Crysis 2 Remastered Teased by Crytek

Crytek appears to be teasing an imminent announcement of Crysis 2 Remastered.

The official Crysis Twitter account wrote “They used to call me Prophet” on May 20, which is a line spoken by Major Laurence “Prophet” Barnes in 2011’s Crysis 2. On May 20, it followed up with a screenshot from Crysis 2, which you can see below, which more or less confirms a reveal is around the corner.

Crysis Remastered was released on PS4, Xbox One, and PC (via the Epic Games Store) on September 18, 2020, after it was delayed due to mixed fan reaction to leaked footage of the game, and it looks like Crytek isn’t done bringing Crysis games to modern consoles.

In our review of Crysis 2, we said, “It’s a beautiful, engrossing experience that avoids the anemic, scripted playbook made law by the 500 pound shooter gorilla. It plays well, encourages creative problem-solving, and confidently delivers a series of escalating and changing encounters and scenarios that will push you to think in a way few shooters have in an era of increasingly funneled experiences. While Crysis 2 loses its footing during a few odd moments, Crytek more than delivers on the promise of their previous games. “

For more, check out what Crysis and other games got right and mostly wrong about life in 2020.

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Daily Deals: Save on Biomutant Preorder, FFXIV Game Time Cards & More

This Saturday has brought with it quite the mix of deals. If you intend to play Biomutant on PC, you can preorder it right now at Green Man Gaming for 20% off. If you’re a FFXIV fan, get yourself a discounted game time card (or stock up for later this year when Endwalker drops). That’s not all, as we’ve also got tons of great deals on games further down the page.

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Revisiting Mass Effect’s Many Controversies

Mass Effect Legendary Editions is available now on PS4, Xbox One, and PC and includes the first 3 Mass Effect games. At The Game Awards in 2020, Bioware revealed that they were working on a brand new title in the Mass Effect series. For more on Mass Effect Legendary Edition, including our lore videos and our review, stay here on GameSpot.

Rainbow Six Siege Year 6, Season 2: North Star Officially Announced

Ubisoft has officially announced Rainbow Six Siege’s Year 6, Season 2: North Star. The new season will feature the indigenous operator Thunderbird of the Nakoda nation–located in what is today’s western Canada.

Thunderbird is a Defender with a focus on healing abilities and speed, though this comes at the expense of armor. She can use either the SPEAR .308 or the SPAS-15 shotgun as her weapon along with the BEARING 9 or Q-929 sidearm. Her Kóna healing station is a risk-versus-reward sort of device, as she can deploy it to heal anyone close to the device, but this means truly anyone; if enemies are nearby, they’ll get healed, and this includes downed enemies, so it can inadvertently help the other team.

The Favela map has also been reworked for the North Star season, improving rooms and the map overview. “These changes will improve readability, making sure players always know where they are and where they are going when playing on Favela,” Ubisoft said.

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Thunderbird

You’ll be able to try out the changes very soon, as the Rainbow Six Siege Test Server will push North Star live on May 25.

A final release date was not given in the announcement, but a new armor system and “activities after death” will both be tested prior to it going live for the general player base. The former change will convert all armor into health to make it easier to tell how close you are to death, while the latter will let you control drones and gadgets in a round once you’ve been killed. Initially, these changes will not be in the live version of Year 6, Season 2, with Ubisoft soliciting players’ feedback. Other tweaks include a new scoreboard, a bullet holes fix, and balancing for several operators.

Rainbow Six Siege is available now on Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PS4, PS5, and PC. The current-gen versions are available as free upgrades from last-gen versions in the same console family.

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Happy Fourth Anniversary To The Start Of The Cursed Dark Universe

On May 22, 2017, amidst the hundreds or thousands of Twitter accounts that are created, one rose above all others. Simply called “#DarkUniverse,” the account sent out two tweets, signifying the start of another shared movie universe that would end up consisting of one movie, Tom Cruise’s The Mummy.

At 10:03 AM PT / 1:03 PM ET, a tweet was unleashed onto the masses that simply said, “Welcome to a new world of gods and monsters.” It featured a video consisting of clips from classic Universal Pictures movies like Dracula, Frankenstein, The Mummy, The Invisible Man, Bride of Frankenstein, The Wolf Man, The Phantom of the Opera, and Creature from the Black Lagoon. It also linked to the now defunct Darkuniverse.com, which currently brings you to the Universal Pictures site.

However, what got most people talking was the second–and final–tweet from the Dark Universe account, which begged onlookers to witness the beginning of a new cinematic universe with its stars that would surely build a long-lasting franchise.

The actors in the photo were ready to take their place in the spotlight already. Russell Crowe, Tom Cruise, and Sofia Boutella were a month away from making their debut in The Mummy, with the trio playing Dr. Jekyll, Nick Morton, and Ahmanet respectively. Javier Bardem was cast to play Frankenstein’s Monster in Bride of Frankenstein. Johnny Depp was going to play The Invisible Man. It’s always fun to note that Cruise decided to go as casual as possible for this composite photo shoot.

Sadly, when The Mummy hit theaters, it only made $80 million domestically ($409 million worldwide) on a reported budget of $125 million according to Box Office Mojo. Although those worldwide numbers may look good, it wasn’t enough to give Universal a reason to move forward. And realistically, an $80 million take for a summer blockbuster movie with a huge cast like The Mummy had is pretty embarrassing. It also didn’t help that critics were not a fan of the movie.

The future of the Dark Universe was quickly canceled. Luckily, from the ashes of the failed start we all witnessed the beginning to, we got a pretty good horror movie out of it. Universal pivoted and said that the future of the movies would focus on solo stories, rather than interconnected ones. This lead Jason Blum and Blumhouse productions to take over The Invisible Man–without Johnny Depp–and it would be written and directed by Upgrade’s Leigh Whannell. The new take on the film starred Elisabeth Moss (The Handmaid’s Tale) as a woman who escapes an abusive relationship and ends up being terrorized by an invisible man.

Future Universal monster movies are still in the works in some form, but like Invisible Man, nothing is set in stone at this time.

Everything Coming to Netflix in June 2021

In June 2021, Netflix is bringing some big-name adaptations of beloved properties to its catalog, including DC Comics’ Sweet Tooth and Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Eternal: The Movie: Part 1/Part 2.

On the TV front, Lupin: Part 2 arrives on June 11, and the fifth and final season of Kim’s Convenience will become available on June 2.

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June is also a big month for movies on Netflix, as the Godzilla Singular Point anime will make its way to the platform on June 24 and Liam Neeson’s The Ice Road will follow one day later on June 25.

On June 18, Kevin Hart’s Fatherhood will become available – a new Netflix film that is based on a real story of a father dealing with the sudden death of his wife and learning to raise a child as a single parent.

Check out the slideshow gallery below for highlights of Netflix’s June offerings followed by the full list (U.S. Netflix only):

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June 1

  • Abduction
  • American Outlaws
  • Bad Teacher
  • Black Holes | The Edge of All We Know
  • CoComelon: A Sunny Day for Play
  • Cradle 2 the Grave
  • Flipped
  • Fools Rush In
  • Happy Endings: Season 1
  • Happy Endings Season 2
  • Happy Endings Season 3
  • I Am Sam
  • Love Jones
  • Million Dollar Baby
  • Ninja Assassin
  • Seven Souls in the Skull Castle: Season Moon Jogen
  • Seven Souls in the Skull Castle: Season Moon Kagen
  • Stand By Me
  • Starsky & Hutch
  • Streets of Fire
  • Super Monsters: Once Upon a Rhyme — Netflix Family
  • Swordfish
  • The Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog: Season 1
  • The Best Man
  • The Big Lebowski
  • The Wedding Guest
  • The Wind
  • What Women Want

June 2

  • 2 Hearts
  • Alone: Season 7
  • Carnaval — Netflix Film
  • Kim’s Convenience: Season 5

June 3

  • Alan Saldaña: Locked Up — Netflix Comedy Special
  • Creator’s File: GOLD – Netflix Series
  • Dancing Queens — Netflix Film
  • Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Eternal: The Movie: Part 1/Part 2 — Netflix Film
  • Summertime: Season 2 — Netflix Serie

June 4

  • Breaking Boundaries: The Science of Our Planet — Netflix Documentary
  • Feel Good: Season 2 — Netflix Series
  • Sweet Tooth — Netflix Series
  • Trippin’ with the Kandasamys — Netflix Film
  • Xtreme — Netflix Film

June 5

  • Kitty Love: An Homage to Cats — Netflix Documentary

June 7

  • Vampire Academy

June 9

  • Awake — Netflix Film
  • Fresh, Fried & Crispy — Netflix Series
  • LA’s Finest: Season 2
  • Tragic Jungle — Netflix Film

June 10

  • A Haunted House 2
  • Carmellia Sisters
  • Locombianos — Netflix Series

June 11

  • Love (ft. Marriage and Divorce): Season 2 — Netflix Series
  • Lupin: Part 2 — Netflix Series
  • Skater Girl — Netflix Film
  • Trese — Netflix Anime
  • Wish Dragon — Netflix Family

June 13

  • The Devil Below
  • Picture a Scientist

June 14

  • Elite Short Stories — Netflix Series

June 15

  • FTA
  • Let’s Eat
  • Life of Crime
  • Power Rangers Dino Fury: Season 1
  • Rhyme Time Town: Season 2 — Netflix Family
  • Sir! No Sir!
  • Unwind Your Mind — Netflix Interactive Experience
  • Workin’ Moms: Season 5 — Netflix Series

June 16

  • Lowriders
  • Penguin Town — Netflix Documentary
  • Silver Skates — Netflix Film

June 17

  • Black Summer: Season 2 — Netflix Series
  • The Gift: Season 3 — Netflix Series
  • Hospital Playlist: Season 2 — Netflix Series
  • Katla — Netflix Series
  • Silver Linings Playbook

June 18

  • A Family — Netflix Film
  • Elite: Season 4 — Netflix Series
  • Fatherhood — Netflix Film
  • Jagame Thandhiram — Netflix Film
  • The Rational Life — Netflix Series
  • The World’s Most Amazing Vacation Rentals — Netflix Series

June 19

  • Nevertheless — Netflix Series

June 22

  • This Is Pop — Netflix Documentary

June 23

  • Good on Paper — Netflix Film
  • The House of Flowers: The Movie — Netflix Film
  • Murder by the Coast — Netflix Documentary
  • Too Hot to Handle: Season 2 — Netflix Series

June 24

  • Godzilla Singular Point — Netflix Anime
  • The Naked Director: Season 2 — Netflix Series
  • The Seventh Day
  • Sisters on Track — Netflix Documentary

June 25

  • The A List: Season 2 — Netflix Series
  • The Ice Road — Netflix Film
  • Sex/Life — Netflix Series

June 26

  • Wonder Boy — Netflix Documentary

June 28

  • Killing Them Softly
  • The Seven Deadly Sins: Dragon’s Judgement — Netflix Anime

June 29

  • StarBeam: Season 4 — Netflix Family

June 30

  • America: The Motion Picture — Netflix Film
  • Lying and Stealing
  • Sophie: A Murder in West Cork — Netflix Documentary

Exact Date TBD

  • Ali & Ratu Ratu Queens — Netflix Film
  • Jiva! — Netflix Series
  • Ray — Netflix Series
  • Record of Ragnarok — Netflix Anime
  • So Not Worth It — Netflix Series

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