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Sherlock Holmes and The New Pope actor Jude Law is in talks to play Captain Hook in a new live-action Peter Pan movie, sources have revealed. This would be another surprise career turn from the actor who has played a religious leader, a holiday heartthrob, and was once considered for the role of Superman in the Batman v Superman movie. Sources speaking to Variety have said that Law is set to play Peter Pan villain Captain Hook in Peter Pan & Wendy, Disney’s newest take on the popular children’s storybook....

While Konami may seem to be scaling back its game development, focusing recently on releasing collections of classic Konami titles, it’s expanding in different areas. On Wednesday, Konami announced the formation of a new publishing arm. The new publishing wing of Konami will focus on supporting third-party releases from western studios. Konami’s European brand director Richard Jones recently spoke to GamesIndustry.biz regarding the effort. “The drive is towards publishing more titles from western studios,” Jones summarizes....

Dataminers have been pretty busy following the most recent patch release for VALORANT, revealing what will most likely be the next Agent to be added to the game. Along with information around a probable free-for-all mode, a new weapon skin bundle, left-handed support, and a timeout option, evidence for a new Agent by the name of Killjoy has been leaked. At this point, there hasn’t been any official confirmation by Riot Games of whether or not Killjoy will, in fact, be joining Jett, Phoenix, Viper, and the array of other Agents in the coming months....

Mass Effect Andromeda was widely mocked upon its release, and I can understand many of the criticisms levelled against it. Its story and characters didn’t live up to what we saw in the original trilogy, while a number of bugs and glitches doomed the ambitious sequel as meme material before it had even reached the hands of players. Some have warmed to it over the years, although I never played it, its divisive reception forcing me to focus on more welcoming adventures in a year absolutely filled with them....

The card pool of Legends of Runeterra is getting bigger again, thanks to the new Monuments of Power expansion. It also opens up the playing field to… well the playing field. A new card type called Landmarks is introduced that offer abilities based on famous locations in Runeterra. There are 40 new cards in total, including the addition of three more champions. The new champions are Shyvana for Demacia, Soraka for Targon, and Tahm Ketch for Bilgewater....

After Levi’s announced a delay for its Mario collaboration, the collection has returned on course and is launching today. Nintendo’s partnership with Levi’s is only the first thing arriving for the 35th anniversary of Super Mario. The LEGO set is coming in August, and reports are stating the Nintendo Switch is receiving remasters for some of the biggest Mario titles. The year 2020 is looking to be a big one for the world’s most popular video game characters....

Today’s Nintendo Direct brought with it a bit of a surprise for Life is Strange fans. Life is Strange: True Colors is coming to Nintendo’s handheld console on September 10, while Life Is Strange Remastered Collection comes later this year. Following the Tekken/Smash announcement, Nintendo launched into a series of trailers that began with a new animation for Life is Strange featuring Max and Chloe sharing glances on a speeding locomotive before being joined by Alex Chen, star of the upcoming Life Is Strange: True Colors....

Tomorrow is May 4th, a sort of bastion for fans of Star Wars who have taken on the date’s audible resemblance to the iconic phrase “may the force be with you” similarly to how some consider March 14th “pi day” because of the mathematical concept’s opening numbers, 3.14. There have been plenty of Star Wars games since the first movie came out in the late 70s, such as the recent hit Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, and Limited Run Games will be bringing back two niche entries to celebrate May 4, 2020....

Ninguna videoconsola está completa sin un gran juego de carreras: a menudo superan los límites de lo que el hardware puede producir visualmente y ofrecen una gran opción para carreras relajadas o emocionantes, dependiendo del juego. PlayStation 5 no es una excepción, y la consola de Sony ya cuenta con un buen número de excelentes juegos de carreras, sobre todo tras la esperada llegada de Gran Turismo a la plataforma. A continuación hemos reunido las mejores opciones disponibles....

Fans everywhere are declaring March 31st to be the day that “Mario Dies” since that’s the day when Nintendo will inexplicably stop selling Super Mario 3D All-Stars, remove Super Mario Bros. 35 from the eShop, Super Mario Game & Watch system, and shut down the original Super Mario Maker‘s servers. It’s a series of controversial decisions made all the stranger by the fact that they’re falling on the same day....

The augmented reality Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit is now available for purchase on the Nintendo Store, letting you cruise around your home with a real-life RC car while controlling the action from your Switch. Although it was scheduled to go up tomorrow, Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit is now listed on the Nintendo Store. It’s available in two variants – a Luigi set or a Mario set – and retails for $99....

Marvel’s Avengers has been on the market for over a month now, and it has seen its fair share of criticisms. As a games-as-a-service title, it had a lot of expectations it had to meet, and a lot of worries it needed to prove wrong. Though it managed to do some things well, there are a host of issues it needs to correct if it wants to sustain an active player base....

This story contains spoilers for Marvel’s Avengers. Marvel’s Avengers plot has proven to be one of the game’s biggest surprises so far. While the title’s beta suggested that it would be a Destiny-like live service experience that relies largely on vaguely connected content, it turns out that Marvel’s Avengers features a surprisingly compelling storyline that focuses on Kamala Khan as she navigates the aftermath of the A-Day event. Yet, one strange, seemingly simple element of the game’s plot that has caught many people’s attention is the name “Jessica Yi....

The video game developer BioWare reveals its intentions to provide Mass Effect: Andromeda fans with news and details about the game’s multiplayer “soon.” Now that BioWare has officially confirmed the release date of its forthcoming science fiction game Mass Effect: Andromeda, fans of the franchise are surely wondering what all the studio still has to share about the title in the months leading up to its release. As it happens, the developer recently promised the series’ ardent community that it will provide news and details about some of the aspects found within Mass: Effect Andromeda’s multiplayer component “soon....

Even though there is close to two weeks left until the game’s launch, Mass Effect: Andromeda’s trophy list has been revealed. Players can now feast their eyes upon the many tasks they will be required to complete while adventuring as the Pathfinder, and they can also plan out certain approaches to ensure they don’t miss the Platinum Trophy. Of course, there are plenty of spoilers in the Mass Effect: Andromeda trophy list, so be warned before looking through the items....

Gunplay in the first two Mass Effect games is drastically different from one other. In the first, things are stiff and clunky, with no real impact feedback and an overheat system that makes everything feel like a cheap sci-fi blaster as opposed to actual guns. They’ve fixed the sniper rifle, but I’m not even sure that’s a good thing. In Mass Effect 2, everything is much tighter. Enemies react to being shot....

The long-rumored remaster of the original Mass Effect trilogy was finally announced on N7 Day. Mass Effect: Legendary Edition will be a 4K remaster of the first three games in the series, which saw Commander Shepard face down the mysterious Reapers in a mission to save the galaxy from a secret cycle of destruction. Though the release will not be a full remake as some fans had hoped, Mass Effect: Legendary Edition will include all of the DLCs released for the original trilogy as part of the package along with its upgraded visuals....

You might want to update your Twitch password and activate two-factor authentication ASAP. The streaming platform confirmed this morning that it has been hacked. “We can confirm a breach has taken place,” reads a tweet from the official Twitch handle. “Our teams are working with urgency to understand the extent of this. We will update the community as soon as additional information is available. Thank you for bearing with us.”...

Have you ever come across a deceptive boss in games? I think everyone has. You’re playing around, smashing your way through an easy level, only to be confronted by an exceptionally difficult boss that leads to shattered controllers, cursing, and a vast increase in blood pressure. The Bomberman series is a great example of this, or Dead Rising: the zombies are basically no threat, but the psychos? Well. That’s where it gets difficult (and where I normally get annoyed and stop playing Dead Rising, but let’s move on....

It’s safe to say that vast majority of gamers dislike microtransactions, whether they appear in simple apps or more complex games. Sadly, microtransactions are becoming more common in console games, giving perks to any players who are willing to open their wallets. Many gamers have already expressed that they’re ardently against the news that Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain has microtransactions, but some still felt that as long as it wasn’t necessary to fully enjoy the game, it wasn’t hurting anybody....