Sackboy finally has a game to call his own. The smiley mascot for LittleBigPlanet and, occasionally, the PlayStation brand has always been treated as more of an icon than a character, a cutesy tabula rasa through which all video-game-related things are possible. In Sackboy: A Big Adventure, his purview is much more traditional. He’s a jumpman, a platformer in the tradition of Mario, Sonic, Crash, and all the other mascots that came before him. Sackboy, both the character and the game, rises to succeed the mascot platformer mantle well in many respects. Though its aesthetic often feels bland, its solid platforming makes for a worthy challenge.

Like many platformers, story is not Sackboy’s strong suit. You’re jumping around Craftverse, the world of LittleBigPla…

After a decade of resting solely on the laurels of its hit MOBA, Riot Games’s decision to expand the lore of the ultra-popular League of Legends and its war chest of playable Champions will likely go down as one of the company’s best moves. It’s already given us Ruined King and the Netflix show Arcane, and it will soon give us Song of Nunu, Convergence, and the fighter Project L. The Mageseeker: A League Of Legends Story is the next expansion of LoL’s lore, and it keeps Riot’s momentum going with great combat, a beautiful world, and a riveting (though admittedly slow-starting) story.

The Mageseeker follows Sylas, a mage living in Demecia, a city that persecutes magic wielders through a special task force called Mageseekers. Sylas has the ability to absorb the m…

At this weekend’s domestic box office, Alien: Romulus fell to No. 2 behind Deadpool & Wolverine. The Marvel flick reclaimed the No. 1 slot with $18.3 million and a new $577.2 million domestic total. By comparison, Romulus came up just a little short with $16.2 million, which raised its domestic total to $72.5 million. But when combined with its $152.8 million international take, Alien: Romulus’ cumulative $225.4 million worldwide total makes it the third highest-grossing film in the Alien franchise.

The only two Alien films that made more money were Prometheus–which earned $403,354,469 worldwide in 2012–and its sequel, Alien: Covenant, which finished with $240.9 million in 2017. It should be noted that the earlier Alien movies were released from 1979 to 1997, when ticket pri…