Enlarge / A Nintendo-proivded selection of indie games currently out (or coming soon) for Switch. Nintendo hopes lists like these will be much bigger in the future. Popular first-party franchises and an innovative hybrid hardware design have been key parts of the Nintendo Switch’s sales success thus far. But the system also owes a lot ..
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The trailer for McKellen: Playing The Part McKellen: Playing The Part, a new documentary focused on the life of beloved actor Sir Ian McKellen, covers dense topics like acting, activism, and aging. And the nearly 80-year-old McKellen seems to have thoughtful perspectives on all of it, drawing upon his dedication to live theater, his groundbreaking advocacy work ..
Enlarge / Even at the biggest Marvel Comics-related museum exhibit in the world, currently running in Seattle, WA, Steve Ditko’s presence is limited by his famously reclusive nature. (credit: Sam Machkovech) New York police confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter on Friday that one of Marvel Comics’ legendary staffers, Steve Ditko, was found dead in his ..
Enlarge A recently discovered hole in Valve’s API allowed observers to generate extremely precise and publicly accessible data for the total number of players for thousands of Steam games. While Valve has now closed this inadvertent data leak, Ars can still provide the data it revealed as a historical record of the aggregate popularity of ..
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | amesy) User reviews on Netflix will soon become a thing of the past. According to a CNET report, Netflix will remove user reviews from its service this summer. The removal rollout will happen in stages: by July 30, you won’t be able to write new reviews for shows and movies ..
Enlarge (credit: Marvel Studios) For some fans, 2015’s Ant-Man was a breath of fresh air after the save-the-world insanity of many other Marvel Studios films. But that comic series’ small-suit, big-screen debut was still glued to Avengers plot lines, which arguably dragged its momentum and fun. (This fact may have caused a rift between Marvel and ..
Enlarge (credit: Warner Bros.) It’s time for a monster-sized mea culpa. Earlier this year, I made the mistake of assuming the worst about Rampage. The April film, directed by Brad Peyton and starring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, is based on the arcade games of the same name, which is already a bad start, since that ..
Enlarge (credit: Games Done Quick) The week-long Summer Games Done Quick gaming marathon concluded on Saturday after raising $2.1 million for charity. That may very well lead outsiders to ask: What kind of gaming event can raise so much money for a global nonprofit like Doctors Without Borders? Fans of the Games Done Quick organization, ..
Enlarge / Khali the Killer from Sony Pictures Entertainment. (credit: Sony Pictures Entertainment) Sony Pictures Entertainment endeavored to post a trailer for its limited-release film Khali the Killer on YouTube to encourage viewers to watch the movie on Blu-ray, on streaming platforms, and in select theaters. Instead, the company uploaded the film in its entirety—apparently by ..
Enlarge (credit: Rainway) Tens of thousands of Fortnite players have been infected by malware that hijacks encrypted Web sessions so it can inject fraudulent ads into every website a user visits, an executive with a game-streaming service said Monday. Rainway CEO Andrew Sampson said in a blog post that company engineers first detected the mass ..
