This week’s The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power delves into the deepest of Tolkien lore and the far-flung dawn of sentient life on Middle-earth to touch on a question not even the professor ...

The season of giving from the Epic Games Store rolls on as we approach the new year. Today's free game is Orcs Must Die! 3, the 2020 entry in the popular tower defense franchise. Orcs Must Die! has ...

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Season 2 of Amazon’s The Rings of Power sparked controversy and online debate after the series depicted a sympathetic orc family, a subject that The Lord of the Rings film trilogy largely avoided. In ...

One of the biggest debates that soaked up social media during Season 2 of "The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power" was the presence of an Orc family in Episode 3, "The Eagle and the Sceptre." In ...

After an unsuccessful detour into competitive multiplayer in Orcs Must Die! Unchained, the Stadia-exclusive Orcs Must Die! 3 is a return to the co-op action/tower defense gameplay that made this ...

Julio is a Senior Author for Collider. He studied History and International Relations at university, but found his calling in cultural journalism. When he isn't writing, Julio also teaches English at ...

Cameron has been holding a controller for about as long as he can remember, developing a special love for The Elder Scrolls and Halo at a young age. When he isn't playing virtual games, he can most ...

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What do all the posts about Orc City mean, and what are they making fun of? Here’s the origin of the Orc meme, and why it went viral on social media. “Whenever someone glazes Hideo Kojima, remember he ...

Beowulf, circa 1000 Grendel, the villain of this Old English epic, is described as being "orcnéas," which roughly translates into monster. It's derived from Orcus, another name for Pluto, the Greek ...