Gotham Knights is shaping up to be one of the year’s most divisive games, to say the least. While some simply wish that Gotham Knights featured more Arkham-like gameplay, others are more upset by elements of the game’s story and lore. Truth be told, that red-hot debate isn’t going to be cooled by the game’s controversial and bold ending. Gotham Knights tasks Batgirl, Red Hood, Robin, and Nightwing (as well as the player) with saving Gotham City in the wake of Batman’s death....

But a recent Twitter post by director James Gunn gives fans hope for something more. Earlier today, Gunn posted photos of a wrap gift he received from members of the crew. The photo shows eight holiday ornaments, each displaying a Guardian. The familiar faces are there, as well as a festive-looking Kraglin. But the most surprising addition is Cosmo the Spacedog decked out like Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. As you might guess, the gift signals the end of filming for The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special, which will release this December....

Del Toro’s Pinocchio is about as different from Disney’s as one could imagine, and not just because this is stop-motion and the latter is traditional animation. For one thing, this is clearly del Toro’s vision, and while it may give perhaps only the littlest viewers a few unpleasant dreams, it is nevertheless infused with the maestro’s Gothic storytelling sensibility (even more so than the 1940 film’s admittedly darker moments). Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio also concerned with many of the same themes that permeate del Toro’s adult-oriented films, including loss, death, memory, the fear of the unknown, and most significantly, the feeling of being an outsider to the world around oneself....

Harley Quinn Episode 4 What does every supervillain need after they get a crew together? A nemesis, of course! That classic comic book dynamic comes into play in this week’s episode of Harley Quinn as the titular terror continues her quest to become Gotham’s biggest bad. After putting her crew together in the last chapter, Harley (Kaley Cucuo), Dr. Psycho (Tony Hale), Clayface (Alan Tudyk in one of many roles), and new addition King Shark (Ron Funches) end up with a rather embarrassing entry into Bat-canon as their foe....

Harley Quinn Season 2 Episode 12 Harley Quinn season 2 has been nothing short of a total delight and as we reach the penultimate episode the show delivers on its promise with an action-packed installment that will satisfy both your lust for violence and romantic tendencies. See, this is an example of just what makes Harley Quinn so special as we get cosmic superhero battles and emotional arcs with impact. Essentially, “Lover’s Quarrel” is a season highlight and sets up an epic finale....

Harley Quinn Season 2 Episode 5 Harley Quinn loves to piss people off and the cold open this week may well piss a few people off, but it certainly made this reviewer chuckle. DC Universe’s adult animation series is at its best when it mercilessly mocks itself and, in this case, its viewers. If you’ve ever shared the Release the Snyder Cut hashtag or got angry about Mary Sues, then you might want to forward through this opening unless you don’t mind having a little laugh at yourself....

Hawkeye episode 4, “Partners, Am I Right?”, did the investigative story work that took a backseat in last week’s action-packed installment. Although remaining well-paced, the show slowed down markedly, making its episodic nature feel more frustrating. But in doing so, it also hooked us into a key element of the plot that had been mostly abandoned since the premiere, and did some essential work on both its core mysteries and Clint Barton’s unresolved guilt....

His Dark Materials Episode 3 In material terms, His Dark Materials Episode 3 didn’t move us very far forward. Like a docked boat, Lyra’s journey stalled in one place while other characters were frustrated in their various searches. By the end of the hour, Lord Boreal was still on the trail of Stannislaus Grumann/Col. John Parry, Mrs. Coulter was still on the trail of Lyra (the spy flies only telling her what the Magisterium already knew – that Lyra and the alethiometer were with the Gyptians), and – Benjamin and Tony’s break-in having failed to uncover the location of the Northern station – the Gyptians were still on the trail of their missing children....

Much as it was in Zero Dawn, Forbidden West‘s mounts are primarily used to help you get around the world a little faster. This time around, though, mounts come equipped with a greater variety of unique abilities (including one that has the ability to fly) that may help determine which ones you choose to use in specific situations. While you should be able to acquire most of Forbidden West‘s mounts simply by working your way through the game’s campaign, here’s a brief look at exactly how to unlock all of them and what they do:...

But against all odds, the three sadistic criminals are back in 3 From Hell, Zombie’s latest chapter in what has now become a trilogy that started back in 2003 with his directorial debut, House of 1,000 Corpses. And if the Firefly tribe are anything in this film, they’re even more unrepentant and wicked than before. How they made it out of The Devil’s Rejects alive, what happens to them in prison and how they find all kinds of new and horrifying trouble to get into — along with new family member Winslow “Foxy” Coltrane (Richard Brake) — is the stuff of spoilers, which we won’t get into here....

The first time I played BioShock Infinite was the June when we were so broke that my then-husband started selling his plasma for money. When he wasn’t doing that, he was working as a roofer around Milwaukee while I twiddled my thumbs. I had a job lined up teaching writing that wouldn’t start for another three weeks. No temp agencies would have me. What had begun as a summer of infinite possibilities boiled down to just one: misery....

Then, something different comes on. A promo for a show you’ve never heard of. A deep mysterious voice describes magical cards unleashing chaos on the world. You’re hit with quick cuts of a boy and girl fighting off magical creatures. You’re told by the oddly alluring narrator voice: “Prepare for a quest unlike any you’ve seen before. Prepare for… Cardcaptors.” You’re struck by it. The images. The sound. The voice....

After maintaining something close to radio silence for what seemed like years, Blizzard has finally unveiled new information on Diablo Immortal. However, since it’s been so long since the company last talked about the game, there’s a good chance you might require a refresher regarding the various ways the project is (and isn’t) a typical Diablo game. During BlizzCon 2018, Blizzard achieved internet infamy with the announcement of Diablo Immortal: the series’ first mobile title....

“See you soon.” Those were the last words spoken by He Who Remains (Jonathan Majors) as he died from a stab wound at the end of Loki season 1. He Who Remains made it quite clear to Loki (Tom Hiddleston) and variant Sylvie (Sophia Di Martino) that killing him would unleash an infinite number of variants of himself, creating a true Multiverse of Madness. One variant in particular, however, is a force to be feared: Kang the Conqueror....

Star Trek: Discovery Season 3 was surprising in many ways. The latest season literally went where no installment of the Star Trek franchise had gone before, flying into an unknown time period that exists so far outside established canon that the series was basically free to do whatever it wanted. And, for the most part, it did. Break up the Federation as we once understood it? Check. Show us a broken Starfleet that was essentially in hiding, hanging on to a dream of past glory?...

All of that changed in Star Trek: Prodigy episode 9, “A Moral Star, Part 1,” when the crew firmly pivots from rebels on the run to brave, would-be Starfleet officers with a mission. Of course, this change didn’t happen in this one episode. It’s been happening for the entire series. And in this way, Prodigy has demonstrated how a fairly generic sci-fi premise can be molded, slowly into something greater than the sum of its parts....

Legends of Tomorrow Season 6 Episode 15 Legends of Tomorrow season 6 has certainly been a mixed bag. The overarching framework of displaced aliens spread through time never really clicked in the same way that many of the series’ other ridiculous setups did. (I mean, c’mon, they made magical creatures work last year, what the heck happened?) The problems were multiple: Sara was separated from the group for half of the season, the show struggled to really integrate new character Spooner into the team until the season’s final pair of episodes, and entirely too much time has been dedicated to finding a reason to write off Matt Ryan’s Constantine....

The first season of Prime Video’s William Gibson adaptation, The Peripheral has come to an end, an absolutely wild trip through issues of environmentalism, fascism, warfare, and technology that will likely take us ages to fully unpack. But the series has also been about video games in general and virtual reality in particular. Yes, it turns out that virtual reality can actually be a kind of alternate universe telepresence time travel, but virtuality remains pretty close to the core of the story throughout....

The longevity of Chris Hemsworth’s Thor in the Marvel Cinematic Universe has taken many by surprise. When Robert Downey Jr. and Chris Evans made Avengers: Endgame their swansong, many figured Hemsworth would join them. Instead, he’s becoming the first solo character to reach a fourth solo cinematic installment with Thor: Love and Thunder. Even more surprising was the news that Natalie Portman was coming back to the MCU to bring the story of Jane Foster lifting Mjolnir to the big screen....

But when Gordon made his debut in Justice League — the truncated 2017 version started by director Zack Snyder and finished by Joss Whedon after a family tragedy took Snyder away — his participation was frustratingly small, limited to a single rooftop scene with Batman and some of his superfriends. Even in Snyder’s restored version of the movie, 2021’s Zack Snyder’s Justice League, Simmons’ screen time was only marginally expanded....