Author Archives: Pop-Culture Spectrum

Exploding Onto the Scene—80s Action Puzzler It’s a Wrap! Drops Surprise PC Launch & Reveals Nintendo Release Date at Gamescom

Award-winning Indie Reveals New Gameplay, Mixing Pulpy Filmmaking with Time-Bending Puzzle Platforming LYON, France (August 23, 2023)—Today developer Chanko Studios and publisher AMC Games shadow-dropped the PC launch of It’s a Wrap!, their one-of-a-kind 2D puzzle platformer inspired by classic action … Continue reading

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Cult Hit Flash Game Series Reemerges with Trailer & “Slashy-Slashy” Demo at Gamescom: Lucky Tower Ultimate

Publisher AMC Games partners with Studio Seufz, developers of indie darling The Longing, to deliver hand-drawn cartoon hijinks and roguelite mayhem in Lucky Tower Ultimate Stuttgart, Germany (August 23, 2023)—Today Studio Seufz, the indie studio behind the critically acclaimed The Longing, partnered with publisher … Continue reading

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ILLFONIC TO PUBLISH & CO-DEVELOP MGM’s KILLER KLOWNS FROM OUTER SPACE: THE GAME 

Asymmetrical Multiplayer Experts Turn 80 ‘s Movie Cult Classic into a Video Game with Teravision Games. August 22, 2023 (Gamescom, Cologne, Germany) – IllFonic, Inc. is thrilled to announce its newest endeavor. The team is now the publisher on record for … Continue reading

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NOVEMBER’S UPCOMING DUTCH #0 PROLOGUE STORY BRINGS BELOVED CHARACTER BACK INTO ACTION, LAYS GROUNDWORK FOR NEW MINISERIES

PORTLAND, Ore. 08/21/2023 — From the combustible creative team of Joe Casey and Nathan Fox—Chap Yaep’s iconic, golden era Image Comics character—Dutch—is back in action with the upcoming, Dutch #0. This new prologue chapter—which first appeared in the pages of the Image! Anthology—will … Continue reading

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The Invincible Invites Players to Discover Regis III on November 6th on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S

Players will be able to get an early glimpse of The Invincible by playing the demo at this year’s gamescom and also see a custom made, game-themed PC made by the magicians at AMD Warsaw, Poland – August 21st, 2023 — … Continue reading

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BLACK MIRROR MEETS EYES WIDE SHUT IN UPCOMING MARIA LLOVET SERIES CRAVE

PORTLAND, Ore. 08/17/2023 — Fan favorite Heartbeat writer/artist Maria Llovet (Faithless, Sandman Universe Thessaly) will make her first Image Comics debut in the upcoming erotic thriller, Crave. Eyes Wide Shut meets Black Mirror in this dark, sexy mystery set to launch in November.Loud!,CRAVE, a mysterious app that promises … Continue reading

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Ram V & Filipe Andrade’s RARE FLAVOURSHits Shelves in September 2023

A Sinister Cross-Section of Food, Culture, & Indian Folklore  RARE FLAVOURS #1 is the premiere issue of the brand new series from the Eisner, Harvey, and Ringo Award-nominated team behind the critically acclaimed series The Many Deaths of Laila Starr, writer Ram V … Continue reading

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AI Takes Center Stage at New Publishing Conference

AI Takes Center Stage at New Publishing Conference NEW YORK—August 8, 2023—A sweeping examination of AI’s role in book publishingis the focus of Artificial Intelligence: Revolution and Opportunity in Trade Publishing, a newconference from Publishers Weekly. Former Penguin Random House … Continue reading

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Cyberpunk 2077: NO_COINCIDENCE Novel Hits Bookstores in Physical and Digital Formats

CD PROJEKT RED today announced that Cyberpunk 2077: NO_COINCIDENCE, a science-fiction thriller by established Polish writer Rafał Kosik set in the world of the studio’s Cyberpunk 2077 video game, is now available in bookstores both physically and digitally, as well as … Continue reading

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Cosplay or Actual Murderer inYour First Look at STUFF OF NIGHTMARES: RED MURDER #1

Horror Maestro R.L. Stine pens a new macabre tale at BOOM! Studios LOS ANGELES, CA (August 8, 2023) – BOOM! Studios today revealed a first look at STUFF OF NIGHTMARES: RED MURDER #1, the self-contained special issue in the bestselling, adult horror … Continue reading

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