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ENDIX will hold its next free digital gaming expo on November 6–8, 2026. Organisers say more than 50 games will be represented, with THQ Nordic, Bohemia Interactive, 505 Games and Frozen District among the publishers taking part. The event runs as an explorable PC game. Visitors use avatars to move through virtual halls, enter booths,...
Every version of Pinocchio is different. Carlo Collodi’s original 1883 fantasy novel is a cautionary tale about disobedience, while Disney’s 1940 musical fantasy is a sanitized coming-of-age adventure. There is Robert Zemeckis’ jarring live-action version that lacks emotion, and Guillermo Del Toro’s breathtaking stop-motion animation that turns Pinocchio into a complex source of chaotic desires....
As Fortnite Chapter 7 Season 4 draws to a close, players can start looking ahead to the yearly mini-season. Rumors have been building that this interlude will center on One Piece, the hugely popular manga and anime franchise. Epic Games hasn’t said a word about the theme, but a curious find in the game files...
Psychic Software has announced The Lich Wars, a standalone prequel to The Necromancer’s Tale. The Gothic RPG follows a musketeer through nearly 30 years of military life in an alternate-history kingdom near Venice. The story combines branching interactive fiction, checks across nine RPG skills and prose-based combat. Battles range from duels and skirmishes to naval...
Sony has detailed Tempest 3D AudioTech, fast loading, and DualSense controller features for GTA VI while omitting any mention of a 60 FPS mode. Sony has updated the official GTA VI page to highlight Tempest 3D audio support, fast loading, and DualSense controller features, but it left out any mention of a 60 FPS mode...
Ellora stands on the brink of collapse in Avatar: Seven Havens. Following the introduction of the new Avatar and her long-lost twin in the first three episodes of Book One: Survival, episodes 4, 5, and 6 push the Haven into a pressure cooker of civil unrest, bandit attacks, government secrecy, and a fear-based infection known...
The slasher series Crystal Lake is now available in its entirety on the streaming platform Amediateka. The debut season consists of eight episodes. Serving as a prequel to the Friday the 13th franchise, the narrative explores the formative years of Jason Voorhees. Following the tragic loss of her child, Pamela Voorhees (portrayed by Linda Cardellini)...
Showrunner Brad Caleb Kane is ready for the haters. He will probably need to be. His new show, Crystal Lake, changes Jason Voorhees canon in order to give the slasher icon and his murderous mother Pamela (Linda Cardellini) a fleshed-out backstory. Riled-up Friday the 13th fans are almost guaranteed to push back. The show reshuffles...
Activision acknowledges that rapid releases of Modern Warfare and Black Ops games featuring only setting changes no longer satisfy players, prompting the company to seek fresh ideas for the franchise. Activision is preparing major changes for Call of Duty. Modern Warfare 4 will serve as the “epic conclusion” to the current Modern Warfare storyline, and...
Fantasy is a broad genre, and low fantasy may be its slipperiest corner. The term covers stories where magic barely exists, such as Game of Thrones. It also covers tales where the supernatural quietly intrudes on a recognizable world, as in Pan’s Labyrinth. High fantasy often carries readers to invented worlds with their own mythologies....
