River, the real-world dog that inspired Fallout 4‘s Dogmeat, has died. River’s owner, Joel Burgess, confirmed the news in a heartfelt goodbye posted on social media. “I said goodbye today to River, who most of you know as Fallout 4’s Dogmeat,” Burgess said. “Heartbroken doesn’t cover it, but I won’t …

Actor Vin Diesel has revealed that he is “dying” to appear in a musical someday, and that it almost happened with Hollywood titan Steven Spielberg. Appear on The Kelly Clarkson Show to promote F9, Diesel was asked directly if he’d like to make a Fast & Furious musical. He didn’t …

EA Motive, the studio that is reportedly making a reboot of a classic EA franchise, has hired veteran Ubisoft developer Eric Baptizat to become the game director for a new project. According to Axios, Baptizat is joining EA after 16 years with Ubisoft; most recently, he was the game director …

As promised, the first gameplay trailer for Sea of Thieves’ new A Pirate’s Life expansion has arrived, showing off more of the crossover with Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean series. The gameplay trailer shows Captain Jack Sparrow, Davy Jones, and other familiar characters from Disney’s franchise inside Sea of Thieves. …

Five Nights at Freddys creator Scott Cawthon has announced that he is retiring from video games to focus on his family, while promising that the series will continue under new leadership. He also backs away from game development amid criticism by some about his political donations to Republicans. “I’ve had …

Before he won an Oscar for Dallas Buyers Club, Matthew McConaughey was known, perhaps primarily, for his roles in rom-coms in which he takes his shirt off. But after making many of these types of movies, McConaughey wanted to make a career turn and be “scared” and “come up bloody” …

The latest chapter of Call of Duty: Warzone is unfolding, as the long-awaited Season 4 update has now arrived for the battle royale game. It ushers in new playlists updates, new events, a new vehicle (the dirt bike), and a 120hz refresh rate on PlayStation 5, among other things. A …

2K Sports is giving PGA Tour golfer Jon Rahm a huge injection of in-game cash for PGA Tour 2K21–$1.75 million worth, to be exact–after the golfer was removed from a recent tournament due to a positive COVID-19 test, missing out on potentially a huge payday. Rahm was formed to withdraw …

As part of the Xbox Games Showcase Extended event on Thursday, Microsoft shared some news about what’s next for Microsoft Flight Simulator, and this includes a new feature. A future update for Microsoft Flight Simulator will add a “land anywhere” feature that lets you do just that. Developer Jorg Neumann …

As part of the Xbox Games Showcase Extended event on Thursday, Ninja Theory debuted new behind-the-scenes footage from Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II. In the Hellblade II video, Ninja Theory’s Tameem Antoniades shared that the team didn’t want to make a simple sequel but instead something more ambitious. It’s still early …