Month: October 2024

Saber Interactive’s highly anticipated Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 launches today for those who paid for the Gold or Ultra edition, and next week for those who bought the standard version. Space Marines 2 supports cross-play, with some limitations, and cross-save options for those who opt in. Here’s how it works.

Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 Cross-Play

A community update by Focus Entertainment details how cross-play works. In a nutshell, full cross-play will be supported on day one for all platforms. Both PC and console players will be able to join one another in a lobby whenever they want to play the campaign or PvE missions. There are some limits to PvP, which should help keep things competitive. Those playing on PC will only be able to play against other PC players, while those on console will only be able to play against other console players. If players want to game with people only on the same platform as them, they can also turn off cross-play at any given moment.

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Matt Smith (House of the Dragon, The Crown) has voiced strong opinions against the use of trigger warnings in entertainment. A trigger warning is used to inform people that what they are about to consume–movies, TV shows, music, books, classes, etc.–may contain content that could prompt a distressing response. In an interview with The Times of London, Smith criticized the practice, arguing that it undermines the integrity of storytelling by pre-emptively warning audiences about potentially upsetting content.”Too much policing of stories and being afraid to bring them out because a climate is a certain way is a shame. I’m not sure I’m on board with trigger warnings,” Smith said. He expressed concern that such warnings could dilute the impact of art, noting, “It’s OK to feel uncomfortable or provoked while looking at a painting or watching a play, but I worry everything’s being dialed and dumbed down. We’re telling audiences they’re going to be scared before they’ve watched something.”Smith, who recently starred in the British horror film Starve Acre, reflected on his own formative experiences watching films like Slither, Basic Instinct, and Friday the 13th at a young age. While he…

Remember Wordle? The daily word puzzle mobile game was a massive hit in 2021 and 2022, dominating Twitter feeds with players’ viral scorecards and inviting the whole world to try to guess the same word of the day, every day. The game grew so big it was eventually purchased by the New York Times and today helps fill out the newspaper’s popular New York Times Games app.I didn’t expect to find Wordle in Star Wars Outlaws, but when it showed up as a hacking minigame, I felt it was a clever reinvention of the puzzle game that many continue to play each day with their morning coffee, during a lunch break, or just before they tuck into bed for the night. Unfortunately, like a lot of open-world games, Outlaws soon ruins its novel idea by cramming it into every corner of its world and missing the point of the game in the first place.

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It was recently reported that a new video game set within the universe of Matt Reeves’ The Batman was potentially in the works, but that is apparently not true. James Gunn, one of the co-heads of DC Studios–AKA someone who would definitely know–debunked the rumor on social media.He said on Threads, “Sadly there is no truth to this whatsoever.”A report from Puck News said there could be a video game based on HBO’s Penguin TV series–which itself is set in The Batman universe–in the works. But the report had basically no information to go on. And now it turns out that it’s not true.While no such game is in the works, DC is indeed making more video games, including Batman: Arkham Shadow for Meta Quest 3 and a new Wonder Woman game from the developers of Shadow of Mordor.As for The Batman franchise, Robert Pattinson is suiting up once again for The Batman II, but it’s not coming anytime soon. Looking to The Penguin, the HBO series starring Colin Farrell is much closer on the horizon. It releases on September 19 and leads directly into The Batman II. The Batman 2 Release Date, Cast, Story, And Everything Else We KnowSee More…

It’s a scientific fact that music controllers can make any game better, and Taiko no Tatsujin: Rhythm Festival might just be the best example. While it was released back in 2022 on Switch, the drum-based rhythm game is making its debut on Xbox Series X|S, PC, and PS5 on November 7 for $50. The Setlist Edition comes with extra song collections and costs $80.Rhythm Festival is colorful blast of fun where you march to the beat of a classic taiko drum. The game features 76 songs from across a wide variety of music–anime, video game tracks, pop tunes, and much more–and the visual design makes it look like an adorable anime with an incredible amount of energy. Speaking of adorable, Banpresto is releasing a 27.6-inch Don Wada Jumbo Plush in January, and you can preorder it now for $27.Where things get cool is with the officially licensed PlayStation and Xbox Taiko Drum Controllers from Hori that’ll launch alongside the game. Priced at $100, it’s a stylish piece of engineering that comes with two taiko drumsticks featuring a Taiko no Tatsujin-themed design. Based on the popular arcade version, the drum controller is equipped with a pressure sensitive pad that covers the face and rim, and…

Preorder The Legend of Zelda: The Complete Series on DVD $13.59 See at Amazon Preorder at Walmart Preorder at Target The Legend of Zelda’s live-action movie adaptation isn’t releasing anytime soon, but at least the cartoon series is being reprinted on DVD. Yes, we were surprised to stumble upon this, too, but the complete 13-episode run will be available on a shiny, unscratched disc on October 22. You can preorder The L…