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Celeste may be a super-challenging game, but the music is pleasing and serene. A new Celeste music album goes further still, transforming the tunes into lovely piano adaptations.

The Celeste Piano Collections is part of Materia Collective’s Piano Collections series, which sees performers adapt popular video game albums in piano fashion. For the Celeste album, Trevor Alan Gomes arranged and performed the new takes on Celeste’s music, which was originally written by Lena Raine. GameSpot is excited to be able to announce the album today and premiere a track, “Scattered And Lost,” which you can listen to in the video embed above.

“Lena has a way of brilliantly hyper-saturating the music with rhythmic ideas, counterpoint, and even multiple lead lines, so taking those full-to-the-brim tracks and transforming them into equally complete piano solos was my greatest challenge to date,” Gomes said in a statement.

“My favorite track on the album, ‘Confronting Myself,’ was a puzzle to arrange for solo piano. I wanted to somehow capture the ‘glitched’ sound, so I translated that sensation to time signature and harmonic changes. ‘Exhale’ was also a joy to arrange for the super talented violinist Michaela Nachtigall, aka ‘Otama-Mama.’ Having just one track with an additional instrument feels like the strawberry on top that completes the album and gives it a lovely roundness.”

Materia Collective is also launching the Celeste Piano Collections on vinyl, and the artwork is stunning. Click through the images in the gallery above to get a closer look.

Jett Galindo (Sony/The Bakery) did the mastering, while Rozen handled the layout and design. The illustrations were created by David Rene Christensen. There are 13 tracks in all, and you can see a listing of them below.

The Celeste Piano Collections album arrives on January 25. You can buy/stream it at all the places you’d expect, including Spotify, iTunes, and Bandcamp. On Bandcamp, you can choose from MP3, FLACC, and other high-quality formats. You can also order the album on vinyl through Bandcamp, where you can also get the album’s sheet music.

This is not the first time Celeste’s music has been remixed for a new album. Last year, a lullaby/jazz album for the game’s music was released.

Celeste Piano Collections

1. Prologue
2. First Steps
3. Resurrections
4. Awake
5. Scattered and Last
6. Madeline and Theo
7. Quiet and Falling
8. In the Mirror
9. Little Goth
10. Confronting Myself
11. Reach for the Summit
12. My Dearest Friend
13. Exhale

Capcom has announced a new mode coming to Resident Evil 2 after launch, which aims to add some longevity with repeatable missions and random elements. The “Ghost Survivors” mode will be free for all players, and it will be released in multiple volumes.

A post on ResetEra details the announcement from Capcom’s launch event stream. Ghost Survivors will release across three volumes. The first volume will include the mayor’s daughter Katherine and a USS member named Robert Kendo as playable characters. The mode is also said to include at least one new enemy type that doesn’t appear in the main campaign. To keep the mode fresh, it will introduce random elements and an in-game shop that lets you purchase upgrades based on good performance in the challenges.

The RE2 remake will also sport the bonus 4th Survivor and Tofu modes from the original, giving you a little more to do after you’ve completed the main campaign. 4th Survivor puts you into the shoes of special agent HUNK, while Tofu lets you explore the zombie-infested city as a big block of substitute soy meat.

If you need to catch up on Resident Evil before the game drops, check out our story recap to refresh yourself on the world of survival horror. Plus you can read up on our pre-order guide to check out the bonus items available, and why Akuma should make a guest appearance.

This year’s Oscar nominations have been announced. Roma and The Favourite leads the pack, with 10 nominations each, and there was also a strong showing from Black Panther, Bohemian Rhapsody, and BlacKkKlansman.

Best Picture nominees were Black Panther, BlacKkKlansman, Bohemian Rhapsody, The Favourite, Green Book, Roma, A Star Is Born, and Vice. Black Panther is the first superhero movie to be nominate for Best Picture.

Best Actress nods went to Yalitza Aparicio (Roma), Glenn Close (The Wife), Olivia Colman (The Favourite), Lady Gaga (A Star Is Born), and Melissa McCarthy (Can You Ever Forgive Me?). Best Actor nominees this year include Christian Bale (Vice), Bradley Cooper (A Star Is Born), Willem Dafoe (At Eternity’s Gate), Rami Malek (Bohemian Rhapsody), and Viggo Mortensen (Green Book).

You can see a rundown of categories and nominees below. You can also find a full breakdown off all the 2019 Oscar nominees at Variety. The 91st Academy Awards will take place on Sunday, February 24.

Best Picture

• Black Panther
• BlacKkKlansman
• Bohemian Rhapsody
• The Favourite
• Green Book
• Roma
• A Star Is Born
• Vice

Lead Actor

• Christian Bale, Vice
• Bradley Cooper, A Star Is Born
• Willem Dafoe, At Eternity’s Gate
• Rami Malek, Bohemian Rhapsody
• Viggo Mortensen, Green Book

Lead Actress

• Yalitza Aparicio, Roma
• Glenn Close, The Wife
• Olivia Colman, The Favourite
• Lady Gaga, A Star Is Born
• Melissa McCarthy, Can You Ever Forgive Me?

Supporting Actor

• Mahershala Ali, Green Book
• Adam Driver, BlacKkKlansman
• Sam Elliott, A Star Is Born
• Richard E. Grant, Can You Ever Forgive Me?
• Sam Rockwell, Vice

Supporting Actress

• Amy Adams, Vice
• Marina de Tavira, Roma
• Regina King, If Beale Street Could Talk
• Emma Stone, The Favourite
• Rachel Weisz, The Favourite

Director

• Spike Lee, BlacKkKlansman
• Pawel Pawlikowski, Cold War
• Yorgos Lanthimos, The Favourite
• Alfonso Cuarón, Roma
• Adam McKay, Vice

Animated Feature

• Incredibles 2, Brad Bird
• Isle of Dogs, Wes Anderson
• Mirai, Mamoru Hosoda
• Ralph Breaks the Internet, Rich Moore, Phil Johnston
• Spider-Man Into the Spider-Verse, Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman

Animated Short

• Animal Behaviour, Alison Snowden, David Fine
• Bao, Domee Shi
• Late Afternoon, Louise Bagnall
• One Small Step, Andrew Chesworth, Bobby Pontillas
• Weekends, Trevor Jimenez

Adapted Screenplay

• The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, Joel Coen , Ethan Coen
• BlacKkKlansman, Charlie Wachtel, David Rabinowitz, Kevin Willmott, Spike Lee
• Can You Ever Forgive Me?, Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty
• If Beale Street Could Talk, Barry Jenkins
• A Star Is Born, Eric Roth, Bradley Cooper, Will Fetters

Original Screenplay

• The Favourite, Deborah Davis, Tony McNamara
• First Reformed, Paul Schrader
• Green Book, Nick Vallelonga, Brian Currie, Peter Farrelly
• Roma, Alfonso Cuarón
• Vice, Adam McKay

Cinematography

• Cold War, Lukasz Zal
• The Favourite, Robbie Ryan
• Never Look Away, Caleb Deschanel
• Roma, Alfonso Cuarón
• A Star Is Born, Matthew Libatique

Best Documentary Feature

• Free Solo, Jimmy Chin, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
• Hale County This Morning, This Evening, RaMell Ross
• Minding the Gap, Bing Liu
• Of Fathers and Sons, Talal Derki
• RBG, Betsy West, Julie Cohen

Best Documentary Short Subject

• Black Sheep, Ed Perkins
• End Game, Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman
• Lifeboat, Skye Fitzgerald
• A Night at the Garden, Marshall Curry
• Period. End of Sentence., Rayka Zehtabchi

Best Live Action Short Film

• Detainment, Vincent Lambe
• Fauve, Jeremy Comte
• Marguerite, Marianne Farley
• Mother, Rodrigo Sorogoyen
• Skin, Guy Nattiv

Best Foreign Language Film

• Capernaum (Lebanon)
• Cold War (Poland)
• Never Look Away (Germany)
• Roma (Mexico)
• Shoplifters (Japan)

Film Editing

• BlacKkKlansman, Barry Alexander Brown
• Bohemian Rhapsody, John Ottman
• Green Book, Patrick J. Don Vito
• The Favourite, Yorgos Mavropsaridis
• Vice, Hank Corwin

Sound Editing

• Black Panther, Benjamin A. Burtt, Steve Boeddeker
• Bohemian Rhapsody, John Warhurst
• First Man, Ai-Ling Lee, Mildred Iatrou Morgan
• A Quiet Place, Ethan Van der Ryn, Erik Aadahl
• Roma, Sergio Diaz, Skip Lievsay

Sound Mixing

• Black Panther
• Bohemian Rhapsody
• First Man
• Roma
• A Star Is Born

Production Design

• Black Panther, Hannah Beachler
• First Man, Nathan Crowley, Kathy Lucas
• The Favourite, Fiona Crombie, Alice Felton
• Mary Poppins Returns, John Myhre, Gordon Sim
• Roma, Eugenio Caballero, Bárbara Enrı́quez

Original Score

• BlacKkKlansman, Terence Blanchard
• Black Panther, Ludwig Goransson
• If Beale Street Could Talk, Nicholas Britell
• Isle of Dogs, Alexandre Desplat
• Mary Poppins Returns, Marc Shaiman, Scott Wittman

Original Song

• All The Stars from Black Panther by Kendrick Lamar, SZA
• I’ll Fight from RBG by Diane Warren, Jennifer Hudson
• The Place Where Lost Things Go from Mary Poppins Returns by Marc Shaiman, Scott Wittman
• Shallow from A Star Is Born by Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando, Andrew Wyatt and Benjamin Rice
• When A Cowboy Trades His Spurs For Wings from The Ballad of Buster Scruggs by David Rawlings and Gillian Welch

Makeup and Hair

• Border
• Mary Queen of Scots
• Vice

Costume Design

• The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, Mary Zophres
• Black Panther, Ruth E. Carter
• The Favourite, Sandy Powell
• Mary Poppins Returns, Sandy Powell
• Mary Queen of Scots, Alexandra Byrne

Visual Effects

• Avengers Infinity War
• Christopher Robin
• First Man
• Ready Player One
• Solo A Star Wars Story

Studio MDHR released one of 2018’s best games in Cuphead, and there is an expansion coming in 2019, but what’ll the studio make after that? The outfit has yet to officially announce its next project, but now producer and artist Maja Moldenhauer has offered a cryptic tease.

She said in a new Red Bull video feature, “I’m just really loving what we do. And the ideas we have for the next game are pretty epic.” The entire feature is fantastic, and it offers a nice look behind the scenes of how Cuphead came to be and the studio culture surrounding it.

Back in June, Moldenhauer told Gamereactor that Studio MDHR’s next game will likely retain Cuphead’s hand-drawn, 2D-style, but “the genre, the era, [and] the gameplay” may change. Cuphead is known for being very difficult, but Moldenhauer acknowledged that Studio MDHR’s next title might be “different and refreshing” as it relates to difficulty.

Cuphead’s expansion, The Delicious Last Course, is set to arrive sometime in 2019. It introduces a new character, Ms. Chalice, as well as more weapons and bosses. You can watch the announcement trailer in the video embed above.

Studio MDHR apparently started work on Cuphead in 2013, and it wasn’t until a while later that Microsoft announced it would be involved as a publishing partner. Whether or not Microsoft continues its relationship with Studio MDHR going forward remains to be seen.

What would you like to see Studio MDHR make next? Let us know in the comments below!

If you’re having trouble waiting until Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge opens at Disneyland this summer to find out exactly what a Star Wars land will be like, this should be some very good news. Marvel is releasing a comic book based on the land that will be available in April, giving fans their first taste at the mythology behind Black Spire Outpost, the trading post located on the planet Batuu that serves as the setting of Galaxy’s Edge.

According to The Marvel.com, the five-issue miniseries will be set on the planet of Batuu and will introduce Dok-Ondar, a “collector of rare antiquities” that will appear in the theme park. The character was first mentioned in Solo: A Star Wars Story. According to Ethan Sacks, who’s writing the comic, readers will get to know the character quite a bit.

“There’s a reason Dok-Ondar’s name ripples far and wide in the Star Wars universe,” he told Marvel.com in an interview. “He’s a mysterious Ithorian who is the proprietor of the most notorious antiquities shop in the galaxy. And every item has a story behind it. Some more dangerous to listen to than others.”

To create the world of Batuu and keep the Black Spire Outpost as close as possible to what fans will be available to visit as possible, Sacks said he and illustrator Will Sliney were given plenty of concept art from the theme park expansion to make sure it’s accurate. “Armed with top-secret sketches and information from Walt Disney Imagineering and Lucasfilm, we are keeping this authentic to the spirit of this rich new setting,” he said.

The first issue of Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge will be released in April. Galaxy’s Edge is expected to open at the Disneyland Resort in the summer, with Walt Disney World’s version following in the fall.