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Another Star Trek Game Is Being Erased Entirely, And It’s The Fourth One In Ten Months
Star Trek: Legends is being killed, and not in the usual way a mobile game quietly dies. Developer Tilting Point confirmed the RPG will be pulled from every remaining storefront, Steam, the Epic Games Store, and the Microsoft Store, on August 20, 2026, with servers shutting down permanently on September 3. After that date, the game becomes completely un…
Warhammer 40,000 Fans Feared The Cavill Series Was Buried, And This Week Proved It’s More Alive Than Ever
Fans have spent the better part of 2026 assuming Amazon quietly killed Henry Cavill’s Warhammer 40,000 series. It’s been almost four years since Amazon and Games Workshop first announced the deal, with long stretches of total silence broken only by vague corporate reassurances. This week, that silence broke wide open: Cavill posted a full personal state…
Gregg Press Turned Paperback-Only Science Fiction Into Quality Hardcovers, Then Vanished
Gregg Press built one of the most respected hardcover reprint lines in science fiction history, and most readers today have never heard of it. However, these editions are some of the most collectible classic sci-fi.
D&D Co-Creator Robert J. Kuntz Says Wizards’ Own History Book Permanently Stigmatized Him And “A Whole Generation”
Robert J. Kuntz is one of the handful of people who actually built Dungeons & Dragons from nothing in 1972, and this week he told the company that now owns his creation exactly what he thinks of how it’s treated him and his late collaborators.
Gen Con’s Roof Failed Mid-Convention, And Vendors Are Still Adding Up The Damage
Gen Con 2026 turned into an unplanned survival scenario on Saturday, August 1, when heavy rain overwhelmed the Indiana Convention Center’s roof drainage system and sent water pouring directly onto the convention floor, hitting vendors and playtest tables in the middle of the event’s third day.
“How Tolkien Ruined Fantasy”: Sanderson’s Own Blog Post Title, Revisited at Oxford
Brandon Sanderson once wrote a blog post with a title guaranteed to get clicks: “How Tolkien Ruined Fantasy.” At his 2026 Oxford Tolkien Lecture, he revisited that old thesis and explained what he meant, and it’s a sharper industry critique than the title lets on.