The kids are into Fortnite, forever and always, but what exactly being into "Fortnite" means is a moving target these days. Lately, Epic Games has decided the future of Fortnite is to become Roblox by expanding its battle royale with a free toolset for creating and publishing games within Fortnite, and incentivizing participation with a revenue share program based on engagement.Some veteran game developers are giving Fortnite a real go,...
In his seemingly endless quest to not finish The Winds of Winter, Game of Thrones author George R.R. Martin has a new project on the table: He’s producing a magical-realist reimagining of the story of Hercules, animated by Blue Spirit, the Emmy-winning studio behind the bloody Netflix revenge series Blue Eye Samurai. The film is based on the novella A Dozen Tough Jobs from Howard Waldrop, a Nebula Award winner...
During the course of developing Mario Kart World, the team making it were confronted with an important, potentially existential question: Does Mario, in fact, eat mushrooms? Meaning, do Super Mushrooms in the Mario universe need to be eaten, or simply touched to imbue Mario (and Luigi) with super powers? The answer to that question may seem obvious to you, but even 20-year Nintendo veteran Shintaro Jikumaru wondered if he really...
PlayStation®5 exclusive “DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH” is set to launch on 26 June and we are excited to announce that DEATH STRANDING fans in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines will have the special opportunity to meet Hideo Kojima (GAME CREATOR) and Yoji Shinkawa (ART DIRECTOR) at DEATH STRANDING WORLD STRAND TOUR 2 TAIPEI on 6 July 2025. Meet the legends behind the new DEATH STRANDING 2:...
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt celebrated ten years of monster slaying on May 19, and publisher CD Projekt honored the milestone with an anniversary stream starring Geralt voice actor Doug Cockle, a stunning new trailer, and The Witcher 3 price drops across platforms for those who aren’t one of the 50 million who’ve already purchased it. Yet, while you may want to celebrate by booting up The Witcher 3 for...
Russell Adler didn’t eliminate Vikhor “Stitch” Kuzmin after all, instead confining the villain to an Icelandic black site prison as insurance for a rainy day. That day has come as Adler and crew free their former foe, their only chance to finally crack the Pantheon codenames. Witness the return of Stitch in the massive Season 04 update for Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 and Call of Duty: Warzone, bringing...
Xbox Game Pass appears to be taking a page from Nintendo Switch Online’s playbook by adding a slew of classic titles to its library. Xbox and Antstream Arcade have joined forces to launch Retro Classics, which gives all Game Pass members access to a 50+ collection of Activision titles like “Commando, Grand Prix, Kaboom!, Mech Warrior 2: 31st Century Combat, and Pitfall!” according to Xbox. The initiative is described as...
In Quentin Tarantino’s 2003 movie Kill Bill: Volume 1, vengeful assassin The Bride (Uma Thurman) seeks a sword from the legendary swordsmith Hattori Hanzō (Sonny Chiba). “I need Japanese steel,” she says. “I have vermin to kill.” Hanzō has sworn off making instruments of death, but when he learns the vermin is his former student Bill (David Carradine), he consents to forge her a new sword. It is his finest...
The sequel to Cyberpunk 2077 was announced a couple of years ago during an investors' presentation—but all we were told was that it was only in the early stages of development. Since then, we've not heard a whole lot about Project Orion, but that's where Cyberpunk creator Mike Pondsmith comes in.During an interview with tvgry as part of the Digital Dragons event, Pondsmith discussed his history with Cyberpunk from its...
For fans of YouTube’s billion-view RackaRacka channel, the emergence of Australian twins Danny and Michael Philippou as filmmakers wasn’t necessarily a surprise — they’d been making videos together since childhood, and their online work earned them millions of followers. Movies were the next logical step. What was surprising, though, was the deeply grim, intense tone of their writing and directing debut, 2023’s Talk to Me. For a first film, particularly from...