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Of course, anyone who has been tuned into the Tomodachi Life community for over a decade could have told you it would be a big deal. The series’ original game was a cult phenomenon that ranks high among the best-selling Nintendo 3DS games, with over 6.7 million copies sold. Fans waited 13 long years (eat your heart out, Star Fox) for the follow-up that felt like they’d never get. All that pent-up excitement finally spilled out into Living the Dream when it launched on April 16, ultimately sellin

Anime is an art form that can be enjoyed without getting overcomplicated: You can feel the energy rush from Dragon Ball without pondering its immense global cultural impact. Naruto is equally good if you consider its profound anti-war message, or you just enjoy some ninja battles. Chainsaw Man is a beautiful character study as much as it is a gore-filled splatter extravaganza. The same can be said about My Hero Academia, one of the best shonen in recent years that delivers the classic action bea

The wonderful thing about an anthology show is that you don’t have to start at the beginning. You don't need to watch the first season of Netflix's Beef to enjoy season 2 (although season 1 is way better), and you don't need to be caught up on American Horror story if the premise of a new season piques your interest. With a few minor exceptions, you can watch pretty much any episode of The Twilight Zone or Black Mirror without missing a beat.

When it was time to pass the torch to the next generation, Kishimoto conceived the character of Boruto in 2013 to evoke thematic parallels and differences with Naruto. Boruto has made several appearances in the primary manga, anime, and tie-in theatrical releases, like 2015’s Boruto: Naruto the Movie. When Shueisha approached Kishimoto for a Boruto manga sequel, he recommended his former assistant, Mikio Ikemoto, as the illustrator instead. Ukyō Kodachi, who penned Boruto: Naruto the Movie, took

According to CEO Sam Reich, that rush of innovations wasn’t deliberately planned as a wave.

The thing that Vileborndesigner Claudio Pustorino admires the most about ‘90s video games is their limitations. Genre-defining 32-bit classics like Final Fantasy 7, Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, and Metal Gear Solidmade the most of the PlayStation's capabilities by cramming as much content as they could into CD jewel cases. Pustorino wondered if he could channel the spirit of those games into a tabletop RPG by giving himself similar restrictions.

Last winter was absolutely stacked when it came to anime, with new seasons of Jujutsu Kaisen and Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End dominating the conversation, but among those titans, Sentenced to Be a Hero proved to be the surprise hit of the season. The dark fantasy series reduces the idea of revolution to its basest form, centering on a band of conscripted "heroes" sentenced to perpetual violence in the name of salvation. There is no uprising, no ideological rapture but an endless system of war,

PlayStation is taking cues from Steam and testing a new feature that will let players see player counts for PS5 games every week. As that statistic drives toxic gaming discourse, and discoverability on the PlayStation Store is already rough, this feature could do more harm than good.

When I think back to the very early days of the Pokémon Trading Card Game, I have fond memories of that chubby Pikachu with short ears, standing expressionless in a dull forest with, for some odd reason, a big splash of purple in the background. Another version of that same chubster just looks like Pikachu had been cut and pasted into a generic patch of grass and weeds in the forest. All that is to say that the art used to be pretty bad in this game. But over the last 30 years, the Pokémon Compa

What do empty malls, abandoned grocery stores, parking lots, laundry rooms late at night, and houses filled with endless rooms within rooms all have in common? These are all examples of liminal spaces: a place that feels disquieting, out-of-time, or eerie for reasons that cannot be placed. Once bustling with people, these spaces are now abandoned, void of noise and life, resulting in a downright spooky atmosphere.

Keeping this wide variety in mind, here are 10 perfect (the term is relative, of course, tempered by individual expectations) sci-fi anime that have appeared on the big screen in the past five years.

So you want to be a virtual bus driver, eh? Well, kid, this job ain't for the weak. Your Mario Kart experience won't help you here, because now you're behind the wheel of a real vehicle. There are road rules to obey, passengers to pick up, a strict timetable to adhere to… this is one of the toughest jobs in the world. Do you have what it takes, chump?

Creators have ruminated on the futility of human conflict in everything from Gundam to the more SFF blend of Mazinger Z. Neon Genesis Evangelion famously delved into the psychological trauma connected to the piloting of biomechanical robots, while Patlabor found a more mundane utility for automated mechs.

Yuji Horii, the creator of Square Enix's RPG franchise Dragon Quest, just accidentally revealed when fans will learn more about the next games in the series.

Within the first few days of my Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream playthrough, a shop on my island was stocked with buchimgae, a Korean savory pancake dish, filled with vegetables or other goodies. "Woah, there's Korean food in this game. Neat!" I thought. But I didn't realize how much there would be.

For anyone who’s been following Nicolas Winding Refn for the past three decades, he can be an … acquired taste. The Danish auteur possesses an abundance of style, but over the years, his work has veered from more straightforward crime thrillers (the Pusher trilogy, Drive) to genre-bending projects that move at a snail’s pace. (His 13-hour Prime Video miniseries, Too Old to Die Young, is incredible if you have the patience for it.) But if you want something that lands in a satisfying middle betwe

A new report suggests that Greg Mottola, the director of Superbad, could direct a film for James Gunn's DC Studios.

The 2012 Phantom Blood anime is also just one of two entries in the sprawling JoJo saga to predate the introduction of Stands (the physical manifestation of a person’s fighting spirit, which is now a core battle mechanic in the franchise). The other is Battle Tendency, which takes several huge leaps in style and tone to expand the delightfully bizarre tale fans know and love today.

Reggie Fils-Aimé has been at it again. The big bruiser of an executive was boss of Nintendo of America from 2006 to 2019, and became the unlikely face of Nintendo for a spell thanks to his prowling, confident, meme-ready presentations at E3. Now retired, he loves to dine out on anecdotes about his successes there — and this week, he's been bragging about the time he showed Amazon the door.

Double Fine, the Xbox-owned studio behind Psychonauts 2, Kiln, and Keeper, is unionizing. This unionization process comes just a couple of months after Asha Sharma took over as the new CEO of Xbox, suggesting that more Xbox workers are looking for protections in the face of some major shifts in strategy.