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A new image has been released as the search for missing man Philip Musgreave continues.
West Yorkshire Police have issued the picture of the man and officers are keen to learn about his whereabouts following his disappearance.
Mr Musgreave is from Cleckheaton and police in Kirklees are keen to learn of any information that may lead to finding out his whereabouts.
Anyone with information about the missing man should call the police on 101, quoting reference 309 of August 18.
West Yorkshire Police remind the public that if they are witnessing a crime or an emergency, they should contact 999. If the call is a non-emergency one, use 101.
Get the latest local news from Yorkshire. Find out what's going on in and around the county with breaking news, sport, features and more from the YorkshireLive news team.
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A rousing celebration of the return of live music for live audiences, this show will feature beloved songs by Stephen Sondheim, Maltby & Shire, Stephen Schwartz, Carly Simon, and much more.
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Liz Callaway will return to Feinstein's/54 Below on September 7 with a special one-night-only encore of her show Comin' Around Again. A rousing celebration of the return of live music for live audiences, this show will feature beloved songs by Stephen Sondheim, Maltby & Shire, Stephen Schwartz, Carly Simon, and much more.
Liz Callaway is a Tony Award nominee and Emmy Award-winning actress, singer and recording artist. She made her Broadway debut in Stephen Sondheim's Merrily We Roll Along, received a Tony Award nomination for her performance in Baby, and for five years, won acclaim as Grizabella in Cats. She has also starred in the original casts of Miss Saigon, The Three Musketeers, and The Look of Love. In addition, Ms. Callaway has established a major career as a concert and recording artist.
Comin' Around Again also streamed live in August as part of Live From Feinstein's/54 Below, a new series designed to make shows more accessible to fans from across the globe and to recreate the live experience of Broadway's Living Room.
Tickets are now on sale for Liz Callaway in Comin' Around Again at Feinstein's/54 Below (254 West 54th Street) on September 7 at 7pm. Tickets start at $55, with a $25 food and beverage minimum.
Tickets, membership information, and a full schedule are available at www.54below.com or by calling (646) 476-3551.
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It's my hope - after the year we’ve had - that audiences will get the kind of story that sets pulses racing, gets them thinking, talking, connects them.
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As we've crept tentatively towards theatres reopening their doors I've heard theatre described variously as an oasis of peace, as hope's crucible, and as an essential example of the warm, collective experience we need to return to. And all of that is lovely - it really is. Hope. Peace. Warmth.
So why return with an adaptation of a Victorian Gothic chiller whose eponymous character (well, 50% of him) does not deal in any of that?
Let's go back a bit.
I was a teenager when I first read Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. It's not a particularly long book, and I'd already been keyed into the twist, but even knowing that didn't quell the fascination with the tale. How could someone as decent as Henry Jekyll transform into someone so repellent? Why would he want that? Who would do that more than once? What was his aim?
I returned to the same questions many years later when I was originally asked to adapt the story for the stage - but by then I had an answer.
In 1996, when I was still acting and while working for the BBC, I was involved in a car accident which exacerbated a pre-existing back problem, turning it into a significant spinal disorder. I'd just turned 26 and things were about to change for me. Slowly, but significantly, my spinal vertebrae fused together, restricting my movement and... well, it altered the direction of my life.
So when looking for the "Why" behind Jekyll's decision to pursue his experiment to its murderous end, I put myself in his position. What if I was given a potion and told "Drink this and you'll feel as well as you did before that guy ran into you. No back disorder, no fused spine, you can run, breathe, you'll feel physically great... but everyone you meet will hate you."
Would I take it? Would anyone?
I concluded that your ego would tell you that, being a decent kind of a bloke, not unpleasant, quite friendly, you could change the way people see you.
But once Jekyll is Hyde, he can't change people's opinion of him - and part of him doesn't want to. Would that be me? Would the adrenaline rush of being able to do all the things I hadn't done for years stop me from caring what people thought? And once that genie was out of the bottle, would I have the strength to put him back in?
Paige Round and Jack Bannell in
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That was the seed of it. The flip side of a man as mentally brilliant but as physically weak as Jekyll is someone physically powerful but mentally broken, given to venting his passions at will, often to violent and bloody ends.
I then, with the help of friends far smarter than I am, looked into the history of neuroscience and found that the period in which the book was set was filled with pioneers exploring the different functions of the brain. Add that to the darker corners of Victorian society and there's the start of a decent tale here. Only one thing missing though.
A strong female character.
Considering how influential on Stevenson's life his wife was (it's not understating it to say that she encouraged him to create his best work), I really wanted a similar figure in Jekyll's life. And possibly Hyde's. Fanny Stevenson was an American, and that outsider's perspective was something I wanted as well - though I wasn't keen on being quite so 'on the nose' as to make my character American too. Leaning again on history, there was a huge influx of Irish men and women coming over to England at that time, and that seemed perfect.
From there, the whole thing started to fit together...but I'm not going to go into it any further than that. I'd rather you went to see it on tour. If we get it right, it'll give the people who already know the twist the kind of answers I was looking for when I was a kid.
More than that, it's my hope - after the year we've had - that audiences will get the kind of story that sets pulses racing, gets them thinking, talking, connects them. And, beyond those two hours in the theatre, brings them back to seek out other stories, other experiences. Reminds them what theatre is and can be.
The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde is touring from 14 September - find full dates and venues here
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TikTok and Off-Broadway comedian Charles Osborne and composer Leo Hurley will present their new musical Paris Through the Window in concert at The Green Room 42 on Friday October 22nd at 7:00pm.
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TikTok and Off-Broadway comedian Charles Osborne and composer Leo Hurley will present their new musical Paris Through the Window in concert at The Green Room 42 on Friday October 22nd at 7:00pm.
Starring Zachary Noah Piser (Dear Evan Hansen, Wicked) as WWI poet Alan Seeger and Laura Darrell (Sweeney Todd, Kid Victory) as children's author Marielle Mansart, the all-star Broadway cast includes Tripp Fountain (Hair), Travis Kent (Disaster!), Nicole Vanessa Ortiz (Smokey Joe's Café, Spamilton), and Yassi Noubahar (1000 Nights and One Day); with Ryan Bauer-Walsh (Billy Elliot), Dorothy Bishop (Master Class, The Dozen Divas Show), Mick Bleyer (Goodspeed Opera House), Nick Gaswirth (Great Comet of 1812, A Christmas Story), and Lori Tishfield (Orange is the New Black).
An American poet tries to change his future while a French children's author rewrites their past, in this sweeping musical myth about World War I. Inspired by the works of Alan Seeger, with music and orchestrations by Leo Hurley and story and lyrics by Charles Osborne, Paris Through the Window features an all-star Broadway cast under the music direction of Matthew Stephens (The Sound of Music national tour).
"It's not a biography or a historical romance", says co-creator Charles Osborne (Spamilton, Forbidden Broadway). "It's a new myth aimed at helping a modern audience face the most pressing questions in life. It just happens to be set a hundred years ago."
Composer Leo Hurley, known for his operas and classical work, is certainly looking to the future. "We've been developing this show for years. But we're finally ready to share it. And we're finally ready for a producer." To which Osborne laughed, "So if you know any...", before clarifying that the purpose of the concert is simply to celebrate how far the work has come.
Osborne, best known as TikTok and social media comedian @AStarOsborne, also hopes the concert will showcase his serious side. "Of course the show's funny, it's me," he smiles. "But it's ultimately really cathartic, with the most gorgeous music I've ever heard."
For tickets, bios, and more information, visit thegreenroom42.venuetix.com. $19-$59. Limited availability.
Regarding their COVID policy, The Green Room 42 states "All guests are required to be fully vaccinated in order to enter our venue. For help providing proof of vaccination, we recommend NY State Excelsior Pass, linked here. Our staff is required to be masked and they are fully vaccinated whenever possible."
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The Afro Latin Jazz Alliance, in partnership with Lantern Organization and Mega Development, announce today, along with the New York City Department of Housing Development and Preservation, plans to bring a new 16,000 square feet Afro Latin Music & Arts Center along with 330 affordable housing units to East Harlem.
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The Afro Latin Jazz Alliance, in partnership with Lantern Organization and Mega Development, announce today, along with the New York City Department of Housing Development and Preservation, plans to bring a new 16,000 square feet Afro Latin Music & Arts Center along with 330 affordable housing units to East Harlem.
The project, Timbale Terrace, will construct a new mixed-use development on the east side of Park Avenue between East 118th Street and East 119th Street (formerly a NYPD 25th Precinct Parking Site) with a performing arts center operated by the Afro Latin Jazz Alliance. Timbale Terrace will offer housing to low-income families while the Afro Latin Music & Arts Center will provide community programs, music and technical production training, after-school programs, free arts education classes, community event spaces, world-class live performances, and more.
"East Harlem is the community that best represents the mission of the Afro Latin Jazz Alliance, to use music as an entry point for service to the community and to reflect back to that community the beauty and ingenuity of its citizens," comments Arturo O'Farrill, Founder, Artistic Director, Afro Latin Jazz Alliance. "Partnering with the City of New York, the Lantern Organization and Mega Development is an opportunity to put theory into daily practice. We are honored to lock arms with these partners and serve the people of East Harlem in a manner designed by their needs. Timbale Terrace will be a place that welcomes all!"
"We feel that this is a historic moment for New York: to witness the creative connection between affordable housing and the performing arts in a way that enhances the life of people in our communities and specifically in East Harlem," adds Marietta Ulacia, Executive Director, ALJA. "The Afro Latin Jazz Alliance, in partnership with Lantern organization and Mega Development, is uniquely positioned to develop the first performing arts center dedicated to Afro Latin music and arts in East Harlem. ALJA's commitment to free educational programs, music performances, community engagement, and offering a recording studio, archival library, and café will be placed at the service of the community for the benefit of everyone."
"ALJA is very excited to be an integral part of the Timbale Terrace development to create a vibrant project that will be a resource for the entire East Harlem community," says James R. Wacht, President of Sierra Real Estate, ALJA board member and Head of the Education Committee. This project will allow the Afro Latin Jazz Alliance to expand our performance and educational programming, which currently enriches over 1,000 elementary, middle and high school students in underserved NYC public schools. Our Fat Cat youth ensembles will now have a permanent home that will enable us to attract an even more diverse and talented group of middle and high schoolers. The theater will become the new home for our seven-time, GRAMMY Award-winning Arturo O'Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra that has been performing at Birdland for the past 25 years."
For nearly two decades, the Afro Latin Jazz Alliance has served as a leading New York City cultural institution preserving the music and heritage of Afro Latin jazz. The opening of their very own Afro Latin Music & Arts Center affords an opportunity to advance a wider range of innovative Latin jazz programs to diverse communities across the metro area. Timbale Terrace consolidates and expands ALJA's varied initiatives offering comprehensive support to their close network of standout musicians and educators in the form of live performances, educational teaching ventures, individual artist grants, and an ability to participate in a citywide lottery for apartments at Timbale Terrace. 50% of the affordable units will be given a community preference status for residents who live in East Harlem (or served by the Community Board district of the project, Manhattan CB #11). Many teaching artists and musicians (with or without families) will qualify as Timbale Terrace applicants based on their household income.
Along with Lantern Organization and Mega Development, ALJA is eager to work with essential local arts and cultural groups such as Art For Change, the Association of Hispanic Arts, El Museo del Barrio, La Casa de la Herencia Cultural Puertorriqueña, Speaking In Rhythms, Taller Boricua PR Workshop, and many others.
ALJA's outstanding contributions to the arts and cultural sectors of New York City ensures that Latin jazz will be kept alive and well for generations to come to enjoy.
For more information regarding ALJA, please visit: afrolatinjazz.org
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When it comes to the art of cabaret, no one has been more successful or more prolific than Michael Feinstein. His influence is literally everywhere you look. In three decades he has gone from a piano bar performer to one of the most driving forces in the music business, the impresario of a cabaret empire. He is an ambassador for the Great American Songbook and his work as an archivist of rare and forgotten scores is unparalleled.
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When it comes to the art of cabaret, no one has been more successful or more prolific than Michael Feinstein. His influence is literally everywhere you look. In three decades he has gone from a piano bar performer to one of the most driving forces in the music business, the impresario of a cabaret empire. He is an ambassador for the Great American Songbook and his work as an archivist of rare and forgotten scores is unparalleled.
He is the principal pops conductor of the Pasadena Symphony and the artistic director of the Palladium Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel, Indiana. In addition, he is the director of the Jazz and Popular Song Series at New York's Jazz at Lincoln Center. He is the author of The Gershwin's and Me, an LA Times bestseller from Simon & Schuster. He was nominated for an Emmy for his television special Michael Feinstein- The Sinatra Legacy as well as receiving five Grammy nominations.
He serves on the Library of Congress's National Recording Preservation Board. He created The Great American Songbook Foundation which is dedicated to celebrating and preserving the art form through educational programs, Masterclasses, and the annual High School Songbook Academy. He is also the owner of a series of cabaret clubs around the country including Feinstein's 54 Below in New York, where next week he will begin a two-week run of his new show Michael Feinstein: SUMMERTIME SWING!
I was lucky enough to get a few moments to talk to Feinstein about his new show and the Great American Songbook.
Ricky Pope
I'm so glad that you were able to make time for me this morning. I want to ask about your upcoming show, SUMMERTIME SWING! at 54 Below. We're all very excited that you are back in New York. Is this your first engagement at 54 Below since it has been open again?
Michael Feinstein
Yes.
Ricky Pope
Can you tell the fans what they can expect? Are you concentrating on specific composers or specific musical themes in this show?
Michael Feinstein
For me, it's a celebration of returning to musical life. And therefore I've assembled a "Best Of Michael Feinstein" program. We have a number of different elements. Of course, there will be some "swingy" things to fulfill the promise of the title. I will have a request section, so people can request something they may wish to hear whether it's connected with me or not. I have some songs that I feel are illustrative of the times and that may remind us of the joy of music-making and camaraderie.
Ricky Pope
Boy, do we need that now.
Michael Feinstein
Yeah. I'm also going to do a Sinatra medley that I put together a few years ago. I performed it with the Pasadena Pops last weekend in a concert for 6,000 people. The response was so huge that we're putting it into this show. Oh, and I also wrote a new song with Alan Bergman, who is 95, I think. I'm going to include that song because it turned out well, and I like his lyrics, of course. And then other standards by Lerner and Loewe, Hugh Martin and Ralph Blaine, Jimmy McHugh. It will be a grab bag of things I think will be soothing to the musical soul.
Ricky Pope
I have a few questions about your career in general. You have always been more than an entertainer. You describe yourself as an ambassador for the Great American Songbook. I think that's absolutely true. That seems to be a term that means something different to different people. How would you define the parameters of the Great American Songbook?
Michael Feinstein
It's interesting. The accolade "ambassador of the Great American Songbook" was something that was attached to me. Maybe it's true. It is my passion. As far as the definition of the Great American Songbook, I think that it probably begins in the 20th century. Certainly, there are songs from the 1800s that are enduring, but for me, the definition is a song that transcends the period in which it was created, is known collectively to everybody, and has relevance in today's time. For example, "Over the Rainbow" or "Singin' in the Rain" or "As Time Goes By", or Billy Joel or Carole King or The Beatles. Any song that endures and has a life that transcends the time it was written in becomes a standard. And so the Great American Songbook is ever-evolving. I believe that there are songs being created today, and if we're collectively sitting at home listening to them in 25 years, they will become standards. Of course, it used to be that a song like "Over the Rainbow" was recorded by hundreds of different people. And that's one of the reasons that it endures. Now, most people listen to music and it's a single performance, a single recording that they know of a song. But sometimes a song will be covered by other people and will have, let's say, a wider wingspan.
Ricky Pope
I like that definition. It's more inclusive than some of the definitions I've heard. I'm glad to hear you include writers like Carole King and Billy Joel or Dolly Parton, who are still writing songs that will live after them. I talked to Billy Stritch the other day, who I think has the same sort of philosophy that you have. I asked him why he thought the work of preserving the Great American Songbook was so important. What are your thoughts on that?
Michael Feinstein
To me, the Great American Song is comparable to Shakespeare, Beethoven, or the Italian Renaissance in that something very special was created in that period that will never happen again. We don't look at a Shakespeare play and say "Oh, that's old." We look at it and say "Isn't that amazing? That's timeless and I can relate to it." The songs that were created in that golden age are extraordinary, not only for the sheer volume of creation but the quality of the lyrics and the cleverness and the innovation of the melodies and harmonies. They are so exquisite in their creation that they still speak to us. Not intellectually, emotionally. And people don't need to know that the craft is so great. These songwriters captured a sense of the human condition that is universal and therefore enduring.
Ricky Pope
Yes. I think that's absolutely true. You are intimately associated with the music of the Gershwins, of course. Do you have other favorite composers who particularly speak to you?
Michael Feinstein
Yes, there are many. Because there are thousands of songwriters. I gravitate to the lyrics of Marshall Barer, who should have been as well known as Lorenz Hart. Marshall was a favorite lyricist of Stephen Sondheim. He is basically known for having written the lyrics to Once Upon a Mattress with Mary Rodgers. I met Marshall later in his life and he was one of the most exquisitely gifted songwriters I ever knew. I'll be including something by him in this program. His songs are just brilliant and funny and deeply moving. So Marshall's work is something that I always try to champion when I'm able.
There are so many songwriters whose works are meaningful. Burton Lane has always been important to me. Hugh Martin and Johnny Green. Johnny Green is known for writing a handful of songs, "Body, and Soul," "I Cover the Waterfront," "You're Mine, You," "Coquette". But Johnny Green is another songwriter whose works are exquisite and are completely forgotten. Before he died, he asked me if I thought his work would endure. And I told him that I felt that it would because of the handful of standards. But again, like many other writers, he wrote so many things that never saw the light of day. You can take any songwriter, no matter how famous, whether it's Cole Porter or Carole King or Billy Joel, they all have songs that are lesser-known that are equally worthy, but have not found an audience.
Ricky Pope
I love that so many modern artists are picking up these tunes. People like Lady Gaga, who will sing a standard from the thirties and keeps that tradition alive. If you were speaking to a young cabaret artist who wanted to have a career like yours, what would you say they need besides the obvious talent and tenacity?
Michael Feinstein
Well, God help them if they want to start a career like mine. I started an organization called the Great American Songbook Foundation. While it was initially formed for the purpose of preserving physical artifacts, we very quickly developed a program, an Annual High School Songbook Academy to acquaint young people with this body of work. It has been life-changing for me as well as the participants. These young people relate to this music on a level that is wondrous to behold.
But as far as advice, any art gives the opportunity for the performer and the creator and the participating audience to get to know ourselves better. Music, art, acting groups, it's all a means of connecting to the essence, the commonality of who we are as people. When we are open to deep self-examination, our ability to interpret a song becomes universal. And so the thing that I work on first with anybody who wants to sing a classic song is finding who they are in the song and helping them to honestly interpret the words they are singing. Because you can either sing a song in a perfunctory fashion, or you can perform a piece of music from a place of telling a story and living a three-act play through the thirty-two bars of a song. And so, it's special for young people to find a deeper connection to the music and lyric.
Of course, the technique is also important, but so much of that can come in the repetition of doing. The psychological part is the more difficult aspect of performing. It's how to connect with the audience and having the courage to bear one's soul without fear and trust that you will be accepted for who you are. I find that most young people have a reticence or a fear of showing who they are to an audience. And that is understandable because I certainly had that when I was younger, but that is the thing that will distinguish them from any other performer.
Ricky Pope
That is lovely advice. Thank you for taking the time to talk to me today. We're all looking forward to the new show.
Michael Feinstein
Thank you.
Michael Feinstein: SUMMERTIME SWING is performing at Feinstein's 54 Below Aug. 26-Sep. 6. Tickets are available at 54below.com or by calling 646/476-3551. For more information about Michael Feinstein, please visit michaelfeinstein.com or follow him @MichaelFeinstei on Twitter or @michaelfeinsteinsings on Instagram.
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South Street Seaport Museum has announced docking of the schooner Apollonia on August 28, September 25 and October 30, 2021 at Pier 16 (Fulton and South Streets) in Manhattan.
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South Street Seaport Museum has announced docking of the schooner Apollonia on August 28, September 25 and October 30, 2021 at Pier 16 (Fulton and South Streets) in Manhattan. The Apollonia is the Hudson Valley's carbon-neutral, wind-powered merchant vessel that harkens back to earlier times. Schooner Apollonia will visit the South Street Seaport Museum on August 28 from 9:15am to 11am at Pier 16 to unload cargo from upstate. Goods such as New York State cider, maple products, wool, and other sustainable products can be ordered for pickup at the Fulton Stall Market.
Items can be pre-ordered at schoonerapollonia.com/down-river-partners through August 19. Additional dates for pick up and purchase at the Fulton Stall Market include Saturday, September 25 and Saturday, October 30, 2021. Orders must be placed by September 16 and October 21, 2021, respectively, for pick up on these dates.
For centuries, schooners carrying goods down the Hudson River from upstate docked at South Street Seaport, to distribute their cargo to local markets or to transfer their cargo onto ocean-bound ships to more distant destinations. This trade, and the industries it supported, from banking to warehousing to printing, helped make New York City into a global commercial and then cultural capital.
Apollonia is a 64-foot steel-hulled schooner built in Baltimore, MD in 1946. She's designed to move efficiently through the water, powered by a traditional gaff-rig sail plan designed by naval architect J Murray Watts. With a 15' beam and rugged steel construction, she's a stout work boat capable of carrying 20,000 pounds of cargo. Being a schooner, the crew requirements are smaller, and the variety of sails provide flexibility for different conditions encountered on the river.
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Bitcoin will become the money of the Internet.
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The Bitcoin revolution continues to progress. Block after block, Bitcoin continues to move forward while staying true to its fundamentals. It cannot be otherwise, because Bitcoin's monetary policy is programmatic. There is no room for chance or human arbitrariness with Bitcoin.
That's why Bitcoin is so special. It gives incredible guarantees to its users.
In a world as uncertain as ours, this is priceless. More and more people are realizing this. As a result, people are coming to buy Bitcoin to take advantage of its monetary revolution.
Bitcoin is not a competitor to the U.S. dollar or the euro
As the success of Bitcoin intensifies month after month, economists, central bankers, and journalists begin to denigrate Bitcoin in every way possible. As always, these opponents of Bitcoin use fallacious arguments that have already been proven time and time again.
Rather than attacking Bitcoin out of fear of this major technological disruption, these people should start studying how Bitcoin works. If they took the time to do that, then they would realize that Bitcoin is not a competitor to fiat currencies.
You read well. Bitcoin is not a competitor to the U.S. dollar or the euro.
Rather, the digital currency invented by Satoshi Nakamoto is a revolution in our very relationship with money. It is a major paradigm shift that will change your life forever if you choose to take advantage of the freedom this system offers.
In the current system, your money is not available at all times
With the current monetary and financial system, you are forced to trust others to secure the fruits of your labor. You earn money that is in the bank. Banks do not even own all the money of their depositors at any given time.
If you want to know more about this, I encourage you to look at what the reserve requirement rate is.
It represents the financial reserves that banks and other financial institutions are required to deposit with the central bank. The reserve requirement rate allows commercial banks to save a portion of their income. It is therefore a safety net.
In the United States, it is the Fed that sets this reserve requirement rate.
At the end of March 2020, to better face the COVID-19 pandemic, the Fed decided to set this reserve requirement rate at zero allowing banks to use more liquidity to lend money to individuals and businesses.
Bankers and governments can censor you for arbitrary reasons
With a zero reserve requirement rate, if all depositors wanted their money back at the same time, the banks would be unable to meet these demands. They would go bankrupt.
This is a major problem for individuals who cannot have their money available when they want it. In addition to this problem of the availability of the fruits of your labor, banks, and governments also have the power to control and censor your transactions in the current banking system.
A government can decide at any time to freeze your assets for totally arbitrary reasons.
The problems do not stop there. The ability of central banks to print as much fiat money out of thin air as they deem necessary is problematic for the majority of the world's inhabitants. It keeps devaluing the money already in circulation, which deprives you of your right to save the fruits of your labor.
If you save money in the current system, you mechanically lose money because of the decisions of a minority of people who are not representative of the people.
Satoshi Nakamoto created Bitcoin to change people's relationship to money
These edifying facts led Satoshi Nakamoto to create a totally different system that belongs to the people:
“The root problem with conventional currency is all the trust that's required to make it work. The central bank must be trusted not to debase the currency, but the history of fiat currencies is full of breaches of that trust. Banks must be trusted to hold our money and transfer it electronically, but they lend it out in waves of credit bubbles with barely a fraction in reserve. We have to trust them with our privacy, trust them not to let identity thieves drain our accounts. Their massive overhead costs make micropayments impossible.”
Bitcoin was created to change the very relationship of its users to money.
Rather than being subject to the decisions of a minority of people, Bitcoin puts each individual back in the center of the game. Bitcoin works for you and all its users.
With Bitcoin, you can save your money without fear. Bitcoin's maximum supply is 21 million units, and that will never change. No one has any interest in it. This gives you an incredible guarantee: 1 BTC of today will always equal 1 BTC of 21 million in 10, 20, or 50 years.
Bitcoin is the truth of the people verifiable at any time
Bitcoin's programmatic monetary policy lets you know exactly what will happen in the coming months and years to the supply of Bitcoin. You won't get a nasty surprise when you wake up one morning. That's why more and more people are coming to buy Bitcoin.
Bitcoin is a transparent system that allows all its users to audit their accounts at any time. All you have to do is run your own node. While fiat money is the truth of government, Bitcoin is THE truth. This may sound presumptuous, but it is since anyone can check it at any time.
So there is nothing hidden with Bitcoin. All users have the right to check that the system is following the rules that were originally defined by Satoshi Nakamoto.
Bitcoin will probably never completely replace the current monetary and financial system. Many people will remain attached to this system that reassures them by leaving them in a comfortable lie. For the others, those who want to discover the unpleasant but liberating truth, Bitcoin will be there.
Final Thoughts
Bitcoin will become the money of the Internet used by all those who have discovered the truth about the current system and want to take real care of their money future.
The hardest money in the world that gives citizens around the world power over their money. Once you have the power over your money back, you will be able to live your life on your own terms. This is clearly priceless in my eyes.
It's up to you whether you want to discover the inconvenient truth that will allow you to regain control over your money, or stay in a comfortable lie that will leave you under the thumb of a flawed system that will eventually collapse.
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The deadline to get U.S. troops out of Afghanistan is approaching, and officials with the Pentagon say only 7,000 people have been evacuated from Kabul this week. That's much lower than the goal of evacuating 5,000 to 8,000 Americans and eligible Afghans per day.
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WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) — The deadline to get U.S. troops out of Afghanistan is approaching, and officials with the Pentagon say only 7,000 people have been evacuated from Kabul this week. That’s much lower than the goal of evacuating 5,000 to 8,000 Americans and eligible Afghans per day.
“We want to make sure we are taking care of those people who have helped us,” Rep. Rob Wittman said.
The Virginia Republican wants not only U.S. military and their families out safely, but the Afghan translators that helped over the last 20 years. He’s worried they won’t get out in time.
“There are so many SIV – Special Immigrant Visa – applications that the State Department is just overwhelmed,” Wittman explained.
Wittman says, in addition to Special Immigrant Visas, the humanitarian parole option could allow Afghan allies into the United States temporarily.
“We encourage everyone that is there in Afghanistan trying to get out to pursue both of those processes in unison,” he said.
U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Frank McKenzie, the commander of U.S. Central Command, enters a plane evacuating people, at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2021. (Capt. William Urban/U.S. Navy via AP )
In this photo provided by the U.S. Marine Corps, civilians prepare to board a plane during an evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2021. (Staff Sgt. Victor Mancilla/U.S. Marine Corps via AP)
The Afghan flag remains on the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2021. The U.S. military has taken over Afghanistan’s airspace as it struggles to manage a chaotic evacuation after the Taliban rolled into the capital. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)
The Pentagon says the Kabul airport is secure, but Nexstar’s Washington D.C. bureau asked Pentagon spokesperson John Kirby what they’re doing to make sure U.S. citizens and our allies can even get to the airport.
“There has been no hostile interactions between the Taliban and our forces,” Kirby said Thursday.
And Kirby adds they’ve made something clear to the Taliban.
“Any attack on our people and our operations at the airport will be met with a forceful response.”
For now, U.S. troops are still scheduled to be out of the country by Aug. 31. The Pentagon says any change to that deadline would require new conversations with the Taliban.
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WHAT WILL SHOHEI DO NEXT?
The Shohei Ohtani road show heads to Cleveland after the two-way superstar thrilled opposing crowds in Detroit.
Ohtani’s Los Angeles Angels — whose playoff chances are slim at one game over .500 — will play two games at the Indians' home ballpark before both teams head to Williamsport, Pennsylvania, for the Little League Classic on Sunday night.
After that, LA travels to Baltimore for a three-game series against the major league-worst Orioles that’s expected to include Ohtani’s next mound start — perhaps a rare opportunity for Baltimore fans to feel some buzz.
Against Detroit, Ohtani had his longest mound start of the season, winning his fourth consecutive start with an eight-inning performance on Wednesday night. He also hit a towering, 430-foot homer — his major league-leading 40th of the season — that Tigers fans waiting for Miguel Cabrera to hit No. 500 couldn't help but admire.
Ohtani followed it up with a 2-for-3 day as the Angels rallied from an eight-run deficit to beat the Tigers on Thursday.
OPTIMISM IN HOUSTON
Astros manager Dusty Baker has reasons to feel good about his AL West-leading club even after an uninspired seven-game trip.
Houston went 3-4 on the road against the Angels and Royals and begins a weeklong homestand on Friday by hosting division rival Seattle. The Astros lead Oakland by 2 1/2 games, which hasn't escaped Baker's notice.
“I’ve been scoreboard watching every day,” Baker said. “Scoreboard watching is something I do between innings when I’m not thinking about what to do. We’re just looking forward to the finish line. We have a ways to go, and we haven’t played our best ball yet.”
One thing that's making Baker sanguine about the future is having Aledmys Díaz in the lineup. Díaz went 3-for-4 with a double and two RBIs, including the go-ahead single in the 10th inning of a 6-3 win at Kansas City on Thursday.
“You can tell what (Díaz) means to this club (by looking at) the six weeks he was out,” Baker said.
SUB-BASEMENT
The major league-worst Baltimore Orioles haven't even come within two runs of a win in the past week.
The Orioles dropped their 15th straight game on Thursday, falling 7-2 to the AL East-leading Tampa Bay Rays. And most of them haven't been close.
According to ESPN Stats & Info, the Orioles are the first team since 1900 to lose 15 straight games by multiple runs. The closest Baltimore got was a 6-4 loss to Detroit on Aug. 12.
The Orioles have been outscored 138-42 during the skid, allowing an average of 9.2 runs per game.
After dropping four at Tampa Bay by scores of 9-2, 10-0, 8-4 and 7-2, Baltimore hosts another first-place team for a three-game series this weekend: NL-East winning Atlanta.
The Arizona Diamondbacks had the worst record in the majors for much of the season, but Baltimore now owns that distinction. Arizona is coming off a three-game sweep of Philadelphia and has won six of seven overall.
OCTOBER PREVIEW
Brandon Lowe knows this weekend may not be the last time the Rays face the Chicago White Sox in 2021.
The AL Central leaders visit the AL East leaders for a three-game series starting Friday.
“This is going to be kind of what we’re looking at postseason-wise, I feel like,” Lowe said. “You know the White Sox are going to make it, we feel like we’re going to make it. I think the games are going to be a little bit tougher, it’s going to be a little bit lower-scoring ballgames but it’s going to be a hard-fought battle for the whole series.”
Tampa Bay has won 11 of 14, and perhaps a playoff preview could lure a few more fans to Tropicana Field. In their four-game sweep of Baltimore, the Rays drew a total of 22,754 paying customers — an average of 5,689 per game.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mookie Betts says he’s feeling “really, really good” and is eager to return soon to the Los Angeles Dodgers’ lineup from a stint on the injured list with right hip inflammation.
The All-Star outfielder has been on the IL since Aug. 8. He was diagnosed with a bone spur in his hip and recently received a second cortisone injection.
“It's the first time I've felt normal in a long time,” Betts said Thursday after a workout on the field before the Dodgers hosted the New York Mets. “There's no pain at all. Hopefully, I can stay on this path.”
Betts said his hip had been bothering him since the start of spring training in February. He described the pain as being so intense that it “locked me up pretty good.”
“I hope it just can get through the season and let it heal and not have to worry about it anymore,” he said.
Manager Dave Roberts said Betts could potentially return as early as next week. The Dodgers visit NL West rival San Diego for a three-game series starting Tuesday and return home next Friday to host Colorado. Roberts said Betts would decide whether or not he needs a rehab assignment first.
“Maybe just a couple at-bats and we'll go from there,” Betts said. “I would like to at least get hot, then cool off, then get hot and get back running around just to make sure. I don’t want to go out there and have to come out of the game.”
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) —
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) —
More than 3,000 fake COVID-19 vaccination cards have been confiscated at cargo freight facilities at the Anchorage airport as they were being shipped from China, officials said Thursday.
Officers from U.S. Customs and Border Protection seized the cards in the past week as they arrived in small packages, said Jaime Ruiz, an agency spokesperson.
There were between 135 and 150 packages found in Anchorage, all sent by the same person in China, Ruiz said. The packages contained small amounts of the fake cards, about 20 or 25 each.
The cards confiscated in Anchorage closely resemble the authentic Centers for Disease Control and Prevention certificates given out by health care workers when U.S. citizens receive their vaccinations, the agency said. However, this shipment had cards that exhibited low-quality printing.
The seizure comes as a cottage industry for counterfeit cards has sprung up online to accommodate people who say they won’t get vaccinated for either personal or religious reasons.
Another 3,600 fake cards were found recently at cargo facilities in Memphis, Tennessee, Ruiz said.
The Federal Aviation Administration ranked Memphis and Anchorage among the busiest cargo airports in the U.S. in 2020.
“Getting these fraudulent cards off the streets and out of the hands of those who would then sell them is important for the safety of the American public,” Lance Robinson, the agency’s director in Anchorage, said in a statement.
Other federal agencies are investigating the shipments.
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Tucson police say charges are pending against the impaired driver of a vehicle that hit a pedestrian in a convenience store parking lot who later died from his injuries.
Police identified the victim of Tuesday night's collision at a Circle K on East Grant Road as 29-year-old David Lamberto.
An initial investigation determined that Lamberto had been sitting, squatting and acting erratically in the parking lot before he was struck at about 8:30 p.m., police said in a statement Thursday.
The blue 2007 Ford 500 hit him when it turned into the parking lot and proceeded to drag him as it pulled into a parking lot.
Lamberto was taken to Banner University Medical Center where he later died.
Police at the scene determined the driver was impaired at the time, police said.
Investigators say the driver's impairment and the pedestrian's erratic behavior are major contributing factors in the collision.
The driver's name has not been released.
“The investigation is ongoing and charges are pending at this time,” police said Thursday.
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LAS VEGAS (AP) — In a court ruling with potentially broad implications for U.S. immigration cases, a federal judge in Nevada found that a criminal law that dates to 1929 and makes it a felony for a person who has been deported to return to the United States is unconstitutional.
U.S. District Judge Miranda Du in Reno, in an order issued Wednesday, found the law widely known as Section 1326 is based on “racist, nativist roots” and discriminates against Mexican and Latinx people in violation of the equal protection clause of the Fifth Amendment.
“Anybody who works in federal courts knows the statute,” Franny Forsman, retired longtime chief of the Federal Public Defender’s Office in Nevada, said Thursday. “There really are a large number of cases that have been brought over the years under that section. They’re mostly public defender cases.”
Section 1326 of the Immigration and Nationality Act makes it a crime for a person to enter the U.S. if they have been denied admission, deported or removed. It was enacted in 1952 using language from the Undesirable Aliens Act passed by Congress in 1929. Penalties were stiffened five times between 1988 and 1996 to increase its deterrent value.
Forsman said she expected the government will appeal to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco.
But Julian Castro, secretary of Housing and Urban Development in the Biden Administration, tweeted that he doubted the Justice Department would want to defend a law with “an incredibly racist history.”
Acting U.S. Attorney Christopher Chiou and an aide did not immediately respond to messages about the ruling.
Forsman called Du’s order groundbreaking for its thoroughness. Du, a Vietnamese immigrant, was nominated to the federal bench by President Barack Obama and sworn in in 2012.
“I think it will have implications because it’s going to be difficult to get around her reasoning,” Forsman said of the court order. “It’s a little hard to get around a statute that was called the ‘Wetback Act’ by the people enacting it.” The derogatory term often refers to Mexican migrants who have entered the country illegally, but it's also used to disparage all Hispanics.
Du said she considered written and oral arguments and expert testimony about the legislative history of the law from professors Benjamin Gonzalez O’Brien of San Diego State University and Kelly Lytle Hernández of the University of California, Los Angeles.
“Importantly, the government does not dispute that Section 1326 bears more heavily on Mexican and Latinx individuals,” the judge said in her 43-page order dismissing the June 2020 criminal indictment of Gustavo Carrillo-Lopez.
Carrillo-Lopez was arrested in Nevada in 2019 after having been deported in 1999 and again in 2012, according to prosecutors. His federal public defender, Lauren Gorman in Reno, did not immediately respond Thursday to an email.
The judge said she saw no publicly available data about the national origin of people prosecuted under Section 1326, but cited U.S. Border Patrol statistics showing that more than 97% of people apprehended at the border in 2000 were of Mexican decent, 86% in 2005, and 87% in 2010.
“The government argues that the stated impact is ‘a product of geography, not discrimination,’ and that the statistics are rather a feature of Mexico’s proximity to the United States, the history of Mexican employment patterns and the socio-political and economic factors that drive migration,” Du wrote. “The court is not persuaded.”
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BURBANK, Calif. (AP) — Two teenagers were facing murder charges for a street-racing crash that killed three people and critically injured a fourth in a Los Angeles suburb, authorities said Thursday.
Hamlet Aghajanyan, 19, of Burbank and a 17-year-old boy were taken into custody Thursday, police said.
Aghajanyan has been charged by the Los Angeles County district attorney's office with three counts of murder and one count of reckless driving, Burbank police said in a statement. He remained jailed on a $6 million bond.
The other youth, whose name wasn't released, was at a juvenile detention facility and prosecutors will determine whether to charge him with murder and reckless driving, police said.
It wasn't immediately clear whether the two had legal representation.
Authorities contend that Aghajanyan was driving a Kia and racing the other boy's Mercedes-Benz on Aug. 3 in Burbank when the Kia broad-sided a Volkswagen that was trying to make a turn.
The impact tore the Volkswagen in half and flung three people from the car. Killed at the scene were Jaiden Johnson, 20, of Burbank; Natalee Moghaddam, 19, of Calabasas and Cerain Baker, 21, the son of actor and comedian Tony Baker.
A fourth person in the car was hospitalized with critical injuries.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — The former fiancee of Larry Elder said Thursday that the...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — The former fiancee of Larry Elder said Thursday that the conservative radio talk show host now running for governor in California showed her a gun during a heated argument in 2015.
Elder, widely seen as the leader in the Republican field running to replace Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom in next month's recall election, issued a statement saying “I have never brandished a gun at anyone." Elder, who is seeking to become California's first Black governor, noted that he grew up in South Los Angeles, an area with high violent crime.
“I know exactly how destructive this type of behavior is,” he said.
Alexandra Datig's accusation, first reported by Politico, comes with less than four weeks until the Sept. 14 election and at a time when mail-in ballots already have arrived at voters' homes. Elder said he intended to “stay focused on the issues” that inspired the recall drive by Republicans upset with Newsom's progressive policies and handling of the pandemic.
Datig, 51 and a longtime Los Angeles resident, said she worked on Elder's show and they lived together during their 18-month romantic relationship from 2013 to 2015,. A letter and other records provided by Datig to The Associated Press – including an April 6, 2015, email in which she wrote about the collapse of their engagement — sketched a portrait of an emotionally abusive relationship in which Elder routinely was using medicinal marijuana to excess.
Datig claims Elder was high during the 2015 argument and went to a cabinet where he kept his gun “and made sure it was in my view.”
“He did not point it at me, but he wanted to make sure that I knew that he was checking" to see it was loaded, she told the AP.
Threatening another person with a firearm could be a criminal offense but Datig said she never reported it to police.
Elder did not specifically address that claim about cannabis use in questions submitted to his campaign by AP. His statement in response to Datig’s claims of abuse referred broadly to “salacious allegations.”
“People do not get into public life precisely because of this type of politics of personal destruction. I am not going to dignify this with a response — it’s beneath me,” Elder wrote. A short time later he tweeted: “They’re coming at me with every dirty trick because they know what’s coming on September 14."
Datig supports one of Elder’s Republican rivals, former San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer. Earlier this week Faulconer began targeting Elder for criticism and specifically questioning his attitudes about women, noting among other things that Elder had written that employers should be able to ask women if and when they plan to get pregnant.
“Larry Elder doesn’t have the judgment or character to lead our state,” Faulconer said in response to Datig’s allegations.
Another Republican in the race, state Assemblyman Kevin Kiley, said in a statement that he found Datig's claims disturbing.
“I believe that any woman who comes forward deserves to be heard, and Ms. Datig’s deeply troubling account should be treated with the utmost seriousness. Mr. Elder should be given every opportunity to respond,” he said.
Elder entered the race in July and Datig said she waited until now to come forward because she initially didn't think he would be competitive.
“I didn’t take it seriously but when Larry started to trend and become the frontrunner, I became extremely concerned,” she said.
The documents provided by Datig described months of emotional distress from the unraveling romantic and business relationship. “I feel trapped and afraid,” she wrote in the mail.
Datig also provided the AP with a copy of a confidentiality agreement she signed in 2014 barring her from speaking about the “personal and business affairs” of Elder and his business, Laurence A. Elder & Associates, Inc. She said she was breaking it to go public with her accusations.
A March 31, 2015, letter from her attorney to Elder asked for $6,000 in monthly support for Datig for one year, to cover expenses including rent, car and health care costs. She also asked for $195,000 for public relations, marketing and other services she said she provided for his show.
The two ultimately signed an agreement on April 13, 2015, for Elder to pay Datig $20,000 and cover the cost of her $5,000 legal retainer and $185 to dry clean her wedding dress. Elder agreed he and his assistant would sign a nondisclosure agreement regarding anything to do with Datig, that he would write her a letter of recommendation for her work product, and that they two would “halt mutual insults."
Datig refers to herself as a sex trafficking survivor and has publicly disclosed working for so-called former Hollywood madam Heidi Fleiss, who was convicted in the mid-1990s of running a high-priced call-girl ring, a conviction that was later overturned. Fleiss was later sentenced to federal prison for cheating on her taxes and laundering call-girl profits. In a 2013 interview with KCAL-TV, Datig described becoming an informant on Fleiss.
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Law enforcement officials have completed their investigation into whether a U.S. Senate candidate and former State of Alaska official illegally obtained a fishing license for a sportfishing event two years ago and turned it over to a special prosecutorial branch of the Department of Law, an official said Thursday.
Kelly Tshibaka, a former commissioner in the state Department of Administration and a Republican candidate for Senate, received the license during an event on the Kenai River in 2019.
Records show she received the permit in August 2019, eight months after she moved to Alaska to take the commissioner’s job, the Anchorage Daily News has reported. To obtain a resident fishing license, state law says the person must have lived in the state for 12 consecutive months before applying for a license.
Tshibaka signed the license application, acknowledging she had read the rules for residency. She also indicated on the license that she was a resident for 15 years, 8 months.
A person could be fined up to $300 for knowingly violating the law on fishing licenses, a misdemeanor.
“After a thorough investigation by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers into the media reports regarding Mrs. Tshibaka the investigation has been completed and will now be reviewed by the Alaska Department of Law’s Office of Special Prosecutions,” Department of Public Safety spokesperson Austin McDaniel said in an email to The Associated Press.
When asked if it were unusual to involve the special office, he said in a follow-up email that law enforcement regularly works with prosecutors when building cases.
“Due to the circumstances involved with this investigation, the Alaska Wildlife Troopers requested an independent review of the case by the legal experts at the Alaska Department of Law,” McDaniel said.
Tim Murtaugh, a senior adviser to Tshibaka’s campaign, said she attended the 2019 Kenai River Classic in her capacity as commissioner.
He said her confirmation hearings were public and it was well-known she had just returned to the state.
“The event organizers asked if she had a current fishing license, and when she said she didn’t, they issued her one,” Murtaugh said in an email to the AP.
“The form was filled in for a license that expired after one day, going from August 22nd to the 23rd, which is only available to non-residents. This shows clear intent to purchase a non-resident license, not a resident license,” he said.
Tshibaka announced her resignation from the state on March 29, the same day she said she would challenge Republican U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski.
Murkowski, who was critical of former President Donald Trump, was censured by the Alaska Republican Party, which later endorsed Tshibaka in the race. Trump also has endorsed Tshibaka.
Murkowski has not announced whether she will seek reelection next year. However, last month Kevin Sweeney, a consultant to Murkowski’s campaign, said she had raised about $1.15 million in the second quarter of this year and had $2.3 million on hand.
That, Sweeney said, “strongly positions” Murkowski for a reelection bid.
Murkowski on Monday declined to discuss reelection plans.
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NEW YORK (AP) — The Seattle Storm are heading to the White House to celebrate their 2020 WNBA championship.
The team was formally invited by President Joe Biden to visit Monday afternoon. The Storm play at the Washington Mystics on Sunday.
“I think for a very long time, up until 2016, going to the White House was an honor. It wasn't necessarily political. It was to meet the president of the United States. The person who holds that office acknowledging your team's success,” said Seattle guard Sue Bird, who will be making her third trip to meet a president. “It was an incredible honor. Even when you watch a movie like ‘Forrest Gump,’ I'm dating myself a little bit, you understand in that movie what an incredible honor it was. It wasn't political. I think that all shifted in 2016.”
With former president Donald Trump out of office, Bird said she was happy to be going back. Many WNBA players including Bird have been outspoken in their embrace of social justice movements such as Black Lives Matter, which Trump characterized as violent, radical ideology. Trump was also critical of Bird's fiancee, U.S. soccer star Megan Rapinoe.
“Now that it's back in a place where it's considered an honor and you're recognized by the highest office in the country is exciting, it's fun,” Bird said. “It's not just about meeting the president or hopefully the vice president is there. It's about the whole experience of being in the White House. Having a day that's about your team and celebrating what you've accomplished.”
In addition to her two previous White House visits, Bird has been invited three other times after winning championships — once with UConn and twice with the Storm — but couldn't attend.
The Storm, who have won four titles, will be joined by the team's ownership group and WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert. The team last visited the White House in 2011.
No NBA or WNBA team has visited the White House since the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2016 — Barack Obama's last year in office.
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TOKYO (AP) — Japanese actor Sonny Chiba, who wowed the world with his martial arts skills in more than 100 films, including “Kill Bill,” has died. He was 82.
Chiba, known in Japan as Shinichi Chiba, died late Thursday in a hospital near Tokyo where he had been treated for COVID-19 since Aug. 8, Tokyo-based Astraia, his management office, said in a statement Friday. It said he had not been vaccinated.
Chiba rose to stardom in Japan in the 1960s, portraying samurai, fighters and police detectives, the anguished so-called “anti-heroes” trying to survive in a violent world. He did many of the stunt scenes himself.
His overseas career took off after his 1970s Japanese film “The Street Fighter” proved popular in the U.S.
American director Quentin Tarantino listed the work as among his “grindhouse,” or low-budget kitsch cinema, favorites.
Tarantino cast Chiba in the role of Hattori Hanzo, a master swordsmith in “Kill Bill.”
Chiba appeared in the 1991 Hollywood film “Aces,” directed by John Glen, as well as in Hong Kong movies.
Chiba’s career also got a boost from the global boom in kung fu films, set off by Chinese legend Bruce Lee, although critics say Chiba tended to exhibit a dirtier, thug-like fighting style than Lee.
“A true action legend. Your films are eternal and your energy an inspiration. #SonnyChiba #RIP,” American actor Lewis Tan said on Twitter.
New York-based writer and director Ted Geoghegan called him “the great Sonny Chiba.”
“Watch one of his films today,” Geoghegan tweeted, followed by images of a fist and a broken heart.
Other fans mournfully filled Twitter threads with clips of his movies and photos.
Born in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, Chiba studied at Nippon Sport Science University trained in various martials arts, earning a fourth-degree black belt in karate.
Chiba set up Japan Action Club in 1980, to develop a younger generation of actors, including protege Hiroyuki Sanada, who is among Hollywood’s most coveted Japanese actors, landing roles in “The Last Samurai” and “Rush Hour 3.”
Chiba is survived by his three children, Juri Manase, Mackenyu Arata and Gordon Maeda, all actors. A wake was canceled as a pandemic measure, and funeral arrangements were still undecided, his office said.
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The former school resource officer accused of hiding during a South Florida school shooting that left 17 people dead will have to convince a jury that he wasn't criminally negligent, a judge ruled Thursday.
Broward Circuit Judge Martin Fein declined to dismiss the child negligence charges against former Broward County Deputy Scot Peterson, the Sun Sentinel reported.
Peterson, 58, had worked as a school resource officer at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland. Nikolas Cruz, who was 19 at the time of the February 2018 shooting, has been charged with 17 counts of first-degree murder.
Prosecutors have said that Peterson failed to come to the rescue as Cruz was making his way through the school’s hallways. The law that Peterson is accused of breaking specifically applies to caregivers, but defense attorneys argued during a hearing Wednesday that a law enforcement officer doesn’t fit the legal definition of a caregiver.
Prosecutors are arguing that school resources officers are inherently different from other law enforcement officers and should be considered caregivers.
Fein ruled that a jury can decide whether a school resource officer should be considered a caregiver and noted that a jury instruction will be included to that effect.
Cruz faces the death penalty if convicted in the Valentine’s Day 2018 massacre in which 17 people were slain and 17 others were wounded. Cruz’s lawyers have said he would plead guilty in exchange for a life prison sentence, but prosecutors are insisting that his fate be decided by a jury trial.
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UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) — DeWanna Bonner scored a season-high 31 points and grabbed 11 rebounds as the Connecticut Sun beat the Minnesota Lynx 82-71 on Thursday night.
Bonner made 10 of 11 free throws — and Connecticut went 23 for 25 from the line — to help reach 30 points for the first time this season. It was her fifth double-double.
Jonquel Jones added 20 points and seven rebounds for Connecticut (17-6) despite being in foul trouble. The Sun turned it over 17 times but outrebounded the Lynx 31-23.
Sylvia Fowles led Minnesota (13-9) with 18 points and 12 rebounds. Layshia Clarendon added 15 points and Napheesa Collier scored 11.
Connecticut continues its five-game homestand on Tuesday against Las Vegas in a battle for sole possession of first place. Minnesota lost back-to-back games against Connecticut following an eight-game winning streak.
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Robert Pattinson’s reported salary for his starring role in the upcoming Batman movie has been revealed.
The British actor received $3 million (£2.2 million) for the film, according to Variety. That figure ranks the lowest in a new report that has been released by the publication, which documents the salaries of some of Hollywood’s biggest names.
In comparison, Chris Pine is set to earn $11.5 million (£8.4 million) for his upcoming role in the epic fantasy Dungeons And Dragons.
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Daniel Craig, meanwhile, has received $100 million (£73 million) to appear in the two sequels to Rian Johnson’s Knives Out, which will be screened on Netflix, and Dwayne Johnson walked away with $30 million (£21.9 million) for Amazon Studios‘ holiday adventure Red One.
Pattinson’s The Batman will arrive in US cinemas on March 4, 2022, and co-stars Colin Farrell, Zoë Kravitz and Andy Serkis.
Meanwhile, both Ben Affleck and Michael Keaton will reprise their roles as the Gotham hero in The Flash.
DC Films have also clarified the future of Batman, detailing two separate “film sagas” starring Keaton, Affleck and Pattinson.
The existence of two Batmans has been described in a New York Times interview with DC Films president Walter Hamada as “parallel worlds where different versions of the same character exist simultaneously,” revealing that, moving forwards, the franchise will “have two different film sagas involving Batman – played by two different actors – running at the same time”.
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In a recent interview, Keaton revealed that he hasn’t seen an entire comic book film since Tim Burton’s Batman.
“After the first Batman, I’m not sure I’ve ever seen an entire [comic book] movie,” Keaton said in a new interview with The Hollywood Reporter discussing his forthcoming plans.
“I just never got around to it. So you’re talking to a guy who wasn’t in the zeitgeist of that whole world.”
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'Call Of Duty: Vanguard' has received an official November release date, as well as news on how it will perform on console and more.
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Sledgehammer Games has revealed key information for the newly-announced Call Of Duty: Vanguard, including an official November release date and details on how the game will perform on console.
READ MORE: California sues Activision Blizzard over sexual harassment
After a series of cryptic teasers, Sledgehammer Games has announced that Call Of Duty: Vanguard will launch on November 5, 2021. Furthermore, console users will be able to run the upcoming game at 60FPS.
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Sledgehammer Games has confirmed that Vanguard will use the same engine introduced with Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare and will include “breathtaking visual fidelity, a photo realistic world, lifelike characters and optimized performance”. This means that fans can expect solid hardware performance when fighting through WW2 theatres across North Africa, the Eastern Front and the Pacific.
In terms of setting, Call Of Duty: Vanguard will bring fans to the “tide-turning battles” of World War 2, showing some of the grittiest – and most impactful – battles of the war. This will involve seeing war through the perspective of characters that are based on real soldiers who fought in WW2, however Game Director Josh Bridge noted that the while the game is historically inspired, it is “rooted but not beholden” to the real history that Vanguard is based on.
In terms of multiplayer, Call Of Duty: Vanguard will launch with 20 maps – including 16 six versus six maps and four two versus two maps. The experience will lean toward smaller, tighter maps and will give players many more options for tactical gameplay – including the ability to destroy environments, mount weapons and more.
Sledgehammer Games is also aiming to achieve a “unified experience” between Vanguard, Black Ops Cold War and Modern Warfare. This means that Warzone will receive Vanguard content and an all-new map, while Treyarch will develop Vanguard‘s Zombies mode to ensure continuity with the mode in Black Ops Cold War.
Emmy-winning composer Bear McCreary has also discussed the “raw and exposed” character soundtracks he has created for Call Of Duty: Vanguard, as well as an “emotionally ambiguous” main theme that leans into the danger and panic of battle, rather than just the heroism.
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Quicksand have hailed Turnstile as a band they feel a "kinship" with, while also revealing the political themes of new album 'Distant Populations'
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Cult post-hardcore band Quicksand have hailed Turnstile as a band they feel a “kinship” with, while also revealing the political themes of new album ‘Distant Populations’ and the “romance” of their past break-up.
The New York band’s first two albums (1993’s ‘Slip’ and 1995’s ‘Manic Compression’) were seminal in establishing the post-hardcore scene, alongside work by the likes of Fugazi, Refused and At The Drive In. Around that time, the trio supported The Offspring across America and Europe just as the Cali punks’ thid album ‘Smash’ became a global hit. Soon after, they headlined the first ever The Warped Tour in 1995 but had broken up by the end of that year.
Speaking to NME, frontman Walter Schreifels said he had few regrets about that period.
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“We were playing 300 shows a year in this big machine, trying to get a platinum record,” said Schreifels. “It made us all nuts and very prideful, which wasn’t healthy. Looking back now, I know I needed to say, ‘It’s not that I don’t love you, we’ve just been playing too much together’ but there’s a certain romance to breaking up.
“The drama of a rock band deciding it’s all or nothing, it’s the stuff legends are made of. I don’t regret the band breaking up, I’ve done so much cool shit outside of Quicksand that I wouldn’t have done otherwise, but it’s not an unusual story either.”
A brief 18-month reunion came in 1997 that saw the band support Deftones and back head into the studio, but those old tensions hadn’t healed and in 1999, the band split once more without releasing anything new.
Schreifels went on to form alt-rock heroes Rival Schools while bassist Sergio Vega started working with Deftones, eventually joining the band full-time in 2009. In 2012 though, Quicksand decided to give things another go with a series of tours and festival dates before third album ‘Interiors’ finally arrive 2017. Last week the band released their new full-length, ‘Distant Populations’.
The singer said that they still feel a world apart from the rest of the scene, but they see some of their spirit in bands like Maryland hardcore punk Turnstile.
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“I had more confidence going into this one,” Schreifels said. “‘Interiors’ was more of a stab in the dark because we had no way of knowing what would happen. When we were doing it in the ’90s, we were part of a scene. Now, either our peers aren’t doing it anywhere or they’ve become massive institutions like Tool or Deftones. There are younger bands like Turnstile that I feel a kinship to, but in many ways we’re out here on our own.”
Despite the completely different musical landscape and the band growing a cult legend over the last two decades, the frontman explained how “the only real pressure on ‘Interiors’ came from the fact we financed it ourselves. If the album came out shitty, it would have been our money that we wasted. I thought that was a healthy pressure to have.”
He went on to explain their growth as a band, telling NME: “After ‘Interiors’, we knew what worked. We always had chemistry but now, we knew how to talk to each other. Once you’ve gone through all that hard stuff and gotten to the good part, it would be stupid to just say goodbye. ‘Interiors’ is a great album but it by no means was our definitive statement. If anything, it just opened up more questions.“
With the mission statement of ‘Distant Populations’ to be “more open to challenging people”, the band set about showcasing the broad church of their influences and for the songs to have more impact
“We wanted it to be more compact,” said Schreifels. “We wanted to crack our knuckles and hit it harder. The first song we put out was ‘Inversion’ because it would have fit really well into our set in those early days. It also takes things to the next level though because we are evolved people. We’ve continued to create so there are certain complexities we can get into, or choose to avoid, which is where the fun is.”
Lyrically, the record deals in themes of technology, apocalypse and the desensitising amount of information we’re all exposed to in the social media age.
“We’re so wrapped up in our own bullshit, we’re more isolated than any group of people that have ever lived,” Schreifels said. “You might think your life is so much better than a servant in the dark ages but if you’re working in a fast-food place, not making enough money to feed your family…”
He went on: “Everything was heightened by the pandemic and political tensions across America but it really does feel like there’s a massive amount of trauma in the world right now as well as a societal evolution going on. I took these very simple ideas that I’ve had since my early punk days – kindness, empathy, don’t be racist, save the oceans – and found myself digging deeper.
“In a literal sense; the planet is dying and we need to work together to fix it. I’m not political in the same way as some of my peers but I wanted to put some empathy out there.”
Schreifels also explained that that while the band enjoy “a great legacy,” they’re set on continuing to do more “interesting shit”.
“No one sounds like us,” he said. “Sure, adding something new is always a potential threat to what’s come before but if you worry about that, then you work yourself into a corner. That’s not really an option. Our legend’s not that big that we can’t try to be who we are.”
He added: “It’s one thing to have a legacy that means people will come out to see you at a festival, it’s another to make a new record and build on that excitement. The downside of legend is that it implies the story is over. Once you hit legend status, whatever your legend is, it’s tough to compete against that. The more you fight against it, the more sparkle you get from it. It’s a fun challenge because we can always surprise people.”
‘Distant Populations’ by Quicksand is out now on Epitaph Records. The band embark on a US tour next month.
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'The Jungle Book' is heading to the Nintendo Switch as part of the 'Disney Classic Games Collection' according to an ESRB rating.
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A new ESRB rating has revealed that the Disney Classic Games Collection is returning to the Nintendo Switch – this time, with The Jungle Book, too.
READ MORE: The best Nintendo Switch games in 2021
Classic Disney games have appeared on the Nintendo Switch before. In fact, the Disney Classic Games: Aladdin & The Lion King came to the Nintendo handheld back in 2019.
Now, the emulated Disney games are back as the same collection gets a new release. But this time, it includes the side-scrolling classic, The Jungle Book.
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According to Twitter user Stealth40k, an ESRB listing has revealed that a new version of the 2019 emulations is coming to Nintendo Switch, with the additional Jungle Book game.
“This is a collection of classic platformers based on the Disney movies Aladdin, The Lion King, and The Jungle Book,” reads the ESRB listing. “Players run and jump through levels, using swords, fruit, or swipe-and-pounce attacks to strike enemies. Combat is highlighted by sword-slashing sounds and cries of pain; enemies disappear amid puffs of smoke when defeated. Some enemies and bosses shoot projectiles at players’ character.”
A new version of the Disney Classic Games Collection has been rated by the ESRB today, and it now includes The Jungle Book. I actually never did play The Jungle Book on NES or SNES. pic.twitter.com/zW0TyWMiC1 — Stealth (@Stealth40k) August 19, 2021
Originally released in 1994, The Jungle Book game is based on the 1967 animated movie, and came to a whole range of systems including the SEGA Mega Drive, SNES, Game Boy, Game Gear and NES. It was created by the now-defunct Eurocom and published by Virgin Interactive Entertainment.
Assuming this new addition is anything like the 2019 release, Disney Classic Games Collection will include all versions of the game across all platforms – great news for anyone who, like myself, loved the Game Gear version.
The new Disney Classic Games Collection is coming to Nintendo Switch as well as PC, Xbox and PlayStation platforms.
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Michael Keaton had to read the screenplay for 'The Flash' multiple times because he was too "stupid" to understand it first time around.
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Michael Keaton has confessed that he needed to read the screenplay for The Flash multiple times because he says he was too “stupid” to understand it first time around.
The actor, who will be reprising his role as Batman for the upcoming film, said that he needed some time to understand the new movie’s story.
“I had to read it more than three times to go, ‘Wait, how does this work?’” he told The Hollywood Reporter.
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He continued: “They had to explain that to me several times. By the way, I’m not being arrogant, I hope, about this. I don’t say it like, ‘I’m too groovy.’ I’m stupid. There’s a lot of things I don’t know about. And so, I don’t know, I just kind of figured it out, but this was different.”
Keaton, who has not played the role of Bruce Wayne and his Gotham alias since 1992, said that returning to the character has made him view him in a new light.
“What’s really interesting is how much more I got [Batman] when I went back and did him,” he said. “I get this on a whole other level now. I totally respect it. I respect what people are trying to make.”
He added: “I never looked at it like, ‘Oh, this is just a silly thing.’ It was not a silly thing when I did Batman. But it has become a giant thing, culturally. It’s iconic. So I have even more respect for it because, what do I know? This is a big deal in the world to people. You’ve got to honour that and be respectful of that. Even I go, ‘Jesus, this is huge.’”
The Flash will be released in November 2022, and will see Ben Affleck also return as Batman, alongside Ezra Miller who will play the speedy lead.
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Keaton confessed in the interview that he hasn’t seen an entire comic book film since Tim Burton’s Batman.
“I just never got around to it. So you’re talking to a guy who wasn’t in the zeitgeist of that whole world.,” he said.
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Jennifer Hudson, who starred in the much-criticised big screen adaptation of 'Cats', has voiced her support of the film.
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Jennifer Hudson, who starred in the much-criticised big screen adaptation of Cats, has voiced her support of the film.
Based on Andrew Lloyd Webber’s hugely popular stage musical and co-starring James Corden and Taylor Swift, the film was a box office flop and received harsh reviews from critics.
As a result, many of the film’s stars distanced themselves from the project following its release in 2019. However Hudson, who played Grizabella in the film, has now come to Cats‘ defence.
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“It’s unfortunate that it was misunderstood,” the actor said in an interview with Total Film.
“I think later down the line, people will see it differently. But it is something I am still very proud of and grateful to have been a part of. Yeah, I got to be Grizabella the Glamour Cat!”
Hudson also confirmed in the interview that she adopted two cats of her own after making the film. She named one Macavity after Idris Elba‘s character in the film.
The actor also recently confessed that she didn’t realise that she would have ears and a tail in the film.
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“It was heavy and emotional the entire time,” she told Empire about the experience of becoming her character.
“Because that’s all Grizabella did. It was about being rejected. She was at her lowest point. And I had to carry that. I sang it live every time. The snot that was coming out, that was real. Every inch of it. And I was like, ‘if people only knew. The depth of that emotion.’”
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Henry Golding has shared details of the time that he took his future wife to see The Kooks three months into their relationship.
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Henry Golding has shared details of the time that he took his future wife to see The Kooks.
The Snake Eyes star spoke to NME about the concert, which took place in Camden three months into their relationship, as part of the Firsts challenge.
“They were playing at perhaps Barfly or something of that manner,” he said. “That album [‘Inside In/Inside Out’] had come out, it was the summer of them exploding, and I bought these tickets as something that we were going to do in London together.”
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He continued: “I was expecting it to be packed but it was one of those venues that felt sort of half empty. That was the magic of it, it was such a personal gig.”
“I love their music so much,” he concluded.
Golding also revealed the first artist that he fell in love with: Ray LaMontagne. “I bought his album, I went to watch him at Royal Alexander, and I went to watch him three or four times after. That was the first artist I really followed.”
The actor also confessed that before then, his go-to bands growing up were Limp Bizkit and Papa Roach.
In an interview with NME in 2020, Golding shared some details on what it took to step into his role for Snake Eyes.
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“To be honest, it was painful,” he admitted. “It’s definitely much more of a martial arts film than a superhero movie. It’s very, very physical. I fucking hated it in the beginning because I couldn’t even squat down and go to the bathroom. The first week was literal hell. I think I cried on the phone to my manager. I was like: ‘I don’t know what I’m doing!’”
Snake Eyes is out now exclusively in cinemas.
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A Warframe TennoGen artist was able to fund his sister's degree and help support his parent's thanks to the creation of his in-game skins.
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A Warframe TennoGen artist was able to fund his sister’s degree and help support his parents thanks to the creation of his in-game skins.
TennoGen is a Warframe program that is designed to allow gamers and artists to create and submit their own in-game cosmetics for consideration to be included in the game. If they’re popular enough, the artist receives a 30 per cent cut of all sales.
Lendel Farjado, who lives in the Philippines with his parents and siblings and goes by the name LED2012 online, seems to have found success in his designs as he explains in a new interview.
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Speaking to PCGamer, Farjado, who has had no formal training in 3D art, explained that they started creating skins “since the very first round, announced in November 2015” saying that on his first try he didn’t get in.
“I was familiar with paid stuff from Dota 2 Steam Workshop before and there were some internet conversations about it being lucrative so I didn’t [give] up, reworked and focused on one of my items and eventually got picked on the second round,” Farjado said.
The artist describes how although he had no educational background in 3D art, he wanted to learn saying that he kept trying but couldn’t seem to handle “how to properly design helmets and full skins so I focused on Syandanas [the capes that Warframes wear], with my second item the Maharliqa, kinda inspired by the Philippine flag.”
Eventually, Farjado became familiar with the free open-source 3D modelling software Blender and began creating more Warframe cosmetics for the game, while also going on to do collaborations with other designers in the community such as Daemonstar.
He went on to explain that he was able to begin providing for his family, using Warframe cosmetic sales to fully upgrade his PC as well as fund his sister’s degree in medical technology.
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Farjado was able to start making a living from Warframe and was able to help renovate his parent’s house as well as pay for their bills and donate food to locals who needed it during the Covid-19 pandemic.
The artist expressed he eventually wants to get a job in the industry saying he feels happy when he sees players wearing his hands in-game.
In other news, Battlestate Games has announced new changes to Escape From Tarkov’s armour effectiveness.
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Carlos Santana and Rob Thomas have reunited on record for the first time in 22 years - listen to their new collaboration, 'Move', here.
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Carlos Santana and Rob Thomas have reunited on record for the first time in 22 years – listen to their new collaboration, ‘Move’, below.
The duo’s first collaboration was their 1999 smash hit ‘Smooth’, which topped the US Billboard chart for 12 weeks and bagged the pair three Grammys: Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals.
Now, Santana and Thomas, the frontmen for bands Santana and Matchbox Twenty respectively – along with American Authors – have come together once again for ‘Move’, the first single from Santana’s forthcoming album, ‘Blessings And Miracles’.
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“’Move’ came about was very much like how ‘Smooth’ happened. It was like divine intelligence behind the scenes,” Santana said in a statement. “I just knew I had to record it with Rob.”
He continued: “The song is about awakening your molecules. Ignite and activate yourself – you know, move. When Rob and I work together, we have a sound that’s splendiferous.”
You can listen to ‘Move’ below:
Set to be released on October 15 via BMG, Santana’s ‘Blessings And Miracles’ will also feature appearances from Metallica‘s Kirk Hammett, Chris Stapleton, Rick Rubin, Diane Warren, Steve Winwood, Corey Glover, Ally Brooke, Narada Michael Walden and the late Chick Corea.
Back in August, guitars signed by Santana, Led Zeppelin‘s Robert Plant and Black Sabbath‘s Tony Iommi were the highlights of a charity auction.
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The charity event was put on by Julien’s Auctions in order to raise money for MusiCares, the charitable foundation which provides aid to artists and music community professionals in times of need.
Last year, Jorge Santana, guitarist and youngest brother of the legendary Carlos Santana, died aged 68.
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Lucille Ball's daughter, Lucie Arnaz, has praised Nicole Kidman's performance as her mother in upcoming biopic 'Being The Ricardos'.
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Lucille Ball’s daughter, Lucie Arnaz, has praised Nicole Kidman’s performance as her mother in an upcoming biopic.
Kidman will play the famed actress in Being The Ricardos, alongside Javier Bardem as her then-husband Desi Arnaz. The biopic, written and directed by Aaron Sorkin, takes place over the course of a week during production of TV sitcom I Love Lucy in the 1950s.
Speaking to The Palm Springs Life magazine about the biopic, Lucie revealed she’d watched the first two days featured in the film – giving plaudits to Kidman’s performance.
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“Nicole did a spectacular job,” Lucie said. “The two days that I watched, though, were both little flashbacks – so she was playing Lucy in the late ‘30s and mid-’40s. She wasn’t Lucy of Lucy Ricardo fame yet, so it was a trifle different. And I know she meant it to be, so it could feel different.
“But boy, what she did was astounding. She’s got such poise and class.”
Despite praising the section of the film, Lucie stated Sorkin has taken some “theatrical license” which strays from the truth of certain events.
“He’s taking some theatrical license and sort of cramming a couple of true events that did happen, they just didn’t happen at the same time,” Lucie added. “But you do learn a lot about what it was like back then.
“His dialogue is always incredible. And I think he treated my mother and my father really well. I think they are accurate composites of these people. And what I’ve seen of it… I haven’t seen any rushes, but I was on the set for just two days.
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“What I saw was extraordinarily classy and first rate. The people that he has cast are just really great performers.”
Being The Ricardos marks Sorkin’s third feature film as a director, following 2017’s Molly’s Game and last year’s The Trial Of The Chicago 7.
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Battlestate Games has tweeted details of changes to 'Escape From Tarkov' armour that allows more blunt damage to pass through.
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Battlestate Games has announced changes to Escape From Tarkov that will allow more blunt damage to pass through sets of armour.
Armour is essential in Escape From Tarkov, and having a high level of protection can be the difference between a minor wound and instant death. A new update will allow for greater blunt damage to pass through armour when hit by a non-penetrating round, reducing the effectiveness of high-level gear. Battlestate’s tweet details the change:
“Blunt throughput damage increased of all of the armoured equipment. (by 20% – helmets, armour vests, 40% – armoured rigs).” This change means that armour will still prevent death from incoming rounds, but the amount of damage that passes through to players will be increased as cheaper, low penetration rounds will have a much greater impact.
Attention! Blunt throughput damage increased of all of the armored equipment (by 20% – helmets, armor vests, 40% – armored rigs)#EscapefromTarkov — Battlestate Games (@bstategames) August 18, 2021
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Escape From Tarkov prides itself on a high representation of reality as far as its ballistics are concerned. Even when a round fails to penetrate an armoured plate or Kevlar weave, the wearer will still feel the energy of a high-speed lump of metal. While this was modeled in the game, it was possible to take a bullet and ignore it because more expensive sets of armour would do most of the work.
This balance change could have several effects. Players with lower quality gear may find themselves more competitive when fighting players with high-tier loadouts, as weapons with low pen ammo but high fire rates could overwhelm enemy armour quicker than they previously could. This could have a knock-on effect for the meta, and will likely have a knock-on effect on the Flea Market, as high-tier armour will decrease in price to reflect reduced effectiveness.
However, high penetration ammo will still outperform lower-tier ammo and will still be the ammo of choice for those who can afford it.
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Elsewhere, Sega has announced the Master System games that will be playable within the upcoming Lost Judgement.
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'The Boys' showrunner has provided an update on the planned spin-off show, which will be "part college show, part Hunger Games".
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The Boys showrunner Erik Kripke has provided an update on the show’s upcoming spin-off series, describing it as “exciting” in a “perverted Marvel way”.
The untitled spin-off, described as “part college show, part Hunger Games”, will follow young adult superheroes at a superhero college run by Vought International. Kripke previously stated it would focus on the G-Men team mentioned in the first season, the show’s parody of X-Men.
Discussing the progress of the spin-off with The Hollywood Reporter, Kripke said: “We’re writing furiously. I think it’s coming along really great.
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“It’s exciting in that sort of perverted Marvel way – in the way that different Marvel projects are very different. One’s a thriller, one’s a comedy.
“This feels like that, too, but with a ton more dick jokes.”
It isn’t the only spin-off to emerge following The Boys’ success. A mini spin-off called Seven On 7 was recently launched on YouTube, with subsequent episodes releasing on the seventh of each month to “bridge the gap” between seasons two and three.
While it’s unclear when The Boys season three will release, Kripke recently teased what direction the show will take – referencing new character Soldier Boy, played by Jensen Ackles.
“Season three delves a lot more into the history of how we got here through this character of Soldier Boy,” Kripke said.
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“We were able to dig into both the history of the country and also really look at toxic masculinity, and masculine roles, and what a shitshow that’s overall caused. This whole fucking independent, Marlboro man thing.”
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Iron Maiden have released new single 'Stratego', the second preview of their long-awaited 17th album, ‘Senjutsu’ - you can listen here.
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Iron Maiden have released new single ‘Stratego’, the second preview of their long-awaited 17th album, ‘Senjutsu’ – you can listen to it below.
The metal icons returned last month with ‘The Writing On The Wall’, their first new track in six years. The band subsequently confirmed that their new studio album will arrive this September.
Written by guitarist Janick Gers and founding member/bassist Steve Harris, the adrenaline-fuelled ‘Stratego’ was recorded back in 2019 at Guillaume Tell studios in Paris. It was produced by Kevin “Caveman” Shirley and co-produced by Harris.
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The song’s digital visualiser sees a red flag, sporting the band’s mascot Eddie decked out in samurai gear, flapping as the track plays. You can listen to ‘Stratego’ below.
Earlier this month, the band released a short film to detail the creation of ‘Senjutsu’.
The film sees bassist Steve Harris, frontman Bruce Dickinson and producer Kevin Shirley discussing the record on location at Paris’ Guillaume Tell Studio, where the band also recorded 2015’s ‘The Book of Souls’.
“It’s been a very, very good experience,” said Dickinson. “I think this is a better album than Book Of Souls. I really do. I haven’t heard it all back yet because I’ve been in the middle of doing it.”
Speaking back in October 2020, Dickinson said that Iron Maiden had been “working together a little bit in the studio” after the band was forced to cancel last year’s ‘Legacy Of The Beast’ tour (the Europen leg was recently postponed until 2022).
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“In the meantime, what are we doing? Well, we’re doing bits of writing,” Dickinson said. “I’m talking to Steve [Harris, bass]. We’ve been working together a little bit in the studio. On what, I can’t tell you, ’cause they’d have to kill me.”
In April, Adrian Smith said that fans would be “delighted” over what was to come.
Meanwhile, Dickinson has tested positive for coronavirus, days after a positive case in his household forced him to cancel a spoken-word tour of the UK.
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'Manifest' is apparently close to securing a revival on Netflix for season four after its cancellation at NBC.
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Manifest might be facing a revival on Netflix, according to reports.
The supernatural drama, starring Melissa Roxburgh and Josh Dallas, was cancelled by NBC following its third season in June.
The first two seasons however proved popular on Netflix in the US, topping Nielsen’s weekly streaming chart, sparking renewal talks between NBC and Netflix with Warner Bros. Television.
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According to Deadline, Warner Bros. Television is in the “home stretch of complex negotiations” with Netflix to revive the show for a fourth season on the platform – with NBC no longer in discussions.
It’s believed Warner Bros. Television has also started negotiations with the cast and has made offers to writers for a potential season four.
Since the show’s cancellation, the cast have participated in the #SaveManifest campaign on social media. Showrunner and creator Jeff Rake has also teased how he’s in potential negotiations to save the show.
“No news yet, folks,” Rake wrote earlier this week (August 16). “But I’m back in the place where it happens. And I’m ready #SaveManifest.” You can see that post below.
No news yet, folks. But I’m back in the place where it happens. And I’m ready.#SaveManifesthttps://t.co/W1vqy3sZnR — Jeff Rake (@jeff_rake) August 16, 2021
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In response to the latest report, Rake, with a sunglasses emoji, replied: “No comment.”
Manifest follows a group of passengers and crew on a plane who suddenly reappear after being presumed dead for over five years. Alongside Roxburgh and Dallas, it stars Athena Karkanis, Luna Blaise and J.R. Ramirez.
Netflix has revived numerous cancelled shows in recent years, including Lucifer after its cancellation at Fox, Arrested Development, and Designated Survivor from ABC.
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Phoebe Bridgers has released three new remixes of her song, 'Kyoto', by three different acts – stream them here
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Phoebe Bridgers has released three new remixes of her song, ‘Kyoto’.
Glitch Gum, Bartees Strange and The Marias have each shared a different remix of the song, which featured originally on Bridgers’ 2020 album ‘Punisher‘.
Soloist Glitch Gum was asked by Bridgers to contribute after she heard his hyperpop cover of the track last December.
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He said: “All I know is one day, when I was in between Zoom classes last Fall, I thought, ‘Man, what if Phoebe Bridgers did hyperpop?’ That idea turned into a 30-second snippet of ‘Kyoto’, which turned into a full song, which turned into working with Phoebe and her team to make this little quarantine project come full circle in ways I could never even fathom.
“It was so fun deconstructing the musical realms of both Phoebe and I and combining them into something that filled the hyperpop-indie-crossover-shaped hole in my brain. I am just really happy with how it turned out and forever thankful for Phoebe, her friends, and their continuous support.”
Washington DC-based producer and songwriter Bartees Strange said of his reworking: “I wanted to find a way to make this song hit in a completely different way, but still retain some of the big and small moments that make the song special to me. At first I was thinking through how I could use the stems, but the more I got into it the more I wanted to take it somewhere else entirely. Crushing tune, glad I could mess around with it.”
And a bandmember of LA’s The Marias said of their remix: “I remember seeing Phoebe years ago at an open mic here in Los Angeles, and I knew right off the bat that she was really special. Working on this remix was a sort of full circle moment for us. ‘Kyoto’ is an amazing song as-is, so with the remix we were just curious to see what it would sound like with the vocal slowed down and adding some of our favourite synth sounds behind it.”
Listen to the three remixes below.
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Meanwhile, Bridgers has recalled the “magical” experience of working with Lorde on the latter’s new music despite the two having never met in person.
Bridgers contributed backing vocals along with Clairo to both of Lorde’s recent comeback singles, ‘Solar Power’ and ‘Stoned At The Nail Salon’. The two tracks will feature on the New Zealand artist’s forthcoming new album.
Lorde previously praised both Bridgers and Clairo as “God-tier female vocalist friends”, and Bridgers has now given her take on working remotely with Lorde in a new interview with Apple Music.
Describing the experience as “so fun”, Bridgers explained that she and Lorde are still yet to meet in person: “I think that was one of my favourite parts of it… we were so unconnected to each other that borders and being in the same town as someone just stopped mattering completely.”
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After it leaked online, Bungie has confirmed that BattlEye anti-cheat is coming to 'Destiny 2', with more information next week.
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Destiny 2 will be getting BattlEye anti-cheat for its player vs. player (PvP) modes, the official Twitter page for the game has confirmed, after it leaked earlier today (August 19).
Officially revealed in the tweet below, and endorsed by journalist at The Verge Tom Warren beforehand, BattlEye anti-cheat will be coming to the game.
The official Destiny 2 Twitter account said “our partnership with BattlEye will soft launch next Season. Just another step toward a level playing field for all,” with more information coming on August 24 at the Destiny 2 showcase.
Our partnership with BattlEye will soft launch next Season. Just another step toward a level playing field for all. Learn more on 8/24: https://t.co/P3UimOS4vk pic.twitter.com/vyrPp8yU57 — Destiny 2 (@DestinyTheGame) August 19, 2021
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According to the now removed page on the BattlEye website, the software was to be added alongside Destiny 2 update 3.2.0. “BattlEye will be included as Destiny 2’s anti-cheat protection. Bans are manually assessed and applied during the first few weeks. After the soft launch, the system will automatically apply locks,” part of the webpage screenshot reads.
Update 3.2.0 was added to the game back in May of this year, and no BattlEye anti-cheat had been added in that time. But now that there has been official confirmation, that doesn’t seem to matter.
In another tweet on the original leak, Warren said that “Bungie has been testing this internally for months, and the screenshot is legitimate.” In the thread Warren states “you can’t rollout crossplay without some extra protection” and that “Bungie has added a password to its support pages confirming BattlEye anti-cheat.”
The BattlEye anti-cheat software can be integrated into any game, and the website claims “the player simply will not notice that BattleEye is running in the background”. The system aims to either completely block hacking or detect it as it happens to allow for bans. The software is currently used in games like PUBG and Fortnite, among others.
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In other news, players are comparing the trees in Pokemon Legends: Arceus to those in 15-year-old Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, for some reason.
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Maroon 5 are set to become the first major US act to perform in Canada after the country recently opened up its borders.
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Maroon 5 are set to become the first major US act to perform in Canada after the country recently opened up its borders following the coronavirus pandemic.
Vaccinated Americans and permanent residents are now able to cross the Canadian border for the first time since closing on March 18, 2020.
According to Billboard, this recent change means that Adam Levine and co. are able to move forward with their scheduled performance in Toronto on September 2 with Blackbear; this will make them the first major US act to play in the country since reopening.
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“This step opens possibilities to get Canada back on the touring map for sure. Some artists already have shows planned with more conversations picking up,” said Arthur Fogel, chairman of global touring for Live Nation.
It comes after Live Nation announced earlier this week that it will require all gig-goers to show evidence of full vaccination against COVID-19, or a negative test at their venues and events in the UK.
A representative for the touring giant confirmed the policy when contacted by NME, days after similar plans were unveiled in the US.
It is yet to be confirmed when the policy will be fully implemented in the UK, but Live Nation CEO Michael Rapino has described it as “your ticket back to shows”.
“We will be following the model we developed for Lollapalooza and requiring this for artists, fans and employees at Live Nation venues and festivals everywhere possible in the US,” Rapino said in a statement.
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Live Nation operates festivals such as Reading & Leeds, Download, Wireless and Creamfields.
Meanwhile, Maroon 5 have shared a remix of their song ‘Memories’ featuring YG and the late Nipsey Hussle.
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The environment puzzler Cloud Gardens will be leaving early access next month but will be getting a brand new update.
Cloud Gardens, which launched in early access September 2020 will finally receive its full release on September 1, 2021.
Along with a full release, the developer Noio Games has announced it will be getting a brand new update which will bring with it 15 new levels, 120 new objects a Freecam mode, customizable Skyboxes, a Branching Overworld Map that will weave the levels together, and more.
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“We’ve been hard at work at a combination of new features, quality of life improvements, and language support, and we’re thrilled to be releasing so soon,” the developer said.
You can watch the official release date announcement trailer below:
While in early access, Cloud Gardens was “an experimental project, somewhere on the line between a game and an interactive toy”. The game has a linear campaign as well as a sandbox mode for building gorgeous dioramas filled and taking photos.
In other news, it was recently announced that indie publisher No More Robots made $12 million last year without even releasing a game.
On its fourth anniversary, the founder Mike Rose took to Twitter to share some interesting stats, saying that the publisher sold more than 800,00 units and more than 4 million people played their games.
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Elsewhere, indie game Death Trash was able to recoup its development costs two weeks after launch.
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The Rolling Stones have announced a 40th anniversary reissue of their 1981 album 'Tattoo You', featuring nine previously unreleased tracks.
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The Rolling Stones have announced plans to release a 40th anniversary edition of their 1981 album ‘Tattoo You’, featuring a number of previously unreleased tracks.
The newly remastered and expanded reissue is set to arrive on October 22, and will include nine extra songs as part of a ‘Lost & Found: Rarities’ disc, recorded during the same era as the original 11-track album.
Among the archived tracks is ‘Living In The Heart Of Love’, a quintessential Stones rock work-out; a “killer version” of ‘Shame, Shame, Shame’, first recorded in 1963 by one of the band’s blues heroes, Jimmy Reed; their reading of Dobie Gray’s ‘Drift Away’; and a reggae-tinged version of ‘Start Me Up’.
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The 40th anniversary edition of ‘Tattoo You’ – originally released on August 24, 1981 – will also come with ‘Still Life: Wembley Stadium 1982’, a 26-track live album from the band’s London show in June of that year on the ‘Tattoo You’ tour.
The Wembley show includes covers of the Temptations’ ‘Just My Imagination’, Eddie Cochran’s ‘Twenty Flight Rock’, the Miracles’ ‘Going To A Go Go’ and more. It also features early live airings for tracks from the then-new ‘Tattoo You’, such as ‘Start Me Up’, ‘Neighbours’, ‘Little T&A’ and ‘Hang Fire’.
TATTOO YOU — 40TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION 🖤
A whole new experience…9 new unheard tracks (including ‘Living In The Heart Of Love’ you can hear now) alongside an all-new 2021 remaster of the album & Stones infamous Wembley Stadium ‘82 live show. Pre-order: https://t.co/DjBFbf0Oao pic.twitter.com/fXiJ5TmNGG — The Rolling Stones (@RollingStones) August 19, 2021
The 40th anniversary reissue of ‘Tattoo You’ will be released as a multi-format album on October 22. You can see the tracklists below and pre-order it here.
Standard CD
1. ‘Start Me Up’ – Remastered 2021
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2. ‘Hang Fire’ – Remastered 2021
3. ‘Slave’ – Remastered 2021
4. ‘Little T&A’ – Remastered 2021
5. ‘Black Limousine’ – Remastered 2021
6. ‘Neighbours’ – Remastered 2021
7. ‘Worried About You’ – Remastered 2021
8. ‘Tops’ – Remastered 2021
9. ‘Heaven’ – Remastered 2021
10. ‘No Use In Cryin’g – Remastered 2021
11. ‘Waiting On A Friend’ – Remastered 2021
Deluxe 2CD + 20 page booklet including essay from Kevin Howlett & Jeff Slade
CD 1 – ‘Tattoo You’ (2021 Remaster)
1. ‘Start Me Up’ – Remastered 2021
2. ‘Hang Fire’ – Remastered 2021
3. ‘Slave’ – Remastered 2021
4. ‘Little T&A’ – Remastered 2021
5. ‘Black Limousine’ – Remastered 2021
6. ‘Neighbours’ – Remastered 2021
7. ‘Worried About You’ – Remastered 2021
8. ‘Tops’ – Remastered 2021
9. ‘Heaven’ – Remastered 2021
10. ‘No Use In Crying’ – Remastered 2021
11. ‘Waiting On A Friend’ – Remastered 2021
CD 2 – ‘Lost & Found: Rarities’
1. ‘Living In The Heart Of Love’
2. ‘Fiji Jim’
3. ‘Troubles A’ Comin’
4. ‘Shame Shame Shame’
5. ‘Drift Away’
6. ‘It’s A Lie’
7. ‘Come To The Ball’
8. ‘Fast Talking Slow Walking’
9. ‘Start Me Up’ (Early Version)
4CD Super Deluxe Boxset
Includes 4 x CDS (CD1 – Remastered Album, CD2 – Bonus 9 Tracks + CD 3 & 4 – ‘Still Life’ (Wembley Stadium Concert 1982) + Keith Richards Picture Disc + 124 Page Book featuring over 200 rare photos from recording sessions & world tour + interviews with producer Chris Kimsey & photographer Hubert Kretzschmar + Lenticular Art
CD 1 – ‘Tattoo You’ (2021 Remaster)
1. ‘Start Me Up’ – Remastered 2021
2. ‘Hang Fire’ – Remastered 2021
3. ‘Slave’ – Remastered 2021
4. ‘Little T&A’ – Remastered 2021
5. ‘Black Limousine’ – Remastered 2021
6. ‘Neighbours’ – Remastered 2021
7. ‘Worried About You’ – Remastered 2021
8. ‘Tops’ – Remastered 2021
9. ‘Heaven’ – Remastered 2021
10. ‘No Use In Crying’ – Remastered 2021
11. ‘Waiting On A Friend’ – Remastered 2021
CD 2 – ‘Lost & Found: Rarities’
1. ‘Living In The Heart Of Love’
2. ‘Fiji Jim’
3. ‘Troubles A’ Comin’
4. ‘Shame Shame Shame’
5. ‘Drift Away’
6. ‘It’s A Lie’
7. ‘Come To The Ball’
8. ‘Fast Talking Slow Walking’
9. ‘Start Me Up’ (Early Version)
CD 3 & CD 4 – ‘Still Life’ (Wembley Stadium Concert 1982)
1. ‘Under My Thumb’
2. ‘When The Whip Comes Down’
3. ‘Let’s Spend The Night Together’
4. ‘Shattered’
5. ‘Neighbours’
6. ‘Black Limousine’
7. ‘Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)’
8. ‘Twenty Flight Rock’
9. ‘Going To A Go Go’
10. ‘Chantilly Lace’
11. ‘Let Me Go’
12. ‘Time Is On My Side’
13. ‘Beast Of Burden’
14. ‘Let It Bleed’
1. ‘You Can’t Always Get What You Want’
2. ‘Band Introductions’
3. ‘Little T&A’
4. ‘Tumbling Dice’
5. ‘She’s So Cold’
6. ‘Hang Fire’
7. ‘Miss You’
8. ‘Honky Tonk Women’
9. ‘Brown Sugar’
10. ‘Start Me Up’
11. ‘Jumpin’ Jack Flash’
12. ‘(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction’
VINYL
1LP Standard – 180g Black Vinyl
Side A
1. ‘Start Me Up’ – Remastered 2021
2. ‘Hang Fire’ – Remastered 2021
3. ‘Slave’ – Remastered 2021
4. ‘Little T&A’ – Remastered 2021
5. ‘Black Limousine’ – Remastered 2021
6. ‘Neighbours’ – Remastered 2021
Side B
7. ‘Worried About You’ – Remastered 2021
8. ‘Tops’ – Remastered 2021
9. ‘Heaven’ – Remastered 2021
10. ‘No Use In Crying’ – Remastered 2021
11. ‘Waiting On A Friend’ – Remastered 2021
2LP Deluxe Black Vinyl – 180g Double Black Vinyl in Gatefold sleeve
Side A
1. ‘Start Me Up’ – Remastered 2021
2. ‘Hang Fire’ – Remastered 2021
3. ‘Slave’ – Remastered 2021
4. ‘Little T&A’ – Remastered 2021
5. ‘Black Limousine’ – Remastered 2021
6. ‘Neighbours’ – Remastered 2021
Side B
7. ‘Worried About You’ – Remastered 2021
8. ‘Tops’ – Remastered 2021
9. ‘Heaven’ – Remastered 2021
10. ‘No Use In Crying’ – Remastered 2021
11. ‘Waiting On A Friend’ – Remastered 2021
Side C
1. ‘Living In The Heart Of Love’
2. ‘Fiji Jim’
3. ‘Troubles A’ Comin’
4. ‘Shame Shame Shame’
5. ‘Drift Away’
Side D
6. ‘It’s A Lie’
7. ‘Come To The Ball’
8. ‘Fast Talking Slow Walking’
9. ‘Start Me Up’ (Early Version)
2LP Deluxe Clear Vinyl (The Rolling Stones Store Exclusive) – 180g Double Clear Vinyl in Gatefold sleeve
Side A
1. ‘Start Me Up’ – Remastered 2021
2. ‘Hang Fire’ – Remastered 2021
3. ‘Slave’ – Remastered 2021
4. ‘Little T&A’ – Remastered 2021
5. ‘Black Limousine’ – Remastered 2021
6. ‘Neighbours’ – Remastered 2021
Side B
7. ‘Worried About You’ – Remastered 2021
8. ‘Tops’ – Remastered 2021
9. ‘Heaven’ – Remastered 2021
10. ‘No Use In Crying’ – Remastered 2021
11. ‘Waiting On A Friend’ – Remastered 2021
Side C
1. ‘Living In The Heart Of Love’
2. ‘Fiji Jim’
3. ‘Troubles A’ Comin’
4. ‘Shame Shame Shame’
5. ‘Drift Away’
Side D
6. ‘It’s A Lie’
7. ‘Come To The Ball’
8. ‘Fast Talking Slow Walking’
9. ‘Start Me Up’ (Early Version)
5LP Super Deluxe Boxset
Includes 5 x 180g Heavyweight Vinyl. (LP1 Brand New 2021 Remaster of Tattoo You, LP2 Lost & Found: 9 Previously Unreleased Tracks, LP3, 4 & 5 “Still Life” Live At Wembley Stadium 1982) + 124 page hardback book featuring over 200 rare photos from recording sessions & world tour + interviews with producer Chris Kimsey & photographer Hubert Kretzschmar + Lenticular Art
Side A
1. ‘Start Me Up’ – Remastered 2021
2. ‘Hang Fire’ – Remastered 2021
3. ‘Slave’ – Remastered 2021
4. ‘Little T&A’ – Remastered 2021
5. ‘Black Limousine’ – Remastered 2021
6. ‘Neighbours’ – Remastered 2021
Side B
7. ‘Worried About You’ – Remastered 2021
8. ‘Tops’ – Remastered 2021
9. ‘Heaven’ – Remastered 2021
10. ‘No Use In Crying’ – Remastered 2021
11. ‘Waiting On A Friend’ – Remastered 2021
Side C
1. ‘Living In The Heart Of Love’
2. ‘Fiji Jim’
3. ‘Troubles A’ Comin’
4. ‘Shame Shame Shame’
5. ‘Drift Away’
Side D
6. ‘It’s A Lie’
7. ‘Come To The Ball’
8. ‘Fast Talking Slow Walking’
9. ‘Start Me Up’ (Early Version)
Side E
1. ‘Under My Thumb’
2. ‘When The Whip Comes Down’
3. ‘Let’s Spend The Night Together’
4. ‘Shattered’
5. ‘Neighbours’
Side F
6. ‘Black Limousine’
7. ‘Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)’
8. ‘Twenty Flight Rock’
9. ‘Going To A Go Go’
Side G
1. ‘Chantilly Lace’
2. ‘Let Me Go’
3. ‘Time Is On My Side’
4. ‘Beast Of Burden’
Side H
5. ‘Let It Bleed’
6. ‘You Can’t Always Get What You Want’
7. ‘Band Introductions’
8. ‘Little T&A’
Side J
1. ‘Tumbling Dice’
2. ‘She’s So Cold’
3. ‘Hang Fire’
4. ‘Miss You’
5. ‘Honky Tonk Women’
Side K
6. ‘Brown Sugar’
7. ‘Start Me Up’
8. ‘Jumpin’ Jack Flash’
9. ‘(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction’
The Rolling Stones are set to embark on their rescheduled ‘No Filter’ tour in September, with live dates in the US running through to November.
Members of the legendary band recently showed their support for drummer Charlie Watts after he pulled out of the tour to “rest and recuperate” following a medical procedure.
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Classic first-person shooter 'Quake' could be getting a series revival as an ESRB rating details an upcoming 'Quake' release.
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A new, unknown Quake game has been rated by the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) just days after a series revival was teased by QuakeCon.
READ MORE: The best Nintendo Switch games in 2021
The mysterious ESRB listing states that the new Quake project will be coming to PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S and Nintendo Switch.
While the nature of the game remains unknown, many fans are speculating that this could be the “revitalised edition” we recently heard about. The official QuakeCon schedule, released by Bethesda, teased a “revitalized edition” from developers MachineGames.
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The event, “Let’s Talk About Quake” teased an upcoming series revival. The event’s description, which has since been removed read: “Quake is back, in this special stream John Linneman from Digital Foundry talks to Jerk Gustafsson of MachineGames about the title’s iconic legacy and what it meant to both of them. The pair will also discuss the additional content MachineGames have contributed to this revitalized edition.”
Unfortunately, the rating summary doesn’t give much away, and the somewhat vague description could easily apply to any number of Quake projects:
“This is a first-person shooter in which players assume the role of a soldier that travels through time to stop an evil force from destroying humanity,” reads the description.
“Players traverse through maze-like medieval environments and use shotguns, nail guns, and grenade launchers to kill various enemies (e.g., zombies, demonic forces, scorpions, humans) in frenetic run-and-gun combat,” it adds.
“Battles are accompanied by gunfire sounds, screams of pain, and large explosions. Large blood-splatter effects occur frequently, and several attacks cause enemies to explode into bloody chunks. Some areas depict mutilated body parts on the ground or falling from ceilings.”
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One thing it likely isn’t, is a simple rerelease. Marking Quake’s 25th Anniversary back in June, Bethesda launched a number of rereleases. And it’s unlikely that they would launch another rerelease so soon after.
Meanwhile, Disney Classic Games Collection is returning to Nintendo Switch with the addition of The Jungle Book.
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Carlos Santana and Rob Thomas have reunited on record for the first time in 22 years - listen to their new collaboration, 'Move', here.
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Carlos Santana and Rob Thomas have reunited on record for the first time in 22 years – listen to their new collaboration, ‘Move’, below.
The duo’s first collaboration was their 1999 smash hit ‘Smooth’, which topped the US Billboard chart for 12 weeks and bagged the pair three Grammys: Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals.
Now, Santana and Thomas, the frontmen for bands Santana and Matchbox Twenty respectively – along with American Authors – have come together once again for ‘Move’, the first single from Santana’s forthcoming album, ‘Blessings And Miracles’.
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“’Move’ came about was very much like how ‘Smooth’ happened. It was like divine intelligence behind the scenes,” Santana said in a statement. “I just knew I had to record it with Rob.”
He continued: “The song is about awakening your molecules. Ignite and activate yourself – you know, move. When Rob and I work together, we have a sound that’s splendiferous.”
You can listen to ‘Move’ below:
Set to be released on October 15 via BMG, Santana’s ‘Blessings And Miracles’ will also feature appearances from Metallica‘s Kirk Hammett, Chris Stapleton, Rick Rubin, Diane Warren, Steve Winwood, Corey Glover, Ally Brooke, Narada Michael Walden and the late Chick Corea.
Back in August, guitars signed by Santana, Led Zeppelin‘s Robert Plant and Black Sabbath‘s Tony Iommi were the highlights of a charity auction.
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The charity event was put on by Julien’s Auctions in order to raise money for MusiCares, the charitable foundation which provides aid to artists and music community professionals in times of need.
Last year, Jorge Santana, guitarist and youngest brother of the legendary Carlos Santana, died aged 68.
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Emmy-winning composer Bear McCreary has explained how he approached creating the soundtrack to 'Call Of Duty: Vanguard', and what fans can expect.
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Speaking at a press event, Emmy-winning composer Bear McCreary has discussed how he approached the soundtrack for Call Of Duty: Vanguard.
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As more details surrounding Call Of Duty: Vanguard emerge – including the confirmation of a November 5 release date – composer Bear McCreary has told members of the press what to expect from the soundtrack of the upcoming WW2 shooter.
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McCreary – who created the soundtrack for 2018’s God Of War and has composed pieces for TV shows such as The Walking Dead – said that he used “small ensembles of strings” as a starting point, aiming to create something “smaller and more urgent”. To that end, McCreary chose to use close mic’d instruments rather than full orchestra arrangements in a lot of the soundtrack.
In those early days, McCreary explains that the multiple leading characters of Call Of Duty: Vanguard were a bit of an “information overload” for him, however Sledgehammer Games allowed him the freedom to take a deeper dive into each specific character.
With this, McCreary was able to create “raw and exposed” themes for each character while still creating a sweeping, epic score for the rest of the game. McCreary shares that the main theme is “emotionally ambiguous”, and leans more into the danger and panic of battle rather than just the heroism. This ties into the general tone of Vanguard, which is based on the “devastating” stories of real people who fought in WW2.
In the same press event, Sledgehammer Games shared plenty of news on the multiplayer for Call Of Duty: Vanguard, including the fact that the game will have 20 maps available for players on launch. More information can be read over at the official blog.
In general, the multiplayer will mark a more tactical approach to Call Of Duty‘s online side, and slower pacing will be met with more options for players to approach situations – including destructible environments, blind firing and more. Meanwhile for fans of Warzone, Call Of Duty: Vanguard will bring a new map and anti-cheat system to the battle royale.
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In other news, Rocket League is getting boosted to 120hz on PS5.
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Struggling is the most grotesque game I’ve ever played. Starring Troy, a gruesome blob trapped in an underground science laboratory, each player controls one of their limbs as they play through the couch co-op in a desperate bid for freedom.
Battling ravenous rats, pools of toxic waste, genetically-modified aberrations and gravity, the part physics-based puzzler, part rage game, is as frustrating as it is stomach-turning. I can’t stop playing it.
Alexis Gallant-Vigneault, the CEO and co-founder of Chasing Rats Games, laughs when he hears this. “That’s the whole point of the game. We want to keep that element of surprise and have the player desperate to see what the next crazy thing about the game is.”
Released last year on Steam and Nintendo Switch, Struggling is finally coming to Playstation and Xbox on September 8. Now even more people can test their patience with one of the most horribly unique games around.
Struggling is the first title Chasing Rats Games, an indie studio based in Montreal, ever made but Frontier Developments (Rollercoaster Tycoon, Jurassic World Evolution) are publishing the game as the debut release from their new label, Frontier Foundry. “Our journey into the world of self-publishing has always been underpinned by our passion to make memorable games that create legacies and break down boundaries,” said David Braben, Founder and CEO of Frontier, when the partnership was first announced.
At first the idea of working alongside a studio as big as Frontier was intimidating. “They were putting a lot of value in Struggling and we wanted to make sure we were able to deliver the best game possible,” says Gallant-Vigneault. “We didn’t want to fuck up, basically.” As soon as they started working with the production team though, “all those fears disappeared. We realised we just had all the resources we needed to build a better game.”
Chasing Rats Games was “started by accident,” according to Gallant-Vigneault. While at college, he and two friends would spend their evenings and weekends working on a game so they had something of a portfolio to show potential employers once they graduated. The project was centred around the idea of two players controlling one character and originally, it was going to star an ogre.
After programming just the arms though, they realised how much fun they could have with just two flailing limbs. “Simplicity is something that’s important. Because there are so many other challenges in the game, we knew we didn’t need a complex character controller. We just needed an interesting one.” Troy is certainly that.
Knowing they wanted to release a game on Steam (again, another accolade for their would-be CVs) and with all three dreaming of one day joining an indie label, they decided to just start their own. “Well, why not,” asks Gallant-Vigneault. “Worst-case scenario we hit a wall and end up back where we started. We had nothing to lose.”
Three years later and Chasing Rats Games now has a ten-person team alongside a clear identity and mission. “We do multiplayer games that are atypical at their core and always create a strong reaction. With Struggling, it’s the fact you’re playing as a screeching pile of flesh. With upcoming title Worship, we’re talking about weird cartoon cults and cute creatures being sacrificed.”
Inspired by the couch co-ops they’d play in college to blow off steam, Crawl, Stick Fight, the Chasing Rats team wanted to create a game that would inspire the same communal fun.
“Struggling is an identity crisis. The whole time we were developing the game, from the first line of code to two weeks before release, we were always questioning ourselves. Do we want to be a rage-based game or an adventure/party thing. We like something that feels rewarding when you beat it but we didn’t want people to miss out on the crazy stuff that comes later because they found the game too hard.
“We ended up in the middle because we didn’t want to commit.” He doubts anyone who’s played the game will believe him “but there are a lot of things that are easier now than they were a few weeks before launch.”
It was a smart decision because the adventure aspect is what shines the most in Struggling. “People remember the crazy encounters a lot more than when they were able to beat one hard part of the game.”
Chasing Rats Games’ website proudly states that their mission is to create games “that are as fun to play as they are to watch” and in its own unique way, Struggling is a beautiful game. With Adult Swim style animation, the developers “always knew the game was going to be divisive. People will either love it or not want to touch it with a ten-foot pole.”
They stuck to a couple of rules throughout the game. “There’s no blood because we wanted disgusting, not gore. And there’s no hair because that would cross a line where things could get too gross,” explains Gallant-Vigneault. In short, they didn’t want their protagonist Troy to look like a crawling testicle.
“With this absurd, grotesque art style, we want to reach Rick & Morty fans,” he continues. “If a show like that can shine, we know that Struggling has a place alongside that.”
Despite three years of growth and working with a AAA publisher like Frontier Foundry, Struggling still feels like a title dreamed up by three students drinking beer and playing games in their basement. “There’s a lot of authenticity in this game. Sure, there’s been a lot of development with the company and we’re learnt a lot but the college aspect of Struggling is still there. It’s a really great way of capturing the friendship we had when we were first developing the game.”
However their next game Worship is completely different. “People talk about how disgusting the character in Struggling is and with every game, we want to hit the sweet spot of it feeling a little edgy and like it’s pushing boundaries. With Struggling, that was this fleshy, screaming, in-your-face blob. With Worship, it looks far more cute but it leans into the grim and the macabre with the gameplay.”
Inspired by Pikmin, Worship is an open world, roguelike multiplayer, up to four-players can play as cultists. Their job is to recruit followers that are devoted to an ancient god that’s trying to cause the end of the world. “At first you use your own health to perform rituals but as the game goes on, you start sacrificing these cute, Fall Guys-esque creatures. It’s a little more subtle than Struggling but it will still cause strong reactions.”
As an indie studio, Chasing Rats Games are excited by the upcoming Steam Deck, “it’s a really great way to make PC gaming a lot more accessible. I’m expecting a lot from it,” but they know it’s important to keep releasing on consoles if they can. “Because of the simplicity of consoles, they’ll always be a market,” says Gallant-Vigneault. Whatever the platform though, “we always want to make sure we’re doing weird games.”
Struggling is available on Steam and Nintendo Switch now. It’s out on Xbox and Playstation from September 8.
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The campaign for 'Call Of Duty: Vanguard' will take players across the world, as a unit of special forces fights through WW2.
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The campaign for Call Of Duty: Vanguard will take players across the world, fighting through World War 2 across multiple perspectives.
READ MORE: California sues Activision Blizzard over sexual harassment
Sledgehammer Games has shared a first look at Call Of Duty: Vanguard‘s campaign, which will – as teasers suggested – be set during WW2.
The campaign will be set across the world, with missions set in the Pacific, North Africa and both the Eastern and Western fronts of Europe. The story will revolve around “the untold stories of multinational heroes that formed Task Force One, changing the face of history and setting the stage for special forces as we know it”.
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To correctly encapsulate the “international” setting of WW2, the campaign’s story will be told through the perspectives of four different characters.
All of these characters are based on real-life people who fought in WW2, however Game Director Josh Bridge has noted that Vanguard is “rooted but not beholden” to true historical accuracy.
One such character is Lt. Polina Petrova, a Russian sniper who was a nurse until the siege of Stalingrad. She is based on Lyudmila Pavlichenko, who was the most successful female sniper of all time.
On the other side of Europe is Sgt. Arthur Kingsley, a black paratrooper in the British army that parachutes behind German lines the night before D-Day – this is based on the true story of Sidney Cornell. During a press event, Sledgehammer Games stated that it was important that Kingsley’s portrayal – who is acted by Chiki Okonkwo – felt true to the character.
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The Pacific theatre of war will be seen through the eyes of Wade Jackson, a downed American fighter pilot who must learn to fight with a grounded squad and is based on Vernon ‘Mike’ Micheel. Finally, Australian soldier Lucas Riggs – based on Charles Upham – will tell the story of the Rats Of Tubruk as they fight the Axis in Africa.
Combined, these four characters make up an allied unit of special forces, one of the first in the world. They’ll be up against antagonist Heinrich Freisinger, the Director of the Gestapo who is looking to keep the Nazi party alive toward the end of the war.
The tone of Call Of Duty: Vanguard‘s campaign will aim to tell the “devastating” stories behind the war, while Emmy-winning composer Bear McCreary has worked to make each character’s theme “raw and exposed”. More information on the game can be viewed over at the official blog.
In other news, Skyrim character artist Jonah Lobe has revealed the giants in Skyrim were modeled after his dad.
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Content Warning: References made to sexual assault are contained below.
An audio developer at Jagex, responsible for work on Runescape, has been jailed for more than a year for sexual assault on a schoolgirl under 13.
The offence only came to light when the girl confided in a family member about the matter which occurred in the early hours of December 21. Ian Taylor, 53, admitted the offence of sexually touching the girl when interviewed by police. As reported by Cambridge Independent, Taylor told officers he was drunk at the time of the offence and said he was “depressed”. He was then served a postal requisition charging him with the assault.
After admitting the offence at a previous hearing, Taylor was sentenced to one year and 10 months in prison. He was also placed on the Sex Offenders Register for 10 years and handed a Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO) for the same timeframe to monitor his behaviour.
Before his dismissal, Ian Taylor was an audio developer at Jagex having originally joined the company in a customer support role in 1999. Since 2003, he’s worked on the audio team – according to the RuneScape Wiki – within the company having composed multiple tracks for Runescape. The trivia section refers to him as Jagex’s longest-serving employee with his audio development work encompassing 635 music tracks for the firm, the Runescape wiki also refers to him as the fourth employee at the company, joining shortly after founders the Gower brothers.
Speaking to NME, Jagex employees familiar with the matter claimed that Taylor departed the company in March this year. NME reached out to Jagex for comment and they delivered this statement, which we have included in entirety:
“Jagex expects the highest standards from its staff and we act decisively if those values, that we hold dear, are not reflected in the behaviour of employees. The person in question no longer works at Jagex, and was dismissed when the circumstances of the allegations came to light in March 2021.
“We have conducted an internal review of the employee’s interactions with staff and any players he may have come into contact with during his time at Jagex. We have found no evidence that might prompt further investigation at this time.”
Additional reporting by Jen Allen.
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Sledgehammer Games has discussed the tone of the WW2 setting in 'Call Of Duty: Vanguard', and how that has affected gunplay.
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Sledgehammer Games has spoken to members of the press about the setting, tone and gunplay at the heart of Call Of Duty: Vanguard.
READ MORE: California sues Activision Blizzard over sexual harassment
Sledgehammer Games has shared details on what fans can expect from the tone of Call Of Duty: Vanguard‘s World War 2 setting.
Game Director Josh Bridge has shared that Vanguard will use multiple playable characters across the world to ensure that players see the full, international scope of WW2. This means that players will visit “tide-turning” battles across North Africa, the Eastern Front and the Pacific theatre of war.
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Bridge then said “the game isn’t just about the diverse locations, but about the people – the motif of “ordinary became extraordinary” was something the team found creativity inspiring”.
Within the campaign, each of the characters delivering these points of view are based on real figures, however Bridge noted that while the game is historically inspired, Vanguard is “rooted but not beholden” in history. Regarding these real-life stories, Aaron Halon – Studio Head of Sledgehammer Games – added:
“The stories and pain that people have shared are simply devastating. We love making games, but more importantly than that, we’re all humans standing side by side.”
Bridge explained that by offering a contemporary lens on history, the team hopes that Call Of Duty: Vanguard will “attract people today and provide characters and a story people can connect with”.
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Across both single and multiplayer game modes, Sledgehammer Games felt that a blunt, visceral approach to combat was necessary to capture the brutal tone of battle in WW2. Bridge stated that because of this, they knew gunplay needed to feel “incredible” to achieve that tone.
The tone of Call Of Duty: Vanguard will also acknowledge that although WW2 had big battlefields and massive armies, the war also saw the birth of special forces, meaning the campaign will let players “experience combat through the eyes of the original special forces operators” across the world.
Finally, Sledgehammer Games notes that Vanguard will offer a “unified experience” for Call Of Duty fans, including a Zombies mode created by Treyarch and a new map for Warzone. More information is available via the official blog.
In other news, Among Us developers are disappointed by Fortnite‘s new Imposters mode.
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The New Zealand star's third album continues her winning streak, as she blazes a trail through the pop landscape
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On her previous two albums, Lorde made modern classics. ‘Pure Heroine’ surveyed the life of teenagers in 2013, bored and over the typical milestones of what we’re told success is, too busy drifting around the suburbs in friends’ cars to care about the trappings of luxury. Four years later, on ‘Melodrama’, she took us into one night at a house party and the dissolution of a relationship, deftly capturing every angle of a break-up.
For her third album, the Kiwi star is bringing things back to our most basic level – paying tribute to nature and the Earth itself. “The beginning of summer is my favourite time in New Zealand, and this year in particular it feels like a gift,” she shared with fans in a round-robin email last year, before ‘Solar Power’ was announced. The first piece of material she previewed from the record – its title track – captured that feeling perfectly. “I hate the winter / Can’t stand the cold,” the 24-year-old sings. “But when the heat comes/ Something takes a hold.”
Lorde revels in the environment throughout the album, whether she’s suggesting jumping off Bulli Point on her home country’s Lake Taupō on album closer ‘Oceanic Feeling’ or looking to the skies for answers on ‘The Path’. “Now if you’re looking for a saviour – wellm that’s not me,” she tells us on the latter, dark and moody flute melodies floating beneath her. “Let’s hope the sun will show us the path.”
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While ‘Solar Power’ draws its potency from Mother Nature, its creator doesn’t sugarcoat the reality that the natural world, which is so inspiring to her, is in danger of irreversible change. “Wearing SPF 3000 for the ultraviolet rays,” she sings on ‘Leader Of A New Regime’, a stripped-back island escape that makes hermitting yourself away from the chaos of daily life sound like a dream (“Got a trunkful of Simone and Céline and of course my magazines / I’m gonna live out my days”). ‘Fallen Fruit’ takes on the generations that came before us, condemning them, over unsettling folk music, for leaving “us dancing on the fallen fruit”. She asks: “How can I love what I know I am gonna lose?”
‘Solar Power’ reflects Lorde pulling from Earth not just lyrically, but musically too. Where ‘Pure Heroine’ and ‘Melodrama’ were filled with euphoric synths and crisp digital sounds, this album peels away all our technological advances and relies on more organic sounds. Even when swathes of mellotron or Wurlitzer coat the tracks, as on ‘Fallen Fruit’ or ‘Secrets From A Girl (Who’s Seen It All)’, they do so in a way that feels like they’ve been pulled from the soil rather than coursing with electricity.
Elsewhere, the record deals with grief – not for the climate especially, but for Lorde’s dog Pearl, whose death in 2019 delayed this release. “‘Member what you thought was grief before you got the call?” Lorde asks herself on ‘Secrets…’ and, later, Swedish alt-pop don Robyn dials into the track for a spoken word verse that tells us: “Welcome to sadness / The temperature is unbearable until you face it.” It’s a gentle, generous song that softly urges Lorde to keep going and get through her pain, nudging her to trust in her instincts and believe in the answers she holds inside herself.
Pearl pops up again on the reverent ‘Big Star’, which pays tribute to the pure, non-judgmental relationship between pet and owner. “I’m a cheater – I lie and I’m shy / But you like to say hello to total strangers,” Lorde murmurs on its first verse, summing up her late dog’s accepting nature, which is at odds with humans’ flaws. “You’re a big star,” she adds fondly. “Want to take your picture / ‘Til I die.”
To counter ‘Solar Power’’s worship of our planet and its creatures, ‘Mood Ring’ offers a tongue-in-cheek look at wellness culture. Dropping references to yoga positions and crystals, the track depicts relying on the titular jewellery to know how you’re doing. “I can’t feel a thing,” Lorde sighs. “I keep looking at my mood ring / Tell me how I’m feeling.” The subtly amusing lyrics also find her noting: “Can’t seem to fix my mood / Today it’s as dark as my roots.”
There are comments on ageing too; on ‘Secrets’, the 24-year-old laments how quickly her last decade has slipped by, and the gorgeous ‘Stoned At The Nail Salon’ sees her meditate on growing up. “All the beautiful girls, they will fade like the roses,” Lorde notes, later adding: “All the music you loved at 16, you’ll grow out of.”
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‘Solar Power’, though, doesn’t feel like a record that will suffer that same fate – this is an album that grows in quiet stature with every listen, new nuggets of wisdom making their way to the surface, peeking through its beautiful instrumentation that weaves a stunning, leafy tapestry. Few artists strike gold on every record they create but, for the third time in a row, Lorde has done it again, crafting yet another world-beater.
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Classic first-person shooter 'Quake' could be getting a series revival as an ESRB rating details an upcoming 'Quake' release.
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A new, unknown Quake game has been rated by the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) just days after a series revival was teased by QuakeCon.
READ MORE: The best Nintendo Switch games in 2021
The mysterious ESRB listing states that the new Quake project will be coming to PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S and Nintendo Switch.
While the nature of the game remains unknown, many fans are speculating that this could be the “revitalised edition” we recently heard about. The official QuakeCon schedule, released by Bethesda, teased a “revitalized edition” from developers MachineGames.
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The event, “Let’s Talk About Quake” teased an upcoming series revival. The event’s description, which has since been removed read: “Quake is back, in this special stream John Linneman from Digital Foundry talks to Jerk Gustafsson of MachineGames about the title’s iconic legacy and what it meant to both of them. The pair will also discuss the additional content MachineGames have contributed to this revitalized edition.”
Unfortunately, the rating summary doesn’t give much away, and the somewhat vague description could easily apply to any number of Quake projects:
“This is a first-person shooter in which players assume the role of a soldier that travels through time to stop an evil force from destroying humanity,” reads the description.
“Players traverse through maze-like medieval environments and use shotguns, nail guns, and grenade launchers to kill various enemies (e.g., zombies, demonic forces, scorpions, humans) in frenetic run-and-gun combat,” it adds.
“Battles are accompanied by gunfire sounds, screams of pain, and large explosions. Large blood-splatter effects occur frequently, and several attacks cause enemies to explode into bloody chunks. Some areas depict mutilated body parts on the ground or falling from ceilings.”
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One thing it likely isn’t, is a simple rerelease. Marking Quake’s 25th Anniversary back in June, Bethesda launched a number of rereleases. And it’s unlikely that they would launch another rerelease so soon after.
Meanwhile, Disney Classic Games Collection is returning to Nintendo Switch with the addition of The Jungle Book.
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Imagined hysteria over scary movies soon bleeds into film censor Enid's very real breakdown in 'Censor', a must-watch new horror
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First-time feature director Prano Bailey-Bond makes an incredibly confident horror debut with a film that’s packed with ideas, unforgettable images, and thrums with a love for the genre. Censor is set in 1985, when Margaret Thatcher was in power, the country was in turmoil, and ‘Video Nasties’ were making the nation panic that anybody could become a murderer if they happened to watch the wrong movie. The Video Nasties were a group of horror movies so named because their content – extreme violence, gore, graphic sex – was considered too corrupting for public eyes, so they were duly refused certification by the BBFC. The country had a genuine fear that horror could inspire copycat killings. It was up to the censors to protect us. The film centres on one such censor. If film can corrupt us, Bailey-Bond asks, why wouldn’t it corrupt them?
Niam Algar plays Enid, a quiet and seemingly calm woman who takes her job as a censor very seriously. She sits, unruffled, as she watches horrible movies, noting when violence is simply “too realistic” or images too vile. She treats it all with a level head. But it’s almost immediately obvious that Enid’s lack of outward emotion isn’t telling the whole story. Just the way she repeatedly cracks her shoulders says this is a woman carrying some stress.
Enid is very far from relaxed. She is consumed by guilt over the loss of her sister, who disappeared when they were children. Enid was the last person to see her alive and can’t fully recall what happened on the day she went missing. While Enid’s parents have grieved and moved on, Enid is convinced her sister is out there somewhere. When Enid comes across a film that seems to directly echo everything she recalls of her sister’s disappearance, she determines to track down its secretive director in the hope of getting some answers. As she gets deeper into her quest, Enid’s grasp on what’s real and what’s fantasy begins to slip. Her life becomes the greatest horror she’s ever encountered.
Bailey-Bond’s style suggests someone steeped in horror, though it never feels like pastiche or rip-off. There are flavours of Dario Argento, Sam Raimi, John Carpenter, Hideo Nakata and Tobe Hooper, blended together to create something that feels familiar but unsettling, like a remembered nightmare. She keeps areas of deep shadow in her frame, so there’s often the sense of danger lurking. There are shots that have the slight grain of VHS, background crackle and hiss of projection, but it’s all incorporated in such a subtle way that you barely notice it. The effect is that you’re always on edge, just a little aware that something’s not right. This isn’t a horror in the sense that there’s much horrific happening on screen, though there is the odd rush of gore, but it’s horror because it haunts you.
Niamh Algar, who was BAFTA nominated last year for Calm With Horses, is star-making as Enid. The film asks her to go to some very strange places and she strides in fearlessly. In her hands, Enid is a heartbreaking figure who can’t escape her own mind.
As a first film, this is astonishingly assured. Bailey-Bond plays with big psychological questions like a cat playing with a trapped bird. Can horror distort our minds or does a distorted mind simply find horror that fits it? Is there anything more dangerous than our own darkest thoughts? Bailey-Bond isn’t trying to answer anything, only ask. She drags Enid and her audience to hell as she plays with her ideas, and it’s a dark pleasure to go with her.
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G-Eazy has shared a new single called 'Running Wild (Tumblr Girls 2)' featuring Kossisko - you can watch the track's video here.
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G-Eazy has shared a new single called ‘Running Wild (Tumblr Girls 2)’ featuring Kossisko – you can watch the track’s video below.
Produced by DAKARI, the Bay Area rapper’s latest track is a sequel to fan favourite, ‘Tumblr Girls’, which appears on his breakout 2014 album, ‘These Things Happen’.
‘Running Wild’ is accompanied by a visual that also pays ode to the original song’s video, featuring hazy cutaways and Polaroid stills of different women, directed by G-Eazy, Joshua Reis and 2mattyb (Revels Group co-owner, Matt Bauerschmidt).
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It’s not been confirmed whether the track will appear on G’s upcoming new album ‘These Things Happen Too’, but judging from a recent post on the rapper’s Instagram about ‘Running Wild’ it looks likely it will land on his fifth studio album.
“7 years ago I made ‘Tumblr Girls’ in an air bnb when I was living out of a suitcase working on my first album – unsigned – telling stories I hadn’t even got the chance to personally live yet. I was still a kid on the outside chasing a dream,” G-Eazy wrote.
“I appreciate your patience over the last few years as I’ve been trying to put my all into making sure this album does it all justice. I appreciate every step of the journey and every single person who’s been a part of it.”
Elsewhere, fans of G-Eazy have spotted an unreleased track from the rapper in the trailer for new Netflix series Titletown High.
The forthcoming song, which is titled ‘Breakdown’, is produced by DAKARI and features Demi Lovato; it is confirmed to appear on ‘These Things Happen Too’ – pre-order it here.
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You can listen to ‘Running Wild (Tumblr Girls 2)’ below:
Last month, G-Eazy appears on the official soundtrack for Space Jam sequel A New Legacy.
The much anticipated animated/live-action film starring LeBron James landed in UK and US cinemas – and via HBO Max – on July 16, and its all-star soundtrack arrived a week before the film’s release.
Other recent tracks from G include ‘A Little More’, ‘Down’, ‘Love Is Gone’, as well as ‘Nostalgia Cycle’ and ‘Stan By Me’, the latter two of which appear on his last album, ‘Everything’s Strange Here’.
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1047 Games has updated 'Splitgate''s release plans to remain in beta indefinitely. It was originally supposed to launch in July.
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1047 Games has updated Splitgate’s release plans to remain in beta indefinitely. It was originally supposed to launch in July.
Splitgate has proven to be extremely popular. Despite originally entering open beta in 2019, the game has had a recent surge in popularity that has caused constant server issues. The initial release date of late July was pushed back to allow time for server capacity upgrades. Now Splitgate has announced in a press release (Thanks PCGamer) that the game will stay in beta indefinitely.
Studio CEO Ian Proulx said that Splitgate would “remain in open beta for the foreseeable future as the small studio continues to scale the popular arena portal shooter that has seen more than 10 million downloads in its first 30 days of open beta.
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“In looking at the issues facing the scalability of the game’s backend, the process includes far more than simply dealing with server capacity. We are focused on keeping the game stable for fans and iterating on the game’s concurrent capacity to minimize player wait times. We want to do this the right way, and we want to be prepared for massive scale when we officially launch, all the while continuing to improve the beta with frequent updates, additional features, and improvements to server capacity.”
At one point, Splitgate was in such high demand that players had to wait up to 90 minutes to log in. 1047 games added more server capacity, and eventually, the issues were resolved. Splitgate rapidly became one of the most played games on Steam.
Splitgate’s developer has also said that a Nintendo Switch port is part of the game’s vision, but given the repeated delays to release, this may be some time away.
Elsewhere, an accidental store listing suggests that Doom Slayers Collection will be coming to the Nintendo Switch.
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Gamescom 2021 is almost here and is set to return with an online-only event featuring over 70 developers and publishers.
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Gamescom 2021 is almost here and is set to return with an online-only event featuring over 70 developers and publishers.
It’s been confirmed that the biggest companies that will be making an appearance at Gamescom 2021 include Xbox, Bethesda, Activision, and EA who will all each have their own live stream.
Aside from the publishers, viewers can also expect to see an appearance from Geoff Keighley with his own Opening Night Live show as well as a brand new Future Games Show. Additionally, it’s been confirmed that Gamescom Studio and Awesome Indies presentations will also return in collaboration with IGN.
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Here’s when Gamescom 2021 begins, as well as every single date and time you need to know for each presentation:
Gamescom 2021 Schedule
Gamescom 2021 will begin on August 25 at 6PM BST / 10:30 PT and will run through to August 27 at 6PM BST / 10AM PT.
Destiny 2 Witch Queen Showcase – August 24 at 5PM BST / 9AM PT.
– August 24 at 5PM BST / 9AM PT. Xbox Livestream – will mainly focus on first-party Microsoft games that have been previously announced. The show begins August 24 at 6PM BST / 10AM PT.
will mainly focus on first-party Microsoft games that have been previously announced. The show begins at 6PM BST / 10AM PT. Gamescom: Opening Night Live will begin August 25 at 7PM BST / 11AM PT. The presentation is being hosted by Geoff Keighley and will provide “a new look at this holiday’s biggest upcoming video games and what lies beyond.”
will begin at 7PM BST / 11AM PT. The presentation is being hosted by Geoff Keighley and will provide “a new look at this holiday’s biggest upcoming video games and what lies beyond.” The Future Games Show starts August 26 at 9PM BST / 1PM PT and will showcase more than 40 games, featuring some special guests
We’ll keep you updated with any changes before Gamescom 2021 officially kicks off.
Meanwhile, Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy will include lots of licensed music according to senior audio director, Steve Szczepkowski.
Elsewhere, Diablo II: Resurrected is getting an open beta this weekend – here’s exactly when you can try it out.
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Liam Gallagher has revealed that he's currently working on two new solo albums, which would follow 2019's 'Why Me? Why Not.'.
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Liam Gallagher has revealed that he’s currently working on two new albums.
The former Oasis frontman’s second solo record ‘Why Me? Why Not.’ arrived in 2019, following on from his 2017 debut ‘As You Were’. Late last year, the singer released the standalone festive single ‘All You’re Dreaming Of’.
During a new interview with Absolute Radio, Gallagher spoke of the progress on new material. “I’ve kind of got two albums on the go,” he told host Dave Berry in the chat, which is due to air at 9am BST tomorrow (August 20).
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“I’ve got like one that’s a bit mad and one that’s a bit more like kind of whatever normal is, a bit more classic. So, we’re just going to wait and see which one we should put out, you know what I mean?
“But I’ve been busy, man, so I can’t wait. Just got to get these gigs out of the way and next year gonna proper own it!”
The aforementioned live shows are Gallagher’s upcoming headline appearances at Reading & Leeds, TRNSMT and Isle Of Wight Festival, which follow his special gig for NHS workers at The O2 Arena earlier this week (August 17).
Last September, Gallagher said that fans could expect his third solo album at some point in 2021.
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He has since served as an executive producer on the forthcoming Oasis documentary, Oasis Knebworth 1996, alongside his brother and former bandmate Noel. The film, which captures the Manchester group’s landmark Knebworth shows, arrives in cinemas on September 23.
In a glowing five-star review of Gallagher’s recent O2 Arena show, NME wrote: “He has always been the kind of performer to give a crowd exactly what they want, and tonight Liam graciously sandwiches the solo stuff in between the enormous, era-defining tunes that would unite an arena at the best of times.”
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What's not to like about 'Jakob's Wife', which contains the line: "I’m going to tongue-fuck a hole in your neck until you puke blood”?
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Just a week ago, we poured scorn on Shudder’s vampire-movie-with-a-twist Bleed With Me; partly for its glacial pace, mostly because ‘vampire movie with a twist’ is one of the most dispiriting phrases in the horror movie world. Therein lies a doomed attempt to put a stamp on a genre that ran out of steam some time around the second Twilight film.
And now, we’re forced to retract. This week’s Shudder Original is Jakob’s Wife, another vampire movie with a twist – and it’s damn brilliant. The twist: this is a feminist vampire movie about a woman in her late fifties, and it shouldn’t be remarkable how rare the latter fact is in horror, but it is – the only notable recent exemption is Jamie Lee Curtis’s return as Halloween’s Laurie Strode.
Horror movies typically employ possession, witchcraft, cannibalism and vampirism as metaphors for a teenage girl’s burgeoning – and, apparently, frightening – sexuality. Here, it’s minister’s wife Anne (Barbara Crampton) who’s tired of her picket-fenced existence, and whose repressed urges come violently to a head when a business trip puts her back in touch with an old flame. Just as things are about to get steamy, her sleazy ex is ultimately cock-blocked – and devoured – by the same lurking vampire who turns Anne into a bloodsucker. Soon, Anne is fingering bloody steaks in the supermarket, dressing like Anna Wintour and dancing to Goldfrapp-style electro-glam-stomp music – all symptoms of her transformation from dutiful wife to blood-lusting mega-vamp.
The metaphorical subtext about marriage, menopause and mediocrity is clear, but director Travis Stevens certainly isn’t shy of being ultra-literal with the gore, spraying blood, goo and guts around like a food fight in a slaughterhouse. In a film that relies purely on practical effects, heads explode, vampire bites throb open and close like gills gasping for air and jugulars explode in fountains of cherry red plasma.
The title is a punchline, because this is Anne’s film really. Stuffy Jakob (Larry Fessenden), who looks like a doughy Jack Nicholson with his permanent sneer, tries to do the right thing but can’t ever work out quite what that is. “I want to lead a bigger life,” Anne explains at one point, to Jakob’s dismay. Despite the body count, the balance of good and evil here isn’t clear.
While none of the above sounds particularly funny, the movie is. Leads Crampton and Fessenden are such a dark joy to watch you hope there might be leeway for an Anne and Jakob crossover to the next Exotic Marigold Hotel movie. Elsewhere it’s hard to beat some of the dialogue for audacious zingers – memo to drop “I’m going to tongue-fuck a hole in your neck until you puke blood” in our next rap battle, whenever it may be.
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Amumu is getting buffed in 'League of Legends' patch 11.17 along with the addition of some awesome new character skins and a client update.
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League of Legends patch 11.17 brings balance to some of your favourite legends and introduces the cool new Crime City and Phoenix skins.
READ MORE: The best horror games that you need to play in 2021
After extensive testing, League of Legends patch 11.16 is going live. That means Riot Games is now concentrating on patch 11.17 – and it brings a ton of balancing changes.
Amumu is the big focus here – tweaking his abilities to make him more viable at higher matchmaking. Summoner’s Rift lead game designer Jeevun Sidhu says that the goals are “to make Amumu better in higher MMRs, as his current performance disparity is very large”.
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Essentially, that means changes to his Q ability with power “pulled from elsewhere”.
Elsewhere, it looks as though Lucian is being shifted from mid to bot with some interesting skills changes to accommodate that.
Here’s what we can expect in the upcoming patch (thanks to Surrender@20).
League of Legends patch 11.17 Champion changes:
Akshan
Heroic Swing (E): Damage per shot has been nerfed to [30/50/70/90/110 (+17.5% bAD)(1 + 30% bonus attack speed)] from 30/55/80/105/130 (+10% bAD)(1 + 30% bonus attack speed)]
Amumu
Bandage Toss (Q): This ability now has two charges with a recharge time of 14 seconds. Damage dealt has decreased to 70/100/130/160/190 from 80/130/180/230/280.
Cooldown has been decreased to 3 seconds from 10/9.5/9/8.5/8 seconds. Ability ratio is up to 85% from 70%.
Despair (W): Damage per tick has increased to [6/8/10/12/14 + 0.5/0.575/0.65/0.725/0.8% (+0.25% per 100 AP) of target’s maximum health] from [4/6/8/10/12 + 0.5/0.625/0.75/0.875/1% (+0.25% per 100 AP) of target’s maximum health].
Curse of the Sad Mummy (R): Stun effect duration has been decreased to 1.5 seconds from 1.5/1.75/2 seconds.
Ekko
Z-Drive Resonance (Passive): Damage dealt to monsters increased to 200% from 150%
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Evelynn
Last Caress (R): Ability cooldown has been decreased to 120/100/80 seconds from 140/110/80 seconds
Gangplank
Trial by Fire (Passive): Movement Speed changed to [15-30% going by level] from 30%
Parrrley (Q): This ability now counts as a basic ranged attack.
Powder Keg (E): Kegs critically strike with 125% effectiveness. Maximum number of barrels increased to [3/3/4/4/5] from a flat 3 at all ranks.
Graves
End of the Line (Q): Ability’s mana cost has been increased to 80 from 50.
Irelia
Bladesurge (Q): Healing decreased to 8/10/12/14/16% attack damage from 12/14/16/18/20%.
Kayn
The Darkin Scythe (Passive): Shadow assassin damage dealt decreased to 8-30% from 12-44%.
Leona
Eclipse (W): Bonus armour and magic resist decreased to 15/20/25/30/35 from 20/25/30/35/40.
Lissandra
Base attack damage increased to 55 from 53. Ice Shard (Q): Mana cost decreased to 55/60/65/70/75 from 60/65/70/75/80.
Lucian
Base Attack Damage decreased to 62 from 64.
Lightslinger (P): Ally buffs “empower Lucian’s next two (stacks to four) basic attacks to deal an additional 14 (+10% tAD) magic damage”.
Ardent Blaze (W): Mana Cost decreased to 60 from 70. “Allies proccing the mark also trigger Vigilance” [name of new passive effect].
The Culling (R): Damage per shot has been decreased to 15/30/45 (+25% AD) from 20/40/60 (+25%AD). Number of shots has changed to 22 (+25% Critical Strike Chance) from 22/28/34.
Nami
Ebb and Flow (W): Damage dealt increased to 75/115/155/195/235 from 70/110/150/190/230. Healing increased to 65/90/115/140/165 from 60/85/110/135/160.
Rengar
Unseen Predator (P): Maximum stacks of Ferocity decreased to 3 from 4. Duration of Movement Speed granted while Empowered increased to 3 seconds from 1.5 seconds.
Forgiveness timer of Bonetooth Necklace increased to 3 seconds from 1.5 seconds.
Battle Roar (W): Ability has been updated
Bola Strike (E): There is now no cast time when Rengar is leaping. This ability now reveals enemies for 2 seconds.
Senna
Absolution (Passive): AS ratio has increased to 0.45 from 0.4. Critical damage dealt has increased to 160% from 150%. Rate of soul drops for minion kills has increased to 8.33% from 4.166%.
Tahm Kench
Devour (R): Ability recast time has increased to 2 seconds from 1 second.
Teemo
Toxic Shot (E): Damage dealt on hit has increased to 14/25/36/47/58 from 11/22/33/44/55.
Viego
Auto-attack range has decreased to 200 from 225.
Sovereign’s Domination (Passive): Healing on taking a body changed to [3% (.03 bAD) (+.02 AP) (+5 AS)] from [8% (+.025 bAD)(+.015 AP)(+2.5 AS)].
Blade of the Ruined King (Q): Critical multiplier has increased to 100% from 75%.
Harrowed Path (E): Camo reveal radius has increased to 450 from 400.
Heartbreaker (R): Slow effect duration has been decreased to .25 from .5
Xayah
Double Daggers (Q): Cast time has been changed to [0.25-0.1, scaling with attack speed] from 0.25.
Featherstorm (R): Damage dealt has been increased to 200/300/400 from 125/250/375.
Zed
Razor Shurkien (Q): bAD has been increased to 110% from 100%.
Shadow Slash (E): bAD has been decreased to 65% from 80%.
Death Mask (R): Ability cooldown changed to 120/100/80 seconds from 120/90/60 seconds.
League of Legends patch 11.17 Rune changes:
Divine Sunderer – Effects: Attack damage decreased to 35 from 40.
Fleet Footwork – Effects: Effectiveness of ranged healing from minions has been decreased to 10% from 20% Rune’s healing is now 30% effective for Melee champions. Healing has increased to [10-100 (+50% bAD) (+35% AP)] from [30-60 (+30% bAD) (+20% AP)].
Hullbreaker – Effects: Health increased to 400 from 300.
Serpent’s Fang – Effects: Lethality decreased to 12 from 18.
Youmuu’s Ghostblade
Recipe: Serrated Dirk + Caulfield’s Warhammer + 700g.
Cost: Total cost decreased to 2900 from 3000.
Effects: Now gives +15 ability haste. Attack damage decreased to 55 from 60.
Additionally, League of Legends patch 11.17 will introduce some cool new Crime City and Phoenix skins.
Crime City Nightmare skins include: Akali, Darius, Shaco, Twisted Fate, and Zyra.
Phoenix Skins include: Anivia, Seraphine, and Xayah.
Finally, the upcoming patch will introduce an update to the League of Legends client which should improve performance. Riot Games is asking for feedback on this client update based on the 11.17 PBE.
Elsewhere, Diablo II: Resurrected is getting an open beta this weekend – here’s when you can play it.
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Robert Pattinson's salary for his starring role in the upcoming Batman movie has been revealed to be $3 million
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Robert Pattinson’s reported salary for his starring role in the upcoming Batman movie has been revealed.
The British actor received $3 million (£2.2 million) for the film, according to Variety. That figure ranks the lowest in a new report that has been released by the publication, which documents the salaries of some of Hollywood’s biggest names.
In comparison, Chris Pine is set to earn $11.5 million (£8.4 million) for his upcoming role in the epic fantasy Dungeons And Dragons.
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Daniel Craig, meanwhile, has received $100 million (£73 million) to appear in the two sequels to Rian Johnson’s Knives Out, which will be screened on Netflix, and Dwayne Johnson walked away with $30 million (£21.9 million) for Amazon Studios‘ holiday adventure Red One.
Pattinson’s The Batman will arrive in US cinemas on March 4, 2022, and co-stars Colin Farrell, Zoë Kravitz and Andy Serkis.
Meanwhile, both Ben Affleck and Michael Keaton will reprise their roles as the Gotham hero in The Flash.
DC Films have also clarified the future of Batman, detailing two separate “film sagas” starring Keaton, Affleck and Pattinson.
The existence of two Batmans has been described in a New York Times interview with DC Films president Walter Hamada as “parallel worlds where different versions of the same character exist simultaneously,” revealing that, moving forwards, the franchise will “have two different film sagas involving Batman – played by two different actors – running at the same time”.
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In a recent interview, Keaton revealed that he hasn’t seen an entire comic book film since Tim Burton’s Batman.
“After the first Batman, I’m not sure I’ve ever seen an entire [comic book] movie,” Keaton said in a new interview with The Hollywood Reporter discussing his forthcoming plans.
“I just never got around to it. So you’re talking to a guy who wasn’t in the zeitgeist of that whole world.”
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds have announced their 'B-Sides & Rarities Part II' collection, which is set for release in October
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds have announced their new ‘B-Sides & Rarities Part II’ collection.
The compilation album is the follow-up to 2005’s ‘B-Sides & Rarities’ and has been compiled by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis.
‘B-Sides & Rarities Part II’ features 27 rare and unreleased tracks from 2006-2020, including the first recordings of ‘Skeleton Tree’, ‘Girl In Amber’ and ‘Bright Horses’.
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Set for release on double vinyl, double CD, deluxe double CD and all digital platforms on October 22, ‘B-Sides & Rarities Part II’ has been previewed today (August 19) by the release of the song ‘Vortex’.
Written and recorded in 2006 by Nick Cave, Warren Ellis, Martyn Casey and Jim Sclavunos, the track, which you can hear below, had remained unreleased as the band were unable to define the song as either a Grinderman or a Bad Seeds song.
Speaking about the new album, Cave said: “I always liked the original ‘B-Sides & Rarities’ more than any of our other albums. It’s the only one I’d listen to willingly. It seems more relaxed, even a bit nonsensical in places, but with some beautiful songs throughout. There is something, too, about the smallness of certain songs that is closer to their original spirit.
“‘B-Sides & Rarities Part II’ continues this strange and beautiful collection of lost songs from The Bad Seeds. I love the final side of the last disc because it reveals the small and fragile beginnings of some of my favourite Bad Seeds songs. ‘Waiting For You’ complete with bizarre ‘canning factory’ rhythm track, a gorgeous ‘Life Per Se’ deemed too sad for ‘Skeleton Tree’, and ‘Earthlings’ that some consider the finest track of the ‘Ghosteen’ sessions.”
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Both parts of ‘B-Sides & Rarities’ will also be released together as a limited edition deluxe seven-vinyl box set, including 83 rare tracks and exclusive sleeve notes. This is the first time that the first ‘B Sides & Rarities’ collection has been made available on vinyl.
You can pre-order ‘B-Sides & Rarities Part II’ here.
Earlier this week Nick Cave and Warren Ellis added two more extra dates to their autumn UK tour.
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'Marvel's Guardians Of The Galaxy' will have ten original songs in an album by the fiction Star Lord 80s rock band.
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The upcoming Marvel’s Guardians Of The Galaxy game from Eidos-Montréal will have its own rock album filled with original music.
From fictional in-game band Star Lord, where Peter Quill gets his other name, the album ‘Space Rider’ is an 80s rock inspired set of songs written and performed by senior audio director Steve Szczepkowski, senior creative director Jean-Francois Dugas, and sound designer Yohann Boudreault.
“I wrote and recorded ten songs,” Szczepkowski told NME, “there was not one time I delivered [music] to my creative director saying ‘alright, here’s this song’ and he was like ‘no it doesn’t work’. Every one was approved by Marvel, and approved by my creative director, so it was like ten for ten.”
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More can be learned about the music of the game in a video below.
The songs can be played in-game via the Milano’s jukebox, and other licensed songs can be played during combat via the huddle feature. Richard Jacques is the composer of the original soundtrack for the game, and he seems equally as excited as Szczepkowski.
“What an amazing idea to have Star Lord as a band; it’s just brilliant,” Jacques explained. “Then when I was working on the score and Steve was sending another song, and I would know he was in the studio doing vocals one minute and I was getting all anticipated, then the next week he would send the mix, and being able to weave those throughout the score has been brilliant, and I think it really adds another level.”
On top of the original band and album, Marvel’s Guardians Of The Galaxy will also feature plenty of licensed music, from the likes of KISS, Iron Maiden, and Joan Jett. All of the licensed music can also be completely turned off, as a way for streamers to avoid copyright strikes.
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In other news, the giants in Skyrim were apparently modelled after the father of a character artist who worked on the game.
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Kitchen puzzle game 'Automachef' will be free on the Epic Games store between August 26 and September 2, replacing the other two free games.
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Automachef is the next free game on the Epic Games store, and it will replace the two that are currently up for grabs.
The title will take the place of current free games Yooka-Laylee and Void Bastards, which are free to download until August 26. Automachef is described as “a resource management puzzler where you design kitchens, program machinery and watch your genius come to life!”
It will be free on the store between August 26 and September 2, and you can see a trailer for the game below.
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Developed by Hermes Interactive and published by Team17, the game tasks players to “fine tune your mind as you tackle intricate spatial, resource management and scenario puzzles! Not enough hot dogs? You’ll sort it! Kitchens on fire? No problem for a smart human like you!”
There are three modes in the game: campaign levels, a contracts mode, and the sandbox test mode that allows players to mess around with how the game works.
Currently unavailable on the Epic Games store, Automachef costs £10.99 ($14.99) on Steam, it released back in 2019.
The Epic Games store is also opening up a beta for publishers and developers that will allow them to submit their own games to the platform. In a system similar to Steam Direct, the invite-only beta can be signed up for now.
“Sign up is now open to participate in a closed beta for a new suite of Epic Games Store self-publishing tools,” says Epic’s website. “These new tools streamline the process for developers to set up their own product pages, achievements, pricing, offers, and upload builds and updates on the Epic Games store.”
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In other news, Destiny 2 will officially be getting BattlEye anti-cheat software after it leaked, Bungie has said.
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Jennifer Hudson, who starred in the much-criticised big screen adaptation of 'Cats', has voiced her support of the film.
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Jennifer Hudson, who starred in the much-criticised big screen adaptation of Cats, has voiced her support of the film.
Based on Andrew Lloyd Webber’s hugely popular stage musical and co-starring James Corden and Taylor Swift, the film was a box office flop and received harsh reviews from critics.
As a result, many of the film’s stars distanced themselves from the project following its release in 2019. However Hudson, who played Grizabella in the film, has now come to Cats‘ defence.
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“It’s unfortunate that it was misunderstood,” the actor said in an interview with Total Film.
“I think later down the line, people will see it differently. But it is something I am still very proud of and grateful to have been a part of. Yeah, I got to be Grizabella the Glamour Cat!”
Hudson also confirmed in the interview that she adopted two cats of her own after making the film. She named one Macavity after Idris Elba‘s character in the film.
The actor also recently confessed that she didn’t realise that she would have ears and a tail in the film.
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“It was heavy and emotional the entire time,” she told Empire about the experience of becoming her character.
“Because that’s all Grizabella did. It was about being rejected. She was at her lowest point. And I had to carry that. I sang it live every time. The snot that was coming out, that was real. Every inch of it. And I was like, ‘if people only knew. The depth of that emotion.’”
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The campaign for 'Call Of Duty: Vanguard' will take players across the world, as a unit of special forces fights through WW2.
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The campaign for Call Of Duty: Vanguard will take players across the world, fighting through World War 2 across multiple perspectives.
READ MORE: California sues Activision Blizzard over sexual harassment
Sledgehammer Games has shared a first look at Call Of Duty: Vanguard‘s campaign, which will – as teasers suggested – be set during WW2.
The campaign will be set across the world, with missions set in the Pacific, North Africa and both the Eastern and Western fronts of Europe. The story will revolve around “the untold stories of multinational heroes that formed Task Force One, changing the face of history and setting the stage for special forces as we know it”.
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To correctly encapsulate the “international” setting of WW2, the campaign’s story will be told through the perspectives of four different characters.
All of these characters are based on real-life people who fought in WW2, however Game Director Josh Bridge has noted that Vanguard is “rooted but not beholden” to true historical accuracy.
One such character is Lt. Polina Petrova, a Russian sniper who was a nurse until the siege of Stalingrad. She is based on Lyudmila Pavlichenko, who was the most successful female sniper of all time.
On the other side of Europe is Sgt. Arthur Kingsley, a black paratrooper in the British army that parachutes behind German lines the night before D-Day – this is based on the true story of Sidney Cornell. During a press event, Sledgehammer Games stated that it was important that Kingsley’s portrayal – who is acted by Chiki Okonkwo – felt true to the character.
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The Pacific theatre of war will be seen through the eyes of Wade Jackson, a downed American fighter pilot who must learn to fight with a grounded squad and is based on Vernon ‘Mike’ Micheel. Finally, Australian soldier Lucas Riggs – based on Charles Upham – will tell the story of the Rats Of Tubruk as they fight the Axis in Africa.
Combined, these four characters make up an allied unit of special forces, one of the first in the world. They’ll be up against antagonist Heinrich Freisinger, the Director of the Gestapo who is looking to keep the Nazi party alive toward the end of the war.
The tone of Call Of Duty: Vanguard‘s campaign will aim to tell the “devastating” stories behind the war, while Emmy-winning composer Bear McCreary has worked to make each character’s theme “raw and exposed”. More information on the game can be viewed over at the official blog.
In other news, Skyrim character artist Jonah Lobe has revealed the giants in Skyrim were modeled after his dad.
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Sledgehammer Games has discussed the tone of the WW2 setting in 'Call Of Duty: Vanguard', and how that has affected gunplay.
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Sledgehammer Games has spoken to members of the press about the setting, tone and gunplay at the heart of Call Of Duty: Vanguard.
READ MORE: California sues Activision Blizzard over sexual harassment
Sledgehammer Games has shared details on what fans can expect from the tone of Call Of Duty: Vanguard‘s World War 2 setting.
Game Director Josh Bridge has shared that Vanguard will use multiple playable characters across the world to ensure that players see the full, international scope of WW2. This means that players will visit “tide-turning” battles across North Africa, the Eastern Front and the Pacific theatre of war.
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Bridge then said “the game isn’t just about the diverse locations, but about the people – the motif of “ordinary became extraordinary” was something the team found creativity inspiring”.
Within the campaign, each of the characters delivering these points of view are based on real figures, however Bridge noted that while the game is historically inspired, Vanguard is “rooted but not beholden” in history. Regarding these real-life stories, Aaron Halon – Studio Head of Sledgehammer Games – added:
“The stories and pain that people have shared are simply devastating. We love making games, but more importantly than that, we’re all humans standing side by side.”
Bridge explained that by offering a contemporary lens on history, the team hopes that Call Of Duty: Vanguard will “attract people today and provide characters and a story people can connect with”.
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Across both single and multiplayer game modes, Sledgehammer Games felt that a blunt, visceral approach to combat was necessary to capture the brutal tone of battle in WW2. Bridge stated that because of this, they knew gunplay needed to feel “incredible” to achieve that tone.
The tone of Call Of Duty: Vanguard will also acknowledge that although WW2 had big battlefields and massive armies, the war also saw the birth of special forces, meaning the campaign will let players “experience combat through the eyes of the original special forces operators” across the world.
Finally, Sledgehammer Games notes that Vanguard will offer a “unified experience” for Call Of Duty fans, including a Zombies mode created by Treyarch and a new map for Warzone. More information is available via the official blog.
In other news, Among Us developers are disappointed by Fortnite‘s new Imposters mode.
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Whilst 'Call Of Duty' is still the studio's primary focus, it has expressed interest in making other games some time in the future.
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Developer Sledgehammer Games has said it may want to make other games, the studio has only developed games in the Call Of Duty franchise since its formation in 2009.
READ MORE: California sues Activision Blizzard over sexual harassment
Speaking to VentureBeat in a recent (August 18) interview, studio head Aaron Halon said: “We love our legacy and what we’ve created, but we also wanted to think about the future of the studio and how we could set ourselves up to be even stronger.”
Sledgehammer Games has co-developed and took the lead on multiple titles in the franchise, including Call Of Duty: Advanced Warfare in 2014 and Call Of Duty: WWII in 2017.
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The interview also included the studio’s chief operating officer Andy Wilson, who said that Call Of Duty is still the primary focus of Sledgehammer Games.
“The biggest thing for our team is that we want to constantly have interesting, exciting projects to work on. Obviously, Call Of Duty is a huge pillar in the studio. It’s our primary focus, what we’re fully invested in right now,” Wilson said.
“Whether there are other things in the future that we look at as well, we’ll take the time to think about all of those things. Culturally, we do that as well,” he continued. “We take the time to breathe occasionally and think about where we want to go.”
Sledgehammer Games is also developing the upcoming Call Of Duty: Vanguard, which is having a reveal event in Warzone where the game’s train is destroyed in preparation.
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The studio is currently owned by Activision, who is in the midst of a lawsuit over alleged sexual harassment. Staff at Activision Blizzard have also claimed that company recruiters want them to stop talking about toxic culture.
In other news, Marvel’s Guardians Of The Galaxy will have an original rock album in the game, from a band called Star Lord.
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From a recent interview with NME, 'Marvel's Guardians Of The Galaxy' fans can learn more on what to expect from the length and soundtrack of the game.
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A few more details about the upcoming Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy game have been revealed, including the fact that it’s going to be 16 chapters long.
During an interview with NME, Steve Szczepkowski – the Senior Audio Director on the title – was asked about the credit that audio design in games gets in general and how much work goes into creating the audio design of Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy. Szczepkowski said:
“If I was to show you just one spreadsheet for one chapter, where there’s probably like 80 cues, and you’re just like, y’know, we have 16 chapters so it gives you some idea of the scope and keeping track of all this, and time and minutes”.
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NME also spoke to Richard Jacques, the composer for the game, who added: “I would normally tape together six A4 pages and I would put all of the branches and where they converge and how they’re different emotionally, and make sure that whatever the dialogue is, and whatever the conversation is that the player is having, it’s seamlessly scored as if it’s one scene. But another player may play it a different way and get different outcomes, and the music will be reacting accordingly with that. Quite a lot of work, but we wanted to give the player the best experience and that was definitely the way to do it.”
Elsewhere in the interview, NME found out how many different voice lines were recorded for Groot in Marvel’s Guardians Of The Galaxy, but also got to talk about some of the licensed music that will be used in the game, with songs from Hot Chocolate, among others.
Szczepkowski explained: “We’ve got some Joan Jett, some Kiss, some Iron Maiden: there’s a really good span of some new wave, some rock (I don’t want to spoil too much). I feel like we’ve covered a really nice gamut of musical tastes”.
The music will interweave throughout the game, and link up with the original soundtrack in a seamless manner, which is something the duo worked hard on.
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Marvel’s Guardians Of The Galaxy is available for pre-order now. It will release on October 26 for Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PS4, PS5, and PC.
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Violent karting mode Kart Krash: Full Auto heads to 'GTA Online' alongside brand new ride, the Pfister Growler, and much more.
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It’s time for another GTA Online weekly update – this week’s offerings include the Kart Krash: Full Auto racing mode and a new car, the Pfister Growler.
READ MORE: The best horror games that you need to play in 2021
This weekly update arrived earlier today and comes on the back of the recent GTA Online Tuners update, adding even more zany racing fun.
A full breakdown of today’s update will come from Rockstar Games later today, but in the meantime, Twitter user Tez2 has a glimpse of some of the update’s biggest new additions:
Pfister Growler (available for $1,627,000 or $1,220,250 trade price)
Kart Krash: Full Auto now available
Prize Ride: Dominator GTT
Podium vehicle: Veto Modern
Test Track vehicles: Sultan RS Classic, Growler, Warrener HKR
Double GTA$ and RP on Exotic Exports, Kart Krash: Full Auto, Store Holdups
Growler is available ($1,627,000 – $1,220,250)
Kart Krash: Full Auto is now available
Prize Ride: Dominator GTT
Podium vehicle: Veto Modern
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– Growler
– Warrener HKR
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– Store Holdups#GTAOnline pic.twitter.com/N0yuP2FFM4 — Tez2 (@TezFunz2) August 19, 2021
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The Pfister Growler is a two-door sports car that was added as part of the ongoing GTA Online Tuners update. This week’s Prize Ride is the Dominator GTT, an impressive-looking muscle car, while the Podium vehicle is the Veto Modern – a go-kart that’s perfect for Kart Krash.
Kart Krash: Full Auto sounds like a fun new addition – bringing violent kart racing to the streets of Los Santos across seven maps. It’s been described as a “deathmatch” mode, so prepare to get your hands dirty.
There are also some neat discounts on select vehicles, which are detailed below:
30% off the Kosatka submarine ($1,540,000)
40% off: Nightshark ($747,000), Weevil ($522,000 – $391,500)
30% off: Futo GTX ($1,113,000 – $834,750), Toreador ($2,562,000), Sea Sparrow ($1,270,500), Veto Classic ($626,500)
Meanwhile, League of Legends patch 11.17 adds changes to Amumu among others, as well as some impressive new skins.
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Elsewhere, Diablo II: Resurrected is getting an open beta this weekend – here’s when you can play the upcoming RPG.
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The Nottingham musician claims ABBA influenced his fifth album – but there's little trace of their genre's sense of release to be found here
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Is Jake Bugg a gobby Gallagher brother in-waiting, or a knock-off Scrappy-Doo? Regardless of what you think of the Nottingham musician – who first rose to prominence in Glastonbury’s unsigned talent competition back in 2011 – there’s no denying that his self-titled 2012 debut felt cohesive and assured. Powered by a scrappy urgency, he sang of running around his Clifton suburb with a lit joint, and his mixed feelings about having escaped it; though he wore his indie-folk influences on his sleeve, it was a charismatic affair.
Since then, Bugg has struggled to replicate its raw charm. He’s kept trying on different hats ever since, from clumsy grasps at rap on 2016’s ‘On My Own’ to the mostly acoustic ‘Hearts That Strain’ a year later. While that record saw Bugg sack off the majority of his co-writers in an attempt to uncover something more authentic, man, ‘Saturday Night, Sunday Morning’ finds him performing another U-turn and insisting that, actually, he really does love pop music after all.
Apparently influenced by the likes of ABBA and the Bee Gees, it also sees him re-recruiting a crack team of hit-penning songwriters, including Camilla Cabello and Dua Lipa collaborator Ali Tamposi, as well as Andrew Watt (who, besides working with Justin Bieber and Post Malone, produced much of Miley Cyrus’ outstanding pop-rock record ‘Plastic Hearts’).
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Unfortunately, ‘Saturday Night, Sunday Morning’ possesses about as much pizazz as a slightly feeble party popper. There’s very little sense of pop music’s crucial element – fun – to be found here. The aptly named ‘Lost’ pairs a generous helping of synthetic, nu-disco violin with a ‘Jolene’-style bassline, and yet still manages to sound utterly joyless. Though ‘Rabbit Hole’ gets off to a decent start, with Bugg’s snarling delivery bringing to mind Alex Turner, it never really builds on the early momentum.
The strongest tracks on ‘Saturday Night, Sunday Morning’ are the simplest – essentially a hulking, brute-force pop-rock track, ‘Screaming’ sounds custom-written to go off live, while ‘Downtown’ combines combines Bugg’s ear for a ballad with subtle orchestral arrangements.
In the opening moments of ‘All I Need’ Jake Bugg sets out his mission statement for this album atop catchy but unremarkable retro-soul: “Call me cynical, but original,” he sings. The problem is, based on ‘Saturday Night, Sunday Morning’ – a muddled album that claims to love pop, but seems thoroughly averse to having any kind of fun – it seems he’s mostly the former.
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Larry David has reportedly engaged in a heated row with his former friend Alan Dershowitz over the lawyer's ties with Donal Trump
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Larry David has reportedly engaged in a heated row with his former friend Alan Dershowitz over the lawyer’s ties with Donald Trump.
The Curb Your Enthusiasm creator was at a grocery store near Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts when the dispute took place, according to Page Six.
The argument, which was reported by a source to the publication and later confirmed by Dershowitz, involved the Harvard law professor being “screamed” and “yelled” at by David, a staunch Democrat.
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“I was worried that he was going to have a stroke,” said Dershowitz.
David’s anger stemmed from Dershowitz’s alliance with the former POTUS, which caused their friendship to sever.
“I saw you. I saw you with your arm around [Former Trump Secretary of State Mike] Pompeo! It’s disgusting,” David said to Dershowitz after he tried to instigate a conversation in the store.
“It’s disgusting. Your whole enclave – it’s disgusting. You’re disgusting,” he added.
In his follow-up interview with Page Six, Dershowitz took aim at David’s political beliefs.
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“Larry is a knee-jerk radical,” Dershowitz told Page Six. “He takes his politics from Hollywood. He doesn’t read a lot. He doesn’t think a lot.”
Elsewhere, David has said he was “relieved” to be uninvited from Barack Obama’s 60th birthday party.
Obama’s party was forced to downsize on account of COVID-19 restrictions.
“When he told me I was eighty-sixed from the party, I was so relieved I screamed, ‘Thank you! Thank you!’ He must have thought I was insane,” David told the New York Times.
“Then I hung up the phone, poured myself a drink and finished my crossword puzzle.”
Recently, it was confirmed that Curb Your Enthusiasm‘s 11th season will premiere later this year.
The new season was green-lit in 2020, two months before season 10 had drawn to a close on HBO Max.
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Michael Keaton had to read the screenplay for 'The Flash' multiple times because he was too "stupid" to understand it first time around.
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Michael Keaton has confessed that he needed to read the screenplay for The Flash multiple times because he says he was too “stupid” to understand it first time around.
The actor, who will be reprising his role as Batman for the upcoming film, said that he needed some time to understand the new movie’s story.
“I had to read it more than three times to go, ‘Wait, how does this work?’” he told The Hollywood Reporter.
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He continued: “They had to explain that to me several times. By the way, I’m not being arrogant, I hope, about this. I don’t say it like, ‘I’m too groovy.’ I’m stupid. There’s a lot of things I don’t know about. And so, I don’t know, I just kind of figured it out, but this was different.”
Keaton, who has not played the role of Bruce Wayne and his Gotham alias since 1992, said that returning to the character has made him view him in a new light.
“What’s really interesting is how much more I got [Batman] when I went back and did him,” he said. “I get this on a whole other level now. I totally respect it. I respect what people are trying to make.”
He added: “I never looked at it like, ‘Oh, this is just a silly thing.’ It was not a silly thing when I did Batman. But it has become a giant thing, culturally. It’s iconic. So I have even more respect for it because, what do I know? This is a big deal in the world to people. You’ve got to honour that and be respectful of that. Even I go, ‘Jesus, this is huge.’”
The Flash will be released in November 2022, and will see Ben Affleck also return as Batman, alongside Ezra Miller who will play the speedy lead.
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Keaton confessed in the interview that he hasn’t seen an entire comic book film since Tim Burton’s Batman.
“I just never got around to it. So you’re talking to a guy who wasn’t in the zeitgeist of that whole world.,” he said.
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The death of Pharrell William's cousin, Donovon Lynch, has been ruled a homicide, according to an autopsy report.
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The recent death of Pharrell William‘s cousin has been ruled a homicide, according to reports.
Donovon Lynch, 25, was shot dead by a police officer in Virginia Beach in March. Williams subsequently demanded that the federal authorities investigate the death, having previously called for “transparency, honesty and justice”.
Now, an autopsy report obtained by the New York Post has ruled that Lynch died by homicide, although no criminal charges have been filed as yet. According to the outlet, a state grand jury has now been launched.
The documents revealed that Lynch sustained two gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead at the scene.
It is reported that the grand state jury will meet next month.
Earlier this year, Williams said that there were “too many unanswered city and state questions” in regards to his cousin’s death. Respectfully, I am calling for a Federal investigation,” he wrote at the time.
Back in June, Lynch’s father, Wayne Lynch, launched a $50million wrongful death lawsuit. He claimed that his son was shot “unlawfully and without warning” in response to a separate shooting Donovan had no part in. Virginia Beach Police, however, accused the 25-year-old of “brandishing a handgun at the time of the shooting”.
Darrion Marsh, a friend of Donovon who was present on the night, disputed this claim.
The officer who shot Lynch was placed on administrative leave following the incident. The case previously sparked controversy after it was revealed that the cop was wearing a body camera but for “unknown reasons”, according to the police chief, it was not switched on.
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A Warframe TennoGen artist was able to fund his sister's degree and help support his parent's thanks to the creation of his in-game skins.
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A Warframe TennoGen artist was able to fund his sister’s degree and help support his parents thanks to the creation of his in-game skins.
TennoGen is a Warframe program that is designed to allow gamers and artists to create and submit their own in-game cosmetics for consideration to be included in the game. If they’re popular enough, the artist receives a 30 per cent cut of all sales.
Lendel Farjado, who lives in the Philippines with his parents and siblings and goes by the name LED2012 online, seems to have found success in his designs as he explains in a new interview.
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Speaking to PCGamer, Farjado, who has had no formal training in 3D art, explained that they started creating skins “since the very first round, announced in November 2015” saying that on his first try he didn’t get in.
“I was familiar with paid stuff from Dota 2 Steam Workshop before and there were some internet conversations about it being lucrative so I didn’t [give] up, reworked and focused on one of my items and eventually got picked on the second round,” Farjado said.
The artist describes how although he had no educational background in 3D art, he wanted to learn saying that he kept trying but couldn’t seem to handle “how to properly design helmets and full skins so I focused on Syandanas [the capes that Warframes wear], with my second item the Maharliqa, kinda inspired by the Philippine flag.”
Eventually, Farjado became familiar with the free open-source 3D modelling software Blender and began creating more Warframe cosmetics for the game, while also going on to do collaborations with other designers in the community such as Daemonstar.
He went on to explain that he was able to begin providing for his family, using Warframe cosmetic sales to fully upgrade his PC as well as fund his sister’s degree in medical technology.
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Farjado was able to start making a living from Warframe and was able to help renovate his parent’s house as well as pay for their bills and donate food to locals who needed it during the Covid-19 pandemic.
The artist expressed he eventually wants to get a job in the industry saying he feels happy when he sees players wearing his hands in-game.
In other news, Battlestate Games has announced new changes to Escape From Tarkov’s armour effectiveness.
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After a new trailer for 'Pokemon Legends: Arceus' many gamers are comparing the game to the 15-year-old RPG, 'Oblivion'.
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A new trailer for Pokemon Legends: Arceus has led fans to compare the game to the 2006 RPG, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion.
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Following the reveal of a new Pokemon Legends: Arceus trailer yesterday (August 18), fans have begun dissecting the video frame by frame (thanks, GAMINGbible). One of the big sticking points seems to be the quality of the game’s trees.
Over on Reddit, users have begun comparing the cel-shaded trees of Arceus with the more realistically-rendered trees in the 2006 fantasy RPG, Oblivion.
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The screenshots being compared show landscapes which are admittedly similar in design, with mountains in the distance and a river running through a valley. However, the point of contention seems to be that the new Pokemon game renders fewer trees than the earlier Oblivion.
“You guys expect too much from the top selling video game franchise of all time,” commented Reddit user bootleg-bean.
“Legend has it that they are [taking] the billions they make with each Pokemon game and working hard to create a second tree model, which we might see by 2027,” wrote calculon000.
“We see better graphics and fidelity from indie devs. It’s really shameful that one of the most successful franchise in gaming can just produce a game which looks worse than a 15 years old game,” said low-jackfruit-6500.
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The tree debate has been ongoing since Pokemon Sword & Shield – cited by many gamers as a sign that the graphics of recent Pokemon games aren’t up to par.
But it’s worth noting that the art styles of these games are very different – Pokemon Legends: Arceus is opting for a more cartoon-style, cel-shaded look while Oblivion takes a more realistic approach.
In fact, it’s likely that Arceus’s lack of trees is more of a design choice than a limitation of the game itself.
Elsewhere, Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy is getting its own original rock album courtesy of fictional band, Star Lord.
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'The Witcher' showrunner Lauren Schmidt Hissrich has signed a multi-year deal with Netflix to oversee more shows on the platform.
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The Witcher showrunner Lauren Schmidt Hissrich has signed a multi-year overall deal with Netflix.
As part of the deal (via Deadline), Schmidt Hissrich will write and produce scripted shows and other creative projects for the platform – while continuing to serve as showrunner and executive producer on The Witcher.
She also serves as executive producer on the upcoming prequel series The Witcher: Blood Origin and anime series The Witcher: Nightmare Of The Wolf.
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Speaking about the deal, Schmidt Hissrich said: “I am so thrilled to have found my home at Netflix, and can’t wait to continue what’s been an incredibly fulfilling creative partnership.
“While my heart belongs to The Witcher franchise, I equally look forward to digging in on other exciting projects for their global audience in the years to come.”
Prior to The Witcher, Schmidt Hissrich was an executive producer on Marvel’s The Defenders and Daredevil for Netflix.
The second season of The Witcher, starring Henry Cavill as Geralt of Rivia, is set to release on Netflix December 17 following production delays caused by the coronavirus. The show is based on the popular series of books by Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski.
The cast was recently announced for prequel spin-off The Witcher: Blood Origin, set 1,000 years before the main show, which includes Sir Lenny Henry, Michelle Yeoh, Dylan Moran, Laurence O’Fuarain, Sophia Brown, Nathaniel Curtis, Mirren Mack and more.
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Meanwhile, olympian and gold medal winner Vitalina Batsarashkina was welcomed back to Russia earlier this month with a fitting tribute – a rendition of a classic song from The Witcher.
The 24-year-old athlete made headlines after winning the women’s 10m air pistol and 25m pistol categories at the Tokyo Olympics. Batsarashkina also nabbed a silver medal at the 10m air pistol mixed teams event.
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Little Mix have announced details of a new greatest hits album, titled 'Between Us', to mark their 10th anniversary.
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Little Mix have announced details of a new greatest hits album titled ‘Between Us’.
The compilation record is set to be released on November 12 to mark the group’s 10th anniversary this year.
Described as “a celebration of a decade of global hits from a record-breaking pop band”, ‘Between Us’ will feature such songs as ‘Wings’, ‘Black Magic’, ‘Shout Out To My Ex’ and ‘Sweet Melody’.
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Five new Little Mix songs, which the trio have been working on over the past few months, will also be included on the release.
Perrie Edwards said in a statement that the band “can’t believe it has been 10 years. Time has flown, and when you look back we have done so much that we’re super proud of.”
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We are so excited about this album. It includes all our hits, as well as some brand new songs we can't wait for you to hear #10YearsOfLittleMix https://t.co/4Yewo609pk pic.twitter.com/vcnE9n7WKA — Little Mix (@LittleMix) August 19, 2021
Jade Thirlwall added: “It’s going to be great to have all our big hits as a band on one album for the first time, celebrating 10 massive years of Little Mix. The tracks also show how much we have grown as artists, from ‘Wings’ to ‘Heartbreak Anthem’.”
Leigh-Anne Pinnock said that the group were “also really excited to release five brand new Little Mix songs that we’ve been creating”.
“We can’t wait for our fans to hear the new tracks we’ve been working on. We hope they love them as much as we do!”‘
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You can pre-order Little Mix’s ‘Between Us’ album here.
Little Mix recently made UK chart history after they became the first girl group to have at least one track in the Official Singles Chart’s Top 10 for 100 consecutive weeks.
“Wow! It’s amazing, and we wouldn’t have done this without you guys,” Pinnock said in a message to fans about their achievement. “You never fail to blow us away – you’re just incredible and we wouldn’t be here without you. Thank you.”
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Ed Sheeran has announced his fifth album, '=', and shared album track 'Visiting Hours' – listen to the new song here
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Ed Sheeran has announced his fifth album, ‘=’, and shared the album track ‘Visiting Hours’.
The singer-songwriter, whose last solo album was 2017’s ‘÷‘ (not counting his collaborative work ‘No.6 Collaborations Project‘ in 2019), has confirmed today (August 19) that it will be released on October 29 via Asylum/Atlantic. Pre-order here.
Sheeran premiered ‘Visiting Hours’ earlier today during a performance on Instagram, where he played an acoustic guitar from an undisclosed location where he is currently on a family holiday. He stated that the song, which is out now, is not the album’s new single but is a cut from the forthcoming record.
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Sheeran told fans that he finished the song in quarantine in Australia where he was attending a friend’s memorial.
Press material accompanying the album’s release reveals that the song is about Sheeran dealing with the loss of his mentor and friend, Michael Gudinski.
“I wish that heaven had visiting hours / So I can just swing by and ask your advice,” Sheeran sings on the track.
The song was performed by Sheeran for the first time at Gudinski’s state memorial in March. Backing vocals on the recorded version are provided by Gudinski’s close friends, Kylie Minogue and Jimmy Barnes.
Of his new album, ‘=’, Sheeran said it’s the “best piece of work that I’ve ever done”. He added that the process of finalising its 14 tracks was “painstaking”.
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In an official statement he added: “= (Equals) is a really personal record and one that means a lot to me. My life changed greatly over the past few years – I got married, became a father, experienced loss, and I reflect on these topics over the course of the album. I see it as my coming-of-age record, and I can’t wait to share this next chapter with you.”
Additionally, Sheeran revealed that he has painted part of the new album’s cover art, which was later finished by a friend.
Track list for ‘=’
01. ‘Tides’
02. ‘Shivers’
03. ‘First Times’
04. ‘Bad Habits’
05. ‘Overpass Graffiti’
06. ‘The Joker And The Queen’
07. ‘Leave Your Life’
08. ‘Collide’
09. ‘2step’
10. ‘Stop The Rain’
11. ‘Love In Slow Motion’
12. ‘Visiting Hours’
13. ‘Sandman’
14. ‘Be Right Now’
Sheeran recently revealed that he was told to “get a real job” when revealing his aspirations of being a professional musician while at school.
He told the Sunday Mirror: “I think kids should be encouraged to be creative. When I was a child, saying you wanted to be a musician, they’d go, ‘You need to get a real job.'”
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The famously furious actor, Nicolas Cage, resists his usual urge to go hog-wild in 'Pig', a late-career peak and must-watch drama
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Surely no one saw this coming. Who could have expected a new Nicolas Cage revenge movie, light on violence and heavy on slow, careful contemplation?
Cage is Rob, an unkempt truffle hunter living a solitary life with his pig in the wilds of Oregon, quietly grieving for his dead wife. His lonely existence is interrupted by flash city boy Amir (Alex Wolff – Hereditary, Old), who pays Rob a tidy cash sum for his tasty truffles until one night, Rob’s pig is stolen. They track the thief to Portland, where both Rob and Amir must confront their professional and familial demons.
The film threatens to turn into a bloodbath at times. For example, during an underground fight scene Rob must test how much punishment he can withstand by refusing to fight back – and it becomes quite a bloody affair. This sequence, though, turns out to be a false dawn for those expecting the usual Cage gore quota. Amir’s dad Darius (Adam Arkin – Sons of Anarchy), with whom he is fiercely competitive and in a strained relationship following the apparent suicide of Amir’s mother, is a key player on the Portland restaurant scene and has to be confronted to solve the mysterious pig-napping. But Rob himself was once a revered chef in the same city and his own culinary skills are well-known in the area.
Pig is at its best when it uses food to evoke memories. It does this frequently but never better than when Amir and Rob visit Eurydice, one of Darius’ restaurants. Rob summons the head chef to their table and it’s Derrick, a former protégé of Rob’s. He reveals how Derrick (David Knell) used to dream of running an English pub and creating hearty grub a million miles removed from the fussy fare he now produces for an uncaring hipster crowd. Derrick’s increasing unease and sad realisation combined with Cage’s powerful, matter-of-fact demolition of his current career make for perhaps the greatest scene of the year – no explosions, sex or death, just brutal home truths.
Remarkably, Pig is Michael Sarnoski’s directorial debut (he also wrote the script, based on a story co-created with Vanessa Block), though it has the assurance and quality of an old hand. If all Sarnoski had achieved was to draw out one of Cage’s finest performances, that would have been enough but Pig is so much more. Wolff and Arkin excel in their support roles and cinematographer Patrick Scola must be congratulated for his striking work in creating a visual masterpiece. Its slow pace and relative lack of action mean it won’t please everyone, but Pig is porking brilliant. Seek it out.
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The eight Master System games within 'Lost Judgment' include 'Alex Kidd in Miracle World', 'Fantasy Zone' and more
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Sega has revealed which eight Master System games will be playable within Lost Judgment when it releases on September 24.
Announced via the game’s developer Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio’s Twitter account, the list includes Alex Kidd in Miracle World, Fantasy Zone, Penguin Land, Quartet, Enduro Racer, Woody Pop, Maze Hunter 3-D, and Secret Command.
Here are the 8 SEGA Master System games playable in Lost Judgment! Which of these classic gems will you dive into first? 🕹️ Alex Kidd in Miracle World
🕹️ Fantasy Zone
🕹️ Penguin Land
🕹️ Quartet
🕹️ Enduro Racer
🕹️ Woody Pop
🕹️ Maze Hunter 3-D
🕹️ Secret Command#LostJudgment pic.twitter.com/HP7ZVhlraS — RGG Studio (@RGGStudio) August 19, 2021
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For many, the standout game will be a side-scrolling platformer, Alex Kidd in Miracle World, which was built into many Master System and Master System II consoles back in the 1980s. Still, the others will appeal to nostalgia fans too. Notably, Secret Command was a re-release of Rambo: First Blood Part II, albeit without the official license.
All these games are playable because Lost Judgment includes a playable Master System in protagonist Takayuki Yagami’s office, replacing the pinball machine seen in the previous game, Judgment, and the OutRun arcade machine seen in the PS5 and Xbox Series X|S upgrade, Judgment Remastered.
This is the first time that players have used a home console within the Yakuza and Judgment series of games, with previous games focusing on Sega arcade hits such as Super Hang-On and Virtua Fighter 2.
Lost Judgment is the sequel to 2018’s Yakuza spin-off Judgment and will be released worldwide on September 24 for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S. A “legal suspense action game”, it aims to retain the fast-paced nature of the original rather than using the turn-based RPG system seen in Yakuza Like a Dragon.
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Henry Golding has shared details of the time that he took his future wife to see The Kooks three months into their relationship.
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Henry Golding has shared details of the time that he took his future wife to see The Kooks.
The Snake Eyes star spoke to NME about the concert, which took place in Camden three months into their relationship, as part of the Firsts challenge.
“They were playing at perhaps Barfly or something of that manner,” he said. “That album [‘Inside In/Inside Out’] had come out, it was the summer of them exploding, and I bought these tickets as something that we were going to do in London together.”
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He continued: “I was expecting it to be packed but it was one of those venues that felt sort of half empty. That was the magic of it, it was such a personal gig.”
“I love their music so much,” he concluded.
Golding also revealed the first artist that he fell in love with: Ray LaMontagne. “I bought his album, I went to watch him at Royal Alexander, and I went to watch him three or four times after. That was the first artist I really followed.”
The actor also confessed that before then, his go-to bands growing up were Limp Bizkit and Papa Roach.
In an interview with NME in 2020, Golding shared some details on what it took to step into his role for Snake Eyes.
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“To be honest, it was painful,” he admitted. “It’s definitely much more of a martial arts film than a superhero movie. It’s very, very physical. I fucking hated it in the beginning because I couldn’t even squat down and go to the bathroom. The first week was literal hell. I think I cried on the phone to my manager. I was like: ‘I don’t know what I’m doing!’”
Snake Eyes is out now exclusively in cinemas.
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We discuss what songs fans can expect in 'Marvel's Guardians Of The Galaxy', the monumental workload behind composing a game, and more.
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How many lines of dialogue is enough for a Groot? That’s the kind of question that buzzes around my mind when given the chance to speak to Steve Szczepkowski and Richard Jacques, the senior audio director and composer, respectively, for the upcoming Guardians Of The Galaxy game. How often do you get to ask someone something like this?
“I would hate to say a number and be completely wrong. I’m gonna guess around 5000”, starts Szczepkowski, and I can’t help but laugh, because that can’t be right, surely? Szczepkowski notices and reacts: “Maybe less. I dunno, there is a lot! There’s gotta be at least a thousand. The actor we got was phenomenal. He did such an amazing job and he really committed and gave himself to it.”
But a thousand, Szczepkowski? “I’ll have to get you a better number”, he teases. Both Szczepkowski and Jacques are passionate about this game, having worked on it for around four years now. They have enormous respect for one another, and come from very different backgrounds. Szczepkowski is a rocker who has played the bar (his press shot shows him holding a Gibson Flying V), while Jacques comes from a classical background. They met four years ago when Szczepkowski approached Jacques and they just hit it off instantly. Both have experience with previous titles like Mass Effect (Jacques) and Deus Ex (Szczepkowski), so there’s pedigree here.
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But Guardians Of The Galaxy? Even previous works can’t have prepared them for the kind of pressure that a Marvel property brings, right? Even my elderly mother knows what Guardians Of The Galaxy is. “Should I put her down for three copies?” Szczepkowski jokes, before getting a little serious: “my answer is probably bordering on insanity, because I don’t put that pressure on.
“When you surround yourself with the right people, the confidence kind of outweighs the pressure. I’m not gonna deny that there’s not a pressure there, but I don’t think there’s any pressure that’s gonna surpass the pressure I put on myself to deliver the highest quality possible. I’m gonna give you everything I’ve got and at the end of the day if that’s not good enough I’m not gonna lose sleep over it, because I left it all on the table, I couldn’t have given more”.
Jacques agrees, “I’m a colossal Marvel fan anyway, and I think when we started the project, both Steve and I could have bowed to the external pressure. But the pressure is what I put on myself. I know how much pressure Steve puts on himself and not on anyone else, it’s self-made pressure to deliver and to do the best we can. I never want to work on any project that I can come away from and think I didn’t give it a million per cent from day one to the end”.
The way the licensed music works in Guardians Of The Galaxy, means that all of the tunes need to be able to weave together somehow, which makes the process difficult for the composer. Jacques explains: “The licensed music is such a big part of the DNA of the game, and Steve and I were both wanting to make a completely seamless experience. So even when some of the licensed tracks might change, I would then react to make sure the score that happens before and after that licensed track lands in the right key.
“Sometimes I’d have to change the ending of the score that precedes the tracks and comes after it, but we really wanted to make that seamless, and I think we’ve really taken a lot of attention to detail over that. Without giving too many tracks away, there are certain points where you might get an echo of the main melody or the main lyric and it just comes into the score, and you might get it in the French horns or something to take you into the next scene. So we’ve worked hard to make that as seamless as possible, and as a fan I love the selection. It took me back, and there’s a really good mixture of things for everyone”.
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As the composer, Jacques is a fan of themes, but is clear he wanted the right balance for this game. “We’ve got such a huge roster of characters and villains to choose from, I didn’t want to overload the score with a theme for every single setting and every single character, because that would be too much. But I would say there’s a good five or six very very strong themes that will come in and out of the score from the beginning to the end of the game”
“A good theme has to have legs, longevity, and good shape, and I’m pretty confident. I’ll be really interested to see if players key into this (and I think they will), but throughout the story line we wanted to hit the main story beats with themes, and I’m really pleased with how it’s come together. It was a long process of gestation, but I did write the main theme as part of my demo process, and Steve and I talked about it and he loved it from the beginning. So that’s made it into the game intact”.
Szczepkowski confirms this, saying: “I felt it was so strong that it was the first thing I said we really need to exploit this and I think I used Star Wars: A New Hope as the reference just how well they use the theme. Again, we’re comparing a two-hour linear experience to a 22-hour anything-can-happen one, but all the more reason when you have a strong theme to really use it, and to find different ways to serve it up”.
Aside from the original score there’s still the licensed music to talk about, and Szczepkowski did let on that there’s a wide range of musical tastes accounted for, and that everything is meticulously chosen. I noticed Hot Chocolate, which threw me back to my own youth, for example. “I’m hoping there’s gonna be a few other ones”, he says, “for me, throwing in something like Gary Numan‘s ‘Cars’: that’s such a brilliant track and I’ve always loved it. We’ve got some Joan Jett, some Kiss, some Iron Maiden: there’s a really good span of some new wave, some rock….” he trails off, adding he doesn’t want to spoil too much.
All of this is a lot of work, so do they think audio design gets the recognition it deserves? Some of the most iconic moments in gaming are memorable because of the audio and/or soundtrack, yet audio design is rarely spoken about in the same hushed tones as narrative, graphics, or even gameplay. Jacques thinks back to his work on Mass Effect, “There’s one point in Mass Effect where you go to this planet for the first time and it’s a really iconic moment and when I scored that scene I knew that the player would really remember this. So I’ve used some of those recipes in our game that the big iconic story beats, they are very, very memorable moments.
“There’s a lot of careful thought about how things are gonna work together. There’s a plan behind it, and we also look at the shape throughout the game, where we’re gonna have big iconic score or when we’re gonna go with a minimal underscore but big on the sound design, and then we go and execute it and we might tweak a few things, but in general that’s worked really well. And I think audio design is often overlooked, but I think Steve can give his point of view…”
And that Szczepkowski does: “I feel it’s not given anywhere near the credit it should be, because I’ll tell you why: in a game like ours, where you often have branching, this gets very complicated very quickly, and it’s not like I can just turn to Rich and go ‘Hey Rich, here’s the scene and the scene can branch three different ways, and then it’s gonna merge over here… have fun!’ That doesn’t work. I have to sit down and I have to respect an overall budget, and if I score every branch of this I’m eating up a lot of budget, and you know what I mean? I have to look at it and think maybe in this scene the branches are different that they do need a different score, or perhaps they don’t, and it’s more about an overall vibe. If they do need an individual score, how do we weave in and out seamlessly from choices?
“Sometimes you have a choice wheel that comes up. Sometimes it’s timed, sometimes it’s infinite: how do you sort that out? So honestly, I’m not gonna say we’re splitting DNA, but it’s a lot more complex than I think people give us credit for and I think if people saw the amount of time and work… I mean if I was to show you just one spreadsheet for one chapter, where there’s probably like 80 cues, and we have 16 chapters so it gives you some idea of the scope and keeping track of all this, and time and minutes. Not only that, but for Rich to have the time to compose everything. So all of these factors are a long answer to say: I definitely don’t feel it gets the proper credit”.
Jacques chimes back in to explain some of the process and why it’s so difficult, saying “There could be points where you might be talking to one of the characters and there could be 12 to 14 different outcomes in the conversation you’re having before you come to an end point. So Steve and I would discuss it as he mentioned, and we’d look through the script, and I would normally tape together six A4 pages and I would put all of the branches and where they converge and how they’re different emotionally, and make sure that whatever the dialogue is, and whatever the conversation is that the player is having, it’s seamlessly scored as if it’s one scene. But another player may play it a different way and get different outcomes, and the music will be reacting accordingly with that. Quite a lot of work, but we wanted to give the player the best experience and that was definitely the way to do it”.
Before my time with the pair was over, I wanted to know about Montreal as a city. There’s so many studios setting up over there right now, and with Steve not only working, but also living there, I wondered if he might know. “It’s a very rich city in terms of the arts and just the whole creative scene,” he says, “I mean Montreal, Quebec as the province is probably the most European City or Province in Canada. So it tends to lend itself very well to the creative arts, whether it’s visual arts, music, narrative, or stuff like this, I just think it’s a very strong art-driven city. You come out in the Summer and it’s Jazz fests, comedy fests, film fests: it’s all of this. It’s not like car shows; we do have that, but the big focus is people coming out and celebrating the arts. For someone who grew up there it feels pretty normal, and I have to say on a governmental level, they did a lot of grants and submissions to basically try and encourage studios to set up there and make it profitable, or at least viable”.
Oh and by the way, Szczepkowski did get back to us on the Groot thing. “We can confirm that there are 1630 ‘I am Groot’ lines. (500 of these being combat bark versions of ‘I am Groot’)”. One thousand six hundred and thirty. Bloody hell.
Marvel’s Guardians Of The Galaxy is available for pre-order now. It will release on October 26 for Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PS4, PS5, and PC.
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Australian trio DMA'S have surprise-released a new EP titled 'I Love You Unconditionally, Sure Am Going to Miss You'.
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DMA’S have surprise-released a new EP titled ‘I Love You Unconditionally, Sure Am Going To Miss You’, marking their first new original music since third album ‘THE GLOW’ arrived last year.
The four-track EP was produced by the band themselves, and recorded with Dylan Adams, who also engineered the trio’s 2014 self-titled debut EP. It’s led by the single ‘We Are Midnight’, which the trio described in a statement as “a noisy guitar pop explosion that brings us back to our roots”.
Listen to the EP below:
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In a statement, the band’s Johnny Took elaborated on how ‘I Love You Unconditionally, Sure Am Going To Miss You’ sees them returning to their roots more broadly.
“This EP was in the natural trajectory that you can sometimes take in a band,” commented Took. “You work with different producers, and you want to keep changing, but there’s also something in your core that pulls you back. It’s cool to get back to your roots sometimes.”
DMA’S released their third studio album, ‘THE GLOW’, back in July of last year. Since then, they’ve also released a live album, ‘Live at Brixton’. That arrived back in March, celebrating the one-year anniversary of their sold-out London O2 Academy Brixton show.
The band are set to kick off a run of UK and Ireland dates in October, playing 22 dates – more details on that here.
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We discuss what songs fans can expect in 'Marvel's Guardians Of The Galaxy', the monumental workload behind composing a game, and more.
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How many lines of dialogue is enough for a Groot? That’s the kind of question that buzzes around my mind when given the chance to speak to Steve Szczepkowski and Richard Jacques, the senior audio director and composer, respectively, for the upcoming Guardians Of The Galaxy game. How often do you get to ask someone something like this?
“I would hate to say a number and be completely wrong. I’m gonna guess around 5000”, starts Szczepkowski, and I can’t help but laugh, because that can’t be right, surely? Szczepkowski notices and reacts: “Maybe less. I dunno, there is a lot! There’s gotta be at least a thousand. The actor we got was phenomenal. He did such an amazing job and he really committed and gave himself to it.”
But a thousand, Szczepkowski? “I’ll have to get you a better number”, he teases. Both Szczepkowski and Jacques are passionate about this game, having worked on it for around four years now. They have enormous respect for one another, and come from very different backgrounds. Szczepkowski is a rocker who has played the bar (his press shot shows him holding a Gibson Flying V), while Jacques comes from a classical background. They met four years ago when Szczepkowski approached Jacques and they just hit it off instantly. Both have experience with previous titles like Mass Effect (Jacques) and Deus Ex (Szczepkowski), so there’s pedigree here.
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But Guardians Of The Galaxy? Even previous works can’t have prepared them for the kind of pressure that a Marvel property brings, right? Even my elderly mother knows what Guardians Of The Galaxy is. “Should I put her down for three copies?” Szczepkowski jokes, before getting a little serious: “my answer is probably bordering on insanity, because I don’t put that pressure on.
“When you surround yourself with the right people, the confidence kind of outweighs the pressure. I’m not gonna deny that there’s not a pressure there, but I don’t think there’s any pressure that’s gonna surpass the pressure I put on myself to deliver the highest quality possible. I’m gonna give you everything I’ve got and at the end of the day if that’s not good enough I’m not gonna lose sleep over it, because I left it all on the table, I couldn’t have given more”.
Jacques agrees, “I’m a colossal Marvel fan anyway, and I think when we started the project, both Steve and I could have bowed to the external pressure. But the pressure is what I put on myself. I know how much pressure Steve puts on himself and not on anyone else, it’s self-made pressure to deliver and to do the best we can. I never want to work on any project that I can come away from and think I didn’t give it a million per cent from day one to the end”.
The way the licensed music works in Guardians Of The Galaxy, means that all of the tunes need to be able to weave together somehow, which makes the process difficult for the composer. Jacques explains: “The licensed music is such a big part of the DNA of the game, and Steve and I were both wanting to make a completely seamless experience. So even when some of the licensed tracks might change, I would then react to make sure the score that happens before and after that licensed track lands in the right key.
“Sometimes I’d have to change the ending of the score that precedes the tracks and comes after it, but we really wanted to make that seamless, and I think we’ve really taken a lot of attention to detail over that. Without giving too many tracks away, there are certain points where you might get an echo of the main melody or the main lyric and it just comes into the score, and you might get it in the French horns or something to take you into the next scene. So we’ve worked hard to make that as seamless as possible, and as a fan I love the selection. It took me back, and there’s a really good mixture of things for everyone”.
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As the composer, Jacques is a fan of themes, but is clear he wanted the right balance for this game. “We’ve got such a huge roster of characters and villains to choose from, I didn’t want to overload the score with a theme for every single setting and every single character, because that would be too much. But I would say there’s a good five or six very very strong themes that will come in and out of the score from the beginning to the end of the game”
“A good theme has to have legs, longevity, and good shape, and I’m pretty confident. I’ll be really interested to see if players key into this (and I think they will), but throughout the story line we wanted to hit the main story beats with themes, and I’m really pleased with how it’s come together. It was a long process of gestation, but I did write the main theme as part of my demo process, and Steve and I talked about it and he loved it from the beginning. So that’s made it into the game intact”.
Szczepkowski confirms this, saying: “I felt it was so strong that it was the first thing I said we really need to exploit this and I think I used Star Wars: A New Hope as the reference just how well they use the theme. Again, we’re comparing a two-hour linear experience to a 22-hour anything-can-happen one, but all the more reason when you have a strong theme to really use it, and to find different ways to serve it up”.
Aside from the original score there’s still the licensed music to talk about, and Szczepkowski did let on that there’s a wide range of musical tastes accounted for, and that everything is meticulously chosen. I noticed Hot Chocolate, which threw me back to my own youth, for example. “I’m hoping there’s gonna be a few other ones”, he says, “for me, throwing in something like Gary Numan‘s ‘Cars’: that’s such a brilliant track and I’ve always loved it. We’ve got some Joan Jett, some Kiss, some Iron Maiden: there’s a really good span of some new wave, some rock….” he trails off, adding he doesn’t want to spoil too much.
All of this is a lot of work, so do they think audio design gets the recognition it deserves? Some of the most iconic moments in gaming are memorable because of the audio and/or soundtrack, yet audio design is rarely spoken about in the same hushed tones as narrative, graphics, or even gameplay. Jacques thinks back to his work on Mass Effect, “There’s one point in Mass Effect where you go to this planet for the first time and it’s a really iconic moment and when I scored that scene I knew that the player would really remember this. So I’ve used some of those recipes in our game that the big iconic story beats, they are very, very memorable moments.
“There’s a lot of careful thought about how things are gonna work together. There’s a plan behind it, and we also look at the shape throughout the game, where we’re gonna have big iconic score or when we’re gonna go with a minimal underscore but big on the sound design, and then we go and execute it and we might tweak a few things, but in general that’s worked really well. And I think audio design is often overlooked, but I think Steve can give his point of view…”
And that Szczepkowski does: “I feel it’s not given anywhere near the credit it should be, because I’ll tell you why: in a game like ours, where you often have branching, this gets very complicated very quickly, and it’s not like I can just turn to Rich and go ‘Hey Rich, here’s the scene and the scene can branch three different ways, and then it’s gonna merge over here… have fun!’ That doesn’t work. I have to sit down and I have to respect an overall budget, and if I score every branch of this I’m eating up a lot of budget, and you know what I mean? I have to look at it and think maybe in this scene the branches are different that they do need a different score, or perhaps they don’t, and it’s more about an overall vibe. If they do need an individual score, how do we weave in and out seamlessly from choices?
“Sometimes you have a choice wheel that comes up. Sometimes it’s timed, sometimes it’s infinite: how do you sort that out? So honestly, I’m not gonna say we’re splitting DNA, but it’s a lot more complex than I think people give us credit for and I think if people saw the amount of time and work… I mean if I was to show you just one spreadsheet for one chapter, where there’s probably like 80 cues, and we have 16 chapters so it gives you some idea of the scope and keeping track of all this, and time and minutes. Not only that, but for Rich to have the time to compose everything. So all of these factors are a long answer to say: I definitely don’t feel it gets the proper credit”.
Jacques chimes back in to explain some of the process and why it’s so difficult, saying “There could be points where you might be talking to one of the characters and there could be 12 to 14 different outcomes in the conversation you’re having before you come to an end point. So Steve and I would discuss it as he mentioned, and we’d look through the script, and I would normally tape together six A4 pages and I would put all of the branches and where they converge and how they’re different emotionally, and make sure that whatever the dialogue is, and whatever the conversation is that the player is having, it’s seamlessly scored as if it’s one scene. But another player may play it a different way and get different outcomes, and the music will be reacting accordingly with that. Quite a lot of work, but we wanted to give the player the best experience and that was definitely the way to do it”.
Before my time with the pair was over, I wanted to know about Montreal as a city. There’s so many studios setting up over there right now, and with Steve not only working, but also living there, I wondered if he might know. “It’s a very rich city in terms of the arts and just the whole creative scene,” he says, “I mean Montreal, Quebec as the province is probably the most European City or Province in Canada. So it tends to lend itself very well to the creative arts, whether it’s visual arts, music, narrative, or stuff like this, I just think it’s a very strong art-driven city. You come out in the Summer and it’s Jazz fests, comedy fests, film fests: it’s all of this. It’s not like car shows; we do have that, but the big focus is people coming out and celebrating the arts. For someone who grew up there it feels pretty normal, and I have to say on a governmental level, they did a lot of grants and submissions to basically try and encourage studios to set up there and make it profitable, or at least viable”.
Oh and by the way, Szczepkowski did get back to us on the Groot thing. “We can confirm that there are 1630 ‘I am Groot’ lines. (500 of these being combat bark versions of ‘I am Groot’)”. One thousand six hundred and thirty. Bloody hell.
Marvel’s Guardians Of The Galaxy is available for pre-order now. It will release on October 26 for Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PS4, PS5, and PC.
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'Call Of Duty: Vanguard' has received an official November release date, as well as news on how it will perform on console and more.
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Sledgehammer Games has revealed key information for the newly-announced Call Of Duty: Vanguard, including an official November release date and details on how the game will perform on console.
READ MORE: California sues Activision Blizzard over sexual harassment
After a series of cryptic teasers, Sledgehammer Games has announced that Call Of Duty: Vanguard will launch on November 5, 2021. Furthermore, console users will be able to run the upcoming game at 60FPS.
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Sledgehammer Games has confirmed that Vanguard will use the same engine introduced with Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare and will include “breathtaking visual fidelity, a photo realistic world, lifelike characters and optimized performance”. This means that fans can expect solid hardware performance when fighting through WW2 theatres across North Africa, the Eastern Front and the Pacific.
In terms of setting, Call Of Duty: Vanguard will bring fans to the “tide-turning battles” of World War 2, showing some of the grittiest – and most impactful – battles of the war. This will involve seeing war through the perspective of characters that are based on real soldiers who fought in WW2, however Game Director Josh Bridge noted that the while the game is historically inspired, it is “rooted but not beholden” to the real history that Vanguard is based on.
In terms of multiplayer, Call Of Duty: Vanguard will launch with 20 maps – including 16 six versus six maps and four two versus two maps. The experience will lean toward smaller, tighter maps and will give players many more options for tactical gameplay – including the ability to destroy environments, mount weapons and more.
Sledgehammer Games is also aiming to achieve a “unified experience” between Vanguard, Black Ops Cold War and Modern Warfare. This means that Warzone will receive Vanguard content and an all-new map, while Treyarch will develop Vanguard‘s Zombies mode to ensure continuity with the mode in Black Ops Cold War.
Emmy-winning composer Bear McCreary has also discussed the “raw and exposed” character soundtracks he has created for Call Of Duty: Vanguard, as well as an “emotionally ambiguous” main theme that leans into the danger and panic of battle, rather than just the heroism.
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In other news, indie game Death Trash has recouped dev costs just two weeks after launch.
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Shin'ichi “Sonny” Chiba, the Japanese actor known for his role as Hanzo in Quentin Tarantino's 'Kill Bill' films, has died aged 82.
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Shin’ichi “Sonny” Chiba, the Japanese actor known for his role as Hanzo in Quentin Tarantino‘s Kill Bill films, has died aged 82.
Chiba died on August 19 from pneumonia which was caused by contracting COVID-19, Variety has confirmed via his agent. The actor had been admitted to hospital initially on August 8.
Alongside his performances opposite Uma Thurman as the master Japanese sword smith Hanzo in Kill Bill Vol. 1 and 2, Chiba was also known as Kamata, a Yakuza boss and uncle of the main antagonist Takashi (Brian Tee) in The Fast And The Furious: Tokyo Drift.
Earlier in his career, which spanned over 60 years, the actor and martial arts performer gained international appeal for his ongoing role in the Street Fighter franchise. He also appeared in Battle Royale II, the sequel to the hugely popular manga series adaptation.
In his martial arts career, Chiba earned six black belts in ninjitsu, kendo, and judo. During a press tour for John Wick 2 in Japan, Chiba surprised Keanu Reeves, a vocal fan of his martial arts work, in a talk show interview. “Maestro,” said Reeves upon shaking his hand.
Fans of Chiba have taken to social media to voice their admiration of the actor in light of the news.
“RIP, Sonny Chiba. The sun goes down,” tweeted famed video game creator Hideo Kojima.
“A martial arts legend with six black belts who started out in tokusatsu TV, Chiba made over 120 movies for Toei and was Japan’s most popular action star for decades. Watch one of his films today,” wrote filmmaker Ted Geoghegan on Twitter.
The great Sonny Chiba passed away today at age 82, another victim of Covid-19. A martial arts legend with six black belts who started out in tokusatsu TV, Chiba made over 120 movies for Toei and was Japan's most popular action star for decades. Watch one of his films today. 🤜🏻💔 pic.twitter.com/sIIqS1Gf5A — Ted Geoghegan (@tedgeoghegan) August 19, 2021
Mortal Kombat actor Lewis Tan tweeted: “A true action legend. Your films are eternal and your energy an inspiration.”
A true action legend. Your films are eternal and your energy an inspiration. #SonnyChiba #RIP pic.twitter.com/Xskz9O6vRT — Lewis Tan (@TheLewisTan) August 19, 2021
Chiba’s final on-screen credit will be in Japanese mafia film Bond: Kizuna, which is set for release in the US in October 2021.
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Lucille Ball's daughter, Lucie Arnaz, has praised Nicole Kidman's performance as her mother in upcoming biopic 'Being The Ricardos'.
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Lucille Ball’s daughter, Lucie Arnaz, has praised Nicole Kidman’s performance as her mother in an upcoming biopic.
Kidman will play the famed actress in Being The Ricardos, alongside Javier Bardem as her then-husband Desi Arnaz. The biopic, written and directed by Aaron Sorkin, takes place over the course of a week during production of TV sitcom I Love Lucy in the 1950s.
Speaking to The Palm Springs Life magazine about the biopic, Lucie revealed she’d watched the first two days featured in the film – giving plaudits to Kidman’s performance.
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“Nicole did a spectacular job,” Lucie said. “The two days that I watched, though, were both little flashbacks – so she was playing Lucy in the late ‘30s and mid-’40s. She wasn’t Lucy of Lucy Ricardo fame yet, so it was a trifle different. And I know she meant it to be, so it could feel different.
“But boy, what she did was astounding. She’s got such poise and class.”
Despite praising the section of the film, Lucie stated Sorkin has taken some “theatrical license” which strays from the truth of certain events.
“He’s taking some theatrical license and sort of cramming a couple of true events that did happen, they just didn’t happen at the same time,” Lucie added. “But you do learn a lot about what it was like back then.
“His dialogue is always incredible. And I think he treated my mother and my father really well. I think they are accurate composites of these people. And what I’ve seen of it… I haven’t seen any rushes, but I was on the set for just two days.
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“What I saw was extraordinarily classy and first rate. The people that he has cast are just really great performers.”
Being The Ricardos marks Sorkin’s third feature film as a director, following 2017’s Molly’s Game and last year’s The Trial Of The Chicago 7.
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It appears that those giants in 'The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim' were apparently modelled after the creator's dad.
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It appears that those giants in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim were apparently modelled after the creator’s dad.
Skyrim character artist Jonah Lobe, the designer behind many of the game’s creatures and races in the game including the dragons, revealed that he modelled the Giants after his dad (thanks GamingBible).
“I created the #Skyrim Giant to look like my dad – no, I’m not joking,” Lobe said on Twitter in 2018. “Which means that my dad has been killed millions of times all over the world.
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At the time, the artist also shared a gif of the 3D rendering of the Giant, as well as a photo of his dad who does in fact look quite similar to the creatures in the game.
As for the reason why he made this artistic decision, Lobe explained in a new Reddit thread. “I wanted the Giants to give you the same sense of awe from when you were a kid and you saw your parents walking around.
“I gave him large, weathered hands and a somewhat tired expression. I did not want the player attacking them because they looked ‘aggressive’ or monstrous,” he continued. “I wanted them to look like gentle shepherds who lived for 200+ years and slept under the stars.”
It was recently revealed by an ex-Bethesda developer that Skyrim‘s iconic wagon intro kept getting derailed by a bee glitch before the launch.
Nate Purkeypile explained that the scene was a very difficult part of the production, saying that they lost track of how many times he watched the cart ride.
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Meanwhile, a Skyrim player showed off stunning gameplay with 500 mods enabled.
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Fucked Up have announced a vinyl reissue of their 2004 compilation album, 'Epics In Minutes', as well as a new demo seven-inch.
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Fucked Up have announced a vinyl reissue of their 2004 compilation album, ‘Epics In Minutes’.
The original version of the Toronto hardcore punk band’s album compiled over a dozen of their earliest singles, which have now been remastered for the new vinyl edition, set to arrive on January 21 via Get Better Records.
“Epics in Minutes is the definitive landmark of Fucked Up’s early days of releasing 7″ records and cassettes,” a description on Get Better’s website reads. “Released only three years into their existence on CD only, it is re-mastered and made available on vinyl for the first time.
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“The songs here are the beginning of the long journey of Fucked Up’s larger than life catalogue with sounds ranging from blown out hardcore punk recorded on four track cassette, to the glorious interlocking guitar parts and narrative lyric writing that would set the tone for the rest of their musical career.” You can pre-order the vinyl here.
You can listen to a remastered version of album track ‘Reset The Ride’ below:
In addition to the ‘Epics In Minutes’ reissue, Fucked up are also reissuing their “largely unheard” cassette debut, ‘Demo 7″‘, with proceeds benefiting Toronto Indigenous Harm Reduction. You can pre-order it here.
Limited to 500 copies, a description of ‘Demo 7″‘ reads: “Fucked Up’s chaotic, powerful, and largely unheard cassette debut. Seven crashes of raw and fast hardcore punk with urgent lyrics whizzing by in a forcefield of tape soaked blasted guitars, gnashing drums, growling bass, and unhinged vocals. A rare artifact from the beginning of Fucked Up’s existence.”
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‘Epics In Minutes’ tracklist:
01 ‘Colour Removal’
02 ‘What Could Have Been’
03 ‘Baiting The Public I’
04 ‘Baiting The Public II’
05 ‘Last Man Standing’
06 ‘Litany’
07 ‘Police’
08 ‘Circling The Drain’
09 ‘Reset The Ride’
10 ‘There Is A Light That Never Comes On’
11 ‘Generation+Red’
12 ‘Zezozose’
13 ‘Dance Of Death’
‘Demo 7″‘ tracklist:
01 ‘Red’
02 ‘Black Iron Prison’
03 ‘The Achilles List’
04 ‘Sleep Tight’
05 ‘Piece By Piece’
06 ‘Sirens’
07 ‘Following’
Earlier this year, Fucked Up announced a 10th anniversary reissue of their landmark third LP, ‘David Comes To Life’.
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Manic Street Preachers have spoken out on how "the upper echelons of society have tipped the cultural scales too heavily in their favour"
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Manic Street Preachers have claimed that “the upper echelons of society have tipped the cultural scales too heavily in their favour”, while vowing that things will soon sway back towards working-class music and art.
The Manics were talking to NME about their upcoming 14th album ‘The Ultra Vivid Lament’ when they were quizzed about a line from their new song ‘Don’t Let The Night Divide Us’, which sees frontman James Dean Bradfield sing: “Don’t let those boys from Eton suggest that we are beaten.”
The singer explained that the Nicky Wire-penned lyric was written with “a bit more humorous abandon” than it might have been in their past, but was still loaded with intent and a promise of things to come from the working-class.
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“It’s not just us saying, ‘Hey, you guys over there – don’t forget we’re backstreet kids and still stood here, so watch your fucking step, mate’,” Bradfield told NME. “It’s more a nod and a wink. It’s us saying, ‘Don’t think you’re going to have your own way, because we still have something up our sleeves’. The working-classes will still give you an amazing band; they’ll still give you an amazing writer.”
He continued: “It does seem like the upper echelons of society have tipped the cultural scales too heavily in their favour. That line is not talking about class war, it’s just saying that once the balance has been tipped towards an egregious amount of privilege being displayed then inevitably it must swing back the other way at some point. When it does, you’ll see something good.”
Read our full interview with the Manics here, where Bradfield and Wire also discuss how Abba and The Clash came to shape the “snowglobe” feel of their new album, life in lockdown, railing against culture wars, working with Sunflower Bean‘s Julia Cumming and Mark Lanegan, and much more.
‘The Ultra Vivid Lament’ is out on September 10 via Columbia/Sony. The band’s upcoming tour dates are below. Visit here for tickets and information.
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August 29 – Alcester, Camper Calling Music Festival
September 10 – Halifax, Live at Piece Hall
September 18 – Jersey, Electric Park Festival
September 19 – Cardiff, Motorpoint Arena (Free gig for NHS workers)
September 20 – Cardiff, Motorpoint Arena (Charity gig to benefit NHS charities)
September 26 – Newcastle, City Hall
September 28 – Edinburgh, Usher Hall
September 29 – Dundee, Caird Hall
October 1 – Stoke On-Trent, Victoria Hall
October 2 – Manchester, Apollo
October 4 – York, Barbican
October 5 – Glasgow, Barrowlands
October 7 – Leeds, Academy
October 8 – Portsmouth, Guildhall
October 10 – Bournemouth, Academy
October 11 – Cambridge, Corn Exchange
October 13 – Bath, Forum
October 14 – Bristol, Dome
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Shin'ichi “Sonny” Chiba, the Japanese actor known for his role as Hanzo in Quentin Tarantino's 'Kill Bill' films, has died aged 82.
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Shin’ichi “Sonny” Chiba, the Japanese actor known for his role as Hanzo in Quentin Tarantino‘s Kill Bill films, has died aged 82.
Chiba died on August 19 from pneumonia which was caused by contracting COVID-19, Variety has confirmed via his agent. The actor had been admitted to hospital initially on August 8.
Alongside his performances opposite Uma Thurman as the master Japanese sword smith Hanzo in Kill Bill Vol. 1 and 2, Chiba was also known as Kamata, a Yakuza boss and uncle of the main antagonist Takashi (Brian Tee) in The Fast And The Furious: Tokyo Drift.
Earlier in his career, which spanned over 60 years, the actor and martial arts performer gained international appeal for his ongoing role in the Street Fighter franchise. He also appeared in Battle Royale II, the sequel to the hugely popular manga series adaptation.
In his martial arts career, Chiba earned six black belts in ninjitsu, kendo, and judo. During a press tour for John Wick 2 in Japan, Chiba surprised Keanu Reeves, a vocal fan of his martial arts work, in a talk show interview. “Maestro,” said Reeves upon shaking his hand.
Fans of Chiba have taken to social media to voice their admiration of the actor in light of the news.
“RIP, Sonny Chiba. The sun goes down,” tweeted famed video game creator Hideo Kojima.
“A martial arts legend with six black belts who started out in tokusatsu TV, Chiba made over 120 movies for Toei and was Japan’s most popular action star for decades. Watch one of his films today,” wrote filmmaker Ted Geoghegan on Twitter.
The great Sonny Chiba passed away today at age 82, another victim of Covid-19. A martial arts legend with six black belts who started out in tokusatsu TV, Chiba made over 120 movies for Toei and was Japan's most popular action star for decades. Watch one of his films today. 🤜🏻💔 pic.twitter.com/sIIqS1Gf5A — Ted Geoghegan (@tedgeoghegan) August 19, 2021
Mortal Kombat actor Lewis Tan tweeted: “A true action legend. Your films are eternal and your energy an inspiration.”
A true action legend. Your films are eternal and your energy an inspiration. #SonnyChiba #RIP pic.twitter.com/Xskz9O6vRT — Lewis Tan (@TheLewisTan) August 19, 2021
Chiba’s final on-screen credit will be in Japanese mafia film Bond: Kizuna, which is set for release in the US in October 2021.
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'Call Of Duty: Vanguard' will also add destructible environments and more tactical options to the multiplayer experience.
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Sledgehammer Games has revealed that Call Of Duty: Vanguard will have 20 multiplayer maps available to play at launch, and has shared further details on Vanguard‘s tactical approach to multiplayer.
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On November 5, Call Of Duty: Vanguard will launch with 20 maps, however only one – Eagle’s Nest – has been named. Of these 20 maps, 16 of them will offer core six versus six modes, while the remaining four will focus on smaller-scale two versus two battles.
In general, the upcoming WW2 shooter will deliver a much more tactically-focused multiplayer experience than its predecessors. Similarly to Rainbow Six Siege, the maps on Call Of Duty: Vanguard will include “reactive gameplay environments” that allow players to destroy environmental features, opening up new pathways and points of entry across the map.
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Players will also be able to mount weapons on surfaces for added recoil stability, as well as a new blindfire feature that will allow players to fire from cover without looking. This means they can return fire without exposing themselves as a target – at the cost of massively reduced accuracy.
Via a feature called combat pacing, players will be able to choose whether they want a more chaotic or tactical experience in their multiplayer, with three different options. While we weren’t shown the specifics of combat pacing, it seems to be a single playlist of mixed game modes. Selecting “Blitz” will put players in a target-rich environment where there will be plenty of fast-paced killing to do, however choosing “Tactical” will deliver settings with fewer players and a much slower pace.
There will also be a brand new game mode called Champion Hill, which will have more details revealed soon.
Call Of Duty: Vanguard is also bringing Warzone up to speed – later this year, the battle royale will receive a brand new map as well as a fresh anti-cheat system. This will all share the same technology as Vanguard, ensuring “seamless weapon and operator integration”.
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While details are sparse, Call Of Duty: Vanguard will once again bring back the fan-favourite Zombies game mode, which will be developed by Treyarch and set as a prologue to the story established in Black Ops Cold War‘s Zombies mode. More news can be read over at the official blog.
In other news, an Apex Legends player has gone from Bronze rank to Apex Predator in just 54 hours of streaming.
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The enigmatic star’s fourth album in two years is a concept album about a couple in the American Civil War
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Not many albums open with a minute-long gun-shot-riddled ‘Prologue’ accompanied by the sound of a whistling army on the march masquerading as a chorus line, but not many artists are Sturgill Simpson. The prolific yet publicity-shy star’s latest release is less a chart-friendly collection of twanging country tunes and more a deft slice of sonic storytelling. A concept album that tells the tale of a separated couple during the American Civil War, ‘The Ballad of Dood & Juanita’ even features a guest spot from one of the finest to ever do it, the 88-year-old Willie Nelson, on the elegiac track ‘Juanita’.
Fittingly, Simpson’s seventh album feels like something of the past, its meldings of traditional mountain music, gospel and Appalachian cowboy crooning stacked with echoes of Nelson’s iconic 1975 album ‘Red Headed Stranger’ – which told the story of a man on the run after shooting his wife and her lover – as well as moody anthems of Marty Robbins’ fabulously filmic 1959 release ‘Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs’. Even the artwork, a roughly but warmly sketched scribble of a staunch-looking man, horse and hound, looks like the cover of a long lost John Steinbeck novel, neatly slotting Simpson into the tradition of great American storytellers.
In his role of gravelly voiced narrator, Simpson relays the tale of the sharp-shooting Dood, the “son of a mountain miner and a Shawnee maid” – as we hear on ‘Ol’ Dood (Part I)’ – who fast falls in love with Juanita on the fiddle-assisted ‘One In The Saddle, One On The Ground’. But tragedy is never far away – only a few moments after we meet her, Dood’s true love Juanita is kidnapped. He vows to track her down and bring her back home, taking his horse Shamrock and his dog Sam along for the ride. He’s in love with both animals almost as much as he is with Juanita, and both get a song of their own; the Buck Owens bounce of ‘Shamrock – Hot On The Trail’ and the heartfelt a capella of ‘Sam (Rest On High)’.
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We won’t tell you what happens next – suffice to say that Simpson himself calls the record “a simple tale of either redemption or revenge”. His fourth album in two years, following his two volumes of ‘Cuttin’ Grass’ bluegrass records, ‘The Ballad of Dood & Juanita’ is not just a faithful, fun celebration of a traditional sound, but that of a traditional form, too.
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Roger Taylor has released the first single from his forthcoming new solo album, 'Outsider' – listen to 'We’re All Just Trying To Get By'
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Roger Taylor has released the first single from his forthcoming new solo album, ‘Outsider’ – listen to ‘We’re All Just Trying To Get By’ below.
The song, which features KT Tunstall, is the first taste of Taylor’s first new album in eight years. ‘We’re All Just Trying To Get By’ was written during “the dark depths of lockdown” but looks at the positives of being human and our need to survive.
Taylor said of the track: “I tried to highlight the great things in life. It’s the simplest statement really. It’s what every life force on Earth is doing: just trying to get by and proliferate and exist. That’s all we are trying to do, from plants to animals to humans, trying to survive. For all our troubles and everything, every sort of life is all just trying to get by. Also, of course, we are in the middle of a bloody pandemic… I mean, even the coronavirus is just trying to get by too!”
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He added of Tunstall’s involvement: “The track was all finished and it was suggested it might be nice if we got KT involved. I love what she did, I think it really adds to the track.
“And she’s very clever. I think people forget that she was really the pioneer as far as I know of looping, the looping technique which obviously Ed Sheeran is brilliant at and has made very popular. But I remember her doing it, what, 15 years ago? Fantastic. She’s a very talented singer and musician and it’s lovely to have her on the track. It’s a very nice partnership.”
Tunstall said: “It was the coolest surprise Roger getting in touch during lockdown and asking me to lend my vocals to this great and meaningful song. What a pleasure to work with such a brilliant writer and musical hero.”
‘Outsider’ will be released on October 1 on the following formats: 1LP 180g Black Vinyl, 1LP 180g Transparent Blue Colour Vinyl, 1x Transparent Blue Colour Cassette, 1CD, Digital Download and streaming. Pre-order here.
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The Queen drummer is set to play cuts from his new record alongside Queen classics on a 14-date UK tour this autumn.
The tour kicks off on October 2 at Newcastle’s O2 Academy before wrapping up at London’s O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire on October 22 – see full details here.
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Fans of Destiny's Child believe the band may be reforming after they changed their header image on their social media accounts
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Fans of Destiny’s Child believe the band may be reforming after they changed their header image on their social media accounts.
The group, comprising Beyoncé Knowles, Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams, disbanded in 2006 after releasing five studio albums. Knowles, Rowland and Williams last performed together at Coachella in 2016 as part of Beyoncé headline set which saw them run through a medley of ‘Lose My Breath’, ‘Say My Name’ and ‘Soldier’.
Now, fans have speculated that a reformation is on the cards with a new logo appearing on the band’s social media. One fan wrote: “manifesting a destiny’s child reunion” next to a gif, while others noted how “great for the world’ it would be.
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As Contact Music notes, the last time the three singers were known to be together was in May when an audio clip was shared by Williams on Twitter featuring herself, Beyoncé and Kelly talking to mark the release of her book, Checking In: How Getting Real about Depression Saved My Life – And Can Save Yours.
In the audio recoding Rowland said she was in the middle of making soup while Beyoncé said: “I’m cooking some music. That’s Chef Boyardee and Chef Boy-Kelly.”
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manifesting a destiny’s child reunion pic.twitter.com/A1VYgGBVR1 — Jay (@highluronicacid) August 18, 2021
A Destiny’s Child reunion would be great for the world right now… pic.twitter.com/uh8KsvRiyX — m (@meimmichael) August 18, 2021
destiny’s child is coming back to end the 2021 music drought and save r&b — Avery Valentine (@prestonsoseggs) August 18, 2021
I can’t lie, if destiny’s child is back together. Imma go head and put my 2 racks to the side, cause I’m going by all means. — Tay💕 (@taylorchristeen) August 19, 2021
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U know if there’s really a destiny’s child reunion we in there no matter whattttt right @LoveNSerenity_ — Chelsea J. (@ChelseaxMaraj) August 19, 2021
DESTINY'S CHILD CHANGED THEIR LAYOUT OMG OMG OMG — woobear♪♡⚔️👑 (@SimplyZeuswoo) August 19, 2021
Earlier this month Beyoncé confirmed that she’s been working on new solo music for the last 18 months, as fans eagerly await her first album in over five years.
The singer is yet to release the follow-up to 2016’s acclaimed ‘Lemonade’, but says her new material will help fans to find escapism after the turbulence and trauma of the coronavirus pandemic.
“With all the isolation and injustice over the past year, I think we are all ready to escape, travel, love, and laugh again,” told Harper’s Bazaar. “I feel a renaissance emerging, and I want to be part of nurturing that escape in any way possible. I’ve been in the studio for a year and a half.”
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Launching this weekend, here's when you can play the 'Diablo II: Resurrected' open beta in your part of the world
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Times and dates have been announced for when players can participate in the Diablo II: Resurrected open beta.
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The open beta begins simultaneously in all regions at 5 PM GMT August 20, which works out as 10 AM PDT, 1 PM EDT, 6 PM BST and 7 PM CEST. That also means an August 21 launch for regions in Asia and Oceania with 1 AM the launch time in Singapore and Taipei.
The Diablo II: Resurrected open beta gives players the chance to participate in both single and multiplayer modes, with cross-progression across PC and consoles enabled.
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It allows players to try out Act I and Act II of the main campaign, with five of the seven classes available to play. This includes the Amazon, Barbarian, Sorceress, Druid, and Paladin. Players will also be pleased to note that there’s no level cap either, so there’s a chance for them to try out every unique ability and playstyle if they are willing to grind for a bit.
For players that have previously participated in the early access beta, progression persists throughout the open beta weekend. However, progress made in the beta does not carry over to the main game when it launches in September. It’s also impossible to use any classic Diablo II save files during the beta, but that is an option when the full game launches.
Recently, we learned that Diablo II: Resurrected won’t include TCP/IP multiplayer despite previous promises to the LAN gaming community.
In better news for players, Diablo II: Resurrected also allows players to hoard three times as many items thanks to a hugely expanded stash compared to how the game previously did things.
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Primal Scream have shared a previously unreleased remix of their track ‘Shine Like Stars’ by the late Andrew Weatherall
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Primal Scream have shared a previously unreleased remix of their track ‘Shine Like Stars’ by the late Andrew Weatherall.
The producer’s take on the ‘Screamadelica’ song has finally been released to preview Primal Scream’s forthcoming trio of special releases that celebrate the album’s 30th anniversary next month.
Weatherall’s remix of ‘Shine Like Stars’, which features on the 10th disc of the upcoming ‘Screamadelica’ 12” ‘Singles Box’, has been released today (August 19) and was previewed on Lauren Laverne’s Breakfast show on BBC Radio 6 Music this morning.
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Listen to Andrew Weatherall’s remix of Primal Scream’s ‘Shine Like Stars’ below.
Primal Scream will kick off their set of ‘Screamadelica’ anniversary releases on September 17 by releasing the aforementioned ‘Singles Box’ and the first ever ‘Screamadelica’ picture disc, which features the album’s iconic artwork pressed on double vinyl.
The previously unreleased ‘Demodelica’ collection will then arrive on October 15, “providing a new insight into the album’s creation, with a variety of early demos and work-in-progress mixes”.
You can pre-order all three releases here.
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The band are set to perform at TRSNMT on September 11 before headlining the Big Top stage at the Isle of Wight Festival on September 17. Earlier this week, the group supported Liam Gallagher at the singer’s free NHS gig at The O2 in London.
Earlier this year an Andrew Weatherall mix of Warpaint‘s debut album ‘The Fool’ was released for Record Store Day 2021.
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Foo Fighters will receive the Global Icon Award at the MTV VMAs 2021 ceremony next month, it has been announced.
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Foo Fighters will receive the Global Icon Award at the MTV VMAs 2021, it has been announced.
Dave Grohl and co. were already up for three gongs at next month’s ceremony, with the visuals for their ‘Medicine At Midnight’ single ‘Shame Shame’ appearing in the Best Rock, Best Cinematography and Best Choreography categories.
Tonight (August 19), the VMAs revealed on social media that the Foos will take home the Global Icon Award. It’s also been confirmed that the band will perform live during the event.
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According to a press release, the award “celebrates an artist/band whose unparalleled career and continued impact and influence has maintained a unique level of global success in music and beyond”.
“The VMAs will honour the global icon who has left an indelible mark on the musical landscape and continues to influence, inspire, and evolve,” it added.
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🚨 BREAKING NEWS 🚨@FooFighters will receive the Global Icon Award at this year's #VMAs Witness History in the Making. Sunday, September 12 on @MTV 🌎🤘 pic.twitter.com/uOKDRi4jRm — Video Music Awards (@vmas) August 19, 2021
Just announced: Foo Fighters will be performing as part of the #VMAs! Tune in Sunday, September 12 on @MTV. pic.twitter.com/gZCuD6zchG — Foo Fighters (@foofighters) August 19, 2021
The 2021 MTV VMAs ceremony will take place on Sunday September 12 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
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Leading this year’s nominations are Justin Bieber and Megan Thee Stallion, who have seven and six nods respectively. It was recently announced that Lorde, Olivia Rodrigo, Lil Nas X and more will perform at the ceremony.
Meanwhile, Foo Fighters have announced a run of UK stadium shows for next summer. They’ll take to the stage in Manchester, Birmingham and London with rotating supporting acts St. Vincent, Courtney Barnett, Shame and more.
Speaking to NME about the Foos’ return to these shores, Dave Grohl said: “I’ve always loved playing the stadiums in the UK. It’s the first place we did a stadium of our own after we played that Live Earth benefit [at London’s Wembley Stadium in 2007] and then came back for a couple of nights at Wembley. That trip was our introduction to playing gigs that large.”
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Struggling is the most grotesque game I’ve ever played. Starring Troy, a gruesome blob trapped in an underground science laboratory, each player controls one of their limbs as they play through the couch co-op in a desperate bid for freedom.
Battling ravenous rats, pools of toxic waste, genetically-modified aberrations and gravity, the part physics-based puzzler, part rage game, is as frustrating as it is stomach-turning. I can’t stop playing it.
Alexis Gallant-Vigneault, the CEO and co-founder of Chasing Rats Games, laughs when he hears this. “That’s the whole point of the game. We want to keep that element of surprise and have the player desperate to see what the next crazy thing about the game is.”
Released last year on Steam and Nintendo Switch, Struggling is finally coming to Playstation and Xbox on September 8. Now even more people can test their patience with one of the most horribly unique games around.
Struggling is the first title Chasing Rats Games, an indie studio based in Montreal, ever made but Frontier Developments (Rollercoaster Tycoon, Jurassic World Evolution) are publishing the game as the debut release from their new label, Frontier Foundry. “Our journey into the world of self-publishing has always been underpinned by our passion to make memorable games that create legacies and break down boundaries,” said David Braben, Founder and CEO of Frontier, when the partnership was first announced.
At first the idea of working alongside a studio as big as Frontier was intimidating. “They were putting a lot of value in Struggling and we wanted to make sure we were able to deliver the best game possible,” says Gallant-Vigneault. “We didn’t want to fuck up, basically.” As soon as they started working with the production team though, “all those fears disappeared. We realised we just had all the resources we needed to build a better game.”
Chasing Rats Games was “started by accident,” according to Gallant-Vigneault. While at college, he and two friends would spend their evenings and weekends working on a game so they had something of a portfolio to show potential employers once they graduated. The project was centred around the idea of two players controlling one character and originally, it was going to star an ogre.
After programming just the arms though, they realised how much fun they could have with just two flailing limbs. “Simplicity is something that’s important. Because there are so many other challenges in the game, we knew we didn’t need a complex character controller. We just needed an interesting one.” Troy is certainly that.
Knowing they wanted to release a game on Steam (again, another accolade for their would-be CVs) and with all three dreaming of one day joining an indie label, they decided to just start their own. “Well, why not,” asks Gallant-Vigneault. “Worst-case scenario we hit a wall and end up back where we started. We had nothing to lose.”
Three years later and Chasing Rats Games now has a ten-person team alongside a clear identity and mission. “We do multiplayer games that are atypical at their core and always create a strong reaction. With Struggling, it’s the fact you’re playing as a screeching pile of flesh. With upcoming title Worship, we’re talking about weird cartoon cults and cute creatures being sacrificed.”
Inspired by the couch co-ops they’d play in college to blow off steam, Crawl, Stick Fight, the Chasing Rats team wanted to create a game that would inspire the same communal fun.
“Struggling is an identity crisis. The whole time we were developing the game, from the first line of code to two weeks before release, we were always questioning ourselves. Do we want to be a rage-based game or an adventure/party thing. We like something that feels rewarding when you beat it but we didn’t want people to miss out on the crazy stuff that comes later because they found the game too hard.
“We ended up in the middle because we didn’t want to commit.” He doubts anyone who’s played the game will believe him “but there are a lot of things that are easier now than they were a few weeks before launch.”
It was a smart decision because the adventure aspect is what shines the most in Struggling. “People remember the crazy encounters a lot more than when they were able to beat one hard part of the game.”
Chasing Rats Games’ website proudly states that their mission is to create games “that are as fun to play as they are to watch” and in its own unique way, Struggling is a beautiful game. With Adult Swim style animation, the developers “always knew the game was going to be divisive. People will either love it or not want to touch it with a ten-foot pole.”
They stuck to a couple of rules throughout the game. “There’s no blood because we wanted disgusting, not gore. And there’s no hair because that would cross a line where things could get too gross,” explains Gallant-Vigneault. In short, they didn’t want their protagonist Troy to look like a crawling testicle.
“With this absurd, grotesque art style, we want to reach Rick & Morty fans,” he continues. “If a show like that can shine, we know that Struggling has a place alongside that.”
Despite three years of growth and working with a AAA publisher like Frontier Foundry, Struggling still feels like a title dreamed up by three students drinking beer and playing games in their basement. “There’s a lot of authenticity in this game. Sure, there’s been a lot of development with the company and we’re learnt a lot but the college aspect of Struggling is still there. It’s a really great way of capturing the friendship we had when we were first developing the game.”
However their next game Worship is completely different. “People talk about how disgusting the character in Struggling is and with every game, we want to hit the sweet spot of it feeling a little edgy and like it’s pushing boundaries. With Struggling, that was this fleshy, screaming, in-your-face blob. With Worship, it looks far more cute but it leans into the grim and the macabre with the gameplay.”
Inspired by Pikmin, Worship is an open world, roguelike multiplayer, up to four-players can play as cultists. Their job is to recruit followers that are devoted to an ancient god that’s trying to cause the end of the world. “At first you use your own health to perform rituals but as the game goes on, you start sacrificing these cute, Fall Guys-esque creatures. It’s a little more subtle than Struggling but it will still cause strong reactions.”
As an indie studio, Chasing Rats Games are excited by the upcoming Steam Deck, “it’s a really great way to make PC gaming a lot more accessible. I’m expecting a lot from it,” but they know it’s important to keep releasing on consoles if they can. “Because of the simplicity of consoles, they’ll always be a market,” says Gallant-Vigneault. Whatever the platform though, “we always want to make sure we’re doing weird games.”
Struggling is available on Steam and Nintendo Switch now. It’s out on Xbox and Playstation from September 8.
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'Call Of Duty: Vanguard' will include a Zombies mode developed by Treyarch, a "franchise first" crossover that ensures continuity from 'Black Ops Cold War'.
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Sledgehammer Games has shared that the studio will work with Treyarch to deliver the upcoming Zombies game mode for Call Of Duty: Vanguard.
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Speaking to press, Sledgehammer Games has opened up with some teasers on what to expect from the Zombies mode launching with Call Of Duty: Vanguard.
Most importantly, the studio has announced that fellow Call Of Duty developers Treyarch – who created the first version of Zombies in Call Of Duty: World At War – will be developing Vanguard‘s Zombies mode.
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In a”franchise first Call Of Duty Zombies crossover”, Vanguard will be connected with the storyline established in Call Of Duty: Black Ops Cold War‘s Zombies mode.
Like previous Zombies modes, fans can expect gameplay to revolve around surviving “the relentless onslaught of the undead”. Because Treyarch is developing the Zombies mode, Sledgehammer Games notes that the survival mode will provide “continuity from a lore standpoint” while still “innovating on the core gameplay loop”.
This won’t be the only area of Call Of Duty that Vanguard will share with other games. As per the same press release, the WW2 shooter will offer a “unified experience” between Warzone and Modern Warfare. This includes the launch of an all-new Warzone map later this year, as well as a “multi-faceted” new anti-cheat system.
Sledgehammer Games notes that Vanguard, alongside Warzone, will receive a “massive calendar of free post-launch content featuring new maps, modes, playlists, limited time events and seasonal events, as well as community celebrations and more”.
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Call Of Duty: Vanguard will launch on November 5 2021 and will be available on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S. A link to the official blog is visible here.
In other news, hardcore shooter Escape From Tarkov is making significant changes to the way that armour works, meaning that lower tier ammo will do more damage to gear.
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Emmy-winning composer Bear McCreary has explained how he approached creating the soundtrack to 'Call Of Duty: Vanguard', and what fans can expect.
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Speaking at a press event, Emmy-winning composer Bear McCreary has discussed how he approached the soundtrack for Call Of Duty: Vanguard.
READ MORE: California sues Activision Blizzard over sexual harassment
As more details surrounding Call Of Duty: Vanguard emerge – including the confirmation of a November 5 release date – composer Bear McCreary has told members of the press what to expect from the soundtrack of the upcoming WW2 shooter.
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McCreary – who created the soundtrack for 2018’s God Of War and has composed pieces for TV shows such as The Walking Dead – said that he used “small ensembles of strings” as a starting point, aiming to create something “smaller and more urgent”. To that end, McCreary chose to use close mic’d instruments rather than full orchestra arrangements in a lot of the soundtrack.
In those early days, McCreary explains that the multiple leading characters of Call Of Duty: Vanguard were a bit of an “information overload” for him, however Sledgehammer Games allowed him the freedom to take a deeper dive into each specific character.
With this, McCreary was able to create “raw and exposed” themes for each character while still creating a sweeping, epic score for the rest of the game. McCreary shares that the main theme is “emotionally ambiguous”, and leans more into the danger and panic of battle rather than just the heroism. This ties into the general tone of Vanguard, which is based on the “devastating” stories of real people who fought in WW2.
In the same press event, Sledgehammer Games shared plenty of news on the multiplayer for Call Of Duty: Vanguard, including the fact that the game will have 20 maps available for players on launch. More information can be read over at the official blog.
In general, the multiplayer will mark a more tactical approach to Call Of Duty‘s online side, and slower pacing will be met with more options for players to approach situations – including destructible environments, blind firing and more. Meanwhile for fans of Warzone, Call Of Duty: Vanguard will bring a new map and anti-cheat system to the battle royale.
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In other news, Rocket League is getting boosted to 120hz on PS5.
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'Warzone' will receive plenty of new content alongside 'Call Of Duty: Vanguard' later this year, including a new map and anti-cheat system.
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Call Of Duty: Vanguard has been created with Warzone in mind, and will bring even more content to the popular battle royale.
READ MORE: California sues Activision Blizzard over sexual harassment
Raven Studios has lead the development of a brand-new map for Call Of Duty: Warzone, which fans can expect to play later this year.
Alongside the new map, Warzone will also receive a new, “multi-faceted” anti-cheat system which should help ease community concerns of rampant cheating within the game. Earlier this week (August 16), a Warzone cheater displayed their use of hacking in TikTok videos to “bring awareness to cheating”.
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In the ongoing fight against hacking, Raven Studios has also added a feature to Warzone that tells players when they’re playing with hackers.
In a press release, Sledgehammer Games has explained that Call Of Duty: Vanguard shares the same technology as Warzone and is built on the same engine, which they claim will ensure “seamless weapon and operator integration”.
There are plenty more plans for Vanguard to keep Warzone fresh. Speaking on future content, Sledgehammer Games has stated:
“Post launch, Vanguard together with Warzone will offer a massive calendar of free post-launch content featuring new maps, modes, playlists, limited time events and season events, as well as community celebrations and more.”
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Sledgehammer Games has also shared a first look at what excited players can expect from Vanguard‘s multiplayer, which will launch with an impressive 20 maps. The multiplayer mode will take Call Of Duty in a more tactical direction, with new features like destructible environments being added to give players more situational choices.
When it launches on November 5, Call Of Duty: Vanguard will be available on all the same consoles as Warzone (PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PS4 and PS5). More news via the official blog can be read here.
In other news, the latest League Of Legends patch has made Amumu more viable and nerfed Akshun, the most recent champion to hit the rift.
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August 19, 2021—The FTC submitted an amended complaint for relief against Facebook for alleged anticompetitive behavior, arguing that Facebook “holds monopoly power” and engaged in “anticompetitive acquisitions [strategies] with anticompetitive conditional dealing policies.”
Though the FTC had their original complaint against the company thrown out, this renewed argument is focused on a “buy or bury” scheme.
In a statement, Acting Director of the FTC’s Bureau of Competition Holly Vedova alleged, “Facebook lacked the business acumen and technical talent to survive the transition to mobile. After failing to compete with new innovators, Facebook illegally bought or buried them when their popularity became an existential threat.”
Vedova compared this behavior to simply bribing competitors to simply not compete and argued that it is cases like this one that are precisely why antitrust laws were created.
“Facebook’s actions have suppressed innovation and product quality improvements. And they have degraded the social network experience, subjecting users to lower levels of privacy and data protections and more intrusive ads.”
Facebook has until October 4 to respond to the amended complaint.
Amazon warning third-party sellers on antitrust reforms
Leaked Amazon emails sent to third-party sellers instruct them to be mindful of antitrust reforms that are circulating in Congress.
CNBC confirmed with Amazon that the email was sent out instructing sellers to contact Amazon’s policy team to get more information, though at this time the nature of what would be discussed is not clear.
There is a perception among much of the public that the Biden Administration has made a hard pivot from the Trump Administration regarding antitrust policy, however as FTC Chairman Noah Phillips pointed out during Technology Policy Institute’s 2021 Aspen Forum, the FTC under the Trump Administration blocked the highest number of mergers and acquisitions since 2001.
During the same panel, Phillips also voiced concern for a broader aperture of what should fall under the purview of antitrust.
Tesla autopilot feature invites federal investigation
The National Highway Transportation Safety Administration announced that it would be conducting a probe into eleven crashes since 2018 that occurred while Tesla drivers were using Tesla’s Advanced Driver Assistance System, otherwise known as the “autopilot” feature. The accidents in question resulted in 17 injuries and one death.
Because the software that the autopilot feature uses is present in Tesla Model Ys, Xs, Ss, and 3s, all approximately 765,000 thousand vehicles are a part of the investigation—which could potentially result in mass recalls.
All these models were produced between 2014 and 2021 and were engaged in crashes where the vehicles in question “encountered first responder scenes and subsequently struck one or more vehicles involved with those scenes.”
The report appeared to indicate that because most incidents occurred in dark conditions and included “scene control measures” such as flares, emergency vehicle lights, road cones, etc., these features may have played a role in the causing the autopilot feature to cause or contribute to an accident.
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