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All nine episodes of Star Wars: Visions drop on Disney+ on Wednesday, Sept. 22. Below is a spoiler-free review. Every Star Wars property is made of the same basic ingredients: a touch of Western flair, a bit of influence from Japanese history, and all the complex mechanics that build a …

The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf will debut on Netflix on Aug. 23. A prequel to The Witcher Season 1 that also sets up characters and events that will be important to Season 2 of the Netflix show, The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf is torn between the franchise’s future …

The cooperative dungeon crawler Gloomhaven turned the board game upside down when it was released in 2017. Arriving in a box the size of a shipping container for a price tag to match, it delivered an extraordinary marriage of tactical combat and RPG-style character building. It remains a top-rated board …

The wait is finally over: Sony has released the WF-1000XM4s, the update to its popular WF-1000XM3 earbuds. Featuring a modernized design and a brand new V1 processing chip to deliver “industry leading” noise canceling and sound quality, these new headphones retail for $279.99 and are some of the most anticipated …

How could F9 possibly shock and awe audiences after all that’s already gone down over the past 20 years? They do it by turning hard into familiar Fast & Furious terrain of macho melodrama and full-throttle plot twists, then taking the car stunts to absolutely outrageous new heights. In his …

As soon as I arrived in Resident Evil Village’s sinister rural setting, its Resident Evil 4 influence reared its snarling head. Almost immediately surrounded by rabid Lycan locals, I scrambled for shotgun shells and bookshelves to block doorways as the horde closed in, only to be saved a split-second away …

Fast and frantic action, a dazzling display of thousands of bullets in a multitude of shapes and sizes, and glorious, glorious particle effects. These hallmarks are what Housemarque games are all about, and Returnal certainly checks all of those boxes. But it’s also their most ambitious effort yet: a PS5-exclusive …

Asus' TUF line is known for being affordable, durable gaming devices – and the TUF Dash F15 is no exception. With a few models around the $1,000 price point, this 15-inch gaming laptop should be able to take a beating in real life while you dole out beatings on the …

At first glance the 8BitDo Pro 2 may look nearly identical to the SN30 Pro+ controller that came before it. While it shares the same design, the new model has some meaningful improvements both physically and with its optional software. With more of an emphasis on “pro” than ever before, …

Agent 47’s unique brand of slow-paced stealth in an assortment of dense, deadly, and deeply varied murder playgrounds has reached a wonderful crescendo in Hitman 3. While it doesn’t stray from the killer chord combination developer IO Interactive crafted for 2016’s Hitman – and continued to use in 2018’s Hitman …