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A new movie called Hero Mode will give audiences a look at game development… from a teen comedy point of view. Releasing on June 4, this movie follows the story of a young coder who must develop a video game in 30 days. Hero Mode will also feature Sean Astin, who we all know as Samwise Gamgee. There is no shortage of video game-inspired movies. Recently, we saw the release of movies based on Mortal Kombat and Monster Hunter....

Director Steven Spielberg has given us some of the most terrifying images in cinema history: the shark leaping out at a distracted Chief Brody in Jaws, velociraptors hunting Tim and Lex in Jurassic Park, and, of course, Mutt Williams reaching for his father’s hat in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. For a few spine-tingling seconds, viewers feared that maybe Spielberg and George Lucas would pass the whip from Harrison Ford to the decidedly less charismatic Shia LeBeouf....

The Parent Trap is great. It’s the only kind of Disney movie that can lead a whole generation of children to falsely believe that Lindsay Lohan has a twin (don’t worry, Twindsay Lohan, we know you’re real, and that you’re still out there somewhere in Disney’s clutches!). The simple premise of separated parents going their separate ways and pretending they only have one child is a blast, if not a little unrealistic....

This article contains spoilers for Jack Ryan season 3. Through two seasons, Prime Video’s Jack Ryan has covered some well-trodden topics for CIA spy thrillers. Jack Ryan season 1 found Tom Clancy’s titular CIA analyst on the case of an Islamic extremist’s curious bank statements. Season 2 moved the action to South America, where Jack tried to ensure the democratic legitimacy of a Venezuelan election (a welcome change of pace for the CIA)....

Bring up Grand Theft Auto 5 to almost anyone in the gaming world, and it’s easy to see a little glint of joy sparkle in their eyes as they remember the last time they contributed to the mayhem of the chaotic world of Los Santos through online heists, street racing, or just general lawlessness. Some of the more creative players of the insanely popular open world title who actually take breaks from wreaking carnage in Rockstar Games’ latest release have gone on to produce some strange, yet fascinating footage, such as one fan’s representation of the Pokemon theme song intro with GTA 5 characters....

Just 48 hours after its release, Obsidian Entertainment’s Grounded has reached an impressive milestone, reaching one million players in that time frame. It’s clear that Grounded is already a huge success on Steam, and these new numbers only further prove that truth. It will be interesting to see where the game goes from here. Much of this is probably due to the unique concept of Grounded, as players take control of a teenager trying to survive while shrunken down in their own backyard....

While a lot of the debate around developers lately has focused on missteps with loot boxes and microtransactions, occasionally the people that create our favorite games make honest mistakes. Take Joshua Kriegshauser, for example, Technical Director of popular battle royale title H1Z1. Most wouldn’t know Kriegshauser’s name or face, but the H1Z1 dev has amassed a decent following on Twitch, where he regularly streams matches. But Kriegshauser has found new fame thanks to a clip of him accidentally using cheats in a live match....

Halo boasts an incredibly long and remarkable history, one that continues to be popular today. While many accredit the game’s success to revolutionary mechanics and narrative, much of it is attributed to the Spartans. Superhuman soldiers fostered for the Covenant-Human War, Spartans are the UNSC’s finest defenders of humanity. Throughout the Halo series, players have the opportunity to step into the shoes of these venerable super soldiers. Chiefly, as the legendary Spartans and heroes of humanity, Master Chief and Noble Six....

Microsoft and 343 Studios have tried very hard to keep the Halo Infinite hype train rolling through 2019 and 2020. This hasn’t always been easy, with basically no gameplay being shown until recently. Despite a limited time Halo Infinite poster as merch, fans crave tangible gameplay most of all to know the title’s quality. It was taken for granted for some time that genuine Halo Infinite gameplay would be forthcoming. This was because 343 Studios had planned to roll out a limited beta testing run....

Halo: The Master Chief Collection is a reimagining of the iconic series’ saga, which combines all the game’s entries up to Halo 5 into a single handy package. This collection was released exclusively on the Xbox One in 2015 and, since then, has been ported over to PC. However, 343 Industries have issued an update that teases that Halo: MCC may be coming out on other platforms sometime in the future, which has obviously sparked the interest of many fans....

The Halo World Championship Tour will be at X Games Aspen later this month in a special invitational competition, airing on ESPN and being streamed live. These days eSports are becoming a bigger and bigger deal all the time. Activision Blizzard just purchased MLG earlier this month and eSports events are proving they can draw an audience, even filling up stadiums. ESPN has even started covering eSports more often on its channels, despite the seemingly unending debate over whether it belongs there or not....

As each year passes in Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, fans get closer to learning the truth behind its many ongoing mysteries, like the fate of the player character’s brother Jacob and the identity of “R.” At the time of this writing, it’s unclear who exactly “R” is in Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, but there are some theories that have been making the rounds. For those who haven’t played the commercially successful mobile game, “R” is a mysterious character who has something to do with the Cursed Vaults hidden at Hogwarts....

While hype continues to build for the United In Stormwind Hearthstone expansion, Hearthstone Battlegrounds continues to chug away in the background with a brand new patch, highlighting new minions, significant hero changes, and the reintroduction of the Darkroom Faire Prizes. This list covers all the fresh changes to Hearthstone Battlegrounds, as well as a deep dive into the strengths and weaknesses of the new hero and minions. It’s likely the randomness of the new Darkmoon Faire prizes will also shake up the meta, heavily dominated by the Quilboars....

A new seasonal event called the Fire Fest-E.V.I.L is about to begin in Hearthstone, offering packs, card backs, and special golden cards for players that participate every week. The in-game event begins tomorrow and continues for 3 weeks, with a new challenges and rewards available each week for players to engage with. This is all leading up to the new full expansion for Hearthstone, Saviors of Uldum, which releases August 6th....

It’s unlikely even Disney knew they had a classic Halloween scene on their hands when they put microphones in front of Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Kathy Najimy, and said “sing.” Yet the original Hocus Pocus of 1993 conjured real magic from the moment Midler teased, “I put a spell on you, and now you’re mine” to the scene’s finale in which Midler cursed all the adults of Salem to dance until they die!...

Though the Roguelite genre isn’t the most common in video gaming, it has continued to grow recently. Many Indie games have utilized the permadeath gameplay that the genre brings with it; however, some Indie games have been able to take the genre in new directions, just as Holomento will be attempting to when it is released next year on Steam. Holomento is a Roguelite game in which players can travel through the mysterious Eventide Hollow....

Video game developer Guerrilla Games discusses some of the details for the story and RPG elements in its forthcoming open world title Horizon: Zero Dawn. Following Horizon: Zero Dawn’s latest trailer reveal for Tokyo Game Show 2016, Guerrilla Games sat down with the press outlet Game Informer to talk about some of the reasons why it has been reticent with details related to the title’s story, citing its desire for fans to discover some its mysteries on their own....

Bigger, louder, more violent: sequels almost seem duty-bound to one-up what came before. Unfortunately, history’s also littered with film sequels that, for all their sound and fury, soon slip from memory. Even if they deliver on the higher bodycount or more over-the-top action, they often lose the character and storytelling of their predecessors. Jaws and RoboCop are examples of classic movies with less than stellar sequels. Blade Runner 2049, on the other hand, arguably ranks alongside Terminator 2, Aliens, and Mad Max: Fury Road on the list of best sequels ever made....

One arcade in Portland is doing everything it can to keep the business afloat in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Things haven’t been easy for QuarterWorld. The arcade was closed down on March 13 by owner Logan Bowden ahead of a near-certain city or state order, which led to the vast majority of QuarterWorld’s staff being laid off. Then Bowden had an epiphany. If QuarterWorld couldn’t have players come to it, Bowden decided the next best option was to bring the games to the players....

This Star Trek: Strange New Worlds article contains spoilers. Captain Pike’s USS Enterprise never had a consistent chief engineer. While Scotty lovingly took care of the engines of the Enterprise during Captain Kirk’s five-year mission (and for at least two decades after that), Pike had a hard time keeping someone down there with the dilithium crystals consistently. And, in the newest episode of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, that odd tradition continues with a heartbreaking death nobody saw coming....