FIFA 21 is making a number of tweaks to make online play a smoother experience, with less opportunity for trolling - including removing celebrations, making cinematics shorter, and more. EA Sports has explained that several decisions have been made based directly on community feedback, many of which focus specifically reducing the means for annoying opposing players. The Shush celebration (which became increasingly infamous among online FIFA players) and the A-OK gesture celebration (which has recently been added to lists of hate symbols) have both been removed from the game, and the length of goal celebrations has been reduced. Online, there will no longer be a walk back cinematic played after goals either. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=fifa-21-13-new-images&captions=true"] Similarly, waiting times for multiple set piece events have been drastically reduced from FIFA 20's 30 seconds. The new waiting times are:  

• Kick-off: 10 seconds
• Throw-in: 12 seconds
• Goal kick: 15 seconds
• Corner kick: 15 seconds
• Penalty kick: 15 seconds
• Free kick: 20 seconds
• Kick-in (Volta only): 15 seconds

  Online, many animation sequences will be auto-skipped, such as when a player heads to fetch the ball for a throw-in, or the keeper walks to put the ball down before a goal kick. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/06/18/ea-sports-montage-trailer-ea-play-2020"] To stop a different kind of annoyance, EA Sports has also removed all ball collision from outfield players' hands, up to their elbow. It might seem an odd choice, but this prevents any possibility for an arm blocking a shot with no penalty, because of the online game's lack of a handball rule. It's a promising, er, promise, hopefully focusing online FIFA play more on actual football simulation than the somewhat benign bursts of psychological warfare it's occasionally resembled in recent years. We'll see how much that's worked when the game's released on on October 9 for PS4, Xbox One, and PC via Origin and Steam (with next-gen versions coming at a later date, with free upgrades). If you want to know more about the changes it's making, you can check out how Career Mode is changing. [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.

Amazon Prime Video has debuted the final trailer for The Boys Season 2, alongside new posters of Billy Butcher and Homelander. The final trailer for The Boys Season 2, which is set to premiere on Amazon Prime Video on September 4, promises another wild and bloody ride as the "most wanted lads in the country" devise a plan to take down Vought in their ongoing battle against Homelander and the rest of the Seven. The fresh new footage explodes with quickfire glimpses at intense action sequences and insane plot twists as Stormfront, a social-media-savvy new Supe, arrives on the scene with an agenda of her own, threatening to disrupt the status quo and challenge Homelander's power. Alongside the final trailer, Amazon Prime Video unveiled two new posters that picture the respective leaders of The Boys and The Seven, Butcher (Karl Urban) and Homelander (Antony Starr), front-and-centre of their opposing campaigns, surrounded by a ragtag bunch of allies and enemies. The Boys Season 2 will premiere its first three episodes worldwide on Amazon Prime Video on September 4, with the remaining five episodes available each following Friday, leading up to the season finale on October 9. In addition, there will be a short film released as a companion piece "sometime in the middle" of the next series. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/07/23/the-boys-in-4-minutes"] For more on Amazon's satirical superhero series, watch The Boys Season 2 official Comic-Con 2020 panel, check out the previous teaser of the show's "wanted" cast members on the run, and read IGN's interview with Karl Urban about the future of Eric Kripke's TV adaptation. Alternatively, for a more complete overview, take a look at everything we know about The Boys Season 2 so far and find out about some of the biggest differences between the TV series and the comic books. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=amazons-the-boys-9-surprising-differences-from-the-comics&captions=true"] [poilib element="accentDivider"] Adele Ankers is a Freelance Entertainment Journalist. You can reach her on Twitter.

Amazon Prime Video has debuted the final trailer for The Boys Season 2, alongside new posters of Billy Butcher and Homelander. The final trailer for The Boys Season 2, which is set to premiere on Amazon Prime Video on September 4, promises another wild and bloody ride as the "most wanted lads in the country" devise a plan to take down Vought in their ongoing battle against Homelander and the rest of the Seven. The fresh new footage explodes with quickfire glimpses at intense action sequences and insane plot twists as Stormfront, a social-media-savvy new Supe, arrives on the scene with an agenda of her own, threatening to disrupt the status quo and challenge Homelander's power. Alongside the final trailer, Amazon Prime Video unveiled two new posters that picture the respective leaders of The Boys and The Seven, Butcher (Karl Urban) and Homelander (Antony Starr), front-and-centre of their opposing campaigns, surrounded by a ragtag bunch of allies and enemies. The Boys Season 2 will premiere its first three episodes worldwide on Amazon Prime Video on September 4, with the remaining five episodes available each following Friday, leading up to the season finale on October 9. In addition, there will be a short film released as a companion piece "sometime in the middle" of the next series. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/07/23/the-boys-in-4-minutes"] For more on Amazon's satirical superhero series, watch The Boys Season 2 official Comic-Con 2020 panel, check out the previous teaser of the show's "wanted" cast members on the run, and read IGN's interview with Karl Urban about the future of Eric Kripke's TV adaptation. Alternatively, for a more complete overview, take a look at everything we know about The Boys Season 2 so far and find out about some of the biggest differences between the TV series and the comic books. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=amazons-the-boys-9-surprising-differences-from-the-comics&captions=true"] [poilib element="accentDivider"] Adele Ankers is a Freelance Entertainment Journalist. You can reach her on Twitter.

Director Denis Villeneuve has spoken about how the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has impacted Dune's production and post-production, admitting that it will now be a "sprint" to finish the film on time. In a new interview promoting the Shanghai International Film Festival, per IndieWire, Villeneuve opened up about some of the challenges that he has faced amid the film industry shutdowns, as he addressed the difficulty of trying to replicate the editing room virtually while being separated from the crew. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/04/14/tease-for-dune-2020-shows-timothe-chalamets-hero-ign-now"] "I was planning to go back and shoot some elements later because I wanted to readjust the movie. I needed time. At the time I didn't know that it would be a pandemic... as we were about to go back to do those elements," Villeneuve revealed. "The impact was that it crushed my schedule right now. It will be a sprint to finish the movie on time right now, because we were allowed to go back to shoot those elements in a few weeks... it meant also that I have to finish some elements of the movie, like VFX and the editing, being in Montreal as my crew stayed in Los Angeles." Villeneuve and his cast and crew are heading back out with the cameras to complete the reshoots later this month, as it was previously confirmed that Dune would undergo additional filming in Hungary, one of the production's original shooting locations, some time in mid-August. [ignvideo width=610 height=374 url=https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/04/15/dune-director-explains-why-his-adaptation-will-be-split-across-two-movies-ign-news] While reshoots and additional shoots are commonplace in major Hollywood productions, Villeneuve admitted that the editing process has been one of the most "painful" challenges in lockdown, so he is now playing catch-up to get all of the footage assembled in time for the film's December release. "As a director, there are things that can be done remotely to deal with technology. The supervision of VFX with some equipment is easy to do from afar but, editing, for me, the big lesson from this is I thought it would be possible to edit at a distance," Villeneuve added. "But I realize how much editing is like playing music with someone and you need to be in the same room. There's something about the interaction, human interaction, the spontaneity, the energy in the room. I really miss not being in the same room as my editor [Joe Walker]... it's very, very painful." [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=dune-movie-images&captions=true"] Villeneuve has already made it clear that his upcoming film will be the first of two Dune installments because Frank Herbert's seminal sci-fi novel is "too complex" to fit into a single feature film. For more on Villeneuve's first Dune movie, take a look at the new series of set photos featuring the cast in their costumes, find out about the disgusting yet practical function of their sci-fi suits, and then read our explainer to learn more about the franchise and what to expect from the upcoming adaptation. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Adele Ankers is a Freelance Entertainment Journalist. You can reach her on Twitter.

Director Denis Villeneuve has spoken about how the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has impacted Dune's production and post-production, admitting that it will now be a "sprint" to finish the film on time. In a new interview promoting the Shanghai International Film Festival, per IndieWire, Villeneuve opened up about some of the challenges that he has faced amid the film industry shutdowns, as he addressed the difficulty of trying to replicate the editing room virtually while being separated from the crew. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/04/14/tease-for-dune-2020-shows-timothe-chalamets-hero-ign-now"] "I was planning to go back and shoot some elements later because I wanted to readjust the movie. I needed time. At the time I didn't know that it would be a pandemic... as we were about to go back to do those elements," Villeneuve revealed. "The impact was that it crushed my schedule right now. It will be a sprint to finish the movie on time right now, because we were allowed to go back to shoot those elements in a few weeks... it meant also that I have to finish some elements of the movie, like VFX and the editing, being in Montreal as my crew stayed in Los Angeles." Villeneuve and his cast and crew are heading back out with the cameras to complete the reshoots later this month, as it was previously confirmed that Dune would undergo additional filming in Hungary, one of the production's original shooting locations, some time in mid-August. [ignvideo width=610 height=374 url=https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/04/15/dune-director-explains-why-his-adaptation-will-be-split-across-two-movies-ign-news] While reshoots and additional shoots are commonplace in major Hollywood productions, Villeneuve admitted that the editing process has been one of the most "painful" challenges in lockdown, so he is now playing catch-up to get all of the footage assembled in time for the film's December release. "As a director, there are things that can be done remotely to deal with technology. The supervision of VFX with some equipment is easy to do from afar but, editing, for me, the big lesson from this is I thought it would be possible to edit at a distance," Villeneuve added. "But I realize how much editing is like playing music with someone and you need to be in the same room. There's something about the interaction, human interaction, the spontaneity, the energy in the room. I really miss not being in the same room as my editor [Joe Walker]... it's very, very painful." [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=dune-movie-images&captions=true"] Villeneuve has already made it clear that his upcoming film will be the first of two Dune installments because Frank Herbert's seminal sci-fi novel is "too complex" to fit into a single feature film. For more on Villeneuve's first Dune movie, take a look at the new series of set photos featuring the cast in their costumes, find out about the disgusting yet practical function of their sci-fi suits, and then read our explainer to learn more about the franchise and what to expect from the upcoming adaptation. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Adele Ankers is a Freelance Entertainment Journalist. You can reach her on Twitter.

Rockstar’s parent company, Take Two, has stated that new content will be coming to GTA Online that is exclusive to next-generation consoles and PC. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/06/11/grand-theft-auto-5-enhanced-edition-trailer-ps5-reveal-event"] During the latest financial earnings call, Take Two said that “additional content exclusive to the new consoles and PC” is planned for Grand Theft Auto Online. This new content will arrive in 2021, but Take Two offered no more details on what form the content will take. Take Two’s president, Karl Slatoff, also promised that the next-generation versions of Grand Theft Auto 5 - which also includes a standalone version of GTA Online, as revealed as part of Sony’s PS5 reveal stream - will have a variety of technical improvements that will make it “more responsive”. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=grand-theft-auto-v-playstation-5-reveal-event-screenshots&captions=true"] A press release from Rockstar in June explained that the next-generation versions of GTA 5 will be released in the second half of 2021, so it will be at least next July before we see it. As for that new content, it’s unrevealed as to if it will be available simultaneously with the next-gen version’s launch, or deployed in a staggered release schedule. For more, check out how an alien gang war took over GTA Online, and the best open worlds in gaming. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Matt Purslow is IGN's UK News and Entertainment Writer. 

Rockstar’s parent company, Take Two, has stated that new content will be coming to GTA Online that is exclusive to next-generation consoles and PC. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/06/11/grand-theft-auto-5-enhanced-edition-trailer-ps5-reveal-event"] During the latest financial earnings call, Take Two said that “additional content exclusive to the new consoles and PC” is planned for Grand Theft Auto Online. This new content will arrive in 2021, but Take Two offered no more details on what form the content will take. Take Two’s president, Karl Slatoff, also promised that the next-generation versions of Grand Theft Auto 5 - which also includes a standalone version of GTA Online, as revealed as part of Sony’s PS5 reveal stream - will have a variety of technical improvements that will make it “more responsive”. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=grand-theft-auto-v-playstation-5-reveal-event-screenshots&captions=true"] A press release from Rockstar in June explained that the next-generation versions of GTA 5 will be released in the second half of 2021, so it will be at least next July before we see it. As for that new content, it’s unrevealed as to if it will be available simultaneously with the next-gen version’s launch, or deployed in a staggered release schedule. For more, check out how an alien gang war took over GTA Online, and the best open worlds in gaming. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Matt Purslow is IGN's UK News and Entertainment Writer. 

Xbox announced that Project xCloud streaming will be coming to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate on September 15. While the company promises over 100 games from the Game Pass library will be playable on xCloud at launch, they revealed only a shortlist of games today. Project xCloud is Xbox’s cloud streaming service that will let users stream console and PC games to their smartphones or tablets. Project xCloud will allow Game Pass Ultimate members to use the technology at no additional cost. Although Microsoft is promising more than 100 games playable on xCloud at launch, here is a preview of titles confirmed today. [poilib element="accentDivider"]

• Ark: Survival Evolved
• Bleeding Edge
• Costume Quest 2
• Crackdown 3 (campaign)
• Destiny 2
• F1 201
• Forza Horizon 4
• Gears of War: Ultimate Edition
• Gears of War 4
• Gears 5 Ultimate Edition
• Grounded
• Halo 5: Guardians
• Halo Wars: Definitive Edition
• Halo Wars 2
• Halo: The Master Chief Collection
• Halo: Spartan Assault
• Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice
• Killer Instinct Definitive Edition
• Max: The Curse of Brotherhood
• Minecraft Dungeons
• The Outer Worlds
• Ori and the Bline Forest: Definitive Edition
• Ori and the Will of the Wisps
• Quantum Break
• ReCore: Definitive Edition
• Ryse: Son of Rome
• Sea of Thieves: Anniversary Edition
• State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition
• Sunset Overdrive
• Super Lucky’s Tale
• Tell Me Why
• The Bard’s Tale Trilogy
• Wasteland 2 Director’s Cut
• Wasteland 3
• Wasteland Remastered Yakuza Kiwami 2

[poilib element="accentDivider"] Check out IGN’s Xbox Series X page for more on Microsoft’s next-gen plans.

Xbox announced that Project xCloud streaming will be coming to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate on September 15. While the company promises over 100 games from the Game Pass library will be playable on xCloud at launch, they revealed only a shortlist of games today. Project xCloud is Xbox’s cloud streaming service that will let users stream console and PC games to their smartphones or tablets. Project xCloud will allow Game Pass Ultimate members to use the technology at no additional cost. Although Microsoft is promising more than 100 games playable on xCloud at launch, here is a preview of titles confirmed today. [poilib element="accentDivider"]

• Ark: Survival Evolved
• Bleeding Edge
• Costume Quest 2
• Crackdown 3 (campaign)
• Destiny 2
• F1 201
• Forza Horizon 4
• Gears of War: Ultimate Edition
• Gears of War 4
• Gears 5 Ultimate Edition
• Grounded
• Halo 5: Guardians
• Halo Wars: Definitive Edition
• Halo Wars 2
• Halo: The Master Chief Collection
• Halo: Spartan Assault
• Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice
• Killer Instinct Definitive Edition
• Max: The Curse of Brotherhood
• Minecraft Dungeons
• The Outer Worlds
• Ori and the Bline Forest: Definitive Edition
• Ori and the Will of the Wisps
• Quantum Break
• ReCore: Definitive Edition
• Ryse: Son of Rome
• Sea of Thieves: Anniversary Edition
• State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition
• Sunset Overdrive
• Super Lucky’s Tale
• Tell Me Why
• The Bard’s Tale Trilogy
• Wasteland 2 Director’s Cut
• Wasteland 3
• Wasteland Remastered Yakuza Kiwami 2

[poilib element="accentDivider"] Check out IGN’s Xbox Series X page for more on Microsoft’s next-gen plans.

Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers will be able to begin streaming select titles to their smartphones and tablets through Project xCloud starting on September 15 at no additional cost. In a new blog post, Xbox announced the release date for when its xCloud streaming service will be available to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers. Xbox Game Pass Ultimate is Microsoft’s premier version of the video game subscription service, Game Pass, which includes both console and PC Game Pass libraries, Xbox Live Gold, and now xCloud. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2019/06/13/hands-on-with-microsofts-xcloud-streaming-service-and-halo-5-e3-2019"] Project xCloud is Xbox’s foray into cloud streaming, which will allow users to stream games directly to a smartphone or tablet. Furthermore, everything tied to your Xbox Account including achievements, friends, game saves, progression, player profile, and controller settings will carry over with you on the new Xbox Game Pass app. Xbox says there will be over 100 titles from Xbox Game Pass’ library ready to play for xCloud at launch, but says a full catalog reveal will arrive later. In the meantime, Xbox shared a smaller list of games that will be available on xCloud including Gears 5 Ultimate Edition, Halo 5: Guardians, Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice, Minecraft Dungeons, Sea of Thieves, and more. Xbox’s big pitch with xCloud is that it will serve as a convenient additional feature to its overall Game Pass package, which lets members download and play games from a library of hundreds of titles, for a monthly fee. While Game Pass Ultimate’s bread and butter is still its library of games, adding xCloud will give existing subscribers a completely new feature for no extra cost. In its blog, Xbox paints a scenario where Game Pass Ultimate members can continue their console or PC gaming on the go, whether it’s traveling or on a lunch break, or if the home console is being used for something else. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=confirmed-xbox-series-x-games&captions=true"] There are also co-op opportunities with xCloud that will let you and a friend play multiplayer games together, in the same room with one person on the console or PC, and the other on a smartphone or tablet. Project xCloud will be available through an updated Xbox Game Pass app that will be available for download on September 15 Microsoft also revealed a series of mobile gaming accessories designed to work with Game Pass titles on smartphones, including new controller peripherals from Razer, PowerA, 8bitDo, and Steel Series. Check out the shortlist of games announced for xCloud as well as our Xbox Series X guide for more on Microsoft’s next-gen plans. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Matt T.M. Kim is a reporter for IGN.