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HBO has ordered The People v. Gorilla Grodd, an eight-part DC comedy following Jimmy Olsen as he reopens a murder case involving the superintelligent ape.
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Rockstar is still searching for the source of ongoing GTA 6 leaks, but the studio reportedly plans to continue with its August 27 Netflix reveal.
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Double Fine’s first streamed game jam since 2019 will let backers choose prototypes, vote on a small game and watch the process become a documentary.
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A trailer for System 3’s James Pond Legacy collection has prompted generative AI accusations, despite the developer insisting its artwork was made by humans.
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Disney’s Avengers: Doomsday watchlist covers multiple Marvel universes, but three films appear essential for understanding its characters and story connections.
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Noomi Rapace stars in Hot Spot, Agnieszka Smoczynska’s surreal dystopian thriller filled with artificial intelligence, witches, refugee-camp history and unsettling Greek landscapes.
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Game Freak suggests future Pokémon titles may experiment with battle systems, while Pokémon Champions preserves the classic turn-based competitive format.
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From Toy Story 5 and Mother Mary to inventive horror and tense dramas, these ten films offer Australian viewers varied weekend entertainment choices.
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A humanoid robot crashes spectacularly in Beijing as GTA 6 leaks, Compulsion Games’ independence and an unexpected Xbox collectible dominate gaming news.
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Fargo season 2 balances Coen-inspired crime, bleak comedy and original characters in a tightly constructed 10-episode story led by Kirsten Dunst.
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Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter remakes a celebrated JRPG sequel with richer character drama, refreshed combat and a 17 September 2026 release date.
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E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial is climbing the streaming charts again after its Apple TV arrival, renewing interest in Spielberg’s enduring science-fiction classic.
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Long before the Switch, Nintendo’s Super Game Boy brought portable classics to the television, adding bigger-screen play, custom borders, improved audio and multiplayer options.
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David Tennant’s enthusiasm for more Big Finish adventures could give Martha Jones the thoughtful Doctor Who reunion her television story never received.
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Riot is ending active development on 2XKO in December 2026, frustrating players and raising difficult questions about the future of new fighting games.
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Vinland Saga’s most important victory is not a battle. Thors’ final lesson challenges Thorfinn, and the audience, to reject violence as strength.
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A second-hand SNES and two Nintendo classics changed one player’s understanding of games, reigniting a passion that shaped an entire career.
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A determined Splatoon Raiders player has cleared Bottomless Buffet’s final floor, but the game offers no unique reward for conquering all 1,000 levels.
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Stray Dog: nobody cares combines a loyal canine hero, Sekiro-inspired parries, stealth kills and brutal bosses in a bleak fantasy rescue adventure.
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Pokémon Worlds 2026 offers free rewards across Pokémon Champions, TCG Live, TCG Pocket, Pokémon Go and Pokémon Unite through livestream viewing.
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From Soulslikes and Lovecraftian horror to farming, MMOs and visual novels, these five new Steam games offer plenty to play this weekend.
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Disney’s biggest sci-fi box-office failures reveal how enormous budgets, unclear marketing, streaming habits and franchise ambitions can combine into costly theatrical disappointments.
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Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo brings inventive urban exploration, yoyo-based combat and a free Switch 2 upgrade to fans of top-down adventures.
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Sega’s Golden Axe returns as a Paramount Plus animated comedy in September 2026, bringing familiar warriors, Death Adder and a new adventurer to screens.
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Mega Rayquaza returns in Pokémon TCG: Mega Evolution — Delta Reign, a 135-plus-card expansion launching physically in November.
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From Final Fantasy X-2 to Type-0 and Final Fantasy IV, these seven overlooked games reveal the series at its most inventive and surprising.
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The Duskbloods has revealed six of its 10 launch characters, and FromSoftware’s latest cast looks wonderfully strange, theatrical and unmistakably memorable.
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Find the Tokyo City Dango area in Forza Horizon 6 and learn the exact photo-mode steps needed to finish the #DeliciousDango challenge.
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Find all 15 Shimanoyama Heat baseball mascots in Forza Horizon 6, complete the “Homerun” challenge and avoid the region’s misleading curry mascot.
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Nintendo’s Gold and Silver tease has revived Johto remake rumours, with fans considering Pokopia expansions, Switch ports, Let’s Go games and modern remakes.
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Jim Caviezel plays a former Special Forces soldier battling corporate enforcers with stealth technology, advanced weapons and a personal code of justice.
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Fortnite’s Sonic crossover adds Sonic, Shadow and Dr. Eggman, but Sonic’s unnaturally elongated design has made the collaboration deeply unsettling.
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007 First Light has sold 4 million copies, strengthening the case for a sequel while Amazon and IO Interactive consider James Bond’s gaming future.
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From New Game Plus and unusual builds to hidden dungeons, lore hunts and Nightreign, these ten ideas give Elden Ring a fresh challenge.
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Damon Lindelof’s The Leftovers turns an impossible disappearance into an intimate story about grief, belief and one of television’s most powerful endings.
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A settlement resolves one part of the dispute over the Mansell family’s $200,000 LEGO Star Wars collection, while separate legal claims continue.
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Icefall, a 95-minute crime thriller starring Joel Kinnaman, has found fresh momentum after reaching No. 2 on Prime Video’s US movie chart.
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Find both invisible Temple Vault keys at Stone Sanctum, activate the stone discs and access the hidden rewards in Fortnite Chapter 7 Season 4.
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A new Baldur’s Gate 3 mod turns Astarion’s trauma into a six-hour, three-act nightmare campaign with four possible outcomes.
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Track down every Fortnite Chapter 7 Season 4 sprite, learn each ability, and understand extraction, levelling, variants and sprite dust.
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