Twelve Minutes, the upcoming interactive thriller about a man stuck in a time loop published by Annapurna Interactive, got an official "film" poster. Shared on the Twelve Minutes Website, the poster was designed by Mocean and was inspired by the films that influenced the game's director Luis Antonio."As you might know, I’m a pretty big movie fan and Twelve Minutes has been inspired by the work of the masters that crystallized the psychological thriller genre. Hitchcock, Kubrick, and Fincher to name a few," Antonio said. "These creators have a way of wielding the visual language to tell stories on several different levels. With their movies, the composition and mise en scene have as important of a rule in revealing story and character as the words that are coming out of the actors’ mouths."Twelve Minutes stars several major Hollywood actorsAntonio went on to say that he wanted Twelve Minutes to have a marketing campaign that felt in line with films of that genre. He said that the poster was designed to fit with the narratives and themes of the game as well as be cool enough to hang on your wall.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate's next DLC character is Kazuya Mishima from Tekken, and Nintendo is giving fans an in-depth look at the new fighter in a special video presentation next week. The presentation airs on June 28 and is hosted by game director Masahiro Sakurai, who will reveal more details about Kazuya, the next wave of Mii Fighter costumes, and other updates coming to Smash Bros. Ultimate.Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Kazuya Stream Start TimeThe Kazuya showcase takes place on Monday, June 28, at 7 AM PT / 10 AM ET. Nintendo says the presentation will run for roughy 40 minutes and will offer a deep dive on the new DLC character, including a closer look at his moveset. Nintendo will also reveal Kazuya's release date, as well as the next batch of Mii Fighter DLC costumes coming to the game.7 AM PT10 AM ET3 PM BSTHow To WatchYou can watch the Smash Bros. presentation right here on GameSpot via the YouTube embed above. You can also tune in to Nintendo's Twitch channel to watch the presentation.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

The free demo for NEO: The World Ends With You is available now for Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4. Save data from the demo carries over to the main game when it releases on July 27, and the demo can be played on PS5 via backward compatibility.Square Enix shared the info on Twitter, encouraging people to play the demo, which was released after the final episode of The World Ends With You animation premiered. NEO: The World Ends With You is a sequel to the 2008 Nintendo DS game, The World Ends With You, which was later ported to the Nintendo Switch in 2018.The action JRPG follows Rino as he and his friend must compete in the Reaper's Game in a twisted version of Shibuya. NEO: The World Ends With You will have players control their entire party at once during real-time action and will take the elements fans loved from the first game and update them for a more modern JRPG.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

There are so many Star Wars projects in development that it's easy to lose track of which ones are coming and when. Patty Jenkins' Rogue Squadron, though, is hurtling toward production and now has a writer according to The Hollywood Reporter.Matthew Robinson will handle writing duties for the film. Robinson wrote and co-directed Ricky Gervais' comedy The Invention of Lying, as well as the screenplays for Dora and the Lost City of Gold and 2020 indie film Love and Monsters, one of our favorite comedies of 2020. The film is reportedly set to begin production this fall, so it seems likely that Robinson is already deep into the script.Lucasfilm announced the film late last year along with a slate of other Star Wars projects. At the time, Jenkins described her love of airplanes and flight in a teaser that had her putting on an X-Wing helmet.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Should Paramount+'s Halo television series be picked up for a second season, it'll be with a different hand guiding it. Both showrunners for the game adaptation's first season are stepping away once Halo Season 1 production completes, Variety reports.The Halo television series has been through the wringer. The show was announced in 2013 alongside the Xbox One with Stephen Spielberg attached as a producer. After years in development hell and changes behind the scenes, the show was finally under production just in time for the COVID-19 pandemic to halt television and movie production all over the world.Production on season 1 is currently back underway. This latest incarnation of the show had two showrunners attached--Kyle Killen and Stephen Kane. Killen left the product before production officially began as he was "unable to render full-time showrunner duties during the show's shoot in Budapest," Variety says.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Nintendo is giving away another Super Smash Bros. Ultimate freebie for Nintendo Switch Online subscribers. For a limited time, NSO members can claim the Spirits Set 2, which adds two Spirits to your in-game collection.Specifically, the Spirits Set 2 unlocks one random Legend-class Primary Spirit as well as one random Ace-class Support Spirit in your game. To claim the set, select the Nintendo Switch Online icon from your system's home screen and open the Special Offers tab. You can also grab the freebie directly from the Nintendo eShop by selecting Nintendo Switch Online from the left sidebar.Like previous freebies for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, the Spirits Set 2 is available exclusively for players who have an active, paid NSO subscription. You cannot claim the set during a free trial to the service. Individual subscriptions cost $4 USD for one month, $8 USD for three months, and $20 USD for one year, while an annual family plan runs for $35 USD.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

In a recent The Tonight Show appearance, wrestler and movie star John Cena confirmed to host Jimmy Fallon that the rumors about his return to the WWE are true, but what's still up in the air is the timeline for his next match. Cena's news sparked audible gasps from the studio.Fallon broached the question by resurfacing an Instagram post Cena made on May 8, bearing only the WWE logo with no caption. For over a month, this cryptic post has fueled these rumors, but when Fallon--who also added that Cena "is a great follow [on Instagram]"--asked about it, the wrestler responded without a moment's hesitation: "I'll definitely be back… I was feeling rather nostalgic about the WWE and I just wanted to post the logo, and some people took it as I was returning immediately, which, that's not the case. But I haven't had my last match, and I can't wait to have my next match.".@JohnCena reveals his plans to return to the @WWE! 🏆 #FallonTonight pic.twitter.com/Am2iQ0cMy9 — The Tonight Show (@FallonTonight) June 24, 2021The next Cena projects on the horizon to get hyped about are the Suicide Squad movie and its spin-off focusing on his character, Peacemaker. There's a new trailer for Suicide Squad with an unusual roll-out--it can only be found as an ad on YouTube, but fans won't have long to wait until the August 6 release for the DC movie to hit theaters and HBO Max. The Peacemaker spin-off is currently set to also premiere on HBO Max on January 22.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

With June winding down, Amazon has revealed the next batch of free games and loot for Amazon Prime members. Prime Gaming's July 2021 lineup features six free games: Batman: The Enemy Within, Rad, The Wanderer: Frankenstein's Curse, Tales of the Neon Sea, Automachef, and Portal Dogs. You can also grab free in-game loot for popular games like Grand Theft Auto Online, Warframe, and Sea of Thieves.Fresh off of giving away Batman: The Telltale Series in June, Amazon is handing out the sequel, Batman: The Enemy Within, in July. Like the original, The Enemy Within is divided into five episodes and features clashes with classic foes such as The Riddler, Bane, and Joker.You've probably visited plenty of post-apocalyptic worlds in video games, but Rad is set in a post-post-apocalypse. Needless to say, the world conjured up in this 3D action roguelike is bleak and unforgiving. As a teenager tasked with saving the world, you must enter a shifting wasteland to take on all sorts of monsters with the help of your mysterious powers.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

The second episode of Dying Light 2's Dying To Know series will be broadcast on July 1 at 12 PM PT / 3 PM ET on developer Techland's Twitch channel. Next week's topic hints at a deep dive into the various infected people that you'll encounter in the game, with an emphasis on the volatile humans who emerge at night."Night is coming, and with it, the nightmares, who hide in their nests during the day, awaken," Techland said in a press release. "It's a chance for us to get supplies to restore the remnants of hope in the hearts of the few loved ones we have and grow our lives on the rooftops. But before you hit the streets, you need to know what's hiding in the darkness. The reward is high, but the price you will pay if you stay in the dark for too long will be even higher."In the first Dying Light, daytime expeditions usually involved avoiding the hordes of infected people who roamed the streets. With strength in numbers, it was easy to pick off an infected person on their own and challenging to take on an entire horde.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

The developer behind the upcoming Thief-inspired stealth game Gloomwood is tired of explaining how the game's fancy folding shotgun works to well-meaning fans. We got five minutes of Gloomwood footage back during E3 2021, and while the game looks quite interesting, fans seemed to fixate on one thing: the strange shotgun that the protagonist uses to blow up some bad guys.Co-developer Dillion Rogers took to Twitter to note that multiple pedantic fans have complained that the game's shotgun is both break-action and pump-action, a combination that they deem to be unrealistic. In reality, Rogers and fellow developer David Szymanski based the weapon on the Burgess Folding Shotgun, a very real weapon from the late 1800s that was designed for portability.I have no plans to remove the folding shotgun. If anything I’m going to add even more crazy 1800s weapons so people just get paralyzed at what to comment on first 😏 — Thief Birdperson (@TafferKing451) June 22, 2021Besides its commitment to Thief-esque aesthetics, one of the most striking aspects of Gloomwood is its inventory management system, which has the player pull out a briefcase a la Resident Evil 4. Given the limited space, it makes sense that a sneaky character would choose to use the folding shotgun, even if it is a bit loud in comparison to your trusty canesword. For more info on Gloomwood, check out its Steam store page. The immersive sim does not have a release date, and it appears to be a PC exclusive for now.Info from Gamespot.com

Real-time action has long been a defining element of Monster Hunter, but the series attempted to branch off into more traditional RPG territory with 2016's Monster Hunter Stories for the 3DS. Eschewing real-time hunts for turn-based battles and colorful, more overtly anime-inspired visuals, Stories was a marked departure for the franchise both stylistically and thematically, offering a different perspective on the Monster Hunter universe.Five years later, Capcom is following that spin-off with a sequel, Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin, which launches for Nintendo Switch and PC next month. Through an interpreter, we recently spoke with series producer Ryozo Tsujimoto, game director Kenji Oguro, and art director Takahiro Kawano about their goals with the sequel, the decision to age up the art style, and expanding the game's multiplayer options. The following interview has been edited and condensed for clarity.How long has Monster Hunter Stories 2 been in development?Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Writer-director James Gunn is getting deserved kudos for helping to promote comic shops with his upcoming film adaptation of DC's Suicide Squad. On Twitter, an eagle-eyed Mitch Gerads (the comics artist behind Mister Miracle and Strange Adventure) called appreciative attention to a message encouraging fans to "get DC comics at comic shops" on a poster shared by Gunn.Responding to the thanks, Gunn explained that he "was so freaking happy to do that" and that "post-pandemic I want to support our movie theaters and our local comics shops and all the wonderful comic book publishers, writers, and artists out there."I was so freaking happy to do that. Post-pandemic I want to support our movie theaters AND our local comics shops AND all the wonderful comic book publishers, writers & artists out there. @DCComics @Marvel @ImageComics @DarkHorseComics @fantagraphics @IDWPublishing @OniPress https://t.co/fzCa12ChHF — James Gunn (@JamesGunn) June 23, 2021That Gunn is using his considerable platform for a noble cause--especially as we're winding our way back from the pandemic--only makes him a cooler dude than we already assumed him to be. Gunn's fondness for comics is also no mystery, just going by his upcoming projects alone. We're quite sure how he finds time to sleep with the upcoming Suicide Squad movie (due in theaters and on HBO Max on August 6), a Peacemaker spin-off from that movie (expected on HBO Max in January 2022), Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (releasing May 2023), and a Guardians Holiday Special (landing on Disney+ in late 2022).Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Pokemon Go developer Niantic has outlined a slate of changes it will be making to Raid Battles. Beginning this summer, the studio will introduce a new feature called Trainer Achievements, and it will also implement various other quality-of-life improvements.As detailed on the official Pokemon Go blog, Trainer Achievements "are designed to celebrate Trainers of all levels for taking part in a raid." Players will receive a commendation after the battle for certain criteria, such as using a Mega-Evolved Pokemon or dealing the most damage. Niantic has outlined some of the feats that will net you a Trainer Achievement after the Raid:Delivering the final attackDealing the most damage overallKeeping a single Pokemon in battle for the longest time of all participantsUsing the tallest Pokemon among all participants in battleJoining the raid from furthest distanceUsing a Mega-Evolved Pokemon during the battleChanging your avatar's clothing or poseUsing the most Charged Attacks of all participantsAccording to Niantic, you'll receive a medal the first time you earn a Trainer Achievement. The medal will initially be bronze and can be upgraded to silver and, eventually, gold.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

A new Loki featurette focusing on a the character of Sylvie has been released. Sylvie is a variant of Loki and is played by Sophia Di Martino.Sylvie was introduced at the end of Loki Episode 2, and her character and relationship with Loki was explored more extensively in this week's third episode. In the new promo, Di Martino talks about taking advice from Loki actor Tom Hiddleston about how to play Sylvie, while also ensuring that the character was "unique." Check it out below:When Sylvie first appeared in Episode 2, the immediate assumption was that she was Lady Loki, a character form Marvel's comic books. However, despite clear parallels with Lady Loki, Episode 3 suggests she is someone very different. In fact, there are hints that she might not actually be a Loki variant at all--or this could just be the MCU is taking some major liberties with the source material, blending blending multiple versions of the story into a new and updated spin. Check out GameSpot's Mason Downey on who this latest addition to the MCU might be.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Mario Golf: Super Rush comes out on June 25, which has led a lot of Switch owners to wonder if it's worth picking up. So far, it seems that Super Rush has garnered mostly positive reviews from critics, though it's not quite as acclaimed as other entries in the series, particularly the N64 original.Super Rush is the first Mario Golf game in seven years, following the 3DS entry World Tour, so Nintendo fans have been waiting a while for this one. Generally, critics have praised the sports game's creative course design and action-packed new modes, while faulting its lack of content and less-than-functional motion controls.In GameSpot's 7/10 Mario Golf: Super Rush review, critic Steven Petite complimented the chaotic fun of its off-the-wall powerups, as well as its colorful levels. However, he noted that the game only features six courses at launch, and he described the core single-player Golf Adventure mode as underwhelming and disjointed.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com