Police detective Justin Rapp killed 28-year-old Andrew Finch in 2017 on the front porch of his house in what’s now known as the United States’ first fatal swatting incident. Last week, the Wichita City Council finalized a $5 million settlement…
Video game worlds are filled with “barks.” You may not know the name for the short, quick phrases that come from a game’s characters when they aren’t being chatty, but they’re always there. It’s your Call of Duty: Modern Warfare…
Diablo 4’s open beta begins this weekend, opening up the test period to anyone who wants to play — no KFC Double Down sandwich necessary. There’s always room for another corporate sponsorship, so developer Blizzard Entertainment is swapping KFC with…
More than 400 Twitch workers were impacted by Amazon’s expansive layoffs announced Monday, according to a memo from new Twitch CEO Dan Clancy. The company cut 9,000 jobs total across its Amazon Web Services, human resources, Twitch, and advertising divisions.…
There’s one thing Electronic Arts should have considered adding with its Growing Together expansion for The Sims 4… exorcisms. Let me explain. Most The Sims 4 players know to expect some bugs after a big update; The Sims 4 has…
You can visit The Last of Us’ breakout star at the Calgary Zoo, and no, it’s not Pedro Pascal or Bella Ramsey. As it turns out, the HBO series’ giraffe scene, adapted straight from the games, was created with a…
In its final episode, HBO’s The Last of Us went deeper into a character who was left unexplored in the original video game: Ellie’s mom, Anna. Still, her scenes were only a small part of the show, leaving plenty of…
Team Rocket’s iconic villains Jessie and James have spent decades chasing after Ash and his Pikachu, and getting up to all sorts of double trouble. With Ash retiring, I guess there’s no better time for Jessie, James, and Meowth to…
When Pedro Pascal isn’t busy starring in The Last of Us and The Mandalorian, or being daddy, he’s solving a mobile game’s weirdly intense murder mystery. Yes, Pascal has joined the Merge Mansion universe, starring in the mobile game’s latest…
Roughly 20 workers at Montreal-based indie studio Dynasty Loop are looking for answers — and money — after months of missed paychecks, four workers told Polygon. The studio, helmed by CEO Rania Oueslati, apparently owes its workers and external contractors…