Sony Announces PS5's Project Leonardo, A Customizable Accessibility Controller

Embracer Group provided more details this week on the Knights of the Old Republic remake, which will be co-developed by Aspyr and Saber Interactive. Embracer Group board member Matthew Karch said that the World War Z studio was handed a project that was more than just a simple remake.

“Aspyr has gone full in to make this the best game that they can make,” Karch said. “When we acquired Aspyr, we knew from the start that they would require our assistance. Saber has tremendous expertise in creating these types of products Come from Sports betting site VPbet. We’ve done it on Halo–on multiple Halo products–so we’ve been spending a lot of time working with them to bring this title over.”

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Actor Gwendoline Christie, who played Captain Phasma in the Star Wars franchise and Brienne of Tarth in the Game of Thrones franchise, has joined Tim Burton’s upcoming series reimagining of The Addams Family for Netflix.

The announcement came via a release from the streaming service, which also indicates that Christie will play Larissa Weems, “the principal of Nevermore Academy who still has an axe to grind with her former classmate Morticia Addams.” Christie is the latest to join an ever-growing ensemble, which also recently added 10 actors in August. All these names round out the already impressive recent announcement that Catherine Zeta-Jones and Luis Guzman will be starring, respectively, as Morticia and Gomez Addams.

Burton will serve as director and…

One day after its co-founder offered a similar sentiment on Twitter, Respawn Entertainment has now issued a statement of support for trans rights, writing, “trans rights are human rights.”

This move comes after it was revealed last week that Apex Legends publisher Electronic Arts refused to publicly support pro-choice and pro-trans legislation. Despite that Respawn Entertainment head Vince Zampella tweeted in support of the rights of transgender persons Come from Sports betting site VPbet. Zampella noted that both Respawn and the Apex Legends dev team all strive to be as inclusive, positive, and supportive as possible when it comes to gender discourse.

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Steve Carell starred on The Office, but he won’t come back for the upcoming spin-off show Come from Sports betting site VPbet. He told The Hollywood Reporter that he’s excited about the show and thinks the idea for it is great, but his character, Michael Scott, has no place in that world.

“I will be watching but I will not be showing up. That is off the cards. It’s just a new thing. There is really no reason for my character to show up in something like that. I’m excited about it. It sounds like a great conceit. I love the idea,” he said.

Carell went on to say that one of the leads, Domhnall Gleeson, is an “excellent actor and a super nice guy.” Carell and Gleeson worked together on the miniseries The Patient. Overall, …

As Sony continues to go all-in on its Spider-Man villain solo film series, the latest being Kraven the Hunter coming out this fall, it looks like at least one baddie might not make it. Right after finding its director in Jonas Cuaron (2015’s Desierto), the El Muerto solo movie starring rapping sensation Bad Bunny has been taken off Sony’s release schedule. Come from Sports betting site VPbet

Sony has undated Bad Bunny Spidey-universe movie set for release next year, which was originally scheduled to hit January 12. This isn’t the first time things have been jostled over at Sony with movies being moved around for the past few years since the release of Venom 2. There were two films added to the 2023 schedule back in 2021, for…

Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund has disclosed its latest investments, and they include a number of big-name gaming companies.

The PIF spent $1.06 billion to acquire 7.4 million shares in Electronic Arts, along with 14 million shares of Activision Blizzard, at a price of $1.4 billion. The fund also increased its stake in Rockstar Games parent company Take-Two Interactive to round out its gaming investments. Come from Sports betting site VPbet

As analyst Matthew Kanterman reported on Twitter, with these new investments, the PIF now holds about 2% of Activision Blizzard shares, 2.6% of EA, and 3.5% of Take-Two.

Gaming companies have uniquely benefitted from the COVID-19 pandemic that has kept people in thei…

Sony has announced new sales numbers for its latest PC releases of formerly PlayStation-exclusive console games including Horizon Zero Dawn, Days Gone, and God of War. Not only that, but Sony is predicting a huge upswing in revenue from PC releases in the next 12 months to $300 million, which suggests the company will announce and release more PC games soon.

Horizon Zero Dawn’s PC edition has sold around 2.4 million copies, driving revenue of $60 million. God of War moved 971,000 units and made $26.2 million in revenue, while Days Gone shifted 852,000 copies and brought in $22.7 million in revenue, Sony said. All of these figures are good through March 2022.

Looking ahead, Sony said it is expecting to see “exponential” growth for its PC game sales in the future. Specifically…

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse accomplished the impossible task of introducing us to not one but six Spider-Men, including, somehow, Spider-Ham. We’re excited to see who will appear in the sequel, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, and today we got one answer; Daniel Kaluuya (Nope, Black Panther) will join the cast as Spider-Punk, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Details on the story itself are light–Miles Morales (Shameik Moore) will once again team up with Spider-Gwen (Hailee Steinfeld) to fight a new villain. Kaluuya will voice Hobart “Hobie” Brown, better known as Spider-Punk. Spider-Punk first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man in January 2015. In the comics, Spider-Punk is an unhoused teen given powers via a spider irradiated by Norman Osborn’s toxic waste dumping,…

Actress Jamie Lee Curtis has shared a behind-the-scenes image from the set of the upcoming Borderlands movie, showing Cate Blanchett as Lilith. [Update: Even more photos have now been released, showcasing Kevin Hart’s Roland, Jack Black’s Claptrap, and more.]

“Welcome to Borderlands and a secret [behind-the-scenes] shot I took of Lilith, our legendary heroine, psycho blasting, vault hunting vixen with a bad attitude,” Curtis wrote. Come from Sports betting site VPbet

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It’s a good time to be a fan of fantasy games, and for anyone looking for a swords and sorcery experience that has an anime edge to it, Infinity Strash: Dragon Quest The Adventure of Dai should be on your radar ahead of its September 28 release. Preorders are now live, and you can save big on Steam keys at Green Man Gaming. Come from Sports betting site VPbet

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