A bedtime story for gorehounds of all ages. The Ugly Stepsister will stream on Shudder in 2025. This review is based on a screening at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival.Discovering the violent origins of classic fairy tales is a rite of passage for budding weirdos. Opening a volume of Grimm’s Fairy Tales – the real ones – and …
Cut-price deal. The recently released Ninja Gaiden 2 Black is set for a physical release on PlayStation 5 only.Playasia said it has partnered with publisher Koei Tecmo to exclusively release a PS5 physical version of the remaster on March 27.There is no mention of a physical Xbox version, …
Unplug. Will Smith, whose career has deep ties to The Matrix, teased something involving the sci-fi franchise earlier this month, but it turns out it's just a song from him and rapper Big Sean.The actor posted on Instagram to announce a song called Beautiful Scars from "Mr Anderson and Mr Smith," …
Stealth hit. Dishonored 2 cost more to make than legendary role-playing game and fellow Bethesda title The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim and struggled for sales, but it still saved developer Arkane according to a former employee.Julien Eveillé, who worked in quality assurance on Dishonored 2 and as a designer …
Following backlash from players. In early 2025, a Final Fantasy 14 mod sparked "stalking" fears amid reports it was able to scrape hidden player data, including details like character information, retainer information, any alternate characters linked to a Square Enix account, and much more.The mod, named “Playerscope,” allows users to track …
Ranking the Paramount Plus shows, shorts, and movie. Star Trek has been around for so long now that, for the purposes of a listicle like this, it seems only fair to group the franchise’s output by era. You’ve got The Original Series period of the late ’60s, then there’s the movies featuring those old scientists, which then gave …
Field of dreams. Mortal Kombat 1’s big Conan the Barbarian update launched this week and with it came the arrival of a secret fight with Floyd, the pink ninja developer Ed Boon had been teasing for years. Not only that, but if you defeat Floyd you unlock cool exclusive rewards, …
Stormy. Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth director Naoki Hamaguchi has said his previous comments on the nature of Cloud and Aerith's relationship were misinterpreted and that no member of Square Enix will comment officially on the character's relationship.A December interview with Inverse quoted Hamaguchi as saying …
A history of Doom's soundtracks, and how The Dark Ages is continuing the series' metal legacy. Doom has always had a close relationship with metal music. Hearing one quick burst of any Doom soundtrack, or even just catching a quick glance at the series’ persistent demonic imagery, will tell you this. Its customary pile-up of flames, skulls, and devilish creatures is not far from what you’d …
Super. Fatal Fury 2 and two other Super Nintendo Entertainment System games have joined the Nintendo Switch Online library.A trailer released by Nintendo, below, announced Fatal Fury 2, Sutte Hakkun, and Super Ninja Boy are all now available in the SNES collection.Fatal Fury 2 arrived in 1992 as a fighting game …