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• Metroid Ravenous Logo Memes Make Phrases Like “Girl Dinner” And “They Took My Ass” Look So Metal

  16-09-2026 21:16 via gamespot.com
  
  Hype emanating from the reveal of Metroid Ravenous has translated into an onslaught of memes after a logo generator circulated online. If you're on Reddit or Bluesky, you may have seen the instantly iconic image of Samus Aran aggressively pinning down a mysterious enemy for consumption, but now accompanied by stupid text like "I ASKED FOR NO PICKLES" in the Metroid Ravenous font.The Pixelframe Design website unveiled a tool that lets anyone input any text and style it to look like the grainy and
  
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• Resident Evil Director Was In Horrible Pain Making The Movie

  16-09-2026 21:15 via gamespot.com
  
  Resident Evil director Zach Cregger has revealed he was going through hell while making the movie, which is about a man going through hell.
  He told The Hollywood Reporter that he had pneumonia for the first half of filming on Resident Evil. For the second half of production, he had Campylobacter jejuni. This causes diarrhea, and man, that sucks for anyone, but especially if you're trying to film a big-budget, highly anticipated film based on a property with legions of fans and great expectations
  
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• Resident Evil Is Now The Highest-Rated Gaming Movie Ever

  16-09-2026 20:44 via gamespot.com
  
  The Resident Evil movie from Weapons and Barbarian director Zach Cregger releases in theaters on September 18. Reviews from critics went live today, and the movie is earning high scores. GameSpot's Resident Evil review scored it an 8 and said it successfully captures the breathless terror of the games.In fact, it's now the highest-rated video game movie ever. It boasts a mightily impressive 96% on Rotten Tomatoes from 71 reviews and an equally impressive 80 on GameSpot sister site Metacritic. Ac
  
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• Lego Batman: Legacy Of The Dark Knight Gives Harley Quinn An Arkham Asylum Makeover

  16-09-2026 19:00 via gamespot.com
  
  Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight was a fun tribute to the Caped Crusader when it launched earlier this year, but if you're tired of saving Gotham, you can embrace chaos with two of the city's greatest villains: Harley Quinn and the Joker. The duo are headlining the game's Mayhem Collection expansion, and just like Batman, they're dressing in style with multiple outfits that you can unlock during their caper. GameSpot can exclusively reveal one of them: a classic costume for Harley Quinn, p
  
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• Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave’s Fantastic Reviews Have Me Feeling FOMO

  16-09-2026 18:37 via gamespot.com
  
  Here we go again: A new Fire Emblem game is garnering glowing reviews, and I'm thinking this could be the one that finally clicks with me. Launching tomorrow on Switch 2, Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave sits at a fantastic 89 metascore (at the time of publication) on GameSpot's sister site Metacritic. That's good enough to place it No. 13 currently on Metacritic's list for best games of 2026. In addition, GameSpot's Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave review says this is "the new high point to beat f
  
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• Call Of Duty: Black Ops Dev Teases “Something That Nobody’s Ever Experienced Before”

  16-09-2026 18:10 via gamespot.com
  
  Veteran Call of Duty developer Treyarch is finishing up its work on Black Ops 7 and shifting to its next project, but what will that be? That remains to be seen, but Treyarch design director Kevin Drew said in a new Dev Talk video that it might not be what you expect.Drew said Treyarch has "learned a lot" working on 2024's Black Ops 6 and 2025's Black Ops 7 and "tried a lot of things in our current era."
  "But we're ready to make something new and something that nobody's ever experienced before,"
  
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• Fable Being “Vital To The DNA” Of Xbox Helped Shield The Game From Hardship, Director Says

  16-09-2026 17:43 via gamespot.com
  
  The Fable reboot in development at Playground Games has been in the works for a long, long time, and part of what's "protected" the game during the lengthy development cycle was that the franchise is so closely associated with Xbox. That's according to Fable game director Ralph Fulton, who told The Guardian, "I genuinely think Fable is an important game."
  "What has protected us over a long development cycle is that so many people within Xbox view Fable as vital to the DNA of the platform,”
  
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• Bloodborne May Not Be Getting A Sequel Or Remaster, But How About An Umbrella?

  16-09-2026 17:11 via gamespot.com
  
  It never rains, but it does pour for Bloodborne fans holding out hope for some news on From Software's beloved game. Fortunately, you can take some shelter from that storm of disappointment with an official Bloodborne umbrella, and a few items for anyone wanting some souls-like couture in their wardrobe.Announced by the SuperGroupies fashion label, the Bloodborne collection includes an umbrella, necktie & tie clip set, card holder, laptop sleeve, and book cover. The "Chil
  
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• Resident Evil Director On Who Should Play Lady Dimitrescu In A Resident Evil Village Movie

  16-09-2026 16:28 via gamespot.com
  
  Director Zach Cregger's latest movie, Resident Evil, hits theaters this week, but if there were to be a movie based on Resident Evil Village, who should play the game's popular Lady Dimitrescu character?That's the question that Pedestrian TV put to Cregger recently. He said his choice would be Christina Hendricks. "That feels about right to me," he explained.Lady Dimitrescu, a tall vampire woman, was one of the most popular characters in Village. She was based on Morticia Addams and other wicked
  
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• Blizzard Boss On Why Diablo Is Becoming A TV Show And How Involved The Studio Will Be

  16-09-2026 15:49 via gamespot.com
  
  At BlizzCon, Blizzard announced a partnership with Netflix for an animated Diablo TV show. The announcement caught some by surprise, but Blizzard president Johanna Faries said in an interview that it makes sense for the studio because many people simply don't have the time to invest meaningfully in Blizzard's games, but still might watch a Diablo TV show.“We have so much fandom around Blizzard that doesn’t always necessarily translate into hardcore gaming time,” she told The Lo
  
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• Why Blizzard Stopped Protecting The Overwatch Formula To Save The Game

  16-09-2026 15:16 via gamespot.com
  
  After a successful rebrand earlier this year, the mood around Overwatch has been far more positive recently. Speaking to GameSpot at BlizzCon, associate game director Alec Dawson attributed the recent success to ditching the fear of changing core systems--such as the introduction of a Perk system that fundamentally alters hero capabilities--embarking on a year-long narrative, and actively working to break player expectations."Being able to continue to surprise people is really important," D
  
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• Zero Parades: Director’s Cut Revealed And PS5 Edition Release Date Announced

  16-09-2026 15:00 via gamespot.com
  
  Following the release of Zero Parades in May, developer ZA/UM Studio has announced a Director's Cut version, and it's coming soon as a free update for everyone, while the game's console edition is launching in November.The Director's Cut will release on October 1, while the PS4 version will release on November 3. The game has not been confirmed for Xbox or Switch, however.Coming soon.Representing the end of post-launch support on PC, the Director's Cut is free for all existing owners of Zero Par
  
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• This Is How Blizzard Is Reducing Toxicity In Overwatch

  16-09-2026 13:22 via gamespot.com
  
  For years, Overwatch had an infamous player toxicity problem. A few years after its successful 2016 debut, the problem became especially bad whenever a new hero was added to the game, and that was an issue Blizzard wanted to solve. How did it do that? By simultaneously dropping five heroes into the game earlier this year, as part of Overwatch 2's rebuild.
  Alongside the game's first year-long story arc, The Reign of Talon, this gamble paid off when Blizzard discovered that toxicity within th
  
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• New PS5 Update Is Out Now, And Sony Actually Added Some New Features

  16-09-2026 12:11 via gamespot.com
  
  A new PS5 firmware update has arrived, and it's upgrading the console with more than just extra stability. Firmware update version 26.06-14.00.00 offers a new tweak for the PS5 Pro console, voice chat improvements, and tweaks to longstanding features. Here's a breakdown of everything.For PS5 Pro owners, the update will now see the option for enhanced PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution (PSSR) turned on by default. When this is active, it will allow games to run with sharper, smo
  
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