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Dark Outlaw Games, a studio founded by former Treyarch developer Jason Blundell and announced last year, has closed down before releasing any titles.

Prior to founding Dark Outlaw Games, Dave Blundell helped create Deviation Games, an independent studio partnered with Sony. However, Deviation Games was closed in March 2024 after Blundell left in September 2022. It became public in December 2023 that Blundell had been employed by Sony Interactive Entertainment.

There’s more bad news: Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier reports that mobile game development is also facing cuts, with about 50 employees being laid off. A Resetera user shared information suggesting that previously announced games like MLB The Show Mobile and Ratchet and Clank: Ranger Rumble will continue to receive support. However, the company appears to be prioritizing a small number of key projects.

HBO is giving fans a sneak peek behind the scenes of the upcoming Harry Potter TV series, inviting social media influencers to visit the set. Along with that access comes new information, including a surprising detail: the show will finally explain why Ron Weasley always has dirt on his nose. This is a running joke pointed out by Hermione Granger in the first book, The Philosopher’s Stone, during the train ride to Hogwarts, and according to an Instagram post by @janariva, the series will address it.

Pixar plans to keep balancing brand new stories with sequels like Toy Story 5, Gatto, and Incredibles 3 in the coming years. Disney recently adjusted its movie schedule, and for the first time since 2011’s Winnie the Pooh, a Walt Disney Animation Studios film will be released in the summer – a time usually reserved for Pixar releases. To balance this, Pixar has a new, currently unnamed movie scheduled for November 21st, 2029.

The second season of Daredevil: Born Again, a continuation of the original Daredevil series, premieres on Disney+ on March 24th at 9 p.m. ET. Charlie Cox returns as Matt Murdock, the blind lawyer who fights crime as Daredevil, and this season he’s taking on the corrupt Mayor Wilson Fisk. Murdock will be leading a fight against Fisk’s influence, and new episodes will be released every Tuesday at 9 p.m. ET on Disney+. This season has eight episodes.

While the potential for team-ups is fun, the biggest news is the return of the excellent Daredevil: Born Again. Marvel wasn’t initially certain about continuing the show’s story, but they made the right call. Season 2 really leans into that decision, bringing back a whopping 15 characters – both new and familiar – from across the Marvel and Marvel Netflix worlds.