Netflix is closing two game studios
Netflix is closing two game studios

Netflix plans to shut down two of its gaming studios, as reported by Game File and Variety, as it makes a bigger shift toward party games and titles streamed to TVs. One of the studios being shut down is Night School Studio, creators of the Oxenfree series. Netflix bought Night School in 2021, and it […]

‘The X-Files’ creator Chris Carter says new director’s cut of ‘I Want to Believe’ is ‘the horror movie that we really wanted to make’ (interview)
‘The X-Files’ creator Chris Carter says new director’s cut of ‘I Want to Believe’ is ‘the horror movie that we really wanted to make’ (interview)

Chris Carter, creator of “The X-Files”, is revisiting the 2008 film “The X-Files: I Want to Believe” in an new R-rated director’s cut coming to Hulu on Aug. 14.

2K launches new studio to build its ‘next blockbuster sports franchise’
2K launches new studio to build its ‘next blockbuster sports franchise’

2K is launching a new AAA game development studio, Small Axe Studios, with an ambitious goal: to build the company’s “next blockbuster sports franchise,” according to a LinkedIn post. The post doesn’t explicitly say what sport this new game will focus on. But an image included in the post features what appears to be a […]

Suno is trying to look more like a real music production tool
Suno is trying to look more like a real music production tool

Suno is releasing Studio 2.0 with significant upgrades that push it closer to an actual digital audio workstation (DAW), rather than a bare-bones audio editor with generative AI features. The biggest addition is undoubtedly MIDI support. Suno says that MIDI was its most requested feature, and it’s basically a prerequisite for any modern DAW. Unfortunately, […]

I looked inside an AI generated movie, and the best parts were all human
I looked inside an AI generated movie, and the best parts were all human

Imagine a trio of bumbling, English lads who fantasize about becoming megastars while knocking back a few pints in a grimy pub somewhere in London. Picture the guys chortling and trying to one-up each other’s idealized visions of the future with a series of increasingly glitzy fantasies in which their fame leads to access to […]

Wolverine on the PS5 made me care about Marvel’s mutant for the first time
Wolverine on the PS5 made me care about Marvel’s mutant for the first time

Going into my demo of Marvel’s Wolverine, I mainly wanted to try out the game’s very bloody combat. And it is delightfully bloody. But after two-ish hours of slashing and stabbing (and parrying!) enemies with Wolverine’s claws, I left surprised – despite no previous attachment to the character, I was deeply endeared to Logan himself. […]

‘Strange New Worlds’ latest lookalike episode is part of a long line of ‘Star Trek’ doppelganger stories
‘Strange New Worlds’ latest lookalike episode is part of a long line of ‘Star Trek’ doppelganger stories

Haven’t we seen your face before? On the final frontier, your identical face twin is never far away…

Nintendo’s next Fire Emblem has a bold new structure
Nintendo’s next Fire Emblem has a bold new structure

Nintendo’s first Fire Emblem game for the Switch 2 is structured in an ambitious way. Unlike the well-loved Three Houses, a strategy game that tasked you with pledging allegiance to a specific faction and seeing their story all the way to the end, the new Fortune’s Weave lets you swap between four heroes and their […]

This year’s ‘Masters of the Universe’ movie wasn’t Hollywood’s first attempt at capturing the power of He-Man; they tried back in 1987, and failed then too
This year’s ‘Masters of the Universe’ movie wasn’t Hollywood’s first attempt at capturing the power of He-Man; they tried back in 1987, and failed then too

How bad timing, a studio in financial turmoil, and a movie that looked nothing like the cartoon conspired to defeat the most powerful man in the universe.

The next big indie game publisher is taking some exciting swings
The next big indie game publisher is taking some exciting swings

Kinetic Publishing, a new indie publisher from the development team behind the co-op horror game Phasmophobia, just hosted its first games showcase, and it includes five ambitious new titles set to release in 2027 and 2028. Perhaps the most significant announcement from Kinetic’s show is that it’s publishing the next game from Telling Lies and […]