Season 3 of Star Trek: Discovery will feature both a transgender character and a non-binary character for the first time ever in the series' history. CBS and Star Trek announced on Sept. 2 that the upcoming Season 3 of Star Trek: Discovery will feature the series' first transgender and non-binary characters, portrayed by Ian Alexander, who uses they/them and he/him pronouns, and Blu del Barrio, who is non-binary and uses they/them pronouns. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=star-trek-discoverys-redesigned-uss-enterprise-bridge&captions=true"] "CBS All Access, ViacomCBS' subscription video on-demand and live streaming service, today announced that season three of Star Trek: Discovery will introduce the Star Trek franchise's first non-binary and transgender characters, furthering the 'Star Trek' universe's ongoing commitment to Gene Roddenberry's original vision of celebrating diversity and inclusion," the announcement blog post reads. Barrio will play Adira, who is "highly intelligent with a confidence and self-assurance well beyond their years." They will find a new home on the U.S.S. Discovery and form a bond with Anthony Rapp's Lt. Commander Paul Stamets and Wilson Cruz' Hugh Culber. Alexander will play Gray, who is "empathetic, warm, and eager to fulfill his lifelong dream of being a Trill host." [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2017/09/25/is-star-trek-discovery-worth-a-streaming-subscription"] "Star Trek has always made a mission of giving visibility to underrepresented communities because it believes in showing people that a future without division on the basis of race, gender, gender identity or sexual orientation is entirely within our reach," Discovery co-showrunner and executive producer Michelle Paradise said. "We take pride in working closely with Blue del Barrio, Ian Alexander, and Nick Adams at GLAAD to create the extraordinary characters of Adira and Gray, and bring their stories to life with empathy, understanding, empowerment and joy." If Alexander's name sounds familiar, it's because they were recently one of the stars of Naughty Dog's The Last of Us Part II. Alexander played Lev, one of the game's main protagonists. You can catch Alexander, Barrio, and the rest of the cast when Season 3 of Star Trek Discovery premieres on Oct. 15. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Wesley LeBlanc is a freelance news writer and guide maker for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @LeBlancWes. 

A PVE endgame mode set in a 100-floor skyscraper is coming to The Division 2 in a future update. 'The Summit' will arrive as part of The Division 2's Title Update 11 and was revealed during a State of the Game live stream, which is available to watch on Ubisoft's YouTube channel. The Summit is a PVE mode focused on adding replayability to the endgame by offering environments that change between floors, alternating factions and new objectives, ensuring each trip through the building is different. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2019/03/23/the-division-2-review"] Players are tasked with clearing all 100 floors of the occupied skyscraper, with rally points and tricky boss battles appearing on every 10th floor to gate progress. If you beat the boss on level 10, you can start from level 11 instead of going back to the start. The Summit is free for players who own the Warlords of New York expansion, and the mode will hit The Division 2's PC test servers very soon. A cross-platform release date for the new game mode has yet to be pinned down by Ubisoft. We reviewed The Division 2 in March 2019, scoring it an 8.5 due in part to its "great gunplay." You can read our full thoughts here. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Jordan Oloman is a freelance writer for IGN. Follow him on Twitter.  

Zack Snyder's Army of the Dead isn't marching onto Netflix until next year, but the streamer is already chomping at the bit for more out of the franchise, as it has just been announced that a spinoff prequel movie and an anime series are now in active development. Variety reports that Netflix has officially given the green light to the two new projects, with Shay Hatten on board to write the scripts for both the untitled movie prequel and the anime series. Matthias Schweighöfer is attached to helm and star in the international prequel, which is said to follow his character from Army of the Dead. The spinoff film will be produced by Schweighöfer and the Snyders, together with Wesley Coller and Dan Maag.

Vegas is about to run out of luck. Brace yourself for Army of the Dead: Vegas, a prequel anime series based on the upcoming Zach Snyder film pic.twitter.com/UgsnI8GFv7

— NX (@NXOnNetflix) September 3, 2020

The prequel anime series, Army of the Dead: Lost Vegas, was also announced by Netflix as a further expansion of the franchise. Lost Vegas will chronicle the origin story of Dave Bautista's character from Snyder's Army of the Dead, tracing his and his rescue crew's activities during "the initial fall of Vegas as they confront the mysterious source of the zombie outbreak." Alongside Bautista, Ana de la Reguera, Tig Notaro, Omari Hardwick, and Ella Purnell will be reprising their upcoming roles for the anime series. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2019/10/28/the-10-best-horror-movies"] Snyder will direct two episodes of the upcoming anime series alongside showrunner Jay Olivia who will also helm two episodes. The Snyders will executive produce the series, together with Olivia, Hatten, and Coller. The two projects are based around Snyder's Army of the Dead, which is set to follow a group of mercenaries that "take the ultimate gamble: venturing into a quarantine zone following a zombie outbreak to pull off the greatest heist ever attempted.” "I'm incredibly excited for the opportunity to partner with Netflix again as we expand the Army of the Dead universe with both an international prequel, as well as exploring the visually dynamic world of animation," Snyder said in a statement. "It's been a great collaboration and we are thrilled that Netflix sees this as big of an IP as we do." [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=netflix-spotlight-september-2020&captions=true"] In addition to these two new projects, Snyder is hard at work finishing up his long-fabled cut of Justice League, which will debut in four, hour-long chunks on HBO Max in 2021, with all chapters eventually being released as a film. The project has reportedly cost upwards of $30M to produce and Snyder has confirmed that there will be no reshoots with the original cast, using only previously shot footage. For your first official look at that, check out the trailer that premiered at DC FanDome last month. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Adele Ankers is a Freelance Entertainment Journalist. You can reach her on Twitter.

Harmonix's Fuser finally has a release date and it's coming on November 10. Fuser was announced back in February as a new take on the rhythm gaming genre where, instead of focusing on hitting notes as they come down a moving track, your job is to keep the crowd excited with your musical mashups. Harmonix announced today that players will get the chance to try their hand at being a virtual DJ on November 10 when the game arrives for PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, and PC. It's not clear if the game wil lcome to PS5 or Xbox Series X, or if it will be backward compatible on the new consoles. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=fuser-screenshot-gallery&captions=true"] Oddly enough, the game is only available for preorder on Xbox and Steam and the Epic Games Store on PC. You can't preorder a PlayStation version or Nintendo Switch version at time of writing. November 10 is close to where Sony and Microsoft's next-gen consoles, the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X respectively, are expected to launch. We don't technically have a release date for either console but Microsoft has said the Xbox Series X will launch in November. Perhaps Fuser will come to next-gen consoles but for now, only time will tell. If you're looking for more Fuser content, check out our gameplay preview from May and then read about why we think Fuser is the next big step forward in music games. After that, be sure to check out the game's gameplay reveal trailer. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/06/26/dj-mashup-beatdown-max-vs-brian-fuser-gameplay"] [poilib element="accentDivider"] Wesley LeBlanc is a freelance news writer and guide maker for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @LeBlancWes. 

Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit is a new toy set that combines real-life Mario Kart models and Nintendo Switch, and will be released on October 16. The game involves using a physical Mario Kart toy - equipped with a motor and camera - that connects to your Nintendo Switch, which is used as a controller. On the Switch screen, the real world around your kart is turned into an AR Mario Kart course. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/09/03/mario-kart-live-home-circuit-official-trailer"] Physical gates can be placed around a room to act as a course, and players can race each other's karts, and against digital Koopalings, which are shown on the Switch as AR models against the real-world backdrop from the kart's camera feed. Racing against the Koopalings will unlock in-game skins and course designs. So far, Mario and Luigi karts have been revealed, both of which respond to boosts, being hit with items, and other in-game effects. Up to four karts can race together at one time. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/super-mario-bros-35th-anniversary-nintendo-direct"] The game has been co-created with debut developer Velan Studios, which comes with some pedigree in this area - the company was created by Vicarious Visions co-founders Guha and Karthik Bala, who previously worked on the likes of Skylanders and Guitar Hero. This was far from the only new Mario game announced today - check out everything announced in the Super Mario Bros. 35th Anniversary Nintendo Direct. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Joe Skrebels is IGN's Executive Editor of News. Follow him on Twitter. Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to newstips@ign.com.

Nintendo has announced a brand new version of its original handheld console, the Game & Watch, featuring a full-colour version of Super Mario Bros. It will be released as a limited edition on November 13. Aside from the original Super Mario Bros., the new Game & Watch will also include Super Mario Bros. 2: The Lost Levels, and a new version of Game & Watch: Ball featuring Mario. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/09/03/super-mario-bros-game-watch-official-trailer"] It will also function as a clock, with Mario and various Yoshis appearing to smash sets of blocks into the shape of the current time. There are also apparently "35 little touches to discover", although it's not clear what they'll be. This was far from the only new Mario game announced today - check out everything announced in the Super Mario Bros. 35th Anniversary Nintendo Direct. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/super-mario-bros-35th-anniversary-nintendo-direct"] [poilib element="accentDivider"] Joe Skrebels is IGN's Executive Editor of News. Follow him on Twitter. Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to newstips@ign.com.

Nintendo released a Super Mario Bros. 35th Anniversary Direct, and it announced Super Mario 3D All-Stars, which includes optimized versions of Super Mario 64, Super Mario Sunshine, and Super Mario Galaxy, Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury for Nintendo Switch, Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit for Switch, a Game & Watch: Super Mario Bros. device, and more. There was a ton of incredible news for Mario fans, and we've gathered all of them below, including the full Direct you can watch for yourself! [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/09/03/super-mario-bros-35th-anniversary-nintendo-direct"] [poilib element="accentDivider"]

Super Mario 3D All-Stars to Be Released on Switch on September 18, Includes Super Mario 64, Super Mario Sunshine, and Super Mario Galaxy

[ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/09/03/super-mario-3d-all-stars-official-trailer"] Super Mario 3D All-Stars will gather together optimized versions of Super Mario 64, Super Mario Sunshine, and Super Mario Galaxy in one collection for the Nintendo Switch on September 18, 2020.

Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury Arriving on Nintendo Switch on February 21, 2021

[ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/09/03/super-mario-3d-world-bowsers-fury-official-trailer"] Super Mario 3D World, which was released on the Wii U in 2013, will be released on Nintendo Switch on February 12, 2021. It also includes something called Bowser's Fury, but Nintendo hasn't quite revealed what that will end up being. Cat Mario and Cat Peach amiibo will also be released alongside Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury.

Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit Lets You Race Through Your Home

[ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/09/03/mario-kart-live-home-circuit-official-trailer"] Created in partnership by Nintendo and Velan Studios, Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit bring Mario Kart to the real world by letting players race through their own home in this AR experience. The physical kart responds to boosts in-game and stops when hit with an item. Players can create a custom course in their home and so much more.

Game & Watch: Super Mario Bros. Brings Classic Games to a Modern Take on a Classic Device

[ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/09/03/super-mario-bros-game-watch-official-trailer"] Game & Watch: Super Mario Bros. is a new collectable device is inspired by the original Game & Watch systems that were first released in the 1980s. This device will be able to play Super Mario Bros., Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels, and a special version of Ball with a Mario makeover. Additionally, the Game & Watch: Super Mario Bros. will also function as a clock, with "35 little touches to discover. It will be released on November 13, 2020.

Super Mario Bros. 35 - A Mario Battle-Royale

[ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/09/03/super-mario-bros-35-official-trailer"] Super Mario Bros. 35 features... well, 35 players and is a competitive online battle game that will challenge players with being the last Mario standing. Enemies that are defeated will be sent to other player's courses, and vice-a-versa, and there will be special items around the maps that will hinder your opponents. Super Mario Bros. 35 will be released as a digital-only game exclusive to Nintendo Switch Online members on October 1, 2020. Nintendo has also stated it will only be playable until March 31, 2021.

Super Mario All-Stars to Be Released Today on Nintendo Switch

Super Mario All-Stars, which was originally released on the SNES in 1993, includes upgraded versions of Super Mario Bros., Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels, Super Mario Bros. 2 and Super Mario Bros. 3 with enhanced 16-bit graphics. It will now be made available on the Nintendo Switch... later today!!

Super Mario Bros. 35th Anniversary In-Game Celebrations

• From September 9-23, Mario Kart Tour will have a special Super Mario Kart Tour event, and it will feature special appearances by Mario (SNES) and Donkey Kong Jr. (SNES) from the original Super Mario Kart.
• A 35th anniversary-themed Ninji Speedrun course will arrive in Super Mario Maker 2 in November
• Super Smash Bros. Ultimate will have an in-game online tournament using Super Mario series fighters, stages, and items in November and December.
• A Super Mario-themed Splatfest is coming to Splatoon 2 in January 2021 that asks the question, "Which Super Mario power-up do you prefer: supersize with a Super Mushroom or become invincible with a Super Star?" There will also be special keychains and t-shirts available as a My Nintendo reward closer to the Splatfest.
• In March 2021, Super Mario-themed furniture will be available in Animal Crossing: New Horizons.

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Super Mario Bros. 35 has been announced for Nintendo Switch, which takes the form of a battle royale-like competitive version of the original Super Mario Bros., featuring 35 players. It's out on October 1. Announced in today's Super Mario Bros. 35th Anniversary Direct, this "online battle game" has you playing simultaneously with 34 other players, with enemies defeated in your course being sent to other players' games. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/09/03/super-mario-bros-35-official-trailer"] The game will also add an item roulette function and a set of pickable strategies to prioritise who becomes your enemy-sent victim. It's reminiscent of Switch's Tetris 99, and will come exclusively to subscribers of the Nintendo Switch Online service. It will only be available to download until March 31, 2021. This was far from the only new Mario game announced today - check out everything announced in the Super Mario Bros. 35th Anniversary Nintendo Direct. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/super-mario-bros-35th-anniversary-nintendo-direct"] [poilib element="accentDivider"] Joe Skrebels is IGN's Executive Editor of News. Follow him on Twitter. Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to newstips@ign.com.

Super Mario 3D World is, finally, coming to Switch in the form of Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury, arriving on February 12, 2021. The game will include the full original Wii U game, as well as what seems to be an expansion, Bowser's Fury. Besides an ominous tease in the trailer, it's not clear what Bowser's Fury will be, but a press release promises we'll learn more details "later". [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/super-mario-3d-world-bowsers-fury-official-trailer"] The previously Wii U-exclusive game will launch with 4-player online and local multiplayer, and new Cat Mario and Cat Peach amiibo will be released as a double pack on launch day. It's yet another welcome addition from the Wii U library to Switch. We awarded the original 3D World a 9.6/10 review, saying "it fulfills the promise of a multiplayer Mario much better than anything that the Japanese game maker has done before." This was far from the only new Mario game announced today - check out everything announced in the Super Mario Bros. 35th Anniversary Nintendo Direct. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/super-mario-bros-35th-anniversary-nintendo-direct"] [poilib element="accentDivider"] Joe Skrebels is IGN's Executive Editor of News. Follow him on Twitter. Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to newstips@ign.com.

Nintendo has announced Super Mario 3D All-Stars for the Switch, a collection that includes Super Mario 64, Super Mario Galaxy, and Super Mario Sunshine, and it will be released on September 18, 2020. Super Mario 3D All-Stars features optimized versions of 3D Super Mario games Super Mario 64, Super Mario Sunshine, and Super Mario Galaxy. Additionally, this collection includes an in-game music-player mode to play the music and songs from all three games. Like the version in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, all 175 tracks can be played with the screen turned off. All three games have updated Joy-Con controls with rumble, and players will still be able to use motion controls in Super Mario Galaxy if they wish. Furthermore, while each game will have a higher resolution, Super Mario Sunshine will also be presented with an updated 16:9 aspect ratio. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/super-mario-3d-all-stars-official-trailer"] A press release explains that the game will receive a limited physical release, and will seemingly only be on sale digitally until March 31, 2021. We've contacted Nintendo for clarification on whether the game will be available again in any form after that time. Super Mario 64 was a launch title for the Nintendo 64, and we've ranked it as our 10th best game of all time in our list of Top 100 Video Games of All Time. We said "Mario games are synonymous with fun and innovation, and perhaps Mario 64 is the best example of the latter. It gathered the core elements of Mario’s best 2D, side-scrolling adventures and worked out how to translate them into a groundbreaking 3D world. It was still recognisably Mario – he collected mushrooms and ran and jumped his way to success, but he was forever changed." Super Mario Galaxy was released on the Nintendo Wii in 2007 and, in our 9.7/10 review, we said, "Super Mario Galaxy is one of the greatest platformers I have ever played, Wii's best game, and an absolute must-own experience. And to me, this odd trek through space really does feel like the true sequel to Mario 64. It harkens back to the N64 classic with nostalgic faces and places from the Mushroom Kingdom, but it also re-invents the franchise with new space-themed mechanics and fresh Wii-enhanced controls." [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=super-mario-3d-all-stars-for-nintendo-switch-screenshots&captions=true"] Super Mario Sunshine was originally released on the GameCube in 2002 and, in our review, we said "It's completely captivating from the start, and I can't rave enough about the tight controls. It just feels right. However, I am quite disappointed by the vacation theme and Nintendo's stubbornness to pay attention to presentation. The story and character design especially is poorly executed. I think Nintendo finds making Peach into a total ditz and Mario into a fat goon amusing, but it feels pretty lame for those of us with some intelligence." This was far from the only new Mario game announced today - check out everything announced in the Super Mario Bros. 35th Anniversary Nintendo Direct. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/super-mario-bros-35th-anniversary-nintendo-direct"] [poilib element="accentDivider"] Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to newstips@ign.com. Adam Bankhurst is a news writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @AdamBankhurst and on Twitch.