Major changes are coming to the Magic Kingdom park at Walt Disney World, including new rides, restaurants, and shops, as well as a major demolition effort for one of the park’s opening day attractions.Following major announcements at D23 this past weekend, Disney has confirmed that the new Cars ride will be housed on the location currently held by the Rivers of America and Tom Sawyer Island. When Magic Kingdom first opened, the Rivers of America were home to the Mike Fink Keel Boats, an attraction that operated from 1971-2001. Disney said it will “transform” these locations into “vast and rugged terrains” for the Cars ride. The word “transform” here basically means demolish and renovate, we think.

Looking for a fun way to pass the time before The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom (and the Hyrule Edition Switch Lite) release next month? The official The Legend of Zelda manga adapts some of the very best games in the iconic series into fun reads for all ages. Over at Amazon, you can get The Legend of Zelda – Legendary Edition Box Set for $79 for a limited time. Listed for $125, this box set offers all 1,910 pages of Zelda fun across five hardcover volumes, all of which come packaged in a fitting treasure chest case. Alternatively, the paperback Zelda manga box set is discounted to $51. Get Zelda Legendary Box Set deal

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Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl is due out this fall on PC and Xbox Series X|S, following many years of waiting from the fans, as well as obstacles, including some as non-traditional as real-life war, challenging the Ukrainian team along the way. Today, GSC Game World is ready to provide a lengthy look at the game, particularly as it pertains to its massive open-world setting filled with real-life landmarks, sci-fi oddities, irradiated monsters, and a multitude of secrets to discover.The 35-minute video showcases plenty of gameplay, often highlighting the freedom bestowed to the player. Many of a game’s traditional upgrades, such as new equipment, weapons, and accessories, are not gifted to the player for simply progressing through the Stalker 2 story. Instead, they will often be tucked away…

As part of Take-Two’s latest earnings briefing, the company re-confirmed that Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto VI–one of the most highly anticipated games in the coming years–remains on track for release in Fall 2025. A slide in the company’s earnings release states that the game has not shifted.Basically every Rockstar Games title over the past decade has been delayed beyond its originally announced date, but as of yet, GTA VI has not yet slipped (at least not in terms of publicly announced dates). There has been speculation that GTA VI could be delayed due in part to Rockstar’s enforcement of a return-to-office policy, but the game remains on track. The ongoing video game actor strike, which cites concerns over AI, does not affect GTA VI.

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Brendan Depa, 18, was sentenced to five years in state prison on Tuesday for “brutally” beating a high school teaching assistant over a Nintendo Switch. The incident, which occurred on February 21, 2023, at Matanzas High School in Palm Coast, Florida, was captured on video and widely reported. Depa will also serve 15 years of probation following his release, as reported by Daytona Beach News-Journal.Depa, then 17, attacked Joan Naydich after an altercation involving the gaming console. The video shows Depa assaulting Naydich in a school hallway, pushing her to the ground, and repeatedly kicking and punching her.”Compounding the senseless physical violence was the screaming of obscenities, spitting on Ms. Naydich both before and during the incident,” Circuit Judge Terence Perkins said, also…

Only cool kids play with Lite-Brite toys which allow their imagination to shine with the unbridled power of neatly arranged LEDs, but really cool kids play with Pokemon Lite-Brites. Released over the holidays last year, the Pokemon Lite-Brite featuring Pikachu is on sale for 20% off at Amazon, dropping the price from $25 to $20. See at Amazon

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Warner Bros. will not release yet another finished film, it appears. Multiple reports claim Warner Bros. is no longer planning to release the adult-themed animated movie Fixed from director Genndy Tartakovsky, but it could still see the light of day.Before this, Warner Bros. did not release the live-action Batgirl and the animated movie Coyote Vs. Acme, both of which were completed. Those movies were shelved in part for tax write-off purposes as parent company Warner Bros. Discovery looks to turn its business around. The company’s share price is about $7 today, August 9, which is down by 70% over the past five years.

As of this week, The Umbrella Academy has finished its four-season run at Netflix. While there is still the possibility that the show could get some spin-offs, the fourth season premiered under the cloud of the accusations that showrunner Steve Blackman created a toxic work environment, including one account that came from Season 4 co-showrunner Jesse McKeown. Now, Blackman is sharing his response to the allegations.Regarding reports that Blackman made sexist and bullying statements to the people working under him, the showrunner told The Hollywood Reporter that those accounts “simply weren’t accurate.” He added that, “They weren’t correct… the truth is, I don’t accept those statements because I didn’t say them, and it’s just disappointing. But I’m very proud of the journey for Umbrella …

Ever since the Dune: Part Two popcorn bucket came along, it seems like there’s a competition to outdo it. The Deadpool and Wolverine and Alien: Romulus popcorn buckets veered into slightly obscene territory. Now, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice is going to arrive in theaters next month with three popcorn buckets of its own.Regal Cinemas has released preview images of the Beetlejuice Beetlejuice popcorn buckets, starting with one based on the Handbook for the Recently Deceased, which is seen in both the 1988 original film and the upcoming sequel.

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EA Sports College Football 25 released a few weeks ago, and players are clearly happy with it based on its continued presence on sales charts since launch. The development team has been working to implement changes based on feedback from those players, and today it has unveiled over 50 changes now live in CFB 25 via the Title Update 2 patch.Multiple adjustments have been confirmed for the latest patch, including new shotgun formations for nearly three-dozen teams, new uniform pieces for 15 other teams, behavioral adjustments to AI opponents, and a few key changes to the Wear and Tear system. For example, a quarterback forced to scramble behind the line of scrimmage will use more stamina than they would running up the field, which can affect their performance later in the game.