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James McAvoy came close to playing a young Jean-Luc Picard in a standalone Star Trek series. On the Happy Sad Confused podcast, the actor revealed that he had pitched the franchise’s team an idea called Mutiny on the Stargazer. He said the creators liked the concept, but the project never reached production because of logistical...

Tymon Smektała, who worked on the Dying Light franchise for 13 years, has taken a new job as executive director of the publishing division at Broken Mirror Games, Bloober Team’s publishing label. He wants to work with talented developers who can bring new ideas. In his new role, Smektała intends to find promising horror developers...

PlayStation’s competitor appears set to keep discs. Blogger eXtas1s points to a new Xbox job listing as evidence. This summer, Sony angered many players by announcing it was dropping discs for PlayStation games. Some players are still upset. They continue to ask the company to bring discs back in comments under its posts and trailers....

FromSoftware’s history includes plenty of cold sweat. Today the studio is known for punishing action RPGs like Dark Souls and Elden Ring, but its roots lie in games that feel like fever dreams. The darker side shows up in Kuon, a survival horror game steeped in Japanese folklore, and in Shadow Tower, a claustrophobic dungeon...

Former Valve writer Chet Faliszek recently commented on the Epic Games Store launcher update and shared his thoughts on the Epic Games Store (EGS). He also compared how the EGS and Steam teams approach developing their services. Steam’s developers put effort into social features that let players become part of a large ecosystem. Faliszek explained...

Martin Freeman, who starred in Sherlock and Fargo, has quietly married French screenwriter and producer Rachel Benaissa. A representative for the actor confirmed the news to People. According to a source, the couple wed in early 2026 but chose not to announce the ceremony publicly. The change in Freeman’s personal life came to light when...

The two main characters are presumed to have known each other for many years. The developers of Grand Theft Auto VI recently published the game’s launch trailer. Players began studying the footage, and one frame caught the attention of some observant franchise fans. At the 0:40 mark, the two lead characters, Lucia Caminos and Jason...

Quentin Tarantino has finished the screenplay for his tenth feature film, which he has previously said will be the last of his directing career. Even so, he has no plans to start production yet. Speaking on The Graham Norton Show, he said he wants to focus on a stage production first, then spend time with...

The second season of HBO’s horror series IT: Welcome to Derry will be bigger in scope than the first, and Pennywise will return in a radically different form. Showrunner Brad Caleb Kane shared the news in an interview with Deadline. He said the writers have finished roughly half of the scripts and received the production...

The developer is now focused on a new project. Former Overwatch development lead Jeff Kaplan has not returned to his old game since leaving Blizzard Entertainment. He is now working on a new project, The Legend of California. In an interview with GameSpot, he said he deliberately asks algorithms not to show him content related...