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Concept art has emerged of cancelled projects that were reportedly being worked on within Retro Studios, the developer of the Metroid Prime trilogy, Donkey Kong Country Returns, and Tropical Freeze. The two games were in pre-development between 2005 and 2008, likely for the Wii and DS, respectively.

Metroid fansite Shinesparkers has dug up these pieces from the ArtStation page of Sammy Hall, a former Retro Studios pre-production artist. It reveals art for a cancelled Sheik game, which was to be an action-RPG title set during a time where Ganon is being birthed by the Dark Gerudo. It sounds like it would have been a slightly darker take on the Zelda franchise.

This concept art is not necessarily indicative of how the final game would have looked, but it gives some insight into what was being considered and worked on. These are just a few examples of Hall’s work; the rest appear on his ArtStation page, and each one comes with commentary about the piece. It’s absolutely gorgeous stuff.

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In a new developer blog post, the team behind Valorant at Riot has touched on the subject of player harassment, an issue rife in the gaming industry. Anna Donlon, the executive producer and leader of the Valorant development team, has written about how the developer will be approaching the issue.

“I’ll be super real here: harassment and bullying in games is not a status quo I’m comfortable accepting,” Donlon said. “I replied to a colleague’s tweet last month about my fears of solo-queuing, a problem I’ve had for many years of multiplayer gaming. And I’m not alone. We’ve learned to mute others who are harassing us. We’ve learned to mute ourselves in order to keep the peace. And as a result, we have a competitive experience that can feel compromised. We often find ourselves at a disadvantage,” she continued.

Quelling the issue of player harassment is not something Riot has been able to accomplish in the past, with their main game League Of Legends being infamous for its toxic player base. In the past, Riot has even had to ban professional players over their behavior in-game. The company itself is not much better, with various lawsuits directed at the company from ex-employees over their mistreatment while working at Riot.

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A clip for the next episode of Rick & Morty, Promortyus, has debuted on Twitter. As you might have gathered from the name, there are Alien references aplenty in this short clip, with face hugging aliens and references to “wet eggs” that will conjure up an immediate, specific mental image for fans of the cinematic franchise.

The clip is below, and it shows that the episode will feature our two heroes dealing with an alien society and a lot of weird gross goop–very much the show’s bread and butter at this point.

There are four episodes left in Rick & Morty’s split fourth season, and then at least 60 additional episodes will be released. There’s no word on when season 5 will launch, though.

Rick & Morty co-creator Justin Roiland has been very busy lately outside of his duties on this show, working on both the Quibi series Gloop World and the Hulu exclusive Solar Opposites. If you’re up to date with the show, here are 34 things you might have missed in the previous episode.

Footage of a cancelled Prince of Persia game has come to light today, but it’s actually been available for years. A thread on forum ResetEra has surfaced the footage, and all indications are that it’s real. The footage shows a new character model for the titular prince, who seems to have a new set of time-manipulation powers that allow him to mess with enemies and change direction in the middle of a jump.

You can watch the full video, running just over three minutes, below. It seems that the prince is using the Dagger of Time, so it might have been a reboot of the Sands of Time series.

It looks pretty impressive–but it’s also worth remembering that Ubisoft is notorious for releasing early footage that looks better than the eventual release (in this case, of course, there’s no way of comparing).

Considering the timeline, the game was likely in the works for Xbox 360, PS3, and PC–and it looks like it would have had some giant boss fights. Prince of Persia Redemption was never actually announced, so it’s not clear why it was cancelled–although Ubisoft Montreal has been pretty busy with Assassin’s Creed and Far Cry for the past decade.

The last official Prince of Persia game was 2010’s Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands, which went back to the Sands of Time timeline following 2008’s reboot, simply titled Prince of Persia.

Jordan Peele’s new Twilight Zone TV show is coming back for a second season. Like the first, Season 2 will feature a lot of famous people across its new anthology episodes.

Images from Season 2 have now been released, showing off some of the cast, including Topher Grace, Jurnee Smollett-Bell, Paul F. Tompkins, Damon Wayons Jr., Billy Porter, Morena Baccarin, Chris Meloni, Joel McHale, and Jimmi Simpson, among others.

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