Month: December 2024

Bungie is rebalancing several elements of Destiny 2’s player-vs.-player mode in upcoming seasons, including the Stasis powers introduced in the Beyond Light expansion that have dominated the Crucible ever since. The developer says it’ll be reworking Destiny 2 subclass powers in the near future to make them all more viable, while making a lot of other changes to PvP over the next few content seasons.

The changes were outlined in a massive post Bungie published on its blog. First and foremost are its changes to the new Stasis abilities, which many in the player commu…

After nearly 50 years, the Rocky franchise is now nine movies deep. While almost all of them have gotten the 4K treatment over the years, there are still a couple of these films–1990’s Rocky 5 and 2006’s Rocky Balboa–that don’t yet have 4K Blu-rays for you to put on your shelf. But that won’t be the case for much longer, because you can preorder the 4K Blu-ray sets for both Rocky 5 and Rocky Balboa right now.

These new Rocky Blu-rays include each movie in 4K, standard Blu-ray, and digital download formats, and package it all in collectible steelbook cases featuri…

Readyverse Studios, the technology and content studio founded in part by Ready Player One author Ernest Cline, has announced a partnership with Oscar-winning special effects and prop company Wētā Workshop, and has revealed the first visuals for its upcoming “multi-genre” battle royale game, OPEN.

New Zealand-based Wētā Workshop is of course best known for its work on The Lord of the Rings and Avatar franchises, and will work with Readyverse to “shape the visual and narrative foundation” of OPENCome from

Riders Republic, the extreme action sports game developed by Steep creator Ubisoft Annecy, has been delayed and now launches on October 28, the publisher announced.

In a brief blog post, Ubisoft said the delay gives the studio “more time to fine tune the experience and give you another chance to jump in before launch [to] provide feedback.” This is in reference to the Riders Republic beta Ubisoft announced during E3 2021Come from Sports betting site VPbet. Registration for the beta is still available, but…

A Star Trek prequel movie is in the works with Star Wars director Toby Haynes attached to direct, Paramount announced during CinemaCon. This has been rumored since January, and now it’s confirmed. The movie is set for release sometime in 2025.

Haynes previously directed episodes of Doctor Who, Black Mirror, Sherlock, and the Star Wars series Andor. Collider reported on these details from CinemaCon.

Seth Grahame-Smith, who wrote The Lego Batman Movie, is writing the untitled Star Trek film. Haynes has never directed or written a Star Trek movie, but he directe…

Casi una década después de su anuncio y tras cambiar de manos varias veces, Dead Island 2 por fin está entre nosotros, esta vez de la mano de Dambuster Studios, un nuevo equipo interno de Deep Silver. La aventura de acción en primera persona con toques RPG ha mutado en todo este tiempo. La idea central es la misma que en la primera parte, masacrar zombis de manera sangrienta con un sistema de combate centrado en el cuerpo a cuerpo, pero esta vez con un mayor énfasis en la creatividad a la hora de rema…

Five Nights at Freddy’s made the jump to the big screen on October 27, grossing nearly $200 million worldwide despite earning mixed reviews from critics. Longtime fans of the series, however, found much to love about the film–which features plenty of familiar faces and carries the same unsettling, supernatural ambiance as the games. If you want to add the film to your collection, you’ll be glad to know that the film just landed on 4K Blu-ray, Blu-ray, and digital. Better yet, most versions of the film are currently on sale, including the 4K format, which is just $28 (d…

The ongoing battle over the future of smoking in Atlantic City’s casinos continues with a major victory for the proponents of the controversial smoking ban. However, the war is yet to be won.

The latest development saw an anti-casino smoking measure move forward after three years of intense discussions between pro-smoking and anti-smoking activists. The bill was now approved by the New Jersey Senate health committee, sparking hopes among the latter camp.

Following the advancement of the anti-casino smoking bill, a confronta…

MGM, one of the leaders in the American casino industry, made a bid for LeoVegas, a Swedish gambling company, in May this year. The bid was worth about a billion dollars, or almost six billion kroner.   

Because of this bid, LeoVegas’ share rapidly rose on the stock exchange market. But it isn’t all rainbows and butterflies – some warning signs immediately caught the eye of the publi…