After about a four-year wait, God of War Ragnarök is almost here. We know you’re all waiting to see if the game lives up to the hype (it does), but we also know you’re waiting to see when you’ll actually be able to play the game. At present, God of War Ragnarök is scheduled to
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Warning: contains spoilers for all episodes mentioned. In some respects Doctor Who in the 1960s had an advantage over the rest of the show: it was brand new, it built in the loss of the lead actors into the format, and it was largely free of mythology weighing it down. Indeed, with the reveal of
On the surface, the Xbox Series X and S are the most straightforward modern consoles on the market. Aesthetically, they are nothing more than 3D rectangles, and their controllers are almost identical to Xbox One controllers (save for textured grips and an extra button on the face). Even under the hood, the Xbox Series S
This article contains spoilers for Manifest season 4 part 1. While watching the tenth episode of Manifest season 4, it would have been easy to forget that the final season still had ten more installments to go with all that was coming to a head. Many of the most sought after answers seemed within reach,
Leaked footage of Overdose (the rumored new project from Hideo Kojima) has appeared online, and it already has some fans thinking of P.T./Silent Hills. First off, let’s be very clear that the leaked footage in question is about as unofficial as it gets. At the time of this writing, there has been no official word
Warner Bros. Discovery has a new strategy: focus on franchises and intellectual property (IP). We admit that hearing that vision said aloud by Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav, who spoke yesterday to shareholders during a Q3 earnings call, reads a bit like an Onion headline. What have Hollywood studios, including Warners, been doing over
After a long four-year wait, God of War: Ragnarok is finally upon us. Its predecessor, Santa Monica Studio’s God of War, is considered one of the greatest games of its generation, reimagining the original God of War formula and taking the series’ cinematics and storytelling to new heights. But the one thing that all GoW
Author: M.D. Lachlan Publisher: Gollancz Price: £18.99 A first-contact story with more than just a cold war twist, Celestial is the latest novel from author M.D. Lachlan (the SFF pseudonym of Mark Barrowcliffe), and begins when a team at NASA become aware of a mysterious hatch covered in strangely familiar symbols on the surface of
This article contains spoilers for Westworld season 4. There’s “writing yourself into a corner” and then there’s “writing yourself into a scenario where all your characters enter into a mystical robot heaven corner.” Should it have received a fifth and final season, that was the situation that HBO’s Westworld would have had to stare down.
We knew that Final Fantasy 16 was going to be an untraditional Final Fantasy game in several ways, but we now know the game will draw from some truly unusual sources that include divisive sequels to classic ’80s comedies. In an extensive interview with IGN, Final Fantasy 16 director Hiroshi Takai, localization director Michael-Christopher Koji
From Spanish director, Juan Jesús García Galocha comes a brand new animated adventure feature film Mummies which follows a trio of Egyptian mummies exploring the living world. Check out the trailer… <span data-mce-type=”bookmark” style=”display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;” class=”mce_SELRES_start”></span> Mummies follows the fun adventures of three Egyptian mummies who live in an
Saul Williams and Anisia Uzeyman’s afro-futurist sci-fi punk musical, Neptune Frost, is heading to select cinemas on 4 November and you can check out the trailer here… <span data-mce-type=”bookmark” style=”display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;” class=”mce_SELRES_start”></span> Neptune Frost takes place in the hilltops of Burundi, where a group of escaped coltan miners camp in
The Great British Bake Off is such a cultural phenomenon that it got its own official musical this year, with a West End run in early 2023, but is 2022 the year the show finally crumbles? There’s no denying this multiple-BAFTA-winning baking show is a top-tier hit: since its modest launch in 2010, it’s earned
It has been announced that the highly anticipated series, The Last of Us, the series based on the hugely popular videogames, will air exclusively on Sky Atlantic and NOW on 16 January. Not only that, but the series official key art has also been revealed (above). <span data-mce-type=”bookmark” style=”display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height:
This post contains spoilers for The Sandman Season One In some ways, the Netflix adaptation of The Sandman is not too different from other popular television shows. It told a satisfying story across its first season, one that saw Morpheus aka Dream (Tom Sturridge) stop renegade nightmare the Corinthian (Boyd Holbrook) and deal with living
This post contains spoilers for Loki and other MCU shows Of all the Disney+ shows so far, few have been as impactful as the ending of Loki. While WandaVision set up Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier introduced the new Captain America, and Hawkeye brought back the Kingpin,
As we approach the two-year anniversary of the PS5 and Xbox Series X/S’s releases, now feels like the perfect time to come together and talk about how this generation of gaming has gotten off to a historically disappointing start. Look, all you have to do is mention the year “2020” to start to understand why
We’ve been waiting for (literally) years, but we’ll soon be casting our beady eyes over the sequel to James Cameron’s 2009 sci-fi epic Avatar with Avatar: The Way of Water and we can’t wait! But first, check out the brand new poster (above) for the movie and a new trailer below… <span data-mce-type=”bookmark” style=”display: inline-block;
“Marley was dead, to begin with…” We all know Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. From Scrooged to A Muppets Christmas Carol, the classic festive story has been re-told since it was first released waaaaaaay back in 1843. Now, Ryan Reynolds, Will Ferrell and Octavia Spencer will be starring in their very own take on the
The end is nigh. Filming on Endeavour’s final season wrapped in August 2022, meaning the last three episodes of the beloved Inspector Morse prequel are currently being readied and will likely air on ITV in the UK in early 2023, with the PBS Masterpiece US air date to follow. While working on the final season,
Sony has finally fully revealed the PlayStation VR 2, and the early information about the next generation of PSVR hardware has fans scrambling to find a way to pre-order the hardware as soon as they can. Right now, the best way to pre-order the PSVR 2 is to go directly to the PlayStation Store. There,
After being rescued by Netflix, the first part of Manifest’s fourth and final season is set to premiere on the streaming service this month. Originally airing on NBC for three seasons before being canceled by the network in 2021, Manifest chronicles the lives of airplane passengers whose flight mysteriously vanished into thin air. Flight 828
Activision Blizzard is currently under investigation following accusations of harassment, discrimination, and fostering a hostile work environment. You can read more about the investigation here. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2‘s first sales figures are rolling in, and the early numbers are astonishing. In fact, publisher Activision Blizzard reports that Modern Warfare 2 is the fastest-selling
When I started writing The Hanged God trilogy, an epic fantasy about Vikings and Norse gods, there were few depictions of Vikings in modern media. Now it seems that Vikings are everywhere. From the critically acclaimed “The Northman” to the iconic tv show “Vikings” and the hilarious Norwegian show “Norsemen”. Below are five films that
Italy has a Day of the Dead similar to our Halloween and All Saint’s Day, however, the people of Italy get bank holidays too, so the Monday and Tuesday of Lucca Comics & Games 2022 continued with its wonderful mayhem and multitudes of fans from every niche of pop culture and sub genre therein entered
This Star Wars: Andor review contains spoilers. Andor Episode 9 At the start of Andor episode 9, Dedra threatens Bix by saying, “The very worst thing you can do right now is bore me.” This is just before an interrogation scene, in which the stakes are high, but also muddled. As the first Star Wars
Activision Blizzard is currently under investigation following accusations of harassment, discrimination, and fostering a hostile work environment. You can read more about the investigation here. Overwatch 2 players were stunned to boot up the team shooter and see that Mei had been removed from the game. At first, some players suspected that she was impacted by
The thing about anthology series is that they inevitably invite comparison. Why would you present me with several distinct stories if you didn’t want me to rank them all from worst to best? Though that just might a me thing. In any case, new Netflix horror anthology Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities presents eight
The first part of Xbox Game Pass’ November 2022 update has finally been revealed, and it includes one of 2022’s most underrated (and best) games. Yes, I’m talking about Vampire Survivors. Though technically released via Steam Early Access in 2021, Vampire Survivors gained…err…steam in 2022 thanks to the title’s word-of-mouth buzz and numerous updates. Actually,
Inside Man is a good pun and a bad story. The four-part black comedy drama is about Jefferson Grieff (Stanley Tucci), a criminologist on death row in Texas who, for reasons unexplained, is allowed to run a rudimentary detective agency while awaiting execution. That makes Grieff an inside man both in the prison sense, and in