The Minnesota Twins, who drafted the baseball pitcher in 2018, recently shared some happy news: he and his wife welcomed their daughter, Murphy Jo. This comes after his wife, Alicia, was diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma while she was pregnant.
So, they finally announced the price – it’s gonna be $99. That makes it pricier than the PS5’s DualSense controller by about 25 bucks. But honestly, from what I’ve heard, it sounds like it’ll be worth it. The big thing is the trackpads – two of them! – which apparently make scrolling way easier and just feel really natural to use. People are already saying it’s super intuitive.
The newest game added to Xbox Game Pass is Kiln, a multiplayer pottery-themed fighting game from Double Fine Productions. Double Fine was founded in 2000 by Tim Schafer, who previously worked at LucasArts. The studio is known for beloved games like Psychonauts, Brutal Legend, and Psychonauts 2. Schafer himself is famous for creating classic adventure games like Grim Fandango, Full Throttle, Day of the Tentacle, and The Secret of Monkey Island during his time at LucasArts. While it’s unclear how involved Schafer was with Kiln, it doesn’t quite reach the quality of his previous work or the studio’s best titles.
As a huge animation fan, I wanted to give everyone a heads-up: if you’ve been meaning to watch Ne Zha on HBO Max, you need to do it soon! This incredible 2019 Chinese animated film, which is inspired by the classic story Investiture of the Gods, was a real standout when it came out. It wasn’t just critically acclaimed, it was a massive box office success, earning over $742 million worldwide and becoming one of the highest-grossing animated films of all time in China. It even made history as the first Chinese animated film ever submitted for an Academy Award! Sadly, Ne Zha is leaving HBO Max on April 30th. But the good news is its sequel, Ne Zha II, is still available for now.
The Star Wars franchise has showcased a wide variety of lightsabers over time, including blaster-like rifles (as seen with Jocasta Nu), dual-bladed sabers (like Ahsoka Tano’s), and many different colors – from Rey Skywalker’s yellow blade to the numerous options available in the video games Star Wars Jedi: Survivor and Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order. More recently, the red, double-bladed lightsabers used by the Imperial Inquisitors were introduced, and like many lightsaber designs in Star Wars, they serve a distinct purpose within the story.
There used to be six Sega Genesis games that were notoriously difficult, but they’re surprisingly manageable today.
The popular manga series Black Clover is nearing its end, with the final chapters scheduled to be released in Shueisha’s Jump GIGA magazine this May. A sneak peek at the cover art for the upcoming issue is expected soon, and it hints that Asta will finally achieve his lifelong dream of becoming the Wizard King. You can find a promotional preview below.
DC Comics has a long history of bringing its characters to both television and film, dating back to the 1951 Adventures of Superman series. Over the decades, DC has produced numerous movies and TV shows, with some, like The Dark Knight, significantly impacting Hollywood. Popular series such as Smallville and The CW’s Arrowverse continue to be talked about, though many other great DC television projects have faded from memory.
The developers shared some new information about their upcoming sci-fi survival horror game. This time, they’re building it using Unreal Engine 5, a change from the custom engine they used for their previous game. They’re also looking for a Game Design Director to help plan the game’s development over several years, creating a detailed schedule for releases and updates.
I recently revisited the novelization of Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, and it’s wild to think it actually hit shelves about a month before the movie came out in May of 1999. Looking back now, it’s almost unbelievable that Lucasfilm would release the entire story ahead of the premiere – it feels like a huge risk they wouldn’t take today! It really makes you wonder what their thinking was back then.