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Similar to Hellboy star Selma Blair and Blade Runner 2049 star Dave Bautista, Bobcat Goldthwait has come to defend and protest the firing of James Gunn. In a photo he posted on his Instagram account, Goldthwait asks Disney to remove his voice from an attraction coming to their park and says Gunn is a loyal friend.

The attraction is called World of Color: Villainous and will see Goldthwait reprise his role of Pain from the 1997 Disney movie Hercules. In the post, Goldthwait admits he “made a lot of sarcastically shocking and offensive jokes” years ago that he’s embarrassed about now. He goes on to say he doesn’t want to make Disney “look bad,” especially considering he’s “openly critical of the president and his administration.” Toward the end of his post, Goldthwait encourages Disney to “check out some of [James Woods’] whacky past tweets” because “they’re a hoot!”

James Woods voiced Hades in Hercules, and Goldthwait’s Instagram post seems to confirm that “Woods may have recorded a voice for this new attraction, too.” Goldthwait doesn’t explicitly say what role Woods allegedly recorded his voice for.

On Friday, James Gunn was fired by Disney for tweets between 2008 and approximately 2011. Gunn responded in a series of tweets, saying, “In the past, I have apologized for humor of mine that hurt people. I truly felt sorry and meant every word of my apologies.”

Acclaimed director James Gunn was recently fired from the Guardians of the Galaxy project because of some old tweets that resurfaced where he discussed some very explicit topics.

In recent days, it has seemed like just about everyone has an opinion about it one way or the other, and Hollywood stars are no exception. Many people who have worked with Gunn, including Dave Bautista (Guardians of the Galaxy) and Selma Blair (Hellboy) have come out in defense of him, but one of the most notable reactions has been Michael Rooker’s departure from Twitter.

Rooker, who played Yondu in the Guardians franchise, posted a message before deleting his Twitter account which said in part, “Twitter sucks and I want nothing to do with it.” Rooker has worked with Gunn on several projects throughout the years and seems to be blaming Twitter for the scandal.

Gunn’s firing was a controversial decision on Disney’s part because even though the tweets were graphic and many would say, over the line, they were posted years ago, before Guardians of the Galaxy was even a thing, and Gunn hasn’t posted anything so outlandish since. Gunn apologized for the tweets, saying that he’s grown as a person since then, but the fact remains that he regularly referenced topics like pedophilia and rape in his tweets.

It’s pretty clear what side Michael Rooker has taken in this issue, and it looks like Instagram is the best place to find the star in the social media realm from now on.

James Gunn isn’t alone, though. Dan Harmon of Rick And Morty and Community is the most recent Hollywood boss to garner controversy from old content. It seems like a pattern is developing here.

Red Dead Redemption 2 is expected to be a very big game with lots to see, do, and explore. So it may be good news for some to learn that there will be an official guide book for the game that developer Rockstar says is “packed with information about every aspect ” of the title. The guide will be published by Piggyback, which is the company that previously made guidebooks for games like The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Metal Gear Solid V, and various Assassin’s Creed games.

There are two versions of the Red Dead Redemption 2 official guide that you can purchase: the Standard Edition ($25) and the Collector’s Edition ($45). Both contain “essential information” about every single mission, character, and feature of the game. The Collector’s edition, meanwhile, comes with “superior quality paper” and a character art gallery not included with the Standard version.

Both arrive alongside the game on October 26. You can pre-order now through Rockstar’s own website, and presumably other stores will take orders later on. The guides are available in English, French, Italian, German, and Spanish.

Red Dead Redemption 2 is coming to PlayStation 4 and Xbox One (and maybe PC), and there will be a few different versions to choose from.

A prequel to 2010’s Red Dead Redemption, the new game follows the story of outlaw Arthur Morgan. In addition to the campaign, there will be some kind of online mode that is expected to feature PlayStation-exclusive content and microtransactions.

A new update is on the way soon for Fortnite: Battle Royale. Coinciding with the game’s first anniversary, Epic is rolling out the v5.10 patch on all platforms–PS4, Xbox One, PC, Nintendo Switch, and iOS–tomorrow, July 24, which will kick off a special, limited-time birthday event and introduce other new content to the battle royale game.

As usual, the v5.10 update will be preceded by a period of server maintenance, during which time the game will temporarily be taken offline. Epic hasn’t revealed how long the maintenance will last, but it is scheduled to begin early in the day at 1 AM PT / 4 AM ET / 9 AM BST.

Full patch notes for the v5.10 update will be shared once the maintenance period begins, but among the changes coming to Fortnite: Battle Royale is a buff for the Slurp Juice. As Epic detailed on Reddit, the Slurp Juice will now provide 75 points and prioritize HP. If your HP is full when the item is consumed, then the points will go toward your Shield.

Fortnite’s in-game New Updates section also hints that a new weapon, the Compact SMG, is also on the way this week. The update doesn’t provide very much information about the upcoming gun, but the accompany description calls it an “Epic and Legendary rarity SMG that excels at close quarters combat.”

Fortnite’s v5.10 update also marks the start of the aforementioned birthday event. For a limited time, all Fortnite players will be able to take on a set of special quests to unlock birthday-themed cosmetics and an XP bonus. According to the game’s official website, there will be three different quests to complete, each of which offers a different reward. Players who manage to complete all three of the quests before the event ends on August 7 will receive a Birthday Cake Back Bling.

A new update is live for Rainbow Six Siege on PC, primarily focusing on balancing changes and bug fixes. The update is coming to Xbox One and PS4 on July 24. Called Patch 2.2, the update makes several gameplay changes.

The first change affects how players deploy drones. Instead of immediately pulling into the drone camera’s view upon deployment, players will have the choice between Standard and Advanced views. For Standard, the player’s view changes to that of the drone upon deployment. For Advanced, the player’s view remains with their Operator after throwing out a drone, and drone view will have to be manually switched to.

Players also can now choose their preference for how they rotate through their team’s Observation Tools. For Defenders, there are groups of Observation Tools, divided between the main collection of cameras and the groups of specialized cameras assigned to specific Operators, like Valkyrie. Before, Defenders rotated through all the cameras as one large group. Players can still do that if they prefer, or change their settings so the switch between different Observation Tool groups is manual instead of automatic.

Ubisoft is also rolling out the first few Operator and item balancing changes outlined in the company’s Designer’s Notes. We’ve highlighted the major ones here, but the full list of changes and bug fixes can be found on Ubisoft’s Rainbow Six Siege blog.

Balancing Changes

Finka

• Reduce ability duration from 20 seconds to 10 seconds
• Stun grenades will be replaced with Frag grenades
• Reduce Smoke’s Gas Canister damage modifier
• Aim down sights modifier from Adrenaline Rush reduced from -50% to -25%

IQ

• Frag Grenades replaced with Claymore
• Electronics detection reduced from 20m to 15m

Blackbeard

• Increase MK17 damage from 42 to 49
• Reduce SR-25 damage from 72 to 61
• Reduce the hit points on the Rifle Shield from 60 to 50
• 30% reduction in movement speed penalty when the Rifle Shield is equipped (He will move faster)

Glaz

• Reduce OTS-03 damage from 85 to 71

Twitch

• Reduce FAMAS damage from 40 to 37

Jackal

• Increase footsteps scanning distance from 5m to 8m

Frost

• Increase SMG damage from 43 to 45
• Increase Super 90 damage from 32 to 35

Dokkaebi

• Claymore will be replaced with Stun Grenades

Barbed Wire

• Slowing effect increased from 45% to 50%

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Square Enix has released a new Shadow of the Tomb Raider trailer that contains 10 minutes of brand-new footage. The focus of the video is on the game’s new hub world, Paititi, which is apparently the largest hub world ever for a Tomb Raider game.

Paititi, which you’ll discover in the game after a period of time, is a place untouched by modern civilisation. It is broken up into multiple districts that you can explore to find challenge tombs and sidequests. You can also visit the marketplace to trade for new items. The video also shows Lara Croft petting an Alpaca, which is nice.

Also on display in the video is Shadow of the Tomb Raider’s immersion mode, which makes it so NPC speak in their native language. The idea is that this will make the game feel even more authentic. You can toggle this on or off.

We also see Lara leave the main hub world to embark on a mission that sees her climbing, swimming, and navigating through tombs. In this video, exploration difficulty is set to “hard,” so that’s why you don’t see the white paint on surfaces that will show up to show you were to climb when playing on a lower difficulty.

Shadow of the Tomb Raider launches on September 4 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. For more on the game, check out GameSpot’s interview with the developers where they talk about if Lara is becoming a villain.

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