I hope you aren't already sick of live-action anime adaptations, as Crunchyroll and Sony are certainly thinking hard about making more of them

It’s sounding like more live-action anime projects are likely on the way, as Crunchyroll and Sony are interested in developing some.The superhero well isn’t exactly dry, as there’s a whole ocean of IP to adapt from, but for Marvel, apart from its big success with Deadpool & Wolverine, the MCU has been waning in popularity since the release of Avengers: Endgame. That could be part of a broader superhero fatigue, James Gunn’s new DCU will be the real test of that, but Hollywood quickly moved on to video game adaptations, with movies like the Sonic the Hedgehog pair of films and the Super Mario Bros. Movie all doing very well, and shows like The Last of Us and Fallout proving very popular. But there’s another IP mine that Hollywood is clearly interested in tapping: anime.To see this conte…

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Helldivers 2's long-awaited Illuminate faction finally shows up on the map before quickly disappearing, or did they?

Remember the Illuminate? Those alien lads from the first Helldivers that everyone was convinced would come rushing into Helldivers 2 through that black hole the forces of Super Earth turned Meridia into a few months ago. Well, it looks like they’ve just briefly made a cameo on the game’s map.As spotted by players on Reddit, a section of the lower portion of the Galactic map briefly turned purple yesterday, suggesting that it was under the control of force which wasn’t the Automatons or the Terminids, before returning to normal.To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings Naturally, folks could only come to one conclusion – the Illuminate popped in, and they’re apparently fans of hide and seek. Especially since at least one of the occupi…

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