Sega has announced that Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania will feature crossover DLC with one of the publisher’s other famous franchises. Kazuma Kiryu, the longtime protagonist of the Yakuza series, will come to Banana Mania as a playable character as free DLC at launch in October. Banana Mania is developed …

Blizzard Entertainment is currently running an open beta test for Diablo II: Resurrected, which follows an earlier invite-only test. Blizzard ran through all the details in a blog post, and we’ve rounded up the key information below. Diablo II: Resurrected Open Beta The Resurrected open beta runs August 20-23. The …

One of actor Matthew McConaughey’s earlier roles was the killer Vilmer in 1994’s Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation. In a new video, the Oscar-winner shares a story of how he landed the role, and it involves scaring a woman with a tablespoon. On his YouTube channel, he recalls that …

Following the announcement of Call of Duty: Vanguard, Activision has announced when we can expect to learn more, and it won’t be long. More footage of the World War II shooter’s campaign will be revealed at some point next week, Activision said. “More campaign footage coming VERY soon. Like maybe …

As suspected, Call of Duty: Vanguard will have an open beta, but apart from confirming its existence, that’s all we know. The announcement came as part of the official reveal of Vanguard on Thursday through an in-game Warzone event. Everyone who pre-orders Vanguard will get early access to the beta, …

Call of Duty: Warzone is getting a brand-new map later this year, featuring a new environment and a new anti-cheat system from developer Raven Software. You might be wondering what might happen to any of your previous battle pass unlocks or store purchases when the change happens. The good news …

Confirming rumors, Activision has officially announced that Call of Duty: Warzone will get a brand-new map later this year, presumably around the time that Call of Duty: Vanguard launches this November. This is not a modest redesign of the existing Verdansk that has been in place since the game launched …

Call of Duty: Vanguard will have its own Zombies mode, but main developer Sledgehammer Games isn’t developing it. Instead, the studio that created the fan-favorite mode, Treyarch, is coming in to develop Zombies. Activision confirmed in a presentation attended by GameSpot that the Zombies mode in Vanguard will act as …

Since its founding in 2009, Sledgehammer Games has exclusively developed Call of Duty games for parent company Activision, but it might not be that way forever. COO Andy Wilson (no relation to EA CEO Andrew Wilson) told VentureBeat that Call of Duty will remain the team’s main area of focus, …

Veteran video game writer Rhianna Pratchett has shared her thoughts on where she would like to see games go in the future. The Mirror’s Edge and Tomb Raider writer said, in particular, she’d like to see GTA-style mature-rated games featuring women in the lead roles. Speaking to Wired, Pratchett said …