Earlier this month, the fighting game community erupted with allegations of sexual misconduct across all levels, from top-level pros, commentators, and organizers. The allegations largely centered on the Super Smash Bros. fighting game community and, in a rare move from the Japanese company, Nintendo issued a statement supporting the victims. “At Nintendo, we are deeply disturbed by the allegations raised against certain members of the competitive gaming community,” Nintendo said in a statement when asked by IGN. “They are absolutely impermissible. We want to make it clear that we condemn all acts of violence, harassment, and exploitation against anyone and that we stand with the victims.” The statement is rare because historically Nintendo has distanced itself from the Super Smash Bros. fighting game scene. Unlike companies like Riot or Blizzard, who work directly to manage the competitive scene built up around their games, Nintendo has studiously distanced itself, and even actively worked against a community that loves its fighting games. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2018/12/18/super-smash-bros-ultimate-accolades-trailer"] The statement caused a stir in the Smash community precisely because Nintendo doesn’t often associate itself with the grassroots fighting game organizations: “It’s official. Nintendo’s pulling the plug. We’re f***ed,” Tweeted one fan in response to the statement. “Well well, Nintendo has never supported the competitive scene. Now they want to complain about it. What a plot twist” commented another. “From the perspective of the Smash community, [Nintendo] appears to be relatively selective, and as hands-off as possible,” Christina “Chia” Korsak, a 14-year veteran of the Smash Bros. community, said in an interview with IGN. This means Super Smash Bros. fighting game tournaments are by and large grassroots affairs, run by third-parties, and technically unofficial. Rather than antipathy, Nintendo corporate has a history of taking action against grassroots competitive Smash. [poilib element="quoteBox" parameters="excerpt=By%20being%20a%20Nintendo%20sponsored%20event%20we%20didn%E2%80%99t%20really%20get%20much%2C%20but%20instead%20had%20to%20abide%20by%20certain%20restrictions..."]In 2013 Evo held a donation drive to determine which video game would take the 8th slot for the show’s roster. The community that donated the most money would earn a place for their chosen game in Evo 2013, and the Smash Bros. community managed to “win” a spot for Super Smash Bros. Melee. Despite this good-natured campaign, Nintendo attempted first to shut down Smash Bros. from even appearing in Evo, before trying to block live streams of the game from the event. After an outcry, Nintendo backed off and a Smash Bros. Melee tournament was allowed to proceed. But the resistance from Nintendo would color the community’s relationship with the developer for the years to come. The lack of official sponsorship didn’t deter the Smash Bros. community. Artist Jaqueline “Jisu” Choe described the smaller grassroots events as “lowkey and inviting.” Choe says that the Smash community became what it is because Smash fans took it upon themselves to build up the scene. “If it weren’t for the active volunteer work of many smart, capable individuals, then tournaments would simply not exist. A lot of the important work is thankless, so there’s no incentive to actually stand up for it.” While the camaraderie of the grassroots scene made the community close, Choe says that it left the door open to disorganization and there was a limitation to what the community could organize on its own. “A lot of accountability is lost… Simple business transactions also become muddied by the guise of ‘friendships’ and things could get very messy and ugly very fast.” Earlier this month Smash 4 pro player Gonzalo “Zero” Barrios apologized to Choe and another community member named Katie after admitting to inappropriate flirting with Katie when she was 15.

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In 2015, Nintendo began sponsoring a handful of fighting game tournaments and events. This meant there were some Nintendo booths and demo kiosks, but Korsak says this wasn’t much of an improvement, and far from the level of support shown by other fighting game-adjacent developers and publishers. “From the public looking in, we had some game demos or booths from Nintendo at a few events, and maybe a few tweets about the events. No huge prize pots or organization of any kind though.”

While Korsak says that the acknowledgment of the community was beneficial, overall it wasn’t the embrace the community was hoping for. “By being a Nintendo sponsored event we didn’t really get much, but instead had to abide by certain restrictions by them such as — not playing third-party modified games such as Project M at events, not using other game modifications like 20XX, broadcast restrictions with certain licensed music tracks, and more.”

[Ed note: 20XX is a mod for Super Smash Bros. Melee that add features more conducive to tournament play, while Project M is a mod for Super Smash Bros. Brawl that makes the gameplay closer to the one in Melee.] [poilib element="quoteBox" parameters="excerpt=I%20believe%20all%20the%20events%20that%20have%20transpired%20will%20either%20prompt%20them%20to%20come%20in%20or%20permanently%20keep%20them%20away."]It likely won’t help future relations that Nintendo’s meager overtures to the community have also been caught in the crossfires of the scandal. Smash Bros. pro Nairoby “Nairo” Quezada was one of the community members accused of sexual misconduct. They’ve been dropped from their esports team NRG, and videos of them appearing on official Nintendo clips have been removed from the company’s YouTube channel. Still, Nintendo’s distance from the Smash Bros. competitive scene is well-known and felt by the community and fans are ultimately hurt that Nintendo’s condemnation is one of the few statements Nintendo’s officially released about the Smash community. Others, however, see potential reasoning for Nintendo: “Maybe the community never deserved Nintendo’s attention in the first place because the community is a cesspool of toxicity,” laments one twitter user. “The community needs to stop acting like they deserve Nintendo’s attention.” “If Nintendo actually introduced structure and organization to help facilitate stable pay and avenues for people who experience physical/sexual assault, then we’d have a much cleaner scene,” disagrees Choe. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2018/11/13/super-smash-bros-ultimate-smash-rivals-anytime-anywhere-trailer"] When asked if she’d like to see Nintendo take a more active role in the community in the future, Choe echoed similar sentiments from other community members online. “Would I like to [see Nintendo more involved]? Yes. Do I think it’s going to happen? No. Nintendo has been very firm on its beliefs, even at the dismay of many, and I believe all the events that have transpired will either prompt them to come in or permanently keep them away.” Ultimately, Choe says the Smash community is what it is today because of how grassroots it is, and that official sponsorship will take away “the beauty of what make the community so great.” “It’s a give or take situation where objectively, it is better for Nintendo to be in the picture, but even without them, the scene has built itself up into one of the most unique gaming communities and will continue to carry itself on its own shoulders.” [poilib element="accentDivider"] Matt T.M. Kim is a reporter for IGN.

The Naturalist Frontier Pursuit has arrived in Red Dead Online, along with the third Outlaw Pass, faster loading, and much, much more.

The list of nominations for the 2020 Primetime Emmys has been released, and Watchmen leads the pack with 26 nominations. The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel follows on 20, with Ozark and Succession on 18, and The Mandalorian, Saturday Night Live, and Schitt's Creek have 15. Netflix is the biggest winner for a TV platform with 160 nominations, with HBO following with 107. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2019/12/16/watchmen-season-finale-review-what-to-watch"] You can see a selected list of major nominations below, with a full list available on the Emmys website.

Drama Series

• Better Call Saul
• The Crown
• The Handmaid's Tale
• Killing Eve
• The Mandalorian
• Ozark
• Stranger Things
• Succession

Comedy Series

• Curb Your Enthusiasm
• Dead to Me
• The Good Place
• Insecure
• The Kominsky Method
• The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
• Schitt's Creek
• What We Do in the Shadows

Limited Series

• Little Fires Everywhere
• Mrs. America
• Unbelievable
• Unorthodox
• Watchmen

TV Movie

• American Son
• Bad Education
• Dolly Parton's Heartstrings: These Old Bones
• El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
• Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. The Reverend

Lead Actress in a Drama Series

• Jennifer Aniston, The Morning Show
• Olivia Colman, The Crown
• Jodie Comer, Killing Eve
• Laura Linney, Ozark
• Sandra Oh, Killing Eve
• Zendaya, Euphoria

Lead Actor in a Drama Series

• Jason Bateman, Ozark
• Sterling K. Brown, This Is Us
• Steve Carell, The Morning Show
• Brian Cox, Succession
• Billy Porter, Pose
• Jeremy Strong, Succession

Lead Actress in a Comedy Series

• Christina Applegate, Dead To Me
• Rachel Brosnahan, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
• Linda Cardellini, Dead To Me
• Catherine O'Hara, Schitt's Creek
• Issa Rae, Insecure
• Tracee Ellis Ross, Black-ish

Lead Actor in a Comedy Series

• Anthony Anderson, Black-ish
• Don Cheadle, Black Monday
• Ted Danson, The Good Place
• Michael Douglas, The Kominsky Method
• Eugene Levy, Schitt's Creek
• Ramy Youssef, Ramy

Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie

• Cate Blanchett, Mrs. America
• Shira Haas, Unorthodox
• Regina King, Watchmen
• Octavia Spencer, Self Made: Inspired By The Life Of Madam C.J. Walker
• Kerry Washington, Little Fires Everywhere

Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie

• Jeremy Irons, Watchmen
• Hugh Jackman, Bad Education
• Paul Mescal, Normal People
• Jeremy Pope, Hollywood
• Mark Ruffalo, I Know This Much Is True

Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

• Helena Bonham Carter The Crown
• Laura Dern Big Little Lies
• Julia Garner Ozark
• Thandie Newton Westworld
• Fiona Shaw Killing Eve
• Sarah Snook Succession
• Meryl Streep Big Little Lies
• Samira Wiley The Handmaid's Tale

Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

• Nicholas Braun, Succession
• Billy Crudup, The Morning Show
• Kieran Culkin, Succession
• Mark Duplass, The Morning Show
• Giancarlo Esposito, Better Call Saul
• Matthew Macfadyen, Succession
• Bradley Whitford, The Handmaid's Tale
• Jeffrey Wright, Westworld

Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

• Alex Borstein, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
• D'Arcy Carden, The Good Place
• Betty Gilpin, GLOW
• Marin Hinkle, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
• Kate McKinnon, Saturday Night Live
• Annie Murphy, Schitt's Creek
• Yvonne Orji, Insecure
• Cecily Strong, Saturday Night Live

Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

• Mahershala Ali, Ramy
• Alan Arkin, The Kominsky Method
• Andre Braugher, Brooklyn Nine-Nine
• Sterling K. Brown, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
• William Jackson Harper, The Good Place
• Daniel Levy, Schitt's Creek
• Tony Shalhoub, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
• Kenan Thompson, Saturday Night Live

Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie

• Uzo Aduba, Mrs. America
• Toni Collette, Unbelievable
• Margo Martindale, Mrs. America
• Jean Smart, Watchmen
• Holland Taylor, Hollywood
• Tracey Ullman, Mrs. America

Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie

• Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Watchmen
• Jovan Adepo, Watchmen
• Tituss Burgess, Unbreakable KimmySchmidt: Kimmy vs. The Reverend
• Louis Gossett Jr., Watchmen
• Dylan McDermott, Hollywood
• Jim Parsons, Hollywood

Guest Actress in a Drama Series

• Alexis Bledel, The Handmaid's Tale
• Laverne Cox, Orange Is The New Black
• Cherry Jones, Succession
• Phylicia Rashad, This Is Us
• Cicely Tyson, How To Get Away With Murder
• Harriet Walter, Succession

Guest Actor in a Drama Series

• Jason Bateman, The Outsider
• Ron Cephas Jones, This Is Us
• James Cromwell, Succession
• Giancarlo Esposito, The Mandalorian
• Andrew Scott, Black Mirror
• Martin Short, The Morning Show

Guest Actress in a Comedy Series

• Angela Bassett, A Black Lady Sketch Show
• Bette Midler, The Politician
• Maya Rudolph, The Good Place
• Maya Rudolph, Saturday Night Live
• Wanda Sykes, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
• Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Saturday Night Live

Guest Actor in a Comedy Series

• Adam Driver, Saturday Night Live
• Luke Kirby, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
• Eddie Murphy, Saturday Night Live
• Dev Patel, Modern Love
• Brad Pitt, Saturday Night Live
• Fred Willard, Modern Family

[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.

Valve co-founder Gabe Newell has said that Xbox Series X is better than PS5 in his view. Speaking to The Project NZ, Newell was asked which of the two next-gen consoles was better, he said, quite bluntly, "The Xbox." When asked why, he said, "Because it is." "I don't have a stake in that race," he continued. "Obviously, we [Valve] do most of our development on personal computers, but of the two I would definitely go with an Xbox."

Gabe Newell: Xbox Series X is better than Playstation 5 pic.twitter.com/4BVuSnKuVN

— Reddit.com/r/SeriesXbox (@RSeriesxbox) July 28, 2020

The legendary developer didn't state any precise reasons for his opinion. Microsoft has made much of the fact that its console is, on paper, the more powerful of the two machines. You can compare what's inside each of the next-gen consoles in our Xbox Series X vs. PS5 comparison chart. He was appearing on the Project NZ show to discuss his recent lockdown-related stay in New Zealand, and the free event he's putting on to thank the country for its hospitality. [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.

Microsoft has revealed the Xbox Games with Gold lineup for August 2020, which features survival RPG Portal Knights, Xbox classic Red Faction II and more. All of the games listed below will be free for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and Xbox Live Gold subscribers and will unlock across the course of August, with Override: Mech City Brawl available until early September.

• Portal Knights (August 1 to 31 on Xbox One)
• Override: Mech City Brawl (August 16 to September 15 on Xbox One)
• MX Unleashed (August 1 to 15 on Xbox One and Xbox 360)
• Red Faction II (August 16 to 31 on Xbox One and Xbox 360)

[ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/07/28/xbox-august-2020-games-with-gold-trailer"] Portal Knights is a survival RPG with multiplayer sandbox elements and can be played online with up to 4 players in the same world. Override: Mech City Brawl is a 3D mech brawler which includes a single-player campaign and a co-op mode where each player can control part of the mech suit. For the classic games this month we've got MX Unleashed, a freestyle motocross simulator which we called "a winner" back in 2004 when we reviewed it. Rounding off the quad is Red Faction II, in which you can lead a rebellion on Mars and as per usual for the Red Faction franchise, cause heaps of destruction. You can still pick up WRC 8, Dunk Lords and Juju from July's Xbox Games With Gold if you're yet to redeem them, but act fast, as Juju and WRC 8 expire on Friday the 31st. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Jordan Oloman is a freelance writer for IGN. Follow him on Twitter.

As promised last week, Rockstar has updated Red Dead Online with a new Frontier Pursuit. Today the developer has detailed the pursuit, which is called The Naturalist and focuses on tracking Legendary Animals. As a Naturalist, players will work with Harriet Davenport, who aims to protect and study the region’s rarest animals. You’ll be required to track these species, sedate them with the new Varmint Rifle, and draw blood samples to be handed to Harriet. A Revive Tonic can be used to rouse sedated animals so they are not left vulnerable to predators and hunters. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2019/09/05/red-dead-online-frontier-pursuits-trailer"] Naturalists can also brew other tonics, including Weight Loss and Weight Gain Tonics, and drinks that allow you to more easily sneak up on potential animal subjects. Other brews will mitigate weather effects. Alternatively, players may want to work for big game hunter Gus MacMillan, who will pay a generous fee for the pelts of these rare animals, and even tailor them into unique clothing. Animals can be more efficiently hunted with the new Elephant Rifle and its one-shot, one-kill Nitro Express ammunition. However, working with Gus will sour your relationship with Harriet, so you’ll want to choose wisely. Your targets as part of this Frontier Pursuit include seven new Legendary Animals, and each of those have three subspecies. An Animal Field Guide acts as a sort of Pokedex to complete while on your animal-discovery travels. Naturalists can learn new skills including Mercy Kill, use an advanced camera, and partake in two animal-based Free Roam Events: Protect Legendary Animals and Animal Tagging. They also have access to role-specific weapons, outfits, and a horse. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2018/11/27/the-first-17-minutes-of-red-dead-online-gameplay"] Legendary Animal Sighting Missions allow you to raid the camps of poachers and liberate their caged animals. Or, should you choose to, you can break them out and immediately kill them for their pelts. Alongside the Naturalist content, the update also improves the Threat indicator, and implements Asynchronous Matchmaking, new Daily Challenges, new Daily Challenge rewards, and an improved wardrobe system. A new Outlaw Pass with 80 ranks allows players to unlock bonuses including 40 gold bars, XP boosts, new weapon metals and engravings, the Australian Shepherd camp dog, and filters for the Advanced Camera. PS4 users will also get free gifts in the form of 10 sedative ammo, 5 animal revive tonics, and 5 blending tonics, as well as early access bonuses: the Woodcote poncho, The Legendary Ram, and The Coastal, Oceanic, and Megafauna Fossil collection sets. The update comes in the wake of the Red Dead Online community protesting against Rockstar for not updating the game with new content. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Matt Purslow is IGN's UK News and Entertainment Writer. 

A modder known for working on modding Mario games has created an entirely new Zelda adventure. Along with a few friends, Kaze Emanuar created a new unofficial Zelda game in the Ocarina of Time engine, titled The Legend of Zelda: The Missing Link. This fan-made game takes place in between Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask, the two Legend of Zelda games released on the N64. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=every-ign-zelda-review-score&captions=true"] Thanks to borrowing Ocarina's assets, The Missing Link fits right in with the aesthetic of those legendary Zelda titles. The launch trailer for the game sets a melancholy vibe, similar to the tone of Majora's Mask. In a playthrough video on YouTube, Emanuar and CDi-Fails, who also worked on the game, go through the adventure while also talking about the creative process. Walking through Kokiri Forest, the creators talk about how they made the color palette darker to signify the passage of time. As for what's new, there's an original dungeon, and a new time travel mechanic not seen in either N64 Zelda adventure. The game only takes about an hour to finish, but it is complete with a final boss battle and a credit sequence. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2019/06/12/breath-of-the-wild-sequel-team-drew-inspiration-from-red-dead-redemption-2-e3-2019"] For more N64 news, check out the huge Nintendo source code leak from this week, where it may have been confirmed that Luigi was planned to be playable in Super Mario 64. Or, for more on Zelda, read up on the new Cadence of Hyrule DLC announced for this fall. Story originally reported by Kotaku. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Logan Plant is a news writer for IGN, and the Production Assistant for Nintendo Voice Chat, IGN's weekly Nintendo show. You can find him on Twitter at @LoganJPlant.

Cuphead has been surprise released on PlayStation 4, and developer Studio MDHR has announced a free update coming to the existing Xbox One version. Announced during an interview with Geoff Keighley on a Summer Game Fest stream, the beautiful, challenging combat-platformer will be available on PS4 for $19.99 USD / £15.99 (no Australian prices available at time of writing). MDHR co-founder Chad Moldenhauer said: "To all the impassioned PlayStation fans who've sent us messages over the years: we're so excited for you to get a chance to experience Cuphead firsthand. We're also hugely thankful to the wonderful team at Xbox, who continue to empower us to bring our game and our story to new audiences." [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/07/28/cuphead-playstation-4-launch-trailer"] The upcoming Xbox update will add "a digital art gallery, behind-the-scenes commentary features, and playable soundtrack to the game." No date has been given for the update's release. It marks one of the last major platforms to see a Cuphead release, after it sold 6 million copies across Xbox, PC, Mac, and Switch. A DLC expansion, The Delicious Last Course is still due to release this year after a delay, and MDHR says we'll learn more in the coming months, but no release date was given, with Studio MDHR COO Maja Moldenhauer saying it will "come out when it's ready". Moldenhauer added that the DLC will feature more advanced animation than that seen in the already stunning original game. We're also waiting for more information on The Cuphead Show, a Netflix TV series currently in development - for which we recently got a first teaser trailer. [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.

IGN is pleased to debut the exclusive trailer for DC Showcase - Batman: Death in the Family, the next animated DC Universe movie from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, and the first to feature interactive storytelling elements. You can watch the trailer in the player above or embedded below. DC Showcase - Batman: Death in the Family will debut on Blu-ray and Digital HD in Fall 2020. An adaptation of the 1988 comic book storyline of the same name, Death in the Family chronicles the tragic death of second Robin Jason Todd at the hand of the Joker. The film is essentially a prequel to 2010's Batman: Under the Red Hood and will feature several returning voice actors, including Bruce Greenwood as Batman, Vincent Martella as Jason Todd, and John DiMaggio as Joker. The cast also includes Zehra Fazal (Young Justice) as Talia al Ghul and Gary Cole (Veep) as both Two-Face and Commissioner Gordon. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/07/28/dc-showcase-batman-death-in-the-family-exclusive-official-trailer"] However, Death in the Family isn't a straightforward prequel, but rather an interactive short film with multiple branching story paths (a la Netflix's Black Mirror: Bandersnatch). Viewers will be presented with choices at pivotal moments in the story, allowing them to decide whether Jason lives or dies and determining the course of Jason's life. The trailer hints at some major deviations from established continuity, with Jason returning to Gotham as a bandaged assassin and taking up the mantle of Red Robin. This interactive element is likely a callback to the original comic's infamous fan-voting campaign. DC established a 1-900 number, allowing fans to call and vote on whether they wanted Jason to live or die. The "die" vote narrowly won out, though DC did eventually resurrect the character in 2005's Batman: Under the Hood (the inspiration for the Under the Red Hood movie). DC also called back to that poll following an episode of Titans: Season 2 last year. [caption id="attachment_2385344" align="alignnone" width="720"] Batman: Death in the Family is the DC's first interactive animated film.[/caption] Similar to 2010's Superman/Shazam!: The Return of Black Adam, Batman: Death in the Family will include several other DC animated shorts to make up for its shorter runtime. Also included in this set are the previously released Sgt. Rock, Death, Adam Strange, and The Phantom Stranger short films. 2020 has been a busy year in terms of new animated DC movies. WBHE has already released Superman: Red Son and Justice League Dark: Apokolips War.  In our Apokolips War review, we praised the film's narrative for veering "into some very surprising and compelling directions, and somehow it manages to pay off on loose ends from across the DCU while still chronicling the final battle between the Justice League and Darkseid." [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=every-dc-animated-movie-in-development&captions=true"] DC's next animated movie will be Superman: Man of Tomorrow, which features a new take on the Man of Steel's origin story. Man of Tomorrow will release on Digital HD on Sunday, August 23 and on Blu-ray, DVD and 4K Ultra HD on Tuesday, September 8. And be sure to check out our roundup of every DC Universe Movie review in the 15-film continuity that recently ended with Justice League Dark: Apokolips War. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Jesse is a mild-mannered staff writer for IGN. Allow him to lend a machete to your intellectual thicket by following @jschedeen on Twitter.

Doctor Strange director Scott Derrickson has shared a throwback video from 2016, which shows Benedict Cumberbatch visiting a comic book store dressed in his character's full costume. The behind-the-scenes footage, shared by Derrickson on Twitter, captures a "never before shown moment" of a previously-reported incident that occurred while taking a break from filming scenes for Marvel's Doctor Strange in New York.

Never before shown moment.

While shooting in Manhattan right in front of a comic book store, I spontaneously suggested to Benedict that he go inside and he agreed. pic.twitter.com/ge2DcqWpu1 — N O S ⋊ Ɔ I ᴚ ᴚ Ǝ ᗡ ⊥ ⊥ O Ɔ S (@scottderrickson) July 28, 2020

"I'm about to walk into a comic store in Manhattan dressed as Doctor Strange, come with me," Cumberbatch says to the camera at the start of the clip, before proceeding to surprise customers with his grand entrance into the shop. Once inside the establishment, Cumberbatch shakes hands and exchanges a few words with the employees, who seize the opportunity to ask for a photo of him at the store, holding the Marvel Comics issue Doctor Strange: The Oath. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2019/08/14/what-is-doctor-strange-2s-multiverse-of-madness"] Cumberbatch is expected to make his next official appearance as the Sorcerer Supreme in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. Evil Dead and Spider-Man director Sam Raimi is taking over directing duties on the Doctor Strange sequel, which was originally scheduled to be released next year, however, it has now been pushed back to March 25, 2022, due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Adele Ankers is a Freelance Entertainment Journalist. You can reach her on Twitter.