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IO Interactive’s rebooted Hitman series has been lauded for its clockwork open-world approach, and this week the trilogy comes to a close. Hitman 3 marks the last game in the stealth trilogy, and critics have started giving their impressions just ahead of release on January 20.

So how does this Hitman game stack up to the others? Critics seem to agree that it’s not just a great stealth assassination game on its own, but also a satisfying conclusion to the series as a whole. In GameSpot’s review, Phil Hornshaw noted that this sequel is “full of fun and fascinating ideas, many of which play with the concepts underpinning the last four years of Hitman levels,” and awarded it a 9/10.

As always, Hitman 3 rewards repetition to fully plumb its depths and see all of the mechanics and characters moving around the world on their schedules. An intimate knowledge of every setting is required to execute some of the more intricate assassinations, but if you just want to finish as fast as possible, you can complete the story campaign in about 8 hours. In addition to all the high-powered consoles and PC, Hitman 3 is also coming to Nintendo Switch via cloud streaming.

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For a shortened work week here in the United States, there’s a slightly truncated week of new shows and movies on Netflix. The busiest day ahead will be Friday, but fortunately there are still a couple of releases peppered throughout the weekend afterwards and the days ’til then to help keep things interested.

While 007: No Time to Die continues to get delayed again and again, Netflix’s new documentary series Spycraft is a nice way to bide some time. Coming out on Wednesday, the show is basically a version of MythBusters–though not at all affiliated with that show–for people wondering if all the stuff Q gives to James Bond has any roots in reality. There’s tons of context for the gadgets that are dug into, as the show also goes deep on the historical context for each bit of gear and why it was revolutionary at the time for espionage.

For something completely different, Friday sees the long-awaited release of Blown Away: Season 2. Yes, the show is another competition series, but it scores off the charts for originality–the show features 10 master artists who compete in glassblowing sculpture challenges for the chance to win $60,000 in prizes. The first season aired way back in 2019 on Netflix, which means you have the whole week to get caught up on and totally sucked into the phenomenal and unique show.

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Following skins based on NFL teams, Fortnite is adding a series of skins and an emote based on another form of football, known as soccer to some. The new Kickoff Set and Pele’s Air Punch emote are coming to the battle royale game on January 23.

A total of 23 professional football teams are bringing their jerseys to Fortnite, and they’re all included with the Kickoff Set. There are 10 variants of male and female skins, too.

The participating football clubs include:

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WandaVision star Paul Bettany has revealed that Avengers: Endgame was originally going to feature a post-credits scene that would have foreshadowed the Disney+ show.

Speaking with co-star Elizabeth Olsen in a recent IMDb video, Bettany, who portrays Vision in the new sitcom-style series, outlined a scrapped Avengers: Endgame scene that would have teased the super-powered android’s prospective return to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, despite the character suffering an on-screen death during the events of 2018’s Avengers: Infinity War.

“At one point there was going to be a tag, where [Scarlet Witch] opened a sort of body bag drawer and there was the Vision,” Bettany explained in the ‘Ask Each Other Anything’ session. “[Marvel Studios boss] Kevin [Feige] kind of talked to me and said, ‘I’ve got to pull the shots.’ And I was like, ‘Ugh!’ Because I really wanted that profit participation!”

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Despite not making an appearance in Avengers: Endgame, the android Avenger remerged in the MCU’s phase 4 opener WandaVision, which debuted on Disney+ last Friday. However, the first two episodes of the MCU sitcom focused more heavily on the set-up and introduction of the show’s high-concept ideas than the plot, meaning that we’re not much clearer about Vision’s return.

Whether it all takes place in Wanda’s mind, or the cinematic incarnation of the Scarlet Witch finds a way to alter reality, we suspect it won’t end happily. With Wanda’s involvement in the Doctor Strange sequel, Multiverse of Madness, the Scarlet Witch might even end up as broken as she was for a time in the comic books when the series draws to a close.

For more background on WandaVision, check out our explainer on the Disney+ series and the comics that could be inspiring it, then read up about Wanda and Vision’s story so far, and how the new show fits into the MCU timeline. Once you’re caught up, take a look at our review for Marvel’s WandaVision episodes 1 and 2, or click on our preview for a spoiler-free look at the show.

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Adele Ankers is a Freelance Entertainment Journalist. You can reach her on Twitter.

Capcom has a bit of history with releasing ultra-rare amiibo, and is likely to repeat that history with some Japan-only gold Monster Hunter Rise figurines.

As Eurogamer points out, a set of gold versions of the three Monster Hunter Rise amiibo will be made available as part of a lottery to those who buy the game as a download code from Japanese 7-Eleven stores.

While Capcom hasn’t formally said how many sets of the gold amiibo will be released, past evidence suggests they’ll be extremely hard to come by. Capcom previously ran a similar competition for a gold Mega Man 11 amiibo, only releasing 10 of the figurine. It also released one each of silver and gold Monster Hunter Stories figurines, making them almost certainly the rarest amiibo in circulation.

We’re nearing 200 separate amiibo have seen release, with Cat Mario and Cat Peach, Terry Bogard, Byleth, and Banjo & Kazooie figures still to come from Nintendo this year.

Monster Hunter Rise (and its amiibo) will arrive on March 26, and you can play a demo right now, until February 1.

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The growth of streaming was one of the entertainment industry’s few success stories in 2020, and the marketplace is only going to get more competitive in 2021. Back in September, it was reported that ViacomCBS was set to rebrand and expand its CBS All Access platform as Paramount+. The studio has now announced that the service will launch in March.

As reported by Variety, Paramount+ will go live in US and Latin America on March 4, with international territories rolling out over the following months. In Canada, CBS All Access will simply be rebranded as Paramount+ in March, with the full service launching later in the year.

ViacomCBS will present a full overview of its plans for Paramount+, and its overall streaming strategy, at an investor event on February 24. The service is expected to bring together existing CBS All Access content with shows from Paramount’s vault, such as those produced by BET, CBS, Comedy Central, MTV, and Nickelodeon.

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Bryan Cranston is a veteran actor who has appeared in numerous TV shows and movies over the years, but perhaps his most notable and recognizable role is Walter White in Breaking Bad. As it turns out, Cranston nearly did not get the job.

He recalled his path to Breaking Bad in an appearance on the SmartLess podcast with Jason Bateman, Will Arnett, and Sean Hayes. Before Breaking Bad, Cranston was known for his smaller roles on shows like Seinfeld and The X-Files before breaking out with his leading role on Malcolm in the Middle as Hal. He explained on the podcast that Malcolm in the Middle network Fox had considered picking up the show for an eighth season, but decided against it.

Had Fox renewed the show for one more season, Cranston would not have been available to film the pilot for Breaking Bad.

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A code-savvy Redditor has created a bot that turns Reddit arguments into Ace Attorney courtroom scenes.

As reported by Mashable, you can see the bot in action over on creator micah5’s YouTube channel. The bot will read a section of provided Reddit thread, and insert the text into a courtroom debate between Miles Edgeworth and Phoenix Wright, emoting and objecting at each other’s claims.

Micah uses a neural network to check the tone of each comment, and if it is deemed ‘negative’ the bot will count it as an objection, while more positive comments will see the charcater sprites made happier. If more than two users are part of the debate, they’re represented by tertiary Ace Attorney characters, chipping in as the two most prominent commenters duke it out.

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You can try it for yourself by commenting !objectionbot in a comment thread on Reddit – the bot will apparently take about 10 minutes to create the video, and message you back with a link to the video (although Micah points out that it is still buggy). The bot’s source code can also be found here if you want to dig into how it all works.

Micah told Mashable that the bot took him three days to complete and that they plan to keep it running “for a couple months”. In other Ace Attorney news, here’s our review of the last-gen Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy collection, which launched in April 2019. We scored it a 7.5 for providing a “solid collection of courtroom dramedies”.

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Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning will be released on Nintendo Switch on March 16, 2021.

Announced alongside a new trailer, Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning is a remastered version of 2012’s Kingdoms of Amalur that was released on PS4, Xbox One, and PC in 2020.

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The remaster includes all the DLC, including Teeth of Naros and Legend of Dead Kel. Furthermore, there will also be a new DLC expansion – Fatesworn – that is scheduled to arrive later in 2021.

In our review of Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning, we said “On some levels, Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning is still a worthwhile RPG to hack and slash your way through, even if this remaster doesn’t go above and beyond the bare minimum expectations. But while the ideas and mechanics that make games like Red Faction: Guerilla and Burnout feel special are still largely singularly unique to them, almost everything that made Amalur stand out in its day has become standard fare for just about any RPG to come out in the past decade.”

Kingdoms of Amalur was originally developed by 38 Studios and was published by EA. In 2018, THQ Nordic bought the property from the now-defunct studio.

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While received positively, Amalur did come with its fair share of controversy, as the Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation filed a lawsuit against 38 Studios founder and ex-Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling and other executives.

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Wrestlemania is heading back to Tampa Bay again for the first time as Raymond James Stadium will host Wrestlemania 37. The stadium was the original host last year, but with the pandemic, the event eventually moved to WWE’s own Performance Center without a live crowd–the first of its kind.

“Florida is excited to welcome back Wrestlemania to Tampa in April at Raymond James Stadium. Florida has continued to work with professional sports and entertainment to safely operate while generating revenue and protecting jobs,” said Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. “Wrestlemania will bring tens of millions of dollars to the Tampa area and we look forward to hosting more sporting and entertainment events in Florida this year.”

Following the model for last year’s Wrestlemania, this year’s will also be a two-night event: Saturday, April 10 and Sunday, April 11.

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