Alien: Romulus will contain a nod to the 2014 survival-horror game Alien: Isolation. Director Fede Alvarez said recently that the Creative Assembly game taught him a lot about horror, and he is honoring the game with a little Easter egg in Alien: Romulus.”The movie is set up in a way [that] every time something bad is about to happen, you will see a phone,” he said on the Inside Total Film podcast. “In the game, every time you knew there’s a phone you’d go, ‘Fuck, I’m about to go into some bad set-piece.’ It’s the same thing here. You’ll see they’re planted strategically throughout the film. When you see the phone, it’s like: Brace for impact.” Alvarez went on to say Alien: Isolation was an experience that “made me see that Alien could truly be terrifying and done well [today].””I…

Blumhouse’s trilogy of Halloween movies are getting bundled together into one deadly collection, and it’s now available to preorder at Walmart for $50. While a 4K collection already exists, this new edition does come in an exclusive steelbook case that captures the intensity of cinema’s most-dangerous sibling rivalry, and it’ll be released on October 8–the same day as the newly announced 16-bit Halloween game (and cuddly Michael Myers plush). The set features 4K Blu-ray and digital download copies of each movie.

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This week, the Borderlands movie is out in theaters, and the reviews have not been kind. On top of everything else, the PG-13 film is up against Marvel’s R-rated juggernaut, Deadpool and Wolverine, which should sail to another win in its third weekend. But there’s a much darker version of Borderlands that we may never see, because this film was originally intended to be R-rated as well.Borderlands stunt coordinator Jimmy O’Dee told ScreenRant that the movie had a lot of gory violence, including decapitations and dismemberment, that didn’t make it into the final film.”We were shooting an R-rated movie when we did it,” recalled O’Dee. “So, we were blowing people’s heads off. And we were cutting feet off. We were doing all of that. But then, you know, a lot happens. We shot that nearly three …

Most people who buy Pez candy probably aren’t thinking about the flavor of the little brick tablets much at all (none taste very good). Pez is all about the iconic plastic dispensers featuring characters from popular media franchises. Pez Dispensers have become collectibles since first debuting in the US in the 1950s (the candy itself is nearly 100 years old). There aren’t very many Pez Dispensers themed around video game franchises, but if you’re an Animal Crossing fan, Amazon has a limited-time deal on a 12-pack featuring Tom Nook, K.K. Slider, and Isabelle Pez Dispensers. So if you need party favors for an Animal Crossing-themed birthday party, check out this Amazon deal before it’s gone.

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WandaVision was the first Marvel Studios series on Disney+ in 2021, but it’s taken the better part of three years to get back to Kathryn Hahn’s witch, Agatha Harkness, after she was left powerless in the finale. But in the new trailer for Agatha All Along, Agatha has a plan to reclaim everything she lost and more… if her new coven can help her reach the end of the Witches’ Road. It seems like there’s a high price for the power that Agatha wants, and she’s perfectly willing to let her so-called friends and allies in the coven pay it before she does. There’s no sign of Wanda Maximoff in this trailer, but it does appear that the show will offer an even deeper dive into the world of magic than we’ve seen before in the MCU. Doctor Strange notwithstanding, since the good doctor’s sorc…

Disney has provided an update on how its partnership with Epic Games to create games and experiences for Fortnite is coming along, and it’s still some time off. In a blog post, Disney said Fortnite’s all new “games and entertainment universe” themed around Disney is still “a few years away.”Disney also reiterated what it’s hoping to achieve with this partnership, which saw Disney invest a further $1.5 billion into Epic Games. Disney said fans can think of it like “a place where all your favorite Disney characters and worlds converge in one connected universe.” In this connected universe inside Fortnite, Disney fans can “watch, play, and even create [their] own adventures.”It sounds similar to Epic’s deal with Lego, which saw Lego invest significant capital into Epic Games to creat…

Netflix has released the another teaser for the highly anticipated second season of Squid Game, set to premiere on December 26, 2024. The teaser confirms that Seong Gi-hun, played by Lee Jung-jae, will once again participate in the brutal survival game, reprising his role as the sole survivor from Season 1.The 30-second clip reveals a group of faceless players in green tracksuits, with the camera eventually focusing on Gi-hun’s character, identified by his #456 patch. The new season is set three years after Gi-hun’s victory in the first game, during which he resolves to take down the organization behind the games. The official synopsis states, “Three years after winning Squid Game, Player 456 remains determined to find the people behind the game and put an end to their vicious spo…

The Emperor of Mankind is going to keep players extremely busy once Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine II comes out. On top of playing through the main story, players will also have the chance to play PvE modes or slay heretics in PvP.In a new gameplay video, we got a closer look at one of the operations players can undertake in Space Marines 2, which takes them to Planet Kadaku. Like inthe main campaign, players will be going against various Tyranids. The latest video shows three Space Marines doing just that while fighting a boss known as a Carnifex.

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Video game actors in the SAG-AFTRA union are currently on strike over concerns about, among other things, artificial intelligence. Strauss Zelnick, the CEO of one of the game companies in the middle of the strike, Take-Two, said recently that he’s “pretty confident” the two sides can make a deal.”We deeply value our talent relationships, and historically we worked very successfully with all of the unions, including SAG-AFTRA,” Zelnick said during Take-Two’s latest earnings briefing. “We continue to work hard to come to a resolution on this current situation. In fact, we have common ground on 24 out of 25 proposals. So, I’m pretty confident that we can get to a deal that will be mutually beneficial.”

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The Casting of Frank Stone is an odd name for a horror game. It almost implies we ought to know who Frank Stone is, or why his “casting” (whatever that means in this context) is notable. But after playing the game’s prologue, I still feel out of the loop. Supermassive, famous for cinematic horror games such as Until Dawn, The Quarry, and The Dark Pictures Anthology, has been handed the reins to Behaviour Interactive’s Dead By Daylight (DBD) franchise for a cinematic spin-off that plays much like its other popular games.That’s an exciting prospect in itself. Supermassive’s playable horror movies routinely make for terrific party games. But my prevailing impression after an hour with the game is that DBD fans will get more out of this than those who come in without knowing the PvP horror gam…