After having its release date pushed back three times due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Free Guy will finally be hitting theaters on August 13. It's expected to be in cinemas exclusively for a 45-day period, after which it will appear on streaming services to give folks a safer option to check it out.Free Guy stars Ryan Reynolds in what's essentially The Truman Show set in an open-world video game world. Reynolds stars as a non-player character, a bank teller, who becomes self-aware and determined to become the game's hero--which wreaks all kinds of havoc and glitching with the game's programming.As of this writing, the movie has 24 critics giving an aggregate score of 63 on Metacritic. Rotten Tomatoes, meanwhile has 63 reviews netting it a much more impressive 86% fresh. Of course, these scores will shift as the film comes closer to release and finally is out--but all signs seem to point towards checking the movie out if you’re at all interested, and have been waiting all this time.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Ever since the trailers first dropped for The Suicide Squad teasing Starro the Conqueror as a villain, fans have assumed the ending was going to be explosive--and, unsurprisingly, James Gunn delivered. With final moments that feel more like a Kaiju movie than a superhero story, The Suicide Squad is full of carnage and chaos that levels whole city blocks, as well as a massive body count of both anti-heroes and villains. So what actually happens at the end of the movie?Let's break it down. Major spoilers below. Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Nintendo is notoriously slow to change, especially when it comes to connected experiences like multiplayer and online services. And while the company still certainly has a long way to go, we're starting to see small signs of a more modern Nintendo in how it's handling game updates for some of its first-party franchise titles like Mario Golf: Super Rush and New Pokemon Snap.Both games received substantial updates this week. New Pokemon Snap's update, announced last week, adds three new areas and tons of new Pokemon and behaviors to document with your trusty camera. Mario Golf: Super Rush's update was even more sudden, dropping as soon as it was announced and adding a new golfer, Toadette, a new golf course, and more. Nintendo also promised more updates to come for Super Rush.What was most striking was how quickly these updates followed post-release. Pokemon Snap just came out in April, and Mario Golf in June. There was a time that Nintendo offering a free content update within four months would have been unheard of, much less a single month after release. But that has become the norm rather than the exception in the Nintendo Switch era, especially for more traditionally connected experiences like Mario sports titles.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Hearthstone's latest expansion, United in Stormwind, launched this week and introduced the usual suite of new cards and mechanics. That has also renewed conversation among the community, who are commonly complaining that the new expansion stifles interactivity and turns the game into "solitaire."The critique extends from two new class-defining Quest cards. Hearthstone has used Quests before, 1-Mana spells that give a set of conditions to complete to get a big reward. It's not uncommon for decks to be built around these Quests as win conditions, and Stormwind introduces a twist with Questlines--multi-stage quests with even bigger rewards. These quest conditions are supposed to be harder to fulfill, but judging by the community's reaction, the Mage and Warlock quests are just too easy.Mage and the Sorcerer's GambitThe Mage questline, Sorcerer's Gambit, revolves around playing different types of spells. At each stage of the quest you must play one Arcane, one Fire, and one Frost spell to advance the questline. You get to draw cards as a reward for completing each step of the questline, and the ultimate reward is Arcanist Dawngrasp--a minion that gives you +3 Spell Damage for the remainder of the game.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

A new Max Raid event is underway in Pokemon Sword and Shield. Until August 8, a handful of summer-themed Pokemon will be appearing more frequently in Max Raid dens across both games, including Shiny Vanilluxe.Throughout the event, you'll be more likely to encounter Fan Rotom, Seaking, Heracross, Pinsir, and Ninjask in Max Raids across the Wild Area, Isle of Armor, and Crown Tundra. Vanilluxe will also be appearing more frequently, and you'll have a chance to encounter a Shiny version in five-star Max Raids.Some of the featured Pokemon in Sword and Shield's latest eventThe Max Raid event runs until 4:59 PM PT / 7:59 PM ET / 11:59 PM UTC on Sunday, August 8, giving you only a few days to participate.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Activision has denied that a remaster of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is in the works. The publisher said unequivocally in a statement that reports about a remaster of the 2011 game are false."A remaster of Modern Warfare 3, campaign or multiplayer, does not exist. Any reports otherwise are incorrect," a spokesperson for Activision told GameSpot.CharlieIntel was first to report on Activision's statement in response to the rumors, which have been ongoing for months.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Developer Double Fine has announced that the action-platformer Psychonauts 2 has gone gold in preparation for its August 25 release.The studio took to Twitter to deliver the news, reiterating that the game will be available on Xbox Game Pass the same day it launches worldwide. Psychonauts 2 will also hit PC, PlayStation 4, and PlayStation 5. Preordering on all platforms is now available, with pre-loading offered for Xbox owners.It's been a long time coming, but Psychonauts 2 has officially gone GOLD.Enjoy the adventure on August 25th on @Xbox and play it Day One with @xboxgamepass!Pre-order here: https://t.co/XnDI6g0GRf ... and then pre-install immediately too! pic.twitter.com/2580Zu8dy4 — Double Fine (@DoubleFine) August 6, 2021The gold master, colloquially referred to as "going gold," is an odd announcement for Psychonauts 2's digital-only release. Typically, "going gold" means a game is ready for disc printing and physical distribution. Though the title isn't launching physically, "going gold" in this case means the same thing: Psychonauts 2 1.0 build is primed and ready for its official launch.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

For the first time, Microsoft invited the public to play Halo Infinite's multiplayer through a beta test. Over three days of action, we sank our teeth into the multiplayer preview offering and came away very impressed with what developer 343 Industries has in store for later this year. In a new video you can watch below, Persia runs through her impressions of the beta and talks about what the game has in store.The game delivers a number of new innovations for the Halo series, including a grappling hook piece of equipment called the Grappleshot, new weapons like the Skewer, and a variety of new maps. Bearing in mind that it was an early version of Halo Infinite, the beta had a number of issues, oddities, and hiccups that are likely to be addressed for launch. But that said, we still learned a lot about what Halo Infinite has to offer and how it mixes things up from Halo 5.Mini-MapHalo Infinite has a Call of Duty-style mini-map that helps you get a jump on enemies. Based on our experience with the beta, enemies only tended to show up when they were sprinting and shooting, even though the mini-map is visible at all times. In the past, crouching was a good way to avoid being detected, but now you can also walk and stay hidden. Sprinting, shooting, or taking damage will expose your location on the map. As a result, if you're used to using the mini-map to sneak up on enemies, it might not be so easy in Halo Infinite.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

As the voice of Bart Simpson and numerous other characters on The Simpsons, Nancy Cartwright is one of the most famous voice actors on the planet. She's now revealed more insight into how she came up with voice of the bully Nelson Muntz and specifically his iconic "haw-haw" laughing insult.Nelson made his debut in the Season 1 episode "Bart the General." Cartwright said on Twitter that she was assigned the part of Nelson for the episode and wondered, "Who is he? What does he sound like?" There was no audition process for Nelson--Cartwright had to make it all up on her own."All of a sudden, I'm assigned this part. OK, I've got to come up with the sound. So I'm thinking, 'What does a bully sound like?' That's really all I thought of. What does a bully sound like?" she said.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Animaniacs is set to return to Hulu later this year. Season 2 of the rebooted animated comedy show premieres on Friday, November 5. A date announcement teaser video has been released--check it out below:Animaniacs Season 2 will consist of 13 new episodes. The series is produced by Hulu, Amblin Television, and Warner Bros. Animation, with Steven Spielberg returning as executive producer.Hulu has released a synopsis for Season 2. It reads, "Yakko, Wakko, and Dot return for an all-new season of this iconic, family-friendly series with something for everyone: pop culture parodies, musical showstoppers, takedowns of historical baddies, and even some important safety tips.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Giant Bomb's Jan Ochoa and Matt Rorie traveled to Valve's headquarters in Bellevue, Washington to check out the Steam Deck. The two touched on multiple aspects of the portable PC, talking about things like how new-user-friendly the device is for newcomers unfamiliar with the Steam ecosystem.In the nearly 20-minute-long video, Ochoa and Rorie, sat crossed-legged on a grassy field in front of some shrubbery, ran through their impressions. They talked about several games they played on the latest prototype, including Control, Doom Eternal, and Hades. Both Ochoa and Rorie said the device is "neat" for the price and functionality, though games can take a while to load.Still, Valve's portable device tends to perform better than the Nintendo Switch. In one loading comparison, Hades got to the start screen faster on the Steam Deck than the Switch. How much faster is unknown; the comparison is cut short as the Nintendo Switch continues loading the game.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

The Steam Deck brings unavoidable comparisons to the Nintendo Switch, and people have done in-depth, side-by-side breakdowns of their relative performance, weight, screen, and more. But while the Switch can be made colorful through a variety of different-colored JoyCons, the Steam Deck will just be black at launch. That may change, however, as Valve continues to discuss the possibility of releasing different colorways for its handheld.According to an interview with PC Gamer, Valve apparently deliberated for a long time about how to color the Steam Deck. While its matte-black shell might seem a bit common, it was not easy to decide on it. But the developer is interested in theory in exploring multiple different color options for the handheld, especially if it launches to commercial success."[There was a lot of] genuinely fun exploration around that stuff," product designer Greg Coomer said. "Even discussions like, 'well, can we have lots of colors?' We had all those discussions. We are continuing to have those now."Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

The Fortnite Rift Tour starring Ariana Grande has made its debut, and while it'll be replaying at select times all weekend, you can catch the whole show right here. Grande's performance was the headliner, but the complete in-game event took players on a spacetime-hopping journey through Fortnite's illustrious history.As players danced and emoted atop the party-themed Abductor hovering over The Aftermath, the countdown timer ticked away to zero and revealed a large Rift door at the center of the Abductor. Jumping into it took players on an expedition that showcased past Fortnite performances, like Marshmello, while also revisiting past story-heavy scenes like Kevin The Cube and The Devourer. There was even an aerial combat mini-game that kept score.After the whole lobby defeated the last Big Bad and landed in a black void, they helped each other to their feet in a cinematic sequence that was meant to tug at the heartstrings and lay down the red carpet for the show's main act. Down came a shooting star with some of the best high notes in both worlds--ours and the looping Fortnite realm alike. Ariana Grande hit the virtual stage and opened with Seven Rings as players floated around her massive avatar.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

EA is looking for passionate NHL fans to take part in NHL 22's Closed Technical Test. With the game's launch approaching, the goal of this test will be to stress test servers by having players compete in online matches.Space in the test is limited, so you'll want to sign up quickly if you're interested. The test will span PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S and will start in late August. This will be a work-in-progress version of the game, and bugs are expected. NHL 22's team wants players to report any bugs or provide feedback experienced during the Closed Technical Test.We’re looking for dedicated NHL fans to take part and provide feedback in our #NHL22 Closed Technical Test. It’s available on all 4 platforms (PS4, PS5, Xbox One & Xbox Series X) and launches in late August!Space is limited so make sure you sign up ASAP: https://t.co/PIO7EkSWse pic.twitter.com/jkrgft8hci — Clappy (@TheClapperton) August 6, 2021People who are selected will receive an email in late August that contains a code for the test and a link to the private feedback forum. Participants will not be allowed to share videos and screenshots or stream the game during the test. Violating these terms could result in your access being revoked by EA.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

The Apex Legends team at Respawn did an AMA on Reddit today to discuss the launch of Season 10 and the brand-new Legend Seer. The community had plenty of questions about the latest update and some possible balances it might need, but nothing came up quite as frequently as Seer feeling too powerful.Like previous season updates, the biggest addition to the game is the brand new Legend Seer. While there were multiple questions and answers about Seer, gameplay engineer Travis Nordin gave the most concise answer."Seer has launched strong, which was the hope. He's also brought a lot of new gameplay elements to the game (HP bars, interrupt) which has driven a lot of discussion with players, which is great to see," Nordin wrote. "With that being said [Seer] is probably a bit too strong at the moment and will [receive] some balance updates in an upcoming patch."Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com