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Spider-Man: Brand New Day opened to a staggering $927 million worldwide, marking the second-biggest global debut in box office history behind only Avengers: Endgame. The film also claimed records for the biggest preview and opening day sales ever, while powering the largest collective domestic weekend on record at $430 million.
Amazon's God of War series will recast both Atreus and Thor's daughter Thrud for its second season to match the timeline of God of War Ragnarok. A new casting call seeks actors aged 14 to 17, replacing the current child performers who played the roles in season one. The show will reportedly pick up a few years after the first season, aligning directly with the events of the 2022 game.
Tencent's Lightspeed LA studio has laid off 80 developers from Last Sentinel, a cyberpunk open-world game positioned as a Grand Theft Auto competitor. The project has burned through six years and hundreds of millions of dollars with little to show for it. Bloomberg reports the studio still cannot define a clear direction for the game.
Julian Gollop and Isaac Childres argue that video game and tabletop partnerships provide crucial financial stability amid widespread layoffs and tariff pressures. Frosthaven Digital launches fully on October 15 after early access, while Cephalofair Games pivots to smaller projects and avoids crowdfunding thanks to digital royalties.
Actress Inde Navarrette confirmed she met with X-Men director Jake Schreier and expressed strong interest in playing Mystique in the MCU. The Obsession star praised Schreier's character-driven approach to Thunderbolts* while acknowledging no official casting has been announced.
Spider-Man: Brand New Day wraps Peter Parker's latest chapter but leaves a trail of dangling plot threads — from Jean Grey's bus ride toward an X-Men future to the Punisher's inexplicable hospital visit. We break down the biggest questions the movie refuses to answer and what they mean for the MCU's mutant saga.
Roblox Corporation reported Q2 2026 revenue of $1.5 billion, a 36% year-over-year increase, while daily active users climbed to 123 million. The platform missed bookings expectations due to monetisation shifts among younger users, but CEO David Baszucki reaffirmed the goal of capturing 10% of the global gaming market.
Wizards of the Coast unveiled a massive roadmap for Dungeons & Dragons at Gen Con 2025, spanning seasonal content through 2027 with major crossovers from World of Warcraft and Star Wars. The announcements include the return of the Dark Sun setting with the long-awaited Psion class, a new Greyhawk campaign, and a live-service style seasonal structure for 5.5e.
Capcom developers revealed at CEDEC 2026 that Pragmata's robot companion Diana almost received a bob haircut to reduce the massive cost of animating individual hair strands. The team ultimately kept her long hair, which uses fewer than 20,000 strands to convey a sense of life in the game's low-gravity lunar environment.
Amazon's The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power returns for its third season on November 11, 2026, with a Fellowship of the Ring-style prologue designed to welcome new viewers after a two-year absence. The season jumps five years past the fall of Eregion into all-out war across Middle-earth, with Sauron's armies conquering everything in their path.
