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Barbie and Little Women director Greta Gerwig is tackling C.S. Lewis’ Chronicles of Narnia saga for Netflix, with a release planned on streaming and in IMAX theaters. On Monday, Netflix released a poster for Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew. Fantasy fans will get a sneak peek at the movie on Tuesday, when the first trailer drops....
Activision will launch the revamped DMZ extraction mode in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 on October 20, three days before the full release, stepping into territory held by Escape from Tarkov and ARC Raiders. Activision will open early access to the campaign and the updated DMZ mode in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4...
John Cena has built a varied career as a leading man, moving between comedies, superhero blockbusters, and family adventures. He played a dad in The Vacation Friends, appeared as a mermaid in Barbie, and portrayed Peacemaker in The Suicide Squad before taking that character to HBO. The former WWE star now leads a new movie...
Square Enix expects to improve graphics and optimization for Final Fantasy VII Revelation on the Nintendo Switch 2 compared to Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, despite the increased scale of the new game. Series director Naoki Hamaguchi told Nintendo Everything that porting Rebirth to the Switch 2 provided valuable experience for the team. Without it, developing...
A fresh patch for Team Fortress 2 is now live and will install automatically upon restarting the game. Here is a breakdown of the primary improvements: Introduced the ‘No Grenades’ cosmetic style for the General’s Greatcoat. Resolved a visual regression affecting the Sandwich Diner war paint. Patched a critical exploit that allowed the Dragon’s Fury...
Before Doctor Who’s second-season finale debuted on May 31, 2025, a leak about Billie Piper’s return as Rose Tyler surfaced online. It spread widely on platforms like TikTok and YouTube. Content creators discussed and dissected the leaks, treating the information with varying degrees of skepticism. Within days, the conversation shifted from the leaked ending to...
The survival game Permafrost from small Polish studio SpaceRocket Games has attracted more than 8,200 concurrent players on Steam. Developed by Polish indie studio SpaceRocket Games on the Unreal Engine, Permafrost is set in a frozen future world. The creators showcase a large-scale universe and a multi-layered story that expands beyond the game itself. The...
Before the Pokémon 30th Anniversary collection completely dominated the trading card game community, the absolute crown jewel of the market was undoubtedly Ascended Heroes. Tracking down these specific cards has historically proved far more difficult than sourcing newer expansions, largely due to the set’s vintage status. Because recent Pokémon merchandise typically commands the lion’s share...
With Avatar: Seven Havens, franchise architects Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko and showrunners Sehaj Sethi and Ethan Spaulding have reshaped expectations for the world of bending. Streaming now on Paramount Plus, the series places viewers in a post-apocalyptic era set more than 200 years after The Legend of Korra. In this timeline, humanity no...
Zach Bryan performs at Crypto.com Arena on June 2, 2024, in Los Angeles. Christopher Polk/Variety Zach Bryan will release an eight-track project titled Young Manhood & Other Donatable Organs on Friday (Oct. 16). The country-Americana singer-songwriter announced the release on Monday (Oct. 12). “Love you guys very much and hope you enjoy it,” he wrote....
