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Destiny Might Have Lost Its Chance to Become a TV Show
There’s a lot of video games set to get TV or film adaptations in the next few years, and even more that seem like they’d be ripe for the picking. Bungie’s Destiny franchise seemed like a viable candidate, especially after the studio was acquired by PlayStation in 2022, but it sounds like any plans to…
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Fallout’s Apocalyptic New Trailer Brings Retro Wasteland Weirdness
Amazon’s new Fallout show is the latest in the companies’ big, splashy adaptation plans—and it really wants you to know it’s taking the retro aesthetic and charm of the classic video game series to heart, beneath its pulsing, murkily irradiated post-apocalypse. Today Amazon released a new trailer for Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy’s take on…
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Pokémon Concierge’s Psyduck Is for the Millennial Pokémon Fans
Pokémon thrives on a generational crossover that has made it one of the most popular and endearing franchises in the world—from those of us who trod through the tall grasses of Kanto as kids, to new generations who hopped on board in Scarlet and Violet, there’s a connection that transcends years. But as an older…
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Fallout Show Creators Want It to Feel Like a Brand New Game
Yesterday, Prime Video gave viewers a first full look at its upcoming Fallout show. Based on the RPG franchise by Interplay and Bethesda, the series definitely looks like it belongs with the actual games, and that wasn’t just the mission statement—for all intents and purposes, this is their idea of Fallout 5. Showrunner Graham Wagner…