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  CultureNewsIRL

  Someone Recreated The Weirdest-Looking Moment From The Big GTA 6 Trailer In Real Life

  Turns out Jason's odd backflip is possible, if you are a skilled athlete who loves flipping

  By Zack Zwiezen Published September 10, 2026
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  Games

  I Played A Game That Turns Tetris Into Doom, And It’s For Babies

  A child could do it, if you gave them a gun

  By Rebekah Valentine Published September 10, 2026
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  CultureNews

  Final Fantasy 7 Revelation Requires A Download Instead Of Shipping Complete On Multiple Discs To Avoid Compromising The ‘Fidelity’ And ‘Quality’

  Director Naoki Hamaguchi defended the move amid the current uproar over physical games

  By Ethan Gach Published September 10, 2026
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  CultureNews

  A Mystery Playtest Could Be For PlayStation’s Fairgames, Giving Us Our First New Look At The MIA Shooter In Over Three Years

  We've not seen much about i>Fairgames since it was first revealed in 2023

  By Zack Zwiezen Published September 10, 2026
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  CultureNews

  The New Apothecary Diaries Game Will Fill The Ace Attorney-Shaped Hole Left In My Heart

  If Capcom won't release a new Ace Attorney game, Koei Tecmo has the next best thing

  By Ash Parrish Published September 10, 2026
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  Games

  Rebounder Is A Celeste-like That Has Me Throwing Caution To The Alien Wind

  Whee!

  By Rebekah Valentine Published September 10, 2026
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  Games

  Mom, Come Pick Me Up, They’re Doing ‘ Silksong When?’ Again

  There's three months left on the clock for the Sea of Sorrows DLC to come out, but a lack of updates bodes ill

  By Ash Parrish Published September 10, 2026
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  CultureNews

  Fans Put Together A List Of Every Time Sony Said Players Owned Their Digital Games After The Company Argued In A Lawsuit That It Was Obvious Players Don’t

  Sony really likes to use the word "owned" despite claiming nobody would ever think they owned a digital game

  By Zack Zwiezen Published September 10, 2026
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  CultureNews

  Netflix’s 6-Hour Exclusivity Window For GTA 6 Reportedly Only Led To Its Third Highest Sign-Up Bump Of The Year

  A modest 100,000 new subscribers paid up to see Jason and Lucia in action

  By Kenneth Shepard Published September 10, 2026
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  CultureNews

  Saudi Arabia Reportedly Considering Merging EA With Savvy Games Group

  The Madden publisher's acquisition was finalized in August

  By Kenneth Shepard Published September 10, 2026
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  Games

  StarCraft, ‘Camelot,’ And More: Everything We Expect And Hope To See At BlizzCon 2026

  A big year for the Crafts

  By Rebekah Valentine Published September 10, 2026
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  Games

  Marvel’s Wolverine Is Currently Sony’s Lowest Scoring Game Of The PS5 Era

  With a Metacritic score of just 77, the in-house game is scoring worse than Sackboy: A Big Adventure

  By John Walker Published September 10, 2026
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  Entertainment

  Chun-Li’s Stunt Double In The Street Fighter Movie Had To Wear Butt Pads To Match Actor Callina Liang’s Thunder Thighs

  Callina Liang underwent rigorous training to match the fighter's physique

  By Kenneth Shepard Published September 10, 2026
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  CultureNews

  Scalpers Are Already Hawking The Sold Out Zelda 40th Anniversary Switch 2 For $900

  All grimly inevitable in a time when supply doesn't even try to match demand

  By John Walker Published September 10, 2026
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  ReviewsPlayStation

  Marvel’s Wolverine: The Kotaku Review

  Insomniac’s latest Marvel superhero game is refreshingly straightforward…mostly

  By Kenneth Shepard Published September 10, 2026
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  CultureNews

  GTA 6 PS5 Controller Pre-Orders Go Live On PlayStation Store And It Immediately Collapses, Meanwhile eBay Is Flooded With Scalpers

  Other players got stuck in hour long queues or couldn't check out at all

  By Zack Zwiezen Published September 10, 2026
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  CultureNews

  Steam Users Could Soon Be Free From The Tyranny Of Ubisoft’s Hated Connect Launcher [Updated]

  Remember the days when you could just double-click an icon on your desktop?

  By John Walker Published September 10, 2026
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  CultureNews

  Nintendo Announces Big ‘Customer Appreciation Sale’ Supported By Tariff Refunds It Doesn’t Want To Pay Back To Players

  No, the company won't provide any refunds, but it will sell you some games and merch at a discounted price

  By Zack Zwiezen Published September 10, 2026
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  Tips & Guides

  PS Plus Game Catalog Pickings Get Slimmer In September 2026 But There’s Still Some Neat Stuff

  Some interesting games you may have missed are joining the subscription library

  By Ethan Gach Published September 10, 2026
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  CultureNews

  Final Fantasy 7 Revelation’s Director Says He Wanted To Show ‘That Final Fantasy Doesn’t Have To Be A Traditional-Style JRPG’

  Naoki Hamaguchi talks about pushing past franchise limits

  By Ethan Gach Published September 10, 2026