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DFA Announces 20th Anniversary Party With James Murphy, Black Dice, Juan MacLean, More
Three rooms of DJs and bands, including Nancy Whang, Museum of Love, Tyler Pope, and more James Murphy DJing at the Knockdown Center in 2018 (Steven Ferdman/Getty Images) DFA is celebrating its 20th anniversary next month; the label notes that its first two singles (the Rapture’s “House of Jealous Lovers” and the Juan MacLean’s “By...
A Third Sonic The Hedgehog Film And Paramount+ Series Are In The Works
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 doesn’t premiere in theaters until April 8, but Sega and Paramount Pictures have confirmed that a third film is in the works along with TV spin-off series for Paramount+. In a press release, the companies revealed that development of Sonic 3 (or whatever it winds up being called) has already begun....
Halo TV Series Getting An Early Second Season Renewal
Variety is reporting that Paramount Plus has a few more missions for Master Chief to go on for the streaming network. The television adaptation Halo, based on the game franchise of the same name, is getting a second season prior to the airing of its first season. Along with the early renewal of the series, a...
Coachella Drops More COVID Restrictions, Won’t Require Negative Tests or Masks
Goldenvoice previously nixed vaccine mandates for Coachella and sister festival Stagecoach 2018 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival (Rich Fury/Getty Images for Coachella) This year’s Coachella Valley Music and Arts and Stagecoach festivals will no longer require attendees to wear masks or provide negative COVID-19 test results, Rolling Stone and Variety point out. Stagecoach announced...
New Funko Pop Figures Starring Tiny Tina's Wonderlands And Apex Legends Coming This Year
Funko can’t stop, won’t stop making new figures based on your favorite brands and properties. This week, we get to take a look at some upcoming game-related products set for release sometime in 2022. Click here to view embedded media First up is a collection of four Funko Pop figures featuring characters from the...
Destiny 2: The Witch Queen Launch Trailer Welcomes Guardians To Savathûn’s Throne World
Guardians will soon Of course, Savathûn is thrilled that your Guardian and others are coming to her Throne World. In fact, she’s inviting you in. The trailer also showcases some new looks at the exotics and fancy Glaive weapons coming to Destiny 2 in The Witch Queen expansion. The trailer ends with a screen that...
Death Cab for Cutie Cover Yoko Ono’s “Waiting for the Sunrise”: Listen
From the Benjamin Gibbard–curated compilation Ocean Child: Songs of Yoko Ono Death Cab for Cutie’s Benjamin Gibbard, October 2021 (Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images) This Friday (February 18), Canvasback Music and Atlantic Records will release the Benjamin Gibbard–curated compilation Ocean Child: Songs of Yoko Ono. Before the album arrives, Gibbard and his band Death Cab for Cutie...
Netflix Partnering With Take-Two On A Bioshock Film
Netflix has been rather successful with TV adaptations of popular video games like Castlevania and The Witcher. Now the streaming goliath’s sights are set on 2K Game’s gene-splicing Bioshock series, only this time, it’s being developed as a movie. The Hollywood Reporter states that Netflix is partnering with 2K’s parent company Take-Two Interactive and Vertigo Entertainment...
Here’s The First Look At Dune: Spice Wars’ Gameplay
Dune: Spice Wars enters PC early access sometime this year. You can learn more about the game from the game’s FAQ. Source
Monark Review: A Compelling RPG Mash-Up
The RPG genre is in a very good place at the moment, providing fans with all kinds of different options that cater to very specific interests. Monark from Lacarse and NIS America does just that, mixing turn-based combat, strategy, and horror elements together. Mixed blends can often produce mixed results, but Monark manages to strike...
Ex-Witcher 3, Cyberpunk 2077 Developers Form New Studio Rebel Wolves To Develop ‘Next-Gen RPG’
A new studio called Rebel Wolves has been formed by multiple former Witcher and Cyberpunk 2077 developers and its first game will be, not surprisingly, an RPG. Revealed today, Rebel Wolves was created by The Witcher 3 game director Konrad Tomaszkiewicz, who was also the head of production and secondary game director for Cyberpunk 2077....
Nintendo Will End eShop Purchases For Wii U And 3DS Next Year
Nintendo has revealed that eShop purchases on the Wii U and 3DS will come to an end next year. More specifically, it will no longer be possible to make eShop purchases on these two consoles after late March 2023. A blow to digital game preservation, once this goes into effect, the only way to purchase...
Doss Shares New Song “Jumpin’”: Listen
Her first new song of the year Doss (Emily Lipson) Doss, the New York songwriter and producer, has shared a new single. “Jumpin’” is her first new song of 2022. Listen to it below. “‘Jumpin’’ is about letting go, getting lost, and the out-of-sequence memories of wobbling lights and vibrating floors going by like a...
Pink Mountaintops Announce New Album Peacock Pools, Share Video for New Song: Watch
Stephen McBean’s latest album features members of Black Mountain, Melvins, Redd Kross, Ty Segall Band, and more Pink Mountaintops (Laura Pleasants) Pink Mountaintops, the long-running and ever-changing project of Stephen McBean, has announced a new album. Peacock Pools is out May 6 via ATO. Check out the George Mays-directed video for the lead single “Lights...
The King of Fighters XV Review: The King Has Returned
Although it used to be one of the most prominently featured arcade fighting game franchises out there, it’s been quite a while since we have last seen The King of Fighters franchise in action. The last time we had seen the SNK fighter, it had unfortunately released to a divisive reaction nearly six years ago....
Howard Grimes, Memphis Soul Drummer, Dies at 80
Known as “The Bulldog,” Grimes recorded iconic tracks with Al Green, Ann Peebles, Syl Johnson, and more Howard Grimes performs in Los Angeles, California, November 4, 2011. (Photo by Joe Scarnici/FilmMagic) Howard Grimes, the drummer best known for his work in the rhythm section of the Hi Records house band, died Saturday (February 12) of...
DFA Announces 20th Anniversary Party With James Murphy, Black Dice, Juan MacLean, More
Three rooms of DJs and bands, including Nancy Whang, Museum of Love, Tyler Pope, and more James Murphy DJing at the Knockdown Center in 2018 (Steven Ferdman/Getty Images) DFA is celebrating its 20th anniversary next month; the label notes that its first two singles (the Rapture’s “House of Jealous Lovers” and the Juan MacLean’s “By...
A Third Sonic The Hedgehog Film And Paramount+ Series Are In The Works
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 doesn’t premiere in theaters until April 8, but Sega and Paramount Pictures have confirmed that a third film is in the works along with TV spin-off series for Paramount+. In a press release, the companies revealed that development of Sonic 3 (or whatever it winds up being called) has already begun....
Halo TV Series Getting An Early Second Season Renewal
Variety is reporting that Paramount Plus has a few more missions for Master Chief to go on for the streaming network. The television adaptation Halo, based on the game franchise of the same name, is getting a second season prior to the airing of its first season. Along with the early renewal of the series, a...
Coachella Drops More COVID Restrictions, Won’t Require Negative Tests or Masks
Goldenvoice previously nixed vaccine mandates for Coachella and sister festival Stagecoach 2018 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival (Rich Fury/Getty Images for Coachella) This year’s Coachella Valley Music and Arts and Stagecoach festivals will no longer require attendees to wear masks or provide negative COVID-19 test results, Rolling Stone and Variety point out. Stagecoach announced...
New Funko Pop Figures Starring Tiny Tina's Wonderlands And Apex Legends Coming This Year
Funko can’t stop, won’t stop making new figures based on your favorite brands and properties. This week, we get to take a look at some upcoming game-related products set for release sometime in 2022. Click here to view embedded media First up is a collection of four Funko Pop figures featuring characters from the...
Destiny 2: The Witch Queen Launch Trailer Welcomes Guardians To Savathûn’s Throne World
Guardians will soon Of course, Savathûn is thrilled that your Guardian and others are coming to her Throne World. In fact, she’s inviting you in. The trailer also showcases some new looks at the exotics and fancy Glaive weapons coming to Destiny 2 in The Witch Queen expansion. The trailer ends with a screen that...
Death Cab for Cutie Cover Yoko Ono’s “Waiting for the Sunrise”: Listen
From the Benjamin Gibbard–curated compilation Ocean Child: Songs of Yoko Ono Death Cab for Cutie’s Benjamin Gibbard, October 2021 (Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images) This Friday (February 18), Canvasback Music and Atlantic Records will release the Benjamin Gibbard–curated compilation Ocean Child: Songs of Yoko Ono. Before the album arrives, Gibbard and his band Death Cab for Cutie...
Netflix Partnering With Take-Two On A Bioshock Film
Netflix has been rather successful with TV adaptations of popular video games like Castlevania and The Witcher. Now the streaming goliath’s sights are set on 2K Game’s gene-splicing Bioshock series, only this time, it’s being developed as a movie. The Hollywood Reporter states that Netflix is partnering with 2K’s parent company Take-Two Interactive and Vertigo Entertainment...
Here’s The First Look At Dune: Spice Wars’ Gameplay
Dune: Spice Wars enters PC early access sometime this year. You can learn more about the game from the game’s FAQ. Source





