Helldivers 2 Is Giving Starship Troopers the Renaissance It Deserves

This story originally appeared on Kotaku. It’s fair to say that Helldivers 2 is having a good week. Beating GTA V’s concurrent Steam players records, the extraction shooter is outdoing everyone’s expectations, including its own, and it seems this success is spilling over. Because if there’s one source that Helldivers owes the most to, it’s … Read more

What Happened to Darren Aronofsky’s RoboCop Movie?

The Big Picture Director Darren Aronofsky was set to direct the RoboCop remake, but the project never got off the ground. MGM’s financial struggles and bankruptcy ultimately led to Aronofsky leaving the project. Aronofsky’s vision for the remake included setting the film 3,000 years into the future, a departure from the original. Darren Aronofsky is … Read more

Barbarian is Getting a Video Game Adaptation

Image: 20th Century Studios In the same way that video games get turned into movies (or TV shows!) these days, the reverse is true. It doesn’t happen quite as often, but a number of movies have jumped over to games in some capacity, and they’re usually pretty famous or long-running franchises. Star Wars is the … Read more