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Wands at the ready! Although we’re yet to see the first season of HBO’s Harry Potter TV show, the studio has already renewed the series for season 2.HBO has officially greenlit a second season of its Harry Potter show (H/T Variety), which will start filming this Autumn 2026. The news comes over seven months before the first season is due to premiere this Christmas.The second season will adapt the second Harry Potter book, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, which follows Harry’s return to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry after summer break. But the students get more than…
Foundational RPG series Wizardry has, over forty years since helping to codify the roleplaying videogame, found itself torn between present-day custodians. Atari announced yesterday that they’d acquired the rights to the first five Wizardry games, as well as “their underlying IP,” and said they’d be re-releasing those five on modern platforms. This morning, however, Japanese publishers Drecom – who bought Wizardry’s copyright and trademark rights in 2020 – tXeeted that contrary to certain reports on Atari’s acquisition, it was they who’d continue to own and manage the intellectual property in the future.
Control Resonant is stepping outside the Oldest House, and that’s a little scary. The brutalist architecture and shifting paranormal elements gave its predecessor an incredibly striking and distinctive look, but for the sequel we’re moving out into the streets of Manhattan. That meant embracing a level of mundanity, the developers at Remedy explain in a new dev diary, but in a manner that only enhances its weirder elements. The team also reveals that it stayed away from using triple-A games as a reference point, in order to avoid the modern tendency to trend towards an “aesthetic singularity” of design. “The…
The studio behind Mixtape has explained why the game has no streamer mode.A number of modern games feature a streamer mode in their settings, which removes licensed music or replaces it with streaming-approved music so that players can stream it on sites like Twitch without being flagged for audio copyright infringement.Mixtape, however – which is released today – doesn’t have a streamer mode, which may concern some streamers given that the game’s soundtrack is full of licensed music from the 1980s and 1990s.The game’s developer Beethoven & Dinosaur has now posted a statement on X, via publisher Annapurna Interactive, explaining…
The Boys season 5 is in full swing and while there have been some huge moments so far, online chatter has brought in several complaints. Some viewers have branded several episodes “filler”, pointing out that not a great deal happens in terms of the plot moving forward.Most notably, season 5 episode 4 was called out for “leading nowhere” by disgruntled fans, with its focus on an unsuccessful trip to Fort Harmony to find V-One. Season 5 episode 5 then honed in on characters more acutely with a split perspective narrative, showcasing more about Firecracker and Black Noir.Now showrunner Eric Kripke…
We’re all desperately waiting for news of when Final Fantasy 7 Remake Part 3 will launch, yet its director Naoki Hamaguchi has already beaten it – and not just once, but across a total of “over 40 full playthroughs.” The final conclusion to the reimagined story is shaping up to offer a unique spin on one of the most beloved JRPGs of all time, and we’re now eagerly awaiting word of an actual release date. There’s still no promise of when we’ll find out yet, but Hamaguchi’s latest progress report certainly makes it sound like we’re getting very near. Speaking…
The evolution of Xbox continues – if you have sharp ears. There’s a new start-up sound coming to the consoles in a matter of days, the latest in a series of changes for Microsoft’s consoles.Asha Sharma, the CEO of Xbox, shared the sound herself on Twitter. “Sound on!” she captioned the post sharing a clip of the audio and an accompanying visual. I’ll be real – it sounds pretty similar to the existing soundbite you find when starting up your Xbox Series X/S.It doesn’t go quite as high in the first second, but then it’s right into familiar territory for…
I’ve never been into a pediatrician’s office to confirm this, but I’ve always suspected that in the centre of the room there’s a concrete trench beneath a metal lift. It just stands to reason that when an infant goes in for a check up, they’re plonked down on the metal frame, raised up two or three feet before the doctor goes down into the trench to inspect the baby’s fleshy chassis from below. Maxis have only poured petrol on my suspicion thanks to a section in The Sims patch notes titled: ‘Infant tuning’.
Blizzard’s latest Diablo 4 update strips out the automatic exit portals that were stealing away your hard-won loot, with Blizzard admitting the feature “missed the mark.” These patch notes for the action RPG’s new expansion also put a stop to the ability to infinitely farm Nemesis boss lairs, and start making changes to fix the frustrations of trying to complete War Plans in party play, with more set to arrive in Season 14. Diablo 4 Lord of Hatred makes major endgame changes, and on the whole I’m a pretty big fan. The introduction of War Plans gives the gear grind…
You need to solve Rathma’s puzzle in Diablo 4 during the A Blade’s Weight quest, as you journey with Lorath through the Archive of the Makers. This is a fairly early challenge you’ll encounter as you begin exploring Skovos during the Lord of Hatred campaign, so naturally you don’t want to get stuck and halt your progress before it’s properly begun. We’ve got the answer to help you move on, so here’s the solution to the Diablo 4 Rathma’s puzzle.Have you tried Diablo 4 fishing yet? We’ve got guides on where to catch all of the fish you need to…