If The Odyssey film is anything like The Odyssey adventure game from 2012, Matt Damon will spend the entire first hour trying to solve a single loom puzzle

Christopher Nolan's long-awaited epic adventure film The Odyssey opens this weekend, and I won't be there to see it because the IMAX theater near me is already sold out except for those really terrible seats way down in front.

Doom meets BioShock and Overwatch in the coolest new shooter in years

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Published Jul 15, 2026, 6:01 PM EDT

What fresh hell is this?

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The best Pals to keep at your base in Palworld

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Updated  Jul 15, 2026, 6:00 PM EDT

How to find and breed the best Pals for your base

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Pals make the world go ‘round in Palworld, and you’ll want a good team of them to keep things going at your base. Each Pal has different "work suitability" skills, meaning that some may mine rocks whereas others may water crops. You want a diverse group of Pals to keep things going, but you don’t want them to be too diverse. To help you out, we’ve compiled a list of the best Pals for your base.

The Batman Part 2 officially confirms new release date in first look at new DC movie

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Published Jul 15, 2026, 10:40 AM EDT

Matt Reeves' sequel was originally supposed to be released in 2025

The Batman Part 2 first look confirms delay to 2028

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Star Wars creator embraces the dark side, argues for AI in filmmaking

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Published Jul 15, 2026, 10:39 AM EDT

Alexa, play "The Imperial March" for George’s leitmotif.

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In the immortal words of Harvey Dent (or Jonathan Nolan, who wrote the movie's dialogue), “You either die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain.” In an interview with A Rabbit’s Foot earlier this month, Star Wars creator George Lucas said that the use of generative AI in filmmaking is an inevitability.

As GTA 6's PC portless launch looms, ex-Rockstar producer says prioritising consoles first is primarily about being "better off starting with the constraints"

"Shrinking is a lot harder than extending"

The wait for GTA 6 on PC lasting past this November's been a foregone conclusion for a while now, but if you're interested in a bit of developer perspective as to why Rockstar opt to do things that way, a former producer at the company's offered some. Essentially, it's a matter of it being less of a headache to scale up after initially getting a game working on hardware with stricter limitations than it would be to strip back an all-singing, all-dancing PC port for consoles.

Crunchyroll is locking its store behing subscription tiers, angering anime fans

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Published Jul 15, 2026, 4:07 AM EDT

The Crunchyroll Store is transitioning to become an exclusive for Mega and Ultimate Fans

Crunchyroll angers fans with controversial shop policy

X-Men '97 Suffers the First Big Misstep of Season 2, as a Wolverine-Focused Episode Leads to Major Disappointment

Warning: This review contains full spoilers for X-Men '97 Season 2, Episode 5!

It says a lot about the priorities of the X-Men '97 writers' room that we're halfway through Season 2 and only just now getting our first Wolverine-centric episode of the series. That's a far cry from the approach taken by the classic X-Men: The Animated Series, and one I'd argue has largely benefited the new show. But eventually, Cal Dodd's Logan needed to enter the spotlight, particularly in light of his adamantium loss from Season 1. That's why it's a bit surprising that X-Men '97 does so little with Wolverine's post-adamantium status quo in the end.

PlayStation's new fighting game controller has officially been delayed at the worst possible time

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Published Jul 14, 2026, 2:09 PM EDT

The FlexStrike fight stick and Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls no longer share an Aug. 6 release date

Monster Hunter Wilds is officially about to get a whole lot cheaper

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Published Jul 14, 2026, 2:00 PM EDT

Capcom is changing the game's purchase options and that includes a permanent price cut

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