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Ari Aster, budding new film director, has made an impression in the world ofhorrorand suspense films in the past few years. The shock and horror behind his first two films,HereditaryandMidsommar, have made Aster a director to watch, but now he’s taking on a new role for his next A24 feature. Deadline reports Aster and Lars Knudsen will produce a new horror film for A24 under their Square Peg banner. Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Michael R....

Summary TheHarry Potterlicense has been woefully underused in gaming, as prior to the release ofHogwarts Legacyits potential hadn’t been fully realized. While there’s some room for improvement, the effort ofdeveloper Avalanche Softwarehas paid dividends, as the title has amassed huge commercial sales to go with its strong critical reception. Now thatHogwarts Legacyis out in the wild and continuing to do well, there’s an ever-increasing demand for a sequel, something that seems very likely given how people responded to the first outing....

Starfieldwill see players explore the stars in search of “what’s out there,” long after the key focus of space exploration has been left behind by the game’s governments and corporations.Starfieldplayers will have thousands of planetsto explore, and while some are procedurally generated wastelands, others will give players plenty of reasons to search every nook and cranny. While different in style and tone,Starfieldwill maintain a lot of the core RPG elements of other Bethesda IPs such asFalloutandThe Elder Scrolls....

Summary Just because someone writes manga does not mean they are not a manga fan themselves, and this week, one mangaka was so affected by another story that they put their own on hiatus. That’s right;a manga has gone on hiatusbecause the writer of it was so shocked by the most recent chapter of another manga! The manga going on hiatus is calledFly Me to the Moon, and the one with the shock factor is none other thanJujutsu Kaisen....

The last several days have seen a litany of leaks drop online teasing what’s coming toDestiny 2in Season 18 andLightfallahead of Bungie’s showcase stream.Lightfallleaks, alone, have given players a tease of the expansion’s story, villain, and new location they will experience asThe Witness' forces converge on The Traveler. Before players get there, though, there is the new content coming in Season 18 and a new set of screenshots have given players a first look at what’s to come in the new season....

TheLord of the RingsMMO announced in 2019 has officially been canceled, Amazon confirmed today. Little had been shared regarding the MMO since its announcement, given it was in the early stages of development. Regardless, anticipation was high due to theLord of the Rings' popularity and the success ofThe Lord of the Rings Online. Regardless, Amazon has now moved on from the project, citing contract issues with development partner Leyou Technologies....

TheSuper Mariofranchise is not only memorable because of its historic role in the video game industry, but also due to its accessibility. With a few exceptions, the Mushroom Kingdom inhabitants have partaken in almost every recognizable video game genre, and most of these experiments were well-received. The most popular of these spinoffs areMario Kartand the several RPGs based on the series, but the other multiplayer-centric titles, especially the sports games, are a part of Nintendo’s history that’s only getting more love as the earliest spinoffs get older, amplifying nostalgia for them....

There hasn’t been any shortage ofMarvelprojects over the last few years. Thanks to the popularity of the MCU,Marvelhas been willing to take bolder and bolder swings, and that could be said to be even more true of their line of tie-in television series. While some of those swings have been a bit rougher than others, one ofDisney’s other major franchises,Star Wars, has managed to have some great success with its animated efforts....

Marvel’s Midnight Sunsis anew tactical role-playing gameby the makers of theCivilizationandXCOMvideo games series, Firaxis. They have teamed up with Marvel studios to create an epic turn-based combat system that combines powerful heroes in the form of cards along withclever strategic gameplay. RELATED:Marvel’s Midnight Suns Asks Players To Weigh In On Marvel’s Civil Wars Players need to build optimum decks of cards to beat the most powerful foes from the Marvel Universe....

A player has taken fans back in time with their imposing pyramid construction through the voxel-based world ofMinecraft. In a game where a player is limited only by their imagination, this is the latest in a long line of impressive builds within Mojang’s genre-defining hit,Minecraft. It has been a long, strange, and fascinating road since the first public release ofMinecraftback in 2009. Going through generations of content updates, new engines, spin-offs, and multiple releases, the greatest-selling game of all time never lost its trademark charm....

Bethesda’s long-running RPG series is one of the most beloved franchises in the genre, up there with the likes ofFinal Fantasy. Starting life in 1994 withArena, the series has matured and advanced along with the emerging game development technology, helping to make the studio one of the most successful in the industry. While many aretalking aboutThe Elder Scrolls 6and when that could finally be out, there are those that fondly remember the classics, such asMorrowindwhich is about to turn 20....

Many hockey fans look forward to the yearlyNHLgames, which are the most popular hockey video games, so the issues withNHL 21have been a big disappointment to many.NHL 21is delayedand will only be available on PS4 and Xbox One, which may be a letdown for PC gamers now that EA is officially confirming there won’t be a PC version. Some of the confusion comes from a mistaken product page GameStop posted for a PC version ofNHL 21,which brought some fans' hopes up despite the series not being released on PC for the past several years....

Summary The infinite, procedurally generated universe ofNo Man’s Skyhosts some surprisingly eerie environments, but an awesome graphics bug allows one player to capture a screenshot that takes the game’s gloominess to another level. From abandoned anomalous planets to ghost ships drifting through an empty expanse of space, it’s safe to say thatNo Man’s Skycertainly isn’t all bright and colorful, instead offering a diverse canvas that can provide the potential for all sorts of in-game photos....