Red Dead Redemption 2 New Music Album Features Housebuilding Song And 4 Unreleased Tracks
Rockstar Games has announced a new Red Dead Redemption 2 music album. “The Housebuilding EP” is described as a special release and it will launch on February 12.
The album’s top-billed song is “The Housebuilding Song,” which is heard during the epilogue of the acclaimed western. Four previously unreleased songs are also included on the EP, written by David Ferguson and Matt Sweeney.
Ferguson is country music legend who produced songs for Jack Clement, Johnny Cash, John Prine, and most recently Sturgill Simpson. Sweeney is a guitarist whose performances are featured on songs by Cash, Adele, Run The Jewels, and Iggy Pop.
The Suicide Squad Is Finished; James Gunn Praises WB for Being ‘Creatively Amazing’
James Gunn has confirmed that The Suicide Squad is now “fully finished,” and praised Warner Bros. for not even slightly interfering with the movie.
Taking to Twitter, Gunn replied to a fan who asked whether the studio was heavily involved with The Suicide Squad. In response, the director explained how he was given total creative freedom on the project, making “every single choice” himself, as Warners gave “very few notes” and it was his choice whether to take them on board or not. He also confirmed that the movie has now reached completion.
#TheSuicideSquad is fully finished and cut and I made every single choice and they never once even slightly interfered. They gave very few notes – they were usually good and minor and I took them if I wanted to and didn’t if I didn’t want to. Warners was creatively amazing.
— James Gunn (@JamesGunn) February 5, 2021
The Suicide Squad, for the DCEU, is one of several major Warner Bros. movies that will be released in theaters and on HBO Max simultaneously this year — and with “carte blanche” to kill off any Suicide Squad members he wanted to (even Harley Quinn), Gunn has loaded up the movie with cannon fodder obscurities like Blackguard, Javelin, Polka-Dot Man, Savant, and more.
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In the DC comics, the Suicide Squad gained a reputation for having an increasingly high body count — a trend that continued in the antihero team’s various other incarnations and adaptations.
With every member of the squad being expendable once again, no one can be sure who will survive Gunn’s soft reboot, though there are plenty of contenders. The movie stars Idris Elba as Bloodsport, Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn, Joel Kinnaman as Rick Flag, John Cena as Peacemaker, Viola Davis as Amanda Waller, Jai Courtney as Captain Boomerang, David Dastmalchian as Polka-Dot Man, Daniela Melchior as Ratcatcher II, Steve Agee as King Shark and John Economos, Sean Gunn as Weasel, Flula Borg as Javelin, Nathan Fillion as TDK, Peter Capaldi as The Thinker, Pete Davidson as Blackguard, Alice Braga as Sol Soria, Mayling Ng as Mongal, Juan Diego Botto as Luna, and Michael Rooker as Savant.
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The Suicide Squad will debut in theaters and on HBO Max on August 6, 2021. There’s no trailer yet for the movie, but Warners did include some footage in a sizzle reel of upcoming releases. Gunn is also writing and directing a Suicide Squad TV series spinoff starring John Cena’s character Peacemaker. No release window has been given for that yet, though it is expected to premiere after The Suicide Squad.
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Adele Ankers is a Freelance Entertainment Journalist. You can reach her on Twitter.
Madden Super Bowl Predictions Over The Years: How Often Does EA Get It Right?
Super Bowl LV takes place this weekend, with the defending champions Kansas Chief Chiefs taking on Tom Brady and the New England Patriots Tampa Bay Buccaneers for the title.
EA Sports historically simulates the Big Game and releases the results of the match-up, with this year’s simulation picking the Chiefs to win their second straight Super Bowl by taking down the Bucs for the crown by a score of 37-27.
According to the simulation, Patrick Mahomes will lead his team to victory and take home the Super Bowl MVP award for a second straight year, while Brady will put up a good effort in the loss. Whether or not that happens remains to be seen, but EA’s predictions in the past have been eerily accurate, like in 2015 when the simulation predicted the Patriots’ comeback victory against the Seattle Seahawks–and the final score–along with the exact type of pass play that made it happen. It was spooky. But EA isn’t always that accurate with its predictions.
Hitman 3 Was One Of The PS Store’s Top Downloaded Games In January
Sony has unveiled the top downloaded games during January across the PlayStation Store. Hitman 3 is the only new release to sneak its way into the charts, despite launching later in the month.
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War made a strong showing in both North America and Europe, settling into the top three in both regions on PlayStation 5–plus number one in the PlayStation 4 charts. Season One of Activision’s latest shooter kicked off earlier in the month, adding new maps, weapons, game modes, and a season pass. Call of Duty: Warzone occupies second place for free-to-play games.
FIFA 21 takes the top spot in Europe ahead of Hitman 3, but Agent 47’s latest outing comes in second place in both regions. The rest of the PS5 chart is mostly made up of newer games, while there are plenty of mainstays in the PS4 charts with the likes of Grand Theft Auto V and Minecraft.
League Of Legends Dev Hires Former Netflix, Hulu Exec For Its New Entertainment Division
One of the biggest game studios in the world, Riot Games, has hired a former Netflix and Hulu executive to head up marketing and consumer products for the League of Legends studio’s brand-new entertainment division.
In the role, Ryan Crosby will work on developing “entertainment extensions” of Riot’s franchises, including League of Legends, according to a report from Deadline. His boss is Shauna Spenley, another former Netflix executive, who is heading up the new entertainment division at Riot.
This is not Crosby’s first gaming gig, as he previously worked on marketing and advertising at Activision, as well as Microsoft. Most recently, he was the director of global creative marketing at Netflix before making the jump to Riot.
Myanmar coup: Teachers join growing protests against military
A civil disobedience movement is gaining momentum with teachers and students demonstrating.
Mass Effect: Legendary Edition Trims Some Gratuitous Butt Shots
Mass Effect: Legendary Edition is finally out this year, and while it’s a near-complete collection of the original trilogy it is making some camera tweaks to the game’s infamously gratuitous focus on butts.
“Kevin [Meek] actually called out some camera cuts that were just…. why was that focusing on Miranda’s butt?,” project director Mac Walters explained to Metro. “So in some cases, we said, ‘Okay, we can make a change there’.
Character and environment director Kevin Meek also mentioned in the same interview that male Shepherd’s habit of manspreading was tweaked. BioWare couldn’t overhaul the entire animation, but the studio did find that changing the camera angle and reframing the scene made for a more elegant solution.
Dril, The Best Twitter User, Is Making A Video Game
Gather up TekkenChauncey, RickGamecube, and DigimonOtis, because the greatest Twitter user of all time–Dril–is starting a new project. The master of surrealism is creating a video game, and he is crowdfunding on Patreon to complete the project. We have no idea if the video game will actually be coherent, but it will be Very Online.
Dril, whose semi-anonymous Twitter page uses a very blurry image of Jack Nicholson for his profile picture, posted a description of the game on his Patreon page.
“The game follows the quest of a silent protagonist who stumbles upon the gift of immortality in a dangerous future where Top influencers and corrupt hollywood guys maintain a cruel grip on society,” the announcement said. “The gameplay places a strong emphasis on employing satisfying, responsive aerobatics to traverse a dozen or so worlds and find a sh*t load of treasures and secrets.”
Call Of Duty: Warzone Patch Notes Address Stim Glitch And More
A new patch for the battle royale game Call of Duty: Warzone has arrived and one of its key improvements is a new fix that addresses the infinite stim glitch.
The patch notes state that the issue “stemmed from player getting stuck in throwback state after throwing back a live grenade,” but it should now be fixed. This has been an ongoing issues with the game, so hopefully this latest patch does the trick.
Additionally, match bonuses and kill XP rewards for the Kingslayer mode have been adjusted as part of the studio’s efforts to “normalize” XP rewards across modes.