The video embedded in this post contains Game of Thrones spoilers Mahershala Ali auditioned for a role on HBO’s Game of Thrones, but he didn’t get the part because his audition left a lot to be desired, apparently. Appearing on Jimmy Kimmel Live! last night, Ali said his try-out for Game of Thrones was one…

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt‘s Complete Edition is currently discounted to only $25 at Best Buy. It’s one of the retailer’s Deal of the Day items, so you have until midnight to pick it up at the reduced price. The deal is good on the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions of the celebrated RPG…

Pacific Rim: Uprising has been filming in Australia for a couple of months, and some new on-set images have been released. They show star John Boyega in action, wearing what is presumably a Jaeger pilot suit. Check them out below, via the fansite john-boyega.org: The movie is the sequel to Guillermo Del Toro’s 2013 sci-fi…

Capcom has released a creepy new trailer for Resident Evil 7. Titled “Welcome Home,” the video invites players into the horrifying Baker family mansion that looks like a place no one should ever visit. “Home is safe. Home is love… Welcome home!” reads a line from the video’s description. As you can see in the…

Former NFL player and wrestler Lenwood Hamilton has filed a lawsuit in which he claims the developers of Gears of War used his likeness without permission for the character Augustus Cole AKA “Cole Train.” No defendant is named in the TMZ report that brought the lawsuit to light, but GI.biz confirmed that Microsoft and Epic…

Dishonored 2 continues to evolve. Bethesda today announced more specifics about what’s in the game’s second major update, including new custom difficulty settings and a mission-select option. Update 2 launches on PC through Steam in beta form on January 18. The final version will be out on January 23 for PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox…

Ubisoft has announced a live-action film set in the world of its new open-world title Ghost Recon: Wildlands. The story will highlight the game’s Santa Blanca drug cartel and has been produced by Roberto Orci, who wrote the screenplay for Star Trek, Transformers, and The Amazing Spider-Man 2. It also stars the rapper and actor…

A new video game industry survey shines a light on some of key trends in the market as it relates to platform popularity and more. The fifth annual State of the Industry Survey from the Game Developers Conference polled more than 4,500 developers about things like the Nintendo Switch, mid-console console updates like the PS4…

After adding seven Xbox 360 games to the Xbox One’s backwards compatibility catalog on Tuesday, Microsoft added three more to the program today. As announced by Major Nelson, today’s additions include Mega Man 9, Mega Man 10, and Beat’n Groovy. People who already own these games on Xbox 360 will find them in their Xbox…

An update released on Overwatch‘s public test realm adjusted a handful of characters last week, including D.Va, who was nerfed to some degree. Blizzard has now provided some new insight into why D.Va’s tweaks were made. Last week’s update did two things to D.Va: stripped her of some armor (but gave her more health) and…