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Greg Russo, the writer of the upcoming Mortal Kombat reboot, has confirmed on Twitter that the movie will be R-Rated and that the film will feature on-screen fatalities. The fact that Russo didn’t say which fatalities will make it to the big screen suggests that some of them will be pulled directly from the game.

DC Black Label has added yet another miniseries to its lineup of adult-oriented and darker superhero books. Not only is Jeff Lemire working on a new The Question series with the legendary Denys Cowan, but he’s also set to tackle a new Joker story with frequent collaborator Andrea Sorrentino in Joker: Killer Smile, a three-parter

Microsoft has announced its intention to close down Microsoft Internet Games, a service that launched in 2000 and allowed gamers to play iconic games like backgammon and checkers against online opponents. The service currently spans Windows XP, Windows ME, and Windows 7. As The Windows Gaming Team states on the official Microsoft website, “it is

Augmented reality isn’t just a concept or gimmick anymore. Pokemon Go took the technology mainstream in the summer of 2016, and now that game’s developer is back this year with Harry Potter: Wizards Unite. But those are just two games out of many in a still growing category. To that end, Den of Geek has

The Turok game franchise, which began as a violent and intense shooter for the N64, is returning in 2019 as an intensely cute isometric action title.  Dubbed Turok: Escape From Lost Valley, this upcoming project is about as far from the original Turok games as you can without turning the series into a mobile puzzle game. This

The apparent effort to get Keanu Reeves in everything continues with this new Metal Gear Solid 5 mod which replaces Big Boss with two Keanu Reeves characters.  This mod, as spotted by PC Gamer, is a work-in-progress alteration of the PC version of Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain which lets you play as

In an interview with Game Informer (as spotted by PC Gamer), developer Respawn spoke about Jedi: Fallen Order‘s protagonist and why they ultimately decided to make him a human.  “Ultimately we didn’t go with an alien race because we felt like—no pun intended—that would alienate a lot of people,” said Jedi: Fallen Order director Stig Asmussen. ”We

People looking for their next helping of gruesome Nazi-demolishing action will surely find it in Wolfenstein: Youngblood, the next installment in MachineGames’ alt-history shooter series, but there’s also exceptional character work underneath all the blood and guts. New leads Jess and Soph Blazkowicz, daughters of the franchise’s infamous killing machine, B.J., star as a new

Xbox Game Pass is Microsoft’s subscription service for Xbox One owners. It’s designed to be like a “Netflix for games,” where you pay a simple monthly rate and get access to loads of games for download. It’s not to be confused with the Xbox Live Gold membership, which gives users a selection of free games each

For those who don’t know, Watch Dogs: Legion is being directed by Clint Hocking; the same man who directed the brilliant Far Cry 2. This is Hocking’s first major Ubisoft project since he rejoined Ubisoft in 2015, and in an interview with Gamasutra, he explained how the game’s “play as any NPC” feature works and why

It turns out that some fans weren’t happy with the design of Jedi: Fallen Order‘s lightsaber, and developer Respawn has stated that they intend to fix it ahead of the game’s release.  “We made a mistake on that one and since then we’ve fixed it,” said Fallen Order game director Stig Asmussen in an interview with

Earlier this year, Den of Geek launched two new PC Gaming series, one focused on the History of PC Gaming as well as a PC Building Guide meant to help our readers create their own powerful rigs to play the latest releases at the highest graphical settings and efficiency. The latter series has allowed us

Epic Games has added more fun new stuff to Fortnite, with a mysteriously massive rubber duck being spliced into the iconic battle royale game alongside heaps of Stranger Things content. The two things, we should probably point out, don’t seem to be related. Let’s start with Stranger Things because that one’s a bit easier to

Matt Bilbey, who works at Electronic Arts as the company’s EVP of strategic growth, has opened up about the sense in the gaming community that EA is not one of the good guys. Any gamer could provide you with a laundry list of reasons for this public perception of the company, from the microtransaction-plagued launch

Dying Light 2, the sequel to the beloved zombie parkour open-world RPG, has been announced by Techland. During E3 2018, it was also revealed that RPG legend Chris Avellone, who previously worked on Fallout: New Vegas and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, is working on Dying Light 2. Unsurprisingly, this sequel will have

This article comes from Den of Geek UK.  Created in 1964 by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko, the fishbowl-wearing foe Mysterio has been a threat to Spider-Man’s safety for decades, garnering a reputation as a fan favorite long before Jake Gyllenhaal donned the garish costume for this role in Spider-Man: Far From Home. Alongside comics

The Doctor is making the leap to virtual reality with the forthcoming Doctor Who: The Edge of Time, and to mark the occasion, Den of Geek is teaming up with our friends at Maze Theory for a very special VR opportunity. Maze Theory, the immersive VR studio behind The Edge of Time and next year’s

In a statement released to PC Gamer and other outlets, developer CD Projekt Red says they’re not currently working on multiple Cyberpunk projects.  “We currently have a total of five teams working on a number of projects, with three focusing on the development of Cyberpunk 2077,” said a CD Projekt rep. “These include CD Projekt

Release Date: June 28, 2019Platforms: SwitchDeveloper: NintendoPublisher: NintendoGenre: Platformer/Level editor At first glance, Super Mario Maker 2 doesn’t look too different from its predecessor, but just a few minutes with it reveals a deeper sequel with even more customization option and deeper gameplay. This sequel is everything that was great about the first game but

There have been dozens of Star Wars games over the years, but just like the movies themselves, some are remembered much more fondly than others. For every Star Wars game as beloved as The Empire Strikes Back, there’s a half-dozen that are as hated as much as The Phantom Menace or as divisive as The

The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series has just been announced for PS4, Xbox One, and PC. It’s basically a nice big bundle of the Telltale series, including all four seasons of walker-stuffed episodes, along with The Walking Dead: Michonne and the 400 Days DLC. As the official press release promises, The Walking Dead: The

This article is sponsored by CCP. Start playing the game now by signing up here. EVE Online is a game of grand strategies, petty betrayals, and ridiculous player-driven stories, but at it’s very core, it is a game about spaceships. Spaceships are the heart and soul of EVE, serving a dual role as a player’s avatar

Dell has released its new XPS 15 laptop, which was unveiled last month at Computex. The base model, running the 9th Generation Intel Core i5 processor with 8GB memory and 256GB SSD, will set you back $1,099.99, but Dell is also offering more souped-up versions at the price points of $1,549.99, $1,949.99, $2,099.99, and $2,649.99

During the same Gamelab speech in which Blizzard co-founder Mike Morhaime addressed crunch culture, he also spoke about the mysterious canceled Blizzard project known as Titan which was positioned to be the studio’s successor to World of Warcraft.  “It was a brand-new universe, and it was going to be the next generation MMO, that did all

Release Date: June 18, 2019Platform: PS4 (reviewed), XBO, Switch, PCDeveloper: ArtPlayPublisher: 505 GamesGenre: Metroidvania Platformer Castlevania: Symphony of the Night is such a beloved game that it, along with strange bedfellow Super Metroid, inspired a whole subgenre of platformers focused on exploration and backtracking. Today, Metroidvania games are as relevant and popular as ever, but one of the OGs of

The Tetris Company and N3TWORK are teaming up to develop a Tetris battle royale game set to come to mobile devices later this year.  “Tetris is a timeless pop culture icon that has shaped the history of videogames and is truly loved around the world,” says the founder and CEO of N3TWORK, Neil Young. “Our team at

Release Date: June 27, 2019Platform: PS4 (reviewed), XBODeveloper: SNK CorporationPublisher: Athlon GamesGenre: Fighting In the ’90s heyday of fighting games, it seemed like SNK released a new game every week, churning out series after series. SNK fell to the wayside after the turn of the century, but it’s been trying to make a comeback of late. Three years ago, SNK

Despite the hopes of many, Google is shooting down rumors that Stadia games will be cheaper or that they will immediately inspire developers to lower their prices.  “I don’t know why it would be cheaper,” said Google Stadia’s Phil Harrison in a roundtable interview attended by Eurogamer. “The value you get from the game on

Now that the Dark Souls series is officially complete, Bandai Namco has a hole in their lineup that was previously occupied by a hardcore RPG series with a moody atmosphere and strong action elements.  While it’s going to be hard for any game to ever completely fill that void, we must say that Bandai Namco’s upcoming action

In response to a Twitter thread discussing the Epic Store’s controversial pursuit of exclusives, Epic CEO Tim Sweeney explained that the aggressive pursuit of such titles is really one of the only ways to change the digital distribution status quo which he believes is often unfair to developers.  “We believe exclusives are the only strategy