Fortnite Reaches 200 Million Players

In case it wasn’t already clear, a lot of people play Fortnite. Now, Epic has shared some further specifics on just how popular the battle royale game is.

The developer confirmed to the Wall Street Journal that it’s now reached 200 million players worldwide, which is up 60 percent from the 125 million player figure that Epic disclosed back in June. That’s very solid growth. Not only that, but Epic also confirmed that the game reached a peak concurrent user record of 8.3 million players, which is up from 4.3 million concurrent players back in February.

It’s not immediately clear if the 200 million and 8.3 million concurrent player figures cover both the free Fortnite: Battle Royale and the paid Save the World mode. Whatever the case, the battle royale mode is surely much more popular.

In other Fortnite news, the game has added a new gifting feature as part of the big new 6.31 update that came out today and also added a new mode and more. You can learn more about the 6.31 update in GameSpot’s coverage here.

Live-Action Cowboy Bebop Series Headed to Netflix

Netflix has announced that it will be developing a 10-episode live-action adaptation of Cowboy Bebop.

Originally released in Japan in 1998, Cowboy Bebop is “the jazz-inspired, genre-bending story of Spike Spiegel, Jet Black, Faye Valentine and Radical Ed: a rag-tag crew of bounty hunters on the run from their pasts as they hunt down the solar system’s most dangerous criminals. They’ll even save the world…for the right price.”

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Cowboy Bebop Live-Action Series Headed To Netflix

A live-action version of the famous Japanese anime series Cowboy Bebop is headed to Netflix, it was confirmed today. A press release from Netflix states the show will tell the “jazz-inspired, genre-bending story of Spike Spiegel, Jet Black, Faye Valentine, and Radical Ed: a rag-tag crew of bounty hunters on the run from their pasts as they hunt down the solar system’s most dangerous criminals. They’ll even save the world…for the right price.”

Netflix ordered 10 episodes of the series, which Variety reports has been in the works since 2017.

The director of the original show, Shinichiro Watanabe, is working on the TV show as a consultant. Additionally, veterans of Sunrise Inc., the studio that made the show originally, are executive producing the new live-action version.

Cowboy Bebop only ever aired 26 episodes originally, but there was also an anime film and other franchise extensions.

The first episode of the new Cowboy Bebop is written by Chris Yost who worked on Thor: The Dark World and Thor: Ragnarok.

There is no word yet to when the new live-action Cowboy Bebop will premiere or who may star in it, but keep checking back with GameSpot for the latest.

Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse Already Getting Sequel, Spin-Off – Report

Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse is still weeks away, but Sony already has plans to expand its world. The studio is apparently planning for both a sequel and a female-centered spin-off, with some notable talent attached.

The Hollywood Reporter reports that Avatar: The Last Airbender and Voltron’s Joaquim Dos Santos has been brought on to direct the sequel, with David Callaham (The Expendables, Wonder Woman 1984) writing. Meanwhile, Lauren Montgomery (Voltron, Batman: Year One) is set to direct another Spider-verse movie starring the female heroes, with Bek Smith (Zoo) writing.

The story of the sequel has not been detailed, but it’s expected to follow the upcoming film that uses Miles Morales as its central character. The spin-off is similarly mysterious, but it’s reportedly going to focus on Spider-Gwen, aka Ghost Spider. She’s one of two female Spiders in the upcoming film–alongside Penny Parker, the manga-inspired pilot of a SP//dr mech suit.

Other potential female Spider-verse characters could include Spider-Woman, Madame Web, Spider-Girl, and Silk. It’s unclear which of these, if any, are under consideration.

Into The Spider-Verse brings together interpretations of the character from across the spectrum: Peter Parker as an elder and experienced Spider-Man who takes Miles Morales’ newly initiated Spidey under his wing, along with Spider-Gwen, Spider-Man Noir, Penny Parker, and even Spider-Ham.

The trailers have implied a much wider universe of Spider-people, though, even including an Easter egg from the PS4 game. Similarly, an ongoing Spidergeddon comic event has included all manner of alternative Spider-man interpretations, from Uncle Ben as Spider-Man to Spiders-Man–a swarm of sentient spiders wearing a suit. Wherever Sony takes the sequel, it has plenty of material to work from.

Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse is coming on December 14.