Mod Puts Henry Cavill In The Witcher 3

Geralt of Rivia's familiar face in The Witcher 3 has been swapped out with the newer TV version, courtesy of a modder who has uploaded a new facial model based on Henry Cavill to Nexus Mods.

Adan4444 based the mod on screenshots and early footage of Henry Cavill playing Geralt in the upcoming Netflix adaptation of The Witcher books.

Henry Cavill Witcher 3 Mod The new Geralt mod based off of Henry Cavill

"This mod page will be a base for different Henry Cavill variations in future," he wrote. "With scars, dirt, brown hair with blue eyes etc, but first of all, now I'm presenting a look closer to Geralt in Netflix show."

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2 Million Custom Game Types Copied to Halo: MCC from Halo 3, 4, and Reach

2.6 million player-created game types from Halo 3, Halo 4, and Halo: Reach were successfully transferred for future access in Halo: The Master Chief Collection.

Revealed on Halo's Twitter, this transfer was the first one that will be followed by custom maps on August 26, 2019, at 10am PT/1pm ET.

For those unfamiliar, this is a one-time service that will bring over custom game types and maps from the original Xbox 360 versions of Halo 3, Halo 4, and Halo: Reach.

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Fortnite Apologizes for Selling Seemingly Reskinned Dog Pet, Offers Refunds

Epic Games is offering full refunds for the in-game Gunner pet dog item after players claimed a similar version of the item was offered as part of a previous Battle Pass. Epic also announced the pet will be removed from the game.

Earlier today, Fortnite added a new pet dog item to the Fortnite Shop named Gunner. Players could purchase Gunner for 1,000 V-Bucks, which is about $9.99 USD. Unfortunately, Gunner bears a striking resemblance to a season six Battle Pass pet named Bonesy.

Here’s a side-by-side comparison of the two pets created by Reddit user PhantomRacer32.

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Spelunky 2 Most Likely Delayed Into 2020

Spelunky 2 developer/creator Derek Yu of Mossmouth has stated he "doesn't think we're going to release Spelunky 2 this year," as the "density and detail of the game is demanding more time."

Yu further explained the decision on Twitter, saying "development is still going well and we're not far off target," but Spelunky 2 just needs more time to live up to the much beloved original.

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Idris Elba Hasn’t Seen Avengers: Endgame but Says Heimdall Could Be Alive

Spoilers ahead for Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame.

Idris Elba, who has played Heimdall in the Marvel Cinematic Universe since 2011's Thor, has said, even though he has yet to see Avengers: Endgame, he thinks Heimdall could still be alive and he would love to once again reprise the role of the all-seeing Asgardian.

As reported by KTSA.com, Elba spoke to ABC Radio and admitted that he hadn't seen Avengers: Endgame yet, even though he almost had a bigger role in the film.

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Update: No Man’s Sky Gets a Patch to Fix Console Version Crashes

Update: Hello Games has released a console hotfix patch, 2.04, which aims to fix a number of reasons for crashes on PS4 and Xbox One.

The fixes should stop crashes caused by rendering large textures, and adjust memory management to fix another set of crash issues.

It's not clear from Hello's notes the extent of these fixes for the current crop of crashes, or if further fixes are incoming.

Original story: No Man’s Sky Beyond, the next big update for Hello Games’ procedural space exploration sim, is live. But some players are reporting fairly regular crashes on consoles and PC which makes exploring the universe a bit difficult.

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Amazon’s Wheel of Time Casts Rand, Nynaeve, Mat, Perrin, and Egwene.

Amazon has rounded out the main cast for its upcoming adaptation of Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time series, casting the five young heroes who will travel with Rosamund Pike's Moiraine on a "dangerous, world-spanning journey." One of these five is prophesied to be "the Dragon Reborn, who will either save or destroy humanity."

Madeleine Madden will play Egwene Al’Vere, Marcus Rutherford has been cast as Perrin Aybara, Barney Harris will portray Mat Cauthon, Zoë Robins is Nynaeve, and Josha Stradowski plays Rand Al’Thor.

Check out the gallery below for a first look at the actors.

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Why The Russos Would’ve Snapped All X-Men Except Wolverine

Even though the X-Men film rights didn’t belong to Marvel Studios when Avengers: Infinity War and Endgame were being made, that doesn’t mean the Russo brothers don’t have any ideas on how things could go down if Marvel’s Merry Mutants were a part of the story. While playing a game on IGN’s Up At Noon show where the Russos were asked to choose who from a group of fictional characters would be dusted by Thanos’ snap, they made an exciting yet tragic choice in regards to the X-Men.

After considering who to kill on a team lineup consisting of Gambit, Jean Grey, Storm, Wolverine, Cyclops and Rogue, director Joe Russo used a marker to strike out everyone on the team except Wolverine.

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Star Wars Resistance: New Trailer Revealed for Second and Final Season

A new trailer for the second and final season of Star Wars Resistance has been revealed and gives fans their first look at the events that will take place between Star Wars: The Last Jedi and Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.

StarWars.com revealed the new trailer alongside the news that Star Wars Resistance's second season will be premiering on Sunday, October 6, 2019, at 10pm ET/PT on Disney Channel and DisneyNOW, with subsequent airings on Disney XD.

Spoilers ahead for season one of Star Wars Resistance.

Season 2 picks up "after a harrowing escape from the First Order, as Kazuda Xiono and the denizens of the Colossus wind up lost in space, pursued by Agent Tierny and Commander Pyre who have taken Tam Ryvora aboard their ship."

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The Hero Might Be Smash Ultimate’s Most Polarizing Character Yet

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is a fantastic concoction of crossovers, one that excels at creating movesets for its characters based off of nods to their first appearances, easter eggs, and lore from the original games. Every moveset is unique (excluding echofighters), and each player’s styles and tactics clash like orange juice and toothpaste to create match-ups that can push entire crowds to the edge of their seats at tournaments like EVO.

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