It looks like Final Fantasy 7 Revelation boss Naoki Hamaguchi has plenty on his plate at the moment – not only is he working to get Part 3 of the Final Fantasy 7 remake trilogy out the door, he’s also “pushing” Kingdom Hearts 4 “forward.” As part of the latest media rounds for FF7: Revelation, […]
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Even HBO Max is having fun with Aaron Pierre’s Lanterns accent slip-up

DCU show Lanterns returned to HBO this week with its fourth episode, bringing us back to Rushville, where the mystery of the Manhunter was brought to light. However, in the midst of the chaos, you may have missed Aaron Pierre’s accent slip-up. During a tense interrogation scene, Pierre’s John Stewart asks, “Who are you?” slamming […]
2019Spider-Noir showrunner shares his original plans for season 2 before the Nicolas Cage show was cancelled

In the wake of Spider-Noir’s cancelation, the showrunner has shared some insight into what a second season would have looked like. Oren Uziel says that while they hadn’t started writing a follow-up for the Amazon MGM show, the ending of season 1 did give him some ideas. “If I had my druthers, it would be […]
2019Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 earned 35% of its $1.2 billion on disc, analyst says, but PlayStation is more interested in “control” of the market

While Sony cites “consumer preferences” for digital games as the core reason for its decision to abandon physical PlayStation releases, the numbers presented in a new report tell a different story. Games like Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 are still making a ton of money on disc, according to Rhys Elliot of Alinea Analytics, and Sony’s decision […]
2019The AA games industry needs “a few more Expedition 33s” before publishers stop seeing smaller games as a major financial risk, says Valor Mortis director

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 was a tornado while developer Sandfall Interactive was anticipating more of a pleasant breeze, selling a total of over 8 million copies, and helping reset expectations for how hard a AA game is supposed to make you cry. You might think this enormous reception would make publishers more eager to invest […]
2019Sony has topped a generational run of self-owns: abandoning Hideo Kojima’s next Metal Gear right as Marvel’s Wolverine falls flat

“What are they doing” is the wrong way to interrogate Sony and PlayStation’s decisions in 2026, I think. And they do need to be interrogated – questioned, scrutinized, and, possibly, aggressively shaken by the shoulders in a dimly lit room with bare concrete walls and a lone steel chair. “Why are they doing this” is […]
2019VisionQuest showrunner says Ultron appearing in human form in the Marvel show isn’t “a budget thing”: “You’ll get plenty of robot action in the show”

VisionQuest showrunner Terry Matalas says we’ll see plenty of Ultron in his scary robot form throughout the new Disney Plus show, but that it was more important to showcase James Spader and Paul Bettany’s complicated father-and-son chemistry. “It’s funny, people say it’s a budget thing, it’s not, it’s a James Spader thing,” Matalas tells Polygon. […]
2019Gen V star tapped to play Angel in MCU X-Men movie in an absolutely perfect casting move by Marvel

Asa Germann has been cast as Angel in the MCU’s upcoming X-Men movie, and this is the best casting choice thus far. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Germann initially auditioned for Scott Summers aka Cyclops, which ultimately went to Heartstopper star Kit Connor. Germann is best known for his role as Sam Riordan in The […]
2019Stellar Blade devs say the game is “100% on cartridge” for Switch 2 because they understand “the importance of physical media”

Stellar Blade is coming to Switch 2 on November 5, and it’s being released both digitally and physically. Even with the furor over game-key cards dying down while collectors point their anger toward Sony’s efforts to end physical games altogether, Shift Up has committed to ensuring that Stellar Blade will offer a complete experience on […]
2019Thanks to leaked photos, DC fans think the ape on set of The People v. Gorilla Grodd is a different character altogether

The People Vs. Gorilla Grodd, a mockumentary based on the DC comic of the same name, has begun filming and set leaks are abound. Some DC fans, however, aren’t convinced that the gorilla we’ve seen in the photos is the titular gorilla on trial. There have been many leaked set photos, from a gorilla in […]
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