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Mouthwashing is getting the Hollywood treatment with a full-length feature film directed by the mind behind Jennifer's Body.
Critically-acclaimed indie horror game Mouthwashing, developed by Wrong Organ and published by Critical Reflex, is coming to the silver screen. This official announcement follows more than two weeks of rumors about a movie adaptation that have swirled within the game’s fanbase.
Revealed today, October 29, by Wrong Organ and Sony Pictures’ Screen Gems production company, the crew of the Tulpar will soon make their way to a theater near you. Scott Derrickson (Doctor Strange, The Black Phone) is set to produce, alongside C. Robert Cargill and Vince Cheng for their Crooked Highway production house.
Karyn Kusama (famous for Jennifer’s Body and Yellowjackets) is set to direct, with Matt Manfredi and Phil Hay (The Invitation) writing the script. Thus far, exact plot details are unconfirmed — but if you’re familiar with the game, you’ll have a good idea of what you’re in for.
The game follows five crew members manning the Tulpar, a freight ship under the Pony Express shipping company. When the vessel goes off course, its staff must cope with their dire circumstances, battling starvation, isolation, paranoia, and hallucinations — and even defending themselves from their fellow crewmates.
The game has been widely well-received, with IGN scoring the game a glowing 9 out of 10. First released on PC in 2024, the game is now out on consoles as of today, October 29. Another Critical Reflex joint, No, I’m Not a Human, alongside celebrated indie game Arctic Eggs, are also coming to Xbox, as revealed during the ID@XBOX showcase earlier this month..
Thus far, it’s anyone’s guess as to who’ll get cast in the movie — but given that some of its characters were directly inspired by real-life actors (Shelley Duvall, for one), we’re keen to see who gets picked to join the Tulpar on its doomed journey through space.
This is the latest video game to get greenlit for a screen adaptation after news that PUBG is getting a live-action show on Netflix, which is being written, directed, produced by, and even starring Donald Glover.
It seems like more and more video games are being put on the silver screen; Michael B. Jordan is helming a Battlefield film adaptation, and Capcom’s Street Fighter flick debuted in theaters earlier this month. This follows Zach Cregger’s wildly successful Resident Evil movie, which is the latest in a string of successful horror films that have rocked the box office this year.
Yep, you read that right: Grammy-award winning music artist and actor Donald Glover is directing and starring in a live-action series adapting Krafton’s battle royale game, PUBG.
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds is getting the Hollywood treatment with a TV show that will be written, produced, directed by, and starring Donald Glover. His brother, Stephen Glover, is also involved in the project as a co-writer and executive producer.
Other executive producers on the series include Michael Schaefer for NEON TV, Fam Udeorji for Gilga, and Taeseok Jang and Sujin Lee for LV3H. As told in a press release shared with IGN, Krafton — the South Korean gaming conglomerate that owns the franchise — is intent on expanding the IP into “original entertainment content.” LV3H, its entertainment entity, is also helping develop and produce the series.
While making an entire series based on a game where 100 players are dropped onto an island to fight to the death might seem like a bit of a stretch, there’s actually some pretty deep lore that explains the ‘why’ of it all. Admittedly, PUBG was initially created as a purely multiplayer experience, but it has since been fleshed out with an encompassing narrative that can be read on its official website.
The long and short of it is that the Battlegrounds are the brainchild of a billionaire named Sergei Kalimnik, who was the lone survivor of a deadly Soviet attack on the fictional island of Erangel in 1965. After experiencing “17 days of conflict” and watching Soviet officials attempt to dispose of their victims’ corpses, he came up with the brilliant idea of eventually buying the island and recreating his childhood trauma on a grand scale — conscripting 100 people and forcing them to fight until only one remains.
It’s sort of like Squid Game, when you think about it; these experiments expanded to other locales, while audience of shadowy, untouchable elites, much like the VIPs from Netflix’s hit South Korean thriller series, watch from afar. According to the PUBG Universe page, this also somehow ties back to a centuries-old tradition called ‘Magna Venari: The Great Hunt’ that began in the early 15th Century. Described as the “hunting of human prey,” it sought to answer a single question: “Why do some survive when others do not?”
There’s, surprisingly, a lot for Glover to work with here. And given his talents in showbiz (Atlanta, Community, Swarm), I’m genuinely keen to see what he brings to the table from the PUBG world.
This is the latest video game to score a celebrity-led adaptation following news of Michael B. Jordan’s Battlefield movie. He, alongside Christopher McQuarrie, are reportedly shopping the adaptation around to different studios in hopes of bringing Electronic Arts’ popular military game series to the silver screen. Sony has emerged as a frontrunner to snag the film, though any other news remains nebulous for now.
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Celeste and TowerFall have been delisted from Xbox, as the developer has chosen to boycott Microsoft for its involvement and investments with the Israeli government.
Developer Maddy Thorson, the mind behind Celeste and TowerFall, confirmed on Bluesky that her team had removed the games from Xbox. They are no longer available to purchase on the platform, which caught some fans by surprise. Thorson stated that she made the decision to remove the titles in support of the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement, which describes itself as a “Palestinian-led movement for freedom, justice and equality.” IGN has asked Microsoft for comment on the situation.
The movement targets companies that are involved with or invested in the Israeli government amidst the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestine. Celeste and TowerFall are not the first games to drop Xbox as a result of this movement, either. Earlier this fall, the beloved co-op adventure game, Big Walk, chose not to release on Xbox and cited the boycott as its reason. The team noted that, should Microsoft divest from its Israeli ties and be removed from the list of BDS targets, Big Walk would be brought to Xbox.
"We have made the decision not to release Big Walk on Xbox, in accordance with the Palestinian-led BDS (Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions) movement’s call to boycott Microsoft, and their designation of Microsoft Games (and Xbox) as a priority boycott target," said Big Walk developer House House at the time. "If you need help understanding our motives, we would recommend reading about why Microsoft is a BDS priority target, the successes this kind of pressure has already had on Microsoft, and especially, watching this great introductory piece by People Make Games."
Celeste and TowerFall have both been out for some time, with the latter having been released in 2013 and the former in 2018. Both games remain available for purchase on PlayStation, PC, and Switch.
Assassin's Creed Valhalla launched all the way back in November 2020, but Ubisoft just announced that it's getting its own new game+ mode.
In a blog post, Ubisoft laid out some of its future plans for Assassin's Creed. One of them is a tiny, yet cryptic, update on Assassin's Creed: Codename Hexe. It also announced new game+ mode for Valhalla a mere six years after it first hit consoles.
The new game mode will be coming on November 5, and will include a new, optional progression mode, along with new runes, achievements and a stash system. Ubisoft will also be adding a new crafting material, Mithril, which can be used to upgrade divine gear.
But on top of the NG+ mode, Ubisoft teased that Valhalla will be getting even more updates. In the post, Ubisoft says it will "share full details in the upcoming Patch Notes, along with news regarding current-generation console updates in the coming days." It's not clear what Ubisoft means by "current-generation console updates," but I'd bet on a nice little graphics boost.
While Valhalla does have a PS5 and Xbox Series version, the game hasn't received a PS5 Pro Enhanced glow-up, so I'd guess that's what Ubisoft meant by console updates. But even outside of the Pro, in the years since Valhalla came out, every console has been updated with better upscaling, whether that's QSSR on the base PS5 or FSR 4.1 on the Xbox Series consoles.
Assassin's Creed was well received at launch. When IGN reviewed it, we gave it an 8, with reviewer Brandin Tyrrel saying, "Assassin's Creed Valhalla is a massive, beautiful open-world fueled by brutal living and the dirty work of conquerors. It's a lot buggier than it should be but also impressive on multiple levels."
The new game+ mode isn't the first time Ubisoft has slow-walked updates for Assassin's Creed Valhalla. Players also had to wait nearly two years to get Steam achievements, and the company was still fixing bugs with the game as late as January 2025.
Apex Legends: Cipher is coming on November 3 and it’s bringing a new weapon style that makes me scared. The Wingman is a semi-automatic revolver that utilizes Sniper Ammo, and it’s been the bane of my existence since Apex Legends launched.
Some people are absolutely cracked with the Wingman. And now they’ll be able to use two at once. Cipher introduces Akimbo Wingman, which trades off some of the accuracy for big(ger) damage.
The Wingman has wavered a bit in recent seasons and sits as the 19th most effective weapon in DPS terms, but it’s still deadly in accurate hands, across basically any distance. It’s two-to-four headshots for a Wingman kill depending on the armor they’re wearing, which is what makes it so deadly in the right hands.
The Akimbo Wingman will push players in closer to barrel stuff your face. It’s going to be interesting to see where the weapon ends up with this new option — famously, the Akimbo Mozambique was famously nerfed quickly after it went from a barely used gun to the game’s dominant weapon.
On top of the dual revolvers, Crypto is getting a rework dubbed Crypto Rewired, which sees him role switch from a drone-camping git to a push-forward intel machine. His Surveillance Drone now runs on batteries instead of a cooldown, meaning it can be picked up and redeployed without a long wait, along with a new Sentry Mode that tags enemies on sight. On top of that, his EMP Ultimate can now be deployed with the press of a button.
Cipher also introduces Strongholds, which Respawn is calling the “evolution of care packages.” To access them you have to raid the Stronghold to haul out crate weapons, corrupted attachments, and EVO shield boosts for the squad. It’s a timely endeavour, and nearby enemies will hear the alarm.
Revenant and Lifeline are also getting buffs. For Rev, there’s a shorter Ult cooldown and faster Tactical, as well as new upgrades that allow him to extend his Ult with each knock. Another upgrade lets him Silence players with Shadow Pounce.
Lifeline is getting a reduced drone cooldown, self-healing while gliding, an Ult cooldown reduction, and improved flight mobility. On top of that, Respawn is bringing back her revive shield.
Elsewhere there are new Ranked updates, with Legend Bans in Diamond lobbies and above. Players vote to ban certain Legends, and the ones with the most votes can’t be picked for the match.
Apex Legends: Cipher launches November 3.
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