Valve has published a store page for Deadlock, finally bringing some official word on its new game, which has been in semi-private testing for months.Deadlock is a 6v6 MOBA hero shooter that is still in “early development,” according to the store page. The game combines third-person gunplay with attacking enemy objectives, destroying defenses, and purchasing upgrades while leading minions across four lanes.Since the store page went live, it appears there has been an influx of invitations distributed, as peak concurrent player figures have risen from around 25,000 to over 75,000.Despite the absence of an announcement, people have been streaming the game, and Deadlock’s existence was an open secret.Deadlock now has an official store page with a small teaser trailer, and you can wishlist the …

The entire first season of Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power was shrouded in mystery until days before the series premiere, but no aspect of the show was kept more vague than Daniel Weyman’s character dubbed The Stranger. We learn in the first episode that The Stranger arrives in Middle-earth via comet and for a while, he was suspected to be Sauron in a new form. We soon learned that Sauron was actually masquerading as Hallbrand (Charlie Vickers), but we learned that The Stranger is an “Istar” or, as the Harfoots say more colloquially, a wizard.That narrows down who The Stranger is in Lord of the Rings lore quite a bit, with all signs pointing to him evolving into the Gandalf we all know and love. Officially, the character is still nameless in Season 2 and setting out on an adventure t…

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It has been an excruciatingly long wait for Indiana Jones fans, but at long last, a brand-new video game in the franchise is on its way. First revealed in 2021, Indiana Jones and The Great Circle will be arriving later this year, giving fans a chance to don the trademark fedora of the two-fisted archeologist as he uses his wits and whip to explore historical landmarks and extract teeth from Nazis.Now that the game is almost here, Microsoft and MachineGames have revealed more of its story details and have shown off some of its whip-cracking gameplay in action. Some elements are still being kept locked up tighter than the treasures in an Atlantean tomb, but for now, here’s everything that we know about Indiana Jones and the Great Circle so far.Table of Contents [hide]<…

Funko Pops are making the move from your collectible shelf to your gaming console, as the collectibles brand is launching a wild new game–Funko Fusion–on September 13. The quirky action game will feature 60 playable characters from over 20 popular franchises like Jurassic World, Back to the Future, The Thing, and more. In conjunction with the new game, Funko is also launching a new Funko Fusion figures lineup that can be scanned into the game to unlock additional in-game content. That makes them function a bit like Nintendo’s amiibo figures–though we’re hoping they don’t sell out as fast.Funko Fusion arrives on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch, and PC on September 13, and the first of the new figures drop a week later on September 18, followed by additional characters thro…

Star Wars is for kids. At least, that’s the excuse that gets rolled out whenever one raises an issue with poor plotting, fart jokes, or pat moral lessons. But Star Wars also takes place in a universe with dark implications, like a fascistic Empire that turns a blind eye to crime lords who trade in sentient slaves and illicit drugs. Star Wars has long shied away from letting its seedy criminal underworld simply be unapologetically seedy, but by setting itself in the midst of it, Star Wars Outlaws may just be the scumbag simulator we’ve been waiting for.While it would be easy to lay this problem at the feet of the kid-friendly Disney corporation, the Star Wars franchise’s unease with portraying criminals actually began much earlier, with franchise creator George Lucas. Lucas himself authored…

At one point, Joker director Todd Phillips was planning to make a movie about Hulk Hogan starring Thor actor Chris Hemsworth in the lead role. But it’s not going to happen.Phillips told Variety, “I love what we were trying to do, but that’s not going to come together for me,” the director said.This update from Phillips is not a big surprise. After all, Hemsworth himself gave a disappointing update on the Hulk movie back in May, saying it had yet to come together. And now it seems like it may never, at least not with Phillips directing.”If there’s a great script and a story to tell, I’d love to jump into it. But there’s nothing official at this point,” Hemsworth said at the time in an interview with ScreenRant.Phillips’ next movie is Joker: Folie a Deux, which releases in theaters this Octo…