Marvel’s master of mimicry, the mercenary Taskmaster, debuts his own limited series with the eponymous Taskmaster #1 (opens in new tab). Written by Jed MacKay with art by Alessandro Vitti and GURU-eFX, Taskmaster #1 sees Tony Masters take on a would-be assassin at a Maggia golf tournament. With a humorous …

The timing of Ron Howard’s classy yet unremarkable Hillbilly Elegy, an adaptation of J.D. Vance’s bestselling memoir charting his upward mobility from Ohio poverty to Yale law school, couldn’t be more pertinent, arriving as it does when we’re all unpacking President Trump’s legacy. Published in 2016, Vance’s book seemed to explain the …

The designer behind the PS5 has revealed that the next-generation console was supposed to be even bigger.  In an interview with the Washington Post (opens in new tab) Yujin Morisawa, senior art director at Sony and the man behind the design for the largest PlayStation console to date, discussed the …

The first two major North American comic conventions of 2021, Emerald City Comic Con (ECCC) and Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo (C2E2), have been postponed until the end of 2021. Seattle’s next ECCC is now set for December 2-5, 2021, moving off the previously scheduled March 4 – 7 date …

Stranger Things season 4 is all about shaking up the status quo. Hopper is alive and out in Russia, Steve has a new job, and now it officially looks like a new group is rocking up to Hawkins, Indiana. A new Stranger Things set video (and image) shows off the …

The modern-day aspects of Assassin’s Creed Valhalla are even closer to our reality than we thought, with the latest in the series referencing COVID. Read on, but be warned of minor spoilers. Still here? A letter buried within the game reveals the current-day Valhalla protagonist (that is, the one who’s …

Assassin’s Creed Valhalla lore confirms that Kassandra is, in fact, the canon choice in Assassin’s Creed Odyssey.  Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, which released in 2018, saw the introduction of the optional character choice where you were able to choose between playing a male or female protagonist, Alexios and Kassandra. It’s been …

Dead by Daylight has been confirmed as both a PS5 launch game and an Xbox Series X launch game. In a press release this afternoon, developer Behaviour confirmed that the next-gen version of its multiplayer horror game is ready sooner than expected.  The release confirmed that the game would appear …

Marvel Comics has released a preview (opens in new tab) of unlettered interior pages from S.W.O.R.D. #1 by writer Al Ewing and artist Valerio Schiti. The new volume of the title introduces a new incarnation of the space security force, now re-organized as a mutant-centric squad with ties to Krakoa …

World of Warcraft will be free to play for returning players until November 9. With the latest Shadowlands expansion set to release in just a few weeks time, Blizzard Entertainment are encouraging players to return to the MMO by giving them the opportunity to pick up where they left off …