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Before the release of Shadow of Mordor, Lord of the Rings video games were often inconsistent and didn’t usually make a big impact. For instance, The Lord of the Rings: War in the North came out in 2011, but the studio that made it, Snowblind Studios, closed down just a year later – a sign that the game wasn’t very successful. Reviews weren’t great either, averaging between 61 and 66 on Metacritic, and it didn’t sell well. Despite this, there are hints that the game might be making a comeback.

The game features brutal, close-quarters combat, and you can even enter a “rage” mode for extra power. Staying true to the developer’s idea that a fair fight is boring, you can also use whatever’s around you – like a wrench – to attack enemies. Not every encounter is winnable, especially against the toughest opponents, but you’ll always put up a fight until the very end.

Tim is right to be suspicious of Apex. He gets the idea to ask May for help, knowing she used to work with them, and convinces her to rejoin the organization. Once inside, May quickly discovers that Apex has been secretly watching them all along. She also finds a large collection of stolen files from Monarch, complete with dates and details. Importantly, she realizes the dates on the files indicate when the reports were written, not when the actual events occurred, which is a crucial clue to understanding what the files mean.

You can now watch all 44 episodes of The Killing on Tubi, starting March 1st. This American crime drama, originally based on the Danish series Forbrydelsen, follows homicide detectives Sarah Linden (Mireille Enos) and Stephen Holder (Joel Kinnaman) as they solve complex murder cases that unfold over multiple episodes. The show had a complicated history, first airing on AMC in 2011. It was initially cancelled after two seasons, then renewed for a third, only to be cancelled again. Netflix later produced a fourth and final season in 2014, but it removed the series from its streaming service in 2018.

A new version of The 7th Guest is coming to PlayStation 5. This release is a standard PS5 game, based on the VR version that was originally created for the PSVR2 in 2023.

Here is an overview of the game, via Serafini Productions:

Our team is building a truly massive city – the largest we’ve ever created for a game. It’s incredibly detailed and complex, far exceeding anything we’ve done before. Because Tokyo is so expansive, with its roads, buildings, plants, and varied terrain, we needed a dedicated team just to bring it to life in Forza Horizon. It’s a huge environment that demanded its own focused development effort.

Hey everyone, I’m Keiichiro Toyama, and I run Bokeh Game Studio. We finally released our first game, Slitterhead, last November. Honestly, we were asking ourselves if we could actually pull it off – could we build a game, with this team, and the way we wanted to work? Getting Slitterhead out there feels like we’ve answered that question, and now we’re really ready to get started!

The new horror series is executive produced by the creators of a popular show, Matt and Ross Duffer, but directed by Weronika Tofilska. Tofilska is no stranger to Netflix, having previously directed the critically acclaimed mini-series Baby Reindeer, which was based on a true, thriller-like story. She’s also directed episodes of shows like His Dark Materials, Hanna, and The Irregulars. Though details are still emerging, the trailer for Something Very Bad is Going to Happen suggests a wedding day gone terribly wrong. Viewers will find out more when the series premieres in two weeks.

The initial plan was for a carefully developed trilogy with ambitious ideas. Now, with the upcoming release of Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord, fans are getting a glimpse of what George Lucas had envisioned for the sequels – a sort of preview of his original concept.