[UPDATE] Following a very strong start with Thursday night previews, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness continued at a strong pace, ending the weekend with $185 million in the US, $265 million from international markets. This amounts to $450 million worldwide at the box office for its first weekend. …

The BBC has officially announced that Sex Education star Ncuti Gatwa is the newest Doctor on the long-running sci-fi show Doctor Who. Gatwa takes charge of the Tardis following Jodie Whittaker’s run as the first-ever female doctor. Whittaker announced she would step down in 2021. In a statement, Gatwa said, …

Electronic Arts is getting back in the business of The Lord of the Rings video games, announcing a partnership today with Middle-earth Enterprises for a new mobile title. EA’s Capital Games, the studio behind the billion-dollar Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes, is developing a free-to-play title called The Lord of …

The popular game Genshin Impact was announced for the Nintendo Switch in 2020, but fans haven’t heard much about it since then. So what’s going on? The game still doesn’t have a release date for Nintendo’s hybrid console, but developer miHoYo has stressed that the game is not canceled. “The …

Activision has released a new Godzilla cosmetic DLC pack for Call of Duty: Warzone and Vanguard ahead of schedule, and it looks incredible. The Tracer Pack: Godzilla Reactive Mastercraft bundle is out now, ahead of Godzilla and King Kong coming to Warzone on May 11 through the Operation Monarch event. …

PC gaming giant Nvidia has agreed to pay a $5.5 million penalty to settle charges for “inadequate disclosures” regarding cryptomining in the gaming business. The Securities and Exchange Commission announced that Nvidia violated Section 17(a)(2) and (3) of the Securities Act of 1933 as well as the disclosure provisions of …

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 will be officially announced in June, with a subsequent reveal specific to its multiplayer element set for August, according to a new report. A report from Exputer said the Modern Warfare 2 reveal will come via a trailer focusing on the campaign. This trailer …

Halo Infinite developer 343 Industries has acknowledged that the Season 2: Lone Wolves launch this week “has been bumpy,” with players reporting a number of issues with the latest update. “Hey Spartans, this week has been bumpy,” Microsoft’s Joseph Staten said on Twitter. “That definitely wasn’t our goal. We are …

A WWE role-playing game is in development and will be announced soon, the professional wrestling company has announced. Chief brand office Stephanie McMahon revealed this during the WWE earnings call this week, saying the company “recently signed a new deal in the role-playing game space that will be announced soon.” …

Blizzard Entertainment has hired its first ever Vice President, Head of Culture to help make the Overwatch and Diablo company have a more “diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace culture.” Jessica Martinez has joined Blizzard to help lead the effort to empower workers to feel they can “learn, grow, and bring …