Since the unexpected $1.4 billion box office success ofTop Gun: Maverick, there has naturally been a lot of discussion of a third movie. Paramount probably won’t wait another 36 years to make it happen. As soon as Tom Cruise is done with the two-part finale of theMission: Impossibleseries, the studio will likely pressure him to return to his other action-packed franchise. If Cruise is willing to get back in the cockpit for a third high-flying, high-octaneTop Gunmovie, then there’s one key legacy character from the original film that needs to make an on-screen return....

Twitchstreamer Amouranth has made a ridiculous amount of money off the livestreaming platform, amassing a small fortune for herself. Instead of blowing all of herTwitchmoney on extravagant purchases, Amouranth has invested a lot of it, detailing her big investments online to her Twitter followers. Amouranth’s latest investment is a sizable one, committing to investing $7 million in an inflatable pool toy company over the next seven years. According to Amouranth, the pool toy company supplies products to major retailers like Amazon and she expects to get a 20% return on her investment from the company....

In 1999, the Wachowskis directedThe Matrix.The feature film became one of the biggest hits of that year, racking in over $460 million at the box office, winning four Oscars including Best Sound, Film Editing, and Visual Effects, and influencing a whole new generation of filmmakers and fans of action and sci-fi. During the same year, Will Smith reunited withMen in Blackdirector Barry Sonnenfeld for the sci-fi westernWild Wild West, which received highly negative reviews and flopped at the box office....

Xbox’s subscription serviceXbox Game Passhas been growing impressively well.Xbox Game Passgains new games quite frequently, including some really high-note surprises, and has now announced the newest batch of games coming to the service in May. Xbox has invested heavily in Xbox Game Pass, including putting all of its future first-party titles on the service both on consoles and PC the day that they launch. Xbox Game Pass is available on Xbox consoles, PC, and via cloud gaming on Android devices, so the announced games are each available on a selection of the available platforms....

Card Sharkis a hard game to explain. At the very core of it, players are a rogue. They are following the footsteps of a great schemer, Comte de Saint-Germain. All of his master’s tricks involve cards in some fashion. This is not atypical card-based RPGthough. RELATED:Most Influential Indie Games Throughout the campaign, players will learn various card games such as Poker and Three Card Monte along with ways to cheat in them....

A short teaser for the much-anticipatedA Christmas Storysequel, which has been aptly titledA Christmas Story Christmas,has been released byHBO Maxahead of the project’s November release. Loosely based on the worksIn God We Trust: All Others Pay CashandWanda Hickey’s Night of Golden Memories And Other Disastersfrom American author, actor, and media personality Jean ‘Shep’ Shepherd,A Christmas Storyuses a series of vignettes and narration by an adult Ralphie Parker to tell the story of what he identifies as the best Christmas present he has ever or will ever receive....

Since her silver screen debut in 2018’sSpider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Gwen Stacy has been a more widely known fan-favorite Spider-Person. However, this alternate-universe version of the character first appeared in comic book panels in 2014. In the primary continuity of Marvel Comics’Spider-Manruns, Gwen dates Peter Parker and, tragically, meets her end in a Spidey rescue gone wrong. LongtimeSpider-Manwriter Dan Slott and editor Nick Lowe approached writer Jason Latour with an idea — to create a story that featured Gwen Stacy as Spider-Woman....

Open-world games have become popular in recent years, and many developers are making the move to more expansive, less linear gameplay. While the traits that make a game “truly” open world are arguable, the main idea of open world is that the game’s map is large and explorable. The player has the autonomy to go nearly anywhere they want, and the player can also pursueside content without being limitedto a linear track....

Summary A devoted fan’s reimaginedElden Ringwith a detailed pixel animation. FromSoftware’s critically acclaimed open-world action RPG has retained a sizable fanbase since its 2022 debut, and with the looming release of the highly anticipated Shadow of the Erdtree expansion, many artists are finding new inspiration inElden Ring’s expansive world once again. Elden Ringwas a true landmark title for developer FromSoftware, with players and critics alike amazed by the fruit of what was arguably the studio’s grandest project to date....

Animal Crossing: New Horizonsplayers have made plenty of islands based on other franchises over the years, andThe Witcherhas been a particularly popular property to focus on. OneAnimal Crossing: New Horizonsplayer has returned to theirWitcher-themed island, updating their forest area and showing it off online. TheAnimal Crossing: New Horizonsplayer in question is Reddit user ButIDigress79, who has shown off other parts of theirWitcherisland in the past. Last month, the player showcasedaWitcher 3bandit campcomplete with tents and other props....

In the charming world ofAnimal Crossing, there have always been ways for players to make their town and home their own. Many fans know thatAnimal Crossing: New Horizonsallows furniture to be used outside and not just indoors as a first for the series, but flowers have been a way to make a fan’s town look pretty since thefirst worldwideAnimal Crossingrelease on the GameCube. One player has made a beautiful field using every type of flower on their island in the latest title....

Astral Chainis an action-adventure, hack and slash video game that came out on the Nintendo Switch in August 2019.Developed by PlatinumGamesand published by Nintendo themselves, the game follows the Neuron special police task force as they protect their dystopian world, the Ark, from Chimeras, interdimensional creatures. The player controls one of the twin recruits who uses an X-Baton as a weapon (that can transform into a Baton, Blaster, or Gladius) and commands a Legion, a tamed Chimera (that has five types: Sword, Arrow, Arm, Beast, and Axe)....

Summary With the announcement ofPokemon Legends: Z-A, the excitement and expectations surrounding the second entry in thePokemon Legendsseries are at a maximum. Since the current bar for these experimentalPokemongames was set byLegends: Arceus,some of the best features from the forgotten land of Hisui certainly need to travel to the Kalos region. Even with so few entries in thisPokemonmain-stay, aLegendsgame’s general style is popular among fans of the main series. The new story revealed inLegends: Arceus,along with several new characters and new ways to approach the classic system of battling and catching Pokemon, are some of the only things that can be safely assumed to return in the next game....