No, Kingdom Hearts 3’s Play Length Has Not Been Confirmed

Despite reports suggesting Kingdom Hearts 3 will have a campaign of around 40-50 hours, and additional content bolstering that number to an estimated 80 hours, Square Enix has not yet actually settled on the final length of the anticipated sequel.

A preview report from Geek.com of Kingdom Hearts 3 published earlier this month suggested those play time estimations had been confirmed. That would make for one of the longest main campaigns in the Kingdom Hearts franchise, and the news of this lengthy play time was reported by a number  of outlets as confirmation of KH3's official length earlier this week.

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No, Kingdom Hearts 3’s Play Length Has Not Been Confirmed

Despite reports suggesting Kingdom Hearts 3 will have a campaign of around 40-50 hours, and additional content bolstering that number to an estimated 80 hours, Square Enix has not yet actually settled on the final length of the anticipated sequel.

A preview report from Geek.com of Kingdom Hearts 3 published earlier this month suggested those play time estimations had been confirmed. That would make for one of the longest main campaigns in the Kingdom Hearts franchise, and the news of this lengthy play time was reported by a number  of outlets as confirmation of KH3's official length earlier this week.

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Destiny 2: Forsaken – Legendary Collection Contains All Destiny 2 Expansions

The Destiny 2: Forsaken - Legendary Collection will be arriving day-and-date with the launch of the latest Destiny 2 expansion, Forsaken, on September 4, and will include the base game, Curse of Osiris, Warmind, and of course, Forsaken.

Announced by Bungie alongside a new trailer, this collection will retail for $59.99 USD and will include everything needed to enjoy this latest adventure, as Forsaken requires players to own all previous expansions to play.

While this collection includes all previous content, it does not include the Destiny 2 Annual Pass which will grant access to three smaller expansions - Black Armory (Winter 2018), Joker's Wild (Spring 2019), and Penumbra (Summer 2019).

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Destiny 2: Forsaken – Legendary Collection Contains All Destiny 2 Expansions

The Destiny 2: Forsaken - Legendary Collection will be arriving day-and-date with the launch of the latest Destiny 2 expansion, Forsaken, on September 4, and will include the base game, Curse of Osiris, Warmind, and of course, Forsaken.

Announced by Bungie alongside a new trailer, this collection will retail for $59.99 USD and will include everything needed to enjoy this latest adventure, as Forsaken requires players to own all previous expansions to play.

While this collection includes all previous content, it does not include the Destiny 2 Annual Pass which will grant access to three smaller expansions - Black Armory (Winter 2018), Joker's Wild (Spring 2019), and Penumbra (Summer 2019).

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HBO Orders Time Traveler’s Wife Adaptation from Sherlock Boss

HBO is developing a TV adaptation of The Time Traveler’s Wife from Sherlock co-creator Steven Moffat.

The network has given a straight to series order for the project, based on the novel of the same name by Audrey Niffenegger. A premiere date for the series has not been set yet.

The story centers on Henry, a man who time travels unpredictably because of a genetic disorder, and his complicated marriage with Clare.

Moffat will write and executive produce the series alongside Sue Vertue and Brian Minchin. New Line Cinema also developed a 2009 film adaptation of the book which stars Eric Bana and Rachel McAdams.

“We are thrilled to be partnering with Steven Moffat, Hartswood and WBTV on The Time Traveler’s Wife," HBO president of programming Casey Bloys said. "Steven’s passion is evident in every project he’s written and we are certain that his love and respect for this mesmerizing and textured novel will make it a quintessential HBO series."

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HBO Orders Time Traveler’s Wife Adaptation from Sherlock Boss

HBO is developing a TV adaptation of The Time Traveler’s Wife from Sherlock co-creator Steven Moffat.

The network has given a straight to series order for the project, based on the novel of the same name by Audrey Niffenegger. A premiere date for the series has not been set yet.

The story centers on Henry, a man who time travels unpredictably because of a genetic disorder, and his complicated marriage with Clare.

Moffat will write and executive produce the series alongside Sue Vertue and Brian Minchin. New Line Cinema also developed a 2009 film adaptation of the book which stars Eric Bana and Rachel McAdams.

“We are thrilled to be partnering with Steven Moffat, Hartswood and WBTV on The Time Traveler’s Wife," HBO president of programming Casey Bloys said. "Steven’s passion is evident in every project he’s written and we are certain that his love and respect for this mesmerizing and textured novel will make it a quintessential HBO series."

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Why Avengers: Infinity War’s Directors Filmed Those Thanos Snaps That Way

Avengers: Infinity War directors Joe and Anthony Russo have explained the thought process behind some of the choices they made with the film's ending.

Warning: Spoilers for Avengers: Infinity War follow...

During the bonus features for the movie's DigitalHD release, per ComicBook.com, the Russo brothers revealed how they chose who would perish at the hands of Thanos and his Infinity Gauntlet. The directors had to decide which characters' demise would be the most emotional for the other superheroes.

"In terms of our choices of who Thanos would end up eradicating with his snap, it was very story focused," Anthony Russo said. "How do we pay off each individual character story most profoundly?"

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Why Avengers: Infinity War’s Directors Filmed Those Thanos Snaps That Way

Avengers: Infinity War directors Joe and Anthony Russo have explained the thought process behind some of the choices they made with the film's ending.

Warning: Spoilers for Avengers: Infinity War follow...

During the bonus features for the movie's DigitalHD release, per ComicBook.com, the Russo brothers revealed how they chose who would perish at the hands of Thanos and his Infinity Gauntlet. The directors had to decide which characters' demise would be the most emotional for the other superheroes.

"In terms of our choices of who Thanos would end up eradicating with his snap, it was very story focused," Anthony Russo said. "How do we pay off each individual character story most profoundly?"

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Valve Removes Scam Game From Steam, Bans Developer

Abstractism, a simple platformer made by developer Okalo Union, has been removed from Steam following allegations that the game was running a cryptojacking program in the background of player's computers. Okalo Union, along with publisher dead.team, have disappeared from Steam as well.

As reported by Steamed, a branch of Kotaku, Abstractism has been accused of secretly using player's resources to mine for cryptocurrency. Players first became suspicious after the game was taxing their CPUs and GPUs, despite being graphically simplistic. Reviews of the game on Steam claimed it installed a virus disguising it as a steam.exe process.

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Zack Snyder Wanted to Introduce a Female Robin in the DCEU

Zack Snyder planned to introduce a female Robin in the DCEU aka Worlds of DC.

Per Metro, while replying to fans on Vero, Snyder revealed his desire to eventually include Carrie Kelley, who made her debut in Batman: The Dark Knight Returns.

Carrie Kelley is a huge Batman fan who ends up saving the hero and eventually becomes the new Robin. The character, who prefers wearing green goggles as her disguise, was created by Frank Miller, Klaus Janson, and Lynn Varley.

Snyder also revealed the Robin costume which appears in Batman v Superman actually belonged to Dick Grayson and not Jason Todd, hinting Dick Grayson was the one who was killed by the Joker.

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