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The Halo TV show will be as vast and complex as Game of Thrones, says 343 Industries Transmedia chief Kiki Wolfkill (via GameStop). The studio took over the Halo franchise after Bungie’s split from Microsoft and has slowly shown that it is much more than a game developer. Though it had its fair share of setbacks and criticism for the changes that it made to the franchise, its cinematic videos showed many that a Halo movie might be a real possibility....

Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery fans who have caught up to the game are patiently waiting for Jam City to add new content so that they can continue their Hogwarts adventures. There’s no word yet on when Year 4 Chapter 5 will make its way to the game, but Jam City has already started teasing some content that is coming a bit further down the line. The official Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery Twitter account posted an image of the Whomping Willow, as it appears in the Castle Grounds area of the game....

Warner Bros. has appointed Tom Ascheim to oversee all of the company’s Harry Potter projects. His responsibilities will include not only film projects, but overseeing all Wizarding World properties including theme park locations, and the Harry Potter and the Cursed Child stage play. Ascheim, who is also president of kids, young adults, and classics with WarnerMedia, will also serve as representative of the company in relations with Harry Potter creator J....

HBO has announced that last year’s critically acclaimed Watchmen series will be available to stream for free this weekend. Starting on Friday, June 19th, and ending on Sunday, June 21st, viewers will be able to stream the complete series based off Alan Moore’s beloved graphic novel on HBO’s website. The network will also air a full marathon of the series starting on June 19th at 1pm ET/PT. When announcing that the series will be free to view this weekend, the network stated “HBO is proud to offer all nine episodes for free of this timely, poignant series that explores the legacy of systemic racism in America....

The amount of drama that surrounded the decision to pull Metro Exodus’ release from Steam to make it an Epic Games Store exclusive was staggering. According to Epic, if it were ever to come up against another last-second decision to do so again, the company would probably not pull the trigger just for the sake of gaining an exclusive. During the Epic Store Q&A at GDC 2019, which featured a panel of Epic leaders, Steve Allison, head of the Epic Games Store, responded to a question asking if the company would make the same decision in a future scenario....

The Hello Games Twitter account posts that No Man’s Sky was a mistake, then deletes the tweet and makes its Twitter account private, without providing an explanation. Update: Since publishing this article, confusion over the “No Man’s Sky was a mistake” tweet has grown. A representative from Hello Games responded to questions stating the post was created by a disgruntled employee. However, shortly after that, an email was sent from Sean Murray to multiple outlets claiming he was the source of the post, and that the team “have not been coping well....

Pokemon GO has been a seriously big earner for developer Niantic and it even became the fastest app ever to reach $1 billion in revenue. But has the hugely popular mobile game been able to maintain that financial success, even as it experienced a rocky second year? According to an end of year report published by industry analysis firm SuperData Research, Pokemon GO had an incredibly successful 2017. Pokemon GO “continues to find overwhelming success despite drop-off from the initial hype,” says SuperData....

Journey, a game developed by thatgamecompany, proved to many that indie titles were something to take seriously. The game beautifully told a harrowing and cyclical tale using imagery and body language alone. Exploring the vast desert and shimmering sand dunes was a sensory delight, with just enough puzzles to keep the game interesting, but never hard enough to make it frustrating and take away from the overall joy of the experience....

Netflix’s Heartstopper is a faithful adaptation of Alice Oseman’s web comics, doubtless thanks to the fact that Oseman herself adapted the series for screen. Fans of the comics – about a burgeoning gay romance between two British secondary school boys – needn’t worry about their favourite moments having been missed on TV. The important scenes from the first two volumes, from the ink explosion to Charlie and Nick’s day in the snow, Harry’s party, the birthday bowling, the disastrous cinema outing, the school concert and more, are up there on screen alongside new moments showcasing popular supporting characters Elle, Tao, Tara and Darcy....

Sonos Roam vs Sonos Move: What’s the difference? How to put the Sonos Roam into Bluetooth pairing mode Open the Bluetooth settings on your phone Press the power button on the Sonos Roam A white LED light will start to flash above the Sonos logo when standing vertically When you have a solid white light, press and hold the power button again Listen for the chime and release the power button The LED light will flash blue, indicating it is in Bluetooth pairing mode Select Sonos Roam in the Bluetooth settings list on your phone

If gamers can agree on anything, it’s crossplay. We don’t need to get into the reasons as to why it’s so coveted in the eyes of gamers, as it kind of speaks for itself. Thankfully, the industry at large is starting to give in to the mass outcry, creating new opportunities for players to play with their friends regardless of their platform of choice. Team 17 is the latest studio to throw its hat into the ring with Worms Rumble, which is slated to release on December 1 for PC, PlayStation 4, and PlayStation 5, and poised for full crossplay functionality between the platforms....

Check out the latest deal from Nord VPN (promoted link) Best VPN service: Top 10 VPNs to keep your browsing secure Setting up a VPN on iPhone Under the settings option, click on general and scroll down. There, you’ll find an option to set up a VPN. In here, you’ll need to enter the server connection details, chose the encryption method that the VPN will use and also enter your login details for your subscribed service....

To say that the Epic Games Store has gone to war with Steam is an understatement. The new online games marketplace is only a few months old and already it’s locked down big name games as exclusives, offered up some free games to consumers, and as an incentive to developers takes a significantly smaller revenue cut than Steam. These may have been the key factors that led to Heart Machine’s (the developers of Hyper Light Drifter) newest game being the latest exclusive for the Epic Games Store....

With four main seasons and a couple of mini ones, Telltale’s The Walking Dead was the company’s biggest series. Calling it the best series would be more divisive since only some of the games are among Telltale’s strongest, and others definitely aren’t. Still, Clementine’s adventures were an influential part of Telltale’s rise in the industry — before their eventual fall. Plus, the title also made a big mark on the narrative game genre....

Radiangames, which is actually former Red Faction: Guerrilla technical designer Luke Schneider, is working on a vehicle-building physics-based sandbox project Instruments of Destruction. The game will arrive in early access on PC sometime in Q4 2021. Even though next-gen is officially upon us, physics-based demolition is rare these days, and basically present only in small projects, like recent Teardown. In bigger games, the destruction is sometimes allowed to a certain degree, like to pull concrete from the walls in Control, or totally smash your car to pieces in Destruction AllStars....

After years of radio silence, InuYasha smashes back into the public consciousness with a sequel announcement: Hanyo no Yashahime, a TV anime series slated for a Fall 2020 release. Like Boruto, the infamous sequel to Naruto, Hanyo no Yashahime follows the original leads’ children—but unlike Boruto, said original leads are nowhere to be found. Based on currently released promotional material, Hanyo no Yashahime is set in the same universe as Inuyasha and focuses on Sesshomaru’s twin half-demon daughters, Towa and Setsuna....

This article contains spoilers for all of Russian Doll season 2. Believe it or not, but people didn’t always wish their favorite TV show would end after one season. In the pre-streaming “before time”, the goal of most television programs, particularly comedies, was to stick around for as long as audiences would have them. Now, as the TV globe grows more vast and viewer’s understanding of story grows more sophisticated, there’s often a desire for shows to get out while the getting is good....

It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown has been a Halloween classic since it first aired in October of 1966. Since the holiday special moved to Apple TV+ in 2020, it no longer airs on broadcast TV during spooky season as it did the fifty-four year prior. But that doesn’t mean that only Apple TV+ subscribers get to enjoy Charlie Brown’s Halloween hijinks. According to a press release from Apple, they are once again making It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown available for non-subscribers for a few days in October....

In an age of reboots and long-gestating sequels, Gremlins 3 remains oddly unrealized. While over 30 years have passed since 1990’s celebrated-but-divisive Gremlins 2: The New Batch stumbled at the box office, there’s been no shortage of fruitless teases ever since. Yet, the property still has a pulse, with an HBO Max animated prequel series in the works, and this week saw Zach Galligan reunite with Gizmo for a commercial that might provide the blueprint—story-wise and production-wise—for the threequel, as the star seems to hint....

Developer Rockstar Games puts out a brand new gameplay trailer in order to promote the forthcoming release of Grand Theft Auto Online’s next expansion. Hot on the heels of the announcement from Take-Two Interactive’s CEO Strauss Zelnick that Grand Theft Auto Online would eventually need some franchise rest, the developers at Rockstar Games have put out a gameplay trailer for the next expansion in GTA 5’s multiplayer component dubbed “Further Adventures in Finance and Felony....