The game, internally known as Project Baxter, was being created as a cooperative online experience within the world of Dungeons & Dragons. The plan was for it to be a continually updated live service game, with an expected launch around 2026.
On September 29th, Silver Lake Partners, the Saudi Arabian sovereign wealth fund PIF, and Affinity Partners bought EA for $52.5 billion, creating the largest private equity buyout in history. Some well-known figures in the gaming industry believe this deal could signal trouble for the major video game company.
In We Bury the Dead, Ridley plays Ava Newman, a woman driven to find her husband after a disastrous military experiment destroys the landscape. When the experiment goes wrong, Ava joins a team that collects bodies, hoping to find him among the casualties. However, her search takes a terrifying turn as the corpses she handles begin to show signs of life. The trailer (seen below) suggests a thrilling and frightening experience, filled with horrors as Ava continues her rescue mission. The film explores difficult themes like grief, loss, and the undead.
Debuting in the United States on May 30th, Bring Her Back has been ranked as one of the most frightening films ever created by the Science of Scare Project. The movie landed at #24 in their latest research. Directed by Danny and Michael Philippou, this film-a follow-up to Talk to Me-is a powerfully bleak and intense exploration of grief. It’s understandable why participants in the study found it so disturbing. The movie is Certified Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, earning an 89% rating from critics who described it as “too dark for mainstream audiences.” Horror fans, however, have found it equally terrifying, giving it an audience score of 79%.
Silas Robertson-many Duck Dynasty fans know him as Uncle Si-is currently hospitalized and recovering from an infection, according to Justin Martin, the General Manager of Duck Commander.
In a conversation with Film Stories, Wright remembered the day he sent the Running Man script to Stephen King and asked for his opinion. “Sending the screenplay to King as an attachment was probably the most stressful part of the whole production,” Wright explained. “Everyone knew from the start that [the novel’s ending] wouldn’t be adapted exactly as it was in the book… [King] even understood before reading it that we weren’t going to use the book’s ending. And when he replied, he told me, ‘I was really interested to see how you’d handle the ending, and I think you did a fantastic job.’ So I was very pleased with his response.”
Friday is expected to be the most popular day for streaming this weekend, which is typical for most streaming services. Netflix will release all episodes of Monster: The Ed Gein Story on Friday morning, featuring Charlie Hunnam as the notorious killer. Meanwhile, for younger viewers, Disney+ will debut a new Spidey and His Amazing Friends Halloween episode.
Fortunately, most Wolverine costumes are pretty good. Usually, they’re just variations of the classic look, with different colors. We definitely wouldn’t tell him to his face if we didn’t like one-we wouldn’t want to become a shish kebab!
Development of core Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy games has traditionally taken a longer time. However, with four years having passed since we last heard about the game, I’m starting to suspect there might be significant problems within the development team, or perhaps Square Enix is finding it difficult to create a worthy successor to Dragon Quest XI.
To celebrate Halloween, Paramount+ has expanded its Peak Screaming collection with lots of spooky titles, including the 1996 film The Craft. This movie is featured in their new “Witches, Vampires, and Werewolves” collection, which is available to subscribers throughout October. The Craft was a standout when it first came out, and it’s since been praised for being a smart and different take on the typical teen movie. It also played a big role in creating the modern image of witches and has had a lasting impact on popular culture.