Weekly Geek Gazette: Top Gaming, Anime, Movie & Tech Updates You Need to Know!
Games
In an interview with XboxEra, Xbox veteran and Microsoft Gaming CEO, Phil Spencer, named Elden Ring as his “best” game of the ongoing generation.
The prolific art director Viktor Antonov, most notably known for his work on Half-Life 2 and Dishonored, passed away on February 16th, 2025.
Corsair VP of Finance, Ronald van Veen, expects GTA 6 to reach PC in early 2026. Many consider this highly optimistic, at best.
Animes
The artist of Death Note, Takeshi Obata, shared a new black-and-white illustration of Misa Amane on Valentine’s Day on X, fueling speculation that Death Note might be on the verge of a comeback.
Parrot Analytics and Animecoin have announced the launch of the industry’s first official “Top 40 Anime Chart”. The top 5 anime of January are: My Hero Academia, Dandadan, Jujutsu Kaisen, Attack on Titan, and One Piece.
Netflix has released The Witcher: Sirens of the Deep, an anime adaptation of Andrzej Sapkowski’s A Little Sacrifice. It premiered on February 11, 2025.
Movies
Bong Joon-ho’s Mickey 17, a high-concept adaptation of Edward Ashton’s novel Mickey7, has debuted on Rotten Tomatoes with a solid score of 84%.
Director Denis Villeneuve will reportedly begin shooting Dune 3 a year earlier than expected, putting the highly-anticipated trilogy finale on a faster track to theatres.
Actor J.K. Simmons addressed whether he will return to the MCU for Spider-Man 4, hinting that the door might still be open for his return as J. Jonah Jameson.
Tech
The HP Victus 15 fb3025AX, powered by the AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS and Hawkpoint 8945HS NPU, utilizes AI to improve game rendering and enhance frame rates. It works in tandem with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 to reduce latency and boost performance.
Elon Musk’s xAI has released the new Grok 3 series, featuring a GPT-4o-like model, two advanced reasoning models, and an AI agent called Deep Search. Following the launch, X (formerly Twitter) nearly doubled the price of its Premium+ plan from $22 to $50/month.
AMD has announced a February 28 launch date for its upcoming RX 970 series GPUs. However, the company has shut down rumors of a possible 32GB variant.