Games Done Quick (GDQ), the organization that holds speedrun marathons that raise money for a variety of charities, has updated its banned game list to include Hogwarts Legacy and all Harry Potter titles. However, the company has also said this ban will be “subject to further review in the future.” Why were the Harry Potter
Aptly named for the acidic smell of deteriorating film, Vinegar Syndrome made an auspicious debut in 2013 with its inaugural release, The Lost Films of Herschell Gordon Lewis. In the decade since, they have unearthed, restored, and distributed hundreds of cult, exploitation, horror, action, and adult films. Popping in a new Vinegar Syndrome disc is
New footage has revealed Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier is shrinking from below in a way scientists hadn’t expected – with melting happening rapidly along the cracks and crevasses in its base. Though the ice loss is slower than predicted in other sections, the 130 kilometer (80 mile) wide, Florida-sized glacier could still contribute more than 65
Meet Carbon Maps, a new French startup that raised $4.3 million (€4 million) just a few weeks after its inception. The company is building a software-as-a-service platform for the food industry so that they can track the environmental impact of each of their products in their lineup. The platform can be used as a basis
Feist in “In Lightning,” co-directed by Julia Hendrickson, Sara Melvin & Leslie Feist News Feist Announces 2023 Tour Dates, Shares New “In Lightning” Video: Watch She co-directed the new visual for the Multitudes track By Allison Hussey February 21, 2023 Facebook Twitter Facebook Twitter Feist has announced a North American spring tour, which will take
Time is flying by a little too fast in 2023, although it’s not all bad news as a new month means new Game Pass additions. Microsoft have announced the next four games hitting the service before March 3rd, alongside Atomic Heart which releases today. I was interested in the steely Soviet shooter until I read
Wallace the Walrus February has truly been a ride as Trace and I venture through the wilds of Weird Sex Month. After spending the last few weeks of January buried in films of the 2000-2010s with remake House of Wax (2005) and Crimson Peak (2015), February has been dedicated to the early 1980s with Videodrome (1983) and Possession
Microsoft’s fledgling Bing chatbot can go off the rails at times, denying obvious facts and chiding users, according to exchanges being shared online by developers testing the AI creation. A forum at Reddit devoted to the artificial intelligence-enhanced version of the Bing search engine was rife on Wednesday with tales of being scolded, lied to,
Home fitness had a huge moment at the outset of the pandemic — and understandably so. People were stuck at home, gyms closed and suddenly workout options seemed to dramatically decrease. As with the teleconferencing revolution, plenty of startups were waiting in the wings to pounce on the sudden opportunity. As predicted, when the world
Don Lemon seems to be trying to push himself out of the limelight amid all the anger pointed his way … because TMZ has learned he’s backed out of an upcoming event he was set to moderate. Don was scheduled to host an event in NYC Tuesday, all about race and real estate in honor
Madison Beer is a hot topic with LAPD … not because she’s breaking laws, but because a caller from Germany is repeatedly — and falsely — informing cops Madison’s contemplating suicide. Law enforcement tells TMZ … LAPD’s received more than 15 calls since the beginning of this year about Madison, with the most recent one
The release of the Pinocchio-inspired Soulslike Lies of P has been narrowed down to this August. A new story trailer introduces a seemingly villainous character, Simon, while highlighting some of the dangerous monstrosities waiting to dismantle players. Lies of P unfolds in the fictional, Belle Époque-era French city of Krat as players control Pinocchio, a mechanoid puppet
Wallace the Walrus February has truly been a ride as Trace and I venture through the wilds of Weird Sex Month. After spending the last few weeks of January buried in films of the 2000-2010s with remake House of Wax (2005) and Crimson Peak (2015), February has been dedicated to the early 1980s with Videodrome (1983) and Possession
When a SpaceX Falcon Heavy launched a national security mission to geostationary Earth orbit Jan. 15, the Space Force revealed that three of the payloads onboard were developed by one of its most secretive agencies, the Space Rapid Capabilities Office. The announcement was unusual as the Space RCO, based at Kirtland Air Force Base, New
Hey, TechCrunch besties. After a week in Korea and the Philippines, it’s great to be back in the States — and slightly more tan (i.e., burnt) than before. Massive thanks to Henry, who was forced to step in over the past two weeks thanks to my failing to realize that Korean Air does not offer
“The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation,” wrote Henry David Thoreau in Walden. If you’re looking for quiet desperation in modern-day America, you’d be hard-pressed for a better place to find it than the “dubiously named” Oasis Mobile Estates in Riverside County, California, the setting of Asale Angel-Ajani’s debut novel, A Country You
If the series didn’t make a habit of naming each installment after the person they’re searching for, this hour could have been called “Sins of the Father.” Not only did Jason lose his temper and misstep with his reaction to Keith on Alert: Missing Persons Unit Season 1 Episode 8, but Mike faced some hard
Jayda G, photo by Nabil Elderkin News Jayda G Announces New Album Guy, Shares Video for New Song “Circle Back Around”: Watch The producer and DJ’s full-length effort arrives in June via Ninja Tune By Matthew Strauss February 20, 2023 Facebook Twitter Facebook Twitter Producer and DJ Jayda G has announced the new album Guy,
I think Wild Hearts is a terribly unbalanced game. I think some of the monsters you fight are too bland, and I think some of them are far, far too spicy. I think the gameplay loop is fattier and chewier than it is in genre rival Monster Hunter, and I think the vast majority of
While the Megami Tensei series has been eclipsed in popularity by its spinoff Persona series, there’s little doubt that both series have benefited from Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne. The third game in the SMT series not only successfully gained the series a foothold outside of Japan, but it also introduced gameplay elements that carried
By listening to the echo of earthquakes bouncing about inside our planet, we can make a good guess at what’s inside Earth without slicing it up. Unfortunately seismic waves often have inconsistencies that scientists are yet to fully understand. One source of variability occurs in low-density pockets of material some 3,000 kilometers (just under 1,900
Cory Siskind Contributor My company just had its best quarter ever. As its founder and CEO, I am proud to say that I wasn’t there for most of it. I had a good excuse, though: I was on parental leave raising my first child. Since starting this company, I had not taken more than one
The 3x Oscar-nominated Damien Chazelle-directed early Hollywood epic Babylon will hit Paramount+ on Feb. 21 in U.S and Canada, which is 61 days after its theatrical window. The Paramount/C2 movie which stars Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, Diego Calva and Lukas Haas will also debut in U.K., Australia, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Italy, Latin America, Brazil and
Britney Spears and her husband, Sam Asghari, are out and about — grabbing dinner in public and looking like nothing is amiss … even though her inner circle is deeply concerned about her well-being. The singer hit up Nobu in Malibu Sunday night, riding shotgun while Sam was in the driver’s seat … her manager,
Image: Nintendo Over the weekend, images from the Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom art book leaked online revealing unannounced details about the most anticipated launch on this year’s gaming calendar. With the 12th May release date still many weeks away, we thought it would be a good idea to make plain our approach to Zelda
Over the weekend, IGN Fan Fest included several new trailers and announcements, including developer Bloober Team announcing that their upcoming Layers of Fear (originally titled Layers of Fears) will arrive this Summer. This was in addition to the announcements for Redfall, Diablo IV, Lies of P and more. For starters, Layers of Fear, a “reimagination”
It’s that time of the year. The French government and the government-backed initiative La French Tech gathered applications, processed the numbers and ranked the 120 top-performing startups in France right now, with a special category for the top 40 ones. The result is two rankings that are based on objective criteria — the Next40 and
“Euphoria” star Angus Cloud has found himself in the crosshairs of the CHP after his alleged involvement in a hit-and-run … and now, cops wanna talk. The whole thing went down Tuesday in Marina del Rey where a witness tells us, Cloud and another male were driving around in an SUV that rear-ended a Toyota
Focus Features has set a September 8 global release date for My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3. That will give some breadth to the post-Labor Day box office and an option for older female moviegoers, that weekend already having New Line’s The Nun 2 on the schedule. Part 3 was written and directed by the
Burna Boy performing at the 2023 NBA All-Star Game halftime show (Photo by Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images) News Watch Burna Boy, Rema, and Tems Perform at the 2023 NBA All-Star Game The three Nigerian artists took turns singing their own singles onstage By Matthew Ismael Ruiz February 19, 2023 Facebook Twitter Facebook Twitter