Andrew Webster  @theverge.space

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We’ve got Stranger Things at home.

Now that Stranger Things is overthe main series, anyways — you can finally own the whole thing on disc. Arrow Video is releasing a box set of the complete series on Blu-Ray and 4K UHD, which will be available in July. I hope the collection spans exactly 11 discs.

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I went to the Stranger Things finale in theaters and the strangest thing happened

A report on the communal experience of watching the Stranger Things finale in a movie theater.

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A weekend project.

Project Hail Mary premieres tomorrow, and it’s the kind of big, exciting sci-fi movie I’d highly recommend seeing on a big screen. For more on the movie, check out my review as well as my interview with author Andy Weir and screenwriter Drew Goddard about adapting the story for film.

Project Hail Mary is popcorn sci-fi at its best

Project Hail Mary is popcorn sci-fi at its best

Based on the sci-fi novel by Andy Weir, the Ryan Gosling-led film Project Hail Mary mixes hard sci-fi with a funny buddy comedy.

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Weird Nintendo never went away

The Switch 2 may be a boring upgrade, but the new Talking Flower toy shows that Nintendo remains playful at its core.

Time to get cracking (some codes).

One of my favorite games so far this year is Inkle’s cryptic mystery TR-49, and on April 7th the game is launching on the Switch so Nintendo fans can check it out.

Detective games get extra cryptic with TR-49’s code-breaking mystery

Detective games get extra cryptic with TR-49’s code-breaking mystery

TR-49 is a code-breaking mystery that’s out now on the iPhone and Steam, developed by the studio behind 80 Days and Heaven’s Vault.

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Remedy’s live-service shooter Firebreak is getting its final major update

But the studio plans to keep the game playable ‘for years to come.’

Remedy’s live-service shooter Firebreak is getting its final major update

Control and Alan Wake developer Remedy announced the final update for its live-service shooter FBC: Firebreak, though the studio plans to keep the game playable.

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Nvidia’s DLSS 5 is like motion smoothing for video games, but worse

The generic, homogenized ‘AI face’ has come for gaming, and it doesn’t look good.

Nvidia’s DLSS 5 is like motion smoothing for video games, but worse

With its DLSS 5 rendering tool, Nvidia has brought the concept of AI slop faces to video games like Starfield and Resident Evil.

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Starfield is coming to the PS5 and getting a pair of major updates in April

Bethesda calls it ‘the biggest update to the game since launch.’

Starfield is coming to the PS5 and getting a pair of major updates in April

Bethesda is bringing its previously Xbox-exclusive game Starfield to the PS5 in April, and it’ll launch alongside a major new story expansion.

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Why Project Hail Mary’s creators were ‘scared’ about making the sci-fi adaptation

Author Andy Weir and screenwriter Drew Goddard talk about turning the book into a cinematic experience.

Why Project Hail Mary’s creators were ‘scared’ about making the sci-fi adaptation

Author Andy Weir and screenwriter Drew Goddard talk about adapting the novel Project Hail Mary for film. It hits theaters on March 20th.

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Ol’ blue eyes.

The first image from Dune: Part 3 isn’t particularly revealing, but it does give a glimpse into Paul Atreides’ new look, which has something of a Sub-Zero vibe. The movie hits theaters in December.

The Subnautica / Krafton story gets even messier.

In the latest update, a judge has ordered Krafton to reinstate former Unknown Worlds Entertainment CEO Ted Gill, saying the publisher violated its contract when Gill and his fellow co-founders were fired last summer. The suit also claims that Krafton CEO Changhan Kim “consulted an artificial intelligence chatbot to contrive a corporate ‘takeover’ strategy” and get out of paying a $250 million bonus.

Judge Says Krafton Must Rehire Fired ‘Subnautica’ CEO

Subnautica 2’s creators sue their publisher for ‘severely’ damaging the game’s release

Former executives of Subnautica 2 developer Unknown Worlds have filed a lawsuit against publisher Krafton alleging it sabotaged the game’s development.

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