Browsing: Digital Fandom & Online Communities

Jarvs Tasker is the director and founder of Jarvs Indie Insights and left her teaching career behind seven years ago Smallest Font Largest Font

Forgotten Island (2026) is a great film about friendship that largely avoids romance. The DreamWorks film focuses on Filipino best friends, Jo and Raissa, who are dragged into a mythical realm shortly before Raissa plans to depart the island for college in the United States. Akin to something like The Wild Robot (2024), Forgotten Island…

Alan Burak: “G2E is an opportunity to connect Latin American operators with the global gaming industry” | Yogonet International SAGSE LATAM at G2E 2026

The developments come amid controversy over Krafton’s handling of two Vietnamese professional players at the PUBG Asia Stars tournament in South Korea, adding to existing concerns over PUBG PC being distributed in Vietnam without a license through platforms including Steam, Epic Games, PlayStation and Xbox.

ARC Raiders fans have been asking for a strictly PvE matchmaking option for the extraction shooter for some time, and it looks like Embark Studios has finally heard those requests. The studio has confirmed that a PvE matchmaking mode will soon enter beta testing, giving you the chance to take on the ARC threat without…

It’s been another difficult week for Xbox and the many studios it operates, as a second wave of layoffs has ripped through the company. The saddest news surrounds the impending closure of Hellblade studio Ninja Theory, but layoffs have all but dismantled Halo Studios and halved Age of Empires developer World’s Edge as well.

Need a hero? LEGO has got you covered. From Star Warsrebels battling for the galaxy and LEGO Ninjago dragon-riding ninjas to the delivery person who races to get you your pizza on time, LEGO brick sets tell the stories of the heroes we all root for. 

Listen, I know this is a little bit off-topic for Nerdist dot com. We don’t really cover Taylor Swift. But we do cover fans and fandom. And let me tell you, if a TV series we write about was releasing its 35th version of practically the same episodes, I really feel like we’d have something…

BENGALURU: Cricket fandom is stepping onto a different pitch as PUMA and Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) take their six-year partnership to Milan Fashion Week, joining hands with Indian designer Dhruv Kapoor.

For K-pop fans, the smallest symbols often carry the most meaning. A color, a mascot, a charm or a photocard can become shorthand for who you follow and how you participate in the fandom.