Despite being in the summer, the July 2025 video game release calendar is packed with all sorts of big and small games.

There's nothing "mid" about these Middle-earth scenes.

Nobody thinks of "plot holes" when The Lord of the Rings is mentioned. J.R.R. Tolkien delivers a meticulously chiseled world for fans to dive headfirst into: Middle-earth.

The heroes are presented as miniature gold figurines, while the villains are the black pieces. All of the pieces have a weathered, rusty finish that looks great.

We know the basics of Gollum’s life: he was once a hobbit called Sméagol, he found the Ring from Déagul, and slowly over time he became corrupted. Other than that, Tolkien has given very ...

Among those who experienced the Gollum effect, 54% said it happened during their PhD studies, 32% during their master’s studies, 31% as a postdoctoral researcher and 27% as an undergraduate.

Warner Bros. delayed The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum to 2027, probably because director Andy Serkis is still figuring a lot out.

Andy Serkis reprises his role as Gollum and directs new "Lord of the Rings Hunt for Gollum," set to open in theaters on Dec. 17, 2027. Full cast, synopsis timeline.

One thing is clear: Serkis and Gollum’s motion capture legacy is no longer a laughing matter to anyone, including Peter Jackson. Watch the Lord of the Rings trilogy with a Max subscription.

But again, no one was outraged by actors being Gollum.” In fact, both Giamatti and Brooker say that given the chance to use the technology in “Eulogy,” they would jump at it.

It's only been a couple of years since the last series of Charlie Brooker's dystopian Netflix show Black Mirror landed. But we're now living in an unpredictable world and a lot can happen in a ...