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Shatterstar Slashes Into Marvel Contest of Champions as a Bleed-Immune Mutant Bruiser — Shatterstar, the Mojoverse gladiator and son of Longshot and Dazzler, joins Marvel Contest of Champions as a Mutant attacker. He's effectively immune to Bleed,…
Phyla-Vell Joins Marvel Contest of Champions: The Avatar of Death’s Full Champion Spotlight — Phyla-Vell — the Captain Marvel descendant turned Avatar of Death — arrives in Marvel Contest of Champions as a Cosmic attacker built around banking Oblivion E…
Doom vs. Reed Richards: 'Challenges of Doom: Mr. Fantastic' #1 Reveals the Origin of Marvel's Greatest Feud — Writer Al Ewing launches Challenges of Doom, a series of five bimonthly one-shots chronicling the defining battles that shaped Doctor Doom into Marvel's greate…
MARVEL Contest of Champions Celebrates Pride with the 'Sparkle and Shade' Event and Two New Champions — Marvel Contest of Champions kicks off Pride Month with the Sparkle and Shade Event, welcoming new Champions Shatterstar and Phyla-Vell to The Contest. Running…
MARVEL Contest of Champions V57.0 Release Notes: New Champions, the Towers Mode, and a Sweeping Echo Damage Rework — The V57.0 update for Marvel Contest of Champions adds Champions Phyla-Vell and Shatterstar, debuts a new Towers game mode, and rolls out the Stars and Martyr E…
Banana Ball Brings 'The Greatest Show in Sports' to Walt Disney World for the First Time — Banana Ball — the wildly entertaining, rule-bending spin on baseball — is coming to ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at Walt Disney World on May 29 and 30, 20…
Marvel Comics Reveals 'MARVEL Tokon: First Strike' One-Shot and 20 Variant Covers Ahead of the Fighting Game's Launch — Marvel Comics is celebrating the August debut of the tag-team fighter MARVEL Tokon: Fighting Souls with First Strike #1, a lore-expanding one-shot starring the…
Disney Lorcana Opens a Player Survey for the 'Wilds Unknown' Set — Here's How to Weigh In — Ravensburger is inviting Disney Lorcana TCG players to share feedback on the latest set, Wilds Unknown, through an official survey. Illumineers can tell the te…
Inside Spider-Man Noir's World: The Heroes and Villains of Earth-90214 Explained — Marvel revisits the moody 1930s reality of Spider-Man Noir, breaking down the friends and foes who define Earth-90214 — from a gun-toting Peter Parker to the r…
MARVEL SNAP Hits the Beach: 'Marvel Beach Bash' Season Brings Jeff the Baby Dolphin, Venus, and a Packed June Calendar — MARVEL SNAP's new Marvel Beach Bash season serves up a summer-themed lineup headlined by season-pass cards Jeff the Baby Dolphin and Venus. The month also adds…
From the 1997 Braves to Banana Ball: 29 Years at ESPN Wide World of Sports — Walt Disney World’s ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex is hosting its first-ever Banana Ball weekend — Party Animals vs. Loco Beach Coconuts —…
A Great Big Beautiful Refresh: Carousel of Progress Closes July 6 With Walt Returning as an Audio-Animatronic — Walt Disney’s Carousel of Progress will close at Magic Kingdom on July 6, 2026 for its largest refresh in three decades, with a 2027 reopening planned. T…
Disney and AccuWeather Launch Disney Weather Check for Parks and Resorts — Disney Experiences and AccuWeather have launched Disney Weather Check, a first-of-its-kind forecasting app built for theme park guests. It delivers geo-fenced…
Fans Buzz as Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress Joins Walt Disney World's Gateway Hotel Program — The 1,500-acre Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress Resort has been officially designated a Walt Disney World Gateway Hotel — a quiet but significant move that's lighti…
Disney Springs West Side Food Trucks Reportedly Closing for Good in June — Fans Sound Off — All three Exposition Park food trucks at Disney Springs — Urban Eatery Cilantro, GoJuice, and 4Rivers Cantina — are expected to close permanently in mid-June 2…
A Sith, a Mandalorian, and a Hidden Power: SWTOR Short Story "Last Road to Khar Shian" Charts the Road to Sith Space — Star Wars: The Old Republic’s new short story "Last Road to Khar Shian" throws Mandalorian legend Shae Vizla and Sith Lord Darth Malgus together aboard a doome…
'X-Men '97' Season 2 Trailer Scatters the Mutants Across Time as Fans Brace for a Frank Miller-Inspired Return — Marvel Animation has dropped the first trailer for X-Men '97 Season 2, which premieres on Disney+ July 1, 2026, sending the mutant team across an ancient past,…
Battlegrounds Season 39 Brings Back Attacker HP Scoring and a Saga-Bending Gladiator Circuit — Marvel Contest of Champions kicks off Battlegrounds Season 39 with the return of Attacker HP Remaining as a scoring metric and a disruptive new Saga Control bu…
How Disney World Cast Members Keep 260 Acres of ESPN Wide World of Sports Game-Ready — Walt Disney World’s Sportscape team maintains more than 30 fields across the 260-acre ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex, which welcomes nearly 300,000 athletes…
Din and Grogu Hit the Big Screen: Why 'The Mandalorian and Grogu' Has Star Wars Fans Buzzing — A satirical headline ranking 'The Mandalorian and Grogu' as the 'third-best' Star Wars film has lit up r/StarWars, but the joke only underscores how hungry fan…
Marvel Rivals May 28 Patch Adds Alchemax Headquarters Map, Chrono-Rush Event, and a Blood Hunt Rebalance — The Marvel Rivals update arriving May 28, 2026 brings the Nueva York 2099 Alchemax Headquarters Doom Match map, the uncapped Chrono-Rush token event, and a swe…
SWTOR Adds Mandatory Age Verification for Brazilian Players Under EA's Digital ECA Compliance — Star Wars: The Old Republic is implementing a new age-verification workflow for players in Brazil on May 28, 2026, as Electronic Arts moves to comply with the…
Don't Mourn Bucky Yet: Sebastian Stan Teases a Longer MCU Future After 'Avengers: Doomsday' — After his casting in The Batman 2 sparked fears that Bucky Barnes was being written out of the MCU in Avengers: Doomsday, Sebastian Stan used a Cannes intervie…
Badge of Confusion: Disney Springs Turns Away Police Over Law Enforcement Logos — Then Apologizes — Officers attending a national traffic safety conference say Disney Springs security turned them away for wearing polos and apparel with law enforcement logos,…
Dreamlight Valley's Treasure Hunt Sails Back for Summer 2026 — Now With Fishing Clues and a New Pirate Throne — The Treasure Hunt event returns to Disney Dreamlight Valley from May 27 to June 9, 2026, challenging players to dig up daily riddle clues and solve them across…
A Galaxy Returns to Theaters: 'The Mandalorian and Grogu' Roars to a $100 Million Debut as Star Wars Fans Celebrate — The Mandalorian and Grogu opened to roughly $100 million domestically and $163 million worldwide over Memorial Day weekend — the first theatrical Star Wars fil…
May 27's New Marvel Comics: The Full List — Marvel's May 27, 2026 comics slate is headlined by Wiccan & Hulkling: Raid of Ultron #1, in which Ultron crashes the couple's anniversary, alongside Doomquest…
'The Boulder Didn't Stop You': Disney's Indiana Jones Stunt Hero Is Back on Stage — Robert Herrick, a 30-year veteran of Disney's Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular, stepped into the path of a runaway 400-pound boulder prop to protect the au…
'Dare to Be Great': Dave Filoni's Vision for the Future of Star Wars — As 'The Mandalorian and Grogu' hits theaters, new Lucasfilm chief Dave Filoni — George Lucas's hand-picked protégé — lays out where Star Wars goes next, from b…
Marvel Rivals Issues Mass Cheater Bans in 'Zero Tolerance' Crackdown — Marvel Rivals developer NetEase has permanently banned a wave of accounts caught using third-party cheats after its telemetry flagged a spike following the lat…
Disneyland Resort Stays Open as Garden Grove Chemical Incident Unfolds Five Miles Away — Disneyland Resort confirmed it remains open and operating normally on Sunday, May 24, despite an ongoing chemical incident at a Garden Grove aerospace facility…
Captain America #12 Preview: Steve Rogers and Doctor Doom Team Up Against Mephisto in Hell — Marvel's Captain America #12, by Chip Zdarsky and Valerio Schiti, sends a comatose Steve Rogers into Hell for a forced team-up with Doctor Doom against Mephist…
Disney Experiences Sweeps Telly and Shorty Awards With 12 Wins for Disneyland Handcrafted, Kylie Kelce Podcast and More — Disney Experiences earned 10 Telly Awards and 2 Shorty Awards for a slate of 2026 work, headlined by three gold honors for the documentary Disneyland Handcraft…
Mandalorian and Grogu Merchandise Wave Arrives: LEGO, Hasbro Ultimate Grogu, Fossil, Ray-Ban, Burger King and More — Disney Consumer Products has unloaded a massive cross-category merchandise wave for Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu, with collectibles from LEGO, Hasbro,…
Marvel Snap Balance Update (May 21, 2026): Gambit Nerf, Discard and Destroy Buffs — Second Dinner has dropped a Marvel Snap balance patch focused on reining in Gambit Horseman of Death while pumping power into Discard and Destroy archetypes. M…
Amazing Spider-Man #1000 Lands This September with All-Star Lineup and a New Villain Called Ravage — Marvel Comics is celebrating Peter Parker's 1,000th issue on September 16, 2026 with a giant-size anniversary spectacular led by Joe Kelly and Pepe Larraz, plu…
National Geographic Museum of Exploration to Debut the Esri Geoverse Immersive Theater June 26 — The National Geographic Society announced the debut of the Jack and Laura Dangermond | Esri Geoverse, a 270-degree immersive theater opening June 26, 2026 at t…
Change Your Fate: Three Brave-Inspired Theme Decks for Disney Lorcana’s Wilds Unknown — Disney Lorcana official host and caster Rebekah Quests breaks down three brand-new theme decks built around the Pixar Brave glimmers debuting in Wilds Unknown.…
Ultimate Disneyland Summer 2026: New Mandalorian Mission, Bluey Show, $50 Kids’ Ticket Offer — Disneyland Resort’s summer 2026 lineup brings a new Mandalorian and Grogu mission aboard Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run, "Bluey’s Best Day Ever!" at the Fant…
'The Magic of Disney Animation' Coming to Hollywood Studios Late Summer 2026 — Disney's Hollywood Studios is transforming its Animation Courtyard into a new family destination called The Magic of Disney Animation, inspired by the Emmy Awa…
Pilot, Gunner, or Engineer? How to Master the New Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run on May 22 — Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run is getting a major upgrade at Disney’s Hollywood Studios and Disneyland park on May 22, 2026, with new Mandalorian and Grogu m…
How Imagineering Rebuilt Smugglers Run for Mandalorian and Grogu — Unreal Engine 5 and Real Guest Choice — Walt Disney Imagineering’s Asa Kalama details how Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run was rebuilt on Unreal Engine 5 with new Nvidia hardware to support branching…
Marvel Rivals Version 20260521 Patch Notes: Savage Adventure Event, Peni Parker & Daredevil Bundles, Free Ultron Skin — Marvel Rivals’ May 21, 2026 patch (Version 20260521) deploys with no downtime, introducing the Savage Adventure event in the Savage Land with a free Ultron Cyb…
Alliance War Season 67: Onslaught and Okoye Hit the Elite Blacklist — Marvel Contest of Champions Alliance War Season 67 kicks off June 3, 2026, following a two-week Pre-Season that opens May 20. Kabam is running the Stone / Wate…
Galaxy's Edge Cast Member Attends 'The Mandalorian and Grogu' World Premiere — Jennifer Baillere, an area manager at Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge inside Disneyland park, was surprised with an invitation to attend the world premiere of Star Wa…
Every Muppet Easter Egg Hiding Inside Rock 'n' Roller Coaster Starring The Muppets — Rock 'n' Roller Coaster Starring The Muppets at Disney's Hollywood Studios is packed with blink-and-you'll-miss-it references to Muppet history across every se…
Marvel Snap Patch Notes May 19, 2026: New Player Onboarding Overhaul, Character Mastery XP Boost, and Two New Keywords — Marvel Snap's May 19 update delivers a major new-player experience refresh, sweeping Character Mastery improvements including doubled match boosters, and forma…
Trader Sam's Enchanted Tiki Bar Turns 15 — New Hyena Mug, Refreshed Menu, and a May 25 Disneyland Reopening — Trader Sam's Enchanted Tiki Bar at the Disneyland Hotel reopens May 25 with a 15th-anniversary menu refresh, a new collectible Hyena Mug debuting May 30 (May 2…
Disney Speedstorm Introduces Super Karts in Season 20 With New Passive and Active Skills — Disney Speedstorm's Peter Pan-themed Season 20 debuts Super Karts — a brand-new kart class for select Star 3+ racers that layers additional Passive and Active…
Tiffins Restaurant Turns 10: New Flavors and Imagineering Stories at Disney's Animal Kingdom — Tiffins Restaurant, the globally inspired signature dining destination on Discovery Island, is celebrating its 10th anniversary at Disney's Animal Kingdom alon…