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Elon Musk has unveiled a new initiative aimed at enhancing the user experience on X. In an announcement, Musk revealed that X users boasting over 2500 verified followers will now gain access to Premium services without any charge. Additionally, those with over 5000 followers will be entitled to the Premium+ package, also free of charge.

Teja Sajja's latest movie, HanuMan, has been making waves since its release earlier this year. Mixing fantasy with mythology, the film introduced audiences to a new superhero. Now, after a wait of two months, the movie is finally hitting the digital space with its Tamil, Malayalam, and Kannada versions.

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empiredirector Gil Kenan knows his way around a family-friendly horror movie. Kenan’s first film was the cult-classic animated flick Monster House, a spoopy horror tale involving a haunted house that eats people, and the three young kids who venture into its depths. It’s up there with Henry Selick’s Neil Gaiman adaptation Coraline in terms of how scary it gets while still walking the line of what’s acceptable for a kids’ movie.

It's a pretty strange time for Xbox owners, with some concerned about the future of the hardware now that the company has committed to launching its flagship exclusives on rival systems. Grounded, Sea of Thieves, Hi-Fi Rush, and Pentiment have all launched on both PlayStation and Nintendo Switch systems, with rumors of bigger titles like Starfield and Halo following them refusing to go away.

From the perspective of modern computing, the Atari 400 seems like an awkward if charming object, boasting a difficult pressure-based keyboard and an unusual form factor with a central bulge for a cartridge slot. That cartridge slot, however, is the calling card of a machine that bridged home computing and gaming in a more intuitive way than its contemporaries could manage. Almost 45 years later, the Atari 400 Mini brings its namesake back to life in the now-familiar form of a downsized classic console, and it's a cleanly realized effort that could resonate within its niche.

Princess Peach: Showtime! is here, giving the Mushroom Kingdom monarch a chance to break out of the damsel role and do a little world-saving of her own. While the game is largely pitched to younger audiences, there are still a few things about the game that might inspire questions, and we’re here to help!

With Max ending the much-beloved pirate series Our Flag Means Death after two seasons, the cast is considering their next career steps. For Vico Ortiz, who played nonbinary fan-favorite pirate Jim Jimenez on the show, that includes thinking about a long-held dream of getting involved with Star Wars — a franchise Ortiz says has heavily shaped their life and their family’s lives.

From the Nintendo Switch and the Steam Deck to the many similar devices the latter in particular has spawned (including the likes of the Lenovo Legion Go, ROG Ally, and more), there’s been no shortage of evidence that there’s incredible demand within the gaming audiences for handheld devices. Interestingly, it seems like Microsoft is at least tinkering with the idea of such a device.

Look around on social media, and you’ll find a lot of wince-inducing responses to the title of Kobi Libii’s debut feature, The American Society of Magical Negroes, ranging from people offended that it exists to people expressing ghoulish delight that they have an excuse to use the word “Negro” in public. Libii’s film is a darkly comedic satire building off a common trope first popularized as a term by director Spike Lee in 2001 — the Black movie characters, particularly in ’90s movies, who only exist to support white characters and further their character arcs. In Libii’s story, that Black support network is a codified secret society of Black men and women with actual magical powers, which they use to comfort and aid white people so they’ll be less brittle, tense, and inherently dangerous to people of color.

Princess Peach: Showtime! is here, giving the Mushroom Kingdom monarch a chance to break out of the damsel role and do a little world-saving of her own. While the game is largely pitched to younger audiences, there are still a few things about the game that might inspire questions, and we’re here to help!

Rise of the Ronin, the latest tentpole PS5 console exclusive from legendary Japanese developer Team Ninja, has been subject to a colossal marketing push in Asia, where posters and billboards have been spotted around cities such as Taipei for several weeks now. That’s all culminated in an Edo period art exhibition in Huashan 1914 Creative Park – coincidentally, the former home of a Japanese sake manufacturer– where Sony has installed several 19th-century props inspired by the game.

Horror movies have really been lacking in panache lately. Sure, there have been plenty of horror movies with great narratives or structural conceits, or excellent scares. But covering the basic elements of memorable horror isn’t the same as stretching stylistically, and brazenly committing to a specific aesthetic, time period, or vibe the way Shudder and IFC’s new horror movie Late Night with the Devil does. That movie, in theaters this week, has enough flair to make up for what the rest of the movies have been missing.

You’d be mistaken if you thought that Princess Peach: Showtime! was the iconic regal character’s first ever title role.

The ongoing Korean dating show is all set to make its return with its brand-new episode 16 on TVING this March 2024. The reality show sees a group of ex-couples staying under one roof, where they try to make new romantic connections. The show’s unique concept has made it quite famous among viewers.

Princess Peach: Showtime! is here, giving the Mushroom Kingdom monarch a chance to break out of the damsel role and do a little world-saving of her own. While the game is largely pitched to younger audiences, there are still a few things about the game that might inspire questions, and we’re here to help!

Princess Peach: Showtime! is here, giving the Mushroom Kingdom monarch a chance to break out of the damsel role and do a little world-saving of her own. While the game is largely pitched to younger audiences, there are still a few things about the game that might inspire questions, and we’re here to help!

Horizon Forbidden West's long-awaited PC port finally hit Steam earlier today, bringing Aloy's second adventure to an entirely new audience. It means that more people than ever can experience one of PlayStation's best titles, but it also means that it's much more at risk of piracy, and publishers are going to start wondering what the heck they have to do for their games to stop being pirated, as Horizon Forbidden West was cracked in just 30 seconds after release.

Halo’s second season ends with the strangest episode the show has ever had. Unlike the rest of the series, which has slow-played every single one of its reveals, carefully rationing them out a crumb or two at a time, the season 2 finale threw just about every major reveal from the first Halo game at viewers in the span of less than an hour. Consequently, it was also probably the most interesting episode the show’s ever had, particularly for longtime fans of the game series.

By trying to do so much, Rise of the Ronin feels like an inferior version of everything it's inspired by. With an open world populated by map markers and side activities, it’s a worse Assassin's Creed. With a historical Japanese setting, it's a worse Ghost of Tsushima. With a combat system that prioritises parrying, it's a worse Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice. At no point is it a bad experience, but the game's so run of the mill, so formulaic that attempting something new and ultimately failing would have been a more tantalising sell. You've already played better versions of Rise of the Ronin — what it's attempting is just fine, which is probably the most boring outcome possible.

News that The Sims was getting a big-screen adaptation – with Barbie's Margot Robbie executive producing, no less – made waves on the internet overnight.

Baldur's Gate 3 swept the Game Developers Choice Awards on Wednesday night, taking home Game of the Year in addition to Best Narrative, Best Design, and the Audience Award.

It seems odd that Activision would release Call of Duty Warzone Mobile when it already has a hugely successful Call of Duty mobile game making millions of dollars for the company. But from a business perspective it makes sense. Call of Duty Mobile, the 2019 mobile first-person shooter spin-off that has seen 650 million downloads since launch, is developed by Tencent-owned TiMi Studio Group, and so not all the huge profits it generates benefit Activision’s bottom line. Call of Duty Warzone Mobile, on the other hand, is developed entirely in-house at Activision, and so the company gets a bigger slice of the revenue pie every time a player drops cash on a battle pass.

With the Game Developers Conference in full swing, the winners of the 24th Annual Game Developers Choice Awards (GDCAs) have been announced, featuring Baldur's Gate 3 on the throne.

Activision may be under new ownership at Xbox, but that’s not slowing down its flagship series. After a few years in development, Call of Duty Warzone Mobile is finally launching worldwide under the Microsoft banner. It’s a major moment for the shooter series that’s endured multiple industry changes over its long lineage. The new mobile game is the latest evolution for Call of Duty, bringing a high-quality battle royale experience to phones.

Dark and Darker’s twisty road to launch on PC is back on after legal filings by Nexon and an injunction were dismissed. The game now has an Epic Games Store page as the team prepares to bring the game to “a wider audience”.

It’s been a fantastic couple of years for fighting games, and SNK is aiming to keep the run rolling with Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves. While not specifically announced for any platforms just yet, it’s probably safe to assume this will release on PS5, as that’s where the bulk of the fighting game community’s audience plays. The outing is expected in 2025.

Princess Peach Showtime! is about to release in just a couple of days, meaning reviewers are already getting their copies of the game and expressing their first thoughts on the internet. This game is a bit different from other Nintendo first-party games, but it reminds many of the DS game Super Princess Peach. However, some reviewers are already claiming this game is short, easy, and definitely created for a younger audience.

For the first time in nearly two decades, Princess Peach headlines her own game in the soon-to-be-released Princess Peach: Showtime! for Nintendo Switch. Peach’s previous starring adventure, Super Princess Peach, debuted on Nintendo DS in 2005, and inverted the typical story of a Super Mario Bros. game, tasking the princess with rescuing dudes in distress Mario and Luigi.

Sony is reportedly pausing production of its PS VR2 headsets due to a growing backlog of unsold units.

Dark And Darker might finally be easy to find and play soon following a year of legal battles between its developer Ironmace and Nexon. Accused of stealing assets from a scrapped Nexon project, Ironmace was forced to remove Dark And Darker from Steam last year. However, the fantasy adventure game now has its own Epic Store Games page and is listed on the site as "coming soon".

VOID Interactive's first game Ready or Not was a chart topper, garnering 1.5 million views on Twitch during the first 24 hours after launch. It wasn't a fluke. The small remote team at VOID Interactive had many factors working against them but a successful creator launch campaign propelled their game to become one of the most watched titles in the world last year.

On the near first anniversary of first-person dungeon adventure Dark and Darker's removal from Steam, developer Ironmace has announced its launch on the Epic Games Store. 

In a surprising turn of events, the digital realm collided with the music industry as renowned Twitch streamer Kai Cenat found himself entangled in a peculiar feud with none other than the iconic Kanye West. The feud was ignited by a seemingly innocuous critique of West's YZY clothing line during one of Twitch star Kai Cenat's routine streaming sessions.

HanuMan OTT release today: Prasanth Varma's latest superhero movie starring Teja Sajja is now streaming on OTT platforms. After its successful theatrical run and earning a whopping Rs. 200 crore in India, the film is finally available online in Hindi. "HanuMan" has won hearts not only among the audience but also received praise from critics.

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An audience member at a showing in Detroit was arrested after allegedly masturbating during a screening of the film.

It’s become increasingly clear that the Halo TV show has a villain problem. This may seem impossible for a series that’s supposed to be about a hostile race of aliens led by liars who exploit religious fanaticism, but instead the show can’t stop focusing on human bickering, bizarrely relegating the galaxy-conquering aliens to an afterthought for both the characters in the show and the audience.

The fifth edition of Summer Game Fest takes place this year and now we know when the main showcase will take place. The two-hour stream of trailers, hype, announcements and game updates is set for Friday, June 7 at 5PM ET. So, if you notice any typos in Engadget's coverage of the event, it definitely won't be because we're watching with an end-of-week cocktail in hand.

Creating presentations, documents, and files has been integral in workplaces for ages. However, if they are not engaging enough, the audience will not show interest in what you have to showcase. Making them engaging can take a huge amount of time and effort that you may ill afford. Therefore, to make your presentation intuitive and interactive, we have found just the right tool called Gamma app, which is powered by artificial intelligence (AI) to make your tasks easier. The Gamma app will not only save you time but will also make it fun and easy to create presentations, documents or web pages. Know more about how this AI tool can help you below.

In Netflix’s Damsel, Millie Bobby Brown claws her way through a cavern, flings herself off cliff sides, and swings a sword at a dragon. While the first act of the movie carefully builds up the tension, the moment that the corrupt prince throws Brown’s character, Elodie, into a dragon’s lair, it’s nonstop action.

recently fought back on the idea of trigger warnings, calling them a sign of a lack of respect between the audiences and the media they’re watching.

In the fall of 2023, a clip ripped from a video by Tom Simons and reposted on X (formerly Twitter) saw Irish YouTube entertainer Seán “Jacksepticeye” McLoughlin strapped to a lie detector test. His friends were grilling him about everything, like whether or not he still enjoyed his job as a YouTuber and how much money he had in the bank. Though sensitive, none of the questions fazed McLoughlin, a video star with millions of subscribers on YouTube. To truly rattle him, his friends had to pull out the big guns — questions that, if answered honestly, would make most squirm. Has YouTube gotten worse as a platform, they probed? Yes, McLoughlin answered, still not missing a beat. And he said Jimmy “MrBeast” Donaldson, YouTube’s biggest creator, was to blame.

As WrestleMania celebrates its 40th anniversary this year, everything surrounding WWE feels bigger in 2024, including the release of its latest game, WWE 2K24. That said, this is far from a dramatic overhaul as Visual Concepts favours small improvements and additions instead of wildly innovative progression of the series. Of course, it wouldn’t be a WWE game without hilarious glitches and character models that look like Jakks toys.

After rumors promised some news about Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Nintendo announced during MAR10 Day 2024 that it’s launching on May 23rd for Nintendo Switch. There were no further details, but it’s a given that we’ll see more gameplay and details leading up to the launch.

Dragon's Dogma 2 is right around the corner, and with the original currently on sale for $5, there's never been a better time to play the cult classic. 

Monday is the best way to start out a new work week and today's word groups are a bit of a head-scratcher. There are a couple categories that could house multiple words in today's answers, but if you're a veteran, and you check out our hints below, you should get a quick and easy win for today. If you do find yourself struggling to solve the daily though, there are easier alternatives.

After years of delay, the sequel to Ben Affleck’s 2016 action thriller The Accountant is finally back on track, moving to a new studio and confirming its cast.

Developer Brain Jar Games has landed $6.7 million in seed funding.

The story of My Adventures With Superman will continue at DC Comics, with a miniseries bridging the gap between its first and upcoming second season, written by show producer and writer Josie Campbell.

Kingmakers was announced just a little over two weeks ago, but all of IGN’s audience metric data suggests that it might soon follow Palworld and Helldivers 2 as a huge breakout sensation.

The official full trailer for upcoming horror film Late Night with the Devil has dropped, and it looks like a mix of The Exorcist and retro late-night talk shows. 

Outward developer Nine Dots is moving into third-party publishing.

Sennheiser, renowned for its premium audio solutions, has once again raised the bar with the introduction of the Sennheiser Accentum Wireless headphones in India. Expanding its Accentum portfolio, the Accentum Wireless headphones promise to deliver exceptional sound quality and unparalleled battery life, catering to the needs of discerning consumers. Know all about the new Sennheiser Accentum wireless headphones.

Weeks after its release, the general consensus about Netflix’s Avatar: The Last Airbender seems to be: Well, at least it’s better than the infamous M. Night Shyamalan version! A low bar, but at least it was cleared.

The voice and motion capture actor for Red Dead Redemption 2 protagonist Arthur Morgan, Roger Clark, has shared his thoughts on the use of artificial intelligence in the video game acting field, and thinks it's "unavoidable" that AI will replace some actors. 

Being sci-fi shooters that launched on rival platforms, it was inevitable that Helldivers 2 would find itself compared to Halo Infinite. Even more so when Helldivers 2 proved to be a huge, surprise success, a far cry from Halo Infinite's disappointing launch, hardly improved by its ongoing support.

Apple fans and tech enthusiasts, rejoice! Amazon has announced an exciting price cut for the Apple iPhone 13 in its stunning Green variant. With this significant reduction in price, coupled with attractive offers and discounts, now is the perfect time to upgrade your smartphone to the latest iPhone model.

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Transit Love (EXchange) season 3 is all set to release two brand-new consecutive episodes on TVING. Episodes 12 and 13 of the hit Korean dating reality show will arrive in March 2024 on the streaming platform. The ongoing show has garnered a lot of popularity among audiences for its primary theme of bringing ex-lovers to one place while they look for new connections.

2023 was an exceptional year for anime. And if the first weeks of 2024 are any indication, audiences can likely expect another great year of terrific shows.

Reach has fallen in the Halo TV universe. If you know anything about the lore of the Halo games, you know that the next thing that’s supposed to happen is Master Chief escaping from Covenant forces above Reach, his ship getting attacked, and then promptly crashing onto the series’ first Halo ring. In other words, this is basically the moment where the action starts. That is not what happened in the Halo TV series. Instead, Chief (Pablo Schreiber) and his friends took a reflective excursion to a backwater planet that felt a lot more like a detour than character development.

Not sold on Final Fantasy VII Rebirth and/or on the dark magics that make instant noodles work yet? Then good luck with that going forward, as Nissin just released an ad where a Catboy Sephiroth uses his ever-sexy voice to bully Cloud into slurping down on some Donbei Udon noodles — and he complies.

In 1600, the setting of FX’s adaptation of James Clavell’s historical epic Shōgun, Japan was all but closed off to most Western nations. The arrival of scruffy Englishman John Blackthorne (Cosmo Jarvis), in all his unwashed glory, qualifies as an event of the highest degree; Blackthorne is a “barbarian” who upsets the already delicate balance of scheming roiling in Osaka, not to mention his ship full of guns and canons. But in its first two episodes, Shōgun takes this scenario further, reminding us with a single scene that this is a place we might be familiar with, but not a place any of us really know. In just seven minutes, Shōgun expands the whole world.

Today, NetEase announced the foundation of a new AAA remote-first (albeit with headquarters in Los Angeles) game development studio called BulletFarm, led by Call of Duty: Black Ops Designer David Vonderhaar.

Once, the most coveted form of media for an adaptation was a live-action movie. Nowadays, it’s all about the live-action television adaptation — preferably an eight-episode Drama™ that takes the source material really seriously.

Some games take weeks to find an audience. Some take months. And then there's Helldivers 2, which has become an instant hit, surpassing more than 1 million copies sold in its first three days of launch. So, what's next?

Andrew Haigh’s dark love story All of Us Strangers arrived to Hulu on Feb. 22, after two quiet months of building up word of mouth in theaters. Debuting just before Christmas and competing with a lot of more bombastic releases, it initially reached a small audience — but it was evident that it made an impression, as critics and viewers spun out lengthy online analyses and discussions of its memorable, divisive ending.

According to the official scheduling, Microsoft is getting ready to show off its first-party resolution upscaler at this year’s Game Developer Conference in San Francisco. Though this is more of an industry event rather than a conference for the consumer, the presence of DirectSR is quite exciting.

Nearly thirteen years after its original launch, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim still sees many interesting mods developed by the community.

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On the first anniversary of the PlayStation VR 2 launch, Sony has announced that they are testing PC support for their second generation VR headset.

The live-actionAvatar: The Last Airbender isn’t supposed to be a shot-for-shot remake of the original animated series. After all, with only eight episodes instead of the first season’s 20, there’s a lot to be condensed and cut and changed. But the showrunners behind the new Avatar did add something to the very beginning.

Elden Ring director and FromSoftware studio head Hidetaka Miyazaki has commented on the "Souls series" and "SoulsBorne" monikers for the developer's games.

On the first anniversary of the PlayStation VR 2 launch, Sony has announced that they are testing PC support for their second generation VR headset.

D4 Enterprise is continuing the pace of PC-88 games releasing on Switch under their EggConsole label with 1987’s Hydlide3: The Space Memories. Like many of their recent releases, it has the caveat of being untranslated.

The upcoming survival game Once Human has been making waves since the open beta basically broke down, thanks to too many testers jumping in at once.

Helldivers 2 had a repeat of its launch on its second weekend, as the PlayStation-funded co-op shooter soared to new levels of popularity and its servers struggled to keep up with demand.

The creators of the popular web series, Panchayat, are back with the third season, and fans can't wait! After the success of the first two seasons, the team is ready to charm the audience once again. The show is written by Chandan Kumar and directed by Deepak Kumar Mishra, featuring a talented cast including Jitendra Kumar, Raghubir Yadav, Neena Gupta, Sanvikaa, Chandan Roy, Durgesh Kumar, Ashok Pathak, Faisal Malik, and Sunita Rajwar.

 of  will debut on the streaming platform TVING in February 2024. Over the previous nine episodes, the Korean reality dating show has become highly popular among audiences. The show has the engaging concept of bringing former lovers into the same house, where they make new romantic connections.

Four Xbox will come to PlayStation, Game Pass will continue getting day one releases and the next Xbox will be the “biggest generational leap yet”. Those were all announcements at the Xbox business update podcast, and it was fair and well-explained.