It’s been almost 20 years since the beginning of YouTube, and now the platform is no longer just dominating your phones and computers, it’s dominating the living room, too. With an almost 10% share of all TV viewing, it was the most-used streaming service in June, beating Netflix, Hulu, and Disney+ Come from Sports betting site VPbet .

YouTube made up 9.9% of all streaming viewership on connected and traditional TVs in the U.S. for June, with Netflix coming in second with 8.4%, reported by Nielsen’s The Gauge. That’s up from 9.7% and 7.9% respectively, with every service up an estimated 40% across the board collectively.

“I do think it snuck up on people that YouTube was as important a presence in people’s lives and people’s viewing experiences not just on the phone but in the living room,” said Tara Walpert Levy, YouTube’s vice president of Americas, via CNBC. “When Nielsen first noted that YouTube was winning the streaming wars in terms of viewing, full stop, not just for ad-supported platforms, I had a ton of my friends from advertising, from media, who were like, ‘Can you believe it?’ It exceeded…

Read More

Apex Legends Season 21: Upheaval launched, surprisingly, without an actual launch trailer. But just over a week after the new season went live, Apex Legends developer Respawn Entertainment has released a new animated short featuring a device that Titanfall 2 players will certainly recognize: the Time Gauntlet, a device that makes a significant appearance in Titanfall 2’s Effect and Cause chapter, which is widely regarded as the best part of the game’s single-player campaign.

In Effect and Cause, the player takes the Time Gauntlet–a donut-shaped metal disc attached to a glove–and uses it to shift back and forth in time at-will. We’ve seen the Gauntlet appear in Apex Legends before, when an early prototype of the device appeared to power Loba’s teleportation bracelet, and we also saw Horizon eyeing up the one in the Apex Museum in Season 20’s launch trailer. But so far, we haven’t learned much more about it.

Read More

World of Warcraft is celebrating its 20th anniversary with a massive in-game event: one that will allow players to get new, modernized versions of the game’s iconic Tier 2 armor sets.

Whereas WoW anniversary events in the past have run for a few weeks in November, the 20th anniversary event is the star of the game’s 11.0.5 update and will run for over two months. That’s good news, because the event is chock-full of new activities and rewards that look to celebrate 30 years of Warcraft as a franchise and 20 years of Blizzard’s MMORPG.

The biggest prize players will want to seek out are the updated Tier 2 armor sets. Originally found in the vanilla version of WoW, the sets for each of the game’s original nine classes are still some of the most iconic armor sets in the game: the gold standard by which all of its subsequent tier sets are measured. Blizzard is giving each of them a visual upgrade for the anniversary event to look more in-line with the game’s modern visuals. For classes that didn’t exist back when Tier 2 was originally available–Death Knights, Monks, Demon Hunters, and Evokers–Blizzard is introducing all-new sets inspired by…

Read More

With the official launch of Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 yesterday, the game is ripping and shredding a previous record for the entire Warhammer video game series apart. That’s because the co-op shooter saw over 225,000 concurrent players on Steam.

PCGamesN pointed out that this total sets a new concurrent-player record for the entire Warhammer series, including the fantasy games. Space Marine 2 secured the top spot with 225,690 concurrent players, per SteamDB, overtaking Total War: Warhammer 3’s peak of 166,754, per SteamDB. It’s also important to note that Space Marine 2 hasn’t had a full weekend under its belt yet with the general public, so it’s possible the game sees even more concurrent players from September 13-15.

By clicking ‘enter’, you agree to GameSpot's Terms of Use and Privacy Policy

Read More

Instead of looking up the definition of “joy” in the dictionary, you can just play Astro Bot. One of our best games of 2024, Astro Bot is an ingeniously innovative take on platformers – filled with creative levels, wild power-ups, and big set pieces.But the game is built upon another central pillar: nostalgia. It’s a grand celebration of PlayStation’s history and all the games and characters that have made up those decades. While those little nods may provide instant delight, it’s something holding Astro Bot, and developer Team Asobi, from reaching the true heights they can. The little platformer has proven Astro Bot has a bright future, and he doesn’t need to be chained down by the past of PlayStation.Taking off Launch party Astro Bot review: “Soars above and beyond to serve up a near-perfect platformer”Saying Astro Bot is bound to PlayStation’s past has a double meaning – both on an obvious superficial level and on a deeper, more structural one. Astro Bot, right now, simply doesn’t exist without the PlayStation, the brand. The bot’s entire world is designed after the iconic four symbols (X,O, Square, and Triangle), the story has y…

Read More

Jump To:

2025 & Beyond

TBA

There’s a whole host of upcoming video game movies on the way, adapting everything from classics to recent hits. Among the line-up, there are some horror outings from the likes of Until Dawn and Five Nights at Freddy’s. Then we also have new movies such as The Sims and Street Fighter to add to our calendar as well.Too often, video game movies get a bad rap. However, it looks like Hollywood has finally seen the light and we are getting more adaptations than ever before now. Most recently, we had Sonic 3 prove yet again that video game films are better than ever (read our Sonic the Hedgehog 3 review for more details on that). So yeah, adaptations are bringing in audiences and the big bucks, so as you can imagine 2025 and 2026 are already stacked with flicks and there is so much more to look forward to as we await more release windows for confirmed films as well.Alongside some long-awaited sequels like The Super Mario Bros Movie 2, there are dozens of video game movies that have been in various stages of production over the past few years, such as Ghost of Tsushima and the Minecraft movie. There’s a lot to keep track of, but we’ve ma…

Read More

Balatro is the viral indie poker roguelite that’s taken the world by storm, and also caused quite a few of us to lose our senses a little bit. Maybe none more so than Final Fantasy 16 star Ben Starr. Balatro has become an absolute sensation, causing our team members to definitely (not) play it during meetings and winning some Critics’ Choice awards, too.The voice of Clive has become somewhat of an industry darling in recent years, and most recently used his talents to play a live-action Jimbo, the funny and slightly disturbing jester that’s become the mascot for the game.Starr features in an advert that promos the new card themes in Balatro, allowing you to change the face cards in your deck to cards inspired by Don’t Starve, 1000xResist, Divinity Original Sin 2, Shovel Knight, Enter the Gungeon, Warframe, Potion Craft, and Cult of the Lamb. It’s already a little unhinged, showing him swiveling around in full harlequin makeup, laughing maniacally, and chomping down on some bananas. The outtakes are even more baffling.Behind the scenes insanity of #Balatro. pic.twitter.com/uLflxriXdMDecember 21, 2024″Behind the scenes insanity of Balatro,” Starr tweets alongside a video of hims…

Read More

What appears to be a knock-off version of the immensely popular Black Myth: Wukong has appeared on the Nintendo online store and is due to launch December 26.Wukong Sun: Black Legend, is a 2D platformer that strongly resembles Black Myth: Wukong, at least in terms of its story description and the art used to advertise the game.Wukong Sun: Black Legend is being developed and published by Global Game Studio. Its description on the Nintendo store reads: “Embark on an epic Journey to the West in Wukong Sun: Black Legend! Ssports bettingtep into the role of the immortal Wukong, the legendary Monkey King, as he battles through a chaotic world teeming with powerful monsters and untold dangers. Explore a story inspired by Chinese mythology, filled with action-packed battles, stunning environments, and legendary foes.”This obviously sounds incredibly similar to Black Myth: Wukong, but the story is a very popular one from Chinese literature. A criminally underrated game came out back in 2010 called Enslaved: Odyssey to the West, developed by Ninja Theory, and follows a man named Monkey as he gets his companion Tripitaka back to her home throu…

Read More

The best co-op games offer up all kinds of adventures you can experience with friends or family. At the very least, they’ll support two players and let you dive into a variety of differensports bettingt worlds and stories. No matter what kind of genre you enjoy, there are plenty of co-op games out there for you, from the best FPS games to games like Palworld.With some of the best PC games offering up multiplayer options to Nintendo classics that encourage teamwork with pals, we’ve brought together a selection of the best co-op games you can play right now across all platforms. From recent releases to long-standing favorites, there’s no shortage of options to try out and explore. And happily, there are plenty more yet to come, with new games for 2025 set to bring us more co-op goodness like Split Fiction.Read on below as we take you through our pick of the 25 best co-op games you can together right now.Recent updatesThis list of the best co op games was updated on December 23, 2024, ensuring that all the titles listed offer the best team player experiences on offer right now.25. Unboxing the Cryptic Killer Co-op style: OnlineP…

Read More