FIFA 21 Gameplay Seemingly Leaks

Gameplay from FIFA 21 appears to have leaked onto Twitter, teasing some new features and an updated UI.

A ‘FIFA 21 Beta’ Twitter account surfaced yesterday, posting a variety of clips and screenshots from the game to the platform. A ‘FIFA EA Play’ watermark appears to move around the screen during the footage, suggesting these clips may have leaked from a preview event linked to EA’s most recent showcase.

The footage shows off an updated, purple-hued UI for this year’s instalment, which is comparable to the colours used in the official FIFA 21 Twitter branding.

It also appears that there have been changes made to the advantage system (as can be seen in the image above), and the account shows a series of what appear to be updated player faces for Liverpool, Manchester City and Real Madrid players. Other tweets show gameplay, which looks expectedly similar to last year’s edition, and lists of celebrations.

The leaks appear to stem from a “FIFA Producer Tour” build of the game, and the title screen notes that this is a pre-release build of the game, rather than a leaked demo. It’s unclear from the footage whether this is a current-gen or next-gen version of the game, although it looks strikingly similar to FIFA 20.

In other FIFA 21 news, we recently got a glimpse into how the game will make anticipated changes to its Career Mode for this year’s instalment.

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Grounded Is Happy To Play Second Fiddle To Cyberpunk 2077 In New Trailer

Obsidian Entertainment’s upcoming survival adventure game Grounded is looking to offer a unique take on the genre–and now even the trailer is defying convention by shouting out another studio’s ostensibly competing game.

The two games couldn’t be more different, of course, even though Obsidian is known for narrative-heavy RPGs in the same vein as CD Projeckt Red’s. Grounded is a big departure from the norm for Obsidian, with the trailer naming the studio as “the makers of games that are nothing like this one.”

Grounded looks more like a Rust-style survival game, featuring combat with monstrously large insects, multiplayer and base-building features–albeit with its inventive Honey I Shrunk The Kids aesthetic.

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Umbrella Academy Review – Season 2 Is Weird, Wonderful, And Exactly What You’d Expect

Chances are, if you’re watching Umbrella Academy Season 2, then you’ve finished Season 1 and you already know what you’re in for. Netflix’s surreal family drama slash sci-fi superhero action thriller planted its flag in the ground last year with a charming and fresh 10-episode debut that took the comic book source material by Gerard Way and Gabriel Ba and made it into something totally new. It was exciting and weird and populated with characters that felt just familiar enough to love at first sight. Now, they’re all returning for a new adventure–or, well, a sort-of new adventure.

The set up for Season 2 will sound familiar. In a slap-dash attempt to avoid the apocalypse, the dysfunctional Hargreeves family–seven adopted super-powered siblings–wound up time traveling back to the 1960s. This may have mitigated the problem of the world ending back in the modern era–or at least put that problem on hold for the time being–but naturally, hopping back to the past just caused more issues than it solved. Specifically, their meddling set off a chain of events that led to a new, completely different apocalypse that they now have to try and avoid.

On the surface, it may seem like an easy way to repeat everything about Season 1 with a period piece setting–but thankfully, Umbrella Academy deftly maneuvers around falling into any sort of routine by actually allowing its characters to grow and change. The situation may be a familiar one, but the Hargreeves siblings are no longer the people they were back when they tried to save the world the first time. It wouldn’t be totally accurate to say that Umbrella Academy is ever “grounded”–one of the lesser antagonists this season is a sentient goldfish who smokes cigarettes by sucking up smoke-filled air bubbles in his tank–but the characters themselves feel authentic and flawed (maybe even a little too flawed at times–but we’ll get to that in a second).

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Netflix’s The Crown Will Take A Longer Break Before Its Fifth Season

Earlier in the year when coronavirus started to shut down productions around the world, Netflix assured fans of royal drama The Crown that its fourth season was already filmed, and would release this year on schedule. However the series is preparing for a longer break that may or may not be related to the COVID-19 crisis, THR reports, similar to the break between Seasons Two and Three when the new, older cast was introduced.

It’s already been revealed that Imelda Staunton will be taking over the role of Queen Elizabeth from Season Five–first played by Claire Foy, and currently by Olivia Colman. New information has revealed that Season Five won’t begin filming until 2021, with release not scheduled until 2022.

The upcoming fourth season is set to introduce Princess Diana (Emma Corrin) against the backdrop of the 1980s, while the following seasons will progress into the 2000s–though there are no plans currently to continue to the present day.

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Cinemas Partially Reopen In China, And Doolittle Tops The Box Office

Cnemas remain closed in many parts of the world–including across the US, where AMC is looking to re-open in mid-to-late August. In China, however, some cinemas have started to reopen, with social distancing enforced, as certain areas are declared safe from the COVID-19 pandemic. While the weekend box office is a fraction of what it usually would be, the figures are higher than they’ve been in some time.

As reported by Variety, China has reopened 4900 cinemas over the July 24-26 weekend–about 44% of the cinemas in the country, each allowing for about 30% capacity. This included 369 IMAX screens. Topping the box office was Robert Downey Jr.’s latest film, Doolittle, which earned $4.71 million–higher than any film has earned over a weekend in some time.

The movie, which bombed at the US box office, currently stands as the third highest grossing cinema release of 2020. The film’s success in China over the weekend is unlikely to lift it above the second highest film, Sonic the Hedgehog, any time soon.

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Fortnite Is Hosting Another We The People Panel About Voter Suppression

Since its introduction in May, Fortnite’s Party Royale mode has hosted concerts, movie nights, and even a panel on racial injustice. Now, more of the latter is coming, with an announcement that the second installation of We The People x More Than A Vote will be coming to Fortnite on July 28.

The first We The People event took place on Saturday July 4, and the new event looks to continue that conversation. Hosted by Cari Champion, the second event will feature athlete Jason Heyward, rapper and activist Bun B, athlete and sports host Jalen Rose, actress and comedian Yvonne Orji, and rapper Russ as they discuss the voter suppression crisis that disproportionately affects Black communities.

Attendees at the We The People event will receive the Verve emote for free for their participation–though all emotes will be disabled for the duration of the event to help foster an atmosphere of respect for all players.

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Halo Infinite Does Not Support 4-Player Split-Screen

Initial reports suggested that Halo Infinite will offer four-player local split-screen support for its campaign mode, but this is not the case. 343 Industries head of design, Jerry Hook, said on Twitter that Infinite will support two-player split-screen locally. Up to four players can play the campaign together online, however.

“Sorry about the confusion,” Hook wrote. No details about split-screen support for Halo Infinite’s multiplayer mode have been announced yet.

Halo Infinite simply having split-screen is a big deal because 343 controversially left it out of Halo 5: Guardians. Xbox boss Phil Spencer says only a small percentage of people play local split-screen in Halo games, so that’s why the feature was cut for Halo 5.

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