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The Whole Assassin’s Creed Series Is Now Spearheaded by Valhalla’s Director
Ubisoft has appointed Eric Baptizat as the new game director overseeing the entire Assassin’s Creed franchise, marking the latest step in the publisher’s ongoing restructuring of the series’ leadership. The move comes as Assassin’s Creed now sits under the Tencent-backed Vantage Studios division, with Ubisoft keen to place experienced hands in charge of one of…
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How ‘Sopranos’ star Vincent Pastore helped create the single greatest television season of all time
Fans of “The Sopranos” have been mourning the death of Vincent Pastore, who played mobster Salvatore “Big Pussy” Bonpensiero on the acclaimed HBO crime drama. Pastore was found dead at his home in the Bronx at the age of 80, having appeared in the show for just two seasons, yet his death has left what…
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Marvel Rivals Season 9.5 update will shrink the game by up to 40GB thanks to a texture revamp from NetEase
Marvel Rivals developer NetEase is set to significantly reduce the game’s install size with the upcoming Season 9.5 update, thanks to a large-scale revamp of the game’s textures. Players have long complained about the free-to-play hero shooter’s substantial storage footprint, so a reduction of this scale should be a welcome change for those with limited…
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ReelShort Adapts Cora Reilly’s ‘Bound By Duty’ As Its Latest Mafia Romance Microdrama
ReelShort, the mobile-first vertical drama platform run by Crazy Maple Studio, is launching another microdrama based on Cora Reilly’s “Born In Blood Mafia Chronicles” book series. The new title, “Bound by Duty”, premieres on the app on 13 August 2026 and marks the franchise’s third adaptation, following the strong performance of earlier instalments in what…
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HBO’s Biggest Sci-Fi Series of 2026 Officially Arrives in Just 11 Days
HBO’s most anticipated science-fiction series of the year, Lanterns, is set to premiere on HBO Max on 16 August, continuing the story of James Gunn’s DC Universe. The show arrives after a run of high-profile HBO releases in 2026, including two Game of Thrones spin-offs and the medical drama The Pitt, and is being billed…
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Tudor-set drama 1536 heads to HBO and BBC
HBO and the BBC are co-producing a six-part television adaptation of “1536”, Ava Pickett’s acclaimed West End play, marking Pickett’s first television project as showrunner. The drama, set during the collapse of Henry VIII’s marriage to Anne Boleyn, follows three working-class women in Tudor England and uses the period setting to explore themes of power,…
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FX’s Adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis’ ‘The Shards’ Can’t Be Saved by a Strong Lead Performance: TV Review
Variety TV critic Alison Herman has reviewed FX’s new series “The Shards,” an adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis’ novel co-created by Ellis and Ryan Murphy, concluding that despite a strong central performance the show ultimately fails to work. The review argues that while the source material’s meticulous, brand-obsessed prose gives the production a ready-made visual…
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Cover Story: Rhea Seehorn Answers All The Big ‘Pluribus’ Questions – Will Carol Blow Up The World In Season 2?
Rhea Seehorn, star of Apple TV’s hit series Pluribus, has given a wide-ranging interview about the show’s success and what lies ahead in Season 2. Created by Vince Gilligan specifically with Seehorn in mind after their work together on Better Call Saul, the series has become a major awards contender, earning 18 Emmy nominations and…
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Saudi-acquired EA is reportedly planning to make massive cuts after taking $18 billion of debt, and we all know what that means
Electronic Arts, which was recently acquired in a $55 billion buyout led by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund alongside Silver Lake and Affinity Partners, is reportedly preparing significant job and studio cuts. The deal loaded EA with roughly $18 billion in debt, and such heavily leveraged buyouts have historically been followed by cost-cutting drives to…
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Marvel Rivals season 9.5 will finally address a growing issue with NetEase’s hero shooter
Marvel Rivals developer NetEase Games will overhaul how the hero shooter handles texture compression in the upcoming season 9.5 update, tackling the game’s steadily growing file size without any loss of visual quality. The change matters because storage space remains a persistent concern for live-service games, which tend to balloon in size as content is…