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Horizon Forbidden West is the rare sequel that not only improves on every mechanic but also creates a lived-in world full of danger and wonder in every corner. This year's first must-play is here.
Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City Review: A Mangled Love Letter
Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City is a gnarled love letter to the legendary video game series.
Games and Streaming: When Two Worlds Collide
Video streaming blasted into the mainstream shortly after YouTube was acquired by Google in 2006. Until then, there were a few services offering video streaming from the web – most notably DivX.com, a pioneer in the area launched in 2001. But Google spending more than $1.6 billion on a service pretty much unknown to the […]
Free Guy Video Review
Jason Gorber with a look at the latest romp from Ryan Reynolds in the video game world of FREE GUY.
Werewolves Within Review: Claws Out
Director Josh Ruben’s horror-comedy Werewolves Within is a Knives Out-style whodunnit that doubles as a creature feature.
Free Guy Trailer: You Down with NPCs?
Director Shawn Levy’s sci-fi action flick Free Guy sees Ryan Reynolds play a self-aware NPC living inside a chaotic video game world.
Mortal Kombat Review: An Ultraviolent Blast from the Past
Mortal Kombat's electrifying fight sequences and iconic characters will thrill the series' long-time fans.
LG 77OLEDCX with XBOX SERIES X Review
Watch our non-gamer review of what happens when you plug your fancy new Xbox Series X into what's still in our hearts a giant movie screen: the LG 77OLEDCX television.
Netflix Adapting Assassin’s Creed into a Live-Action Series
Netflix is developing Ubisoft’s mega-hit video game franchise Assassin’s Creed into a live-action series.
13 Creepy Xbox Game Pass Titles to Play This Halloween – II
In the spirit of Halloween, That Shelf put together a list of 13 creepy video games available on Xbox Game Pass right now.
Ubisoft Forward: Assassin’s Creed Valhalla Hands-On
After spending over three hours with Assassin's Creed: Valhalla we're ready to try to love the series once again. For the first time in years, we feel like we’re getting a game that marries the old and the new in exciting ways.
Ubisoft Forward: Watch Dogs: Legion Hands-On
We spent over three hours in Watch Dogs: Legion's post-Brexit, cyberpunk version of London last week – and we were left wanting more!
Final Fantasy VII Remake – The Midgar Minute: The Collapse
The Final Fantasy VII Remake covers only the opening prologue of the 1997 original game, leaving some to wonder whether it will have the same emotional height as the full story. It succeeds in spades, by taking an early tragic moment and magnifying it to the level of a war crime.
The Last of Us Part II Gameplay Footage: The First 15 Minutes
Here are the first 15 minutes of THE LAST OF US PART II, a game that spans 30 hours and some of the most intense and anxiety-inducing gameplay we've ever experienced.
The Last of Us Part II Review: Game of the Generation
The Last of Us Part 2 is exciting and visceral. The team at Naughty Dog overcame many obstacles and delivered a worthy sequel to one of the biggest games of all time.