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Death Stranding is built around the idea that everyone is connected in some sort of way, not just thematically, but in its core gameplay, too. It’s the premise that drives its multiplayer component, which is far from what we’d traditionally expect multiplayer to be. In the video above, we explain exactly how multiplayer works in Death Stranding.

It borrows elements of asynchronous multiplayer components from the Soulsborne games where other players who enable online features can leave behind things for you to find in your own game. But Death Stranding takes that idea and runs with it, hence the Social Strand system. You can build ladders, structures, and generators to leave behind for other players, and they can do the same for you–oftentimes, these are lifelines for surviving in the game itself. With traversal at the heart of Death Standing, bridges to cross rivers or ropes to scale hills will make your life easier and perhaps save you in critical situations.

Multiplayer in Death Stranding is certainly unique and it puts these connections at the forefront of the game. So, if you plan on jumping into the game or have started and are still wondering about how the system works, watch our video above. If you want to know more about how the game is as a whole, be sure to read our full Death Stranding review.

Paranormal Activity, the massive film series that spooked audiences between 2007 and 2015, is coming back for more. A release date has been set for a new film in the franchise, which has thus far brought in $890.4 million worldwide despite every film in the series being made on a tiny budget.

Deadline is reporting that the next Paranormal Activity has been set on Paramount’s schedule. The film will release on March 21, 2021–the same day as the next Tomb Raider movie, directed by Ben Wheatley.

Few other details are known at this point. The film does not have a director or cast yet, and may not actually be called Paranormal Activity 7–the series dropped numbers from their titles after Paranormal Activity 4. It will be produced by Blumhouse (Get Out, The Purge, Halloween).

The most recent film in the series, Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension, was a huge critical flop and performed worse than any of its predecessors, but still grossed $78.9 million worldwide on a $10 million budget. Earlier entries in the series, especially the first three films, were well-received by both critics and audiences.

Paranormal Activity seems to be following a similar trajectory to the Saw franchise, which ruled the Halloween box office from 2004-2010 (albeit with diminishing returns), before returning to cinemas with Jigsaw in 2017. The next film in the series, The Organ Donor, was developed by Chris Rock and is due to release on May 15, 2020.

The most recent Paranormal Activity branded experience was a VR game, Paranormal Activity: The Lost Soul, released for PC and PS4 in 2017.

Despite the critical and commercial success of Spider-Man: Far From Home, for a while Spidey’s future in the Marvel Cinematic Universe was uncertain. Although discussions seemed amicable between Marvel Studios and Sony, the plan was originally for Spider-Man to revert back to being entirely under Sony’s control, which would have removed Tom Holland’s version of the character from the established MCU. Thankfully, a deal was eventually struck, and Spider-Man will return for a third standalone movie (and Tom Holland’s sixth overall in the universe) on July 16, 2021.

During all of this, the stars of the films spoke out about what was going on: Tom Holland said that the movies going forward would be very different, while Jeremy Renner (who plays Hawkeye) asked for Spider-Man to return. Now another star from the MCU has spoken out about the debacle in amusing fashion.

Ben Mendelsohn, the Australian actor who plays Talos in Captain Marvel (and has a cameo in Spider-Man: Far From Home), spoke with candor about the whole deal with UK site Metro. “I think what happens in these things is, most of the time, cooler heads prevail,” Mendelsohn said. “Sometimes we end up in a situation which feels like it’s going to be the lead up to World War I.” The actor didn’t mince words when talking about how important Spidey is to Marvel. “But s*** man. You can’t lose Spider-Man from the Marvel universe. He’s one of their absolute motherf***ing pornstars. Boy, I could name 30 that you could quite comfortably lose before you start thinking about losing Spider-Man.”

The actor went on to say that he “cannot think of a single character who’s more important to Marvel than Spider-Man,” saying that losing him “would have been a disaster.” He’s clearly a fan.

Ben Mendelsohn can currently be seen in The King on Netflix alongside Timothée Chalamet, Joel Edgerton, and Robert Pattinson.