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Indiana Jones Director Boycotts Making Movies In Georgia After Recent Voter Law Changes

Prominent director James Mangold–who directed Logan, Ford v Ferrari, and Walk The Line and is attached to direct the new Indiana Jones movie–has said he won’t make a movie in the state of Georgia due to a recent law that makes changes to voting rules.

Mangold said succinctly on Twitter, “I will not direct a film in Georgia.”

Georgia is one of the US east coast’s movie-making hubs, with numerous Marvel and DC projects filming there such as The Avengers, Spider-Man, Guardians of the Galaxy, and The Suicide Squad projects.

The new bill, which was signed into law late last week, makes changes to voter ID requirements and more. Democratic state senator Jen Jordan said of the bill, “It’s like the Christmas tree of goodies for voter suppression.”

Mangold responded to numerous people on Twitter who followed up and challenged him on his statement. You can see some of his responses below. Screenwriter Amy Holden Jones, who wrote Mystic Pizza, said Atlanta–which is where many of the big Hollywood productions film–is the “blue heart of the state.” Eliminating movie production in Georgia would harm Democratic voters, Jones said.

Star Wars actor Mark Hamill also weighed in on the matter, saying he agrees with Mangold about wanting to stop filming in Georgia. “No More Filming In Georgia,” he wrote as a hashtag.

Mangold’s next project is the new Indiana Jones movie starring Harrison Ford. Series director Steven Spielberg was originally scheduled to direct the film but Mangold stepped in after Spielberg parted ways with the film.

Crash Bandicoot 4 Requires An Always-Online Connection On PC

Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time launched on PC last week, but as players found out when accessing the game through the Battle.net launcher, an always-online connection is required.

Ordinarily, this wouldn’t be too much of an issue as almost every game available on Battle.net requires being permanently tethered to the internet, but frequent login errors that forces the game to close during the middle of a challenging level have left players feeling frustrated.

Crash Bandicoot 4 is an entirely local game as well, with its only online component being multiplayer leaderboards. As Eurogamer originally reported as well, the game might not even remain playable on PC should Activision decide to shut down its servers.

As Activision stated on the game’s Battle.net product page: “Activision makes no guarantee regarding the availability of online features and may modify or discontinue those at its discretion without notice.”

The news has naturally not been well-received by fans, with one ResetEra thread even pointing out that with Crash Bandicoot 4’s anti-piracy DRM and online countermeasures having been cracked, “pirates get to have a much better experience than customers.”

On mobile platforms Crash Bandicoot: On the Run has seen a more positive launch so far. So far the game has managed more than 8.1 million downloads through both iOS and Android storefronts since its launch last week. If you’re still looking to try out Crash Bandicoot 4 and you have the option to purchase it on a console instead of PC, now’s a good time to experience the game with next-gen features.

The PS5 and Series X|S versions were recently upgraded with 4K and 60fps and faster load times, and If you already own it on PS4 or Xbox One, the upgrade is free within the same console family. Save data will transfer over as well.

“Even more so than playing the N.Sane Trilogy, which literally remade the original Crash games from my youth, playing Crash 4 felt like getting back in touch with the series,” Mike Epstein wrote in GameSpot’s Crash Bandicoot 4 review. “It’s an injection of new ideas into now-classic gameplay that surprises and delights, even as it feels like a homecoming. Truly, games like this are why we come running back to long-dormant franchises with open arms.”

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Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2 Arriving in Winter 2022

While some thought that Attack on Titan’s fourth and final season was going to end with its 75th episode, MAPPA has revealed that there will be a Part 2 in “Winter 2022.”

This second part of season four was teased following the end of the 16th episode of the season with a short video that hints of what’s to come.

Attack on Titan Final Season Part 1 began airing in in late December 2020, so this second part could follow a similar release schedule.

As reported by ScreenRant, Attack on Titan still has 23 chapters of the manga left to adapt. The first part of the season adapted 26 chapters to its 16 episodes, meaning fans could reasonably expect a season of similar length.

Fans had been questioning this final season for quite some time, as they thought there was no way it could cover the rest of the manga in its 16 episodes. There were rumors that a movie may have been in the works to tell the rest of the story, but it appears these final episodes will do so.

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Attack on Titan Final Season has been airing in Japan and internationally via streaming services like Crunchyroll and Funimation. The English-dubbed release of Attack on Titan in the US has also been airing on Adult Swim’s late night Toonami programming block, although it is delayed by a few weeks.

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Daily Deals: GameStop Game Sale, Oculus Quest 2 Promotion, Outriders Preorder & More

This Sunday features a ton of game sales thanks to GameStop having a store wide sale. Dozens of titles are discounted, including some great Nintendo Switch ones, plus many more. Outriders also comes out soon, so if you’re keen to play it, make sure to grab your copy early so that it arrives on time. Lastly, the Oculus Quest 2 is still part of a Newegg promotion that will see you receiving a handy Newegg Gift Card for your Oculus Quest 2 purchase.

AtGames Legends Ultimate Home Arcade for $499 Shipped

The AtGames Legends Ultimate Home Arcade normally can only be purchased at Sam’s Club. That means you’d need a membership or pay the 10% surcharge fee. Shipping isn’t usually included, either. Now you can get it at Walmart for the same price, with no membership, and with free shipping. This is a full-sized cabinet that’s much more robust than your typical Arcade1Up cabinet. It features a generously sized high-definition 24″ LCD monitor and two player setup (each player gets a joystick, six action buttons, and a spinner). There’s also a trackball for precision gameplay like in Centipede. Speaking of which, the biggest draw are the 300 licensed arcade and console games that are preinstalled. That includes classics like Missile Command, Asteroid, Space Invaders, Burger Time, Fix It Felix, and much much more. If you have the technical know-how, you can also add in your own games with a USB flash drive. If you want our hands on impression, check out our IGN review for this arcade cabinet.

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Rocket League Season 3 Release Date Announced

Rocket League Season 3 is set to begin on April 7, 2021 and will feature both NASCAR and Formula 1 bundles.

Psyonix released a new trailer that gives a glimpse of the new season and the cars featured in the NASCAR and F1 bundles, which are set to be available in early May and mid-May, respectively.

Alongside these new cars celebrating NASCAR and Formula 1, the Rocket League team is also adding a “speed demon” of its own in the Tyranno. This new “master of dash with a Dominus hitbox” is part of the Season 3 Rocket Pass, which will get a full reveal next week.

Season 3 will also see a newly redesigned DFH Stadium (Circuit), which has been “outfitted with a track and all the pageantry found trackside during a championship Sunday.” This arena will be added to the Casual and Competitive Playlists, Private Matches, and Freeplay at the start of Season 3.

This news follows Psyonix’s reveal of Rocket League Sideswipe, a new standalone game for mobile that allows players to compete in two-minute 1v1 or 2v2 matches using touchscreen controls that will “be familiar to veteran players; while being intuitive for newcomers.”

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For more on Rocket League, check out the new visual options the game added to Neon Fields after reports of seizures, and how achieving 120 FPS is a “minor patch” on Xbox Series X/S, but a “full native port” on PS5.

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