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The Callisto Protocol game director Glen Schofield isn't the only developer forced to backpedal this week in response to being behind the times.
Warner Bros. free-to-play online 2D fighter Multiversus had included an ability which allowed Velma - of Scooby Doo - to summon a police car to take away another player.
This morning while breakfasting we watched newly released on Disney+ Thor: Love and Thunder. It is much better than both its trailers and reviews suggest.
Then we read news of the death of Queen Elizabeth II. We would have recommended watching this film anyway, but it feels especially poetic on this day.
It's probably not a coincidence that on the same day we get a Gotham Knights trailer telling us to think of Alfred as part of the Batman family, we get the season 3 trailer for Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman’s Butler.
We don't think game and series are part of the same DC universe, but that doesn't mean Warner Bros. can't hope for a bit of cross-promotion.
Action roleplaying game Gotham Knigths have released a video about the Batman family.
There's really not a lot to it or any new reveals but those following the title may want to take a look.
This week old favourite Quantum Leap returns with a new twist, a super-secret Babylon 5 is confirmed complete, a Star Ocean mission update, The Imperfects hits screens suddenly and Jennifer Connelly is back in sci-fi.
Bloomberg reporter Jason Schreier took aim at studio director Glen Schofield for a tweet in which he talked about 12-15 hour work days and that being a labour of love.
Crunch time in game development is a hot button. Glen swiftly apologised.
Netflix have announced an October 7 release date for new Korean sci-fi comedy / drama / mystery series Glitch.
Which sees the main character turn to a UFO community to help find her boyfriend after he vanishes in a flash of light.
Action roleplaying game Cyberpunk 2077 has just rolled out a major update titled Edgerunners which ties in with the Netflix Cyberpunk: Edgerunners anime series releasing on the 13th.
Most notably this update includes a wardrobe / transmog system and on PC, the long-awaited official mod tools called REDmod.
We've commented on soon to launch souls-like Steelrising on a few occasions as a possibly interesting retrofuturistic steam-punk alternate history France action roleplaying game. Quite the mouthful.