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В то время как многие индустрии, включая игровую, в последние годы переживают волны сокращений, Rockstar Games сумела не только сохранить штат, но и активно пополнять команду в преддверии крупнейшего релиза за всю историю франшизы — долгожданной GTA 6. Тем не менее 30 октября компания оказалась в центре скандала: более тридцати сотрудников в подразделениях в Великобритании...
Image: Universal Pictures Daylight saving time ends on November 2 in the United States, when clocks fall back an hour — but culturally, November 1 marks a shift for many film fans: the end of horror binge season and the start of noir season. That first day of the month heralds the yearly social-media ritual...
The creators of “Stranger Things” have crafted an expansive finale — and they insist no character will be sacrificed purely for shock value. Netflix recently unveiled the final trailer for the fifth season of “Stranger Things,” which will conclude the series. The story resumes a year and a half after the season four finale —...
Details about the blue hedgehog’s next big-screen adventure are gradually coming into focus. Previously, well-known insider Daniel Richtman reported that the fourth Sonic film might carry the subtitle “Sonic CD,” which would suggest a storyline involving time travel — a concept first introduced in the 1993 game of the same name. Those rumours prompted fans...
Twenty years on, fans are still hoping for the return of Sam Raimi’s universe. It’s been eighteen years since Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man 3 hit theaters, yet speculation about a potential follow-up persists. Momentum was recently reignited by Mattson Tomlin, co-writer of Matt Reeves’s screenplay for The Batman: Part II, who has on several occasions voiced...
Actress Elle Fanning portrays two characters in the upcoming film “Predator: Planet of Death.” Ahead of the film’s release, 20th Century Studios has unveiled a new clip spotlighting Elle Fanning’s second character — a synthetic named Tessa, created by the Weyland-Yutani corporation. In the excerpt, Tessa receives a transmission from the artificial intelligence MU/TH/UR, familiar...
Photo: Susie Allnutt / Netflix The Witcher season 4 brims with sweeping battles, sorcery, and brutal swordplay. Yet its most affecting installment is an unexpectedly intimate detour: episode five, titled “The Joy of Cooking,” which centers on Geralt (Liam Hemsworth) and his disparate band of allies as they mend wounds, swap stories, and prepare a...
Recent reports indicate that Netflix is preparing to submit an offer to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery’s studio operations, including its global WB Games division. Three years after the merger, Warner Bros. Discovery is reportedly being put on the market again, and Netflix is said to be pursuing the company’s television, film and gaming production units....
The studio is recruiting three junior QA testers and localization support specialists to work on the game’s German, Italian and Japanese versions. These new hires will be responsible for testing and maintaining the localizations for the upcoming project. As testing and localization are typically carried out in the final stages of development, this hints that...
Those Eyes continues to experiment, presenting a new adventure that sits at the crossroads of cultural inquiry and absurdist humor. Copenhagen-based studio Those Eyes, known for the experimental title Cosmic Top Secret, has unveiled its latest horror project — Real Vampires. The game turns historical accounts of vampirism into an interactive exploration of death, faith,...
