We get animated on this week's Moviecast. Supergirl bombs, and maybe for good reason. Conan the Barbarian, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners season 2, an Absolute Batman anime, and Joker Laugh Riot all have animated projects coming soon. Meanwhile, Persona is getting a live action Netflix series. In other news, NBCUniversal is leaving the Comcast umbrella.

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This week we're hearing more about imminent layoffs from Microsoft across multiple studios, going as far to even impact partner studios like IO Interactive, where they pulled funding from Project Fantasy and forced IOI to lay employees off. Rumors are saying Arkane Studio is being sold or closed along with their Blade project. Meanwhile, Circana numbers for May 2026 are out and there's some slight growth year over year with the success of Switch 2 outpacing the decline of PS5 and Xbox.

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We cover more animation on this week's Moviecast. X-Men 97's second season kicks off, but is the rumor of Sadie Sink joining the show as Rachel Summers true? Avatar Studios is due to make another project. Star Wars Visions: The Ninth Jedi will bring the anime-style Star Wars shorts to a full series. In other news, Peter Dinklage is set to star in an action movie written by John Wick's creator and directed by The Furious' director.

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We take a look at the future on this week's Moviecast. We get some rumored castings for both Professor X and Magneto in the MCU's version of the X-Men. Man of Tomorrow will bring the DCEU Blue Beetle actor into the DCU. In other news, the live action Moana flops, Michael makes a billion, and some states try to fight the Paramount-WB merger.

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Ubisoft was the latest company to do layoffs but talks about losing key talents and skills is a big danger for the, to the surprise of no one but themselves. Supposedly Bungie could be working on a single-player Destiny type game with an open world. Rumors form of an Xbox program to convert your physical games to digital copies which further presents the death of physical media for video games. Bethesda union workers are protesting mass layoffs.

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The box office shows life on this week's Moviecast. The Odyssey opens stronger than anticipated, while Avengers: Doomsday and Spider-Man: Brand New Day have huge presale numbers. Meanwhile, the WB/Paramount merger gets paused, and so does the release of The Batman Part II. On the TV side, Daredevil: Born Again's third season improves its turnaround time, and a Robocop TV series is coming from Blumhouse.

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This week Jason Schreier says Xbox studio leaders hate Game Pass for destroying the value of their games specifically as well as games in general, while Bethesda lays out a general roadmap of what games they are focusing on in the next few years. Warner Bros announces a DC fighting game for mobile which puts into question if Injustice 3 is happening or not. Lastly, its revealed that only 7 Playstation games have sold over 100,000 copies so far this year, though we argue it's devoid of context and comparison.

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Kojima is back and teasing his new game, OD, which looks to redefine what a horror game can be. Lords of the Fallen II has delayed itself from Fall 2026 to early 2026, wanting to dodge not only GTA6, but the absolute bloodbath of games releasing in September. The big news of the week is the official price reveal of the Steam Machine, launching at an expensive 1049.99 USD.

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