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Diana stands on Hugh's back in Pragmata.
Pragmata’s Hugh is the anti-Kratos

Tough love isn't the only way to raise a kid

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Hugh, in a futuristic space suit, looks at Diana in Pragmata
Pragmata on Switch 2 is just Pragmata

Is it time to stop pretending we need fancy consoles?

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Gustave standing under red sunlight in Clair Obscur Expedition 33.
Clair Obscur’s most iconic line is more than a catchy motto

It’s a reflection of the game’s themes

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Timothee Chalamet stars at the camera in Fremen garb as Paul Atreides in Dune: Part Two.
Dune 3 looks 'staggeringly epic' according to CinemaCon reactions

Warner Bros. also wowed attendees with an unrecognizable Tom Cruise in Digger

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Resident Evil and Spider-Verse 3 get the biggest reactions at Sony's CinemaCon show

And the Zelda movie shoot has wrapped

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Huge godlike versions of League of Legends characters Yasuo, Soraka, and Aurelion Sol, holding regular sized champions and little legends in their hands.
The Carousel will return in TFT Set 18

But it might not stay for long

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Incineroar poses in Pokemon Champions.
Pokémon Champions is unfinished by design

When a game launch feels more like a new customer service

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A sharp-toothed titan lifting a man wearing a black hat to their mouth in Attack on Titan.
Anime faces first major AI controversy as Attack on Titan studio steps in it with fans

The anime industry is showing its first signs of an AI infection and it’s looking deadly

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A salaryman standing in a white tiled subway corridor smiles with a distorted-looking, unsettling rictus grin in Exit 8
The creepy Exit 8 movie is much more than a video game adaptation

It's an effective horror movie that models an ambitious new way to put video games on screen

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The Punisher
The Punisher has not been Disneyfied ahead of Spider-Man 4

The trailer for Punisher: One Last Kill shows him as deadly as ever

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Link reaches back to unsheathe the Master Sword in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2
Maybe Link shouldn't talk in the Zelda movie, says Majora's Mask creator

Takaya Imamura created Tingle and we must respect his wishes

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Bowser goes for a ride with his son Bowser Jr., both Koopas beaming at each other, in The Super Mario Galaxy Movie
Why doesn't Jack Black sing in the Super Mario Galaxy Movie?

Black wanted this movie to be a Bowser musical — and we know exactly where the songs should go

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Link crouches down while wearing a blue tunic in key art for Zelda Tears of the Kingdom.
The secret squad behind Breath of the Wild is even more involved in the next Zelda game

What Ocarina of Time remake? Nobody said anything about that

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A Mr. Beast skin appears in King of Meat.
This is your last chance to play King of Meat before Amazon feeds it to the grinder

Not even Mr. Beast couldn’t save Amazon’s live-service flop

A group of animated farm animals — pigs, sheep, chickens, a cow — in Andy Serkis' 2026 Animal Farm
Don't watch the new trailer for Andy Serkis' Animal Farm. Watch this old one instead.

The two versions paint very different versions of the 2026 George Orwell adaptation

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mario galaxy movie peach
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie doesn't need defenders

Bad reviews have dredged up an ancient debate over kids movies

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A serene floral scene from Mother 3
20 years later, it’s a shame that we still can’t play Mother 3

The GBA cult classic marks a significant departure from the good-time goofs of its predecessor Earthbound

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fractal wolf from magic the gathering
How to rebuild Magic’s Quandrix Unlimited deck around one very good dog

Lean into fractal pack mentality with Primo, the Unbounded

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Fortnite's rendition of the popular Italian brainrot character, Ballerina Cappucina.
Fortnite's brainrot characters have started a fan revolt

For some fans, Tung Tung Tung Sahur and Ballerina Cappuccina have become a shorthand for Epic Games' priorities

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In a scene from the movie Forbidden Fruits, a trio of fashionably dressed mall employees (Lil Reinhart, Victoria Pedretti, Alexandra Shipp) stand in a row, carrying big drink cups and various shopping bags, looking at something in the distance
A witchy new horror-comedy crosses The Craft with millennial anxiety

Forbidden Fruits is one for the Taylor Swift fans who grew up watching Mean Girls

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