Horror Movies Releasing, Immersive Game Rooms, and New Craft Beer Types

Friday, January 30th, 2026

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Activate Columbus in Polaris offers escape room-style competitive games—with one ultimate champion crowned each game for you and your friends to experience. See a video of Activate’s games here, and read more below!

Movie releases Iron Lung and Send Help are new movie releases competing for the top box office performance this weekend.

Send Help, projected to generate $12-17 million, tells the story of an employee and her insufferable boss who become stranded on a deserted island, the only survivors of a plane crash, where they must overcome past grievances and work together to survive.

Iron Lung, projected to earn $10-15 million, centers around a post-apocalyptic future after "The Quiet Rapture" event, where a convict explores a blood ocean on a desolate moon using a submarine called the "Iron Lung" to search for missing stars/planets.

See a preview of both movies, and other releases this weekend here.

The Brewers Association, representing over 9,000 American breweries, released new style guidelines for craft beers in 2026.

The new styles include detailed classifications of Lagers, Ales, and much more.

You can see the updated guide with links to new beers to try here!

Activate is a new experience in Polaris offering interactive, competitive games using technology that reacts in real time, ensuring an adrenaline-filled adventure.

Their games are a mix of climbing walls, solving puzzles, dodging lasers, and are designed to be played with friends.

Check out a video of some of the games at Activate, and see pricing info here.

Bethesda’s iconic games Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas look like they might be making a comeback.

An error message that appeared to users on the game platform Steam read, “You must wait until this product has been released before writing a review for it.”

The two games were released in 2008 and 2010, and were two of the most successful commercially-released games of all-time.

Check out photos of the alleged leak evidence here.

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