Blogging Roundup: 1 October to 1 December 2020

The Wertzone

News

Modiphius tease new DUNE RPG and artwork for early 2021 release

Gale Force Nine Games sues Wizards of the Coast

Joss Whedon steps down as showrunner of HBO's THE NEVERS

THE EXPANSE renewed for sixth and final season

Hugo Awards add a video game category for 2021

HBO greenlights LAST OF US TV series

SFWA takes aim at Disney for non-payment of book royalties to Alan Dean Foster and other writers

Warner Brothers releases a somewhat-exaggerated BABYLON 5 "remaster"

The long, long-missing THE LAST DANGEROUS VISIONS will be published in 2021

Rumour: Harlan Ellison's LAST DANGEROUS VISIONS may actually be coming out

KINGKILLER CHRONICLE adaptation still in limbo, being rethought as a TV project

Filming of THE WITCHER Season 2 paused after coronavirus outbreak

Alastair Reynolds delivers new REVELATION SPACE novel

EA and BioWare confirm MASS EFFECT: LEGENDARY EDITION for 2021 and a new game for later release

A faithful DISCWORLD TV adaptation is coming in 2022, starring Hugh Laurie

Rumour: EA to reportedly announce MASS EFFECT remaster this weekend

Rumour: Filming suspended on THE WHEEL OF TIME for the second time

Hasbro developing DUNGEONS & DRAGONS TV series

Y: THE LAST MAN TV series finally starts production

New Susanna Clarke novel, THE CISTERN, to be published in 2022

CYBERPUNK 2077 delayed by three weeks

Netflix developing an ASSASSIN'S CREED TV series

Universal developing a BATTLESTAR GALACTICA movie unrelated to new TV series

Disney+ greenlights WILLOW TV series

Shooting starts on the SANDMAN TV series

Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman sue DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS publishers for $10 million for breach of contract

GAME OF THRONES spin-off show to be shot in England

MAD MAX: FURY ROAD prequel announces cast

CBS releases trailer for THE STAND

First trailer released for THE WATCH

CYBERPUNK tabletop RPG launching alongside CYBERPUNK 2077 next month

Amazon releases trailer and airdate for Season 5 of THE EXPANSE

Kate Mulgrew to reprise role of Captain Janeway on STAR TREK: PRODIGY

HERO QUEST crowdfunding campaign opens in the UK and possibly Europe

RESIDENT EVIL reboot movie announces cast

Paddy Considine cast as King Viserys Targaryen in HOUSE OF THE DRAGON

New DUNE film delayed ten months

Reviews

Halo 2: Anniversary

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Season 2

Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary

Cloudpunk

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Season 1

Watch_Dogs 2

The Saints of Salvation by Peter F. Hamilton

Gears Tactics

Black Sails: Season 4

Truth Seekers: Season 1

The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison

Fire Cannot Kill a Dragon by James Hibberd

The Halfling's Gem by R.A. Salvatore

XCOM: Chimera Squad

Fallout 4: Nuka-World

Star Wars: Squadrons

Articles

RIP Ben Bova

RIP David Prowse

Out of the Blue: An Orphan Black Retrospective

Character Chronicle: Ahsoka Tano

Why Alan Dean Foster is important to Star Wars

Revisiting the Wasteland: Fallout 4 and the Post-Post Apocalypse

RIP Rachel Caine

RIP Sean Connery

Out of Time, or Why is TIME's "100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time" list so incoherent?

Patreon

Out of the Blue: An ORPHAN BLACK Retrospective

Revisiting the Wasteland: FALLOUT 4 and the Post-Post Apocalypse

SF&F Questions: What's up with the BATTLESTAR GALACTICA reboot reboot?

Dragonmount

The Wheel of Television: A History of the Wheel of Time Media Rights

The Wheel of Television: Weekly or Binge?