Netflix has released seven never-before-seen character posters from its upcoming animated film, The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf, which is set to debut worldwide on Monday, August 23, 2021.

The posters feature Geralt's mentor Vesemir (Theo James), the powerful sorceress Tetra Gilcrest (Lara Pulver), the fallen elf king Finlavandel (Tom Canton), and more!

IGN can exclusively reveal the characters posters in the gallery below:

Here's how Netflix describes the movie: "Before Geralt, there was his mentor Vesemir -- a swashbuckling young witcher who escaped a life of poverty to slay monsters for coin. But when a strange new monster begins terrorizing a politically fraught kingdom, Vesemir finds himself on a frightening adventure that forces him to confront the demons of his past."

The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf is directed by Studio Mir's Kwang Il Han (Avatar: The Last Airbender), written by Beau DeMayo (The Originals), and executive produced by Witcher showrunner Lauren Schmidt Hissrich.

For more Witcher, be sure to check out our full review of The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf, our interview with the creators of the movie on the advantages of animation versus live-action, and everything else new to Netflix for August 2021.

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Nintendo announced that the free-to-play spinoff, Pokémon Unite, will be released fr Android and iOS devices on September 22 — roughly two months after the game was released on Nintendo Switch. It was also revealed that ice and ground-type Mamoswine and fairy-type Sylveon are coming to the free-to-play spinoff game in future updates.

Announced during today's Pokémon Presents broadcast, players looking to play this game on mobile devices can pre-register on the App Store and Google Play. Nintendo notes that if the pre-registration hits a certain number of participants, those that sign up will receive some in-game bonus items, such as 1,000 Aeos tickets and a festival-style skin for Pikachu.

#PokemonUNITE is coming to mobile on September 22!

Pre-register for special rewards! pic.twitter.com/r671Bs31el

— Pokémon UNITE (@PokemonUnite) August 18, 2021

Pokémon Unite is a MOBA game where two teams of five players are battle each other to take control over multiple points spread out across a map. The game is developed by TiMi Studios, a Tencent subsidiary best-known for developing Call of Duty: Mobile.

2021 is an important year for Pokémon as the franchise celebrates its 25th anniversary. Along with the release of Pokémon Unite, several other Pokémon titles have been released this year, such as New Pokémon Snap, which launched earlier this year, In addition to Generation Four remakes Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, which will release exclusively on Nintendo Switch on November 19, the latter two titles also appearing at today's presentation with new gameplay details, such as the ability to allow your Pokemon to follow you and character customization.

While many Pokémon titles are releasing this year, another highly anticipated entry in the Pokémon series, Legends: Arceus, will release on the Nintendo Switch on January 28, 2022.

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During today's Pokémon Presents event, we got a more detailed look at Pokémon Legends: Arceus, including new Hisuian Pokemon like Wyrdeer, Basculegion and Hisuian forms of Growlithe and Braviary, its updated battle system, story and open world details, and much more.

Pokemon Legends: Arceus is still set to be released on January 28, 2022, and it will take place in the Hisui Region, which will eventually become the Sinnoh Region that Pokemon Diamond and Pearl take place in. Your adventure will begin in Jubilife Village, and players will work to become a member of the Galaxy Expedition Team, which includes different sub-groups like Medical Corps, Security Corps and Survey Corps.

Jubilife Village will be your home base in Pokemon Legends: Arceus, and it is where you will accept quests and assignments and prepare for your upcoming adventures. Fun fact: Jubilife Village will become Jubilife City in Pokemon Diamond and Pearl.

The massive Mount Coronet is located in the center of the Hisui Region and the surrounding areas are more-or-less their own ecosystems with different weather, landscapes, and Pokemon that call it home. Obsidian Fieldlands was shown off in the latest trailer, and is filled with trees and flowers and grass and "appears to teem with Pokemon that favor meadows and forests."

Pokemon Legends: Arceus will have unique forms of familiar Pokemon like Growlithe and Braviary, but it will also have brand-new Pokemon to collect. These new Pokemon include Wyrdeer, a Normal/Psychic Pokemon who evolves from Stantler and is very important to the Hisui region and its people. Basculegion is another new Water/Ghost Pokemon that evolves from Basculin. This Pokemon is possessed by "the souls of other Basculin from its school that could not withstand the harsh journey upstream."

Along your journey, you will also meet with such characters as Commander Kamado - the leader of Galaxy Expedition Team and ancestor of Pokemon Diamond and Pearl's Professor Rowan - and Captain Cyllene - the leader of Galaxy Team's Survey Corps. As with all Pokemon games, you will also be introduced to a Professor who will help you on your way. In Pokemon Legends: Arceus, this professor is named Laventon.

After you meet Professor Laventon and choose one of your starter Pokemon - Rowlet, Cyndaquill, or Oshawatt - you will be able to go out and explore Pokemon Legends: Arceus' open-world and experience its new battle system.

While you will be able to catch some Pokemon by just aiming and throwing a Pokeball, stronger Pokemon will need to be weakened by those Pokemon you have already caught. However, the battle system in this new game is a bit of a twist from the main series entries.

Instead of Pokemon using their moves one after another, Pokemon's stats and other factors may allow them to use multiple actions in a row. One of these other factors is the Agile Style and Strong Style system. Pokemon are still limited to four moves at a time, but these new styles can change the flow of battle and mean the difference between victory and defeat.

Agile Style moves will raise the user's action speed, but it comes at the cost of a move's power. Strong Style, on the other hand, raises the power of a move at the cost of your Pokemon's action speed.

Once weakened, players will be able to capture these Pokemon to add them to your Pokedex, yet there is much more to completing this Pokedex than simply catching them all. There will also be research tasks to complete that will raise your rank in the Galaxy Expedition Team and will help unlock new areas to explore. These tasks include seeing them use certain moves, evolving them, defeating them, and more.

Speaking of exploring, players will leave the comfort of Jubilife Village to go on adventures, but there will be base camps along the way that will allow you to rest and heal up your Pokemon. Furthermore, you can use the camp's workbench to craft items like Poke Balls and more.

As was shown in the reveal trailer, these Poke Balls are from a time long past and are made out of wood and utilize steam to catch Pokemon. Besides the standard Poke Balls, there will also be Smoke Bombs that will make it harder for Pokemon to see you so your can sneak up on them. Additionally, there will be Heavy Balls that are better at catching Pokemon that haven't seen you, but are heavier and don't travel as far as a standard one.

Alongside Pokemon Legends: Arceus, this Pokemon Presents gave us new details on Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, as well as a mobile release date for Pokemon Unite.

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A new trailer for Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl today during a Pokémon Presents broadcast has revealed that the games will include the much-beloved feature that allows your Pokémon to follow you as you run through the world.

This feature has been included in a handful of games prior, and first introduced in Pokémon Yellow with only the player's Pikachu partner able to follow behind. It reappeared in the original Diamond and Pearl games, though it was only available for certain Pokémon in a certain area of the game. It was fully available in HeartGold and SoulSilver, and then again in Let's Go! Pikachu and Eevee and the DLC areas of Sword and Shield.

While Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl seem fairly close to the original games, we got a glimpse of several slight changes to the original formula, including the ability to customize your character's outfit.

We also got a look at some returning, revamped features from the original games, including a revamp of the Underground and Secret Bases that hides new Pokémon Hideaways, where wild Pokémon roam freely on the map as they did in Pokemon Let's Go!. There also appear to be changes to Super Contests, turning the event into more of a rhythm game.

Finally, the games are getting a special Nintendo Switch Lite Dialga & Palkia Edition, launching on November 5, 2021.

Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl were first unveiled earlier this year at a February Pokémon Presents broadcast, where we got our first look at the game's chibi art style. Developer ILCA Inc has taken on the remakes from Game Freak, and are using a chibi art style intended as a "faithful remake" of the original games. We've since gotten a release date of November 19, 2021 for the pair, with the larger open-world Pokémon Legends Arceus coming the following January.

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Biomutant, the open world RPG from Experiment 101, has sold over one million copies and made its development costs back within its opening week.

As confirmed by the developer's parent company Embracer Group in its Q1 interim report, Biomutant acted as a key contributor to sales and revenue generated in the quarter.

Embracer Group confirmed the success of Biomutant in the report. "The main revenue driver in the quarter was the release of Biomutant from our internal studio Experiment 101." the report states. "So far, the game has sold more than one million copies. The full investment into development and marketing as well as the acquisition cost for Experiment 101 and the IP, was recouped within a week after launch," added Embracer Group.

Embracer Group said that it is pleased with its organic year-over-year growth which is supported by a wide back catalog and strong contribution from new releases. Overall, the net sales and operational EBIT performance of the first quarter set new records in line with the company's expectations. In addition to the release of Biomutant, Embracer Group also cited the addition of Easybrain and Gearbox as contributors to this success.

Despite Biomutant's financial success, the game launched with a number of performance problems across PlayStation and Xbox which ranged from low-quality textures to issues with framerate. Following community feedback, Experiment 101 has tweaked a wide range of aspects within the game across a number of subsequent patches. Aside from various bug fixes and tweaks, the developer has made additional changes to combat, loot variation, UI, quests, and even the game's narrator. The latest patch notes for Biomutant were tweeted out by the developer in June.

Patch time for #Biomutant on PC & PS: Version 1.5 is out now! We've increased the level cap, cut down on duplicates, added lock-on for melee, a dynamic HUD, tweaked NG+ and more. Also, fixes.

More details: https://t.co/1DItMwpLtT

Patch 1.5 for Origin and Xbox will follow soon. pic.twitter.com/nFKDLwx5fj

— Biomutant (@Biomutant) June 18, 2021

If you're currently playing through Experiment 101's mutant martial arts RPG, then make sure to check out our Biomutant review. For more on the game, you can take a scroll through our dedicated Biomutant page which features a range of the title's latest news.

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Biomutant, the open world RPG from Experiment 101, has sold over one million copies and made its development costs back within its opening week.

As confirmed by the developer's parent company Embracer Group in its Q1 interim report, Biomutant acted as a key contributor to sales and revenue generated in the quarter.

Embracer Group confirmed the success of Biomutant in the report. "The main revenue driver in the quarter was the release of Biomutant from our internal studio Experiment 101." the report states. "So far, the game has sold more than one million copies. The full investment into development and marketing as well as the acquisition cost for Experiment 101 and the IP, was recouped within a week after launch," added Embracer Group.

Embracer Group said that it is pleased with its organic year-over-year growth which is supported by a wide back catalog and strong contribution from new releases. Overall, the net sales and operational EBIT performance of the first quarter set new records in line with the company's expectations. In addition to the release of Biomutant, Embracer Group also cited the addition of Easybrain and Gearbox as contributors to this success.

Despite Biomutant's financial success, the game launched with a number of performance problems across PlayStation and Xbox which ranged from low-quality textures to issues with framerate. Following community feedback, Experiment 101 has tweaked a wide range of aspects within the game across a number of subsequent patches. Aside from various bug fixes and tweaks, the developer has made additional changes to combat, loot variation, UI, quests, and even the game's narrator. The latest patch notes for Biomutant were tweeted out by the developer in June.

Patch time for #Biomutant on PC & PS: Version 1.5 is out now! We've increased the level cap, cut down on duplicates, added lock-on for melee, a dynamic HUD, tweaked NG+ and more. Also, fixes.

More details: https://t.co/1DItMwpLtT

Patch 1.5 for Origin and Xbox will follow soon. pic.twitter.com/nFKDLwx5fj

— Biomutant (@Biomutant) June 18, 2021

If you're currently playing through Experiment 101's mutant martial arts RPG, then make sure to check out our Biomutant review. For more on the game, you can take a scroll through our dedicated Biomutant page which features a range of the title's latest news.

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

James Gunn has revealed that a forgotten action game by Goichi Suda inspired Harley Quinn's breakout fight scene in The Suicide Squad.

During an interview with Collider, Gunn discussed the filmmaking process and his vision for the DC movie, revealing he drew inspiration for Harley Quinn's hallway fight from Lollipop Chainsaw, a 2012 hack-and-slash video game he helped to develop. He said he used the game as a visual reference to create the colorful yet gory "Harley-vision" for the sequence.

"I did a video game called Lollipop Chainsaw," Gunn explained, citing the game he worked on with Suda. "I always loved the way that the hearts and beautiful little things came out of people mixed with blood. So, a lot of it goes back to that, the aesthetic of mixing this horrible gore with Harley's starry-eyed way of looking at life and creating Harley-vision basically."

Gunn noted that the video game tribute was present in the first draft of the script and made it right the way through to production, where Gunn and the crew shot the standout scene, which explodes with bright flowers as Quinn charges into a violent rampage through a heavily fortified fortress, providing a memorable fight that blooms with brutality.

Lollipop Chainsaw is a zombie-hunting action title designed by Grasshopper Manufacture from a collaboration between game designer Suda51 and Gunn, who wrote the narrative with Masahiro Yuki. It offers a one-of-a-kind experience, following a cheerleader hero named Juliet Starling who must battle an army of the undead with charm and a chainsaw.

If you want to see the similarities between the game and the movie for yourself, The Suicide Squad is now playing in theaters and streaming on HBO Max. IGN scored the supervillain blockbuster a 9/10, calling its showcase of F-list DC villains "nothing short of brilliant," which makes for "a bloody, chaotic ride from start to finish" that is "endlessly shocking and funny."

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Did you know there’s a dragon in the upcoming Marvel film Shang-Chi? Well, there is, and you can get a look at it in the new IMAX poster for the movie.

The Marvel origin movie will explore the new martial arts hero who will make his MCU debut in Phase 4, and a recent trailer revealed that Shang-Chi will include some familiar faces like Wong, Abomination, and more. The trailer also revealed a dragon many believe is Fin Fang Foom, a dragon-shaped alien from the Marvel comics.

While this is unconfirmed, you can get a closer look at an illustrated version of him and a second giant monster in the Shang-Chi IMAX poster. Check it out below.

Shang-Chi stars Simu Liu as the titular hero who is making a working-class living in San Francisco. However, Shang-Chi is actually the son of the Ten Rings leader Wenwu and Shang-Chi must return to his home to face his father.

While this is an origin story, the comics have featured some outdated tropes so it’s likely Marvel did some re-tooling with the character. Which is to say, this might be a very new take on Shang-Chi than we’ve seen in the comics.

Shang-Chi held its world premiere in Los Angeles, and while early social media reactions look positive we’ll hold our judgment until our official review when Shang-Chi premieres in September.

Just remember, Shang-Chi is slated to be a theatrical-only release and will not appear on Disney Plus Premier Access. However, it'll hit the streaming service after 45 days.

Matt T.M. Kim is IGN's News Editor. You can reach him @lawoftd.

Fast & Furious 10 will release in April 2023, the product of a string of delays owed in part to the COVID-19 pandemic, Entertainment Weekly reports.

Originally slated to be released in 2021, Fast 10 was ultimately pushed back after the delay of F9. But while the delay was perhaps inevitable, the two year gap will be a long one for fans.

F10 is reportedly set to begin filming in January 2020. It will be the first in a two-part grand finale for the series, and could be filmed back-to-back with Fast 11.

We know little about the two films, save that Dwayne Johnson will not be part of them. We also know that series stalwart Justin Lin will once again be in the director's chair.

In the meantime, a sequel to 2019's Hobbs & Shaw is reportedly in development, which may help to fill the gap.

We gave F9 a positive review when it released back in May, praising it for its "bold twists" and "out-this-world action." Its physical release was announced earlier today, which will include a Director's Cut featuring seven minutes of additional footage.

As for the Fast 10, the penultimate entry in the series will be out April 7, 2023.

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HBO Max has ordered Adventure Time: Fionna & Cake straight to series. The new show will follow Fionna and her magical cat Cake in a brand new, half-hour animated series.

Fionna and Cake were first introduced in the third season of Adventure Time as female versions of Finn and Jake. The musical episode also included alternate takes on other Adventure Time characters including Prince Gumball and Marshall Lee (a male version of Marceline).

The original episode was written and storyboarded by Adam Muto and Rebecca Sugar, and Muto will return as showrunner and executive producer for the Fionna and Cake spinoff.

According to a synopsis, Fionna and Cake will “embark on a multiverse-hopping adventure and journey of self-discovery. All the while a powerful new antagonist determined to track them down and erase them from existence, lurks in the shadows.”

No word yet on which other characters will appear in the show other than Simon Petrikov, the former Ice King. This seems to suggest that Fionna and Cake are set after the events of Adventure Time.

Furthermore, there have been no casting announcements so it’s unclear if Madeleine Martin will reprise her role as Fionna for the series.

Adventure Time ended its critically-acclaimed run on Cartoon Network in 2018 and HBO is getting ready to wrap up its special series Adventure Time Distant Lands on HBO Max. But with the new series announcement, it sounds like the company isn’t ready to leave the Land of Ooo just yet.

Matt T.M. Kim is IGN's News Editor. You can reach him @lawoftd.