Month: May 2020

A new month is here, which means New Releases is taking a wide look at the biggest games May has to offer. There’s a lot of variety, as the vocaloid crowd can get down with Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Mega Mix, and Platinum Games fans can relive a cult-classic action game with The Wonderful 101: Remastered. That’s not the only re-release on the horizon, either: both Star Wars Episode I: Racer and Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition also launch in May. Last but not least, Minecraft Dungeons is ready to be explored.

Star Wars Episode I: Racer — May 12

Available on: Switch

The racing game you might have played a long, long time ago is back. It’s got modern controls, but you’ll still be racing across the same tracks as Anakin Skywalker, Sebulba, and more. There’s no online multiplayer, unfortunately, but you can race others via splitscreen or the Switch’s LAN connection. PS4 players will sadly have to wait a bit longer, as that version of the game has been delayed.

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It appears the battle royale game Warzone will be supported on the soon-to-release next-generation consoles. Infinity Ward’s Taylor Kurosaki told GamerGen that the plan is to support the game for “quite some time,” and this will include a release for the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X.

“I know that our plan is Warzone is going to be around for quite some time, so as soon as those new systems are out and available I’m sure we’ll support them,” he said.

Presumably, Infinity Ward is also planning for Modern Warfare to be supported on the next-gen consoles as well. The two games exist in the same universe and are built on similar technology. They share the same Battle Pass, including weapons, items, gear, and more.

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Now that hedges have been added to Animal Crossing: New Horizons, a whole load of new designs are now possible for island landscaping–including this iconic location from Ocarina of Time. A Twitter user has recreated the Hyrule Castle garden where Link and Zelda first meet, complete with the hedged garden, statues, and a nice little surprise at the end.

Japanese Twitter user @penpen_0907 posted a video of the intricate Animal Crossing design, saying it was their favorite place in the Zelda series, and that they were planning to add more details to the scene, including the patrolling troops.

The recreation is so spot-on that you’ll start hearing the scene’s iconic music in your head the second the video starts playing.

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Game of Thrones actor Hafthor Bjornsson has set a new world record for weightlifting. The actor, who played super-sized The Mountain on HBO’s acclaimed fantasy series, recently deadlifted 501 kg (1,104 pounds) to set a new world record.

Bjornsson, who is 31, has been the World’s Strongest Man since 2018, so his list of strength achievements just keeps growing (like his muscles). You can watch a behind-the-scenes video below to hear from Bjornsson and his team about the accomplishment; the actual world record deadlift takes place at around 15:00 in the video, so skip to then if you just want to see the lift.

“I have no words. What an amazing day; one I will remember for the rest of my life,” Bjornsson said on Instagram. “I said I was coming for it and once I set my mind on something I’m a dog with a bone.”

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When Anne Hathaway went in to audition for Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Night Rises, she had no idea what role she was going for–but she had made some assumptions. In an interview with BBC Radio 1, via IGN, Hathaway related how she went to her Catwoman audition vibing a completely different femme fatale.

After The Dark Knight featured Joker so prominently, Hathaway could be forgiven for thinking the next film would mark his girlfriend Harley Quinn’s first appearance on the big screen.

“I came in and I had this lovely Vivian Westwood kind of beautiful-but-mad tailoring top with stripes going everywhere,” Hathaway said in the interview. “And I wore these flat Joker-ey looking shoes. And I was trying to give Chris these crazy little smiles.”

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Call of Duty’s free-to-play battle royale game, Warzone, is performing incredibly well right now, and Activision is apparently going to continue to support the game even after the next mainline Call of Duty game comes out later this year. In a new interview, Infinity Ward’s Taylor Kurosaki teased that Warzone will be the “through line that connects all the various sub-franchises of Call of Duty.”

Reading between the lines here, it sounds like Warzone will continue to be supported with content based on the year’s new Call of Duty game.

“We’re in kind of uncharted territories here,” Kurosaki told GamerGen. “Call of Duty has been on a very regular cadence for many many years, and Warzone has made us rethink exactly how best to release new content and how to integrate it. Call of Duty is a genre in itself, there are different branches in the Call of Duty tree, but they’re all connected in some ways. Warzone will be the through line that connects all of the different various sub-franchises of Call of Duty.”

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A day before the official celebration begins on May 4, Fortnite has brought back Star Wars goodies. Only available for a limited time, they include lightsabers from some of the franchise’s biggest characters as well as outfits, emotes, and more.

Four different lightsabers are currently available in the game’s item shop. These include Rey and Obi-Wan’s blue lightsaber, Luke’s green saber, Mace Windu’s purple saber, and Kylo Ren’s special red lightsaber, complete with its unique crossguard.

A “dark side” emote is available now for 200 V-Bucks, as are skins for Kylo Ren, a red Sith Trooper, and Rey. Though they won’t give you any competitive advantage in battle royale, looking that cool may boost your confidence enough to increase your performance.

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