Chex Quest Is Getting Remastered, Adding Multiplayer, And Going Free-To-Play

Chex Quest HD, a full free-to-play remake of 1996’s Chex Quest, is coming this year. According to the game’s Steam page, it’ll be free-to-play and will feature multiplayer, and is co-developed by the newly-formed Team Chex Quest HD and Flight School Studio (Creature in the Well).

You play as one of the six unlockable members of Chex Mix Squadron, sent to a Intergalactic Federation of Snacks outpost on the planet Bazoik to fight off interdimensional monsters, called Flemoids. You’ll use “zorching” devices on them, and, presumably, come away from the game hungry for a bowl of cereal.

One of the screenshots (below) asks players to redeem a code, so a tie-in promotion with the cereal itself seems very likely. You’ll be able to play with another player, as long as you both have controllers (online play seems unlikely).

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A Chex Quest remake was first teased back in 2016, but we hadn’t heard anything since–until now. The original Chex Quest was a total conversion of Ultimate Doom, designed to advertise Chex cereal. It was released on CD-ROM in cereal boxes.

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The Ryan Reynolds And Hugh Jackman Rivalry Continues

The faux feud between Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman continues as the two big-name celebrities continuing to poke fun at one another on social media, with Reynolds slamming a recent post on Twitter from Jackman.

April 11 was Jackman’s 24th wedding anniversary, and the star posted a loving message to his wife online to celebrate the years spent together.

In response to this tweet, Reynolds commented “Hang in there, Deb.”

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Rick And Morty Season 4 Episode Titles Include A Reference To An Amazing 2019 Indie Game

The second half of Rick and Morty Season 4 will premiere on May 3, and now we have the episode titles and official loglines for the remaining five episodes. Curiously, one of the episodes has a name that clearly serves as a homage to the game Children of Morta, a fantastic 2019 rougelike.

The episode titles and loglines were unveiled through a curious Twitter campaign, where the reveals were entrusted to IGN, Riverdale star Camila Mendes, and three much-less-famous fans. IGN has collected the episode titles and release dates:

  • Season 4, Episode 6 – “Never Ricking Morty” – Choo Choo, broh. Catch this train broh.
  • Season 4, Episode 7 – “Promortyus” – Get off my face broh.
  • Season 4, Episode 8 – “The Vat of Acid Episode” – The one with the acid vat, broh
  • Season 4, Episode 9 – “Childrick of Mort” – Miracle of life broh. Whole family in this one broh.
  • Season 4, Episode 10 – “Star Mort: Rickturn of the Jerri” – Parenting is crazy broh. Stuff straight disappearing in this one.

Much like Childrick of Mort, Children of Morta is all about family–you play as a family that is fighting off an evil force, and each playable character is related to the others. It’s an interesting reference, since Children of Morta is, while not obscure, also not a huge cultural touchstone.

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Red Dead Online Adds Bonus Rewards For Free Roam Events And Limited-Time Apparel Returns

This week, Red Dead Online is giving players big rewards for Free Roam Events, a free Ability Card, and discounts on various in-game items, with some limited-time clothing returning to the game.

Free Roam Events in Red Dead Online this week will reward players with 50% more XP, RDO$, and Gold. This includes activities such as Fool’s Gold, Fishing Challenges, King of the Castle, and Railroad Baron. Players who complete any Free Roam Event before April 20 will earn a coupon for 50% off any coat that is rank 15 or lower.

Players will be rewarded just for logging on this week, with any player who logs on between April 17 to April 20 getting a free Ability Card to augment their skills. This reward will appear in the Benefits section within 48 hours of playing Red Dead Online.

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The Director Of New Chris Hemsworth Movie Strapped Himself To A Car To Film An Action Scene

The Avengers star Chris Hemsworth’s next movie is the action-packed thriller Extraction on Netflix. The movie contains a particularly dramatic scene midway through that was filmed as a “oner,” which is an industry term for a series of long shots that are joined together to form a single, continuous shot.

The scene looks impressive-featuring a car chase, a knife fight, and a shootout–and now the filmmakers have shed some light on how it came together and the risks of filming a scene like this.

A behind-the-scenes video from Netflix shows that director Sam Hargrave–the stunt coordinator for Avengers: Endgame and Deadpool 2–put his life on the line to film the sequence. He strapped himself to the front of a filming car and held a camera to get some of the shots for the scene.

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Fortnite–Here’s When Update 12.40 Will Arrive

Fortnite will soon update to version 12.40, and as always the battle royale game will have to go offline for a short period while the update is applied. Here’s when you can expect the update–and if you’re in the US, you’ll likely still be asleep.

Fortnite update 12.40 will arrive on April 15, with downtime scheduled for 2 AM ET (6 AM UTC), when fewer players (in the US, at least) are likely to be playing. The content of Fortnite updates is rarely known in advance, so we’re not entirely sure what this one will bring.

What we do know for sure, though, is that Fortnite Chapter 2 Season 2 will continue for longer than originally planned–Season 3 will not begin until June.

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Every New Episode Title and Air Date for the Return of Rick and Morty

The last five episodes of Rick and Morty Season 4 are hitting Adult Swim soon, and now we finally know the episode titles and release dates of these five installments – although it’s anyone’s guess as to what they’re actually about. Read on for all the details on when the new Rick and Morty episodes will air, what they’re called, and why Adult Swim has opted for such an unusual release schedule.

When Does Rick and Morty Season 4 Return?

Rick and Morty: Season 4 originally kicked off on November 10, 2019. But the series only returned for half of its ten-episode season before going on hiatus in December. Season 4 will return on May 3, 2020, nearly half a year after it last went off the air.

That’s an unusual move, given that past seasons have tended to air in one, continuous dose. However, it seems to be a sign of things to come, with new episodes arriving more frequently, if not always in large batches. Rick and Morty was renewed for a whopping 70 episodes back in 2018. Work has long since begun on Season 5, and co-creator Dan Harmon says the waits between new seasons won’t be as long as they once were.

That said, co-creator Justin Roiland is also involved in another new animated sitcom called Solar Opposites, which is premiering on Hulu on May 8. There’s no telling how his commitment to two animated series will impact the flow of new Rick and Morty episodes.

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Rick and Morty Season 4 Episode List

Adult Swim has tended to make a big show out of revealing the titles for new Rick and Morty episodes, in part because their odd titles invite all sorts of fan speculation. That was certainly the case when the first five episode titles of Season 4 were revealed.

For the latter half of Season 4, Adult Swim went as far as to partner up with different outlets (including IGN) to reveal the new titles on Twitter. Here’s the full list, including our exclusive reveal of episode 6’s logline:

  • Season 4, Episode 6 – “Never Ricking Morty” – Choo Choo, broh. Catch this train broh.
  • Season 4, Episode 7 – “Promortyus” – Get off my face broh.
  • Season 4, Episode 8 – “The Vat of Acid Episode” – The one with the acid vat, broh
  • Season 4, Episode 9 – “Childrick of Mort” – Miracle of life broh. Whole family in this one broh.
  • Season 4, Episode 10 – “Star Mort: Rickturn of the Jerri” – Parenting is crazy broh. Stuff straight disappearing in this one.

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Rick and Morty Season 4 Release Schedule

For those keeping track, here’s a full breakdown of Season 4’s release schedule, including both past and upcoming episodes

  • Season 4, Episode 1 – November 10, 2019
  • Season 4, Episode 2 – November 17, 2019
  • Season 4, Episode 3 – November 24, 2019
  • Season 4, Episode 4 – December 8, 2019
  • Season 4, Episode 5 – December 15, 2019
  • Season 4, Episode 6 – May 3, 2020
  • Season 4, Episode 7 – May 10, 2020
  • Season 4, Episode 8 – May 17, 2020
  • Season 4, Episode 9 – May 24, 2020
  • Season 4, Episode 10 – May 31, 2020

What Time Does Rick and Morty Air?

While the series may come and go at a whim, at least Rick and Morty sticks to a consistent time schedule. The series will continue to air on Sunday nights at 11:30 p.m. ET/PT on Adult Swim.

If you don’t have a cable TV subscription, you’ll have to buy the season digitally or wait five months until it’s available to stream on Hulu. Rick and Morty will also be available to stream on HBO Max at launch, but only the first three seasons for now.

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