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Valor Mortis: Ghostrunner’s Makers Raise the Napoleonic Dead, and the Critics Mostly Salute
Ghostrunner studio One More Level's Napoleonic plague Soulslike Valor Mortis is out on PC, PS5, Xbox and Game Pass to solid reviews.
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Richard “Levelord” Gray, Duke Nukem 3D’s Late-Blooming Master Builder, Dies at 68
Richard "Levelord" Gray, the level designer behind Duke Nukem 3D's Shrapnel City and Ritual's SiN, has died aged 68.
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Merrick & Treves: HBO Sends the Archer Gang Back to Whitechapel (and Back, and Back Again)
HBO orders two seasons of Merrick & Treves, the Archer team's animated comedy about Queen Victoria's time police hunting Jack the Ripper.
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Bagpuss of Destruction: Dragon Ball Super Wakes Up Looking Rather Better
Toei's redrawn remake of Dragon Ball Super's opening arcs has premiered, with a purple god of destruction, sharper faces and far less padding.
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Back Issue #26 February 2006 (magazine review)
Another back issue of ‘Back Issue’. With the sub-title of ‘Spies And Tough Guys Issue’, it’s easy to see why this issue is…
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Release the Kraken (Newfoundland edition): Netflix’s Below is the world’s most-watched show, and a Victorian clergyman got there first.
The most-watched television programme on the planet this week is about a sea monster bothering a small fishing village in Newfoundland. If you…
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Kishimoto picks up the brush, Pinhead divides the room and the Stargate dials again (Offworld Report: Sunday Sweep, 11th October 2026).
NYCC turns twenty: Kishimoto draws Naruto again, Ray Gunn premieres, Stargate dials Jac Schaeffer, and Pinhead splits critics from players.
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News Roundup: Bill Nighy Enrols At Starfleet Academy, Other Mommy Gets A D+ And Pooh Turns 100 (9–11 October 2026).
Bill Nighy joins Starfleet Academy's final season, Other Mommy tops the box office despite a D+ CinemaScore, the British Fantasy Award winners, Pooh…
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Blade Runner 2099: the replicants won, and now the humans have to pass the test (trailer).
For forty-odd years, Blade Runner has been asking whether the replicants are more human than the humans hunting them. Prime Video’s Blade Runner…
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Avatar Kuruk: Wave of Chaos – Paramount+ Sends the Water Tribe’s Wild Child on a Gap Year
Paramount+ orders Avatar Kuruk: Wave of Chaos, a teen romp for the doomed Water Tribe Avatar, and renews Seven Havens for Books 3…
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Apocalypse Z: New World Trailer – Humanity’s Last Resort (Literally, It’s the Canaries)
Spain's zombie hit returns for Halloween, with Europe's survivors holed up in the Canary Islands, a supply run to the mainland, a new…
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Frank Miller: American Genius – rain, ninjas and redemption, now free on YouTube (comics documentary).
If the embed above has vanished into the shadows of Hell’s Kitchen or been quietly set to private, you can watch the documentary…
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IDW unleashes Godzilla, Star Trek, mutant turtles and classified comic-book business (New York ComicCon 2026).
IDW arrives at the convention with Godzilla, Star Trek, TMNT, creator signings, exclusives and a mysterious classified project requiring wristbands.
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Batman Arkham Asylum: The Deluxe Edition Living Hell by Dan Slott, Ryan Sook, Wade Von Grawbadger and Jim Royal (graphic novel review).
Now here is an unusual book. Batman at most appears for a couple of pages near the beginning and towards the end. The…
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