Steam Deck Verified is Valve’s newly announced way of evaluating how well Steam games play on its upcoming Steam Deck handheld.  Valve unveiled (opens in new tab) this corner of the Steam Deck compatibility program today, describing Steam Deck Verified as a four-tier grading system. Here’s how Steam games will …

The first clip from Black Adam is here, and it’s suitably epic. The footage sees Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson suited up as the title character, showing off his electrifying powers, catching a bullet before it can hit him, and levitating into the air. Check it out above.  “I was born …

A new behind-the-scenes featurette of The Batman has been revealed at DC FanDome. The footage gives us a look at Robert Pattinson as the titular vigilante, Zoë Kravitz as Catwoman, Jeffrey Wright as Jim Gordon, Colin Farrell as the Penguin, and Andy Serkis as Alfred, as well as a mysterious …

Valve is reportedly banning all blockchain, crypto, and NFT games from Steam. The developer of first-person adventure game Age of Rust – which allows players to collect NFTs for completing in-game puzzles – went to Twitter to share its frustration at a rule change (opens in new tab) which now …

Minecraft’s next major update will be called The Wild Update, and it’s coming next year. Announcing the news at today’s Minecraft Live event, developer Mojang confirmed this will also include the delayed Deep Dark Biome – yes, the underworld Biome that boasts the pure nightmare fuel-esque Wardens – which had …

Zack Snyder’s Justice League was released earlier this year to much stronger reviews than the previously released version of Justice League – and now fans want more from the so-called Snyder-verse.  While Warner Bros. currently has no public intention of continuing the cinematic universe that Snyder built – instead seemingly …

Update: Today’s apparent “leak” of Call of Duty’s new kernel-level anti-cheat was reportedly seen as an inevitability by Activision, and a relatively harmless one at that. First reported by Vice (opens in new tab) and later confirmed by Activision, a release-ready version of Call of Duty’s Ricochet anti-cheat was sent …

The latest Baldur’s Gate 3 patch means your party will bear the scars of your terrible decisions. Larian released Baldur’s Gate 3 Patch #6 last night. As well as the new Grymforge region – an ancient fortress filled with new quests and NPCs – and the Sorcerer class, the patch …

DC’s long-running Detective Comics title will be picking up the pace after the December holidays, with new issues planned weekly for the foreseeable future.  The title, which has been monthly or twice-monthly in recent memory, will begin coming out weekly with December 28’s Detective Comics #1046 – a coda to …

Living forever: not all it’s cracked up to be. Dying all the friggin’ time: also not great. Death’s Gambit: Afterlife is about finding harmony between these two extremes – navigating a world cursed by the pursuit of eternal life while also trying to personally visit Death himself as infrequently as …