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GTA 6 is the cover story for Game Informer issue #382, which features an exclusive article about the game. The series’ previous major releases over nearly the past quarter-century have also appeared on the magazine’s cover. Announcement Game Informer announced the feature on September 25, promising an interview with the heads of key development departments...
The Lord of the Rings is returning to physical media this fall. Fans get another chance to take a piece of Middle-earth home as the franchise prepares for its next major chapter. Amazon MGM Studios and Alliance Home Entertainment have announced that the first two seasons of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of...
The team behind The Hunt for Gollum is still bringing back veterans of Peter Jackson’s trilogy. Lawrence Makoare, who played several of the heroes’ enemies in The Lord of the Rings, has joined the cast of The Hunt for Gollum. He shared the news while explaining why he cannot attend the Armageddon Expo festival in...
October is, without question, the finest season for horror devotees. Whether your tastes run to films, games, or a bit of both, there’s no shortage of ways to get your pulse racing this month. But what if Halloween’s charm appeals to you far more than its frights? Plenty of players adore the atmosphere and autumnal...
A developer who goes by vaduur has released LibertyRecompAndroid, an unofficial Android port of GTA IV built on a recompiled version of the Xbox 360 game. The mobile version has touch controls with on-screen buttons and supports external gamepads. According to the developer, the game typically runs at 30 FPS in 720p on a Retroid...
Throughout the 1960s, Clint Eastwood made a hard leap. He went from supporting player on a TV show to headliner in movies. The show was the Western series Rawhide, and his films were mostly Westerns too. The best known are the three that make up “The Man with No Name Trilogy”: A Fistful of Dollars,...
Stephen King has spent decades turning nightmares into some of Hollywood’s most memorable horror movies. His work still inspires filmmakers, and a new wave of adaptations is bringing his stories to fresh audiences. The latest Carrie adaptation has already been renewed for a second season after earning rave reviews. The Long Walk brought King’s brutal...
Publisher Ghost Galaxy has announced an agreement with Universal and Fantasy Flight Games to release a new edition of Battlestar Galactica: The Board Game, the tabletop adaptation of the Battlestar Galactica TV series. The updated version will bring players back to the Cylon conflict. Ghost Galaxy said the deal covers a new edition of the...
Five cozy horror books to read this fall Autumn feels cozy and nostalgic, even as the spooky season rolls in. Horror can be an unlikely comfort during colder months, and cozy horror books are no exception. The definition of “cozy” is subjective, but these books usually balance their frightening elements with low-stakes events and (mostly)...
The best sci-fi shows grab you from the first frame. Sometimes it’s a public execution during a cultural revolution. Sometimes it’s a child walking through a smoke-filled battleground littered with corpses. Sometimes it’s an alien organism mutating a host in seconds. Each of these openings gives you something concrete to hold onto before the credits...
