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After an extremely long wait, the final “Rebuild of Evangelion” film has finally landed a release date in Japanese cinemas. Crunchyroll is reporting that Evangelion 3.0+1.0: Thrice Upon a Time will release on January 23, 2021, bringing an end to the long-running anime series.

The original series, Neon Genesis Evangelion, ran from 1995 until 1996 in Japan, and was followed by the (extremely grim) feature-length End of Evangelion in 1997. It was later followed up by the Rebuild series, which 3.0+1.0 is the final entry in. The movie is written and chiefly directed by series creator Hideki Anno.

A new trailer has also surfaced, which you can watch below (and, if you’re anything like me, get a bit emotional about). The trailer debuted ahead of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba THE MOVIE Mugen Train in Japanese cinemas.

The Rebuild series of movies–which seemed like a remake series at first, and soon transformed into something else entirely–began with 2007’s Evangelion 1.0: You Are (Not) Alone. It was followed by 2.0: You Can (Not) Advance in 2009 and the tellingly-named 3.0: You Can (Not) Redo in 2012.

When the rest of the world will get to see it is anyone’s guess–there was a three year gap between the Japanese release of 3.0 and its US DVD debut, so it could be a while still. Netflix now has the rights to stream the original series and End of Evangelion, but the Rebuild movies are not on the service.

It’s unclear whether an English dub of this fourth movie will happen, and if it does, who will voice the characters–the original actors, or the cast of Netflix’s new dub.

3.0 ended on a cliffhanger, and fans have plenty of questions–such as why the film has such an odd name. 3.0+1.0 was originally due to release in 2020, but it was delayed due to the coronavirus.

For a while, it seemed pretty wild that Sony hadn’t revealed the UI of its upcoming PlayStation 5, given that the console’s launch is only in a few short weeks. But that has finally changed thanks to a recent State of Play presentation offering a more detailed look at how the console works. Unlike Xbox Series X’s UI–which is similar to current-gen Microsoft consoles–the PS5’s UI is entirely different from its predecessor.

To help give you an idea of what to expect from the UI of Sony’s upcoming next-generation console, we’re going over the most significant changes. This includes numerous alterations to how you interact with the console’s base functions like screenshot tools and your friends list, what the Create button pops up in the UI, the new navigational system known as Cards, and much more. While what we detail below is based on the recent presentation, we’ll, of course, know a lot more once we get a hands-on with the PS5 come November 12.

Regardless, be sure to check back as we detail the latest changes. You can also check out the video version of this feature in the player above for a more visual look at the details we’ve presented. Otherwise, if all this sells you on Sony’s next-generation console, be sure to hop into our PS5 preorder guide.

The Game Is Always Front And Center

The PS5 UI has received a complete overhaul, and the most noticeable change is the literal emphasis on your gaming being front and center. Once you boot up the PS5 from rest mode, your game will be up and running from wherever you last left off, accompanied by the all-new Control Center.

Whether you’re scrolling through recent activity, joining chat rooms, sharing screenshots, or checking the news, it all occurs overlaid on the game you’re actively playing. Meaning, your gaming experience isn’t entirely interrupted by the console forcing you into another menu like the PS4 currently does.

Control Center

Pressing the PlayStation Button now brings you to the PS5’s Control Center. Previously with the PS4, tapping PS Button would bring you out of the game and to the PS4’s home screen. If you held it, it’d bring up the Quick Menu, where you could check notifications, friends list, etc. This time around, pressing the PS5’s PS Button no longer interrupts the game but brings us to its new Card-based UI.

Instead of navigating either the Home screen or Quick Menu, everything you want to accomplish, from checking on your friends list to going over game activity or looking at notifications, happens in the Control Center using Cards. It’s time to say goodbye to the Home and Quick Menu from the PS4 altogether.

Cards

Cards are a new and significant integration into how we’ll be navigating the console’s UI. They give you a glimpse into everything going on like news, game activity, and what your friends are up to, and it will have unique integration into certain PS5 games. The big card-based feature is Activities, which are a way to track what you have and haven’t done within the game you’re playing.

It acts kind of like PlayStation’s very own quest log, which is a nifty feature for completionists, and trophy hunters, as it’s a quick way to get a birds-eye view of what you haven’t done yet in a game. Such as showing objectives you haven’t completed yet, or even teleporting you in the game to a specific objective.

It even gives you an idea of how long it’ll take to achieve the objective. So, say you have to call your mom in half an hour; this feature gives you a quick look into how much time you’ll need to complete your objective, rather than having to stop halfway feeling unfulfilled and anxious throughout the entire conversation with your mom. It gives a new and literal meaning to saying “just two more minutes!” to the nagging sibling/parent/dog or whatever.

Picture-In-Picture

Cards can also be placed on the screen while you’re playing, snapping to either side or working as picture-in-picture. You can also view objectives from your activity lists directly on screen without interrupting your game and maneuvering other menu screens.

There’s also a new Game Help feature for active PlayStation Plus members, which offers in-game guidance to achieve specific goals with hints alongside screenshots and videos demonstrating how to accomplish the objective. This, too, can be snapped on screen alongside your game, so you don’t have to leave and go searching online for a walkthrough. While handy, it’s admittedly an opt-in feature for developers, so it’s not necessarily guaranteed that all games will have this functionality.

Seamlessly Interact With Friends

Continuing the emphasis on keeping the game front and center, when friends invite you to chat rooms, you can do it all with your game running in the background. Previously with the PS4, getting an invitation would interrupt your game, requiring you to go to another menu screen where you’d enter the chat. But no more!

Additionally, interacting with your friends, like hopping into their games, inviting them to chatrooms, or sharing a screenshot with them, can all be down through Cards in the Control Center, including the Share Screen option. The card feature lets you snap a live feed of their gameplay on your screen, so you can watch your friends get destroyed at Demon’s Souls while you swing gallantly through NYC in Spider-Man: Miles Morales.

Create Button

Zero interruption is the name of the game here in the PS5’s UI, and pressing the Create button brings up a minimalist option bar at the bottom of the screen with the option to capture something that had just happened, a screenshot, or begin recording gameplay. You can share clips and screenshots like always, but it’s worth noting that with the new interface, a shared piece of media can be flagged by developers to include an automatic spoiler warning. This appears to be implemented to ensure that those accessing any content you’ve shared won’t have their days unexpectedly ruined by something you didn’t know they didn’t want to see. But like the official Game Help feature, the spoiler tag flagging appears to be opt-in for developers.

Home Screen

While there’s a lot of talk of its Control Center and Card UI, the Home Screen, of course, makes a return…with a facelift, no less. If you’re starting your console up on a fresh start, the Home Screen is where you’ll land. It’s where you’ll go if you want to start another game or download a new one.

This time around, Media has its own separate menu from Games, rather than being all bunched together like on the PS4. Each game and application has an integrated hub to explore information, which is a much-needed upgrade to the PS4’s feature of pressing down from a game icon and getting a bunched up convoluted look at news, trophies, and friend activity. This new design seems much more breathable.

Explore

Explore is a new option to the PS5 that brings together all of your games, shows news stories, and trending media. However, the feature is still being tested out, so be aware that it won’t be available to every user on day-one.

PlayStation Store

PlayStation Store is integrated into the menu experience instead of being a separate app, which makes exploring, shopping, and finding new games a quicker, more intuitive experience, without ever having to leave the PS5’s home screen.

Sony has finally unveiled one of the last remaining pieces of the PlayStation 5 puzzle and with it given us a clearer picture of what gaming will be like on its upcoming new console. The platform holder dropped a video showcasing the PS5’s user interface and it’s a drastic change from what we had on the PlayStation 4.

The change is immediately noticeable, as the PS5 features a cleaner, more elegant UI that is designed for 4K displays. It’s also rather minimalist, at least when compared to the many, many menus the PS4 throws up in an average gaming session.

But beyond the slick look and snappy movement, there are numerous exciting and, dare we say it, revolutionary features that will drive our gameplay experiences. In this video Kurt Indovina talks through nine of the biggest changes and the next-gen gaming features that have defined those changes.

You’ll get to see the new home screen, the impressive Control Center, the game-changing Activity Cards, how screenshots are captured, the new ways you can interact with friends, and more.

When Disney+ launched, several movies carried a disclaimer admitting to outdated depictions of certain cultures and people, with many of the company’s older films featuring content that has not held up well in 2020. Now, the advisory messages have been updated, and Disney has established a new website to better address this material.

As noted by The Hollywood Reporter, the disclaimers before movies like Peter Pan, The Aristocats, Dumbo, and Swiss Family Robinson now point towards Disney’s “Stories Matter” page, which was created in collaboration with a third-party advisory council. The site directly addresses some of the issues in these films.

“As part of our ongoing commitment to diversity and inclusion, we are in the process of reviewing our library and adding advisories to content that includes negative depictions or mistreatment of people or cultures,” the page says. “Rather than removing this content, we see an opportunity to spark conversation and open dialogue on history that affects us all. We also want to acknowledge that some communities have been erased or forgotten altogether, and we’re committed to giving voice to their stories as well.”

The page goes into detail about what, specifically, is wrong with these films, with the examples on the page right now focusing on racist depictions within these four films.

Here’s the full disclaimer leading into the link:

“This program includes negative depictions and/or mistreatment of people or cultures. These stereotypes were wrong then and are wrong now. Rather than remove this content, we want to acknowledge its harmful impact, learn from it and spark conversation to create a more inclusive future together.

Disney is committed to creating stories with inspirational and aspirational themes that reflect the rich diversity of the human experience around the globe.”

In the past, Disney+ has altered and edited some content on its service–most notably, covering up a butt in Splash with weird CGI hair. Pixar’s next film, Soul, will release onto Disney+ on Christmas day.

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We finally got a chance to experience the UI for Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S and like Microsoft said, it looks a lot like the Xbox One’s current UI. If you’re already in the Xbox ecosystem, the UI for Series X/S should look very familiar to you.

In the video above, Michael Higham shows off the Xbox Series X’s speed–booting the console up, navigating through the UI, and jumping into a game and playing around when he should be working (jk, Michael, we love you and appreciate you handling all these Xbox previews).

All in all, the whole process is pretty seamless and there’s very little waiting time involved. So when the Xbox Series X and Series S are here and we all have the chance to check them out, we shouldn’t have to wait too long between turning the console on and jumping into a game.

Speaking of, quite a few games will be available to play on Xbox Series X/S at launch. As Microsoft’s next-gen consoles support backwards compatibility, you’ll have access to select titles in your back catalog of Xbox One, Xbox 360, and Xbox games. Plus, there’s all the titles available on Xbox Game Pass. If you’re looking for something new, we’ve rounded up all of the games launching alongside or close to the Xbox Series X/S release date of November 10.