Update: Shortly after the new Godzilla vs. Kong trailer debuted, WB has announced a new North American release date for Godzilla vs. Kong.
While the upcoming film’s international release date remains the same, March 26, it will now be released domestically on Wednesday, March 31. WB did not give a reason for the few days’ shift, which puts its release in domestic theaters and on HBO MAx on a Wednesday as opposed to a Friday, but did additionally confirm that James Wan’s new film Malignant will be released on September 10.
Legendary has revealed a new poster for Godzilla vs. Kong in anticipation of a new trailer dropping on Sunday, January 24.
This trailer will be the first full trailer for the movie released and while nobody knows exactly what’s going to happen in the movie, one thing is clear: Godzilla and Kong have a bone to pick with each other. That’s very apparent in the new poster Legendary revealed today, which shows Godzilla swimming toward a city seemingly under siege by Kong.
As you can see on the poster above, it seems that by the end of this movie, either Godzilla or Kong will have fallen and it’s likely we’ll get a tease of this impending face-off in the first ever trailer for the movie when it’s released on Sunday, January 24.
Godzilla vs. Kong is a sequel to 2019’s Godzilla: King of the Monsters and 2017’s Kong: Skull Island and stars Millie Bobbie Brown, Alexander Skarsgård, and Rebecca Hall. It was directed by Adam Wingard, who is known for horror films like You’re Next, V/H/S, and Blair Witch.
This movie’s fight between its two titular monsters is what the 2014 Godzilla reboot has been building toward and it’s a face-off fans have been eager to see since the first footage of Godzilla vs. Kong was released late last year.
The popular service used for streaming music, TV shows, and movies on your own computer, Plex, is now adding video games to its repertoire. The new gaming branch of the service will be called Plex Arcade, and will be either $3 or $5 a month depending on your current Plex membership.
As the “Arcade” part of the service’s name implies, Plex will be focusing on allowing people to stream older games–Atari games to be precise. There are currently 27 Atari games available on the service, including arcade classics like Centipede, Missile Command, and Super Breakout. Games from the Atari 2600 and 7800 also make an appearance.
Signing up for Plex Arcade and using it won’t be quite as easy as signing into a regular streaming service on your console. To get started, you’ll need a Plex media server running on a Windows or macOS computer. You will also need a Parsec account, and will have to log into it through your Plex server. Once you’ve gotten all that set up, you’ll be able to check out Plex Arcade and its relative freedom.
Gamers will be able stream games to Android devices, TVs, Google Chrome, tvOS, and iOS using Plex Arcade, and Plex has said that you can play with “just about any Bluetooth-enabled controller.” The service will also allow users to add in their own ROMs and emulators.
While streaming these games for nostalgia or a hit of gaming history might seem like an attractive notion, be warned that you may not have an easy go of it. The Verge reported running into several difficulties while getting Plex Arcade set up, and ultimately their reporter was unable to actually play a game.
“Getting it set up was an exercise in frustration for me, and I wasn’t ever actually able to successfully play a game,” the Verge’s Mitchell Clark said. “The iOS and tvOS clients got stuck at a loading spinner, and keyboard controls didn’t seem to do anything when trying to play on Chrome.”
If you’d like to check out Plex Arcade for yourself, Plex is currently offering a seven-day free trial, though you will have to provide either your credit card or PayPal information.
Naughty Dog’s The Last of Us Part II leads the way with 11 nominations, followed by Ghost of Tsushima with 10. Hades, IGN’s pick for 2020 Game of the Year, is up for 8 awards.
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“We are forming a fellowship with @Daedalic to publish The Lord of the Rings: Gollum,” Nacon’s tweet reads. “The game will be released in 2022 on Xbox and PlayStation consoles, Nintendo Switch and PC. More news to come in the future.”
We are forming a fellowship with @Daedalic to publish The Lord of the Rings™: Gollum™.
The game will be released in 2022 on Xbox and PlayStation consoles, Nintendo Switch and PC.
The Gollum-focused adventure will blend Prince of Persia’s parkour with stealth mechanics. Lead game designer Martin Wilkes told IGN that players will mostly sneak around levels but will also be tasked with taking down some enemies.
“The game mixes stealth with vertical climbing parkour,” Wilkes said to IGN last year. “If you want a reference you might think of it as similar to Prince of Persia. It is mostly a non-combat game, but Gollum will be able to stealthily take out enemies. However, this will not be easy and always come with big risks. We want players to carefully weigh these encounters. After all, Gollum’s strengths lie in cunning not combat.”
Yesterday on the Good Game, Nice Try podcast, late night icon Conan O’Brien joined hosts Sonja Reid and Aaron Bleyaert to give his “incredibly unfair and invalid” opinion on Innersloth’s smash-hit Among Us. His verdict: it’s not a good game.
Bleyaert posed the question of how O’Brien felt about Among Us to sort of test the waters and get the conversation flowing. O’Brien was quick to jump on the opportunity, as he loves to tick off gamers. “As everyone knows, I don’t know a lot about games, and I’m not good at games,” O’Brien said. “But I love having a lot of opinions about games and sharing those with people in the legitimate gaming world, thus infuriating them.”
Once Beyaert revealed the game in question, O’Brien excitedly told his companions on the show that he had heard of the game because it’s one of his son’s favorites. He went on to (jokingly) admit that he tends to space out when his children talk about video games or their feelings, so he had no real concept of the game other than its name and the fact that his son received a crocheted crewmate (or Blip Blop, as O’Brien calls them) from the game for his birthday.
Despite his very apparent lack of knowledge, O’Brien still took a shot at summarizing what he thinks Among Us might be. “My guess is it’s a bunch of crocheted blip blops and blurp beeps that live together, and whoever’s yarn holds up for the longest time is the winner,” he guessed. After Reid explained how the game actually worked, O’Brien came to the realization that he’s actually played before, on a tablet during one of his kids’ socially distanced hangouts. Though he was clueless as the imposter, he managed to impress his offspring with his kills. And for O’Brien, that’s a knock against the game.
“It’s like our presidential election,” O’Brien said. “Any game where an idiot can jump in just willy-nilly and suddenly rocket to the top and triumph, that’s a problem with the game!” He went on to decide in his final verdict that Among Us is, in fact, a bad game due to his immediate success. So it looks like we won’t have to worry about this late night legend popping up as the imposter in anyone’s lobby anytime soon.
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Business is booming for Xbox. Microsoft has reported earnings for its Fiscal Year 2021 Q2, and included in the report are some new numbers that speak to how Microsoft’s gaming division–like other gaming publishers–is riding high right now due in part increased spending on games due to COVID-19.
This is the first earnings release from Microsoft since it launched the Xbox Series X|S consoles in November. The release of those systems helped overall Xbox hardware sales jump by 86%.
Hardware revenue could have been higher were it not for product shortages. Analyst Daniel Ahmad said he believes the Xbox Series X|S consoles did not move as many units right away than the Xbox One did over the same timeframe. “This has been reflected in global sell-through data, too. Mainly due to production it seems,” he wrote.
One thing that can be inferred from the figures, which isn’t really surprising, is that Xbox didn’t ship as many Series X|S consoles as they did Xbox One’s in the same timeframe. This has been reflected in global sell through data too. Mainly due to production it seems.
Content and services revenue, meanwhile, rose by 40%. This uptick was driven in part by third-party game sales (Microsoft gets a cut of every game sold on Xbox), Game Pass subscriptions, and first-party game sales.
In total, Xbox revenue rose by 51% for the period compared to the same quarter last year.
Microsoft did not share any specific sales numbers for its Xbox consoles–which is not out of the ordinary, as Microsoft no longer does this–nor did the company provide any updates on Xbox Game Pass subscribers or Xbox Live users. Again, this is standard practice for Microsoft, which historically keeps these figures hidden in its earnings reports.
Microsoft is a gigantic company, one of the biggest on the planet, and across all business units, Microsoft pulled in $43.1 billion in revenue for the period (+17%) and posted a profit of $15.5 billion (+33%). As people on social media are pointing out, profit of $15.5 billion is enough to pay the $7.5 billion acquisition of ZeniMax two times over.
Of course, the business of an acquisition is more complicated than dollars alone and Microsoft isn’t just walking into the bank and withdrawing $7.5 billion to acquire ZeniMax. But in terms of dollars alone, $15.5 billion would cover the $7.5 billion acquisition of ZeniMax twice.
Serial, the hit podcast devoted to thoroughly telling a single true-crime story each season, will have its third season adapted into a limited series for HBO according to The Hollywood Reporter. The series doesn’t yet have a name, but host Sarah Koenig will executive produce alongside professional basketball player LeBron James via his production company SpringHill Entertainment.
The podcast’s third season, which first aired in 2018, explores the criminal justice system in Cleveland. (James was born in Akron, Ohio and has family ties to the state.) The untitled drama will reportedly “follow a young cop and the man he’s accused of beating” while illuminating “the flawed inner-workings of a middle-American courthouse and how the system impacts everyone it touches, from cops, lawyers, and citizens accused of and victimized by crimes.”
Writer-director Shola Amoo (The Last Tree, A Moving Image) will write the script. Former Cinemax president and head of HBO miniseries Kary Antholis will executive produce. No casting announcements have yet been made.
Serial’s wildly popular first season from 2014 was also adapted for TV in the 2019 HBO documentary, The Case Against Adnan Syed. Both versions dove into the story of the case against Adnan Syed, who was convinced of the murder of Hae Min Lee–of which he has to this day maintained his innocence.
The murder mystery in Hitman 3‘s second mission, set in Dartmoor, England, is a standout portion of the game. If you solve the mystery, it gives you some unique opportunities to deal with Alexa Carlisle, your assassination target during the mission. It can also help you get ahold of the Arthur Edwards file you’re searching for, which is your second objective in Dartmoor.
There are multiple ways to “solve” the mystery, however, depending on what information you uncover in Thornbridge Manor. You can find the actual culprit and turn them in to Alexa, or provide other solutions, including framing someone who’s not responsible. To get those solutions, however, you need to have enough evidence to back up your theory and give a convincing speech when you report your findings. That means finding lots of clues. To solve the murder mystery, you’ll need to knock out the private detective who arrives at Thornbridge at the same time Agent 47 does, and steal his clothes to make your disguise.
We’ve run down all three possible solutions to the murder mystery plot, how to earn them, and what opportunities they provide for you in the guide below. Be sure to check out the rest of our Hitman 3 guide coverage, as well as our full review. And if you need more help in Dartmoor, check out our complete guide for finding all the murder mystery clues, and our guide for finding all the mansion’s hidden rooms.
The most straightforward solution to the case is the one provided by the Means, Motive and Opportunity Story Mission, but you’ll still need to uncover a lot of clues to access it. Here’s everything you need to do.
Search Zachary’s Room
In all cases, you need the evidence found in Zachary’s room to kick off your investigation.
There are six clues to find in Zachary’s room. Note that some clues have to be scanned with your camera; if you’re having trouble locating them, look for the Camera icon on your map or minimap.
Zachary Carlisle’s Body (Camera Scan)
Nightstand Whiskey Bottle (Camera Scan) — right side of the bed when standing at the foot.
Zachary’s laptop — near the window to the left of Zachary’s bed
Suicide Note (Camera Scan) — on the table under a window to the left of Zachary’s bed
Hidden Room — pull the interactive book on the bookshelf on the wall, to the right of Zachary’s bed
Mansion floor plan — inside the hidden room near the two-way mirror
Search Emma And Gregory’s Room
In order to figure out the true murderer, you need the most clues of any of the possible solutions.
On the second floor, find the room that Emma and Gregory are staying in near the Library. If you don’t have a key, you can get in by climbing out the window in the bathroom and shimmying around the outside of the building to reach the room’s balcony. Inside, you need to locate four clues:
Bulldog cane — beside the fireplace, right next to the door (take this item with you, as you’ll need it later)
Greenhouse keychain — right next to the folding screen beside the fireplace, on the side closest to the bed
Muddy Shoes (Camera Scan) — to the left of the fireplace
Letter from Emma’s Mother — on the nightstand on the right side of the bed
Check The Sitting Room Terrace
The footprints can be easy to miss, but they’re right outside a window near the sitting room.
Head outside, just north of the sitting room, and check the stairs. With your camera, you’ll find some muddy footprints you can scan with your camera.
Search The Greenhouse
Now head outside to the north of the manor, to the greenhouse at the back of the grounds. Without the key, you’ll need another way to get in; either wait for Emma to head out to the greenhouse after the family meeting and let her open the door for you, or grab the crowbar from behind the greenhouse and use that to pop open the door.
Inside, you need to check for two clues, although you’ll unlock one just by looking around.
Broken Lab Equipment
Poison Dosage Table (Camera Scan) — on the table beside the lab equipment
Accuse The Murderer
If you’ve found everything you need for this solution, Diana Burnwood will tell you over the radio that you’ve got enough evidence. Find Fernsby to present your discoveries to Alexa Carlisle. Accuse the real murderer to complete the A Matter of Justice Challenge. You can ask for the Arthur Edwards file as payment; afterward, Alexa will head out to the balcony, where you can easily shove her off. If you don’t, she’ll continue to go about her business throughout the mansion, so you can follow her and pick her off somewhere else.
Blame The Butler
It’s possible to frame someone else for the murder if you find the right clues. You can determine that Fernsby didn’t do it, but with the right information, you can convince Alexa that he’s responsible.
Search Zachary’s Room
For this solution, you need information about both Zachary and Fernsby in order to concoct a story that makes sense. You’ll need the six clues listed above to advance.
Search Fernsby’s Office
Next, you’ll need dirt on Fernsby, but getting into his office requires either a tool or a key. The easiest way in is to grab the crowbar from behind the greenhouse, as mentioned in the last solution. There’s no one near enough to his office that you’ll be heard breaking in. You need three clues from the room (and you can find the Thornbridge Master Key inside as well):
Fernsby’s List — on the desk
Zachary’s Half-Burned Diary — in the fireplace
Mr. Fernsby’s Pills — on the windowsill
With this information, you should be able to accuse Fernsby of murdering Zachary, unlocking the A Matter of Loyalty Challenge. Completing the mystery with this solution can get you the Arthur Edwards file as a reward, while also giving you a special opportunity to complete your assassination–by letting the real murderer do it for you.
Another Death in the Family
To complete the Another Death in the Family Challenge, head into the Greenhouse. Find a wrench (there’s one in the garden near the fountain) and use it to repair the Poison-Making Equipment you find there. That’ll give the real murderer the opportunity to make more poison to use on Alexa. From here, all you have to do is sit back and wait for the murderer to strike again.
Claim Zachary Committed Suicide
The third and final solution to the mystery has you implicating Zachary in his own death. To do this, you have to find some extra bits of information that are off the beaten path. However, this path has the added benefit of making eliminating Alexa Carlisle very easy.
Search Zachary’s Room
As always, you’ll need the info from Zachary’s room in order to get the investigation going.
Search Fernsby’s Office
Next, you’ll need the burned journal from Fernsby’s fireplace, which, paired with the suicide note, starts to give you some plausible evidence for Zachary’s suicide.
Search Emma and Gregory’s Room
You need just one item from Emma and Gregory’s room–the English bulldog cane. You’ll find it leaning up against the fireplace.
Find The Letter In The Library Hidden Room
Finally, head to the second story of the Library with the cane in-hand in the corner of the room nearest Emma and Gregory’s room, you’ll find a small switch on the floor. Use the cane on it to activate a hidden door that leads into another secret room. Inside, grab Montgomery’s Long-Lost Letter off a stack of books. That should be enough evidence for the suicide theory.
Another Suicide
Return to Fernsby and set up your meeting with Alexa Carlisle. If you tell her that Zachary committed suicide, she’ll become despondent about the whole situation. This presents you with a unique kill. Once you have your payment from Alexa, she’ll head out to the balcony and take care of your contract herself. At that point, you’re free to exit the mission.
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The Spy Kids movie franchise, which is about kids who are spies, is returning with a reboot. According to Deadline, Skydance Media has optioned the rights to bring back the Spy Kids franchise with the franchise’s original writer-director-creator, Robert Rodriguez.
According to the report, Rodriguez will write and direct a new Spy Kids movie. Skydance Media is working with Spy Kids rights-holder Spyglass on the reimagination of the series.
Rodriguez has remained busy and in-demand. In addition to a sequel to his sci-fi movie Alita: Battle Angel, Rodriguez was behind the popular Netflix movie We Can Be Heroes. He’s lined up to direct the Star Wars spin-off TV show The Book of Boba Fett next for Christmas 2021
The Spy Kids film franchise debuted in 2001, with sequels released in 2002 and 2003. The franchise took a break after that, but returned in 2011 with Spy Kids: All the Time in the World, which features a new cast. Together, the movies have pulled in more than $550 million at the global box office.
There is no word yet on the cast or story for the next Spy Kids movie, but again, I would imagine it will involve kids who are spies.
Ahead of Apex Legends Season 8: Mayhem’s debut on February 2, Respawn has dropped a brand-new trailer to show fans what they can expect.
The trailer focuses mostly on Apex’s newest legend: Walter Fitzroy, AKA Fuse. He’s an Australian hot head with an eyepatch and a penchant for breaking the rules. According to the trailer he was “born into a world ruled by chaos, and he thrived in the mayhem.” It seems that’s only going to continue as the The Champion of Salvo enters the ring. With his penchant for explosions, chaos, and Aussie accent, he’s a bit reminiscent of Overwatch’s Junkrat, though their playstyles look to be completely different.
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Apex Legends Season 8 – Official Mayhem Gameplay Trailer
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Season 8 will also be introducing a new battle pass, a new weapon, and gold magazines in an attempt to continue expanding Apex’s lore and meta. The new addition to your artillery in The Outlands is the 30-30 Repeater lever-action rifle, which looks like it can either fire of a series of weaker shots, or be slowly charged for a more powerful blast.
To check out Fuse and all the other changes coming to Apex, login for Season 8 and see if you can win the fight for fame and glory in The Outlands.
