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A demo for NBA 2K20 is now available on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. You can download it to begin creating and testing out multiple MyPlayer builds, which you’ll then be able to take into the full game once it’s released in a couple of weeks time.

It’s an unusual demo, letting you explore a character creator more than the on-court action. You can adjust badges and attributes to create different player archetypes, and once you’ve done enough tweaking you can hop into a rematch of last season’s NBA Finals between the Toronto Raptors and Golden State Warriors, to test out how your MyPlayer handles.

2K recently dropped a new trailer for NBA 2K20’s career mode, giving us a glimpse of what your MyPlayer will be up to during the upcoming game’s story mode. Idris Elba, Rosario Dawson, Thomas Middleditch, and Ernie Hudson star in the basketball drama, along with NBA superstar–and occasional actor–LeBron James.

Unsurprisingly, James is once again the top-rated player in 2K’s latest. If you want to see how the rest of the top 20 stacks up, you can find the full list here. NBA 2K20 is finally adding the WNBA this year, too, with 12 teams available to use in the Play Now and Season modes. Some of the league’s standout players have been scanned into the game, as well as animations and play styles fans will expect to see from the women’s league.

If you’re interested in NBA 2K20 and the demo has just whet your appetite, it launches September 6 for PS4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC. GameSpot has all the details on pre-order bonuses and what’s included in the Digital Deluxe and Legend editions. You can pre-order it now at the following links:

PS4 standard edition — $60

Xbox One standard edition — $60

Switch standard edition — $60

PC standard edition — $60

PS4 Digital Deluxe edition — $80

Xbox One Digital Deluxe edition — $80

Switch Digital Deluxe edition — $80

PC Digital Deluxe edition — $80

PS4 Legend edition — $100

Xbox One Legend edition — $100

Switch Legend edition — $100

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The news that Spider-Man might be leaving the Marvel Cinematic Universe has, unsurprisingly, caused much dismay and disappointment amongst superhero movie fans. Marvel Studios parent company Disney and Spidey rights-holders Sony are in dispute over the financing of future movies featuring the web-slinger. While most actors involved within the MCU have remained quiet on the issue, there’s one MCU star who has expressed his opinion–Hawkeye actor Jeremy Renner.

Renner posted the same image on both Twitter and Instagram, stating, “Hey Sony Pictures, we want Spider-Man back to Stan Lee and Marvel please, thank you.” The issue isn’t quite as simple as that–Sony has owned the movie rights to Spider-Man since Marvel sold them in 1999, and this dispute is over each studio’s financial stake and whether MCU producer Kevin Feige will continue to be involved with Spidey films. Nevertheless, Renner’s post has struck a chord with fans, with over 1.5 million likes on Instagram, and more than 40,000 retweets. Check it out below, and see if you can make sense of the bizarre hashtags that Renner has included:

Shortly after the story of the dispute broke, Sony responded with a statement. The studio claimed that many of the reports have “mischaracterized” discussions between the studios, and expressed “disappointment” that Feige would no longer be involved, laying the decision at Disney’s feet.

Of course, the big question remains about the future of the character in the MCU. Spider-Man: Far From Home was the official end of the MCU’s Phase 3, setting the stage for what’s to come from the universe of films. With Feige no longer being involved, it’s possible that the Spider-Man franchise could instead exist outside of the MCU.

Sony has already been building a non-MCU Spider-Man universe thanks to the film adaptation of Venom, as well as the upcoming Morbius movie, in which Jared Leto stars as the titular living vampire. Sources told Deadline that there were already two more planned Spider-Man films starring Tom Holland as the web-slinger, with director Jon Watts expected to return. For now, an extended cut of Spider-Man: Far From Home will hit theaters on August 29.