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New Year, new us. Generation Next is back, with a twist. We wanted to incorporate Nintendo into our weekly roundup and, since new hardware is now available, decided to take the opportunity to mix things up a bit, so, welcome to Console Crew, the show all about the games and platforms you love—same team, same jokes, different name.

This week, Lucy, Tam, and Jordan discuss the latest Nintendo Direct news, or should we say the lack of Hollow Knight: Silksong news (sorry, Jordan). They talk about the Skyward Sword HD remaster, but also question why Nintendo isn’t doing anything more significant for Zelda’s big 3-5 (it’s February 21, in case you forgot). They also discuss the increasing cases of Fast and Furious: DualSense Drift on the new PlayStation 5 consoles, and take a look at FPS Boost on Xbox.

Console Crew is a weekly roundup of Nintendo, PlayStation, and Xbox news hosted by Lucy James, Jordan Ramée, and Tamoor Hussain. Subscribe to youtube.com/gamespot to make sure you never miss an episode.

Tom Hardy will star in a new Netflix crime thriller from The Raid director Gareth Evans. The movie is titled Havoc, and it’s set to start production in June in Wales.

The project was announced by Netflix on Twitter. Hardy will play a detective who must rescue a politician’s son after a drug deal goes wrong, and his mission leads him to unravel a web of corruption and conspiracy within his city. Evans will direct, and has also written the movie’s script. Havoc doesn’t have a release date yet, and no other cast have been announced so far.

This is Evans’s second Netflix movie, following his 2018 horror Apostle, which starred Dan Stevens. The director made his name with the acclaimed 2012 Indonesian martial arts movie The Raid, which was followed by 2014’s The Raid 2. He also co-created and directed much of the highly-praised gang thriller series Gangs of London, which was released by AMC in the US last year.

Hardy will be seen next in the Venom sequel, Venom: Let There Be Carnage. The movie was originally set for release in October last year, but will now arrive in June. It also stars Woody Harrelson and Naomie Harris, and is directed by Andy Serkis.

For more, check out GameSpot’s guide to the biggest upcoming movies of 2021.

As part of Empire Magazine’s joint interview between Elijah Wood and Daniel Radcliffe to celebrate the 20th anniversaries of the Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter franchises, the Lord of the Rings actor shared a frightening story about the 9/11 terrorist attack.

Wood shared that he was doing press in New York City for The Fellowship of the Ring in September 2001 the day of the attack. Together with his co-stars Orlando Bloom and Sean Bean, he flew out of Newark Airport in New Jersey–right across the Hudson River from New York– and they were in the air as the planes hit the World Trade Center tower.

“The planes hit the buildings while we were in the air,” Wood said. “We looked out the window and could see that one of the buildings was on fire. Then there was an announcement from the pilot that planes had been taken over by terrorists and that the FAA had asked all planes to land. We landed in Cincinnati, where I stayed for about a week, before we could take a flight again. So yeah, I directly experienced it. It was super-surreal and scary.”

The question about 9/11 actually came from Radcliffe, who asked Wood in the interview if the terrorist attack impacted the press for The Fellowship of the Ring. Radcliffe himself said of the event, “As kids, we didn’t really know what was going on. But I remember they flew us everywhere on a private jet and we were like, ‘Whoa! We get to go on a private jet!'”

Wood remarked that he doesn’t often think about 9/11 as it pertains to the release of The Fellowship of the Ring or Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. But he acknowledged that the event and the release of the movies are “linked because that was what was happening in the world.”

Both The Fellowship of the Ring and The Sorcerer’s Stone released during Holiday 2001, just a few months after the 9/11 attacks.

Go to Empire’s website to order the April 2021 issue.

Looking for a new gaming keyboard? Want to know if their performance is worth the hefty price? Look no further, as we put the most high-end tech and peripherals up against the more budget-friendly options to see which device is most worth their price.

First we have the $230 Corsair K100, a optical mechanical gaming keyboard that utilizes Corsair’s infrared optical switches, features an iCUE control wheel and full on-board RGB coverage with a 44 zone lighting edge, and delivers your inputs up to 4x faster than other gaming keyboards.

Secondly we have an entry-level Vigor GK20, a $40 membrane keyboard that’s still trying hard to earn it’s place at your battlestation with ergonomic keycaps, basic RGB effects, multimedia hotkeys, and a water repellent and an inbuilt drainage system to prevent any damage from spilt gamer fuel.

Two very different keyboards with very different prices, but which is most worth their asking price?

Some new video game-themed manga is on the way to the West, courtesy of Viz Media. The company has announced that an Animal Crossing: New Horizons manga will release this fall, as will a new book of essays from Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima.

Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Vol. 1 Deserted Island Diary, due out on September 14, is Nintendo’s first official book on its popular game of the same name. The book is a Toy Story-like manga that will answer the question: “What do the villagers of Animal Crossing: New Horizons get up to when you’re not around?” Viz teases “goofy gags and silly stories” from the manga, which is part of an ongoing series. Also included are comics on “each” villager, though it’s unclear if that includes every single one included in the game.

The book will also offer “tips and tricks for playing the game in a special bonus section.” New Horizons has proven to be wildly popular, selling more than 31 million copies in less than a year, making it the second-best-selling game on Nintendo Switch.

The Creative Gene: How Books, Movies, and Music Inspired The Creator of Death Stranding and Metal Gear Solid–yes, that’s the full title–will be published on October 12. While much of the book’s focus is right there in the title, the publisher further elaborates that the book will be a collection of essays that “explore some of the inspirations behind one of the titans of the video game industry, and offers an exclusive insight into one of the brightest minds of pop culture.”

What makes The Creative Gene truly special is its essays come directly from Kojima himself, and will offer his “opinions and reviews of significant films, books, and music in his own words.” The book will also feature a special conversation with popular Japanese musician Gen Hoshino, whose hit song “Pop Virus” is featured in the unique 2019 game Death Stranding. In the meantime, the recently announced official novelizations of Death Stranding will be released February 23 on Amazon.

Viz Media also recently announced a collaboration with Ubisoft to deliver a new manga titled Assassin’s Creed: Blade of the Shao Jun. That book, which was recently released, extends the story of Assassin’s Creed Chronicles: China.

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“Creative has nothing for you” isn’t just a Highspots Wrestling Network comedy series, it’s also what wrestler Bo Dallas has been hearing from WWE writers for more than a year. The former NXT and 24/7 Champion hasn’t been seen on WWE programming since 2019’s Crown Jewel show, as he prepares for life after wrestling working in real estate.

Recently, Dave Meltzer spoke about the situation on Wrestling Observer Radio. “You know how they say creative has nothing for him,’ Meltzer said (via WrestleTalk). “In his case, that’s actually true. Usually when people say that, it’s something else. I don’t know why he’s never been cut, they never use him. But, they didn’t cut him, and they cut all of those guys that they cut in April. He’s still there, still got a job. No idea what or why or anything. Big mystery.”

Additionally, Meltzer reported that Dallas and fellow WWE wrestler Liv Morgan live on a farm together and have been studying and starting a family real estate business. However, he’s still reportedly getting paid by WWE.

In April 2020, WWE had what is referred to as Black Wednesday, a day that saw the release of more than 20 wrestlers–many of which ended up in AEW and Impact. At that time, Dallas was partnered with Curtis Axel, and Axel was one of the stars who lost his job.

Dallas last wrestled at Crown Jewel in October 2019, teaming with Curtis Axel against New Day members Big E and Kofi Kingston. This came after a long string of losses stemming back to March of that year. Six months prior to the start of the losing streak, the duo were the Raw Tag Team Champions.

For more on Bo Dallas, check out the February 11 episode of GameSpot’s wrestling podcast Wrestle Buddies, where Mat Elfring and Chris E. Hayner talk about one of their favorite Bo Dallas moments: When he showed up to NXT after being kicked out as masked wrestler Mr. NXT and then got chased off by security.

For more on WWE, make sure to come back to GameSpot on Sunday, February 21 for live coverage of the PPV Elimination Chamber.

Amazon Studios has announced a new hire who will help lead the charge for the marketing and promotion of the network’s big-budget Lord of the Rings TV show and its other projects.

The company has hired Greg Coleman to become the new global head of franchise marketing, with a start date of March 1, according to Deadline. He will report to Amazon Studios chief marketing office of Prime Video, Ukonwa Ojo.

Coleman, who came to Amazon after a successful run at Disney where he helped launch the Frozen franchise, will take the lead on creating marketing campaigns for Amazon Studio’s sci-fi and fantasy TV movies and TV shows, including Lord of the Rings.

Given that Amazon is reportedly spending over $1 billion to produce the Lord of the Rings TV show, it’s expected that it will have a significant marketing push. However, the specifics of Coleman’s plans to promote and hype the fantasy show are not yet available–he doesn’t start until March 1, after all.

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, who is stepping down from his role but will remain a central decision-maker for Amazon going forward, was said to have personally spearheaded the deal to acquire the Lord of the Rings TV rights and is a big fan of fantasy himself.

We still haven’t seen a trailer or gotten a release date for Amazon’s Lord of the Rings show, but you can check out GameSpot’s roundup of all the key Lord of the Rings TV show details so far to get up to speed with what we know about the ambitious TV series.

And in wider Lord of the Rings news, Aragorn actor Viggo Mortensen recently spoke about the surprising audition tactic he used that caused other actors to believe he was a stoner.

Zack Snyder’s Justice League will be released worldwide on Thursday, March 18. HBO has confirmed that the DC movie will be available internationally on a variety on platforms as well as on HBO Max in the US.

The company is yet to specify which distribution options will be available in each territory but did release a list of the intended platforms, which include premium video on demand, subscription video on demand, HBO linear, and HBO Go. The only countries that aren’t covered by this are China, France, and Japan, where a release date for the movie hasn’t been announced yet.

The announcement that Zack Snyder’s Justice League will be released worldwide on the same day that it hits HBO Max follows criticism by Snyder of HBO’s release plans. In a recent interview with the SnyderCutBR YouTube channel, he said, “there has been not amazing work done with the distribution of the movie. I don’t know why that is, I honestly couldn’t put my finger on it.”

The movie is Snyder’s four hour reworking of the 2017 DC superhero team-up. Snyder was the original director, but left the movie during production and was replaced by Joss Whedon. The theatrical version of the movie was met with negative reviews and disappointing box office, and fever since fans had campaigned for Snyder’s original vision for the film to be released.

Zack Snyder’s Justice League stars Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Gal Gadot, Jason Momoa, Ray Fisher, and Ezra Miller. Check out the most recent trailer, as well as GameSpot’s guide to every upcoming DC movie we know about so far.