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Dolly Parton Declines 2022 Rock Hall Nomination
“Even though I am extremely flattered and grateful to be nominated for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, I don’t feel that I have earned that right. I really do not want votes to be split because of me, so I must respectfully bow out.” Dolly Parton, March 2022 (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images...
Hogwarts Legacy Gameplay Reveal Set For State Of Play This Week
Hogwarts Legacy, the mysterious and long-awaited RPG set in the Harry Potter universe, will finally get its first gameplay showing in a new State of Play airing this week. PlayStation tweeted the news this morning stating that the presentation airs Thursday, March 17 at 2 p.m. Pacific/5 p.m. Eastern. There’s no word on how long...
Watch Jonny Greenwood and Alana Haim Accept Paul Thomas Anderson’s Licorice Pizza BAFTA Award
“If [Anderson] didn’t sing like a donkey, he’d probably have done the music as well” —Jonny Greenwood Jonny Greenwood, Alana Haim (Still via YouTube) Last night (March 13), Paul Thomas Anderson’s Licorice Pizza took home the award for Best Original Screenplay at the British Academy Film Awards. The director wasn’t at the ceremony to accept...
Masahiro Sakurai Is Back To Work, But He Might Not Be Working On A Game
Masahiro Sakurai, the famed director behind Nintendo’s mega-hit Super Smash Bros. franchise, is back from a long break after completing development on Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, it seems. And while he’s back to work, a new statement from the director teases that what he’s working on might not be a video game. News of Sakurai’s...
Battles Announce U.S. Tour
A massive tour will encompass the States and Europe, including U.S. dates supporting Primus Battles, photo by Atiba Jefferson Battles are heading out on tour in support of 2019’s Juice B Crypts, after a few years’ pandemic disruption. Their massive slate of spring, summer, and fall dates includes a string of U.S. shows supporting Primus,...
Arcade Fire Announce Benefit Concert for Ukraine Relief
The band is performing at New Orleans’ Toulouse Theatre tonight Arcade Fire’s Win Butler, February 2020 (Photo by Erika Goldring/Getty Images) Arcade Fire have announced a last-minute benefit show in New Orleans, with proceeds going to Plus1’s Ukraine Relief Fund. It’s happening at the Toulouse Theatre, and wristbands are available for pay-what-you-can pickup at 10...
Sonic The Hedgehog 2: Final Trailer Reveals New Knuckles Footage And More
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 hits theaters in just a few weeks, on April 8, and today, Paramount Pictures has released the final trailer for the sequel. If you’ve been watching the trailers for Sonic the Hedgehog 2 as of late, then you know Paramount and Sega are unsurprisingly pushing the return of Robotnik, and the...
Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands Will Feature Crossplay Across All Platforms At Launch
Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands is right around the corner, hitting PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC on March 25 and we now know it will launch with full crossplay support across each of these platforms. Gearbox Software’s own Randy Pitchford revealed the news with a tweet thanking the engineers behind Tiny...
Yeah Yeah Yeahs Announce UK Shows and Promise to Play New Songs
“Yeah we’ve got some tunes so fresh and so NEW to try out on you!” Karen O with Yeah Yeah Yeahs in 2019 (Rick Kern/WireImage) Yeah Yeah Yeahs have announced two shows in the UK this summer. They’re playing the 02 Apollo in Manchester, England, on June 5, where they’ll be joined by English Teacher....
Game Studios Show Support For Ukraine
Russia openly attacked and invaded Ukraine on February 24 after weeks of mounting tensions between the two countries, with hundreds of Ukrainian citizens reportedly killed by bombings and Russian militia as a result. As the world watches this historical and terrifying event unfold, efforts have begun to aid civilians and organizations on the ground floor...
Charli XCX Shares New Song “Every Rule”: Listen
The latest single from Charli’s next LP Crash was produced by A. G. Cook and Oneohtrix Point Never Charli XCX (Photo by Jeff Spicer/BFC/Getty Images for BFC). Charli XCX has shared the final single ahead of her next LP Crash, which arrives this Friday (March 18). The new track is called “Every Rule,” and it...
Every Winner From The 2021 Video Game Accessibility Awards
The second annual Video Game Accessibility Awards happened last night, on March 13, and it saw many studios take home awards for their accessibility efforts in gaming in 2021. Hosted by AbleGamers’ Steven Spohn and Sony Santa Monica studio writer Alanah Pearce, this awards show highlighted what studios were doing to make games more accessible...
Sonic The Hedgehog 2: Movie ‘Pre-quill’ Comic In The Works, Spearheaded By Jim Carrey
If you can’t get enough of everyone’s favorite blue blur, or Tails and Knuckles, as they’re depicted in Paramount Pictures’ movies, then we have some good news for you: there’s a “pre-quill” comic book for Sonic the Hedgehog 2 coming out later this month. As reported by Sonic Stadium, this prequel comic will lead into...
Destroyer, Floating Points, and More: This Week’s Pitchfork Selects Playlist
Pitchfork Selects for March 14, 2022 includes Destroyer’s “June,” Floating Points’ “Vocoder,” Vince Staples’ “Magic,” Miranda Lambert, and Nuha Ruby Ra.
ATS 1.44: Ownable Drop Deck Trailers
Howdy, truckers! We have some interesting news for those who fancy hauling heavy loads in the American Truck Simulator. In addition to the hidden roads feature mentioned on our blog a couple of weeks ago, in the 1.44 update, you can look forward to a brand new ownable trailer type as well the drop deck...
Warren Spector Says OtherSide Entertainment Hasn’t Worked On System Shock 3 In Three Years
System Shock 3 has quite the troubled development history, chronicled in Part 3 of Game Informer’s Games Stuck In Development Hell feature, and it seems the game has been pushed even deeper into development hell. In a new interview with VentureBeat, Deux Ex creator Warren Spector gave what sounds like will be his final comments...
Dolly Parton Declines 2022 Rock Hall Nomination
“Even though I am extremely flattered and grateful to be nominated for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, I don’t feel that I have earned that right. I really do not want votes to be split because of me, so I must respectfully bow out.” Dolly Parton, March 2022 (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images...
Hogwarts Legacy Gameplay Reveal Set For State Of Play This Week
Hogwarts Legacy, the mysterious and long-awaited RPG set in the Harry Potter universe, will finally get its first gameplay showing in a new State of Play airing this week. PlayStation tweeted the news this morning stating that the presentation airs Thursday, March 17 at 2 p.m. Pacific/5 p.m. Eastern. There’s no word on how long...
Watch Jonny Greenwood and Alana Haim Accept Paul Thomas Anderson’s Licorice Pizza BAFTA Award
“If [Anderson] didn’t sing like a donkey, he’d probably have done the music as well” —Jonny Greenwood Jonny Greenwood, Alana Haim (Still via YouTube) Last night (March 13), Paul Thomas Anderson’s Licorice Pizza took home the award for Best Original Screenplay at the British Academy Film Awards. The director wasn’t at the ceremony to accept...
Masahiro Sakurai Is Back To Work, But He Might Not Be Working On A Game
Masahiro Sakurai, the famed director behind Nintendo’s mega-hit Super Smash Bros. franchise, is back from a long break after completing development on Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, it seems. And while he’s back to work, a new statement from the director teases that what he’s working on might not be a video game. News of Sakurai’s...
Battles Announce U.S. Tour
A massive tour will encompass the States and Europe, including U.S. dates supporting Primus Battles, photo by Atiba Jefferson Battles are heading out on tour in support of 2019’s Juice B Crypts, after a few years’ pandemic disruption. Their massive slate of spring, summer, and fall dates includes a string of U.S. shows supporting Primus,...
Arcade Fire Announce Benefit Concert for Ukraine Relief
The band is performing at New Orleans’ Toulouse Theatre tonight Arcade Fire’s Win Butler, February 2020 (Photo by Erika Goldring/Getty Images) Arcade Fire have announced a last-minute benefit show in New Orleans, with proceeds going to Plus1’s Ukraine Relief Fund. It’s happening at the Toulouse Theatre, and wristbands are available for pay-what-you-can pickup at 10...
Sonic The Hedgehog 2: Final Trailer Reveals New Knuckles Footage And More
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 hits theaters in just a few weeks, on April 8, and today, Paramount Pictures has released the final trailer for the sequel. If you’ve been watching the trailers for Sonic the Hedgehog 2 as of late, then you know Paramount and Sega are unsurprisingly pushing the return of Robotnik, and the...
Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands Will Feature Crossplay Across All Platforms At Launch
Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands is right around the corner, hitting PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC on March 25 and we now know it will launch with full crossplay support across each of these platforms. Gearbox Software’s own Randy Pitchford revealed the news with a tweet thanking the engineers behind Tiny...
Yeah Yeah Yeahs Announce UK Shows and Promise to Play New Songs
“Yeah we’ve got some tunes so fresh and so NEW to try out on you!” Karen O with Yeah Yeah Yeahs in 2019 (Rick Kern/WireImage) Yeah Yeah Yeahs have announced two shows in the UK this summer. They’re playing the 02 Apollo in Manchester, England, on June 5, where they’ll be joined by English Teacher....