Fans anticipating the perennially postponed Godzilla vs. Kong -- the sequel to both Godzilla: King of Monsters and Kong: Skull Island -- can now catch a glimpse of the movie via some sneak peek art spotted on the back of Playmates Toys' figure packaging. The film, directed by Adam Wingard (You're Next, The Guest), was originally slated to release this past March. Bumped to November, the movie was then moved again and is now scheduled to hit theaters on May 21, 2021. Here's a look at the art, courtesy of @KaijuNewsOutlet (which has been previewing toys and merchandise for the movie), showing the two titan terrors battling near, or atop, an aircraft carrier... Godzilla vs. Kong stars Alexander Skarsgård, Millie Bobby Brown, Rebecca Hall, Brian Tyree Henry, Shun Oguri, and Eiza González. With the wait now being even longer for Godzilla vs. Kong, here are some articles to help survive the stretch, including 10 giant movie monsters that could beat up King Kong and a breakdown of every major monster in the Kong/Godzilla Monsterverse. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2019/05/24/godzilla-kong-in-5-minutes"] [poilib element="accentDivider"] Matt Fowler is a writer for IGN and a member of the Television Critics Association. Follow him on Twitter at @TheMattFowler and Facebook at Facebook.com/MattBFowler.

Fans anticipating the perennially postponed Godzilla vs. Kong -- the sequel to both Godzilla: King of Monsters and Kong: Skull Island -- can now catch a glimpse of the movie via some sneak peek art spotted on the back of Playmates Toys' figure packaging. The film, directed by Adam Wingard (You're Next, The Guest), was originally slated to release this past March. Bumped to November, the movie was then moved again and is now scheduled to hit theaters on May 21, 2021. Here's a look at the art, courtesy of @KaijuNewsOutlet (which has been previewing toys and merchandise for the movie), showing the two titan terrors battling near, or atop, an aircraft carrier... Godzilla vs. Kong stars Alexander Skarsgård, Millie Bobby Brown, Rebecca Hall, Brian Tyree Henry, Shun Oguri, and Eiza González. With the wait now being even longer for Godzilla vs. Kong, here are some articles to help survive the stretch, including 10 giant movie monsters that could beat up King Kong and a breakdown of every major monster in the Kong/Godzilla Monsterverse. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2019/05/24/godzilla-kong-in-5-minutes"] [poilib element="accentDivider"] Matt Fowler is a writer for IGN and a member of the Television Critics Association. Follow him on Twitter at @TheMattFowler and Facebook at Facebook.com/MattBFowler.

At this weekend's virtual Skybound Xpo panel -- Skybound: Past, Present, and Future -- Skybound co-founder and Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman gave fans an update on the Rick Grimes sequel movie, which will follow Andrew Lincoln's character Rick following his departure from the TV series in Season 9. In The Walking Dead's Season 10, star Danai Gurira left the series in an episode where her character, Michonne, discovered that Rick might still be alive. Gurira is expected to join Lincoln in the spinoff movie. "There's tons of stuff going on behind the scenes," Kirkman said. "I don't want anyone to think that we're just kind of waiting around for this pandemic to end." "I would say that, if anything, the pandemic is going to make a lot of movies better," he added. "I think the Rick Grimes movie chief among them, just because we're getting a lot more time to cook this thing and make sure it's perfect." "But when things do quiet down, you guys are going to hear a ton more about this movie." [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=every-death-on-the-walking-dead&captions=true"] The Walking Dead's Season 10 finale never aired, due to the pandemic interrupting the post-production work needed to complete the episode, so fans have been left stranded on the precipice of a brutal war with Beta and his horde of walkers for months now. Also delayed due to COVID-19 is The Walking Dead: World Beyond, the franchise's second official spinoff, which was set to premiere back on April 12. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2019/11/25/the-walking-dead-world-beyond-trailer"] [poilib element="accentDivider"] Matt Fowler is a writer for IGN and a member of the Television Critics Association. Follow him on Twitter at @TheMattFowler and Facebook at Facebook.com/MattBFowler.

At this weekend's virtual Skybound Xpo panel -- Skybound: Past, Present, and Future -- Skybound co-founder and Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman gave fans an update on the Rick Grimes sequel movie, which will follow Andrew Lincoln's character Rick following his departure from the TV series in Season 9. In The Walking Dead's Season 10, star Danai Gurira left the series in an episode where her character, Michonne, discovered that Rick might still be alive. Gurira is expected to join Lincoln in the spinoff movie. "There's tons of stuff going on behind the scenes," Kirkman said. "I don't want anyone to think that we're just kind of waiting around for this pandemic to end." "I would say that, if anything, the pandemic is going to make a lot of movies better," he added. "I think the Rick Grimes movie chief among them, just because we're getting a lot more time to cook this thing and make sure it's perfect." "But when things do quiet down, you guys are going to hear a ton more about this movie." [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=every-death-on-the-walking-dead&captions=true"] The Walking Dead's Season 10 finale never aired, due to the pandemic interrupting the post-production work needed to complete the episode, so fans have been left stranded on the precipice of a brutal war with Beta and his horde of walkers for months now. Also delayed due to COVID-19 is The Walking Dead: World Beyond, the franchise's second official spinoff, which was set to premiere back on April 12. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2019/11/25/the-walking-dead-world-beyond-trailer"] [poilib element="accentDivider"] Matt Fowler is a writer for IGN and a member of the Television Critics Association. Follow him on Twitter at @TheMattFowler and Facebook at Facebook.com/MattBFowler.

Video game development is, by its nature, a very secretive business. However, Sucker Punch Productions has peeled back the curtain a bit and discussed how the game that ended up as Ghost of Tsushima could have been a game about pirates, Rob Roy MacGregor the Scottish folk hero, or the Three Musketeers. Co-founder of Sucker Punch Productions Brian Fleming took to the PlayStation.Blog to describe the studios thought process in figuring out what its next game would be following inFamous Second Son and First Light. "Early on, we concluded that we wanted to build a large, open world experience — and one that featured melee combat," Fleming said. "But beyond that we were uncertain. Pirates? Rob Roy? The Three Musketeers? All these were considered — but we kept coming back to feudal Japan and telling the story of a samurai warrior. Then one fateful fall afternoon we found a historical account of the Mongol invasion of Tsushima in 1274, and the entire vision clicked into place." [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/07/14/ghost-of-tsushima-review"] While many can envision a pirate game sharing similarities with Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag, a tale about Rob Roy could be focused on his "Robin Hood" persona. He was an outlaw who had a larger-than-life story written about him called Highland Rogue while he was alive. This actually helped lead to a Royal Pardon in 1726 while he was still alive, making him a "legend in his own lifetime." The Three Musketeers is obviously the classic tale by Alexandre Dumas about d'Artagnan and his hope to join the Musketeers of the Guard. There have been smaller games focused on this story, such as WiiWare game The Three Musketeers: One for All!, but it has yet to get a AAA re-telling. In the end, Sucker Punch decided to choose the Mongol invasion of Japan that was led by Kublai Khan of the Yuan dynasty following its victory in the Korean kingdom of Goryeo. It knew it wanted to tell the story of the only samurai who survived that initial assault at Tsushima, but wanted to make sure the story had weight. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=ghost-of-tsushima-concept-art&captions=true"] Not only did Sucker Punch want to tell a story that featured a "relatable, human experience," it also had to figure out a way to build a world with no technology. This meant "no cellphones to help us communicate with the player," and "no glitzy super-powers to create visual spectacle." One of these workarounds Sucker Punch arrived on was the Guiding Wind feature, that has the in-game wind helping the player find where they need to go, a blend of using modern technology to create a natural solution. All these challenges were made greater by the scale of the game that was "5x, 10x, 20x, even 40x [bigger than inFamous Second Son] in some cases. And none of the tools from inFamous were up to the task... except for our visual effects system." [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/07/15/7-things-to-know-about-ghost-of-tsushima"] Fortunately for us, Sucker Punch made it through the six-year process to bring Ghost of Tsushima to life. In our review of Ghost of Tsushima, we said it is "an enormous and densely packed samurai adventure that often left me completely awestruck with both its visual spectacle and excellent combat." [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.

Video game development is, but its nature, a very secretive business. However, Sucker Punch Productions has peeled back the curtain a bit and discussed how the game that ended up as Ghost of Tsushima could have been a game about pirates, Rob Roy MacGregor the Scottish folk hero, or the Three Musketeers. Co-founder of Sucker Punch Productions Brian Fleming took to the PlayStation.Blog to describe the studios thought process in figuring out what its next game would be following inFamous Second Son and First Light. "Early on, we concluded that we wanted to build a large, open world experience — and one that featured melee combat," Fleming said. "But beyond that we were uncertain. Pirates? Rob Roy? The Three Musketeers? All these were considered — but we kept coming back to feudal Japan and telling the story of a samurai warrior. Then one fateful fall afternoon we found a historical account of the Mongol invasion of Tsushima in 1274, and the entire vision clicked into place." [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/07/14/ghost-of-tsushima-review"] While many can envision a pirate game sharing similarities with Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag, a tale about Rob Roy could be focused on his "Robin Hood" persona. He was an outlaw who had a larger-than-life story written about him called Highland Rogue while he was alive. This actually helped lead to a Royal Pardon in 1726 while he was still alive, making him a "legend in his own lifetime." The Three Musketeers is obviously the classic tale by Alexandre Dumas about d'Artagnan and his hope to join the Musketeers of the Guard. There have been smaller games focused on this story, such as WiiWare game The Three Musketeers: One for All!, but it has yet to get a AAA re-telling. In the end, Sucker Punch decided to choose the Mongol invasion of Japan that was led by Kublai Khan of the Yuan dynasty following its victory in the Korean kingdom of Goryeo. It knew it wanted to tell the story of the only samurai who survived that initial assault at Tsushima, but wanted to make sure the story had weight. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=ghost-of-tsushima-concept-art&captions=true"] Not only did Sucker Punch want to tell a story that featured a "relatable, human experience," it also had to figure out a way to build a world with no technology. This meant "no cellphones to help us communicate with the player," and "no glitzy super-powers to create visual spectacle." One of these workarounds Sucker Punch arrived on was the Guiding Wind feature, that has the in-game wind helping the player find where they need to go, a blend of using modern technology to create a natural solution. All these challenges were made greater by the scale of the game that was "5x, 10x, 20x, even 40x [bigger than inFamous Second Son] in some cases. And none of the tools from inFamous were up to the task... except for our visual effects system." [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/07/15/7-things-to-know-about-ghost-of-tsushima"] Fortunately for us, Sucker Punch made it through the six-year process to bring Ghost of Tsushima to life. In our review of Ghost of Tsushima, we said it is "an enormous and densely packed samurai adventure that often left me completely awestruck with both its visual spectacle and excellent combat." [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.

Microsoft has officially stopped selling 12-Month Xbox Live Gold Plans, possibly hinting at a stronger focus on Xbox Game Pass Ultimate or a new service that could be on the way in-time for the launch of Xbox Series X. Microsoft confirmed the change to TrueAchievements, stating that even though the 12-month plan is not being sold "at this time," the 3-month and 1-month plans are still available for purchase. "At this time, Xbox has decided to remove the 12 months Xbox Live Gold SKU from the Microsoft online Store." A Microsoft representative said. "Customers can still sign up for a one month or three month Xbox Live Gold subscription online through the Microsoft Store." [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/07/16/everything-we-know-about-the-xbox-series-x"] Microsoft gave no further reason as to why it made this change, but earlier this week, Head of Xbox Phil Spencer announced that Xbox Game Pass Ultimate members will automatically be entitled to Project xCloud services in September 2020 at no extra cost. Could this mean Microsoft will phase out its Xbox Live Gold plans and put all the focus on Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, which includes both Xbox Live Gold and Xbox Game Pass? [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=confirmed-xbox-series-x-games&captions=true"] Additionally, Microsoft also said that it was stopping production on both the Xbox One X and the Xbox One S All-Digital Edition. While we don't yet know the answer to what all this could mean, more may be revealed at the Xbox Series X First-Party Games Showcase on July 23 or at a future event. There is also a chance Microsoft's new plan for its online service will be revealed during the Xbox Series S (or Project Lockhart) event that is reportedly planned for August 2020. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=23-best-xbox-game-pass-games&captions=true"] [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.

Microsoft has officially stopped selling 12-Month Xbox Live Gold Plans, possibly hinting at a stronger focus on Xbox Game Pass Ultimate or a new service that could be on the way in-time for the launch of Xbox Series X. Microsoft confirmed the change to TrueAchievements, stating that even though the 12-month plan is not being sold "at this time," the 3-month and 1-month plans are still available for purchase. "At this time, Xbox has decided to remove the 12 months Xbox Live Gold SKU from the Microsoft online Store." A Microsoft representative said. "Customers can still sign up for a one month or three month Xbox Live Gold subscription online through the Microsoft Store." [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/07/16/everything-we-know-about-the-xbox-series-x"] Microsoft gave no further reason as to why it made this change, but earlier this week, Head of Xbox Phil Spencer announced that Xbox Game Pass Ultimate members will automatically be entitled to Project xCloud services in September 2020 at no extra cost. Could this mean Microsoft will phase out its Xbox Live Gold plans and put all the focus on Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, which includes both Xbox Live Gold and Xbox Game Pass? [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=confirmed-xbox-series-x-games&captions=true"] Additionally, Microsoft also said that it was stopping production on both the Xbox One X and the Xbox One S All-Digital Edition. While we don't yet know the answer to what all this could mean, more may be revealed at the Xbox Series X First-Party Games Showcase on July 23 or at a future event. There is also a chance Microsoft's new plan for its online service will be revealed during the Xbox Series S (or Project Lockhart) event that is reportedly planned for August 2020. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=23-best-xbox-game-pass-games&captions=true"] [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.

At the Skybound Xpo virtual panel today it was announced that Zachary Quinto (NOS4A2, Star Trek) and Khary Payton (The Walking Dead) have joined the voice cast of Amazon Studios’ upcoming animated series Invincible, based on Robert Kirkman’s comic book of the same name. Quinto will be voicing the role of Robot while Payton will be voicing Black Samson. Two years ago, we learned that Kirkman's first project as part of his overall deal with Amazon would be an "adult animated" take on Invincible, which follows a teenager named Mark Grayson whose father is the most powerful superhero on the planet. Following this, it was revealed that Mark Hamill, Zazie Beetz, The Walking Dead's Steven Yeun, J.K. Simmons, and Seth Rogen (and more) had joined the voice cast. Along with today's addition of Quinto and Payton, Kirkman also revealed which characters some of the previously announced voice actors would portray on the series. Here's a list of those voice players and their Invincible characters:

• Zazie Beetz will voice Amber Bennett
• Chris Diamantopolous will voice Doc Seismic
• Walton Goggins will voice Cecil Steadman
• Grey Griffin will voice Shrinking Rae & Amanda (Monster Girl as Girl)
• Mark Hamill will voice Art
• Gillian Jacobs will voice Atom Eve
• Melise will voice Dulpi-Kate
• Jason Mantzoukas will voice Rex Splode
• Andrew Rannells will voice William Clockwell
• Kevin Michael Richardson will voice Mauler 1, Mauler 2 & Monster Girl (as Monster)
• Seth Rogen will voice Allen the Alien

Simon Racioppa (Teen Titans) will serve as showrunner, with Justin and Chris Copeland (Ultimate Spider-Man) are serving as supervising directors. Kirkman, Racioppa, David Alpert (The Walking Dead), and Catherine Winder (Star Wars: The Clone Wars) are executive producing. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2018/06/19/robert-kirkmans-invincible-animated-series-lands-at-amazon"] [poilib element="accentDivider"] Matt Fowler is a writer for IGN and a member of the Television Critics Association. Follow him on Twitter at @TheMattFowler and Facebook at Facebook.com/MattBFowler.

At the Skybound Xpo virtual panel today it was announced that Zachary Quinto (NOS4A2, Star Trek) and Khary Payton (The Walking Dead) have joined the voice cast of Amazon Studios’ upcoming animated series Invincible, based on Robert Kirkman’s comic book of the same name. Quinto will be voicing the role of Robot while Payton will be voicing Black Samson. Two years ago, we learned that Kirkman's first project as part of his overall deal with Amazon would be an "adult animated" take on Invincible, which follows a teenager named Mark Grayson whose father is the most powerful superhero on the planet. Following this, it was revealed that Mark Hamill, Zazie Beetz, The Walking Dead's Steven Yeun, J.K. Simmons, and Seth Rogen (and more) had joined the voice cast. Along with today's addition of Quinto and Payton, Kirkman also revealed which characters some of the previously announced voice actors would portray on the series. Here's a list of those voice players and their Invincible characters:

• Zazie Beetz will voice Amber Bennett
• Chris Diamantopolous will voice Doc Seismic
• Walton Goggins will voice Cecil Steadman
• Grey Griffin will voice Shrinking Rae & Amanda (Monster Girl as Girl)
• Mark Hamill will voice Art
• Gillian Jacobs will voice Atom Eve
• Melise will voice Dulpi-Kate
• Jason Mantzoukas will voice Rex Splode
• Andrew Rannells will voice William Clockwell
• Kevin Michael Richardson will voice Mauler 1, Mauler 2 & Monster Girl (as Monster)
• Seth Rogen will voice Allen the Alien

Simon Racioppa (Teen Titans) will serve as showrunner, with Justin and Chris Copeland (Ultimate Spider-Man) are serving as supervising directors. Kirkman, Racioppa, David Alpert (The Walking Dead), and Catherine Winder (Star Wars: The Clone Wars) are executive producing. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2018/06/19/robert-kirkmans-invincible-animated-series-lands-at-amazon"] [poilib element="accentDivider"] Matt Fowler is a writer for IGN and a member of the Television Critics Association. Follow him on Twitter at @TheMattFowler and Facebook at Facebook.com/MattBFowler.