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2021 is a big year for Xbox Game Pass, with some huge games set to join the service over the next few months, including Halo Infinite, Back 4 Blood, Psychonauts 2, Forza Horizon 5, and much more.

If you’re new to the service, you can currently get 3-months for just $1. But, that’s not the only good news, as one of our favourite Game Pass deals is back, and you can currently get 3-months of Game Pass Ultimate for $30 (was $44.99). This saves you $15 off the list price, and you can stack these codes as well. That means you could buy two codes, and cover yourself for the rest of 2021.

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How Much Does Game Pass Cost?

Xbox Game Pass Ultimate is $14.99 a month, and there are almost always deals to be found so you don’t have to pay full price for Game Pass. If you’re already a member, we’ve found you an outstanding deal – get 3-months of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate for $29.99 (was $44.99).

However, if you haven’t joined Game Pass yet, you can also get 3-months for just $1 as an introductory price. Bethesda has also confirmed that another 10 of the publisher’s games have joined the service, including Doom, Wolfenstein 2, Fallout, Fallout 2, and more.

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Are Xbox Exclusives on PC?

The good news for PC gamers is many of the Microsoft games announced during the Microsoft conference are coming to PC as well as Xbox Series X and Series S. Those include Starfield, Halo Infinite, Forza Horizon 5, Microsoft Flight Simulator and more.

Does Game Pass Work for PC?

There is Game Pass for PC, but it’s separate from the Xbox Game Pass subscription. Xbox Game Pass for PC, as it’s creatively named, does have a deal similar to the Xbox console version: Get Xbox Game Pass for PC for $1 for your first month and $9.99 a month after that.

Many of the games announced during the E3 2021 Microsoft/Bethesda conference are coming to Game Pass on Day 1, including Starfield, Halo Infinite and more.

If you decide you don’t want Game Pass, or you want to get yourself equipped with any of the biggest games announced this year, check out our full guide to preorder every game announced at E3.

New to Xbox Game Pass in June

• Yakuza: Like a Dragon – Now Live
• Dishonored: Death of the Outsider – Now Live
• Doom – Now Live
• The Evil Within 2 – Now Live
• Wolfenstein 2 – Now Live
• Fallout – Now Live
• Fallout 2 – Now Live
• Fallout 3 – Now Live
• Fallout Tactics – Now Live
• Rage – Now Live
• The Wild at Heart (Cloud) ID@Xbox
• For Honor (Cloud and Console)
• Backbone (PC) ID@Xbox
• Darkest Dungeon (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• Super Animal Royale (Xbox Game Preview)

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Konami and Bloober Team (The Medium, Blair Witch, Observer) have announced a “strategic cooperation agreement” that will see the two companies developing games together – adding weight to rumours that the Polish studio is working on a new Silent Hill game.

As detailed on Bloober’s investor relations website, the partnership will “include jointly developing selected contents and exchanging know-how.” Konami’s Hideki Hayakawa said that the betnership would combine “Bloober Team’s and our respective characteristics and strengths to create high-quality contents.” No specific projects have been detailed, but speculation and rumour have pointed to a new Silent Hill game for some time.

Previously, reports had stated that Konami has begun outsourcing Silent Hill development to third-party developers, with one game rumoured to be in the works at a Japanese developer. However, Bloober has previously said that it’s working on a horror IP with a “very famous publisher”, sparking rumours of a new Silent Hill project. Silent Hill composer Akira Yamaoka has separately teased that his latest project will be announced this summer, calling it “the one you’re kinda hoping to hear about.” Yamaoka previously worked with Bloober, although it’s not clear if that relationship is ongoing.

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In a statement provided to IGN, Konami wouldn’t speak to exactly what Bloober was working on, simply saying, “We are excited to work with Bloober Team and other highly regarded development partners to produce games from existing and new IPs.”

Konami also made clear that it will be developing games both with outside developers, while continuing internal development: “Our alliance with Bloober Team is one area where we are continuing to evolve our approach to game development. We will continue to explore partnerships with a variety of development companies as well as continue in-house development of key projects among our own teams, as we have done for many years.”

President of Bloober Team, Piotr Babieno wrote of the partnership: “It is a historic day for me and the culmination of several years of our work. The fact that such a renowned company as Konami has decided to strategically cooperate with the Bloober Team means that we also joined the world leaders in gaming and became an equal partner for the leading players in this market.”

Bloober Team most recently released The Medium, which we gave an 8/10 review, calling it “a psychological horror adventure that’s all thriller and no filler.” We’ve been waiting for a new Silent Hill game since 2012, after Hideo Kojima’s Silent Hills was cancelled and caused collaborator Guillermo del Toro to vow never to make another video game.

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Venture is a mechanic created for Magic: The Gathering’s upcoming Dungeons & Dragons crossover set, Adventures in the Forgotten Realms – and it’s probably the one that makes the game feel most like a D&D adventure as well as a regular round of Magic. We spoke to one of the set’s designers to find out more about Venture, and how you’ll be using it to your advantage.

For the uninitiated, Venture was introduced last week, and directly ties into Adventures in the Forgotten Realms’ most interesting new cards, the Dungeons. Each of the set’s three Dungeon cards (below) act as a map, with every room on that map coming with an associated effect. You travel through those rooms by activating cards with a Venture ability – every time you Venture, you move one room through the map. And don’t worry, each Dungeon will be released in the token slots of new booster packs, so you shouldn’t have too much trouble getting hold of them

“It meshes incredibly well with the D&D feel and flavor,” says senior games designer Jules Robins in an interview with IGN, “and we think when players start playing with it, they’ll really enjoy it. In fact, even just showing off the dungeons has inspired players to start making 3D models, oversized versions to explore, and more, which is really cool to see.”

Robins tells us that there are 35 cards that either have the Venture ability, or an ability connected to completing a dungeon by using Venture. That means that it’s not going to appear in every Forgotten Realms deck, but it’s a viable option for many – particularly white-themed decks:

“There are a lot of ways to Venture,” Robins explains, “but it definitely shows up most in White and least in Red; White-Blue and White-Black are especially themed around Venturing. So, much like any set theme, you can certainly draft without it, but expect to play against it often enough to feel like someone is making their way through dungeons.”

Robins adds that decks can be built solely around Venturing, but don’t have to be: “We’ve provided enough support between the main set and the Commander decks that players can build decks around Venture or just play a few key cards that happen to have Venture.”

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As for the Dungeons themselves, seasoned players will see that each one appears to support a different style of play – Lost Mine of Phandelver is something of a jack-of-all-trades, Tomb of Annihilation supports aggro play, and Dungeon of the Mad Mage feels more suited for a control deck. But as well as their uses in Magic, Robins adds that they were chosen for their D&D flavor, too:

“We knew the three dungeons needed to feel really distinct, both in flavor in gameplay. We soon landed on a model, of ‘the default one,’ ‘the dangerous one,’ and ‘the long one’ and these dungeons fit the bill perfectly, as well being fan favorites.”

Dungeons themselves are something of a rarity for Magic – a card type that forces you to interact with the game in a whole new way, almost adding a board game element alongside the traditional card game. It’s clearly been the product of a long thought process for Robins and other Magic designers.

“We have experimented with things like this before,” he explains, “particularly ‘mini-games’ like fighting the Hydra, battling Garruk, or multiplayer experiences like Planechase, but this is new for Standard. Ultimately the exploration felt a lot more real with a space to explore, and permanents on the battlefield have a lot of issues standing in for physical space.

“These extra game elements have generally stayed away from Standard for two main reasons: complexity, and ensuring it’s not right for every deck to have to bring extra elements. Here, the complexity is worth it, and we addressed the second issue by generating the element from cards and allowing players to play using dungeons even if they didn’t bring their own copies to the table.”

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The question is, after all this work to make the mechanic work, will the D&D crossover be the only time we see Venture and Dungeons in Magic? After all, other sets have a similarly adventurous theme – Throne of Eldraine’s focus on fairy tales feels like a good fit, for example. Could we see the idea persist?

Robins is open to the idea, it seems: “It meshes really well with D&D feel and flavor, but if the right opportunity emerges, we might use it, or something similar, for another Magic set.” Personally, I hope so – Venture and Dungeons don’t just feel like a great fit for a D&D crossover, it feels like a brilliantly tricky new Magic mechanic in its own right.

If you want to see one of the new Venture options right now, check out our reveal of two new Adventures in the Forgotten Realms cards, Find the Path and Hunter’s Mark. And for a different kind of D&D crossover, we also showed off the iconic Gelatinous Cube in Magic card form.

Dungeons & Dragons: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms will release within MTG Arena on July 8 and physically on July 23.

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IGN is delighted to exclusively reveal two more cards from the Magic: The Gathering and Dungeons & Dragons crossover set, Adventures in the Forgotten Realms – say hello to Find the Path and Hunter’s Mark.

Both new cards are Green spells, but have very different uses. Find the Path is perhaps the more interesting to those looking for Adventures in the Forgotten Realms’ brand new mechanics. While this land-based enchantment is a nice way to ramp mana for a high-cost green deck, it also comes with another use – when played, it allows you to Venture.

As explained in a DailyMTG tutorial video, Venture is half of an extremely Dungeons & Dragons-inspired mechanic built around a brand new card type, appropriately called Dungeons. The new set includes three Dungeons, each of which present a map that can be followed, with each ‘room’ on that map including an effect on the game. Each time you play a card or ability with a Venture activation – as Find the Path has – you can move forward one room in your chosen dungeon and activate its effect. You can find out much more about the new mechanic in our exclusive interview with one of the set’s designers.

Hunter’s Mark is a more familiar kind of card, but a potentially very effective one. Although it comes with a relatively high base cost, Hunter’s Mark can be used extremely cheaply against opponents playing Blue cards (ignoring their inevitable counter-spells, too), and to potentially devastating effect against Blue planeswalkers – it’s a tempting sideboard card.

Yesterday, we revealed a card themed after one of D&D’s most iconic monsters, the Gelatinous Cube. It’s a 4/3 Black creature card, and comes with two brand new ability words for the set. Between the Oozes and the Dungeons, it seems we’ll have a lot of D&D flavour in Adventures in the Forgotten Realms.

Dungeons & Dragons: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms will release within MTG Arena on July 8 and physically on July 23.

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lightning-quickAmerica: The Motion Picture premieres Wednesday, June 30 on Netflix.

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From Phil Lord and Christopher Miller (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, The LEGO Movie) and Archer’s Adam Reed comes a raunchy and riotous retelling of the Revolutionary War that feels like Drunk History had a one night stand with The Naked Gun and then gave birth to a history report by Bill and Ted if they never had a time machine. This animated adventure, from first-time feature director Matt Thompson (also Archer), can, at times, exhaust with its over-the-top antics and unabashed insanity, but overall it’s a worthwhile watch featuring a fun voice cast and awesomely nutty anachronisms.

To its hilarious benefit, America: The Motion Picture is presented without context. There’s no bookend letting us know that this is a dumb person’s account of the founding of our nation or even, like, Princess Bride-style interludes showing a grandfather reading uproariously wrong information off the internet to his grandkid. We just get the story as-is. Out of the gate, it’s just a bonkers chronicle of 1776 that features a werewolf Benedict Arnold blowing up most of the founding fathers and then killing Abe Lincoln in front of Abe’s BFF George Washington. Just about every aspect of American political history, including quotes from presidents 200 years later, is jammed into a blender and minced up into a deranged action movie.

Channing Tatum, who also serves as executive producer here, provides pure Golden Retriever meathead joy as George Washington, once again reminding us how freakin’ funny he is. In fact, if it helps, just imagine that this movie is the result of a homework assignment by Tatum’s 21 Jump Street character, Jenko. It’s that blissfully boneheaded.

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Backed up by Jason Mantzoukas as Sam Adams, Raoul Trujillo as Geronimo, Bobby Moynihan as Paul Revere, and Olivia Munn as a gender-flipped electro-gauntleted Thomas Edison, Washington must thwart an evil plot by Andy Samberg’s Benedict Arnold and Simon Pegg’s King James (which some may not even realize is a just plain wrong) to turn all the colonists British by steeping them in tea. This formidable cast, which also includes Judy Greer and Run the Jewels’ Killer Mike, all wonderfully understand the rapid-fire pace and the satirical tone.

Stretching this type of lightning quick humor out to 90 minutes is a challenge though, and there are times when jokes don’t land well, or at all, simply because they’re not given time to breathe. It’s why most of the time this format is relegated to 22-minute episodes. It’s just better in small batches. This is the main thing that holds America: The Motion Picture back a bit. Despite it being, more or less, supersonic Mel Brooks, the style doesn’t easily lend itself to feature-length projects. That being said, there are so many jokes here, and they move so fast, that it’s easy enough to glaze over and dip out every so often and then pop back in refreshed.

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America: The Motion picture also takes no prisoners, topic-wise. It both embraces the innate earnestness and innocent idiocy of American jingoism while also never letting our heroes off the hook for being racist and misogynistic. Even as some of our heroes learn valuable lessons — usually because they’re educated by Geronimo, Edison, or Killer Mike’s Blacksmith (aka “Black Smith”) — the film never presents the country as anything other than a noble experiment on the precipice of implosion. Even if, going by action movies, America is the rogue cop who doesn’t play by the rules the story is hyper-aware that there’s something deeply wrong with that type of heroics.

Skewering everything from Star Wars to Fast and Furious to even Harry and the Hendersons, the film is great at lassoing different blips from pop culture in a way where the larger story still makes sense, in its own goofy way. Sure, Big Ben turns into a giant mech and people openly use machine guns and holograms but it’s all in service of calling out, and laughing at, the U.S.’s societal and cultural issues and ills. This movie and 2004’s Team America: World Police would make for an excellent double feature on any given Independence Day.

The 2021 Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo are fast approaching, and NBC is looking to turn Peacock into a major destination for Olympic coverage. While Peacock has the usual glut of movies coming, the service will focus on the Olympic Games for the back half of the month.

With that said, you’ll still find a host of shows to check out. The month starts strong with Peacock Original Smother, a BBC-produced thriller set in Ireland, which tells the story of a woman delving into her family’s secrets after her husband’s sudden death. The six-episode mini-series will be available in its entirety on July 1.

Another Peacock Original arrives on July 15: Dr. Death. This mini-series is a fictional retelling of the story of Dr. Christopher Duntsch, nicknamed Dr. Death. Duntsch, played by Joshua Jackson, was a rising neurosurgeon. A growing trail of dead or maimed patients began to alarm two other doctors, played by Alec Baldwin and Christian Slater, who feared that even revoking Duntsch’s medical license wouldn’t stop him from practicing elsewhere. Duntsch was eventually convicted and imprisoned in what is now considered a precedent-setting case in medical law.

Along with these standout shows, you can look forward to everything from anime classic Samurai Pizza Cats to movies like Darkman, Conan the Destroyer, and what looks like the entire Leprechaun series of horror films.

Here’s the full list of what you can look forward to on Peacock in July.

July 1

• 3 Bears Christmas, 2019
• 47 Ronin, 2013
• A Single Shot, 2013
• Abigail, 2019
• After the Wizard, 2011
• Albion the Enchanted Stallion, 2017
• All Eyez on Me, 2017
• And While We Were Here, 2012
• Antz, 2017
• Bad Teacher, 2011
• Baked in Brooklyn 2016
• Balls of Fury, 2007
• Because I Said So, 2007
• Bermuda Tentacles, 2014
• Better Watch Out, 2016
• Born on the Fourth of July, 1989
• Boyz N The Hood, 1991
• Cardboard Boxer, 2016
• CarGo, 2017
• Cavemen, 2013
• Conan the Destroyer, 1984
• Daredevil, 2003
• Darkman, 1990
• Dead Snow 2: Red vs Dead, 2014
• Death Becomes Her, 1992
• Deep Impact, 1998
• Dino King, 2012
• Do the Right Thing, 1989
• Doomsday, 2008
• End of Days, 1999
• Erin Brockovich, 2000
• Far From Heaven, 2002
• Fast & Furious, 2009
• Fast Five, 2011
• Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, 1998
• Finding Fish, 2017
• Flashdance, 1983
• Ghost Squad, 2014
• Grown Ups, 2010
• Grown Ups 2, 2013
• Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, 2001
• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, 2002
• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, 2004
• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, 2005
• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, 2007
• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, 2009
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1, 2010
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, 2011
• Hatched, 2015
• Hellboy II: The Golden Army, 2008
• I am Bolt, 2016
• I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry, 2007
• In the Doghouse, 2014
• Inception, 2010
• Izzie’s Way Home, 2016
• Jaws, 1975
• Jaws 2, 1978
• Jaws 3-D, 1983
• Jaws: The Revenge, 1987
• Jetsons: The Movie, 1990
• Jonah: A Veggietales Movie, 2002
• Junior, 1994
• Jungle Bunch, 2017
• Killing Escobar, 2021
• King Kong, 2005
• Knock Knock, 2015
• Kung Fu Panda, 2008
• Kung Fu Panda 2, 2011
• Leprechaun, 1993
• Leprechaun II, 1994
• Leprechaun III, 1995
• Leprechaun 4: Lost in Space, 1997
• Leprechaun Origins, 2014
• Leprechaun V: In The Hood, 2000
• Leprechaun VI: Back 2 Tha Hood, 2003
• Mamma Mia!, 2008
• Megamind, 2021
• Moon Man, 2013
• Monsters vs. Aliens 2009
• Mummy: The Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, 2008
• Non-Stop, 2014
• Olympic Pride, American Prejudice, 2016
• Paper Soldiers, 2002
• Princess and the Pony, 2011
• Psycho, 1960
• Queens & Cowboys: A Straight Year on the Gay Rodeo
• Rain Man, 1988
• Robin Hood, 2010
• Role Models, 2008
• The Adventure Club, 2017
• The Best Man Holiday, 2013
• The Birds, 1963
• The Boss Baby: Family Business, 2021
• The Godfather I, 1972
• The Godfather II, 1974
• The Godfather III, 1990
• The Hulk, 2003
• The Hunger Games, 2012
• The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, 2013
• The Hunger Games: The Mockingjay – Part 1, 2014
• The Hunger Games: The Mockingjay – Part 2, 2015
• The Fast and the Fierce, 2017
• The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, 2006
• The League of the Extraordinary Gentlemen, 2003
• The Little Witch, 2018
• The Magnificent Seven, 2016
• The Preacher’s Wife, 1996
• The Rundown, 2003
• The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, 2005
• The Skulls, 2000
• The Wedding Planner, 2001
• Sky Blossom: Diaries of the Next Greatest Generation, 2021
• Smokey and the Bandit, 1977
• Smokey and the Bandit II, 1988
• Smokey and the Bandit III, 1983
• Snowtime, 2015
• Spawn, 1997
• Twins, 1988
• Van Helsing, 2004
• Walking Tall, 2004
• Wanted, 2008
• XXX: Return of Xander Cage, 2017
• Lost Speedways, Season 2 (Peacock Original)
• Smother, Season 1 (Peacock Original)
• Baby Einstein Classics, Season 1-7
• Bad Girls Club, Season 8-12
• Family Karma, Season 1
• Magic City, Season 1-2
• Married to Medicine Atlanta, Season 7
• Mighty Ones, Season 2
• Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles, Season 12
• PINKFONG! Songs and Stories, Season 1
• Samurai Pizza Cats, Season 1
• Shah’s of Sunset, Season 8
• Very Cavallari, Season 3
• Women Behind Bars, Seasons 1-4
• World’s Most Evil Killers, Season 1-2

July 3

• The Cabin in the Woods, 2012

July 4

• WWE Icons: Lex Luger
• WWE Icons: Revisited

July 7

• The Journey of USA’s Elite Gymnasts, Episode 4 (Peacock Original)
• Arpo, Season 1
• Gecko’s Garage, Season 1
• Go Buster, Season 1
• Little Baby Bum, Season 1
• Morphie, Season 2
• Playtime with Twinkle, Season 1
• Supa Strikas, Season 1-3
• T-Rex Ranch, Season 1
• The Ring-A-Tangs, Season 1
• Snowtime, 2015
• The Saddle Club, Season 1-3

July 9

• Chrisley Knows Best, Season 8
• Growing Up Chrisley, Season 1-2
• Snapped, Season 26-27

July 14-16

• Golden: The Journey of USA’s Elite Gymnasts, Episode 5 (Peacock Original)
• Signs, 2002
• The Sixth Sense, 1999
• The Happening, 2008
• The Village, 2004
• Unbreakable, 2000
• Dr. Death, Season 1 (Peacock Original)
• Archibald’s Next Big Thing is Here!, Season 3 (Peacock Original)
• Ming’s Dynasty, Season 1
• The Hollywood Puppet Set, Season 1-2
• The Read with Kid Fury and Crissle, Season 1
• The Sisters of ’96; The 1996 USA Women’s Olympic Soccer Team (Peacock Original)
• ’96 Olympic Women’s Soccer Final, 2021
• Ray, 2004
• The Adjustment Bureau, 2011

July 21-23

• Peacock Original Golden: The Journey of USA’s Elite Gymnasts, Episode 5
• Olympic Dreams Featuring the Jonas Brothers (NBC)
• Snapped, Season 9

Coverage of the Tokyo Games goes into full effect on July 24, when the service will offer four live studio shows each day:

TOKYO LIVE 6 a.m. – 11 a.m. ET daily

TOKYO GOLD 11 a.m. – noon ET daily

ON HER TURF AT THE OLYMPICS

• Monday – Saturday 7 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. ET
• Sunday 6 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. ET

TOKYO TONIGHT

• Monday – Saturday 7:30 p.m. – midnight ET
• Sunday 6:30 p.m. – 11 p.m. ET

July 29

• The Croods, 2013

One of the mysteries in Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is whether or not Brad Pitt’s character, Cliff Booth, killed his wife. The novelization of the film is now available, and it confirms what really happened. Read on if you’d like to know.

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According to Collider, the book confirms that Booth did in fact shoot and kill his wife, Billie, with the shark gun as it was alluded to in the movie in a flashback scene on a boat. The book confirms in grisly detail how it happened. The spear “hit her a little below the belly button, tearing her in half, both pieces hitting the deck of the boat with a splash.”

In the movie, we see Booth pointing the spear gun at Billie but the scene ends before anything happens, leaving it up to the imagination of the viewer as to what really went down. But the book makes it clear that Booth is a cold-blooded murderer.

After Booth murdered his wife, he had a revelation. “The moment he saw her ripped in two…years of ill will and resentment evaporated in an instant,” reads a line from the book.

Booth then attempts to save his wife by holding the two fractured parts of her body together, and it works for seven hours as they chat and hash out their differences. A rescue team finally makes it to the boat, and this is when the woman dies.

Booth covers his tracks and gets away with the murder, but the book explains how he “felt really bad about what he did to Billie.”

“As much regret and remorse as he felt, it never occurred to him not to try to get away with murder,” according to the book.

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood: The Novel is available now. In other news, Tarantino recently revealed that he considered remaking Reservoir Dogs as his final film before retirement but ultimately decided against it.

July is only a few days away, and Niantic has now outlined some of the big events it’s holding in Pokemon Go next month. In addition to Pokemon Go Fest 2021, there are a number of activities to look forward to in the game over the next few weeks, including the return of Mewtwo and Deoxys, new Research Breakthrough rewards, and more.

July 2021 Research Breakthrough Encounter: Rufflet

Niantic is rolling out a new batch of Field Research tasks and rewards beginning July 1, including a new Research Breakthrough encounter. Each time you achieve a Research Breakthrough in July, you’ll earn a chance to catch the Flying-type Pokemon Rufflet. On top of that, you’ll also receive double XP and a free Remote Raid Pass each time you achieve a Research Breakthrough in July.

Raid Schedule

Legendary Raids

Immediately after the Bidoof Day event, which will see Bidoof appearing more frequently in the wild and in all Raid tiers, Defense Forme Deoxys will arrive in five-star Raids until July 16. Following its departure, Mewtwo will make its return until July 23. Not only does this mark another rare opportunity to catch Mewtwo outside of EX Raids, but you’ll also have a chance to find a Shiny Mewtwo. An as-yet unannounced Pokemon is scheduled to replace Mewtwo later in the month. You can see July’s full Legendary Raid schedule below.

• July 1-16: Defense Forme Deoxys
• July 16-23: Mewtwo
• July 23: TBA

Mega Raids

As before, Niantic will feature only one Mega-Evolved Pokemon at a time in Mega Raid Battles throughout July. Mega Houndoom is kicking off the month until July 16, when it will be replaced by Mega Gengar until July 23. Capping off the month will be Mega Charizard X. You can see July’s Mega Raid schedule below.

• July 1-16: Mega Houndoom
• July 16-23: Mega Gengar
• July 23-August 6: Mega Charizard X

July Pokemon Spotlight Hours

Every Tuesday evening in July, Niantic is spotlighting a different Pokemon and bonus for one hour from 6-7 PM local time. You can see July’s full Spotlight Hour schedule below.

July Community Day

July’s Community Day is set for Saturday, July 3. This month’s featured Pokemon is Tepig, the Fire-type starter from Pokemon Black and White. Not only will Tepig appear more frequently in the wild throughout the event, but any that you evolve all the way into its final form, Emboar, during the event will automatically know the Fire-type Charged attack Blast Burn.

Pokemon Go Anniversary Event

This summer marks Pokemon Go’s fifth anniversary, and Niantic is celebrating the milestone with a special anniversary event from July 6-15. Niantic says that additional details about the event will be announced in early July.

Go Battle Night

The second Go Battle Night of the season is set for Sunday, July 11. The event runs from 6-11:59 PM local time and will offer triple Stardust rewards winning battles, completing sets of battles, and ranking up.

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Giles Goddard, one of the programmers on SNES’ Star Fox, has said that he would love to work on another game in the franchise and would love to see it without any “gimmicks.”

As reported by VGC, Goddard was speaking to GameXplain and was asked if there was a Nintendo IP he would be interested in working on.

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“It would be interesting to do a Star Fox, I think,” he replied. “But not how the other ones were done. I think I would just dial it back a lot and not in gimmicks like, you know, the stuff Star Fox Zero had, and maybe not even put in the free roaming aspects and stuff like that.

“I would just bring it back, pull it back into what made the original Star Fox fun, and just make one based on that. I don’t know how popular it would be, but it would be cool to try.”

He was then asked if he’d like to see Star Fox to return to its retro roots and come back with the more basic, polygonal look of the original.

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“Yeah, a sort of retro Star Fox thing? Um, no,” he replied. “I think if we did it, it would have to be either an extremely stylised retro look, or just very updated and modern-looking. But I wouldn’t try to replicate the polygons from the Super FX chip because I don’t see the point. You don’t go back that far, you know. We’ve fixed that problem, you don’t want to go back to it.”

A potential new Star Fox would be the first new entry since 2016’s Star Fox Zero on the Wii U. In our review of Star Fox Zero, we said that it “reimagines a classic Nintendo 64 game, but mastering its awkward control takes some time.”

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