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Denzel Washington stars in 'Gladiator 2'

The cast of Ridley Scott's sequel is growing every day. Paul Mescal and Barry Keoghan have now joined in the gladiatorial arena. The ensemble in Ridley Scott's "Gladiator" sequel is now being expanded every day with new names. Yesterday it was clear that Barry Keoghan has been cast, today it is Denzel Washington who steps in to the ring.   The veteran actor who we could see in everything from "Malcolm X" and Scott's "American Gangster" to "The Equalizer" is negotiating for the film's se
Gaming

Hogwarts Legacy updated - better performance and fewer bugs

Bug fixes and optimizations at the wizarding school in Scotland. Tons of bugs and other issues have been fixed with patches released for both the console and PC versions yesterday. Everything from small glitches to bigger problems like difficulty finishing missions are fixed. Performance improvements and increased stability are of course among the more important things. If you are curious to go through the changes in detail, you have changelogs for PC , part PS5/Xbox Series to dig into.
Gaming

Embracer has one, two, three, four, FIVE Lord of the Rings games in the works

In August, the vacuum cleaner Embracer Group announced that it was taking over Middle-Earth Enterprises, giving the Karlstad company the right to the brand The Lord of the Rings. And in the latest quarterly report, the mouthpiece has been put in the blowout end, because there we are told that five - yes, five - Lord of the Rings games will be released in the financial years 2023 and 2024. The games are made by external studios, and these are not five completely unannounced titles. And just
Gaming

Dead Island 2 shows off its impressive gore system

____________________ Dead Island 2 has been delayed time and time again, but the latest footage from the game has looked really good. In the latest video, two developers from Dambuster Studios talk about the FLESH system, which enables procedural damage to the zombies we attack in the game. In short, this means that the zombies have clothes, skin, fat, muscles, bones and internal organs that are exposed and torn apart in a realistic way depending on the weapon we attack with and how we
Gaming

DC universe to use same actors for games and movies - criticized by former Batman Arkham developers

James Gunn is the relatively new CEO (along with Peter Safran) of DC Studios. He has previously said that future DC games will be part of the same DC universe as upcoming movies and TV series. Now the plans are further fleshed out and in a presentation regarding the company's future (thanks, VGC) plans to use the same actors, regardless of the medium concerned, are confirmed. "DCU is connected in film, television, gaming, and animation. Characters are consistent, played by the same actors,
Gaming

Dying Light 2 celebrates one year by scrapping Denuvo

Just in time for the one-year anniversary on Thursday, Dying Light 2 has been updated. Version 1.9.0 has a long list of changes, and here are some of the goodies: The unpopular Denuvo copy protection has been removed from the PC version. Crossgen support, so PS4 and PS5 and Xbox One and Xbox Series can play together. But still no crossplay support (so that different platforms can play together). Support for Nvidia's upscaling technology DLSS 3 (PC only).
Gaming

Job ad may point to The Witcher Sirius getting co-op

In October, we learned that CD Projekt Red has five different Witcher games in the works, one of which is codenamed Sirius. It is being developed by the acquired studio The Molasses Flood and will include both single player and multiplayer, but we have not received any information about what kind of game it is. The Molasses Flood is also getting help with the project from CDPR themselves, and now the latter is looking for a senior multiplayer designer to work with The Molasses F
Gaming

EA scraps both Battlefield Mobile and Apex Legends Mobile

Mobile BF didn't even have time to be released. Apex Legends was released to Ios and Android formats as recently as May. Battlefield Mobile has had a so-called "soft" launch, but it won't be a sharp one. In fact, EA confirms it is scrapping the duo. According to Venturebeat , the studio behind mobile BF, Industrial Toys, is also shutting down. The studio was founded by former Bungie CEO Alex Seropian and was purchased by EA in 2018. EA explains the Battlefi
Gaming

Crystal Dynamics abandons Marvel's Avengers

Marvel's Avengers was released in 2020 by Crystal Dynamics and was supposed to be a so-called live Serivce venture for all superhero fans. Instead, the game received mostly poor reviews from both the press and the players. Criticism was directed at the pay model and loot boxes in the game, but also for tiresome game mechanics and an uninspiring single-player campaign. The developers have tried to fix the problems and continue to release content, but as of September this year, support for the gam
Movies & TV

Rainbow Six movie with John Wick's director at the helm

There has been talk for many years that Tom Clancy's book and game series Rainbow Six will become a film. The book and first game were released in 1998 and naturally many people think that the game is based on the book. However, the truth is that the book and the game were written and developed in parallel. Tom Clancy wrote the book while Red Storm Entertainment developed the game. As you know, Red Storm was also started by Tom Clancy himself after he became interested in the game medium. Ubisof
Gaming

Squad gets DLC that costs, despite promises that it would never happen

Tactical military shooter Squad has been out for a number of years now, and developer Offworld Industries has been steadily adding new content to the game without charging for it. In fact, in the past it promised that the game would never charge for any content, but now they seem to have changed their minds. In a post, they write that update 4.27 will, among other things, add emotes (emotes) – that is, short animations to interact with other players. Initially, there will be three different
Gaming

The class system returns to Battlefield 2042 this month

Battlefield 2042 received a lot of criticism when it was released last fall, not least because the fixed player classes were replaced with specialists who could act as just about anything. Already in August, Dice made it clear that this will change, and in a new blog post they talk about the return of the class system. For starters - it's close. The return of the classes will happen when the game is updated to 3.2, which will be already this month. In concrete terms, the specialists will be
Gaming

Piranha Games is working on a new single player Mechwarrior

Russ Bullock is the top dog at Piranha Games and in a podcast talk with No Guts No Galaxy told a little about the future of Mechwarriors. As you know, a DLC called Rise of Rasalhague is on its way to Mechwarrior 5 and will be released on January 26, but they are also looking a little further ahead. Bullock says he's a little surprised they got to work on Mechwarrior as long as they did, but he really appreciates it. Furthermore, he reveals another standalone game in the series is now in dev
Gaming

Ubisoft CEO: "We're definitely disappointed with our performance"

In the past six months, Ubisoft has discontinued seven games. Most unknown but not all, such as Splinter Cell VR. On Wednesday, an emergency meeting was held with Ubisoft and investors, where closures and further Skull and Bones delays were agreed upon. Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot expresses disappointment. He highlights industry changes and the economic situation of the rest of the world. " We are clearly disappointed by our recent performance. We are facing con
Gaming

Amazon Games loses another heavy name

In March last year , Mike Frazzini stepped down as head of e-commerce giant Amazon's gaming venture. Now John Smedley, studio head of Amazon Games San Diego for the past six years, is doing the same. In a letter to employees, according to Bloomberg, Smedley writes that after much thought he decided to try something new. Smedley has previously worked with and for Everquest, Daybreak Games, Sony Online Entertainment and Planetside. In 2015, he stepped down as head of Daybreak, in part after r
Movies & TV

"Avatar 2" is profitable, so be prepared for many more

Ready for new sequels: "Now I know what I'm going to do for the next six, seven years," says James Cameron. No one is surprised that "Avatar: The Way of Water" attracts a huge cinema audience. But no one is more relieved than James Cameron himself because it was never clear that the audience's interest would rekindle after 13 years. We've been waiting a long time for this sequel - but it delivers, already grossing over $1.5 billion in just a few weeks. You may remember how Cameron said
Movies & TV

"Total madness" - right now there is chaos on Coppola's film shoot

Francis Ford Coppola's dream project "Megalopolis" is barely halfway through and the recording is so chaotic that it may have to be stopped. It oozes "Apocalypse Now" a long way in terms of production. In a short time, Coppola's upcoming sci-fi "Megalopolis" has lost a lot of key people and several employees have reportedly been fired. Among other things, an art director and the entire special effects team have fled. In addition, the budget is said to be beyond all control.   - It was tota
Gaming

Fallout 2 as fps - Download or play online today

There are Starfield and The Elder Scrolls 6 reasons to believe in a long wait for Fallout 5. The game is confirmed, but will only be released after Bethesda's other two giant RPGs. 2028-ish? Perhaps? We'll see. While waiting for part five in the series, we get the chance to rediscover the soon-to-be 25-year-old Fallout 2 as an fps. The fan-made game can be played online as well as downloaded and costs nothing, although you can support the game and the creators through things like Patreon. T
Gaming

The Vampire Survivors studio couldn't find a "non-greedy" mobile developer, so took matters into their own hands

Vampire Survivors not only became one of the most popular games on Steam in 2022, it was also released for Xbox and mobile formats before the end of the year. Something striking is that the mobile version is really free. No, not free-to-play, but free through and through. The end. Or yes, maybe a little comma is in order. Namely, there are advertisements for purchases in the game (but "no pop-ups"), which you can ignore and avoid interacting with. The reason is that the developer wants to m
Movies & TV

"Avatar: The Way of Water" overtakes "Top Gun: Maverick" in revenue

Feel defeated, Tom Cruise. James Cameron has officially made the biggest movie of 2022. It took the action film "Top Gun: Maverick" more than four months to reach $1.48 billion in revenue. The highest-grossing movie of 2022 is now beaten by "Avatar: The Way of Water", which reaches the same totals after just three weeks.   At the time of writing, James Cameron's theatrical spectacle has grossed $1.43 billion. It is expected to overtake the "Top Gun" sequel in revenue today or tomorrow.
Gaming

Bethesda support confirms - Starfield will be released in the first half of the year

It was recently rumored that Arkane's co-op vampire game Redfall has been pushed back a few weeks due to unspecified issues. It raises concerns that Starfield will also be affected, as both titles will be launched before the end of the year and Redfall will be first. But when Bethesda now threw up a support page for Starfield, it gives reassuring news: it says in black and white that the launch will take place in the first half of 2023. "Starfield arrives exclusively on Xbox Series X|S and
Misc News

Despite NFT "chaos", Square Enix is betting big on the reviled technology

A year ago, Square Enix big boss Yosuke Matsuda said that NFTs and blockchain games would become a "huge trend" in the entire gaming world going forward. NFTs are digital gadgets that you exclusively own, but in 2022 the new technology hit major roadblocks here and there in the gaming world. Steam said no, the Stalker 2 team changed plans, and Ubisoft got a hell of a lot of thumbs down. The backlash has been huge and sales around NFTs have collapsed (according to the Wall Street Journal). D
Movies & TV

Renner gives the first sign of life from the hospital bed

It looked critical for a while for American actor Jeremy Renner. The condition is still serious, but on Tuesday the star sent a greeting to his fans through Instagram. On New Year's Day, the star from "Avengers" ran over his own leg with a snow plow outside his home in Reno, Nevada, and suffered serious chest and leg injuries in the accident, writes CNN. The message on Instagram on Tuesday is the first sign of life from the star. “Thank you for all the kind words. I'm too ill to w
Gaming

Confirmed - System Shock remake to be released in March

The long and shaky development journey of the System Shock remake seems to be coming to an end. Developer Nightdive confirms that the game will be released in March, which has been on the game's Steam page since October. The announcement is made in a status update on the Kickstarter page. Nightdive writes there that this is not the first time the game has a release window (the first plan was to release it in 2017), but that the situation is different now. "As some of you have already p
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