Philosophical fiction
Literary genre of fiction with philosophical themes
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| June 13 2025 | Trailer for the fifth episode was released. |
| June 13 2025 |
Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
Woodkid's original soundtrack album for Death Stranding 2 is set to be released.
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| June 8 2025 |
Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
Premiere event held at the Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles, featuring a panel discussion, live gameplay demo, and announcement of Woodkid's soundtrack album.
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| May 29 2025 |
Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
Kojima Productions announces a cameo appearance by Hololive virtual YouTuber Usada Pekora in the game.
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| May 18 2025 | Kojima reveals the Death Stranding film is planned for a 2027 release. |
| May 9 2025 |
Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
Death Stranding 2: On the Beach goes gold, signifying completion of game development.
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| May 2025 | Netflix announced they would be pulling the last two interactive works Bandersnatch and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt ahead of a major user-interface update. |
| May 8 2025 |
Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
Initial game previews released, showing critical acclaim and praising visual fidelity, story, performances, and combat system.
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| May 7 2025 |
Fullmetal Alchemist
Full-color Webtoon version of Fullmetal Alchemist launched, reformatted for vertical-scroll platform
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| 2025 | The planned animated series adaptation is scrapped due to the closure of Cyber Group Studios. |
| April 22 2025 |
Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
Select journalists invited to Kojima Productions studio to play the game for thirty hours across four days.
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| April 2025 | Death Stranding reached over 20 million players worldwide, including both sales and subscription service players. |
| 2025 | A follow-up episode titled 'Plaything', set in the same universe as Bandersnatch and featuring Will Poulter and Asim Chaudhry, was released as part of Black Mirror's seventh season. |
| April 10 2025 | Night School Studio released the real-world mobile game Thronglets, which was inspired by the in-world video game from the Black Mirror season 7 episode 'Plaything', simultaneously with the episode's release. |
| April 10 2025 | Black Mirror series 7 was released to audiences. |
| April 10 2025 | Seventh series released on Netflix. |
| April 7 2025 | Michael Sarnoski was announced as the director of the Death Stranding film, with Ari Aster and Lars Knudsen signing on as producers. |
| 2025 | Comic Book Resources ranked the film at number 10 on its list of '10 Great Dramas From the 2020s That Are Already Instant Classics', praising its artistic success and non-formulaic storytelling. |
| March 2025 | Kodansha USA announces a new black-and-white paperback edition of Parasyte for Q4, featuring updated translation and design. |
| 2025 | Nominated for Best Game Writing at Nebula Awards (pending outcome) |
| March 2025 | The New York Times listed Everything Everywhere All at Once among 'The Movies We've Loved Since 2000', further cementing its cultural significance. |
| March 9 2025 |
Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
Game's release date is officially announced at SXSW, revealing additional cast members and Woodkid's involvement in the soundtrack.
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| March 9 2025 |
Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
The game's official release date was announced via trailer.
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| 2025 |
Dekalog
Director Brady Corbet called Dekalog 'maybe the greatest achievement in the history of cinema' in a Criterion Closet Video.
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| March 2025 | By March 2025, Final Fantasy IX had sold 8.9 million copies worldwide. |
| 2025 |
Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
Scheduled release for PlayStation 5, marking Kojima Productions' second collaboration with Sony Interactive Entertainment.
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| 2025 |
Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
Scheduled release of Death Stranding 2: On the Beach for the PlayStation 5.
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| 2024 | Within a week of premiering on Netflix, The Amazing Digital Circus reaches number four on the Netflix Top Ten. A survey reveals that 22% of people in the United States aged 14 to 24 have heard of the show. |
| 2024 | Pop-up stores themed around the series are established in Tokyo, Osaka, and Nagoya, Japan. |
| 2024 | Kevin Temmer was nominated at the 51st Annie Awards in the 'Best Character Animation – TV/Media' category for his work in The Amazing Digital Circus pilot. |
| 2024 |
Stalker
The documentary Shadowland is set to be released, borrowing the 'Zone' concept from Stalker as a tool of supernatural interpretation and manipulation.
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| 2024 |
Stalker
New York band Bodega releases the song 'Tarkovski', which references 'The Zone' from the film.
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| 2024 | Enys Men was nominated for Best Limited Release Movie at the Fangoria Chainsaw Awards |
| 2024 | IndieWire named Martyrs the scariest horror film of the 2000s. |
| 2024 | The New York Times published a retrospective review of Martyrs, praising the film but noting its deeply disturbing final scene. |
| 2024 | Won World Soundtrack Awards Game Music Award |
| 2024 | Won Chumley's Speakeasy Award for Best Hidden Gem at New York Game Awards |
| 2024 | Received Honorable Mention for Excellence in Narrative at Independent Games Festival |
| December 2024 | YouTube videos related to The Amazing Digital Circus reach a total of 25 billion views. |
| December 2024 | Black Ops III reached over 43 million copies sold by the end of December 2024. |
| December 2024 | PlatinumGames announced that Nier: Automata had sold over 9 million copies worldwide. |
| November 2024 | The pilot reaches over 350 million views on YouTube, becoming one of the most-watched animation pilots in YouTube history. By this time, the video stands at around 374 million views. |
| November 2024 | Slay the Princess surpassed 500,000 copies sold, establishing itself as a notable indie game success. |
| November 2024 |
Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
Death Stranding 2: On the Beach was nominated for Most Anticipated Game at the Game Awards.
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| November 2024 | Death Stranding released for Amazon Luna and Xbox Series X/S. |
| November 20 2024 |
Stalker
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl, the sequel to the original S.T.A.L.K.E.R. game, was released.
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| October 2024 | An iOS port of the game was released. |
| October 24 2024 | Slay the Princess: The Pristine Cut was released for consoles, published by Serenity Forge, with a free update also provided for existing game versions. |
| October 21 2024 | Manga adaptation of The Amazing Digital Circus begins serialization in CoroCoro Comic and CoroCoro Ichiban! in Japan. |
| October 8 2024 | First volume of spin-off manga released digitally by Kodansha USA. |
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This contents of the box above is based on material from the Wikipedia articles Call of Duty: Black Ops III, Black Mirror, The Stanley Parable, Slay the Princess, Nier: Automata, Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, Enys Men, Everything Everywhere All at Once, Black Mirror: Bandersnatch, Parasyte, Death Stranding, Martyrs (2008 film), The Amazing Digital Circus, Stalker (1979 film), Dekalog, Final Fantasy IX & Fullmetal Alchemist, which are released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.