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Mortal Kombat 11 has been a stellar success since its release. True, there have been slight hiccups along the way, but overall the presentation, polish, and nostalgic flavor in the game have been outstanding. Shang Tsung’s recent reveal in the upcoming Kombat Pack 1, the first DLC to be released into the game, brought with it a trove of callbacks from over two decades of film and games. In 1995, Mortal Kombat made its way to the bring screen, and actor Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa took on the mantle of Shang Tsung in the film....

Danish composer Jesper Kyd has written a lot of music for video games. Some of the hits from his highlight reel include the Hitman franchise for which he won a BAFTA in 2005 for Hitman: Contracts. He’s also scored Borderlands, the upcoming Forza Motorsport 4, and the entire Assassin’s Creed franchise whose most recent entry was Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood - a sequel in a series which earned Kyd another BAFTA nomination in 2007 with the original Assassin’s Creed....

Kingdom Hearts is ironically not a very “simple and clean” sort of story. Nothing simple about it. The franchise has spanned numerous different platforms, gone through various different narrative types, and constantly retcons both past and future events with every new game. Plus, most of the actual “plot-relevant” stuff doesn’t usually happen until the latter half of most games (after all the Disney worlds). There’s a lot that doesn’t quite add up in each Kingdom Hearts game, but we’re here today to talk about the few big questions that were either explained in KH: 3, it’s Re: Mind DLC, or in the more recent iterations....

In September, Rockstar Games surprised fans by announcing an L.A Noire remaster. The updated version of the hit detective game will be available for current-generation consoles (including the Nintendo Switch) and even virtual reality headsets. But this wasn’t just a plain re-release for new consoles, as Rockstar would be giving its game a fresh lick of paint as well. The developer confirmed that L.A Noire would be available in ‘4K Ultra HD’ on the PS4 Pro and the upcoming Xbox One X, and now a new trailer shows off what those graphical improvements will look like....

Could Donnie Yen’s fan-favorite Rogue One character Chirrut Îmwe make a return to Star Wars? “There is a lot to love about Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. The 2016 film brought us a look into characters who weren’t our original trio and weren’t destined for something greater in the larger Star Wars universe. They saved the galaxy and gave their lives to do so, and I will always hold this film close to my heart....

Actor and former pro wrestler Dave Bautista is joining Rian Johnson’s upcoming sequel to Knives Out. “While we don’t know much about the upcoming sequel to Knives Out, we do have some new exciting casting! Dave Bautista is joining Rian Johnson’s next foray into the world of a murder mystery. According to Variety, Bautista is joining the cast of the highly anticipated sequel which is set to begin shooting in Greece this summer....

The weekend box office race still has yet to be decided, with the reported numbers between Top Gun: Maverick and Elvis appearing like a tie for first place. “Elvis and Top Gun: Maverick are in a dead heat for No. 1, with both Warner Bros and Paramount respectively calling each film at $30.5M for the weekend. If you boil this face-off down to admissions, box office analytics firm EntTelligence is calling the weekend in favor of Top Gun Maverick, with 2....

Hamish Steele, the creator of DeadEndia on Netflix, talks about bringing more LGBTQ+ representation in animation. “Back in 2014, Dead End, a five-minute cartoon about two friends (Barney and Norma) and a talking dog (Pugsley) who find their house is haunted, debuted on Cartoon Hangover. The cartoon proved but to a one-off, but in 2015, Dead End was reworked into DeadEndia, a comic book self-published by creator Hamish Steele.” Read more at The Mary Sue....

After a slight redemption for the character in Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, Ben Kingsley’s Trevor Slattery is set to make another appearance in the MCU, this time in the Wonder Man series. “Ben Kingsley is poised to reprise the role of Trevor Slattery in the upcoming Wonder Man series from Marvel Studios at Disney+, Variety has learned exclusively from sources. The show was first revealed to be in the works back in June....

This Lord of the Rings article contains spoilers for The Rings of Power. Where is Sauron? Is the Stranger actually our beloved wizard Gandalf the Grey? When will The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power introduce some actual magical rings? These were some of the questions on the minds of fans awaiting the season one finale of the prequel series, which chronicles the events of the Second Age, the era before the J....

Following a hiatus caused by coronavirus concerns, New Zealand granted the two shows (as well as another upcoming Netflix series, Sweet Tooth, James Cameron’s Avatar sequels, and several other shows and films) special permission in July to resume shooting in the country. Unlike other productions, many of which have already picked up production again throughout 2020, these particular projects had to wait due to New Zealand’s laws regarding who is currently allowed to enter the country....

This Lucifer review contains spoilers. Lucifer Season 4 Episode 5 “I’m not a relationship kind of devil.” Leave it to the wisdom of Doctor Linda to once again set the Devil on a path that leads somewhere he least expects. “Expire Erect,” the fifth episode of Lucifer’s fourth season, gives Lucifer and Chloe a well deserved and touching opportunity for the closure he feels necessary to close the book on a partnership that ended so abruptly....

This piece contains spoilers for Netflix’s Lupin Part 2. Netflix’s French crime drama Lupin began by adapting Maurice Leblanc’s Arsène Lupin adventure “The Queen’s Necklace,” but while the ten episodes have put new spins on other Lupin stories, the overall story concerns the eponymous necklace and how it links the Pellegrini and Diop families across twenty-five years. The recently-released Part 2 resolves the series’ biggest question: Will Assane Diop (Omar Sy) be able to have his revenge on Hubert Pellegrini (Hervé Pierre)?...

A new month and a new year are right around the corner, which means it is time for Magic Arena to shake things up. There isn’t a new Standard-legal Magic: The Gathering set available until the coming release of Kaldheim, but that doesn’t mean the game’s digital option can’t switch up its event offerings. The end of December and the beginning of January are shaping up to be an exciting time for fans of the Historic format with both a Historic Shakeup and a Historical Brawl event on the horizon in the final days of the year and the beginning of 2021....

Disney Investor Day announced the new slate of Star Wars content as primarily shows for Disney+ with a splash of movies. The TV shows announced were Ahsoka, The Rangers of the New Republic, season 3 of The Mandalorian with a hushed surprise, The Book of Boba Fett, revealed eight days later. The Mandalorian successfully created the foundation for each of these shows. In some cases, it directly introduced the general audience to the main characters of each spin-off....

Marvel’s Avengers may finally be launching in just over a week’s time, but that doesn’t mean Square Enix and Crystal Dynamics can start relaxing. After all, the game is expected to receive multiple seasons worth of post-launch content, consisting of new missions, plot lines, and playable characters like Hawkeye and Spider-Man. The developers have already confirmed that one more War Table livestream will be held to help inform and prepare players for Avengers’ launch, as well as go into detail about the game’s first season of post-launch content, with another playable hero promised to be revealed....

After a long wait for Marvel and Square Enix’s Avengers Project, Marvel’s Avengers has finally landed. Marvel’s Avengers reviews paint an interesting picture, where some love certain aspects and hate others. The main campaign has a surprising amount of depth, but its biggest selling point, the co-op elements, have been painted as a bit lackluster. Nonetheless, it’s a live service-style game, meaning a year from now, it’s likely to be much better....

Since its initial announcement a couple of years ago, we’ve heard next to nothing about Marvel’s Avengers from Square Enix. However, that’s looking to change very soon, as we know that Marvel’s Avengers will be at E3 2019. And now we know what fans can expect to see from the game at the show, thanks to an updated E3 Coliseum description for it as spotted by Twitter user Evan Filarca....

Marvel’s Loki trailer is finally here, and it gives us more obscure Marvel continuity weirdness than we could have possibly hoped for. Right from the outset, we learn that Loki is a prisoner of the Time Variance Authority, an obscure group first introduced in the pages of Thor comics of the 1980s. But don’t let us spoil it for you…take a look at this trailer first, and then we’ll get into the history of the TVA....

In case there was any doubt that Commander Shepard wouldn’t be a factor in Mass Effect: Andromeda, BioWare has released a teaser trailer that puts those outlying doubts to rest. In the teaser, players can hear Shepard handing off the mantle of protagonist to Mass Effect: Andromeda’s new lead character (or characters). The footage is surprisingly heartfelt, combining shots of mankind’s greatest achievements in space exploration with a Jennifer Hale-narrated piece talking about moving forward....