Culture Tales of Eternia remaster returns after 26 years Tales of Eternia Remastered was unveiled during Nintendo's June Direct and will launch on October 16 for Nintendo Switch and Switch 2, PS4 and PS5, Xbox Series X, and PC (Steam). Originally released in Japan in 2000 and in North America as Tales of Destiny 2 in 2001,
Culture Final Fantasy Resonance: HD-2D Rebuild of a Mobile Gacha Game Final Fantasy Resonance is being billed as the franchise’s first HD-2D entry and, unexpectedly, it’s a port of the mobile gacha game Final Fantasy Brave Exvius. Square Enix says the new release is based on the mobile title’s first story arc but has been refined and extensively
Culture 'The Pitt' Confirms Another Major Exit in Season 3 Shabana Azeez has confirmed that her character Victoria Javadi will not be working in the emergency room in Season 3 of The Pitt, moving into a psychiatry rotation to focus on a career in mental health. Azeez said, "I can say that I’m not in the ER this
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Culture Which Sci-Fi World Would You Survive? Which Sci‑Fi World Would You Survive? The quiz lays out five universes: The Matrix, Mad Max, Blade Runner, Dune, and Star Wars. Five universes. Five completely different ways the future went wrong — or sideways, or up in flames. Only one of them is the world your instincts were built
Culture Andy Cohen asks if West Wilson was on beta blockers at Summer House reunion Andy Cohen asked West Wilson if he was on beta blockers during the final part of the Summer House Season 10 reunion. The question followed Jesse Solomon breaking down about possibly "losing a brother" after learning of Wilson's secret relationship with Amanda Batula, while Cohen noted
Culture Is Overwatch's 52nd hero a robot or a human? Overwatch's soft reboot earlier this year has kicked off more story development. Several new short stories, comics, and webcomics are building up to something big, and those pieces look necessary for figuring out what is going on with its newest hero. The trailer for Overwatch's 52nd
Culture Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 — a flashy, entertaining co-op shooter With several horror-focused Alien projects in the works, Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 chooses to lean into the series’ action side. The original Fireteam Elite was underrated at launch, but the sequel expands that co-op shooter formula and could become a major multiplayer title while serving as a more action-heavy counterpart
Culture Project a Black Planet review: theory overwhelms where it should sing Lynette Yiadom-Boakye is a painter with the imagination of a great novelist. She paints fictional people not portraits — a young woman reading avidly, a man in Pierrot-like fancy clothes, another in a cool green coat. For this group of paintings she has a white-walled room to herself; her young moderns
Culture West Wilson says he loved Amanda Batula 'for a very, very long time' In a preview for “Summer House: The Aftermath,” West Wilson tells Amanda Batula’s estranged husband, Kyle Cooke, that he loved her "for a very, very long time." The admission came during an emotional three-hour sitdown weeks after the reunion, after Wilson asked, "Do you want full
Culture First look: Brad Pitt's Heart of the Beast arrives Sept. 25 First look action photos for Heart of the Beast have surfaced, and the Brad Pitt thriller is slated to arrive Sept. 25. Pitt plays James Belmont, a Special Forces officer whose plane crashes in the Alaskan wilderness, leaving him stranded with his combat dog, Odin. The film frames a survival
Culture Fans revisit Code Veronica's campy voice acting ahead of remake Capcom announced the Resident Evil: Code Veronica remake during Summer Game Fest 2026, prompting fans to revisit the 2000 Dreamcast original after 26 years. The reveal has renewed interest in the game's story and in whether updated gameplay and performances will change its tone. Online clips have drawn
Culture Zelda: Ocarina of Time Teaser Prompts 'Hire This Man' Jokes On June 9, during Nintendo’s Summer Game Fest–adjacent Direct, the company released a very short teaser for its remake of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, due on Switch 2 in 2026. The clip offered only a few seconds of Link’s new appearance. Those few seconds
Culture Eric Kripke Apologizes After Backlash to The Boys Finale The Boys concluded with Season 5's eighth episode, and the series finale proved divisive. While it included several expected deaths, many viewers felt the final confrontation lacked the spectacle teased earlier and did not live up to the promised "scorched earth" showdown between Billy Butcher and
Culture Which Horror Villain Could You Actually Survive? A short eight-question quiz matches your instincts and habits to one of five horror villains: Jason Voorhees, Michael Myers, Freddy Krueger, Pennywise, or Chucky. It calculates which antagonist you have the best chance of surviving by testing how you react under pressure. Questions probe setting, first instincts, survival assets, the
Culture Howie Mandel body-slammed the Golden Buzzer for Yu Hojin's act Magician Yu Hojin returned to America’s Got Talent for a third time on Season 21 with a new ensemble called Hundred Fingers. Dressed in black, the 10-member group—literally 100 fingers on stage—performed precise sleight-of-hand: wands, cards and feathers appeared, floated, transformed, vanished into puffs of smoke and
Culture Jennifer Lopez wipes away tears at son Max's graduation Jennifer Lopez was seen wiping away tears at her son Max’s high school graduation on Friday. She wore a pastel green floral dress with a gray cardigan, nude heels and carried a matching Hermès Birkin bag. In photos, Lopez embraced the 18-year-old, who wore a tie-dye shirt, tan pants
Culture Destiny 2 draws biggest crowd in years as final update launches Bungie's Monument of Triumph update, a final sendoff that ends active development on Destiny 2, launched on June 9. Players returned in numbers not seen since the Final Shape expansion: SteamDB recorded a concurrent Steam peak of 165,856 at the time of writing, up about 9,000
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Culture Reckless Ben Says He Can’t Release Part 3 After Court Issues TRO Reckless Ben’s investigation into the Mansell family’s missing $200,000 Lego Star Wars collection has been halted after he was served a temporary restraining order by the Utah Fourth Judicial District Court. In a video published on June 9, he said a judge allowed Bricks & Minifigs Franchising
Culture Geno Ploeger Channeled His Idol Mat Franco in His AGT Audition A longtime dream is on the verge of coming true for Geno Ploeger, the 21-year-old protégé of America's Got Talent champion magician Mat Franco. On Night 2 of Auditions for AGT Season 21, Arizona native Ploeger finally got his chance to show off the magic skills he'
Culture Billy Bob Thornton on his full-frontal 'Landman' scene Billy Bob Thornton, 70, said he wasn't bothered by a full-frontal moment in Landman when speaking at the Newport Beach TV Fest. "I don't know what the reaction was," he said. "But obviously before we filmed, it was kind of like, 'Whoa,
Culture Kingdom Hearts, Final Fantasy and Persona dominated Summer Game Fest 2026 With Nintendo’s final Direct on June 9 closing a week of showcases, JRPGs emerged as the clear winners. Big-name Western titles such as God of War Laufey and Gears of War: E-Day drew attention, but the biggest momentum went to Japanese role-playing games. In the last seven days Square
Culture Exodus leans on well-written companions to shape player choices In a post-Baldur's Gate 3 landscape, Exodus places heavy weight on its companions. Drew Karpyshyn, the narrative director, says the team wants them to feel like real people with pros and cons, to have conflicts among themselves and with the player, and to grow alongside Jun; their individual
Culture Mortal Shell 2 open beta was downloaded 250,000 times over the weekend Playstack says the open beta demo for Mortal Shell 2 was downloaded 250,000 times over the weekend. Developer Cold Symmetry called the response "incredible," adding that seeing new players and longtime fans dive in, share feedback, and get excited means a lot to the team. The studio
