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Stardew Valley creator reveals the farming sim is "thriving more than ever" and has sold 30 million copies. 

Surpise-hit indie Animal Well was released late last week and already seems to have trapped a sizable number of players with its gorgeous pixel aesthetic and world full of secrets to uncover. Despite being a single player game, one particular secret puzzle will supposedly require 50 players working in concert to solve. Warning: vague spoilers for a post-game Animal Well secret puzzle to follow!

Love crossword puzzles but don’t have all day to sit and solve a full-sized puzzle in your daily newspaper? That’s what The Mini is for!

The director, producer, and composer of Square Enix's beloved Nier series have teamed up for a new project, but are refusing to say whether it's a Nier game or not.

An online concert to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Earthbound will be held in June.

May is finally here, and with it comes a slate of some of the year’s most anticipated movie premieres. Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, I Saw The TV Glow, and Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes are this month’s must-see theatrical releases, but if you’re looking for the best movies new to streaming on Netflix, Hulu, Max, and more this May, you’ve come to the right place.

Samsung announced two new video games for its TVs at the IAB NewFronts 2024 event that won’t require a controller to be played.

The first trailer for M. Night Shyamalan's Trap is here – and it looks like a wild ride.

M. Night Shyamalan has long been known for his twists, but those twists are normally reserved for the ends of his movies, not the trailers. But it seems like he’s branching out into unexplored territory with his new thriller Trap, which has a first trailer that feels worthy of the Shyamalan name.

Using the best build for Aventurine in and inserting him into a proper team comp can significantly improve his performance as a shielder and even enhance his damage output, as he is an aggressive support unit. Initially introduced as an NPC in Penacony with Version 2.0, Aventurine became a playable character with Version 2.1. In battle, he uses Imaginary DMG and follows the Path of the Preservation. His specialty is protecting allies from harm with a unique shielding mechanic, but he stands out when compared to the likes of Gepard or Fu Xuan in .

This week's shutdown of Ubisoft racing game The Crew has prompted the launch of a concerted effort to mount political and legal challenges to the increasingly common occurence of games you've bought becoming unplayable.

One of the most iconic parts of Stardew Valley is the absolutely stellar soundtrack, composed by developer Eric “ConcernedApe” Barone himself. It’s so well known that there’s currently a live concert tour going on, with many performances selling out in mere minutes. If you’re a Stardew Valley fan, chances are you have a favorite track.

Whenever Madonna sings the 1980s hit “La Isla Bonita” on her concert tour, moving images of swirling, sunset-tinted clouds play on the giant arena screens behind her.

Just a few days after potentially teasing a new game in the series, Nier Automata's director has followed up with another odd teaser.

Nier's series director has potentially teased a third game in the action-RPG saga.

The Nier community is currently aflutter after what some are taking to be a tease for Nier 3.

Game director Yoko Taro may have just teased a new Nier game, as fans say that the ongoing Nier music concert is heavily hinting at a sequel announcement. One attendee even says that Taro himself took to the stage at the London show, telling fans to cheer if they want Nier 3.

Over the last few years, Fortnite has played host to a swathe of musicians, from rappers like Eminem to pop stars like Ariana Grande and the rockers of Weezer. These artists, as well as the likes of Marshmello and Travis Scott, have appeared either in the game’s soundtrack or as hosts of virtual concerts; in what could easily turn into a Black Mirror episode should theiravatars abruptly decide they want out.

Disco Elysium developer ZA/UM has gone through a few hardships in recent years, whether that be legal disputes, ownership struggles, crunch culture, or any other potential problems that have been getting in the way of the people on the ground making good games. Unfortunately, the struggles keep coming for ZA/UM, as it's been reported that the studio is going to make 24 employees redundant.

Disco Elysium developer ZA/UM has reportedly cancelled a standalone expansion for the game, leaving several staff members at risk of losing their jobs.

Have you ever wanted to listen to the music of The Legend of Zelda live? Well, consider your wish granted. Nintendo has dropped the VOD for The Legend of Zelda Orchestra Concert onto their YouTube after canceling the originally Tokyo-exclusive performance at Nintendo Live 2024 TOKYO.

Stop the presses, stop making sense: the best concert film of all time is coming home now remastered and on 4K Blu-ray. Which is already pretty great, considering some’a you people just about missed Stop Making Sense when it was rereleased in theaters last year. But it gets even better: The A24 rerelease is coming to home theaters with an extended cut from footage once thought lost.

Fans of Zelda music, take note, because Nintendo is bringing The Legend of Zelda Orchestra Concert online. The full pre-recorded performance will be available to stream for free via Nintendo’s YouTube channel on February 9. 

Nintendo has announced that it will stream full pre-recorded concerts for The Legend of Zelda series and its Splatoon franchise next month. Both concerts were set to be a part of Nintendo Live events in December of last year and this month, too, in Tokyo, Japan, but these events were canceled over safety concerns, as reported by VideoGamesChronicle. Now, everyone will be able to watch these concerts when they hit the official Nintendo YouTube channel next month. 

Nintendo has revealed they are releasing two of their big concerts for fans to watch for free, on YouTube.

Nintendo will host a special The Legend of Zelda Orchestra Concert on February 9 at 5:00 a.m. PT / 8:00 a.m. ET, the company announced. You will be able to watch it on YouTube.

Kenichi Hashimoto, producer of the upcoming Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Trilogy, opened up about the series' history in a recent interview. 

Nintendo platforms have now dominated the Japanese sales charts for 19 consecutive years, according to newly published data.

It's hard to believe it now, but Dylan "TheBoyDilly" Johnson – CEO and founder of the wildly successful Good Gamers – didn't ever plan to be a game developer.

The rumour mill is churning once again. This time it's surrounding the return of Travis Scott in Fortnite, following his long absence away from the game for legal reasons.

The big festivals in Story of Seasons: A Wonderful happen every so often as you play through the game. Unlike other farming simulators, such as Stardew Valley, these festivals do not have notable dates and times within the game. They don’t happen at specific times, but these are important events that you do not want to miss in the game.

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Every few years, a new action movie recalibrates expectations for the genre. It happened in 2011 with The Raid: Redemption, it happened in 2014 with John Wick, and it’s about to happen again with Mayhem!, the new revenge thriller from many of the people behind the brilliant first season of Gangs of London.

Have you heard? 2023 was the year concert films saved cinema — or at least boosted movie theaters. Normally, it would be difficult to wrangle up enough notable entries to warrant an end-of-year concert movie ranking, but not this year. This year, the concert film ruled. Taylor Swift and Beyoncé sidestepped Hollywood to work directly with theaters for the distributions of their respective box-office champions. Culture-shifting global superstars BTS managed to make waves in theaters, despite being on group hiatus for all of 2023. And Hollywood indie darling A24 re-released 1984’s Stop Making Sense, widely considered to be one of the best concert films of all time.

Inside the wood-panelled auditorium of one of Tokyo's most prestigious concert halls, 24-year-old Kiwa Usami presses just one index finger to the piano and summons the colossal swells of Beethoven's Ode to Joy, accompanied by an orchestra and choir.

Elden Ring’s very Soulslike OST will be performed live in the UK for the first time next April, as a “Symphonic Adventure” concert based on the game’s score heads to London’s Royal Albert Hall.

Festival season has long ended, but that didn't stop more than 800,000 from snagging passes to see The Weeknd headline yet another show. Except neither he nor his fans were physically together. The concert was held virtually, in Epic Games Inc.'s Fortnite, with the singer's avatar taking the stage, representing the latest in a growing list of virtual concerts.

Have you got your tickets? TheSoul Publishing has teamed up with gaming giant Kokku to bring us a virtual concert experience in Roblox. Starting today, you can attend the week-long Roblox Polar Concert and step into the world where gaming meets music.

If you still think of Fortnite as a colorful, cartoony battle royale game, you might be surprised to learn the extent of Epic’s true ambitions.

Nintendo has cancelled the Nintendo Live Tokyo 2024 event planned to run in January due to safety fears, following threats to staff and visitors.

Fortnite has evolved from a tower-defense survival game to the world’s most popular battle royale, virtual concert host, and developer playground. Now Epic Games is introducing a new title into the groundbreaking Fortnite ecosystem: LEGO Fortnite.

The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, after months of leaks, rumours, and speculation, are finally coming to Fortnite. Each Turtle has their own skin, meaning we've got Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael, and Donatello getting ready to drop from the Battle Bus. Good time to get your friends together for a squad, eh?

It’s pretty common to see long, elaborate videos show up in your YouTube recommendations — I’ve found myself watching multi-hour takedowns of obscure foreign series I’ve never watched before. One particular video, clocking in at just under four hours, has taken off on the platform, and is a hot topic of discussion on social media. Plagiarism and You(Tube), by Harry ‘Hbomberguy’ Brewis, digs into several important topics: reaction content, AI-generated media summaries, and of course, plagiarism.

Like many people, I became aware of Beyoncé as a director in 2016, when she released an hourlong video experience for Lemonade, labeled a “visual album.” It wasn’t her first visual album: She’d released one for 2013’s Beyoncé. And she wasn’t the only director on Lemonade: Six fellow directors worked with her. But still, it made an impression on me.Lemonade is a short film of unprecedented ambition, supported by a level of resources Black woman creators rarely get to access. It’s a poetic fever dream, both a broader story about Black women’s strength, suffering, joy, and healing in the United States, and an intimate portrayal of Beyoncé’s personal pain. When the final shot faded out, I turned to my sister and said, “That is one of the best movies I’ve seen all year.”

The world of Fortnite is expanding this week into some new realms. Lego Fortnite, Rocket Racing, and Fortnite Festival are three new experiences (games) coming to Fortnite throughout the week.

On Saturday night, Kiss closed out the final performance of their “The End of the Road” farewell tour at New York City's famed Madison Square Garden. But as dedicated fans surely know — they were never going to call it quits. Not really. During their encore, the band's current lineup — founders Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons as well as guitarist Tommy Thayer and drummer Eric Singer — left the stage to reveal digital avatars of themselves. After the transformation, the virtual Kiss launched into a performance of “God Gave Rock and Roll to You.”

The Fortnite team has confirmed that Fortnite OG and the original map will be returning in 2024 as the "OG season far exceeded our expectations."

Fortnite's Big Bang event has confirmed the long-standing rumours of crossovers with Lego and Rocket League, as well as having a musical segment that looked a lot like a more basic version of Guitar Hero.

By Andrew Webster, an entertainment editor covering streaming, virtual worlds, and every single Pokémon video game. Andrew joined The Verge in 2012, writing over 4,000 stories.

The Fortnite Big Bang event has taken place now and Eminem's appearance has brought about some major changes to everyone's favourite battle royale. This wasn't any normal concert!

There are many good reasons to opt for a tailor-made PC over a pre-built model, and you don’t have to be a tech expert to appreciate them. Firstly there’s cost—you’re free to pick and choose the best value components across the whole market. Self-assembly doesn’t just save you even more money, but gives you valuable insight into how things work under the hood.

One of the appeals of Stardew Valley is its chill soundtrack. Accompanying players while they farm crops, talk to neighbors, and go exploring, the musical score is such an integral part of the game that a Festival of Seasons tour was announced last month. However, demand has been so high that the developer has added in more dates.

Stardew Valley fans were excited when creator Concerned Ape announced Festival of Seasons, the first-ever live concert tour featuring music from the game. The Festival of Seasons tour will bring live orchestra performances from Stardew Valley’s soundtrack to several cities around the world, offering fans another exciting way to engage with the cozy gaming sensation.

Although we already know about the Stardew Valley Festival of Seasons concert, the developer ConcernedApe expanded to more concert tour dates and locations due to high demand.

Taylor Swift has already conquered stadiums and movie theaters in 2023, and now we know she’ll be rounding out the year with video on demand. The pop star announced on Monday that she will release the VOD rental version of her Eras Tour movie on Dec. 13, her birthday.

Today, Epic Games gave Fortnite players a taste of what’s to come when Fortnite OG ends with The Big Bang Event. A short clip has been posted online showing the rocket currently awaiting launch on the map, soaring through the sky with an active time machine.

Fortnite fans have noticed that Eminem's infamously fast rapping abilities are seemingly too much for some of the game's audio-reactive skins to handle, as it appears to be breaking them.

Every few seasons, Fortnite runs a live event that bridges the gap between the end of the current offering, and the next season . Players load into a dedicated experience, in squads of up to four, and take part in shared objectives, large-scale spectacles, and sometimes musical experiences. In the past, we've controlled giant mechas, flown around a black hole, and platformed as the map collapsed around us. Downtime follows the end of live events, so make sure to jump in before it's gone.

After leaks surfaced earlier this week of a potential Eminem live in-game show event in Fortnite, Epic pulled back the curtain to reveal the legendary rapper is joining the likes of Travis Scott and Ariana Grande as real-life performers who have graced the island. Like with previous events, this Eminem concert comes with some skins for players to buy based on the rapper, though there seems to be a bit more pushback this time around, as the Eminem event features a total of three separate skins.

Although Fortnite OG has been incredibly fun to experience these past few weeks, there’s even more exciting events on the horizon. A new Fortnite concert is on its way, this time with Eminem as the star, but when is it?

Following Epic's recent teases and the announcement of the Big Bang event, a reliable Fortnite insider has claimed that Chapter 5 will be the biggest update that the game "has ever had and will ever have".

No, this isn’t the start of our world, it’s the start of theirs. Epic Games has revealed that the next long-awaited event in Fortnite is taking place soon. Here’s what we know about the Fortnite Big Bang event.

Epic Games has promised an "unforgettable" Big Bang event will take place in Fortnite on December 2, probably starring Eminem.

The Genshin Concert came to Los Angeles on Sunday night, attracting thousands of Teyvat’s fans from all over. Online gaming communities can have a bit of a reputation for being toxic, and Genshin Impact’s is no exception. In person, though, that shadowy cloud of internet hostility didn’t hang over the theater as we congregated around our favorite game and an orchestrated celebration of its music.

Marshall Never More is a skin coming to Fortnite alongside The Big Bang Event and Eminem collaboration. In addition to the new skin, players can unlock the exclusive Marshall Magma Style that won’t be around forever, one that will set them apart from other Fortnite fans.

Fortnite OG is coming to a close with The Big Bang Event. This moment in Fortnite history is set to be the biggest players have ever seen and will include various franchise crossovers and a collaboration with one of the biggest artists on the planet, Eminem.

After tons of backlash from angry fans asking for refunds, Epic Games has admitted that its latest age-restricting Fortnite update "didn't hit the mark" and revealed some of its plans to make things better.

The internet's honeymoon phase with NFTs has long since passed—we probably won't see them widespread in games any time soon—owing to a decline in anyone really caring about them. 

In an interview with Bloomberg, Warcraft General Manager John Hight and Executive Producer Holly Longdale expanded on their plans to create and release faster World of Warcraft expansions throughout Worldsoul Saga, standing up additional teams to work on two expansions at the same time while another continues to deliver new live content. Check the full interview on Bloomberg

In Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, developer Massive Entertainment will transport us to the incredible world of James Cameron’s sci-fi blockbusters. But, unlike the studio’s previous Division games, Frontiers of Pandora is played in first-person. This is something that… well, a lot of you have issues with.

Concert tickets are more expensive than ever. Inflation, Ticketmaster’s monopolistic practices, and increased demand after COVID-related touring delays have coincided to create a perfect storm of ticket-buying agony. Tours were never accessible to everyone: Geography, economics, health and safety concerns, and physical or mental ability make stadium and arena concerts — held only in major metropolitan areas, and only in certain countries — infeasible and/or unaffordable for large swaths of global pop music fandom. As fandom’s role as a source of identity and community becomes more precious, and more people than ever want to see certain concerts, the barriers to attending live shows are rising — so it’s no wonder that concert films are finding expansive new footing.

Nostalgia is a hell of a drug. Following the release of the 'Fortnite OG' update, Epic Games' battle royale broke its single day player record with over 44 million players this past weekend.

Bored Ape Yacht Club company Yuga Labs says it is «aware of the eye-related issues» suffered by attendees of the ApeFest Hong Event that took place over the weekend, and is encouraging people experiencing symptoms «to seek medical attention just in case.»

A new tour celebrating the «most iconic video game music» will kick off in May next year.

Fortnite has broken yet another one of its records by reaching a massively higher player count than ever before. Millions of players around the world have picked up the pickaxe once again, thanks to the launch of a new season.

Taylor Lautner just invented a new category of acrobatic move: The nervous backflip, which he has performed, specifically, at more than one Taylor Swift event.

Last week, LE SSERAFIM released their latest hit single, Perfect Night. This song celebrates a night out with friends. The music video features all-new animation of fan-favorite Overwatch 2 heroes as they race their way to see LE SSERAFIM in concert. Now, the festivities continue in Overwatch 2, bringing new collectible skins and a limited-time game mode, Concert Clash!

If listening to the Baldur’s Gate 3 soundtrack live interests you, you should check out this Game Music Festival concert happening in 2024.

If you're looking for new ways to scratch your Baldur's Gate 3 itch, and can get to London somehow next May, then the recently announced Symphony of the Realms concert is worth knowing about. The game's soundtrack, composed by Borislav Slavov will, for the first time be performed live in concert at the Southbank Centre's Royal Festival Hall, London, on May 4, 2024.

Where's the ideal place to play MTG? A picnic bench outside? Too windy. A dimly lit basement? Too drafty. A death metal moshpit? Perfect.