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If you’ve ever played an online game with voice chat enabled, you’ve probably encountered your fair share of cringey little kids squeaking into the mic and saying the wildest things.

Johnny Depp has made a surprise appearance as Ebenezer Scrooge at San Diego Comic-Con in California. Depp is playing the classic Charles Dickens character in his mainstream Hollywood comeback, Ebenezer.

Paramount+ has set a premiere date for AVATAR: SEVEN HAVENS, the animated series announced at Comic-Con International in San Diego, where a teaser for the show was also revealed.

Iron Rebellion’s latest update introduces a new spectator mode and improvements to the PvP mech battler’s minimap as players eagerly await the promised PvE mode and single-player campaign.

San Diego Comic-Con is officially underway and Warner Bros. has used the opening day of the event to reveal a new Batman video game project that is launching on July 31.

HTC’s XR content production company, VIVE ORIGINALS, has launched the virtual idol audition program “VPOP ASIA.” The program began airing on July 18th on TVBS and CATCHPLAY+ in Taiwan. From July 23rd onwards, it will also be streamed every Thursday at 9 PM (Japan time) on the official VPOP ASIA YouTube channel and Twitch.

As Comic-Con takes over downtown, the San Diego Public Library is joining the celebration with a limited-edition library card.

Roboquest VR is out today on Meta Quest 3 and 3S, alongside a same-day update enabling cross-platform co-op on Quest, SteamVR, and PlayStation VR2.

It’s Christmas in July, and Paramount has Johnny Depp wearing full prosthetics and a heavy coat in the middle of summer. At least it’s only 80 degrees at San Diego Comic Con this year; it beats dressing up as Jack Sparrow in more grueling weather at Disneyland. Hundreds of fans were camped outside the Scrooge…

Avengers, Spaceballs, and vampires: It’s Comic-Con time. Thousands of pop-culture obsessives are descending upon San Diego for previews and celebrations of upcoming entertainment. Alongside the return of Marvel Studios, Netflix, Warner Bros., and Prime Video will have tentpole shows or movies to tease. Even Apple TV is attending this year. Join us this weekend as…