9 h. ago Warner Bros cancels Wonder Woman video game and closes three studios

Decision to shutter development studios comes as gamers cut back on new purchases and instead opt for proven titlesWarner Bros Discovery is shutting down three of its video game development studios in a move aimed at boosting profitability for its gaming division amid a sluggish recovery in the market, a spokesperson for the company’s games unit said on Tuesday.The studios to be closed are Player First Games, WB Games San Diego and Monolith Productions. Development on Monolith’s Wonder Woman game will also halt, following the shuttering. “Our hope was to give players and fans the highest quality experience possible for the iconic character, and unfortunately this is no longer possible within our strategic priorities,” the spokesperson said. Continue reading...

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15 h. ago Oil rig horror Still Wakes The Deep leads 2025 Ukie Video Game Awards nominees

Set aboard an oil rig off the north coast of Scotland, Still Wakes the Deep is up for several awards including UK Game of the year.

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19 h. ago Amazon Prime's latest addition has already divided fans as some left 'blown away'

The big budget action film can now be enjoyed at home

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3 d. ago ‘Was this a big mistake?’: How Vera Drew defied Warner Bros and turned the Batman universe trans

‘The People’s Joker’ reframes the iconic DC Comics villain as a young trans comedian. After years of legal uncertainty, the film is finally out in UK cinemas. Louis Chilton speaks to its inimitable director and star

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3 d. ago Harry Potter Studios mark milestone with special addition to tour

Get ready to walk in the shoes of a champion this summer with a brand new addition to the Warner Bros. Studio where kids will relish in the chance to be at the heart of the action

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3 d. ago Coming to a cinema near you: six British kids playing Roblox...

The stars, six British junior schoolchildren, were recruited via Facebook and a casting agency to play each other on the Roblox video game platform for the film to launch on April 19.

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3 d. ago Woman received six figure payout from NHS after she developed an addiction to Candy Crush from taking prescribed medication

The woman, from Essex, received the six figure sum after she became addicted to the video puzzle game when she was prescribed and began taking a medication for restless leg syndrome.

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3 d. ago Bong Joon Ho: ‘I wish I had Ken Loach’s energy, but I’m just thinking about nap time’

How do you follow up an Oscar winner like Parasite? If you’re the South Korean auteur, you make a sci-fi satire where Robert Pattinson dies over and over again. The director discusses the inspirational Loach and Mike Leigh and why it’s hard being a ‘middle-aged film-maker’We are in the run-up to the release of Bong Joon Ho’s latest, Mickey 17, and Warner Bros has got the Oscar-winning Korean director stashed away in what appears to be some kind of basement storage room, with grey-painted brickwork and exposed wiring. In fact, this room could pass for one of the “gritty and kind of nasty” cargo-container-packed cabins of his film’s spaceship setting.Not that anyone is complaining. Bong, who speaks good English but prefers to conduct interviews via his longtime interpreter Sharon Choi, appears cheerful throughout our conversation, taking occasional sips from a takeaway coffee cup, while dressed in his usual arthouse auteur uniform of a slate-grey blazer over a black T-shirt. He i...

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5 d. ago Barcelona's Lamine Yamal signs new deal to become face of PS5 eFootball game

Free-to-play Xbox and Playstation video game eFootball has now taken on one of the hottest young prospects in world soccer as a brand ambassador

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5 d. ago To be or not to be: could actors really pull off staging Hamlet in the violent video game Grand Theft Auto?

During lockdown, an out-of-work actor discovered a venue within the bestselling game and decided to put on Shakespeare’s great work with friends... they just had to avoid the audience shooting them

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6 d. ago Elon Musk sums up wild Amber Heard relationship with one blunt word

Back in 2017, Elon Musk and Amber Heard embarked on a rocky relationship that would have many dramatic ups and downs, from bonding over video game characters, to fiery rows and threesome allegations

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7 d. ago Still Game Jimmy Martin video singing popular Celtic song resurfaces as star dies at 93

Watch as a Still Game star sang a popular Celtic song before he tragically passed away at the age of 93.

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7 d. ago Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii review – the best pirate video game in years

Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii lives up to its admittedly barmy title and premise to become one of the best pirate games of recent years.

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7 d. ago ‘No micro transactions, no bullshit’: Josef Fares on Split Fiction and the joy of co

Fares is a refreshingly unpredictable voice, starting as a film director before moving into games; now, he says, working on a movie would be ‘a vacation’There aren’t many video game developers as outspoken as Hazelight’s Josef Fares. Infamous for his expletive-laden viral rants at livestreamed awards shows, Fares is a refreshingly firy and unpredictable voice in an all too corporate industry. As he puts it, “It doesn’t matter where I work or what I do, I will always say what I want. People say to me that that’s refreshing – but isn’t it weird that you cannot say what you think in interviews? Do we live in a fucking communist country? Obviously, you have got to respect certain boundaries, but to not even be able to express what you think personally about stuff? People are too afraid!”Yet while gamers know him as a grinning chaos merchant and passionate ambassador of co-op gameplay, in Fares’ adopted homeland of Sweden, he is best known as an award-winning film director. His goofy 200...

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7 d. ago Harry Potter | Warner Bros. Studio Tour London to launch Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire feature for 20th anniversary

Harry Potter | Warner Bros. Studio Tour London to launch Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire feature for 20th anniversary  Pottermore

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