Black Panther End Credits Scenes Explained
The Black Panther movie has two end credits scenes, so we’re going to explain what they mean for the future of T’Challa and the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Warning: beware of spoilers!
Let's start with the post-credits scene first, which shows a small Wakandan village where Bucky is being rehabilitated by Shuri. The last time we saw Bucky was in the post-credits scene to Captain America: Civil War, where he was put in cryogenic stasis until he could be cured of his trigger-word brainwashing.
Marvel Comics released a story that fills in the gap between these scenes called Avengers: Infinity War Prelude #1. There, Shuri explains to T’Challa that she put Bucky on ice in order to scan his brain and do tests on a digital copy of his mind. Her goal was to remove the trigger words and “reboot” his brain, with the challenge of not damaging his original personality.
Mafia 3 Studio Hangar 13 Hit With Layoffs
A "significant number of staff" has been laid off at Mafia III developer Hangar 13.
2K confirmed the layoffs to IGN in the statement below:
"2K can confirm that there have been staff reductions at Hangar 13 in order to ensure that the studio’s resources are properly aligned with its long-term development plans. These reductions will not influence 2K’s ability to create and deliver its products that are currently in development. We never take these matters lightly, and are working with the affected employees to support them and explore potential opportunities throughout our organization."
Kotaku reports it was a "large proportion" of the studio's staff let go, but the publisher has not commented on how many employees were affected.
Call of Duty Action Figure Line Announced
McFarlane Toys has teamed up with Activision to make action figures of popular Call of Duty characters.
The first wave will include John "Soap" MacTavish and Simon "Ghost" Riley from the Modern Warfare series, with "more characters spanning the franchise to be revealed at a later date."
Simon "Ghost" Riley
Todd McFarlane, CEO of McFarlane Toys, said, "This franchise has delivered incredible experiences full of iconic and memorable characters, and we're delighted to bring these characters to life as collectibles to fans."
Pokemon Go Year of the Dog Event Announced
The Pokemon Go Year of the Dog Lunar New Year event has been announced.
Revealed on the Pokemon website, the Year of the Dog event, which features dog-like Pokemon, starts now and runs until February 17.
During the event, Poochyena, Growlithe, Eevee, Snubble, and Electrike spawn rates will see a boost and catching any of the canine-shaped monsters will give players triple the usual stardust.
Unrelated to the Lunar New Year festivities, purchasable Team Rocket outfits have also just been added to the game.
Uwe Boll Says Phantom Thread Ripped Off BloodRayne Poster
Director Uwe Boll has accused Phantom Thread, and its director Paul Thomas Anderson, of ripping off his BloodRayne poster.
Boll shared his frustrations on Twitter, saying Paul Thomas Anderson knowingly copied BloodRayne's one-sheet after Boll criticized Phantom Thread on his online talk show. Check out an image of the two posters below.
The BloodRayne and Phantom Thread posters, via Boll's Twitter account.
Rocket League Tournaments Coming in Spring
Psyonix has announced tournaments will be coming to Rocket League this spring with a beta to begin this month.
The details were revealed on the Rocket League website which states the beta, designed to test the new UI and general functionality, will run from February 21 to 23 on Steam.
The beta will allow players to create their own tournaments as well as join in on competitions created by other users.
Players wanting to get involved in the beta will need to own a copy of Rocket League on Steam. They can right click on the game from their Steam library, select properties, go to the betas tab and select "Tournaments Betas" to update the game to the required version.
Titans Live-Action Series Casts Doom Patrol’s Leader
WBTV's upcoming Titans live-action series has cast The Doom Patrol's leader.
Deadline reports Narcos star Bruno Bichir will play Dr. Niles Caulder (aka The Chief), a brilliant but controversial pioneer in medical science who helps those in need. The character made his debut in 1963’s My Greatest Adventure #80, and is most promptly known as the leader of the misfit heroes with powers, The Doom Patrol.
Bruno Bichir
NASA Is Sending One Very Old Rock Back to Mars
American space agency NASA is sending an ancient meteorite back to its home planet, and then blowing it up. The meteorite, not the planet.
A small piece of a larger meteorite that crashed to Earth millions of years ago is headed back to Mars, where it originated. It's part of NASA's 2020 Mars rover mission.
The part about it getting blown up? That's completely true, but it's not just to make an example for the other Mars rocks. It's actually part of the calibration process for the rover's hyper-sensitive laser measurement device, known as SHERLOC.
While the rock is quite rare here on Earth, with only 200 or so positively identified chunks of Mars having ever been found, it's no big deal on Mars, because Mars is made of... Mars rocks.
Stardew Valley Might Get Multiplayer Beta This Spring
Stardew Valley creator Eric Barone (aka ConcernedApe) is planning to launch the game's multiplayer beta this spring.
Barone revealed progress on the game's multiplayer update is coming along nicely. This is thanks to Tom Coxon, who's helped Barone with completing all the network coding to turn Stardew Valley into a multiplayer game.
As such, work on the new features is finished with the new text currently being translated into different languages. Once Barone receives the new text, the next step would be QA testing and then, hopefully, the launch of the beta.
"Once we’ve received the translated text and integrated it back into the game, we’ll begin a serious QA phase involving thorough testing of all new features in both multiplayer and single player contexts," Barone wrote. "When that is finished, the update should be ready for a public beta. I am still shooting for a spring release for the beta."
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