Popstar Grimes hosted a livestream over the weekend in which she answered a whole host of fan questions. One user asked her about Cyberpunk 2077, and the singer wasn't shy when opening up about her role in the game, revealing more than developer CD Projekt Red is probably comfortable with sharing. As a result, spoilers ahead."I did my voice acting for Lizzy Wizzy, that game is going to be fucking good," Grimes explained, via Reddit. "I mean I haven't played it, but I saw someone play an hour of the game. I play a pop star who committed suicide on stage, and they had to quickly come and perform emergency surgery and replace her whole body with cybernetics while she was dead for an hour. Then she finished the show as a cyborg. One of the greatest pieces of performance art ever made."Archived video of the livestream has since been taken down, but you can watch a mirror of it below.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

If you played through any of the Mass Effect trilogy, there's a high probability you played Shepherd as a Paragon opposed to a Renegade--at least on the first playthrough. And the stats back it up.According to former Bioware cinematic designer John Ebenger, around 92% of players opted to be the good guy in their Mass Effect playthrough. "Something like 92% of Mass Effect players were Paragon. And we put a lot of work in to the Renegade content too :(," Ebenger wrote in a tweet.Yup. Something like 92% of Mass Effect players were Paragon. And we put a lot of work in to the Renegade content too :( https://t.co/lywwx7n4Hy — John Ebenger (@EbengerJohn) February 19, 2020Paragon and Renegade occupied opposite sides of Mass Effect's binary morality system. Players could choose different lines of dialogue and actions that fit one of the two sides, with each decision adding points to their character's score as a either a Paragon or Renegade. Filling up one side would open up more choices down that path, so you were incentivised to pick one and stick with it instead of mixing and matching according to the situation.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Spiritfarer is shaping up to be a colorful and whimsical take on death, and the game's new teaser trailer shows off the jobs you'll be doing as a ferrymaster for deceased souls. Managing the dead isn't easy, and there are quite a few moving parts to keep under control.In the gameplay teaser, we see protagonist Stella cut down a tree with the help of the spirit cat Daffodil, and later mine for ore that is used to power the ferry. She can also shear sheep, buy items, and harvest crops, and she can feed townspeople in order to strengthen relationships. Despite the macabre central theme, it's still a lighthearted game with kindness at its core.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

This story originally appeared on GameSpot sister site TV Guide.​In the 1990s, black storytellers were having a moment in Hollywood. As noted in this now kinda cringey New York Times story, black was "in," and Hollywood decision-makers were "beginning to recognize that a white audience will spend money to see black movies." Black filmmakers like Melvin Van Peebles, the Hudlin brothers, and Robert Townsend got resources and support to tell their stories; on TV, shows like Living Single and Moesha became hits and helped then-burgeoning networks Fox and UPN grow their businesses. The era didn't last. By the 2000s, black film directors found themselves no longer in demand, and on TV, network mergers and increased appetites for reality TV meant pivoting away from majority-black shows in favor of appealing to "mainstream" (read: white) audiences, as outlined in the 2005 book The Sitcom Reader.Some 30 years later, black storytellers are wondering if history is about to repeat itself, even as they celebrate progress. Today, black superheroes are finally thriving on TV, with shows such as Doom Patrol and The Boys putting black superheroes front and center after decades of being relegated to the sidelines or ignored altogether. Steps forward in representation have been a long time coming, but with characters like Sister Night (Regina King) of Watchmen, and Sam Wilson (Anthony Mackie) of the upcoming The Falcon and the Winter Soldier dismantling the myth that black heroes can't appeal to everyone, it sure seems as if we're only at the beginning of a movement with boundless potential. To hear experts and creators tell it, though, optimism comes with caution.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Last month, Overwatch developer Blizzard announced the impending addition of a new experimental card that allows players to test out possible radical changes to gameplay. Today, director Jeff Kaplan revealed the details behind the first experimental mode that will most likely be released February 25th, "but stuff could go wrong, [and it] may be delayed a little bit."Named the Triple Damage, the experimental mode is for damage players. Instead of the standard two tanks, three damage characters, and two supports, this exploratory setting will introduce a new team composition: one tank, three damage characters, and one support player.It's a pretty big change, especially for tank mains, and Kaplan assured fans that any setting tested in the experimental card is not one that will be definitely implemented. That is to say: tank players, do not worry about this team composition becoming permanentContinue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

The first-ever South Korean Best Picture winner at this year's Academy Awards, Bong Joon-ho's Parasite, is slated to stream exclusively on Hulu on April 8, the film production company Neon announced in a press release.Hulu and Neon inked an exclusive multiyear deal in 2017 to bring "all upcoming films and content released" to Hulu."Our partnership with Neon marks another big step forward in our commitment to offering a world-class collection of films to our subscribers," Hulu's head of content said in 2017. "Neon has already acquired a highly-anticipated slate of films this year and we can't wait to bring their titles from the theaters to the Hulu audience."Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

The next installment in Tom Cruise's Mission Impossible series is in production in Italy. At least, it was until an outbreak of the coronavirus brought it to a screeching halt.It was revealed by the New York Times that Italy has 150 confirmed cases of the coronavirus, and in turn, at least 10 towns are now locked down, and schools in major cities are closed, along with sporting events--including an early end to the Venice carnival. Additionally, this means that the production of Mission Impossible 7 is put on hold for now.In a statement to The Hollywood Reporter, a spokesperson from Paromount Pictures explained why production has stopped. "Out of an abundance of caution for the safety and well-being of our cast and crew, and efforts of the local Venetian government to halt public gatherings in response to the threat of coronavirus, we are altering the production plan for our three-week shoot in Venice, the scheduled first leg of an extensive production for Mission: Impossible 7. During this hiatus, we want to be mindful of the concerns of the crew and are allowing them to return home until production starts. We will continue to monitor this situation, and work alongside health and government officials as it evolves."Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

It's officially tax season, folks, and if you're on top of your game and filed early, there's a chance you've already received (or will soon receive) that sweet tax refund. Many retailers like to offer sales around this time of year as a way of helping you spend that new excess money, and GameStop is getting in on the action with a sale of its own. The Tax Sale is live now until March 7 and includes game deals for PS4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch as well as discounts on accessories, collectibles, apparel, and more.Most of the notable game deals are for PS4 and Xbox One, including the GameStop-exclusive Call of Duty: Modern Warfare C.O.D.E. Edition for $38. Control is also available for $30, a very nice price for one of the best games of last year. You'll also find great discounts on The Division 2, which is just $5; Judgment, which is on sale for $30; and our 2019 game of the year, Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, which is discounted to $40. Nintendo Switch deals, on the other hand, are lacking, but you can get Just Dance 2020 for $18 and Assassin's Creed III Remastered for $20.Xbox One X bundles are majorly discounted these days, and you'll find those same deals at GameStop. Notably, the Xbox One X special-edition bundle with NBA 2K20, which comes with the GameStop-exclusive Hyperspace-edition console, is available for $300, along with the Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order bundle. If you're looking to play any of this year's big Xbox One releases, these are excellent deals on what's currently the most powerful console on the market.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

There are some new quests in Monster Hunter World: Iceborne for the week of February 21 to 27. Regal Event Quests have returned--they include The Moon is a Harsh Queen, A Glance of Sliver, and We Three Kings--and additional quest events, like Fired-Up Bruisers, Balloon Fight, Colorful Carnival, and Desert Desserts are also available.Hear ye, hear ye, hunters! Regal Event Quests have returned to #Iceborne (all platforms) for the week of Feb 21 ~ 27.🌙 The Moon is a Harsh Queen✨ A Glance of Silver🏰 We Three Kings pic.twitter.com/ox3Fq4JNDh — Monster Hunter (@monsterhunter) February 21, 2020Completing The Moon is a Harsh Queen, A Glance of Sliver, and We Three Kings successfully will earn you bonus rank points and an opportunity to get Gold Rathian materials, Silver Rathalos materials, and Large Elder Dragon Gems, respectively.In Colorful Carnival, Desert Desserts, Fire up Bruisers, you'll be rewarded with bonus rank points, as well as Fey Wyvern Gems, ore materials, Monster Slogbones, respectively. Balloon Fight is an item quest and you'll receive Increased Hard Armor Sphere rewards that are useful for armor upgrades.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

It has officially been a year since Red Candle Games was forced to delist its outstanding first-person psychological horror title, Devotion, and there is still no sign that it will ever return. However, Harvard University will be taking steps to ensure that the game and its legacy, will be preserved.According to a post from Red Candle’s Facebook page, the Harvard-Yenching Library in Cambridge, Massachusetts will be adding both Devotion and its predecessor, harrowing indie horror title Detention, to its collection. The library is home to one of the biggest and most carefully curated collections of historically significant East Asian art in the United States.Famously, Devotion was pulled due to outrage from Chinese players that the game contained art assets seemingly mocking Chinese president Xi Jinping, and pointing out his resemblance to Winnie the Pooh, a sensitive subject in the country. Devotion's removal led to Red Candle Games' publisher pulling all support for it, and its removal from sale on Steam. All videos of Devotion were also removed from the company’s YouTube channel, and Red Candle Games left Weibo, China's biggest social media platform. However, the inclusion of Detention in the library suggests the games are being inducted less for their controversy but for being legitimately powerful East Asian art. Both games use the actual historical backdrop of Taiwan in the 1970s and 1980s to tell their horror stories. With only ten days on the market, Devotion’s legacy has become much like P.T.'s: a game better known for its tragic cancellation more than the brilliant, thought-provoking horror experience it is.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Although recently released creature-collecting MMO Temtem borrows a lot from a lovely little series you may have heard of called Pokemon, it also takes pains to distinguish itself from the most profitable entertainment franchise of all time.One such diversion is Temtem’s unwavering commitment to double battles, to the extent that single battles have been entirely purged from its format. As Kallie Plagge mentioned in her piece on what Pokemon can learn from Temtem, that’s a good thing.Doubles is the most prestigious category in competitive Pokemon circuits--in fact, it is the official format for Pokemon’s VGC (Video Game Championship) tournaments. However, many Pokemon fans will have rarely experienced the dynamic of double battles outside of the few-and-far-between instances in single-player, which is why it’s significant that Temtem has adopted the format exclusively.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

This story originally appeared on GameSpot sister site TV Guide.​The science on what exactly happened Saturday, Oct. 1, 2016--the day Marvel's Luke Cage hit Netflix--is fuzzy, but whether due to a glitch or overwhelming demand, Netflix undoubtedly went down the day after Season 1 of the superhero drama was released. Netflix never gave an official explanation for the oopsie, but it doesn't matter: In contemporary black mythology, Luke Cage broke Netflix that fall day, just like John Henry was a real man and Beyoncé made the lights go out at the Super Bowl. Luke Cage, a bulletproof black man played with sturdy, studly aplomb by Mike Colter, was not the first black superhero lead of a TV show (that distinction belongs to M.A.N.T.I.S. in 1994) but he was the first for Marvel, the first of the 2000s, and surely the first black superhero to bring a hip-hop soaked "unapologetic blackness" to the small screen.Subsequent years have seen people of color represented on television at record high levels, but when Luke Cage debuted in 2016, the series became part of the blackest year on television at that point in history. Empire, a huge hit for Fox, was in its second season; Atlanta was in its impressive first. Beyoncé's Lemonade made its stunning surprise debut, disrupting the definitions of both "music video" and "slay," and President Barack Obama visited Cuba with his family, thawing decades of diplomatic ice with the Caribbean nation and beaming a not-subtle message of solidarity between black and brown people to screens all over the world.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Drew McCoy, one of the founding members of Titanfall and Apex Legends studio Respawn, has left the company. He announced the news on Twitter, saying he will "absolutely cherish" his time at studio.McCoy worked at Call of Duty 4 studio Infinity Ward before he--along with many others--followed Infinity Ward founders Vince Zampella and Jason West to their new studio, Respawn, in 2010."I'll miss the people the most--the daily arguments, successes, failures, and everything in between," McCoy said. He said he's "not sure where [he's] going yet," though he teased he will likely stay in the gaming industry.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

This story originally appeared on GameSpot sister site TV Guide.​We're living in a superhero boom, where comic book heroes are no longer considered part of a niche sector of pop culture but rather a mainstream attraction. Recent years have seen a huge rise in the quantity of these larger-than-life stories, which is slowly leading to increased representation of marginalized communities on-screen as Hollywood works toward becoming more inclusive.Charismatic heroes like Black Panther's regal king T'Challa (Chadwick Boseman) and Captain America's ultra-charming Sam Wilson (Anthony Mackie) are lighting up the big screen, while TV today is teeming with small-screen crusaders such as Titans' luminous heroine Starfire (Anna Diop) and DC's Legends of Tomorrow's quirky antihero Charlie (Maisie Richardson-Sellers).Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

The Sonic the Hedgehog movie is already blazing up the box office charts, and it was set to improve even further with a release in China on February 28. However, Paramount has now delayed the release in China due to ongoing concerns about the Coronavirus."Due to the current Coronavirus situation, the China release date of the film Sonic the Hedgehog will be postponed, and we will re-announce the new release date at a later time. Sonic will only be slowing down his pace temporarily, and we look forward to bringing him zooming onto the big screen in China once it is appropriate to do so," Paramount said in a statement to The Hollywood Reporter.The statement added: "As the whole country and world unite together to fight the outbreak of Coronavirus, we would like to express our gratitude and respect to all the medical staff, the rescue personnel, and people in service who provide us with much-needed assistance and support during this time."Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com