expected to make its debut in the mid-range segment with powerful specs and features. The launch date for iQOO Z9x is scheduled for May 16, 2024. Know what's coming with the new iQOO smartphone in terms of specs, features, and more.

Last year, months before Homelander was even revealed, Antony Starr confirmed that he wouldn't be voicing his iconic The Boys character in Mortal Kombat 1.

As Helldiver 2's reviews continue to collapse on Steam, Arrowhead's best-selling action game has been pulled from around 177 countries in the wake of the new PSN account linking requirement that has turned its fanbase upside down.

The latest trailer for Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero has shown off a bit of a redesign for Future Gohan, one that has received mixed responses from fans.

As Helldivers 2 endures thousands of negative Steam user reviews prompted by mandatory PlayStation Network account linking, community managers from developer Arrowhead have been rushing around handing out context and clarification to disgruntled players. A key point comes from community manager Twinbeard on Discord: "It's Sony's decision, not ours."

Amazon’s been handing out plenty of discounts as part of its Gaming Week sale, but Nintendo Switch deals seem to be suffering. There just aren’t any major discounts on games for Ninty’s handheld - and the savings that are there… are already being beaten by Walmart. 

It's a pretty exciting time to be a Starfield fan at the moment, with Todd Howard revealing that the game's Shattered Space DLC will release this Fall, and that land vehicles are finally being added at some point in the near future. However, Bethesda may have also accidentally shown us something it didn't mean to in that same video, as there's a brief moment in which story details for Shattered Space may have been revealed.

In today's digital landscape, the security of personal information stored on smartphones has become a paramount concern. Recognising this, Apple has rolled out a new security feature called Stolen Device Protection, aimed at fortifying the defences of iPhones against theft or unauthorised access, particularly when they are outside familiar environments.

Paradox Interactive and The Chinese Room are back with a new Vampire: the Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 Clan Highlight, this time focused on the Banu Haqim.

Roguelite action game Realm of Ink will launch in Early Access for PC via Steam on May 17, publisher 663 Games and developers Leap Studio and Maple Leaf Studio announced. A full release will follow for unspecified consoles and PC later in 2024.

My Hero Academia returns this Saturday with the highly anticipated premiere of its seventh season. The latest season of the mega-popular superhero action anime is set to adapt the “Star and Stripe” arc of Kōhei Horikoshi’s original manga. That means the arrival of America’s No. 1 Hero, Star and Stripe, in Japan to aid Izuku Midoriya and his classmates in their battle against Tomura Shigaraki and the Paranormal Liberation Front.

Android pre-registration is now open for Ash of Gods: Redemption! The game from AurumDust combines tactical warfare with a storyline in which your decisions can change the course of humankind.

From Software boss Hidetaka Miyazaki has ruled out making a second Elden Ring expansion, but left the door open for a potential sequel.

Lords of the Fallen, last year's action RPG from developer Hexworks, is said to be coming to Xbox Game Pass later this month.

Blizzard has posted a large breakdown of the Arcane Mage changes in today's War Within Alpha build going over Complexity, Radiant Spark and more!

Nintendo has taken down more than 8,500 clones of Switch emulator Yuzu with a single DMCA notice.

Prior to Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite’s release in the fall of 2017, the crossover fighting game faced an uphill battle with newbies and longtime fans alike because of its abrasively shiny and underlit art style. Now, seven years later, a popular fighting game Twitch streamer announced he is working on a fan project that will give the game a facelift and, hopefully, encourage players who passed on it to give it a second chance.

The second closed beta test for Kingdom Hearts: Missing Link is finally live and it brings with it several new cutscenes that give us our best idea yet of what the game is actually about.

Not Doppler, the Aussie game studio, has announced the launch date of the next sequel to their popular action series Earn to Die. Titled Earn to Die Rogue, it’s to hit the Google Play Store and App Store next Thursday, May 9th. Apart from this series, the game studio is also known for its other titles like Renegade Racing, Dead Zed and Crash of Cars.

Playdigious is selling some of its best games at a discount right now. One of them is Teslagrad. The price of this hand-drawn magnetic puzzle has plummeted from $6.99 to just $0.70! Yeah, you read that right. Interested in learning more about the Teslagrad price drop? Keep reading!

Stellar Blade will get a Boss Challenge mode in a future update.

Single-player 3D platformer RKGK / Rakugaki will launch for PC via Steam on May 22 for $19.99, Gearbox Publishing and developer Wabisabi Games announced.

The version 1.5 update for Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night will launch on May 9 for PLayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC, and on May 16 for Switch, publisher 505 Games and developer ArtPlay announced. It will be the game’s final update

April saw a lot of action and big boss fights. From the depths of the sea to the far reaches of space, what thrilling adventure was your top pick?

We love movie recommendations here at Polygon. Whether it’s horror, sci-fi, action, comedy, thrillers, or just the best of the year, we’re always trying to introduce readers to new and exciting movies they’ll love. But now we want to find the perfect movie for you. (That’s you.)

March was a good month for new games, as a number of fresh releases walked straight into the USA software charts. As per Circana (formerly NPD) analyst Mat Piscatella, it was Dragon's Dogma 2 that caught fire in March, claiming the crown as the month's best-selling title. The action RPG sequel is also the third best-selling game of the year, which is quite impressive.

A new gameplay trailer for Tails of Iron 2: Whiskers of Winter has dropped, and those who are already familiar with the first game will be happy to know that it looks great. This is one of those sequels that's more about evolution than revolution — but we're not complaining when Tails of Iron got so much right to begin with.

Now this is the kind of crazy gaming scheme that we can get behind. Over the last few days, a Twitch channel called JimMashima (very good) has been attracting thousands of viewers to its Tekken 8 livestreams — but a real person isn't behind the action. Indeed, this is a bot with a singular purpose: to mash just one button and see how far it can climb through the game's online rankings.

I didn’t have many expectations when it came to Madame Web, and it was not really a surprise when the movie didn’t meet any of them. The sorta-kinda-maybe?? Sony Spider-Verse tie-in got absolutely horrible reviews and earned a modest $100 million at the global box office. Now that it’s on Blu-ray, 4K SteelBook, and non-premium digital VOD, people might want to see it, if only out of morbid curiosity.

In the late ’80s and early ’90s, Jean-Claude Van Damme and Steven Seagal were two of the hottest action stars on the planet. While it’s expected there would be natural competition between them, such as what existed between Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger for decades, their rivalry was far more fierce and extended beyond competing for parts and franchises. In fact, the two almost came to blows in the late ’90s.

Bethesda has only just properly unveiled Starfield's May update, and the studio is already teasing what's next - including a proper land vehicle.

If you’re an avid gamer, you probably already know what QTE or Quick time event is. Well, Inoutbox Games has just announced its latest QTE-focused title called QTEM or Quick-Time Event Master for mobile. It’s an action RPG with turn-based fights, boss battles and of course, nifty quick-time events.

The Shattering of Azeroth has been live for over 24 hours, and Blizzard has received many reports of bugs in Cataclysm Classic.

Pick up a Star War for minimal monies—that's the motto of the day, friends. Why? Because apparently we can't just corral all of the deals specifically onto May the 4th anymore. I'm not complaining, of course, you can feed me cheap games wrapped in bad wordplay 365 days of the year. Especially if it has sweet lightsaber action in it!

Star Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace is returning to movie theaters on May 3 to celebrate its 25th anniversary. This essay was inspired by its re-release.

PlayStation Plus is getting some exciting new additions in May, allowing subscribers to pick up a variety of games and keep them as long as a subscription is active. A small selection of rotating monthly titles is available to download across all three tiers of the service, which offer varying degrees of benefits for different price points. On the more costly Extra and Premium tiers, May will also bring new entries to a more permanent catalog that consistently adds more games than it loses.

Starfield, the excellent Digipick puzzle game surrounded by 80 hours of sci-fi mediocrity, is getting a performance update on Xbox Series X that unlocks frame rates above 30 fps. Starfield's May update adds the option to target 30 fps, 40 fps, 60 fps or an uncapped frame rate — for displays that support VRR running at 120hz. Displays without VRR will have the choice of 30 fps or 60 fps.

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Nexon is dropping a nice collab for tactical RPG players. It’s Blue Archive x A Certain Scientific Railgun T, the popular beloved anime series. The crossover is happening till May 14th. So, get ready for some serious action and a whole new story to dive into!

Intel's Core Ultra 200 "Arrow Lake-S" Desktop CPU lineup should reportedly include a total of six SKUs with up to 24 cores based on next-gen P-Core & E-Core architectures.

Despite having released only two games, the two entries in the beautiful Metroidvania series Ori, Austrian developer Moon Studios is rightly considered among the top studios founded in the 2000s. While the series that put them on the map is not continuing anytime soon, fans of the developer still have something to look forward to, as Moon Studios is working on No Rest for the Wicked, an action role-playing now available in early access. The game is powered by some amazing visuals and solid core gameplay that have the potential to be among the best released in recent times.

The Batman: Arkham franchise isn't as dead as we thought, with Warner Bros Games today announcing a new entry in the beloved series.

Horizon: Call of the Mountain game director Alex Barnes has been made redundant by developer Firesprite.

Not to embrace my inner Palpatine and deal in absolutes, but Star Wars Squadrons (PC, XO) going for $2.99 is an absolutely sith hot deal. First of all, it's just a great game. Second of all, it has cross-platform multi, which means you're much more likely to find like-minded pilots to explode. And lastly, (on the platforms that support it) it provides some of the best wish fulfilment VR action one can buy—for two dollars, ninety-nine.

Rise of the Ronin may be a little shy over a month out from its release on PlayStation 5, but that isn’t stopping the action RPG's sales from outpacing its spiritual predecessors, Nioh and Nioh 2.

Blizzard has released a list of known issues for Cataclysm Classic, including UI issues, missing dungeon maps, and problems with pet classes.

Free-to-play third-person competitive arena combat game Star Wars: Hunters will launch for Switch, iOS, and Android on June 4, publisher Zynga and developers NaturalMotion and BossAlien announced.

Simultaneously a stunt-filled action comedy and a return to big-budget romantic comedies, led by two irrepressibly charming actors (Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt), this week’s The Fall Guyis the kind of date-movie summer blockbuster that felt a lot more common just a decade or two ago. The movie follows a stunt man (Gosling) who’s coaxed out of retirement to work on the directorial debut of his ex-girlfriend (Blunt), then gets pulled into a conspiracy that threatens to shut the movie down.

Gear up for a retro ride back in time because World of Tanks Blitz is joining forces with none other than the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles! The World of Tanks Blitz x TMNT crossover will let you chow down on some yummy pizza right before diving into the sewers with the green team. Yes, you’re up against Shredder again, and it’s going to be totally tubular!

Funko Inc. and developer 10:10 Games have announced that 20(!) franchises will be a part of their upcoming Funko Pop-based co-op action game Funko Fusion. They also announced a release date for PC and consoles: September 13. Check out the new gameplay trailer above and a half-dozen screenshots showing off some of the crossover IPs in the gallery below.

We review HeroQuest, the updated version of this classic dungeon crawling classic. Published by Hasbro, this new version of HeroQuest reprints this long sought after grail game.

We know that the Illuminate will join the galactic war in Helldivers 2, but we don't know when or why. However, leakers have just uncovered a shot of an exploding planet, which some claim will be the catalyst for the Illuminate's arrival.