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CultureBeyond Good & Evil Is Being Made Into A Netflix Movie
Ubisoft’s portfolio of TV and movie spin-offs continues to expand. The Hollywood Reporter reports that the developer will be working with Netflix on a Beyond Good & Evil movie that combines live-action and animation. The new project will be helmed by Detective Pikachu director Rob Letterman and produced by Ubisoft’s Jason Altman and Margaret Boykin.…
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CultureHalo Infinite Multiplayer Might Be Free-To-Play According To Store Listing [Update: It Is]
A now-deleted description for Halo Infinite on the Xbox Series X pre-order registration page at the Smyths Toys website said the game’s multiplayer would be free-to-play and operate at up to 120fps on Xbox Series X. Update – 4:43 p.m., 7/31/20: Microsoft says the information in the leaked store listing is true. “Halo is for…
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CultureSmoking Toad, F-Zero Beavis, And Other Weird Nintendo Gigaleak Finds
The recent “Gigaleak” of Nintendo assets has given us an inside look at the development of some of our favorite games. But as one might expect from a massive collection of prototypes and early builds that were never meant to see the light of day, there’s a good deal of weird and otherwise out-of-place stuff…
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CultureThe Last Of Us Part 2‘s Stuntwoman Spent Several Days Pretending To Die
The first time stuntwoman Amy Johnston worked with Naughty Dog, she performed motion capture for Nadine Ross in Uncharted 4 and Uncharted: The Lost Legacy. Her task—to portray a mercenary who could kick Nathan Drake’s ass—was suited to her skill set. The daughter of a kickboxing world champion and a third-degree black belt martial artist…
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CultureThe New Battletoads Game Is Finally Coming Out August 20
The first new Battletoads game in over 25 years is coming to Xbox One and PC via Steam next month. A new game in the series that originally began on NES, Battletoads is an animated beat ‘em up that’s doing everything it can to channel the love and nostalgia around the 1991 release. It’ll also…
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CultureFinal Fantasy XI Is Still Getting New Story Content 18 Years Later
Final Fantasy XI’s producer announced yesterday that the game is getting a new storyline, in an incredibly lovely little August update letter to players. While Square Enix continues to maintain its first MMORPG through regular patches, Final Fantasy XI hasn’t gotten any new story content since 2015’s Rhapsodies of Vana’diel update, which more or less…
By Ethan Gach
