The process of scientific discovery rewards the bold, those who aren't afraid to ask questions and challenge the status quo. Mountain Dew, long known for its rigorous scientific breakthroughs in flavor technology, has now broken through a barrier once thought impossible by the prevailing attitudes of modern flavor physicists and is introducing a new Flamin' Hot Mountain Dew flavor exclusively through the Mountain Dew online store.

The marriage of the two PepsiCo products Mountain Dew and Cheetos doesn't seem like it should work, but I for one have great faith in Mountain Dew's ability to pull this one off. Promising a combination of "sweet, citrus DEW with a new spicy goodness," it's the Mountain Dew flavor no one asked for but they did it anyway, and history will remember them for it. Fondly.

On top of introducing the new flavor, Mountain Dew and Broken Promises are collaborating on an apparel drop to memorialize this momentous flavor occasion (flavccasion). The presale will be available "exclusively to subscribers on the Broken Promises’ app on Friday, September 3 at 11 pm EST," and if you're not a subscriber you can access the line at the Broken Promises website beginning September 4 at 11 am ET.

As someone who unironically loves Mountain Dew, I'm anxious to try this new flavor. I don't let my enthusiasm for the brand cloud my judgement, either. While I loved the new Baja Punch, putting it at or near the top of my own personal rankings, I thought the Baja Flash tasted like carbonated sun-tan lotion.

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The process of scientific discovery rewards the bold, those who aren't afraid to ask questions and challenge the status quo. Mountain Dew, long known for its rigorous scientific breakthroughs in flavor technology, has now broken through a barrier once thought impossible by the prevailing attitudes of modern flavor physicists and is introducing a new Flamin' Hot Mountain Dew flavor exclusively through the Mountain Dew online store.

The marriage of the two PepsiCo products Mountain Dew and Cheetos doesn't seem like it should work, but I for one have great faith in Mountain Dew's ability to pull this one off. Promising a combination of "sweet, citrus DEW with a new spicy goodness," it's the Mountain Dew flavor no one asked for but they did it anyway, and history will remember them for it. Fondly.

On top of introducing the new flavor, Mountain Dew and Broken Promises are collaborating on an apparel drop to memorialize this momentous flavor occasion (flavccasion). The presale will be available "exclusively to subscribers on the Broken Promises’ app on Friday, September 3 at 11 pm EST," and if you're not a subscriber you can access the line at the Broken Promises website beginning September 4 at 11 am ET.

As someone who unironically loves Mountain Dew, I'm anxious to try this new flavor. I don't let my enthusiasm for the brand cloud my judgement, either. While I loved the new Baja Punch, putting it at or near the top of my own personal rankings, I thought the Baja Flash tasted like carbonated sun-tan lotion.

Seth Macy is Executive Editor, IGN Commerce, and just wants to be your friend.

Battleye, the new anti-cheat system for Destiny 2, has been added into the game and Bungie says that it could result in a reduction in framerates and performance for some players.

As part of the game's 3.3.0 update, Bungie announced in a blog post that it had added its anti-cheat software Battleye to Destiny 2 in order to boost security and enable the developer to detect more active cheats within the game.

Bungie admits that Battleye isn't a "silver bullet" that will wipe out cheaters in the game altogether but instead "another step in [its] strategy to combat cheats and improve [its] detection and banning methods." The developer notes that the anti-cheat system requires additional system resources in order to run and that players may "see some reduction in frames and performance after Update 3.3.0 goes live."

In addition to potentially experiencing drops in framerate during gameplay, players may also encounter increased start-up times when booting up Destiny 2. For now, Bungie is testing how Battleye performs at scale in the live game while the developer ensures accuracy, meaning that the system won't be implementing automatic bans for the time being. However, the studio says that it hopes to allow the anti-cheat to automatically issue bans without a manual review before the game's next Trials of Osiris event launches on September 10.

In addition to adding further components to the game's in-house anti-cheat system, Bungie has also been attempting to tackle cheaters in the real world. In January, we wrote about a lawsuit being filed by Riot and Bungie against a cheat-making company alleged to have produced software hacks for Valorant and Destiny 2. In the recent blog post, Bungie said that it will continue to use similar strategies to combat cheating in the game before it invited other developers to join the lawsuits in order to make them more impactful.

It's been a hectic week for Destiny 2 which not only launched into its new Season of the Lost update but also announced details surrounding the game's upcoming Witch Queen expansion. The expansion, which is due out on February 22, across Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Stadia, and PC.

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Battleye, the new anti-cheat system for Destiny 2, has been added into the game and Bungie says that it could result in a reduction in framerates and performance for some players.

As part of the game's 3.3.0 update, Bungie announced in a blog post that it had added its anti-cheat software Battleye to Destiny 2 in order to boost security and enable the developer to detect more active cheats within the game.

Bungie admits that Battleye isn't a "silver bullet" that will wipe out cheaters in the game altogether but instead "another step in [its] strategy to combat cheats and improve [its] detection and banning methods." The developer notes that the anti-cheat system requires additional system resources in order to run and that players may "see some reduction in frames and performance after Update 3.3.0 goes live."

In addition to potentially experiencing drops in framerate during gameplay, players may also encounter increased start-up times when booting up Destiny 2. For now, Bungie is testing how Battleye performs at scale in the live game while the developer ensures accuracy, meaning that the system won't be implementing automatic bans for the time being. However, the studio says that it hopes to allow the anti-cheat to automatically issue bans without a manual review before the game's next Trials of Osiris event launches on September 10.

In addition to adding further components to the game's in-house anti-cheat system, Bungie has also been attempting to tackle cheaters in the real world. In January, we wrote about a lawsuit being filed by Riot and Bungie against a cheat-making company alleged to have produced software hacks for Valorant and Destiny 2. In the recent blog post, Bungie said that it will continue to use similar strategies to combat cheating in the game before it invited other developers to join the lawsuits in order to make them more impactful.

It's been a hectic week for Destiny 2 which not only launched into its new Season of the Lost update but also announced details surrounding the game's upcoming Witch Queen expansion. The expansion, which is due out on February 22, across Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Stadia, and PC.

Jared Moore is a freelance writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter.

New footage from The Batman was revealed by Warner Bros. during CinemaCon and it promises a dark and brooding Gotham for Robert Pattinson's Batman to tame.

The Wrap, a publication that was in attendance during Warner Bros'. CinemaCon showing, writes that the new look at Matt Reeves' Batman movie begins with a Gotham seemingly in chaos. Bruce Wayne is seen walking through the city's streets before "he rises."

It's unclear if that means Pattinson's Bruce Wayne quickly flies up, perhaps by zipline, or if the scene transitions to a Batman rising up into the Gotham sky. The Wrap writes that Zoe Kravitz' Catwoman and Jeffrey Wright's Commissioner Gordon also made appearances in the sizzle reel.

Aaron Couch, an editor for The Hollywood Reporter who was also in attendance at the showing, wrote on Twitter that Warner Bros. revealed a sizzle reel of The Batman before playing the trailer first shown at DC FanDome last year. Couch says the trailer "looked amazing on the big screen."

ComicBook.com's Brandon Davis also saw the new footage, describing it as a "long, dark, epic behind-the-scenes featurette" on Twitter. Davis also called the new footage of The Batman "amazing," noting that director Reeves spoke more about the Year One aspect of the movie’s story. The Wrap's report says Reeves promised an "emotional Batman movie" unlike anything seen before.

While waiting and hoping that Warner Bros. soon gives the rest of the world another look at The Batman, read about how Colin Farrell says his Penguin is only in "five or six scenes" in the movie and then check out this story about how The Batman utilized The Mandalorian's virtual production method.

For more about CinemaCon, read what people are saying about the first footage of Tom Holland's Uncharted movie and then check out the official title for The Matrix 4 revealed during the con.

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Warner Bros. unveiled the first official footage of the fourth entry in The Matrix series during its CinemaCon presentation on Tuesday. The studio also officially confirmed that the title of the long-awaited sequel is The Matrix Resurrections.

While the footage isn't currently available to the public, attendees at CinemaCon report that the reveal featured the return of both Keanu Reeves as Neo and Carrie-Anne Moss as Trinity.

According to Deadline, the trailer begins with Keanu Reeves' Neo talking to a therapist played by Neil Patrick Harris in a futuristic San Francisco. Much like in the first Matrix film, Neo seems to have a sense of unease about the world surrounding him.

"Am I crazy?" Reeves asks. "We don't use that word in here," replies Harris.

According to The Hollywood Reporter's Aaron Couch, Neo is seen taking "two blue pills a day, prescribed by his doctor."

Neo then encounters Carrie Anne Moss' Trinity in a coffee shop, though the pair don't recognize one another. It seems that neither has any memories of the events of the previous Matrix films. "Have we met?" Trinity asks.

Later on, a character that seems to be a younger version of Morpheus tells Neo that it's "time to fly" while handing him a red pill. Jefferson Airplane's White Rabbit scores some of the footage. The trailer culminates in some acrobatics and martial arts that fit the Matrix mold, along with a moment involving Neo controlling a missile through telekinesis.

The fourth Matrix movie was rumored to be titled The Matrix Resurrections back in January. While Laurence Fishburne has stated that he won't return as Morpheus in the upcoming sequel, the ensemble does include returning franchise cast members Jada Pinkett-Smith, Daniel Bernhardt, and Lambert Wilson. Harris is joined by other series newcomers like Christina Ricci, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Jessica Henwick, Priyanka Chopra, and Jonathan Groff.

The Matrix Resurrections will hit theaters and HBO Max (for 31 days) on December 22.

J. Kim Murphy is a freelance entertainment writer.

The Gunk, the latest game from the Steamworld creators Image & Form (part of Thunderful), is now set for an Xbox console and PC launch this December.

Revealed alongside a new gameplay trailer during the Gamescom 2021 Xbox stream, Thunderful confirmed The Gunk will be released sometime in December 2021, though did not offer an exact release date just yet. You can check out the new gameplay below.

Developed in Unreal Engine 4, Thunderful explained that The Gunk will run at a stable 30 fps on Xbox One, while it will play at 60 fps and up to 4K resolution on Xbox Series X and S and PC.

Players take on the role of Rani, who, along with her partner Becks, arrive on an alien planet only to discover the titular gunk, which is damaging their new environment. The Gunk has a focus on exploration, and will introduce players to a number of different biomes, such as "a rocky canyon region, a dense jungle, deep subterranean caves (we couldn’t help ourselves) and a few more surprises, too," according to Thunderful's Ulf Hartelius on the Xbox Wire.

Rani uses her proesthetic power-glove, known as Pumpkin, to clean up the gunk as she aims to save these natural environments from corruption.

Thunderful first debuted The Gunk last year, marking a shift away from the familiar aesthetic of the developer's acclaimed Steamworld series. We awarded he last SteamWorld release, SteamWorld Quest, an 8.6 review, saying its "card-based RPG combat offers an insane amount of choice, making it as flexible as it is fun."

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Forza Horizon games always begin with a showcase introduction, and the fifth installment goes wilder than ever before, with the game literally dropping you into a volcano.

Shown off during the Gamescom Xbox Stream, the game's introduction begins with a 2020 Ford Bronco Badlands reversing out of a plane and parachuting into the game's Gran Caldera volcano during winter, seeing snow and lava meat in columns of steam. It's a confident opening, to say the least.

But it's only a quarter of the introduction – the intro includes three other cars airdropping into the new Mexican map, from the countryside in a dust storm, to a flamingo-filled jungle, to a coastal road that leads you directly into the game's central festival site.

Forza Horizon's introduction events have gained interest throughout the series, and this is the most out-of-the-ordinary yet, acting as a showcase for the Xbox Series X's power, and the game's variety of locations at the same time. Two of the cars involved, the Mercedes-AMG ONE and the Ford Bronco Badlands, are Forza Horizon 5's cover vehicles, too.

Forza Horizon 5 arrives on November 9, and this is just the latest in a series of stunning gameplay reveals we've seen since it was announced at E3 2021. We've also had developer walkthroughs, 14 minutes of Series X gameplay, and we've gotten a look at the game's full map.

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Microsoft has announced the Forza Horizon 5 Limited Edition Xbox Controller. Revealed as part of the Xbox Gamescom showcase, the new limited edition controller has a bright, funky scheme to match the vibe of Forza Horizon 5.

The translucent yellow front panel is splattered with a vibrant spray paint-like design. Blue and pink accent colours are used on the face buttons, analogue sticks, and main triggers, while the back and bumper buttons are a white to offset the brightness of the front. Black grips should help keep it in your hands while you fight the wheel.

The controller is available to pre-order now from the Xbox online store.

For more from Xbox, check out the newly announced Forza Horizon 5 cover car, Sea of Thieves' new Borderlands event, and Crusader Kings 3 is coming to console. For everything else, be sure to check our Gamescom 2021 schedule. It's about to be a busy week!

Matt Purslow is IGN's UK News and Entertainment Writer.

Sea of Thieves' latest collaboration is an unexpected one. During Xbox's Gamescom 2021 presentation, Rare announced a special event featuring, of all things, Borderlands.

The event's centerpiece is a special "Mayhem" ship inspired by Borderlands. Basically, it's a pirate ship cast in Borderlands' rusty red and yellow, with the familiar logo on the sails.

It's not the most obvious collaboration given that Borderlands' brand of post-apocalyptic sci-fi is the diametric opposite of Sea of Thieves' pirate fantasy. But they have a similar sense of humor, so the two might not be as far removed as one might suppose.

In any event, Sea of Thieves has found plenty of success with its collaborations of late, particularly its Pirates of Caribbean event featuring Jack Sparrow (but not Johnny Depp). We'll see if it can replicate that success with the Mayhem event, which runs from August 24 to September 7.

This announcement is part of our coverage of Gamescom 2021. For lots more news, check out our Gamescom 2021 hub, which will be continually updated throughout the show.

Kat Bailey is a Senior News Editor at IGN.