Korg Will Return For Thor: Love And Thunder, Confirms Taika Waititi
Taika Waititi, director of Thor: Ragnarok and the upcoming Thor: Love and Thunder, has confirmed that his character, Korg, will be returning for Thor's next adventure.
As reported by EW, Waititi revealed the good news on Jimmy Kimmel Live! while he was promoting his newest film, Jojo Rabbit.
"My character is coming back, Korg," Waititi said. The crowd burst into applause and Waititi responded, in Korg's voice, "Thank you. Thank you so much for that reaction."
While there is no word, as of yet, if Korg's sidekick Miek will be returning or if they will once again be playing Fortnite against NoobMaster69 as they did in Avengers: Endgame, this news is welcome nonetheless.
Analogue Pocket Announced: Stylish Handheld Will Play All Game Boy Games, Ever
Analogue has announced the Analogue Pocket, a stylish third-party handheld that will play Game Boy, Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance games. It will be available in 2020 for $199.99 (other regions' pricing not confirmed at time of writing).
Designed by the same team that released the excellent Super Nt and Mega Sg consoles, the Analogue Pocket has a similar philosophy - to allow you to play cartridge-based retro games in the best possible quality, without any emulation. In this case, Analogue promises that the Pocket will play every Game Boy, Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance game out of the box. Cartridge adapters will apparently allow the Pocket to play the likes of Game Gear, Neo Geo Pocket Color and Atari Lynx games too.
Pokemon Sword and Shield Trailer Unveils Chonky Gigantamax Pikachu
A new trailer for Pokemon Sword and Shield has given us our first look at iconic 90s Pokémon - Pikachu, Charizard, Eevee, Meowth, and Butterfree - in their supersized Gigantamax forms.
One of the new features coming to Pokemon's eighth generation of games is the ability to "Dynamax." Pokemon who do this will transform to huge sizes and buff their stats. Gigantamax is a specialised version of this that goes one step further by also altering the Pokemon's appearance and introducing new moves to use in battle.
Only certain Pokemon have been announced as being able to pull it off. This latest trailer reveals smol mouse Pikachu will be able to transform into the heftier 90s version of itself and gaining the G-Max move, Volt Crash, which damages and paralyses puny enemies. Meanwhile, Meowth supersizes from 0.4m to 33m tall when it Gigantamaxes - creating something that looks a lot like the old longcat meme - and learns the G-Max move Gold Rush.
Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 Delayed By Months
Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 has been delayed from its original Q1 2020 launch window. It will now release sometime later in the year.
Announced by developer Hardsuit Labs’ CEO Andy Kipling and Vampire: The Masquerade: Bloodlines 1 and 2 scribe Brian Mitsoda, the delay was detailed in a blog post on the Vampire website. “Today, we have to tell you that we need some more time to get you the game you’ve been waiting for,” the post says. “Although Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 will still launch in 2020, we have decided to value quality over making the Q1 launch window.”
The post notes that the extra time will ensure that the game lives up to the legacy of the original Bloodlines game. That includes branching storylines and both character and world building. There’s also a nod to the original’s games infamous buggy state - “there’s the responsibility to avoid some of the issues that plagued the first game, which was famously launched too early,” explains the post.
Elton John Says Disney’s Lion King Remake Was a ‘Huge Disappointment’
Sir Elton John has offered his opinion on Disney's remake of The Lion King, three months after the photorealistic musical stampeded into theaters to take its throne at the the top of box office, surpassing Frozen as the highest-grossing animated film of all time.
Elton, who composed and performed several songs on the original soundtrack for the 1994 animated classic, recently shared his critique of the musical numbers in the 2019 iteration of the film, admitting that he was less than impressed with the finished product.
The Outer Worlds Will Be Enhanced on Xbox One X But Not PS4 Pro
The Outer Worlds, Obsidian's upcoming sci-fi RPG, will only feature 4K enhancements on the Xbox One X. The PS4 Pro version of the game won't get any extra licks of paint.
Given that most games available on both Sony and Microsoft's beefed-up consoles get some sort of enhancement, this is a surprising move. The PS4 Pro will be capped at 1080p resolution, while the Xbox One X will be able to play Outer Worlds in 4K.
Publisher Private Division confirmed the news in a short statement to Windows Central, saying there'd be "no enhancements for PS4 Pro." No official reasoning has been given for the imbalance, but it may be worth noting that Obsidian is now a Microsoft-owned company following an acquisition last year.
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Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Star Shares Jannah Character Details
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker cast member Naomi Ackie recently shared some additional details about her character, Jannah, and how she fits into the storyline of Episode IX.
Speaking to Total Film (via GamesRadar), Ackie revealed that her character makes a timely appearance in the film, as Jannah, who wields a bow and arrow, teams up with the heroes of the Resistance to play a key role in the final act of the Skywalker saga.
Here’s When You Can Read Our Death Stranding Review
We can now officially confirm that we are playing Death Stranding and you will be able to read/watch the resulting review at 12AM Pacific time on Friday, November 1. If you're keeping track, that's a whole week before the release date of November 8. And that's... literally everything Sony will allow us to say about it right now. Check back in a couple of weeks and we'll give you an in-depth opinion of Kojima's first non-Metal Gear game in forever, all while keeping it as spoiler-free as can reasonably be expected in a review where the whole idea is to tell you what we liked and what we didn't.
So, to kill the time between now and then, why not flip through this massive list of info we've gleaned from all of the pre-release trailers and interviews?
The Matrix 4: Jada Pinkett Smith in Talks to Return
Several sources have revealed that Jada Pinkett Smith is in current negotiations to reprise her role as Niobe in The Matrix 4.
As reported by Deadline, Smith starred as Niobe in The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions and was the captain of the Logos hovercraft. Niobe also appeared in Enter the Matrix and The Matrix Online.
Smith has recently appeared in Angel Has Fallen, Girls Trip, Gotham, Bad Moms, and the Madagascar films.
While Smith is not yet a guarantee for The Matrix 4, both How I Met Your Mother's Neil Patrick Harris and Aquaman's Yahya Abdul-Mateen II have been officially cast in the upcoming film.