Marvel Reveals Star Wars: Legacy of Vader Series Starring Kylo Ren
Marvel Comics has revealed its latest ongoing Star Wars series, one set in the immediate aftermath of Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Dubbed Star Wars: Legacy of Vader, this new series traces Kylo Ren's journey as he becomes Supreme Leader of the First Order and tries to reconnect with the ghost of his grandfather, Darth Vader.As revealed by StarWars.com, Legacy of Vader is written by a veteran of both Kylo Ren and Darth Vader comics. Charles Soule previously penned Marvel's 2017 Star Wars: Darth Vader series and 2019's Star Wars: The Rise of Kylo Ren, a limited series that explores Ben Solo's ascent in the First Order and the Knights of Ren. The book is illustrated by fellow Star Wars veteran Luke Ross.Check out the slideshow gallery below for an early preview of Star Wars: …
Read moreThe Day Before Dev Cancels Failing Kickstarter and Announces Another Game in the Same Breath
The Day Before developer Fntastic has cancelled its failing Kickstarter for one game and announced another in the same breath.Fntastic, who released the utterly disastrous The Day Before in December 2023 before pretending to shut down, resurfaced in September asking for money for a new game: the physics based multiplayer game Escape Factory.It has now cancelled this project, however, after it reached just 15.73% of its Kickstarter goal with $3,146 raised of a $20,000 goal. "Our campaign on Kickstarter is unlikely to reach our goal," Fntastic said in a statement published to X/Twitter announcing another game."After careful analysis and discussion with the team, we have decided that our Escape Factory project has not generated enough interest," it said. The Kickstarter re…
Read moreThrone and Liberty and Guild Wars Company NCSoft Suffers Layoffs Amid Significant Restructure
NCSoft, the South Korean MMO specialist behind the likes of Throne and Liberty, Guild Wars 2, and Lineage, has confirmed a significant restructure of the company amid a sweeping round of layoffs.South Korean news agency Yonhap reported on comments from NCSoft co-CEOs Taek-Jin Kim and Byung-Moo Park, who blamed the incoming layoffs and reorganization on the company’s ongoing financial troubles. “We feel a deep sense of responsibility and offer an apology to all employees,” they said.The co-CEOs added that "as a result of operating in a way that most of the manpower and functions are concentrated at the headquarters, financial performance has continued to deteriorate and we are at risk of becoming a chronically loss-making company," and that this situation "is seriously …
Read moreSilent Hill 2 Remake Gets First Major Update in Patch 1.04
Bloober Team has released the first major update for the Silent Hill 2 remake in Patch 1.04, addressing myriad gameplay issues as well as improving the survival horror game's technical performance.The patch notes were released on Steam and outline dozens of changes made to Silent Hill 2. Some address funnier bugs like protagonist James teleporting through a peephole and getting stuck in a window near Neely's Bar.On the technical front, Bloober Team has reduced visual glitches when using the latest version of Nvidia DLSS, added an option to enable DLSS frame generation in the menu when using DLSS for supersampling, and added support for AMD FSR 3.1.1. The full patch notes are available below.
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Creature Commandos NYCC Trailer Reveals First Look at Clayface and Circe
Creature Commandos received a brand-new trailer at NYCC, and it reveals an extended preview of the show that will officially kick off the DCU. Oh, and it gave us our first look at Clayface and Circe in the series! The footage begins with Amanda Waller talking to Rick Flagg Sr., saying he finds himself in the middle of an "international incident." We are then introduced to some of the big players in the animated series – who are not human prisoners since the US congress said they could not use them – and they include The Bride, Doctor Phosphorus, The Weasel, Nina Mazursky, and G.I. Robot.As previously mentioned, we also get a look at some of the big bads our team will be facing off against like Clayface and Circe. You wanted monsters? You got motherf*ckin’ monsters. From James G…
Read moreAsmongold's Twitch Channel Banned Following Racist Rant About Palestinians
Updated at 2:30 p.m. PT, October 15, with statement from Twitch: Zack Hoyt, the popular streamer best known as Asmongold, has had one of his channels temporarily banned from Twitch after garnering backlash for a racist rant about Palestinians and the conflict in Gaza.Going to Zackrawrr, the channel on which Hoyt primarily streams and where he made the remarks, now leads to a notification that says, "This channel is temporarily unavailable due to a violation of Twitch's Community Guidelines or Terms of Service." Another one of Hoyt's channels, Asmongold, is still live, although he hasn't streamed on that channel since last year. The current front page of the Zackrawrr Twitch channel. When reached by IGN, a Twitch spokesperson sent the following statement: "We t…
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