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Somehow, Richard Donner’s beloved 1978 Superman: The Movie didn’t spawn a successful franchise. A lovingly made celebration of the Man of Steel, featuring arguably the most perfectly cast superhero movie lead of all time in Christopher Reeve, immediately ran into directorial, financial, and creative trouble with its sequel, and the franchise ultimately sputtered out with 1987’s Superman IV: The Quest for Peace. But Donner’s vision and Reeve’s performance were so definitive that they’ve influenced every new take on Superman since, from comics to TV and back to the big screen....

DC Comics’ Man of Steel is being reimagined for the silver screen once again. Award-winning author and journalist Ta-Nehisi Coates will write a new Superman movie for Waner Bros., with J. J. Abrams and his production company Bad Robot attached to produce the film. In an official statement to Shadow and Act, Coates said, “I look forward to meaningfully adding to the legacy of America’s most iconic mythic hero.” Coates is an extremely accomplished award-winning novelist and essayist, whose work has been published in outlets such as The Atlantic, The New York Times, The Village Voice, TIME, and more....

A battle royale match is as much a test of endurance and patience as it is a test of raw combat skill. You need to know when to fight, when not to, and keep a sharp eye on your supplies as you make the long haul towards victory. I mean, being a crack-shot maniac definitely does help, but that alone isn’t going to guarantee a win. Apex Legends is no different, but it does bring along its own unique set of elements to consider as you outlast, outwit, and ultimately defeat your opponents....

A party of prominent streaming roleplayers recently set out on an adventure to connect tabletop RPG players with a team of world-renowned GM’s. The adventure is called Sword & Scroll, and is being operated through the Sword & Scroll website and Patreon. Info is still rather light as of this writing, but here’s what’s been made public so far. According to the website, Sword & Scroll is a collection of world-renowned tabletop RPG Game Masters who have gathered their party together to offer tabletop roleplaying gamers a way to connect and game together....

It seems like with every passing month that no news is delivered in regards to Grand Theft Auto 5 the less and less likely it seems that the game will hit its presumed 2012 release date. While most have resigned to the fact that Rockstar Games’ latest will launch some time next year, that still doesn’t mean the lack of information isn’t any less cause for concern. That same concern was brought to publisher Take-Two Interactive’s attention during their quarterly investor call, where GTA 5 dominated the early part of the conversation....

Television had been around for decades at the turn of the 21st century, but it didn’t hit its stride as a medium for storytelling until antiheroes like Tony Soprano and Walter White came along with their complex, serialized storylines. This ushered in the so-called “Golden Age” of television, sometimes called “Peak TV,” and audiences were treated to some of the greatest TV series ever produced during this time. The best TV dramas have broken down the conventions of episodic television and some of them can feel more like a giant movie cut up into bite-sized chunks than a traditional TV show....

Arguably one of the best PS4 exclusive open-world games, Ghost of Tsushima has quickly become known for its epic boss battles. With a long list of katana-wielding samurai to slice through, Tsushima offers some of the most fascinating battles that have fantastically closed the book on this generation of the PlayStation. The boss battles in Tsushima are theatrical, stylish, and colorful, but there is a major inconsistency in their strengths and powers....

The Adventure Guild, creators of the Quest tabletop roleplaying game, recently announced their next two Kickstarter adventures on the game’s official blog. The first Kickstarter is currently scheduled to launch on February 1, 2021, and will consist of not one, not two, not three, but four brand new products to support the Quest RPG. The second Kickstarter is scheduled to launch later in 2021, and will feature Quest RPG’s first major expansion, the Cosmic Fantasy Edition....

In the latest edition of its Heat Vision newsletter, the Hollywood Reporter dropped a little news item saying that Warner Bros. Pictures recently test-screened two different versions of director Matt Reeves’ The Batman — one featuring a particular actor, and one without him. Although the Reporter would not say who the actor was, or what role he played, it was heavily implied that it was Irish actor Barry Keoghan, and the part in question was the Joker....

The past week feels like we’re living in a video game, a bad one. I probably could have used that line at the start of every news wrap-up over the past year, and I might just copy/paste it for the following weeks. It’s a safe bet that it will still apply. The biggest stories of the week include a rumored deal between Duracell and Microsoft, Nintendo delisting/relisting hundreds of old games, the death of Minecraft Earth, the launch issues with the Monster Hunter Rise demo, big developments in the Pokemon anime, and the dismal launch numbers for the PS5 in Japan....

YouTuber The Game Brains discovers a reference to the fence-hopping scene from Shaun of the Dead hidden in the closed beta for Tom Clancy’s The Division. Even though Tom Clancy’s The Division just started its Xbox One beta today, fans are already discovering Easter Eggs in the game. One such Easter Egg is a reference to the 2004 cult horror-comedy hit Shaun of the Dead, and its comedic fence-hopping scene....

These days, it’s common for a big blockbuster to clear $1 billion at the worldwide box office. Now, that’s the standard turnover for a Marvel movie and billion-grossing efforts make up almost all of the top 50 highest-grossing films of all time. But it was once a rarity reserved for must-see movies like the final Harry Potter entry or the greatest Batman movie ever made. No movie cleared this bar until 1997 when James Cameron came along with a little movie called Titanic and it wouldn’t become the norm for summer tentpoles to rake in this much money until the 2010s....

If there’s one thing that video games get right, it’s the intensity of the courtroom. Regardless of which seat you’re in, when you’re in a courtroom you know decisions are being made which can change the outcome of someone’s entire life. Ace Attorney has always excelled at throwing you into that action but leaving you feeling like you’re barely keeping your head above water. And when prosecutors swarm like sharks, regardless of how digital the courtroom is, the tension ramps up fast....

Naughty Dog has come under fire recently after a report indicated the delay of The Last of Us 2 did not alleviate a crunch culture harmful to its employees’ well-being. However, many are still excited for the long-anticipated sequel to release this May, and its developer put out a Tweet today indicating players can expect to find more vertically-oriented areas throughout the game. The Tweet features a video in which Ellie, the main protagonist for The Last of Us 2, climbs to the top of an 18-wheeler truck so she can leap onto the crate it was carrying before being abandoned in a now-snowy area....

This has been an extraordinarily busy week for players of both retail and classic World of Warcraft. Beginning with retail, there is an increasing amount of information being released about what to expect from the Shadowlands expansion, which comes as no surprise as we continue to near its release date in the fourth quarter of this year, though a firm date has still not been set in stone. Shadowlands Alpha Build 34821 has revealed brand new spell effects for Death Knights, Mages, and Warriors....

It is the future. The year is… still 2013, but it’s slightly later in 2013. As the current console generation comes to an end and the future draws close, one of two new major competitors lies waiting in a room full of machines with lots of different colored blinking lights on them, because (as mentioned earlier) this is the future. The marketing for the PlayStation 4 has been fun to watch so far, if only to see Sony frequently taking catty swipes at Microsoft and the XBox One, and with advertising as dramatic as the “Greatness Awaits” trailer - in which a man in a purple suit delivered a rather evil-sounding speech before kicking a pirate in the butt and clotheslining a clown - it would be disappointing if the official unboxing video of the PS4 was anything less than OTT....

In celebration of Star Wars Day, Google is adding Stars Wars Jedi: Fallen Order to its Stadia Pro lineup. Monthly subscribers can now claim the game for free and start playing immediately. Google began teasing new Pro games last week, although only three of the expected four games were revealed during its initial announcement. Those games included Trine 4, Hotline Miami 2, and Floor Kids – Fallen Order is, without a doubt, the most compelling title in the new lineup....

Last year’s Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order was easily the most satisfying game in the Star Wars universe to launch in years, finally matching previous giants like Knights of the Old Republic and Jedi Academy. However, almost a year after its initial release, but with no DLC and only vague hints at a Fallen Order sequel, players are still left wondering where the story is headed in future games. There are a few theories spreading among fans at the moment, along with a massive history of previous Star Wars canon that could work as an inspiration for Jedi: Fallen Order’s continuing story....

Get ready to fall asleep to the relaxing music of Stardew Valley. Today, Scarlet Moon Records released the next album in the Prescription for Sleep series and it is all about the relaxing sounds of Stardew Valley. This is the 11th entry in the Prescription for Sleep jazz series that remixes popular video game soundtracks to make them more relaxing. Stardew Valley creator Eric Barone, @ConcernedApe, took to Twitter to share the news of the album’s release, which was announced earlier this year....

Apart from low resources, the first problem you’ll have in State of Decay 2 is dealing with the plague and specifically blood plague zombies. Blood plague zombies are zombies drenched in blood with red, glowing eyes. Normal zombies have yellow or orange glowing eyes. When you get grabbed or scratched by a plague zombie, you’ll get anywhere from a mild to severe blood plague infection. These types of zombies spawn from plague hearts around the map....