Tomas Franzese
- Indexed articles, last 90 days
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- Sep 27, 2026
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Avengers: Endgame Encore's Success Sets The Stage For Doomsday (opens the original)
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Avengers: Endgame Encore hit theaters this weekend, and it did well enough to show pent-up anticipation for a new Avengers movie to come out. Thankfully, people won't have to wait that long, as Avengers: Doomsday will be released in December. Per Deadline, Avengers: Endgame Encore led the box office this past weekend, with an estimated 3-day gross of $26 million. While that's a far cry from the opening weekend of a brand-new superhero flick, it's impressive for a re-release with only a bit of ne
The Real Budget Of Hideo Kojima's Physint Remains A Mystery (opens the original)
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After a claim earlier this week suggested that Hideo Kojima's Physint may have cost upwards of $400 million, rampant speculation about the Metal Gear Solid spiritual successor's budget ensued. We still don't know Physint's actual budget, but Bloomberg's Jason Schreier and Windows Central report that it's not quite that high. During The Game Business Show on Sept. 24, Christopher Dring briefly mentioned that Physint had a budget of around $400 million. As Xbox recently signed a publishing deal fo
Star Wars Episode 10 Has Found Its Director (opens the original)
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Disney and Lucasfilm just brought on a director for an upcoming Star Wars movie reportedly continuing the Skywalker Saga. It's Jon Watts, a director you know best for his work on the Marvel Cinematic Universe's Spider-Man trilogy. On Sept. 26, The Hollywood Reporter and Knight Edge Media revealed that Jon Watts would direct the first Star Wars movie that's part of "the next phase of a potential new Skywalker Saga." The film is supposedly part of a trilogy Simon Kinberg is writing. Kinberg wrote
Wolverine Now Officially Lets Players Turn Off Its Most-Hated Feature (opens the original)
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The update some Marvel's Wolverine players have been waiting for is finally here. The latest patch for the superhero game gives players the option to turn off directional assist features like scent trails, which should hopefully make the game feel a little less linear. Marvel's Wolverine is a fairly linear action game, and at many points in the game, players are directed by Wolverine's senses. In-game, these took the form of scent trails that let players know where to find whiskey bottle collect
How Blizzard Quietly Revived Heroes of the Storm (opens the original)
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In 2015, Blizzard developer James Yen, who got his start helping players as a World of Warcraft game master, joined the Heroes of the Storm team as his “first foray” into true game development. Blizzard had finally launched something to take on Dota 2 and League of Legends, games that spawned from a mode created during the heyday of Warcraft 3 custom games, and James Yen wanted to contribute. Unfortunately, Blizzard was late to the MOBA trend, and Heroes of the Storm didn’t become a genre-defini
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