Mutiny star Jason Statham has an impressive filmography despite only properly starting his acting career in his 30s. In his younger years, Jason Statham had a passion for sports, namely diving and swimming, and that is when he was chosen to work for a sports-modeling agency — all while selling jewelry on the street, like his father did. While on a modeling gig, he was spotted by Guy Ritchie, who got him his first movie acting role in Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels back in 1998. This was the start of a prolific, action-packed career for Statham.

Red Dead Redemption 2 never received official story DLC, but one modder is doing the work developer Rockstar never did with an ambitious Mexico mod that will further connect the prequel to the events of the original Red Dead Redemption.

It's called Nuevo Paraiso--The Forgotten Frontier, and a new trailer highlights what fans can expect from the project. Alongside restoring and recreating Mexican locations from the original Red Dead Redemption, the mod also adds new settlements, gang hideouts, treasure hunts, minigames, bounty-hunter missions, random encounters, and more. 

The mod even features a new protagonist for the series, Sadie Adler. She's a prominent character from Red Dead Redemption 2 who mentions moving to South America. That means it's not too much of a stretch to assume she traveled through Mexico on the way there, giving the mod a convenient hero that doesn't conflict with the game's existing story.

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Though playing as Sadie will be "reccommended" for narrative reasons, players can choose to experience the mod as franchise faces Arthur Morgan or John Marston as well. 

This isn't mod author Roxis724's first rodeo. They are responsible for a number of different Red Dead Redemption 2 mods, including an earlier Mexico expansion that served as the starting point for Nuevo Paraiso. However, over the last few years, the scope and ambition of the mod looks to have grown considerably. 

In an update about the mod's development from January, Roxis724 stated the development team was working to not only make the mod look great, but to feel "real" and reflect the "oppression, despair, and social tension" of the time period. The goal is to provide an immersive experience that sets the stage not only for the events of the original Red Dead Redemption but real Mexican history.

"More than a journey across the border, The Forgotten Frontier expands the world of Red Dead Redemption 2 while providing a glimpse into the social and political tensions that would soon erupt into the Mexican Revolution of 1911, giving players a deeper understanding of the events that shaped Mexico and its people," the trailer's description reads. 

Red Dead Redemption fans won't have to wait much longer to experience Mexico, as Nuevo Paraiso--The Forgotten Frontier is slated to release September 16. It will be available to download for free on PC through Nexus Mods.

Rockstar, of course, has had its hands full developing Grand Theft Auto 6 in recent years. The game's November 19 release date is inching closer with an official deep-dive reveal slated for August 27. In the meantime, a string of high-profile and ongoing GTA 6 leaks has given fans their best look at the game in action, even as Rockstar works to find the person responsible.

Yes, that Pax Dei headline seems like it’s kind of all over the place, but that’s primarily because Mainframe Industries’ most recent Discord missive is similarly scattershot, as it looks at some of the features for its self-described smaller R48 release and some more general plans for the future of the sandbox afterward. The next update for […]

It sounds like fans were eager to learn everything they could about From Software's The Duskbloods, as one of the game's producers has revealed the Switch 2 exclusive saw higher playtest sign-ups compared to Elden Ring Nightreign.

Speaking during a livestream hosted by Japanese gaming publication Famitsu (and translated by GamesRadar+), From Software producer Yasuhiro Kitao stated the number of applications for The Duskbloods playtest eclipsed that of the developer's previous multiplayer experiment.

"We were really surprised," Kitao said. 

Given that Elden Ring Nightreign's playtest was available on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S (the full game was also available on PC and last-gen consoles) the fact that The Duskbloods received more interest on Switch 2 sounds like it should be impossible. The Switch 2 is also a relatively new console, having only been available for around a year, meaning its user base is much smaller compared to that of the other two consoles.

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While it is surprising on the surface, perhaps there is some logic to be deciphered here. Elden Ring Nightreign went on to sell more than 5 million copies, with its DLC alone selling 2 million copies in under a week. The game's popularity and success proved From Software could make a wildly fun, multiplayer-focused souls-like, perhaps generating more interest for The Duskbloods.

It also probably helped that there was almost no information known about The Duskbloods prior to the closed network test, encouraging players who wanted to learn more to sign up. While players knew it was multiplayer in nature, the exact structure of The Duskbloods, its playable classes, and its mechanics were all a mystery. The Duskbloods being helmed by legendary From Software director Hidetaka Miyazaki also doesn't hurt.

Such a large number of playtest applications bodes well for The Duskbloods, even if the network test got off to a rough start with server and connectivity issues that saw From Software cancel its first session. The test also served as the world's first introduction to Zork, one of the game's playable characters that has already become a bit of a meme.

GameSpot's Jake Dekker came away impressed during his hands-on The Duskbloods preview, saying he'd "never played anything like it" and "couldn't wait to play more." The Duskbloods is still slated to release sometime this year but does not currently have a release date.

It seems to be a bad time to be working in Paradox Interactive's marketing department, as the publisher has apparently just leaked its next big announcement. It appears that Gamescom Opening Night Live 2026 will bring us the reveal of Afterworld, a post-apocalyptic grand strategy game that sounds like Fallout meets Crusader Kings.

Reddit user DimDimio first discovered the name of Afterworld while browsing the official Paradox Forum, where it appeared in a list of "unreleased games" in the site's filters. They then followed Paradox's typical URL conventions to track down the game's official Discord server, which describes Afterworld like this: "Lead a tribe of survivors, rediscover ancient technology, manage wasteland settlements and wage wars of conquest and political struggle in Afterworld, an original post-apocalyptic survival grand strategy game."

I've been unable to independently verify any of this – mentions of Afterworld have apparently been scrubbed from the forum, with no Archive.org backup, and it seems Paradox quickly cut off access to that Discord – but this all matches with the developer's official teases of its new project.

Paradox's official website features a big teaser for its "next grand strategy game," with a countdown set to end during Gamescom Opening Night Live. In the background, a desert storm obscures a scene featuring half-buried structures, a machete, and a stick plunged into the ground with a makeshift flag attached. Sure looks like it could be a teaser for a post-apocalyptic strategy game about laying claim to a newly ravaged world.

Paradox's brand of grand strategy tends to focus much more on politics and relationships between governing leaders than other strategy titles, and while there is potential for plenty of military conflict in these games, it's usually just one factor in a wide array of gameplay systems. I guess we'll find out for sure what Paradox has in store when Opening Night Live broadcasts on August 25.

We've got the whole Gamescom 2026 schedule broken down for you right here.

Spider-Man: Brand New Day is now the biggest Marvel movie at the US box office, knocking Avengers: Endgame down to second place.

Per Collider, Brand New Day has earned $855 million at the domestic box office, and is set to pass Avengers: Endgame, which has an overall domestic gross of $858 million, by midweek.

Endgame still holds the title for highest-grossing Marvel movie of all time, as it has a global gross of $2.8 billion. Brand New Day currently sits at $2.2 billion.

The new film, which takes place four years after the events Spider-Man: No Way Home, sees a pretty lonely Peter Parker obsessively check in on Ned and MJ while doing his daily Spider-Man duties. When a new, seemingly undefeatable threat hits New York City, Peter is forced to confront his past... and maybe finally heal. Brand New Day has a 90% critic score on Rotten Tomatoes, and a nearly perfect 98% audience score.

We may not see Spidey again until Avengers: Secret Wars, given that it's the Secret Wars comic book arc that introduces the alien symbiote known as Venom and gives Peter that snazzy black Spidey suit (that we haven't seen since Sam Raimi's Spider-Man 3). Though, he could always pop up in Avengers: Doomsday, especially given the fact that nearly every Marvel hero to ever exist is making an appearance.

Spider-Man: Brand New Day is in theaters now. For more, check out our Spider-Man: Brand New Day review, or, check out our guide to the Spider-Man: Brand New Day ending explained.