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For over two decades, the NCIS franchise has anchored network television. The series evolved from a backdoor pilot into an international procedural juggernaut with shows in Los Angeles, New Orleans, Hawaii, and Sydney. The CBS powerhouse now brings its formula to Manhattan. Premiering on October 6, 2026, NCIS: New York expands the long-running franchise into...

Everybody loves a twisty paranoid thriller. The seventies embraced gritty conspiracy stories like Three Days of the Condor (1975) and Soylent Green (1973). Contemporary movies like Watcher (2022) and Coherence (2013) bring intriguing new ideas to the genre. Although the bulk of this subgenre leans toward serious drama and mind-bending mystery, some paranoid thrillers make...

Where does one of fantasy’s most prolific authors see the book industry headed 20 years from now? Brandon Sanderson — author of the Mistborn Saga and Stormlight Archive — sat down with fellow writer Joe Abercrombie in July for a lengthy conversation about everything from industry trends to Sanderson’s ongoing work adapting several of his...

The Battle of Olympus is returning in an updated format. Studio INFINITY recently revisited the action RPG The Battle of Olympus. The original version was released in 1988 for the Famicom in Japan and launched worldwide a few years later for the Nintendo Entertainment System. It never became a massive hit, but it gained a...

There are three certainties in life: death, taxes, and Batman. The Dark Knight remains one of the greatest superheroes ever created, thanks to a flood of live-action and animated movies and iconic comic book storylines that resonate to this day. Perhaps the best version of Batman is LEGO Batman, as the toy company manages to...

Violet Grohl Bella Newman/Courtesy Republic Violet Grohl performed an acoustic cover of The Cure’s “High” for Triple J’s Like a Version series, replacing the original track’s layered guitar parts with a barebones arrangement. “I love the childlike joy of the lyrics… it’s such a cute love song,” Grohl told Triple J regarding the 1992 single...

Rockstar Games faces a major challenge ahead. GTA Online, the multiplayer mode for GTA V, has entertained players for many years and, as a leak showed, continues to generate a lot of money for Rockstar Games and Take-Two. The new installment in the franchise, Grand Theft Auto VI, is expected to release this year, and...

Workarounds and solutions continue to emerge against Denuvo protection. Hackers have learned to quickly bypass the formidable Denuvo protection using a hypervisor method. However, not everyone accepts this approach because players must disable PC security systems to run such cracks, which creates additional system risks. There is also another way to combat Denuvo. A hacker...

Players can expect a new story and various quests. Modder tomoraider recently released a new trailer for Curse of the Forsaken Classic. This is a fan-made mod campaign for Warcraft III that continues the story after the events of The Frozen Throne expansion. tomoraider invites players to lead the Forsaken through a reimagined version of...

Questions have been raised regarding the creators of Scarlet Skips and the game’s fans. In early September, studio Yerk Games released a PC game on Steam called Scarlet Skips. It is a specific roguelike where players are asked to control a character and jump rope. The catch is that the protagonist features distinct assets and...

Players expect that No Man’s Sky will soon receive another free update. Hello Games studio head Sean Murray recently teased No Man’s Sky fans again by publishing a new teaser on a social network. As usual, the creator of the space sandbox did not say anything directly, instead leaving a mysterious emoji that enthusiasts began...

Gothic stories have a long shelf life. First published hundreds of years ago and tackling numerous topics, the earliest gothic books and novellas are often packed with ambiance: old and creaky manors, moody weather, hauntings, romantic twists, and longing amid the stress of a hysterical era. These are stories about women caring for scary kids,...

The classic game supports various frame rates and modern resolutions. Players recently revisited the classic 1993 Super Nintendo Entertainment System game Star Fox. Modders announced the public release of alpha version 0.0.4 of Star Fox Enhanced, an unofficial native PC port of the space rail shooter. The modders reported that this Star Fox Enhanced PC...

Over 11 seasons, the way The X-Files managed to stay fresh was by telling a wide variety of television stories. The show might feature aliens for one week and then follow that up with an urban legend before pivoting to a story about the occult. The show also managed to switch up its genre of...

Some players continue to wait for a standalone Venom project. Following several games in the Marvel’s Spider-Man series, developer Insomniac Games turned its attention to a project centered on another famous comic book character. Marvel’s Wolverine is currently preparing for launch, and some players have already dismissed various rumors and insider reports about another project...

Developer Invisible Walls has launched a new promotion to draw players into First Class Trouble. In early September, the studio offered players a chance to try First Class Trouble for free. The project is positioned as a team game where participants must survive a disaster by working both together and against one another. Set aboard...