Two Halo 5 multiplayer playlists have been removed. In its latest weekly blog post, developer 343 Industries announced that Arena playlists Triple Team and Shotty Snipers have been removed from matchmaking--for the time being at least--and will be replaced by "rotational playlists.""The Halo 5 sustain team is working on more frequent, regular updates to matchmaking including consolidating some of ... more.

With the launch of Halo Wars 2 coming up very soon, Microsoft has now made a few more announcements about the RTS sequel.In its latest weekly blog post, developer 343 Industries answered a lot of fan questions, one of which asked about potential map-making tools. Unfortunately for fans, this isn't in the works. "We have no plans to release a map editor at this time," 343 said.Another big piece of ... more.

Grand Theft Auto V parent company Take-Two may be heading into the movie business soon.The company's CEO, Strauss Zelnick, told MCV, "We have licensed a couple of titles for motion picture production and we don't have much more to say about that yet."Take-Two won't be using its own money to produce the films, however. "We are certainly not going to use our own balance sheet to invest in motion pic... more.

Super Troopers 2, the sequel to the 2001 cult hit comedy starring a team of mostly incompetent Vermont state troopers, is getting closer to release. Director Jay Chandrasekhar announced on Twitter that the final day of shooting was on February 9 and said a release date should be announced soon.Here is a picture of Chandrasekhar, who directed the original and the sequel, standing alongside actor St... more.

The Mary Poppins movie reboot starring Emily Blunt has officially begun production, Disney announced this week. Shooting is taking place at Shepperton Studios in the UK, which is also where Disney filmed the upcoming live-action Beauty and the Beast movie starring Emma Watson.The new Mary Poppins film, which is called Mary Poppins Returns, also stars Lin-Manuel Miranda (Hamilton), Ben Whishaw (Spe... more.

Blizzard has detailed new Overwatch balance changes coming to the public test realm "soon." The characters being tweaked are Roadhog and Winston.As detailed on the game's forum, Roadhog's changes overall "reduce the power of his hook a bit." However, his gun is now "more effective when not using the hook." Additionally, Winston's "head hit volume was just abnormally big," which meant he was taking... more.

The third season of The Walking Dead will get its latest installment soon, developer Telltale has announced. Episode 3 - Above the Law arrives in March, though no more details have been revealed.Telltale also confirmed that the physical release of Season 3--which includes the first episode on the disc along with a download code for the rest of the season--will launch on 28 February in North Americ... more.

One of the coolest parts of Horizon Zero Dawn are the massive, animal-like machines that roam through the world. Today, Sony posted a pair of videos showing off two of these: Thunderjaw and Snapmaw. Check out the videos below, while official descriptions for the beasts follow further down.Originally scheduled to debut in 2016, Zero Dawn was later delayed to the end of February. It launches in the ... more.

More details have come to light about the recently announced Castlevania show for Netflix. Producer Adi Shankar (who produced The Grey and Dredd) tells IGN that the show is "in the vein" of Game of Thrones and is an adaptation of Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse. "This is very much Castlevania done in the vein of Game of Thrones," Shankar said. He declined to share more story details. If it follow... more.

The NBA today announced a partnership with Take-Two to create a professional gaming league dedicated to the popular NBA 2K series. Called the NBA 2K eLeague, it's described as a "new, professional competitive gaming league that will bring together the best basketball gamers in the world." According to Take-Two, this is the first officially organized esports league run by a United States pro sports... more.