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As the environmental, political, and above all, economic tension between the ultra-rich and the rest of the world continues to grow, it’s a topic that keeps driving dark, memorable movies — from Bong Joon-ho’s Oscar-winner Parasite to 2022’s The Menu, Pig, and Triangle of Sadness to a sub-track at the 2023 Fantastic Fest film festival, including this year’s Nick Stahl movie What You Wish For and the blistering Brazilian movie Property. Emerald Fennell’s Saltburn, which played as a secret screening at Fantastic Fest, seems to fit the bill perfectly as well: It follows an Oxford freshman, Oliver (Barry Keoghan, sure to turn up in awards-season conversation again) as he awkwardly infiltrates the social circle of his ultra-rich classmate Felix Catton (Priscillaco-star Jacob Elordi). What follows is part horror movie, part classic Gothic novel, as Oliver hungers to be like Felix — or just to be Felix.

With the holiday season now in full swing, there's a pretty nice freebie available on the Epic Games Store: Deliver Us Mars. The sci-fi adventure game is a direct sequel to 2018's Deliver Us the Moon, taking place around ten years after the events that unfolded in the original game. Humans are closer than ever to extinction on Earth, and only a daring mission to the Red Planet to recover the ARK colony ships can change the fate of humankind.

Hogwarts Legacy has returned to the top of the UK physical game charts, following the release of its Switch version.

Despite relatively poor box office returns, and Ms. Marvel star isn’t too worried about how much money the recent Marvel Cinematic Universe film has made.

During a recent interview with ComicBook, star Iman Vellani has shared new details about Kamala Khan/Ms. Marvel’s surprising scene with Hailee Steinfeld‘s Kate Bishop. The rising young actress revealed that there was another version of that scene, which would have featured an already established Young Avengers team. This version was ultimately scrapped because they eventually realized that introducing the fan-favorite team that way wouldn’t work out at all.

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The Trading Post is getting a variety of rewards themed after Love is in the Air coming in February 2024! There are also some recolors in Sky and Gothic themes.

CD Projekt RED may be busy with Cyberpunk 2077’s sequel Project Orion, not to mention kickstarting a brand-newWitcher trilogy with Project Polaris, but it’s still adding to The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. The developer announced a mod editor is in development for the acclaimed open-world action RPG.

The cyberattack that paralyzed several major Australian ports was a sharp reminder of what governments and experts say is a growing threat to shipping, the lifeblood of the global economy.

Well, here's an odd one. Last night, hundreds of furious World of Warcraft players took to Blizzard's forums to voice their complaints about a bug that is making the game all but unplayable, which seems to have emerged from the recent 10.2 update. The twist? All of these players are located in Norway.

Though will go down as arguably the best real-time strategy game of all time, it's been seven years since the last expansion for the title,, was released, leaving those who enjoy RTS games lacking content over the past decade. While other RTS games have certainly launched, like 2023's, none have lived up to the lofty heights that set in the 2000s. Indeed, it was mainly the and RTS titles that spawned an entire professional Esports industry, with players from around the world competing for what was, at the time, incredibly high cash prizes.

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