The US video game industry is expected to experience revenue declines in 2024, but a new report predicts 2025 will see the business bounce back due in part to Grand Theft Auto VI and Switch 2.

Circana’s Future of Games report, released today, said the video game industry “matured” in 2020 and 2021 as people turned to games to have fun and stay connected with friends and family during the pandemic.

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Early into Stardew Valley, Willy will give you a fishing pole, which unlocks fishing. Fishing is a big part of Stardew Valley and a great way to make money early on in the game, but there are a few mechanics you won’t be able to use right away. One of those mechanics is bait, which can be used to cause fish to bite faster.

How to use bait

The reason you can’t use bait right away is that the Bamboo Pole Willy gives you doesn’t have the ability to use bait. Instead, you will need to upgrade to the next tier of fishing pole, the Fiberglass Rod, which has a slot for bait. The Fiberglass Rod costs 1,800G and is unavailable until you reach Fishing Level 2, which will require you to do some fishing. Every fishing rod you unlock after this point will hav…

Metal Slug Tactics, the turn-based strategy spin-off of the classic SNK sidescrolling shooter series, now has a demo as part of Steam Next Fest. Players in the demo will be able to try their hand at the game’s tactical combat and tackle its entire first region.

A new gameplay trailer shows the level of depth players will be able to dig into in both the demo and the full game, with Metal Slug Tactics being described as a “roguelike tactical RPG” where players will level up the members of the Peregrine Falcons squad, improve weapons with perks, and make strategic decisions on which missions to complete and resources to acquire.

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There are few comic book characters in film and TV who are scarier than Homelander on The Boys. He has almost all of the powers of Superman and none of the heart or conscience that makes the Man of Steel a real hero. Instead, Homelander is a psychopath in a cape who is rapidly losing the desire to pretend to be heroic. Now, a previously deleted scene from The Boys Season 1 is shedding some light on how he turned out this way.

Prime Video debuted a scene that was cut from The Boys’ first season that features Homeland’s childhood as the key experiment at Vought International. It’s clear that Vought is trying to mold the young Homelander into their ideal version of a patriotic superhero. But it goes horribly wrong.

Homelander understandably has some questions about who he is an…

Sony and Ballistic Moon have confirmed that the remake of Until Dawn will officially launch on October 4 for PS5 and PC. A remake of the 2015 horror game that Supermassive Games originally developed, Until Dawn tells the story of a group of friends stuck on Blackwood Mountain and forced to make tough decisions as they attempt to survive a terrible night.

If you’re looking to see just how much of a difference there is between the game, you can check out the trailer below showing off a comparison between the gamess.

For the remake, Ballistic Moon said that its intention has not been to alter the events of the game, but to give it instead a “cinematic update” while also offering players a “more intimate experience” through the enhanced visuals. Remade entirely in Unre…