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Capella Film has acquired the Russian distribution rights to the psychological thriller Primetime. The film is set to open on December 24. Robert Pattinson stars as NBC host Chris Hansen, who exposed child predators in the 2000s. Directed by Lance Oppenheim (See Everything), Primetime also features Merritt Wever, Skyler Gisondo, Phoebe Bridgers and Anna Faris...
Series producer Eiji Aonuma has explained why the remake of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time has a different art style from Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom. In an interview, Aonuma said The Legend of Zelda series has changed visual direction many times over the decades. For the Ocarina of...
Investment firm Silver Lake and Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund, PIF, are considering acquiring Unity, one of the largest providers of video game development tools. According to Reuters, talks with Unity Software have intensified in recent weeks. Silver Lake, which owns about 8% of the company, and PIF have made an acquisition proposal. Unity then...
Hello everyone, and happy Friday! Once again, we spent this week reviewing your feedback and bug reports and sharing them with the development team. After the December update, we may need to pause work on new features for a while and concentrate on fixing bugs and improving the less polished parts of the game. We...
A dataminer has found traces of Tears of the Kingdom code in the files of the Ocarina of Time remake, including references to the ancient Zonai civilization and Korok Forest. According to research shared by OatmealDome on X, the project, internally codenamed Owl, runs on the ModuleSystem engine. Nintendo EPD used the engine to develop...
Choosing what to watch from Netflix’s vast selection can be difficult. These three series offer a mix of psychological horror, sci-fi suspense and murder-mystery comedy for the weekend. Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen Genre: Psychological horror Showrunner and creator: Haley Z. Boston Number of episodes: 8 Cast: Camila Morrone, Adam DiMarco, Gus Birney,...
As games grow more ambitious, the wait between installments in beloved franchises often grows longer. Even Mario fans know the feeling: Nintendo’s last mainline 3D adventure was Super Mario Odyssey in 2017, while its most recent 2D outing was Super Mario Bros. Wonder in 2023. For anyone craving another colorful platformer, a familiar limbless hero...
Netflix announced Friday that Stranger Things will return in 2028 with a new live-action series, Other Worlds: A Stranger Things Adventure. The series will take the sci-fi franchise to a new place and time, with a new cast of characters facing supernatural terrors. Netflix made the announcement on Stranger Things Day, Nov. 6, the fictional...
Crimson Desert patch 2.04.08 is rolling out across all platforms and is available now on Steam for PC and Mac. It addresses framerate drops, crashes, housing issues and other bugs. Patch details Reduced framerate drops in certain areas. Further improvements are planned for drops in other situations and content. Fixed the ship’s wheel not rotating...
Nintendo removed portraits of Super Mario characters from the remake of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time because they could disrupt the atmosphere and distract players from exploring Hyrule. The original Ocarina of Time included several playful references to another famous Nintendo series. The most obvious were Talon’s appearance and the Bowser pendant worn...
