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The Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson has explained why he’s not in charge of the franchise’s next chapter — The Hunt for Gollum — and why he thinks Gollum actor Andy Serkis will do a “more exciting” job. Speaking at the Cannes film festival (via Variety), Jackson answered questions around the upcoming Middle-earth…

Four of Overwatch’s most iconic heroes will cross over into Fortnite, via a major game update set to go live tomorrow. Overwatch OG heroes Tracer, Mercy, Genji and D.Va will all land on the Fortnite battle royale Island as part of a new collaboration with Epic Games’ battle royale, as glimpsed today in a cinematic…

Ubisoft has announced a real-life Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced treasure hunt with a $500,000 prize, buried somewhere in the Caribbean. The hoard is made up of specially-minted solid gold coins (collectively worth $350,000) and a rock crystal skull adorned with a red opal jewel (valued at a further $150,000) — a nod to Black…

Now’s here a sentence I never thought I’d write: your new Steam Controller screams if you drop it. Rumors first began to swirl when a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it two-second video showed that an unexpected drop will trigger a Wilhelm scream, even if the fall is cushioned by… well, cushions. Quite rightly, some weren’t convinced initially — not…

Japanese police have arrested a 27-year-old man after bomb threats were sent to Nintendo’s Kyoto headquarters. Letters containing threats such as “I’m going to blow you all up” and warnings that someone had “already planted multiple bombs” were reportedly received by Nintendo back in March. Nintendo reported the messages at the time, prompting a search…

Disney has finally set a date for VisionQuest, its upcoming Paul Bettany-starring series it describes as a conclusion to the WandaVision trilogy. VisionQuest will debut later this year on October 14, Bettany confirmed during Disney’s recent upfront presentation (where we also got a launch window for Ahsoka Season 2). Little is known of exactly what…

Konami’s recent relaunch of its long-dormant Silent Hill series continues to pick up speed, with Silent Hill 2 Remake topping 6 million players, and Silent Hill f topping 2 million sales. While I too clocked that interesting distinction Konami makes between “players” and “sales,” it nonetheless strengthens the horror franchise, firming up its future as…

The second season of Star Wars Disney+ series Ahsoka won’t arrive until early 2027 — at least three and a half years after its first episodes aired back in August 2023. Ahsoka star Rosario Dawson confirmed the launch window for the series’ new episodes last night, during Disney’s upfront presentation. Exactly why the series is…

Former Call of Duty: Black Ops multiplayer design director, David Vonderhaar, has teased his next game and it sounds nothing like Call of Duty. In an interview with Bloomberg, Vonderhaar confirmed that he is not making another military shooter like Call of Duty and instead described it as “if David Lynch made shooters.” It’ll be…

Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic won’t be another bloated single-player game that takes over half a decade to develop, game director Casey Hudson has insisted. Via an interview with Bloomberg, we learned a few new details about the highly anticipated Star Wars RPG, which aims to be a spiritual successor to BioWare’s much-loved…