There are four playable characters including Freddie, Monty, Roxanne, and Chica. In this gameplay clip we play through the first two levels as Freddie and Monty. You can download the game today for free if you want to check it out.
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If the $15 monthly charge for HBO Max is too much for you, then WarnerMedia might have an answer for you this summer–if you’re willing to watch a few advertisements. HBO Max will ask $10 a month for its previously-announced ad-supported tier this June, according to a report from CNBC.
If you want to go watch Mortal Kombat and Godzilla vs. Kong right now, HBO Max is going for $15; that’s the same price you’d pay for the premium channel on your local cable service. HBO Max doesn’t offer a free trial right now, unlike major competitor Netflix.
CNBC notes that a $10 tier would give the growing service a potential leg up on Netflix; the streaming giant is asking $13.00 per month right now. The other interesting wrinkle is that WarnerMedia won’t show you just any ads. Instead, the service will only attach ads for HBO Max-exclusive programming. That means that while you would be seeing ads, they’d be for Doom Patrol and Peacemaker–not for migraine medication for moms, or car insurance sold by tall birds.
WarnerMedia and parent AT&T insist that this isn’t a response to slow growth. According to AT&T CEO John Stankey, the HBO average revenue of $11.72 per user in the U.S. is “really impressive.” He told CNBC that an ad-supported tier would expand the HBO Max audience, and that this has “always been the plan.”
CNBC notes that pay-TV distributors like Comcast aren’t thrilled that HBO is undercutting its own $15 service with a $10 service that has all the same stuff on it, since they get anywhere from 30% to 60% of the take from that $15 fee. With that said, broadband-only customers are increasingly common, and distributors are reportedly prepared to start marketing the cheaper service to those users and users who have thus far resisted the pull of stuff like Game of Thrones, Westworld, and WarnerMedia’s upcoming slate of simultaneous HBO Max/theatrical releases.
Backing up Stankey’s statement that this has been in the works for quite a while, CNBC also notes that difficult negotiations around this ad-supported model were a major hurdle in getting the service onto Roku and Amazon streaming boxes.
To celebrate the upcoming May Melee Overwatch League tournament, developer Blizzard has dropped a new legendary Mei skin that gives the Overwatch hero an MMA-inspired look. But the change hasn’t been well-received, as the community is torn between loving and hating Mei’s cornrows, with a segment of players citing this as yet another form of cultural appropriation from a big-name studio.
The skin, which is called MM-Mei, sees the Chinese character don a boxer’s robe, “Frost”-emblazoned gloves, and even an MMA-inspired belt. The point of contention, however, is Mei’s hairstyle. In the legendary skin, Mei is wearing cornrows, a type of braided hairdo typically associated with the Black community, often used to tame knots and foster growth.
Players took to Twitter to respond to the skin. Some have demanded the Overwatch team “listen to the black people complaining that you gave her a black hairstyle,” arguing that the skin is shortsighted. Others cited the myriad ways Blizzard could’ve styled Mei’s hair while still evoking an MMA-inspired look, including a buzzcut, twin braids, and various kinds of ponytails.
Still, there are some members in the community who don’t agree with the culture appropriation criticism. One in particular shared a screenshot of Chinese MMA fighter Zhang Weili, who is often seen sporting braids of various styles in the ring, as “a real-life example” of someone of Asian descent wearing cornrows to refute the complaint.
This hand-waving ignores the appropriation happening here. The choice to give Mei a Black-worn hairstyle is odd, especially given the relatively disproportionate representation of Black characters, particularly female ones. The game’s first Black female character, Sojourn, has been announced, but won’t debut until Overwatch 2 drops.
To add insult to injury, Blizzard said the skin was “inspired by the intensity and distinctive fashion of mixed martial arts.” It’s no secret that professional fighters with various hair lengths manipulate their hair to keep it from obstructing their vision. But to label this skin with cornrows as a way to capture the “intensity and distinctive fashion of mixed martial arts” carries negative connotations. The idea could lead people to create excuses for stereotyping Black people as aggressive “fighters” simply based on their hairstyle. This compartmentalizes the Black experience and traps the community in a cycle of harmful cliches.
Stranger still is Mei’s hair length, which doesn’t appear long enough to braid in the style it’s done for the skin. As Twitter user oheysteenz pointed out, Mei would need a weave to achieve this hairstyle. Weaves are set in to not only add some extra length but also to protect the hair and scalp from whatever tension braids might produce. But since Mei’s hair is of a straight texture, rather than coiled and isn’t long enough to braid like that, this skin feels less sincere and more like a thoughtless example of co-opting another culture’s style.
We’ve contacted Blizzard for a statement regarding the skin’s controversy and will update this post when we hear back.
The legendary MM-Mei skin is now on sale until May 11. The May Melee, which will see the top two teams from the West and the East duke it out for the title of tournament winner, runs from May 6-8.
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The Falcon and the Winter Soldier featured a location named Madripoor that has very important ties to the wider Marvel universe, and showrunner Malcolm Spellman has revealed how it made it into the Disney+ series.
Speaking to Thrillist, Spellman discussed how Marvel doesn’t necessarily force characters or locations on creators, and instead wants them to “first and foremost tell the best story they can.” Then, the team will work to tie it into the “greater puzzle that is the MCU.” This is where Madripoor came in.
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“As far as I know, they don’t do that,” Spellman explained. “They want you first and foremost to tell the best story you can and then they see how the story you’ve already told can fit into the greater puzzle that is the MCU. For example, Madripoor started off as a city based on a real place where the restaurants sell endangered species and there’s an open gun bazaar. Once we created a city like that they are looking through their metric of what they’re going to be doing in the future, like, “Oh, what if that city was Madripoor?” So it was a perfect match.”
This same process occurred with Julia Louis-Dreyfus’ Valentina Allegra de Fontaine. She “started off as just sort of a shady ass CIA type and they said, “What if it’s Val?”
For those unfamiliar, Madripoor has a connection to Wolverine in the comics, and Spellman told us that “all kinds of discussions happened, and everyone at Marvel is aware of what Madripoor is and what it means to MCU. That’s all I’m going to say”
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For more on our interview with Spellman, check out his comments on the meaning behind Baron Zemo’s mask, his thoughts on Sharon Carter’s controversial turn, and his discussion as to whether justice was served with John Walker.
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When speaking to THR, Jordan was asked about this Superman reboot and, despite his similar pitch in 2019 for a Black Superman film when he made a deal with WB, he downplayed the possibility that he would be this film’s star.
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“It’s smart of DC to grab Ta-Nehisi to go ahead and adapt that project,” says Jordan. “He’s incredibly talented. It’s going to be worth checking out. I’m flattered that people have me in that conversation. It’s definitely a compliment, but I’m just watching on this one.”
Jordan has further connections to Coates, as the writer’s work on the Black Panther comics were part of what convinced Disney’s Bob Iger to go ahead with the big screen adaptation in which Jordan starred as Killmonger.
Jordan shared his thoughts while promoting Tom Clancy’s Without Remorse, a film based on the novel of the same name that will see Jordan taking up the role of John Kelly.
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We spoke to Jordan about Without Remorse – which debuts on Amazon Prime Video on April 30 – and some of the other projects he is working on. He shared with us why his first Tom Clancy film is ignoring the Rainbow Six games and why Sylvester Stallone’s Rocky won’t be returning for Creed 3.
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As reported by The Verge, Epic’s vice president of business development Joe Kreiner was asked why Fortnite isn’t yet available on Xbox Cloud Gaming, which was previously known as Project xCloud.
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Kreiner responded and said, “we viewed Microsoft’s efforts with xCloud to be competitive with our PC offerings.” The court documents look to also include more of Kreiner’s explanation of Epic’s decision to block Fortnite from the service, but that part of the questioning has been redacted.
Fortnite is free-to-play on Xbox consoles, but the only way to currently play the game on an iPhone is via Nvidia’s GeForce Now cloud gaming service. Epic partnered with Nvidia to make this happen, and ensured that “all of the revenue from the original game’s purchase or any in-app purchases goes back to Epic rather than Nvidia.”
Microsoft currently doesn’t allow for rival game stores to be on Xbox or Xbox Cloud Gaming, and all transactions would go through Microsoft. This is one of the main reasons Kreiner and Epic Games haven’t even tried to negotiate with Microsoft over a solution.
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Epic and Apple are set to go to an in-person trial on May 3, all over issues that began when Epic implemented a direct-pay system into Fortnite that aimed to bypass the Apple App Store and its 30% cut.
Apple removed Fortnite from the App Store, and it still remains off of it as of this writing. Interestingly enough, The Verge also notes from these documents that iOS only accounted for 7% of the total revenue for Fortnite, with PS4 generating 46.8% and Xbox One generated 27.5% from March 2018 through July 2020.
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Five Nights At Freddy’s: Security Breach will be hiding its neon-laden secrets for a bit longer, as series creator Scott Cawthon took to Reddit to confirm the game’s latest delay to “late 2021.”
The game–which was last seen during PlayStation’s February 25 State of Play event–was originally slated for release in late 2020, but the COVID-19 pandemic forced the game into 2021.
“As you all know, Security Breach was originally planned to come out at the end of 2020, but as we kept working on it and kept adding to it, it just kept getting bigger and bigger and needed more time to finish,” Cawthon said in the Reddit post. “And now, again, I’ve made the decision to put more time and money into it to make sure it’s finished properly, and that means a late 2021 release instead of an early 2021 release like I had originally wanted. It will be worth it!”
The announcement was not all bad news however, as Cawthon also announced the immediate release of Security Breach: Fury’s Rage, a Streets of Rage-style retro beat-em-up that is completely free to download and play. “I didn’t want you all to walk away empty-handed,” Cawthon explained, “so I made something for the community.”
Security Breach is the latest in the Five Nights at Freddy’s series, which began back in 2014 and gained internet fame for its jump-scare-focused gameplay. The latest release was 2019’s Help Wanted–the franchise’s first virtual-reality game–while the first mobile FNAF game Special Delivery was released later that same year.
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With the upcoming release of New Pokémon Snap, and the loss of Blockbuster Video’s dedicated Pokémon Snap Stations to print your grainy captures, it seemed like there was no way to get the Pokémon from your snaps and into your hands as physical photos.
Thankfully Fujifilm teamed up with Nintendo to create an app specifically designed for use with the Fujifilm Instax Mini Link line of portable smartphone cameras and your Nintendo Switch. That means every budding Henri-Cartier Bresson out there can now print off their own decisive moments from New Pokémon Snap using their smartphone, their Switch, and one of the Instax Mini Link printers.
There’s a special edition scheduled to release with the game in “Ash White (Red&Blue)” that isn’t available yet at Amazon, but rest assured, I will update this article as soon as I can when it does become available. In fact, the Fujifilm Instax Mini Link is sold out pretty much everywhere for the time being, most likely because everyone is super pumped to make Pokémon stickers come Friday. You can still get the white and pink ones at Target, and I’ve added links for Amazon and Best Buy even though they’re sold out, so you can bookmark them and check back later.
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We’ll also be keeping an eye on stock at all the major retailers and notifying you when more colors and the special edition become available. Keep an eye on IGNDeals on Twitter. Let’s be honest, you could always order one right now, but we all know you want the Special Edition with the Pikachu silicone printer protector (which will be available as a bundled deal).
Once you do get your hands on one of the Instax Mini Link printers, you need to then download the app to your smartphone. You can grab the app from the Google Play or the App Store, depending on your mobile operating system. If you’re looking through the apps right now and wondering “where in the hell is it?” fear not: it doesn’t come out until April 30, alongside New Pokémon Snap itself.
Once you have the Instax for Nintendo Switch app installed, it’s as simple as sending screenshots from your Switch to your phone, then from your phone to the printer. You’re not just limited to Pokémon Snap, either. Print off photos from Animal Crossing, Super Mario Odyssey, pretty much whatever you feel like. It’s your world.
Note: you don’t need the special edition printer to use the app. Any of the Instax Max Mini Link printers will work.
If you haven’t yet gotten your copy, check out our New Pokémon Snap preorder guide, and if you want to know what Rebekah Valentine thought, make sure to check out our New Pokémon Snap review.
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Overwatch is a highly stylized team-based shooter set on earth in the near future. Every match is an intense multiplayer showdown pitting a diverse cast of soldiers, mercenaries, scientists, adventurers, and oddities against each other in an epic, globe-spanning conflict.