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Christopher Nolan, who recently made headlines by publicly deriding the decision by Warner Bros. to move its entire 2021 film slate onto HBO Max, got in touch with his lighter, goofier side this week by professing his love for the Fast and Furious franchise.

Guesting on MTV’s Happy Sad Confused podcast, Nolan expressed how much he enjoys the entire franchise, and how the movies have gotten wilder and more unbelievable – though he still mostly prefers the first movies in the saga, particularly Tokyo Drift.

“I’m sort of an original recipe [guy],” Nolan said. “I mean the Rob Cohen original. But I’ve got a very soft spot for Tokyo Drift, actually. And then the skill as Justin Lin’s iterations, as they got crazier and bigger and crazier and bigger, they became something else, but something else kind of fun.”

“The fun thing about those movies is even as they’ve gotten bigger and bigger and bigger, as sequels have to do,” he added, “everyone always complains that sequels get bigger but we’re the people making sequels get bigger, we do want them bigger, you don’t want them smaller, it’s the Alien 3 lesson that [David] Fincher learned. You can do it but it’s not going to make anybody happy, even though personally I love that film, a lot more than he does in fact.”

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The latest installment in the Fast and Furious Franchise, Fast 9, was slated for April 2021, after it was bumped an entire year from its original April 2020 date due to the COVID crisis. Now it’s been pushed back a second time, though this time it’s a much smaller move to May 28, 2021.

Nolan, meanwhile, isn’t the only director speaking out against the Warner Bros. decision to stream its massive 2021 movie schedule on HBO Max. Dune director Denis Villeneuve has also chimed in, saying “with this decision, AT&T has hijacked one of the most respectable and important studios in film history.”

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IGN’s delighted to be able to show you the ultimate reward for completing the Fall Guys Season 3 Fame Pass – meet Dapper Walrus.

Unlocked in multiple parts as with all Fall Guys costumes, it’s the fourth costume unlocked by working through the game’s upcoming Fame Pass, and the glorious top portion is the final reward on the track, meaning only the most dedicated players will receive it.

Check out screenshots and art of Dapper Walrus below:

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Dapper Walrus is just one of many new additions in the winter-themed Fall Guys Season 3, including new race level Tundra Run, which we exclusively revealed earlier this week.

We also got a rundown of Season 3’s many new obstacles from the developers themselves – check out our video, which covers everything from nasty flippers to boxing bloves designed as presents, below:

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Genshin Impact has attracted a massive following with its free-to-play take on the Zelda: Breath of the Wild formula, and it’s getting even bigger with Version 1.2. The latest content update will add a new mountain region called Dragonspire, filled with dangerous enemies and extreme cold.

The mountain is said to accrue more and more snow, which never melts. In the trailer, we see heroes go up against powerful ice monsters, some of whom resemble yetis. The mountain is located in the southern part of Mondstadt, and once you get into the frigid canyon, you can eventually find a cave filled with a pulsated orb that looks like it’s somehow biologically connected to the mountain itself.

Two new characters are introduced in the update–Albedo and Ganyu. The former relies on sword strikes and has a powerful area-of-effect attack to send enemies flying, while the latter is a powerful and deceptive magic user. There are also new weapons and new story quests to go along with the region, so it’s a great time to jump back in if you have taken a break.

Genshin Impact is available now for free on PC, Android, iOS, and PS4, with Nintendo Switch and PS5 versions coming in the future. It is grossing more money on a daily basis than almost any other mobile game, beating out the likes of PUBG Mobile and Pokemon Go. It’s also one of the most successful games to ever come from a Chinese developer, and the continued content updates should help to keep players engaged for months or years to come.

Cyberpunk 2077 released in a pretty rough state last week, and that is especially true on last-gen consoles. PS4 players have run into issues with full-on crashes as well as crawling frame rates and very low-quality textures and character models. These issues appear to be so severe that Sony is actually letting those who bought a digital copy receive a refund.

As spotted by VGC, Reddit users on the Cyberpunk page have reported receiving full refunds for digital versions of the game, even if they went past the two-hour maximum playtime that is typically enforced. There is no quick and easy way to do this, with you still needing to call PlayStation’s customer service. One user said Sony is itself complaining to CD Projekt Red about the game’s issues.

Unfortunately, it might be harder to get a refund if you aren’t in the United States, as not every region has its own customer support hotline. Not everyone who called said they were offered the refund, either.

If you’re playing on Xbox One and have run into issues, it might be worth contacting Microsoft, as well. One Reddit user added that Microsoft was understanding of their concerns and offered them a refund, as well. Though PC players have fewer problems, they’re still prevalent, and you can try to request a refund on Steam.

Cyberpunk 2077 currently runs on the newer PS5, Xbox Series X, and Xbox Series S via backwards compatibility with the last-gen versions. Full next-gen versions are coming, as well, which will hopefully iron out some of the biggest issues plaguing the game now. However, for those with the older systems, you may just have to cross your fingers and hope CD Projekt Red can fix the game if you don’t want a refund.

It has only been a few days since Cyberpunk 2077 released, and Steam has already broken a record for the most concurrent users ever. As of December 12, the new record is more than 24 million players, with CD Projekt Red’s RPG playing an enormous role in making this possible.

To be precise, 24,776,635 people were on Steam concurrently on December 12, with about a quarter of those users active in a game. Since the pandemic began, Steam’s concurrent numbers have steadily increased, albeit with a brief dip in the summer–hopefully those absent players were still practicing social distancing.

So, what are the driving forces behind the recent surge? Cyberpunk 2077 is a major player, of course, with an all-time peak of more than 1 million players, while Steam staple Counter-Strike: Global Offensive slightly edged it out on the same day. Most of the other games on the chart are Steam mainstays, including Dota 2, Player’s Unknown Battlegrounds, Grand Theft Auto V, and Team Fortress 2.

But what’s most impressive is that Cyberpunk 2077’s overall PC player numbers are likely much higher. CD Projekt Red offers the game on Steam, but its own digital game store GOG is also very popular. The game is already listed on GOG’s best-sellers page.

PC players have had an easier time getting Cyberpunk 2077 to run in a playable state–assuming their PC was up to the challenge–than some console players. The game isn’t running well on base PS4 or Xbox One systems, and we’ve heard of numerous crashing issues across several platforms. The Xbox Series X, which runs the Xbox One version in backwards compatibility mode, fares a little better, as does Google Stadia.

If you’re one of the lucky few who have a next-gen console, today is your lucky day. Best Buy is having a wild sale, where you can buy 2 Next-Gen games and get a 3rd one for free. Considering how new all these games are, that’s a steal, and well worth taking a look at. Of course we also have some deals on audio products, Roomba vacuums and more, so take a long down below, save some money and enjoy your weekend!

The Best Deals for Saturday, December 12

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