Dungeons & Dragons’ New Core Rulebooks Want to Show, Not Tell
Every year for the past few years, Dungeons & Dragons has gotten bigger than ever. Now, in 2024 with the twinned anniversaries of its latest, fifth edition turning 10, and…
The New Dragon Age Game Looks a Lot More Like Mass Effect, and Maybe That’s Okay
Nailing down an identity for Dragon Age has always been difficult. BioWare’s dark-fantasy RPG series has evolved from being its more traditional RPG offering—compared to how it changed wider genre with…
The Best Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror Trailers at Summer Game Fest 2024
Slitterhead World Premiere Trailer | Summer Game Fest 2024 Bokeh Game Studio is made up of developers who worked on the Silent Hill games, and they’ve brought that experience to…
‘Fallout but in Excel’ Lets You Visit the Wasteland While Your Boss Thinks You’re Working
Image: Bethesda/Excel If you thought that Excel spreadsheets were just for mind-numbing office work, think again. A gaming hobbyist has created an Excel-based RPG game that he based on the…
It’s a Great Time to Be an Alien Fan
Happy Alien Day to all those who celebrate. April 26, as many of you know, is the day pop culture has decided to celebrate one of the landmark franchises in…
Open Channel: Tell Us Your Thoughts on Fallout and Civil War
Image: Prime Video/A24 We’re halfway through April, and it’s been a busy month, media-wise. After starting with last weekend’s Monkey Man and The First Omen, this week’s graced us with…
Get a First Look at the Gorgeous New Comic From the Team Behind Die
Here at io9, we’re massive fans of Kieron Gillen and Stephanie Hans’ fantastic RPG-horror series Die—an incredible, grippingly subversive tale of tabletop fantasies that was, in fact, so good at…
Lego’s Dungeons & Dragons Set Is One Hell of an Adventure
Every once in while, Lego will get a crack at a collaboration it’s never done before and go all out like it’ll never get to do so ever again. Few…
First Look: Samsung’s 4K, 8K QLED and OLED TVs Are Some of the Best TVs for Gamers
The big TV releases for 2024 are finally coming down the pike, and if it wasn’t already clear, this year’s theme is split between AI and displaying the most film-accurate…
How the Finale of the Dungeons & Dragons ’80s Cartoon Became a Pop-Culture Mystery
Hasbro’s multitude of celebrations marking the 50th anniversary of Dungeons & Dragons include streaming the fan-favorite 1980s D&D cartoon on the 24/7 Dungeons & Dragons: Adventures FAST channel. The animated…