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Taylor Swift Mert Alas & Marcus Piggot Taylor Swift released four new songs on Friday (Sept. 25) as part of a deluxe version of her 12th studio album, titled The Life of a Showgirl: Encore. The extended project adds “Patient Zero,” “Babylon,” “Pink Clouding” and “Cleveland!” to the original set, which spent 12 weeks at...

Takafumi Noma, director of Unicorn Overlord, is leading IGNISPHERE, a new fantasy project announced by Monochrome and Good Smile Company. Its first game, the action RPG DAWNGAZER, is planned for Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5 and Steam in 2028. IGNISPHERE is both the name of the fantasy property and the studio developing it. Monochrome is...

Employees constantly think things cannot get any worse, but Microsoft’s top management never fails to surprise. In September, Xbox continued its previously announced large-scale business restructuring aimed at reducing the number of departments and redistributing responsibilities among the remaining studios. As part of the latest wave, 268 employees were laid off, and Rare and World’s...

If you are a completionist, reading every superhero comic released by a studio like DC or Marvel can be daunting. Reading guides exist and plenty of superheroes and villains populate the page, but deciding where to start still feels insurmountable. The best advice always remains to start somewhere, and that does not necessarily mean going...

Joe Jonas at Disney+’s “A Very Jonas Christmas Movie” World Premiere held at New York City Center on November 10, 2025 in New York, New York. Kristina Bumphrey/Variety Joe Jonas opened up about falling between two boats during a vacation in Portofino on the Sept. 23 episode of The Morgan Stewart Show. “It sounds like...

Dakota Johnson at The 2026 TIME100 Gala held at Jazz at Lincoln Center on April 23, 2026 in New York, New York. Kristina Bumphrey/WWD As Taylor Swift prepares to debut her new “Patient Zero” music video during the 2026 MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday (Sept. 27), Dakota Johnson is discussing her collaboration with her...

The studio notes that the game lacked the “Bungie DNA.” Bungie has acknowledged that the launch of Marathon did not go as the team expected. The developers believe the game proved too difficult for a significant portion of the audience, while the genre’s familiar cycle of constant failure failed to attract as many players as...

Reports indicate that a new entry in the Saw franchise is currently in development, with original series creator James Wan returning to produce. The film will be helmed by director Mike P. Nelson, known for his work on “Wrong Turn.” The screenplay is being crafted by Gregory Weidman and Jeff Vlaming, writers for the “Dune:...

Shannon Loftis believes that developers deserve different leaders. Former World’s Edge studio head Shannon Loftis has publicly criticized Xbox executive Asha Sharma amid another round of layoffs in Microsoft’s gaming division. Loftis’s comments were prompted by a recent article in The Wall Street Journal about Sharma. In the piece, the Xbox executive discussed her management...

Joe Brammer believes that well-known developers should more often publicly complain about low game prices so that players feel sorry for them and become willing to spend much more money on their favorite hobby. Bulkhead head and WARDOGS executive producer Joe Brammer stated that modern video games are too cheap compared to the rising costs...