Warning: This story contains potential spoilers for Gladiator 2's ending.…
God of War Ragnarök has a ‘mixed’ user review rating on Steam following its PC launch, with most of the complaints revolving around Sony’s controversial PlayStation Network Account requirement.Sony had made it clear on the God of War Ragnarök Steam page that a PlayStation Network account would be required to play Sony Santa Monica’s purely single-player adventure, but that doesn’t seem to have prevented a number of negative reviews singling out the policy.One negative Steam review, from a user who refunded the game after just 20 minutes of play, called out the PSN requirement. “Creating a PSN account was something I knew was necessary in advance and I was prepared to do so, until I was met with the reality of it,” they said. “For UK residents at least, it requires submitt…
At tonight's Geeked Week live show, Netflix not only revealed a new clip for the second and final season of Arcane, but the release dates.Like Season 1, Arcane Season 2 will be released in three acts. Act 1 will premiere on Netflix on November 9, Act 2 will follow on November 16, and Act 3 will close out the series on November 23. Netflix said that additional information about each act will be announced at a later date, and we still don't know how many episodes will comprise each act. There were three episodes in each act of Season 1.Netflix also released a new clip of Season 2, showing what seems to be Vi in, well, a dark place. It's only our latest glimpse at Arcane Season 2 following a pretty meaty trailer earlier this month. You can watch the new clip below:✨ flash war…
Lionsgate, the studio behind the John Wick and The Hunger Games franchises, has raised some eyebrows by signing a deal with a tech startup to “explore the use of AI in film production.”The news was announced in a press release on Wednesday, with Lionsgate partnering with AI film Runaway to create a new AI model, trained on Lionsgate’s massive film and TV library. Initial details are scarce, although the announcement says the deal is “fundamentally designed to help Lionsgate Studios, its filmmakers, directors and other creative talent augment their work.”“Several of our filmmakers are already excited about its potential applications to their pre-production and post-production process,” Lionsgate Vice Chair Michael Burns said in a statement with the announcement. “We view AI …
Saber Interactive is declining to say whether a YouTube comment circulating on social media, which among other things says that modern games are "too complex and too much of an investment" and that there are "overblown attempts at messaging and imposing moral on gamers," is from its CEO, Matthew Karch.A comment purporting to be from Saber Interactive CEO Matthew Karch that has been heavily circulated on social media. Image source: IGN.A commenter claiming to be Karch weighed in on a video from YouTuber Asmongold focusing on Warhammer 40,000 Space Marine 2, where they expounded on what they considered to be the state of the modern games industry. The full comment is below.Hey man. CEO of Saber here. I love your videos. When we signed the deal to make Space Marine 2, all …
Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection launched last week and — matchmaking issues aside — players have been enjoying its nostalgia-fueled combat. But there’s one problem: fighting game legend Justin Wong.Wong, one of the greatest fighting game players of all time and one half of Evo Moment #37, has returned to his old stomping ground with the release of Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection and, predictably, is destroying his opponents.…
Ahead of its Investor Day on September 17, EA revealed fresh details on its untitled Battlefield game alongside its first officially concept art, which IGN can exclusively reveal for the first time. IGN can also confirm that Battlefield will be returning to a modern setting after stints in World War I, World War II, and the near future.While EA is cagey about specifics when it comes to the concept art, including declining to name of the city where its set (though it looks a lot like Italy, France, or somewhere else in Europe), it does include details that should stand out to longtime fans of the series. Among other things, it appears to suggest that ship-to-ship and helicopter combat will be part of the new game, and that it will feature natural disasters like wildfires. Its greyish color …
Sony Pictures Entertainment has released the final trailer for Venom: The Last Dance, itself the final entry in the Spider-Man spin-off trilogy.The near three-minute trailer gives fans their first look at the live-action version of Knull, the eldritch god of darkness who created the alien symbiotes that infected Tom Hardy's character Eddie Brock. It only offers a brief glimpse of the baddie, but his figure atop a throne, with taloned fingers and long white hair, will be plenty familiar to fans of the Marvel comics.…
Mobile video game phenomenon Flappy Bird is set to return 10 years after its creator pulled it offline.In 2014, Vietnam-based developer Dong Nguyen shocked the gaming world when he pulled viral hit Flappy Bird from the App Store and the Google Play Store at a time when it was making tens of thousands of dollars a day. He went on to say: "I can call Flappy Bird a success of mine. But it also ruins my simple life. So now I hate it."Now, Flappy Bird is set to return, with an expanded version aiming for launch by the end of October across multiple platforms including web browsers, and an iOS and Android version planned for release in 2025. But this new Flappy Bird isn’t from Nguyen, it’s from ‘The Flappy Bird Foundation,’ which is described as “a new team of passionate fans…
If you're not one of the many, many people who saw Inside Out 2 in theaters, making it the highest-grossing animated film of all time, good news: you'll get your chance to stream it on Disney+ pretty soon.Disney announced on Thursday that Inside Out 2 will make its streaming debut on Disney+ on September 25. Conveniently, that date overlaps with a significant limited-time deal (which is valid through September 27) that offers three months of Disney+ for just $1.99/month. Inside Out 2 became available for rental and purchase on digital platforms last month.Disney also released a new TV spot for Inside Out 2 along with the news, which you can watch below.…