The Expanse creators confirm their next sci-fi show will be difficult to adapt for TV

When Syfy began adapting Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck’s space-opera novels The Expanse for television, the authors (who write together under the name James S.A. Corey) were closely involved in the process. Over six seasons and a shift to Prime Video, Franck and Abraham served as screenwriters, producers, media ambassadors, and even walk-on actors. Abraham…

Legendary Zelda Director Takashi Tezuka Is Leaving Nintendo

In among the piles of paperwork released by Nintendo overnight regarding its latest financial results, and indeed the news of the Switch 2’s price increase, came another subtly delivered revelation: long-term executive officer and legendary designer Takashi Tezuka is stepping down from his role, perhaps to retire. Along with a few changes to the board…

New Slay the Spire 2 update deletes its most controversial boss fight

The Doormaker is dead. Mega Crit’s new Slay the Spire 2 update has just landed on the beta branch, and the developer has finally made the decision to put its most divisive enemy to bed and start fresh with a completely new creation. These latest StS 2 patch notes also introduce the first incarnation of…

Tomodachi Life: Living The Dream Sales Are Off To A Flying Start

Image: Jim Norman / Nintendo Life Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream may have launched too late for Nintendo to give us a precise figure on its sales numbers in the latest financial report (which collects data up to the end of March 2026), though it has assured us that things are off to a flying…

Capcom’s New PS5 Action Game Is a Massive Sales Hit

Capcom has had a big 2026 so far, and it’s only gotten bigger, as their latest action release Pragmata has already hit some extremely impressive sales numbers. What are Pragmata’s sales numbers? According to Capcom, Pragmata has sold more than 2 million copies in the game’s first 16 days of being available. In a celebratory…

The producer of the new Mortal Kombat film is annoyed that film reviewers are appraising it as a film

Mortal Kombat 2—the film, not the game—released earlier this week and reviews were mixed: games outlets like GamesRadar and IGN were generally favorable, but it copped a flogging in most other quarters. AV Club called it “dreck”, The Hollywood Reporter called it “tacky”, and Vulture called it “depressingly rizzless”. It’s a familiar story where game-to-film…

Mixtape Review – A Night Of Greatest Hits

Stacey Rockford is about to move to New York to follow her dreams, potentially leaving her friends and hometown forever. It’s the end of an era, the death of their childhoods, and the ticking clock has serious emotional weight. I love coming-of-age stories, but Mixtape stands out even among my favorites for how well it…

Sony Record $560 Million Loss On Bungie Deal As Marathon Stalls

Sony purchased Bungie for $3.6 million back in 2022 on the eve of Destiny 2‘s best expansion ever. Just over four years later, the PlayStation 5 maker is recording a $560 million impairment cost for its fourth quarter of the 2025 fiscal year, which closed just four weeks after the launch of Marathon. The company…

May’s big Rust update adds new, rare workbench upgrades, if you can find them

The May Rust update is here, delivering on developer Facepunch’s promise of mortars to put rooftop campers in their place. There’s far more on offer here, with nine rare workbench upgrades headlining the new Rust patch notes. Steam’s most beloved survival game also now boasts a refreshed vending machine UI to make trades smoother, along…

Mortal Kombat 2 and Liu Kang’s confusing fate, explained

Mortal Kombat 2 is full of dismemberment, decapitations, and death. It’s also replete with characters from 2021’s Mortal Kombat who’ve been brought back from the dead, like Josh Lawson’s Kano, or newly made undead, like Kung Lao (Max Huang) and Sindel (Ana Thu Nguyen). Their returns happen in ways that are authentic to the fighting…