The Ring Sequel Novel Is Coming Back
While The Ring earned millions at the box office and amassed legions of fans, few people realize the film is actually based on a series of novels Come from malaysia online casino . The first novel, Ring, was published in 1991. It then received five sequels–and one of them is finally getting a new lease on life after going out of print years ago. The paperback version of S is now up for preorder, with a release date scheduled for October 29.
If you’re a fan of The Ring, S is an easy recommendation–though any horror fan will likely find the novel to be a nice addition to their bookcase. Amazon offers a preorder price guarantee when rese…
Read moreVideo Game TV Shows Are At Their Best When Telling Original Stories
Televised adaptations of beloved video games are becoming more common. However, how those stories are told can be vastly different from one show to another. Depending on the series, it could be a faithful retelling of the video game, like HBO’s The Last of Us, or something completely original, like Paramount+’s Knuckles and Halo, or even Peacock’s Twisted Metal. There’s another type of adaptation that stands out, though: shows that don’t directly adapt a game but tell a new story within the existing canon.
Shows like Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, Fallout, and, of course, Pokemon exist within the predetermined parameters of the video games they are taken from. What’s different, though, is that new characters, stories, and settings unfold. Because of this, they can introduce new…
Read moreThis Special Deadpool And Wolverine Xbox Comes With Katanas And Booty-ful Controllers
Leave it to a custom Deapool and Wolverine Xbox Series X bundle to create an Xbox wireless controller with a huge dump truck. That’s not all, as the special giveaway also features a stand for the console featuring foam katanas to complete the Merc with a Mouth look.
Called the Xbox Cheeky Controller sweepstakes, one person has the chance to win the special Deadpool and Wolverine Xbox system. The two controllers attempt to recreate the former’s firm buttocks on the backside of the pads. While the controllers carrying a wagon might seem ill-advised in regard to ergonomics, Microsoft says they’re “surprisingly comfortable” to hold on Xbox Wire. The sweepstakes started this morning and runs until August 11.
The custom Deadpool and Wolverine Xbox Ser…
Read moreAll of Annapurna Interactive has resigned
Annapurna Interactive's leadership shuffle last week didn't just see publisher heads Nathan Gary, Deborah Mars, and Nathan Vella resign from the company—all employees of the publisher have resigned too.This stunning news comes from Bloomberg News games reporter Jason Schreier, and apparently follows a failed bid by Gary and his colleagues to spin the publisher out into an independent company. They had reportedly been negotiating with Annapurna founder Megan Ellison, who suddenly pulled out of talks, which sparked the resignations.The only remaining executive is President of Interactive and New Media Hector Sanchez, who helped launch the publisher in 2016 and rejoined the company after a stint at Epic Games.In a statement to Bloomberg News, Ellison stated that the publisher'…
Read moreNew studio Pahdo Labs formed by Capcom and Riot Games alums
Developers from Capcom, Riot Games, Ubisoft, and more have formed new indie studio Pahdo Labs.Based in New York and Vancouver, the team secured funding from several investors including Andreessen Horowitz, Global Founders Capital, and BoxGroup.According to the studio's LinkedIn, key staff include CEO Daniel Zou, creative director Alijah Ladd, and art director Ashleigh Hetrick.
Starlight Re:volver up first for Pahdo Labs
Pahdo also revealed its first project: Starlight Re:volver, a co-op action-RPG entering Early Access in 2025. Its website bills the game as "a fulfilling hobby players can pursue for 10,000 hours."The studio is aiming to "embody an…
Read moreReport: Lawsuits raise concerns over Xsolla CEO’s use of company money
Update: This article was amended to more accurately communicate the allegations presented in Bloomberg's original report.A day after teaming with Savvy Games Group to provide financial support developers in Saudi Arabia, Xsolla is now under fire for its CEO allegedly treating the company like his "personal piggy bank."Per Bloomberg, six former executives have filed lawsuits against Xsolla or CEO Aleksandr "Shurick" Agapitov since 2019. Two of those lawsuits voiced concerns about the company's financial practices or how Agapitov used cash from the game-focused commerce platform, with one allegation claiming he transferred $120 million in company money to his personal accounts between 2021 and 2023.Of that, nearly $70 million (or 64 percent) was transferred in 2…
Read moreAtari CEO wants Infogrames to become the ultimate preservationist publisher
Atari is taking a different approach to publishing. Under the stewardship of CEO Wade Rosen, the company revived the Infogrames label earlier this year to "publish games that fall outside the core portfolio of IP associated with the Atari brand," while also developing new collections and sequels.Speaking to Game Developer about Atari's publishing drive at Gamescom 2024, Rosen said the company hopes to position Infogrames as a "preservationist" publisher that can acquire franchises from developers who simply don't have the resources or bandwidth to support them anymore."Infogrames is pretty unique in that we had a lot of opportunities coming to us of games or IPs that people wanted to sell because they felt like they shouldn't just disappear," sa…
Read moreHunt: Showdown sees new concurrent player high with 1896 update
Crytek released the 1896 update for Hunt: Showdown last week, and PC players have returned to the multiplayer shooter in droves.Per SteamDB, the game reached a new peak of concurrent players with 60,124 players on its August 15 release. According to PCGamer, that's well up from its last high of 41,255 players in October 2023.Significant updates and new expansions (or an incoming sequel) often revitalize a game's community. In Hunt's case, 1896 was deemed by Crytek to be the start of a "whole new era" for the game, which turns five years old on August 27.
Hunt: Showdown will keep on keeping on
Late last year, general manager David Fifield explaine…
Read moreAmazon Games CEO thinks genAI can help make better ideas for games
Executives at game studios have high hopes for generative AI and what it could mean for game development. In Christoph Hartmann's case, that technology may help the industry get out of its creative rut.Talking to IGN, the Amazon Games CEO said he hopes genAI can lead to new gameplay ideas. To him, its usage "has nothing to do with taking work away from anyone," and would be extremely helpful in ensuring the industry doesn't "get boring."With games competing for oxygen against so many things, like social media, Hartmann thinks a reinvention is vital. At the same time, he says genAI isn't a magical fix, but can at the very least, foster fresh collaboration and shorter (but maybe still-costly) development times."We as an industry definitely have to inno…
Read moreMarvelous restructures publishing labels for ‘more holistic’ Western expansion
Japanese developer Marvelous Inc. has performed a "strategic organizational change" for a pair of its subsidiary studios, Marvelous USA and XSeed Games.While the latter will still develop and publish titles like Potionomics and Big Catch, the USA studio will be solely devoted to titles under the Marvelous banner. So titles like Story of Seasons and Rune Factory fall under its purview.
XSeed's "more focused approach"
The change helps grow out Marvelous' presence in the west and present its properties "through a singular, global brand." It also gives XSeed a "more focused approach" to "pu…
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