After years of brand tie-ins and ill-conceived spinoffs, the series is back — and it’s just as tense as ever.
It was another sci-fi-heavy year for Apple’s streaming service.
As had been teased, the singer was encased in a block of ice, only to be released at 3PM ET this afternoon. During my match, all combat stopped so that everyone could listen to her sing “All I Want For Christmas Is You,” before things went back to normal (and I was immediately killed). Her appearance kicks off the game’s annual holiday event — details are right here.
The excellent retro collection Tetris Forever just got an update, and includes the addition of a new title: Welltris on MS-DOS, a sort of 3D take on the classic block game that designer Alexey Pajitnov co-developed just a few years after Tetris.
That’s Squid Game creator Hwang Dong-hyuk talking to Variety in a story that explores how the show became a worldwide phenomenon and a massive business for Netflix. Most notable, though, is how much the creator seems done with it all:
I’m so sick of my life making something, promoting something. So I’m not thinking about my next project right now. I’m just thinking about going to some remote island and having my own free time without any phone calls from Netflix.
The Fortnite battle royale island has been snowed over for the holidays, and near the center is a giant block of ice — and it’s widely believed that it will slowly thaw to eventually reveal none other than Mariah Carey. This is exactly the kind of weird-ass stuff I play this game for.
There weren’t many exclusives this year, but Apple’s subscription service still had some notable new releases.
