Disney released a teaser for 'Camp Rock 3,' premiering Aug. 13 on Disney Channel and Aug. 14 on Disney+. The Jonas Brothers reprise their roles as Connect 3 and executive produce alongside Demi Lovato, who also returns as EP (Maria Canals-Barrera reprises her role as Mitchie's mother). The film introduces a new cast of Disney talent competing to become Connect 3's tour opener.

Season 2 of Netflix's live-action 'Avatar: The Last Airbender' debuted with 8.7 million views in its first four days (June 22-25, 2026), landing at No. 2 on the streamer's English-language TV chart. That represents a 59% drop from Season 1's 21.2 million four-day debut in 2024.

Netflix partnered with AI audio firm ElevenLabs to recreate Gene Wilder's voice for its unscripted competition series "Wonka's The Golden Ticket," premiering September 23. The AI recreation was done in collaboration with Wilder's estate, with his widow Karen B. Wilder giving her blessing. Twelve contestants will compete in a Chocolate Factory setting over nine episodes for what Netflix describes as "Wonka's life-changing prize."

Amazon Prime Video has set a September 16 premiere date for "Neagley," the "Reacher" spinoff following Maria Sten's Frances Neagley character. All eight episodes of the first season will drop the same day as the Season 4 finale of "Reacher," with Alan Ritchson guest-starring as Jack Reacher.

Netflix is developing a live-action series based on the Persona video game franchise, with Christopher Monfette attached as writer, executive producer, and showrunner. 21 Laps (the studio behind Stranger Things) and Story Kitchen are producing, with Shawn Levy, Dan Levine, and Robert Atwood executive producing alongside Story Kitchen's Dmitri M. Johnson, Michael Lawrence Goldberg, and Timothy I. Stevenson. SEGA's Toru Nakahara will also executive produce.

Josh Peck revealed on the "Financial Tea with Mrs. Dow Jones" podcast that he earned approximately $500,000 over four years of "Drake and Josh," after agent, manager, and tax deductions from a gross total of around $900,000. The cast started at $3,000 per episode on "The Amanda Show" and worked up to roughly $15,000 per episode by the end of "Drake and Josh's" 60-episode run, with no residuals.

Disney has ordered a pilot for a live-action adaptation of "The Last Kids on Earth," the illustrated middle-grade book series by Max Brallier. The project is set up at Disney+ and Disney Channel with showrunners Chad Fiveash and James Stoteraux ("The Vampire Diaries," "Gotham Knights") writing and executive producing alongside director Kevin Tancharoen ("The Book of Boba Fett," "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.").

Sony announced it will shut down the PlayStation Store for new purchases on PS3 and Vita beginning next month in certain countries. Players will still be able to download previously-purchased content "for the foreseeable future" after the closure dates. The move comes alongside Sony's announcement that all new PS5 games will be digital-only starting January 2028.

Meccha Chameleon, a multiplayer hide-and-seek indie game developed by a two-person team, has sold 15 million copies in under four weeks since launching on Steam. The game has players painting their all-white bodies to blend into environments while opponents hunt them down, creating viral social media moments when Seekers accidentally shoot suspicious household objects like toilet paper rolls.

Minecraft creator Markus 'Notch' Persson publicly criticized the ESA after its VP of State Government Affairs, Jennifer Gibbons, testified during a California State Senate hearing that Minecraft private servers are "illegal" and a form of "piracy." Gibbons made the claim while opposing the Protect Our Games Act, a bill requiring publishers to keep games playable after ending support. Mojang's official website actively encourages players to create private servers and hosts a browser of custom servers.

A Brazilian ratings board filing has seemingly leaked a game titled "Metroid Ravenous," listed with a 2026 production year and submitted by Nintendo of America. The rating was based on approximately 41 minutes of material described as one chapter, and received a 12+ age recommendation for violence and light sexual content.

A Reddit user reported that their Steam Machine displayed a blinking red LED bar, indicating GPU failure, after just five minutes of gameplay and installing a system update. The user posted the issue to the Steam Machine subreddit, where commenters dubbed it the "red line of death," referencing the Xbox 360's infamous Red Ring of Death. Valve's Steam Support documentation confirms the LED pattern indicates GPU failure, potentially the most severe hardware issue for the device.

Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney posted on X that AI technology could "enable games like Destiny to thrive," responding to a Forbes report stating Destiny was "only very rarely profitable during its entire lifespan" due to the "enormous scale of content that had to be produced nonstop." The implication is that AI could streamline or generate the live-service content Destiny required.

Kai Cenat announced his return to live streaming on July 6, 2025, at 8:00 PM EST, marking his first simultaneous broadcast on both Twitch and YouTube. The stream will reveal the full roster for Streamer University 2, following his hiatus from regular streaming that began in October 2025. Cenat stepped away citing the need for a break after years of continuous content production.