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The Roottrees Are Dead is available on iPhone, iPad and Android. IndieArk and Evil Trout adapted the interface and controls for touch. The mobile release includes the original investigation and the follow-up case, Roottreemania. A plane crash in 1998 leaves a family fortune to be redistributed. Players search the early web for names, photographs and...

Discussions of Tim Burton’s best movies often return to the same titles: Beetlejuice, his Batman movies, Edward Scissorhands, Ed Wood, and Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure. The Nightmare Before Christmas usually comes up too, although Henry Selick directed it. Less often mentioned is Big Fish, Burton’s 2003 fantasy about a father whose life sounds too extraordinary to...

G-MODE released Japanese Rural Life Adventure on PlayStation 4 on November 6. The PS4 version also runs on PlayStation 5 through backward compatibility. A physical Nintendo Switch edition follows on November 12. In GAME START’s pixel-art farming sim, players restore an old home, grow crops and take part in seasonal village events. The game debuted...

Books have inspired countless films and television shows, from Mike Flanagan’s seven-episode adaptation of Stephen King’s Carrie to the big-screen version of Colleen Hoover’s Verity. Video game adaptations are less common, but they offer something special: the chance to step inside a literary world and explore it for yourself. Your browser does not support embedded...

Four days after a cyberattack, Sega Fave has yet to set a timeline for restoring ALL.NET and Aime. The outage has forced tournaments and gaming events at Japanese arcades to be canceled. The Sega subsidiary, which handles arcade machines and toys, reported a breach of its servers on November 1. The company suspended the two...

Netflix is adapting Twilight author Stephenie Meyer’s 2020 novel Midnight Sun into a two-season animated series. The book retells the events of Twilight from Edward Cullen’s perspective. The 2008 fantasy film Twilight, starring Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart, was based on Meyer’s 2005 vampire romance novel. The film was widely parodied but attracted millions of...

For 40 years, Nintendo’s The Legend of Zelda series has stayed relevant by refusing to stand still. With a new Ocarina of Time remake coming to Switch 2, that tradition looks set to continue. Each generation has brought changes to the series, sometimes transforming its established formula. According to Hidemaro Fujibayashi, that willingness to reinvent...

Microsoft is still looking for a buyer for Arkane, the studio behind Dishonored and Deathloop, but time to reach a deal is running out. Amid the uncertainty, French game workers’ union Syndicat des Travailleureuses du Jeu Vidéo (STJV) has accused Microsoft’s gaming division of effectively sabotaging the studio and its new game, Marvel’s Blade. “Arkane...

On Nov. 6, 2001, Buffy the Vampire Slayer made TV history again. The Emmy-winning series was deep into its seven-season run when creator Joss Whedon came up with a musical episode. The result, season 6 episode 7, “Once More, With Feeling,” remains a high point for the show and a frequent contender for its best...

Players frustrated by Sony’s plans to move away from physical media organized a PlayStation Digital Blackout in August, hoping to send the company a message. Sony’s second-quarter financial results, however, show continued growth, with no obvious decline in sales or engagement during the period. The boycott was organized in response to Sony’s stated plans to...