In 1989, writer and illustrator Kentaro Miura took readers on a decades-long journey revolving around the mercenary Guts in a fantasy world as he hunts down his enemy Griffith. Guts is primarily known for the gigantic sword he carries around, which is bigger than he is. Now, after originally ending in 2018, it looks like Berserk is coming.
Manga Mogura discovered that there is a big reveal coming for the franchise on October 9, 2020. And the tagline for this announcement is “The New Beginning.” Check out the tweet below, which links to the Young Animal site, the Japanese manga that publishes Berserk.
The site also features some familiar images, including Guts and his trademark sword. It’s been a few years since there’s been anything new from Berserk, with Volume 40 publishing in Japan in September 2018 with the English translation coming a year afterward.
Berserk has also been adapted to TV twice–once between 1997-98 and then again between 2016-17, with the second series going a bit beyond what the first series covered. Yukes also published a game for Sega Dreamcast in 1999 called Sword of the Berserk: Guts’ Rage. Then in 2017, Omega Force produced Berserk And The Band Of The Hawk, which was Dynasty Warriors with Guts.
A new update for No Man’s Sky will arrive next week on PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. Titled Origins, developer Hello Games said the patch notes will be revealed when the update drops.
The studio hasn’t specified what’s coming to No Man’s Sky when the Origins update releases. Hello Games did call the update “the beginning of something new, as No Man’s Sky continues to grow and evolve.” Hello Games was quick to reiterate that Origins isn’t the largest update.
Whatever is on the way to No Man’s Sky next week, Hello Games assured that the team has worked hard to “deliver in difficult circumstances.”
“We know there is a huge appetite in the community for No man’s Sky content, and the team has worked our socks off this year to deliver in difficult circumstances,” the studio said. “We have been quiet, but we are always listening and focusing on improving the game that our team loves and feels so passionately about.”
No Man’s Sky’s last update, Desolation, dropped in July for all platforms. It added dilapidated freighters you could rummage through, additional story content, and a laundry list of bug fixes.
Hello Games confirmed it’s working on a “huge, ambitious game.” Studio head Sean Murray didn’t go into specifics, indicating the project is a long ways off. In the meantime, the developer dropped its puzzler The Last Campfire on August 27 for iOS, Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. We scored it an 8/10 in our The Last Campfire review, calling it a “consistently relaxing and pleasant experience.”
Developer Crystal Dynamics has detailed the latest weekly updates for Marvel’s Avengers. The weekly reset has opened up two new Priority Missions, during which players have to uncover a SHIELD vault and fend off AIM forces in the process of unlocking it. The rewards for completing these missions will be unique gear that isn’t available anywhere else in the game. Modifiers are also active and include increased cryo damage from players, enemy health regeneration, and toxic hazards:
Desert Vault (Low Power Level)
Modifiers:
Famine: Enemies do not drop Regen Packs when defeated.
Outbreak: Toxic hazards are added to the environment. Gamma damage from enemies and the environment are increased.
Collider: Particle damage from players is increased.
Guaranteed Reward: Polychoron and Hero-Specific Gear
Tundra Vault (High Power Level)
Modifiers:
Turmoil: Significantly increased presence of Riotbots.
Resurgence: Enemy health regenerates after a short delay.
Clash: Melee damage from any source is greatly increased.
Snowball: Cryo damage from players is increased.
Guaranteed Reward: Epic Gear
If you’d prefer to take on AIM threats in a smaller arena, this week’s Priority HARM Challenge will give you an opportunity to do so. The first completion reward will be a new comic book collectible that provides a passive 0.5% status resistance for your Avengers once obtained.
HARM Challenge reward
Modifiers will also be active, which include increased Willpower regeneration and more damage from all projectile sources in the Low Power Level HARM room challenge. In the High Power Level challenge, melee damage from any source has been amplified, but players are able to do inflict more cosmic damage in return.
Low Power Level Challenge
Modifiers:
Oasis: Regen Packs have increased Willpower benefit.
Torpedo: Projectile damage from any source is greatly increased
High Power Level Challenge
Modifiers:
Famine: Enemies do not drop Regen Packs when defeated
Clash: Melee damage from any source is greatly increased
Cosmos: Cosmic damage from players is increased
Crystal Dynamics also explained that patch V1.3.0 will drop soon, and will be the “biggest patch yet” for the game. This comes after a previous update provided a number of fixes, such as players falling through the world when starting the Avengers Initiative and eliminating “Device_Hung” crashes that were reported after launch.
In our Marvel’s Avengers review, the game received a 7/10. “At times, Marvel’s Avengers struggles to unify a thoughtful story focus with a more momentum-based, action-heavy live game system–but both have their good qualities,” wrote reviewer Phil Hornshaw.
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Michael Ancel, creator of Rayman and Beyond Good & Evil, has said he’s leaving the world of video games to open a wildlife sanctuary – but assured fans that work on Wild and Beyond Good & Evil 2 will continue without him.
Posting on Instagram, the director wrote: “Today is very special for me. After more than 30 years, I’ve decided to stop working on video games and fully focus on my second passion : Wild Life ! My new project takes place in the real world and consists in a wild life open sanctuary dedicated to education , nature lovers and … wild animals.”
Addressing his currently ongoing projects, Ancel reassured fans: “Many of you might want to know what will happen to Wild and BGE2. No worries, since many months now the teams are autonomous and the projects are going super well. Beautiful things to be seen soon.”
In an update on Beyond Good & Evil 2, senior producer Guillaume Brunier wrote: “For years, Michel imparted his creative vision and helped us remain faithful to BG&E’s incredible universe. His uncompromising passion pushed us to redefine what was possible in crafting an expansive, multicultural, and futuristic science-fiction world. As we move forward, we are all committed to remaining true to this vision.”
An Ubisoft press release also pays tribute to the director:
“Today Ubisoft announces that Michel Ancel has chosen to leave the video game industry after an exceptional career spanning more than 30 years. A nature-lover, Michel has been working on a personal project dedicated to the protection of wildlife for a long time. This project, a wildlife sanctuary in the region of Montpellier, France, is now growing in scope, and he wishes to put his full effort into this longstanding passion.
Michel is at the origin of some of Ubisoft and the video game industry’s most beloved franchises, including Rayman, the Raving Rabbids and Beyond Good and Evil, whose second opus, Beyond Good and Evil 2 is currently in development. The teams at Ubisoft Montpellier are currently focusing on the main stages of production, aligned with the vision set out by Michel. They will have more to share with their community of fans in the months to come.
We would like to thank Michel for the incredible creative vision he has brought to Ubisoft over the course of his career, and wish him all the best for this new venture.”
Ancel rose to fame as the creator of Rayman, and has helped create every mainline game in the series, going on to helm Beyond Good & Evil and the video game adaptation of Peter Jackson’s King Kong.
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Sony has said that the company doesn’t plan to bring its new first-party games to a Game Pass-like subscription service because it wouldn’t be “sustainable.”
Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO Jim Ryan broke the news in an interview with GamesIndustry.Biz. The interview noted the surprising reveal of the PlayStation Plus Collection during the PS5 conference, which will bring a library of the PS4’s best games to the console, available to PlayStation Plus subscribers for free.
In light of this news, Ryan was asked whether PlayStation might follow Microsoft’s lead in bringing all of its future first-party games to a subscription service upon the day of release.
“For us, having a catalogue of games is not something that defines a platform,” Ryan told GamesIndustry.Biz. “Our pitch, as you’ve heard, is ‘new games, great games.’ We have had this conversation before — we are not going to go down the road of putting new releases titles into a subscription model. These games cost many millions of dollars, well over $100 million, to develop. We just don’t see that as sustainable.”
Ryan added that Sony’s ambition is to make games “bigger and better, and hopefully at some stage more persistent.” A day-one first-party subscription model like Game Pass wouldn’t suit that ambition for PlayStation. “We want to expand and grow our existing ecosystem, and putting new games into a subscription model just doesn’t sit with that.”
Yesterday was bittersweet. The PS5 console and RTX 3080 video card both went up for order, and both sold out nearly instantly. As of now, it’s pretty much impossible to find a PS5 from an authorized reseller. For those lucky souls who did score, the PS5 accessories including the DualSense controller are still available on Amazon. For those looking for the RTX 3080 video card, we’ve only seen a single vendor that has anything in stock (and unfortunately you’ll have to pay over MSRP). However, there are gaming PC rigs featuring the RTX 3080 video card that are still available.
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A new Max Raid event has begun in Pokemon Sword and Shield. To commemorate the seasonal equinox, Pokemon that evolve via Sun or Moon Stones are appearing more frequently in Max Raid dens across the Wild Area and Isle of Armor, and you’ll have a chance to encounter Shiny Clefable in the Raids. You’ll need to act fast, however, as the event only runs through this weekend.
Until September 20, 4:59 PM PT / 7:59 PM ET, the following Pokemon will be featured in Max Raid battles across both Sword and Shield:
Clefable
Wigglytuff
Musharna
Bellossom
Whimsicott
Lilligant
As previously mentioned, you’ll also have a chance to encounter a Shiny Clefable in five-star Raids. In order for the event Pokemon to begin appearing in your game, you’ll first need to refresh your Raid dens. You can do this either by connecting the Y-Comm online or going into Mystery Gift from the menu screen and selecting Get the Wild Area News.
Once the equinox event ends, Pokemon Sword and Shield’s other Max Raid event will resume. That one runs until September 30 and features certain Grass and Electric Pokemon, including Ferrothorn, Eldegoss, Heliolisk, Boltund, and their pre-evolved forms. Pokemon Sword players can also encounter Gigantamax versions of Appletun and Low Key Form Toxtricity, while Shield players will be more likely to find Gigantamax Flapple and Amped Form Toxtricity.
Beyond that, Pokemon Sword and Shield’s second expansion, The Crown Tundra, is still on the way. While the DLC does not yet have a release date, it is slated to launch this fall, and it will take players to a new arctic region where they’ll encounter new and returning Legendary Pokemon and be able to explore Raid dens. The Pokemon Company recently shared a brief new trailer for The Crown Tundra that highlighted some of the returning Legendaries. You can read more about the upcoming expansion in our roundup of everything we know about Pokemon Sword and Shield’s DLC.
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In The Boys Season 2, Episode 5, The Seven are filming The Dawn Of The Seven, a movie similar to Justice League. Hughie (Jack Quaid) and Mother’s Milk track down Butcher (Karl Urban), who is also being followed by Black Noir. Starlight tries to learn more about Stormfront (Aya Cash). Queen Maeve is forced to put her personal life in the public eye. The Deep (Chace Crawford) goes on a press tour for his marriage. Homelander (Antony Starr) experiences backlash from the public when a video of him goes viral, and he seeks advice from Stormfront on how to handle the controversy and spin it.
The return of Young Justice was one of DC Universe’s most resounding successes. Subtitled Outsiders, the revival of the fan-favorite animated series for a third season meant DC’s most famous sidekicks and legacy characters were finally back in action after an almost seven-year gap. And now news of the show’s fourth season emerged during DC FanDome Part 2, specifically that it will be subtitled Phantoms.
Although there wasn’t much new information revealed about the upcoming season beyond that title, thanks to the new moniker we can have some fun playing around with just what Phantoms could mean… especially as the subtitle Outsiders had a huge role in the third season. There’s no word yet on Young Justice: Phantom’s release date, but we’re going to dive into some of our favorite theories here, from the most likely to the most ridiculous! But be warned: Spoilers for Young Justice Seasons 1-3 follow!
Rogue Operatives
Let’s start with the least outrageous of the options. Though Phantoms could be a direct reference to the comics–we’ll get into those potential routes a little later–it seems more likely that the title will be referencing a new status quo. The establishment of the Outsiders already touched on the need for different teams for different purposes, and the world of Young Justice is filled with some of DC’s biggest teams from the Justice League to the Doom Patrol all the way to the Suicide Squad. And speaking of that black ops team, they could be a framework for what comes next, especially when we look at who would need Young Justice to work in secret (as the word Phantoms would seem to imply).
After taking down a Meta-Human trafficking ring, the Young Justice team has built up an impressive army of enemies. And now, with Brion, a.k.a. Geo-Force, under the control of supervillain team The Light, it would be easy for Young Justice to be compromised. Being framed for a crime you didn’t commit is an age-old comic book trope, and it would set the team up for a conflict as they clear their own names and work as ghosts in the system.
There’s also another option, which is that Amanda Waller needs their help and pushes them underground in order to gain it. Tonally, either plot works in favor of Young Justice’s grounded and complex approach to superhero storytelling.
Ghosts From the Past
Young Justice has long been lauded for its complex narrative arcs and emotional heart, so the other most obvious choice for what Phantoms could mean would be a threat from the past. The roster of heroes is so huge in Young Justice that there are plenty of backstories to draw from to find enemies hiding in the shadows. And with Artemis (Stephanie Lemelin) inviting Arsenal to rejoin the team during the virtual table read that took place at FanDome (of a new “episode”), there’s at least one other person from the past whose shadow looms large over Dick Grayson and co. that jumps straight to mind.
During the second season of Young Justice it was revealed that Jason Todd had died under unknown circumstances at some point in the past. As any DC fan knows, that is never truly the case when it comes to Jason. During the first half of Outsiders when the team was infiltrating Infinity Island, they came across a red-hooded ninja who moaned, “Grayson.” The implication was, of course, that the ninja was actually Jason Todd, his garments a nod to his post-Robin mantle (in the comics) of Red Hood. Though we didn’t discover his fate last season, it would make sense he might come into play in Phantoms.
Jason’s death has always weighed heavily on Dick. Seeing as the ex-Robin was thought to be dead, he would be a very literal representation of the new subtitle. And if Red Hood does become a threat, it seems like it won’t be as a new criminal mastermind but as some kind of Ra’s al Ghul reanimated version of himself. Could that mean the Phantoms in question might be an army of the heroes’ late loved ones revived to hunt them down and terrorize them? It would be a dark route to take but would play into one of DC Comics’ favorite plotlines and recurring characters.
The final moments of Young Justice: Outsiders saw one of the most interesting and fun DC Easter eggs an old school fan could hope for. As the crew relaxes in a diner eating, laughing, and recuperating, they’re served by a blonde waitress wearing a Legion Flight Ring. The gold emblem is worn by the iconic DC team from the future known as the Legion of Superheroes. While that’s very exciting going into Season 4, no matter how it ultimately plays out, it’s of particular significance for our purposes here because one of the Legion team members is a Silver Age hero who goes by the moniker of… Phantom Girl!
Her first appearance in a 1961 issue of Action Comics leaned into the youthful team adventures that are usually connected with Young Justice. She headed to Earth along with other young cosmic heroines Triplicate Girl and Saturn Girl to befriend Supergirl. That’s not to say we’ll see that scenario exactly–though it would be fun–but more to highlight that she’s already got a history of hanging out with other young heroes. Seeing as the Legion is almost certainly going to play into Phantoms based on that ring reveal, it seems unlikely that Phantom Girl won’t be a part of that in some way. This could also possibly connect to the next entry as some say her home planet is a part of…
The Legion Flight Ring seen at the end of Young Justice Season 3.
The Phantom Zone
In Outsiders, the subtitle represented a new team which was well established in the wider DC Universe. There’s no team called Phantoms in DC, but there is of course the famed Phantom Zone, and the criminals who’ve lived within it who are known as the Phantom Zoners. Canonically, the intergalactic prison does exist within the world of Young Justice as it was part of how some Kryptonians survived after the destruction of Krypton, so it wouldn’t be too far-fetched to imagine it could come into play here.
From that online table read, which was set between Seasons 3 and 4, we know that Conner/Superboy (Nolan North) and M’gann/Miss Martian (Danica McKellar) are heading out on their own. Perhaps the partially-Kryptonian clone will come up against some inhabitants of the Phantom Zone? Both those alien characters have a history of dealing with the cosmic, so it would be an easy connection to make, especially as Conner has such a complex past. Maybe the Phantom Zoners are out for Superman’s blood and don’t realize his clone is just that, a clone? Or could M’gann and Conner end up in the Phantom Zone themselves? It would be a really interesting and exciting twist to see the Young Justice team have to head into the notoriously strange dimension to save their former teammates.
There’s precedent for this potential angle in the comics too. In the Injustice: Year Three series, a corrupted Superman tricks Conner and the Titans into the Phantom Zone in order to keep them from stopping his nefarious plans. Although we’re not likely to see a full exploration of the alternate Injustice timeline, DC Comics is really invested in that successful alt-universe franchise. This arc also featured some other core Young Justice characters like Bart and Gar, though both met a gnarly fate as they were killed by a nuclear blast that Conner couldn’t save them from.
This particular entry would make a lot of Young Justice fans happy as it’s connected to a character that many viewers want to see join the show. During DC’s line-wide New 52 relaunch, the Phantom Stranger debuted in an ongoing series with a story connected to one of the publisher’s most powerful and brilliant young heroes: Rachel Roth, a.k.a. Raven.
In classic Phantom Stranger fashion, the enigmatic turncoat secures Raven’s trust before betraying her to her father Trigon. DC loves to explore that demonic daddy, and neither he nor his daughter have appeared in Young Justice yet. We know that the series isn’t afraid of getting supernatural and strange, which opens the door to the Stranger. His stories often center around changing time, space, or fate, and with the Fourth World and Darkseid back in play there’s plenty at stake as we head into Season 4. Maybe Phantoms references this pulpy entry into DC canon and it could be a way of introducing one of the company’s most popular young heroes too.
The Phantom Stranger and Raven.
What would you like to see in Young Justice’s fourth season? What do you think Phantoms means? Let’s discuss in the comments!
While the streaming service DC Universe is going through a vast transformation, moving away from TV and movies entirely, one of its breakout hits isn’t going away any time soon. The adult animated comedy Harley Quinn has been ordered for Season 3 on HBO Max.
The first two seasons of the former DC Universe show are already available on HBO Max, which is now the official home for the show. Going forward, it will be the only place to stream the show.
Back during DC FanDome, the cast and crew of the series had some ideas of where they would like the show to go in a new season. “We want to focus on Harley and Ivy’s relationship,” explained executive producer Justin Halpern during the Harley Quinn panel. “And I’m less, personally, interested in if the Joker gets a new girlfriend than I am of ‘let’s explore this relationship we’ve spent two seasons building.'”
At the end of Season 2–spoiler warning if you’re not caught up–Poison Ivy left Kite Man at the altar, then she and Harley had a war with Commissioner Gordon and the GCPD. Afterwards, Ivy admitted her feelings to Harley, and now, they’re a couple.
Harley Quinn stars Kaley Cuoco in the titular role, Lake Bell as Poison Ivy, Alan Tudyk as Clayface and the Joker, Ron Funches as King Shark, Tony Hale as Dr. Psycho, and Matt Oberg at Kite Man.
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