Because it sure was a packed week in the world of entertainment. We’ve got the excellent sequel to Into the Spider-Verse; a brilliant revival of Street Fighter; remakes of the classics games System Shock and Etrian Odyssey; and the season finales for Yellowjackets and Ted Lasso. Oh, and if you pre-ordered Diablo IV, you can dig in a little early.
The third — and presumably final — season of the Apple TV Plus series was stuck between a sitcom and prestige drama but still managed to end on a high note.
Biosphere looks like a mashup of a buddy comedy and a post-apocalyptic drama, and somehow stars Mark Duplass and Sterling K. Brown make that combination seem perfectly natural in the latest trailer. The movie hits theaters on July 7th.
The Sims 4 continues to get updates, and the latest brings it straight to the ‘90s with a grunge content pack. Now I just need a version of “Bullet With Butterfly Wings” recorded in Simlish.
Rift Apart — one of the most gorgeous games to grace the PS5 — is headed to the PC this summer. But despite being a family-friendly shooter, it’s also a big technical achievement. Read all about it in this interview with the game’s tech director, Mike Fitzgerald, from 2021.
The latest from Capcom introduces a story mode that builds on the traditional arcade and online experiences expected from a modern fighter. Plus, it has a beginner-friendly control scheme that’s a button masher’s dream.
It’s a quieter than usual week for entertainment releases, but there’s still plenty to dig into — including a week’s worth of dino documentaries over on Apple TV Plus.
Meanwhile, the live-action remake of The Little Mermaid is in theaters, Destiny 2 and Fortnite got big updates, indie classic World of Goo is on Netflix, a batch of new Playdate games just dropped, and now is a great time to catch up on Yellowjackets and Ted Lasso ahead of their season finales.
Or you could just continue rewiring your brain in Tears of the Kingdom’s many clever shrines.
