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Bandai Namco is steering its iconic Gundam franchise into a bold, highly stylized direction with Gundam Rogue Orbit. Designed as an adrenaline-fueled, high-mobility action game, it serves as an ideal jumping-on point for newcomers, completely untethered from fifty years of intricate lore. Getting hands-on with a playable build at the Tokyo Game Show revealed a...
Miley’s ‘Bass Persuades’ Mert Alas Billboard’s Friday Music Guide serves as a handy guide to New Music Friday’s most essential releases each week, featuring key music to talk about today and hear on playlists this weekend and beyond. Last week featured Jhené Aiko, Bleachers, Dove Cameron, and more. This week, Miley (dropping the Cyrus surname)...
In the near future, fans of the Stormcast Eternals faction from Warhammer Age of Sigmar can look forward to following the new adventures of Knight-Zephyros Neave Blacktalon in Gary Kloster’s upcoming novel, “Shadow of the Silver Wolf.” Knight-Zephyros Neave Blacktalon and her companions return in a new novel from publisher Black Library, where they will...
Readers get hooked on thrillers for a reason. Their plotlines explore a gripping mystery or put characters in adrenaline-soaked situations that are not necessarily grounded in reality. While art offers more than just escapism, a good thriller book transports readers from mundane surroundings into scenarios steeped in danger and intrigue. Novels like Gone Girl (2012)...
Playground Games studio head Ralph Fulton has revealed that the studio survived multiple waves of layoffs and project cancellations at Xbox, explaining that Fable was supported as a core part of the Microsoft ecosystem. Work on the new Fable began around 2016, and the game was officially shown only in 2020. During this time, Xbox...
In 1979, Stephen King introduced the world to Castle Rock, a picturesque Maine town that hides evil within. Plenty of King stories in the years since have returned to Castle Rock, but none have ever recaptured the experience of that very first trip. The Dead Zone feels different from King’s body of work. Part crime...
Sam Raimi, the mastermind behind The Evil Dead, is set to produce a film adaptation of the survival horror title 99 Nights in Forest, as reported by Deadline. The project is currently being developed by 20th Century Studios, with Academy Award-winning screenwriter Josh Cooley (known for Toy Story 4 and Transformers One) penning the script....
The Blood of Dawnwalker has received high marks for its atmosphere and role-playing mechanics, but a Digital Foundry analysis has revealed serious performance issues on the PS5 and Xbox console versions. On base PS5 and Xbox Series X consoles, three modes are available with image reconstruction up to 4K. Performance targets 60 FPS, operating at...
Sony is reportedly preparing a new price increase across all three tiers of PlayStation Plus, with subscriptions in Brazil potentially rising by 16% to 36%. According to an alleged internal Sony message that surfaced online, the company considers the May 2026 price increase insufficient and is considering another price hike before the end of the...
Whenever a TV show enjoys a great deal of success, it invites copycats. When Seinfeld became a hit sitcom in the 1990s, its formula inspired Friends. After ThunderCats became a popular Saturday morning cartoon in the 1980s, creators followed up with SilverHawks. Back in the 1960s, when the sci-fi anthology series The Twilight Zone became...
