Month: February 2025

Streaming giant Netflix and gaming giant Valve have surprised the internet with the announcement of a new animated series based on the Dota game franchise. The companies each took to their Twitter accounts to announce the series, with a release date of March 25.

Both tweets refer to the series as “anime.” Some anime fans may wind up debating that classification–hard to tell, though, sinc…

Gran Turismo 6 can be a wonderful thing. It’s hard not to admire its intuitive handling, the obsessive attention to detail, and its steadfast dedication to simulation, even though some of the fun is sucked out in the process. It’s an impressive piece of work in some respects, but for a series with such a legacy behind it, you can’t help but feel it’s forever doomed to a life of quiet predictabi…

The Halo Infinite Winter Contingency event has begun, and with it, you can ring in the new year with new Halo winter-themed cosmetics. Additionally, it’s your chance to earn even more standard Mjolnir armor pieces that aren’t explicitly winter-themed. With several limited-time rewards available in the free event, Winter Contingency is our first sign of what 343 Industries may have learned from …

Hori’s Split Pad Compact is my new favorite controller for handheld gaming on Nintendo Switch. It has everything you could want in a Joy-Con replacement: great sticks, an actual D-pad, ample triggers, remappable back buttons, and, most importantly, truly sublime ergonomics. After spending the past month using the Split Pad Compact almost daily, I can say that I’ll never…