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The 10 Greatest Video Games Based on Horror Movies, Ranked
Collider has published a ranked list of the ten best video games adapted from horror films, highlighting a trend in which such titles are now released years or even decades after their source movies, allowing more time for quality development rather than rushing out a cash-in tie-in. The piece argues this approach has produced genuinely…
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Orbitals brings anime-styled co-op to Nintendo Switch 2
A hands-on review has praised Orbitals, the upcoming Nintendo Switch 2 co-operative title from Tokyo studio Shapefarm, calling it one of the best co-op games of the year. The review confirms that game director Jakob Lundgren and creative director Marcos Ramos previously worked as level designers on It Takes Two, Split Fiction and A Way…
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Review: Orbitals (Switch 2) – One Of The Best Co-Op Games Of The Year
Nintendo Life has given a glowing review to Orbitals, a new two-player co-op puzzle-platformer for Nintendo Switch 2 developed by Tokyo-based studio Shapefarm. The game pairs an anime-inspired visual style, evoking Cowboy Bebop, Gundam and Dragon Ball, with asymmetrical co-op gameplay from a director who previously worked as a level designer on It Takes Two,…
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Aussie state dumps ‘toxic masculinity’ label over fears of alienating young boys
The New South Wales Government has quietly stopped using the term “toxic masculinity” in official discourse, with officials warning the phrase risks alienating young men and undermining efforts to promote positive behaviour. The change was revealed at a Budget Estimates hearing on 27 August, where NSW Women’s Safety Commissioner Dr Hannah Tonkin said the term…
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“All the faders had been moved and knobs turned, despite the studio being locked and alarmed. Somebody – something – had moved everything”: Jethro Tull’s early 80s featured a haunted studio, nuclear evacuation cars on standby, and a tasteless stage trick
Ian Anderson has reflected on Jethro Tull’s early-1980s transformation, a period in which the band embraced electronic instrumentation and navigated significant lineup changes. What began as Anderson’s planned solo album, A, was released under the Jethro Tull name at his label’s insistence, sidelining most of his longtime bandmates (aside from guitarist Martin Barre) following the…
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Mystery island the size of TWO football fields suddenly appears in Canadian lake… then vanishes
A forested “island” roughly the size of two football pitches was spotted floating in the Williston Reservoir in northern British Columbia, Canada, in early August, before mysteriously disappearing weeks later. Officials from utility company BC Hydro were initially sceptical that the footage was genuine, fearing it might be AI-generated, but satellite images later confirmed the…
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Obsessed finance worker bombarded female friend with calls, texts and emails for a year when victim ‘ghosted her’ after they fell out doing the Three Peaks Challenge
A finance industry analyst has been spared jail after admitting she stalked a former friend for almost a year, bombarding her with calls, texts and emails after the friendship abruptly ended. Louise Heseltine, 48, and Sally Bisset had grown close through activities including the Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge, but Ms Bisset decided to cut contact…
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Sigourney Weaver Was “Not Very Happy” About This ‘Aliens’ Cut [Exclusive]
Actor Michael Biehn has revealed that his Aliens co-star Sigourney Weaver was upset when director James Cameron cut a key scene explaining what happened to her character Ellen Ripley’s daughter during her decades in hypersleep. Weaver reportedly felt the scene was essential, as it deepened the emotional context behind Ripley’s protective, surrogate mother-daughter bond with…
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This 6-Episode Mystery Series Puts a Modern Twist on Agatha Christie
BritBox has announced Tommy & Tuppence, a six-episode series that reimagines Agatha Christie’s amateur detective duo in a modern setting, marking the first time the story has been given a contemporary English-language adaptation. Starring Josh Dylan and Antonia Thomas as the married sleuthing pair, the show updates characters who traditionally aged across Christie’s original works,…
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Tobias Forge opens up about Ghost’s hiatus
Ghost frontman Tobias Forge has spoken candidly about the band’s hiatus following the completion of the “Skeletour”, which supported 2025 album ‘Skeletá’. He told Kerrangi! that after 70 dates on the road, he felt exhausted and, for the first time in his career, uncertain about the band’s next direction, prompting him to step back rather…