Month: January 2021

The annual holiday special of the BBC’s long-running sci-fi show Doctor Who screened last week, and Season 13 of the show is due later in 2021. However, it has been reported that this might be the final season for current star Jodie Whittaker.

The news comes via the UK newspaper the Mirror, which states that Whittaker intends to leave the role as the iconic Timelord after Season 13. It quotes a source from the production, who says, “It’s all very hush-hush but it is known on set that Jodie is leaving and they are gearing up for a regeneration. Her departure is top secret but at some point over the coming months the arrival of the 14th Doctor will need to be filmed.”

In response to these rumors, the BBC simply stated, “We won’t be commenting on any speculation around Jodie’s future on the show.”

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In 2020, Disney+ smash hit show The Mandalorian snatched the dubious honor of “most pirated TV show” away from Game of Thrones based on BitTorrent traffic alone. According to TorrentFreak, a publication dedicated to file sharing news, although BitTorrent activity “only makes up a small portion of the piracy landscape,” the Star Wars spin-off series has handily topped the list of most downloaded TV shows last year–however, no numbers were released.

It isn’t exactly a shock that Game of Thrones doesn’t appear even among the top 10 illegally downloaded shows last year–just like the series, its reign in this category came to an end. (It was at the very top back in 2019.) However, TorrentFreak does note that The Mandalorian was in close contention last year, barely beating out Prime Video’s The Boys (which placed second on the list) and HBO’s Westworld (which placed third). The full reported list is below.

1. The Mandalorian” (Disney+)
2. The Boys (Amazon Prime Video)
3. Westworld (HBO)
4. Vikings (History Channel)
5. Star Trek: Picard (CBS All Access)
6. Rick and Morty (Adult Swim)
7. The Walking Dead (AMC)
8. The Outsider (HBO)
9. Arrow (The CW)
10. The Flash (The CW)

While Disney+ is probably hardly thrilled about this distinction, as the lack of numbers here indicate–it and other streaming services on the list should take solace in the fact that many popular streaming sites and services (including the illegal ones) generally do not report its viewing statistics and figures.

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2021 has officially begun, and Animal Crossing: New Horizons is celebrating the start of the new year with another batch of limited-time items. Seven more New Year’s-themed food items and decorations have been added to the Nook Shopping catalog, but they’ll only be available for a few more days.

Until January 15, you can purchase the following items from the Seasonal tab in the Nook Shopping service:

• 2021 celebratory arch – 2,021 Bells
• Olivier salad – 1,000 Bells
• Zodiac ox figurine – 1,600 Bells
• Kagamimoci – 1,800 Bells
• Kadomatsu – 2,580 Bells
• New Year’s shimekazari – 2,000 Bells
• Yut Nori – 1,300 Bells

This is the second batch of New Year’s items to be added to the game. Last month, the Nook Shopping catalog featured four New Year’s food items in the lead up to New Year’s Eve, but those are no longer available to purchase.

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Borderlands developer Gearbox’s 2016 shooter Battleborn is shutting down soon, with servers scheduled to go offline on January 25. Battleborn is an online-only game, so the title will be completely unplayable after the servers go dark. One developer who worked on the game, Aaron Linde, has now written an impassioned statement about what the game meant to them and more.

“Battleborn’s servers are going dark in just a few weeks. When they do, it’ll be like the game never existed at all. All the work and love and blood that went into that game will disappear with it and I’m really heartbroken about it,” Linde said on Twitter.

Linde went on to say, “I’m grateful for every person that ever told me that the game meant something to them. For every line I had repeated back to me. I hope something of it lives on in your memories like it will in mine (and in the pile of VO that I keep backed up in three different places).”

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