Games

As a big fan of the Star Cops audio dramas, I was thrilled when the seventh series, Star Cops: Conflict: Suspicion and Sabotage, came out in 2026. And now, the second part is finally here – Star Cops – Conflict: Shadow of the Moonlight! The story kicks off with a film being made about the Star Cops, starring the iconic Coral Goldfinch. But things take a turn when her co-star is found murdered on the Moon, and Spring and the team get pulled into the investigation – uncovering a much darker side to the world of fame and filmmaking.

Starfleet Academy recently unveiled the USS Athena, a completely new kind of starship with a distinctive design and a specialized function. The Athena functions as both a stationary base and a fully operational spacecraft. Its unique construction allows different sections to connect and work together, or even separate, enabling it to land on planets. Essentially, the Athena is a high-tech, mobile university campus intended to provide Starfleet cadets with practical, hands-on experience exploring the galaxy. While it’s been fascinating to see the ship in action, it’s unlikely to replace the USS Enterprise anytime soon.

After the disappointing performance of films like Morbius, Madame Web, and Kraven the Hunter, Sony has decided to halt production on all of its Spider-Man-related projects. This includes a Spider-Woman movie, which many believed had the potential to be a standout Marvel film, and was reportedly going to be directed by Olivia Wilde. With the project now canceled, the future of the character Jessica Drew remains uncertain.

Many failed superhero projects, both before and after the success of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, weren’t failures of concept, but of execution. The core ideas and characters had potential to build something truly great, even a connected universe like Marvel Studios created. The problem wasn’t if a franchise could work, but how the story was told. With a better approach, any of these projects could have succeeded.

I’ve been watching a lot of anime lately, and it’s great to see so many favorites returning with new seasons – they’re really building on what made the originals so good. There’s one series reaching a really important turning point, and another that could easily become my pick for the best new anime of the year. I’ve put together a list of seven shows you absolutely shouldn’t miss right now.

The original Crackdown was a successful game published by Microsoft for the Xbox 360, selling over 1.5 million copies in its first six months and winning several awards. This success led to Crackdown 2 in 2010, continuing the series. However, a sequel, Crackdown 3, faced significant development challenges and wasn’t released until 2019 on the Xbox One – almost ten years after Crackdown 2. Sadly, Crackdown 3 didn’t meet player expectations.

PlayStation 5 owners can get the game Gotham Knights for only $7 on the PlayStation Store until February 26th. Developed by WB Games Montreal – the team behind 2013’s Batman: Arkham Origins – Gotham Knights launched in 2022 as a separate story from the Batman: Arkham series. It’s a standalone game and remains so four years later, but it was inspired by the Batman: Gotham Knights comic books.

Although the console is over five years old and benefited from some remaining holiday deals, it’s still remarkable that Sony’s system performed better than Nintendo’s brand new one, even if the difference wasn’t massive.

I’m working on my New Year’s goal to play twelve PlayStation 5 games that weren’t released on the PS4, and for February, I’ve chosen Deathloop, developed by Arkane Studios.

This situation brings up important questions about what’s next for Microsoft’s gaming business, especially since it’s been focusing on releasing games on multiple platforms for the last year and a half.