Entertainment

The Verge’s entertainment section collects the latest news from the worlds of pop culture, music, movies, television, and video games. Whether you want to know what to watch on Netflix or how to make the most of your streaming service budget, the entertainment section acts a reliable source. There’s simply too much to read, watch, hear, and play. Let us be your tour guide.

Here’s the logo for Trump’s Space Force, and it looks awfully familiar

Boldly go where some designers have gone before

By Nick Statt

YouTube signs exclusive streaming deal for Activision e-sports like Call of Duty and Overwatch

As part of a multiyear partnership between the game publisher and Google

By Nick Statt

Can the new Call of Duty League be the NFL of competitive gaming?

By Andrew Webster January 24

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More developers are making games for next-gen consoles than streaming services

By Megan Farokhmanesh January 24

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Fortnite Chapter 2’s second season is finally coming on February 20th

By Andrew Webster January 24

Wiz Khalifa made a Sonic music video, and it’s pure nonsensical fun

By Julia Alexander January 24

Production delays on Obi-Wan Disney+ series are part of a bigger Star Wars problem

By Julia Alexander

Patience you must have, Obi-Wan

The transforming Xbox 360 D-pad is proof that bad buttons can get better

By Chaim Gartenberg January 24

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Apple Arcade’s latest game is a more family-friendly Fortnite called Butter Royale

By Nick Statt January 24

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This hour-long Splatoon concert features holographic squid kids

By Andrew Webster January 23

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Mean Girls channels Street Fighter: The Movie: The Game as culture becomes a ouroboros of remakes

By Chaim Gartenberg January 23

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Rocket League is killing online multiplayer on macOS and Linux

By Jay Peters January 23

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Star Trek: Picard knows Star Trek is a hard sell in 2020

By Joshua Rivera January 23

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Comcast plans price hikes for cable customers as it looks ahead to streaming Peacock launch

By Kim Lyons January 23

Tetris returns to Android and iOS after EA’s version shuts down

By Chaim Gartenberg January 23

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How Bad Boys For Life’s directors brought back the ‘90s — from Belgium

By Joshua Rivera January 23

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Nintendo doesn’t have to refund digital preorders, according to European court

By Jay Peters January 22

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Netflix has been looking for franchises, and The Witcher may be its answer

By Julia Alexander January 22

How an experimental story about gender and warfare shook the sci-fi community

By M.L. Clark January 22

Netflix orders a Witcher anime following the success of the live-action show

By Julia Alexander

‘The Witcher’ is getting an anime

100 Thieves puts streamers, streetwear, and e-sports together in new HQ

By Andrew Webster January 22

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Watch Unity’s gorgeous seven-minute sci-fi short The Heretic

By Jon Porter January 22

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Toss a Coin to Your Witcher is finally available to stream on Spotify and Apple Music

By Chaim Gartenberg January 22

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Pokémon Go’s live events drove nearly $250 million in tourism revenue last year

By Nick Statt January 22

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The final season of Star Wars: The Clone Wars gets a new trailer and February release date

By Julia Alexander January 22

Alleged Xbox Series X photos show off the port selection

By Sam Byford January 22

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Google is giving free $130 Stadia gaming kits to new Verizon Fios subscribers

By Chris Welch January 21

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Netflix uses Google Trends to claim The Witcher was more popular than The Mandalorian

By Nick Statt January 21

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Netflix grew bigger even amid competition from Baby Yoda

By Jay Peters January 21

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AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT review roundup: the new desktop GPU to beat under $300

By Jay Peters January 21

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Netflix reveals that 76 million people watched at least two minutes of The Witcher

By Chaim Gartenberg January 21

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Pokémon: The First Movie remake on Netflix once again gives your favorite monsters a new look

By Megan Farokhmanesh January 21

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While you wait for Half-Life: Alyx, catch up on every classic Half-Life game for free

By Cameron Faulkner

You have two months to play

Dolittle will delight small children and drive adults mad

By Joshua Rivera January 21

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Fortnite is holding a TikTok dance contest to find the next great emote

By Jacob Kastrenakes January 21

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Lego’s new studio wants to make ‘more poetic, artistic games’

By Andrew Webster January 21

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Disney+ is launching a week early in the UK and parts of Europe

By Jon Porter January 21

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Radiohead launched an online ‘public library’ with rare tracks and a printable library card

By Adi Robertson January 20

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Studio Ghibli films are coming to Netflix outside North America next month

By Sam Byford January 20

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The iPad Pro can now run Fortnite at 120 frames per second

By Sam Byford January 19

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The Touryst is a bite-sized, open-world vacation game

By Michael Moore January 19

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