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Marvel’s Wolverine “fart gas” scent trails addressed by a surprise update
Marvel’s Wolverine has received hotfix 01.001.005 to make its controversial scent trails less visually prominent. The bright blue “fart gas” lines help Wolverine find objectives and collectibles, while audio-sense indicators have also been toned down; Insomniac is considering a future option to disable them completely. The update also fixes crashes affecting a small percentage of…
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Charles Spencer accuses King’s household of gaslighting over Diana death claim
Earl Charles Spencer has accused Buckingham Palace of “gaslighting” him after the royal household disputed his account of a conversation with King Charles III. In an excerpt from his forthcoming memoir, Spencer alleges that Charles told him “We’ll forget her soon enough!” during a phone call six days after Princess Diana’s death in 1997; the…
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Silent Hill: Townfall’s Scottish horror impresses before losing momentum
Silent Hill: Townfall reinvents the series through a first-person perspective, a 1990s Scottish setting and a more compact structure. Players control Simon Ordell, who investigates a fog-shrouded fishing village and his connection to it, while the game preserves the franchise’s familiar blend of exploration, puzzles, combat and psychological horror. Its atmospheric presentation and distinctive setting…
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Kinshasa documentary captures resilience amid power cuts and flooding
Nelson Makengo’s documentary debut portrays life in Kinshasa’s Kisenso neighbourhood, where prolonged electricity shortages and flooding have made darkness a defining part of daily life. It shows how residents rely on religion and collective resilience while facing heightened crime, sexual violence and limited state support. The film depicts candlelit meals, illuminated prayer books and young…
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Stephen King’s 2-Film Horror Franchise Is Officially Everything ‘IT’ Should Have Been
The article argues that Mike Flanagan’s two-film Shining franchise, particularly Doctor Sleep, handled Stephen King’s material more successfully than Andy Muschietti’s IT films. It says Doctor Sleep balanced King’s original novel with Stanley Kubrick’s film, creating a sequel that addressed both versions’ legacies, whereas IT: Chapter Two struggled to match the impact and chemistry of…
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Tobias Forge’s ‘V/H/S Mixtape’ Segment, Swedish Horror ‘Trespassers,’ ‘The End’ by ‘Midsommar’ Production Designer on Mylla Films Slate (EXCLUSIVE)
Mylla Films has expanded its Nordic genre slate with projects involving Ghost frontman Tobias Forge and “Midsommar” production designer Henrik Svensson. Forge is making his directorial debut with a music-video segment for the horror anthology “V/H/S/ Mixtape”, while Svensson is directing the experimental feature “The End”; meanwhile, Swedish horror film “Trespassers” will be pitched to…
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UK urged to ‘team up’ with EU and Canada in economic partnership
Canadian Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne has called for the United Kingdom to form a closer economic partnership with Canada and the European Union, arguing that the three nations share similar values and are “stronger together”. This proposal follows European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s recent suggestion that Canada join the EU as an “associate…
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Ex-police officer allegedly posed as courier before Sydney double murder
A trial has begun in Sydney into the alleged murders of a television presenter and his partner by a former police officer. Beaumont Lamarre-Condon, 31, is accused of shooting Jesse Baird, 26, and Luke Davies, 29, in February 2024 at a home in Paddington after developing an obsessive infatuation with Baird, his former romantic partner.…
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VMware ends SmartNIC firewall sales after customers fail to commit
VMware has quietly ceased selling its distributed firewall product designed for SmartNICs (specialised network cards with embedded processors) after failing to generate customer demand despite substantial development efforts. SmartNICs, used by hyperscale cloud operators to offload security and networking functions, promised to free up main CPU cores for customer workloads—an approach VMware attempted to bring…
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Silent Hill: Townfall’s atmospheric horror loses force through predictable stealth
Silent Hill: Townfall receives a mixed review for its ambitious first-person horror premise set in a Scottish village, praised for atmospheric excellence but criticised for failing to maintain its psychological impact. The game impresses initially with strong sound design, vivid environmental storytelling, and genuinely frightening monster introductions that effectively exploit the first-person perspective. However, the…