Actor and comedian Ricky Gervais has signed a multi-year overall deal with Netflix, following in the footsteps of Ryan Murphy, Shonda Rhimes, and others, who have also signed long-term deals.In addition to this new deal, Gervais' series After Life has been renewed for Season 3, according to Variety. This new deal will see the actor produce both stand-up comedy specials along with scripted series.The series follows Tony, whose life drastically changes after his wife dies. He decides to "punish the world" for her death by doing whatever he wants. However, the people around him try time and time again to make him a better person.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

The first of Microsoft's Nintendo Direct-style presentations called Xbox 20/20 is set to go live tomorrow, May 7, at 8 AM PT / 11 AM ET / 3 PM GMT. While it won't feature the much-anticipated Halo Infinite, Xbox boss Phil Spencer teased that the Inside Xbox livestream will highlight games "never been seen in an Xbox show before."Excited for the kickstart of Xbox 20/20 tomorrow with Inside Xbox. Especially love that all games have never been seen in an Xbox show before. New games for a new generation, studios large and small. Lots more thru the summer #Xbox2020 — Phil Spencer (@XboxP3) May 6, 2020In a follow-up tweet, Spencer clarified that "a lot of new games" will debut. However, other than the recently revealed Assassin's Creed Valhalla--which will reveal an Xbox Series X gameplay trailer tomorrow--Spencer didn't mention which titles will show up.Still, Xbox general manager Aaron Greenberg said the livestream will be our first-ever look at some Xbox Series X gameplay. The livestream will also include developers talking about how they are using the Xbox Series X's power, confirmation of the games that will use Microsoft's Smart Delivery service, and more.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

After 2K Sports picked up the rights to the PGA Tour in 2018, the company has now re-branded its golf series and shared the first teaser trailer for the next installment.The franchise will now be known as PGA Tour 2K, transitioning away from 2019's game, which was called The Golf Club 2019 Featuring the PGA Tour. The new name is simpler and matches up better with 2K's other sports game offerings, including NBA 2K and WWE 2K.Golf Got Game. Stay tuned for more 😉 🏌️‍♂️ #PGATOUR2K21 pic.twitter.com/aWemg8aDM5 — PGA TOUR 2K (@PGATOUR2K) May 6, 2020PGA Tour 2K21 will be fully revealed on May 14, but 2K posted a teaser trailer to get things started. The trailer showcases the iconic Par 3 17th hole at the TPC Sawgrass course in Florida, which is the site of The Players Championship.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Activision's battle royale game Call of Duty: Warzone is currently lighting up the charts. With 60 million players and counting, the game is performing strongly in its own right, and it's also fuelling the growth of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, which recently became the most popular Call of Duty game in history.One of the defining features of Warzone is the Gulag. Players who die on the battlefield are sent to the Gulag, where they face off against other players in one-on-one battles for a chance at redeploying. It's a simple enough idea that is resonating with players.Developer Raven Software led the effort to create Warzone and the Gulag specifically. We spoke with creative director Amos Hodge about the origins, design, and response to the Gulag.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

One of Fortnite developer Epic Games' biggest minority investors, the talent agency Endeavor, which is also the owner of the UFC, is looking to offload some of its stake in the studio.Sources told The Hollywood Reporter that Endeavor is moving to sell "a part of its stake" in Epic Games for a "high multiple." It's not clear exactly how many shares Endeavor is looking to sell.The move comes during difficult times for Endeavor. Some of the company's biggest businesses include the talent agency WME and the UFC, which it owns. Those businesses have been rocked by the COVID-19 pandemic, and in response, Endeavor announced layoffs and furloughs impacting thousands of employees around the world. Selling a portion of its stake in Epic could be a move to shore up capital in the short-term to help weather the storm.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

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. Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

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.Info from Gamespot.com

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.Never look at the wet egg. New #RickAndMorty airs this Sunday at 11:30pm ET/PT on @adultswim pic.twitter.com/qRjsZOOOUR — Rick and Morty (@RickandMorty) May 6, 2020There 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.Info from Gamespot.com

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.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

The latest expansion to EA’s The Sims 4 is all about sustainable living. The Eco Lifestyle pack includes a bunch of new eco-friendly items designed to reduce the carbon footprint of your sims.Taking place in a new world called Evergreen Harbor, players are encouraged to take the environment into consideration when living their sim’s lives this time around. Players will be able to produce their own electricity and water with wind turbines, solar panels, and dew collectors. Sims will even be able to grow their own food in an all new vertical garden feature.All of these new features will have a positive influence on the neighbourhood, which is directly influenced by the actions you make. Too much pollution and Evergreen Harbor will become a smoggy, depressing place to live. When the pollution is reduced, the town will recover and burst back to life, with more flora and greenery growing all over the place.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

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.An example of one of Sammy Hall's art piecesMetroid 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.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

The launch trailer for Apex Legends Season 5: Fortune's Favor has been released and it further fleshes out the story of Loba, the battle royale game's next playable character. The trailer also seems to suggest that, when Apex Legends goes into Season 5, Kings Canyon will lose one of its most beloved landmarks.During the course of the trailer, we see Loba set off a chain of explosions that ultimately blows a hole in an underground facility beneath Kings Canyon. When she emerges, she's surrounded by a few of the legends--including Revenant, who's responsible for her parents' deaths. During her escape, we see a leviathan skull fall into the underground lab, which is now flooded. It's the same skull that's a part of the skeleton in Skull Town, suggesting the landmark's destruction in Season 5.In a press release, Respawn writes, "In Season 5: Fortune's Favor, the next chapter in [Apex Legends], Loba's search in the seedy underbelly of Kings Canyon will uncover secrets that set off a chain of events--drastically changing the map as competitors know it." This lends further support to Season 5 seeing a major map change to Kings Canyon.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Recently, Microsoft announced that it will start hosting monthly Nintendo Direct-style video updates in order to reveal upcoming games ahead of the launch of the Xbox Series X this holiday season. The first of those events--dubbed Xbox 20/20--is this Thursday, May 7, and Xbox general manager Aaron Greenberg offered some new details on what to expect from it.If helpful the Thursday IX will have Xbox Series X gameplay from some of our partners. Note many of our biggest partners are working on summer timelines, so this is the start of these monthly reveals. Expect a variety of unique games with some new 3rd party IP as well this month. https://t.co/SoEWOkDpQG — Aaron Greenberg 🙅🏼‍♂️❎ (@aarongreenberg) May 5, 2020As Greenberg previously indicated, while this month's Xbox 20/20 will feature Xbox Series X gameplay, it will not feature some of the biggest games from Microsoft's first-party studios, such as Halo Infinite. Those first-party games will be explored as part of July's event. Instead, the livestream will focus on the console manufacturer's third-party partners.So far, the only game confirmed to appear during this livestream is the just-announced Assassin's Creed Valhalla. There are several confirmed games for the Xbox Series X, including Gods & Monsters, Halo Infinite, Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2, Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Quarantine, and Watch Dogs: Legion. It's unclear if any of these games will appear during the Xbox 20/20 event, along with hotly-anticipated current-gen titles that are confirmed to appear on Xbox Series X, including Cyberpunk 2077.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

With the coronavirus pandemic wreaking havoc on the film industry, production companies and distributors have been forced to rethink traditional theater and at-home release models. The latest business that's shown itself willing to expand its offerings is Sony Pictures Entertainment, which has announced that it's working in partnership with Imax to bring its catalog to the latter company's Imax Enhanced platform.According to The Hollywood Reporter, Sony Pictures "has committed to releasing hundreds of new titles in the Imax format over the next two years, including all upcoming SPE and Imax theatrical releases." The movies will be available through Imax Enhanced, which releases films that have undergone Imax's digital remastering process for at-home viewing. As part of the deal, SPE films like Spider-Man: Far From Home, Jumanji: The Next Level, Bad Boys for Life, and Venom will be available in 4K HDR, DTS audio, and Imax's expanded aspect ratio, designed to be viewed on high-end home theater devices.Imax Enhanced films are currently available for streaming in the United States on the FandangoNOW service, on Rakuten TV in Europe, and Tsutaya in Japan. The company writes on its website that "Imax Enhanced will continue to expand across new streaming platforms in the coming months."Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Star Wars Day was officially on May the 4th, but you might as well call it Star Wars week at this point. Even though Star Wars Day has passed, plenty of retailers are still offering great deals on Star Wars games, movies, toys, and collectibles. If you're in the mood to watch some Star Wars movies but don't have a Disney+ subscription, Sling TV has nine Star Wars movies available to stream for free through May 10.The list of available movies includes every live-action Star Wars film outside of The Rise of Skywalker (available on Disney+) and Solo: A Star Wars Story (available on Netflix). So that means you can stream the first eight mainline movies as well as Rogue One under the "May the 4th Be With You" section of Sling TV. All you have to do is create a free Sling account--you won't have to enter in any payment information.Free Star Wars movies on SlingThe Phantom MenaceAttack of the ClonesRevenge of the SithA New HopeThe Empire Strikes BackReturn of the JediThe Force AwakensThe Last JediRogue OneYou also have a chance to win an autographed Mace Windu lightsaber by watching Star Wars movies on Sling. The rules are simple: the more you watch, the more entries you get in the sweepstakes.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com