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Commodore (yes, that Commodore) is rolling things back once again with the Callback 8020, a cell phone “with no social media, no email, no browser, and no apologies.” The Callback 8020 has a very familiar early 2000s flip phone aesthetic and runs Sailfish OS, a “completely de-Googled experience” running “99%” of Android apps but selectively…

Lord of the Rings fans have given their reactions to the announcement that Anya Taylor-Joy has been cast as a new character not originated by J.R.R. Tolkien in the upcoming spinoff film The Hunt for Gollum. Taylor-Joy’s casting comes with few other details about her role, other than the fact that the Super Mario Galaxy…

Spider-Man: Brand New Day is expected to get its long-awaited second trailer tomorrow — and ahead of then, here’s a brand new image from the movie. The photo shows Spider-Man’s best buddy and guy in the chair Ned Leeds, who in Brand New Day is revealed to have set up an online fansite for New…

Tom Holland has once again discussed passing the Spider-Man torch to another, younger actor, this time suggesting the star of Adolescence for the iconic role. In a profile published in Esquire, Holland singled out Owen Cooper, the 16-year-old British actor who played teenage murder suspect Jamie Miller in last year’s Netflix megahit, Adolescence, as the…

Clive Barker’s Hellraiser: Revival has a release date: October 8, 2026. That’s across PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X and S. Saber Interactive’s gruesome survival horror game, based on the movie franchise created by Clive Barker, has a new trailer to coincide with the release date announcement. The digital and physical Standard Edition will…

Amid reports of potential studio closures and mass layoffs, Microsoft has announced the Xbox Game Pass June 2026 Wave 2 lineup of games. It has yet to comment, however, on this week’s rumors that the likes of Hellblade developer Ninja Theory, Psychonauts developer Double Fine, and South of Midnight developer Compulsion may shut down. As…

Half a decade on from the launch of Marvel blockbuster Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, director Destin Daniel Cretton has said that a sequel is still in development. Shang-Chi launched back in August 2021, and won a positive reception for its lead character played by the charismatic Barbie actor Simu Liu. Five…

Arrowhead has released a significant update for Helldivers 2, adding new Galactic campaigns, a new biome, a new Control Center terminal, and a lot more. The update — patch 6.3.0 — also makes changes to weapon, stratagem, and enemy balancing, including reductions to enemy durable damage and a decreased exosuit cooldown. The new Control Center…

The upcoming DC Universe HBO TV series starring Jimmy Olsen from last year’s Superman movie is “both a Jimmy Olsen AND a Gorilla Grodd show,” James Gunn has clarified. Yesterday, DC Studios co-CEO Peter Safran revealed that the Gorilla Grodd HBO show — as he described it — starts shooting this year. That news sparked…

Psychonauts developer Double Fine has responded to the reports of its potential closure with a single emoji. The San Francisco studio is one of a number of Microsoft-owned developers reportedly fighting for their future amid a significant shakeup at Xbox that is expected to result in layoffs across the gaming business later this month. Hellblade…