This approach is common in games like *Dark Souls*, and it really emphasizes skillful gameplay. It works because it depends on players carefully watching and understanding what’s happening. To see why *Hollow Knight* and the upcoming *Silksong* are so popular, it’s helpful to look at how their design choices use the game’s world, characters, and mechanics to tell a story.
Here are seven movies with at least some connection to the works of Stephen King, and they’re all quite violent. If you don’t mind a lot of gore, you’ll probably enjoy them, whether you’re a fan of King’s writing or just a horror movie enthusiast.
Dick Hallorann is famous as the chef at the Overlook Hotel and becomes a friend to young Danny Torrance because they both have psychic abilities – a power known as ‘the shining.’ Though he appears in both the novel *The Shining* and its sequel, *Doctor Sleep*, the movies change his story significantly (be warned: he dies in Stanley Kubrick’s *The Shining*). However, Hallorann’s reappearance in the 1960s-set *Welcome to Derry* proves he remains an important character in Stephen King adaptations, and suggests he’ll play an even bigger role in future installments of that series.
Throughout Marvel Comics history, several well-known mutants have teamed up with groups of heroes who aren’t mutants themselves. This includes popular teams like The Avengers, Fantastic Four, The Champions, and The Defenders. Here’s a look back at those instances.
A copy of the 1940 Batman #1 comic recently sold for $651,188 (or $794,449 with the buyer’s fee), according to Goldin. This particular copy received a 7.0 grade from CGC, meaning its pages are off-white to white. Comics in better condition could potentially sell for even more, and one already has – a near-mint copy of Batman #1 sold for $2.2 million in 2021. However, that’s not the most expensive vintage comic ever sold. That record belongs to a copy of Action Comics #1, which went for an incredible $6 million in 2024.
The Arrowverse doesn’t always get adaptations right. Take Mister Terrific, who was quite different from the comic book version until his role in *Superman* finally showed his potential on screen. Despite some missteps, The CW has also successfully improved many DC heroes. Here are 10 examples.
Since the release of *Assassin’s Creed Origins* in 2018, the series has become more complex, which some players have welcomed while others miss the simpler games of the past. That’s why many fans were excited by the news that Ubisoft is remaking *Assassin’s Creed 4*, a fan-favorite and one of the last titles before the series shifted towards role-playing games. With its vast open world and focus on pirate ship exploration, *Assassin’s Creed 4* feels like a perfect candidate for a remake on modern consoles.
James Gunn shared that he originally wrote the role of Peacemaker with Dave Bautista (known for *Guardians of the Galaxy*) in mind, but it didn’t pan out. Bautista recently told ComicBook, while discussing his new film *Afterburn* with director J.J. Perry, that he actively pursued the part and tried to make it happen, but ultimately wasn’t able to.
So far, only *House of the Dragon* has been successfully made, and even it has received some criticism – including from the author of *A Song of Ice and Fire*, George R.R. Martin. Several other potential spinoffs haven’t worked out. For example, a prequel focusing on the Long Night was cancelled after about $25-30 million was spent on a pilot episode that will likely never air. A Jon Snow spinoff, planned with Kit Harington and HBO, was also scrapped because they couldn’t develop a compelling storyline. While *Aegon’s Conquest* and *10,000 Ships* (a story about Princess Nymeria and the Rhoynar people) are still in development, next year promises to be a pivotal time for *Game of Thrones* spinoffs.
Some of the most beloved DC stories are ‘Elseworlds’ tales, and that’s largely because they present such creative twists on familiar characters. These alternate versions really captured readers’ imaginations and continue to be popular. Here are ten of the very best Elseworlds stories, offering fresh and unexpected takes on DC’s heroes.