HandyGames is becoming THQ Nordic Mobile, focusing on PC and console ports for mobile while HandyGames Studios continues original development. This news was announced on August 7 in a press release. On the same day, THQ Nordic held a video showcase previewing upcoming games. The press release notes…
The Lord of the Rings franchise is entering a new era. After a necessary break following Peter Jackson's groundbreaking movie trilogy and another following the much less critically acclaimed Hobbit trilogy, there are now several upcoming Lord of the Rings projects. Many of these have exciting…
The Pokémon anime may have moved on from Ash Ketchum, but the franchise is giving fans plenty of reasons to look back at where his legendary journey began. With Pokémon: Indigo League arriving on Disney+ and Hulu on August 7, 2026, a new generation of viewers has an opportunity to experience Ash's…
Hell Is Us is heavenly — for exploration sickos 2025's forgotten Soulslike gets a second wind on Game Pass It feels like forever ago (cue up a cigarette drag), but looking back, 2025 was an uncharacteristically stacked year for new video games. Kirby Air Ride got a decades-overdue sequel!…
An irony of the iPad is that while it's built to be a mobile device, none of the users I know own a cellular model. There's not much point to it, typically -- if you're not within range of home or business Wi-Fi, you can probably tether to your smartphone. Another factor is that iPads are…
Ever since YouTube TV raised its price to close out 2024, I've been checking out other live TV apps. As it turns out, there's a lot more available than just YouTube, but they each have their pros and cons. I already gave Fubo a whirl, and while I liked it, I don't know if it'll be enough to fully…
Doctor Doom frequently appears as an antagonistic figure in the Marvel landscape, set to reprise another such role in the upcoming Avengers: Doomsday film. There are times, however, when he has displayed heroic qualities, frequently putting aside old rivalries to join forces with more established…
This article contains discussions of sexual assault. The Star Trek franchise is still going strong on Paramount+, and the current season of Strange New Worlds takes viewers back to around the era of Star Trek: The Original Series. The modern show does avoid some of the most controversial elements…
Red Dead Redemption 2's Arthur Morgan is hands-down one of the most iconic characters in modern gaming, with one of the best-written story arcs in Rockstar history. Voiced by the instantly recognizable and legendary Roger Clark, Arthur set a new bar for what players have come to expect from video…
While typically exclusive XBOX franchises, such as Halo, have only recently appeared on PlayStation platforms, Sony has been profiting from XBOX physical releases for some time. Because XBOX discs are made by companies that license Blu-ray technology from Sony, Sony has earned a cut from every…
Over the last few decades, Korean manhwa and webtoons have slowly but surely carved a niche for themselves in the mainstream comic scene. And as the demand for digital reading grows, webtoons and webcomics have only continued to garner readership. In fact, many of the biggest anime and K-drama…
Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls stumbled onto Steam with "Mixed" user reviews as players complained of PlayStation account requirements, anti-cheat roadblocks, and other technical issues. With a unique art style, a roster of heroes and villains that includes everyone from Spider-Man to Doctor Doom,…
13 Years Later, Percy Jackson Has Recovered From Its $200M Franchise-Killer To Be Better Than Ever August is a freelance film writer. She studied journalism and cinema at American University. She is a member of the journalism honor society, Kappa Tau Alpha. August has written for various networks…
While Discworld's Terry Pratchett and The Lord of the Rings author J.R.R. Tolkien’s styles of fantasy writing are not all that similar on the surface, Prime Video’s iconic fantasy franchise marries the appeal of both authors in one great show. J.R.R Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings trilogy is arguably…
Matt Fraction’s Batman (2025) continues to accelerate its momentum, and the 12th issue has shown it’s ready to add to that chaos. It teases six brand new villains for the Caped Crusader to confront, while he is competently aided by his son Damian Wayne and the successor to his legendary butler,…
Sometimes the weirdest things catch my eye when I’m browsing Amazon, and the best way to tell if they’re just strange or strange but brilliant is by checking out their reviews and overall star rating. I can always trust a reviewer to tell me the dirty truth, so the closer to perfect the reviews,…
A Nintendo Switch console exclusice RPG is officially coming to PS5 on August 8, in mere hours. It’s incredinly uncommon for video games to release on a Saturday, making this even more noteworthy. Meanwhile, for those that do not know, a console exclusive is a game only available on one console…
Since his 1974 debut in The Amazing Spider-Man #129, The Punisher has become a staple of the Marvel universe. Beyond the comics, Frank Castle has stormed his way through various cartoons, TV shows, video games, and multiple live-action movies over the years, with the character having been played in…
A major MCU actor releases a new comic series in between live-action superhero appearances. Ever since Avengers: Endgame concluded the three phases of the Infinity Saga, Marvel Studios' Multiverse Saga has focused on expanding its universe's roster with the addition of a wide variety of famous and…
(Image credit: FromSoftware) Seasoned FromSoftware investigator Lance McDonald has shared a recently uncovered early internal showcase of Demon's Souls, FromSoft's crucial pivot point between King's Field and Dark Souls, and the progenitor of its own subgenre. The demonstration consists of a…
Spider-Man made his MCU debut ten years ago this summer. The iconic web crawler, played for the first time by Tom Holland, appeared in 2016s Captain America: Civil War, starring alongside MCU mainstays like Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Jeremy Renner, and more. Since Civil War, Spider-Man has…
The Walking Dead revolutionized the zombie genre, giving us an epic tale that kept its human core while crossing into virtually every other genre. Even so, nobody could have predicted the scale of the success that the franchise would achieve. The Walking Dead spinoffs then expanded the franchise's…
Square Enix is easily the gaming industry's finest purveyor of RPGs, with the sheer number of iconic IPs within the genre tucked neatly into its belt far surpassing any other developer and publisher in terms of both impact and quality. From Dragon Quest to Final Fantasy and absolutely everything in…
Stardew Valley players can now pick up a brand new free overhaul which completely changes one of the game’s most divisive features. You may feel free to disagree, but some players find Stardew Valley’s fishing features a little boring. Others enjoy it, so your mileage may vary. But generally, it’s…