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Beta tests for Halo: The Master Chief Collection‘s Season 6 are currently underway, but one planned feature that fans have been waiting for has been delayed, for now at least.

The latest test, or “flight,” will not include the Custom Game Browser. In a blog post, developer 343 Industries said early testing periods led to less-than-great results for the browser, so the studio has decided to hold back its release until a later time.

“During development and feedback sessions amongst our Ring 1 players as well as our own internal playtests, we determined that this feature is not quite ready to be flighted. The team is going to take more time to develop this feature and let players know when and where it will be available for a future flight,” 343 said.

While the browser isn’t part of the current beta test, Halo Insiders who are registered for the trial will get lots of exciting new Season 6 content, including two new maps for Halo 3. Below is a rundown of what’s included in the beta test and planned for release for everyone later this year.

• Season 6 customization content
• 2 new maps for Halo 3 from Halo Online (Edge and Waterfall)
• FOV slider support for all Xbox One consoles
• FOV slider will no longer be locked when Xbox Series X|S devices are set to 120hz
• Double Keybindings
• Mouse & Keyboard support for consoles
• Advanced Audio options
• Weapon Display Offsets for view model position customization options
• MCC’s all-new customization content “Exchange”
• A variety of additional bug fixes

The “Exchange” is a menu that players can access to redeem any unused season points. The items will rotate every week, and they will include cosmetics featured in previous seasons that players might have missed out on. As usual, these items are unlocked via gameplay only–not microtransactions.

This latest beta test for Halo: MCC ends on March 15, so you’ll want to register now for the free Halo Insider program to try out the new content for yourself.

In other Halo news, 343 just released a 44-minute deep dive video on Halo Infinite in which the studio announced a series of new details about Zeta Halo, including that there won’t be dual-wielding.

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A spin-off movie from the 2018 Netflix sci-fi horror hit Bird Box is in development. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the spin-off will be a Spanish language film to be directed by Alex and David Pastor.

The next Bird Box movie is being fast-tracked by Netflix and is expected to be in production in Spain by the end of 2021. The Pastor brothers are best known for writing the 2015 sci-fi movie Self/Less–which starred Ryan Reynolds–and for directing 2009’s Chris Pine-starring Carriers. More recently, they made the drama series The Head, which is available on HBO Max. No further details about the Bird Box spin-off are available yet.

Bird Box is set in a terrifying futuristic world where humans are driven insane by demonic forces that only manifest themselves to the human eye. To survive, people must remain blindfolded, and the film starred Sandra Bullock as a woman trying to keep two children alive. The film was a huge hit for Netflix, and was the most streamed movie in the company’s history at that point.

Bird Box isn’t the only Netflix horror film that’s getting a spin-off. Zack Snyder’s upcoming zombie heist movie Army of the Dead will be followed by a prequel movie and an animated series. Like the Bird Box spin-off, the Army of Dead prequel will have an international flavor, having been shot last year in Germany.

For more, check out GameSpot’s guide to the biggest upcoming movies of 2021.

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The Golden Raspberry Awards has announced its 2020 nominees for “the worst the film industry had to offer” in a year that, let’s face it, was pretty bad for filmmakers and audiences alike. While the dubious “awards” have been a Hollywood tradition since 1981 that have been increasingly criticized, this year’s list demonstrates the parody accolade can also set its sights on particularly problematic productions.

For example, the recently released Music, directed by singer-songwriter Sia, is a film about a newly sober drug dealer who becomes the sole guardian of her half-sister, Music, a young autistic girl. The film received massive criticism for not casting an autistic actor in the role, which is one of several reasons why Music merited nominations for Worst Picture, Worst Director, Worst Actress, and Worst Supporting Actress.

Similarly, Netflix drama 365 Days received a total of six nominations–a movie that largely received negative reviews from critics, and that was widely criticized for its portrayal of sexual violence. Dolittle, the Robert Downey Jr. vehicle that served as a reboot of the Eddie Murphy films, was a more conventional many-people-didn’t-like-it selection, which also received six nominations.

Murphy, whose Coming 2 America has had the best streaming debut of any film in 2021 so far, recently told comedian-podcaster Marc Maron on his podcast WTF with Marc Maron that the Razzies were a major catalyst for him stepping away from acting for many years. “I was making s***** movies… [So I thought], ‘Maybe it’s time to take a break.” In 2010, Murphy “won” the Razzie for Worst Actor of the Decade, having starred in the Razzie-winning Norbit, The Adventures of Pluto Nash, and Meet Dave.

You can check out the full list of nominations below. The “winners” will be announced on April 24.

Worst Picture

• 365 Days
• Absolute Proof
• Dolittle
• Fantasy Island
• Music

Worst Actor

• Robert Downey, Jr. — Dolittle
• Mike Lindell — Absolute Proof
• Michele Morrone — 365 Days
• Adam Sandler — Hubie Halloween
• David Spade — The Wrong Missy

Worst Actress

• Anne Hathaway — The Last Thing He Wanted
• Katie Holmes — Brahms: The Boy II
• Kate Hudson — Music
• Lauren Lapkus — The Wrong Missy
• Anna-Maria Sieklucka — 365 Days

Worst Supporting Actress

• Glenn Close — Hillbilly Elegy
• Lucy Hale — Fantasy Island
• Maggie Q — Fantasy Island
• Kristen Wiig — Wonder Woman 1984
• Maddie Ziegler — Music

Worst Supporting Actress

• Chevy Chase — The Very Excellent Mr. Dundee
• Rudy Giuliani — Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
• Shia LeBeouf — The Tax Collector
• Arnold Schwarzenegger — Iron Mask
• Bruce Willis — Breach, Hard Kill, and Survive the Night

Worst Screen Combo

• Maria Bakalova and Rudy Giuliani — Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
• Robert Downey Jr. and His Utterly Unconvincing “Welsh” Accent — Doolittle
• Harrison Ford and That Totally Fake-Looking CGI “Dog” — Call of the Wild
• Lauren Lapkus and David Spade — The Wrong Missy
• Adam Sandler and His Grating Simpleton Voice — Hubie Halloween

Worst Director

• Charles Band — All three Barbie & Kendra movies
• Barbara Bialowas and Tomasz Mandes — 365 Days
• Stephen Gaghan — Dolittle
• Ron Howard — Hillbilly Elegy
• Sia — Music

Worst Screenplay

• 365 Days
• All three Barbie & Kendra movies
• Dolittle
• Fantasy Island
• Hillbilly Elegy

Worst Remake, Rip-off, or Sequel

• 365 Days
• Dolittle
• Fantasy Island
• Hubie Halloween
• Wonder Woman 1984

Netflix is making moves again, this time spending $30 million to buy the rights to a new Dev Patel movie that marks the actor’s directorial debut.

The movie has already finished filming. Patel plays a character who gets out of prison and seeks revenge for those who wronged him. According to Deadline, the movie screened for potential buyers at a virtual European Film Market event and there was a lot of buzz around it.

The report said Netflix outbid other companies, but it did not mention who. Monkey Man is being produced by Joker studio Bron and John Wick company Thunder Road, which add to the appeal.

A source who saw footage from Monkey Man told Deadline that the film is like “John Wick in Mumbai.” The movie, which was written by Patel with Paul Angunawela and John Collee, is said to be inspired in part by the Hindu myth of Hanuman, a deity that is half man and half monkey.

It’s also been confirmed that District 9 star Sharlto Copley will appear in Monkey Man, alongside Sobhita Dhulipala (Psycho Raman) and Sikander Kher (24: India). Netflix is reportedly planning to release it in 2022.

Patel told Deadline that filming Monkey Man during the pandemic was “quite challenging to say the least.”

“The opportunity to reimagine stories from my childhood and infuse them with my love of action cinema has been an absolute joy,” he said.

If you thought Xbox’s acquisition of Bethesda was the only big gaming console news drop for the week, you were wrong! The Console Crew gang is here to round up the biggest events of the week.

The discussion kicks off with PlayStation implementing Denuvo Anti-Cheat tech on the PlayStation 5. No one wants to play against cheaters, but is the tech itself going to impact our gaming at all? The crew also discusses Forza Horizon 4 lighting up the Steam bestseller list, even though it’s a three-year-old game going for full price. Finally, Apex Legends came out on Switch this week, and Jordan discusses his time with it. Spoilers, it’s not the place to play Respawn’s excellent battle royale title/

Console Crew is your weekly Friday roundup of the biggest news from PlayStation, Xbox, and Nintendo, hosted by Lucy James, Tamoor Hussain, and Jordan Ramée. Subscribe to youtube.com/GameSpot to never miss an episode.

During the 1980s, The Real Ghostbusters toy line from Kenner took ridiculous ghosts and monsters from the animated series and made them into memorable toys. Now, Hasbro is revamping some of these toys for a whole new era–and isn’t stopping with just the ghosts.

The Ghostbusters Kenner Classics line brings the iconic ECTO-1 and some of the ghosts from the series to a new generation of kids–or adults who want to relive their youth. Three new toys were announced, and you can check them all out below.

First, there’s the classic ECTO-1, which will cost $50. Based on the spectre-hunting vehicle from the animated series, the car’s tailgate opens, there’s a swivel blaster seat on the roof, and a ghost claw, so you can bust those pesky ghosts–which I heard makes you feel good. Of course, it also comes with a little ghost figure to bust.

Also coming this April are some ghost toys, which will run you $15 a piece. The first two weird ghosts you can get your hands on are Bug-Eye, a ghost whose giant eye pops out, and the memorable Fearsome Flush–the toilet monster. Both of these are sold separately.

These toys will be exclusively at Walmart stores and will arrive in April. Pre-orders will not begin until March 15 at 1 PM ET / 10 AM PT, but when that time comes, you’ll be able to pre-order these Ghostbusters toys. You can check out the other toys in the line there as well, including the Ghostbusters as well. Hopefully, Hasbro will keep rolling these out so I can finally get my hands back on the Tombstone Tackle ghost I played with way too much as a kid.

Hasbro continues to pump out some excellent Ghostbusters collectibles. For more, check out the recently released Plasma Series ECTO-1 toy and the highly-detailed Plasma Series Spengler’s Neutrona Wand.

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