Bethesda and id Software has announced a single-player campaign expansion for Doom Eternal as part of QuakeCon at Home.

Introducing the upcoming campaign expansion DOOM Eternal - The Ancient Gods, Part One Full trailer reveal at @gamescom Opening Night Live on August 27. pic.twitter.com/sdFQzGmJ6F

— DOOM (@DOOM) August 7, 2020

A full reveal will come as part of Geoff Keighley's Opening Night Live at Gamescom 2020 on August 27, but the id Software team did reveal that the expansion will be called The Ancient Gods. The story will be split into parts, and we'll see some of Part One at ONL. The story of The Ancients Gods will revolve around an imbalance of power in heaven, and how the Doom Slayer fits into that problem. Presumably by ripping and tearing demons... In addition to the single-player expansion, id Software is also working on updates for the multiplayer side of things, with a ranked competitive mode and other additions. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/03/24/doom-eternal-final-review"] For more from Doom Eternal, check out the news that it'll get a free next-gen upgrade for the new consoles, and read our full review of the game. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Matt Purslow is IGN's UK News and Entertainment Writer.  

DC FanDome, the online 24 hour event for everything DC comics, is happening on August 22. Today, DC has revealed many of the guests who will be taking part, and the list is humongous. It’s pretty much everyone you could imagine from all areas of DC. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/08/07/dc-fandome-2020-talent-announcement"] The above video features dozens of names, and also includes the caveat of “and many more”, so it’s not even the full list. But among the names are big hitters including Matt Reeves and Robert Pattinson, meaning it looks like we’ll be getting news on The Batman. Zack Snyder is also in attendance, so news on his Justice League cut could also be part of the proceedings. As for other DC talent, expect big stars like Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, and Kristen Wig from Wonder Woman 1984 to be there, along with director Patty Jenkins. Dwayne Johnson is also coming along for the ride, so Black Adam news may be on the cards. James Gunn and Viola Davis are also confirmed, so hopefully that means an update on The Suicide Squad will happen, too. Andy and Barbara Muschietti are also there, presumably to chat with Ezra Miller about the Flash movie. And, of course, it wouldn’t be complete without Harley Quinn herself, Margot Robbie. From the world of DC television, the likes of Kaley Cuoco, Lake Bell, and Alan Tudyk are in attendance from the Harley Quinn show, as well as cast from Greg Berlanti’s Arrowverse shows, including fan favourites Caity Lotz and Grant Gustin. WB Games are also going to be showing off Rocksteady’s Suicide Squad video game, and both Troy Baker and Nolan North are also turning up. Perhaps they have roles in Rocksteady’s latest? And, of course, you can also expect big names from the medium that started it all: the comics themselves. Expect comic superstars Jim Lee, Brian Michael Bendis, Grant Morrison, G. Willow Wilson, Mark Waid, Matthew Wilson, Scott Snyder, and more. Beyond the talent themselves is the list of hosts, presenters, and special guests, which - as before - comes with a “and many more!” caveat. But announced so far are Aisha Tyler, Aline Diniz, Andrea Delogu, Chella Man, Clara Amfo, D-Nice, Damian Molla, Dominik Porschen, Erico Borgo, Estelle, Gaby Cam, Gael Monfils, Geoff Keighley, Gino Quillamor, H.E.R., Jayden Rodrigues, Karama, Lilico, Nyambi Nyambi, Sam Wright, Terry Ltam, Tyrone Edwards, Venus Williams, and Will Arnett. DC FanDome is a 24 hour fan event happening online on August 22. In the absence of a big DC presence as part of ComicCon@Home this year, it seems like this will be the place for any big DC news in 2020. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Matt Purslow is IGN's UK News and Entertainment Writer. 

Director Christopher Nolan has suggested that Tenet probably has fewer visual effects than a typical romantic comedy. Collider reports that Nolan, who is renowned for his preference of using practical effects over CGI, revealed in an interview with ICG Magazine that his commitment to shooting Tenet largely in-camera resulted in a substantially low VFX shot count. "The visual side of the film is huge in scale, but our VFX shot count is probably lower than most romantic comedies," Nolan told the publication. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/05/22/tenet-official-trailer-2"] In fact, Tenet editor Jennifer Lame estimates that Nolan's big-budget action movie probably has "fewer than 300" VFX shots in its final cut. This figure is low even by Nolan's standards, as Collider notes that it would place Tenet behind Batman Begins (620 VFX shots), Inception (500 VFX shots) and The Dark Knight Rises (450 VFX shots). "Visual effects supervisor Andrew Jackson was responsible for coming up with our safety net," Nolan explained further. "We wanted it all in-camera, but if it couldn't be done, what choices are there in post-production? I like to say Andrew kind of bid himself out of a job because he helped us achieve such an enormous amount practically." Alongside editor Jennifer Lame and visual effects supervisor Andrew Jackson, Nolan's behind-the-scenes creative team on Tenet comprises of production designer Nathan Crowley, costume designer Jeffrey Kurland, and director of photography Hoyte van Hoytema, who made his Nolan debut with Interstellar in 2014 and went on to earn an Oscar nomination for his cinematography work on Dunkirk. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/07/02/a-brief-history-of-time-in-christopher-nolan-movies"] After using extensive practical effects to create the dogfighting sequences on Dunkirk, Nolan opted to push visual effects aside and blow up a real 747 jumbo jet on Tenet, claiming that it was actually "more efficient to buy a real plane of the real size, and perform this sequence for real in-camera, rather than build miniatures or go the CG route." Tenet will be released in 70 international territories including Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Korea, Russia, and the United Kingdom on August 26, and then Canada on August 27 before making ways to select North American theaters on September 3, while it will release in China on September 4, following several delays due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=every-delayed-movie-due-to-coronavirus-so-far&captions=true"] [poilib element="accentDivider"] Adele Ankers is a Freelance Entertainment Journalist. You can reach her on Twitter.

Batman: Arkham series developer Rocksteady has announced that it is working on a Suicide Squad video game, and will announce further details on August 22 as part of DC FanDome, DC comics' digital fan event.

Target locked - #DCFanDome - August 22. #suicidesquadgame pic.twitter.com/HrXZNKwo0f

— Rocksteady Studios (@RocksteadyGames) August 7, 2020

A Suicide Squad game was first considered a possibility following the end of Batman: Arkham Origins - developed by WB Games Montreal - which featured a post-credits scene in which Deathstroke is asked by Amanda Waller to join the Suicide Squad. In the years since Rocksteady shipped Batman: Arkham Knight, there have been rumours suggesting the studio has been working on a Suicide Squad game, but no official word from the development team or publisher WB Games. Those rumours arose once again last month, with the suggestion that the game's full name may be "Suicide Squad Kill The Justice League", although the poster art featured in the above Tweet just says Suicide Squad. The logo, however, is arranged as a crosshair over Superman's head, so it certainly looks like the Squad have it out for the JL. Now that's a super smash melee I'd like to play out in a video game. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/06/22/rocksteady-reportedly-working-on-a-suicide-squad-game"] No more details have been revealed as part of the tweet, but we'll likely find out much more at DC FanDome on August 22. WB Games are already known to be showing off things as part of the event, but it's unclear if Suicide Squad is the only game being revealed, or if it's part of a number of announcements from the publisher. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Matt Purslow is IGN's UK News and Entertainment Writer.

A prehistoric "hell ant" in the midst of grasping its prey with its unusual mouthparts has been found preserved in 99-million-year-old amber. According to ScienceAlert, the frozen specimen captures the predator "actively feeding" on another insect, which is said to be an extinct relative of the cockroach. It is shown using its scythe-like jaw to pin its prey against the protruding horn-like paddle on the top of its head, acting as sort of a clamp. [caption id="attachment_238985" align="alignnone" width="1610"] Image credit: Barden et al., Current Biology, 2020[/caption] While the mandibles of modern ants and almost all other living hexapods move on a horizontal axis, this new evidence indicates that hell ants used their lower mandibles to move upwards in a vertical motion as part of their predatory strategy. "Fossilized behavior is exceedingly rare, predation especially so," said Phillip Barden, an assistant professor at the New Jersey Institute of Technology, who served as the lead author on this new research, which was published in the Current Biology journal. "As palaeontologists, we speculate about the function of ancient adaptations using available evidence, but to see an extinct predator caught in the act of capturing its prey is invaluable." [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/07/30/scientists-revive-100-million-year-old-lifeforms-ign-now"] This newly identified species of prehistoric ant, known as Ceratomyrmex ellenbergeri, is just one of over 12,500 different species of the insect that scientists have discovered to date, though they believe that there's "probably another 10,000 or so" still out there, waiting to be identified in order to join the ranks of this diverse collection of complex creatures. For more real-world discoveries and developments, check out the complete skull of the smallest known dinosaur found preserved in amber, discover the process behind resurrecting 100-million-year-old underwater lifeforms in laboratory conditions, and find out about the bionic moon jellyfish that was created by scientists earlier this year. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=the-25-best-sci-fi-movies&captions=true"] [poilib element="accentDivider"] Adele Ankers is a Freelance Entertainment Journalist. You can reach her on Twitter.

Activision has sent a mysterious crate to members of the press, with instructions suggesting that this year's Call of Duty game may be revealed on Monday, August 10. Call of Duty news outlet Charlie Intel posted a picture of the wooden crate to Twitter yesterday. According to the instructions included in the press kit, those receiving the crate have been told not to open the crate "until August 10 at 12PM ET."

So..........

This just arrived from Activision. “Do not open this crate until August 10 at 12PM ET.” pic.twitter.com/scFTmAMZlt — Call of Duty News (@charlieINTEL) August 6, 2020

The specific date and time suggest that this could be when this year's Call of Duty game could be revealed. Charlie Intel mentions in a follow-up tweet that they have been told to send a text to a number on Monday in order to receive a code that will unlock the crate. This tactic of sending out a cryptic press kit to outlets is becoming something of a strategy for Activision - most recently the publisher sent members of the press a puzzle from "Your Favorite Bandicoot" to tease Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=every-ign-call-of-duty-review&captions=true"] Recently we learned that Call of Duty 2020 will be tightly integrated with Warzone, and that the game is in a playable state, and has been developed by Treyarch and Raven Software. A series of leaks have suggested that this year's Call of Duty will be titled Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War. In early July, a Microsoft Store listing for an Activision Shooter called The Red Door was datamined, with sleuths finding strings related to campaign missions, multiplayer maps and even a potential zombies mode.  [poilib element="accentDivider"] Jordan Oloman is a freelance writer for IGN. Follow him on Twitter.

Update (8/6/20) - White House officials have confirmed to the LA Times that the executive order regarding Tencent and WeChat only blocks transactions related to WeChat. Original story follows. [poilib element="accentDivider"] United States President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that looks to ban both TikTok and WeChat from operating in the USA if they are not sold by their Chinese-owned parent companies, ByteDance and Tencent, respectively. As reported by CNN, the order for TikTok's parent company states that after 45 days, "any transaction by any person, or with respect to any property, subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, with ByteDance Ltd." will be prohibited. The order for WeChat's parent company states that after 45 days, "any transaction that is related to WeChat by any person, or with respect to any property, subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, with Tencent Holdings Ltd. (a.k.a. Téngxùn Kònggǔ Yǒuxiàn Gōngsī), Shenzhen, China, or any subsidiary of that entity, as identified by the Secretary of Commerce (Secretary) under section 1(c) of this order." While the ByteDance order could impact many around the world if a potential sale doesn't go through within the timeframe, the order for Tencent could potentially have even greater ramifications for the gaming world. Tencent has many investments in US companies, and fully owns League of Legends and Valorant developer Riot Games. It also has a major stake in Epic Games, the creator of Fortnite. Furthermore, Tencent has an ownership stake in Activision Blizzard, Clash of Clan's Supercell, Ubisoft, and operates other such games as Call of Duty Mobile and PUBG Mobile. As far as ByteDance is concerned, Microsoft and its CEO Satya Nadella have been in talks with President Trump about a potential purchase, and it mentioned it would begin talks with ByteDance with hopes of "completing these discussions no later than September 15." ByteDance's order alleges that TikTok "automatically captures vast swaths of information from its users, including Internet and other network activity information such as location data and browsing and search histories. This data collection threatens to allow the Chinese Communist Party access to Americans' personal and proprietary information -- potentially allowing China to track the locations of Federal employees and contractors, build dossiers of personal information for blackmail, and conduct corporate espionage." Tencent's Order alleges that WeChat "automatically captures vast swaths of information from its users. This data collection threatens to allow the Chinese Communist Party access to Americans' personal and proprietary information. In addition, the application captures the personal and proprietary information of Chinese nationals visiting the United States, thereby allowing the Chinese Communist Party a mechanism for keeping tabs on Chinese citizens who may be enjoying the benefits of a free society for the first time in their lives." While it's hard to currently guess what will happen with these companies and apps in the US, and how this will affect the gaming industry at large, it is a big development that IGN will be following closely over the coming days. [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.

John Wick 5 has been announced during Lionsgate's earnings call with the current plan to film back-to-back with John Wick 4 starting early 2021. Lionsgate CEO John Feltheimer says both films are in the scripting stage and they hope to have John Wick 4 ready for Memorial Day weekend in 2022, according to Deadline. “We’re also busy preparing scripts for the next two installments of our John Wick action franchise, with John Wick 4 slated to hit theaters Memorial Day weekend 2022," Feltheimer said on the earnings call. "We hope to shoot both John Wick 4 and 5 back-to-back when Keanu becomes available early next year.” [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2019/05/19/john-wick-3-best-fight-scenes"] Keanu Reeves was filming the fourth Matrix movie in Germany when production was shut down in March although reports say that the actors are now back to filming. The John Wick universe continues to grow larger with The Continental TV series that's still on the way. It was announced earlier this year that the series will premiere after the fourth movie, but that was before John Wick 4 was pushed from 2021 to May 27, 2022. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=every-delayed-movie-due-to-coronavirus-so-far&captions=true"] It's the latest news for Reeves and his many projects. It was announced earlier today that Bill and Ted 3 was pushed up a week, but The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge On the Run was recently delayed to 2021. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Petey Oneto is a freelance writer for IGN who LOVED John Wick 3 and wants to wish a happy (almost) 56th birthday to Keanu Reeves.