Developer 1047 Games has announced that Splitgate’s full release has been delayed, and the current open beta will be extended as “there’s more work to be done before we’re ready to release.” The developer made the announcement in a new Tweet which also revealed that the beta has now seen 10 million downloads across various platforms. That’s an incredible accomplishment, and it certainly bodes well for the game once it does get a full release....
Tom Hanks was offered to go to space with Jeff Bezos, but he didn’t want to pay for it. The movie star told Jimmy Kimmel about it last night and the price tag was just too high. According to Hanks, hitching a ride on the Blue Origin mission was 28 million dollars. The Castaway star also joked that the audience could all play make-believe for themselves to simulate what the very short space flight would entail....
WWE Hall of Famer Bill Goldberg was spotted in the crowd at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas on Saturday night during the UFC 262 event. The former WWE Universal Champion was shown putting UFC Hall of Famer Matt Serra in a headlock before they both posed for the camera. He was later shown hyping up the live crowd, which reportedly had an attendance of over 16,000. Goldberg was last seen in WWE back in January, challenging Drew McIntyre for the WWE Championship at the Royal Rumble....
Earlier this year, Planters put out the call to make the dreams of some peanut fans come true when they announced that they were hiring for Planters Peanutters, a role that included driving the iconic Nutmobile, and now, as the brand makes its move to Hormel Foods in Minnesota, they’re making dreams come true again in a big way. On Tuesday, the brand announced that as beloved icon Mr. Peanut settles into his new home, he’s inviting fans to stay in his vacation home, INN a NUTshell, by renting out the Nutmobile for, well, peanuts....
This week will see the premiere of Naomi, the latest series within The CW’s ever-evolving universe of DC shows. The series has an impressive array of talent in front of and behind the camera, including co-creator and executive producer Ava DuVernay. DuVernay, whose work includes A Wrinkle in Time, When They See Us, and 13, has been vocal in her excitement about bringing the story of Naomi McDuffie (Kaci Walfall) to the small screen — and she continued that hype on social media on Monday, sharing a new trailer for the series ahead of its Tuesday premiere....
The anime community is still mourning the loss of the legendary creator of the dark franchise known as Berserk, with Kentaro Miura passing due to health-related issue, and while the future of the manga series remains unclear, it seems as though the printed publication of Young Animal will be releasing a new chapter of the story next month. In an official statement earlier this summer, Young Animal stated that the future of the franchise has yet to be determined, with many wondering if Miura’s assistants will finish the story that Kentaro started decades ago with the world of the Band of the Hawk....
Following Starfield’s appearance during Gamescom, hopes that the game would release outside of the Xbox and PC platforms were once again reignited by people looking for wiggle room in comments made by Bethesda. Pete Hines, Bethesda’s SVP of global marketing, said during the event that it wasn’t as though people on platforms other than Xbox and PC would never be able to play a Bethesda game again, a sentiment that’s been reiterated more than once before....
Superman has never had much luck when it comes to solo video games, but it seems that a promising game starring the Man of Steel nearly happened more than 10 years ago. Video game developer @DevSalvatrix recently shared information on Twitter about a Superman game that she was the lead designer on around 2007/2008. The game was reportedly in development at Factor 5, which was responsible for the excellent GameCube game Star Wars Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader....
Vincent D’Onofrio knows exactly which hero in the Marvel Cinematic Universe he wants Kingpin to throw down with. The actor portrayed Wilson Fisk, aka Kingpin, in three seasons of Daredevil on Netflix. Unfortunately, the streamer canceled Daredevil, along with all of its other Marvel shows, leaving Kingpin in limbo. Thankfully, the rights to the Daredevil characters have reverted back to Marvel Studios, meaning any of those heroes or villains can appear in future projects....
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness will soon be the highest-grossing picture of the year, and the marketing team at Marvel is doing anything it can to make sure people still turn out to the cinema in droves. Saturday, the House of Ideas shared two clips online, one revealing most of the surprise Illuminati members, including Black Bolt (Anson Mount) and Captain Carter (Hayley Atwell). Another included nearly the entirety of the post-credits scene featuring the first interaction between Benedict Cumberbatch’s eponymous sorcerer and Clea (Charlize Theron), her live-action debut within the Marvel Cinematic Universe....
Elon Musk is many things, including the richest and most influential man in the world. Above everything else though, Musk is a gamer. He has played every single Call of Duty and is the world’s biggest Elden Ring fan. Just recently, Musk tweeted out that “Elden Ring, experienced in its entirety, is the most beautiful art” he has ever seen. As you may know, the latest FromSoftware game isn’t short, and it’s unclear if Musk has beat it, but he’s dumped substantial time into the game, as evident by his level 111 character....
Booyah! Khary Payton receives his first writing credit in the second half of Young Justice Season 4. The Teen Titans Cyborg star, who voices Kaldur (a.k.a. Aquaman, formerly Aqualad) in the DC animated superhero series, writes and stars in Episode 417, “Leviathan Wakes,” streaming April 7 on HBO Max. Payton revealed the news on Twitter with shoutouts to Young Justice: Phantoms producer/showrunner Greg Weisman, co-developer and executive producer Brandon Vietti, and writer Mae Catt....
Marvel Champions: The Card Game made a surprise announcement today – they’re adding Spider-Ham as a playable hero to the living card game. While today is April Fools’ Day, the announcement that Fantasy Flight Games is making a Spider-Ham Hero Deck for their Marvel Champions card game is no joke. The anthropomorphic pig variant of Spider-Man will receive his own hero deck later this year, complete with unique mechanics that take advantage of Spider-Ham’s…....
Georges St-Pierre really found acting to be helpful as he transitioned away from Mixed Martial Arts. The MCU star sat down with the Dan LeBatard Show with Stugotz this week ahead of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier finale. During that conversation, the UFC icon was candid about life after stepping out of the Octagon. Any fan of MMA will tell you that the athletes can have a hard time calling it quits when the time comes....
My Hero Academia has announced its cast of villains for the new World Heroes’ Mission movie! My Hero Academia is gearing up for the release of its third feature film next month, and has been steadily revealing more of what we can look forward to in its world spanning new mission focusing on Izuku Midoriya, Katsuki Bakugo, and Shoto Todoroki’s time working with Endeavor. The main villain for the film has already been revealed as well as the voice behind this new antagonist, and now we have gotten the full list of villains working alongside them....
Roman Reigns’ status in WWE has been widely discussed ever since he hinted at starting a new phase of his career during a post-show promo in Trenton, New Jersey over the weekend. It has since been revealed that “The Tribal Chief” recently signed a new WWE contract that requires fewer house show dates, but then several outlets discovered Reigns wasn’t being advertised for any house shows or SmackDown tapings for July or August of this year, causing fans to worry that the Undisputed WWE Universal Champion might be outright gone from WWE programming for most of the Summer....
Manga fans have been waiting several years for an anime adaptation of the popular series, Record of Ragnarok, with Netflix turning a number of heads following the announcement that the streaming service was bringing this battle between mankind and the gods to its platform, with its newest trailer letting fans know when they can expect the series to drop. Focusing on a plot wherein the gods are set to determine mankind’s fate through combat, thirteen of humanity’s strongest warriors are plucked from time and given some weaponry to help in their upcoming tournament appearances....
Twitter has been subjected to some interesting evolutions over the years, with updates that drastically change how people utilize the social networking platform. Even then, there are still some features that fans have been long-campaigning to see brought to life — and it sounds like one could soon be on the way. While not quite an Edit feature, Twitter product designer Dominic Camozzi teased plans to create an “Unmention” feature. As the name suggests, the feature would allow users to untag themselves from other people’s tweets, as opposed to having to mute or block the participants involved with a particularly popular mention....
We Never Learn’s creator has celebrated the release of the manga’s final volume with special new art! After a strong three year run in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump magazine, Taishi Tsusui’s original manga series officially came to an end last year. Well, “end” is sort of a weighted word here as the series technically came to an end five different times before its official conclusion. As one of the more unique ways to bring an end to a romantic comedy series in recent memory, fans were treated to officially released alternate endings featuring all five main heroines....
Will Forte will be joining John Cena in Coyote vs. Acme. The Warner Bros. live-action and animation hybrid is being developed now. Fresh off of his work on Peacemaker, James Gunn will be producing along with Chris DeFaria. Forte will be standing in court across from Wile E. Coyote. The premise of this Looney Tunes movie will be that the titular inventor is trying to sue the ACME corporation because of their faulty equipment....
