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The familiar story will be expanded with new scenes. The creators of the feature-length anime Takopi’s Original Sin have released a new trailer and poster. The trailer features the song “Love You” performed by Tele, who previously recorded the ending theme for the original series. The film carries the subtitle Arigato, Mata Ashita (“Thank You,...

Doctor Who has never avoided showing the Doctor at his worst. In “A Good Man Goes to War,” Eleven (Matt Smith) realizes his choices have made him nearly as monstrous as his enemies. In “The Waters of Mars,” Ten (David Tennant) is still reeling from the loss of his latest companion, Donna Noble (Catherine Tate)....

When Robert Altman’s M*A*S*H reached theaters in 1970, its irreverent take on the Korean War was unlike anything audiences had seen. The film followed army surgeons who relied on practical jokes, alcohol, and a disregard for military authority to stay sane while treating the wounded. Two years later, CBS adapted it into a television series....

The game set too high a bar for other projects priced at $20. Video game pricing specialist Cassia Curran believes Hollow Knight: Silksong should have sold for more. In her view, the $20 price put extra pressure on indie developers, who now have to compete with one of the most successful games in the metroidvania...

Gears of War: E-Day has received a new patch that improves stability and fixes a range of bugs in the campaign, Horde Siege, and online modes. Characters could previously freeze in a T-pose when aiming quickly after blind-firing a shotgun from medium-height cover. That bug is now fixed. On Xbox Cloud Gaming, the game no...

Avi Lewis says BioWare employees should pool their money and buy the studio from EA so they can make great games with government backing. Avi Lewis, leader of Canada’s New Democratic Party (NDP), criticized Electronic Arts after reports that BioWare is being shut down. He said the studio’s employees should get the chance to buy...

BioWare was working on the game right up until the studio closed. What appears to be a genuine trailer for the next Mass Effect, which BioWare was developing before the studio shut down, has surfaced online. The video, titled Mass Effect: Universe, was posted on Reddit the day after news broke that the studio had...

In early 2006, J.J. Abrams was in the middle of a generational run. Alias was about to end. Lost had become a cultural phenomenon. Abrams was traveling the world to promote his directorial debut, Mission: Impossible 3, and he was only getting started. At Paramount’s 2007 San Diego Comic-Con panel, Abrams said he had visited...

The dismemberment system from Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance did not fit the pace of Onimusha: Way of the Sword. The developers of Onimusha: Way of the Sword have described the technology behind the game’s realistic sword-fight animation and dynamic enemy dismemberment. According to game director Satoru Nihei, Capcom had to do more than create a...

Less financial risk, more creative freedom. Saber Interactive CEO Matthew Karch says AA games with relatively modest budgets could be one of the key factors in the games industry’s survival and continued growth. In his view, developers should pay more attention to these projects because they carry less financial risk and can deliver a higher...

Bethesda has launched Season 2 of The Elder Scrolls Online – Echoes of Skyrim. The season adds about 30 hours of free content and opens up add-ons that were previously paid. ZeniMax Online and Bethesda built the update around the snowy province of Skyrim. Players can already claim the Greymoor chapter and the Wolfhunter DLC...

The streaming service Wink has announced that production on the fourth season of «Fisher» is complete. The new episodes, subtitled «Black Avenue», will premiere in 2027. The cast includes Evgeny Tsyganov, Oliver Raymond Mara, Viktoria Isakova, Sergey Gilev and others. Sergey Taramaev and Lyubov Lvova return as showrunners. In the story, a young Moscow investigator...

Literary classics tend to bring to mind Austen and Shelley, Joyce and Steinbeck. These authors lived and died long ago, and their work keeps their legacy alive. Plenty of great writers are still publishing today, though. Some of the books they have released over the last three decades may become the classics of the future....

Xbox’s missed performance target reduced Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella’s annual pay, according to materials prepared for the company’s shareholder meeting. Nadella will receive $90.6 million, which is $5.8 million less than a year earlier. The figures come from documents prepared for the annual shareholder meeting. The gaming division was the only Microsoft unit that failed...