R.F. Kuang’s Nebula and Locus Award-winning fantasy novel Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence is widely adored. Polygon considered one of the best SFF novels of 2022. For instance, my colleague Sadie Gennis loved it enough to buy the hardcover version for herself and as gifts for two of her friends, even though she already […]

Season 1 of Marvel Rivals launches later this week, bringing two members of the Fantastic Four to the Marvel-themed multiplayer hero shooter. Friday’s update also brings a long list of changes for just about every playable Marvel superhero and villain, including many much-needed tweaks to characters like Hawkeye, Hela, and Thor. Many of Marvel Rivals […]

Fat Bear Week, the National Park Service’s official celebration of the fattest bears around, is getting its own unofficial board game. Tabletop publisher Osprey Games announced the upcoming release Katmai: The Bears of Brooks River, a two-player board game that takes direct inspiration from the cultural phenomenon. You play as sandy- or cinnamon-colored brown bears […]

Transformers: Reactivate has been canceled, developer Splash Damage announced with a statement on X (formerly Twitter) on Jan. 8. “Today, we have some very difficult news to share,” the statement reads. “The decision has been made to end development of Transformers: Reactivate. This means we will be scaling down to refocus our efforts on other […]

Whether you’re doing your gaming on a PC or PlayStation, storage is always at a premium. But today, that premium is definitely a little more reasonable. Currently, the Samsung 990 Pro and the WD_Black SN850, two of the best SSDs available, are matching their lowest price ever. The 1 TB model of the Samsung 990 […]