Even a decade after its release, Alien: Isolation remains a standout experience.

It’s a monumental example of adaptation in video games, thanks to the fact that developer Creative Assembly was packed with fans of Ridley Scott’s 1979 film, Alien, and an incredibly tight, detailed focus on the fidelity of the movie’s setting. It also set a bar in horror game design, with the alien operating on a set of reactive artificial intelligence rules that made it terrifyingly unpredictable and unstoppably lethal.

It also stands apart from other games based on the Alien franchise, which tend to ignore Scott’s original film in favor of iterations on Aliens, James Cameron’s sequel, which moves away from straight horror to feature more action–and a bunch of well-outfitted, smack-talking Marines. Creative Assembly instead pitched an Alien game, not an Aliens game, one that would focus on making the creature feel like an unstoppable, unknow…

Disney has been churning out iconic movies for decades, but did you know the company is also responsible for a series of New York Times best-selling novels? The series, Villains by Serena Valentino, follows bad guys from the films to better flesh out their stories. You’ll find 10 books in the series, and an eleventh, Kill the Beast, is scheduled to arrive on July 30. Preorders are currently discounted ahead of its release, so if you’re interested in checking out the series, be sure to take a look.

Your preorder comes with Amazon’s preorder guarantee, so if the price drops between now and July 30, you’re entitled to the lowest price. That means there’s no downside to preordering, as there’s little chance we’ll see a better price than this after launch.

If you prefer to start from the beginning of the series, you’ll find the Villains Box Set: Books 1-3 on sale for just $24 (down from $45). The…

You’ll fight countless battles in Palworld, most of which take place in the environment. However, there are certain encounters where you battle creatures in their own arenas. Here’s our guide on where to find all Sealed Realm Pals in Palworld. And don’t forget, Palworld is now available on PS5, in addition to still being on Xbox and PC.

All Sealed Realm Pal locations in Palworld

The Sealed Realm Pal locations can be seen in the map image below. Generally speaking, these areas tend to have a glowing teleporter in the middle. Likewise, there’s usually a fast travel point that’s nearby.

Tips when fighting Pals in Sealed Realms

Once you activate the teleporter to the Sealed Realm, you’ll arrive at the Pal’s domain. The key factor here is that defeating or capturing a Pal in a Sealed Realm triggers a cooldown, and the creature will only respawn after …

Star Wars Outlaws is almost here, and if you’re wondering if your PC can process a good-looking galaxy full of danger, you can check out the official PC requirements for the game below. Ubisoft has released a list of the hardware you’ll need to run Star Wars Outlaws at its bare minimum and very best, and the one unifying factor here is that you’ll need an SSD with 65GB of storage capacity.

Beyond that, the requirements aren’t surprising. If you’re aiming for a 1080p 30fps experience using the low graphical presets, you’ll be fine with an old GPU like a GeForce GTX 1660 or an AMD RX 5600 XT, and to get the game running at 4K 60fps, you’ll unsurprisingly need to have a heavy-duty GeForce RTX 4080 with 16GB of VRAM or an AMD RX 7900 XTX with a whopping 24GB of VRAM. It’s worth noting that the settings factor in upscaling technology like Nvidia DLSS and AMD FSR, and Ubisoft added that additional features like uncapped frame rates, ultrawide monitor support, and cinematic display m…

Final Fantasy XIV will go back on sale on January 25, after it was previously removed from digital store shelves due to a massive influx of players for the new Endwalker expansion.

Publisher Square Enix was forced to remove the base game and its complete edition from sale in December 2021, as the servers began buckling under the pressure of the game simply being too popular.

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On PS4 and PC, Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is a lovely homage to classic Castlevania with a collection of smart quality-of-life improvements and impeccable craftsmanship. Koji Igarashi has been hailed as a visionary who helped define the “Metroidvania” genre, and his return to it is worth celebrating. Unfortunately, the Nintendo Switch version of Bloodstained suffers from significant technical problems, and it’s difficult to recommend over other platforms.

Symphony of the Night may be the most famous of Igarashi’s works, but the series of micro-sized follow-ups he produced on the Game Boy Advance showed portability was a boon to its newfound RPG-like mechanics. Games like Harmony of Dissonance squeezed much of what was wonderful about those games into a form factor that allowed picking up and playing wherever you might go. Bloodstained appeared primed to offer this again for a modern age, with one contiguous experience between the console and po…