Evening Reading - March 12, 2025

Good evening, Shacknews, it's night time, which means it's time for Evening Reading. Let's officially close out our day of posting. Please take a look.

In case you missed it at Shacknews:

• The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty review: Famished
• EVE Online Revenant update brings balance changes to mining, ship costs & jump gates
• TikTok US operations being eyed by four different groups for purchase
• Niantic sells Pokemon Go and gaming portfolio to Saudi-backed Scopely for $3.5 billion
• Pocketpair may announce a game soon, but don't expect anything like Palworld
• Google DeepMind says it'll power robots with AI
• FTC asks for delay in Amazon Prime trial citing staff shortage, then backtracks on request
• A Critical Role video game is in the works

And now... Other Stuff From The Internet!!!

First trailer for the live action Lilo & Stitch movie

Saving my live reaction for PGTC tomorrow!

Michael Pierce retires

Forever a Raven 💜 pic.twitter.com/3PGoaIyXOG

— Baltimore Ravens (@Ravens) March 12, 2025

Ravens legend!

Happy 10th anniversary to Critical Role

happy 10 years #CriticalRole ! 💖#CriticalRolefanart pic.twitter.com/Kefelioda4

— ᴋ ᴀ ɪ 🌱 (@KaaiLeen_) March 12, 2025

Love the CR crew a whole bunch. Cheers to many more years.

Chores in Metaphor vs irl

doing chores in Metaphor > doing chores in real life pic.twitter.com/5rg4Kb1b94

— Official ATLUS West (@Atlus_West) March 12, 2025

If only real chores were nearly as rewarding.

Some of these new MLB hats are... something.

It’s beautiful pic.twitter.com/UuGZthhS0K

— Rangers Nation ⚾️ (@rangers__nation) March 12, 2025

Think of how many people looked at this and said "yes" for us to get here.

Sadie Sink joins Spider-Man 4

Sadie Sink has been cast in ‘SPIDER-MAN 4’

In theaters on July 31, 2026.

(Source: Deadline) pic.twitter.com/QEwJqMfyvx

— DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) March 12, 2025

Alright, what we thinking? Jean Grey? Mary Jane? Gwen Stacy?

Giannis training Ace Bailey

Ace Bailey in the lab with Giannis 🔥

(🎥 @swishcultures_) pic.twitter.com/Yxdhxj68pL

— NBACentral (@TheDunkCentral) March 11, 2025

Cool stuff to see players in the lab like this. Giannis is a super likeable dude.

Tyrese Haliburton's insane game-winner

TYRESE HALIBURTON FOUR-POINT PLAY TO WIN IT 😱 pic.twitter.com/BfhuhcEQdZ

— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) March 12, 2025

Speaking of basketball, here's one of the wildest endings you'll see all year.

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Donovan Erskine

News Editor

Donovan is a journalist from Maryland. His oldest gaming memory is playing Pajama Sam on his mom's desktop during weekends. Pokémon Emerald, Halo 2, and the original Star Wars Battlefront 2 were some of the most influential titles in awakening his love for video games. After interning for Shacknews throughout college, Donovan graduated from Bowie State University in 2020 with a major in broadcast journalism and joined the team full-time. He is a huge film fanatic and will talk with you about movies and games all day. You can follow him on twitter @Donimals_