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We pretty much expected this one, but we’re still glad to see it confirmed. Starfield’s first expansion, Shattered Space, has been officially dated, thanks to a new teaser that dropped during Gamescom 2024 Opening Night Live.Shattered Space remained mysterious for much of its life, and it wasn’t until the Xbox Showcase in June that we got a first look at it. Now, we only need to wait a little longer to actually play it.To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings Shattered Space arrives September 30 on PC, and Xbox Series X/S. We know that it won’t be Starfield’s only expansion, and we also know a fair bit about the setting and some of the content in Shattered Space itself.As seen in that initial reveal trailer, the upcoming add-o…

Following Chris Barrett having been replaced as director of the Marathon reboot earlier this year, a new report is claming that the veteran developer was fired from Bungie following an internal investigation into misconduct.According to Bloomberg, Barrett was let go by the studio this spring following allegations of inappropriate behaviour from “at least eight” female employees at the company.To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings The report alleges that Barrett befriended women from different departments at the studio, and sent them a “barrage of text messages that blurred the lines between professional and personal.”It cites Bungie’s investigation as having found that the developer “called lower-level female employees attractive, asked them to play tru…

X-Men ’97 was pretty good, ey? Well, you might be sad to learn the behind-the-scenes process was apparently a bit of a clusterfrag, which kind of describes the usual state of affairs at Marvel as of late, unless this time around nobody seems to be interested in burying the hatchet. Season 1 and 2 showrunner Beau DeMayo, who was fired a while back, is now promising to shine more light on what went down after Marvel and Disney talked of “egregious” findings in August.Via Deadline, DeMayo now has taken to OnlyFans (yes, really) “to call BS on the Kevin Feige-run Marvel and Bob Iger-led Disney.” Buckle up, as this saga might be a long one.To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings “The rumors being spread around me online are lies, and they are offensive, but mo…

Obi-Wan Kenobi, an okay show that was carried by Ewan McGregor’s strong lead performance, was meant to be a limited Disney Plus series. To this day, Lucasfilm still hasn’t announced plans to do more, but that isn’t stopping both McGregor and Hayden Christensen from campaigning to return to a galaxy far, far away.Ewan McGregor is receiving his own star at Hollywood’s Walk of Fame today, Thursday 12, and ahead of the event, he talked to Variety about his career, paying special attention to his surprisingly long run as Obi-Wan Kenobi, first as one of the leads of the Star Wars prequels, and years later in the Disney Plus show that reunited him with Hayden Christensen.To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings After expressing his love for Alec Guinness’ work as…

Just a few days ago, Pathea Games finally revealed what’s next for the My Time At Portia and My Time at Sandrock series, and of course, the third installment will be another open-world simulation game; My Time at Evershine. The sequel looks to be one of Pathea’s most ambitious projects yet, and once again, it’s requesting the support of its fans via Kickstarter to help it reach and exceed the expectations of both the developer and upcoming players.When it comes to funding its projects, Pathea Games shared that it has a seven to eight million dollar budget for the game (with My Time at Sandrock previously having a $12 million dollar budget altogether, including Kickstarter pledges); the Kickstarter project allows the developer to accrue additional funds from fans who wish …

Starfield’s Shattered Space expansion arrives in exactly a week’s time as I write this, with a September 30 relese date having been pencilled in a little while ago. If you’re delving back into the game this week ahead of going to see what on Earth’s up with House Va-ruun when the DLC, a new mod boasts some fitting threads that should help you get in a great serpent mood.Bethesda’s recently ramped up the hype machine for the expansion, putting out a deep-dive video that goes through the set-up for its main story, which involves House Va’ruun’s capital city of Dazra having been devastated by “the vortex incident”, leaving you to swoop in and help pick up the pieces in the usual quest-doing fashion.To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings If you left that thi…

The first major content patch for Space Marine 2 is here, and it’s bringing a bunch of major content additions and small tweaks that should help remedy much of the game’s less-liked quirks and absences. These include, but are not limited to, 1v1 duels between friends, and changes to the PvP spawn system to make spawn camping harder.The patch notes, released on the Focus Together publisher website, list out all these changes in full. Major additions include the aforementioned one-vs-one mode which allows two players in the same squad to duke it out aboard the battle barge, but also private lobbies for the Operations mode which will allow you to queue up with a single friend and a bot, or all on your lonesome with AI squadmate support.To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manag…

You know Palworld? That game that recently got a PS5 port and definitely had nothing else of note happen involving it? Well, developer Pocketpair has signed a licensing agreement with Krafton for a mobile version of it to be made.In case you’ve been living under a rock with your pals, news of this deal arrives not long after Nintendo and The Pokemon Company filed a lawsuit against Pocketpair over Palworld, alleging that the game “infringes multiple patent rights”. There’s been a lot of speculation as to how it might play out, but as of right now, all we can do is wait and see.To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings Anyway, in the interim, Pocketpair is still chugging along with its plans for Palworld, having now announced that it’s signed a licensing agre…

Almost no one is denying anymore that Marvel Studios has hit a bit of a slump in recent times, yet it’s also managed to put out some bangers and utterly demolished the box office this summer with Deadpool & Wolverine. This explains why Sebastian Stan is defending the hell out of the House of M still.The veteran Marvel actor, widely known as Bucky Barnes aka The Winter Soldier, has recently been promoting his work in The Apprentice – the movie where he plays Donald Trump – and he’s taken every opportunity to push back against MCU haters and mean critics because he believes these movies and shows are “a big part of what contributes to this business and allows us to have smaller movies as well.”To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings Regardless of your f…

There’s a film about some folks putting on a production of Shakespeare’s Hamlet in GTA Online, and it’s actually gonna be coming out in a manner which means that if, like me, you’re mildly curious about it and live in the UK, you’ll be able to go and see it as the flim gods intended later this year.The film, in case you missed it taking the world by storm a bit last week, is called Grand Theft Hamlet. It’s a documentary. No, no, sit back down, you might still like it even if it’ll be a bit different to watching The Boss Baby and The Godfather Part Three, which I know have been your two favorite flicks for a good while now.To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings Distributor Tull Stories has confirmed that the film will be rocking up in theartres across the…