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Samuel L. Jackson and Eva Green try to kill each other in their new action-thriller, Just Play Dead. Directed by 007 director Martin Campbell, the film follows wealthy criminal Jack Wolfe ( Jackson) as he tries to fake his death to elude the feds. However, Jack’s wife Nora (Green) intends to actually kill him and walk away with the life insurance money. In an interview with Digital Trends, Campbell and screenwriter Dan Gordon discussed how they came up with Just Stay Dead, why Jackson and Green were perfect for the film, and what audiences can expect from this darkly comedic…

In an age of overconsumption, The Blood of Dawnwalker shows the potential of limitation. You’re given 30 days to rescue your family from the fangs of a vampiric court. Growing stronger for the final fight, either by improving your skills or helping others to forge alliances, ticks the clock onwards. As uneven as this mechanic (and others) can be, it brings a breath of fresh air to an often excessive genre.After an arresting prologue, the open-world RPG by Rebel Wolves gives you free rein to tame it however you see fit. The studio was formed by CD Projekt Red veterans,…

At Gamescom 2026, I sat down with Gordon Tong, Senior Director, Product Strategy and Planning, Gaming at JBL, to talk about something that can make or break a gaming session: audio. What started as a conversation about wireless gaming quickly turned into a broader discussion about JBL’s Quantum strategy, AI-powered audio, and why the company believes its biggest advantage isn’t necessarily being the loudest name in gaming. Spoiler: it thinks its advantage is being JBL. Wireless has already won According to Gordon, wireless gaming audio has moved well beyond its experimental phase. Gamers who once demanded wired connections and “zero…

Following a wild week of announcements from Gamescom, PlayStation is turning the spotlight back on itself with not one, but two State of Play presentations. The first showcase will be a standard State of Play, while the latter is the return of State of Play Japan, and will be hosted by Yuji Kaji. Both will air this Thursday, September 3 at 6:00 a.m. PT / 9:00 a.m. ET / 3:00 p.m. CEST / 10:00 p.m. JST. “First, tune in for a new State of Play featuring updates and announcements from PlayStation Studios and our third-party partners, concluding with an extended…

Smartphone makers are currently under pressure to keep prices in check as RAM and storage costs continue to rise, but Samsung does not appear to be playing it safe with the Galaxy S27 Ultra. Leaks have already pointed to a major redesign, while Samsung is reportedly testing batteries between 5,700mAh and 6,000mAh after sticking with 5,000mAh for years. The company is also believed to be dropping the 10MP 3x telephoto camera, which has long been one of the weaker parts of the Ultra’s camera system. Now, a new leak gives us a better idea of what Samsung may put in…

In 2008, Kojima Productions released what was billed as the swan song for Hideo Kojima’s Metal Gear series: Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots. The game had the staggering task of tying up decades of storytelling by bringing together Solid Snake, Ocelot, Otacon, Raiden, and many more characters for one explosive finale. The adventure centers on a rapidly aging Solid Snake racing against the clock to stop his twin and nemesis, Liquid Snake, one last time. Of course, there are far more bizarre shenanigans at play. Guns of the Patriots was acclaimed for its storytelling, cinematic presentation, and evolution…

The Hubble telescope has an almost legendary status. Over the last three decades, Hubble gave us some of the most spectacular close-ups of the universe ever captured, and now, NASA’s newest space telescope wants to see the bigger picture. The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope successfully launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy from Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 7:26 a.m. EDT on August 30. Roman is now beginning a roughly three-month journey toward the Sun-Earth L2 point, nearly a million miles away, where it will spend its primary five-year mission surveying huge portions of the cosmos. Roman carries a…

Though Dlala Studios has other games, it was 2023’s Disney Illusion Island that put this team on my personal map. You can read why in Game Informer’s Disney Illusion Island review here, but ultimately, it’s Dlala’s love for its own projects and the accompanying passion that kept me waiting patiently/impatiently for whatever its next game would be. I finally learned what it was last week during Gamescom’s Opening Night Live event when Dlala revealed Murals, a fairytale action game launching next year. Though I didn’t get to go hands-on with Murals during a behind-closed-doors preview at Gamescom 2026 in Cologne, Germany,…

If you’re in the US and open Google Maps to go looking for Lake Ontario, something is going to look a little off. It’s now called Lake America. Google began rolling out the change after the US Geographic Names Information System formally changed the lake’s name following an executive order from President Donald Trump. Google says its longstanding policy is to reflect geographic names from official government sources. The result is a map that changes depending on where you happen to be looking at it. US Google Maps users see Lake America. Canadians still see Lake Ontario. Everyone outside those…

I’m a mark for cyberpunk games, so Neon Giant didn’t have to do much to sell me on No Law – you give me neon, corporate dystopia, and some inspired fashion choices, and I’m there. But I won’t deny that my initial impression of No Law when it was revealed during The Game Awards 2025 last December was something along the lines of a tepid “Oh cool, another cyberpunk game I’ll check out.” That impression stuck through every trailer Neon Giant and publisher Krafton released, including the latest shown during Gamescom Opening Night Light 2026 last week. However, I knew…