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Kane Parsons to Return to The Backrooms
According to a report from Dread Central, Kane Parsons is officially set to reclaim the director’s chair for the upcoming sequel to the horror hit The Backrooms. While neither A24 nor representatives for Parsons have provided an official statement, the 21-year-old filmmaker is widely recognized for creating the viral YouTube web series of the same...
Analysts Report Six Steam Games Generated $1 Billion in 2026
Steam has already generated $15 billion in revenue in 2026 and could break last year’s record, with six games bringing the platform about $1 billion. According to estimates from Alinea Analytics analysts, Steam has already earned $15 billion, which is more than it did during the entire year of 2023. The platform’s revenue reportedly reached...
How to Watch Nintendo’s Zelda 40th Anniversary Direct
To celebrate four decades of The Legend of Zelda, Nintendo is rolling out the red carpet with a dedicated Nintendo Direct presentation. Fans are hoping for their very first glimpse at the heavily rumored The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake, alongside fresh updates regarding the upcoming live-action film adaptation. Beyond these major highlights,...
v1.0.4: Balance Adjustments & Bug Fixes
Palworld Update Version 1.0.4 is officially live! Here is the complete breakdown of all the new content, adjustments, and bug fixes included in this patch. New Quests & Missions Beyond Dimensions: A brand-new sub-mission available by speaking to an NPC at Fisherman’s Point in Mount Obsidian. From the Far Side of the Moon: A follow-up...
Why Na Hong-jin’s The Wailing Is the Ultimate Mystery Thriller
Na Hong-jin has always operated on his own wavelength. His track record includes The Chaser and The Yellow Sea, which cemented his status as a titan of modern South Korean cinema long before his project Hope. Although his return scales up into sci-fi spectacle, its underlying DNA resonates with his earlier work. Na remains focused...
First Emmy Award Winners Announced
Los Angeles has hosted the ceremony for the Creative Arts Emmy Awards, honoring excellence in the technical and specialized craft categories of American television. Apple TV’s “Widow’s Cove” led the field with eight preliminary wins. Other notable victors included the one-season wonder “Spider-Noir,” “Pitt,” “Want Sex. St. Louis,” “South Park,” and “One of Many,” among...
Final Fantasy VII Remake Reportedly Set to Receive Two Story DLCs
Final Fantasy VII Revelation, scheduled for release on April 8, 2027, will receive two story DLCs named Sephiroth and Vincent & the Trucks. Final Fantasy VII Revelation will receive two story expansions dedicated to Sephiroth and Vincent, with their release planned between the winter of 2027 and the spring of 2028. The plans became known...
HBO Rewrites DC Villain Hector Hammond Canon for Lanterns Series
While the HBO DC Universe series Lanterns functions primarily as a grounded buddy cop mystery, showrunner Chris Mundy explores the unusual elements of Green Lantern mythology. The show centers on the threat of the Manhunters, the synthetic shapeshifting peacekeepers created by the Guardians of the Universe who turned rogue and prompted the formation of the...
Former Sony Head Doubts PlayStation’s Digital Future
Former Sony Interactive Entertainment head Shawn Layden called a physical-free future for PlayStation “depressing,” but stated that the situation can still be fixed. Sony will stop releasing games on discs starting January 1, 2028. The decision has caused player dissatisfaction. Layden previously criticized the potential release of the PS6 without an optical drive. In a...
Onimusha Outperforms Resident Evil 2 and Street Fighter 6 on Steam
Onimusha: Way of the Sword has made a strong launch on Steam, peaking at 81,559 concurrent players—surpassing both Resident Evil 2 and Street Fighter 6. This full-fledged new Onimusha game arrived 20 years after the previous installment, which was released on the PlayStation 2 in 2006. Multiple console generations have passed since then, during which...
Xbox Cloud Gaming is Unprofitable as Critical Threshold is Identified
Xbox Cloud Gaming begins to lose money for Microsoft if a user spends more than roughly 15 hours per month in the cloud. Cloud gaming was supposed to become a key direction for the development of Xbox, making it possible to run demanding games without a console or a powerful PC, even though maintaining data...
Carrie Underwood covers Limp Bizkit at Velocity Festival
Carrie Underwood performs during the 44th annual Academy of Country Music Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena April 5, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Ethan Miller/ACM2009/Getty Image Carrie Underwood surprised the crowd at Iowa’s Velocity Festival on Saturday (Sept. 5) with a run of nu-metal covers spanning Limp Bizkit, Linkin Park, and Papa Roach,...
Sony Fails to Attract One Million Viewers for New State of Play
Sony’s latest State of Play broadcast drew 982,000 concurrent viewers, which is nearly three times less than the June show. The summer presentation peaked at 3 million concurrent viewers. This time, the maximum reached 982,000. During the first 24 hours, the September broadcast gained 2.9 million views compared to 5.1 million for the June event....
Video Game Industry Employment Grew Despite Mass Layoffs
Despite a wave of massive layoffs, total employment in the gaming industry has grown by nearly 1% since 2022 as jobs actively shift away from the United States. The total number of people working in the video game industry has increased despite widespread layoffs, with jobs increasingly moving from the United States to Asia. According...
Lilly Wachowski disavows involvement in the new “Matrix” film
Filmmaker Lilly Wachowski has officially confirmed that she is not involved in the development of the upcoming fifth installment of The Matrix franchise. She further noted that the film’s director, Drew Goddard (known for “The Cabin in the Woods”), is seeking a “blessing” from both her and Lana Wachowski before moving forward with the project....
Miyazaki Criticizes FromSoftware Development Rules
Hidetaka Miyazaki stated that FromSoftware deliberately avoids rigid rules when making games because doing so makes projects boring and conservative. The studio is known for Bloodborne, Sekiro, and Dark Souls, but according to head Hidetaka Miyazaki, the developers do not have a single formula. FromSoftware doesn’t have some overarching mantra like, “this is how we...
Kane Parsons to Return to The Backrooms
According to a report from Dread Central, Kane Parsons is officially set to reclaim the director’s chair for the upcoming sequel to the horror hit The Backrooms. While neither A24 nor representatives for Parsons have provided an official statement, the 21-year-old filmmaker is widely recognized for creating the viral YouTube web series of the same...
Analysts Report Six Steam Games Generated $1 Billion in 2026
Steam has already generated $15 billion in revenue in 2026 and could break last year’s record, with six games bringing the platform about $1 billion. According to estimates from Alinea Analytics analysts, Steam has already earned $15 billion, which is more than it did during the entire year of 2023. The platform’s revenue reportedly reached...
How to Watch Nintendo’s Zelda 40th Anniversary Direct
To celebrate four decades of The Legend of Zelda, Nintendo is rolling out the red carpet with a dedicated Nintendo Direct presentation. Fans are hoping for their very first glimpse at the heavily rumored The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake, alongside fresh updates regarding the upcoming live-action film adaptation. Beyond these major highlights,...
v1.0.4: Balance Adjustments & Bug Fixes
Palworld Update Version 1.0.4 is officially live! Here is the complete breakdown of all the new content, adjustments, and bug fixes included in this patch. New Quests & Missions Beyond Dimensions: A brand-new sub-mission available by speaking to an NPC at Fisherman’s Point in Mount Obsidian. From the Far Side of the Moon: A follow-up...
Why Na Hong-jin’s The Wailing Is the Ultimate Mystery Thriller
Na Hong-jin has always operated on his own wavelength. His track record includes The Chaser and The Yellow Sea, which cemented his status as a titan of modern South Korean cinema long before his project Hope. Although his return scales up into sci-fi spectacle, its underlying DNA resonates with his earlier work. Na remains focused...
First Emmy Award Winners Announced
Los Angeles has hosted the ceremony for the Creative Arts Emmy Awards, honoring excellence in the technical and specialized craft categories of American television. Apple TV’s “Widow’s Cove” led the field with eight preliminary wins. Other notable victors included the one-season wonder “Spider-Noir,” “Pitt,” “Want Sex. St. Louis,” “South Park,” and “One of Many,” among...
Final Fantasy VII Remake Reportedly Set to Receive Two Story DLCs
Final Fantasy VII Revelation, scheduled for release on April 8, 2027, will receive two story DLCs named Sephiroth and Vincent & the Trucks. Final Fantasy VII Revelation will receive two story expansions dedicated to Sephiroth and Vincent, with their release planned between the winter of 2027 and the spring of 2028. The plans became known...
HBO Rewrites DC Villain Hector Hammond Canon for Lanterns Series
While the HBO DC Universe series Lanterns functions primarily as a grounded buddy cop mystery, showrunner Chris Mundy explores the unusual elements of Green Lantern mythology. The show centers on the threat of the Manhunters, the synthetic shapeshifting peacekeepers created by the Guardians of the Universe who turned rogue and prompted the formation of the...
Former Sony Head Doubts PlayStation’s Digital Future
Former Sony Interactive Entertainment head Shawn Layden called a physical-free future for PlayStation “depressing,” but stated that the situation can still be fixed. Sony will stop releasing games on discs starting January 1, 2028. The decision has caused player dissatisfaction. Layden previously criticized the potential release of the PS6 without an optical drive. In a...






