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Look around on social media, and you’ll find a lot of wince-inducing responses to the title of Kobi Libii’s debut feature, The American Society of Magical Negroes, ranging from people offended that it exists to people expressing ghoulish delight that they have an excuse to use the word “Negro” in public. Libii’s film is a darkly comedic satire building off a common trope first popularized as a term by director Spike Lee in 2001 — the Black movie characters, particularly in ’90s movies, who only exist to support white characters and further their character arcs. In Libii’s story, that Black support network is a codified secret society of Black men and women with actual magical powers, which they use to comfort and aid white people so they’ll be less brittle, tense, and inherently dangerous to people of color.

Acolyte of the Altar, the roguelike deckbuilder with a wasteland twist from developer Black Kite Games, hits PC via Steam on March 25. Ahead of the game's launch next week, Game Informer can exclusively reveal the Acolyte of the Altar launch trailer, which features plenty of deckbuilder action and another taste of this Magic: The Gathering and Shadow of the Colossus-inspired game. 

Dragon Ball Z fans think that the latest trailer for Sparking Zero has confirmed that What-If battles will be returning from Budokai Tenkaichi and Raging Blast.

X-Men ’97 is everything we could’ve hoped from Marvel‘s first attempt at tackling the mutant team and more. No joke, I just wanted to make that clear from the off. It’s authentic to both the original ’90s animation and the spirit of the beloved brand in general.

The second expansion for Final Fantasy 16, titled The Rising Tide, now has an official launch date. It arrives on the 18th April, and costs $19.99 if you're buying it by itself. The Expansion Pass, priced at $24.99, gets you this second DLC and the previously released Echoes of the Fallen.

There are plenty of games that deal with death, but we've not seen an afterlife quite like the one in Hauntii. This gorgeous adventure game now has a release date of 23rd May 2024 on PS5 and PS4, and if it plays as good as it looks, we're onto a winner.

Nailing down exactly what PS5 game INDIKA is seems like an impossibility, so we will let the trailer above do a lot of the talking. Now confirmed for a current-gen launch on 8th May 2024, you play as a young nun with the devil by her side on a journey of self-discovery. You shall be taken back to the 19th century in an alternative Russia where «religious visions clash with harsh reality» for a third-person adventure likely to live long in the mind.

Harold Halibut, the game made entirely out of real-life models and figures, will launch for PS5 on 16th April 2024, it has been confirmed. A new trailer debuted during last night's Future Games Show, which you can catch up above. Sculpted characters and sets have been 3D scanned into the experience, which is set on a city-sized spaceship underneath an alien ocean. A PS4 version will launch at a later date.

Summer blockbuster is near, and if you need proof look no further than the avalanche of trailers that came out this week. From House of the Dragon and Furiosato Beetlejuice 2 and a terrifically ill-conceived children’s book adaptation, it seems like every studio wanted to be out in force advertising summer wares this week.

GTA 6 could be delayed to 2026, per Kotaku.

Last December, after literally years of speculation, rumors, and leaks, Rockstar finally dropped the first teaser for Grand Theft Auto VI, with a broad 2025 release date attached. It was appropriate that the GTA VI trailer used a Tom Petty song, because the waiting is indeed the hardest part, but at least fans have a firm 2025 end goal in sight… right? Right?

Square Enix has announced a release date of April 18, 2024, for its upcoming Final Fantasy 16 DLC, The Rising Tide.

Netflix looks to be adding another title to its already extensive anime catalogue, as it's just unveiled the first teaser trailer for Rising Impact, an adaptation of Nakaba Suzuki's beloved Weekly Shonen Jump manga from the late 1990s and early 2000s.

Cardy, Dale, and Matt are back again to talk about video games. Who would've thought? This week the line-up includes both Dragon's Dogma 2 and Alone in the Dark, as well as a venture into the world of movies with a look at the first trailer for Alien: Romulus. There's also too much chat about what constitutes a sauce.

Star Wars fans are busy speculating about the first trailer for The Acolyte – and they have a theory about one character in particular. 

The upcoming Star Wars Outlaws from Massive Entertainment has been rated in Korea.

Almost four long years after its original announcement, Red Thread Games has confirmed Dustborn will launch for PS5, PS4 on 20th August 2024. A new trailer debuted during today's Future Games Show announcing the release date, which you can catch above. The game will cost $29.99 on the PS Store, with a physical edition available at a higher price.

Everybody's Gone to the Rapture developer The Chinese Room has announced its next title Still Wakes the Deep will launch for PS5 on 18th June 2024. You can watch a new trailer above, which debuted during the Future Games Show earlier today. Set aboard an oil rig caught up in a storm, you must face «the unknowable horror that’s come aboard».

A new rogue-lite FPS is hitting the scene, and like Bullets Per Minute and Hi-Fi Rush before it, Robobeat charges you with jumping, sliding, and shooting in time with its music. Marching to the beat of its own drum though, this upcoming game from Kwalee utilizes rogue-lite levels that are always changing and even lets you control the music you fight to.

Industria 2 just got announced as part of the Future Games Show Spring Showcase, and its debut trailer is certainly going to give me nightmares about what on earth is going on with those robots. 

Still Wakes the Deep finally exclusively reveals a release date at the Future Games Show in an all-new trailer. The new footage also details more of the gameplay and environments of this mysterious and atmospheric horror game, set on a disaster-stricken 1970s oil rig called the Beira D.  

The latest trailer for Spine, revealed at the Future Games Show, offers a very early look at the sleek and cinematic combat of this cyberpunk action game.

The Operator is an investigative puzzler that mixes the footage-scrubbing clue analysis of Her Story with the nail-biting crime mysteries of X-Files - and its newest trailer from the Future Games Show Spring Showcase shows off both!

Publisher 11 bit Studios revealed that Indika — a very weird game from Odd Meter Studio that left a strong impression on me during February’s Steam Next Fest — will finally come out on May 8.

A new trailer for Sand Land, a new JRPG adaptation of Dragon Ball creator Akira Toriyama's beloved manga, just debuted at the Future Games Show Spring Showcase.

There are a fair few games that task you with returning color to the world you play in, but Farewell North lets you do it as a dog - and it's set in the beautiful Scottish Highlands. This game looks inspired by the likes of Journey, Flower, and Okami, and it might just be the wholesome game that makes you want to grab your camping gear and head to Scotland.

You committed the crime, and now you have to serve the time – which unfortunately for you involves incarceration at the toughest prison in the universe! The latest trailer for Space Prison shown during the Future Games Show highlights the grim reality you're now facing, where it's kill or be killed as you try to survive your sentence while plotting your escape.

Colorful open-world survival crafting game Omega Crafter is coming to Steam Early Access at the end of this month.

Holstin is a psychological survival horror game that boasts a throwback pixelated aesthetic and a genuinely unsettling tone. Its latest trailer - which just dropped at the Future Games Show - shows off its seamless switching between first and third person in its isolated and haunted 90s Polish town setting, and, wow, it's as eerie as it gets. 

Awaken Astral Blade is a larger-than-life Metroidvania with massive monsters, precise platforming, and more earth-shattering magic than you can shake a gated map at. Its latest trailer is jam-packed with all of the above and more, tracking some of bionically-enhanced protagonist Tania's turbulent journey to reveal her origins and fate – while kicking scores of alien enemy butt along the way.   Better still, Awaken Astral Blade now has a release window – Q3 2024 - as revealed at the Future Games Show Spring Showcase.

Dragon's Dogma 2 will be out in mere hours, and to celebrate the impending release, Capcom have revealed a new launch trailer as part of the Future Games Show, teasing some of the fantasy perils waiting for us on the other side.

House of the Dragon promised all-out war between its two Targaryen factions, and so far, promo for season 2 is delivering — literally — with trailers for the dueling branches of the family going head to head.

By and large, Korean developers have a reputation for announcing wildly ambitious MMOs that rarely ever actually materialise. Without sounding too sceptical, we can’t help but wonder whether Chrono Odyssey will fall into that bracket. Due to be published by Kakao Games, this new trailer has been attracting plenty of attention for its stunning dark fantasy vibes – even though there’s zero gameplay or even a target release date.

Blizzard has also released a bombastic video trailer for the upcoming Plunderstorm Creator Royale, which involves popular streamers from both Classic WoW and Dragonflight, with some interesting and unexpected team combos.

Kabam is tipping its hat to the comeback of X-Men ’97 with some mutant mayhem in their mobile brawler, Marvel CoC. They’re also dishing out goodies to give a shoutout to the series hitting the screens again. Keep reading to get the full scoop on X-Men ’97 in Marvel Contest of Champions!

After a few months of teasing, Titan Forge has revealed everything players can expect from SMITE 2's first brand-new god, Hecate, including a look at her abilities and the ways in which Unreal Engine 5 has helped the team bring her to life. Check out her reveal trailer above.

We finally have our first look at Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra, an upcoming action-adventure video game featuring the Marvel Comics characters Black Panther and Captain America that was originally announced as an untitled project back in October 2021.

Games Workshop has debuted a new trailer teasing the fourth edition of Age of Sigmar, the fantasy tabletop game set in the ashes of Warhammer Fantasy Battles’ Old World. The bad guys won, and basically deleted The Old World — but the divine Sigmar, along with a cast of key characters, helped forge new realms where mortals could take refuge. This trailer shows a battle between Sigmar’s chosen, the Stormcast Eternals, and it heralds the return of the fan-favorite Skaven.

Chrono Studio has revealed a new trailer for the MMORPG Chrono Odyssey which is due to be released on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S. The game has got a trailer at GDC 2024 and it has been confirmed that Chrono Odyssey will be running on Unreal Engine 5. The cinematic trailer can be seen below, which shows the kind of world players will be able to explore.

While superhero movies may have hit a rough patch at the box office, the genre is going from strength to strength in video games. Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 was amazing (also spectacular) and we have great-looking titles about Blade and Wolverine on the way. But as of last night, the future looks a lot brighter for Marvel fans after the unveiling of the first trailer for Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra.

In a surprise drop, the first six episodes of the long-awaited ARK: The Animated Series are now available to stream on Paramount+.

Skaven are confirmed to be making a grand return for the next edition of Warhammer Age of Sigmar in Summer 2024.

Striking Distance Studios, the developer behind 2022's The Callisto Protocol, has revealed what is internally called Project Birdeye, a top-down spin-off set in the same universe. A small team will continue to develop the fast-paced roguelike while the rest of the studio works on another full-scale game, and we got a brief trailer showing off some stylised action.

Bandai Namco has unleashed raw gameplay footage for upcoming brawler Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero, and boy does it have potential. A true successor to the Budokai Tenkaichi games gives Dragon Ball FighterZ a run for its money in the visuals department, and it quite clearly captures the insane action of Dragon Ball.

Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra has been revealed as the official title of the superhero game Uncharted creator Amy Hennig is making at Skydance New Media. It's slated to release next year, and stars Captain America and Black Panther during World War II. A trailer was revealed during a GDC livestream, which you can catch above.

Chrono Studio has revealed a new trailer for the MMORPG Chrono Odyssey which is due to be released on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S. The game has got a trailer at GDC 2024 and it has been confirmed that Chrono Odyssey will be running on Unreal Engine 5. The cinematic trailer can be seen below, which shows the kind of world players will be able to explore.

It's been almost three years since we found out that former Naughty Dog and Visceral Games writer and creative director Amy Hennig was working on a Marvel game with her team at Skydance New Media. During Epic Games' State of Unreal showcase at the Game Developers Conference, a new story trailer shed some more light on the game, which is called Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra.

We’ve known for some time that Uncharted creator Amy Hennig was working on a Marvel project at her recently-founded Skydance New Media studio, and in fact, she teased a World-War-II-set game featuring Captain American and Black Panther back in 2022. Well, today at Epic’s State of Unreal Engine 2024 GDC livestream, the curtain was fully pulled back the game, which is officially title Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra.

A new Dragon Ball: Sparking! ZERO gameplay showcase was shared today, providing new details on new and returning gameplay mechanics, characters and more.

Ravensburger has revealed Disney Lorcana’s fourth set, capping off the first year of the game. We might not have known she had gone away, but Ursula is back in Ursula’s Return.

Back in 2022, it was announced that Uncharted writer and creative director Amy Hennig is working on a Marvel game starring both Black Panther and Captain America. Unlike most superhero titles these days, Hennig's game stood out from the rest by being set during World War 2, and its setting was shown off during a Disney showcase that same year.

Marvel’s World War II-era game that will see Captain America and Black Panther square off (and team up, natch) got a big reveal on Wednesday. Skydance New Media and Marvel Games revealed the game’s title, Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra, and a 2025 release date in a new trailer for the narrative-driven action-adventure.

We finally learned the title of the Captain America and Black Panther video game that former Uncharted creative director Amy Hennig is making at Skydance New Media. It’s titled Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra and will come out sometime next year. This was all revealed during Epic Games’ State of Unreal presentation at GDC 2024.

Alienis one of the timeless films, a movie just as lived-in and horrifying today as it was when it premiered in 1979. Ridley Scott’s seminal horror film has gone on to be many other things since becoming a full-blown franchise, from the landmark sci-fi action of the James Cameron-directed sequel to the slasher shlock of the rightfully maligned Alien vs. Predator: Requiem.

Manjuu Games, the team behind the hit mobile title Azur Lane, has just announced that they’re cooking a new Azur game. Titled Azur Promilia, Manjuu Games has tossed an announcement trailer on their fresh website for us to ogle at.

A full remake of the 1997 puzzle game Riven is going to be released on PC, consoles, and VR latest this year. Cyan Worlds has brought the original creative team back together to work on the Riven remake, and the game is being developed using Unreal Engine 5. You can see the new trailer for Riven below.

The first trailer for new Star Wars series The Acolyte has arrived, and it looks epic.

Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero is bringing back the Budokai Tenkaichi series after 17 years, and we've got a brand-new gameplay trailer to celebrate. However, there's still no release date.

If you've ever wanted to take your Warzone experience on the go, well now you can. The Call of Duty: Warzone Mobile release date is here!

Fallout's upcoming TV show is a little under a month away, with Amazon and Bethesda doing their best to excite players with a flurry of new info, trailers, interviews and show clips. It's hard not to be a little hyped up right now if you're a Fallout fan, and it seems like that excitement is getting people to revisit games from across the series, either out of nostalgia, or pure impatience.

MLB The Show 24 is quietly one of Sony’s most successful series, but with developer San Diego Studio forced to iterate on unforgiving annual cycles, it can be difficult for it to make meaningful improvements year-over-year. This short 60-second trailer provides a crash course on what’s new in the latest game, then, which is out today in early access.

How about this for a reveal trailer, then? Plaion has announced Nobody Wants to Die by Critical Hit Games, an upcoming futuristic detective escapade set in a dystopian New York. The action takes place in 2329, where you’ll assume the role of agent James Karra, who’s hunting a serial killer targeting the city’s elite.

TV and film actor Ian McShane has lent his voice to a comprehensive overview trailer for Dragon's Dogma 2 ahead of its PS5 launch next week. Clocking in at just shy of eight minutes, the Deadwood star introduces you to the sequel's story, world, the pawns you can recruit, and the monsters you'll face throughout your journey. Check it out above.

Is that Ellie from The Last of Us we see in this trailer for mobile zombie shooter Doomsday: Last Survivors? No, on closer inspection, this is a character called Peggy – who’s basically Ellie. In fact, pretty much all of the game’s characters look agonisingly similar to someone more popular; Cynthia Calamity is effectively Jill Valentine from Resident Evil and Catherine Calamity looks a lot like Juliet Starling from Lollipop Chainsaw.

Bandai Namco has uploaded a surprise Sand Land demo to the PS Store that allows you to sample a small portion of the upcoming PS5, PS4 game ahead of release next month. Available to download now, the demo gives you access to «a limited portion of the Sand Land map», which you can explore devoid of story content. Beelzebub, Rao, and Thief are all playable, and you can take the tank and the motorcycle for a ride. See it all in the demo trailer above.

Rise of the Ronin is out for PS5 as an exclusive next week, which means Sony has given it the usual flashy launch trailer treatment, blending live-action footage with cutscenes taken from the game. Clocking in at exactly one minute, you can check the trailer out above ahead of the 22nd March 2024 release date.

Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes has been percolating for some time now, initially beginning life as a Kickstarter project and spiritual successor to the Suikoden series. With launch just over a month away, on 23rd April on PS5 and PS4, we got a substantial new trailer showing off just some of the game's many companion characters, interspersed with some compelling snippets of gameplay.

Newfangled Games will unfold an innovative new experience on PS5 and PS4 from 21st May, when Paper Trail makes its home console debut. The unique puzzler sees you manipulating paper in order to navigate its watercolour world, so you may need to fold a page to create a new path for protagonist Paige to walk on, for example. The trailer gives you a better idea of what to expect.

The Unreal Engine 5 remake of Riven: The Sequel to Myst, previously known as Riven: New Discoveries From the Lost D'ni Empire but now officially just called plain-old Riven, is coming this year, original developer Cyan Worlds has announced. 

After being developed by a solo developer for nearly seven years, the Creepy Metroidvania-inspired game Animal Well will finally be released later this year on May 9.

It’s been a while since our last new Star Wars show. But the long drought since Ahsokais finally coming to an end as Disney debuted the first trailer for The Acolyte on Tuesday. The new series is set during Star Wars’ High Republic era and will debut on Disney Plus with its first two episodes on June 4.

Science Saru has proven itself to be one of the most innovative studios working in anime today, having taken on projects everywhere from the surreal and elastic worlds of Masaaki Yuasa, to the graphic-novel inspired feel of Scott Pilgrim Takes Off and the galaxy of Star Wars: Visions. For their newest original series, the studio is turning to the world of the paranormal, with a quirky romcom set to arrive on the scene just in time for Halloween.

Amazon has shared a clip from its upcoming Fallout show, giving us a better look at our three main characters. The scene depicts a showdown between our Vault Dweller, Lucy, and the wanderer just known as The Ghoul, before it's shut down by the Brotherhood of Steel.

Capcom has released a new ‘Welcome to Dragon’s Dogma 2’ trailer narrated by award-winning actor Ian McShane.

Sony Interactive Entertainment and Team Ninja have released a new episode in Rise of the Ronin’s behind-the-scenes video series. Titled “The Cause” this latest entry puts the game’s dynamic story in focus.

A full remake of the 1997 puzzle game Riven is going to be released on PC, consoles, and VR latest this year. Cyan Worlds has brought the original creative team back together to work on the Riven remake, and the game is being developed using Unreal Engine 5. You can see the new trailer for Riven below.

ASTRA: Knights of Veda started pre-registrations a couple of weeks ago. Now, they have dropped a fresh promotional video to boost their pre-registration. The game is expected to drop in the first week of April. So, what’s all the hype about? Follow along to get the full scoop!

For months now, there has been speculation regarding the possible GTA 6 launch and its release timeline. The latest revenue projects of Take-Two Interactive stand at $7 billion for FY25, which suggests that GTA 6 could come out in April 2025, when FY26 kicks off. However, a new report suggests that the game could come out much earlier than anticipated. Know when could the GTA 6 launch take place.