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Superhero television used to be much stranger. Before Marvel and DC and their cinematic universes streamlined the cape-and-cowl blueprint, television operated as an open landscape for superpower narratives rooted in human drama rather than traditional comic book lore. The 4400 treated sudden gifts as a sprawling science-fiction mystery, while Syfy’s Alphas reinterpreted abilities as complex...

Claude Opus 5.5 can independently create a game with modern indie graphics in Unreal Engine within 60 to 120 minutes, using just a single text prompt without any subsequent edits. AI capabilities for independently building games in Unreal Engine were recently tested again, and Claude Opus 5.5 outperformed GPT-6 Astra across every test in an...

Following closures, mergers, and layoffs, Xbox is left with 12 studios compared to 23 five years ago, with the company warning that the current restructuring is not yet complete. In recent months, PlayStation Studios has faced frequent criticism for closing internal teams, but Xbox has also significantly reduced its own structures over the past few...

The Legend of Khiimori has received a major Wildlife update featuring fishing, new animals, and a journal, alongside confirmed plans to release the game on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and Switch 2. Released in March, the animal-powered cargo delivery game set in remote corners of Mongolia has received another major update. Wildlife introduces fishing as...

Recent layoffs and structural changes at Microsoft have drawn sharp reactions from analysts who believe Activision and Bethesda are gradually gaining more control over the former Xbox organization. NYU Stern professor Joost van Dreunen described the situation as “a slow reverse takeover,” noting that Activision and Bethesda are becoming key decision-making entities and taking control...

If 2026 has proven anything, horror filmmaking is firing on all cylinders. Earlier in the year, Curry Barker dissected modern intimacy through the nightmare lens of Obsession, while Damian McCarthy built a masterclass in spatial dread and folklore with Hokum. Continuing the threads of 28 Years Later, Nia DaCosta expanded Alex Garland’s post-apocalyptic mythos with...

Takafumi Noma, director of Unicorn Overlord, is leading IGNISPHERE, a new fantasy project announced by Monochrome and Good Smile Company. Its first game, the action RPG DAWNGAZER, is planned for Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5 and Steam in 2028. IGNISPHERE is both the name of the fantasy property and the studio developing it. Monochrome is...

Employees constantly think things cannot get any worse, but Microsoft’s top management never fails to surprise. In September, Xbox continued its previously announced large-scale business restructuring aimed at reducing the number of departments and redistributing responsibilities among the remaining studios. As part of the latest wave, 268 employees were laid off, and Rare and World’s...

If you are a completionist, reading every superhero comic released by a studio like DC or Marvel can be daunting. Reading guides exist and plenty of superheroes and villains populate the page, but deciding where to start still feels insurmountable. The best advice always remains to start somewhere, and that does not necessarily mean going...

The studio notes that the game lacked the “Bungie DNA.” Bungie has acknowledged that the launch of Marathon did not go as the team expected. The developers believe the game proved too difficult for a significant portion of the audience, while the genre’s familiar cycle of constant failure failed to attract as many players as...