Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 Is Getting A Huge Free Update This Week

A huge free update is coming to Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 on August 26, adding in lots of new content while also upgrading what’s already in there. The update, which is celebrating the game’s 6 million sales milestone, adds a new playable character, a new mission, and much more.

The new character is Supreme Time Kai, a major character from the game’s plot. She’s a God, so she’ll be pretty powerful. Nine new fighting techniques are included too, so you can switch up your style.

There are also five new mascots being added, each with three different color schemes. Puar, Fat Buu, Chiaotzu, Fat Gotenks, and Zeno can now be made to follow you around, which is fun.

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The Batman: Danny DeVito Weighs In On Colin Farrell’s New Penguin

The Batman has an incredible cast, with Robert Pattinson, Zoe Kravitz, Paul Dano, Jeffrey Weight, and more huge actors attached. But one bit of casting that is drawing particular attention following the release of the first trailer for the film is Colin Farrell, who is unrecognizable as Oswald Cobblepot, also known as The Penguin.

The role was previously played by Danny DeVito in Batman Returns, who gave an extremely memorable, scenery (and nose) chewing performance as the malevolent crime boss, whose flipper-hands and chalky face was very close to the character’s appearance in comics and cartoons.

Colin Farrell in The Batman
Colin Farrell in The Batman

Now, DeVito has spoken with Collider about his role in The One And Only Ivan, and the It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia actor was asked to talk about Farrell taking up the mantle, and if he had given the actor any advice. DeVito, who previously worked with Farrell on the live-action Dumbo movie, said that he hasn’t seen him since but is very confident in his abilities.

“I haven’t spoken to him since, but I’m really looking forward to it,” DeVito says. “I think that no matter what, he’s gonna be great because he’s a great actor.”

As for advice, DeVito says that “the only thing he has to worry about is that Oswald Cobblepot will show up at his house,” before laughing and delivering one of his iconic Penguin noises. It’s pretty charming.

The Batman hits cinemas on October 1, 2021. For one DC trailers out out of DC FanDome, take a look at our breakdown of the Zack Snyder’s Justice League trailer, as well as a new look at Wonder Woman 1984.

Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout Is Coming to Mobile Devices in China

Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout is officially in development for mobile devices in China, which could be a promising sign for those who don’t have a PS4 or PC, or who wish to play the multiplayer party game on-the-go.

Niko Partners senior analyst Daniel Ahmad shared the news on Twitter, stating that “Chinese games and entertainment company Bilibili has secured the rights to publish a mobile version of Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout in China.”

This is seemingly the first official confirmation that a version of Fall Guys is being developed for mobile devices, and the news arrives after the official Fall Guys Twitter account warned about ads for a mobile version that are scams.

It’s important to note that there is no confirmation for a mobile version for the West, so it remains to be seen what developer Mediatonic and publisher Devolver Digital have in store for bringing Fall Guys to other devices and regions.

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Fall Guys has been a viral hit since it was released on August 4, 2020, and its popularity was bolstered by it being available for PlayStation Plus subscribers.

For those who have yet to download Fall Guys on PS4 and wish to try out the game, be sure to download it before it leaves PlayStation Plus on August 31, 2020.

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Adam Bankhurst is a news writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @AdamBankhurst and on Twitch.

Microsoft Throws Support Behind Epic Games In Apple Lawsuit

Microsoft has joined the discourse regarding Epic Games’ ongoing legal battle with Apple, throwing its support behind Epic Games and the Unreal Engine.

Kevin Gammill, the general manager of gaming developer experiences for Microsoft, filed a statement expressing the company’s support for Epic Games’ temporary restraining order request against Apple.

In the filing, Microsoft explained the significance of Unreal Engine being available on Apple devices, as it is an extremely popular game engine and Microsoft’s own Forza Street makes use of it.

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WWE Summerslam PPV Results, Live Coverage, And Match Card Updates

Typically, with the “Big Four” WWE PPVs–Royal Rumble, Wrestlemania, Summerslam, and Survivor Series–there is a two-hour long Kickoff Show before the main card. However, with this year’s Summerslam, the Kickoff will only be one hour this go-around.

There has been one match announced for the Kickoff Show. Apollo Crews will defend his United States Championship against MVP. If you don’t have the WWE Network, you can watch the Kickoff Show in the tweet below live.

WWE’s Summerslam is here, or at least it will be in a few hours. The biggest stars in wrestling will face each other inside the Thunderdome at the Amway Center, in Orlando, Florida. Below, you’ll find the winners and losers of the event as it happens.

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WWE Summerslam 2020 Live Review: The Fiend Wants Braun Strowman’s Universal Championship

It’s time for the biggest party of the summer. Every year, WWE celebrates the summer months with one of its largest shows, Summerslam. Even with the COVID-19 pandemic meaning no fans are able to be there live, this year is no different. Summerslam 2020 is loaded with big marquee matches, and it’ll all be happening within the ThunderDome, WWE’s new home inside Orlando, Florida’s Amway Arena.

With eight matches scheduled, including multiple championship bouts and one fight in which the loser has to leave WWE, there’s a lot on the line tonight. Naturally, GameSpot’s resident Wrestle Buddies, Mat Elfring and Chris E. Hayner, have many thoughts about it all and will be reviewing the show live, as it happens. Take a look at the card for WWE Summerslam below then make sure to keep coming back here for our thoughts on each match as they happen.

  • Drew McIntyre (c) vs. Randy Orton (WWE Championship)
  • The Street Profits (c) vs. Andrade & Angel Garza (Raw Tag Team Championship)
  • Dominik Mysterio vs. Seth Rollins (Street Fight)
  • Apollo Crews (c) vs. MVP (United States Championship)
  • Braun Strowman (c) vs. “The Fiend” Bray Wyatt (Universal Championship)
  • Sasha Banks (c) vs. Asuka (Raw Women’s Championship)
  • Bayley (c) vs. Asuka (Smackdown Women’s Championship)
  • Mandy Rose vs. Sonya Deville (Loser Leaves WWE match)

Summerslam kicks off at 7 PM ET/4 PM PT, with the pre-show beginning at 6 PM ET/3 PM PT. For up to the minute results, GameSpot has you covered.

An Asteroid is Headed Toward Earth Just in Time for – You Guessed It! – Election Day

If you weren’t already anxious about November 3, a hurtling space rock is headed our way to add to the chaos.

Not to fear though, the asteroid, named “2018VP1,” is only about the size of a truck (an estimated diameter of 1.8 to 3.9 meters per NASA data), and will likely burn up in the atmosphere a day before Election Day, on November 2.

It also only has an estimated 0.41% chance of being in the right trajectory to hit Earth anyhow.

“Asteroid 2018VP1 is very small, approximately 6.5 feet, and poses no threat to Earth,” a spokesperson for NASA told Business Insider. So nothing near the size of the planet killers featured in Michael Bay’s Armageddon or Mimi Leder’s Deep Impact.

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Apparently, 2018VP1, which holds a two-year orbit around the sun, has already had a few close calls with Earth dating all the way back to 1970.

Last week, on August 16, an SUV-size space rock (“2020 QG”) flew past our planet, per NASA. There are “hundreds of millions of small asteroids the size of 2020 QG, but they are extremely hard to discover until they get very close to Earth.”

Anyhow, if you’re really set on preventing Armageddon, remember to vote!

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Matt Fowler is a writer for IGN and a member of the Television Critics Association. Follow him on Twitter at @TheMattFowler and Facebook at Facebook.com/MattBFowler.