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The upcoming Alien film from director Fede Alvarez is now officially titled Alien: Romulus, Deadline reports. While the film has made use of the Romulus subtitle as a working title for a while now, the name is now official, in line with the franchise’s long history of religious and mythological references.
The official name was revealed by Disney CEO Bob Iger, as part of the company’s Q1 earnings call. The film is written and directed by Uruguayan horror filmmaker Fede Alvarez, best known for Don’t Breathe and the 2013 Evil Dead. Alvarez pitched the concept for the film to 20th Century, who proceeded to make the film a top priority for production.
Alien: Romulus takes place between the events of 1979’s Alien and 1986’s Aliens. The blurb for the film states: “Young people from a distant world must face the most terrifying life form in the universe.”
A HIGH street bargain chain with over 500 branches has announced a store closure set for next month.
Fans have cried out “all towns are becoming deserted” as the retailer shuts down a branch.
A bargain chain is set to shut down a branch in March[/caption]
The Works – a discount retailer specialised in crafts – is set to shut down their branch in Caernarfon, Wales on March 17.
Staff might be left with their future uncertain as the store closes down.
But the retailer reassured that their workers would be relocated to stores in Bangor and Llandudno following the closure.
A spokesperson for The Works said: “We can confirm that we will be closing our store in Caernarfon on 17th March.
“We have loved being part of the local community and apologise for any inconvenience caused by this closure.
“We are working to redeploy all team members to local stores and customers can continue to shop with us at our nearby stores in Bangor and Llandudno.”
The spokesperson also added that the customer can shop their range of products online at the retailer’s website.
They continued: “We constantly review our property portfolio to ensure we have the right mix of stores in the right locations to best serve our customers.
“This occasionally means closing stores, whilst also improving our stores with refits or relocations if a more favourable site becomes available.
“We’re always on the lookout for new locations too and have a handful of new openings planned in the coming months.”
The customers were “gutted” to learn the news as they fear the town will become “deserted”.
One person said: “Gutted to hear that The Works in Caernarfon is being closed down!
“It’s concept caters for all ages! Why are so many of our shops closing down? It’s becoming a ghost town.”
Another one added: “What has happened to North Wales all towns are becoming deserted.”
Third person wrote: “It’s not unique to here. Online shopping is the biggest issue, and overheads for small businesses. The fuel bills are crippling.”
“At this rate there will only be hairdressers and barbers left in Caernarfon .That is so sad,” someone else said.
One commenter pitched in, saying: “No new businesses can afford to start up. It’s a vicious circle which is killing off the high street.”
Retailers have been feeling the squeeze since the pandemic while shoppers are cutting back on spending due to the soaring cost of living crisis.
High energy costs and a move to shopping online after the pandemic are also taking a toll and many high street shops have struggled to keep going.
The high street has seen a whole raft of closures over the past year and more are on their way.
Sales volumes dipped by 3.2% in December, data from the Office for National Statistics suggests, down from a rise of 1.4% a month before.
Peacocks – a major fashion retailer – once had more than 400 stores across the UK but has closed down half of them in a major blow for shoppers.
However, it has been slowly reappearing on the high street, building its portfolio back up to around 350 stores.
In October last year, the chain revealed it had plans to open seven new stores across Wales, England and Scotland.
Matalan is another fashion retailer which has recently shut down three of its branches – with plans to close another one in February.
Recent figures from the Centre for Retail Research reveal over 10,000 shops closed for the last time in 2023, and almost 120,000 jobs were lost across the sector.
That said, the figures are lower than they have been in recent years, with over 150,000 retail jobs lost in 2022.
Meanwhile, despite the backdrop, it’s not bad news for all retailers and some are opening stores across the UK.
Primark is to open five new shops starting in weeks as it promises “bigger and better” stores.
This means Primark will reach a total of 195 stores across the UK.
A supermarket giant is set to open 110 convenience stores this month as part of huge expansion plans.
Asda will convert former Co-op and EG Group sites into Express stores as it aims to become the second largest grocery retailer in the UK.
Steam Next Fest: February 2024 Edition is a few days in, and once again we’re highlighting a small taste of the thousands of demos you can try out.
Because it can be a bit overwhelming, we’re wading through the pool of demos to bring you a list of cool-looking titles you may want to try out. On it you will find everything from roguelikes to city builders, to RPGs to shoot ‘em ups, so have a look.
Steam Next Fest: February 2024 Edition runs through February 12, and alongside demos, many developers are hosting livestreams to discuss their upcoming releases. There are also chats with the devs that will continue for the duration.
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In a financial report released today, Ubisoft said they intend to release Star Wars Outlaws in 2024. That was already expected. More interesting is that Assassin’s Creed Codename Red, the stab ’em up set in feudal Japan, is also due to launch in the “fiscal year 2025”. That’s also known as “before March 2025”, for all you non-CEOs.
Hays’ Amanda Whicher offers her top tips for those looking for their next tech job opportunity – and dispels some common job search myths.
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Do you ever hear a pitch for a game that immediately perks your ears? A combination of words or ideas that makes you think “well I have to experience this as soon as possible”? That happened to me with Crow Country, the latest title from SFB Games, a developer you’ll probably best know as the team behind the puzzle game Snipperclips. Where Snipperclips is quite cute looking, Crow Country still is, somewhat, but is instead a survival horror game set in an abandoned crow-themed theme park that’s inspired by Final Fantasy 7 and Resident Evil. Yeah, now that’s what I call a good pitch. And the best part is, you can even try it out for yourself thanks to a Steam Next Fest demo. But first, let me sell you on it even more.
Crow Country puts you in the shoes of Special Agent Mara Forest, a mysterious character who’s design quite quickly fits into the history of all time female horror game protagonists. Booting up the demo brings you to the start of the game, and tells you incredibly little – literally just Mara’s name. Everything else is up to you to figure out, and boy do I love a mystery, especially one set in a fictional theme park that shut down due to the strange disappearance of its owner.
Right off the bat, aesthetically, you can see where the Final Fantasy 7 inspirations come in. While maybe ever-so-slightly more defined than the polygonal Cloud, Mara has a similar, toy-like design to her, which I personally think a lot of the OG FF7 character models have. Unlike Final Fantasy 7, and the PS1 era Resident Evils, all of the backgrounds are rendered in real time, as you are able to manoeuvre the camera, but it all retains that pre-rendered feel those classic games excelled at.