Siddharth Arora

The Fabelmans and The Banshees of Inisherin emerged with top honours at the Golden Globes 2023. RRR lost the Best Non-English Language Film award to Argentina, 1985, but secured one for its energetic dance song “Naatu Naatu.” House of the Dragon, and the second seasons of Abbott Elementary and The White Lotus, were among the biggest TV winners.

Pre-ordering the upcoming Dead Space remake on Steam will grant you a free copy of Dead Space 2. Excluding sales and EA Play access, Dead Space two generally costs Rs. 999 on Steam, making this a sweet deal to jump into right after finishing the new remake. Since the original 2008 Dead Space provided around 11 hours of playtime, it’s hard to expe...

Avatar: The Way of Water is now the biggest Hollywood movie in India, crossing Avengers: Endgame with a box office total of Rs. 454 crore (about $55 million). The latter made Rs. 438 crore (about $53 million) at the box office during its run in 2019. Globally, Avatar 2 has collected over $1.7 billion (about Rs. 14,000 crore), securing its place as ...

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania just got a new trailer, ahead of its release on February 17. The Ant-Man 3 trailer sees Kang the Conqueror promising to offer Scott Lang (Paul Rudd) the time he lost, in exchange for an undisclosed favour. There’s also a brief look at MODOK, the mechanical supervillain played by Corey Stoll, who previously portra...

Gamers have enjoyed an eventful 2022 with Elden Ring and God of War Ragnarök grabbing the headlines for all the right reasons. On this week's Orbital podcast, we discuss what were our favourite games to come out in 2022. We also touch up on some of the major gaming developments, and what we want to see in 2023.

Valve’s new Steam Replay feature is out now, offering insight into your personal PC gaming experiences in 2022. Akin to Spotify Wrapped, the feature details a range of statistics, ranging from most played games, total achievements unlocked, a monthly breakdown, and more. Your accomplishments can be shared with friends as well, and simply browsing...

PlayStation Plus monthly free games for the new year have been revealed. Starting January 3, PS Plus Essential, Extra, Premium, and Deluxe subscribers can add Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, Fallout 76, and Axiom Verge 2 to their game library. Access ends on February 6, 2023, after which players will need to hold onto their subscriptions to keep play...

In just 14 days since its theatrical debut, Avatar: The Way of Water has now crossed $1 billion (about Rs. 8,280 crore) in worldwide ticket sales. The James Cameron-directed sequel has become the fastest to cross the threshold this year, after Spider-Man: No Way Home’s record in 2021. Avatar 2 has collected $712.7 million (about Rs. 5,900 crore) ...

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery has become the sixth-biggest movie debut for Netflix, racking up 82.1 million viewed hours. This puts the Rian Johnson-directed sequel right behind Sandra Bullock’s The Unforgiveable, which amassed 85.86 million viewed hours upon debut. Netflix calculated Glass Onion’s numbers over the period of December 19–2...

Well into its second week, Avatar: The Way of Water is close to hitting the $1 billion (about Rs. 8,285 crore) mark at the global box office. Through late Tuesday, the James Cameron-directed sequel has collected an outstanding $955 million (about Rs. 7,909 crore) — tied for third place in 2022, against Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness....

Now into its second week, Avatar: The Way of Water has collected an outstanding $889.4 million (about Rs. 7,355 crore) at the global box office. Roughly $601.7 million (about Rs. 4,976 crore) was grossed from markets outside the US, with China maintaining its spot as a top market despite theatre shutdowns due to the COVID-19 surge. Accordion to Dis...

Scenes for Avatar 3 and Avatar 4 have already been filmed to avoid what director James Cameron calls “the Stranger Things effect.” Speaking to Entertainment Weekly, the director confirmed that footage for the upcoming sequels was filmed alongside The Way of Water, so as to avoid child actors from inevitably growing out of the parts they auditio...

Avatar: The Way of Water has grossed $609.7 million (about Rs. 5,052 crore) at the global box office. Roughly $427 million (about Rs. 3,540 crore) were pulled from markets outside the US, including India, and an extremely strong performance from China, which contributed $70.5 million (about Rs. 584 crore). In India, Avatar 2 has earned $26.5 millio...

Steam Winter Sale 2022 is here, bringing steep discounts on PC games, up to 80 percent off. Steam Winter Sale 2022 is scheduled to end on January 5, 2023 at 11:30pm IST, and offers discounts on popular titles such as Elden Ring, God of War, FIFA 23, Red Dead Redemption 2, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, Disco Elysium, and...

Outer Wilds and eight other games are leaving Xbox Game Pass on January 1, 2023. These removals were not notified by Xbox in their blog from earlier this month, which detailed new entrants to the service. Other titles leaving the subscription service include Tropico 6, Scarlet Nexus, The Pedestrian, Iron Harvest, Immortal Realms: Vampire Wars, Goro...

The Fabelmans and The Banshees of Inisherin emerged with top honours at the Golden Globes 2023. RRR lost the Best Non-English Language Film award to Argentina, 1985, but secured one for its energetic dance song “Naatu Naatu.” House of the Dragon, and the second seasons of Abbott Elementary and The White Lotus, were among the biggest TV winners.

Pre-ordering the upcoming Dead Space remake on Steam will grant you a free copy of Dead Space 2. Excluding sales and EA Play access, Dead Space two generally costs Rs. 999 on Steam, making this a sweet deal to jump into right after finishing the new remake. Since the original 2008 Dead Space provided around 11 hours of playtime, it’s hard to expe...

Avatar: The Way of Water is now the biggest Hollywood movie in India, crossing Avengers: Endgame with a box office total of Rs. 454 crore (about $55 million). The latter made Rs. 438 crore (about $53 million) at the box office during its run in 2019. Globally, Avatar 2 has collected over $1.7 billion (about Rs. 14,000 crore), securing its place as ...

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania just got a new trailer, ahead of its release on February 17. The Ant-Man 3 trailer sees Kang the Conqueror promising to offer Scott Lang (Paul Rudd) the time he lost, in exchange for an undisclosed favour. There’s also a brief look at MODOK, the mechanical supervillain played by Corey Stoll, who previously portra...

Gamers have enjoyed an eventful 2022 with Elden Ring and God of War Ragnarök grabbing the headlines for all the right reasons. On this week's Orbital podcast, we discuss what were our favourite games to come out in 2022. We also touch up on some of the major gaming developments, and what we want to see in 2023.

Valve’s new Steam Replay feature is out now, offering insight into your personal PC gaming experiences in 2022. Akin to Spotify Wrapped, the feature details a range of statistics, ranging from most played games, total achievements unlocked, a monthly breakdown, and more. Your accomplishments can be shared with friends as well, and simply browsing...

PlayStation Plus monthly free games for the new year have been revealed. Starting January 3, PS Plus Essential, Extra, Premium, and Deluxe subscribers can add Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, Fallout 76, and Axiom Verge 2 to their game library. Access ends on February 6, 2023, after which players will need to hold onto their subscriptions to keep play...

In just 14 days since its theatrical debut, Avatar: The Way of Water has now crossed $1 billion (about Rs. 8,280 crore) in worldwide ticket sales. The James Cameron-directed sequel has become the fastest to cross the threshold this year, after Spider-Man: No Way Home’s record in 2021. Avatar 2 has collected $712.7 million (about Rs. 5,900 crore) ...

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery has become the sixth-biggest movie debut for Netflix, racking up 82.1 million viewed hours. This puts the Rian Johnson-directed sequel right behind Sandra Bullock’s The Unforgiveable, which amassed 85.86 million viewed hours upon debut. Netflix calculated Glass Onion’s numbers over the period of December 19–2...

Well into its second week, Avatar: The Way of Water is close to hitting the $1 billion (about Rs. 8,285 crore) mark at the global box office. Through late Tuesday, the James Cameron-directed sequel has collected an outstanding $955 million (about Rs. 7,909 crore) — tied for third place in 2022, against Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness....

Now into its second week, Avatar: The Way of Water has collected an outstanding $889.4 million (about Rs. 7,355 crore) at the global box office. Roughly $601.7 million (about Rs. 4,976 crore) was grossed from markets outside the US, with China maintaining its spot as a top market despite theatre shutdowns due to the COVID-19 surge. Accordion to Dis...

Scenes for Avatar 3 and Avatar 4 have already been filmed to avoid what director James Cameron calls “the Stranger Things effect.” Speaking to Entertainment Weekly, the director confirmed that footage for the upcoming sequels was filmed alongside The Way of Water, so as to avoid child actors from inevitably growing out of the parts they auditio...

Avatar: The Way of Water has grossed $609.7 million (about Rs. 5,052 crore) at the global box office. Roughly $427 million (about Rs. 3,540 crore) were pulled from markets outside the US, including India, and an extremely strong performance from China, which contributed $70.5 million (about Rs. 584 crore). In India, Avatar 2 has earned $26.5 millio...

Steam Winter Sale 2022 is here, bringing steep discounts on PC games, up to 80 percent off. Steam Winter Sale 2022 is scheduled to end on January 5, 2023 at 11:30pm IST, and offers discounts on popular titles such as Elden Ring, God of War, FIFA 23, Red Dead Redemption 2, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, Disco Elysium, and...

Outer Wilds and eight other games are leaving Xbox Game Pass on January 1, 2023. These removals were not notified by Xbox in their blog from earlier this month, which detailed new entrants to the service. Other titles leaving the subscription service include Tropico 6, Scarlet Nexus, The Pedestrian, Iron Harvest, Immortal Realms: Vampire Wars, Goro...