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Dungeons & Dragons is going full-on horror with its next book. Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft arrives on May 18, and will allow DMs to create a story steeped in scares while players can add dark gifts to their characters and choose from two new subclasses.

The 256-page book is the perfect addition to any D&D player who loves horror, but wants to step away from gothic horror–traditionally what D&D has leaned into heavily. However, this new book will feature various types of horror, appeasing many fans of the genre. There is also a 20-page adventure contained within the book titled, “House of Lament.”

Ravenloft will feature various Domains of Dread, some contained within the book, and some that can be created by the DM. For example Strahd is from Barovia, a vampire-infested gothic horror domain. However, that’s not the only type of horror Ravenloft, as it will be “expanding out from there into other Domains of Dread and beyond just gothic horror,” explained Van Richten’s

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Sony’s PlayStation boss Jim Ryan says that the company plans to publish more games directly to PS Plus. Sony has previously released several notable games directly to PlayStation Plus subscribers, specifically the vehicular combat game Destruction AllStars and the monster-catching game Bugsnax.

In an interview with GQ, Ryan said that the company feels that releasing directly to PS Plus is a “very interesting and innovative way to publish games.” Ryan continued: “It works for us as the publisher and we know the subscribers to PlayStation Plus love it.”

PS Plus subscribers have been able to claim a certain number of free games every month since the PS4 days. In the same interview, the GQ interviewer cited Sony’s own statistics that state that 87% of people with a PS5 are subscribed to PS Plus. February’s free PS Plus games were the aforementioned Destruction AllStars, Concrete Genie, and Control: Ultimate Edition. Increasingly, the free PS Plus games have featured PS5 exclusives such as Destruction AllStars and Control, but Concrete Genie is also available on PS4.

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It was recently speculated that Lord of the Rings visual artist Ted Nasmith was involved in the production of Amazon’s big-budget fantasy show. However, this is not true.

Nasmith himself confirmed on Facebook that rumors about his involvement were “100% invented out of thin air.” He said he was “deeply touched” to hear his name in reports about the new Amazon show, but he confirmed, “No one from Amazon has approached me, full stop.”

TheOneRing.net originally reported the news, and has since apologized to Nasmith. However, the site did stand by its assertion that Nasmith’s artwork has been spotted in the production offices for Amazon’s Lord of the Rings show.

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Fall Guys developer Mediatonic has shared the first details on the upcoming Season 4, and the theme for this newest season is … the future.

Players will travel to the year 4041, apparently, according to a teaser video. Mediatonic has only revealed the theme for Season 4, so we’ll have to wait a while longer to learn about all the specifics about any new content, updates, or new features.

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Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO Jim Ryan has said that a quarter of PlayStation 5 owners never owned a PlayStation 4.

Ryan made the statement in interviews with GQ and The Washington Post to promote the announcement of PlayStation VR 2 and talk about the state of the PlayStation 5 in 2021.

“One in four of those who have bought a PlayStation 5 do not have a PS4 […] So it’s really nice that we’re able to bring in people from outside,” Ryan told GQ. This suggests that PlayStation has managed to bring a lot of new players into its ecosystem with its next-gen launch, or at least take in a lot of players who may have chosen other consoles or stuck with PC in previous generations.

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For some context, the PlayStation 5 shipped 4.5 million units in 2020, matching the launch run of the PlayStation 4 back in 2013. Demand is still outstripping supply for the console, and Ryan told GQ that Sony is “working as hard as we possibly can” to remedy the situation, noting the semiconductor shortage and entirely-online distribution as considerations that are holding back production.

This is all part of a major news blast from Sony, as the company revealed PlayStation VR 2 earlier today, and announced in Ryan’s GQ interview that more PlayStation exclusives will be coming to PC, reportedly starting with Days Gone in the Spring. Elsewhere in the same interview, we learned that Gran Turismo 7 is being pushed back to 2022.

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Starting March 1, PlayStation users will be able to download one of the PS4’s best exclusives free of charge. Ratchet & Clank will be free as part of PlayStation’s Play at Home initiative, a program that Sony debuted last year as a way of giving back during the COVID-19 pandemic. Once you claim Ratchet & Clank, it’ll be in your library forever. The giveaway runs until the end of March, but more freebies will be available in the coming months.

A reimagining of the first game in the action-platformer series, Ratchet & Clank landed on PS4 in 2016 with significantly overhauled visuals and quality-of-life gameplay improvements. It earned an 8/10 in GameSpot’s Ratchet & Clank review. While the freebie will be available to both PS5 and PS4 users, Ratchet & Clank is part of the PlayStation Plus Collection, so many PS5 owners already have access to it.

If you haven’t played Ratchet & Clank on PS4, now’s a great time to check it out. The next entry in the series, Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, arrives on PS5 on June 11. Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart preorders are live now and come with multiple neat bonuses.

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PlayStation will bring more of its first-party exclusive lineup to PC, reportedly beginning with PS4 exclusive Days Gone in spring 2021.

In an interview with GQ, Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO Jim Ryan said it was a “straightforward decision” to release more first-party PC ports. GQ’s write-up includes the detail that Days Gone will be the first of those PC ports this spring, but Ryan isn’t directly quoted as saying so. We’ve contacted Sony for confirmation on that point.

Update: Sony has now confirmed to IGN that Days Gone will arrive for PC in Spring.

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“I think a few things changed,” Ryan replied when asked why the company had changed its tack on releasing exclusives for PC. “We find ourselves now in early 2021 with our development studios and the games that they make in better shape than they’ve ever been before. Particularly from the latter half of the PS4 cycle our studios made some wonderful, great games.

“There’s an opportunity to expose those great games to a wider audience and recognise the economics of game development, which are not always straightforward. The cost of making games goes up with each cycle, as the calibre of the IP has improved. Also, our ease of making it available to non-console owners has grown. So it’s a fairly straightforward decision for us to make.”

This announcement follows in the footsteps of Horizon Zero Dawn, which Sony announced for and released for PC in 2020. Ryan explains that SIE assessed the reaction to that port in making the decision to release more ports, explaining that PC players “liked it and they bought it”, and that there was “no massive adverse reaction” from PlayStation players to the game heading off of consoles. “We will continue to take mission steps in this direction,” Ryan added.

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There was, of course, more evidence that Sony wanted to bring more of its first-party lineup to PC, as in Sony’s 2020 corporate report, it mentioned it will “explore expanding our 1st party titles to the PC platform, in order to promote further growth in our profitability.”

For more on the PC version of Horizon, be sure to check out our initial PC port analysis of Horizon Zero Dawn.

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The first teaser for the upcoming Netflix superhero show Jupiter’s Legacy has been released. It is based on Mark Millar’s comic book series of the same title and hits Netflix on May 7.

Jupiter’s Legacy focuses on elderly superheroes who first gained their powers in the 1930s, and their children. Unfortunately this teaser doesn’t actually feature any footage from the show–it’s just a reveal of the logo and a voiceover that states, “One day you’re gonna be stronger than anyone else in the world. Every evil you can imagine is gonna rise up against mankind.” Hopefully we’ll get to see a proper trailer soon, but in the meantime check out the first promo:

Netflix has released a synopsis for the show, which reads, “after nearly a century of keeping mankind safe, the world’s first generation of superheroes must look to their children to continue the legacy. But tensions rise as the young superheroes, hungry to prove their worth, struggle to live up to their parents’ legendary public reputations–and exacting personal standards.”

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