With Warner Bros releasing its tentpole features next year in a hybrid release of limited theatrical and streaming on HBO Max, it looks like Dune might be getting only a theatrical run instead. Earlier in December, Dune director Denis Villeneuve published an essay airing his anger and disappointment with the studio and how they have "no love for cinema or the audiences."However, Dune could be saved due to the "franchise potential" of the feature film and the internal warring within Legendary as Deadline is reporting that Villeneuve could get his wish after all."There is a big fight that might result in lawsuits after it financed 75% of tentpoles Dune and Godzilla Vs. Kong and was completely blindsided. Rumors have the solution to that breach being to preserve Dune as a traditional theatrical to preserve its franchise potential," the report read.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Horizon Zero Dawn was a big success for Sony and developer Guerrilla Games, building a new franchise on the backs of hulking robotic dinosaurs. It was only a matter of time before a sequel materialized, and we got our first look at the game--titled Horizon Forbidden West--during the promotional build-up for the PlayStation 5. While it isn't a PS5 exclusive, it's being treated as a technical showpiece for the new console.In the sequel, humankind is facing a new extinction event. Aloy travels to the Forbidden West to uncover secrets of the past while facing new threats and forging new alliances with the factions in this new, untamed region.Here's everything we know about Horizon Forbidden West. For more on upcoming games, check out our most anticipated games of 2021.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Chinese media conglomerate Tencent has picked up two more developers after acquiring the Hong Kong-based video game company Leyou: Warframe developer Digital Extremes and Splash Damage, the studio best known for Brink, co-creating Gears 5's multiplayer and Gears Tactics with The Coalition, and the PC version of Halo: The Master Chief Collection.Both Digital Extremes and Splash Damage released statements about the acquisition, saying business at each studio will continue as usual. The studios will remain independent entities within Tencent, letting them leverage the giant's resources to bolster development efforts."One of our core pillars is transparency and so we’d like to let you know what that means: We will remain creatively independent, we expect no changes to Warframe or how our studio operates, and we will remain as dedicated ever to you, the community, who has been with us every step of the way since we launched Warframe," Digital Extremes said about the acquisition.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Resident Evil Village, stylized to include the roman numeral VIII in the title, is the next game in the main Resident Evil series. It is a direct follow-up to Resident Evil 7, but developer and publisher Capcom has been insistent on using its full title rather than an abbreviation like RE8 in order to stress the importance of the mysterious village at the heart of the game. We got our first look at Resident Evil Village during Sony's PS5 reveal event in June. While we know some detail about the setting, characters, and how it ties in with the previous game, we don't have a release date or other crucial information just yet.Here's what we know about Resident Evil Village so far. For more on upcoming games, check out our most anticipated games of 2021.When Does Resident Evil Village Launch?Resident Evil Village does not have an official release date yet, but we know it's scheduled to launch sometime in 2021. A recent leak points to a possible April 2021 launch, but until we hear from Capcom officially, we cannot verify this information ourselves.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

With 2020 just about wrapped up, a new and thrilling year of games is approaching fast. Compared to 2020, 2021 is shaping up to be an even more exciting year, as Sony and Microsoft--with their successful launches behind them--will undoubtedly have to prove the worth of their new-generation consoles. Games are everything for a new console's success, so the quality of the output delivered will be key this year. And let's not forget Nintendo; the tenured company certainly has a lot to deal with this year, maintaining the momentum of its success in the wake of PS5 and Xbox Series X|S entering the market.Fortunately, there's quite a promising schedule ahead in the first six months of 2021, and that's likely to expand with exciting new games as we get more confirmation from publishers and developers around what's coming. While the COVID-19 pandemic continues to impose challenges upon the games industry at large, there still seems to be no shortage of thrilling new games to play in the new year.Below we've pinpointed the release dates for 2021's biggest games in tables for your reference, which include big games like Halo Infinite, Hitman 3, Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, Persona 5: Strikers, and more. We've not listed every game under the sun, but the most notable ones that are worth keeping an eye on. At the very bottom, you'll also notice a table containing other massive games that are without release dates, which includes a slew of new-generation and old-generation games. We'll likely hear more details about when these are launching in the months ahead, so be sure to check back often as we update this feature with the latest confirmed dates.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Escape From Tarkov update 12.9 is dropping on December 24 and will add both the Woods expansion and initiate a character wipe for all players. Developer Battlestate Games dropped the news early Wednesday morning following a livestream. You can read full patch notes for the update, which also introduces new weapons and ammo, minor character customization elements, and more, on the Escape From Tarkov forums.Wipes are a major, recurring part of Tarkov in its closed beta phase, occurring every few months and usually preceding a substantial update. All players will have their level, trader rep, stash, and other progress reset.Patch 0.12.9 Patchnotes. THERE WILL BE A WIPE!https://t.co/Bu24IQMitq#EscapefromTarkov pic.twitter.com/nZ5FA3timq — Battlestate Games (@bstategames) December 23, 2020 Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Former Republican congressman Duncan Hunter won't serve any time in prison for spending campaign funds on video games and other personal items for his family.Hunter is one of 15 convicted criminals to receive a full pardon from President Donald Trump earlier this week. The son of prominent Republican politician Duncan Lee Hunter served as a US Representative for California's 50th congressional district from 2013 until resigning in early 2020 after pleading guilty to misusing campaign funds.Hunter was sentenced to 11 months in prison after it was found out that he spent over $250,000 in campaign funds on luxury hotels, vacations, and other personal expenses. He even purchased plane tickets for his pet rabbits, named Eggburt and Cadbury. However, the politician never began his stint behind bars as the COVID-19 pandemic delayed his imprisonment until January 4, 2021.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Christmas came a bit early for Roku owners, when on December 17 Roku devices were finally able to access HBO Max. That means those of us with those devices were able to join the streaming fold just in time for a pretty packed January, which has plenty coming to help get your 2021 started off right. Check out the full list below along with a few recommendations.Right out of the gate on New Year's Day, there's a staggering 102 new releases hitting HBO Max--and there's tons of quality among that quantity, no matter your tastes. Both Gremlins 1 and 2 will be on the platform, which not only serve as great reminders for all the reasons why you shouldn't snack after midnight--but also should help you get excited all over again for Gremlins 3, which hopefully is still ahead and will become a reality. Also hitting that day will be Escape from New York, the classic 1981 John Carpenter movie about federal prisoner Snake Pilssken (Kurt Russell) tasked with rescuing the president of the United States within 24 hours to earn himself a pardon in the faraway future, dystopian Manhattan Island of 1997. If you've never seen it, there's no excuse: Give it a shot and enjoy all the cheeseball thrills and not so subtle political commentary.While there are tons more classics to highlight (like One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest on January 15 or Tender Mercies, the quiet 1983 Robert Duvall character study about an alcoholic country singer, on January 13), one of the perks to a streaming platform like HBO Max are its original programs. Search Party, the quirky dark thriller-comedy about Dory Sief (Alia Shawkat), a millennial who gets addicted to killing people--which started life on TBS back in 2016--kicks off Season 4 on January 14. The official synopsis given is pretty spoilery, but suffice it to say, things get even more complicated this upcoming season when Dory finds she has a stalker, and a film is being made about the trial related to one of her alleged murders. It might not sound like it, but the show is a very funny comedy (with a great soundtrack) above all else.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Taiki Waititi (Thor: Ragnarok, Jojo Rabbit) is getting another series at FX, according to a release. In addition to the fabulously silly vampire series What We Do in the Shadows (which is heading into Season 3), the New Zealand-born writer-director is teaming with Native American writer and director Sterlin Harjo (Barking Water, Four Sheets to the Wind) for the upcoming Reservation Dogs. The show will be an eight-episode, half-hour comedy due out sometime in 2021.A loose series synopsis describes the show as following "four Native teenagers in rural Oklahoma who spend their days committing crime and [also] fighting it." It sounds intriguing and, given Waititi's output, promises to be a fun blend of grounded storytelling with surreal comedy. The pilot has been co-written by Waititi and Harjo, with Harjo directing."As longtime friends, it was only natural that Taika and I found a project together, and what better than a show that celebrates the complementary storytelling styles of our indigenous communities--mine in Oklahoma and Taika's in Aotearoa," said Harjo. "We're thrilled by the opportunity to tell the Reservation Dogs' story with our amazing cast and crew."Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Developer Mihoyo has revealed a handful of Genshin Impact events and wishes that are now live on Nintendo Switch, mobile devices, PC, and PlayStation 4 following the game's version 1.2 update. Each has a different end date, with one of them extending into February 2021.The headlining event is The Chalk Prince and The Dragon, which sees the introduction of the sword-wielding Geo alchemist Albedo and gives players the chance to get the four-star sword Festering Desire for free until January 1. Those looking to score a five-star version of Albedo can participate in his Secretum Secretorum Character Wish Event until January 12. And smashed in between both of these events is round two of the Adventurer's Booster Bundles, a package that usually contains an assortment of goodies like Genesis Crystals, Mora, and XP.A Character Trial Event featuring Albedo, Bennett, Fischl, and Sucrose is also live until January 12, providing players with a fixed team in order to complete challenges for various reward.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

At the start of the year, I lamented the loss in functionality of one of my Roku remote's buttons after Sony shuttered its PlayStation Vue streaming service. As it happens, this turned out to rank rather low on the list of 2020's biggest problems, but I return to you this December with both good and bad news.I've recently begun using the Roku remote from another device, my Roku Ultra. It works a lot like my Roku Streaming Stick+'s remote, albeit with a much bulkier frame that makes me feel as if I'm holding a deeply stale Twinkie (I'm not sure if that's a physical state that a Twinkie can attain, but hopefully you understand). It also has added A and B buttons that are oddly positioned. I don't know what they do, but they are new and different from what I'm accustomed to, and thus they frighten me. I don't plan to investigate the situation further.Above those two is the standard layout of four buttons that jump you directly into an app. Netflix and Hulu are both welcome as such prominent streaming services. A third is for Sling, a service that I do not subscribe to, thus making it function as nothing more than an advertisement. So that's not great. But, on the bright side, it at least continues to exist, and so I begrudge it less than I do the continued blight that is the Vue button on my other remote.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Apple TV+ has put out some pretty fantastic originals so far. From the comedy series Mythic Quest and Ted Lasso to the Beastie Boys documentary and the Tom Hanks movie Greyhound, there is a lot of watch. Very soon, Apple TV+ has a Russo Brothers movie starring Tom Holland coming out called Cherry. However, you wouldn't know that was the title from a poster circulating on social media.With the poster for the upcoming March 12, 2021 film, people on social media are trying to figure out what this movie is called because the font is unreadable. According to Next Big Picture podcast host Will Mavity on Twitter, this comes from the print edition of Variety. It's a "For your consideration" ad taken out by Apple. What is easily confirmed about this is that it's a bad poster. Check it out below.When I first saw this, I broke down the font to its basics and the font should have read "Oihierkk," an easily pronounceable movie title. At a quick glance, it could even be called Cherkk, which isn't too far off from the actual title. However, "Cherry" was the least plausible of all the guesses, as there is no way that "k" on the end is supposed to be a "y."Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Many of the stories featuring Geralt of Rivia are, at their core, mystery stories with a medieval fantasy twist. The first season of the show operated primarily on a mixed-timelines premise that was confusing at times and definitely didn't work for everyone, but season 2 seems to be digging into that mystery premise based on a page of the first episode's script posted by Netflix to Twitter this week.This page from the Witcher Season 2 script shows the next season isn't holding back. pic.twitter.com/O2ucSltlls — NX (@NXOnNetflix) December 22, 2020The story starts with a merchant and his family traveling alone by carriage, finding themselves looking for lodgings in an empty town. The merchant turns his back for a second and then back around to find his wife missing, his daughter covered in blood.Geralt narrates over it. "You dogged my every footstep. But struck down others I passed on my way. Why?" he begins. "I was meant to end up alone, wasn't I? So I would finally begin to be afraid?"Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

CD Projekt Red has released another hotfix patch for Cyberpunk 2077--it closely follows on the heels of Patch 1.05, which addressed numerous glitches that occur in the opening hours of the main campaign. This new hotfix, Patch 1.06, doesn't fix as much, but it addresses the noteworthy save file corruption glitch.Patch 1.06 fixes the glitch that caused your save file to become corrupted if it exceeded a certain limit--something that could be done if you were holding onto too many items in your inventory. The patch is live across Xbox One, PS4, and PC.Unfortunately, the patch cannot recover what has been lost. If you've already fallen victim to the save file glitch, your save will still be corrupted. Patch 1.06 simply prevents the bug from ever occurring again. You can see the full breakdown of what Patch 1.06 does in the full patch notes, which are listed below.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

While the COVID-19 pandemic has led to many challenges in the gaming industry, it hasn't seen the industry at large get hit financially. Due to gaming being an at-home activity, the hobby has seen a huge uptick in both spending and playtime. As a result of safety regulations and quarantine restrictions, the gaming industry is now making more money than the movie and sporting industry combined.According to data from the International Data Corporation (per MarketWatch), global gaming revenue is expected to be around $197.7 billion by the end of the year. That's up roughly 20% from last year, and the significant rise can be contributed to the pandemic, the continued success of the Nintendo Switch, and the console launches for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series S and X. In 2019, the film and sports industries brought in a combined $175 billion, and both are down significantly this year.While console sales are on the rise, the biggest boost in gaming revenue has come from mobile gaming. Smartphone titles have seen an overall revenue boost of nearly 25% and are now up to a projected $87.7 billion. A bulk of that revenue comes from Asia and the Pacific region, as it makes up $56.6 billion.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com