Rocket League F1 DLC Coming May 20, See It Here

Rocket League’s next crossover DLC has been announced, and it’s very fitting. Psyonix’s popular soccer-with-cars game is adding Formula 1 (F1) DLC on May 20.

The famous Formula 1 car is coming to Rocket League alongside decals for 10 different teams to let you customize the experience to your liking. All of this is included in the Formula 1 Fan Pack, which will be available May 20 for 2,000 credits.

The car itself has a rocket boost, a Dominus hitbox, and Pirelli wheels. Here is a rundown of everything included with the Formula 1 Fan Pack DLC:

  • Formula 1 2021 (car)
    • Alfa Romeo 2021 Decal
    • AlphaTauri 2021 Decal
    • Alpine 2021 Decal
    • Aston Martin 2021 Decal
    • Ferrari 2021 Decal
    • Haas 2021 Decal
    • McLaren 2021 Decal
    • Mercedes-AMG Petronas 2021 Decal
    • Red Bull 2021 Decal
    • Williams 2021 Decal
  • Pirelli Wheels

The items in this bundle are exclusive to the Formula 1 car, so you cannot apply them to any other vehicle. You can click through the image gallery below to see all the decals.

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Additionally, the Formula 1 player banner is coming to the item shop on May 20 as a free download for everyone. It’ll be available until May 26, and it will return later on in conjunction with F1 events that happen in the real world.

This is just the latest racing-themed DLC for Rocket League this year, as NASCAR items came to the store back in March.

In other news, leaked documents from the Epic vs. Apple case revealed that Rocket League might be coming to mobile in addition to a spin-off game.

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The Last of Us Part 2 Is Getting a 60 FPS Patch on PS5

The Last of Us Part 2 is getting a PS5 exclusive performance update, pushing the already-stunning game to 60 frames per second. The update is available for free, right now.

Announced on the PS Blog, the update offers options for 30 FPS or 60 FPS framerate targets. A new 1.08 patch for the game will offer PS5 players a framerate toggle in the Display options menu. Other enhancements, such as resolution and load time improvements, were already available to players on PS5 through backward compatibility.

Digital Foundry, which has extensively tested the patch, reports that “PS5 is capable not just of doubling PS4 Pro performance but in many cases exceeding it,” after the patch. Even in areas that PS4 Pro could struggle with at 30FPS, such as scenes featuring a lot of water, the PS5 version reportedly runs at a locked 60 frames. In 8 hours of footage captured, Digital Foundry found that one scene dropped below 60 FPS for unknown reasons, and even then it was to 57 FPS – well beyond the capability of last-gen consoles.

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It’s worth making clear that this isn’t a full new-gen remaster in the same manner as The Last of Us Remastered. However, Naughty Dog director of communications Arne Meyer adds, “The team has been digging into the PS5 hardware and the possibilities it unlocks since launch last year and we’re excited about what the future holds. This patch is just the first step of working on the PS5. We’ll let you know when we’ve got more news to share!”

While co-creator Neil Druckmann has previously said there are no plans for TLOU2 DLC, the game has received a small content update before, adding permadeath mode and Grounded difficulty.

If recent reports are correct, we could actually be seeing a PS5 version of the original Last of Us at some point. We’re also expecting to see a standalone Last of Us 2 multiplayer game in the future. One project is less certain, however – The Last of Us Part 3 has a written outline, but Naughty Dog hasn’t begun any kind of work on it.

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The Last Of Us 2 60FPS Patch For PS5 Is Out Now For Free

A “performance” patch is out now for Naughty Dog’s The Last of Us: Part II that gives players the option to run the title at 60fps on PlayStation 5.

Once you’ve updated The Last of Us: Part II to version 1.08, you’ll be able to choose between 30fps or 60fps from the Display options. “This allows you to choose your preferred frame rate to complement the rest of the enhancements that are part of the PS5 backward compatibility with PS4 games, such as an enhanced resolution, faster load times, and more,” Naughty Dog’s Arne Meyer said in a post on the PlayStation Blog.

Meyer also teased that Naughty Dog has spent some time “digging into the PS5 hardware” and that it’s “excited about what the future holds.” Meyer teased that fans can expect Naughty Dog to continue to do more with the PS5 in the future.

“This patch is just the first step of working on the PS5,” Meyer said.

Digital Foundry tested The Last of Us: Part II on PS5 with the 60fps patch and reported that it is “practically flawless” at the higher frame rate. You can watch Digital Foundry’s full video to learn more.

According to a report, Naughty Dog is now working on a remake of The Last of Us for PlayStation 5, though this has yet to be confirmed or announced. The studio is also believed to be working on a standalone The Last of Us multiplayer game.

Outside of that, Naughty Dog’s Neil Druckmann has said he’s mapped out The Last of Us: Part III, but it’s too soon to say if Naughty Dog will make that game next, or something else.

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My Hero Academia: The Strongest Hero Officially Launches With a New Trailer

My Hero Academia: The Strongest Hero – a new open-world mobile RPG – launches today, and we can exclusively reveal its brand new trailer.

The action-packed new trailer offers fans a better look at the open-world action-RPG, which is available to download today on iTunes and Google Play. The game is available in English and accessible to fans in North America, Latin America, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, and Scandinavia. New content will be released every month, with more characters expected to be added at a later date.

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The mobile game is set in the My Hero Academia universe and features a full story campaign that allows players to build their own teams and take on classic villains like Shigaraki and Nomu.

The Strongest Hero also offers different game modes, giving players the flexibility to choose whether they want to challenge each other in PVP or take on the Allied Assault together in co-op mode.

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Fans of My Hero Academia will recognize stories from the original anime as part of the campaign. The Strongest Hero will continuously add new characters but has initially launched with fan-favorite characters such as Midoriya, Bakugo, and Todoroki, pro heroes like All Might and Endeavor, and even villains like Stain.

My Hero Academia: The Strongest Hero’s global launch follows the premiere of the series’ fifth season, which kicked off with “the Joint Training Arc, which saw Class 1-A and Class 1-B’s students pitted against each other in a series of team battles that demonstrate just how much each respective class has grown.”

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Netflix’s Fear Street Horror Trilogy Gets First Trailer

The first trailer for Fear Street has been released. The trilogy of horror movies is based on R.L. Stine’s hugely popular young adult book series, and all three films hit Netflix in July.

Fear Street is set in the fictional town of Shadyside, where scary things have been happening for over 300 years. The movies are set in three time periods, which also give each film its subtitle: Fear Street Part 1: 1994, Part 2: 1978, and Part 3: 1666. The trailer doesn’t give much away–half of it is just a voiceover–but it states a terrible curse has been put on the town and features some scary footage of an axe-wielding killer. Check it out below:

Fear Street Part 1: 1994 hits Netflix on July 2, with Part 2: 1978 and Part 3: 1666 following on July 9 and July 16 respectively. The cast includes Stranger Things stars Maya Hawke and Sadie Sink, plus Emily Rudd (Sea Change), Ryan Simpkins (Brigsby Bear), Ashley Zukerman (Designated Survivor), and Fred Hechinger (News of the World).

The three movies are directed by Leigh Janiak. In a statement, Stine praised Janiak’s adaptation of his books. “Fear Street fans are in for a treat–and some major surprises,” he said. “Readers know that the book series is rated PG. But the movies are rated R. That means a lot more thrills–and a lot more terror! I have seen Leigh Janiak’s epic trilogy and I can tell you the scares and the screams are more than I ever expected.”

The first Fear Street book, The New Girl, was published in 1989. It was followed by 50 follow-up novels, plus several spin-off series. It stands as one of the best selling young adult book series of all time.

Calculator For Nintendo Switch Is One Of The Highest User-Rated Games On Metacritic

Every once in a while, a game so bad or unnecessary becomes a meme, and instead of being derided online, it’s sarcastically heralded as the best game of all time. The latest game to fall into that category isn’t even a game, but a calculator app for the Nintendo Switch, and according to GameSpot’s sister site Metacritic, it’s receiving “universal acclaim” from users.

The Metacritic listing for Sabec Limited’s Calculator on Nintendo Switch has the application sitting at a 9.1/10 user score. Among the user reviews are comments calling it the Game of the Year for 2021 and praising it for including “SIN COS TAN” downloadable content. Without trigonometry, we would all be lost.

Roughly the game's user score
Roughly the game’s user score

“A great addition to the genre and a sum of all its parts,” one user said. “Do not subtract this one from [your] Switch library or let friends divide your opinion [on] an equally fantastic soundtrack too!”

Beautiful. We couldn’t have said it better, ourselves. The game, based on current user scores, is tied with Monster Hunter Rise as the fifth-best Switch game.

Does a paid calculator app–it’s a $10 title on the eShop–actually warrant any praise? Of course not, as you already likely have the same technology on your phone. Is it still extremely funny to act like it’s the greatest thing since sliced bread? Absolutely.

There isn’t actually anything on the page yet, but our sister site GameFAQs also has a cheats page set up for Calculator. If you know any high-level strategies or just want to use it as an excuse to write out free math lessons to trick students into learning, feel free to expand it.

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Fortnite Officially Adds NBA Skins On Friday

Fortnite’s NBA skins, which previously leaked, are officially coming to the in-game store very soon, and there will be one for all 30 teams.

New in-game jerseys for your Fortnite character are coming May 21 at 5 PM PT / 8 PM ET. All 30 NBA teams are represented, and you can get them through the “In The Paint” set. A lot of this information leaked, while documents from the Apple vs. Epic case leaked some of the information, too.

Fortnite is also adding a “Shoot & Score” pack that comes with basketball-themed items such as the Mini Hoop back bling (which can be customized with the logo for any NBA team) and the Hookshot emote. Another emote, Dribblin’, is also coming to Fortnite.

Also as part of this update, NBA players Donovan Mitchell and Trae Young will have their own Locker bundles available in the item shop so you can deck out your player like them. Mitchell’s locker comes with the Cozy Chomps outfit, the Sharky Shawl back bling, the Stark Splitter pickaxe, the Dynamic Fire wrap, and the Fire Spinner emote.

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Young’s locker, meanwhile, includes the Scarlet Commander outfit, the Gold Digger pickaxe, the Happy Stars wrap, and the Baller emote.

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Epic also announced a new “team battles” event called Fortnite x NBA: The Crossover. This is a five-day competition scheduled for May 19-23 that players can take part in for a chance to earning in-game bonuses and V-Bucks. Full details about the event and how to participate can be found on the Fortnite website.

Finally, Epic teased that there will be some kind of NBA collaboration with the Fortnite Creative mode coming next week. More details will be announced on May 25.

This is all happening now in conjunction with the start of the NBA Playoffs, which began this week.

In other news, the Epic vs. Apple trial is now in its third and final week, though it remains to be seen when a decision might come down and how Epic and Apple could be affected.

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Loki Gets Recruited To Help Fix The Timeline In New Trailer For Disney+ Show

A new trailer for Disney+’s next big show, Loki, has arrived. The new video shows Tom Hiddleston in space shackles as he’s led through the Time Variance Authority headquarters to stand trial for his crimes.

We learn in the trailer that Owen Wilson’s TVA agent Mobius is none too pleased with what Loki did in the events of the Avengers films to screw with the timeline that the Time Keepers created. That said, Mobius recognizes that Loki can help TVA fix its problem, so they recruit him. “You put our timeline in chaos,” Mobius says to Loki. “I want you to help us fix it.”

Loki apparently reluctantly agrees to do so, and that’s where things kick off in the show. As the trailer alludes to, not everything will go to plan, and Loki might have a few further tricks up his sleeve. As we well know by now, Loki is a liar and a deceiver, and not everyone at TVA trusts him and the mission he takes for the group as they attempt to correct the timeline. Check out the full trailer above.

Loki premieres on Disney+ starting June 9. Episodes will air on Wednesdays, which is a change from WandaVision.

For lots more on Loki, check out GameSpot’s primer, “How To Watch Loki On Disney Plus: Release Date, Number Of Episodes, And More.”

New Animated Superman Series Stars The Boys’ Jack Quaid as Clark Kent

HBO Max and Cartoon Network are teaming up on a new Superman animated series starring The Boys’ Jack Quaid as a young Clark Kent.

The new series is called My Adventures with Superman and it stars Clark Kent, Lois Lane, and Jimmy Olsen as twenty-something young members of an investigative reporting team at the Daily Planet. Together, the would-be Man of Steel will work alongside Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen as they navigate through this kooky thing called life while fighting bad guys.

Throughout the series, Clark will build up his Superman identity while also working with Lois and Jimmy as they navigate their professional careers. While Clark and Lois will of course fall in love, there will be a lot of growing up and crime-fighting done in between that. Lane will be voiced by Alice Lee (Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist).

Source: Warner Media
Source: Warner Media

Quaid is best known for his role as Hugie on Amazon Prime’s The Boys, an ultra-violent, post-modern take on the superhero genre. Hugie plays a normal human who teams up with a group of big-hearted mercenaries as they fight a superhero group known as The Seven and the evil mega-corporation backing them.

“This is the first animated Superman series in many years and we want to tell our Superman story through the trio of Clark, Lois, and Jimmy – whose relationship dynamic will allow for rich,s serialized and engaging stories,” Says Warner Bros. Animation and Cartoon Network Studios president Sam Register.

Although Superman has appeared in a variety of DC Animated Films, he hasn’t headlined an animated series since Superman: The Animated Series. But the Man of Steel is still flying around live-action shows including on The CW’s Superman & Lois.

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HBO Max and Cartoon Network have already ordered two seasons of the show. Warner Bros. Animation will produce My Adventures with Superman, and the production team is led by veterans from series like Teen Titans Go!, Invader Zim: Enter the Florpus, Voltron: Legendary Defender, and She-Ra and the Princess of Power.

My Adventures With Superman is the second animated series HBO Max announced alongside Cartoon Network. The company also announced Batman: Caped Crusader, a new Batman animated series produced by Bruce Timm, J.J. Abrams, and The Batman director Matt Reeves.

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