The highly anticipated Dauntless, the first game by studio Phoenix Labs, entered open beta on May 24. Dauntless welcomes new players in with arms wide open, trading the extreme complexity the genre is know for in favor of a more friendly experience. But then you move into fighting the Shrike, Dauntless’ mascot behemoth. Dauntless had some initial server problems on its first day, which is understandable for a game moving into open beta. I’m still discovering everything there is to Dauntless and

Disney’s live-action Christopher Robin movie is going to try and take on everyone’s favorite live-action bear franchise, Paddington, by offering up even more adorable Winnie the Pooh characters. Eeyore, Piglet and Tigger all make their debut in the new Christopher Robin trailer, as they march from the Hundred Acre Wood to London. The iconic characters are just as we remember them; Tigger is still a rumbustious tiger, Piglet is still an adorable baby pig and Eeyore is still massively depressed. L

[Warning: This post contains major spoilers for Solo: A Star Wars Story]Of all the Star Wars characters to pop up in Solo: A Star Wars Story, few expected a character from the maligned prequel trilogy to wind up back in the universe. Instead, a movie about hyperfuel and heists ends with a surprise reveal: the Crimson Dawn crime syndicate is run by the ex-Sith apprentice, Darth Maul. The answer starts with Cartoon Network’s Star Wars: The Clone Wars animated series. By the time he was ruling Mand

Like Thor: Ragnarok’s buddy supporting character, Korg, and Solo: A Star Wars Story’s hilarious droid, L3-37, Peter isn’t the main player. The key to a good supporting character is ensuring they make a lasting impact. Not all supporting characters are memorable, but those who are often stand out for a reason. [Warning: Slight spoilers for Deadpool 2, Solo: A Star Wars Story and Thor: Ragnarok below.] L3-37 from Solo: A Star Wars Story is another supporting character that’s about to become a memo

Solo: A Star Wars Story, unlike it’s fellow Star Wars anthology film, Rogue One, leaves plenty of room for a sequel. The real question is, are we likely to see a Solo sequel? But here’s what we do know:[Warning: This post contains spoilers for Solo: A Star Wars Story.] The Last Jedi director Rian Johnson and Game of Thrones showrunners David Benioff and D. B. Weiss have also each signed on to helm their own Star Wars trilogies. After all, Han and Chewie have more than ten years of time between t

Close Encounters, the new limited-time mode in Fortnite, has been disabled just an hour after it went live, according to a tweet from Epic Games. “Due to an issue with Close Encounters, we’ve had to disable this LTM while we investigate. The Close Encounters limited-time mode was originally designed as a way for players to get to try the jetpack that was recently added to Fortnite. The game mode replaces all of Fortnite’s weapons with shotguns and gives the jetpack a high probability to spawn, g

The lead-up to E3 2018 has not stopped Nintendo from adding a ton of games to Switch eShop. Street Fighter technically turned 30 last year, but Capcom held off on releasing the series’ 30th Anniversary Collection until this spring. There’s 12 games packed into this one, starting with the first Street Fighter and ending with Street Fighter 3: 3rd Strike. Also on Switch comes the closest thing we have to a Castlevania game. Funny thing is, Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon is the Kickstarter project

After EA DICE revealed Battlefield 5, a small but vitriolic cross-section of fans voiced its concern that the series was pandering to modern audiences by including playable female avatars. So Oskar Gabrielson, general manager at developer DICE, told them, in no uncertain terms, to get over it. “Player choice and female playable characters are here to stay.”Battlefield 5 allows players to create multiple, highly customized avatars as part of the Company of soldiers and assets that they accrue ove

Memorial Day weekend, in addition to being the unofficial start to summer, is home to some pretty great deals, especially on big tech purchases. eBay has a Nintendo Switch on sale for $289.99 — that’s only $10 off MSRP, but we’ll take any discount we can get on the Switch. HP, Dell, Lenovo and Microsoft are all running deals on gaming PCs, and our exclusive deal on Omen gaming accessories is still valid. Check out The Verge’s roundup for even more tech deals this weekend. Consoles and HardwareGa

Unboxing videos capture the unique excitement of opening a new package and exploring the contents, while providing useful first-impressions about the quality of a product. Though the genre pre-dates YouTube, channels that specialize in the process have found a lucrative home on the platform. Toy Unboxing channels like DisneyCollection BR have been able to harness YouTube’s search and suggestion algorithms to amass millions of views — and millions of dollars. Unboxing videos have even had an impa

If you played Destiny, you may be familiar with Xur, the weekly exotic item merchant. This scales to your character’s power level, so make sure you’re buying Xur exotics on your highest-level character. It’s a pulse rifle that, due to its exotic perk Harsh Truths, fires in five-round bursts instead of three. The second exotic perk, Last Stand, gives better stability and handling when you are the last living member of your fireteam. FOETRACERFoetracer is easily one of the most powerful PvP exotic

This Wednesday marked the beginning of a new era for Marvel’s Black Panther with a new #1 issue, but don’t be fooled: Ta-Nehisi Coates is still continuing his groundbreaking run. He’s decoupled it from the rest of Marvel canon — making it eminently accessible to new readers — and introduced the versions of classic Black Panther characters that folks who loved the movie will recognize and remember. Case in point: Nakia and M’Baku, breakout favorites from this February’s Black Panther, were heavil

When Destiny 2’s third season kicked off with the launch of Warmind, Bungie rolled out a host of changes to exotic weapons in an effort to make them feel more exotic. Now, Bungie is turning its attention to Destiny 2’s exotic armor, which will get a similar but smaller overhaul starting May 29. Six exotic armor items, two for each class, are getting some attention in Destiny 2’s 1.2.1 update: Synthoceps, Lion Rampant, The Dragon’s Shadow, Mechaneer’s Tricksleeves, Lunafaction Bracers and Sunboot

We all have games in our Steam libraries that we bought and promptly forgot about. Valve is well aware of our bad habits, and its latest Steam store event is calling us all out. Dubbed Spring Cleaning, users will receive a special badge in exchange for dusting off their unplayed games. There’s one potential rub, however: Throughout the duration of the event, there will be several popular games playable for free. The Spring Cleaning challenge runs until May 28.

Paramount and developer Saber Interactive reminded us today that a video game based on World War Z — the movie, that is — is coming to PlayStation 4, Windows PC and Xbox One later this year. A new trailer for World War Z offers a glimpse at gameplay, which appears to substantially consist of mowing down hundreds of zombies. Saber Interactive has pitched World War Z primarily as a four-player co-op action game that takes place in a variety of locations, including Jerusalem and New York. That camp

[Warning: This post contains major spoilers for Solo: A Star Wars Story]Of all the Star Wars characters to pop up in Solo: A Star Wars Story, few expected a character from the maligned prequel trilogy to wind up back in the universe. Instead, a movie about hyperfuel and heists ends with a surprise reveal: the Crimson Dawn crime syndicate is run by the ex-Sith apprentice, Darth Maul. The answer starts with Cartoon Network’s Star Wars: The Clone Wars animated series. By the time he was ruling Mand

Disney’s live-action Christopher Robin movie is going to try and take on everyone’s favorite live-action bear franchise, Paddington, by offering up even more adorable Winnie the Pooh characters. Eeyore, Piglet and Tigger all make their debut in the new Christopher Robin trailer, as they march from the Hundred Acre Wood to London. The iconic characters are just as we remember them; Tigger is still a rumbustious tiger, Piglet is still an adorable baby big and Eeyore is still massively depressed. L

But Detroit: Become Human fails to either challenge or reflect upon the ramifications of abuse or the history of the civil rights movement, around which its three storylines cohere. Switching between their paths, we’re faced with life-or-death choices that have at times limited, at times severe ramifications. And yet, like other Quantic Dream games, there’s still satisfaction in hitting the button just in time. With Markus, Detroit: Become Human shows its hand as an ignorant, if well-meaning, al

Game critic John Bain, more commonly known by the aliases TotalBiscuit and the Cynical Brit, died today after a protracted battle with cancer, according to tweets from his official account and his wife’s account. In 2015, Bain announced that his cancer was terminal, though he continued to work on his popular YouTube channel and The Co-Optional Podcast. Earlier this year, Bain announced he was retiring from game criticism, saying that conventional treatment methods had become ineffective. Bain’s

Rick and Morty co-creator Justin Roiland is a man of many talents. Roiland is selling a Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds special edition 3DS XL that comes with Rick and Morty illustration on the top panel for $1,000. It’s an exorbitant price for something you can get for less than $200, but Rick and Morty fans will understand why it’s such a big deal. The $1,000 price tag attached to the 3DS XL, however, should keep any type of pandemonium at bay. If you really want to spend $1,000 on a 3D