Month: March 2021

For the second year in a row, the in-person San Diego Comic-Con event has been canceled. Citing the COVID-19 pandemic, Comic-Con International released a statement explaining it will instead host a virtual event in July, possibly in addition to another event in November 2021.

Details about November’s in-person event are limited. It will take place over the course of three days, but specific details are still coming. Comic-Con’s website will be updated with more info as it comes.

The virtual show will take place July 23-25. Because of “limited financial resources” for CCI, the show has been reduced to a three-day event. And much like 2020’s event, it will feature panels for a variety of movies, TV shows, comics, and cultures. Take a look at the full statement below.

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Microsoft has announced a livestream event for Tuesday, March 2, during which it will showcase the content coming to Halo: The Master Chief Collection in Season 6.

The stream kicks off at 2 PM PT / 5 PM ET and is slated to run for one hour. During this livestream, developers from 343 Industries will provide an “early look” at the Season 6 content before jumping into live multiplayer against fans. Anyone who is lucky enough to be group with a developer from 343 will receive the rare Ice Unicorn nameplate.

This broadcast will take place on the official Halo Twitch channel, so you can bookmark it now to get ready for the big show.

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Animal Crossing fans are known for being fanatically devoted to the series, but devotees of the musical megahit Hamilton might give them a run for their money. Now, a fan of both who goes by “Guitar_Knight14” has recreated the first act of Hamilton in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, and it’s an impressively detailed effort.

The YouTube video of the performance clocks in at over an hour, and runs from the play’s opening number to the close of the first act, ending with the song “Non-Stop.” The sheer amount of effort that went into the video is mind-boggling, with a villager cast in each part, detailed choreography for each song, and even a facsimile of an audience. Guitar_Knight14 has a Patreon you can contribute to if you want to see Act 2 before its official release. It’s not necessarily clear how this performance will deal with certain mature themes of songs like “Say No to This,” but we’re excited to find out.

Animal Crossing: New Horizons recently received a batch of new Mario items to celebrate the franchise’s 35th anniversary. Nintendo put out a video to explain how the new warp pipes will work as part of that update. Later in March, Nintendo will roll out some Sanrio-inspired content for the game, including villagers, furniture, and other items.

Developer and publisher Bohemia Interactive has released the patch notes for the latest update for DayZ. The update implements several bug fixes.

There are two lists of patch notes, as the update for the Xbox One and PS4 versions of the game is slightly different than the one for PC. Specifically, on consoles, the update fixes a client crash issue that would pop up when base building objects.

On all systems, the update addresses bugs that prevented weapons from spawning with attachments, caused flag poles to refresh more often than they should, stopped you from switching to VSS iron sights while using PSO optics, and a few other issues. The full patch notes for both consoles and PC are listed below.

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It’s a new month and that means PlayStation’s game-streaming service PlayStation Now has been refreshed again with a series of additional titles.

Coming to PS Now in March on Tuesday, March 2 with the update include Sony’s own InFamous Second Son, along with high-profile third-party games like World War Z, Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown, and Superhot.

These games won’t be available on PS Now forever, as World War Z leaves on September 16, 2021, with Ace Combat 7 flying out of the catalog on May 31, 2021. Sony’s blog post did not include an end-date for InFamous Second Son or Superhot.

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Developer The Coalition will drop a new update for Gears 5 on PC, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S on March 2. The update makes some changes to the game as part of Operation 6, Gears 5‘s new season of content that is said to be a few weeks shorter than previous seasons.

Operation 6 introduces two new game modes to Gears 5: Control and Escape from Kadar. As part of the Versus playlist, Control is similar to King of the Hill but with a couple of modifications, such as requiring players to sit in captured zones to accrue points and placing individual player respawns behind a brief timer. Escape from Kadar is a Horde event that sees players attempt to withstand a 10-wave bout against “unique Locust enemies.”

The new season of content adds some playable characters to the roster as well. This includes Colonel Victor Hoffman, the Locust Zealot, and Kait Diaz’s mom Queen Reyna. The Coalition shared a new reveal trailer for Operation 6 briefly showcasing what players can expect.

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Update: The LazarBeam Fortnite skin reveal has debuted. You can see pics of the skin below or watch the reveal video for yourself. According to the reveal, the skin will be available on March 4th using the code Lazar.

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Epic Games will be revealing the next in its “Icon Series” of Fortnite skins, which honor popular content creators by modeling them in the cartoon Fortnite style. This time it’s LazarBeam’s turn, and the streamer is promoting a reveal to take place at 2 PM PT / 5 PM ET today, March 1.

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A trademark that Bungie originally filed in 2020 is making the rounds again this week, prompting speculation that the Destiny studio may have plans for its own convention.

Bungie’s trademark for “BungieCon,” which was originally filed in summer 2020, covers all manner of products, including jewellery, trading cards, pants, and boots, along with something more befitting its name.

The Goods & Services description states that BungieCon could apply to the “organizing and conducting [of] fan conventions in the fields of video and computer games.”

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