Even before House of the Dragon premiered on HBO in August, we’d already heard rumors claiming that the studio had already renewed the show for a second season. It did not take long for this to become official. However, it appears that House of the Dragon Season 2 won’t start production until next year. According to sources, pre-production on House of the Dragon Season 2 is going to start in October but the actual filming won’t be until March through June in Càceres, Spain....

Optifine has individual toggles for things like particles, details, and animations. You can toggle on or off things like fire animation, water animation, rain splashes, portal particles, and much more. One of the most popular features of Optifine is Dynamic Lightning. Dynamic Lightning allows your handheld light-emitting objects to illuminate the objects around them. This gives a realistic light effect. For example, if you’re holding a torch in your off-hand (or primary hand), you can walk around in the darkness, and it will still emit the light allowing you to see clearly....

Curie can be recruited after you completed the Vault 81 and Hole in the Wall side quests. Curie is a combat medic, her perk grants automatic healing of 100 points, once a day, when you reach the 10% threshold. Every few days, Curie will prepare “Curie’s healthpak” and give it to the player. Curie’s Background Story Curie was made to be the Guardian of Vault 81. Her primary objective is to preserve the findings of Vault 81’s scientists....

You might be wondering how exactly do these Wildcards make create-a-class flexible? Wildcards allow you to do things that are not possible in a regular create-a-class set-up. For instance, Wildcards allows you to equip two perks from the same perk slot, equip two primary or secondary weapons, and even equip two lethal or tactical equipment. We’ve seen these benefits, such as equipping two primaries in the form of perks, similarly to the Overkill perk in Modern Warfare that allows you to equip two primary weapons....

Mangold took to Twitter to deny reports that the movie is getting a new ending after initial test screenings. These started circulating across multiple outlets after long-time franchise composer, John Williams, said that production has ”another ending to shoot” in a speech at the Teatro alla Scalla in Milano, Italy. This led to speculation that an alternative ending was in the works, suggesting that fans who attended test screenings weren’t satisfied with how the movie portrays the ending of Harison Ford’s Indiana Jones adventure....

According to a cryptic message from Rhythian on Twitter, PlayStation Studios is currently working on several Marvel games. A closer look at the emojis used by Rhythian suggests that Daredevil, Iron Man, Spider-Man, Punisher, and Captain America games are all in development. Technically, Spider-Man’s PS-exclusive game is already confirmed after Insomniac dropped a trailer for 2023’s Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 last year. In addition, the Ratchet & Clank studio is also working on a Wolverine game, which currently does not have a release window....

Although such a huge title has yet to launch on Microsoft’s video game subscription service, the latest set of rumors surrounding the next Battlefield game involve EA’s AAA shooter title launching on Xbox Game Pass on day one, once it lands later this fall. Is Battlefield 6 Launching on Xbox Game Pass? Known video game leaker, Shpeshal Ed, was the first to tease the possibility of Battlefield 6 launching on Xbox Game Pass after jumping in on a recent TheXboxEra podcast episode....

The above image has been circulating on the internet, showing what Night City has in store. Everyone expected the game to have a lot of content but judging from this image alone; we can confirm that it will be beyond our expectations. Another thing to note here is that the image was taken during the early chapters of the game, which gives us an idea of the content offered by the upcoming RPG during the later stages....

Is the free-to-play NFT FPS game real? As NFTs become more and more mainstream, more established developers will inevitably try and get their slice of the proverbial pie. Enter - a couple of devs with experience working on Halo and Call of Duty. According to Tom Henderson, who most recently leaked the baffling name of Call of Duty 2022, an NFT-based online shooter is set to launch sometime in 2023. Of course, this is not confirmed yet, so be sure to take what you’re about to read with a grain of salt....

Perhaps the best part about Marvel’s Midnight Suns is that it combines three completely foreign concepts and merges them with each other. Naturally, one of its pillars is XCOM’s combat system. But, at the same time, it also borrows a card-battle system similar to the ones found in Inscryption and Slay the Spire. To top everything off, Marvel’s Midnight Suns has an expansive cast of an all-time Marvel crew, a new character, and an original storyline....

Kaidan Alenko Kaidan Alenko is one of the first two companions to join your Mass Effect squad by default. Story-wise, Kaidan is a biotic implanted with L2 implants that reportedly caused severe neurological damage to everyone who receives it. However, Kaidan is one of the few who were fortunate enough to not get the said effects. Instead, all Kaidan gets is a severe migraine now and then. In terms of gameplay, Kaidan works best as a medic....

Microsoft’s response to the FTC lawsuit contained strong words against the U.S. regulatory body. The tech giant called the Federal Trade Commission unconstitutional in its response. Microsoft argued that the very structure of the FTC violates the US Constitution. In its initial filing, Microsoft claimed the FTC lawsuit reflects improper selective enforcement of antitrust laws, referring to the proceedings as: The tech giant is alleging that “procedures arbitrarily subject Activision to administrative proceedings rather than to proceedings before an Article III judge in violation of Activision’s right to Equal Protection under the Fifth Amendment....

The main highlight of the Modern Warfare 2 release date reveal is the realistic-looking drone footage of massive shipping containers painted with the familiar faces of the fan-favorite Task Force 141. Infinity Ward then confirmed in a later tweet that fan-favorites Lieutenant Simon “Ghost” Riley, Captain John Price, Sergeant Kyle “Gaz” Garrick, Sergeant John “Soap” MacTavish, and Colonel Alejandro Vargas, are all going to be in Modern Warfare 2. What’s also interesting about the teaser trailer is that it appears to tease something on June 8....

With that said, a new report suggests that Netflix is looking to expand and penetrate the video game industry. Is Netflix Video Games a Real Thing? Information of Netflix’s rumored expansion comes from The Information, which cites “people familiar with the situation” as its source. According to the report, Netflix has already begun reaching out to key figures within the video game industry as they search for an executive to help usher in their video game expansion....

The cast and crew of Wakanda Forever give their views on the making of the sequel and the impact that Chadwick Boseman had on the movie. The movie honors and celebrates the life of King T’Challa while the actors pay tribute to Boseman. “Audiences have embraced Wakanda and Black Panther. And Chadwick, he knew exactly what this story, what these images meant to the world,” Angela Bassett narrates at the start of the featurette....

With Obi-Wan Kenobi scheduled to hit Disney+ in May, it appears that Epic is preparing for another Star Wars crossover. According to iFireMonkey, the user spotted Epic Games’ second monitor at the State of Unreal showcase showing a Fortnite game folder that listed all the crossovers coming to the game such as Family Guy, Indiana Jones, and of course, Darth Vader. Vader wouldn’t be the first Sith to hit Fortnite as the game featured his master, Emperor Palpatine, in a limited event before the premiere of The Rise of Skywalker in 2019....

We recently reported that Don Lee’s management agency issued a statement for the actor’s upcoming projects. One of the projects listed as “planned to be produced” is Eternals 2. If we assume that the sequel is all but confirmed, then the next bit of news will excite you. A reliable insider has shared that Eternals 2 will take inspiration from “Judgement Day” as part of its plot and the sequel will have a more “cosmic” setting....

That said, the developers recently took the time to talk more about the game’s narrative and to explain exactly what the story is all about. What is the Story of Returnal? Housemarque is a video game development studio that specializes in rogue-like titles. The Finland-based development studio previously made a name for themselves with titles like Resogun and Nex Machina. Both of these indie games combined rogue-like gameplay with arcade elements....

For the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series S/X, this isn’t that big of a problem. While Microsoft and PlayStation both have announced an attractive list of next-gen exclusive titles, most of the big launches have been cross-generation. This means that some AAA titles will still be available on the last-gen and current-gen consoles. Sony, in particular, seems to have backtracked from its initial bet on the PS5. Not that it hasn’t released PS5 exclusives....

Case in point, a couple of Los Angeles Rams players just leaked vital intel about Modern Warfare 2’s multiplayer. Cameron Dicker, an NFL kicker, posted a photo of the multiplayer lobby of Modern Warfare 2. In addition to this, other NFL players did the same as well. The interesting part is that one of the players put up a blurry photo of Modern Warfare 2 with the word “DMZ” on the screen....