A million dollar demo for an unmade Lord of the Rings game offers an impressive look at what could have been. Jon Burton, the retired founder of Lego game studio Tt Games, shared footage of the demo and the story behind it on his YouTube channel (opens in new tab). …

The struggle to populate your Animal Crossing: New Horizons (opens in new tab) with great villagers like Raymond is real.  That struggle has naturally created a black market whereby players can spend IRL money for amiibo cards (at the time of writing, there’s not even an amiibo card for Raymond). …

Microsoft is shuttering Mixer and bringing its streaming ambitions to Facebook Gaming.  The company announced (opens in new tab) its decision today, and while this transition is already underway, Mixer won’t be fully shut down until July 22. At that point, all Mixer apps and links will redirect to Facebook.  …

Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart (opens in new tab)‘s dimension-hopping gameplay was made possible by PS5‘s commitment to ending load times. While the next game in the Ratchet & Clank series will naturally make new advancements in the field of lombax fur graphics, Insomniac Games creative director Marcus Smith paid …

Joel Schumacher – the filmmaker best known for directing two Batman movies, Lost Boys, and numerous other movies – has died at the age of 80. The acclaimed director passed away “quietly” in New York City following a year-long battle with cancer, his publicist has confirmed (via Daily Mail (opens in …

Take a trip back to Warhorse Studios’ gritty realization of 15th century Europe, and don’t pay a dime for the experience until the end of the weekend. Kingdom Come: Deliverance is free to download and play on Steam (opens in new tab) from now until Sunday, June 21. If you …

Sleeping Beauties #1 Written by Rio Youers, Stephen King and Owen King Art by Alison Sampson and Triona Tree Farrell Lettering by Christa Miesner Published by IDW Publishing ‘Rama Rating: 8 out of 10 If there’s one thing more abundant than Stephen King novels, it’s adaptations of his work. Constant …

EA has teased next-generation PS5 (opens in new tab) and Xbox Series X (opens in new tab) releases for a number of titles, including potential early looks at Dragon Age 4 (opens in new tab), Battlefield 6 (opens in new tab) – or whatever either are eventually called – and …

Now that the series has reached its (mind-blowing) conclusion, there’s never been a better time to stream Watchmen online. Particularly because it’s free to watch on HBO this weekend – no subscription required. Because there aren’t any strings attached, you can stream Watchmen online via HBO (opens in new tab) …

It wouldn’t be a Marvel Comics event without tie-in issues, preludes, and epilogues, and this summer’s Empyre, that finally launches post-Diamond suspension July 15, will be no different.  In September Marvel will publish two postgame epilogue one-shots, Empyre: Aftermath Avengers and Empyre: Fallout Fantastic Four, which answer the question “Who …