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Final Fantasy and Star Wars face the same problem, says former Square Enix exec

Former Square Enix business director Jacob Navok has argued that Final Fantasy and Star Wars share a common issue: their core fans are aging while the pipeline of new, younger fans is small. He shared a Variety report that the latest Mandalorian and Grogu movie has struggled at the box

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YouTuber Enters Rockstar North Lobby; Police Allegedly Called

A YouTuber who makes videos about Grand Theft Auto 6 filmed himself entering Rockstar North’s office lobby and says local police were called. The creator, German YouTuber ÜberGaming, posted the video on June 2 showing him entering the lobby after staying in a luxury hotel across the street. The

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Blade Runner's Biggest Omission: Mercerism from the Book

Even after its 1982 box-office flop, Ridley Scott's Blade Runner grew into a cult classic. Having read Philip K. Dick's Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? before watching the film, the writer found the two works strikingly different: the movie borrows the basic premise but trims

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Netflix's 2-Part Assassin Thriller Quietly Fixed What John Wick Couldn't

Bob Odenkirk was an unusual choice to lead an action franchise, but Nobody's 2021 success proved he could shoot, stab, and mangle bad guys with the best of them. Nobody 2 underperformed at the box office compared with the first film, yet delivered arguably more — and gorier — mayhem,

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Simon Cowell Hosts AGT Judges' Callbacks in His Garden

America's Got Talent introduces a new Judges' Callbacks round in Season 21 that sends selected acts to perform in more intimate settings — including Simon Cowell's garden. The idea began when a producer suggested each judge pick contestants they'd like to see a second

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'Alaskan Bush People' star Matt Brown's cause of death revealed

An autopsy by the Okanogan County Coroner in Washington ruled the death of 'Alaskan Bush People' star Matt Brown a suicide, caused by a single penetrating gunshot wound to the head. The report noted contributing circumstances of subsequent immersion in water — a river — and that he was under

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Marvel's Wolverine will be a linear single-player adventure, not open world

Insomniac has confirmed Marvel's Wolverine is not an open-world or sandbox game. Game director Mike Daly said, "We did not set out to make an open world game or a sandbox game. What we really wanted was high octane, high intrigue, linear single-player adventure, and the missions

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Laufey reveal sparks 'Meanwhile' Faye meme

It hasn’t even been 24 hours since God of War Laufey was announced, and fans have already turned its premise into one of the series’ funniest jokes. Only about 20 minutes of footage has been shown, and the reveal that Laufey runs parallel to the 2018 Norse-themed reboot set

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George Costanza’s Best Line: “I Always Wanted to Pretend I Was an Architect”

Seinfeld’s dialogue has lodged itself in viewers’ memories, and few lines are more telling than George Costanza’s wish to be an architect. The character is by turns petty, insecure and blunt—someone who often says whatever he’s thinking while standing still in life. Season 5’s “The

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Which Sci‑Fi World Would You Survive?

Take an eight-question Sci‑Fi Survival Quiz to see which universe fits your instincts: The Matrix, Mad Max, Blade Runner, Dune, or Star Wars. The questions probe how you react when the world goes wrong — whether you pull on every thread to understand a system, stockpile supplies, keep your head

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How a crinkle-crankle wall reinvented the Serpentine pavilion

For 25 years the Serpentine pavilion on the green carpet of Kensington Gardens has acted as architectural haute couture, commissioning architects who had not previously built in the UK. Past pavilions ranged from Frank Gehry’s lumber-yard explosion to Peter Zumthor’s charcoal-walled hortus conclusus. This year it’s the

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Why Lego isn't making Pokémon minifigs (yet)

Pokémon nostalgia stretches across three decades of raising and growing monsters, but Lego’s sets have so far focused on the creatures rather than the human faces of the franchise. Pikachu, Mewtwo and Gengar appear as Lego builds, while iconic trainers such as Ash, Misty and Brock are absent from

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Clint Hocking says Chaos Theory was his Splinter Cell peak

Ubisoft veteran Clint Hocking says he reached a summit with the 2005 stealth game Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory and does not want to make another Splinter Cell. Hocking spent nearly 15 years at Ubisoft working on Splinter Cell, Far Cry 2 and, most recently, Assassin's Creed Hexe as

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Every Must-See TV Show Streaming in June 2026

June is a big month for returning series, with Avatar: The Last Airbender on Netflix, The Bear on Hulu, House of the Dragon on HBO Max, and The Agency on Paramount+ leading the way. Alongside anticipated returns, many new series and originals arrive across every streaming platform. Netflix’s June

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All Backrooms Easter Eggs and Web Series References, Explained

The Backrooms movie brings Kane Parsons' creepypasta vision to a wider audience and grew out of a 2022 web series set in the same universe. The film tells an original story but preserves nods to the series as Clark (Chiwetel Ejiofor), Mary (Renate Reinsve), Bobby (Finn Bennett) and Kat

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Tabletop Tavern mixes treants and ghostly cavalry in roguelike RTS demo

Tabletop Tavern is a roguelike real-time strategy with a demo available ahead of its release next week. Rather than defending cities on a world map, you move along a branching path of battles toward a final boss, building an army to take on the act’s concluding fight. The game’

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Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick added as playable wrestler in WWE 2K26

Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick is set for a busy year with the impending launch of GTA 6. He was quietly added to the WWE 2K26 roster in a free update earlier today and appears on the character select screen smiling with a 77 character rating. They licensed My Way – the

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From cooling fans to the best teabags: 12 things you loved in May

Our on-again, off-again relationship with summer finally went official in May, with temperatures soaring across much of the UK. Many of us sweltered in the heat, ordering fans to try to get a good night’s sleep during the unprecedented heatwave, and shade shelters to keep us out of the

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Serial Experiments Lain still feels like falling down an internet rabbit hole

Serial Experiments Lain is a 13-episode psychological anime that folds mystery, horror, and pre-2000s internet culture into a compact, bingeable whole. Its descent into an uncanny digital realm echoes Lewis Carroll’s rabbit hole, but the show’s tone is colder and far less whimsical. The story follows introverted fourteen-year-old

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Marvel's Wolverine will let players turn off blood and gore

Marvel's Wolverine developers say violence is an integral part of the game, except you will be able to turn it off anyway if you fancy. Game director Mike Daly explains: "From the inception of the project, we knew that the number one most important thing was to

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When audience members and fellow musicians step in to save a concert

In Sydney a 21-year-old university student, Sterling Nasa, stepped in when the band’s keyboardist fell ill during a live screening of La La Land with orchestra. Conductor Justin Hurwitz asked the audience if there was “a pianist in the house”; Nasa performed the entire second half, improvised a solo

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18 standout cosplayers at Switzerland’s Fantasy Basel

Cosplay—people dressing as characters from video games and cartoons—was on display at Fantasy Basel, the annual comic con in Switzerland. Photographers Mineralblu captured the looks in a new gallery from the event. The collection mixes familiar faces like Final Fantasy 7’s Cloud and Sephiroth and The Witcher’

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Javier Bardem Responds to 'F1' Sequel Rumors

While promoting his new TV series Cape Fear, Javier Bardem weighed in on speculation about returning for an F1 sequel. He joked, "Oh yeah. And not only that, I'm driving the car. But before that, I have to get my driving license, so it's gonna

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Which Force User Are You? The Force is not a binary

The Force is not a binary. It is a spectrum — from the serene halls of the Jedi Temple to the shadowed corridors of Sith space. Ten questions will reveal where you truly fall. What is the Force to you? When you feel strong emotions — anger, grief, love — what do you

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Keke Palmer Hopes Son Leo Will One Day Host Password

During a January 2025 appearance on Late Night with Seth Meyers, Keke Palmer gushed about her 3-year-old son Leo, born in February 2023, saying he’s obsessed with cartoons and “loves to sing.” She even joked that he already has “absolutely perfect pitch.” Looking ahead, Palmer said she would love