The Last of Us Remastered has received a new patch on PS4 that has seemingly reduced load times across the game, including cutting the load times of game's first loading screen by over 70%. As reported by Kotaku, The Last of Us speedrunner Anthony Calabrese has noted that patch 1.11 has made it so "loading screens are basically non-existent on PS4" for The Last of Us Remastered. This change has even saved him nearly 18 seconds in the David fight and appears to work for both ssd and hdd. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=every-ign-naughty-dog-game-review&captions=true"] YouTuber ElAnalistaDeBits also uploaded a video that shows the improved load times in action. Pre-patch, the first loading screen in The Last of Us Remastered took 1:30:10. With the new patch, load times for the same section appear to be 0:13:86. While this could always just be an improvement specifically for the PS4 version of The Last of Us Remastered, its timing is curious as this game is included in the PlayStation Plus Collection for PS5. This PlayStation Plus perk brings such other big games like God of War, Bloodborne, and Final Fantasy XV to Sony's newest next-gen console. It wouldn't be out of the realm of possibility to consider that, by optimizing and making these games playable on PS5, these developers have found ways to improve the experience for those still playing on PS4. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2019/09/15/never-have-i-ever-played-the-last-of-us-episode-1"] [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.

GSD Group and Gensler have revealed their concept art for the upcoming Atari Hotels that are set to open in Las Vegas, Nevada and Phoenix, Arizona, and they look like something pulled out off a Cyberpunk-style future. The Atari Hotels are meant to be pop culture and video game-inspired, and GSD Group also has plans to have more locations in Austin, Chicago, Denver, San Fransisco, San Joe, and Seattle in the future. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=atari-hotel-concept-art&captions=true"] Atari, known for such classic as Asteroids, Centipede, and PONG, is looking to offer "guests a wholly unique hospitality experience inspired by, and built with, classic and modern video game culture in mind" with these new hotels. Atari Hotels, which were announced earlier this year, will allow guests to "enjoy the latest in video games, experience cutting-edge immersive entertainment, purchase exclusive Atari Hotels merchandise, and play the night away in retro-style gaming arcades." There will also be a speakeasy and nightclub, themed restaurants and bars, and much more. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2018/10/11/playing-classic-atari-gamesin-a-tesla"] “I have seen the vision that GSD Group has for Atari Hotels, and they are poised to shatter the perception of what hotels can be,” said Fred Chesnais, CEO of Atari®. “Atari Hotels will create a world that caters to gamers of all ages and experience levels, giving them a place to call home — a groundbreaking experience that shares Atari’s legacy of innovation.” [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.

After three SamRaimi-directed movies, a two-season sequel series on Starz, and 2013's soft reboot directed by Fede Alvarez, the Evil Dead franchise is moving away from its rustic roots, and its cabin-in-the-woods aesthetic, for a new bloody adventure that takes place in a big city building. The title Evil Dead Rise was revealed this past summer by Ash Williams himself, Bruce Campbell, as well as the idea that the "upcoming movie will shake up the tried-and-tested franchise formula by deviating away from some key narrative staples, such as the classic 'cabin in the woods' setting." Director Lee Cronin expanded on this concept recently, during a chat with Bloody Disgusting, saying that the film will feature a female heroine in a city, possibly in a high-rise apartment complex (hence the title). [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/10/24/is-chucky-the-greatest-movie-slasher-of-all-time"] "I’m confident I’m going to do something that’s both familiar and refreshing," Cronin said. "I’m gonna deliver a rollercoaster of horror. That’s what the goal is here. Relentless. Not stopping to explain too much. It needs to be extremely visceral, highly entertaining, properly scary. To push boundaries, that’s important as well." During an interview with AL.com, Campbell said the movie kicks off when "that book gets around, a lot of people run into it and it’s another story." In other movie news, check out IGN's recent reviews for Borat 2, the new adaptation of The Witches, and Netflix's The Trial of the Chicago 7. Also, since it's spooky season, check out our slasher-cinema G.O.A.T. profiles for Michael Myers, Freddy Krueger, and Chucky! [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=the-15-best-horror-tv-shows-of-the-last-10-years&captions=true"]

After three SamRaimi-directed movies, a two-season sequel series on Starz, and 2013's soft reboot directed by Fede Alvarez, the Evil Dead franchise is moving away from its rustic roots, and its cabin-in-the-woods aesthetic, for a new bloody adventure that takes place in a big city building. The title Evil Dead Rise was revealed this past summer by Ash Williams himself, Bruce Campbell, as well as the idea that the "upcoming movie will shake up the tried-and-tested franchise formula by deviating away from some key narrative staples, such as the classic 'cabin in the woods' setting." Director Lee Cronin expanded on this concept recently, during a chat with Bloody Disgusting, saying that the film will feature a female heroine in a city, possibly in a high-rise apartment complex (hence the title). [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/10/24/is-chucky-the-greatest-movie-slasher-of-all-time"] "I’m confident I’m going to do something that’s both familiar and refreshing," Cronin said. "I’m gonna deliver a rollercoaster of horror. That’s what the goal is here. Relentless. Not stopping to explain too much. It needs to be extremely visceral, highly entertaining, properly scary. To push boundaries, that’s important as well." During an interview with AL.com, Campbell said the movie kicks off when "that book gets around, a lot of people run into it and it’s another story." In other movie news, check out IGN's recent reviews for Borat 2, the new adaptation of The Witches, and Netflix's The Trial of the Chicago 7. Also, since it's spooky season, check out our slasher-cinema G.O.A.T. profiles for Michael Myers, Freddy Krueger, and Chucky! [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=the-15-best-horror-tv-shows-of-the-last-10-years&captions=true"]

In a new promo for The Drew Barrymore Show, Barrymore has reprised her role as Scream's Casey Becker, and asks, "Have you ever wondered what Casey Becker from Scream would be doing if she had lived?" Barrymore shared this short video on Twitter, and it features Scream's Ghostface texting Barrymore's Becker and saying, "It's that time of year... where I have to kill you!!"

Have you ever wondered what Casey Becker from Scream would be doing if she had lived? pic.twitter.com/BTKdZL5iWz

— The Drew Barrymore Show (@DrewBarrymoreTV) October 22, 2020

However, unlike in Scream, Becker chooses not to fall for Ghostface's tricks and ignores him and goes about her day with a smile on her face. Ghostface appears clearly upset by this, and tries to call her and even plea with her that he comes in peace. Finally, he can't contain his rage and screams, in text form, "Stop GHOSTING me!!!" Barrymore wore the same white sweater and sported the same blond haircut from the film, but wears a new sense of confidence. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/10/22/cinefix-a-history-of-slashers"] In the original film, Becker received a phone call from an unknown person and they began flirtatiously discussing horror movies, but then the call takes a turn and the caller begins threatening her. He then reveals that he has her boyfriend Steve Orth as a hostage. Unfortunately, Becker fails to answer who we later find out is Ghostface's questions correctly, and both she and Orth are killed. While Barrymore's Casey Becker may not be returning for Scream 5, Courtney Cox, David Arquette, and Neve Campell are all set to return for the new film that is set to be released in theaters on January 14, 2022. [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.

In a new promo for The Drew Barrymore Show, Barrymore has reprised her role as Scream's Casey Becker, and asks, "Have you ever wondered what Casey Becker from Scream would be doing if she had lived?" Barrymore shared this short video on Twitter, and it features Scream's Ghostface texting Barrymore's Becker and saying, "It's that time of year... where I have to kill you!!"

Have you ever wondered what Casey Becker from Scream would be doing if she had lived? pic.twitter.com/BTKdZL5iWz

— The Drew Barrymore Show (@DrewBarrymoreTV) October 22, 2020

However, unlike in Scream, Becker chooses not to fall for Ghostface's tricks and ignores him and goes about her day with a smile on her face. Ghostface appears clearly upset by this, and tries to call her and even plea with her that he comes in peace. Finally, he can't contain his rage and screams, in text form, "Stop GHOSTING me!!!" Barrymore wore the same white sweater and sported the same blond haircut from the film, but wears a new sense of confidence. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/10/22/cinefix-a-history-of-slashers"] In the original film, Becker received a phone call from an unknown person and they began flirtatiously discussing horror movies, but then the call takes a turn and the caller begins threatening her. He then reveals that he has her boyfriend Steve Orth as a hostage. Unfortunately, Becker fails to answer who we later find out is Ghostface's questions correctly, and both she and Orth are killed. While Barrymore's Casey Becker may not be returning for Scream 5, Courtney Cox, David Arquette, and Neve Campell are all set to return for the new film that is set to be released in theaters on January 14, 2022. [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.

Update (12/29/20) - As reported by DailyMail, Tessa Thompson has said said Michael B. Jordan is indeed directing Creed 3. "He is directing the next Creed. It's going to be ammo, I think, for me, when he is engaging with me as a director," Thompson said in an interview with MTV News for her new film Sylvie. "I'm just going to tell him to dial down the sexiness. But we're not gonna make it until later in the year. So who knows what happens? Another man will be - I don't know if he will still be the Sexiest Man Alive in six months." Thompson played the character Bianca in Both Creed and Creed 2. Original story follows. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Michael B. Jordan is reportedly set to direct Creed 3, the third installment of the film series where Jordan stars as Adonis "Donnie" Johnson Creed. Buried in a report from Deadline about the possibility of No Time To Die, the upcoming James Bond film, skipping theaters for a streaming service, it was mentioned that while MGM still considers Bond to be its "crown jewel," it is also working on a Creed sequel that "Michael B. Jordan is considering to direct." [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2018/11/16/creed-ii-review"] "While MGM is working on a Creed sequel that Michael B Jordan is considering to direct, and a new creative team is aggressively building a promising slate, Bond remains MGM’s crown jewel." Deadline's article reads. While no further details were given, this isn't the first we've heard about Jordan potentially being picked to direct Creed 3, as producer Irwin Winkler also wrote in his book that he promised Jordan he'd get "his chance to direct Creed 3." “I promised Michael B Jordan that he’d get his chance to direct Creed 3”, Winkler writes on page 253. On, page 272, he reiterates this. “Last year in a conversation with our Creed star Michael B. Jordan, I offered him the opportunity to not only star in, but also to direct Creed III”. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=creed-2-gallery&captions=true"] If Jordan ends up taking the role, it will be his directorial debut. In our review of Creed 2, we said "Just like Adonis himself, director Ryan Coogler proved with Creed that this new iteration of the Rocky franchise could stand on its own and forge its own legacy. Creed II, however, can’t seem to let the past go, abandoning the exciting new path blazed by Coogler in favor of evoking what’s come before, with undeniably diminished results." [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.

Update (12/29/20) - As reported by DailyMail, Tessa Thompson has said said Michael B. Jordan is indeed directing Creed 3. "He is directing the next Creed. It's going to be ammo, I think, for me, when he is engaging with me as a director," Thompson said in an interview with MTV News for her new film Sylvie. "I'm just going to tell him to dial down the sexiness. But we're not gonna make it until later in the year. So who knows what happens? Another man will be - I don't know if he will still be the Sexiest Man Alive in six months." Thompson played the character Bianca in Both Creed and Creed 2. Original story follows. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Michael B. Jordan is reportedly set to direct Creed 3, the third installment of the film series where Jordan stars as Adonis "Donnie" Johnson Creed. Buried in a report from Deadline about the possibility of No Time To Die, the upcoming James Bond film, skipping theaters for a streaming service, it was mentioned that while MGM still considers Bond to be its "crown jewel," it is also working on a Creed sequel that "Michael B. Jordan is considering to direct." [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2018/11/16/creed-ii-review"] "While MGM is working on a Creed sequel that Michael B Jordan is considering to direct, and a new creative team is aggressively building a promising slate, Bond remains MGM’s crown jewel." Deadline's article reads. While no further details were given, this isn't the first we've heard about Jordan potentially being picked to direct Creed 3, as producer Irwin Winkler also wrote in his book that he promised Jordan he'd get "his chance to direct Creed 3." “I promised Michael B Jordan that he’d get his chance to direct Creed 3”, Winkler writes on page 253. On, page 272, he reiterates this. “Last year in a conversation with our Creed star Michael B. Jordan, I offered him the opportunity to not only star in, but also to direct Creed III”. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=creed-2-gallery&captions=true"] If Jordan ends up taking the role, it will be his directorial debut. In our review of Creed 2, we said "Just like Adonis himself, director Ryan Coogler proved with Creed that this new iteration of the Rocky franchise could stand on its own and forge its own legacy. Creed II, however, can’t seem to let the past go, abandoning the exciting new path blazed by Coogler in favor of evoking what’s come before, with undeniably diminished results." [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.

While Ewan McGregor's Obi-Wan Kenobi may not make a cameo on The Mandalorian, he did surprise some of those on set by walking through it in his full Kenobi outfit. As reported by GamesRadar, McGregor was on the Happy Sad Confused podcast and began discussing his upcoming Obi-Wan Kenobi Disney+ series, and host Josh Horowitz asked him if he was excited to jump back into the character he began playing with Star Wars: The Phantom Menace. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/08/11/obi-wan-kenobi-the-greatest-jedi-of-all-time"] "Yes. I really am very excited about it. It’s been a long time coming," McGregor said. "I am excited about the fact that it’s a series as opposed to a movie, it gives us more space, and mainly I am excited about it because of The Mandalorian series which I just thought was really good, and we’re going to adopt some of that technology that they utilized in that filming and I’m working with Deborah Chow who directed some of Mandalorian. I’m really excited about working with her, I think she’s really good. We did a couple of tests. When we were going to make a film earlier we did some testing and it was great working with her.” McGregor was then asked if he fully got into character while doing the screen tests with Chow, to which he revealed that he did and that he surely surprised some crew members of The Manadalorian who were helping with the tests along the way. "We did it properly. It was a funny moment walking on set because it was a lot of The Mandalorian crew and I walked on – for me it was a big moment. I walked into the dressing room and there were my beige cloaks and my belts and boots and it was like – 'oh my god'." [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=every-upcoming-star-wars-movie&captions=true"] It still hasn't been announced as to when the Obi-Wan Kenobi series will arrive on Disney+, but we do know that Deborah Chow will be directing and Joby Harold will be writing the limited series following the show reportedly going on hold after Lucasfilm president and Obi-Wan producer Kathleen Kennedy was reportedly not happy with the current scripts. McGregor downplayed the news, saying that the show being on hold will not impact the unannounced release date and that "I’ve read about eighty, ninety percent of what they’ve written so far, and it’s really, really good. Instead of shooting this August, they just want to start shooting in January, that's all. Nothing more dramatic than that." McGregor also explained that, for now, this series will be a "standalone season" and will begin shooting in Spring 2021. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2019/09/10/what-could-the-disney-obi-wan-kenobi-series-be-about"] [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.

While Ewan McGregor's Obi-Wan Kenobi may not make a cameo on The Mandalorian, he did surprise some of those on set by walking through it in his full Kenobi outfit. As reported by GamesRadar, McGregor was on the Happy Sad Confused podcast and began discussing his upcoming Obi-Wan Kenobi Disney+ series, and host Josh Horowitz asked him if he was excited to jump back into the character he began playing with Star Wars: The Phantom Menace. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/08/11/obi-wan-kenobi-the-greatest-jedi-of-all-time"] "Yes. I really am very excited about it. It’s been a long time coming," McGregor said. "I am excited about the fact that it’s a series as opposed to a movie, it gives us more space, and mainly I am excited about it because of The Mandalorian series which I just thought was really good, and we’re going to adopt some of that technology that they utilized in that filming and I’m working with Deborah Chow who directed some of Mandalorian. I’m really excited about working with her, I think she’s really good. We did a couple of tests. When we were going to make a film earlier we did some testing and it was great working with her.” McGregor was then asked if he fully got into character while doing the screen tests with Chow, to which he revealed that he did and that he surely surprised some crew members of The Manadalorian who were helping with the tests along the way. "We did it properly. It was a funny moment walking on set because it was a lot of The Mandalorian crew and I walked on – for me it was a big moment. I walked into the dressing room and there were my beige cloaks and my belts and boots and it was like – 'oh my god'." [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=every-upcoming-star-wars-movie&captions=true"] It still hasn't been announced as to when the Obi-Wan Kenobi series will arrive on Disney+, but we do know that Deborah Chow will be directing and Joby Harold will be writing the limited series following the show reportedly going on hold after Lucasfilm president and Obi-Wan producer Kathleen Kennedy was reportedly not happy with the current scripts. McGregor downplayed the news, saying that the show being on hold will not impact the unannounced release date and that "I’ve read about eighty, ninety percent of what they’ve written so far, and it’s really, really good. Instead of shooting this August, they just want to start shooting in January, that's all. Nothing more dramatic than that." McGregor also explained that, for now, this series will be a "standalone season" and will begin shooting in Spring 2021. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2019/09/10/what-could-the-disney-obi-wan-kenobi-series-be-about"] [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.