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Netflix has just announced a bunch of new cast members for Season 2 of The Witcher, as production continues in the UK.

One of the most notable new additions to the cast is Fast and Furious 9’s Thue Ersted Rasmussen, who will be playing Eskel, a witcher from the School of the Wolf who established an early friendship with Geralt of Rivia, having been raised alongside him.

He will be joining fellow witchers, Lambert and Coen, portrayed by Paul Bullion and Yasen Atour, respectively.

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Other new additions to the cast include Agnes Bjorn portraying Vereena, a lover of Nivellen, who is now confirmed to be played by Kristofer Hivju, along with Aisha Fabienne Ross as Lydia, Vilgefortz’ sorceress secretary, and Mecia Simson as Francesca, the queen of the elves of Dol Blathanna.

Fans are likely to notice that Vesemir is absent from the list, which indicates that Geralt’s wise and wizened instructor either does not make an appearance in the second season, the role has not been finalized or the announcement is being held back for a reveal at a later date.

“The reaction to season one of The Witcher set a high bar for adding new talent for the second season,” said showrunner Lauren Schmidt Hissrich. “Sophie Holland and her casting team have once again found the very best people to embody these characters, and in the hands of these accomplished directors, we’re excited to see these new stories come to life.”

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Returning to the cast for Season 2 are Henry Cavill, who leads The Witcher saga, playing the role of Geralt of Rivia, alongside Anya Chalotra (Yennefer), Freya Allan (Ciri), Joey Batey (Jaskier), MyAnna Buring (Tissaia), Tom Canton (Filavandrel), Lilly Cooper (Murta), Jeremy Crawford (Yarpin Zigrin), Eamon Farren (Cahir), Mahesh Jadu (Vilgefortz), Terence Maynard (Artorius), Lars Mikkelson (Stregobor), Mimi Ndiweni (Fringilla Vigo), Royce Pierreson (Istredd), Wilson Radjou-Pujalte (Dara), Anna Shaffer (Triss Merigold), and Therica Wilson Read (Sabrina).

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Umbrella Academy’s Stephen Surjik will direct the first two episodes of the second season, followed by Sarah O’Gorman for episodes 3 and 4, Ed Bazalgette for episodes 5 and 8, and Geeta V. Patel for episodes 6 and 7.

The Witcher Season 2 is expected to premiere in 2021. For more, check out our detailed cast rundown for the second season of the fantasy series, read about the first season’s big “mistake” that will be rectified in the forthcoming episodes, and find out what showrunner Lauren Schmidt Hissrich had to say about the new fantasy elements in the next season.

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Adele Ankers is a Freelance Entertainment Journalist. You can reach her on Twitter.

Dying Light just celebrated its fifth anniversary, and while Dying Light 2 is currently delayed with no release date, players can try the original game out for free on Steam this weekend. If you like what you play, you’ll even be able to snag the game for good at a drastically reduced price.

From now until February 23 at 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET, you can play Dying Light with up to three other players, exploring the open-world environment and its parkour-infused gameplay. Dying Light mixes the traversal of something like Mirror’s Edge with the first-person zombie-killing action of Techland’s previous game, Dead Island, and Kevin VanOrd was fairly pleased with the combination in GameSpot’s Dying Light review.

During this period, the standard Dying Light game on Steam is discounted by 60%, while the Enhanced Edition is discounted by 67%. A new Story Mode difficulty level has been added to make the game easier for newcomers, and special events from the game’s past will return over the next month to celebrate its anniversary.

Originally scheduled to launch in Spring 2020, Dying Light 2 was later delayed indefinitely in order to give Techland more development time. The sequel puts a greater emphasis on a dynamic world and factions, and Obsidian Entertainment veteran Chris Avellone is serving as narrative designer. When it does release, it will be available on Xbox One, PS4, and PC.

Even though director Matt Reeves gave us our first look at Robert Pattinson in the new Batsuit, the screen test left out a key detail: the ears on the Bat-cowl. While those pointy appendages may seem like small potatoes, they’re an important element that affects the whole look. Too short and they make him look like a cat, and too long and he’ll have trouble entering doorways. We’re too excited by the many possibilities to wait for the actual reveal to come, so we took it upon ourselves to see what Pattinson’s Dark Knight would look like with various ear styles based on how Batman has been drawn by iconic artists over the years.

Flip through the slideshow gallery below to see how Battinson would look with ears modeled after the styles of Frank Miller, Jim Lee, and more. All designs are by IGN artist Amanda Flagg.

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Which of these ear-lengths do you most want to see on the final Batsuit? Let us know down in the comments.

For more on The Batman, check out our breakdown on the many comic and video game influences on the Batsuit:

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Animal Crossing Amiibo have been available for pretty low prices for the last few years, but they are bound to creep back up in price as we approach Animal Crossing: New Horizons‘ March 20 release for Nintendo Switch. Amiibo and Amiibo cards will let you invite characters to your island and partake in photoshoot sessions in the new Photopia mode. Right now, you can grab a handful of Animal Crossing Amiibo for just $5 each at GameStop. You’ll probably want to hurry, as some of the steeply discounted Amiibo have sold out within the last day.

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Sure, those six aren’t exactly known as the faces of the franchise, but if you’re looking to build an Animal Crossing Amiibo collection ahead of New Horizons, this is a cheap way to start. GameStop also has Tom Nook’s Amiibo figure discounted to $8. The rest of the Animal Crossing crew can be found at Amazon:

Isabelle’s summer outfit figure is the only Animal Crossing Amiibo going for more than its regular price, but if you can wait, the figure will be re-released on April 17 at Best Buy and Target.

There’s still time to pre-order New Horizons, and numerous retailers are offering their own unique bonuses. If you’re looking for some new Switch accessories to show off your Animal Crossing love, there are quite a few options, including controllers, carrying cases, and console skins.

Rainbow Six Siege’s explosions are about to get a whole lot better, or worse, depending on if you get caught in the blast radius. Walls and barriers will still be your friend, but they might not be enough to say save you from the deadliest grenades.

Beginning with Rainbow Six Siege Year 5 Season 1, a new shrapnel system is factored into explosions. Destructible objects will not limit the range of an explosions’ damage, and shrapnel hole swill be visible in cover to make it clear where the initial blast came from. This should not only make grenades more effective, but reduce confusion among players.

The changes were made in order to make damage more realistic, particularly when comparing outdoor areas and buildings. Using the old system, a C4 charge was more lethal outdoors than inside, not taking into account the shards of wood and metal that would likely be sent flying.

A tweak to an explosion system would be a relatively small change in most games, but it has the potential to shift up strategies considerably in Rainbow Six Siege. Keeping the game fresh is certainly important for Ubisoft, which has supported it for more than four years and shows no signs of slowing down. A cooperative spin-off called Rainbow Six Quarantine will release later this year on Xbox One, PS4, and PC, taking the series in a science-fiction direction.

Development of Kerbal Space Program 2 has moved from Star Theory Games to a newly formed, KSP-dedicated studio, publisher Private Division announced Friday. The new studio is owned by Private Division parent company Take-Two Interactive.

Jeremy Ables, former studio head at Star Theory, will step into the same role at the new, currently unnamed studio. Joining him from Star Theory are Kerbal Space Program 2 creative director Nate Simpson and lead producer Nate Robinson, according to Gamesindustry.biz.

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“The decision to open our own studio and move development in-house allows us to provide the development team with the necessary time and resources to complete development of KSP 2 at the quality level we all want to deliver our players,” said Private Division. “Our goal — and the goal of our developers — is to provide our community with the highest level gaming experience with Kerbal Space Program 2.”

Take-Two acquired KSP in 2017. The sequel was then announced at Gamescom 2019 with Star Theory (formerly Uber Entertainment) as its developer. Original KSP developer Squad has been continuing to work on the first game.

IGN spoke with Simpson shortly after that Gamescom reveal. The creative director said Kerbal Space Program 2 will be more accessible to newcomers without being less challenging for core KSP players.

Kerbal Space Program 2 is coming to PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC during Take-Two’s fiscal year 2021 (April 2020–March 2021).

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Blackbird Interactive, developers behind Homeworld 3 and Deserts of Kharak, have a new intergalactic game forthcoming. Titled Hardspace: Shipbreaker, the game is in first-person and casts the player as a shipbreaker, who apparently has some hefty debt and needs to repay it by scavenging parts off of dead space ships.

Players will get to use a laser cutter and other cool tools to complete the job, with the caveat that electrocution, being blown up, and asphyxiation are all hazards of the occupation. (Resurrection adds more to the debt.)

If you’re looking to get a taste of the gameplay, Hardspace: Shipbreaker will be available through Steam’s Early Access sometime this summer at a currently unknown price. The Early Access version will include Act 1 of the campaign, which will require around 15-plus hours of gameplay to complete, and a “freeform sandbox mode” that allows for hundreds of more hours of gameplay. Players will have the choice of two types of spaceships to scavenge from and lots of salvaging tools and suit parts that they can upgrade. The total debt to pay back in the campaign will be 999,999,999 credits.

Blackbird Interactive has stated it “[has] a rough plan for a year of development beginning in May 2020,” but will “decide down the line exactly how much [of the] game [it] considers to be the 1.0 version.” The studio added, “[We’d] rather stay in Early Access for as long as needed than come out early to hit an imaginary window we’ve set for ourselves.”

However, the company did share some of its vision for the full game. Blackbird predicts the full campaign to take around 40-plus hours of gameplay and that the “unlimited sandbox fun mode” will stay. The full version will also likely have the addition of various new ships of different scale, leaderboards and daily challenges, and “modding support” for players to design their own ships and challenges.

Just ahead of the start of New York Toy Fair, we have an exclusive first look at new Jurassic World toys from Mattel. Some of these figures recreate iconic moments from the original Jurassic Park and 2015’s Jurassic World, while others tie into the upcoming animated series Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous.

Check out the slideshow gallery below for a closer look at all the dino sights on display at Toy Fair.

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Mattel’s lineup includes a mix of more kid-friendly, stylized toys like the Feeding Frenzy Indominus Rex and Imaginext Jurassic World Dino figure, and more movie-accurate interactive toys like the Epic Roarin’ Tyrannosaurus Rex and Control ‘N Conquer Carnotaurus Toro.

It’s no surprise to see Mattel continuing to emphasize the Jurassic World license. With Camp Cretaceous hitting Netflix in 2020 and Jurassic World 3 bringing back series stars Sam Neill, Laura Dern and Jeff Goldblum, the franchise will likely continue to be a huge money-maker over the next several years.

For more on what to expect from Jurassic World 3, check out this look at an adorable baby dinosaur from the sequel and learn which other Jurassic World characters will be returning.

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