In 2021, Housemarque released its most ambitious project up to that time in Returnal, a third-person shooter roguelike with fast-paced action and a dark sci-fi mystery at its core. Returnal was one of the best PS5 exclusive games at the time of launch and one of the better reasons to own Sony’s latest console. Five … Read more

Image via Niantic, The Pokemon Company Published Jun 4, 2026, 5:06 PM EDT Marc Deschamps has been writing about video games and popular culture for more than a decade, at various outlets. Prior to joining GameRant, Marc served as a freelancer, staff writer, and editor at sites like IGN, Nintendojo, and ComicBook. While Marc has a … Read more

The Super Smash Bros. franchise is the most popular platform fighter out there, and its success has led to many imitators over the years. Some of those games, like Brawlhalla and Rivals of Aether, have enjoyed lots of success with their own dedicated playerbases and unique gameplay mechanics. But not every fighter has the same … Read more

Ever since he came back into the franchise in the late 2000s, Bumblebee has been an inseparable part of Transformers. This has afforded him various designs and toys, with a new iteration giving his cinematic incarnation an adorable makeover. MCT-01 Offroad Pioneer by MachineCat-Toys reimagines Bumblebee’s appearance from his last live-action appearance, combining a rugged … Read more

Two years after the release of the first chapter of Kevin Costner’s planned four-part Western movie series, it still remains to be seen when the second movie will see the light of day. It might help that the first installment is enjoying a streaming resurgence, as that could bring some renewed attention to the franchise. … Read more

I have a confession to make: I’m a latecomer to For All Mankind. While I’ve long believed that Apple TV is one of the best streamers out there in terms of its full-throated embrace of the sci-fi genre, the truth is that I’ve been forced to take my time working through its streaming library. I’ve … Read more

Let’s be honest, a movie called The Odyssey with Christopher Nolan as its director was never going to be a 90-minute jaunt with some laughs, a frothy plot and a happy ending. This is the biggest director in the world adapting the biggest story ever written, in IMAX, with gods and monsters (not those kind, … Read more

Today’s edition of quick hits. * A faltering ceasefire: “An American-brokered cease-fire agreement between Israel and Lebanon appeared to have had limited, if any, effect on Thursday. Just hours after it was announced, Israel battered southern Lebanon with rounds of strikes, and the leader of Hezbollah, who was not part of the talks, rejected the … Read more

WARNING: LITE SPOILERS FOR ONE PIECE’S ELBAPH ARC The new release schedule has done wonders for One Piece‘s anime, but as the series prepares for another long break, Luffy’s adventures are nearing a particularly epic moment that would be an excellent season finale for Elbaph’s first cour. Since 1999, Toei’s anime adaptation of One Piece … Read more