New Avatar: The Last Airbender Console Game Seemingly Leaks

A new Avatar: The Last Airbender console game called Quest for Balance is seemingly in development, after various versions of it appeared on Amazon Japan listings.

As reported by Nintendo Everything, a Nintendo Switch version of the game has been listed on the website with a November 8 release date. Listings for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, and Xbox One versions can also be found, implying that Quest for Balance will be a console game released across most platforms.

The listings on Amazon Japan are for an imported English version, meaning the game will seemingly be released with a North American audience in mind, and while storefront release dates are subject to change, November 8 is an unusually specific date for a placeholder.

Quest for Balance is apparently being published by Game Mill Entertainment, the company behind several Nickelodeon tie-in games such as Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl and Nickelodeon Kart Racers. Given that Avatar: The Last Airbender is a Nickelodeon property, it would certainly make sense that it would be working on the title.

Game Mill is a self-professed publisher of 'casual games', so don't expect this to be a wildly ambitious affair. The studio's other games include Cobra Kai: The Karate Kid Saga Continues, American Ninja Warrior Challenge, and Nerf: Legends, a first person shooter that IGN said was "painful" in our 2/10 review.

Nothing else has been announced about Quest for Balance, with more information likely coming when (and if) the game is officially announced. Another Avatar: The Last Airbender game called Avatar: Generations was announced for mobile just last week, an open world RPG with squad based battles taking place across different generations of the Avatar world.

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Squirrel With a Gun Is an Upcoming Steam Game Built in Unreal Engine 5 About a Squirrel With… Well… a Gun

Squirrel With a Gun is an upcoming Steam game built in Unreal Engine 5 that has taken the internet by storm because it stars a squirrel with... well... a gun.

Squirrel with a Gun is being developed by Dan DeEntremont, and early footage of the game showcases the titular squirrel running through a town with normal-sized guns chasing unsuspecting people and taking down Agents using various weapons.

The game will also let you parry attacks to disarm enemies and use the recoil of the guns to fly through the air and cross big gaps you wouldn't be able to cross with your squirrel skills alone. If you are feeling extra mischievous, you can even rob the residents of your neighborhood of their phones, cake, and more.

Squirrel With a Gun's first trailer also shows what appears to be adorable hats and accessories you can put on your gun-toting furry friend and puzzles in a secret lab that reward you with a delicious and digital-looking nutty treat.

The video game genre of animals causing chaos in the world looks to have a new contender and one that will one day join the likes of Untitled Goose Game, Goat Simulator, and more. As for when that day will be? DeEntremont is currently saying on the game's Steam page that Squirrel With a Gun's planned release date is "good question!" This means it may be sometime before we can become this legendary rodent.

For more in the world of animals, check out our list of the top 10 dogs in video games and how pigs can play games using their snouts.

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Squirrel With a Gun Is an Upcoming Steam Game Built in Unreal Engine 5 About a Squirrel With… Well… a Gun

Squirrel With a Gun is an upcoming Steam game built in Unreal Engine 5 that has taken the internet by storm because it stars a squirrel with... well... a gun.

Squirrel with a Gun is being developed by Dan DeEntremont, and early footage of the game showcases the titular squirrel running through a town with normal-sized guns chasing unsuspecting people and taking down Agents using various weapons.

The game will also let you parry attacks to disarm enemies and use the recoil of the guns to fly through the air and cross big gaps you wouldn't be able to cross with your squirrel skills alone. If you are feeling extra mischievous, you can even rob the residents of your neighborhood of their phones, cake, and more.

Squirrel With a Gun's first trailer also shows what appears to be adorable hats and accessories you can put on your gun-toting furry friend and puzzles in a secret lab that reward you with a delicious and digital-looking nutty treat.

The video game genre of animals causing chaos in the world looks to have a new contender and one that will one day join the likes of Untitled Goose Game, Goat Simulator, and more. As for when that day will be? DeEntremont is currently saying on the game's Steam page that Squirrel With a Gun's planned release date is "good question!" This means it may be sometime before we can become this legendary rodent.

For more in the world of animals, check out our list of the top 10 dogs in video games and how pigs can play games using their snouts.

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Warner Bros. Will Release All of MGM’s Films Internationally, Except for the Next James Bond Film

MGM has ended its partnership with Universal Pictures and has chosen Warner Bros. as the new studio to release its upcoming films internationally, except for the next James Bond film and a couple of others.

As reported by Variety, this new deal will cover all future movies from MGM, but Universal Pictures International will still handle the international rollout of the 26th James Bond film, Till, and Women Talking.

MGM's agreement with Universal led to some big successes overseas, including House of Gucci's $100 million, Licorice Pizza's $15 million, and No Time to Die's $613 million. Prior to working with Universal, MGM partnered with Sony Pictures International to distribute the first four 007 films starring Daniel Craig. Following Bond 26, Warner Bros. will help lead the spy charge.

The first two films that will be part of this deal will be Luca Guadagnin's cannibal thriller Bones and All and Creed III, which are set to arrive in theaters on November 23, 2022, and March 3, 2023, respectively.

As for how this partnership will work, "MGM and Warner Bros. Picture Group will collaborate on marketing and advertising, publicity, film distribution and exhibitor relations on behalf of MGM’s future slate of theatrical releases outside North America (including China), with the team at Warners responsible for execution."

This news comes at a busy time for Warner Bros. and Warner Bros. Discovery, the latter of which is dealing with the fallout of choosing not to release Batgirl, deciding how to handle Ezra Miller's legal troubles, and much more.

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Warner Bros. Will Release All of MGM’s Films Internationally, Except for the Next James Bond Film

MGM has ended its partnership with Universal Pictures and has chosen Warner Bros. as the new studio to release its upcoming films internationally, except for the next James Bond film and a couple of others.

As reported by Variety, this new deal will cover all future movies from MGM, but Universal Pictures International will still handle the international rollout of the 26th James Bond film, Till, and Women Talking.

MGM's agreement with Universal led to some big successes overseas, including House of Gucci's $100 million, Licorice Pizza's $15 million, and No Time to Die's $613 million. Prior to working with Universal, MGM partnered with Sony Pictures International to distribute the first four 007 films starring Daniel Craig. Following Bond 26, Warner Bros. will help lead the spy charge.

The first two films that will be part of this deal will be Luca Guadagnin's cannibal thriller Bones and All and Creed III, which are set to arrive in theaters on November 23, 2022, and March 3, 2023, respectively.

As for how this partnership will work, "MGM and Warner Bros. Picture Group will collaborate on marketing and advertising, publicity, film distribution and exhibitor relations on behalf of MGM’s future slate of theatrical releases outside North America (including China), with the team at Warners responsible for execution."

This news comes at a busy time for Warner Bros. and Warner Bros. Discovery, the latter of which is dealing with the fallout of choosing not to release Batgirl, deciding how to handle Ezra Miller's legal troubles, and much more.

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Yakuza 0 Mod Replaces Kazuma Kiryu and Goro Majima With Halo’s Master Chief and the Arbiter

Modder Kashiiera has created a wonderful new mod that replaces Kazuma Kiryu and Goro Majima with Halo's Master Chief and the Arbiter.

As reported by Eurogamer, the mod in question - Master Chief From Halo 3 - is available on NexusMods for anyone to try, and it allows you to play through the entirety of Yakuza 0 as Master Chief Petty Officer John-117, one of the most iconic figures in gaming.

Kashiiera shared a bunch of clips of the mod in action on Twitter, and it not only shows Master Chief fighting his way through Kamurocho instead of Kazuma Kiryu, but one especially delightful video shows Master Chief and the Arbiter dancing to Friday Night instead of Kiryu and Majima.

The Arbiter can also be seen fighting in the streets of Kamurocho, but that appears to be more of a work in progress and further behind than Master Chief, who is the focus of the mod. Either way, it's an impressive and novel new way to play Yakuza 0.

If Kashiiera's mod so inspired you to jump back into the world where Master Chief actually belongs, they have a ton of mods that bring weapons from one Halo game into another, including the Classic CE Magnum from Halo: Combat Evolved into Halo 4, the Flamethrower from Halo 1 to Halo 2, and more.

If you are unfamiliar with Kazuma Kiryu and the Yakuza franchise, be sure to check out our look at which game in the series you should play first.

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Yakuza 0 Mod Replaces Kazuma Kiryu and Goro Majima With Halo’s Master Chief and the Arbiter

Modder Kashiiera has created a wonderful new mod that replaces Kazuma Kiryu and Goro Majima with Halo's Master Chief and the Arbiter.

As reported by Eurogamer, the mod in question - Master Chief From Halo 3 - is available on NexusMods for anyone to try, and it allows you to play through the entirety of Yakuza 0 as Master Chief Petty Officer John-117, one of the most iconic figures in gaming.

Kashiiera shared a bunch of clips of the mod in action on Twitter, and it not only shows Master Chief fighting his way through Kamurocho instead of Kazuma Kiryu, but one especially delightful video shows Master Chief and the Arbiter dancing to Friday Night instead of Kiryu and Majima.

The Arbiter can also be seen fighting in the streets of Kamurocho, but that appears to be more of a work in progress and further behind than Master Chief, who is the focus of the mod. Either way, it's an impressive and novel new way to play Yakuza 0.

If Kashiiera's mod so inspired you to jump back into the world where Master Chief actually belongs, they have a ton of mods that bring weapons from one Halo game into another, including the Classic CE Magnum from Halo: Combat Evolved into Halo 4, the Flamethrower from Halo 1 to Halo 2, and more.

If you are unfamiliar with Kazuma Kiryu and the Yakuza franchise, be sure to check out our look at which game in the series you should play first.

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Bullet Train and Top Gun: Maverick Speed to a 1st and 2nd Place Weekend Domestic Box Office Victory

Bullet Train and Top Gun: Maverick led a slow weekend at the domestic box office that saw no new films break into the top five.

As reported by Variety, Bullet Train took first place once again after securing victory in its debut last weekend and managed to bring in $13.1 million. The Brad Pitt-led film has earned $54.4 million at the domestic box office so far.

It actually ended up being the only film this weekend that broke the $10 million milestone, and the last time that happened was the weekend of February 11, 2022, when Death on the Nile was the only movie to do so with $12.3 million.

Top Gun: Maverick took advantage of the less than stellar competition and managed to pull off a second-place finish in its 12th week in action. It brought in $7.1 million and that helped its domestic total reach $673.8 million. With this latest influx of ticket sales, Top Gun: Maverick is only about $5 million away from passing Avengers: Infinity War as the sixth-highest grossing movie in domestic box office history.

DC League of Super-Pets earned $6.86 million on its way to a third-place finish, and Nope and Thor: Love and Thunder rounded out the top five.

Bodies Bodies Bodies and Fall were the two big new films to enter the ring this weekend, and they only managed to make it to eighth-place with $3.2 million and tenth-place with $2.5 million, respectively.

In our Bodies Bodies Bodies review, we said that it is "s a comedy-thriller for the online generation with as much tension as humor."

In our Fall review, we said that it "makes the mistake of introducing too many cumbersome storytelling elements instead of assuring its core survival situation is fastened securely."

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Bullet Train and Top Gun: Maverick Speed to a 1st and 2nd Place Weekend Domestic Box Office Victory

Bullet Train and Top Gun: Maverick led a slow weekend at the domestic box office that saw no new films break into the top five.

As reported by Variety, Bullet Train took first place once again after securing victory in its debut last weekend and managed to bring in $13.1 million. The Brad Pitt-led film has earned $54.4 million at the domestic box office so far.

It actually ended up being the only film this weekend that broke the $10 million milestone, and the last time that happened was the weekend of February 11, 2022, when Death on the Nile was the only movie to do so with $12.3 million.

Top Gun: Maverick took advantage of the less than stellar competition and managed to pull off a second-place finish in its 12th week in action. It brought in $7.1 million and that helped its domestic total reach $673.8 million. With this latest influx of ticket sales, Top Gun: Maverick is only about $5 million away from passing Avengers: Infinity War as the sixth-highest grossing movie in domestic box office history.

DC League of Super-Pets earned $6.86 million on its way to a third-place finish, and Nope and Thor: Love and Thunder rounded out the top five.

Bodies Bodies Bodies and Fall were the two big new films to enter the ring this weekend, and they only managed to make it to eighth-place with $3.2 million and tenth-place with $2.5 million, respectively.

In our Bodies Bodies Bodies review, we said that it is "s a comedy-thriller for the online generation with as much tension as humor."

In our Fall review, we said that it "makes the mistake of introducing too many cumbersome storytelling elements instead of assuring its core survival situation is fastened securely."

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Nintendo Switch Won’t Be Getting a Price Increase ‘At This Point’ Despite Higher Costs

Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa has stated that the Nintendo Switch will not be getting a price increase "at this point," despite the higher costs to produce the hardware, as the company wishes to "avoid pricing people out."

Speaking to Nikkei Asia, Furukawa said Nintendo has no plans to adjust the price of the Switch to "offset rising production and shipping costs," and these comments follow Meta's decision to raise the price of the Meta Quest 2 by $100 as "the costs to make and ship [Meta's] products have been on the rise."

"We're not considering [a price increase] at this point, for two reasons," Furukawa said. "In order to offer unique entertainment to a wide range of customers, we want to avoid pricing people out. Our competition is the variety of entertainment in the world, and we always think about pricing in terms of the value of the fun we offer.

"Our products also include software. Nintendo has sold more than 100 million Switch units so far, and it's important to maintain the momentum of our overall business. Generally speaking, a weak yen makes domestic Switch sales less profitable."

Furukawa also shared that the OLED model of the Switch will continue to be the least profitable Switch, and it doesn't help that costs have "increased for shipping not only by air, but also by sea."

"We're thinking about what we can do," Furukawa said. "The weak yen may be seen as a benefit for Nintendo, since such a large share of our sales comes from abroad, but our overseas promotional and staff costs also go up. We're making more inventory purchases in foreign currencies to counter that."

The statements also come after Switch sales dropped "23% on the year by volume in the April-June quarter amid shortages of semiconductors and other parts." Nintendo is expecting a 29% drop in annual net profit in the fiscal year ending March 2023, even though it is planning on selling 21 million Switch consoles.

In regards to the ongoing semiconductor shortage, Furukawa believes that the situation will get better in the "latter half of this summer," but the future is still unclear and Nintendo isn't able to give a definite outlook for Switch sales beyond this fiscal year.

For those hoping for any word on the unconfirmed but much-desired Switch Pro, Furukawa has doubled down on Nintendo's commitment to focusing on just three models of the Switch - the standard model, Switch Lite, and the OLED Model. Obviously, things can change at any moment, but Nintendo is staying the course for the moment.

"I can't say specifically what is in short supply," Furukawa said. "Nintendo will continue to sell three [Switch] models: the standard model; the Switch Lite with reduced price, size and features; and the OLED model. We'll work out the best strategy as we go along. We're doing our best to procure high-quality products at an appropriate price with an eye toward the next few years."

In closing, Furukawa said that keeping prices down isn't impacting Nintendo's ability to procure parts, it's simply that demand is exceeding supply. Furthermore, he believes Nintendo's strong software lineup for 2022, including Splatoon 3 and Pokemon Scarlet and Violet, will help the company reach its goals and overcome some of the challenges caused by shortages.

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