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Tencent’s cyberpunk rival to Grand Theft Auto is in trouble as its developer lays off 80 people
Tencent-owned Lightspeed LA has laid off around 80 staff after changing the creative direction of Last Sentinel, an ambitious cyberpunk open-world game positioned as a potential rival to Grand Theft Auto. The cuts suggest the project has encountered serious development problems and cast doubt over how closely its eventual form will resemble the game originally…
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These devs have been building the perfect platformer for 22 years, and the Steam apocalypse won’t stop them now: “Video games have always been about a small team of sickos doing something”
The article profiles a small development team that has spent 22 years working towards what it considers the ideal platform game. It presents their persistence as significant because they intend to continue despite uncertainty and disruption affecting Steam, underlining the resilience of long-running independent projects. The developers argue that games have often been created by…
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Guide: These 18+ PS5 Games Are Coming Out Next Week (10th-16th August)
Next week brings a varied slate of PS5 releases, ranging from major sports and military titles to indie action, platforming and survival games. – The Three Kingdoms: Rebirth — 10th August; choice-driven historical fantasy. – Grounded 2 — 11th August; co-operative survival adventure. – No More Room in Hell 2 — 11th August; zombie survival…
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The 1966 psychedelic Byrds hit Roger McGuinn insisted was not about LSD: “The fifth dimension”
The article examines The Byrds’ 1966 psychedelic song ‘5D (Fifth Dimension)’, and Roger McGuinn’s insistence that it was not about LSD despite its title and era. It matters because the song is often interpreted through the counterculture imagery surrounding 1960s psychedelic music, while McGuinn framed it differently. McGuinn said the song concerned the concept of…
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8 Greatest Classic Detective Books of All Time
Collider ranks eight pre-21st-century detective books as essential classics, arguing that the genre produced some of literature’s most enduring characters and innovations. – ‘Arsène Lupin, Gentleman Burglar’ (1907) is praised as a witty French inversion of detective fiction, with Lupin using deduction to commit crimes. – ‘The Maltese Falcon’ (1930) is highlighted as Dashiell Hammett’s…
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We got 1 million streams in a day
This YouTube Short comes from an artist or creator celebrating a major streaming milestone, announcing that their music hit one million streams in a single day. The clip appears to be a quick, personal update shared directly with fans to mark the achievement. The title suggests an informal, celebratory tone typical of behind-the-scenes or reaction-style…
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The stark reality facing Andy Burnham’s council housebuilding revolution
Andy Burnham has promised a major expansion of council housebuilding to tackle high rents and a social-housing waiting list of more than 1.3 million households. The article argues that delivering this ambition will be difficult because the wider government target of 1.5 million homes before the next election is already behind schedule, while construction costs…
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Liverpool agree to sign Barcelona’s Ronald Araújo on loan as Jacquet cover
Liverpool have agreed to take Barcelona defender Ronald Araújo on a season-long loan, strengthening a depleted defence before the new season. The move matters because concerns over Jérémy Jacquet’s fitness, injuries to Joe Gomez and Giovanni Leoni, and Ibrahima Konaté’s departure have reduced Liverpool’s available central-defensive options. The 27-year-old Uruguay international, who has made more…
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‘Fallout’ EP’s 5-Part Sci-Fi Thriller Is Officially a Sudden Streaming Hit 10 Years Later
Person of Interest, the CBS drama created by Jonathan Nolan, is reportedly finding new streaming audiences a decade after its finale. The series is being rediscovered for its depiction of artificial intelligence, mass surveillance and the ethical questions surrounding predictive technology, themes that now feel more relevant than when it began in 2011. The show…
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The Best Live-Action Spider-Man Movies: A Definitive Ranking of All 9 Films
Polygon ranks the live-action Spider-Man films, judging how well each balances Peter Parker’s character, emotional stakes and franchise demands. – The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014): criticised for prioritising universe-building over its story, despite Andrew Garfield’s performance and Gwen Stacy’s emotional ending. – Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019): an entertaining but less grounded European-set adventure, elevated…