HBO is on the hunt for its next Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, and Ron Weasley.Fans recently spotted an open casting call for "an upcoming HBO Original series adaptation of Harry Potter, produced by HBO," and Variety confirmed with HBO that it's indeed authentic. The casting call also drops a hint about when filming will begin, saying the network will only "consider children who are aged 9-11 in April 2025" and listing the filming dates as 2025-2026 in the U.K. That would track with Warner Bros. Discovery's previous announcement that the show would debut sometime in 2026. The deadline for submissions is October 31, 2024, and auditioning children must be residents of the U.K. or Ireland. It asks hopeful young actors to submit a video reading a short story or p…
Warner Bros. Pictures has shared the first trailer for A Minecraft Movie and fans of the original game series aren't particularly fond of it.The 83-second trailer, below, gives a first look at Jack Black as protagonist Steve (basically Jack Black in a blue shirt) alongside Jason Momoa as The Garbage Man and myriad Minecraft beasties including the iconic Creeper in an unnervingly realistic art style.A post simply titled "Minecraft movie looks garbage" currently has 2,000 upvotes on Reddit, and many are sharing their shock and dismay in the comments. "I waited 10 years for this crap?" asked one. "Glad to see we're coming back to that golden era where video games got bad movies which barely touched the game's plot or idea."…
Yesterday the Roblox Developer's Conference gave players a look at the future of the virtual gaming universe, today the company recognized the creators and games that drive its success with the Roblox Innovation Awards 2024. Gunfight Arena from Splitting Point took home the fan-fueled People's Choice Award, and the developer also grabbed Best Studio, while the fashionable Dress To Impress took home the Builderman's Award of Excellence.Dress To Impress was created in 2023 and has close to 400,000 active players, who compete in fashion competitions that make Project Runway look like the tweed section of a Goodwill. "Thank you Roblox for this prestigious award," the development team Dress To Impress Group said via an avatar-hosted acceptance speech."We are truly …
Developer Treyarch has made some significant changes to Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 as the open beta heads into its second weekend.Black Ops 6, out October 25, 2024, has a new Body Shield feature, a new Omnimovement feature, and various features returning from Treyarch's 2020 game, Black Ops Cold War.The Black Ops 6 open beta restarts at 10am PT today, September 6, and with it comes tweaks to weapons, spawns, and various other gameplay elements that affect Multiplayer.“Many of the changes below are based on data and feedback from Weekend 1,” Treyarch explained in a blog post, “but rest assured we are also taking this into account as we look ahead to launch. We’ll be sharing more about what’s to come in the weeks after Weekend 2 concludes.”…
As the October 31 release of Shadows of the Damned: Hella Remastered draws near, we spoke with the 2011 game’s two legendary creators – Shinji Mikami (Resident Evil) and Goichi Suda (No More Heroes) – at gamescom. While the conversation focused mainly on Shadows of the Damned and its remaster, the pair also reminisced on their work together on Killer7 and told us a tiny bit about what to expect from their next projects, with Suda’s Grasshopper Manufacture and Mikami’s newly founded Kamuy Inc each working on new games. Mikami also gave us his thoughts on the closure and ensuing liberation of Tango Gameworks, the studio he founded.Shinji Mikami (left) and Goichi Suda (right) were at gamescom to talk about Shadows of the Damned, Tango Gameworks, and more. Photo source: IGN Japan.…
Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics is coming to Xbox after all despite controversially being announced for PlayStation, Nintendo Switch, and PC with no Microsoft console in sight.The Marvel vs. Capcom X/Twitter account confirmed the game would be coming to Xbox One and will therefore be backwards compatible via the Xbox Series consoles. It was similarly announced for PlayStation 4 and not PlayStation 5.Xbox fans will have to wait longer, however, as while other platforms are getting the collection — which brings seven fan favorite fighting games together on modern consoles — on September 12, 2024, the Xbox version has the vague release window of 2025."We're excited to announce that after technical discussions with our partners at Microsoft, we can confirm …
Sony’s shock announcement of Concord’s shutdown just two weeks after it went on sale has sent its remaining players into overdrive as they desperately try to secure its Platinum trophy before it’s too late.PlayStation Studios’ ill-fated first-person hero shooter, which suffered a drastically low player count upon launch, goes dark on September 6, with all players set to receive a refund. Ryan Ellis, director at Sony-owned developer Firewalk, said: "while many qualities of the experience resonated with players, we also recognize that other aspects of the game and our initial launch didn’t land the way we’d intended."…