Month: January 2021

Like many of Garth Ennis’s comics, which also include Preacher, The Boys is a famously over-the-top series, full of gratuitous nudity, sexual acts, violence, gore, hateful language, cursing, and generally nasty content. You wouldn’t necessarily know it from watching the Amazon adaptation, but that might be about to change, judging by a tweet from The Boys showrunner Eric Kripke.

Granted, Season 2 of The Boys was topped off with a very literal bloodbath of exploding heads, an event that isn’t even from the source material, but was invented for the show–and to great effect. But even that might be topped in raw gratuitousness by the comics story arc known as “Herogasm,” which Kripke has revealed is being adapting for The Boys Season 3.

In a tweet, the showrunner wrote, “From day one, everyone dared me to make this episode. CHALLENGE MET MOTHERF***ERS.” The words are accompanied by a screenshot of a script for episode 306, titled “Herogasm,” written by Jessica Chou.

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Leaks are everywhere in the world of video games these days, and battle royale game Apex Legends appears to be the latest victim. As first uncovered by Dexerto, the Japanese version of a recent trailer for new character Fuse says that a Switch version of the game will become available on February 2.

That text was quickly scrubbed from the video description in various other languages, but fans are still holding out hope that the unintended text was a confirmation that the game is coming to Nintendo’s portable console. February 2 is the day that Apex Legends Season 8 rolls out on other platforms, and it will introduce an explosive Legend named Fuse. It also adds a new weapon, the 30-30 Repeater, which bears a strong resemblance to a famous weapon from Terminator 2.

The new season will bring Kings Canyon back into the fold for a limited time, with the addition of the Mirage Voyage to keep things fresh. A recent patch addressed some stability issues and revamped event skins so that aiming down sights no longer blocked the reticle.

Square Enix has announced that Balan Wonderworld, the action-platformer from the creators of Sonic the Hedgehog that was revealed last year at one of Nintendo’s Mini Directs, will be getting a free demo available on January 28.

The demo will be available on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, Steam, and Nintendo Switch. Players will be able to check it out in either single-player or with friends and family in local co-op mode. With two players, you’ll be able to take control of both main characters, Leo and Emma, and can explore how their different costumes open up new paths that aren’t available in single-player mode.

Players will get the chance to check out three of Balan Wonderworld’s 12 worlds through this demo. The first is called The Man Who Rages Against the Storm, and has two playable acts plus a boss fight. The world is a farm sprawling across rolling hills, ornamented with giant crops. Leo and Emma will meet a farmer named Jose Gallard, whose cornfield has been decimated by a storm, and will have to take on the embodiment of his despair.

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Rust has been riding high recently, and that’s led to yet another broken record for the survival game. According to Steam Charts, Rust recently punctured its previous high of 134,483 concurrent players with a jaw-dropping 244,394 concurrent players. As we’ve previously written, this surge in interest is due mostly to the game’s increased profile on Twitch, where it’s often been the most-viewed game over the past few weeks.

As PCGamesN notes, while just under 250k players might sound like a lot, it’s actually significantly less than the likes of Steam’s other top games, including Dota 2, PUBG, and the all-time champion Counter Strike: Global Offensive. (For example, CS:GO’s all-time peak is 1.3 million, according to Steam Charts.) Still, it’s an impressive number for the survival game to hit, especially since its usual peak was around 50 to 100k prior to this increase in popularity.

Rust’s Twitch dominance shows no signs of abating. As of the time of writing, Rust is the top-streamed game on the platform, with around 450k viewers, compared to 322k for the next-highest, League of Legends. The developer behind Rust recently revealed that the game made more than $1 million in one day twice in one week, and that the game might be coming to consoles very soon