Destiny 2 is having a busy week. The Iron Banner is running once again, bringing higher-level PvP challenge and reward to the game. Next week is also the start of the Solstice of Heroes, Destiny’s summertime event that lets you earn even more unique gear. That means you’ll want to visit Xur again this weekend to check out his batch of Exotics and fill any holes in your collection to make sure you can continue to compete.

Xur returns to the solar system every weekend in Destiny 2, starting with the daily reset at 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET each Friday. The thing is, where he’ll land isn’t known until he actually arrives. Xur can hang out at one of several locations, including in the Tower Hangar area, on Nessus in Watcher’s Grave, and in the Winding Cove area of the EDZ. Xur’s inventory also changes each week, so it’s worth revisiting him on the weekends for new weapons and rolls on Exotic armor. You can visit him any time between his arrival Friday and the weekly reset at 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET the following Tuesday when Xur departs the solar system.

We’ll update this post as soon as Xur arrives with full details on where to find him and what he’s packing.

Each week, Xur offers one Exotic weapon and three pieces of Exotic armor: one for each character class. The inventory is random, as are the stat rolls you can expect on each of his armor offerings, so if you’re looking to fill out your collection or if you’re hoping for better versions of Exotics you already have, it’s worth visiting him. Xur also brings an Exotic Engram, which is guaranteed to drop something you don’t already have, if there are Exotics missing from your collection on that particular character–but that doesn’t include Exotics you have to earn through activities, including the new Exotic armors added each season, which can only be claimed from Legendary or Master Lost Sectors.

You know how Aliens works–scrappy scientists and workers get trapped with Xenomorphs in a spaceship or colony, and they have to fight to survive. The upcoming Aliens TV show, though, won’t be a simple retread, says show creator Noah Hawley in an interview with Vanity Fair.

Instead of trapping humans with aliens, the show will be about “What happens if you can’t contain it?” the Legion and Fargo creator said. The show will not re-cast or revisit Sigourney Weaver’s iconic character Ellen Ripley.

“It’s not a Ripley story,” Hawley said. “She’s one of the great characters of all time, and I think the story has been told pretty perfectly, and I don’t want to mess with it.”

Instead, the show will head to Earth and tackle themes of class inequality. “What happens when the inequality we’re struggling with now isn’t resolved?” he asked.

“[The Alien films] are great monster movies, but they’re not just monster movies,” Hawley continued. “They’re about humanity trapped between our primordial, parasitic past and our artificial intelligence future–and they’re both trying to kill us. Here you have human beings, and they can’t go forward, and they can’t go back.”

Hawley already has two scripts for the show ready to go, but don’t expect it this year.

“The entire film industry had to take a year off, and now they’re trying to jam two years of production into one,” he said. “Everyone is racing to make up for lost time. So I figure, let that bubble burst a bit, and we’ll do it right.”

In the meantime, you can catch up on Hawley’s other work, which includes three seasons of the visually-stunning X-Men spinoff Legion and four seasons of Fargo–proof positive that Hawley is the right creator to turn a movie into a long-form series.

Even though Spider-Man: No Way Home is less than six months away, official details about the upcoming sequel are still sparse. Since the film’s stars offered a cryptic tease about the movie’s official title, rumors have continued to swirl about the potential multiverse-spanning plot of the movie. Now, LEGO has offered fans a glimpse at the upcoming blockbuster, listing an official set on its website that features Spider-Man’s new costume as well as Benedict Cumberbatch’s Doctor Strange.

The slightly updated Spider-Man costume can be seen as the hero’s LEGO Minifigure, as well as in the promotional artwork along the side of the box. The costume features a black-and-gold coloring similar to the Iron Spider suit worn by Peter Parker in Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame. However, the black-and-red base of the costume more closely represents the hero’s outfit in Spider-Man: Far from Home.

The set also features Minifigures of Doctor Strange, Zendaya’s MJ, and Benedict Wong’s Wong. The four characters are featured in action inside a workshop at the Sanctum Sanctorum.

LEGO sets do not always represent the narrative events of a given movie, so it remains to be seen whether Peter Parker and MJ will find their way inside Doctor Strange’s headquarters and fight a giant scorpion(?) during the events of No Way Home.

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If Spider-Man: No Way Home ends up delivering on its various multiverse teases, there could be plenty more LEGO Minifigures on the way to tie in with the movie. Along with Benedict Cumberbatch’s Doctor Strange, the movie will also include the return of Alfred Molina’s Doctor Octopus and Jamie Foxx’s Electro.

When previous Spider-Man actor Andrew Garfield was asked about his potential involvement with the project, the star responded with a vague statement of “never say never.”

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For more about what could be in store for Spider-Man: No Way Home, read our explainer on everything we know about the MCU’s multiverse so far. Also, learn about how TikTok users uncovered footage of a young Tom Holland expressing his desire to play Spider-Man years before landing the role.

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J. Kim Murphy is a freelance entertainment writer.

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It’s been rumored that EA will soon reveal a fan-favorite series revival at this month’s EA Play Live event and that revival is reportedly a remake of Dead Space.

GamesBeat reports that not only will this revival be a Dead Space remake, but it will be a remake in the vein of Capcom’s recent Resident Evil remakes.

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GamesBeat’s Jeff Grub first teased back in March that EA Motive was working on an “established IP”, which has since been corroborated by Eurogamer. Following that in a later stream, Grubb said this EA Motive-developed game would be revealed at the July 22 EA Play Live showcase. The speculation of what this game could be ramped up soon after and most landed on Dead Space.

This was, in part, due to Grubb saying “We’re going to see it…if we’re not dead first.” Now, today, Grubb has reported that EA Motive’s game is, in fact, Dead Space and it is specifically a Dead Space remake.

The report says that EA Motive is taking notes from Capcom’s recent Resident Evil remakes and that like their widely-acclaimed Resident Evil 2 Remake from 2019, fans can expect the next Dead Space — seemingly the remake — to use the original Dead Space as a “strong foundation.”

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The game should have modern visuals and is expected to feature new gameplay mechanics pulled in from subsequent entries beyond the first in the Dead Space franchise.

If EA Motive actually is working on a Dead Space remake, all signs point to a reveal during the July 22 EA Play Live digital showcase.

The studio’s last release was Star Wars Squadrons, which also happened to be its first major game developed in-house. Following that release, the studio confirmed that its next project will be “something pretty special” and not related to Star Wars.

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However, EA Motive has several projects in the works so the “something pretty special” description could be about something other than this rumored Dead Space remake…although a Dead Space remake could be pretty special, right?

While waiting to learn what EA Motive’s rumored revival is, check out our thoughts on the original game in IGN’s Dead Space review and then read what we had to say about its sequels, Dead Space 2 and Dead Space 3. Check out this story about how Dead Space 4 was planned to have a female protagonist and open-world design after that.

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Wesley LeBlanc is a freelance news writer and guide maker for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @LeBlancWes.

Electronic Arts has responded to Wednesday’s Supreme Court ruling that the NCAA can’t limit the benefits of college athletes Axios reports. This decision has spurred the NCAA to state that athletes can now profit off of their name, image, and likeness; and the ruling will potentially impact the development of the upcoming “EA Sports College Football” game.

“We are watching the recent developments regarding student-athlete name, image and likeness very closely,” a company rep tells Axios. “It’s still very early stages at this point, and we plan to explore the possibility of including players in ‘EA Sports College Football.'”

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The new NCAA ruling could result in EA being able to use the likeness of college athletes for the first time since it stopped production on its NCAA football and basketball games in 2013. EA announced it would be returning to college sports games back in February, with exclusive rights to “more than 100 institutions featuring logos, stadiums, uniforms, and gameday traditions,” but not athlete likeness.

At the time, EA said it was monitoring developments on athlete’s rights, but didn’t offer any further details.

EA played a major role in the initial 2009 lawsuit over NCAA athletes’ rights to profit from the use of their likeness. EA eventually settled in court, paying $40 million towards “expected litigation settlement and license expenses related to our college football business.” EA originally planned on continuing development on NCAA games (sans likeness), but the NCAA made the decision not to renew their license agreement in 2013. With licensing agreements dropping, including the SEC, EA eventually decided to cancel production on further collegiate sports games.

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Details (including release date) have yet to be announced for EA Sports College Football, or any other college sports games EA may have plans for. Collegiate Licensing Company documents obtained by GameSpot indicate the next college football game may not arrive until 2023.

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Rockstar Games co-founder and Grand Theft Auto writer, Dan Houser, has seemingly started up a new video game company studio.

As spotted by Rockstar Mag a new company started in the United Kingdom called Absurd Ventures In Games has recently been registered. According to a business listing, Dan Houser is involved with Absurd Ventures in Games as Director.

Details about the new company are sparse. Absurd Ventures in Games was incorporated in the UK on June 23, 2021, and is classified as a “Ready-made Interactive leisure and entertainment software development” company. 

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However, given how few details there are it’s not necessarily the case that Absurd Ventures in Games is a new game development studio or a different company working in the games industry.

In 2020 Dan Houser left Rockstar Games, the company he helped found in 1998 with his brother Sam. Rockstar parent company Take-Two Interactive confirmed Dan Houser left in 2020 and issued a statement thanking Houser for his years of service. Sam Houser remains at Rockstar Games as president of the company.

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Houser is best known for his work on Rockstar’s many critically acclaimed games and served as a writer on almost all of the company’s Grand Theft Auto and Red Dead Redemption titles. The last Rockstar Games release was Red Dead Redemption 2, one of the most critically acclaimed games of 2018.

Meanwhile, the internet continues to be obsessed over when Grand Theft Auto 6 will come out.

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Matt T.M. Kim is IGN’s News Editor.

Welcooome to Nintendo Voice Chat! This week, Casey DeFreitas is joined by Peer Schneider, Seth Macy, and Tom Marks to look back on the best Switch releases throughout the first half of 2021. They also look ahead to the most highly anticipated games still to come this year! Plus, hear discussions about Star Fox 64’s anniversary, Kazuya in Smash, and a whole lot more.

NVC is available on your preferred platforms!

• Spotify
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You can also Download NVC 567 Directly Here

You can listen to NVC on your preferred platform every Thursday at 3pm PT/6pm ET. Have a question for Question Block? Write to us at [email protected] and we may pick your question! Also, make sure to join the Nintendo Voice Chat Podcast Forums on Facebook. We’re all pretty active there and often pull Question Block questions and comments straight from the community.

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Logan Plant is the Production Assistant for NVC. You can find him on Twitter at @LoganJPlant.

Pokémon Go has announced it will hold in-person celebrations in over 20 cities as a part of Pokémon Go Fest this year, but with limited capacity and no impact on the in-game experience due to ongoing COVID-19 concerns and restrictions.

Niantic announced today that the following cities would have in-person events on Saturday, July 17, 2021 from 10am to 6pm local time:

Europe

• Linz, AT
• Dresden, DE
• Essen, DE
• Hamburg, DE
• Sevilla, ES
• Paris, FR
• Warsaw, PL
• Bristol, UK
• Edinburgh, UK
• Liverpool, UK
• London, UK

United States

• San Francisco, CA
• Denver, CO
• Atlanta, GA
• Chicago, IL
• Indianapolis, IN
• New York City, NY
• Nashville, TN
• Austin, TX
• Seattle, WA
• Washington, D.C.

Asia-Pacific

• Auckland, NZ

Niantic has said that these events will be outdoors and socially distanced, and will be open on a first-come-first-serve basis to those who register here, with limited capacity at each event. Niantic has noted that Pokémon Go Fest 2021 in-game tickets will not grant admission to these events, and asks that those without in-game tickets not register in order to keep crowd sizes reasonable.

The company has additionally informed IGN that the celebrations will be “fairly light-touch” and may include, for example, photo opportuntiies throughout the city. There will be no additional in-game rewards for attending, and the Pokémon Go Fest experience will be the same for everyone with an in-game ticket. Niantic also confirmed it would be adhering to local health authority guidelines and recommendations, including mask mandates where applicable.

Pokemon Go Fest takes place from July 17-18 and is a fully digital event, playable globally regardless of in-person event attendance. Pokemon Go Fest tickets cost $5 in-game and will include special research activities, a mythical Pokémon encounter, avatar items, and more events throughout the weekend. Niantic has recently announced it will begin rolling back certain pandemic-related changes following the event, a decision that has sparked criticism from the community.

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Rebekah Valentine is a news reporter for IGN. You can find her on Twitter @duckvalentine.