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• Killzone Website No Longer Available, Thanks Players For Their Support

  09-01-2021 15:09
  
  Killzone developer Guerrilla Games had a smash hit with 2017's Horizon: Zero Dawn, and the sequel Horizon: Forbidden West is set to release later this year. However, it appears the Killzone franchise may have been a casualty of this success. The official Killzone website is no longer available, instead directing players to visit the main PlayStation site in its place.As spotted by VGC, the official Killzone site now only shows a notice page letting visitors know it has been "retired" and that it
  
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• Tetris Champion Jonas Neubauer Has Died Following Medical Emergency

  09-01-2021 14:01
  
  Jonas Neubauer, a Tetris player who won the Classic Tetris World Championship seven times, has diedfollowing a medical emergency. He was 39 years old.In a statement on his own Twitter account, the emergency was called "sudden," with those running his account saying they were "overwhelmed with grief" and more information would be provided when they had it.The official Tetris account offered its own tribute, calling him "one of the greatest classic Tetris players of all time in skill, spirit, and
  
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• Gotham Knights' Co-Op Focus Resulted In Gotham City Being Redesigned

  09-01-2021 13:22
  
  As one of the most-anticipated games of 2021, Gotham Knights has some big bat-shaped boots to fill when you take to the streets as one of Batman's four protégés. While the Batman: Arkham series of video games focused on a lone caped crusader, developer Warner Bros. Montreal is taking a different approach and emphasizing co-op play as you protect the city in the wake of Batman's death."We have entirely redesigned the combat system in order for it to work well in co-op," executive pr
  
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• Gengar's Cursed Mouth Pokemon Pillow Is Now The Perfect Way To Escape Reality

  09-01-2021 12:14
  
  Barely ten days into 2021, the world remains more chaotic than ever. If you're looking for some way to escape the madness outside, then Bandai and Nintendo may have a solution for you: A massive Pokemon pillow that allows you to stick your head into the gaping maw of the ghostly Gengar.More than just a comfortable plushy portal to block out the outside world and possibly scream into, the Gengar cushion also allows you to unroll the Pokemon's trademark lengthy tongue out as a convenient blanket.
  
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• Geoff Johns Still On At Warner Media, Despite Claims By Justice League's Ray Fisher

  09-01-2021 02:30
  
  Actor Ray Fisher, known for his role as Cyborg in the 2017 Justice League film and in the upcoming HBO Max miniseries, Zack Snyder's Justice League, has been at odds with WarnerMedia for over a year following his experience while filming Justice League with replacement director Joss Whedon. Fisher claimed on Thursday in a Twitter thread that longtime DC mastermind and WarnerMedia executive Geoff Johns would be leaving as part of recently-announced "remedial action."Fisher has lobbed accusations
  
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• 9 Things We Want To See In Zelda: Breath Of The Wild 2

  09-01-2021 01:15
  
  Despite the anticipation for The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild's sequel, Nintendo has been dead silent about the upcoming game since its announcement trailer in 2019. We know little about the game aside from vague inklings about its premise, which seems to involve Link and Zelda trying to put down for good what we presume to be the dead husk of Ganon. And we don't even know if the game will be titled Breath of the Wild 2 or if it'll have an entirely new subtitle.But with Zelda's 35th anniv
  
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• CW's Green Arrow And The Canaries Spinoff Is Officially Dead

  09-01-2021 00:28
  
  Arrow kicked off the CW's sprawling universe of superheroes, but bow-wielding vigilantes will not carry the torch forward. The network has decided not to move forward with its Green Arrow and the Canaries spinoff, according to reports from Deadline and Variety.Throughout Arrow's seventh and eighth seasons, actress Katherine McNamara starred as Mia Smoak, the future daughter of characters Oliver Queen and Felicity Smoak. Her character began life in a version of Star City set in 2040, but the run
  
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• Marvel's Moon Knight Grabs Two New Directors For Disney+

  09-01-2021 00:25
  
  Disney+ will premiere its first Marvel Cinematic Universe show, WandaVision, on January 15, but it will be far from the last. The studio has a long roster of upcoming projects waiting in the wings, well into the future. One such project is the mysterious Moon Knight, which will star Oscar Isaac as the titular hero--a cult favorite C-lister who suffers from identity disorders that give him a laundry list of alter egos.It was previously announced that the project would be helmed by Mohamed Diab (
  
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• Bob's Burgers Character Designer Dies After Skydiving Accident

  09-01-2021 00:15
  
  Dave Creek, who served as lead character designer on the Fox animated series Bob's Burgers since it premiered in 2011, has died at 42 years old. The news was first reported by Cartoon Brew, which revealed the artist passed Thursday from injuries sustained during a skydiving accident over the weekend.A statement from Fox, 20th Television, and Bento Box Entertainment, reads, "We are heartbroken at the tragic passing of Dave Creek, an extraordinary artist who had been with Bob's Burgers from day on
  
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