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It’s been a month since Netflix’s K-Pop Demon Hunters took the internet by storm, thrusting us into a world of, well, demon-hunting K-Pop music. The fever is not subsiding; at the time of writing, the film is still number one on the streaming platform’s top 10 most-streamed movies list, while the fictional bands that provide its music, HUNTR/X and Saja Boys, are dominating global music charts on services like Spotify...
Following its surprise launch in June, Splitgate 2 is now “unlaunching.” The multiplayer first-person shooter will remain online in a beta state and continue to get support through a season 3 update and bug fixes, but developer 1047 Games is otherwise pausing its planned roadmap to overhaul the project ahead of a relaunch in early 2026. The studio is also cutting an unspecified number of staff members and shutting down...
No scientist is a master chef out of the GATE, but studying up on some of the best Abiotic Factor soup recipes before throwing everything in the pot can spare you from hunger headaches early on. Batches of good soup provide handy bonuses, while the bad stuff is lethal.After nailing the basics on how to make Good Soup, there's a lengthy list of Abiotic Factor soup recipes to master. Most...
Eddie Alcazar loves cartoons from the ’90s. Ren & Stimpy, Rocko’s Modern Life, the contorted nightmares of MTV’s Liquid Television — you name it, he’s seen it. Maybe not that unique, but unlike the rest of us animation fiends who dream of the days of painted backgrounds and hand-drawn gross-out gags, Alcazar did something about it. Bullet Time, his new TV pilot premiering at the 2025 Fantasia Fest, is a...
You'll need to craft a Keypad Hacker to bypass more sophisticated locks in Abiotic Factor. This is one of the survival-crafting game's first big walls to bypass, as it places a GATE security keypad between you and its second zone. The materials aren't hard to come by, but the early game to-do list is a bit daunting.In my first run, I wasted quite a bit of time looking in all...
After wrapping things up in the Office Sector, it's time to head out to Manufacturing West and repair parts around the Synchrotron. You'll need to get an Optic Lens to make it beyond Abiotic Factor's second zone—it's one of three pieces required to open the path to Cascade Laboratories.Fortunately, it's not left up to RNG monster drops, but the trader offering a steady supply of crafting goodies drives a hard...
You'll remember the first time you encounter the coworker in Abiotic Factor, as a fully grown man crawls out of the darkness on all fours and starts begging for treats. My colleague was relieving herself when this entity first scurried into the bathroom and you can bet she jumped out of her skin. Despite his appearance, it's safe to assume that he isn't human, though I, too, have been known...
I'll just get it out in the open: Abiotic Factor is one of the greatest survival crafting games ever made, and by far my favorite. It's an easy declaration to make because, unlike most games I've put a score on, I've had a lot of time to think about this one.NEED TO KNOWWhat is it A survival crafting game set during a Black Mesa-like disaster in 1997.Release Date July 22,...
After longstanding negotiations, South Park creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker, through their Park County production company, have scored a $1.5 billion deal with Paramount Plus for the show’s global streaming rights. The entire series will be available for the first time in the U.S. on the streamer, with the deal valued at $300 million a year, according to the Los Angeles Times. Although the deal has not been finalized,...
Marvel Studios’ The Fantastic Four: First Steps is set in a world where the eponymous superheroes are beloved celebrities with their own animated TV show, which is used as a way to get Johnny Storm/Human Torch (Joseph Quinn) and Ben Grimm/The Thing (Ebon Moss-Bachrach) to say “Flame on!” and “It’s clobbering time!” without actually taking their traditional comics catchphrases seriously. That narrative conceit seems pointless, given that everything in the...