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In the wake of Twitch DMCA takedowns, DragonForce has announced that its last three albums are available for all content creators on the streaming platform to use.

Earlier this month, a number of Twitch streamers were faced with unexpected DMCA notices on their content. The streaming platform took to Twitter to advise content creators to take down clips containing background music from 2017 to 2019 while it worked on dealing with the sudden influx of requests from copyright holders on its end.

The DMCA takedown notices issued to various content creators were not the result of Twitch changing any existing fair-use politics, but the result of existing DMCA laws being enforced against the platform in a visible way for the first time.

Since then, Dragonforce has confirmed that its last three albums–Extreme Power Metal (2019), Maximum Overload (2014), and Reaching Into Infinity (2017)–are now available for streamers to use on Twitch. Lead guitarist Herman Li announced during the GCX charity stream that tracks from those albums would be able to be played DMCA-free, and that creators could play those tracks “without having anything to worry about.”

It looks like the DMCA restrictions are being enforced not only against past clips and videos on Twitch, but also on livestreams. Music streamers, in particular, are concerned about the penalties being handed out and are seeking solutions to the issues that Twitch poses when its service intersects with legal licensing requirements.

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Actor Robert Pattinson has shared his diet and exercise program for The Batman, and it sounds pretty tough. In the latest issue of Healthy For Men (via IGN), Pattinson reveals what he did to get jacked and fit for what might be one of his biggest roles to date, and it involves drinking less booze and working out more.

To get abs, Pattinson did circuits of bicycle crunches, dumbbell side bends, double crunches, and a superman–he did three sets of 25 repetitions per move.

For cardio, Pattinson ran 5-10 km three to four times per week. And for his general strength, Pattinson performed army-style heavy sandbag routines on the beach and boxing. Pattinson also took long walks to not only burn calories and limber up, but also to get his mind in a better place.

In terms of his diet, Pattinson said he cut down on alcohol and ate less processed meat and fried foods.

Pattinson told the magazine about his strength and conditioning preparation for The Batman, “It’s all about pushing boundaries and building up to a point where you know you can do justice to the physicality required. He also specifically mentioned Chris Hemsworth, The Rock, Robert Downey Jr., and Chris Evans as the “true warriors of the superhero genre,” adding that he spoke to some of them ahead of his performance as The Batman.

Pattinson wasn’t always too interested in diet and exercise. He said in a 2013 interview with Australia’s Sunday Style, “Body dysmorphia, overall tremendous anxiety. I suppose it’s because of these tremendous insecurities that I never found a way to become egotistical. I don’t have a six-pack and I hate going to the gym. I’ve been like that my whole life. I never want to take my shirt off. I’d prefer to get drunk.”

In a wild interview with GQ, Pattinson said he wasn’t exercising at all for The Batman, but according to director Christopher Nolan, the actor might have just been trolling everyone.

Production on The Batman is currently paused due to the COVID-19 outbreak. The film has been given the greenlight to begin production again in the UK, but cameras have not started rolling yet.

Pattison will star in the upcoming Batman movie as Bruce Wayne/the Dark Knight. He’ll be joined by John Turturro as crime boss Carmine Falcone, Andy Serkis is Alfred, Zoe Kravitz as Selina Kyle AKA Catwoman, Paul Dano as Eddie Nygma AKA The Riddler, and Jeffery Wright as Commissioner Gordon.

While leaked photos from the set tend to pop up here and there, director Matt Reeves revealed photos of Pattinson in the Batman costume and the Batmobile, which looks like a classic American muscle car, and that’s pretty rad.

The Batman will come to theaters on October 1, 2021.

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio stop-motion film, which was announced back in 2018, is making progress, with a major casting decision having come to light. In a video interview with Ace Universe, actor Ewan McGregor (Obi-Wan in the Star Wars prequels) announced that he’s playing Jiminy Cricket in the upcoming film, and that recording had started before the COVID-19 pandemic.

In the interview, which was picked up on by Entertainment Weekly, McGregor says that he recorded some lines “before (he) left for New York,” and that since the film is stop-motion he expects that it is some time away from being finished yet. “But my first part of that, which is recording his dialogue, is sort of done,” he said.

However, he hints that there “may or may not be a song that needs to be recorded,” likely hinting at the iconic “When You Wish Upon A Star” from the 1940 Disney film. In the original, the song was sung by Cliff Edwards, the voice of the animated Jiminy Cricket.

McGregor is also set to star in the upcoming Disney+ Obi-Wan series, which will shoot in 2021. It will use some of the same tech as The Mandalorian.

If you’d like to check out more from del Toro, here’s our ranking of his filmography.

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Jurassic World: Dominion is among the first major studio movies to resume production after shutting down due to the COVID-19 outbreak. Filming is set to begin again soon at Pinewood Studios in the UK, and now star Bryce Dallas Howard has spoken about returning to work amid the global pandemic.

“There’s been a lot of communication,” Howard said on the Entertainment Weekly Live Sirius XM show. “They are going above and beyond. We would never go back to work if we didn’t feel safe. And, you know, we’re taking it a day at a time and I’m very grateful to have a job.”

Howard went on to say that she has been speaking daily with the rest of the cast and crew about it to make sure they are staying safe and healthy. She said she’s been asking the key stakeholders, “How are we going to do this safely, and not making compromises that could undermine someone’s health and well-being.”

Filming on Jurassic World: Dominion will begin again at Pinewood on July 6.

Deadline reported that Jurassic World studio Universal is working with the British Film Commission and unions from the United States on safety measures. Universal is said to be spending about $5 million on these protocols, and this includes “thousands” of coronavirus tests for the rest of filming. Each member of the cast and crew will be tested multiple times, while everyone on the crew will wear masks at all times during filming.

Head to Deadline to see a full rundown of the safety measures.

In addition to Howard, Jurassic World: Dominion brings back Chris Pratt, while Sam Neill, Laura Dern, BD Wong, and Jeff Goldblum are set to reprise their roles from the earlier movies.

Colin Trevorrow, who directed 2015’s Jurassic World, is coming back to direct Dominion. J.A. Bayona directed Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, and now he’s directing the Lord of the Rings TV show.

Chapter 2, Season 3 has officially begun in Fortnite, implementing several changes–some quite noticeable and others less so. Called Splashdown, the new season is water-themed and gives Fortnite an aquatic makeover.

In the video above, Jordan Ramée details the six major changes that are a part of Fortnite Chapter 2, Season 3. The most noticeable change is the new map–Fortnite’s battlefield has been completely flooded. To navigate between the landmarks, you’ll primarily need to take to the air or the sea in order to get around, and it’s via the latter method where you’ll encounter Season 3’s other major change: loot sharks. Yup, murderous loot sharks.

Like every new season, Splashdown adds a new battle pass to work through, challenges to complete, and cosmetics to unlock. Splashdown adds two new weapons too–one of which, the hunting rifle, is a beloved older weapon that’s been freed from its time in the vault. All this and more are detailed in the video above.

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Microsoft has posted what appears to be the Xbox Series X’s boot-up sound. If it sounds familiar, that’s because it’s the same startup sound that was featured in an Xbox video from May.

Microsoft shared the new Xbox sound using Twitter’s new voice notes feature. It’s a calming noise, and it’s quite different–and much longer–than the regular Xbox One’s boot-up sound. In a follow-up tweet, the Xbox account said of the startup sound, “It’s like a choir of gaming angels singing in your ears.”

The Xbox Series X is scheduled for release this holiday. There are a number of key particulars about the console still to be unveiled, perhaps the biggest of which is its price. Here at GameSpot, we predicted what we think the console will cost, but Microsoft has yet to make an official announcement.

The Xbox Series X may be joined by a second next-generation Xbox this year. A less powerful, disc-free version reportedly codenamed Lockhart is also said to be on the way.

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It appears one of EA’s announcements from this week’s EA Play Live has leaked ahead of time. EA is now inviting people to join a beta test program for EA Sports UFC 4, the next instalment in its UFC series that has not been officially announced yet.

You can register here for the closed beta. Those accepted into the program will be sent a code with download instructions to their email.

Sports writer Brian Mazique said in Fight Guys video that EA Sports UFC will be released on PS4 and Xbox One, as well as PS5 and Xbox Series X. Mazique also said that boxers Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua will appear in the game. It wouldn’t be the first instance of a boxer appearing in the MMA series, as the legendary Mike Tyson was in 2018’s EA Sports UFC 3.

EA Sports UFC 4 was originally leaked through the PlayStation database earlier in June. Before that, UFC commentator Jon Anik let slip that EA Sports UFC 4 was in the works, so it’s seemingly just a matter of time before EA officially announces it. EA’s E3 show, EA Play Live 2020, is scheduled for June 18, so we may know more very soon.

EA confirmed back in 2019 that it was reviving at least one of its dormant sports game franchises, and now all the signs are pointing to UFC.

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Xbox Series X is due out before the end of 2020, and information about it continues to trickle in ahead of the deluge expected with the upcoming July showcase. Now, we’ve found out a little more about the system’s exterior–more specifically, that it won’t have a big ugly sticker on the front of it.

This news comes via a brief exchange between games/tech journalist Jez Corden and Xbox CEO Phil Spencer, in which Corden stated that a streamer, Robeytech, had confirmed that the Xbox Series X will feature a big safety sticker on the front that would explain HDMI usage and risks.

Spencer corrected him very simply and directly, writing “Oh no it won’t!” You can see the exchange below.

So there you have it–there’s no HDMI sticker on the Xbox Series X for you to awkwardly peel off on day one.

If you’re still weighing up which console to jump into the next generation with, here’s our comparison of the Series X and PS5, which we’ll continue to update as new information comes to light.

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