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New Metal Gear Solid, Castlevania, and Silent Hill announcements make Konami the big winners at this week's State of Play
Konami gave details about a new JRPG as well as remasters of two Metal Gear Solid games, a new 2D Castlevania, and another Silent Hill game - all in one night.
Trent Cannon
Spoilers: Absolute Batman Court of Owls first look leaks before intended surprise reveal
The rebooted Court of Owls reveal in Absolute Batman wasn’t supposed to happen online before the comic came out, but here we are.
Chris Arrant
Prime Video's Spider-Noir trailer is here, featuring a web-head with a drinking problem and... Electro?
Hold on a minute, is Electro in the Nicolas Cage-starring Spider-Noir series from Amazon? Because it sure as hell looks like that
Grant DeArmitt
The Mighty Nein forced Critical Role's Taliesin Jaffe to play Mollymauk Tealeaf differently than in Campaign 2
OG Critical Role star Jaffe knows what's ahead for fan-favorite teafling Mollymauk in Prime Video's newest Exandrian adaptation - unlike when he first started playing him in 2018
Grant DeArmitt
Daredevil: Born Again stars Charlie Cox, Krysten Ritter, and Wilson Bethel go from Hell's Kitchen to the Windy City for C2E2 2026!
Matt Murdock (Cox), Jessica Jones (Ritter), and Bullseye (Bethel) themselves will be at McCormick place this March - and Popverse Superfans get special access to the cast of Daredevil: Born Again season 2
Grant DeArmitt
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Love is in the air: 5 anime to watch this Valentine’s Day if you're single
Finding yourself alone on Valentine's Day? Here are 5 anime to help you feel better (or worse) about your current relationship status.
Trent Cannon
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Moon Knight can't be contained by a shirt in Marvel Comics anymore, as Marc Spector gives Absolute Batman a run for his money
Feast your eyes upon Moon Knight's new threads (or lack thereof) in a preview for Marc Spector: Moon Knight
Marvel revives Spider-Man: Brand New Day comics era ahead of Tom Holland’s new MCU movie
Dan Slott returns to Spider-Man for Spectacular Spider-Man: Brand New Day.
Inside the secret to Baki the Grappler’s brutal longevity in manga and anime, with longtime publisher Akita Shoten exec Yuki Yokoi [Popverse Jump]
What 35 years of Baki the Grappler mean to one of the men behind the original manga.
Thank the gods the God of War Spartan Trilogy is getting a full remake
Confirmed at the February 2026 Sony State of Play, the original God of War Trilogy is getting a remake to introduce modern gamers into the god that Kratos used to be.
I didn't have a Kena: Bridge of Spirits sequel on my bingo card, but I'm happy to be wrong
Kena: Scars of Kosmora got announced and looks bigger, grander, and just as gorgeous as the first game.
4:LOOP is a game made specifically for Risk of Rain sickos like me
4:LOOP game director Mike Booth describes it as "endless, replayable chaos" which is the magic words to me.
Let's Play: Roll For It! Going BIG! - The upsized dice-roller from Calliope Games
Try your luck with the jumbo-sized version of Roll For It, and join Popverse as we explore Tsuro, Martian Dice, and more from the folks at Calliope Games!
Buffy the Vampire Slayer's Kristine Sutherland was the only actor who knew what would happen in The Body
Sutherland, who plays Joyce Summers, said filming Buffy season 5, episode 16 "felt like somebody had died" for real. It was a feeling we're sure many Vampire Slayer fans feel even to this day
Stranger Things' Lucas, Caleb McLaughlin, has a message for ConformityGate fans: "Guys, it's over"
"We were full-on kids and now we’re full-on adults," says Stranger Things star McLaughlin, "And we don’t need any more of us."
James Bond returns in new audio drama ahead of Amazon’s film reboot
We're still waiting to find out who will play James Bond in the next film, but at least we've got the new Young Bond audio dramas to look forward to
Jason Momoa expands video game movie slate with Helldivers after Minecraft and Street Fighter
Helldivers will be Jason Momoa's third video game adaptation in three years following both Minecraft and Street Fighter.
The Mandalorian watch order: how to watch the Star Wars Mandoverse in timeline order (including Ahsoka and The Book of Boba Fett)
Before The Mandalorian and Grogu brings Star Wars back to the big screen, here's how to catch up with the saga so far in both release and chronological orders!
Marvel cuts its new Hulk ongoing comic after just 10 issues, but creators say that was the plan and there's already a sequel underway
Infernal Hulk wraps at #10 after being launched by Marvel Comics as an ongoing series just months prior.
WandaVision creator Jac Schaeffer exits Marvel, signs new deal with Amazon MGM
Jac Schaeffer created one of the best Marvel television series for Disney+ in WandaVision, but her time in the MCU seems to be at an end
DC’s Vertigo returns strong as Bleeding Hearts #1 sells out on day of release, rushed to second printing
Deniz Camp and Stipan Morian's Bleeding Hearts #1 has been a bloody good hit for Vertigo Comics
Halle Berry swears Storm really isn't in Avengers: Doomsday: "You all think I’m being coy"
The Goddess of the X-Men has spoken: Halle Berry says that she's not going to be in Avengers: Doomsday as Storm despite what fans believe
DC KO #4 explains how the Absolute Universe fits into the larger DC canon
We finally know where the past and present in the DC Absolute Universe lie in relation to DC's mainline universe, thanks to DC K.O. #4
The X-Files reboot director Ryan Coogler had his own Lone Gunman to advise him: Breaking Bad & Pluribus's Vince Gilligan
Gilligan, who produced and directed some of the original X-Files episodes, sat down with Sinners director Coogler for a (presumably government-monitored) Zoom call
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Inside the secret to Baki the Grappler’s brutal longevity in manga and anime, with longtime publisher Akita Shoten exec Yuki Yokoi [Popverse Jump]
What 35 years of Baki the Grappler mean to one of the men behind the original manga.
Trent Cannon
Love is in the air: 5 anime to watch this Valentine’s Day if you're single
Finding yourself alone on Valentine's Day? Here are 5 anime to help you feel better (or worse) about your current relationship status.
Trent Cannon
Ask Ming-Na Wen, Critical Role, Gail Simone, Karl Urban, Chris Claremont, Denys Cowan, and more your questions as part of ECCC x Popverse member exclusive!
Popverse members can submit questions for select Emerald City Comic Con 2026 panels and interviews.
Chris Arrant
Emerald City Comic Con
Jurassic World and Star Wars mainstay Bryce Dallas Howard is coming to Seattle's ECCC 2026!
Bryce Dallas Howard has starred in three Jurassic World movies, directed four Star Wars TV shows, and now she'll be showing up to delight fans at Emerald City Comic Con 2026
Graeme McMillan
Creel World Seattle: Stranger Things' Jamie Campbell Bower is coming to ECCC 2026!
Vecna himself, Jamie Campbell Bower, is turning Emerald City Comic Con 2026 upside down hot on the heels of the Stranger Things season 5 finale
Grant DeArmitt
Gravity Falls' Alex Hirsch and Kristen Schaal are headed to Seattle's ECCC 2026!
The voices behind Bill Cipher (and Grunkle Stan!) and Mabel are going to be headlining their own panel, signing autographs, and more at Seattle's biggest pop culture shindig this March
Graeme McMillan
Ask Ming-Na Wen, Critical Role, Gail Simone, Karl Urban, Chris Claremont, Denys Cowan, and more your questions as part of ECCC x Popverse member exclusive!
Popverse members can submit questions for select Emerald City Comic Con 2026 panels and interviews.
Chris Arrant
Critical Role Productions
Critical Role's Matt Mercer & Brennan Lee Mulligan got better at GMing thanks to Akira Kurosawa
Critical Role's new GM for Campaign 4 says there's a moment in Seven Samurai that teaches storytellers how to avoid the "soulless instinct to optimize." OG GM Mercer says it's a technique even used in shows like The Mighty Nein
Grant DeArmitt
How Critical Role's Daggerheart is a great place for the "nervous GM," according to Matt Mercer
What if you, as the GM, don't have something prepared for a scene your players want to explore? Critical Role's Matt Mercer says Daggerheart is structured to accommodate
Grant DeArmitt
The Mighty Nein forced Critical Role's Taliesin Jaffe to play Mollymauk Tealeaf differently than in Campaign 2
OG Critical Role star Jaffe knows what's ahead for fan-favorite teafling Mollymauk in Prime Video's newest Exandrian adaptation - unlike when he first started playing him in 2018
Grant DeArmitt
Critical Role's Matthew Mercer argues cringe culture discourages authenticity (and I kinda agree with him)
Critical Role’s Matthew Mercer says the word “cringe” is overused, and it denigrates people for being their authentic selves
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
Marvel Comics
Moon Knight can't be contained by a shirt in Marvel Comics anymore, as Marc Spector gives Absolute Batman a run for his money
Feast your eyes upon Moon Knight's new threads (or lack thereof) in a preview for Marc Spector: Moon Knight
Jules Chin Greene
Marvel revives Spider-Man: Brand New Day comics era ahead of Tom Holland’s new MCU movie
Dan Slott returns to Spider-Man for Spectacular Spider-Man: Brand New Day.
Chris Arrant
Marvel cuts its new Hulk ongoing comic after just 10 issues, but creators say that was the plan and there's already a sequel underway
Infernal Hulk wraps at #10 after being launched by Marvel Comics as an ongoing series just months prior.
Chris Arrant
Free Comic Book Day 2026: What to expect from DC, Marvel, and more, and the whole Comics Giveaway Day wrinkle
Free Comic Book Day 2026 explained, including the new Comics Giveaway Day twist.
Chris Arrant
The Lord of the Rings
The Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson imagines what the movies would have been like had Sean Connery accepted the role of Gandalf
"I am the wielder of a sccchecret fire," quips Peter Jackson, director of The Fellowship of the Ring and SNL-level impressionist
Grant DeArmitt
From one Lord of the Rings director to another - Andy Serkis on what makes Peter Jackson “one of life’s great movement-makers”
Serkis, who will direct the next Lord of the Rings film, The Hunt for Gollum, reveals what made trilogy director Jackson such a fantastic director
Grant DeArmitt
The Lord of the Rings screenwriter Phillipa Boyens teases The Hunt for Gollum as "a really strong psychological" story
At the same time, confirms the Middle-Earth screenwriter, The Lord of the Rings favorite antihero will be portrayed with all the same physicality as Serkis had in the first go-round
Grant DeArmitt
The Lord of the Rings cast got stools to sit on between takes - John Rhys Davies got a La-Z-Boy, occasionally delivered by helicopter
Worry not for Gimli, son of Gloin (aka actor John Rhys Davies). His post orc-slaughtering during The Lord of the Rings filming was a comfortable break
Grant DeArmitt
