George R.R. Martin Gives Update On Winds Of Winter, And You Can Probably Guess What He Said

Author George R.R. Martin has once again provided an update on the next A Song of Ice and Fire book, The Winds of Winter, and no one should be surprised that the book still is not finished.

Posting on his blog, Martin said that in 2023, when he visited his publishers from Harper Collins Voyager in London, people assumed the book was nearly done and that an announcement about its release was coming. But that’s not how this works, Martin said.

He pointed out that when he travels the world for his various speaking engagements and appearances, he schedules time with his publishers, editors, and agents to have face-to-face sitdowns purely to maintain and build these relationships. Communicating over Zoom and email is all well and good, but when Martin travels, he likes to sit dow…

Kojima Says OD And Physint Were Impacted By Strike

Game designer Hideo Kojima provided an update on his in-development games, including Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, OD, and Physint. Starting with the latter two, both were impacted by the SAG-AFTRA strike for video game actors, which began in July 2024 and remains ongoing.

For OD, which is in the works alongside Microsoft and Xbox, Kojima said his teams “developed the game” and did scanning efforts for environments and the actors themselves. Scanning and filming for OD was suspended due to the strike, however. For Physint, which is being published by Sony, Kojima said casting was suspended due to the strike. “We hope to resume [in 2025],” Kojima said.

As for Death Stranding 2, Kojima said, “We started to play and build up the game.” He added that his teams conducted music…

Grab Baldur's Gate 3 From GOG For The Lowest Price Yet

Baldur’s Gate 3 came out of early access in 2023 and blew a lot of minds–it earned GameSpot’s GOTY award–and even a year later, it’s tough to get it at a reduced price. If you’ve been holding out for a sale, now might be the time to strike: GOG is offering Baldur’s Gate 3 for $48, the lowest price yet for the acclaimed RPG. Yup, Baldur’s Gate 3’s price has behaved more like a Nintendo game than most AAA releases. The 20% discount is only available until September 9 as part of a weekend sale on Larian games.

An isometric, turn-based RPG, Baldur’s Gate 3 puts you in the universe of Dungeons & Dragons. The game is particularly impressive because of the huge amount of choice it often presents you with. You can do some pretty wild stuff with your party of heroes based on the rout…

Silent Hill 2 Costume Guide Will Help You Just In Time For Halloween

Halloween is just under four weeks away, so there’s still time to make costumes based on your favorite characters from Silent Hill 2. The critically acclaimed remake launched earlier this week, and now Konami has released a Silent Hill 2 costume guide which should help cosplayers put together an outfit in time for Halloween.

Konami’s Silent Hill 2 costume guide is online as a PDF via the company’s official site. Unfortunately, it’s not a comprehensive look at all of the costumes in the game. Instead, it features two of the main characters, as well as two of the most popular creatures in the game. Of the four, it will probably be easier to make a James Sunderland cosplay. His outfit is pretty simple to put together, although finding a good match for his jacket might be hard for som…

Nintendo First-Party Switch Exclusives Are Discounted At Best Buy

A bunch of Nintendo Switch exclusives are on sale at Best Buy, giving you a chance to finally add hits like Breath of the Wild, Super Mario Odyssey, or Splatoon 3 to your collection without breaking your budget. As is often the case, it’s unclear when these deals expire–so if you’re interested in the event, it’s best to check out the price cuts soon.

The majority of these deals slash prices by $20, bringing prices down from $60 to just $40 Come from malaysia online casino . And while you won’t find Tears of the Kingdom discounted, you can snag its predecessor, Zelda: Breath of the Wild, for $40. But since you can easily sink hundreds of hours into the adventure (and it’s one of the best-reviewed games on Swit…

The Last Of Us Season 2 Abby Actor Needed Extra Security, Co-Star Says

Season 2 of HBO’s The Last of Us introduces characters from The Last of Us: Part II the game, including Abby. The character generated a lot of heated discussion when the game came out in 2020, and the expectation is that the cycle will repeat itself with Abby on the TV show. Isabela Merced, who plays Dina in Season 2, responded to the backlash against Abby, saying in an interview, “there are so many strange people in this world.” She also reminded people that Abby, who is played by Kaitlyn Dever on the show, can’t hurt you because she is not real. Merced also revealed that Dever received extra security detail during filming.

“There are people who actually genuinely hate Abby, who is not a real person. Just a reminder. Not a real person,” Merced said in an appearance on the Happy S…

Dungeon of the Endless Review

Dungeon of the Endless draws its influences from a wide variety of sources. It features elements from roguelikes, turn-based, and strategy games like XCOM and FTL while blending in some tower defense ingredients, carefully shaping them into the mold of a dungeon crawler. With so many distinct pieces, any imbalance in the scales would have resulted in a failed experiment. But Dungeon of the Endless brings together its disparate parts beautifully. While a lack of variety and some harmful glitches do harm the presentation, the impeccable gameplay balance, as well as the hunt for new characters and an excellent multiplayer mode, can keep you engaged for long after you sit down to play.

In Dungeon of the Endless, you guide a small, hand-picked team from room to room, using a large crys…

Hazard staying focused on Chelsea amid continued Real Madrid speculation

Eden Hazard says his focus will be on Chelsea for the rest of the season despite reports he is close to agreeing a deal to join Real Madrid.

Hazard scored a wonderful solo goal as part of a brace in Chelsea s 2-0 Premier League win over West Ham on Monday, after which Maurizio Sarri told Sky Sports £100million would be too cheap to buy the forward.

Belgium international Hazard will only have a year remaining on his contract at the end of 2018-19, but Chelsea may not be able to replace him due to a two-window transfer ban, against which the club have appealed.

Reports have claimed Madrid and Chelsea are nearing an agreement for Hazard as part of the LaLiga club s expected heavy investment following Zinedine Zidane s return, but he is concentrating only on helping…

Pedri eager for Barca to sign ´magnificent´ Martinez

Pedri hopes Barcelona can raid Athletic Bilbao to sign magnificent defender Inigo Martinez.

Barca have reportedly turned their attention to centre-back Martinez, with Sevilla s Jules Kounde expected to join Chelsea rather than move to Camp Nou.

Pedri believes his Spain team-mate would be a great signing for the Blaugrana, who have been busy in the transfer market ahead of the 2022-23 season.

The teenage midfielder said when asked about the prospect of signing Martinez: I hope he comes. He is a magnificent player. I know him very well from the national team.

Barca academy graduate Pedri believes the Catalan giants have a great chance of winning LaLiga after recruiting the likes of Robert Lewandowski, Raphinha and Franck Kessie.

Asked how the te…

Sanchez starts but no Ozil for Arsenal at West Brom

Arsene Wenger has named Alexis Sanchez in the Arsenal starting line-up for Sunday s clash with West Brom.

The Chile international starts in attack, alongside Alex Iwobi and Alexandre Lacazette, despite speculation over a possible move to Manchester City in the January transfer window.

There is no place in the squad for Mesut Ozil, though, with the Germany star having picked up a slight knee problem that could leave him in doubt to face Chelsea on Wednesday.

There s no in he misses out with a slight knee injury

— Arsenal FC (@Arsenal)

Wenger, who will set a new record of 811 Premier League matches as a manager in the game at The Hawthorns, became frustrated with questions this week over Sanchez s future.

When he plays well it s a pr…