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The Falcon and the Winter Soldier Sport New Looks in First Poster
Sam Wilson and Bucky Barnes are getting their own Disney+ series thanks to The Falcon and the Winter Soldier and they’ll be getting new costumes for the occasion.
As spotted by Discussing Film, Disney revealed a first glimpse of the new looks for Sam and Bucky in the form of a poster at D23 this weekend. Check it out below:
Ion Fury Devs Take Back Decision to Remove Homophobic Content
Update: In a new post on Steam from Terminx – lead developer on Ion Fury – a joint statement was shared from both Voidpoint and 3D Realms, stating they will not be removing any homophobic content from Ion Fury, counteracting what was vocalized previously after the developers made transphobic and sexist remarks in their Discord channel.
The statement can be read below:
“Joint statement from Voidpoint and 3D Realms:
We’ve caused a recent controversy suggesting Ion Fury game content was to be censored.
We will absolutely NOT be censoring Ion Fury or any of our other games, now or in the future, including but not limited to by removing gags such as gaming’s most controversial facial wash.
Dark Side Rey: 4 Theories About This Twist
The new Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker footage that debuted at D23 this past weekend is now available online (watch it below!), and not surprisingly it has fans speculating about what exactly is going on with Daisy Ridley’s Rey, who wears a dark cloak and wields a double bladed lightsaber at the end of the preview. Has she really turned to the Dark Side of the Force?!
Of course, we really won’t know what’s going on until the film is released on December 20, but we do have some theories about what could be at work here. Let’s dig in!
This Is a Rey Clone
Cloning certainly is a thing in the Star Wars universe. Not only did Palpatine use a clone army to fight in the Clone Wars, but the Expanded Universe (now known as Legends) of books and comics established that he also had a habit of cloning bodies for himself in order to achieve a sort of immortality.
Get Two Months of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate for $2
Good news, Xbox One owners: right now Microsoft is offering a two-month subscription to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate for for just $2. But before you go throwing cash at the screen, you’ll want to consider banking up to three years of Xbox Live Gold in your account first. That’s because, the moment you subscribe to Game Pass Ultimate, all your pre-paid months of Gold get converted to Game Pass Ultimate. And since Ultimate costs a lot more than Gold, you can save you a heap of money this way (while getting access to many excellent games at no additional cost).
First, check your Microsoft account page to see when your Gold and/or regular Game Pass subscriptions expire. Then add however many months of Gold you want (up to three years).
New Tool Reunites Long Lost World of Warcraft Friends in Classic
Much has changed since World of Warcraft debuted in 2004: Azeroth’s map has quadrupled in size; Deathwing twisted the landscape in Cataclysm; Arthas perished in Wrath of the Lich King; and Illidan has been introduced, killed, resurrected, and exiled again. But for players that have stuck it out for all 14 years, there is no better measurement of the passage of time than the memories of all the people you used to know. 2004 was pre-Facebook, pre-Twitter, and pre-Discord, which meant that a whole generation of internet friendships lived and died on World of Warcraft. We would only learn later how fraught that was, that those connections could be severed completely. Once they’re gone, they’re gone. Ask any Warcraft veteran: We’ve all lost people. If only we had the foresight to ask for their full names during those endless Dire Maul runs. You know, just in case the unthinkable happened.
Daily Deals: Play Gears 5 Early for Just $2, Save 17% on Control Ahead of Release
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The air is beginning to cool, children have already started school in many places, and there’s a solemness to the air as the care-free days of summer transition to the cooler, shorter days of fall. Hopefully these deals will help stave off any ennui you might currently be trapped beneath. If not, you can take some solace in the fact you’re saving money or preordering something to enjoy at a future time. Things are looking up already!
Here’s a quick look at today’s best deals and preorder opportunities. Scroll down the page to get a better look at today’s best deals.
66 Images from Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’s New Trailer
Disney has released a new look at Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker that has whipped fans into a frenzy over the reveal, seemingly, of Dark Side Rey.
Like with all the new Star Wars movies, there’s a lot more than initially meets the eye hidden in these trailers — and a lot of truly gorgeous cinematography. With that in mind, we captured a number of screengrabs from the new trailer for you to peruse through below at your own enjoyment. Maybe you’ll notice something you didn’t catch the first (second, or fifth) trailer viewing. Check it out below:
Then, if that just made you want to rewatch the Rise of Skywalker D23 Footage all over again, we’ve got you covered. You can watch the newly released video below:
Control Review
I wish Remedy could make even more games, because Control reminded me of this studio’s knack for crafting engrossing, oddball worlds with an incredible sense of place. Control is perhaps Remedy’s weirdest yet, with the talking upside pyramid who’s also your boss being about the sixth-strangest part. But thanks to sharp writing, a set of awesome and varied psychic combat abilities, and an impressively thought-out world, it was easy to wrap my head around what made this adventure tick.
Infiltrating the Federal Bureau of Control as Jesse Faden and her blue wavy spirit buddy, I found myself fascinated. The Bureau’s headquarters seem like a drab, nondescript office building at first, and Jesse’s search for answers to events in her past were equally mundane. But Control quickly reveals what lies behind those concrete walls: within the first chapter I became both the janitor’s assistant and the new acting director of the Bureau.
Astral Chain Review
PlatinumGames has a reputation for making action games that are both incredibly stylish and delightfully weird. Its latest, the Switch-exclusive Astral Chain, wholeheartedly embraces this tradition and pushes each aspect to the max. This is Platinum at its finest – its innovative combat system cleverly manages to make controlling two characters at once feel intuitive and deeply rewarding. Equally as impressive, the non-combat sequences charmingly bring this peculiar world and the characters who inhabit it to life.
The setup is a fairly typical one: after Earth became uninhabitable due to alien pollution, humanity migrated to the Ark, a futuristic metropolis filled with neon lights and, surprise(!), an alien invasion problem of its own.You know, the usual. You play as one of the two Howard twins – male or female – who is a part of an anti-alien task force that fights using robot allies called Legions. That’s where the eponymous Astral Chain comes in – it’s the tether between you and your Legion and lets you see the aliens, which are called Chimeras.