Star Warshas revealed new secrets of Emperor Palpatine’s backstory, helping explain how he gained power in the Old Republic. TheStar Warsprequel trilogy may have told the story of the Empire’s birth, but there’s a sense in which it actually misses the full scale of the Sith plot. After all, there’s a reason the Jedi refused to believe Count Dooku when he claimed the Senate had already been compromised by the Sith inStar Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones; it meantthe Republic had already fallen to the dark side....

Valve has introduced a new feature onSteamthat warns users about an early access title before purchasing it. While this feature has been around since the beginning of February, gamers may not have realized it existed, which is something useful to take a look at when considering purchasing an early-access game. This new Steam feature takes a bit of the guesswork out of supporting an early access title,as fans know that it is easy for a game to just go dark after a few years of early access....

WARNING: Contains Potential Spoilers for Wonder Woman #16!If you had asked me two days ago to list every powerSupermanpossesses, I would have confidently rattled off everything from his superhuman strength to his heat vision and beyond. However, after the release of the latestWonder Womanissue, I’ve realized I’ve been overlooking one of the Man of Steel’s most regularly used and overpowered abilities. Tom King’sWonder Woman#16 continues the tone set by the previous issue, with Diana dedicating her time and energy to caring for her and the lateSteve Trevor’s newborn daughter, Elizabeth“Lizzie”Marston Prince....

One Batman villain has appeared twice in live-actionDCmovies, but he may only become an actual villain until the DCU’sThe Brave and the Boldor a future sequel. Batman has faced several enemies on the big screen so far, including various takes on A-list villains such as the Joker, the Riddler, the Penguin, and Two-Face, as well as famous Batman enemies like Bane, Scarecrow, Mr. Freeze, Poison Ivy, and Superman himself.Every live-action Batman portrayalhas faced villains spanning the spectrum of realism....

Includes MASSIVE SPOILERS for House of the Dragon’s upcoming events. Summary A vital chapter fromA Clash of Kingsshows George R.R. Martin may have planned one of the biggestGame of ThronesTV franchise plot twists 26 years ago. Martin’sA Song of Ice & Firebook seriesis known as a prolific masterwork of the fantasy genre, but nearly three decades after the first novel, it still hasn’t been completed. Regardless, HBO continues to expand itsGame of Thronestelevision franchise, adapting Martin’s material and expanding their version of the world beyond his book contents....

Fans ofmodern Western showsare enjoying something of a Golden Age for the genre, thanks, in no small part, to the storytelling genius of Taylor Sheridan. The actor turned writer and director is a pioneering force at the very point of a new frontier, with the juggernautYellowstoneshared universe,Lawmen: Bass Reeves, and newly-launchedLandmanexploring the eternal appeal of Old West with a modern spin. Sheridan’s success wouldn’t be possible without the shows that flattened the long grass before it: you can trace a line straight back fromYellowstonetoThe Lone Ranger, but even more pertinently, the likes of NBC’s long-runningBonanza, which aired 431 episodes between 1959 and 1973, and the even longer-runningGunsmoke....

William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy have both called thisStar Trek: The Original Seriesepisode one of the show’s best. Throughout its three seasons,TOSproduced some truly great television episodes, many of which have withstood the test of time. William Shatner’s Captain James T. Kirk and Leonard Nimoy’s Mr. Spock, along with DeForest Kelley’s Dr. McCoy, have since becomesome of the most beloved and recognizable characters in science fiction.Despite being a product of the 1960s,TOSremains enjoyable today thanks to its wonderful characters and compelling storylines....

One ofThe Legend of Zelda’s signature features would be offered new life by the Nintendo Switch 2. The upcoming console promises plenty of improvements over its predecessor, which in turn means that Nintendo’s games should be better to play than ever. Naturally, theZeldafranchise is one of those that should take advantage of everything that the console will have to offer, with one enduring concept being a particularly notable fit. Although the precisefuture ofThe Legend of Zeldamay seem unclear at present, there are ultimately many incredible possibilities that the franchise could choose to pursue....

WARNING! Potential spoilers ahead for Transformers #15 The Energon Universe era ofTransformerscontinues to keep ratcheting up the stakes, as the Decepticons have a brutal new battle plan that could spell doom for everyone. Soundwave has shown a calculating coldness as the Decepticon’s new leader, showing that there are no limits to what he will do, as long as it leads to a Decepticon victory. Skybound Entertainment shared a previewforTransformers#15 – written by Daniel Warren Johnson, with art by Jorge Corona – which opens witha scene of the Decepticons senselessly attacking Tacoma, WA....

WARNING: SPOILERS ahead for Dune: Prophecy.Max’s seriesDune: Prophecydropped a huge bombshell when one of its main characters made a small reference to humanity’s original home planet,“Old Earth”, in theDuneprequel’s episode 5. Set millennia in the future, the story ofDunetakes place on a variety of planetsthroughout the Known Universe, including Caladan, Giedi Prime, Kaitain, and, most notably, Arrakis. However, Old Earth is all but absent from the story, with hardly any ofthe characters in theDunefranchiseeven mentioning it or humanity’s time on the planet throughout the saga’s many stories....

WARNING! Spoilers for DC x Sonic the Hedgehog #3TheJustice Leagueis about to go down for the count, and they’re calling in an unexpected hero to take their place:Sonic the Hedgehog. The next installment of DC’s highly anticipated crossover with theSonicfranchise sets up a new Justice League line-up that consists of Sonic and his fan-favorite group of friends, all of whom are sporting DC-inspired redesigns. As part of DC Comics' May 2025 solicitations, the synopsis forDC x Sonic the Hedgehog#3 by Ian Flynn and Adam Bryce Thomas has been unveiled, along with jaw-dropping cover art by Pablo M....

The Blue Wizards areThe Lord of the Rings’most mysterious Istari. The Istari are a huge presence inThe Lord of the Rings, even though many don’t realize it. Gandalf is the most famous Istar, followed by Saruman, followed by Radagast. Istar means “Wizard” inthe Elvish language of Quenya, hence why this esoteric group of characters is so named. The Istari are mentioned in J.R.R. Tolkien’sThe Lord of the Rings,but Peter Jackson’s famous trilogy adaptation tends to just use the term “Wizard....

World of Warcraft: The War Withinis thetenth 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. Aftermultiple expansions that were lacklusterat best, I gave up on expecting that the magic ofWoW’sfirst years would be recaptured. Now, 16 years later, I finally found the expansion I was waiting for inThe War Within....