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While the anime fandom has been busy hyping Solo Leveling and the like, one of shonen anime's most unique series is revving up its engines to prepare for its premiere. It's been 5 years since the final episode of Fire Force Season 2 aired and fans have been in a purgatory of their own as they waited for any information about the series' return. News finally broke about Fire Force Season 3 late in 2024, and recent confirmation regarding its release date and time were announced as well.

Fire Force follows its protagonist Shinra in a dystopian Tokyo, where humanity is plagued by a strange phenomenon known only as spontaneous human combustion. Ordinary people suddenly ignite and transform into inflamed monstrous beings called Infernals. In order to defend humanity from these fiery demons, specialized units known as the Special Fire Force fight them with their pyro-kinetic powers. With Fire Force Season 3 being the shonen anime's final season,...

Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir has plenty of colorful heroes and villains. The anime wouldn't be a superhero series if each of these memorable characters didn't come with their own unique abilities. However, some characters may have powers that stand out as stronger than the rest. These abilities can easily create chaos or undo it by simply saying a word.

There are few attacks in Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir that would directly harm people. Instead, the abilities are used to make people more powerful or to trap and capture. Others allow the wielder complete access to time itself. Plenty of powers stand out in this animated show, but these are the best the series offers.

Venom Temporarily Paralyzes Its Victim User: Queen Bee

Venom is one of the few abilities that is an actual attack in Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir. With one sting from this power,...

The first trailer for Marvel Studios' "The Fantastic Four: First Steps" just dropped, kicking off Phase Six of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). The highly-anticipated trailer offers us a glimpse of the film's 1960s retro-futurist setting, in which Reed Richards (Pedro Pascal), Sue Storm (Vanessa Kirby), Johnny Storm (Joseph Quinn), and Ben Grimm (Ebon Moss-Bachrach) are seen navigating several superhero-related challenges. These four do-gooders are not just allies working together but something akin to a family, and each one of them has undergone a life-altering transformation after a certain incident that is alluded to for a few seconds. Before the trailer dives into the team's superhero shenanigans, however, we are treated to a sweet moment between Ben/The Thing and the humanoid experimental robot H.E.R.B.I.E, who are seen cooking dinner together at the Baxter Building.

While we do not see Reed in action or using...

Diablo 4 Season 7 has only been out for a little over a week, and would you believe it, we already have multiple game-breaking bugs. This time, there’s a new bug with Decay Augmentation, one of the new Witchcraft Powers that got introduced with the update. The specifics aren’t clear yet but the bug is letting players dish out trillions of damage.

New season, new bugs, same Blizzard. Image Credit: Blizzard Entertainment

And it’s no surprise that Spiritborn players are capitalizing on this first. Streamers and leaderboard climbers are already using this bug to clear Pit Tier 150. One Spiritborn player has even cleared it in two minutes, a time that is obviously due to the buff because the player clearly hides their damage numbers to hide the fact that it’s a bug exploit.

Diablo 4 can’t escape the bugs and glitches At this point, it’s a feature.

Fire Force is a fantastic shonen that is separated into two amazing seasons. However, the anime's third season will debut in April 2025. Although the trailers for this highly anticipated season mostly recap the series' previous seasons, there are several significant reveals. For instance, the trailer reaffirms a possible connection between Fire Force and Soul Eater. The trailer and a recent vision disclose that Adolla and the world of Soul Eater share the same moon.

Fire Force is one of the most popular recently released shonen. It is relatively popular despite some minor hangups. However, the third season's trailer teases that the Fire Force world might not be as unique as the audience once believed. The trailer reveals that the third season will be separated into multiple parts. Overall, Fire Force's Season 3 trailer has three major revelations that will drastically affect the anime.

The Season 3 Trailer Hints At a Possible...

World of Warcraft will finally be breaking the mold of yet another giant island continent in the next two expansions of the Worldsoul Saga. Blizzard will instead be turning its attention to not just progressing the overarching story of the three-part saga, but to revisiting influential zones and stories that have, thus far, been left in the past. WoW: Midnight will mark its first attempt at old zone modernization since Cataclysm, with players returning to Quel'Thalas, the home of the Horde's Blood Elves found in the northern section of the Eastern Kingdoms.

Quel'Thalas was introduced to WoW in its first expansion, The Burning Crusade. Its early introduction speaks to its lore prevalence, but also brought with it countless technical limitations that persist to this day. Even despite its papier-mâché backbone, Silvermoon City was crafted with a truly distinct and memorable aesthetic. A return to Quel'Thalas all but guarantees a reworking...

As Azeroth celebrates 20 years of World of Warcraft, it has been fun to reflect on the various evolutions that the game has experienced over the decades. The very landscape of the zones has been altered through the destruction caused by Deathwing in Cataclysm, and entire new islands have been revealed during eras such as Mists of Pandaria. Through a total of ten expansions in those 20 years, a whole history has been created, and it continues to evolve and grow even today.

The current expansion, WoW: The War Within, is the first part of an epic three-part arc of expansions that will bring together an incredible amount of lore from Azeroth's history. WoW: Midnight, the second portion of this saga, will be releasing in the summer of 2025, and is adding a new feature of player housing to the game. However, looking back at the past twenty years, a lot has already happened in this Mmorpg.

Plans for the next live-action Dungeons & Dragons adaptation have been on hold ever since Paramount made the mistake of canceling their D&d show, and there are plenty of theories about what the next steps for the property will be. While a lot of the theorizing is based in broad strokes, like wondering which of D&d's many settings the show will be set in, or how meta a show should be, there's another important consideration to be made who the villains should be.

Good villians define games of Dungeons & Dragons, so much so that some of the most iconic characters in D&d history are villains like the lich Vecna, who has tormented adventurers in multiple editions. Another undead villain of yore has gotten far less attention from D&d fans in recent years, but now is the perfect time for the Knight of the Black Rose to rise again.

Warning: Contains Spoilers for Spirits of Vengeance #2

The Ghost Rider is back to his roots after Johnny Blaze and his demon within, Zarathos, mended their differences. However, something is changing for Blaze and the rest of the worlds Ghost Riders that could change the Spirits of Vengeance forever. As Johnny Blaze plunges into the depths of Atlantis in search of a crying soul in need, a dark secret about the origin of the Ghost Riders is revealed.

Spirits of Vengeance #2 - by Sabir Pirzada and Chris Campana - reintroduces readers to the Ghost Rider after his harrowing adventure to seize his Spirit of Vengeance from The Hood. Hitting the pavement and back out on the road, Blaze has been traveling in search of innocents needing help and sinners deserving of vengeance.

On his road trip, he comes across an artifact that points him to the ocean's depths, where a sorrowful soul weeps alone.

Magic: The Gathering is among the world's most recognizable tabletop gaming brands, stretching its legacy across three decades. Yet, its excellent manga has only recently gotten localized in North America. Destroy All Humans. They Can't Be Regenerated. A Magic: The Gathering Manga is a fascinating portal to Spring 1998, where Tokiwagi Middle School students have become enamored with the card game. This manga is an entertaining read, and for Mtg fans aware of its original Japanese release, it even comes with a special bonus card in each sealed copy.

Destroy All Humans was originally published by Kadokawa Shoten, and its series has been ongoing since 2018. The manga was recently localized for Magic: The Gathering fans on October 8, 2024, as they saw the budding friendship and rivalry between geek Hajime Kano and honor student Emi Sawatari. For Magic: The Gathering fans, Destroy All Humans is an entertaining look back at the game as...

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace introduced viewers to Yaddle, the first new member of Yoda's mysterious species to appear on-screen. Yoda made his debut in 1980's The Empire Strikes Back, and it's always been clear George Lucas intended to keep his origins a secret; Lucasfilm even went so far as to pulp the entire print run for a trading card showing Yoda-like beings worshiping an idol, likely at Lucas' insistence. But all that changed in 1999, when viewers were delighted to see a new member of Yoda's race on-screen.

Jedi Master Yaddle is a member of the Jedi Council, which immediately singled her out as one of the wisest of the Jedi. Although Yaddle did originally have a line of dialogue in the scene where Anakin Skywalker stood before the Council, this was unfortunately cut, and its nature has never been revealed. Still, canon has done a...

World of Warcraft: The War Within is the tenth expansion for the Mmorpg, but it's the first addition in well over a decade that reminds me why I fell in love with the game to begin with. After multiple expansions that were lackluster at best, I gave up on expecting that the magic of WoW's first years would be recaptured. Now, 16 years later, I finally found the expansion I was waiting for in The War Within.

The War Within revolves around Xal'atath and Alleria, who both have a connection to the Void. Alleria wants to resist the Void within her, but Xal'atath tries to tempt her to embrace it while she works to rebuild the Black Empire, which would remove the threat Alleria poses. Meanwhile, Xal'atath has the Dark Heart in her possession, and she's finally freed from the blade she was sealed in, so it's not surprising that she's...

Players can claim Epic-tier gear weekly in WoW's The War Within via Special Assignment quests. Special Assignments require completing timed world quests for loot, with limits on gear rewards. Seasoned Adventurer's Caches offer high-tier gear, making the new Special Assignments worthwhile.

World of Warcraft players can claim a stash of Epic-tier items every week in a new series of special quests introduced by The War Within. The War Within is the tenth expansion pack to be released for WoW, set in Khaz Algar, a subterranean supercontinent within Azeroth. Players will take on some of the toughest content in WoW yet, with a raised level cap and new Hero Talents to help them along.

But levels up to 80 and Hero Talents can only pull so much weight. In order to hold their own, players will need a solid stash of high-tier gear, especially if they have multiple alts across different classes and specializations.

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The hit anime Fire Force is a shonen series that has it all, from an intriguing plot with a cool setting to flaming monsters and even lovable husbandos with terrible fashion sense. Most of all, this monster hunter anime features some powerful and terrifying villains who have one horrible goal in mind: to burn down the entire world in another great Cataclysm. Protagonist Shinra Kusakabe once thought he'd spend his career fighting Infernals, but now the stakes are through the roof.

After Shinra spends a few episodes battling Infernals, the real war will begin as Shinra and his fellow fire soldiers face off against the white-clad cult, including the Knights of the Ashen Flame and pyrokinetics with unusual abilities. A few Fire Force villains are just disposable, one-off antagonists, but many more have important character arcs, deadly abilities, and memorable personalities,...

Cataclysm Classic is in full swing, and more players are hitting the Arena to showcase their skills and score some awesome rewards. If you’re gearing up for PvP and searching for ways to boost your performance, then you’ve come to the right place. Today, we’re sharing the best Cataclysm addons that will make your Arena gameplay much smoother and give you a significant edge in battle. And if you’re looking for even more help, check out our friends at WowVendor. They offer Arena boosts for both rating and gear, as well as tons of WoW Cataclysm gold for sale, great leveling packages, and awesome deals for instanced content. Grab a boost now while their discounts are hot, and make your Cataclysm progress go faster!

But before you head off to pick your boost, let’s dive into those best PvP addons for Cataclysm Classic.

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The High Republic Era is a pivotal part of Star Wars, featuring the Jedi Order at its peak of power. With a vast multi-year project, The High Republic spans novels, comics, and video games, becoming essential to the franchise. Different from previous Star Wars eras, The High Republic showcases bold Republic peace-seeking, Jedi exploration, and a unique Nihil enemy.

The High Republic Era has become a vitally important part of Star Wars, serving as the live-action setting of The Acolyte. Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy revealed Lucasfilm's plans for the future at Star Wars Celebration 2023, unveiling several upcoming Star Wars movies scattered across the timeline. This was naturally unveiled alongside new graphics confirming the flow of this timeline, identifying key periods when the movies and upcoming Star Wars TV shows would take place. For many, this graphic was their first introduction to a crucial part of the timeline - the High Republic Era.

Quick Links Classic World Of Warcraft Shouldn't Be Left To Pre-Cataclysm Times Changes Being Made To WoW: Cataclysm Classic Titan Rune Dungeons Will Pave The Way For More Advancements WoW: Cata Classic brings nostalgic moments and new experiences for players, replacing Wrath Classic servers. The developers add transmogs, customizable options, and changes to guilds to enhance the player experience. Cata Classic may introduce Titan Rune Dungeon-like content for continued relevance, reflecting player feedback and evolving from Wrath Classic.

World of Warcraft Classic may trigger initial thoughts of the massively multiplayer role-playing game in its earliest form, before Deathwing made his cataclysmic changes to the entirety of Azeroth. Therefore, the new move to WoW: Cataclysm Classic may seem a bit surprising to some. In fact, the journey into Cataclysm Classic simultaneously presents a world of opportunities for nostalgic moments for some players, and a chance for newer players to experience the...

Hidetaka Miyazaki’s Elden Ring has enough content and elements in the game to explore. In spite of the fact that the game was released almost two years ago, it still has a range of secrets waiting to be uncovered. Be it new caves, illusory walls, or secret bosses, players have plenty of things to find in FromSoftware’s masterpiece.

Elden Ring

Notably, some of the secrets cannot be found by playing the game alone. Seems like Elden Ring also has some hidden cut content buried deep within its files. These were recently dug out by a YouTuber and data miner.

Unused maps from Elden Ring leaked

The YouTuber ‘Sekiro Dubi’ had previously uncovered an alternate opening within Elden Ring’s files. This time, upon more digging, they have found some unused maps and assets in the game. Earlier, Dubi had discovered a lot of hidden assets stacked away in the game’s files.

Elden Ring was originally intended to be even bigger with more underground areas and a unique mechanic to alter the world. Dataminer Sekiro Dubi discovered unused collisions revealing alternate caverns and a "Cataclysm Mechanic" cut from the game. Fans can look forward to the massive expansion Shadow of the Erdtree with new areas and boss encounters launching on June 20.

Elden Ring is already a massive game but one dedicated dataminer learned that FromSoftware's RPG was originally intended to be even more gigantic. As players explore the massive world of The Lands Between, they'll uncover a couple of notable underground areas that not only serve as a fresh change of pace from the fields of Limgrave but also pose a significant challenge thanks to their more claustrophobic environments. As it turns out, the developers originally intended for there to be even more of these locales as well as a unique...

Quick Links How To Beat The Illuminated Torment Challenge How To Beat The Illuminated Torment On Master Difficulty

Challenges have arrived to the Root of Nightmares raid for Destiny 2, including one that players can try to complete called The Illuminated Torment, that grants extra loot when beaten. Considered a Cataclysm challenge, The Illuminated Torment shows up during the first major encounter of the raid. However, with limitations that apply to either Normal or Mastery difficulty, players may have difficulty recognizing exactly what they need to do to beat this challenge effectively.

The Illuminated Torment challenge demands that players defeat the Tormentors in the first encounter only while they have the Field of Light buff. The Tormentor acts as a boss, not quite as difficult as the final Root of Nightmares raid boss Nezarec in Destiny 2, but they can become a hassle with this restriction. In addition, the buff prevents players...

Shamir has announced that he will release a self-titled album on October 2nd and has shared a second single from the record, following the quarantine-themed track “On My Own.”

The new song, “I Wonder,” comes with a visual inspired by love, climate change and the work of Keith Haring, according to a press release from the artist. It shows Shamir singing a front of a blank wall, with projections of two other Shamirs singing beside him.

The upcoming album Shamir will reimagine the sounds of Nineties rock and pop, with...

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The remaining story Act updates for Anthem have been delayed (or possibly cancelled) in favor of a seasonal update strategy.

BioWare is officially moving away from its previously-planned "Acts" update schedule and will instead focus on "seasonal updates" as well as quality of life and technical improvements.

"In order to address these long-range plans, we are moving away from the Acts structure for updates," says Chad Robertson, Anthem's Head of Live Service. "Instead, we have additional seasonal updates planned for this year that we think players will enjoy. These events will deliver challenges and chases similar to what you’ve seen, and are built around some fun themes we’re bringing to the game."

What does that mean? That's a fantastic question. Anthem was originally supposed to receive major Act updates that would further the "ongoing narrative" of the game. The first of those updates (Echoes of...

As horror fans, we are constantly seeking out the new and the different. Because the genre is marked by so much sameness—sequels, franchises, remakes, copies of copies—it can sometimes be a challenge to find those horror films that truly carve out their own space. They don’t even have to be great movies, necessarily; many times, “different” is enough to make us happy.

With that in mind, here are 10 horror movies currently available on the terrific streaming service Shudder that are, if nothing else, different from almost anything else you’ll watch this October. They vary in quality from title to title, but what even the roughest among them lacks in technical polish, it more than makes up for in sheer maniac insanity. After you’ve cycled through all your favorites this October, why not add a little Wtf to your lineup?

1. Beyond the Darkness (1979, dir. Joe D...

Usually it’s a lot easier and quicker for me to review films one by one but I thought for this release from Vinegar Syndrome, it’s only right to review the release as a whole.

In Search of Bigfoot

Stars: Robert Morgan, Rene Dahinden, John Green, Sam Melville | Written and Directed by Lawrence Crowley, William Miller

First up on this Drive-in Collection double feature, we have the 1975 documentary In Search of Bigfoot, directed by Lawrence Crowley (Bigfoot: Man or Beast) and William Miller (Cowboy Spirit, Mysteries From Beyond the Triangle). The documentary focuses on Robert Morgan (Blood Stalkers, Mako: The Jaws of Death) and his team who set out to locate the legendary Bigfoot. While on their expedition they meet loggers and eyewitnesses who all claim to have either witnessed or interacted with the mythical creature. There are highs and lows for Robert and his team and although an...

Philip Marshak, who directed the 1980 Troma film Cataclysm (aka The Nightmare Never Ends and Satan’s Supper), died July 24 in his home in Los Angeles of diabetes, heart disease and leukemia, his son Darryl said. He was 80. Marshak also directed a segment of the horror anthology Night Train to Terror (1985) as well as a string of X-rated films. Born in the Bronx, Marshak served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean War, studied acting in New York with Maxine Marx (Chico Marx’s daughter) and performed in such plays as Detective Story and Harold Robbins' A Stone for

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Philip Marshak, who wrote and directed several cult classic films in the late ’70s and ’80s, including Night Train To Terror, Cataclysm and Dracula Sucks, has died. He passed away last night surrounded by his family at his Los Angeles home after a long battle with leukemia, diabetes and heart disease. his son, talent manager Darryl Marshak said. He was 80. Philip Marshak began his Hollywood career as an actor studying with Lee Strasberg, but then took a turn as an underground/guerrilla filmmaker in the late 60’s/70’s. Raising indie funds, Marshak wrote, produced & directed several low budget cult classics. […]...

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Welcome to Adventures in B-Movie Land, the monthly column where I take a look at some of the strangest, cheapest and worst films ever made ... and explore why you have to see them. Look for new entries during the second week of every month.

The Motion Picture:

'Night Train to Terror' (1985), directed by John Carr, Phillip Marshak, Tom McGowan, Jay Schlossberg-Cohen and Gregg C. Tallas

Also Known As:

'Death Wish Club,' 'The Nightmare Never Ends' and 'Scream Your Head Off,' the three films that footage was "borrowed" from to make this movie.

Featuring the Talented:

Ferdy Mayne as Mr. God, Tony Giorgio as Mr. Satan, Byron Yordan as the '80s-tastic singer of the rock band traveling on the titular locomotive and Richard Moll (Bull from 'Night Court') in not one, but two roles!

What Is It?

A deliriously wrongheaded,...

Filed under: Columns, Cinematical

Welcome to Adventures in B-Movie Land, the monthly column where I take a look at some of the strangest, cheapest and worst films ever made ... and explore why you have to see them. Look for new entries during the second week of every month.

The Motion Picture:

'Night Train to Terror' (1985), directed by John Carr, Phillip Marshak, Tom McGowan, Jay Schlossberg-Cohen and Gregg C. Tallas

Also Known As:

'Death Wish Club,' 'The Nightmare Never Ends' and 'Scream Your Head Off,' the three films that footage was "borrowed" from to make this movie.

Featuring the Talented:

Ferdy Mayne as Mr. God, Tony Giorgio as Mr. Satan, Byron Yordan as the '80s-tastic singer of the rock band traveling on the titular locomotive and Richard Moll (Bull from 'Night Court') in not one, but two roles!

What Is It?

A deliriously wrongheaded,...