There are certainly a great many mysteries still surroundingDeath Stranding, the latest creation from the mind of Hideo Kojima, but the game’s box art is no longer among them. During a special panel at San Diego Comic-Con this week, Kojima provided audiences with their first look at theDeath StrandingPlayStation 4 box art. What’s more, he not only showed off the box art for the standard version, but also the SteelBook version, which is typically packaged with slightly more pricey editions....

Although the highly anticipated release ofHideo Kojima’s most recent venture,Death Stranding 2: On The Beach, is nearly here, and is being widely praised by critics for its quality and ingenuity, it’s likely that you haven’t played the game developer’s most creative game yet.Death Stranding 2is a direct sequel to the original game, released back in 2019, and continues to follow the story of Sam Porter Bridges alongside Lou. Therelease ofDeath Stranding 2will occur on June 26, though early access to the game has already been granted to players via the Digital Deluxe Edition....

Fortniteseason 9 has ushered in a new futuristic Battle Island for players to compete on, and like previous seasons, players have received a series of challenges to unlock a secret skin later on. These secret battle star challenges are now dubbed Utopia challenges and require players to complete the standard weekly challenges beforehand. The season 9 week 1 challenges task players with finding all 7 Sky Platforms, dealing damage quickly after using a Shadow Bomb, riding some of the new slipstream tubes, and more....

Just yesterday, Epic Games releasedUpdate 2.4.0’s patch notesfor its action building title,Fortnite, with many fans looking forward to the forthcoming addition of Miniguns in the game’s Battle Royale mode. Now, though, it looks as if fans will have to wait a little while longer until the next update is implemented, as Epic Games has announced that it will be delayed until some lingering bugs and stability issues have been fixed first....

Marvel’sFranklin Richardsisthe Fantastic Four’s second-youngest member, but he has appeared in grown-up form more than once.The Fantastic Four: First Stepsmarks Franklin Richards' live-action debut. Similarly to his comic book counterpart, Franklin immediately shakes his universe’s power rankings almost as soon as he’s born. Even as a baby and young child, Franklin Richards demonstrated reality-altering powers that placed him among Marvel’s most powerful beings. For instance,toddler Franklin easily defeated Mephistoin his own realm....

The Matrixis one of the best sci-fi movies of the ’90s, but in many ways, it followed in the footsteps of the anime classicGhost in the Shell, which came out four years earlier.The Matrixcharacterized a new form of'90s dystopian sci-fi, which focused on humanity’s increasing reliance on technological systems that the average person knows nothing about. It was far from the only movie to explore this idea. The digital age has brought about several changes in science-fiction, as filmmakers explore the lines between our own world and the ones that we construct online....

Google has announced the expansion of access to its Gemini Nano model for Android developers through the AI Edge SDK and AICore. This essentially lets developers use the on-device generative AI capabilities in their Android applications. This doesn’t mean that apps could start using Nano instead of a cloud-based model, because it’s more complementary than a replacement. Gemini Nanois essentially Google’s most efficient model designed specifically for on-device tasks. Gemini Nano has a lot of text-based use, like rephrasing text for tone adjustment, generating smart replies in chat threads, proofreading for spelling and grammar errors, and summarizing lengthy documents....

HBO’s disturbing true crime series with an 86% critics score on Rotten Tomatoes breaks a five-year viewership record following its final episode. HBO is home to plenty of high-profile original programs. While their dramas, like the ongoingThe Last of UsorupcomingKnight of the Seven Kingdoms, are what they’re primarily known for, the premium network is also home to a number of documentary series. These shows have explored a variety of topics,from the dark side of vlogging culture inAn Update on Our Family, to the Texas Renaissance Festival inRen Faire....

Now You See Meis one of Isla Fisher’s most popular movies, but the Australian actor may not have such fond memories, since she almost drowned while filming one of the movie’s magic tricks.Now You See Mewas a box office success, thanks to its lively cast and its fresh take on the heist genre. By combining stage magic with many common heist tropes,Now You See Meplays with the idea of crime capers trying to fool their audience with flashy reveals, just likeOcean’s Eleven, GambitandInside Man....

As Marvel’s strongest superhero, theHulkhas some truly mighty enemies. It takes a lot to survive a fist fight with Bruce Banner’s other half, and even more to return again and again over the decades. Here are the strongest of the strong. We’re listing Hulk’s recurring villains in order of their physical strength, from the downright puny tothose who are even stronger than the Hulk himself. For this list, we’re only considering villains who have become a firm fixture of Hulk lore, and not includingheroic rivals like the Thingor Thor....

Mister Fantastic is set to make hisMarvel Cinematic Universe (MCU)debut inThe Fantastic Four: First Steps, and by the looks of the trailer, his story is remarkably similar to Peter Parker’s inSpider-Man: No Way Home. Marvel’s First Family is finally joining the MCU with the entire team appearing in their upcoming film. And while the events of the film haven’t been completely exposed ahead of the movie dropping, the trailers give a lot of insight into what to expect....

Includes SPOILERS for The Wheel of Time season 3 finale and for Robert Jordan’s books. Depending on how closely Amazon Prime Video’s adaptation ofThe Wheel of Timeis to the books,one of the characters from the finale could be a disguised Forsaken. The thirteen Forsaken are some of the most powerful beings in Robert Jordan’sWheel of Timebooks, and they consistently serve as antagonists throughout the saga. The TV series seems to have limited the number tojust eight Forsaken, and we already know who seven of them are: Moghedien, Ishamael, Sammael, Lanfear, Rahvin, Graendal, and Semirhage....

Thoris easily one of my favoriteMarvelcharacters, but the publisher missed an opportunity to expand the God of Thunder’s “Unworthy Era” into a full-blown series that could have defined an entire generation for the character. Following the defeat of Gorr the God Butcher, Thor was left with a devastating truth that stole away his powers and his future. However, I think Thor should have suffered more. The Unworthy Thor #1-5 (2016) -by Jason Aaron and Olivier Coipel - isa single chapter in writer Jason Aaron’s greater Thor epicthat began inThor God of Thunder #1 (2012)and finally ended inThor #16 (2019)....