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Aquaman 2 officially has a name. In an Instagram post, director James Wan revealed that the Aquaman sequel will be titled Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom.

The Instagram post consists of a production meeting slide and Wan’s name and slide. Wan accompanied the image with the words, “The tide is rising.”

In the world of Aquaman, there are seven total kingdoms, each of which fragmented from Atlantis. Only six of the kingdoms have been shown to this point, making the missing kingdom a matter of speculation.

Interestingly, during the promotion of 2017’s Justice League, Aquaman was featured on a poster with the tag, “Unite the Seven.” Perhaps that’s what will happen in Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom? Or maybe it was just teasing a storyline that never made it into either version of Justice League. Such is the nature of the DC Extended Universe.

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Either way, we at least know that Aquaman 2 will draw inspiration from the Silver Age Black Manta comics, and that it will feature “a little bit” of horror. Wan also says that it will be “a little bit more serious, a little more relevant in the world we’re living in today.”

The original Aquaman, which we called a “geeky epic […] chock-full of ridiculous elements,” was released in 2018. Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom does not yet have a release date.

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The She-Hulk series in the works at Disney+ will feature Jameela Jamil in a major role, according to a report from Variety.

According to the report, Jamil will play Titania, a super-strong villain and frequent adversary of She-Hulk. Marvel Studios have not yet officially revealed any details of the character. In the comics, Titania’s real name is Mary MacPherran, and she received her super strength through a mutation provided by Doctor Doom. Doom hasn’t yet been introduced in the MCU, so the character will likely receive her powers through some other method.

The She-Hulk series will star Tatiana Maslany as Jennifer Walters, cousin of Bruce Banner. A blood transfusion from Banner imbues her with the same gamma-irradiated Hulk powers as her cousin. While Bruce has historically been unable to control his transformation and lost his world-class intelligence to do so, Walters can transform at will and retains her full mental faculties when doing so. In the comics, Walters eventually decides to live as She-Hulk full time. Walters is a lawyer in the comics, dealing specifically with super-powered beings as her specialty. As of Avengers: Endgame, Bruce has already taken this step. It’s unknown at this time whether the character will decide to return to his human form or if they’ll take other steps to differentiate the two Hulk characters.

In addition to Maslany and Jamil, Marvel Studios has announced Renee Elise Goldsberry (currently starring in Girls5eva), Ginger Gonzaga, Tim Roth, and of course Mark Ruffalo as Bruce Banner. The studio has not yet set a release date for the series.

Animal Crossing: New Horizons lifted some of the limits imposed by its predecessors by letting players place items outside for the first time. However, that wasn’t enough for one player, who found a new, inventive way to decorate in the game by placing items in the middle of large tables.

Typically, if you place an item on a 2×2 table in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, it will be placed on one of the corners rather than in the middle. The game’s mechanics don’t let you push the item to the center either, so for round tables, the item is always hanging off the edge. One player (via GamesRadar) found that by using a glitch, they could circumvent that limitation.

The glitch in question isn’t that complex–the player just has to step down off a ladder onto a flat, placed item. Once they do that, they can warp through objects. In a post on Reddit, u/_droppedmycroissant_ uses the glitch to place Mom’s Candle Set in the middle of a 2×2 round table. Just don’t tell Nintendo, and this glitch may stay for a good while longer.

If you’re looking for more items to decorate your island (or the center of your tables) with, a new group of seasonal items recently arrived in Animal Crossing: New Horizons. For China’s Dragon Boat Festival and Korea’s Dano Festival, players can purchase both festival zongzi and surichwi tteok from Nook Shopping.

Summer shells have also started appearing in Animal Crossing: New Horizons. The blue shells, which wash up on beaches, can be used to craft a number of seasonal DIY recipes.

A new Shadow Legendary is arriving in Pokemon Go next week. Beginning June 17, Team Go Rocket leader Giovanni will have Shadow Ho-Oh in his possession, making this your first chance to catch the Shadow form of the Legendary Rainbow Pokemon.

To encounter Shadow Ho-Oh, you’ll need to work your way through the latest Team Go Rocket Special Research line, A Seven-Colored Shadow. Once you’ve cleared it, you’ll receive a Super Rocket Radar, which will allow you to challenge Giovanni. If you manage to defeat him in battle, you’ll earn a chance to rescue his Shadow Ho-Oh.

Giovanni will be using Shadow Ho-Oh until September 1, so you’ll have a little over two months to rescue it. You can read more details on the official Pokemon Go blog.

In the meantime, the Very Slow Discovery event is underway in Pokemon Go until June 13. As part of the event, Developer Niantic has introduced Galarian Slowpoke and Galarian Slowbro to the game, while Mega Slowbro is currently featured in Mega Raids. Niantic is also holding a Special Raid Weekend event later this week, from June 12-13.

Next month’s biggest event is Pokemon Go Fest 2021. Like last year, the event will be open to players around the world and will feature rotating virtual habitats, special Pokemon spawns, and other bonuses. Niantic has also teased that it will introduce the Mythical Pokemon Meloetta to the game as part of the event.

Developer Iron Gate Studio has provided an update on its popular survival sandbox Valheim, saying it won’t be able to deliver four updates this year as the team focuses on technical problems that “needed to be fixed urgently.”

The team wrote an update on Valheim‘s Steam store page, explaining that the upcoming Hearth & Home expansion has been delayed to Q3 2021. Moreover, the original roadmap has been temporarily removed so that Iron Gate Studio can make some unspecified changes. One thing is for certain: the new roadmap, whenever it reappears, will be smaller.

Iron Gate Studio said it wasn’t prepared for how popular Valheim became. The massive influx of players highlighted the myriad problems Iron Gate needed to address to make the “experience as stable as possible.” As a result, any new content plans took a backseat to debugging and QA testing.

After Hearth & Home drops, Iron Gate Studio said it will immediately focus on the big Mistlands update before tackling smaller Valheim patches.

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But for the time being, Iron Gate provided a preview of what’s to come when Hearth & Home hits Valheim sometime between July and September. This includes new building pieces like darkwood roofs, cooking stations for things such as spice racks, a new food system, and plantable crops like onions.

In other Valheim news, Iron Gate Studio will hold an AMA on the game’s official subreddit at 5 AM PT / 8 AM ET / 2 PM CEST on June 11, where fans can expect updates about Hearth & Home and the new roadmap.

Following on from the success of the ID@Xbox Summer Game Fest Demo last year, Microsoft is once again partnering up with the Summer Game Fest to help showcase over 40 games next week exclusively on Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S starting on June 15. Many big independent titles, such as Tunic, Lake, Sable, and more will be available to play as bite-sized experiences ahead of their respective launches.

The Xbox Wire post stresses that these demos aren’t like many that you can find on the Xbox Store today. Instead, they’re meant to represent something akin to a show-floor demo that you’d typically find around E3; short, vertical slices that give you a good idea of a game but might still be far from what the final product represents. Some of the games receiving demos might be close to release while others might still be months or years away, so it’s good to keep that in mind.

That said, there are some great titles coming to the program next week. Sable, the eye-catching, desert-faring adventure had its release date announced during the Summer Game Fest kickoff presentation, but you can give it a go next week for an early taste. Tunic, the Zelda-like adventure, will similarly be present, as well as the narrative adventure Lake, base-building survival game The Riftbreaker, turn-based adventure game Echo Generation, and more. Microsoft says it will release a full list soon.

These demos will only be available for a week, although the post does hint that some developers might choose to keep them up longer. Either way it would be best to get to the ones that interest you most as soon as you can.

Last Stop–developer Variable State and publisher Annapurna Interactive’s narrative-driven third-person adventure–will be coming to PC via Steam, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S on July 22.

Developed by the studio behind Virginia, the game is set in modern London and features three playable characters who have to deal with supernatural forces and must unravel a mystery that goes deep underground.

In addition to hours of voice acting, Last Stop also features an original soundtrack by BAFTA award-winning composer Lyndon Holland, performed by the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. Last Stop is just one of the many games that took to the stage at this week’s Summer Games Fest, the prelude to E3 2021 that begins on June 12 and runs until June 15.

For more on the game, you can check out our Last Stop interview that reveals how Variable State is structuring this title very differently compared to Virginia. Last Stop was one of the games featured during the Summer Games Fest Kickoff, which also showcased plenty of other upcoming titles.

Elden Ring rises. After a two-year-long vow of secrecy, Elden Ring premiered a new gameplay trailer as well as announced a January 21, 2022 release date for consoles and PC.

Bandai Namco, who is publishing Elden Ring for FromSoftware, has released a new fact sheet that dives deeper into the gameplay trailer we saw today as part of the big reveal. This includes several key points about the world FromSoft and George R.R. Martin have cooked up together.

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This is FromSoft’s Biggest Game

According to the fact sheet, Elden Ring is set to be FromSoft’s “largest game to date.” While FromSoft’s Soulsborne games have always had a sense of scale to them, the trailer for Elden Ring looked to take things to a whole new level. The player character has to traverse this land by horseback to get around, which is a first for any Souls title.

A rewatch of the trailer, particularly a scene where the player is riding a horse across a stone bridge, appears to be the developer’s showcasing that yeah, Elden Ring just might be that big.

The World Is Also Seamless

One of the hallmarks of FromSoft’s world design is making it so that everything feels interconnected. Dungeons at the start of the game maze around and seamlessly connect with an end-level dungeon. Elden Ring will do this as well with “shadowy, complex dungeons that are connected seamlessly.”

That means keep an eye out for shortcuts as you might be able to traverse the world faster the deeper in you go.

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Elden Ring Will Have Dynamic Weather

Snuck into a press release, Elden Ring will also have a “natural weather and time-or-day progression.” While night and day (and various moon cycles) have featured in FromSoft games in the past, they have always been marked by specific encounters or instances. In Bloodborne, for example, a changing of the moon cycle was permanent, but in Elden Ring, it appears night and day, and even specific weather conditions can come and go dynamically.

The NPCs Can Help or Hurt you, and There’s Probably a Sad Reason For It

The NPC ins FromSoft games have rich, and deep backstories, and a world crafted by director Hidetaka Miyazaki and George R.R. Martin will continue this tradition. According to the fact sheet, Elden Ring will have “adversaries with profound backgrounds” and characters will have “unique motivations for helping or hindering your progress.”

As FromSoft YouTuber VaatiVidya says, “Prepare to Cry.”

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Plains, Swamps, and Other Environments

The fact sheet has shared a couple of different locales and biomes players will encounter in Elden Ring. This includes” grassy plains, suffocating swamps, spiraling mountains, foreboding castles and other sites of grandeur on a scale never seen before in a FromSoftware title.”

I’m sure fans familiar with the swamp level in Dark Souls are absolutely pleased to hear this.

You Have to Become an Elden Lord

While plot details are under wraps still, a brief summary of Elden Ring shares some key details. According to FromSoft The Golden Order is broken, and it is through the Elden Ring that the player becomes an “Elden Lord in the Lands Between”

Who knows what any of this means just yet, but if past games have told me anything it’s that becoming an Elden Lord might not be all that is cracked up to be.

Yes, You Can Make Your Own Character

Despite the plot summary, you’ll still be able to create your own character as in past games. Characters can be tailored to suit your specific playstyles whether you prefer certain weapons or enjoy using magic. And of course, weapons, spells, and more are hidden throughout the world of Elden Ring.

Upgrade Your PS4/Xbox One Version to New-Gen

Elden Ring will include an upgrade path for players who purchase it on the previous-gen and then upgrade to a PS5 or Xbox Series X|S. For Xbox owners, this will be done through Smart Delivery, while PlayStation players will likely need to download an update for disc and digital copies.

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If you’re enjoying Summer Game Fest, make sure to check out the E3 2021 schedule and everything else planned for IGN’s Summer of Gaming.

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Matt T.M. Kim is IGN’s News Editor.

Final Fantasy VII Remake PS5 upgrade and Intergrade DLC are now available, the latter of which is exclusively available on PS5. The free PS5 upgrade is only available for people who purchase the PS4 game: anyone who claimed Final Fantasy VII Remake as part of PS Plus will need to purchase the game to get the PS5 version.

For players looking to claim the PS5 upgrade, you will need to go to the PS4 version of Final Fantasy VII Remake on the PlayStation Store and look for the PS5 upgrade. Those who own the game digitally or physically can claim the free upgrade, but disc owners can only get the upgrade if they have the standard version of the PS5 and not the digital-only PS5.

In order to transfer your save from the PS4 version to the PS5 version, you will need to have Final Fantasy VII Remake for the PS4 installed with the latest patch. In the menu of the PS4 version, select the option to transfer your save, pick which save to transfer, and upload it. After that, you can download the save in the PS5 version of Final Fantasy VII Remake, which will unlock any Trophies you earned in the PS4 version. This process is similar to other PS4 to PS5 upgrades we’ve seen before, like Marvel’s Avengers and Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 + 2.

Anyone getting the free upgrade for Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade will need to purchase the Yuffie DLC Intermission for $20 USD, although there have been reports of the DLC not appearing for some people or appearing as the Chinese/Korean version (although it is apparently in English), so be wary of what you are purchasing. Players who don’t already own Final Fantasy VII Remake for PS4 and want to get in on the PS5 version can purchase Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade for $70 which includes the Yuffie DLC.

The Intermission DLC takes place during the events of the main game, with Yuffie exploring different parts of Midgard. The DLC features newly remastered tracks and a reworked version of the tower defense mode Fort Condor from the original game.

The Final Fantasy VII Remake Item Pack is also now available for free to everyone on PS4 and PS5. The pack features some extra accessories plus the Carbuncle, Chocobo Chick, and Cactuar Materias. This pack was originally only obtained via Butterfinger candy bars, although some of it was already released to everyone.

While E3 2021 is still a couple of days away, Geoff Keighley’s Summer Game Fest: Kickoff Live! will start an exciting weekend of video games with a show that features 30+ games, special guests, musical performances, Day of the Devs, and much more.

To help ensure you don’t miss a single announcement, trailer, gameplay video, or surprise, here is everything announced and revealed at Summer Game Fest: Kickoff Live!

Elden Ring Release Date Announced Alongside First Gameplay Trailer

The much-anticipated Elden Ring will officially be released on January 21, 2022. In addition to the release date announcement, we also received a lengthy gameplay trailer showing off its world.

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Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands Arrives in Early 2022 From Borderlands Developer

Borderlands developer Gearbox has announced Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands – A high-fantasy take on a looter-shooter that features the voice talent of Andy Samberg, Wanda Sykes, Ashley Burch, Will Arnett, and more. This will be a standalone game and is not a Borderlands spinoff.

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Metal Slug Tactics Is a New Take on a Classic Franchise

Metal Slug Tactics was revealed and looks to be a strategic take on the long-running franchise that is known for its run-and-gun action.

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Death Stranding Director’s Cut Announced for PS5

Hideo Kojima came by Kickoff Live! to announce that Death Stranding Director’s Cut is “coming soon” to PS5.

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Jeff Goldblum Helped Reveal Jurassic World Evolution 2

The sequel to Frontier Development’s park builder sim Jurassic World Evolution 2 was announced and will launch on PC, PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X, and Xbox One.

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Korean MMO Lost Ark Headed to the West in Fall 2021

The popular Korean MMO Lost Ark will be making its way to the west in Fall 2021.

Sable’s Release Date Announced

Sable will be released on September 23, 2021, and more info will be revealed at tomorrow’s Tribeca Game Festival.

Among Us to Add Hide & Seek Mode and More

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Among Us will be adding a new Hide & Seek mode, new roles, new colors, a new map, and much more.

Salt and Sacrifice Announced for 2022

A sequel to Salt and Sanctuary named Salt and Sacrifice has been announced for 2022 and will feature online co-op. It will launch on PS4 and PS5.

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Two Point Campus Officially Announced

Following a Microsoft Store leak, Two Point Campus has officially been announced. It will arrive in 2022.

Escape From Tarkov Takes the Battle to a New Area

Escape From Tarkov got a Battle in the Streets gameplay trailer that showcases the new gameplay that will take place in a new area featuring war-torn streets and apartment buildings.

A Stranger Things and Smite Collaboration Announced

On July 13, Smite will be getting a Stranger Things collaboration that will include Eleven, a full battle pass, and an Upside Down Arena Map.

Left 4 Dead-Style Co-Op Shooter The Anacrusis Officially Announced

The Left 4 Dead-style co-op shooter The Anacrusis has been officially announced, and it comes from former Valve writer Chet Faliszek and his new studio Stray Bombay.

Koch Media Reveals New Publishing Label Prime Label Alongside a New Painkiller Game

Koch Media has announced a new publishing label called Prime Matter, and it revealed that 12 upcoming games will be published under it. These include Payday 3, a new Gungrave title, and a new Painkiller title.

Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodhunt is a Vampire Battle Royale

Sharkmob has announced that Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodhunt will bring a battle royale-style game to the Vampire universe in 2021.

New Tales of Arise Trailer Revealed

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The newest Tales of Arise is here and it showcases the game’s characters, abilities, and more.

Fast & Furious Vehicles Arrive in Rocket League Next Week

In celebration of F9, Rocket League will be getting Fast & Furious vehicles on June 17, 2021.

thatgamecompany’s Sky: Children of Light Launching on Switch This Month, Le Petit Prince Arriving in July

thatgamecompany’s Sky: Children of Light will officially launch on Nintendo Switch on June 29, and the Le Petit Prince season will begin on July 6.

Overwatch 2’s Game Director Shows Off Baptiste and Sombra’s New Look

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Get a look at Baptiste and Sombra’s redesign in Overwatch 2.

Planet of Lana Is a Beautiful ‘Off-Earth Odyssey’

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Planet of Lana is a gorgeous ‘Off-Earth Odyssey’ that features a hand-painted art style. It will be released in 2022.

Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin Story Trailer Revealed

Ahead of its July 9 release date, Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin received a new story trailer.

Endless Dungeon Gameplay Revealed

Amplitude’s next game – Endless Dungeon – received its first gameplay trailer.

NieR: Automata’s 2B Announced for Fall Guys

NieR: Automata’s 2B is arriving in Fall Guys on June 18, 2021.

Call of Duty: Zombies Creator Announces Deviation Games Studio and Partnership with PlayStation

Jason Blundell, the creator of Call of Duty: Zombies, has teamed up with fellow Treyarch veteran Dave Anthony to start a new studio called Deviation Games. Furthermore, the studio will be partnering with PlayStation on their new IP.

Far Cry 6’s Giancarlo Esposito Discusses His Character Anton Castillo

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The actor behind the antagonist Antón Castillo of Far Cry 6 reveals his character’s background and motivations as the despot ruler of the island Yara in the latest addition to the Far Cry series.

Evil Dead: The Game Showcases New Gameplay Video

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Get your first look at Evil Dead: The Game, narrated by Ash Williams himself, Bruce Campbell.

Back 4 Blood Gameplay Trailer Shows Off a New Enemy

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Back 4 Blood got a new trailer and it showed off a new, horrifying enemy.

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