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Business Standard
26-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Business Standard
Diablo 4 season 9 brings new dungeon gauntlet and boss mechanics: Details
American video game developer and publisher, Blizzard Entertainment, has revealed the first major details of Diablo 4 Season 9, with a strong focus on revitalising endgame content following widespread criticism of Season 8. The new feature, titled Escalation Nightmares, will debut during the Public Test Realm (PTR) for Patch 2.3.0 from May 27 to June 3 and will be fully launched with the new season. Escalation nightmares: A stacked dungeon challenge According to a GameRant report, at the core of Season 9's endgame is Escalation Nightmares—a sequence of three chained Nightmare Dungeons. In this mode, affixes from each dungeon carry over to the next, progressively increasing difficulty. Blizzard has dubbed this feature the 'ultimate test,' offering players greater rewards for enduring mounting challenges. The final stage of this gauntlet culminates in a revamped boss fight against Exalted Astaroth. This version of the demon splits mid-battle into two independent bosses, forcing players to adapt to new attack patterns and combo mechanics. Season 9 aims to win back players after season 8 criticism As per GameRant, Season 8 was met with mixed reviews, with players expressing frustration over sluggish progression, limited build diversity, and reduced drop rates for rare items. Blizzard's new approach in Season 9 appears aimed at restoring confidence through a more challenging and rewarding endgame experience. More to come, but no expansion until 2026 While Season 9 leads the way, Blizzard has confirmed that a major expansion won't arrive until 2026. In the meantime, Seasons 9 and 10 will continue building on the 'Vessel of Hatred' storyline, with more updates expected as launch day approaches.
Yahoo
10-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Speculation Pegs Patrick Schwarzenegger as a Name to Monitor for Marvel's ‘X-Men' Reboot
Following the exceptionally high ratings from critics and fans for the recently released film Thunderbolts*, the buzz around upcoming Marvel projects continues to heat up. Along with Avengers: Doomsday (May 1, 2026) and Spider-Man: Brand New Day (July 31, 2026), Marvel fans anxiously await the release of The Fantastic Four: First Steps, which will hit theatres on July 25, 2025. The upcoming Fantastic Four movie will feature Pedro Pascal as Reed Richards/Mister Fantastic, Vanessa Kirby as Susan Storm/Invisible Woman, Joseph Quinn as Johnny Storm/Human Torch and Julia Garner as Shalla-Bal/Silver Surfer. Along with the already planned releases, the chatter around a reboot of the popular X-Men series has intensified. Although Game Rant reports it likely won't come until after Avengers: Secret Wars in 2027, multiple names have been thrown out as options to monitor. While it's far too early to confidently guess who could be featured in the expected future X-Men series, the latest name mentioned is The White Lotus star Patrick Schwarzenegger. Among those ramping up the buzz surrounding Schwarzenegger possibly being a name to monitor for the film is one popular account on X that's dropped numerous tidbits about Marvel projects over recent years, Main Middle Man. "Patrick Schwarzenegger is being eyed for a role in the X-Men reboot for the MCU," read the tweet. It's purely speculation at this point, although the hype behind a potential X-Men reboot intensified even more recently when Deadline reported on May 8, 2025, that Marvel is "circling" Thunderbolts* director Jake Schreier to assemble the team for it. Fans appeared to be mostly on board with the idea of Schwarzenegger joining the X-Men, with one fan pegging him as a fit to play Cyclops. Another echoed the idea of Schwarzenegger as Cyclops, but also pitched out Gambit as a fit. "I'd love him for Cyclops," wrote one fan. While it's all chatter and buzz this early on, it's still fun to kick around thoughts on how some high-profile names could fit as future faces in the Marvel universe.
Time of India
24-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Time of India
Ghost of Tsushima's missing piece? Ghost of Yōtei collector's edition teases Gwent-inspired minigame; check details
Loved Ghost of Tsushima? Well, wait, keep up the excitement, as Ghost of Yōtei, the sequel to Ghost of Tsushima, is set to arrive this October. PlayStation Studios and Sucker Punch Productions have unveiled a release date for the trailer for Ghost of Yōtei, which is the upcoming sequel to the 2020 open-world game Ghost of Tsushima. The game comes with a brand new protagonist called Atsu, who is hellbent on getting revenge against six outlaws who killed her family. Ghost of Yōtei originally revealed a 2025 release window when it was announced. Now it is committing to a release date reveal of October 2, 2025. The new announcement came alongside a brand-new story trailer introducing Ghost of Yōtei's six key antagonists. But now you must be curious about how different it is from Ghost of Tsushima. Ghost of Yōtei comes to PS5 on October 2. New trailer introduces the Yōtei Six — gang members Atsu has sworn to hunt down: Ghost of Tsushima's Collector's Edition reveals a minigame in the sequel Well, with a small trailer of Ghost of Yotei, nothing much could be showcased beyond the gorgeous vistas, a bit of gameplay, new weapons, and brief teases of what the story will be like. But the Collector's Edition boasts something that could engross players for a majority of the time in-game, reports Game Rant. However, it depends on how in-depth it is as a minigame: Zeni Hajiki. According to Game Rant, Horizon Forbidden West's Machin Strike and Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth's Queen's Blood are the latest PlayStation titles to explore strategy minigames. Meanwhile, Ghost of Tsushima is focused on immersive open-world activities such as Bamboo Strikes and Haiku. But now, Ghost of Yotei introduces Zeni Hajiki, described as a skill-based gameplay that players will encounter throughout the game. This has also been showcased through a real-life adaptation. Ghost of Tsushima and Ghost of Yotei feature Apart from the minigame, Tsushima had more than enough of an open world, encouraging free-roaming exploration. Still, Sucker Punch's acclaimed Ghost franchise seems like an ideal setup for a recurring minigame, especially if Ghost of Yotei features players encountering new NPCs (non-performing characters) along their quest to defeat the Yotei six. Key points about Ghost of Yōtei What is it? A sequel to the Ghost of Tsushima series. When does it come out? October 2, 2025. What can I play it on? PS5 (exclusively). Who's making it? Sucker Punch (Ghost of Tsushima, Infamous). To stay updated on the stories that are going viral follow Indiatimes Trending.
BBC News
11-04-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Black Mirror season seven: Eulogy is the anthology's most 'heartfelt and quietly devastating' episode ever
Viewers have been "shattered" by Eulogy, an emotional new episode in the seventh season of Charlie Brooker's series, starring Paul Giamatti. Since 2011, Charlie Brooker and Annabel Jones' dystopian anthology series, Black Mirror, has presented 34 stories about the dark side of technology: how computer systems and digital gadgets might distort, warp and even end life for humans. There have been the shocking, twist-filled episodes – a prime minister is forced to have intercourse with a pig on live TV to release a kidnapped princess (National Anthem); a woman chased by bounty hunters on a sadistic reality TV show is revealed to be a child-killer (White Bear) – but every so often, there's a tale that transcends the "what if technology went bad?" theme and instead manages to capture the multi-layered nuances of human existence. This gentle, more emotional side to Black Mirror has previously emerged in several fan-favourite episodes, such as San Junipero, released in 2016: a love story between two young women set in the 80s, that is later revealed to be a simulated reality where the dead and the still living can co-exist together online. Be Right Back (2013) was prescient in its explorations of AI, and how the experience of grief might lead someone to create a computer-generated version of their loved one. And themes of infidelity and sexual obsession viewed through an embedded memory "grain" were explored with devastating results in 2011's The Entire History of You, written by Succession's Jesse Armstrong. And while there's always a place for slightly silly, catastrophising predictions of the endgame of computers and the internet (Plaything and Common People in season seven are decent new examples of this), Black Mirror excels when the technology is just one part of the story, not the point of the story. The newest series appears to recognise this, and is perhaps the most heartfelt and emotional of the entire catalogue. With three of the seven episodes centred around a love story, however, it's episode five, Eulogy, which has been the standout, quietly devastating viewers on the day of its release. "Eulogy broke me in a very particular way I wasn't expecting," one viewer wrote on X, while another said it was "an utterly heartbreaking yet fantastic piece of television… just beautifully painful". Another user added: "Truly incredible from every standard possible. I've been crying for the last 5 minutes… Heartbreak can't even scrape the surface of what this has made me feel." Another was still in recovery from the viewing: "It ha[d] me sobbing. And I mean heavy, fat tears." The critics agree. Stylist's Kayleigh Dray said, "Eulogy shattered me, and I can't stop thinking about it," while Ben Rosenstock from Vulture added that it was the "most heartbreaking episode of the season". GameRant's Aayush Sharma called it "the best episode of Black Mirror Season 7... Paul Giamatti is EXCEPTIONAL", and Jake Kleinman from Huffington Post said: "It might even be the best Black Mirror episode in years." Eulogy – co-written by Brooker and Ella Road – indeed features a captivating performance from Giamatti as Phillip, an older man who is asked if he'll use a digital chip to access his memories to create a eulogy for the funeral of Carol Royce, a girlfriend who broke his heart in his 20s. The technology set-up is just one impressive strand of this episode as the special effects featured allow Phillip to "jump" into old photos, exploring the recreated scene around him. But it's the world-building outside of these merged live-action and CGI scenes that is truly affecting. Piece by piece, the story of Phillip and Carol's relationship and break-up is revealed through his old images and mementos – how it was fractured by him having an affair; the subsequent dramatic proposal he orchestrates in London; and his humiliation when she walks out on him, never to be heard from again. His resulting emotional turmoil is palpable, especially in Giamatti's powerful monologues. But with the help of an avatar "guide" (played by Patsy Ferran) in the Eulogy digital chip, Phillip discovers information that gives him a brand new perspective that could have changed the course of his and Carol's lives – but which, tragically, has come too late. More like this:• Why The White Lotus season three divided fans and critics• The must-see star-studded takedown of modern Hollywood• The Instagram wellness guru who faked cancer Brooker told Vulture that Eulogy is meant to be a companion piece to Be Right Back and The Entire History of You, and examines the blinding, subjective nature of hindsight: "We were talking about memory and photography, and how an individual's take on memory might deceive them in terms of who they feel is the villain in their life." He added to Rolling Stone: "It's somebody using technology to revisit the past and come out with a slightly different perspective and put some ghosts to rest." Brooker also revealed that the loss of his own father – and having to read the eulogy at his funeral – had made the subject even more poignant for him. Eulogy, like much of the anthology, plays with the idea of nostalgia. For Phillip, however, this nostalgia has curdled; any good memories he might have had of Carol have been mentally and physically destroyed by him, leaving him quietly seething with regret and bitterness for almost 30 years. As is almost customary for Black Mirror characters – and in life itself, perhaps – there is no neat, happy ending in Eulogy, but Phillip is given a bittersweet moment of cathartic acceptance, which is what is really resonating with viewers. As Giamatti told Rolling Stone on reading the script for Eulogy: "I was really moved by it at the end, which doesn't always happen to me." Even the most cynical of Black Mirror fans would have to agree that this might be the most heartfelt episode yet. Black Mirror season seven is available on Netflix. -- For more Culture stories from the BBC, follow us on Facebook, X and Instagram.
