Saints Row developer Volition has stated that it is “not backing down on this game” after a portion of the series’ fanbase expressed disappointment with the direction of the newly-announced reboot.
The official Saints Row Twitter account has been responding to numerous critical messages since the reveal of the reboot at Gamescom’s Opening Night Live. Replying to a user who said that they felt “like I wasted my time defending you guys,” the official account said “We are not backing down on this game. We get it, it’s new and it’s a shock reaction to a reboot like no other.”
We are not backing down on this game. We get it, it’s new and it’s a shock reaction to a reboot like no other. The gif was supposed to convey that.
It’s safe to say the reaction to the reboot from the series’ established fans hasn’t been one of unified happiness. The official trailer on the Saints Row YouTube channel currently has 21,000 dislikes, compared to 15,000 likes. The most popular comments are also negative in nature; a comment that simply states the Godfather meme “Look how they massacred my boy” has 121 likes at time of writing.
Cardy, Dale and Jesse are here to pick out a few highlights from gamescom’s Opening Night Live, including Korean colour-fest DokeV. Lot’s of games have been played this week as well, so why not sit back and hear all about Aliens: Fireteam Elite, Psychonauts 2, Riders Republic and The Forgotten City. If you have time for some TV as well, then why not book a stay at The White Lotus?
This weeks Endless Search will have you screaming wildly into the sky while tearing your hair out so we can only apologise.
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Nintendo Switch game Fitness Boxing is getting an anime adaptation in Japan this October.
As reported by Comic Natalie, per Funimation, the new Fitness Boxing anime will consist of 12 five-minute comedy shorts, airing weekly in Japan from October 1. The episodes will reportedly chronicle the daily lives of the virtual coaches, with the game’s original voice cast returning to reprise their popular instructor roles for the upcoming anime series.
The voice cast for the series, which is apparently titled Kimi to Fit Boxing, includes Akari Kitō as Karen, Akira Ishida as Hiro, Rie Kugimiya as Janice, Saori Hayami as Lin, Yūichi Nakamura as Evan, Sumire Uesaka as Martina, Ami Koshimizu as Sophie, Atsuko Tanaka as Laura, and Akio Ohtsuka as Bernardo.
The series is being helmed by Junpei Morita, otherwise known by the penname Morita to Jumpei, who directed the musical fantasy anime series Lost Song that Netflix started streaming back in 2018. Yūsuke Shirato is composing the music for the episodes, which will initially be broadcast on TOKYO MX.
A sequel to the original Fitness Boxing game, developed by Imagineer, was released for Nintendo Switch in December of last year. The game encourages players to pick up their Joy-Con controllers, select music and courses, and get into a variety of boxing exercises while listening to instrumental versions of popular pop songs.
Marvel Studios is reportedly developing a Halloween special for Disney Plus, which may take inspiration from Werewolf by Night.
According to The Wrap, Marvel Studios has started searching for an actor to lead the cast of the Halloween special, which is said to be “centered on a werewolf character.” The studio is believed to be looking for a “Latino male in his 30s,” and it’s noted that “individuals with knowledge” of the project suggested the character may be based on Werewolf by Night.
Werewolf by Night is the name adopted by two separate characters appearing across the pages of Marvel comics. The first, Jack Russell, debuted in a 1972 issue of Marvel Spotlight. The series ran for a total of 43 issues and one of those featured the first appearance of Moon Knight, who is now set to headline his own Disney+ show with Oscar Issac in the titular role.
The second incarnation of the character, Jake Gomez, a Native American with a cursed family, showed up last year in the third volume of Werewolf by Night. Gomez’s recent appearance in Marvel comics may mean he’s the one that fans may initially associate with the Werewolf by Night character, though it’s unknown which version will star in the Halloween special.
The special is eyeing a production start in early 2022, so there’s a lot of MCU to come before that. Marvel’s What If…? recently marked the MCU’s very first foray into animation. The nine-episode series will draw to close on October 6, with Hawkeye lined up as the next MCU show to hit Disney+ in November. Ms. Marvel is pencilled in for 2022 along with Moon Knight.
There’s plenty coming on the big screen, too. Marvel’s Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings is lined up to be the next Phase 4 movie, releasing in September, with Eternals in November, and Spider-Man: No Way Home in December. After that, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness will premiere, serving as the first Marvel movie of 2022.
Netflix‘s September 2021 is all about returning TV shows, including Sex Education’s third season, Dear White People’s fourth volume, and Lucifer’s sixth and final season.
Check out the gag reel for Lucifer’s fourth season to help with the wait for the sixth:
The first of September also brings with it some classic films to Netflix’s library like all four Jaws films, School of Rock, Blade Runner: The Final Cut, Mars Attacks!, the first three House Partys, and both of Eddie Murphy’s The Nutty Professor movies.
September 2021 also marks the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, and the documentary Turning Point: 9/11 and the War on Terror looks to tell this story from “al-Qaida’s roots in the 1980s to America’s forceful response, both at home and abroad.”
Check out the slideshow gallery below for highlights of Netflix’s September offerings following by the full list (U.S. Netflix only):
September 1
How to Be a Cowboy — NETFLIX SERIES
Turning Point: 9/11 and the War on Terror — NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY
A Cinderella Story
Agatha Christie’s Crooked House
Barbie Big City Big Dreams
Blade Runner: The Final Cut (1982)
The Blue Lagoon (1980)
Chappie
Clear and Present Danger
Cliffhanger
Cold Mountain
Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles
Dear John
Do the Right Thing
Freedom Writers
Green Lantern
House Party
House Party 2
House Party 3
The Interview
Kid-E-Cats: Season 2
Labyrinth
Letters to Juliet
Love Don’t Cost a Thing (2003)
Mars Attacks!
Marshall
Mystery Men
The Nutty Professor
The Nutty Professor II: The Klumps
Once Upon a Time in America
Open Season 2
Rhyme & Reason
School of Rock
Tears of the Sun
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
September 2
Afterlife of the Party — NETFLIX FILM
Final Account
Q-Force — NETFLIX SERIES
September 3
Dive Club — NETFLIX FAMILY
Money Heist Part 5: Volume 1 — NETFLIX SERIES
Sharkdog — NETFLIX FAMILY
Worth — NETFLIX FILM
September 6
Countdown: Inspiration4 Mission to Space — NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY
September 7
Kid Cosmic: Season 2 — NETFLIX FAMILY
Octonauts: Above & Beyond — NETFLIX FAMILY
On the Verge — NETFLIX SERIES
Untold: Breaking Point — NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY
September 8
The Circle: Season 3 — NETFLIX SERIES (NEW EPISODES WEEKLY)
Into the Night: Season 2 — NETFLIX SERIES
JJ+E — NETFLIX FILM
September 9
Blood Brothers: Malcolm X & Muhammad Ali — NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY
The Women and the Murderer — NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY
September 10
Firedrake the Silver Dragon — NETFLIX FAMILY
Kate — NETFLIX FILM
Lucifer: The Final Season — NETFLIX SERIES
Metal Shop Masters — NETFLIX SERIES
Pokémon Master Journeys: The Series — NETFLIX FAMILY
Prey — NETFLIX FILM
Yowamushi Pedal
Yowamushi Pedal Grande Road
September 13
Countdown: Inspiration4 Mission to Space — NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY
September 14
A StoryBots Space Adventure — NETFLIX FAMILY
Jack Whitehall: Travels with My Father: Season 5 — NETFLIX SERIES
The World’s Most Amazing Vacation Rentals: Season 2 — NETFLIX SERIES
You vs. Wild: Out Cold — NETFLIX FAMILY
September 15
Nailed It!: Season 6 — NETFLIX SERIES
Nightbooks — NETFLIX FILM
Saved by the Bell: Seasons 1-9
Schumacher — NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY
Too Hot To Handle Latino — NETFLIX SERIES (NEW EPISODES WEEKLY)
September 16
He-Man and the Masters of the Universe — NETFLIX FAMILY
Jaws
Jaws 2
Jaws 3
Jaws: The Revenge
My Heroes Were Cowboys — NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY
September 17
Ankahi Kahaniya — NETFLIX FILM
Chicago Party Aunt — NETFLIX SERIES
The Father Who Moves Mountains — NETFLIX FILM
Sex Education: Season 3 — NETFLIX SERIES
Squid Game — NETFLIX SERIES
The Stronghold — NETFLIX FILM
September 19
Dark Skies
September 20
Grown Ups
September 21
Go! Go! Cory Carson: Chrissy Takes the Wheel — NETFLIX FAMILY
Love on the Spectrum: Season 2 — NETFLIX SERIES
September 22
Confessions of an Invisible Girl — NETFLIX FILM
Dear White People: Volume 4 — NETFLIX SERIES
Intrusion — NETFLIX FILM
Jaguar — NETFLIX SERIES
Monsters Inside: The 24 Faces of Billy Milligan — NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY
September 23
Je Suis Karl — NETFLIX FILM
September 24
Blood & Water: Season 2 — NETFLIX SERIES
Ganglands (Braqueurs) — NETFLIX SERIES
Jailbirds New Orleans — NETFLIX SERIES
Midnight Mass — NETFLIX SERIES
My Little Pony: A New Generation — NETFLIX FAMILY
The Starling — NETFLIX FILM
Vendetta: Truth, Lies and The Mafia — NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY
September 28
Ada Twist, Scientist — NETFLIX FAMILY
Attack of the Hollywood Clichés! — NETFLIX COMEDY SPECIAL
September 29
The Chestnut Man — NETFLIX SERIES
Friendzone — NETFLIX FILM
MeatEater: Season 10 Part 1 — NETFLIX SERIES
No One Gets Out Alive — NETFLIX FILM
Polly Pocket Season 3 Part 1
Sounds Like Love — NETFLIX FILM
September 30
Love 101: Season 2 — NETFLIX SERIES
Luna Park — NETFLIX SERIES
The Phantom
Coming Soon
Baki Hanma — NETFLIX ANIME
Bangkok Breaking — NETFLIX SERIES
Crime Stories: India Detectives — NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY
Kota Factory: Season 2 — NETFLIX SERIES
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Adam Bankhurst is a news writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @AdamBankhurst and on Twitch.
Even with Overwatch 2 on the way, new Overwatch content is hitting the game in the meantime. To that end, the game is receiving a brand-new map today titled Malevento, but not everyone playing Overwatch will be able to check it out yet.
Malevento is now available on the game’s PTR (Public Test Region) builds, which are available to PC players only. It should also be noted that players won’t be missing out on a new map for one of the game’s staple objective-based modes if they’re on console or don’t move over to the PTR build. Molevento is exclusively a free-for-all deathmatch map.
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While images of the map don’t offer the best look at what players can expect from it, a statement from Blizzard on the map alludes to a lot of verticality. “Discover the best corners for your Junkrat tires and the best rooftop views for your Widowmaker snipe shots,” reads the statement. Malevento is currently scheduled to leave PTR and move onto public builds of Overwatch on September 28.
The release of this map coincides with Blizzard revealing it will change the name of McCree. That’s due to the character being named after an ex-Blizzard staffer, Jesse McCree, who has been ousted from the company amid California’s ongoing lawsuit against Activision Blizzard.
Despite how little we’ve seen of Elden Ring, those familiar with From Software’s catalogue will have a good idea of what to expect. Surprising absolutely no one, Elden Ring is a dark fantasy action RPG set in an intricately constructed world. It delivers its narrative in fragmented pieces, leaving the player to make connections, fill in the gaps, and draw conclusions. Its gameplay marries the tension of venturing into the unknown with the joy of discovery and, most importantly, it emphasizes a sense of accomplishment that comes from conquering seemingly insurmountable challenges.
Elden Ring is the exact kind of game that From Software is known for creating, but it’s also an exciting evolution that takes the best of what came before and extrapolates it out onto a much grander scale, potentially realizing that open-world Soulsborne fantasy that many fans have been eager for.
In the video above, Tamoor Hussain discusses 7 new takeaways from a behind-closed-doors gameplay presentation that he attended at Gamescom 2021. Elden Ring will release on January 21 2022 for PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series S, Xbox Series X, and PC.
When Bungie launched the Beyond Light expansion for Destiny 2 in 2020, one of the major new additions to the game was the Darkness-powered Stasis subclass. Compared to the subclasses granted to Guardians by the Light, Stasis was more customizable and allowed for more flexibility, an idea that Bungie wants to continue in its next expansion The Witch Queen.
The studio confirmed that there will be no new darkness subclass in the expansion or throughout Year Five of Destiny 2, but the first Light subclass that will receive new abilities and mechanics will be the dark energy manipulating power of Void.
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Bungie says that its main goals are to preserve the existing power fantasies of Void, create new build-crafting possibilities through the combination of Aspects and Fragments, and set up a framework for the damage type to be integrated into the rest of the game.
Some of these changes will put Void on par with Stasis by allowing players to apply three negative status effects to enemies and three positive effects to themselves and the rest of their fireteam. For enemies, these effects include a Suppression status that prevents targets from activating abilities or shooting, a Weaken debuff that slows enemies down and makes them take increased damage, and a Volatile modifier that essentially turns an enemy into a walking Void energy bomb.
On the beneficial side, Void Guardians can cast an Overshield that reduces damage. They can also become invisible and use the Devour effect to regain health, grenade energy, and extend the effect. Bungie also detailed some of the new and updated abilities that players can try out with their preferred Guardian class when Void 3.0 is introduced.
Nightstalker Hunter
Nightstalker Hunter
Shadowshot will be enhanced with the Moebius Quiver, which allows players to fire two volleys of three Void Arrows in a cone that seek out enemies and spawn Void Anchors on impact. Once tethered, enemies will be Volatile and weakened, with the overall redesign goal being to make it easier to blanket an area with traps in preparation for a fight or put burst damage on a boss.
The Aspect for this subclass works with the Stylish Executioner finisher, which grants Invisibility and Truesight when an enemy under the Weakened, Suppressed, or Volatile status has been eliminated. After performing a Stylish Execution, the next melee attack while invisible will weaken enemies. Bungie says that these changes will create a twist on the Nightstalker’s current Flawless Execution perk, resulting in a class that specializes in defeating debuffed enemies to keep looping their invisibility.
Sentinel Titan
Sentinel Titan
For Sentinels, Bungie is looking to give this class more options when it comes to using their shield projectile. Shield Toss is being redesigned to emphasize aggressively pushing forward into groups of enemies, softening them up, and making players tougher. The Overwatch Aspect lets Titans cast a Void-empowered Barricade to gain a Void Overshield, which allies can also benefit from, which makes the Titan fulfill the role of a front-line protector for a team.
The empowered Barricade slowly regenerates the Void Overshield of allies bunkering behind it, while the Shield Toss projectile melee grants players a small chunk of Void Overshield for each enemy hit by it.
Voidwalker Warlock
Voidwalker Warlock
The Warlock’s Void subclass Aspect, Child of the Old Gods, is designed to be a strong debuff tool that gives Voidwalkers an additional way to lock down an area while keeping themselves in the fight for longer. Casting a Rift will summon a sentient black hole, which will launch itself at nearby targets. This black hole will start siphoning their energy and weakening them, refunding their life force back to you as either grenade (Healing Rift) or melee energy (Empowering Rift) depending on your chosen ability.
Defeating enemies who are being siphoned by the Child will refund some Rift energy. Pocket Singularity is being changed to push targets away when it detonates and makes them Volatile at the same time. Bungie says that this ability is being envisioned as an anti-dive tool and a way to push enemies out of cover, launching them into the air where they’ll be momentarily helpless.
Volition and Deep Silver have revealed new gameplay from Saints Row, and its shows that there’s still a little wild madness in the game, despite the more grounded nature of the reboot.
The new “Welcome to Santo Ileso” trailer, which you can watch below, is a seven-minute long introduction to the Saints Row reboot, with developer insights as well as a healthy showing of gameplay. While the overall vibe of the game appears to be closer to Watch Dogs 2, there’s definitely some of Saints Row’s more weird personality here. Enemies can be seen firing laser guns, and explosive helicopter battles and picking beef with huge, militarized international corporations is more akin to the Saints Row games of the past than the more serious-ish GTA games.
The city’s motto is also “Keep it strange”, which suggests that there will be weirdness, even if it’s not on the absurd levels of Saints Row 4 and its superpowers and alien invasions.
The trailer also offers a closer look at the main characters, as well as their adversaries. The Saints is a group of four friends headed up by The Boss, a customisable character controlled by the player. While The Boss has been shown to be a woman by default, the trailer does show a brief glimpse of character customisation options, and shows that a male protagonist can also be chosen, as well as a variety of body types.
The Boss is joined by Eli, an investor looking to make The Saints an enterprise rather than just a group of criminals. Nina is the group’s mechanic and getaway driver, and Kevin is a persistently shirtless wannabe chef. Volition emphasises that the group has “heart”, suggesting a sort of Fast & Furious family vibe for the reboot.
The Saints will butt heads with at least three different enemy factions, each of which has its own territory in Santo Ileso. Marshall is a huge international corporation that employs strategic assassins and high tech equipment – including laser weapons – and intends to secure areas and lock you down. Panteros, meanwhile, is a much more rough-and-ready gang that have bruiser-style troops and attack with melee and heavy weapons. The final group shown in the trailer are the Idols, a bunch of anarchists wearing deadmau5 style helmets that defeat their foes using overwhelming numbers and swarm tactics.
Wednesday, Tim Burton’s upcoming series reimagining The Addams Family, has just added 10 more actors to its ensemble cast, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The new actors come after the already impressive recent announcement that Catherine Zeta-Jones and Luis Guzman will be starring, respectively, as Morticia and Gomez Addams.
Via THR:
· Thora Birch (The Walking Dead) will play Tamara Novak. “Wednesday’s dorm mother and the only ‘Normie’ on staff at Nevermore Academy with a focus on all things botanical.”
· Riki Lindhome (Knives Out) will play Dr. Valerie Kinbott. “A local therapist in the sleepy town of Jericho who takes a particular interest in her newest patient Wednesday Addams.”
· Jamie McShane (Mank) will play Sheriff Donovan Galpin. “Born and bred in Jericho, this Sheriff has always had an issue with Nevermore Academy and a vendetta against former student Gomez Addams.”
· Hunter Doohan (Your Honor) will play Tyler Galpin. “A townie who strikes up an unlikely friendship with Wednesday Addams. Tyler has a troubled relationship with his father, the local sheriff.”
· Georgie Farmer (Treadstone) will play Ajax Petropolus. “A student at Nevermore Academy who also happens to be a Gorgon. Awkward and shy, Ajax is anxious about looking anyone in the eye.”
· Moosa Mostafa (Nativity Rocks!) will play Eugene Otinger. “One of Nevermore Academy’s quirkiest students and president of the school’s bee-keeping club.”
· Emma Myers (Girl in the Basement) will play Enid Sinclair. “She is Wednesday’s sunny and colorful Californian roommate at Nevermore Academy. Enid hails from a pack of San Francisco Werewolves.”
· Naomi J. Ogawa (Skylin3s) will play Yoko Tanaka. “A vampire with Harajuku-inspired Goth flair and one of the cool kids at Nevermore Academy.”
· Joy Sunday (Dear White People) will play Bianca Barclay. “One of Nevermore Academy’s most popular students, Bianca descends from a long line of Sirens with a mesmerizing power to persuade.”
· Percy Hynes White (The Gifted) will play Xavier Thorpe. “A charismatic and supernaturally artistic Nevermore Academy student, who comes from wealth thanks to his celebrity psychic father.”
Burton will serve as director and executive producer on the eight-episode series. Al Gough and Miles Millar (Smallville) will serve as showrunners and executive producers alongside Burton and Andrew Mittman for 1.21, Kevin Miserocchi, Kayla Alpert, Jonathan Glickman for Glickmania, and Gail Berman.
According to the official synopsis for Wednesday, “The series is a sleuthing, supernaturally infused mystery charting Wednesday Addams’ years as a student at Nevermore Academy. Wednesday’s attempts to master her emerging psychic ability, thwart a monstrous killing spree that has terrorized the local town, and solve the supernatural mystery that embroiled her parents 25 years ago–all while navigating her new and very tangled relationships at Nevermore.”
