With its default settings,Google Mapsmight actually be a bit of a privacy nightmare. It keeps track of which places you’ve visited, where you’ve gone to, and what you’ve searched—if you want to know where someone has been, chances are Google Maps knows. While that’s not a bad thing on its own, all of that data is uploaded to the cloud, and you probably still want easy ways to manage that, and thankfully, thanks to a new update, you now have a few ways to do this....

Check out the team-based FPS starting June 23 with a PlayStation and Xbox network test Gundam Evolutionisn’t your everydayGundamvideo game, and as someone who almost always lets themslide right past me, I’m actually pretty curious about it. Bandai Namco’s six-on-six team-based FPS seems like it’s taking cues fromOverwatch, and if you find that intriguing, you may want to try the upcoming network test.Sign-ups are now openfor theGundam Evolutionconsole beta, and the first registration window’s deadline is June 12....

HBO’s new lead actor in its highly anticipatedHarry PotterTV adaptation is already fixing a major deviation from the movie series that was originally established in the books. Child actor Dominic McLaughlin will make his TV acting debut as “the boy who lived”, Harry Potter, taking the reins from Daniel Radcliffe. As the extensivecast list of HBO’sHarry Pottercontinues to be announced and first-lookHarry Potterset photos are revealed,production on the HBO adaptation is finally starting to take off....

Sony’s Spider-Man Universedidn’t fare well overall, to put it mildly, and it’s easier to see why when comparingDeadpool’s production budget to each installment of the franchise.Deadpool’s cinematic fortunes are among the most impressive in the superhero genre, with his MCU debut inDeadpool & Wolverinehelping to hoist the franchise out of a historic slump after the record-breaking flop that wasThe Marvels.Deadpool & Wolverinewas by far his most successful outing, grossing $1.3 billion to join the echelons ofbillion-dollar MCU movies, but all his solo films also grossed more than any X-Men movie....

RewatchingThe Hunger Gamesseries in chronological order has made me far more aware of a popular fan theory regarding the franchise, and I’m more convinced of its legitimacy after doing so than ever before.The Hunger Gamesfilmsadapt the popular dystopian young adult novels of the same name, revolving around the titular battle royales. The initial quadrilogy ended afterThe Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2,as the story no longer has any more of its namesake games to focus on....

In surprising news, there will be a physical release ofIndivisiblefor the North American market. Despite the game’s developerLab Zero Games dissolving,Indivisible’s publisher 505 Games has confirmed that the action RPG platformer will arrive to North American retailers on December 1st for the Nintendo Switch. Though it may not be the best move right now to go outside to get a physical copy ofIndivisible, all retailers should be able to ship to fans....

EA Sports has delivered its first Gridiron Notes of the year ahead ofMadden NFL 26’shighly anticipated release. The yearly American Football juggernaut is set to hit the field again later this year witha release date of 14 June 2025.One of the biggest criticisms of the series every year is the lack of updates beyond a new lick of paint and updated rosters. However, it is the first real chance for players to see whatMadden NFL 26might include....

Youtube BabyZone has created something incredibly unique, a deep fake of 2018’sSpider-Manvideo game in which the characters are replaced with the actors from the 2002Spider-Manfilm adaptation. It’s a five-minute video with complete facial replacement, resulting in an incredibly eerie piece of art that’s well worth watching. Despite the broad range ofSpider-Manrelated media available, the 2002Sam Raimiadaptation starring Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, and Willem Dafoe stands out when it comes to obsessive fanbases....

A newMarvel Cinematic Universereport shines more light on theThunderboltsbox office results and what this could mean for future Marvel Studios productions. While The Multiverse Saga is getting closer to its end, Marvel Studios' journey from 2021 has been up and down for them when it comes to their critical and financial success. Even though there have been MCU movies in Phases 4 and 5 that have been well-received both in reviews and commercially, some of the critical winners have not been box office hits for Marvel Studios, liketheThunderboltsmovie....

Q-Games, the popular Japanese game developer best known for itsPixelJunkfranchise, is ready to announce its next game. IntroducingPixelJunk Raiders, a third-person action game that’s heavily stylized just as fans would expect from any game in thePixelJunkseries. But just as important as the game announcement itself is the confirmation thatPixelJunk Raiderswill be a Google Stadia exclusive game release, even including gameplay using Stadia features. Surprisingly little aboutPixelJunk Raiderswas shared as part of the game’s announcement, and its trailer raises as many questions as it answers....

Shinji Mikami is one of the industry’s most revered game directors. Not only did he create the landmarkResident Evilfranchise, but he also directedResident Evil 4, considered to be one of the most influential games of all time. The last game Mikami himself directed was 2014’sThe Evil Within, but it seems as though the legendary developer is finally ready to reveal his next project for Tango Gameworks and Bethesda. Last week,Mikami revealed that he would be at E3 2019....

APokemon GOplayer in Russia faces jail time for playing the game inside of a church. Ruslan Sokolovsky, a blogger from the country, is accused of ‘inciting religious hatred’ after making a video of himself playing Niantic’s hugely popular game in a church before posting the footage to his blog last year. Sokolovsky, 22, has been in pre-trial detention since October after the court reversed a decision to put the blogger under house arrest....

Ryan Reynolds has developed a reputation for being anactor who plays the same character in every film. Making a niche for himself in the slapstick action comedy genre, Reynolds always plays the same smooth-talking and relentlessly profane character whose fighting style is just as funny as it is ridiculous, if not entirely forgettable. Reynolds’s mostbeloved character is impossible to stand being around, as Deadpool may be tongue-in-cheek funny, but he is obnoxious and dangerous, and spends most of his time doing questionable things....