Spoilers ahead for Zack Snyder’s Justice League! [poilib element="accentDivider"] Fans will likely never get a sequel to Zack Snyder’s Justice League, a sentiment Snyder himself echoed during Saturday’s IGN Fan Fest 2021. This will be even more of a bummer for those ardent fans who campaigned to release The Snyder Cut because the director revealed his film “ends in a massive cliffhanger.” At just over four hours long, The Snyder Cut already packs enough story for two movies. But the original version of Justice League includes a “cliffhanger” ending that sets up a direct sequel. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2021/02/27/zack-snyders-justice-league-the-mother-box-origins-exclusive-clip-ign-fan-fest-2021"] “Well, it was meant to be two more movies,” Snyder told IGN Fan Fest, explaining that The Snyder Cut doesn’t encompass any material that was meant to be covered in a sequel. “It hints, as you would, at a potential other world. I'd plant the seeds as I had wanted to of what would come in the later films,” Snyder said. “That's in there, but as far as those stories that would be to come -- if ever that happened, which it does not look like it would -- but I think it's easy to speculate based on that and we can talk about that for quite a while.” Snyder then said -- twice -- that the ending of his Justice League was designed to lead into a sequel: “It is a cliffhanger … The movie ends in a massive cliffhanger, yeah.” [ignvideo width=610 height=374 url=https://www.ign.com/videos/2021/02/14/zack-snyders-justice-league-official-trailer] The villain of the sequel is already in Snyder's Justice League. At one point during the IGN Fan Fest panel, Snyder said Darkseid was "certainly the sequel bad guy, but he definitely is in full effect [in The Snyder Cut]. He's running the show. He's there. I don't want to, again, spoil it but, yeah, he's definitely there." Snyder also added that Justice League 2 would have been a Knightmare movie set in the post-apocalyptic world Bruce Wayne had a premonition of in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. Plot rumors about Snyder’s Justice League 2 have circulated for years, with Kevin Smith claiming the sequel would have seen the superheroes traveling to Apokolips to confront Darkseid and would have also included the Green Lantern Corps. There was even chatter the second film would have ended on a downbeat note in the vein of Empire Strikes Back, while the third and final film would have been the final end battle between the Justice League and Darkseid. The Snyder Cut's cliffhanger ending will reportedly bring a major DC character into the fold. Vanity Fair recently claimed Snyder “reshot the ending with a hero cameo that will blow hard-core fans’ minds.” Fans will recall Justice League was previously hyped with the hashtag #UniteTheSeven and, well, there were only six heroes seen in the movie when it was eventually released. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=justice-league-snyder-cut-all-the-known-differences-from-the-theatrical-version&captions=true"] Might this “hero cameo” be of Harry Lennix’s Martian Manhunter? Possibly, but there’s a case to be made that the cameo is Green Lantern. A visual effects artist claimed in 2017 the post-credits scene of Snyder’s Justice League would have seen the arrival of Green Lanterns Kilowog and Tomar-Re, both of whom appeared in the 2011 film starring Ryan Reynolds. Fans will find out what this cliffhanger ending -- and hero cameo -- is when Zack Snyder’s Justice League debuts on HBO Max on March 18. Until then, check out all the other details Zack Snyder revealed about the Justice League Snyder Cut during IGN Fan Fest and let us know in the comments how you feel about The Snyder Cut ending on a cliffhanger.

Spoilers ahead for Zack Snyder’s Justice League! [poilib element="accentDivider"] Fans will likely never get a sequel to Zack Snyder’s Justice League, a sentiment Snyder himself echoed during Saturday’s IGN Fan Fest 2021. This will be even more of a bummer for those ardent fans who campaigned to release The Snyder Cut because the director revealed his film “ends in a massive cliffhanger.” At just over four hours long, The Snyder Cut already packs enough story for two movies. But the original version of Justice League includes a “cliffhanger” ending that sets up a direct sequel. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2021/02/27/zack-snyders-justice-league-the-mother-box-origins-exclusive-clip-ign-fan-fest-2021"] “Well, it was meant to be two more movies,” Snyder told IGN Fan Fest, explaining that The Snyder Cut doesn’t encompass any material that was meant to be covered in a sequel. “It hints, as you would, at a potential other world. I'd plant the seeds as I had wanted to of what would come in the later films,” Snyder said. “That's in there, but as far as those stories that would be to come -- if ever that happened, which it does not look like it would -- but I think it's easy to speculate based on that and we can talk about that for quite a while.” Snyder then said -- twice -- that the ending of his Justice League was designed to lead into a sequel: “It is a cliffhanger … The movie ends in a massive cliffhanger, yeah.” [ignvideo width=610 height=374 url=https://www.ign.com/videos/2021/02/14/zack-snyders-justice-league-official-trailer] The villain of the sequel is already in Snyder's Justice League. At one point during the IGN Fan Fest panel, Snyder said Darkseid was "certainly the sequel bad guy, but he definitely is in full effect [in The Snyder Cut]. He's running the show. He's there. I don't want to, again, spoil it but, yeah, he's definitely there." Snyder also added that Justice League 2 would have been a Knightmare movie set in the post-apocalyptic world Bruce Wayne had a premonition of in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. Plot rumors about Snyder’s Justice League 2 have circulated for years, with Kevin Smith claiming the sequel would have seen the superheroes traveling to Apokolips to confront Darkseid and would have also included the Green Lantern Corps. There was even chatter the second film would have ended on a downbeat note in the vein of Empire Strikes Back, while the third and final film would have been the final end battle between the Justice League and Darkseid. The Snyder Cut's cliffhanger ending will reportedly bring a major DC character into the fold. Vanity Fair recently claimed Snyder “reshot the ending with a hero cameo that will blow hard-core fans’ minds.” Fans will recall Justice League was previously hyped with the hashtag #UniteTheSeven and, well, there were only six heroes seen in the movie when it was eventually released. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=justice-league-snyder-cut-all-the-known-differences-from-the-theatrical-version&captions=true"] Might this “hero cameo” be of Harry Lennix’s Martian Manhunter? Possibly, but there’s a case to be made that the cameo is Green Lantern. A visual effects artist claimed in 2017 the post-credits scene of Snyder’s Justice League would have seen the arrival of Green Lanterns Kilowog and Tomar-Re, both of whom appeared in the 2011 film starring Ryan Reynolds. Fans will find out what this cliffhanger ending -- and hero cameo -- is when Zack Snyder’s Justice League debuts on HBO Max on March 18. Until then, let us know in the comments how you feel about The Snyder Cut ending on a cliffhanger and who your pick is for the mind-blowing “hero cameo”!

Despite both characters appearing in 2016’s Suicide Squad, Batman and Joker haven’t shared the screen together in any significant way in live-action since Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight. Zack Snyder’s Justice League aims to rectify that, uniting Ben Affleck’s Batman and Jared Leto’s Joker for a sequence created specifically for the long-awaited release of The Snyder Cut. As Zack Snyder explained during his panel appearance at Saturday’s IGN Fan Fest 2021, his film’s Batman-Joker sequence gives fans of the DCEU the match-up they’ve long craved but also allowed the director a chance to put his stamp on the meaning of this iconic hero-villain relationship. Watch the exclusive clip Snyder brought to IGN Fan Fest: [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2021/02/27/zack-snyders-justice-league-the-mother-box-origins-exclusive-clip-ign-fan-fest-2021"] Snyder previously revealed that Jared Leto’s Joker appears during the Knightmare sequence of Justice League, a postapocalyptic future Batman envisions where the superheroes failed to stop Darkseid from conquering the world. The scene will see Leto’s Joker speaking directly to Batman, where he offering his analysis of his longtime nemesis. Recalling how he brought back a few cast members -- including Affleck and Cyborg actor Ray Fisher -- for this “little bit of additional photography,” Snyder opened up to IGN about the “important matchup” of the Caped Crusader and Clown Prince in his film. “It really defines, in my mind, the mythological heart of the conflict that both of them share is their relationship,” Snyder said of his film’s depiction. “I think without a scene where they get to air their dirty laundry about each other, I felt like we were getting shortchanged as fans of the DC Universe. That was the hope, that we would get to see them come together but also, in particular, reflecting on each other and their struggle with each other and the why a little bit, so that was really fun for me.” [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=%20justice-league-snyder-cut-all-the-known-differences-from-the-theatrical-version&captions=true"] Snyder circled back to the subject later, revealing he “always wanted (Joker) to be in the Knightmare reality, and so it was a great opportunity. When I talked to Jared and he was interested in doing it, I just felt like, okay, this feels like a thing I can't pass up.” If Snyder had been able to make a follow-up to Justice League -- a possibility he conceded seems unlikely -- the movie would have been set “primarily in that [Knightmare] world with them trying to set it right.” Jared Leto, of course, previously played Joker in director David Ayer’s Suicide Squad, appearing with a far different (and controversial) look than he sports in The Snyder Cut. Snyder admitted he didn’t consult Ayer about the Joker’s new look here and also played coy about what happened to all of Joker’s notorious tattoos seen in Ayer’s film. [ignvideo width=610 height=374 url=https://www.ign.com/videos/2021/02/14/zack-snyders-justice-league-trailer-breakdown-will-batman-and-joker-be-allies] “When you look at him closely, he's wearing a lot of makeup, maybe it's covering them. Maybe he had them removed somehow, maybe something happened to him. I'm not 100% sure,” Snyder said. Of the process for his Joker redesign, Snyder said: “I did a bunch of drawings. We pulled a bunch of different costumes and tried a bunch of different looks. Jared had a bunch of great ideas, and we all mashed that together and settled on this cool version of Joker. Now, as far as David goes, I did not consult with him but I did look at all of the reference [material] and … I was inspired a lot by that imagery.” One character whose look didn’t change for The Snyder Cut was Ben Affleck’s Batman. Until his casting in the upcoming Flash movie was revealed last year, it appeared Affleck’s days as the Dark Knight were behind him and that Batman’s film future belonged to Robert Pattinson. So seeing Affleck -- who Snyder cast in his 2016 movie Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice -- suit up once more as the hero of Gotham City moved Snyder. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=joker-first-look-photos&captions=true"] “It was quite a thing to see Ben dressed in the (Batman) cowl that I think he fits so awesomely,” Snyder told IGN. “It was fun. I was slightly nostalgic and a little bit, I don't want to say weepy, that sounds a little bit extreme, but it certainly was quite a thing to behold.” Fans can behold the return of Ben Affleck’s Batman and Jared Leto’s Joker for themselves when Zack Snyder’s Justice League debuts on HBO Max and in theaters internationally on March 18. While we wait, check out all the other details Zack Snyder revealed about the Justice League Snyder Cut during IGN Fan Fest.

Despite both characters appearing in 2016’s Suicide Squad, Batman and Joker haven’t shared the screen together in any significant way in live-action since Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight. Zack Snyder’s Justice League aims to rectify that, uniting Ben Affleck’s Batman and Jared Leto’s Joker for a sequence created specifically for the long-awaited release of The Snyder Cut. As Zack Snyder explained during his panel appearance at Saturday’s IGN Fan Fest 2021, his film’s Batman-Joker sequence gives fans of the DCEU the match-up they’ve long craved but also allowed the director a chance to put his stamp on the meaning of this iconic hero-villain relationship. Watch the exclusive clip Snyder brought to IGN Fan Fest: [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2021/02/27/zack-snyders-justice-league-the-mother-box-origins-exclusive-clip-ign-fan-fest-2021"] Snyder previously revealed that Jared Leto’s Joker appears during the Knightmare sequence of Justice League, a postapocalyptic future Batman envisions where the superheroes failed to stop Darkseid from conquering the world. The scene will see Leto’s Joker speaking directly to Batman, where he offering his analysis of his longtime nemesis. Recalling how he brought back a few cast members -- including Affleck and Cyborg actor Ray Fisher -- for this “little bit of additional photography,” Snyder opened up to IGN about the “important matchup” of the Caped Crusader and Clown Prince in his film. “It really defines, in my mind, the mythological heart of the conflict that both of them share is their relationship,” Snyder said of his film’s depiction. “I think without a scene where they get to air their dirty laundry about each other, I felt like we were getting shortchanged as fans of the DC Universe. That was the hope, that we would get to see them come together but also, in particular, reflecting on each other and their struggle with each other and the why a little bit, so that was really fun for me.” [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=%20justice-league-snyder-cut-all-the-known-differences-from-the-theatrical-version&captions=true"] Snyder circled back to the subject later, revealing he “always wanted (Joker) to be in the Knightmare reality, and so it was a great opportunity. When I talked to Jared and he was interested in doing it, I just felt like, okay, this feels like a thing I can't pass up.” If Snyder had been able to make a follow-up to Justice League -- a possibility he conceded seems unlikely -- the movie would have been set “primarily in that [Knightmare] world with them trying to set it right.” Jared Leto, of course, previously played Joker in director David Ayer’s Suicide Squad, appearing with a far different (and controversial) look than he sports in The Snyder Cut. Snyder admitted he didn’t consult Ayer about the Joker’s new look here and also played coy about what happened to all of Joker’s notorious tattoos seen in Ayer’s film. [ignvideo width=610 height=374 url=https://www.ign.com/videos/2021/02/14/zack-snyders-justice-league-trailer-breakdown-will-batman-and-joker-be-allies] “When you look at him closely, he's wearing a lot of makeup, maybe it's covering them. Maybe he had them removed somehow, maybe something happened to him. I'm not 100% sure,” Snyder said. Of the process for his Joker redesign, Snyder said: “I did a bunch of drawings. We pulled a bunch of different costumes and tried a bunch of different looks. Jared had a bunch of great ideas, and we all mashed that together and settled on this cool version of Joker. Now, as far as David goes, I did not consult with him but I did look at all of the reference [material] and … I was inspired a lot by that imagery.” One character whose look didn’t change for The Snyder Cut was Ben Affleck’s Batman. Until his casting in the upcoming Flash movie was revealed last year, it appeared Affleck’s days as the Dark Knight were behind him and that Batman’s film future belonged to Robert Pattinson. So seeing Affleck -- who Snyder cast in his 2016 movie Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice -- suit up once more as the hero of Gotham City moved Snyder. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=joker-first-look-photos&captions=true"] “It was quite a thing to see Ben dressed in the (Batman) cowl that I think he fits so awesomely,” Snyder told IGN. “It was fun. I was slightly nostalgic and a little bit, I don't want to say weepy, that sounds a little bit extreme, but it certainly was quite a thing to behold.” Fans can behold the return of Ben Affleck’s Batman and Jared Leto’s Joker for themselves when Zack Snyder’s Justice League debuts on HBO Max and in theaters internationally on March 18.

Zack Snyder has discussed why he opted for a single, four-hour film of his Justice League Cut, and revealed two of its chapter titles – 'Don't Count On It Batman', and 'The Age of Heroes'. Speaking at IGN's Fan Fest event, Snyder was asked why the mooted plan of releasing the film as 'episodes' was dropped in favour of a single movie with chapters. In doing so, he revealed the first two chapter titles, too:

"There was a couple things. It was always to be completed as one theatrical release, because it was made as a four-hour film. Now, remember, the film is chaptered anyway. It's like, part one, 'Don't Count On It Batman', and then about 40 minutes later – I forget exactly – part two, 'The Age of Heroes', and then on and on.

"That was the way the film was created just in my mind as the way it was easily digestible. There was so much and I just felt like this kind of chapters as you went forward was really the best way to absorb it. It was always going to be finished as a single film but then I thought, 'Oh, it might be fun to break it up.' But that just got complicated and everyone started to get nervous about whether or not it was contractually this or that.

"I said, you know what? It's fine. The four hours, it's a great way to watch the movie, and it's easy to pause and go hit the potty or pick up some popcorn or whatever, whatever you got to do, because it does have those chapters."

[ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2021/02/27/zack-snyders-justice-league-the-mother-box-origins-exclusive-clip-ign-fan-fest-2021"] Snyder also put it more simply, saying that fans "would've been mad if they had to wait weeks" for an episodic Justice League to be completed. Asked if the film's runtime was now locked in, Snyder said it was "100% done", and explained that, "It's a little over four hours. I think it's four hours and a few minutes with the titles." HBO Max confirmed to IGN that the exact running time of Zack Snyder's Justice League is 4 hours and 2 minutes. After originally announcing that Zack Snyder's Justice League would be released as a four-part series, we've since learned that it will be a single movie. Snyder previously made clear that he shot the movie in a structure of six chapters, which appears to be how we'll see it at release. That movie will include around two-and-a-half hours of never-before-seen footage, comprised of "four or five minutes of additional photography", original footage from the theatrical release, and elements that ended up on the cutting room floor. It also won't include a "single frame" from Joss Whedon's Justice League reshoots. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=justice-league-snyder-cut-all-the-known-differences-from-the-theatrical-version&captions=true"] There's much more to come from IGN Fan Fest - including all the other new details Zack Snyder revealed about the Justice League Snyder Cut. [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.

Zack Snyder has discussed why he opted for a single, four-hour film of his Justice League Cut, and revealed two of its chapter titles – 'Don't Count On It Batman', and 'The Age of Heroes'. Speaking at IGN's Fan Fest event, Snyder was asked why the mooted plan of releasing the film as 'episodes' was dropped in favour of a single movie with chapters. In doing so, he revealed the first two chapter titles, too:

"There was a couple things. It was always to be completed as one theatrical release, because it was made as a four-hour film. Now, remember, the film is chaptered anyway. It's like, part one, 'Don't Count On It Batman', and then about 40 minutes later – I forget exactly – part two, 'The Age of Heroes', and then on and on.

"That was the way the film was created just in my mind as the way it was easily digestible. There was so much and I just felt like this kind of chapters as you went forward was really the best way to absorb it. It was always going to be finished as a single film but then I thought, 'Oh, it might be fun to break it up.' But that just got complicated and everyone started to get nervous about whether or not it was contractually this or that.

"I said, you know what? It's fine. The four hours, it's a great way to watch the movie, and it's easy to pause and go hit the potty or pick up some popcorn or whatever, whatever you got to do, because it does have those chapters."

[ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2021/02/27/zack-snyders-justice-league-the-mother-box-origins-exclusive-clip-ign-fan-fest-2021"] Snyder also put it more simply, saying that fans "would've been mad if they had to wait weeks" for an episodic Justice League to be completed. Asked if the film's runtime was now locked in, Snyder said it was "100% done", and explained that, "It's a little over four hours. I think it's four hours and a few minutes with the titles." HBO Max confirmed to IGN that the exact running time of Zack Snyder's Justice League is 4 hours and 2 minutes. After originally announcing that Zack Snyder's Justice League would be released as a four-part series, we've since learned that it will be a single movie. Snyder previously made clear that he shot the movie in a structure of six chapters, which appears to be how we'll see it at release. That movie will include around two-and-a-half hours of never-before-seen footage, comprised of "four or five minutes of additional photography", original footage from the theatrical release, and elements that ended up on the cutting room floor. It also won't include a "single frame" from Joss Whedon's Justice League reshoots. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=justice-league-snyder-cut-all-the-known-differences-from-the-theatrical-version&captions=true"] There's much more to come from IGN Fan Fest - make sure to check out our full Fan Fest schedule for everything we've got for you, from Godzilla vs. Kong to Deathloop. [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.

Tensions over a confusing in-game character trait’s effects have left at least one State of Decay 2 fan feeling burned by developer Undead Labs, who has now issued an apology and clarification, PC Gamer reports.

Steam Marines developer James Seow had been innocuously tweeting about their experience playing State of Decay 2 for the past month, until they discovered one of their characters possessed the “punched nazis” trait. The gist of the trait is that the character is quick to resolve conflicts with physical violence, particularly when arguments arise from strongly held convictions.

Materially, the trait just adds a damage bonus and makes your character more irritable to others and was flagged as a negative trait.

As Undead Labs refined State of Decay 2 post-release, that trait became less and less nuanced. All arguments between characters had ended up being categorized under one umbrella, making any strongly held belief, no matter how ideologically different, penalized the same.

Noticing this, Seow tweeted at both the Undead Labs and State of Decay 2 Twitter accounts asking why the game had “Nazi shit” in it. Seow was soon blocked by both Undead Labs' and the State of Decay 2 Twitter accounts.

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Undead Labs tweeted Thursday that the blocking of Seow was the result of auto-blocking software that was inflamed by negative comments regarding Black History Month.

Undead Labs continued by saying the “punched nazis” trait was created long before State of Decay 2’s 2018 release date and was never intended to be a negative trait.

“One designer actually told us firsthand stories about punching Nazis in the underground music scene,” Undead Labs tweeted. “We loved it and boom, the trait was born. It was designed as an overall positive trait with a skill bonus — it grants four stars of Fighting experience, and also made the character more likely to argue passionately for their beliefs. We figured someone punching Nazis in a mosh pit is going to have some strong feelings.”

State of Decay 2’s morale system, which came later in development, altered the readout of the trait’s text to highlight the damage bonus as a positive and the propensity for arguments as an exclusively negative.

“So today, this trait has a positive skill bonus (white text) and red text in the UI due to the likelihood of arguing,” Undead Labs tweeted. “It’s been that way for years and we never realized how confusing that looks until tonight. It’s not common, we have over 1300 traits.”

Undead Labs concluded by saying their next hotfix will address the issue by making the trait only have the positive damage bonus and remove the “irritable towards other people” sub-trait.

Now that we know it, we’re fixing it. We’re removing the negative Morale effect from the trait and it will only have its positive effect on Fighting experience going forward (that has never changed). This change will be in an upcoming hotfix ( how it will appear before & after) pic.twitter.com/URDlsq6RuJ

— State Of Decay 2 (@StateOfDecay) February 25, 2021

“We think it's better overall for no one to think of it as a negative trait ever again,” Undead Labs replied to one Twitter user.

IGN has reached out to Seow for comment, but Seow says on Twitter that Undead Labs reached out to them via a private message.

“[I] woulda accepted the design explanation and ‘we'll fix this’ eight days ago, sounds very corporate damage control to me now,” Seow tweeted. “Glad it only took a week of me and other people yelling.”

[poilib element="accentDivider"] Joseph Knoop is a writer/producer/shambler for IGN.

Tensions over a confusing in-game character trait’s effects have left at least one State of Decay 2 fan feeling burned by developer Undead Labs, who has now issued an apology and clarification, PC Gamer reports.

Steam Marines developer James Seow had been innocuously tweeting about their experience playing State of Decay 2 for the past month, until they discovered one of their characters possessed the “punched nazis” trait. The gist of the trait is that the character is quick to resolve conflicts with physical violence, particularly when arguments arise from strongly held convictions.

Materially, the trait just adds a damage bonus and makes your character more irritable to others and was flagged as a negative trait.

As Undead Labs refined State of Decay 2 post-release, that trait became less and less nuanced. All arguments between characters had ended up being categorized under one umbrella, making any strongly held belief, no matter how ideologically different, penalized the same.

Noticing this, Seow tweeted at both the Undead Labs and State of Decay 2 Twitter accounts asking why the game had “Nazi shit” in it. Seow was soon blocked by both Undead Labs' and the State of Decay 2 Twitter accounts.

[widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=the-best-games-to-play-on-xbox-series-xs&captions=true"]

Undead Labs tweeted Thursday that the blocking of Seow was the result of auto-blocking software that was inflamed by negative comments regarding Black History Month.

Undead Labs continued by saying the “punched nazis” trait was created long before State of Decay 2’s 2018 release date and was never intended to be a negative trait.

“One designer actually told us firsthand stories about punching Nazis in the underground music scene,” Undead Labs tweeted. “We loved it and boom, the trait was born. It was designed as an overall positive trait with a skill bonus — it grants four stars of Fighting experience, and also made the character more likely to argue passionately for their beliefs. We figured someone punching Nazis in a mosh pit is going to have some strong feelings.”

State of Decay 2’s morale system, which came later in development, altered the readout of the trait’s text to highlight the damage bonus as a positive and the propensity for arguments as an exclusively negative.

“So today, this trait has a positive skill bonus (white text) and red text in the UI due to the likelihood of arguing,” Undead Labs tweeted. “It’s been that way for years and we never realized how confusing that looks until tonight. It’s not common, we have over 1300 traits.”

Undead Labs concluded by saying their next hotfix will address the issue by making the trait only have the positive damage bonus and remove the “irritable towards other people” sub-trait.

Now that we know it, we’re fixing it. We’re removing the negative Morale effect from the trait and it will only have its positive effect on Fighting experience going forward (that has never changed). This change will be in an upcoming hotfix ( how it will appear before & after) pic.twitter.com/URDlsq6RuJ

— State Of Decay 2 (@StateOfDecay) February 25, 2021

“We think it's better overall for no one to think of it as a negative trait ever again,” Undead Labs replied to one Twitter user.

IGN has reached out to Seow for comment, but Seow says on Twitter that Undead Labs reached out to them via a private message.

“[I] woulda accepted the design explanation and ‘we'll fix this’ eight days ago, sounds very corporate damage control to me now,” Seow tweeted. “Glad it only took a week of me and other people yelling.”

[poilib element="accentDivider"] Joseph Knoop is a writer/producer/shambler for IGN.

Last week's red band trailer for the upcoming Mortal Kombat reboot has set a new record. The viewership of Mortal Kombat's gore-filled trailer has grown to 116 million, as reported by Deadline. This total surpasses the four-day mark of previous red band trailer viewership record holder Deadpool 2, which broke the record of fellow X-Men series entry Logan. Both of those movies had very successful theatrical runs, ending their domestic grosses at $324 million and $226 million respectively, and helped establish the idea that an R-rated superhero movie could be an out-and-out blockbuster. Although box office totals are currently less telling of a film's success with many theaters closed, the immense popularity of Mortal Kombat's trailer bodes well for the film's release in April. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2021/02/18/mortal-kombat-movie-official-red-band-trailer"] The film's official Twitter account celebrated the new record by posting a video compilation featuring Mortal Kombat fans reacting to the trailer. The trailer gave viewers a first look at how various characters from the series would look in the film, climaxing with a showdown between Sub-Zero and Scorpion. It also showcased some decidedly R-rated violence, giving fans a taste at how the movie will honor the series' long tradition of brutal fatalities.

Because of our fans, Mortal Kombat became the most viewed red band trailer of all time. #MortalKombatMovie pic.twitter.com/JTrRGorb8N

— Mortal Kombat Movie (@MKMovie) February 25, 2021

Mortal Kombat was created by Midway in 1992. The series quickly spawned two film adaptations with Mortal Kombat in 1995 and its sequel Mortal Kombat: Annihilation in 1997. Mortal Kombat 11, the latest entry in the video game series, was released in 2019 and was named IGN's best fighting game of the year. For more about the upcoming movie, take a look at a who's who of the cast to get familiar with the actors taking on these iconic characters. Mortal Kombat will debut in theaters and on HBO Max (for 31 days) on April 16. [poilib element="accentDivider"] J. Kim Murphy is a freelance entertainment writer.

Last week's red band trailer for the upcoming Mortal Kombat reboot has set a new record. The viewership of Mortal Kombat's gore-filled trailer has grown to 116 million, as reported by Deadline. This total surpasses the four-day mark of previous red band trailer viewership record holder Deadpool 2, which broke the record of fellow X-Men series entry Logan. Both of those movies had very successful theatrical runs, ending their domestic grosses at $324 million and $226 million respectively, and helped establish the idea that an R-rated superhero movie could be an out-and-out blockbuster. Although box office totals are currently less telling of a film's success with many theaters closed, the immense popularity of Mortal Kombat's trailer bodes well for the film's release in April. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2021/02/18/mortal-kombat-movie-official-red-band-trailer"] The film's official Twitter account celebrated the new record by posting a video compilation featuring Mortal Kombat fans reacting to the trailer. The trailer gave viewers a first look at how various characters from the series would look in the film, climaxing with a showdown between Sub-Zero and Scorpion. It also showcased some decidedly R-rated violence, giving fans a taste at how the movie will honor the series' long tradition of brutal fatalities.

Because of our fans, Mortal Kombat became the most viewed red band trailer of all time. #MortalKombatMovie pic.twitter.com/JTrRGorb8N

— Mortal Kombat Movie (@MKMovie) February 25, 2021

Mortal Kombat was created by Midway in 1992. The series quickly spawned two film adaptations with Mortal Kombat in 1995 and its sequel Mortal Kombat: Annihilation in 1997. Mortal Kombat 11, the latest entry in the video game series, was released in 2019 and was named IGN's best fighting game of the year. For more about the upcoming movie, take a look at a who's who of the cast to get familiar with the actors taking on these iconic characters. Mortal Kombat will debut in theaters and on HBO Max (for 31 days) on April 16. [poilib element="accentDivider"] J. Kim Murphy is a freelance entertainment writer.