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Toronto festival market selects Palmer, Mehta and Irons projects
The Toronto International Film Festival has revealed the full line-up for TIFF: The Market, its first-ever formal international financing and project market, which will run alongside the festival from 10-16 September. The launch marks a shift from years of informal dealmaking in Toronto to a dedicated industry marketplace, with market head Charles Tremblay saying the…
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The Weeknd Appears to Do About-Face on Retiring Stage Name: ‘Imma Be Here Forever With You’
The Weeknd, real name Abel Tesfaye, appears to have abandoned plans to retire his stage persona, telling fans in Stockholm at the weekend that he will “never disappear” and had not enjoyed testing retirement. The reversal follows comments he made to Variety last year, when he suggested he might shelve The Weeknd name after completing…
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10 Best Coming-of-Age Books of All Time
Collider has published a ranking of the ten best coming-of-age novels of all time, written by staff writer Jeremy Urquhart, spanning both well-established classics and a handful of more recent works. The article defines a coming-of-age story broadly, as one about young characters who either grow up over its course or learn something about the…
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All ReStory: Chill Electronics Repairs endings explained
A Destructoid guide by staff writer Arka Sarkar sets out the various endings available in ReStory: Chill Electronics Repairs, a game set in early 2000s Tokyo in which players run an electronics repair shop. The game does not force a particular playstyle, and the choices made while dealing with customers determine which of several distinct…
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‘We’re Totally Supporting It’ — Take-Two Boss Says Borderlands 4 Performance ‘Has Not Affected Our Plans at All’ as Fans Await Year 2 Roadmap
Take-Two chief executive Strauss Zelnick has said Borderlands 4’s commercial performance has “not affected” the company’s plans to continue supporting the game, insisting that Gearbox remains committed to further content. His comments come as fans await word on a “Year 2” roadmap, with some in the community wondering whether ongoing troubles for the looter shooter…
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Square Enix’s Financial Year Is Off To A Strong Start, With Profits On The Up And Up
Square Enix has reported a strong start to its financial year, with operating profit for the first quarter (ending June 2026) up 88.6% year-on-year to ¥17,008 million. The rise was driven across the whole business, but the Digital Entertainment (games) division did most of the heavy lifting, posting a 51.8% increase in net sales and…
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The Division Resurgence, the free-to-play mobile off-shoot, is now on Steam and players are confused and a little miffed
The Division Resurgence, a free-to-play mobile spin-off of Ubisoft’s loot-shooter series, has quietly launched on Steam, drawing a lukewarm reception from players who question why a mobile-designed game was brought to PC at all. The release matters because it highlights Ubisoft’s uneven handling of the franchise, coming amid prolonged silence over the long-awaited full sequel,…
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6 Best Soft Sci-Fi Movies Released Since 2010
This Collider listicle rounds up six of the best “soft” science fiction films released since 2010, a subgenre that prioritises human and emotional consequences over technical explanation. Rather than dwelling on how the speculative technology works, these films use devices such as cloning, androids and alien contact to explore themes of identity, grief, family and…
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15 Scariest Sci-Fi Movies of All Time, Ranked
Collider film critic Jeremy Urquhart has published a ranked list of the 15 scariest science fiction films of all time, arguing that horror and sci-fi blend particularly well because sci-fi’s futuristic or speculative settings can be used to unsettle audiences as effectively as they provoke thought. The list runs from good to great, highlighting films…
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Complete Bubbly Basin Pokédex in Pokopia – All Pokémon, Habitats, Specialities, and more
Destructoid has published a complete guide to the Bubbly Basin Pokédex in the game Pokopia, listing every Pokémon that can be found in the game’s only underwater region. The guide is aimed at players trying to fully complete their Pokédex, since Bubbly Basin hosts a distinct set of aquatic and water-type Pokémon not found elsewhere…