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Obsidian is preparing the second DLC expansion for The Outer Worlds, Murder on Eridanos, and it’s closer than you might expect. As part of Take-Two’s earnings report, the company noted that it expects the DLC to launch in this fiscal year, which ends March 31.

The company didn’t give further details on when to expect the DLC, or any more gameplay details. But with less than two months remaining before release, we should expect to hear more about it sometime soon. The same financial statement also notes that we’ll see the Switch version of the DLC coming sometime this calendar year.

Murder on Eridanos is the second half of the two-part expansion pass that also includes the already-released Peril on Gorgon. Given the name, it sounds as if you’ll be a gumshoe investigating a murder, which would be fitting for Outer Worlds’ classic pulp style.

Peril on Gorgon raised the level cap to 33 and added new perks, flaws, science weapons, and armor sets. It also added a new environment, the Gorgon asteroid. You needed to have finished Radio Free Monarch to even begin the new quest, but Obsidian recommended you start with your character around level 25. Murder on Eridanos may raise the level cap even further.

Peril on Gorgon cost $15 as a standalone purchase or $25 with the expansion pass, so we can probably expect the same price for Murder on Eridanos. The Outer Worlds is included with an Xbox Game Pass subscription, but the DLC is sold separately. Game Pass subscribers get a small discount on DLC, bringing standalone DLC down to $13.50 and the expansion pass to $22.50.

Actor Viggo Mortensen revealed that he turned down the role of the X-Men’s Wolverine thanks in part to his son Henry.

On an episode of the Happy Sad Confused podcast (via MovieWeb), Mortensen detailed how an early meeting with 20th Century Fox and director Bryan Singer colored his thoughts on potentially being locked into a superhero role for years to come. Besides his own personal misgivings, Mortensen’s young son Henry, a fan of the X-Men, noted how different Singer’s incarnation of the superhero group looked.

“The thing that bothered me at the time was just the commitment of endless movies of that same character over and over,” Mortensen said. “I was nervous about that. And also there were some things… I mean they straightened most of them out, but I did take Henry to the meeting I had with the director as my sort of good luck charm and guide. In the back of my mind, I was thinking he could learn something, too, because I did let Henry read the script and he goes ‘This is wrong, that’s not how it is.'”

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Singer eventually asked Henry if he was familiar with Wolverine, Mortensen said.

“And he goes ‘yeah, but he doesn’t look like this,’ And all of a sudden the director is falling all over himself and then the rest of the meeting was him explaining in detail to Henry why he was taking certain liberties,” Mortensen said. “We walked out of there, and Henry asks if he will change the things he told him about, and I say I don’t think so. I’m not going to do it anyway, because I’m not sure I want to be doing this for years, and then a couple of years later I’m doing three Lord Of The Rings [films] so who knows.”

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While three Lord of the Rings movies is quite the project, it ended up being far less of an ask than what Wolverine actor Hugh Jackman got over the course of seven (technically eight) X-Men movies, most of which focused on Wolverine as the central lead. It’s well-known that Jackman wasn’t the first choice to play Wolverine, but call it a happy accident, considering Jackman is easily the most lauded and popular part of the X-Men film franchise.

Mortensen even turned down a role in the Hobbit trilogy prior to that franchise’s filming way back in 2008. The actor is definitely the type to be careful with his role selection, typically appearing in only one to two movies per year. His most recent major appearance in 2019’s Green Book (alongside Mahershala Ali) earned him an Oscar Award nomination for best actor. He most recently made his directorial debut for 2020’s Falling, starring Mortensen as a gay man caring for his dementia-ridden homophobic father.

Now that Disney owns 20th Century Fox, the future of the X-Men franchise has been a popular question considering the MCU made it all the way to Avengers: Endgame with nary a mutant. You can read our thoughts on what WandaVision latest twists and turns might mean for the future of the MCU.

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Joseph Knoop is a writer/producer/strider for IGN.

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Halloween and Freaky Friday star Jamie Lee Curtis has joined the Borderlands movie, becoming just the latest huge name to board the film.

She will play the archaeologist and NPC Patricia Tannis, according to multiple media reports. Curtis joins Oscar-winner Cate Blanchett (Lilith) and Kevin Hart (Roland). There is some A-list talent behind the camera, too, as the script is being written by Craig Mazin (HBO’s Chernobyl), while horror movie director and actor Eli Roth is set to direct the movie.

“Working with the iconic Jamie Lee Curtis has been a life long dream of mine, and I am so excited for her to bring her humor, warmth, and brilliance to the role of Tannis,” Roth said in a statement to Collider.

The Borderlands movie is being produced by Hunger Games studio Lionsgate, whose president, Nathan Kahane, explained that the movie has attracted so many talented people because of its “incredible script” and Roth’s vision for Pandora.

“Jamie is unique in that her characters have depth and gravitas, but are also always hugely entertaining–she commands the screen,” Kahane said.

This is just the latest video game project for Mazin, who is also working with Naughty Dog’s Neil Druckmann on HBO’s The Last of Us TV series. Before these projects, Mazin was known for writing the Hangover and Scary Movie sequels.

Cameras are expected to start rolling on the Borderlands movie soon in Budapest.

The Borderlands series was in the news recently because developer Gearbox was acquired by a Swedish company in a $1.3 billion sale. Going forward, 2K Games will continue to publish Borderlands games.

Destiny 2 is seeing a bunch of changes to loot and bounties with its new content season, the Season of the Chosen. One of those changes is the end of Crucible tokens, a currency you earn when playing in Destiny 2’s competitive arena against other players. Today, February 8, is the last day before the launch of the new season, so if you’re sitting on Crucible tokens, you should turn them in now.

A bunch of Destiny activities dish out tokens, which you can spend with the appropriate vendors in the Tower and elsewhere to increase “reputation” with them. Every time your reputation rises enough, you get a loot drop from the vendor, which can sometimes include weapons and armor specific to that activity. For a lot of players, though, vendor items aren’t really all that useful. Vendor drops won’t help you increase your character’s overall Power level and the stats on armor are usually pretty low–so apart from searching for good perk rolls on new weapons, vendor drops are easy to ignore.

But at the start of the Season of the Chosen, Lord Shaxx stops accepting Crucible tokens in the Tower. And there is an upshot to spending those tokens. Even though you might not need or want the loot they supply, breaking down the weapons and armor you get earns you Glimmer, upgrade materials, and weapons parts.

So if you’re sitting on a lot of Crucible tokens, it’s worth spending a little time cashing them out. After all, you earned them by playing, and you can never have too many upgrade materials in Destiny 2.

If you’re looking for a little extra speed in your favorite battle royale, we’ve got some good news for you. It looks like the Flash is coming to Fortnite very soon. Fortnite has featured skins based on popular comic book characters for a long time now, with both Marvel and DC getting their share of love from developer Epic Games.

It’s not clear when this Flash skin will come to Fortnite, but the above leak suggests that the Flash will get a Cup similar to the other notable comic book skins that have come to the game over the years. Back in Season 4, players who participated in the special Marvel Series cups were able to win the characters’ costumes before they were sold in the Item Store. Heroes and villains like Black Cat, Daredevil, and Venom all got their own Cups.

A new Reality Log video shared on Fortnite’s Twitter account also references a “really, really” fast target, which could be a Flash reference.

Some have pointed to the upcoming release of Zach Snyder’s director’s cut of the 2017 Justice League movie (also known as the Snyder Cut) on March 18 as a possible date for the release of the Flash skin. However, it’s also possible that DC-themed cups will serve as a lead-up to the release of the Snyder Cut, and the Flash is only one of many character skins that will be revealed.

In other Fortnite news, the game’s Valentine’s Day-themed Hearts Wild event is now live. If you need assistance with these week’s challenges, check out our Season 5, Week 10 challenge guide. Fortnite developer Epic Games announced that it currently has no plans to go public with an IPO.