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Thor: Love and Thunder is currently filming in Australia, and once again as in early February, photos from the set have leaked. The photos, which were posted online by Daily Mail, reveal some upcoming surprise celebrity cameos in the Marvel film, as Melissa McCarthy (Bridesmaids, Ghostbusters) and husband, Ben Falcone (The Happytime Murders, The Boss) are both seen–in grainy pics–on set.
In the photos, McCarthy can be seen laughing maniacally in a green Hela headpiece, alongside Matt Damon as Loki and Luke Hemsworth as Thor. The latter pair previously portrayed these roles in Thor: Ragnarok for an Asgardian play that depicted Loki’s death in Thor: The Dark World–likely suggesting (and we’ll have to wait until the movie’s out to know for sure) that the Asgardian actors from Ragnarok are still acting. It’s unclear from the photos alone what role Falcone is portraying.
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Roblox Corporation, the company behind the popular game Roblox, has announced plans to introduce a voice chat feature. But given the game’s relatively young audience, the company also emphasized it will keep the feature “safe.”
PC Games N reports that the announcement came during its investor day presentation. The studio acknowledged that most communication in Roblox right now is text-based, but it will be implementing voice in a future update.
“Text chat is the core of Roblox communication today,” said VP of engineering Adam Miller. “In the future, we expect to open up communication through safe voice chat.”
Arby’s And Shovel Knight Team Up In New DLC Promotion
Fast food promotions for popular games are nothing new, but it’s relatively rare to see an indie game get the Happy Meal treatment. Fans of Shovel Knight may want to stop over at their local Arby’s to check out the seven themed “launcher tokens” that will come with kids meals. The promotion will last from now until May 31.
As the above trailer shows, each token comes with its own DLC code, which works on both Steam and Switch. It’s not necessarily clear what these codes do, but it appears to replace existing elements of the games into fast food, as well as adding some Arby’s-themed costumes to the mix.
Oh it’s happening! Collect all Seven Shovel Knight Launcher Tokens, now available in Arby’s Kids Meals, for a limited-time only. https://t.co/5VzHNddIEL pic.twitter.com/10dgCMzMQR
— Arby’s (@Arbys) February 26, 2021
Perceptive Shovel Knight fans will notice that the franchise’s bomb-throwing alchemist Plague Knight is referred to as “Doctor Knight” in the above tweet. Given the current conditions we live under, this isn’t exactly a surprising move. Then again, he does wear a doctor’s outfit of a sort, so it at least makes thematic sense. Let’s hope that he can go by his old title relatively soon. McDonald’s recently announced Pokemon Happy Meals, so if you really are on that fast food kick, check it out.
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