Hannibal and Casino Royale actor Madds Mikkelsen is in Hideo Kojima's mysterious new game, Death Stranding. A trailer from The Game Awards revealed that Mikkelsen plays some kind of alien bad guy. Now, the actor has spoken a bit more on working a video game for the first time.In the newest episode of Kojima's "HideoTube" series, Mikkelsen said he's enthusiastic about working with a veteran game de... more.

Sega is attending South By Southwest 2017 and will announce some new details about Sonic Mania and the brand-new Sonic game during the show.During a panel titled "Gotta Go Fast: The Official Panel of Sonic the Hedgehog," Sonic Team's Takashi Iizuka and the person behind Sonic's wacky and wonderful Twitter account will "showcase a new reveal" for Sonic Mania and the all-new, untitled Sonic game. Ad... more.

Nintendo's The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild comes out in under a month, launching for Nintendo Switch and the Wii U on March 3. We've seen a good amount of gameplay footage for the highly anticipated RPG already, and two new videos show off even more of the game.Posted by DualShockers, the five gameplay videos stem from livestreams on Nico Nico and Famitsu. In all, there is almost 100 minut... more.

The hit musical La La Land continued its dominance of this year's movie awards by winning big at the BAFTAs. The film claimed five prizes at the British film awards ceremony, which is seen as an indicator of who might succeed at the Oscars later this month.La La Land won Best Film, Best Actress (Emma Stone) Best Director (Damien Chazelle), Best Cinematography, and Best Original Music. Star Ryan Go... more.

In Splatoon 2's demo announcement, Nintendo revealed some new details about the Switch. Of most interest is that the console can actually link 10 consoles together, not just the previously announced eight.Nintendo's press release mentions the "newly announced LAN Play feature," before going on to detail 10-player options. "Connecting up to 10 docked consoles via wired LAN will be well-suited for p... more.

It's February 12, which means today is the last day of the For Honor open beta. As announced previously, the beta lets you try nine of the game's 12 heroes and four of the five modes; there are six maps in the beta. Check out the image below to see what's included.Use these links to download the For Honor beta right now: PS4, Xbox One, PC (Steam). Before this, a closed beta ran January 26-29. Ubi... more.

Earlier this week, Sony announced a temporary price cut for the PlayStation 4. It goes into effect today, dropping the prices of the Uncharted 4 and Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare bundles down to $250.That's the lowest-ever price for the console, matching the Black Friday offer. This is for the new PS4 Slim model and the price cut is good at retailers across the United States.The Uncharted 4 PS4 ... more.

Rockstar's acclaimed 2008 open-world game Grand Theft Auto IV was added to the Xbox One's backwards compatibility program this week. We played it. You might have as well. But how does the game perform on Xbox One compared to Xbox 360? According to Eurogamer, the Xbox One version runs faster, though there are some issues as well, apparently."It hits the same performance level as original hardware,... more.

Chris "Dubby" McFarland won this year's Madden Bowl, proving himself to be the best Madden player in the land. He won a prize of $75,000 for his performance--but due to some recent controversy, he's been docked $3,000. In a statement released this week, EA announced that it has taken back the money for "inappropriate" content posted to his personal Twitter feed. His tweets, which have since been d... more.

Double Fine's Psychonauts bred positivity and understanding because of its ability to help players empathize with the thoughts and motivations of its characters. The series' upcoming PlayStation VR-exclusive spin-off, Psychonauts in the Rhombus of Ruin, looks to do the same thing in a new way by utilizing the immersive capabilities of VR.The game puts you in control of series protagonist Raz as he... more.