Blog Archive: May 2022

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Frontiers of Pandora

Ubisoft have narrowed their intended launch window for Avatar open world action computer game, Frontiers of Pandora to the final quarter of this year.

With the film releasing in cinemas in December, their goal may to be launch prior to that to capitalise on it and also Christmas gift sales.

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Stargate Timekeepers Beta

During their Home of Wargamers event, publisher Slitherine revealed that they're aiming for upcoming tactical roleplaying game Stargate: Timekeepers to launch a public beta coinciding with the 25th Anniversary of Stargate: SG1.

Which first aired on July 27, 1997.

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Mass Effect Leak?

Video Games Chronicle report that an N7 day lithograph description may have unintentionally revealed plans for the next Mass Effect game to see a return of major character Shepard from the original trilogy.

That description has since been altered and officially brushed off as a mistake but with ambiguous language which doesn't explicitly deny Shepard's return.

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Upload Renewed

Amazon Studios have renewed near future virutal afterlife comedy Upload for a third season.

The announcement also details that since premiering on March 11, it "has remained a Top 10 series on the service."

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Russell Tease Davies

Returning showrunner Russell T. Davies confirmed that he planted "a couple of misleading things" about the identity of the actor who will next play Doctor Who.

We now know that our next Doctor Who will be played by Ncuti Gatwa of Sex Education fame and this is being framed explicitly as not a diversity hire.

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Gotham Knights Gameplay

Warner Bros. have released a new gameplay trailer for Gotham Knights, featuring Nightwing (Dick Grayson) and Red Hood (Jason Todd). Also one for the pre-order Batcycle.

While this is our first time commenting on it here, we have been keeping a quiet eye on it for some time.

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Dinotracker

Once upon a time, cosplay (costume play), larping (live action roleplaying) and ARGs (alternate reality games) were the domain of geeks but are increasingly becoming mainstream.

How mainstream, you ask? Ahead of its cinema release next month Jurassic World Dominion, or rather the "Department of Prehistoric Wildlife", has launched a dinotracker website.

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Westworld S4 Teaser

We have our first look at season four of Westworld this morning courtesy of a teaser from HBO.

After three compelling and constantly surprising seasons they appear to have pulled yet another rabbit out of their hat with swarms of flies and something which looks like giant spider webs.

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Ion Sci-Fi May 10

This week an old favourite is returning to screens, a look at Gene Roddenberrys' Star Trek virtual museum, we roll the dice with a local RPG club and the dinosaurs are back to reclaim their dominion.

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Love, Death & Robots S3

Netflix have released a trailer for the upcoming season 3 of their animated sci-fi horror anthology series, Love, Death & Robots.

We haven't had a chance to watch this series yet but like their earlier teaser, this video impressed, intrigued and made us chuckle.

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