While it remains to be seen if God of War: Ragnarok is still releasing in 2021 as promised, fans can look forward to at least one new God of War project this year. Dark Horse is about to launch its next God of War tie-in comic, Fall God, and IGN has an exclusive preview of the opening chapter. God of War: Fallen God aims to fill in a major missing period in the bloody career of Kratos. This four-issue series is set in between the events of God of War III and 2018's God of War, promising to shed light on what happened to Kratos after slaughtering Zeus and Athena and what led him to try his hand at being a husband and father again. Check out the slideshow gallery below for a closer look inside Fallen God #1: [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=god-of-war-fallen-god-1-exclusive-preview&captions=true"] Here's Dark Horse's official description for the series:

God of War: Fallen God follows Kratos after conquering Zeus and thwarting Athena. Believing himself to be finally free of his bondage, he sets sail for the desert in an attempt to distance himself from his home and his shame only to find his rage and guilt follow close behind. Kratos rages against the one foe that has proven to be unconquerable—himself. But a war against oneself is unwinnable, and only invites madness.

Fallen God reunites the creative team behind the previous God of War comic, writer Chris Roberson and artist Tony Parker. They'll also be joined by colorist Dan Jackson, letterer John Roshell and cover artist Dave Rapoza. Look for the first issue to release on Wednesday, March 10, 2021.

God of War: Ragnarok was first announced in September 2020 as part of Sony's Playstation 5 event. The game's first teaser trailer promised a 2021 release date, though there's been little update in the months since. For now, learn more about the state of Playstation Studios in 2021 and see all the big games slated for release in 2021.

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The winners of the 26th annual Critics Choice Awards have been announced, with Nomadland and The Crown taking home numerous awards. Nomadland won the top honor of the night in the film category, walking away with the Best Picture accolade, while filmmaker Chloe Zhao picked up trophies for Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay. Ma Rainey's Black Bottom also collected several awards, including one for Chadwick Boseman who posthumously won the Best Actor accolade. On the TV side of proceedings, The Crown emerged as a frontrunner with four awards collected. The hit Netflix show was named Best Drama Series while Josh O'Connor took home the award for Best Actor in a Drama Series and Emma Corrin picked up the Best Actress trophy; Gillian Anderson was also acknowledged for her turn as Margaret Thatcher. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=2021-movies-preview&captions=true"] The full list of winners for the Critics Choice Awards 2021 follows:

FILM

Best Picture

• Da 5 Bloods
• Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
• Mank
• Minari
• News of the World
• Nomadland — WINNER
• One Night in Miami
• Promising Young Woman
• Sound of Metal
• The Trial of the Chicago 7

Best Director

• Lee Isaac Chung, Minari
• Emerald Fennell, Promising Young Woman
• David Fincher, Mank
• Spike Lee, Da 5 Bloods
• Regina King, One Night in Miami
• Aaron Sorkin, The Trial of the Chicago 7
• Chloé Zhao, Nomadland — WINNER

Best Actor

• Ben Affleck, The Way Back
• Riz Ahmed, Sound of Metal
• Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom — WINNER
• Tom Hanks, News of the World
• Anthony Hopkins, The Father
• Delroy Lindo, Da 5 Bloods
• Gary Oldman, Mank
• Steven Yeun, Minari

Best Actress

• Viola Davis, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
• Andra Day, The United States vs. Billie Holiday
• Sidney Flanigan, Never Rarely Sometimes Always
• Vanessa Kirby, Pieces of a Woman
• Frances McDormand, Nomadland
• Carey Mulligan, Promising Young Woman — WINNER
• Zendaya, Malcolm & Marie

Best Supporting Actor

• Chadwick Boseman, Da 5 Bloods
• Sacha Baron Cohen, The Trial of the Chicago 7
• Daniel Kaluuya, Judas and the Black Messiah — WINNER
• Bill Murray, On the Rocks
• Leslie Odom Jr., One Night in Miami
• Paul Raci, Sound of Metal

Best Supporting Actress

• Maria Bakalova, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm — WINNER
• Ellen Burstyn, Pieces of a Woman
• Glenn Close, Hillbilly Elegy
• Olivia Colman, The Father
• Amanda Seyfried, Mank
• Yuh-Jung Youn, Minari

Best Young Actor/Actress

• Ryder Allen, Palmer
• Ibrahima Gueye, The Life Ahead
• Alan Kim, Minari — WINNER
• Talia Ryder, Never Rarely Sometimes Always
• Caoilinn Springall, The Midnight Sky
• Helena Zengel, News of the World

Best Acting Ensemble

• Da 5 Bloods
• Judas and the Black Messiah
• Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
• Minari
• One Night in Miami
• The Trial of the Chicago 7 — WINNER

Best Original Screenplay

• Mank
• Minari
• Never Rarely Sometimes Always
• Promising Young Woman — WINNER
• Sound of Metal
• The Trial of the Chicago 7

Best Adapted Screenplay

• The Father
• First Cow
• Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
• News of the World
• Nomadland — WINNER
• One Night in Miami

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Best Production Design

• Emma
• Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
• Mank — WINNER
• News of the World
• The Personal History of David Copperfield
• Tenet

Best Cinematography

• Da 5 Bloods
• First Cow
• Mank
• Minari
• News of the World
• Nomadland — WINNER
• Tenet

Best Costume Design

• Emma
• Ma Rainey's Black Bottom — WINNER
• Mank
• Mulan
• The Personal History of David Copperfield
• Promising Young Woman

Best Editing

• The Father
• Mank
• Nomadland
• Sound of Metal — WINNER
• Tenet
• The Trial of the Chicago 7 — WINNER

Best Hair and Makeup

• Emma
• Hillbilly Elegy
• Ma Rainey's Black Bottom — WINNER
• Mank
• Promising Young Woman
• The United States vs. Billie Holiday

Best Visual Effects

• Greyhound
• The Invisible Man
• Mank
• The Midnight Sky
• Mulan
• Tenet — WINNER
• Wonder Woman 1984

Best Score

• The Midnight Sky
• Mank
• Minari
• News of the World
• Soul — WINNER
• Tenet

Best Song

• Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga, Husavik (My Home Town)
• The Life Ahead, Io Si (Seen)
• Judas and the Black Messiah, Fight for You
• One Night in Miami, Speak Now — WINNER
• The Outpost, Everybody Cries
• The United States vs. Billie Holiday, Tigress & Tweed

Best Foreign Language Film

• Another Round
• Collective
• La Llorona
• The Life Ahead
• Minari — WINNER
• Two Of Us

Best Comedy

• Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
• The Forty-Year-Old Version
• The King of Staten Island
• On the Rocks
• Palm Springs — WINNER
• The Prom

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TELEVISION

Best Drama Series

• Better Call Saul
• The Crown — WINNER
• The Good Fight
• Lovecraft Country
• The Mandalorian
• Ozark
• Perry Mason
• This Is Us

Best Actor in a Drama Series

• Jason Bateman, Ozark
• Sterling K. Brown, This Is Us
• Jonathan Majors, Lovecraft Country
• Josh O'Connor, The Crown — WINNER
• Bob Odenkirk, Better Call Saul
• Matthew Rhys, Perry Mason

Best Actress in a Drama Series

• Christine Baranski, The Good Fight
• Olivia Colman, The Crown
• Emma Corrin, The Crown — WINNER
• Claire Danes, Homeland
• Laura Linney, Ozark
• Jurnee Smollett, Lovecraft Country

Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

• Jonathan Banks, Better Call Saul
• Justin Hartley, This Is Us
• John Lithgow, Perry Mason
• Tobias Menzies, The Crown
• Tom Pelphrey, Ozark
• Michael K. Williams, Lovecraft Country — WINNER

Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

• Gillian Anderson, The Crown — WINNER
• Cynthia Erivo, The Outsider
• Julia Garner, Ozark
• Janet McTeer, Ozark
• Wunmi Mosaku, Lovecraft Country
• Rhea Seehorn, Better Call Saul

Best Comedy Series

• Better Things
• The Flight Attendant
• Mom
• Pen15
• Ramy
• Schitt's Creek
• Ted Lasso — WINNER
• What We Do in the Shadows

Best Actor in a Comedy Series

• Hank Azaria, Brockmire
• Matt Berry, What We Do in the Shadows
• Nicholas Hoult, The Great
• Eugene Levy, Schitt's Creek
• Jason Sudeikis, Ted Lasso — WINNER
• Ramy Youssef, Ramy

Best Actress in a Comedy Series

• Pamela Adlon, Better Things
• Christina Applegate, Dead to Me
• Kaley Cuoco, The Flight Attendant
• Natasia Demetriou, What We Do in the Shadows
• Catherine O'Hara, Schitt's Creek — WINNER
• Issa Rae, Insecure

Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

• William Fichtner, Mom
• Harvey Guillén, What We Do in the Shadows
• Daniel Levy, Schitt's Creek — WINNER
• Alex Newell, Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist
• Mark Proksch, What We Do in the Shadows
• Andrew Rannells, Black Monday

Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

• Lecy Goranson, The Conners
• Rita Moreno, One Day at a Time
• Annie Murphy, Schitt's Creek
• Ashley Park, Emily in Paris
• Jaime Pressly, Mom
• Hannah Waddingham, Ted Lasso — WINNER

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Best Limited Series

• I May Destroy You
• Mrs. America
• Normal People
• The Plot Against America
• The Queen's Gambit — WINNER
• Small Axe
• The Undoing
• Unorthodox

TV Movie

• Bad Education
• Between the World and Me
• The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel
• Hamilton — WINNER
• Sylvie's Love
• What the Constitution Means to Me

Best Actor in a Limited Series or TV Movie

• John Boyega, Small Axe — WINNER
• Hugh Grant, The Undoing
• Paul Mescal, Normal People
• Chris Rock, Fargo
• Mark Ruffalo, I Know This Much is True
• Morgan Spector, The Plot Against America

Best Actress in a Limited Series or TV Movie

• Cate Blanchett, Mrs. America
• Michaela Coel, I May Destroy You
• Daisy Edgar-Jones, Normal People
• Shira Haas, Unorthodox
• Anya Taylor-Joy, The Queen's Gambit — WINNER
• Tessa Thompson, Sylvie's Love

Best Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or TV Movie

• Daveed Diggs, The Good Lord Bird
• Joshua Caleb Johnson, The Good Lord Bird
• Dylan McDermott, Hollywood
• Donald Sutherland, The Undoing — WINNER
• Glynn Turman, Fargo
• John Turturro, The Plot Against America

Best Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or TV Movie

• Uzo Aduba, Mrs. America — WINNER
• Betsy Brandt, Soulmates
• Marielle Heller, The Queen's Gambit
• Margo Martindale, Mrs. America
• Winona Ryder, The Plot Against America
• Tracey Ullman, Mrs. America

Best Talk Show

• Desus & Mero
• Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
• The Kelly Clarkson Show
• Late Night with Seth Meyers — WINNER
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
• Red Table Talk

Best Comedy Special

• Fortune Feimster, Sweet & Salty
• Hannah Gadsby, Douglas
• Jerry Seinfeld, 23 Hours to Kill — WINNER
• Marc Maron, End Times Fun
• Michelle Buteau, Welcome to Buteaupia — WINNER
• Patton Oswalt, I Love Everything

Best Short Form Series

• The Andy Cohen Diaries
• Better Call Saul: Ethics Training with Kim Wexler — WINNER
• Mapleworth Murders
• Nikki Fre$h
• Reno 911!
• Tooning Out the News

[widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=netflix-spotlight-march-2021&captions=true"] [poilib element="accentDivider"] Adele Ankers is a Freelance Entertainment Journalist. You can reach her on Twitter.

The winners of the 26th annual Critics Choice Awards have been announced, with Nomadland and The Crown taking home numerous awards. Nomadland won the top honor of the night in the film category, walking away with the Best Picture accolade, while filmmaker Chloe Zhao picked up trophies for Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay. Ma Rainey's Black Bottom also collected several awards, including one for Chadwick Boseman who posthumously won the Best Actor accolade. On the TV side of proceedings, The Crown emerged as a frontrunner with four awards collected. The hit Netflix show was named Best Drama Series while Josh O'Connor took home the award for Best Actor in a Drama Series and Emma Corrin picked up the Best Actress trophy; Gillian Anderson was also acknowledged for her turn as Margaret Thatcher. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=2021-movies-preview&captions=true"] The full list of winners for the Critics Choice Awards 2021 follows:

FILM

Best Picture

• Da 5 Bloods
• Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
• Mank
• Minari
• News of the World
• Nomadland — WINNER
• One Night in Miami
• Promising Young Woman
• Sound of Metal
• The Trial of the Chicago 7

Best Director

• Lee Isaac Chung, Minari
• Emerald Fennell, Promising Young Woman
• David Fincher, Mank
• Spike Lee, Da 5 Bloods
• Regina King, One Night in Miami
• Aaron Sorkin, The Trial of the Chicago 7
• Chloé Zhao, Nomadland — WINNER

Best Actor

• Ben Affleck, The Way Back
• Riz Ahmed, Sound of Metal
• Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom — WINNER
• Tom Hanks, News of the World
• Anthony Hopkins, The Father
• Delroy Lindo, Da 5 Bloods
• Gary Oldman, Mank
• Steven Yeun, Minari

Best Actress

• Viola Davis, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
• Andra Day, The United States vs. Billie Holiday
• Sidney Flanigan, Never Rarely Sometimes Always
• Vanessa Kirby, Pieces of a Woman
• Frances McDormand, Nomadland
• Carey Mulligan, Promising Young Woman — WINNER
• Zendaya, Malcolm & Marie

Best Supporting Actor

• Chadwick Boseman, Da 5 Bloods
• Sacha Baron Cohen, The Trial of the Chicago 7
• Daniel Kaluuya, Judas and the Black Messiah — WINNER
• Bill Murray, On the Rocks
• Leslie Odom Jr., One Night in Miami
• Paul Raci, Sound of Metal

Best Supporting Actress

• Maria Bakalova, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm — WINNER
• Ellen Burstyn, Pieces of a Woman
• Glenn Close, Hillbilly Elegy
• Olivia Colman, The Father
• Amanda Seyfried, Mank
• Yuh-Jung Youn, Minari

Best Young Actor/Actress

• Ryder Allen, Palmer
• Ibrahima Gueye, The Life Ahead
• Alan Kim, Minari — WINNER
• Talia Ryder, Never Rarely Sometimes Always
• Caoilinn Springall, The Midnight Sky
• Helena Zengel, News of the World

Best Acting Ensemble

• Da 5 Bloods
• Judas and the Black Messiah
• Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
• Minari
• One Night in Miami
• The Trial of the Chicago 7 — WINNER

Best Original Screenplay

• Mank
• Minari
• Never Rarely Sometimes Always
• Promising Young Woman — WINNER
• Sound of Metal
• The Trial of the Chicago 7

Best Adapted Screenplay

• The Father
• First Cow
• Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
• News of the World
• Nomadland — WINNER
• One Night in Miami

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Best Production Design

• Emma
• Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
• Mank — WINNER
• News of the World
• The Personal History of David Copperfield
• Tenet

Best Cinematography

• Da 5 Bloods
• First Cow
• Mank
• Minari
• News of the World
• Nomadland — WINNER
• Tenet

Best Costume Design

• Emma
• Ma Rainey's Black Bottom — WINNER
• Mank
• Mulan
• The Personal History of David Copperfield
• Promising Young Woman

Best Editing

• The Father
• Mank
• Nomadland
• Sound of Metal — WINNER
• Tenet
• The Trial of the Chicago 7 — WINNER

Best Hair and Makeup

• Emma
• Hillbilly Elegy
• Ma Rainey's Black Bottom — WINNER
• Mank
• Promising Young Woman
• The United States vs. Billie Holiday

Best Visual Effects

• Greyhound
• The Invisible Man
• Mank
• The Midnight Sky
• Mulan
• Tenet — WINNER
• Wonder Woman 1984

Best Score

• The Midnight Sky
• Mank
• Minari
• News of the World
• Soul — WINNER
• Tenet

Best Song

• Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga, Husavik (My Home Town)
• The Life Ahead, Io Si (Seen)
• Judas and the Black Messiah, Fight for You
• One Night in Miami, Speak Now — WINNER
• The Outpost, Everybody Cries
• The United States vs. Billie Holiday, Tigress & Tweed

Best Foreign Language Film

• Another Round
• Collective
• La Llorona
• The Life Ahead
• Minari — WINNER
• Two Of Us

Best Comedy

• Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
• The Forty-Year-Old Version
• The King of Staten Island
• On the Rocks
• Palm Springs — WINNER
• The Prom

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TELEVISION

Best Drama Series

• Better Call Saul
• The Crown — WINNER
• The Good Fight
• Lovecraft Country
• The Mandalorian
• Ozark
• Perry Mason
• This Is Us

Best Actor in a Drama Series

• Jason Bateman, Ozark
• Sterling K. Brown, This Is Us
• Jonathan Majors, Lovecraft Country
• Josh O'Connor, The Crown — WINNER
• Bob Odenkirk, Better Call Saul
• Matthew Rhys, Perry Mason

Best Actress in a Drama Series

• Christine Baranski, The Good Fight
• Olivia Colman, The Crown
• Emma Corrin, The Crown — WINNER
• Claire Danes, Homeland
• Laura Linney, Ozark
• Jurnee Smollett, Lovecraft Country

Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

• Jonathan Banks, Better Call Saul
• Justin Hartley, This Is Us
• John Lithgow, Perry Mason
• Tobias Menzies, The Crown
• Tom Pelphrey, Ozark
• Michael K. Williams, Lovecraft Country — WINNER

Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

• Gillian Anderson, The Crown — WINNER
• Cynthia Erivo, The Outsider
• Julia Garner, Ozark
• Janet McTeer, Ozark
• Wunmi Mosaku, Lovecraft Country
• Rhea Seehorn, Better Call Saul

Best Comedy Series

• Better Things
• The Flight Attendant
• Mom
• Pen15
• Ramy
• Schitt's Creek
• Ted Lasso — WINNER
• What We Do in the Shadows

Best Actor in a Comedy Series

• Hank Azaria, Brockmire
• Matt Berry, What We Do in the Shadows
• Nicholas Hoult, The Great
• Eugene Levy, Schitt's Creek
• Jason Sudeikis, Ted Lasso — WINNER
• Ramy Youssef, Ramy

Best Actress in a Comedy Series

• Pamela Adlon, Better Things
• Christina Applegate, Dead to Me
• Kaley Cuoco, The Flight Attendant
• Natasia Demetriou, What We Do in the Shadows
• Catherine O'Hara, Schitt's Creek — WINNER
• Issa Rae, Insecure

Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

• William Fichtner, Mom
• Harvey Guillén, What We Do in the Shadows
• Daniel Levy, Schitt's Creek — WINNER
• Alex Newell, Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist
• Mark Proksch, What We Do in the Shadows
• Andrew Rannells, Black Monday

Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

• Lecy Goranson, The Conners
• Rita Moreno, One Day at a Time
• Annie Murphy, Schitt's Creek
• Ashley Park, Emily in Paris
• Jaime Pressly, Mom
• Hannah Waddingham, Ted Lasso — WINNER

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Best Limited Series

• I May Destroy You
• Mrs. America
• Normal People
• The Plot Against America
• The Queen's Gambit — WINNER
• Small Axe
• The Undoing
• Unorthodox

TV Movie

• Bad Education
• Between the World and Me
• The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel
• Hamilton — WINNER
• Sylvie's Love
• What the Constitution Means to Me

Best Actor in a Limited Series or TV Movie

• John Boyega, Small Axe — WINNER
• Hugh Grant, The Undoing
• Paul Mescal, Normal People
• Chris Rock, Fargo
• Mark Ruffalo, I Know This Much is True
• Morgan Spector, The Plot Against America

Best Actress in a Limited Series or TV Movie

• Cate Blanchett, Mrs. America
• Michaela Coel, I May Destroy You
• Daisy Edgar-Jones, Normal People
• Shira Haas, Unorthodox
• Anya Taylor-Joy, The Queen's Gambit — WINNER
• Tessa Thompson, Sylvie's Love

Best Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or TV Movie

• Daveed Diggs, The Good Lord Bird
• Joshua Caleb Johnson, The Good Lord Bird
• Dylan McDermott, Hollywood
• Donald Sutherland, The Undoing — WINNER
• Glynn Turman, Fargo
• John Turturro, The Plot Against America

Best Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or TV Movie

• Uzo Aduba, Mrs. America — WINNER
• Betsy Brandt, Soulmates
• Marielle Heller, The Queen's Gambit
• Margo Martindale, Mrs. America
• Winona Ryder, The Plot Against America
• Tracey Ullman, Mrs. America

Best Talk Show

• Desus & Mero
• Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
• The Kelly Clarkson Show
• Late Night with Seth Meyers — WINNER
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
• Red Table Talk

Best Comedy Special

• Fortune Feimster, Sweet & Salty
• Hannah Gadsby, Douglas
• Jerry Seinfeld, 23 Hours to Kill — WINNER
• Marc Maron, End Times Fun
• Michelle Buteau, Welcome to Buteaupia — WINNER
• Patton Oswalt, I Love Everything

Best Short Form Series

• The Andy Cohen Diaries
• Better Call Saul: Ethics Training with Kim Wexler — WINNER
• Mapleworth Murders
• Nikki Fre$h
• Reno 911!
• Tooning Out the News

[widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=netflix-spotlight-march-2021&captions=true"] [poilib element="accentDivider"] Adele Ankers is a Freelance Entertainment Journalist. You can reach her on Twitter.

Super Nintendo World in Osaka will open on March 18, Nintendo has revealed. The opening of the park was delayed on numerous occasions due to the impact of COVID-19, but a tweet from the official Japanese Nintendo account broke the revised launch date, which is later this month.

任天堂のキャラクターとその世界をテーマにしたユニバーサル・スタジオ・ジャパンの新エリア『スーパー・ニンテンドー・ワールド™ 』のオープンが2021年3月18日（木）に決定しました。

— 任天堂株式会社 (@Nintendo) March 8, 2021

The park was originally revealed in 2015, and its grand opening was initially planned for the Summer of 2020, as revealed alongside a music video featuring a new song from Charli XCX and Galantis. Shigeru Miyamoto hosted a special Nintendo Direct in December of 2020 taking a tour of the fully-constructed park, highlighting attractions such as the Mario Kart ride. For more details, check out our article covering 8 ways in which your visit to Super Nintendo World will be gamified. Here's a better look at the area map of the park, as well as merchandise and cafe items. Just last week, the opening of the Orlando variant of the Super Nintendo World park was delayed to 2025 after economic uncertainty caused delays in the park's construction – Hollywood and Signapore versions of the park are also on the way. Elsewhere, Nintendo is collaborating with Illumination on a Super Mario Bros. animated movie, which is pegged to launch in 2022. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/12/18/super-nintendo-world-direct-presentation"] [poilib element="accentDivider"] Jordan Oloman is a freelance writer for IGN. Follow him on Twitter.

Super Nintendo World in Osaka will open on March 18, Nintendo has revealed. The opening of the park was delayed on numerous occasions due to the impact of COVID-19, but a tweet from the official Japanese Nintendo account broke the revised launch date, which is later this month.

任天堂のキャラクターとその世界をテーマにしたユニバーサル・スタジオ・ジャパンの新エリア『スーパー・ニンテンドー・ワールド™ 』のオープンが2021年3月18日（木）に決定しました。

— 任天堂株式会社 (@Nintendo) March 8, 2021

The park was originally revealed in 2015, and its grand opening was initially planned for the Summer of 2020, as revealed alongside a music video featuring a new song from Charli XCX and Galantis. Shigeru Miyamoto hosted a special Nintendo Direct in December of 2020 taking a tour of the fully-constructed park, highlighting attractions such as the Mario Kart ride. For more details, check out our article covering 8 ways in which your visit to Super Nintendo World will be gamified. Here's a better look at the area map of the park, as well as merchandise and cafe items. Just last week, the opening of the Orlando variant of the Super Nintendo World park was delayed to 2025 after economic uncertainty caused delays in the park's construction – Hollywood and Signapore versions of the park are also on the way. Elsewhere, Nintendo is collaborating with Illumination on a Super Mario Bros. animated movie, which is pegged to launch in 2022. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/12/18/super-nintendo-world-direct-presentation"] [poilib element="accentDivider"] Jordan Oloman is a freelance writer for IGN. Follow him on Twitter.

Microsoft's acquisition of ZeniMax (which includes Bethesda) has taken two major steps towards completion, after being approved by both the European Commission and the SEC. In the US, the SEC – the country's agency in charge of preventing market manipulation – published a notice of effectiveness, which acts as a declaration that a company registration has been accepted. In this case, it was accepting an S-4 registration, which marks a merger or acquisition. The European Commission, meanwhile, has provided an Article 6(1)(b) decision, which approves the merger without changes or opposition, and says it "does not raise serious doubts as to its compatibility with the common market." A statement from the EC reads: "The Commission concluded that the proposed acquisition would raise no competition concerns, given the combined entity’s limited market position upstream and the presence of strong downstream competitors in the distribution of video games. The transaction was examined under the normal merger review procedure." [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/10/29/bethesdas-todd-howard-hard-to-imagine-elder-scrolls-6-as-an-xbox-exclusive"] While neither approval makes the merger official, and Microsoft and ZeniMax have not yet made statements, these represent major steps forwards for the $7.5 billion USD deal, which brings Bethesda Game Studios, Arkane, MachineGames, Tango GameWorks and more into the Microsoft fold. EU documents previously suggested that Microsoft was setting up a new subsidiary, Vault to complete the deal, although it's still unclear if this is simply a holding business, or a more formal studios brand (in the same vein as the existing Xbox Game Studios). Microsoft isn't actively planning Bethesda's future until the acquisition is complete, but we're heard a lot about its intentions. While Bethesda and its studios will continue to run semi-independently, Microsoft wants Bethesda games to be "first, better, or best" on Xbox. “[I]f you think about something like Game Pass," said Xbox CFO Tim Stuart last year, "if it shows up best in Game Pass, that’s what we want to see, and we want to drive our Game Pass subscriber base through that Bethesda pipeline." Much of the interest around the deal lies around whether Bethesda games will become Xbox exlusives. Both sides have said this will likely be a case-by-case decision, but Bethesda boss Todd Howard previously explained that it's "hard to imagine" The Elder Scrolls 6 being a full exclusive. We've contacted Microsoft for comment on the approvals. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Joe Skrebels is IGN's Executive Editor of News. Follow him on Twitter. Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to newstips@ign.com.

Microsoft's acquisition of ZeniMax (which includes Bethesda) has taken two major steps towards completion, after being approved by both the European Commission and the SEC. In the US, the SEC – the country's agency in charge of preventing market manipulation – published a notice of effectiveness, which acts as a declaration that a company registration has been accepted. In this case, it was accepting an S-4 registration, which marks a merger or acquisition. The European Commission, meanwhile, has provided an Article 6(1)(b) decision, which approves the merger without changes or opposition, and says it "does not raise serious doubts as to its compatibility with the common market." A statement from the EC reads: "The Commission concluded that the proposed acquisition would raise no competition concerns, given the combined entity’s limited market position upstream and the presence of strong downstream competitors in the distribution of video games. The transaction was examined under the normal merger review procedure." [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/10/29/bethesdas-todd-howard-hard-to-imagine-elder-scrolls-6-as-an-xbox-exclusive"] While neither approval makes the merger official, and Microsoft and ZeniMax have not yet made statements, these represent major steps forwards for the $7.5 billion USD deal, which brings Bethesda Game Studios, Arkane, MachineGames, Tango GameWorks and more into the Microsoft fold. EU documents previously suggested that Microsoft was setting up a new subsidiary, Vault to complete the deal, although it's still unclear if this is simply a holding business, or a more formal studios brand (in the same vein as the existing Xbox Game Studios). Microsoft isn't actively planning Bethesda's future until the acquisition is complete, but we're heard a lot about its intentions. While Bethesda and its studios will continue to run semi-independently, Microsoft wants Bethesda games to be "first, better, or best" on Xbox. “[I]f you think about something like Game Pass," said Xbox CFO Tim Stuart last year, "if it shows up best in Game Pass, that’s what we want to see, and we want to drive our Game Pass subscriber base through that Bethesda pipeline." Much of the interest around the deal lies around whether Bethesda games will become Xbox exlusives. Both sides have said this will likely be a case-by-case decision, but Bethesda boss Todd Howard previously explained that it's "hard to imagine" The Elder Scrolls 6 being a full exclusive. We've contacted Microsoft for comment on the approvals. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Joe Skrebels is IGN's Executive Editor of News. Follow him on Twitter. Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to newstips@ign.com.

A prison escapee has been recaptured after coming out of hiding to buy Call of Duty Black Ops: Cold War. As reported by Kotaku, Clint Butler had been hiding from UK police since November, having fled from Spring Hill prison in Buckinghamshire, where he was serving a 17-year sentence for robbery and firearms offences. West Midlands Police spotted Butler and a friend out in Birmingham city centre in January and, after a scuffle, cuffed the former prisoner. When asked why Butler was in the city centre during the UK's current lockdown measures, Butler's friend told the police "I’ve come to get the new Call of Duty because I can’t sit around in lockdown.” [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/11/12/black-ops-cold-war-multiplayer-gameplay-pc"] Butler has had his sentence extended by 19 months following the act. "Quite why he decided to risk being returned to prison by making the idiotic decision to come into town during lockdown with a friend to buy a video game will remain a bit of a mystery,” West Midlands Police Superintendent Nick Rowe said. Butler escaped from Spring Hill open prison on November 28, and the public had been warned not to approach him. Officers were alerted to Butler and his friend when they suddenly changed direction having seen them and, when challenged, Butler gave a fake name before attacking the officers. He was subdued with help from local security guards, and was sent back to prison. Activision recently revealed that owners of a 500 GB PlayStation 4 may "need to make room" to fit both Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War and Modern Warfare/Warzone on one system. For more information on the topic, check out our article covering growing video game install sizes. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Jordan Oloman is a freelance writer for IGN. Follow him on Twitter.

A prison escapee has been recaptured after coming out of hiding to buy Call of Duty Black Ops: Cold War. As reported by Kotaku, Clint Butler had been hiding from UK police since November, having fled from Spring Hill prison in Buckinghamshire, where he was serving a 17-year sentence for robbery and firearms offences. West Midlands Police spotted Butler and a friend out in Birmingham city centre in January and, after a scuffle, cuffed the former prisoner. When asked why Butler was in the city centre during the UK's current lockdown measures, Butler's friend told the police "I’ve come to get the new Call of Duty because I can’t sit around in lockdown.” [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/11/12/black-ops-cold-war-multiplayer-gameplay-pc"] Butler has had his sentence extended by 19 months following the act. "Quite why he decided to risk being returned to prison by making the idiotic decision to come into town during lockdown with a friend to buy a video game will remain a bit of a mystery,” West Midlands Police Superintendent Nick Rowe said. Butler escaped from Spring Hill open prison on November 28, and the public had been warned not to approach him. Officers were alerted to Butler and his friend when they suddenly changed direction having seen them and, when challenged, Butler gave a fake name before attacking the officers. He was subdued with help from local security guards, and was sent back to prison. Activision recently revealed that owners of a 500 GB PlayStation 4 may "need to make room" to fit both Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War and Modern Warfare/Warzone on one system. For more information on the topic, check out our article covering growing video game install sizes. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Jordan Oloman is a freelance writer for IGN. Follow him on Twitter.

Pepe Le Pew, the controversial french skunk from Looney Tunes, has had his scene cut from Space Jam: A New Legacy and will no longer be making an appearance in the sequel to the film he was a part of in 1997. As reported by Deadline, there was a hybrid live-action animation scene that was shot in June 2019 and featured both Pepe Le Pew and Jane the Virgin actress Greice Santo. This particular scene was filmed by Space Jam: A New Legacy's first director Terence Nance, yet was cut by Malcolm D. Lee, his replacement, before the scene was even animated. The scene in question was described as follows;

"Pepe was set to appear in a black-and-white Casablanca-like Rick’s Cafe sequence. Pepe, playing a bartender, starts hitting on a woman at the bar played by Santo. He begins kissing her arm, which she pulls back, then slamming Pepe into the chair next to hers. She then pours her drink on Pepe, and slaps him hard, sending him spinning in a stool, which is then stopped by LeBron James’ hand. James and Bugs Bunny are looking for Lola, and Pepe knows her whereabouts. Pepe then tells the guys that Penelope cat has filed a restraining order against him. James makes a remark in the script that Pepe can’t grab other Tunes without their consent."

[widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=everything-coming-to-hbo-max&captions=true"] Santo learned that her scene with Pepe Le Pew was cut and was upset because she believed "the skunk finally gets his comeuppance." "This was such a big deal for Greice to be in this movie," A spokesperson for Santo said. "Even though Pepe is a cartoon character, if anyone was going to slap a sexual harasser like him, Greice wished it would be her. Now the scene is cut, and she doesn’t have that power to influence the world through younger generations who’ll be watching Space Jam 2, to let younger girls and younger boys know that Pepe’s behavior is unacceptable.” Santo has been a victim of sexual harassment and has spoken up against it. Furthermore, she recorded a single titled "Você Você” with Grammy-winning producer Humberto Gatica to empower women to stand up to sexual predators and sexual harassment. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/05/25/hbo-maxs-looney-tunes-cartoons-series-premiere-sneak-peek"] Santo also has a non-profit, Glam with Greice, that works to help victims of domestic violence and help them change their lives for the better. While unrelated to the cut scene, Pepe Le Pew was recently the focus of New York Times columnist Charles M. Blow, who wrote that the character "added to rape culture." Pepe Le Pew isn't the only Looney Tunes character that has come under controversy, as old Looney Tunes episodes on HBO Max do not feature Elmer Fudd, Yosemite Sam, or any other character carrying a gun. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/12/04/the-pros-and-cons-of-wbs-industry-shaking-move"] Space Jam: A New Legacy will be released in theaters and on HBO Max on July 16, 2021. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to newstips@ign.com. Adam Bankhurst is a news writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @AdamBankhurst and on Twitch.