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Image: Treyarch/Activision Paramount and Activision have finalized the creative team for their planned Call of Duty feature. Peter Berg and Taylor Sheridan will co-write and produce the adaptation, with Berg attached to direct. The duo are no strangers to collaboration — their previous joint efforts include the Oscar‑nominated Hell or High Water and the thriller...
Blobfish and Evil Empire continue to develop Brotato. The update is already live on PC and will be coming to consoles and mobile platforms soon. The Brotato team has released their first major content update, named New Dawn. The headline addition is a ban system that lets players exclude up to eight unwanted items from...
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella outlined the company’s vision for the next-generation Xbox. In an interview with TBPN he said the forthcoming console will rethink conventional platform boundaries and fuse characteristics of both PCs and consoles. Nadella reminded that Microsoft became the largest publisher after acquiring Activision Blizzard, and now aspires to be “an exceptional publisher”...
Hot Toys will release a collectible figure of the eccentric antagonist Higgs Monaghan from Death Stranding 2: On the Beach — complete with his battle guitar — targeted for the fourth quarter of 2026 or the first quarter of 2027. Hot Toys has announced a new 1/6-scale Higgs Monaghan figure based on the action-adventure Death...
Backbone has unveiled a special edition smartphone controller — the Backbone One: Death Stranding 2 Edition — developed in partnership with Kojima Productions and PlayStation. Backbone announced that a limited-run Backbone One: Death Stranding 2 Edition will go on sale on November 6, priced at $160. Production is capped at 1,350 units, and pre-orders will...
Despite lingering uncertainty around the main series, Doctor Who fans won’t be left without New Year’s programming. The BBC has confirmed that the long-awaited Doctor Who spinoff — The War Between the Land and the Sea — is scheduled to premiere in December 2025. The story follows humanity, including the UNIT organization, as it faces...
Shift Up, the studio behind Stellar Blade, continues to grow its successful mobile and PC title Goddess of Victory: NIKKE, routinely rolling out new events and content. During a livestream celebrating the game’s third anniversary, director Hyunsok Yoo spoke about NIKKE’s future and made a point of saying that “there is no place for hate...
Supercell, the studio behind mobile hits Clash Royale and Brawl Stars, has announced that development on Squad Busters is complete and the game will be shut down in the second half of 2026. Launched in May 2024 for iOS and Android, the title failed to meet Supercell’s performance expectations. Across its lifespan Squad Busters generated...
Bill Skarsgård’s return as Pennywise has once again drawn millions of viewers to their screens. The horror series It: Welcome to Derry premiered on HBO on October 26 and amassed an impressive audience in its first three days — the debut episode reached 5.7 million viewers across all HBO platforms, including linear cable and the...
Pre-orders for the refreshed Retroid Pocket 6 are about to begin, so now is a good time to review the latest photos of the handheld and see how the design has been updated. Retroid listened to user feedback about the Pocket 6’s layout and today unveiled an updated model. Buyers will be able to choose...
