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Batman: Arkham Asylum arrived in 2009, an era when superhero games were mostly treated as throwaway movie tie-ins. A few, such as X-Men Origins: Wolverine, were decent, but the majority were either forgettable or outright dreadful. Arkham Asylum broke the mold. It was built on an original concept from Paul Dini, the acclaimed Batman writer...

The horror film Clayface claimed the top spot at the North American box office, earning roughly $24 million over its opening weekend. The DC Studios picture centers on one of Batman’s adversaries and marks Warner Bros.’ first notable box office win in some time. With a budget of around $40 million, the film is off...

Clayface opened at No. 1 at the box office. Early estimates put the lower-budget horror film’s weekend gross at $24.5 million. Skydance, the company created when Paramount and Warner Bros. merged, has now topped the box office for two straight weeks. How did Clayface perform in its opening weekend? Deadline reported the $24.5 million figure....

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War IV will include four campaigns, 70 missions, four playable factions, and dozens of hours of gameplay. Developers at KING Art Games have shared new details about the strategy game. The studio, known for Iron Harvest, promises large-scale battles and challenges in the grim universe of Warhammer 40,000. Players can lead...

The Mass Effect project that BioWare scrapped was set to be far more than a single “universe.” Romain Toutain, who has served as Mass Effect technical director at BioWare since 2022, streamed on Twitch on Saturday while reacting to the leaked trailer for the franchise’s next entry, Mass Effect Universe. He talked through the lore,...

Jeff Kaplan and Tim Ford, both veterans of Overwatch, are now building a survival game called The Legend of California at their new studio, Kintsugiyama. The game was originally expected to reach Steam Early Access in 2026. A recent r/pcgaming Reddit AMA confirmed that the launch has slipped to 2027. What caused the delay for...

Stories about the end of the world are rarely just about watching civilization collapse. They ask what people try to save, what they will do to survive, and whether anything better can grow from the ruins. Apocalyptic fiction can be harrowing, absurd, or even comforting. However inhospitable the setting, the human struggle at its center...

The Veilguard team worked under constant deadlines for years and fixed finished work instead of making bold changes. The studio had shifted from a multiplayer format back to a single-player RPG, and it had no time left to rework the game. Former BioWare executive producer Mark Darrah described how Electronic Arts’ repeated changes of plan...

Judi Dench has revealed that her rapidly worsening eyesight means she can no longer act in films or perform on stage. The 91-year-old actress shared the news in an interview with BBC Radio 4. Dench was diagnosed with age-related macular degeneration in 2012. The eye condition gradually erodes central vision. She now also struggles to...