Paramount's rollout in Europe proceeds but possibly not optimally.

Sci-fi fans would likely be aware that Star Trek is one of Paramount's key properties and that Strange New Worlds premiere's today globally. But Paramount+ won't launch in the UK and Ireland until June 22.

While it's a bit of real sci-fi news blackhole so far this week - it just doesn't make sense to compete for attention with the likes of Star Wars (May the 4th celebration) and Marvel (Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness cinema release) - Star Trek have thrown their hat into the ring and aren't giving up easily.

This being May the 4th (as in, may the force with you), the Star Wars folk have dropped another trailer for upcoming series Obi-Wan Kenobi and also two character pack DLCs for recently released LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga.

The trailer is fine as trailers go but unlike their March teaser fails to evoke the Star Wars spirit.

We're back! In this week's edition, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds hits screens this week, we take a tour of Sydney's own starship simulator and a first look at Stephen Moffat's new series The Time Traveler's Wife.

The Age have published an interview with Shelley Parker-Chan, the first Australian to be nominated for a Hugo award - two actually, Best Novel and Best New Writer. She Who Became the Sun is their first novel.

Most would regard this novel as fantasy - Hugos cover both science-fiction and fantasy - but this an Australian author and their interview touches on a broader entertainment issue.

Embracer Group, who more gamers might recognise from their previous name of THQ Nordic AB, have announced a deal to acquire Crystal Dynamics, Eidos Montreal, and Square Enix Montreal.

The deal includes some major sci-fi titles like the action roleplaying Deus Ex series and Crystal's in development first-person shooter, Perfect Dark.

The UK government have announced plans for their regulatory authority Ofcom to have jurisdicition over streaming services (eg. Netflix) for adherence to their Broadcasting Code.

With sizeable fines of the larger of a quarter of a million pounds or five percent of the company's revenue for breaches.

Marvel Studios Canada reportedly published and then deleted a short video showing Patrick Stewart as X-Men's Charles Xavier in Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness.

Which was copied and restreamed by other accounts before deletion.

The Guardian have published a short interview with Australian actress Dichen Lachman, whose sci-fi credentials include Dollhouse, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D, The 100 and most recently, Apple's widely acclaimed Severance.

Fair warning - the interview is a little bit spoilerish for Severance.