Sins of a Solar Empire publisher Stardock Entertainment has cut a deal with the Texas-based mobile game studio BonusXP to publish the studio's forthcoming PC strategy title. This is notable because it means a number of ex-Ensemble Studios (Age of Empires) developers are making a new strategy game, a return to form that both partners are making a show of celebrating. The project will fall under the purview of game industry veteran Bruce Shelley (Civilization, Age of Empires), who recently joined BonusXP full-time after serving as a consultant. It's also interesting because BonusXP plans to implement Stardo…

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December 3, 2016 2:22 PM EST

Call it “standalone DLC” for TIME top 10 pick Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End if you must, it’s effectively a new PlayStation 4 Uncharted game from studio Naughty Dog that brings back a character we haven’t seen since Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception.

It’s called Uncharted: The Lost Legacy, and Sony teased gamers for several minutes at the outset of its PlayStation Experience in Los Angeles on Saturday with a video of said character disguised in a hijab before revealing it was i…

A Tomb Raider TV series in the works from Emmy-winning writer Phoebe Waller-Bridge, and now two names have surfaced for who could play the lead role of Lara Croft.

Deadline reported that Game of Thrones star Sophie Turner and Bohemian Rhapsody’s Lucy Boynton are on the “wishlist” to play the role. The site said they have not auditioned yet but are among those being seriously considered for the part.

Oscar-winner Angelina Jolie played the role of Lara Croft in multiple Tomb Raider movies over the years, while another Academy Award-winner, Alicia Vikander, portrayed Lara Croft in 2018’s Tomb Raider.

Deadline said the audition process for the new Tomb Raider show has been “shrouded in secrecy,” and noted that the casting process to find Lara Croft could be “one of the hot…

Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered has been rated by the ESRB, suggesting that an upgraded version of the open-world game is in development for PS5 and PC Come from South African Online Casinos . First released for the PS4 in 2017, Horizon Zero Dawn was later ported to PC in 2020 and received a sequel–Horizon Forbidden West–in 2023. Rumors of a remaster first popped up in 2022, as a report claimed that accessibility features, graphical modes, and quality-of-life improvements to the gameplay itself would bring the game up to the same standard as its sequel.

The listing, which is still live at the time of writing, details the basic plot of the game, as well as small references to sexual material, fictional dr…

iGaming Ontario, unsurprisingly, welcomed the judgement.

Ontario’s Supreme Court has ruled that iGaming Ontario operates in accordance with the Criminal Code.  The regulatory body for the Canadian province of Ontario welcomes the decision regarding how it conducts and manages iGaming.  In a press statement, the Executive Director of iGaming Ontario, Martha Otton,  stated…

“We have always been confident in our model and are pleased that the court has ruled in our favor, and that Ontarians can continue to play with confidence in our regulated iGaming market.” 

She reiterated that…

“Ontario’s model meets the requirements and contributes to the public good by protecting players, their data and their funds…

The Three Mile Island nuclear power plant–the site where an infamous partial nuclear meltdown occurred in 1979–might have a new owner soon. Microsoft has signed a power purchase agreement with the current owner of the plant, Constellation, and the deal now needs to go through regulators to be approved. If successful, Microsoft will have exclusive rights to 100% of the output from the plant for 20 years, which will be used to fuel its AI data center requirements.

Interestingly, the plant is located next to a unit that was shut down in 1979 after the Three-Mile Island accident, but it was retired in 2019. Microsoft will reopen it if the sale goes through, and it’s expected to generate 837 megawatts of energy, enough power for more than 800,000 homes. Come from Read more

One of the best video games of the past decade, Nier: Automata, recently got an anime adaptation. The series was praised for its faithful retelling of the acclaimed video game’s mind-bending narrative, and soon fans will be able to add the full run to their Blu-ray collection with the Nier: Automata Ver. 1.1a Collector’s Edition. The Blu-ray set is available exclusively through the Crunchyroll Store, and preorders are now live ahead of its October 15 release date.

Preorder Nier: Automata Ver. 1.1a Collector’s Edition

$120 ($150)

This four-disc set includes the full run of the Nier Automata series plus extra content like promotional trailers, clean versions of the intro and ending credit sequences, and a bunch of physical goodies including:…

If you’re looking for a fun way to listen to your favorite music, take a look at the Udreamer Vinyl Wireless Record Player. Amazon is running a limited-time deal that brings its price to just $36 (was $70) when you redeem the coupon code on its Amazon store page. This is the lowest price we’ve ever seen for the Bluetooth record player, though it’s unclear how long the discount will last, so be sure to grab this deal while you can. Luckily, most locations can have it delivered before Christmas, making this a fun holiday gift for the music lover in your life.

If you want to snag a few records to go with your new record player, a bunch of cool gaming soundtracks are available at Am…

If you enjoyed Batman: Caped Crusader on Prime Video and are interested in revisiting the superhero’s past animated adventures, Amazon has some excellent deals on Batman Blu-ray box sets for Black Friday 2024. For Caped Crusader fans, the most notable deal of the bunch is Batman: The Complete Animated Series on Blu-ray for $30 (was $71). Caped Crusader is considered a spiritual successor to this beloved series, and the early ’90s series still stands tall as the best animated Batman TV series of all time.

Batman: The Complete Animated Series (Blu-ray)

$30 ($71)

This 12-disc box set includes all 85 episodes of the original animated series that ran from 1992-95, as well as the complete arc of The New Batman Adventures, …