Netflix have announced both a live action film and "adult" animated series in development based on the Gears of War third-person shooter game series.

Not a series we've played, but we're aware of it and its success.

Another year, another N7 Day celebrating roleplaying game series Mass Effect, and another small tease.

Last year was just one image and the promise of another game. This year some footage with a coded message. Later republished decoded with another image and message.

In the US only - sorry fellow Ozzies - Stargate is returning to Prime after departing late last year.

Here in Australia it launched on Amazon's new Prime Video Channels - MGM - at the same time and disappeared from Stan a few months later.

Carrie-Anne Moss will join the Star Wars universe in the upcoming series The Acolyte.

Her role as Trinity in The Matrix puts her in select company for kick-arse female sci-fi leads alongside Sigourney Weaver and Linda Hamilton.

To celebrate this year's Stranger Things day (November 6), Netflx have re-released the previously free-to-play and supported by microtransactions Stranger Things: Puzzle Tales.

As a Netflix exclusive (i.e. Netflix subscription required) and minus microtransactions.

Netflix's PR people are too astute to waste any heavy hitters against the likes of Avatar or Wakanda Forever but don't like to completely bow out of any tussle.

So we have some characteristically mid and low range entries from them this week in Warriors of the Future and Hot Skull.

With Marvel's second Black Panther film, Wakanda Forever, releasing in cinemas this week, there has been the typical trickle of teasers - Remember, Namor, Lift Me Up, One Week, Live.

Including a typical amount of repetition in their content. Regardless they are superb.

According to a reddit thread detailing spoilers for chapter #1065 of best-selling pirate fantasy manga series, One Piece, it has been revealed that the setting is not an alternate fantasy world.

It's a post-apocalyptic sci-fi world. That's one way for sci-fi to beat fantasy.

As we were musing over their new Amazon series The Peripheral, HBO announced the cancellation of Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy's Westworld on HBO.

Some are describing the decision as a shock one, but season 4 viewership wasn't strong. Which we attribute to a weaker third season.

Before having an opportunity to see Amazon's new The Peripheral series with our own eyes, we spied more than a few unflattering reviews in the news streams.

Based on a book, did it not do it justice? Was this a case of non sci-fi lovers just not being able to understand and appreciate it? No.