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HBO has been forced to warn Harry Potter cast members over the suspected theft of props from set, and microchip items including spell books, broomsticks, pumpkins and wands. A spate of disappearing items — not thought to have been conjured away magically — have prompted HBO to begin using Muggle electronic techniques to ensure the…

Crunchyroll Announces Massive Ad-Free Streaming Deal for Ani-May

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Crunchyroll just announced a massive streaming deal as part of the site’s Ani-May celebrations. From now until May 21, you can sign up for three months of Crunchyroll’s Fan plan for $1.99/month or three months of the Mega Fan plan for $2.99/month. I break down the differences between those plans below here, but in either…

New Planet of the Apes Movie May Not Be a Reboot After All

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A movie executive has suggested the new Planet of the Apes film isn’t a hard reboot after all, following news it will not be a “continuation” of Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes. This week, it was recently reported that the next Planet of the Apes movie will be helmed by The Fantastic Four:…

Steins;Gate Is Getting a ‘ReBoot’ on 6 Platforms Including Nintendo Switch 2 This August

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Steins;Gate Re:Boot finally has a release date in Japan. The new Steins;Gate remake is coming to PC and current-gen consoles, including Nintendo Switch 2, on August 20. The release date was confirmed by studio MAGES through a new opening movie on YouTube. The studio also released a preview of the remake’s new ‘E-mote’ system. It…

Resident Evil Requiem Fans Say They’ve Dug Up Details of More Cut Content, Including a Weapon Merchant, Side Missions and More

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Resident Evil fans are poring over a fresh cache of images that claim to show content cut from Resident Evil Requiem — including a weapon merchant, evidence of side missions, and more. Requiem is known to have changed a great deal as it progressed through development — indeed, the game’s director recently said a whole…

GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen, Who Is Trying to Buy eBay for $56 Billion, Says He Was Suspended From eBay

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GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen says his account was suspended from eBay amid a drive to sell items on the auction site he’s trying to buy for $56 billion. Yesterday, billionaire entrepreneur Cohen tweeted to say he was “selling stuff on eBay to pay for eBay,” amid questions about how he would raise enough money to…

Crimson Desert Dev Explains How It’s Able to Update the Game So Fast, and Why There’s No Content Roadmap

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Crimson Desert developer Pearl Abyss has wowed players by making significant improvements and in some cases overhauling entire systems on an almost weekly basis. It’s a remarkable rate of updates for the huge, single-player open world action adventure. So how has Pearl Abyss managed it? In a new interview, the developer said it’s able to…

Star Fox Creator Prefers Character’s Movie Design, Following Mixed Response to Nintendo Switch 2 Game Reveal

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The creator of Star Fox, Takaya Imamura, has responded to the reveal of Nintendo’s new Switch 2 game — and said he preferred how Fox looked in The Super Mario Galaxy Movie. Imamura, who departed Nintendo in 2021 after a 32-year tenure, originally designed the cast of Star Fox back in the early 1990s. Serving…

Mixtape Dev Explains Why the Game Doesn’t Have a Streamer Mode

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Mixtape is now out, but don’t be surprised if you don’t see many streams or VODs of it out in the wild. That’s because it doesn’t have a streamer mode, which means Twitch and YouTube playthroughs will struggle to gain any monetization due to licensing issues. Developer Beethoven & Dinosaur has a very good reason…

Next-Gen Console Project Helix Headlines First Xbox Game Dev Show Later Today

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