The crew spent about seven hours circling the moon, taking photographs and making observations of never-before-seen features.

Prime Video's Life is Strange TV series is progressing ahead with the announcement of who will direct the first two episodes. According to Variety, Karyn Kusama has signed on to direct the first and second episodes of the upcoming game adaptation. Kusama is known for directing the movies Girlfight (which she also wrote), along with Æon Flux, Jennifer's Body, The Invitation, and Destroyer. Perhaps more relevant to Life Is Strange, she also directed episodes of popular TV shows, including The L Word, Halt and Catch Fire, The Man in the High Castle, Masters of Sex, Billions, and Yellowjackets. In addition to directing Life Is Strange's first episodes, she is an executive producer via her Familystyle production banner. Kusama received three Emmy nominations, all of them for her work on Yellowjackets.Continue Reading at GameSpot

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In the days since its Steam reveal, PocketGame's first-ever non-mobile title, Pickmon, has stirred up a lot of controversy. Described on Steam as a "multiplayer open-world survival crafter" in which players team up with their Pickmon to "fight, farm, and build industrial empires while thwarting a shadowy organization's plot," it's not hard to see why so many folks are calling it a Pokemon rip-off. The thing is, it's not just a Pokemon rip-off. It's also a Breath of the Wild rip-off and a rip-off of the pre-existing Pokemon-like Palworld, which also faced accusations of being a Pokemon clone when it launched in 2024. Pickmon's Steam description is almost identical to Palworld's description, which reads, "Fight, farm, build and work alongside mysterious creatures called 'Pals' in this completely new multiplayer, open-world survival and crafting game." A closer look at the game's trailer reveals the sheer level of shameless copycatting for all to see.Continue Reading at GameSpot

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