Music
New Music/Video
Signs of the Swarm - New record, To Rid Myself of Truth, out Aug 22.
https://signsoftheswarm.bandcamp.com/
Orbit Culture - Death Above Life album due on Oct 3 via Century Media.
Spineshank - Reunited, and putting out a new track in the coming weeks, to be followed soon by a new record it sounds like. Fueled by the Union Underground tour.
Demon Hunter - ANOTHER stand alone single, Light Bends.” This is now the 7th since their most recent record, Exile, back in Oct of 22.
Scars on Broadway - Daron Malakian’s other band is releasing their first music since 2018 with Addicted to the Violence.
Tours/Festivals
Turnstile - Never Enough US Tour. Support from Speed, Jane Remover on the whole tour, and on select dates they added Amyl & The Sniffers, Blood Orange, and Mannequin Pussy. Pre-sale up on June 11. General tickets June 13. Starts sept 15 in Nashville TN through Oct 19 in Orlando FL.
Cavalera - Fall Tour performing Chaos AD in full with Fear Factory for support. Starts Sept 18 in Louisville KY through Oct 18 in Dallas TX. Tickets on sale June 13.
https://www.cavaleraconspiracy.net/tour
Reg ‘ol News
Brian Wilson - One of the founding members of the Beach Boys, passed at age 82.
Prosthetic Records - The metal label has been acquired by MNRK Music Group. Now will be operating under the MNRK Heavy umbrella. Which seems to mean the name will fold into MNRK and thus into oblivion.
https://blabbermouth.net/news/prosthetic-records-acquired-by-mnrk-music-group
Suggests
Spineshank - The Height of Callousness - the second studio album by American metal band Spineshank, released on October 9, 2000, through Roadrunner Records. It was produced by Garth "GGGarth" Richardson alongside Spineshank guitarist Mike Sarkisyan and drummer Tommy Decker, and it was recorded at Mushroom Studios in Vancouver, Canada. The album has a heavier, more aggressive sound than the band's debut album Strictly Diesel (1998), and incorporates more melodic and electronic elements. Its themes are depression, betrayal, anger, self-doubt and self-confidence. STAND OUT TRACKS: New Disease, Synthetic,
Gaming/Tech
Follow-ups/Corrections
Halo:Infinite - Hyabusa armor coming in the Operation: Legacy season. https://youtu.be/3w7icYLffvM?si=nJ-TUt8w0a32V1uW
Trailers
Summer Games Fest - https://www.youtube.com/live/-Hr6Q2hln_M?si=v4wFAmpMXM_hlINF
Xbox Showcase 2025 - https://www.youtube.com/live/oPa7KaQXp8g?si=RZE1xu81PxinfqXD
The Expanse: Osiris Reborn - https://youtu.be/pIQifuOTTe8?si=DFbVNtuohX0CzaaH
Toxic Crusaders - https://youtu.be/uLNf6sldrCQ Release in Q3 of this year.
Deadpool VR - https://youtu.be/4Jof1MtYccs?si=HuJ4pvEH9FA9zB38 Neil Patrick Harris
Reg ‘ol News
WB Discovery - The company has split into 2 separate and publicly traded companies. Streaming and Studios and Global Networks are the 2 new companies. S&S will house WB TV, WB Motion Picture Group, DC Studios, HBO, HBO Max, WB Games, and all related studio operations. Global Networks will handle CNN, TNT Sports, Discovery, entertainment, and sports. The split is set to be completed sometime mid-2026. Global Networks is set to retain a 20% stake in the Streaming side, until it sells (which it plans to at a later date.)
https://cosmicbook.news/warner-bros-discovery-split-streaming-global-networks
Xbox Showcase - New Xbox handheld, ROG Xbox Ally (X), announced. The Xbox team were given the greenlight to edit functionality of the Xbox AND Windows OS for this project. Which likely means when it launches this holiday season (along with Hollow Knight: Silksong) the homebrew world for tech is gunna go NUTS with this.
New Games Info/trailers:
CoD: Black Ops 7
Clockwork Revolution (shades of Bioshock anyone?)
Gears of War: Reloaded - August 26 release, Multiplayer Beta starts June 13 (2 weeks)
Grounded 2 - Game Preview on July 29
Keeper - Oct 17
Ninja Gaiden 4 - Oct 21
Outer Worlds 2 - Oct 29
Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4 - July 11, Foundry Demo out now
New Games:
DLC/Updates:
Age of Mythology: Retold – Heavenly Spear - 12 new gods, free for Premium edition owners.
Elder Scrolls Online – Tales of Tamriel - Newest update to the now 10 year old main story. Out now for PC and Mac, June 18 for console players.
Fallout 76: Gone Fission - New fishing mechanic introduced to the game. Out now
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle: The Order of Giants - sept 4
Sea of Thieves: Smugglers’ Tide - August. Free for all players.
Summer Games Fest -
Sony State of Play -
They also announced a bunch of new games coming to PlayStation Plus, including the original Deus Ex, Twisted Metal 3 & 4, and the original PlayStation versions of Resident Evil 2 and Resident Evil 3: Nemesis.
Konami - Press Start livestream event June 12.
Apple WWDC 25 - This year was all about the software; no new hardware was announced. The biggest change is a design overhaul called "Liquid Glass," which brings a more translucent and layered look to everything. Apple is also streamlining its operating system names, so now everything is getting the "26" version number, like iOS 26, iPadOS 26, and macOS 26 (codenamed Tahoe).
A huge focus was on "Apple Intelligence," which is their brand for a bunch of new AI-powered features. This includes stuff like live translation for calls and messages, smarter call screening, and the ability to create custom emojis called "Genmoji". For the Apple Watch, there's a new "Workout Buddy" feature that acts as an AI-powered personal trainer, giving you encouragement and feedback during your workouts.
On the app front, macOS is finally getting a native Phone app, so you can make and take calls directly from your computer. iPadOS is getting more powerful with better multitasking, a Mac-style menu bar, and a native Preview app for viewing and editing files. And for all the gamers out there, a new "Games" app will bring all your Apple Arcade and App Store games into one place.
Suggests
The Week’s game presentations. It’s like E3 all over again… but in a good way.
Comic Books/Books
Reg ‘ol News
Undead Iron Fist - Danny Rand is returning to the role of the Iron Fist in a very odd way. After his death in the 50th anniversary special, writer Jason Loo said that the plan was always to bring him back. THIS is apparently how they have chosen to do it. With Rand trying to expose what he sees as the LIES of Iron Fist legends and mythology.
https://www.comicsbeat.com/danny-rand-returns-as-the-undead-iron-fist/
Godzilla - Number 1 on shelves July 23 kicks off a new shared universe called the "Kai-Sei Era". The story is set in a world that has been dealing with constant monster attacks since Godzilla first appeared in 1954. While Japan has learned to treat the kaiju like natural disasters, the American G-Force is still focused on fighting them. They discover a young boy named Jacen who can harness the same energy as Godzilla, believing he may be the key to winning the war. The book is written by Tim Seeley with art by Nikola Čižmešija and is set to be released on July 23rd, 2025.
https://www.comicsbeat.com/preview-godzilla-1-kai-sei-era/
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Marvel Zombies - five-issue limited series published from December 2005 to April 2006 by Marvel Comics. The series was written by Robert Kirkman with art by Sean Phillips and covers by Arthur Suydam. It was the first series in the Marvel Zombies series of related stories. The story is set in an alternate universe where the world's superhero population has been infected with a virus that turned them into zombies. The series was spun out of events of the crossover story-arc of Ultimate Fantastic Four, where the zombie Reed Richards tricked his Ultimate counterpart into opening a portal to the zombie universe only for the latter to contain the former from ever coming to his universe.
TV Shows
Follow-ups/Corrections
Stuart Fails to Save the Universe - Chuck Lorre told Variety that the show was going to feature “lots of CGI.” https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/big-bang-theory-spinoff-stuart-fails-save-universe-update-1236424066/
Trailers
Twisted Metal - https://youtu.be/wIQJKQ7o8bw?si=lSAWyQJtR7hmKTy1 season 2 July 31.
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds - Season 3 https://youtu.be/KBix8DzPcaE?si=Y4q2rlw0LVXvU6v9 July 17… Patton Oswalt is a little cringe…Season 1 will be live on Pluto starting Monday.
The Institute - https://youtu.be/1BcvAdfyL5Y New Steven King show on MGM+ premiering July 13.
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Black Mirror season 7 - A TRUE return to form. Really only one dud in the bunch, though the USS Callister episode wasn’t as good as hoped either, still some of the best sci-fi TV we have had in YEARS.
Movies
Follow-ups/Corrections
Mortal Kombat 2 - New screenwriter Jeremy Slater is putting the movie on par with Avengers: Endgame. Release date: Oct 24, 2025.
Zelda - Moved back to May 7th.
https://twitter.com/Nintendo/status/1932075231885382103
Superman
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Prime members get early access to screenings. July 8th to be exact.
The deal is through Fandango, but you are supposed to follow the
link.
https://www.amazon.com/superman
Resident Evil - The reboot film from Zach Cregger is moving into active photography this summer.
Star Wars: Starfighter - The Ryan Gosling starring movie has just cast Mia Goth in an undisclosed role.
Highlander - Henry Cavill reboot to begin filming in Sept.
Alien: Romulus - Sequel in pre-production.
Trailers
Dracula - https://youtu.be/mDfdNTf4FA0?si=vlpyi0xSyx5LXnA5 Luc Besson directed with Christoph Waltz.
Eddington - https://youtu.be/oL6jZqExlIk New A24 movie. Written and directed by Ari Aster and starring Joaquin Phoenix, Pedro Pascal, Luke Grimes, Deirdre O'Connell, Micheal Ward, with Austin Butler and Emma Stone. EDDINGTON – In Theaters July 18.
Wicked - https://youtu.be/vt98AlBDI9Y?si=r0fNn0w-LEpuUCi0 number 2 out this november.
Reg ‘ol News
Wonder Woman - James Gunn has confirmed that they are in the writing phase for a proper stand alone Wonder Woman movie.
https://ew.com/superman-new-man-of-steel-leads-dcu-of-tomorrow-cover-story-11751060
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Coneheads - a 1993 American science-fiction comedy film released by Paramount Pictures. It is produced by Lorne Michaels, directed by Steve Barron, and stars Dan Aykroyd, Jane Curtin, and Michelle Burke. The film is based on the NBC Saturday Night Live comedy sketches about aliens stranded on Earth, who have Anglicized their Remulakian surname "Clorhone" to "Conehead".
Rumor Mill
New Rumors
Fortnite - The newest leak is for a Simpsons crossover.
Black Panther - Ryan Gosling rumored to be playing the new WHITE Black Panther from the comics.
Doomsday - Thor Rumored to be dying while fighting Dr Doom.
VisionQuest - Power Broker rumored to be returning (Peggy Carter still?) as the villain for the series.
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