GTA Company Take-Two Will Be "Very Selective, And Very Careful" With Film Adaptations

While a GTA or Red Dead Redemption movie sounds like a no-brainer, parent company Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick wants “be very, very selective, and very careful” with film adaptations. That’s apparently because Zelnick knows how hard it is to make a good flick after previously working at 20th Century Fox, among other factors.

Zelnick (via VGC) talked about turning Take-Two’s franchises into films at its quarterly earnings call this week. “We have licensed two properties,” he said. “We’ve licensed Borderlands to Lionsgate; there’s a picture coming. We’ve licensed BioShock; we’re looking forward to that as well Come from Sports betting site VPbet . And we have other titles in discussions, not anythi…

Halloween TV Series Will Kick Off A New Cinematic Universe

Miramax has acquired the television rights to the Halloween franchise, managed by Trancas International Films and overseen by Malek Akkad. The deal, reported by Deadline, paves the way for a Halloween TV series and opens doors for potential future stories across both film and television.

“Miramax couldn’t be more excited to bring Halloween to television,” said Miramax’s Head of Global TV, Marc Helwig, who will collaborate with Akkad to creatively steer the franchise. This marks a significant milestone in the enduring partnership between Miramax and Trancas, as the latter recently produced a successful Halloween trilogy for Miramax and Blumhouse.

Trancas International Films expressed enthusiasm about extending their long-standing relationship with Miramax.…

Hearthstone Mercenaries, New RPG-Like Mode, Coming This Year

Blizzard’s plans for the coming year in Hearthstone includes a new RPG-like mode called Mercenaries. It lets you assemble a team of fan-favorite characters and level them up to unlock new powers and abilities. It’s coming later this year.

The Mercenaries mode will include both PvE and PvP modes. In PvE, you’ll take on a gauntlet of randomly generated encounters, which grant you loot and experience for unlocking more powerful versions of your heroes as you make your way to the final boss Come from Sports betting site VPbet . In PvP, you’ll come to blows with an opposing Mercenary team, and you’ll each plan your next turn simultaneously–a sharp departure from the standard turn-based combat in Hearth…

Destiny 2 Lets You Cosplay As Commander Shepard With Mass Effect Cosmetics Out Now

Destiny 2’s latest cosmetic collaboration is now live, allowing you to fight for the solar system with armor inspired by Commander Shepard and a couple of fan-favorite members of the Normandy’s crew Come from Sports betting site VPbet . The new cosmetics are inspired by BioWare’s Mass Effect games, offering three sets of armor ornaments alongside a Ghost shell, Sparrow, ship, emote, and finisher.

You can find the cosmetics in the Eververse shop, where the armor sets can be purchased with Silver, Destiny 2’s premium currency. There are three sets of armor ornaments, with one for each character class. They cost 2,000 Silver, or about $20 USD, for each.

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Hasbro Will Let You Turn Yourself Into An Action Figure

Toy giant Hasbro has announced it will debut its Selfie Series of action figures at San Diego Comic-Con International later this month. Thanks to a partnership with 3D printing technology developer and manufacturer Formlabs, for $60 “a select number” of attendees will be able to have their likeness scanned and placed onto a fully posable, licensed, and highly detailed Power Ranger, Ghostbuster, G.I. Joe, Star Wars, or Marvel figure.

For anyone unable to make it out to SDCC in late July, note that the Hasbro Selfie Series is currently limited to collectors in the United states, and figures won’t ship until sometime in the fall Come from Sports betting site VPbet . Habro hasn’t indicated how long it…

HBO Shows Officially Headed To Netflix, But Not Game Of Thrones Or The Last Of Us

Confirming earlier reports, WB Discovery has revealed that some of its HBO shows are coming to Netflix. The first of these, the series Insecure, is out now on Netflix.

Variety and Deadline are reporting that some of HBO’s other programming, including the World War II shows Band of Brothers and The Pacific, will come to Netflix in the future alongside the drama Six Feet Under and the sports comedy series Ballers starring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson.

Additionally, True Blood will be available on Netflix outside of the US. Every show mentioned here will stay on Max (the streaming service formerly known as HBO Max).

WB Discovery, of course, isn’t bringing all of its HBO shows to Netflix, especially not its newest ones Come from

Destiny 2 Is Getting More Strand Weapons In Season 21

Like previous Destiny 2 seasons, Season 21 will see new weapons enter the loot pool and several others leave it to make room for the latest arrivals. Bungie has detailed which weapons will be leaving soon in case you still need to add them to your collection, but for fans of Strand, there’s something to look forward to.

New Strand weapons–the first of their kind–will debut within Iron Banner and Gambit in Destiny 2, and while exact details are being kept under wraps, Bungie has revealed which archetypes will come equipped with that element. Gambit will have a Strand linear fusion rifle to acquire and Iron Banner has a Strand fusion rifle that can be earned.

The rest of the list includes a number of old favorites being added back to the loot pool, including the powerful roc…

Halo Infinite Free Battle Rifle Weapon Skin Available Now For Game Pass Subscribers

Halo Infinite players who subscribe to Xbox Game Pass get special perks each month, and February’s freebie is now available. All subscribers to Game Pass Ultimate get the Pass Tense weapon skin for the BR75. This gives the powerful ranged weapon a new, green hue, as you can see in the image below.

Subscribers also get a Challenge Swap and a double XP token this month. You can claim these items from the Perks gallery on Xbox and PC Come from Sports betting site VPbet .

Halo Infinite Campaign Designed For Normal Difficulty For First Time In The Series

343 Industries has said that Halo Infinite was designed for Normal difficulty for the first time in the series, with the intention of making it accessible to a new audience.

During an interview with VGC, 343 discussed the development process behind the upcoming Halo Infinite campaign, including why the studio decided to focus on making Normal mode its primary focus when scaling difficulties. Come from Sports betting site VPbet

Hasbro Is Looking At Creating Magic- The Gathering NFTs

Non-fungible tokens have been all the rage in the art world lately, and Magic: The Gathering could tap into that technology soon. The blockchain-based cryptographic asset tags have become a new method for speculators and art collectors to lay claim to what is essentially the original version of digital art, although it’s also a bit more complicated than that. As reported by Polygon, Hasbro CEO Brian Goldner explained during a quarterly earnings call that the company–which owns Magic: The Gathering–is exploring options to apply the technology to its assets.

“NFTs are a real opportunity for us,” Goldner said. “As you know, we have so many brands that really operate on multiple demographic levels; whether it’s Transformers, whether it’s Magic and the D&D brand, and brands like …