Jeremy Bullock, the actor who first wore the armor of mysterious bounty hunter Boba Fett, has passed away at the age of 75. Daniel Logan, the young actor who played Boba as a child in Attack of the Clones confirmed Bulloch's passing and sent out a message of condolence and gratitude. View this post on InstagramA post shared by #DanielLogan (@instadaniellogan)"It brings me to tear to announce Jeremy Bulloch has [passed] away," his Instagram posts reads. "I'll never forget all you've taught me! I'll love you forever!! Conventions won't be the same without you. May the Force be with you always."Additionally, Bulloch's website posted its first update in over two years, announcing the actor's passing. "Jeremy died peacefully on 17th December 2020 following health complications, including several years living with Parkinson's disease. He spent his final weeks in the wonderful care of staff at St George's Hospital in Tooting, close to the house where he and his wife Maureen had lived together for more than fifty years. Maureen and two of his sons, Jamie and Robbie, were with him during his final days."Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

In a year where movie theatres have closed down and our options for entertainment outside the home have dwindled, many people have opted to improve their home entertainment setups. Whether that's buying a new TV or improving a sound system, the home theater experience has been adopted by the masses as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. But if you already have a great entertainment center, there are still a number of ways to spice things up in your living room. I've been testing the Hue Play HDMI Sync Box for the last few months, using it as a way to sync my Philips Hue lights with my games and movies, and I've found it to be a great way to enhance the experience of watching movies and playing certain games.The Hue Play Sync Box is an HDMI splitter that features four HDMI-in ports and one HDMI-out port but can also be synced to any compatible Hue lights. That means you need the Sync Box, Hue lights, and a Hue Hub, the latter of which makes it possible for all of your Hue devices to communicate with each other. It's a lot to ask for in both setup and cost, but if you want a great lighting experience to accompany your movies and video games, this is an excellent way to get it. Hue Play Sync Box $230 See at Amazon Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Nintendo is giving away another free item pack for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. For a limited time, Switch Online subscribers can grab the free Spirit Board Challenge Pack 7, which includes an assortment of helpful items for the game's Spirit Board mode.This particular pack contains items that will make it a little easier to battle tough Spirit Board foes. You'll receive the following:3,000 Spirit Points5 Rematch5 Damage 50%5 Weaken Minions5 Health DrainTo claim the free item pack, select the Nintendo Switch Online icon from the system's dashboard and highlight Exclusive Offers on the left sidebar. You'll see the item pack listed among the other freebies. Alternatively, you can go into the Switch Online tab in the eShop and find the item pack listed there.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

This year's all-remote Game Awards got a lot of attention. Receiving over 83 million livestreams last week, the annual award show increased 2019's 5.2 million livestreams by over 83%. Globally, 8.3 million viewers tuned in at peak time, an increase from 2019's 7.5 million viewers.This year #TheGameAwards viewership grew over 83% to more than 83 million livestreams. This is beyond our wildest expectations; I was just happy we could even produce the show this year.Thank you for watching and being a part of this global community. pic.twitter.com/gAKIb68jHp — Geoff Keighley (@geoffkeighley) December 17, 2020According to Stream Hatchet, live hours watched increased more than 129% across Twitch, YouTube, and Facebook Gaming. Over 2.63 million concurrent viewers tuned in at peak time on Twitch, doubling 2019's numbers. The number of YouTube viewers also reportedly doubled, but numbers were not disclosed.Audience participation in both voting and tweeting increased during 2020's Game Awards. Vote count more than doubled from 2019 on The Game Awards' website and Bilibili in China. People on social media also discussed The Game Awards at a greater volume than in 2019. On Twitter, there was a 31% increase in conversation volume year over year and a growth of 65% unique authors.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Anna Megill--the lead writer of Control and narrative lead of Dishonored: Death of the Outsider--has moved over to Playground Games to spearhead Fable's writing team.Megill shared the news on Twitter, announcing that she will be the project's lead writer. Megiil's due to make a move to the studio's stomping grounds in Leamington Spa, England, where she said she will "live in an English country cottage and write fairy tales."Megill briefly touched on her relationship with the Fable series in a Twitter thread announcing her new position. "Fable holds a special place in my heart," Megill wrote. "It came out the year I started in [game development], and it's the first game I played with a developer's eye."Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate director Masahiro Sakurai shared more details on the game's next DLC character, Final Fantasy VII's Sephiroth, during today's video presentation, but that wasn't all he discussed. Sakurai also revealed a new assortment of Mii Fighter costumes that are coming soon to the game.Five more costumes are being added to Smash Bros. Ultimate next week, all of which are based on Square Enix characters, including three from Final Fantasy VII: Barret (Gunner), Tifa (Brawler), and Aerith (Swordfighter). On top of that, there's going to be a Chocobo Hat and a Gunner costume based on Geno from Super Mario RPG. Each costume will cost 75 cents.Next round of Mii Fighter costumesAs for Sephiroth, the new fighter joins the roster next week, on December 22, but you'll be able to unlock him a few days early if you can beat him during a limited-time event. He'll arrive alongside a new stage, music tracks, and Spirits. You can get the One-Winged Angel as part of the game's $30 Fighters Pass Vol. 2 or pick his character pack up individually for $6.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate director Masahiro Sakurai gave us a closer look at the game's next DLC fighter, Sephiroth from Final Fantasy VII, during today's video presentation. In addition to detailing the fighter's moveset, Sakurai revealed when Sephiroth will join the roster, and it's very soon.Sephiroth will officially join the roster next week, on December 22. However, Nintendo is giving fans a chance to unlock the new fighter early through a special limited-time event. If you've purchased the Fighters Pass Vol. 2 or Sephiroth's character pack, you can challenge the One-Winged Angel as a boss fight. If you manage to defeat Sephiroth, you'll unlock him ahead of his official release date. The event runs from December 17-22.Like other DLC fighters, Sephiroth arrives alongside a brand-new stage, Northern Cave, as well as a handful of unlockable Spirits and nine new songs. The full song list includes:Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Cyberpunk 2077 is filled with choices, and while not all of them matter or have a big impact on how the game shakes out, some are monumental. A lot of these choices are reflected in Cyberpunk 2077's ending--what you decide to do and who you decide to do it with alters your options as you approach Cyberpunk's final act, while also changing what you might see when the dust settles.We've compiled all the information you need to know to help you decide how to work through Cyberpunk's endgame, either to get the ending that best fits your take on protagonist V, or to help you see each and every variation. Be sure to consult our side quest guide that runs down everything you should do before the Point of No Return, so you can make sure to unlock all the possible ending options.Obviously, this post contains massive spoilers. We'll try to keep non-essential information to a minimum, but if you want to experience the end of Cyberpunk 2077 organically, we recommend you stop reading now.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Some people make TV watching an event, complete with refreshments, dimmed lights, and a snuggly pet. Others treat it like background noise, something to fill their ears while they work or do other things. Netflix is testing the perfect feature for those background-noise watchers: an audio-only mode.Netflix is currently testing an audio-only mode on Android phones, Android Police reports. The feature is not yet available even to all Android subscribers, so you'll have to check if you have it. If you do, the screen will show a "Video Off" button when you tap the screen in full-screen mode. Tapping the button turns on the audio-only mode, which just has a blank screen beneath the Netflix menu items.This feature is, again, in testing. It may never roll out completely. If it does, though, it could pair well with the huge library of shows that offer Audio Description, in which a narrator describes what's happening in between character dialogue. Together, these two features would turn a show like The Queens Gambit into a high-production-value audiobook. The mode will definitely save battery life since it's not showing images, and we're betting it'll save on data, though we're not able to verify that at this time.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Sephiroth, the new character in the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate roster, is available now for anyone who has purchased the Fighters Pass Volume 2. However, unlike previous DLC fighters, you need to defeat Sephiroth to unlock him, otherwise he remains locked for another week. The fight is live now, and thankfully, unlocking him is very easy.When you start the game up, if you have the Fighters Pass, the Sephiroth Challenge will appear on the main menu, and you can start it by pressing the + button.The Sephiroth Challenge is in the top-left of the start screen.The Sephiroth Challenge is a HP battle on his new stage, Northern Cave, and there's three difficulty settings you can fight the Final Fantasy villain at. Doing so is not much of a challenge, especially on Easy, meaning that Sephiroth is effectively available today for players of almost all skill levels.The difficulty selection screen.On Easy, Sephiroth will have 100HP, on Normal, he'll have 150HP, and on Very Hard he'll have 200HP. The description for "Easy" difficulty reads "For players who want a near-certain victory," which is more or less accurate, as your attacks do more damage at this difficulty, too. On Normal, I was able to defeat Sephiroth with ease as Cloud, taking just 4% damage. Very Hard is much more of a challenge, although Smash Bros. pros are unlikely to break too much of a sweat.Defeat Sephiroth on any difficulty and the character, as well as the Northern Cave stage and all of its associated music tracks, will be unlocked immediately.There are also new Final Fantasy Mii Fighter costumes releasing, but you'll need to wait until Sephiroth's official launch on December 22 to get these.Info from Gamespot.com

The next character being added to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is Cloud's archenemy, Sephiroth, who unlocks on December 22 (or earlier, if you can beat him in a special challenge). Fans have been wary about how much extra Final Fantasy music and content would be introduced, since Cloud, infamously, only had two character-specific music track when the game launched. Sephiroth, it turns out, is getting more support.During today's presentation, it was revealed that nine new Final Fantasy songs are being introduced in this update, bringing the total to 11. These are focused on music from Final Fantasy VII and its spin-off movie, Advent Children, and include some new arrangements of classic songs.Sephiroth's track listHere's the full list of tracks:Opening - Bombing Mission (new arrangement)Those Who Fight (Advent Children version)Those Who Fight Further (Advent Children version)Aerith's Theme (new arrangement)Main Theme of Final Fantasy VII (new arrangement)JenovaCosmo Canyon (new arrangement)One-Winged AngelAdvent: One-Winged AngelThese tracks have been added to the Midgar stage, too. Sakurai said that getting the rights to use the music from Final Fantasy has been challenging because of the need to get the rights from copyright holders in numerous different regions. However, it seems that an agreement was reached for these extra tracks. Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Note: It might be obvious, but this post contains significant spoilers for the story and ending of Cyberpunk 2077--even though we've tried to limit them.There are a bunch of different endings available in Cyberpunk 2077 depending on your choices, your relationships, and how you've interacted with Johnny Silverhand over the course of the game before you reach it. Triggering them all requires some work, but if you've met the prerequisites, you'll see how to access each one in a pretty straightforward way when the time comes. That's true of all but one separate, secret ending that you might not ever know you have access to--and which will put you through one of Cyberpunk's toughest challenges.To get the secret ending, you need to make sure to have a high level of friendship with Johnny, which means you have completed his many side quests and have chosen friendly dialogue options, as opposed to antagonistic ones, when dealing with him. Check out our rundown of everything you should do before reaching Cyberpunk 2077's endgame for a complete picture of what Johnny Silverhand quests you can do and how to unlock them.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

The Callisto Protocol was announced at The Game Awards earlier this month, giving us an intriguing first look at this new horror title that is, curiously, set within the same game universe as PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds. The trailer we saw during the show was toned down, though--and now a far more violent Red Band version has been released.The trailer starts similarly, and is still giving us major Dead Space vibes--which makes sense, since developer Striking Distance was founded by the game's co-creator, Glen Schofield. However, while the initial trailer cut away from the monster attack, this one doesn't.This extended trailer shows the character we were introduced to during The Game Awards getting brutalized, and it's not pretty. If you're not good with eye stuff (as many people aren't), you might want to skip this trailer.The trailer also has a new ending, proving the character's fate definitively. The Callisto Protocol will release on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S in 2022. We haven't seen gameplay footage yet, so it's not entirely clear what kind of game it will be just yet. Info from Gamespot.com

Hollywood is struggling in modern times to show diversity that matches its audience, whether it comes to race, gender, or ability. Now, the remake of The Stand, which is airing on CBS All Access, is under fire for casting actor Henry Zaga in the role of deaf-mute character Nick Andros, with members of the Deaf community releasing a statement in response to the move.70 members of the Deaf community signed a statement this week calling the casting of a hearing actor in the role "not acceptable," THR reports. Signing members include directors and actors of screen and stage among others, such as actor Antoinette Abbamonte (Curb Your Enthusiasm) and director Jules Dameron (Reverse Polarity)."We will not endorse, watch, or support your miniseries on CBS All Access," the letter reads. "We will share our displeasure of the casting decision and airing of the miniseries on CBS All Access with our Deaf community, signing community, friends, and family of Deaf individuals; together we make up 466 million worldwide."Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

CD Projekt Red's Cyberpunk 2077 released on consoles in a less than optimal state--and now, PlayStation has taken action. The company has removed the game from the PlayStation Store, and promised to issue refunds to customers.Cyberpunk 2077 no longer appears when you search for it on the PlayStation Store, and Sony has shared a link for players to claim a refund for the digital version of the release. This applies to both the PS4 and PS5 stores.SIE strives to ensure a high level of customer satisfaction, and we will begin to offer a full refund for all gamers who have purchased Cyberpunk 2077 via PlayStation Store and want a refund. Please visit the following link to initiate the refund: https://t.co/DEZlC0LmUG. — Ask PlayStation (@AskPlayStation) December 18, 2020As players began to discover Cyberpunk 2077's shoddy release state on consoles, developer CD Projekt Red suggested that Sony and Microsoft would be able to issue refunds; however, it eventually transpired that consultation with these companies had not happened, and the company soon stopped suggesting contacting PlayStation for a refund.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com