Marvel Rivals Unveils New Zombie Mode & Special Halloween Event

Today at gamescom Asia and the Thailand Game Show, Marvel Games and NetEase Games unveiled new announcements and details for Marvel Rivals, the award-winning and critically-acclaimed Super Hero Team-Based PVP Shooter that lets players assemble an ever-evolving all-star squad of Super Heroes and Super Villains battling with unique powers across a dynamic lineup of destructible maps from across the Marvel Multiverse. Marvel Rivals will see the introduction of a brand new, limited-time PvE Zombie Mode. These announcements were made by Marvel Games Executive Producer Danny Koo during the keynote presentation at gamescom Asia and the Thailand Game Show. 

NYCC 2025: Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon Team Reflect on Season 3 Finale & What’s Next

 by Mike Stencel

As The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon heads toward its Season 3 finale this Sunday, October 19, on AMC, fans can expect both closure and more questions left unanswered. Speaking during a packed press conference at this year’s New York Comic Con, series star Norman Reedus joined executive producers Scott M. Gimple, Greg Nicotero, and David Zabel to reflect on the show’s current seven-episode season and offer a glimpse into the fourth and final chapter of Daryl’s journey through post-apocalyptic Europe.

AMC recently confirmed that The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon will return for a fourth and final season, bringing to a close one of the most visually and emotionally ambitious entries in the Walking Dead universe. But before that curtain falls, this weekend’s finale promises to deliver both resolution and revelation.

NYCC 2025: Ramen Toy Are Building On Your Childhood Dreams

Don't call em 3rd Party! They've been here for years!! Don't make me rap...it'll get ugly. We found Ramen Toy nestled up against the Knowhere Toys Booth waaay back on the show floor of New York Comic Con. I'd made a note to go to THAT specific booth, but not why, so imagine my surprise when I turned a corner and a fleet of Makina Labs cars sitting atop the massive underground Super MSUK greeted me! YAY ADHD. Here's all the multi-colored eye candy Ramen Toy had on display..

NYCC 2025: Build Up Your Pop Culture Worlds with FANHOME

From a high-quality catalog of large-scale build-up models to Fanhome's unrivaled range of popular and rare figures, all of their products are original in-house designs you won't find anywhere else. Fanhome is partnering with top entertainment, gaming and pop culture brands to give you broader and deeper access to your favorite characters and stories. Experience the thrill of building authentic replicas of your favorite characters, cars and ships step-by-step. All of Fanhome's models are meticulously engineered to reproduce the original designs in exceptional detail. Subscribe and receive a monthly delivery. Each package includes magazines with amazing facts and articles to collect! Immerse yourself in the universes you love and be inspired by the content.

Toys R Us Spreads Holiday Magic with New Stores and Holiday Shops

Toys"R"Us, the world's leading authority in toys and play, is celebrating the holiday season with a major U.S. expansion, unveiling new flagship stores and seasonal holiday shops across the country. Continuing its successful partnership with Go! Retail Group, this expansion marks a significant milestone in the brand's growth, bringing the magic of play to more families than ever, making Toys"R"Us the go-to stop for holiday shopping.

Mad Cave's Dick Tracy Halloween Special

This Halloween, Mad Cave Studios invites readers to slip into the shadows of The City for a moody new 40-page noir thriller with the DICK TRACY HALLOWEEN SPECIAL! From crime fiction powerhouse Alex Segura (Secret Identity) and esteemed writer Michael Moreci (Barbaric), joined by crime editor and consultant Chantelle Aimée Osman, this thrilling one-shot features art by Craig Cermak (Red Team), colors by Mark Englert (Department of Truth), and letters by Jim Campbell (Barbaric)—with Cover A by Geraldo Borges (Thunderbolts) and Cover B by Soo Lee (Disney Villains: Maleficent).

Annihilate Adolescent Horrors in Roguelike SHMUP “NeverAwake FLASHBACK”

NeverAwake FLASHBACK, the twin-stick roguelite nightmare shoot-’em-up from developer Neotro Inc. and sequel to NeverAwake (which earned an 88 Metacritic score on Nintendo Switch), crushes cursed dreams on PC via Steam on Wednesday, Dec. 10th, 2025.

NYCC 2025: MONDO on MOTU, TMNT, Gargoyles & More

Getting a good vantage point of MONDO is a struggle, as eager fans buzzed around every display, shooting their own pictures, no doubt to show their loved ones what they want for Christmas. Among the licences on show were the familiar Ghostbusters and X-Men, the previously announced Masters of the Universe 6 inch line, and an AMAZING Over the Garden Wall collection. Total surprises were MONDO venturing back into Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles territory and some massive Gargoyles that seemed to be plucked right from the TV screen! 

We'll remind collectors that the Masters of the Universe 6 inch He-Man and Clawful timed editions are about to exit their availability window, with preorders closing at 10:59 AM CT on 10/17, so jump while you've got the chance...

NYCC 2025: Ghost of Diamond On Display

There are days when I openly admit I have no idea what's going on, and you can count today among them. When scouring the floor at New York Comic Con for anything noteworthy you lot would be happy to pour over, I rounded a corner and came upon a display of new toys that reminded me of the ones Diamond Select would have at the front of their booth to represent a wide array of partners with new toys on the horizon, for their distribution wing, respectively. This display at NYCC 2025 was exactly that, bearing only a cryptic diamond symbol above it all. Whatever the status of Diamond as a company, we shot up their display and can deliver a fat stack of pics for you right now...

Atomic Museum Announces "World of Fallout" Exhibition

The  National Atomic Testing Museum announces it will debut its newest exhibition, “World of Fallout,” on Nov. 14, 2025. Presented in partnership with Fallout™ publisher Bethesda Softworks and developer Bethesda Game Studios, the installation will comprise objects associated with the game and the TV series it inspired. This compact yet powerful display will highlight the connections between real-world nuclear history and the imaginative storytelling of the video game’s universe. 

Sword of Justice Reveals Global Release Date For PC & Mobile

NetEase Games, the online games division of NetEase, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTES, HKEX: 9999), and ZhuRong Studio today announced the global launch date for Sword of Justice. The highly anticipated free-to-play open world MMORPG has already surpassed 40 million downloads across Asia and has achieved over 1 million pre-registrations in the West. Sword of Justice will release worldwide on November 7, 2025, for PC (Steam and Windows) and mobile (iOS and Android) with full cross-platform play.

Deathstalker Art Gives MAGIC THE GATHERING Nod As it Opens Nationwide

Evil has many names…adventure only one! This fall, return to the Kingdom of Abraxeon with Steven Kostanski’s (The Void, PG: Psycho Goreman) reimagining of Roger Corman’s cult sword and sorcery film series, Deathstalker. Starring Daniel Bernhardt (John Wick, The Matrix Reloaded) as the titular Deathstalker with Patton Oswalt (Young Adult, Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire) providing the voice of the benevolent wizard Doodad, this action fantasy adventure feature opens exclusively in theaters October 10, 2025 from Shout! Studios, a Radial Entertainment Company in the US and Raven Banner Releasing in Canada.

Showcasing epic battles led by dashing heroes against an onslaught of human, monster and supernatural enemies, Deathstalker also features a score by Blitz//Berlin, with an original song by Slash and Bear McCreary.

ToeJam and Earl Developer's Dancing with Ghosts Kickstarter Live

Dancing with Ghosts, the life-sim about finding joy from grief from legendary game developer Greg Johnson’s HumaNature Studios, launches its Kickstarter campaign with the reveal that GRAMMY-winning musician Genevieve Goings will contribute a track to the game.

Genevive Goings first worked with Greg Johnson on ToeJam & Earl III: Mission to Earth. Those recording sessions led to the creation of Choo Choo Soul, which became a hit Disney Junior series and live touring show with two decades of performances. Additional musical guests will be revealed throughout the campaign.

Paramount Unveils New “WORLD OF TMNT”

The heroes in a half shell are ready to take fans on their next big adventure! Paramount+ today released the official trailer for Season 2 of Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TMNT) – the hit animated series from the universe of TMNT: Mutant Mayhem – and it’s just the beginning of an all-new era for the franchise.

The trailer gives fans a first look at what’s next for Leonardo, Raphael, Michelangelo and Donatello as they face fresh threats and new allies in a city that’s more alive – and mutating – than ever. Produced by Nickelodeon Animation and Point Grey Pictures, Tales of the TMNT returns this December, exclusively on Paramount+.

The Ritual House : A Fantasy Horror Born in Reality

The upcoming independent fantasy-horror feature The Ritual House, directed by Crystal J. Huang and distributed by ITN, isn’t just another haunted-house film — it may be one of the most unsettling shoots in recent memory.

Filmed almost entirely inside the real home of two of its lead actors, The Ritual House blurred the line between fiction and reality in unnerving ways. Characters were written using the actors’ real names, and during production, both cast and crew began to experience chilling events no script could have staged.

“The Conjuring has nothing on this house,” one cast member remarked after a string of unexplained incidents rattled the set.