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Every Season of the Kurtzman Era of Star Trek, Ranked
This was a tough one because it’s taking something bad and going over all of it for what’s the worst of the worst, but we managed to do it! Alex Kurtzman has run Star Trek since 2017. Over nearly a decade, his Secret Hideout production company delivered five seasons of Discovery, three seasons of Picard, two seasons of Strange New Worlds, five seasons o…
Japan Rejects Nintendo’s Touchscreen Monster-Catching Patent as the Palworld Case Keeps Costing Nintendo Millions
The Japan Patent Office this week rejected Nintendo’s latest patent application targeting touchscreen monster-catching gameplay, the third time the office has pushed back against Nintendo’s effort to wall off fundamental game mechanics through the patent system.
Subnautica 2’s EULA Is A Corporate Overreach Document And Players Are Right To Be Angry
Subnautica 2 sold two million copies in its first twelve hours of Early Access and peaked at 651,000 concurrent players across Steam, Epic, and Xbox, one of the largest Early Access launches in gaming history. Days later, the conversation has shifted entirely to the game’s End User License Agreement, and Unknown Worlds has confirmed it is reviewing play…
Daredevil Editor Reacts To Being Fired By Disney Marvel
On May 15, Devin Lewis posted his farewell from Marvel Comics after sixteen years with the company. He wrote it as a thread on X, in the voice of someone who had loved his job.
WotC Is Becoming A Brand Licensor And The Justice League TTRPG Is The Latest Proof.
Brazilian publisher D20 Culture and Warner Bros. Discovery Global Consumer Products announced last week that Justice League Unlimited: The Roleplaying Game — the first official DC universe TTRPG in almost two decades — will launch on Gamefound in July 2026, co-authored by Mark Waid. It is rules-light, narrative-focused, and set in a post-
IDW’s New Star Trek Comic Is Not for Star Trek Fans, And That’s The Point
IDW Publishing announced Star Trek: Zero Point in February as the companion series to its new flagship Star Trek ongoing launching in September. Zero Point arrives in October, written by Charlie Jane Anders, following lesbian Captain Raffi Musiker as she commands a starship tasked with preventing tomorrow’s disasters, guided by a powerful artificial int…
Subnautica 2 Sells 2 Million Copies in 12 Hours After the CEO Krafton Tried to Fire Got His Job Back
Subnautica 2 launched into Early Access on May 15 and sold one million copies in its first hour. By the 12-hour mark the number had reached two million. PC Gamer noted that the scenario Krafton humiliated itself to avoid now appeared to be coming true very quickly.
Ncuti Gatwa Admits Nobody Watched Doctor Who And He Doesn’t Understand His Own Ending
Ncuti Gatwa hosted the SNL UK season finale on May 16 and opened his monologue by doing what Russell T Davies never would: telling the truth about his Doctor Who tenure.
Jon Favreau Says Grogu Can Be Both A Jedi And A Mandalorian, But The Lore Says Otherwise.
Jon Favreau sat down with GamesRadar ahead of The Mandalorian and Grogu‘s theatrical release and made a statement that Star Wars fans paying attention will recognize as a direct conflict with decades of established lore.
Amazon Cancels Its Lord of the Rings MMO, And Tolkien Fans Should Be Relieved
Amazon Game Studios has officially confirmed the cancellation of its Lord of the Rings MMO. The confirmation came not through a press release but buried inside a statement to Eurogamer, which was investigating the separate cancellation of Project Trident, an Amazon generative-AI game. Amazon’s vice president of games Christoph Hartmann stated: “Our crea…
Square Enix Reports Progress On Its Reboot Plan As Final Fantasy XIV Bleeds Players
Square Enix released its medium-term business plan progress report this week, framing the last two years as steady execution on a strategy the company calls “Square Enix Reboots and Awakens.” The report shows improving financials: operating profit climbed from 32.5 billion yen in FY2024 to 54.7 billion yen in FY2026, with the operating profit margin ris…
While Paramount Fumbles With Star Trek, An Avalon Universe Fan Film Just Hit 300,000 Views On Zero Budget
Avalon Fan Films announced this week that The Lost Starship, their collaboration with Neutral Zone Studios, crossed 300,000 views on YouTube. The film was written by Brian W. Peterson and directed by Vic Mignogna, the showrunner behind the celebrated