The success of God of War was so big that Sony’s leaders asked Santa Monica Studio, the developer, to quickly make a sequel that was twice as long, with more enemies and more bosses.

Joseph Holt, who has led Choral Artists of Sarasota for 16 years, will retire as the organization considers its next steps.

The fearsome extraterrestrial monsters of the Alien franchise known as xenomorphs have had way more wild crossovers with ...