Month: September 2026

Bandai Namco has set a release date for Gundam: Rogue Orbit. The standalone third-person action RPG is coming out worldwide on March 5, 2027 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam, and pre-orders are already open.

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The pitch is simple enough: fast mech combat, customizable Mobile Suits, and a brand-new unit called the Gundam Helix. Bandai Namco is framing Rogue Orbit as something you can jump into cold, so you don’t need to know the Universal Century timeline before you start.

It also sits inside the RG Project reboot, which moves Gundam into a new After Apocalypse timeline. Here, the main threat is an alien force called the Apocalypse, taking the place of the series’ usual human war drama. That rollout includes the 2027 anime prequel Mobile Suit Gundam RG XARX-ZERO from Kenji Kamiyama, and Bandai Namco has already been putting Rogue Orbit in front of people at Summer Game Fest, San Diego Comic-Con, and State of Play as part of a broader global push.

If you’ve been waiting for a Gundam game that feels easier to get into, this one looks like a solid pick, even with longtime fans still arguing over whether the cleaner timeline and wider approach really feel like Gundam.

Pre-orders for Gundam: Rogue Orbit are live now on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC through Steam.

Early reactions to The Mandalorian & Grogu are already starting to roll in, and one point keeps coming up from both fans and critics: a late emotional sequence that sounds like the movie’s standout scene.

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The overall read on Lucasfilm’s return to Star Wars theaters is messier. Those first reactions describe pacing problems, a crowded plot, and that familiar issue of a Disney+ story being stretched into a theatrical event. But the scene people keep singling out reportedly slows the final conflict and stays with Din Djarin and Grogu after a brief separation. No lore dump, no cameo parade, no giant mythology reveal. Just Din Djarin letting down the emotional armor that’s defined him, Grogu choosing connection over power, and Din Djarin answering that moment as a parent rather than a warrior.

If you’ve been hoping for Star Wars to feel personal again, that alone makes this sound worth seeing, based on those early reactions, even if it doesn’t seem likely to land among the franchise’s very best films. For a brief stretch, at least, it seems to recapture what made The Mandalorian such a phenomenon in the first place: a small story inside a giant universe, built on character, silence, feeling, and emotional clarity, not fan service, shocking reveals, lightsaber duels, or space battles.

The Mandalorian & Grogu is a Lucasfilm theatrical release.

Nearly 30 years after its 1997 debut through DC Comics’ Helix imprint, before the series moved over to Vertigo, Transmetropolitan still feels a little too current for comfort. Warren Ellis wrote it, Darick Robertson drew it, and a lot of what they put on the page doesn’t feel like it stayed back in the late 90s.

The setup is straightforward enough. Ellis and Robertson built Transmetropolitan around Spider Jerusalem, a journalist very much in the Thompson vein, who comes back from exile to write “I Hate It Here” for The Word. He’s dropped into a city jammed with body modification, subcultures, media overload, transhumanist excess, and nonstop urban spectacle.

What keeps the series moving isn’t the technology so much as the journalism. Spider Jerusalem is always chasing the next piece of rot, exposing corruption that reaches all the way up to two U.S. presidents, and Robertson, who’d later go on to co-create The Boys, has said the future of Transmetropolitan feels less fictional as the years pass.

Rumors about a Tim Roth adaptation have been floating around for years, but Ellis has said nothing ever made it into production because of the cost.

If you’re looking for one of cyberpunk comics’ high-water marks, with black comedy, savage commentary, and a grotesque sci-fi angle on truth, power, consumerism, and collapsing trust in institutions, media, and leadership, this is absolutely worth grabbing. That’s true even if Spider Jerusalem himself is vulgar, cruel, self-important, and deeply unpleasant.

You can get Transmetropolitan, which ran for 60 issues and ended in 2002, in 10 trade paperbacks or in the Absolute Editions.

ITV’s Agatha Christie’s Poirot ended on 13 November 2013. Its final episode, “Curtain: Poirot’s Last Case,” brought a 24-year run to a close with the bleakest twist the drama ever gave itself, and it drew nearly five million viewers in the UK.

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By then, after 24 years, 13 seasons, and 70 episodes built around the comfort-watch pleasures of elegant country houses, meticulous clues, and David Suchet’s definitive Poirot, you find Hercule Poirot and Captain Hastings back at Styles Court, facing Stephen Norton, a man who can push other people into killing while keeping himself legally untouchable, until Poirot reaches the point where he can’t prove the case in court and breaks his own code by murdering Norton.

That leads to the franchise’s most morally unsettling turn: Hercule Poirot passes judgment, kills Stephen Norton, then allows himself to die. The finale was praised for David Suchet’s performance, for staying close to Agatha Christie’s novel, which was written during WWII and published in 1975, and for the extra emotion that came from David Suchet filming Poirot’s death first, at his own request.

If you want to understand why any new Poirot will be measured against this ending, watch this episode.

You can expect the detective’s next screen outings from the BBC and BritBox, where the early-years series Hercule is reportedly slated for 2027.

Episode 4 of the DC detective series Lanterns is streaming on HBO Max now, and it delivers the show’s biggest twist so far.

According to FlixPatrol, HBO Max’s eight-episode breakout Lanterns is now the streamer’s most-watched TV show worldwide. Its August 16, 2026 premiere reportedly drew more than 20 million viewers across the globe, and the audience has kept climbing week after week.

The episode’s major reveal involves Zoe Macon. Up to this point, she had been framed as John Stewart’s love interest and presumed dead after the satellite laser attack. Now she appears to be the Manhunter Hal Jordan and John Stewart have been tracking in Rushville, Nebraska.

Created by Chris Mundy, Damon Lindelof, and Tom King, Lanterns approaches DC more like True Detective than a cosmic superhero story. Episode 4 leans even further into that idea, using the same kind of intimate betrayal that made HBO’s Sharp Objects hit as hard as it did.

Not everyone is fully on board with that combination. Some critics still think the show risks feeling torn between two identities, and some viewers suspect Zoe Macon’s unmasking may be a fake-out, since the season is only at its midpoint. If you’ve been following Lanterns week to week, this is one to watch.

You can stream Lanterns now on HBO Max.

Episode 8 of Stuart Fails to Save the Universe, “We’re as Confused as You Are,” arrives on HBO Max on Thursday, September 10. In the US, HBO Max has the release set for 6:00 p.m. PT / 9:00 p.m. ET.

In most international markets, HBO Max shows it going live on Friday local time: 2:00 a.m. BST in the UK, 6:30 a.m. IST in India, 9:00 a.m. SGT in Singapore, 11:00 a.m. AEST in Australia, and 1:00 p.m. NZST in New Zealand.

Season 1 is almost at the finish line. HBO Max’s current release calendar has episode 9 dated for September 17 and episode 10 for September 24, so there are three episodes left, including this week’s.

The Big Bang Theory spin-off Stuart Fails to Save the Universe centers on Stuart Bloom after he damages a device built by Sheldon, Leonard, and Howard. That sets off a larger multiverse story, with alternate realities, bigger set pieces, and more room for the side characters to get involved.

Stuart Fails to Save the Universe was created by Chuck Lorre, Zak Penn, and Bill Prady, with Kevin Sussman leading the cast alongside Lauren Lapkus, Brian Posehn, and John Ross Bowie.

If you’ve been following the show, this episode looks like one to keep up with. Reaction has been mixed, but the series reportedly drew 3.1 million views in its first six days, has stayed in the top half of HBO Max’s charts, and has already been renewed by HBO Max for season 2. Interest is still there. You can watch it on HBO Max.

An unverified report claims Pokémon Pokopia has been updated to version 2.0.1. If that’s accurate, it would follow the reported August release of version 2.0.0 and appear to focus on bug fixes and general stability improvements.

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The patch notes quoted in that same unverified report say version 2.0.0 launched alongside the paid Bubbly Basin Expansion Pass, plus a separate free update. They also say version 2.0.1 fixes a list of problems: Ho-Oh and Lugia repeatedly falling and reappearing, broken Pokédex searches, an issue with picking up a Move Kit, looping sound effects, freezes, and loading screens that lock progression.

That report also says you’ll need the latest version for online play. For local and multiplayer play, it says every player has to be on the same version.

Still, don’t treat this as official yet. The English notes were reportedly translated from Japanese, there’s no verified evidence of an official Pokémon game called Pokémon Pokopia, and neither Nintendo nor The Pokémon Company has confirmed any of it. The same page also makes unverified claims about five million sales and a Korean packaged download release in September.

Right now, you have no confirmed official product page, no English changelog, and no verified download listing for this update.

Tenzing is set to debut worldwide on Apple TV+ on October 16, 2026. First, though, it’ll stop at Telluride, where it premieres on September 4, followed by a limited U.S. theatrical release on October 9. Apple picked up the film’s worldwide rights after a competitive bidding war at Cannes in 2024, then slotted it into the kind of fall rollout usually reserved for awards-minded titles.

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The story centers on the 1953 Everest expedition. Tom Hiddleston plays Sir Edmund Hillary, Genden Phuntsok stars as Tenzing Norgay, Willem Dafoe appears as Colonel John Hunt, and Caitríona Balfe plays Jill Henderson. What sets the film apart is the angle: it tells the climb from Tenzing Norgay’s side rather than falling back on the standard British expedition version. That includes the long-argued question of who reached the summit first, but also the larger issue hanging over the whole story, which is how often Tenzing Norgay’s share of that achievement was treated as somehow second to Hillary’s.

Early reactions have singled out Genden Phuntsok in particular, and the film seems to lean hard into questions of class, ambition, recognition, and cultural difference.

Jennifer Peedom directs after years of Himalayan-focused work, including Sherpa. Norbu Tenzing is on board as executive producer, and the production shot in Nepal, around Everest, Kathmandu, and the Khumbu region. That should give the film a more grounded feel, not just another polished historical retelling. If you’ve been waiting for Tom Hiddleston’s next big streaming release, this looks like one to catch on Apple TV+.

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A retailer listing has brought The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time back into the spotlight just ahead of the Zelda showcase many people expect to see. What jumps out isn’t only the hint of a remake. It’s the price, which came in lower than a lot of fans figured it would.

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That price is doing a lot of the talking. If the retailer report holds up, this doesn’t look like Nintendo gearing up for one of its usual top-tier tentpole releases. That’s why plenty of fans think this may be a mostly faithful remake of the Nintendo 64 original, not a from-scratch overhaul with major structural changes.

A lower pre-order number usually points to a more restrained kind of release, so it’s probably smart to expect the same world map, the same dungeon progression, and the same major story beats, just with cleaner visuals , stronger performance, and a few quality-of-life updates.

For a game that means this much to Nintendo, a lighter-touch remake would make plenty of sense. And if you’re hoping the 1998 experience stays intact, this is the kind of rumor you’d want to keep an eye on.

Still, keep expectations in check. Nintendo hasn’t officially confirmed any The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake, retailer pages sometimes exist as placeholders, and pre-order pricing often shifts once the final details are out.

Even so, the timing of the listing has sent interest into overdrive, and even a straightforward remake would be major news for first-time players and longtime fans heading back to Hyrule. There’s nothing to download yet.

HBO has dropped the first trailer for its Harry Potter reboot, and the response was huge: 277 million organic views in its first 48 hours.

The HBO series retells all seven novels and arrives with the usual scrutiny around J.K. Rowling’s marketing. Even so, it’s now confirmed Paapa Essiedu as Snape, Janet McTeer as McGonagall, Nick Frost as Hagrid, and John Lithgow as Dumbledore, along with Dominic McLaughlin, Arabella Stanton, and Alastair Stout as Harry, Hermione, and Ron.

If you’re revisiting the franchise and want to check out one of Daniel Radcliffe’s post-Hogwarts roles, Horns is worth a look. Alexandre Aja’s 2013 film, which got a wider release in 2014 and adapts Joe Hill’s 2010 novel, casts Radcliffe as Ig Perrish, a man accused of raping and murdering Merrin Williams. Then the horns show up, people start confessing their darkest secrets, and the movie slides into a mix of murder mystery, horror fantasy, and grief drama.

Reviews were mixed. Horns sits at 41% on Rotten Tomatoes and 46 on Metacritic, though Radcliffe’s performance got praise, and its $3.9 million worldwide haul turned it into more of a cult favorite than a hit.

You can stream Horns free with ads in the US on Tubi, Freevee, Plex, Pluto TV, and The Roku Channel; if you know Daniel Radcliffe mostly from Harry Potter, you may also have seen him in Miracle Workers, Weird: The Al Yankovic Story, and Broadway’s Tony-winning Merrily We Roll Along.