EA CEO Andrew Wilson says BioWare has returned to its strengths with the impending release of Dragon Age: The Veilguard, praising its reviews while predicting that it has "breakout potential" thanks to what he characterizes as limited competition.Speaking with investors in EA's quarterly earnings call, Wilson reflected on some of BioWare's troubled recent history, which has been defined in part by the failure of Anthem — a multiplayer game Wilson described as "very, very different than something that would be known as a BioWare game." In the wake of Anthem, Wilson said a "big shift happened" that saw "BioWare really returning to BioWare-type games; really returning to BioWare's strengths."…

Sony Pictures has locked down a Jumanji 3 release date of December 11, 2026.The movie studio announced the schedule update today, confirming that a third entry in its franchise reboot series is in the works with plans to swing into IMAX and other Premium Large Formats in a little more than two years. It’s a date that will keep Jumanji 3 from audiences for quite a while, and while a cast has not been confirmed, Deadline reports that director Jake Kasdan, along with stars Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Jack Black, Kevin Hart, and Karen Gillan, are in talks and expected to return.Sony Pictures Says Jumanji 3 is coming in December 2026.Jumanji introduced moviegoers to its jungle board game premise in 1995. In the film, the titular board game brings dangerous wildlife creatures – and a lost…

20th Century Studios is working on an idea for Alien: Romulus 2 that would continue the story of the first movie, with Fede Alvarez potentially returning to direct. Speaking in an interview with THR, 20th Century Fox exec Steve Asbell talked about the success of Alien Romulus and what the next step might be for the sequel. "We’re working on a sequel idea now. We haven’t quite closed our deal with Fede [Alvarez], but we are going to, and he has an idea that we’re working on," Asbell explains. …

The Harry Potter TV series from Warner Bros. will explore the wizarding world "more in depth" than the film series did, an executive has said.Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, Warner Bros. Television Group chairman and CEO Channing Dungey admitted "there's not a lot to talk about yet" but made clear the company is looking to go deeper into Harry Potter lore than the films did."We’ve got our fantastic writing staff in place and they are doing what they need to do," Dungey said. "And casting calls have opened up in the UK and Ireland, so the process is moving along. It’s going quite well."It’s an unbelievable dream, honestly, and as somebody who is a huge fan of books, the opportunity to get to explore them in maybe a little bit more in de…

Nintendo is working to take down images of its new unannounced Switch game after the internet — as expected — leaked it online.Earlier this month, Nintendo asked those who successfully signed up for its then mysterious Switch Online Playtest not to reveal what it is once it went live. Documentation includes a request “that you do not discuss or disclose content from either the Nintendo Switch Online: Playtest Program test software or website with others.”At the time the internet collectively scoffed at that request, and now it’s all out in the wild. Today, October 21, ahead of the playtest going live on October 23, some users were able to download the game, which weighs in at 2.2GB, and access its website. Images of this website and its details are now spreading across social med…

Spider-Man 2 is officially swinging to PC on January 30, 2025, making it the latest PlayStation exclusive to make its way to Steam and Epic Games Store. Nixxes Software, which worked on porting the two previous Spider-Man games, will once again handle development.Announced during NYCC 2025, Insomniac's sequel rounds out the series on Steam, joining Spider-Man and Spider-Man: Miles Morales on the platform. It's part of a broader push by PlayStation that has seen God of War, Ghost of Tsushima, and other PS5 releases make their way to Steam. Notably, Insomniac appeared to end hopes for its long-rumored Venom DLC by announcing that the studio has "no additional story content planned for Marvel's Spider-Man 2," seemingly ending speculation dating back to last year.…

2023’s Modern Warfare 3 includes perhaps the most poorly received campaign in Call of Duty history. It has a metascore of 56 on Metacritic and a 'mostly negative' user review rating on Steam. IGN’s own Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 single-player campaign review returned a 4/10. We said: “Underbaked, rehashed, and cobbled together from multiplayer parts, Modern Warfare 3’s single-player campaign is everything a Call of Duty story mode shouldn’t be.” Eurogamer added: “Clearly rushed to market, Modern Warfare 3's campaign tapes together ill-conceived open areas, underwhelming linear missions, and a meaningless story.” In short, it was all a bit of a disaster.A year later and Call of Duty fans are yet again faced with another campaign from the first-person shoot…