The next Call of Duty game in the series, Black Ops 6 will arrive on the same day as its official release date, October 25th, for Game Pass Ultimate subscribers but it won’t be the fir… Read More
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Retbit is an independent online publication forged with one prevailing notion: a love of video games, past, present and future.
Warframe, the free-to-play, massively multiplayer action role-playing shooter from Canadian video game developer Digital Extremes just celebrated its 11th anniversary, and is widely consider… Read More
Though the second season of the show attempted to rectify some of the vocal backlash it faced, particularly from avid fans of the Halo videogame franchise familiar with the game’s exte… Read More
Much like his mustachioed Nintendo counterpart Mario, Sonic is a character who has transcended genres and dipped his red-and-white sneakers into everything from racing, fighting, party and s… Read More
If you’re as egregious a Pokefanatic as myself then you’ve probably wondered about some of the important questions in life – like why Graveler loses its extra set of arms w… Read More
Fans might be clamoring for new Fallout material, especially with the overwhelming success of the recent Amazon Prime series (the show had 65 million viewers in its first 16 days and has alr… Read More
There’s no denying that the success CD Projekt has had with its major titles — namely The Witcher and Cyberpunk 2077 — has been impressive, but now the Polish video game pu… Read More
Arrowhead Game Studios’ Helldivers 2 has been the surprise hit of 2024, with the co-op, live-service shooter not only selling a staggering 12 million copies in its first 12 weeks on sa… Read More
Despite rumors and reports to the contrary, the next Call of Duty game (tentatively titled Call of Duty Black Ops 6) will launch on Game Pass, according to a report from The Wall Street Jour… Read More
Ubisoft announced they’ll be excluding SBMM (skill-based matchmaking) from casual playlists in their upcoming first-person arena-shooter XDefiant.
For those unfamiliar with competitiv… Read More
Paramount+’s new Knuckles series may have just dropped on April 26th, but it’s already setting global records. Not only is Knuckles on Paramount+ the most-watched original series… Read More
Look out Zeus, Hades, Cerberus, Aphrodite and the rest of the Greek pantheon in the “Myths and Mortals” season of Fortnite — Epic is adding a couple of characters boasting… Read More
If you went back and read our Most Wanted Fortnite Collab Skins wishlist out of morbid curiosity, you’d notice that since that article was written back in December of 2022, most of the… Read More
Tired of paying $70 for your favorite big-name AAA video games? According to one industry head, exorbitantly priced video games which require massive development costs equal to Hollywood mov… Read More
Tekken series producer Katsuhiro Harada recently appeared on the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences’ Game Maker’s Notebook podcast when the conversation shifted towards t… Read More
Jonathan Nolan knows the obsessive side of video game fandom. In fact, he himself is a big fan of the video game series on which the upcoming Amazon Prime Video series Fallout is based.
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The following news should come as no surprise due to the overwhelming success of the first movie, but it’s official: the Super Mario Bros. Movie sequel has been confirmed for 2026 by N… Read More
The Fortnite Chapter 5, Season 2 Battle Pass, “Myths and Mortals,” is finally here and with it comes a phalanx of brand-new Greek mythology-oriented characters, gear and cosmetic… Read More
Following news that Electronic Arts will lay off 5% of its workforce, EA has cancelled Respawn’s Star Wars Mandalorian first-person shooter game, which was being overseen by former Luc… Read More
Hyung-Tae Kim, the Game Director of upcoming action-RPG Stellar Blade isn’t remorseful in the least when it comes to the game’s character designs — even the “special… Read More
South Korean video game publisher Nexon has plenty of faith in The Finals, the frenzied, free-to-play first-person-shooter developed by subsidiary company Embark Studios. In its latest finan… Read More
Though the game celebrates its 30th anniversary this year, don’t expect a Final Fantasy 6 remake in the vein of the recently released Final Fantasy 7 remake anytime soon. That’s… Read More
The age of Palworld is upon us and if the record-breaking concurrent Steam and sales numbers are any indication, gamers have been fiending for some sort of alternative for the monster collec… Read More
Unless you’ve been living under a Digtoise for the past few weeks, you’ve likely heard about Palworld, Pocketpair’s insanely popular new game (the game has beaten the recor… Read More
Though on the surface the premise of Palworld, unofficially dubbed the “Pokemon with Guns” game by fans and critics alike, seems like the fleeting daydream of some edgy teenager… Read More
Fast travel has become a staple mechanic in video games over the years, particularly in sprawling, open world games where traversing long distances can be viewed by some gamers as monotonous… Read More
Whether intentionally influenced by Super Mario Bros. Wonder, whose success Mario series producer Takashi Tezuka in part attributed to “younger people in [Nintendo’s] staff&rdquo… Read More
We’ve said it before and we’ll likely say it again, but Fortnite, Epic’s uber-popular, free-to-play online battle royale — which has extended into an entire online ga… Read More
Cyberpunk 2077 and The Witcher developer CD Projekt Red has cleared the air on rumors that they might be acquired in the near future, with Chief Strategy Officer (formerly CEO) Adam Kicinski… Read More
Zack Snyder has had his hands full with his sci-fi epic Rebel Moon, which is set to premiere on Netflix on December 22nd, but that hasn’t prevented him from keeping the possibility of… Read More
Baldur’s Gate 3 is already a densely-packed, fully-realized, richly developed game but developer Larian Studios isn’t “done yet” with the 2023 Game Awards Game of the… Read More
Cowabunga, dudes!
Christmas is coming early this year in Fortnite, for both us, considering Epic Games will soon be adding yet another entry from our Retbit’s Most Wanted Fortnite Coll… Read More
Last month’s Fortnite OG Season, which saw the battle royale’s meta return to its original state as it was back in Chapter 1, Season 5 from July of 2018, pulled in big numbers pl… Read More
Unless you’ve been living in self-imposed exile for the past few days, you’ve probably heard about Rockstar dropping the very first, official GTA 6 trailer on Tuesday; though an… Read More
The Resident Evil remakes have been considerable successes in terms of both fan reception and overall aesthetics, so it’s no big surprise that Capcom has decided to release more of the… Read More
With the promise of a modern day facelift for the iconic, high-speed, side-scrolling 2D games of the 16-bit Sega Genesis days and the ability to play as Sonic, Tails, Amy or Knuckles in 4-pl… Read More
Santa’s sleigh might be a little easier to pack without as many toys to stuff in his bags full of gifts in 2023; that’s because video game related gifts and more specifically, ga… Read More
Recent reports that the Star Wars: KoTOR remake was deader than Bantha poodoo, or as industry insider Jeff Grubb, of the Game Mess Mornings podcast actually put it, “deader than dogs&m… Read More
As an old school fan of the Pokemon series who still remembers bringing home Pokemon Blue from Electronics Boutique and playing it on Game Boy all through the night with his little brother (… Read More
The Simpsons: Hit & Run turned twenty-years-old this year and despite a cult following and fans clamoring for another game in the series (or at the very least, a remaster or remake) &mda… Read More
The Sims, one of the most popular and well-known gaming series of all time, allows gamers to do pretty much everything under the sun with their virtual people, from raising babies to buildin… Read More
Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 sales on the PS5 continue to impress, with Sony’s latest sales figures for the game continuing to place the webslingers in an echelon all their own. Sony ha… Read More
Just when 343 Industries seemed to be getting back in the fans’ good graces with the release of Halo Infinite Season 5, which saw an ahem, flood of enjoyable new features like a stream… Read More
When it comes to video game and comic book cosplay, there are few who can do it as accurately and as jaw-droppingly as Jena Juk. While little is known about Jena’s personal life, what… Read More
Veteran players of Fortnite dissuaded with how hectic the Fortnite Battle Royale meta has become with Mythics like the Deku Smash, weapons like the Sticky Grenade Launchers and wall-ignoring… Read More
Spider-Man 2 may have only released three days ago on October 20th but already the game has web-slung its way into history as the fastest-selling Playstation Studios game in history with ove… Read More
Fans of Halo Infinite‘s multiplayer experience look like they’ll have many of their thoughts and prayers answered with the glut of new content on its way — including Flood… Read More
343 Industries dropped the trailer for Halo Infinite Season 5, “Reckoning,” earlier this morning and with it the unveiling of an abundance of popular game modes such as Firefight… Read More
You might not know what Jennifer Hale looks like, but if you’re an avid gamer, you’ve definitely heard her before. Hale, named one of the world’s most prolific video game v… Read More
The notion of some recent crossovers in Call of Duty, like Nicki Minaj and Homelander from the The Boys running around with a Kastov 762, and lobbing smoke grenades at one another might seem… Read More
Embracer Group, the Swedish video game and media group and parent company of such subsidiaries as THQ Nordic, Saber Interactive, Crystal Dynamics, Eidos Montreal, Coffee Stain (publisher of… Read More
Cyberpunk 2077 has its fair share of celebrity involvement, with Keanu Reeves portraying major character Johnny Silverhand, Idris Elba playing tortured ex-special agent Solomon Reed in the u… Read More
It has been seven years since the release of the last Star Fox game. a divisive entry in the franchise called Star Fox Zero for the Wii U. Considering Star Fox is one of the most recognizabl… Read More
It’s not easy to pick up Halo Infinite multiplayer and become a Spartan-slaying killionaire from the jump. The PVP in Halo Infinite has a steep learning curve, throws you up against fo… Read More
The Last of Us show on HBO has been a huge proponent of the recent resurgence video game properties in film and television, with the series garnering widespread critical and audience acclaim… Read More
Although the notion might’ve seemed unfathomable thirty years ago, video game movies are no longer laughing stocks. In fact, they’re some of the most lucrative movies in theaters… Read More
It’s safe to say that rapper/songwriter Post Malone, one of the most successful and well-known musicians of the past ten years, makes bank. Posty, who earns $500,000 per concert and ha… Read More
A recent Street Fighter 6 tournament was momentarily impeded due to the use of an illicit mod — and we stress the word illicit here. The mod in question may not have provided an advant… Read More
Despite common knowledge that Diablo 4 would take the average player over 150 hours to reach Level 100, as well as many more hours on top of that to venture through endgame content, some pla… Read More
Like most old school gamers (yes, calling a game that came out in 1996 “old school” still feels wrong), I was pumped to hear today’s Nintendo Direct reveal of the Super Mar… Read More
When you think of celebrities who are also avid gamers, Whoopi Goldberg, known for The Sister Act movies, Star Trek: The Next Generation, an Oscar-winning role in Ghost,and currently a seat… Read More
If you were asked to name some of the most enduring and iconic media franchises of all time, Lord of the Rings is one that should instantly come to mind; Tolkien’s Middle-Earth series… Read More
Diablo 4 is set to release tomorrow on June 6th and will take about 150 hours of gameplay for the average player to reach the max character level of 100, but that hasn’t prevented the… Read More
“What year is it!?”
The next installment of Mortal Kombat is going back in time. Instead of following up the franchise best-selling Mortal Kombat 11 with Mortal Kombat 12, Nether… Read More
MediEvil, a third-person fantasy action game first released for the original Playstation is still remembered affectionately to this day, thanks to it being one of the first forays into 3D-ga… Read More
If you’ve ever played the first generation Pokemon games before then you’re familiar with Professor Oak, the kindly and renowned Pokemon scientist who gifts players with their ve… Read More
Electronic Arts held their fourth quarter earnings call on Tuesday afternoon, one in which they made mention of Star Wars: Jedi Survivor, which was recently released for PC, PS5 and the Xbox… Read More
Hogwarts Legacy, the open-world, action RPG which takes place in the Harry Potter universe has cast a spell on gamers around the world; according to the latest Warner Bros. Discovery earning… Read More
You might be tired of hearing about how successful The Super Mario Bros. Movie has been in the US box office, as the Illumination/Nintendo film already had the biggest opening ever for an an… Read More
We first came across the cosplay of Danielle Vedovelli through her Taki from Soul Calibur cosplay and were impressed by not only the accuracy and extreme likeness to the game’s staple… Read More
Mystica is a textbook case of the concept and design being better than the finished product. That’s not to say that Mystica is an unsatisfactory skin, because it’s not – it… Read More
The success of The Super Mario Bros. Movie, which was jump started by the film having the biggest opening weekend ever for an animated film at the box office has been a pleasant surprise for… Read More
There’s still a few months to go before the highly-anticipated Diablo 4 officially releases on June 6th, 2023, but already fans of the series are gauging how much time it’ll take… Read More
This might be a bit of a no-brainer, considering The Super Mario Bros. Movie had the biggest ever opening weekend for an animated film, and is sitting atop a pile of golden coins as the high… Read More
The Mortal Kombat series, which has been going strong for over thirty years now, is the best-selling fighting game series of all time. That rings true for the latest installment in the franc… Read More
Metagross has been one of my favorite Pokemon since its introduction in Gen III, thanks to its imposing design and (at the time) unprecedented Steel/Psychic type-combination. An enormous, ro… Read More
When you think of iconic comic book or video game cosplays where the cosplayer has completely outdone themselves and created a portrayal that is so well done that they become inextricably li… Read More
Jack Black, whose most recent video game related work includes voicing Mario’s nefarious, reptilian nemesis in the already record-setting The Super Mario Bros. Movie, thinks that story… Read More
Mamma Mia!
It looks like Super Mario’s success isn’t relegated to the video game world anymore, as The Super Mario Bros. beat expectations by a large measure this past weekend, o… Read More
One of the most iconic and successful fighting video game series of all-time will soon be Dragon Punching its way back onto the small and big screens as Legendary Entertainment, the studio b… Read More
Valve Corporation recently announced that Counterstrike 2, the sequel to one of the most well-known (and still wildly popular) FPS of all-time. Could another installment to the equally iconi… Read More
Chris Pratt initially came under scrutiny when it was announced he’d be doing the voice for the iconic Nintendo plumber and protector of the Mushroom Kingdom in The Super Mario Bros. M… Read More
The latest in the ongoing and seemingly never-ending Xbox/Activision Blizzard deal dispute has taken another small step in favor of Microsoft, with the Japan Fair Trade Commission actually r… Read More
Valve Software officially announced the sequel to one of the most well-known (and still wildly popular) FPS games of all time — Counter-Strike 2.
The popular e-sports title, which firs… Read More
Dying Light 2 Stay Human is about to celebrate its first anniversary and in light of the milestone, developer Techland has given an update on the newest Dying Light 2 Stay Human DLC, one whi… Read More
Zack Snyder, director of 300, Man of Steel, Watchmen, Batman vs. Superman and Justice League has a new project in the works, a sci-fi space epic called Rebel Moon, which is set to release on… Read More
Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes, which released in 2014 from Kojima Productions and Konami was an interesting game in that it served as a prologue to Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain… Read More
Next up in my Fortnite Chapter 4, Season 2 Battle Pass review is Thunder.
Thunder is a bipedal lizard man who rides a motorcycle and wears a red leather jacket like the one Michael Jackson w… Read More
Next up in my Fortnite Chapter 4, Season 2 Battle Pass review is the Imani skin. The cel-shaded, anime-styled Imani, who reminds me of an amalgamation from the Jet Set Radio and Cyberpunk: E… Read More
Chapter 4, Season 2 of Fortnite is here and with it a brand-new Battle Pass bearing a bevy of new skins, back blings, harvesting tools, emotes and all the rest of the cosmetics that make a n… Read More
The original Playstation VR, which released in October of 2006, has sold 5 million units as of January 2020, per Sony. The Playstation VR2, which released last month for $549.99 US, and requ… Read More
Mortal Kombat 12 recently got confirmed for a 2023 release date, and it got us thinking about which characters we really want to see make the upcoming game’s roster cut; we’re no… Read More
After nearly two years since its initial announcement, the Resident Evil 4 remake is set to release in less than a month. Resident Evil 4 is widely regarded by many fans as one of, if not th… Read More
This week’s Festival Playlist in Forza Horizon 5 sees the start of Season 18 and features an offroad Speed Zone challenge and a Danger Sign challenge that can be tricky if they’r… Read More
Vampire Survivors is one of the biggest sleeper hits of the past few years, so naturally a sequel to the survival-based, bullet-hell roguelite would be the next logical step in the game&rsqu… Read More
Although we’re still waiting for some of the characters from our most wanted Fortnite collabs wishlist to make it into the game, recent information from Fortnite leakers Shiina and HYP… Read More
Ghost Ship Publishing is looking to build upon the recent success of Deep Rock Galactic with a brand-new, top-down auto-shooter in the vein of Vampire Survivors called Deep Rock Galactic: Su… Read More
It’s hard to imagine Nintendo without the legendary Shigeru Miyamoto, creator of such iconic gaming franchises as Mario, The Legend of Zelda, Donkey Kong, Star Fox and Pikmin, as a cre… Read More
Naughty Dog character artist Del Walker, who formerly worked at Rocksteady and whose credits include designing Deadshot for the upcoming Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, believes that… Read More
It may not be the official word from Ed Boon or NetherRealm Studios, but we’ll take new Mortal Kombat announcements any way we can. Which is why we’re so hype for what happened d… Read More