Before Tiana's Bayou Adventure replaced Splash Mountain, Imagineers for The Walt Disney Company were busy planning a backstory for the ride deeply interconnected with Tabasco hot sauce and Avery Island where it is made. Now, Disney is ending Tabasco packets at Walt...
The President of Xbox recently posted an inspirational message about teamwork under pressure. But for many within Microsoft’s gaming division, the timing of that message couldn’t be more ironic. Sarah Bond’s statement—“The truest measure of any team is not the score but what they do when things are really, really hard”—came just two months before news broke of yet another devastating round of Xbox layoffs.
Halo Infinite is once again under fire—not for gameplay issues or content delays this time, but for what many see as another round of corporate virtue signaling. As the clock struck July 1st, the moment gay PRIDE month ended, the official Halo account took to X to announce a new in-game promotion in honor of Disability Pride Month.
The Stop Killing Games campaign is picking up serious momentum as two of the biggest voices in gaming—YouTube titan PewDiePie and former World of Warcraft team lead Mark Kern (aka Grummz)—publicly threw their support behind the growing global effort.
Jon Watts, the filmmaker who revitalized Spider-Man for the MCU, was originally set to direct Fantastic Four: First Steps, Marvel’s reboot of the iconic superhero team. However, Watts surprised fans and industry insiders alike when he announced his departure from the project.
During the final weekend of PRIDE month, That Park Place was on the ground at Walt Disney World—and what we found might surprise those expecting the usual rainbow saturation.
Ruckus Games has become to latest developer to require players to select their pronouns.
The studio founded by veterans of Gearbox, Riot, and Bethesda, is facing early backlash as it ramps up public testing for its debut title. The Texas-based developer is currently accepting sign-ups for a limited-time early access playtest of its untitled co-op RPG shooter—but players quickly noticed something unusual about the sign-up form.
After weeks of the media insisting Ironheart was being unfairly “review bombed,” the numbers are now in — and they’re even worse than expected. According to Luminate’s official streaming ratings for June 20–26, the three-episode premiere of Ironheart failed to chart entirely. That’s right — Marvel’s newest Disney+ series didn’t even crack the top 10 for original streaming programs during its debut week.
Disney Pixar’s Elio was supposed to be the studio’s next original hit. Instead, it’s gone down as the worst box office opening in Pixar’s history. But while the numbers are bad, the story behind Elio’s implosion might be even worse.
Walt Disney World is facing one of its slowest summer seasons in recent memory, as a confluence of economic pressures, waning international tourism, and increased competition from rival theme parks continues to depress attendance. According to industry analysts and park watchers, the Disney World summer crowds that traditionally pack the Orlando resort have thinned significantly—and all signs point to an even steeper decline following the July 4th holiday.
After a flurry of early headlines accusing critics of “review bombing,” Ironheart has now entered a very different phase of audience reactions.
J.K. Rowling has issued a sharply dismissive response to actor Pedro Pascal after he spoke at length about her in a newly released Vanity Fair cover story. While Pascal condemned Rowling’s gender views and described her as a “bully,” the Harry Potter author brushed it all off with a two-sentence post on X that is already going viral for its tone and timing.
The highly-regarded tactical shooter Ready or Not is now facing an intense anti-censorship backlash after developer Void Interactive confirmed that sweeping content changes are being rolled out retroactively. That means it’s not just for the upcoming console release, but also for existing PC players who purchased the game years ago.