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Superman star Nicholas Hoult has officially joined the cast for the second season of HBO’s Harry Potter series. He is set to portray the vain and pompous Defense Against the Dark Arts professor, Gilderoy Lockhart. The upcoming season will adapt the events of *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*. In the 2002 Warner Bros....

After talking with AMC executives, the actor was persuaded to stay, and a new writer was brought on board for the third season. Jeffrey Dean Morgan admitted that he almost quit the role of Negan after filming the second season of The Walking Dead: Dead City. Appearing on the Happy Sad Confused podcast, the actor...

The Finnish studio is confident in the game’s success despite heavy competition. Remedy Entertainment is confident in the success of Control Resonant. In its published half-year financial report for 2026, the company stated that it expects to make the new installment one of the main games of the fall season and to turn Control into...

An internal service failure caused the issue. Microsoft has disclosed new details about the massive Xbox outage that occurred in July and lasted for about 15 hours. Xbox Chief Technology Officer Scott Van Winkle stated that the root cause of the problem was the failure of an internal service responsible for checking licenses for purchased...

Remedy Entertainment has shared fresh sales figures for Alan Wake 2, which launched on PC and consoles in late 2023. According to the company’s financial report for the first half of 2026, the game sold more than three million copies in the second quarter. The developers note that the project continues to sell at expected...

Howie Dorough, Kevin Richardson, Nick Carter, AJ McLean, and Brian Littrell of the Backstreet Boys at the global premiere of Paw Patrol: The Dino Movie at the Paramount Theater on August 2, 2026, in Los Angeles, California. JC Olivera/Variety The Backstreet Boys are hoping to welcome Snoop Dogg as a VIP guest during their ongoing...

The companies have indeed signed many agreements. Take-Two Interactive CEO Strauss Zelnick stated that the company does not plan to become part of Netflix. His comment came amid preparations for a special Grand Theft Auto VI screening that the streaming service will host at the end of August. In an interview with CNBC, Zelnick discussed...

No Take-Two Interactive financial report rollout is ever truly complete without a media appearance from CEO Strauss Zelnick. While his recent interview on CNBC didn’t unleash a massive wave of fresh GTA 6 intel, he still dropped a handful of compelling takeaways. Table of Contents Which Edition Is Driving the Most Pre-Orders? Will Holiday Discounts...

Prepare your gear because a journey back to Middle-earth awaits. In a sudden surprise drop on Tuesday, a beloved blast from the past has returned. Brought back by publisher Aspyr, The Lord of the Rings: War in the North has officially landed on contemporary gaming hardware. Debuting originally in 2011, War in the North is...

Every fresh rollout of Overwatch introduces a wave of sweeping updates, ranging from debut heroes and imaginative battlegrounds to the obligatory balancing adjustments that completely reshape the meta. The star attraction of Season 4 is D.Mon—better known as Yuna Lee—a formidable new tank joining D.Va as part of the elite MEKA Squad. Unlike her flight-happy...