Pirates of the Caribbean director Gore Verbinski will adapt George R.R. Martin’s 1979 book Sandkings for a new Netflix movie. Verbinski shared this update in an interview with Collider. “One of the screenplays is based on a George R.R. Martin short story called Sandkings, which is this brilliant little twisted …
Read More »NBA 2K21 Comes To Xbox Game Pass This Week On Console And Streaming
Microsoft continues to add high-profile games to Xbox Game Pass to convince people to sign up, and the latest one is NBA 2K21. The company announced that NBA 2K21 will come to Xbox Game Pass on March 4 for Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S. NBA 2K21 will also stream …
Read More »Activision Blizzard Hires Former George W. Bush Administration Counterterrorism Expert
Activision Blizzard has made a big-name new hire, bringing on former president George W. Bush’s counterterrorism expert Frances F. Townsend to become the gaming company’s executive vice president for corporate affairs. She also worked for the US Department of Justice in the George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and George W. …
Read More »Diablo 2: Resurrected Is Getting Two Alphas
Blizzard will offer two alpha tests for Diablo II: Resurrected. The studio confirmed in a new interview that the alpha tests will be split up between single-player and multiplayer. The single-player alpha will come first, followed by a multiplayer alpha that is meant to put the game’s servers through its …
Read More »Epic Games Buys Fall Guys Dev Mediatonic, Expanding Its Battle Royale Empire
Fall Guys developer Mediatonic has been acquired by Fortnite studio Epic Games, expanding the North Carolina developer’s battle royale empire even further and paving the way for Epic’s vision of a “metaverse” of sorts–not to mention the “tremendous growth potential,” according to Tonic Games co-founder Paul Croft. How exactly that …
Read More »A Leaked Elden Ring Trailer Is Making The Rounds Online, But Don't Get Too Excited
Update: Elden Ring fans have been cutting together footage of the leaked trailer floating around online to create something more cohesive. Some of the clips surfacing, including what you can see in the video below, include audio. [Update: Even better–after two years of waiting, we have a new Elden Ring …
Read More »NYC Movie Theaters Are Re-Opening This Weekend, And Tenet Will Be There
Batman director Christopher Nolan’s big-budget action movie Tenet opened in theaters back in August 2020, but the film never played in New York City because cinemas there were closed. Now that they are opening again this weekend, Tenet will get to play in one of the biggest movie markets on …
Read More »These Dr. Seuss Books Won't Be Published Again Due To "Hurtful And Wrong" Imagery
A collection of books from the iconic children’s author Dr. Seuss will not be published again due to concerns about their imagery. The company that represents the late author, Dr. Seuss Enterprises, announced on March 2–the author’s birthday–that it will no longer publish these six books because they portray people …
Read More »PlayStation Store Soon Won't Let You Rent And Buy TV Shows And Movies
Sony Interactive Entertainment has announced a major change to the PlayStation Store, confirming that it is removing the ability to rent and purchase TV shows and movies. This change goes into effect on August 31, 2021. Vanessa Bee, the head of Video Business for the PlayStation Store, said the change …
Read More »New Hunting Game Mixes In Survival Elements And Bear Attacks
Death Stranding’s PC publisher 505 Games has announced a new arcade-style hunting game that adds in some survival elements for a new twist on the genre. Open Country is in development at Funlabs, the Romanian studio that has been making hunting video games under the Cabela’s license for 20 years. …
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