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Santa has been put on the naughty list. That is the premise for Violent Night 2, the sequel to the 2022 action comedy Violent Night, in which David Harbour stars as a different kind of Santa. In the first film, a hard-drinking Santa Claus rescues a wealthy family by killing a team of mercenaries who...
HackHub Ultimate Hacker Simulator left Early Access on August 1, according to an announcement from developer HotBunny and publishers G-DEVS.com and Games Operators. The game places players inside a simulated operating system where assignments involve network reconnaissance, database access and the use of command-line tools. Missions are presented through messages and calls, while new utilities...
Spider-Man: Brand New Day is in theaters five years after Spidey’s last solo flick and months of speculation about Sadie Sink’s role. The film received a strong critical reception and is breaking box office records on its way to over $1 billion. Before his fourth solo outing, star Tom Holland made curious comments about passing...
If you have ever grown weary of relying strictly on traditional swords, lances, and arcane spells in the Fire Emblem universe, you are in luck. Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave is shaking up the formula by introducing firearms to the battlefield—something Marth and the classic heroes could only ever dream of. This surprising addition was one...
When Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) was 12 years old, his sister was abducted by aliens. Ever since then, his goal was to uncover the truth behind the abduction. So when Mulder grew up, he joined the FBI and, after establishing himself as a star agent, he pursued a series of cases known as the X-Files,...
Netflix has announced that the fourth installment of the “Monsters” anthology series will premiere on September 17. These upcoming episodes will delve into the infamous case of Lizzie Borden. Borden is central to one of America’s most notorious true-crime mysteries: in 1892, she was accused of murdering her father and stepmother with an axe, only...
Subscribers of Dropout have a new reason to celebrate as the comedy-forward streaming service adds filmmaker Don Hertzfeldt’s work to its library. Starting Tuesday, August 4, the platform became the streaming home for a large collection of Don Hertzfeldt’s projects. The lineup includes the Oscar-nominated Rejected, the World of Tomorrow trilogy, and numerous other shorts....
Greetings, everyone! Today marks the launch of a fresh series of Dev Corners, shifting our focus toward an ambitious project we have yet to explore. We are beginning with some preliminary questions regarding our core concepts. Subsequent updates will dive deeper into specific nations and content drafts, where we will eagerly seek your feedback. To...
Bruce Springsteen and Patti Scialfa attending the 81st Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on January 7, 2024, in Beverly Hills, California. Michael Buckner/Golden Globes During this weekend’s gala for the Pan-Mass Challenge—an annual bike-a-thon benefiting cancer research at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute—Bruce Springsteen offered heartfelt praise for the medical professionals who have...
Warriors of Light can finally traverse the realm of Eorzea on the Nintendo Switch 2. Square Enix officially launched its acclaimed MMORPG, Final Fantasy 14, on the hybrid console on Tuesday, August 4, and early player reports indicate a remarkably smooth debut. This rollout kicks off a month-long early access window for the platform. Throughout...
