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Paradox Interactive has announced that its upcoming Star Trek RTS, Star Trek: Infinite, will be releasing for PC and MacOS on October 12. 

Greetings, PlayStation Stars members! With the arrival of September, a fresh wave of campaigns and collectibles is upon us. Get ready to conquer new challenges, earn rewards, and expand your digital collectibles to refresh your display case. Stay connected throughout the month on PlayStation App for more. 

A rare comet will pass Earth in September and it is one of the rarest cosmic events that can be seen with the naked eye. Viewers who like to capture such events can watch Comet Nishimura pass on the northeastern horizon on September 12. The comet was discovered last month. Now, it will be seen passing our planet and we can catch a glimpse of this rare comet which will not be seen again for the next 400 years. Know more about the comet here.

We're thrilled to announce the return of GamesBeat Next, hosted in San Francisco this October, where we will explore the theme of «Playing the Edge.» Apply to speak here and learn more about sponsorship opportunities here. At the event, we will also announce 25 top game startups as the 2024 Game Changers. Apply or nominate today!

As someone who used to watch the Dungeons & Dragons cartoon before school every morning, I was delighted to see the first animated short for Baldur's Gate 3, which aired as part of the PC Gaming Show 2023 back in June. Now it's got a sequel of sorts. Mashed, the premiere source of videogame parody cartoons, has made a new video starring the intrepid heroes of Baldur's Gate 3.

Opinions on Starfield are all over the place, but two criticisms are pretty widely shared: One, the maps aren't very good, and two, it's a bit disappointing that there aren't any ground vehicles to explore planets with.

Back in 2017, Buzzfeed artist Adam Ellis was haunted by the ghost of a dead child named David. And, being 2017, he did what anyone working in online media would: he started tweeting about it. Over the course of several days, and one Buzzfeed article, Ellis documented his haunting and the terror it was causing, and it took the internet by storm. Now, more than six years later, that thread has been turned into its very own horror movie called Dear David.

Blizzard has released full Patch notes for the first build of Dragonflight Patch 10.2: Guardians of the Dream, highlighting the new zone, world boss, raid, and a huge list of class changes!

Blizzard has posted class tuning for the first Patch 10.2 PTR build which includes a massive nerf to Mass Dispel and a small nerf to Power Infusion.

Galactic Season 5 begins in Star Wars: The Old Republic with the arrival of update 7.3.1. The new season features a few big changes, and the update also brings map improvements, balance changes, fixes, and Ahsoka and Thrawn-inspired armor sets.

Madden has a bug problem, and despite a patch that addressed several stability issues in late August and another that released on September 1st, there’s still a lot wrong with EA’s football sim – and some of it stems from last year’s release.

The 4X grand strategy game Star Trek: Infinite will release for PC and Mac on 12th October 2023, Paradox and developer Nimble Giant Entertainment have announced.

Every nerd who lived through the 1990s has got a favourite Star Trek series. For me it’s the more morally ambiguous story arcs of Deep Space Nine, for others it could be the strong female leads of Voyager, but for most it will surely be The Next Generation. This was Star Trek’s return to TV screens in the late 80s, defining the look, feel and storytelling style of the decade of television that followed it, and with plenty of iconic episodes and moments. Whichever show you prefer, Star Trek: Infinite more than caters to 90s Trekkies.

Mortal Kombat 1 is gearing up to be a bit of a celebrity fest — what with the likes of JK Simmons, John Cena, and Megan Fox all putting in an appearance — but perhaps its most perfect addition is 80s action star Jean-Claude Van Damme, cameoing as Johnny Cage, whose in-game likeness has now debuted online courtesy of series co-creator Ed Boon and a bunch of chicken wings.

Starfield has only officially been out for a couple of days, but fans have used the early access period to recreate some of the most famous spaceships from movies, TV shows, and other video games. They’re incredibly detailed and faithful to the originals; genuinely impressive feats for a game that hasn’t been out very long yet.

There might not ever be another season of The OA, but creative team Brit Marling and Zal Batmanglij return with an all-new mystery: A Murder at the End of the World. This one just happens to take place in a remote and very cold outpost, where Darby, a young hacker and budding detective, and eight other guests are invited by a reclusive billionaire. And, as is the case with many fictional parties hosted by eccentric billionaires, someone is murdered — and it’s up to Darby to find the killer before they strike again.

Seagate has released its Starfield Xbox Game drive but your Xbox Series X|S won't be able to play Bethesda's game from it.

There aren’t enough horror movies about Thanksgiving. Sure, there’s ThanksKilling — the movie about the killer turkey — but that’s just not enough when Christmas has so many. Thankfully, Eli Roth is here with Thanksgiving, a slasher that’s technically been 16 years in the making.

Do you have the fastest kill rate as you zip past the front lines? Are you an expert at charging your enemies? Do you master the skies with your Guardian Angel skills? Prove and enhance your skills as you take on the new Hero Mastery mode in Overwatch 2!

In 2016, Paradox released Stellaris, its first space-based 4X grand strategy game. It allowed players to take on the role of an upstart interstellar empire, establish colonies, manage their government, forge alliances, and crush their enemies. The game’s galaxy was vast and robust, but, as Polygon’s own Charlie Hall pointed out in his initial review, it was also fairly generic, a weakness that the modding community has sought to rectify by applying the aesthetics and history of their own favorite space operas overtop of it, such as Star Wars, Mass Effect, and of course, Star Trek. Not to be outdone, Paradox and developer Nimble Giant have been creating an officially licensed Star Trek 4X game, Star Trek: Infinite. Paradox offered me the opportunity to preview the game over Labor Day weekend, and those four days melted away.

Starfield starts with the player acquiring a new spaceship and taking off to explore the stars. There are ways to begin with some real estate — you can start with a home and lots of debt, or go and visit their parents in New Atlantis — but most players just have their ship and a place to crash with the explorers’ society Constellation. As the game opens up, you can then build your own outposts — and some locales are more stunning than others.

Even with Dune: Part Two postponed to 2024, fall 2023 is full of major movie releases, from franchise projects like the Marvel Cinematic Universe installment The Marvels to a new Hunger Games movie, a new Godzilla movie, and the long-awaited Chicken Run sequel Dawn of the Nugget. But as usual, the biggest films of fall are largely tied to existing IP or familiar stories, whether it’s series installments (Saw X, The Nun II, new Equalizer and Expendables movies), biopics and other based-on-real-life movies (Priscilla, Ferrari, Napoleon), or book adaptations (The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, Poor Things, the film adaptation of the Broadway adaptation of Alice Walker’s The Color Purple). Film buffs frequently look at this kind of lineup and grouse, “Where are the original stories?”

Overwatch 2 hit PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, and PC last October and with the one year anniversary coming soon, Blizzard has announced its plans around the celebration. It will feature returning event game modes, new challenges, returning skins, and a brand new game mode called Hero Mastery. 

After almost two years, Priyanka Chopra returned to the silver screen. The last time we saw her in a movie was in 2021 when she played the role of an exile program called Sati in The Matrix Resurrections. But this time, she is back in a starring role in the movie Love Again. The Hollywood production is a romantic comedy-drama that captures the essence of falling back in love. The film made its theatrical release earlier this year, and now it is all set to make its digital debut. If you are in the mood for a romcom with a dash of drama and emotion, then this movie will be right up your alley. Find out when and where to watch Love Again OTT release online.

When you pick up your first weapon in Starfield, the game doesn’t tell you how to holster it so you don’t accidentally shoot some poor unsuspecting NPC or waste some precious ammo. Sometimes, it’s best to put your gun away so no one can see it, too.

Alright, I guess the marketing people win this one. I know it's one hundred per cent about getting people to talk about both Starfield and the various people involved in building it, but I am so obsessed with this custom gaming PC. Modelled after the consoles in your Starfield star ship, this rig is a stunner.

Electronic Arts plans to significantly increase its focus on a handful of its biggest online franchises over the coming years.

Star Wars fans have been speculating for a while about just who (and what) Ahsoka villain Baylan Skoll really is. This has only been heightened by Ahsoka episode 4, where he discusses his past with Ahsoka Tano, referencing his time training alongside a certain someone…

Starfield has exceeded 1 million concurrent players across all platforms within 24 hours of launch.

We know now when Gen V takes place in The Boys timeline – and it could have major repercussions going into season 4. 

We get it, you’ve picked up everything that wasn’t bolted to the floor and you can’t bear to part ways with it.

Starfield left its early access period yesterday (September 6), and managed to quickly surpass a whopping one million players across all platforms, Xbox boss Phil Spencer has confirmed.

Released all the way back in Genshin Impact Version 2.2, the Polar Star is Childe’s signature weapon. In fact, when you do Childe’s Story Quest, he uses the Polar Star during his trial run. This Bow works best for Main and Sub-DPS characters who rely on their Elemental Skill and/or Elemental Burst. Overall, this is one of the most versatile Bows in Genshin Impact and works well for a majority of the Bow characters, especially as an alternative to the signature weapons. Ganyu, Venti, Yelan, and Tighnari can all take full advantage of the Polar Star.

The latest board game from the Wingspan and Scythe publisher has just been revealed, and it's every bit as left-field - it stars space bees.

Warning: The following contains spoilers for Ahsoka episode 4 ! Turn back now if you're not up to date! 

There's a quote from Douglas Adams' sci-fi classic Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy—when describing the presence of the Galactic Hyperspace Planning Council's ships, he wrote: «Motionless they hung, huge, heavy, steady in the sky, a blasphemy against nature. Many people went straight into shock as their minds tried to encompass what they were looking at. The ships hung in the sky in much the same way that bricks don't.»

Over the past few years, there have been several Bollywood films and shows showcasing the glamour and the underworld era of Mumbai, with Once Upon A Time In Mumbai, and Sacred Games just to name a few. Now, another web series based on similar themes is set to debut soon. Named Bambai Meri Jaan, the web series stars Kay Kay Menon in one of the lead roles, who has recently been seen on several OTT shows such as Farzi, Special Ops, Special Ops 1.5, and more.

Electronic Arts CEO Andrew Wilson has hinted at new secret projects in development at Respawn Entertainment. 

Richard Linklater is adamant that paid assassins don't really exist, but the Hit Man filmmaker understands the fascination with contract killers and why Venice Film Festival saw four movies about them debuted on the Lido this year. He thinks our obsession taps into our darker desires…

The latest MTG set, Wilds of Eldraine, just received the quintessential anime trailer.

Warning: The following contains spoilers for Ahsoka episode 4 ! Turn back now if you're not up to date on the Star Wars show! 

Respawn Entertainment, developer of Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, Titanfall and Apex Legends, among others, is working on some exciting new projects, according to Electronic Arts CEO Andrew Wilson.

Between Ghost-types and dressing Pikachu up as a pumpkin in as many ways as it can possibly think of, Halloween might well be the holiday The Pokemon Company celebrates more than any other. Since 2023's spooky season is right around the corner, or already here if you're a true Halloween fan, Pokemon has now revealed the new products fans can buy to celebrate October 31 in true Pokemon style.

Phantasy Star Online 2 New Genesis is welcoming autumn and giving a peek at what September has in store for the game. Expect seasonal events, limited time quests, new scratch tickets, and festive decor.  

Just a few days after being announced by ubiquitous YouTube presence Mr. Beast, the high-profile «Creator League» esports series has collapsed in a swirl of confusion and anger about its use of blockchain technology and accusations that the whole thing was in fact an NFT launch.

Star Wars Jedi: Surivor patch 7 is out now across PS5, Xbox Series X|S and PC, with a real focus placed on optimisation for the two console platforms. In particular, there’s an improved performance mode on console that ditches ray-tracing in order to hit 60 FPS.

Baldur's Gate 3 is out on PlayStation 5 today, finally giving console owners a chance to see what the fuss is all about with Larian Studios' critically-acclaimed RPG. Many are eager to play with their friends on PC, but Baldur's Gate 3 does not currently support crossplay... at least not right now.

The battle gets even more intense with the addition of Tekken characters in Brawlhalla. Now available in the game’s store, you can pick each of the characters up for 300 Mammoth Coins.

A new Alan Wake 2 gameplay trailer is here with 11 minutes of footage, and although I'm sure it's crammed with references and callbacks to older Remedy games, what I'm most hyped about is that it confirms Ahti from Control is back and still singing his lovely Finnish music.

Matt Mercer, Critical Role’s many-talented Dungeon Master, has a starring role in Starfield, the latest role-playing game from Bethesda Softworks. The announcement was made Wednesday on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter.

Most of us are spending our first days of Starfield seeing the sights in space and enjoying the sandbox of it all. But speedrunning never sleeps, so folks who are well-practiced at breaking Bethesda games are of course completing it quicker than you'll believe. Speedrunner SupaScared already has a playthrough on Starfield New Game+ down to a surprisingly efficient 50 minutes.

Electronic Arts is already one of the largest publishers in the world, but EA CEO Andrew Wilson believes the company still has the potential for start-up-like growth ahead of it.

The first trailer for The Bikeriders, written and directed by Jeff Nichols has arrived.

Electronic Arts CEO Andrew Wilson has teased exciting unannounced projects currently in development at Respawn.

Blizzard has teased that a new Legendary is coming in Patch 10.2, Guardians of the Dream! Who could it be for? A new Legendary is coming in Patch 10.2!

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Earth, Mars, Luna, and more familiar celestial bodies are present in Starfield and can be freely explored. That said, Earth isn’t in the same state as we know it today, as only a few of humanity’s greatest monuments have stood the test of time.

Geralt of Rivia is back, but this time it’s the version from CD Projekt Red’s video games, not the one from the Netflix show — and he’s starring in a new comic from Dark Horse. The new comic is called The Witcher: Wild Animals, and it’s set for a four-issue run starting on Sept. 20.

Four classic Nintendo games are now available on Nintendo Switch Online, expanding the evergrowing library. 

Sea of Stars developers Sabotage Studio have confirmed that they’re already working on DLC for their warmly-received love letter to classic RPGs, along with their next standalone game. Helping them along the way is Sea of Stars’ fantastic reception, which has seen the game sell a year’s worth of copies in just one week.

miHoYo’s Honkai: Star Rail received its latest update on August 30th, but some content, like the latest Simulated Universe experience, faced a short delay. The latter is now available and introduces The Swarm Disaster, an entirely different branch with its own rules and mechanics. Check out the latest Keeping Up With Star Rail to learn more.

Publisher Tilting Point has revealed Cypher 007, a new top-down action game starring James Bond, coming to Apple Arcade on iOS devices later this month. It launches on September 29 and takes players into «The Mind Trap.» 

The Hunger Games movies turned Jennifer Lawrence into a certified A-lister and ended Hollywood’s YA adaptation boom with a grace note to the tune of $3 billion worldwide. But in spite of immediate whispers that Lionsgate would quickly turn to spinoffs or reboots to keep Hunger Games fans well fed, longtime franchise producer Nina Jacobson says that was never really a possibility; if there was going to be another movie, Hunger Games author Suzanne Collins would have to write the novel for one.

The Starfield Trade Authority will prove a useful ally to you and your crew throughout your intergalactic adventures.

Nintendo has revealed the latest batch of games to come to Nintendo Switch Online, and to say they are a motley crew is an understatement.

Nintendo has announced four new titles added to its Nintendo Switch Online catalogue of classic games. All four titles are available for base subscribers. Check out the trailer below to see them all in action.

India vs Pakistan ODI Live streaming: The Men in Blue had a torrid time against Pakistan during their last encounter in the Asia Cup on September 2. While the match ended with no definite result, the Indian batsmen struggled against Pakistan's bowling unit, with skipper Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli and Shreyas Iyer all getting out cheaply. Fortunately, Ishan Kishan and Hardik Pandya salvaged the match for the Men in Blue, with over 80 runs scored by each. In total, Pakistan had a total of 266 runs to chase. However, rain played spoilsport and the match ended with no result.

After the longest gap between mainline games in the series' history, Assassin's Creed's timeline is about to get incredibly busy. Kicking things off with Mirage in less than a month, Ubisoft has already announced plans for an Assassin's Creed game set in feudal Japan, and also Jade, a mobile game from which footage has already leaked. For tabletop fans, there's also the Assassin's Creed Roleplaying Game, available to pre-order through the links below right now.

Having sex in Starfield will give you an XP boost.

Warning: The following contains spoilers for Ahsoka episode 4 ! Turn back now if you're not up to date on the new Star Wars show! 

We may not need roads where we're going, but a discount on the Lego Back to the Future DeLorean will do just fine.

Star Wars Jedi: Survivor's latest patch has completely reworked the game's performance mode on consoles to hit a «solid 60 FPS.»

It wouldn’t be a space game without exploring space stations and living out your dream as a space pirate, stealing ships and whatnot.

Yesterday, a new Star Wars Jedi: Survivor patch went live on PC and console, bringing, according to the patch notes,a variety of performance improvements. Unfortunately, on PC, it seems like things are still not the way they should be.

Warning! We’re discussing some big Ahsoka episode 4 spoilers here so please make sure you’re up to date before going any further.

In just one week, Sea of Stars sales have surpassed 250,000 copies worldwide across all platforms, the game's developer has announced.

Why does Anakin call Ahsoka Snips? If you've never seen The Clone Wars, you might be wondering where exactly this unusual nickname comes from. 

Following on from its fantastic Quake II remaster and the confirmation that it is working on one of Turok 3: Shadow of Oblivion, Nightdive Studios is keeping the good old times rolling with the announcement that it is currently developing a Star Wars: Dark Forces remaster. When is its release date?

Friend, are you weary of talk of blockbuster space-faring RPGs and blockbuster D&D adaptations and blockbusters in general? Do you yearn for the older, simpler days before the great Unrealification and the invention of sex scenes, when people called a spike pit a spike pit, and you could count all the different colours in a screenshot on your fingers? Do you, in fact, reject this framing of retro-styled 2D pixelart games as "older" and "simpler", regarding it as condescending and false? Look, shut up already. I'm trying to tell you about Isles of Sea and Sky from developers Jason Newman, Dan Collver and Craig Collver.

Star Wars Jedi: Surivor patch 7 is out now across PS5, Xbox Series X|S and PC, with a real focus placed on optimisation for the two console platforms. In particular, there’s an improved performance mode on console that ditches ray-tracing in order to hit 60 FPS.