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Angela Sant’Albano, the voice of Resident Evil Requiem’s Grace Ashcroft, appears set to replace Jennifer English as Tides of Annihilation’s lead.
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Sony has not locked in a PlayStation 6 release date, while RAM shortages and rising hardware costs cloud the console’s eventual launch.
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Mattel has formed a 300-person internal game studio to develop original experiences based on Barbie, Hot Wheels, Uno and other iconic brands.
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Doctor Doom leads The Siege of Castle Doom, a paid expansion for MARVEL Cosmic Invasion adding a new mode and two playable characters in 2026.
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Jean Grey returns to Earth for a new five-issue Marvel series, with Jed MacKay and Rogê Antônio exploring her place in the post-DNX X-Men era.
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Sony has no confirmed PS6 release date as component costs, supply-chain disruption and uncertainty over physical games complicate its next console.
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Damon Lindelof says Lanterns will avoid Lost’s open-ended pitfalls by resolving its central mystery while prioritising the relationship between Hal Jordan and John Stewart.
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Liu Cixin’s Three-Body Problem trilogy is being collected in a 1,344-page Folio Society edition with new artwork, simulations and signed extras.
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Anya Taylor-Joy’s The Gorge remains one of Apple TV’s most-watched films, combining romance, science fiction and sniper-thriller tension.
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Screaming Mad George, the surrealist behind Society, The Guyver and PlayStation oddity ParaNoiascape, has died at 69 after a career across film, music and games.
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Pokémon Center has unexpectedly released rare ETB bundles from older and modern Pokémon TCG sets, with several products expected to sell out quickly.
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Mr. Trippy is a bizarre upcoming Steam simulation where ice cream flavours hide drugs, police watch the truck and cash must be laundered.
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Disney+ has assembled a 15-title MCU marathon ahead of Avengers: Doomsday, covering X-Men, Loki, the multiverse and the road to Secret Wars.
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New Dragon Ball Super artwork appears to show Vegeta’s unnamed mother, giving fans their first partial look at the Saiyan queen.
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Fields of Mistria time mods can freeze the clock, accelerate days five times, save anywhere and remove storage trips from your farming routine.
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Castlevania: Grimoire of Souls leaves Apple Arcade on 20 August 2026, with its servers closing on 3 September and making the game unplayable.
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Adam Driver will play Mister Sinister in Marvel’s 2028 X-Men film, following years of hints, an abandoned Jon Hamm casting and Essex Corporation clues.
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Fortnite’s Forsworn Trooper skin is tied to a Disney theme-park visit, with regional restrictions and additional Smugglers Gambit rewards available at home.
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Lanterns episode 1 ends with Hal Jordan dead in 2026. Here’s what the time jump reveals about John Stewart, the missing ring and the murder mystery.
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A tiny Chinese animated film about a cow has become a viral box-office hit, prompting cinemas to draw their own wonderfully strange posters.
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Post Malone put his unique $2 million One Ring card into a real Magic: The Gathering Commander game—and still managed to win.
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Hangar 13 president Nick Baynes says GTA comparisons do not influence Mafia development, despite years of debate over the two crime-game franchises.
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A chair-shaking celebration disrupted a decisive Super Smash Bros. Melee grand final, creating an unprecedented tournament moment and fresh debate over competitive etiquette.
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Matt Damon’s The Martian is back in the streaming spotlight, offering Australian sci-fi fans a smart, tense and deeply rewatchable survival adventure.
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Supreme is releasing red and 24K gold Analogue Pocket handhelds in August 2026, with pricing still unknown for both limited-edition finishes.
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Noah Centineo describes Sydney Sweeney’s live-action Gundam film as a space-set action romance, while confirming its Universal Century setting.
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Pokémon and Krispy Kreme’s 30th-anniversary doughnuts sold out across multiple locations before launch, leaving fans chasing stock—or empty boxes.
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PS6 remains unconfirmed, with memory shortages clouding its launch, price, games, specifications and possible compatibility with Sony’s next handheld.
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Captain Rex makes a brief but meaningful return in the final Star Wars Zero Company trailer, alongside familiar Clone Wars-era characters.
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Balatro combines poker hands, deck-building and powerful Jokers into a wonderfully addictive roguelike that is easy to try through Xbox Game Pass.
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A Pokopia player has found a cloud-island and 3D-printing workaround for recruiting several limited-event Pokémon without changing the Switch 2 clock.
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Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer is back on Peacock and Fandango as a free, ad-supported stream, following its Oscar-winning theatrical success.
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Marvel has announced several stars for its 2028 X-Men reboot, but Beast, Magneto, Gambit and other major mutants could still join the cast.
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It: Welcome to Derry season 2 is confirmed, moving the Stephen King prequel from 1962 to 1935 for a new chapter of Pennywise’s history.
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Bethesda has warned Skyrim and Fallout 4 PC players to back up saves and load orders before upcoming updates risk breaking third-party mods.
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Alyson Stoner remembers Hayden Panettiere, the original voice of Kairi, after the actor’s death and reflects on their shared Kingdom Hearts legacy.
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Baldur’s Gate 3 modders and players are uncovering unused voice lines, restoring early access scenes and preserving surprising pieces of Larian’s RPG history.
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Mortal Shell II expands Cold Symmetry’s Soulslike into a larger, darker world where flexible combat, strange dungeons and relentless atmosphere lead the way.
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A Star Citizen livestream meant to demonstrate the Siege of Orison mission instead exposed bugs, awkward developer interactions and an abrupt on-air ending.
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Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls brings Marvel heroes into a four-versus-four 2D fighter with assists, Wall Breaks, story content and planned DLC.
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