As Deadlock soars to a six figure player count on Steam, take an early look at Valve's latest when it was a lot more sci-fi, and a lot less unique

Deadlock is doing ridiculously well despite not being officially out yet, and now a much earlier look at the game has been shared online.Well done Valve, your gambit paid off – despite pretending for the longest time that Deadlock wasn’t real, while allowing people to invite literally any of their friends to play it, the game is doing incredibly well. Word of mouth has clearly helped it travel far, as over the weekend the game hit a concurrent player count peak of 164,855 players on Steam, according to SteamDB, a wildly impressive figure that puts it in the top 100 most played games on Steam. One can only imagine how well it will do once it’s actually out and everyone can play it without needing an invite.To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings Before the…

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I've got no idea what's going on in the newest Madoka Magica Walpurgisnacht Rising trailer, but at least it's a visual treat

Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Walpurgisnacht Rising (say that three times fast) has a new, but completely unintelligible trailer.Last year, after many years of keeping fans waiting, the first trailer for the next Madoka Magica movie, Walpurgisnacht Rising, finally arrived, and while it looked great, it was definitely just a whole bunch of completely contextless shots that don’t really tell you what the film is about. Beautiful shots, mind you, but it’s clear you’ll have to actually watch the film to understand it. Things have been a bit quiet since then, other than the fact it was delayed from winter 2024 to winter 2025, which is quite a big jump, but what’s a few more months on top of the already years-long wait? Lucky for you, though, a new trailer dropped this week which… d…

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Netflix has won over film and television, and now that it's picked up The Amazing Digital Circus, it looks to be coming for YouTube

In a slightly unusual move, Netflix has picked up the streaming rights for the viral web series The Amazing Digital Circus.You might not have seen it, but with as popular as The Amazing Digital Circus has gotten, you’ve almost definitely at least heard about it, if you haven’t already seen the countless cosplays of its lead clown girl Pomni. The first episode, which launched a year ago next month, has accumulated almost 350 million views, with its second episode releasing back in May racking up over 121 million views. And now, alongside the release of the third episode, comes a bit of an odd announcement: Netflix has picked up the streaming rights for the series.To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings Now, understandably, your first concern will be whethe…

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