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The last thing readers want to hear about is how the government is tied into their favoritewebtoonsand manhwa, but this political move is sure to brighten any reader’s day. As South Korea aims to pivot its market towards creators' benefits to fuel the webtoon market, a new law has been enacted to promote healthy business practices. Thewebtoon market is already a massive industry for South Korea, especially as the birthplace of manhwa through online comic platforms such as Webtoon, Naver, and Daum....

NewHarry Potterstar Nick Frost discusses the continuing controversy surrounding author J.K. Rowling and the backlash to his casting. HBO is working on aTV version ofHarry Potterthat will see the books receive a longer translation than was allowed in the movies. Frost was cast as Hagrid, the role previously portrayed by the late Robbie Coltrane. Since the series was announced, a large part of the conversation has involved backlash as a result of Rowling’s vocal and public stance against the transgender community....

The Nike Blazer is widely considered to be one of Nike’s most classic designs, however, that doesn’t mean it’s not subject to a makeover every now and then. Following the release ofNike’s Nintendo 64 Air Max 97’slast year, it looks like Nike is getting ready to delve back into the world of gaming with a new pair of Blazer Mid ‘77 Vintage sneakers with a heavy video game influence in the design....

One of the greatest RPGs of the decade is free onXbox Game Pass, and I highly recommend playing it while it is still in the catalog.The subscription service for both console and PC is constantly changing, with new additions arriving every so often, while other titles that are available occasionally leave. As such, there is a continuous flow of games going through the service. TheXbox Game Pass additions in July, for example, includeTony Hawk Pro Skater 3 + 4,Shadow Labyrinth,Mecha Break, and the highly anticipated soulslikeWuchang: Fallen Feathers....

Black Belt Jonesserved as a surprise spiritual successor to Bruce Lee’s martial arts masterpiece,Enter the Dragon. Lee’s final completed film before his death in 1973,Enter the Dragonwas a culmination of the work that Bruce Lee was doing in Hong Kong with films likeThe Big BossandFist of Fury. A combination of the growing popularity of martial arts movies and the actor in particular led toBruce Lee getting his own Hollywood martial arts film....

Summary Developer Pocketpair has released a brand-new update forPalworldthat players can download right now across Steam and Xbox. NewPalworldupdates have been released on a regular basis since the game’s early access launch, with the developers working hard to address its more egregious issues. One of themore recentPalworldupdateslooked to address a big problem for hardcore players that had over 7000 Pals captured between the members of their guild. This would sometimes causePalworldto crash and make it impossible to play on that world....

Upon its release in 2016,Persona 5became the bestselling game in the series, launching it to the top of many Game of the Year lists, and, as withPersona 4, a few years after launch the game received an ultimate edition with bonus content.Persona 5 Royalintroduced a new party member called Kasumi, an explorable Kichijoji commercial district, new items, weapons, and two additional endings, among many other changes. Unfortunately for players of the original game, there was no direct way to upgrade editions for a discounted price, forcing fans to shell out the full $59....

The Extraordinary Raid Week is now live inPokemon GO, giving players the chance to battle rare Pokemon in raids from now until May 28 at 1pm PT. While the focus of this latestPokemon GOevent is definitely on raid battles, it also has its own limited-time Field Research tasks and rewards for players to take advantage of as well. With theExtraordinary Raid Week eventlive, we no longer have to guess as to what the event’s Field Research tasks and rewards entail....

Those looking forward toLotad Limited Research Dayshould be glad to know that the event is currently live for many fans of the developer Niantic’s wildly successful mobile augmented reality video game,Pokemon GO. Of course, some may wish to get a better idea of how long of a window of time they have to experience the event, and it looks as if Lotad Research Day is set to last today, July 26, 2025, from 11:00 AM to 8:00 PM in a given player’s local time....

Now that both Sony and Microsoft have announced their next-gen consoles, the gauntlet has been set for the two to battle over the next year. Both companies will be touting their console’s superiority in a number of categories, from streaming capability toload times. However, a new rumor suggests that Sony’s PS5 might already have Microsoft’s Project Scarlett beat in one key area: power. According to Andrew Reiner at Game Informer, the rumor around E3 2019 prior toMicrosoft’s Press Briefingis that the PS5 is more powerful than Project Scarlett....

This week, gamers will get their hands onRage 2, the sequel to id Software’s open world first person shooterdeveloped by Avalanche Studiosthis time around. But while id Software is not responsible for the gameplay in Rage 2, there is at least one homage to the studio’s lineage. Rage 2players that purchased the Deluxe Edition orCollector’s Edition of the gameare eligible to unlock the BFG 9000, the iconic weapon featured in theDOOMseries....

Wisdom from Swery Deadly PremonitionandD4creator Swery (who has contributed aguest article herein the past) has been on a rollon Twitterlately. Maybe it’s all the mind gunk that would otherwise be poured into a second season ofD4now just seeping out to any outlet it can find while Swery’s on hiatus. It’s not the righteous, casual fire ofHideki “Ask your mom” Kamiyaor the austere brillianceHideo Kojimamaintains despite his hot new scruffy beard. Instead it’s an affable realness, sincerely relatable....

Amazon Prime’sSecret Levelgave us the dark sci-fiPac-Manriff “Circle,” a short-form experiment with Alex-Garland-meets-Pixar vibes. This was quickly confirmed as a backdoor pilot for Bandai Namco’sShadow Labyrinth, a 2D action-platformer scheduled to coincide with the dot-gourmand’s 45th anniversary. Pumped up as a darker take on the formative tropes of the arcade series,Shadow Labyrinthlooks to be a surprisingly complex metroidvania with Namco references, sci-fi elements, and even some cartoonish body horror. Shadow Labyrinthmusters a few inherent aspects of the franchise, with maze exploration and enemy-gobbling mechanics as steppingstones to a complex and modern action-adventure....