A new patch for the battle royale game Call of Duty: Warzone has arrived and one of its key improvements is a new fix that addresses the infinite stim glitch.
The patch notes state that the issue “stemmed from player getting stuck in throwback state after throwing back a live grenade,” but it should now be fixed. This has been an ongoing issues with the game, so hopefully this latest patch does the trick.
Additionally, match bonuses and kill XP rewards for the Kingslayer mode have been adjusted as part of the studio’s efforts to “normalize” XP rewards across modes.
The Warzone patch also makes a change to the in-game store by removing tier skips from the Modern Warfare bundles, while some issues related to the display images for several items have been addressed. You can see the full patch notes below, as posted on Activision’s website.
The weekly Warzone playlist refresh has gone live, too, and you can see the changes below.
Issue stemmed from player getting stuck in throwback state after throwing back a live grenade
Adjusted match bonus and kill XP reward of Kingslayer mode to be more in line with Verdansk BR
This is part of our continued effort to normalize XP rewards across our various game modes
WEAPONS
Adjusted the timing of ammo replenishment during empty reloads for BOCW weapons
OPERATORS
Certain operator missions for Stitch should now track as intended
GUNSMITH
Fixed visual for the “Heavy Handed” Sledgehammer in the Player Armory
BARRACKS
Fixed issue where at high prestige levels, progress towards next level shown in Barracks Seasonal Progression did not match what was shown on the top banner of the main menu
STORE
Removed Tier Skips from Modern Warfare Bundles
Previewing Bruiser Cord watch in the Hot Shot Bundle will now display correct watch
Fixed various minor issues including images, icons, and names
BUG FIXES
Fixed a crash that occurs when launching the game due to changes being made to Windows GDI32
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Electronic Arts is optimistic about the future of its battle royale game Apex Legends. During EA’s latest earnings call, CFO Blake Jorgensen confirmed that the game has already made $1 billion and it hasn’t even released on Switch or mobile yet.
“Let’s all remember, less than two years ago, no one knew this product existed. Today, it’s over $1 billion,” Jorgensen said. “We think there is a huge upside to this product over time, and I just encourage people to keep focused on that because we don’t have a mobile product today. We don’t have a Switch product today. There are still other platforms around the world that we might go on. This is an opportunity that will last for a very long time, and we’re trying to build it for the long range, not just a 1-year blip. So we’re very excited about it.”
Apex Legends is coming to Nintendo Switch in March, and part of the reason why EA is releasing the game on Nintendo’s console is because of Apex’s popularity in Japan where the Switch is doing big numbers.
“Japan is the second-largest market for Apex, which is very exciting for us. And we know that it’s one of the largest markets for the Nintendo Switch,” Jorgensen said. “And that’s the reason we decided to put it out on Nintendo Switch. But we also know that Nintendo Switch is a global business, not just a Japanese business.”
Jorgensen also mentioned that Apex’s mobile edition could be a big money-maker. He said the game will soft-launch on mobile in the next three to four months. The game is also coming to China, but Jorgensen said this might take longer due to the regulatory approvals the game will need to meet in China.
“I think the team is very dedicated to making sure the product is the perfect product for a global market,” he said.
Marvel’s WandaVision Episode 5 has introduced an extremely unexpected character into the mix – with potentially major implications for the MCU as a whole.
The story beyond this point will contain full spoilers for Marvel’s WandaVision Episode 5 – proceed at your own risk!
As Episode 5 draws to a close, WandaVision makes perhaps its most bizarre introduction yet – Pietro Maximoff (aka Quicksilver, aka Wanda’s dead brother) shows up at her front door. Except it’s not the MCU’s Aaron Taylor-Johnson playing the character, it’s Evan Peters, who played the character in Fox’s X-Men universe. Peters played Quicksilver in X-Men: Days of Future Past and X-Men: Apocalypse, earning plaudits for his performance, even if the movies themselves weren’t as well received.
And to make absolutely clear this isn’t just some regular real-world recasting, Kat Dennings’ Darcy confirms that this is some extremely weird in-universe recasting by saying: “She [Wanda] recast Pietro?”
The latter now feels far more likely. With Wanda explicitly tied to the upcoming Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, it’s possible this is our first clue as to her part in crossing the boundaries between realities – perhaps she’s pulled a different reality’s Quicksilver into her own, after ‘her’ Pietro was killed in Avengers: Age of Ultron. It must be said, however, that in a series built on illusion, transformation, and deceit, Peters’ addition could be a simple nod to a superhero movie fan audience. We’ll likely have to wait for next week’s episode to get more answers on that.
If this is a formal crossing over of the established X-Men universe with the MCU, the implications are fairly huge – could we see Patrick Stewart’s Professor X, Ian McKellan’s Magneto, or Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine enter the newer Marvel movies? It would explain how Deadpool 3 can safely be a canon MCU movie, at the very least.
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This week’s episode of WandaVision was by far the creepiest of the series, with no shortage of majorly uncanny moments to show the sitcom structure beginning to fray at the edges. And the artifice of the whole thing isn’t the only thing fraying–Wanda’s mental state does not seem to be improving. And on top of their reality literally starting to feel like a poorly rehearsed play, Wanda and Vision are also struggling to keep up with their new twin sons who are displaying some disconcerting abilities of their own.
Meanwhile, outside the Westview anomaly, SWORD and their contracted experts Jimmy Woo and Darcy Lewis are doing their best to figure out the best way to breach the bubble and rescue the civilians trapped inside–but there are some major differences of opinion among the ranks when the question of how Wanda should be handled comes up.
Oh, and there’s also one of the single biggest twists in MCU history–so if you haven’t watched the episode yet, you might want to do that. Major spoilers below.
1. Another new house
This week, Wanda and Vision’s home is definitely inspired by Full House and any number of other ’80s sitcoms.
2. Auntie Agnes
This could be nothing, but given our on-going “is Agnes actually Agatha Harkness?” hypothesis, Agnes volunteering to behave as the babies’ nanny and saying she’s got some “tricks up her sleeve” seems like something we should take note of.
3. Take it from the top
This episode wastes no time at all in being insanely creepy as Agnes asks to “take it from the top” after Vision fails to stick to the script. It seems that Westview’s reality is breaking down faster than before.
4. Show me that smile again
This week’s theme song borrows heavily from the classic ’80s sitcoms Family Ties and Growing Pains. Interestingly, Growing Pains had a spin-off–Just the 10 of Us, which starred WandaVision director Matt Shakman.
5. Photon origins
In the comics Monica has superpowers of her own, and has even used the Captain Marvel codename. It’s entirely possible that the anomalies we see here with her blood samples and scans are the first clues to her MCU superhero origin, so it would be smart to keep an eye on her moving forward.
6. Never Scarlet Witch
It’s easy to forget that Wanda’s never formally used the Scarlet Witch codename in the MCU–which makes sense because her powers in the movies have never actually had anything to do with magic like they once did in the comics.
7. Wanda’s got Vision’s corpse
So is the Vision within Westview actually Vision or not? We now know she recently stole Vision’s dead body from a lab and has seemingly reanimated it in Westview. But…does that mean he’s alive? Or, at least, whatever Vision’s version of alive is? Given that it was revealed last week Wanda can see him in his dead state, probably not.
8. The Sokovia Accords
Wow, remember Captain America: Civil War? The Sokovia Accords were a direct response to the Avengers at large but, specifically, were kicked into gear when Wanda lost control of her abilities and killed civilians.
9. Vision is playing “Father Knows Best” in Suburbia
The feds throw out a quick joke about how Wanda has Vision playing “Father Knows Best” in suburbia. Father Knows Best is a sitcom that ran for over 200 episodes in the ’50s.
10. Sparky
He may not be green but the Vision family dog from the King and Walta comics has officially made his MCU debut. Unfortunately, he meets a very similar fate. RIP.
11. Wanda’s “hex”
Wanda’s powers in the comics were once very literal hexes–magical abilities she had to train and learn from a magical mentor. The actual “magic” part is left out here but we still get the name, thanks to the hexagonal shape of the Westview bubble.
12. Carol’s powers
Carol and Wanda are the only two Avengers aside from Vision to be directly empowered by Infinity Stones–Carol just also has the benefit of being a Kree-hybrid, which makes her even more powerful.
13. Dial-up internet
The sweet, sweet sound of a dial-up modem made an appearance in this episode, as Vision connected the computers in his office to the internet, just in time to receive an electronic mail.
14. Vision can “save” Westview’s residents
Vision may have lost the Mind Stone when he died, but that apparently isn’t going to stop him from interacting with people’s minds. We see him break through Wanda’s conditioning on Norm, temporarily freeing his repressed personality–which is pretty horrific for Norm but also begs plenty of questions for the nature of Vision’s resurrection.
15. The twins are onto Wanda’s tricks
In addition to being able to age themselves up at will, the twins are also completely aware of Wanda’s powers and apparent control over their reality. Like Vision’s powers, it’s really impossible to tell what this might mean for them going forward–are they just artificial projections of Wanda’s desires? Will they still be around once the Westview “hex” is eventually solved?
16. The old Wanda returns
When Wanda leaves the hex, she’s wearing a costume very similar to what we saw in the most recent Avengers films. What’s more, her accent is back (and possibly thicker than it was in Endgame).
17. Lagos brand paper towels
Lagos brand paper towels, “for when you make a mess you didn’t mean to” is the most direct commercial reference yet to Wanda’s history. In Captain America: Civil War, Wanda accidently blew up a building in Lagos, which in turn led to the Sokovia Accords.
18. “Your mom won’t let him get far”
The mailman gets in on the episode’s creepy undertones as he offers a pointed barb about Sparky to the twins: “your mom won’t let him get far,” much like she won’t let anyone in Westview get out.
19. “We can’t reverse death”
Wanda’s explanation for not resurrecting Sparky seems pretty hypocritical when you consider that reversing Vision’s death is apparently one of the major aims of Westview as a whole.
20. Wait, he’s from the wrong franchise
Did the MCU just incorporate the X-Men movie franchise? Because it sure seems like it with the reappearance of a “recasted” Pietro. That’s Evan Peters appearing as Quicksilver, a character he played in multiple X-Men films.
The following contains major spoilers for WandaVision Episode 5. If you have yet to see the episode, this is your last chance to turn away.
In addition to being the creepiest one yet, this week’s episode of WandaVision had one of the biggest (and most meta) twists in MCU history–the “resurrection” of a long-dead character but with a caveat only a show like WandaVision could actually pull off.
Pietro Maximoff, AKA Quicksilver, is back. But he’s been very literally “recast.” Aaron Taylor-Johnson, who played Pietro in Avengers: Age of Ultron has been officially replaced in the MCU by Evan Peters, who played Pietro in Fox’s X-Men movie franchise. And to make matters even stranger, people in the universe of the show are aware of the change–the comment about “recasting” the role comes directly from Darcy Lewis (Kat Dennings) as she observes the show-within-a-show from the SWORD base.
We’ll give you a second to process that. Seriously, just let it sit for a moment.
If you’re left wondering what this could possibly mean for the MCU at large, you’re not alone.
The inclusion of the X-Men within the MCU has been a hotly debated and widely discussed topic since Disney purchased Fox, and the rights to the franchise, back in 2019. Peters’ inclusion in WandaVision is the first official move to bridge the gap between the two universes and undoubtedly paves the way for more potential X-Men and mutant outings in future MCU shows and movies.
However, the fact that this is all taking place within the Westview anomaly also makes it hard to count as a certainty. Wanda’s apparent psychotic break aside, she maintains that bringing Pietro to the house wasn’t something under her control, meaning he was sent in by someone–or something–likely influencing the parts of Westview that aren’t under Wanda’s immediate power. Which, of course, begs the question of whether or not Pietro is even real at all or will have the ability to leave the “hex” (as Darcy has dubbed the Westview bubble).
On top of that, there’s also the outsiders’ awareness of Pietro’s change. The MCU has recast roles before–Rhodey was played by Terrance Howard in the first Iron Man movie, and then Don Cheadle in every subsequent MCU movie–but the change was done from the outside and didn’t actually affect the in-universe characters at all. If Pietro is indeed an actual person and not some fabrication, it’s likely that this is our first actual glimpse of the MCU’s multiverse in action, bringing the Pietro of the Fox X-Men Earth over to the MCU Earth.
Uncharted games, without fail, beat the crap out of their protagonist, Nathan Drake, with over-the-top action sequences. We won’t know whether the movie is good until the credits roll, but Tom Holland said the Uncharted film is at least getting this part right in a new interview.
Talking to Variety on its Awards Circuit podcast (via Screenrant), Holland discussed his recent busy schedule, including Spider-Man 3, Cherry, and more. Holland’s upcoming Uncharted film, in which he stars as a younger Nathan Drake, came up during the conversation, and Holland had only superlatives to offer for the movie’s big set pieces.
The Uncharted film has some of the “biggest action sequences I’ve ever been a part of,” said the actor, best known for playing Spider-Man, who has had the snot kicked out of him by Vulture, Mysterio, Thanos, and Captain America. “The cuts and bruises and bangs I got from dangling off of wires and falling off things was ridiculous.” If anyone can speak to cuts and bruises, it’s Spidey.
The Uncharted film has been troubled since its inception. Sony announced the movie in 2008. After a fan campaign to get Firefly actor Nathan Fillion into the role, Sony announced Mark Wahlberg for the role of Nathan Drake with David O. Russel (Three Kings) as director. Russell dropped out, replaced with Neil Burger (Limitless), who gave way to Seth Gordon (King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters), then Shawn Levy (Stranger Things), Dan Trachtenberg (10 Cloverfield Lane), Travis Knight (Bumblebee), and finally Reuben Fleischer (Venom, Zombieland). The movie went through almost as many writers in the process, including writers behind the National Treasure films, with Sony even pursuing Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg to write, who turned it down because “it’s just going to be Indiana Jones.” Mark Wahlberg shifted from playing Drake himself to the role of Drake’s mentor, Victor “Sully” Sullivan, and Tom Holland joined as Drake.
Uncharted is scheduled for February 22, 2022 right now, but that could change–especially with the way COVID-19 has delayed not just single movies but entire studio schedules.
2001 was a completely bonkers year for movies. Here we celebrate some of our favorites–and some others as well.
It’s hard to believe that 2001 was two decades ago–and not just because the last year has felt like two decades in and of itself. The early ’00s are now officially in nostalgia territory and primed to give you an existential crisis about the passage of time. Thankfully, however, 2001 was a year with some truly incredible movie releases across all genres. From campy comedies like Wet Hot American Summer to the first Lord of The Rings movie, Hollywood was cranking out hits. Of course, there were also more than enough utterly regrettable movies to hit theaters, as well. But sometimes, even those have a special place in our hearts.
Unfortunately, it may be a while before we’re all able to file into a theater and experience this sort of magic again here in the present–but after a year of quarantine practice, we’re all mostly accustomed to the streaming service experience these days. And lucky for all of us, these 20-year-old movies are going to be easy enough to track down and re-watch, whenever and wherever you want.
So settle in and prepare to relive the feature films of your youth (or your teenage years, or your infancy) with 53 movies released in 2001. Let us know your favorites in the comments below.
Colin Farrell will be playing Oswald Cobblepot/Penguin in Matt Reeves’ The Batman, but he will look nothing like himself. The change is so drastic that another cast member mistook him for a random “overconfident” extra on the film’s set.
As reported by Movieweb, Rupert Penry-Jones, who plays a “mysterious victim” in The Batman, admitted to having no idea he was talking to Farrell when he was in full costume.
“I arrived on set and there was this guy walking around who was being so over confident,” Penry-Jones said. “I had no idea who he was. He was being really friendly, he was telling all these stories, I was like, ‘Who is this guy?’ I thought he might’ve been a supporting actor [an extra to you and me]. He kept on talking to me, just really friendly, really nice, and I started noticing things about his costume. He had a brace on his leg and these weird scars on his face, and I thought, ‘This is quite a lot of effort they’ve gone to for a supporting artist…’ and suddenly I realized, ‘Wait a minute this guy must be playing the Penguin, oh my God that’s Colin Farrell!'”
“I had only started it and I can’t wait to get back,” Farrell said. “The creation of it, the aesthetic of the character, has been fun and I really am so excited to get back and explore it. And I haven’t got that much to do. I have a certain amount in the film. I am not all over it by any means. But there are a couple of some tasty scenes I have in it and my creation and I can’t wait to get back. Yeah, I totally feel like it is something that I have not had the opportunity to explore before. It feels original and fun. But I am only at the start of the journey so I can’t wait to get back and really get into it.”
Quentin Tarantino recently appeared on a three-hour long episode of The Empire Film Podcast with Edgar Wright and spoke about how the talk show scene in Todd Phillips’ Joker is “subversion on a massive level.”
As reported by The Playlist, Tarantino began by discussing how, while most of the Joker is “fine,” the talk show show scene is where it becomes something truly special.
“Then it gets to the talk show scene, and you feel the ENTIRE atmosphere in the theater change,” Tarantino says with excitement. “It’s not suspense; they are beyond suspense. They are riveted. Everybody in the audience is completely plugged in.
“The subversion on a massive level, the thing that’s profound is this: It’s not just suspenseful, it’s not just riveting and exciting, the director subverts the audience because the Joker is a fucking nut,” Tarantino explained. “Robert De Niro’s talk show character is not a movie villain. He seems like an asshole, but he’s not more of an asshole than David Letterman. He’s just an asshole comedian, talk show guy.
“He’s not a movie villain. He doesn’t deserve to die. Yet, while the audience is watching the Joker, they want him to kill Robert De Niro; they want him to take that gun, and stick it in his eye and blow his fucking head off. And if the Joker didn’t kill him? You would be pissed off. That is subversion on a massivelevel! They got the audience to think like a fucking lunatic and to want something [they would never normally want]. And they will lie about it! [“Audiences] will say, ‘no, I didn’t [want that to happen]!,’ and they are fucking liars. They did.”
Tarantino also noted that you did yourself a disservice if you didn’t see Joker in the theater. In his words, “You got a hand job as opposed to great sex… [or a] three-some.”
Throughout the podcast, Tarantino also touches on James Cameron’s Aliens, The Terminator, Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho, Hot Fuzz, Shaun of the Dead, Once Upon A Time in Hollywood, and Django Unchained.
From Pickle Rick to the Vat of Acid, Rick Sanchez has proven himself to be the smartest man in the Universe. And across every feasible dimension, there can be only one Rick who’s the ultimate Rick. So, looking back at all 4 seasons, here are the Rickest Moments so far in Rick and Morty.
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