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Harvey Smith now heads his own studio, but the project that defined his previous tenure at Arkane Studios started under severe financial pressure. Released over a decade ago, Dishonored remains widely regarded as one of the finest stealth games ever made. According to co-creator Harvey Smith, Arkane Studios had only about four months of runway...
A Spider-Man cosplayer drew widespread attention after confronting a group of white supremacists in Minneapolis over the weekend. Video footage showed the costumed demonstrator engaging far-right activists who held a sign displaying a racial slur. The cosplayer jumped onto the bed of their truck, trading punches with rally participants while attempting to pull the sign...
YouTooz has revealed a new lineup of Fallout plush collectibles, with pre-orders scheduled to open on August 25 at 11:00 PM MSK ahead of a planned delivery window in January 2027. The wave includes stuffed plush versions of a Deathclaw, a Sentry Bot, and a Nuka-Cola vending machine, alongside a Stimpak plush keychain. Each plush...
Ahead of an expanded showcase of Grand Theft Auto VI on Netflix, discussions surrounding recent leaks of the game continue across the gaming community. Former Rockstar North technical director Obbe Vermeij has urged players not to attach too much significance to the Grand Theft Auto VI leaks. Last week, a group or individual operating under...
The production team behind Tokyo Revengers has released a new trailer and visual for the anime’s fourth season, which adapts the Three Deities arc from Ken Wakui’s manga. Image source: Ken Wakui, KODANSHA / TOKYO REVENGERS Anime Production Committee. The video shows Takemichi finally reaching a future where Hinata has survived. However, Mikey has since...
Ridley Scott has spent nearly fifty years examining what it means to be human when familiar structures collapse. From the industrial dread of Alien to the rain-slicked existentialism of Blade Runner, Scott’s science fiction pushes past spaceship spectacle to highlight human fragility. Scott returns to those themes in The Dog Stars, his first sci-fi film...
The hacker group Cyberleeks has published new footage from Grand Theft Auto VI alongside an offer to release prologue gameplay featuring Lucia, setting an unusual condition for the next leak. To unlock the footage, the group demands that at least 10 people show up outside Rockstar Games and Take-Two Interactive offices during business hours dressed...
A new short teaser for Fable from Playground Games shows an updated protagonist whose facial features differ noticeably from earlier promotional footage. The closing frames of the teaser, released ahead of Gamescom 2026, drew immediate attention from the community. Social media users quickly speculated that the developers altered the heroine’s face in response to earlier...
Earlier reports also revealed that developers had to significantly compromise visual quality to achieve high framerates on the Switch 2. Streamer Trckzz pointed out that the PC version of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 suffers severe framerate drops whenever a player pulls out a flashbang. He published a clip showing Modern Warfare 4 running...
Since the release of Return of the Jedi, the broader Star Wars franchise has rarely reached universal acclaim. The prequel trilogy targeted a younger audience, while Disney’s sequel trilogy lost momentum under shifting creative directions and audience pressure. Television projects such as The Mandalorian and The Clone Wars contained high points alongside uneven stretches, while...
