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I was really excited to hear from Abrak at IO Interactive! They seem open to making another 007 First Light game, which is awesome. The big thing is everyone – both at IOI and Amazon, who now own James Bond – wants to make sure any sequel is really good. Luckily, Amazon already seems to love First Light, apparently they already think it’s a fantastic game! So, if players connect with the version of Bond IOI has created, a sequel could definitely happen. Fingers crossed!

The team behind the popular game Shovel Knight has been working on this for a while. Originally planned to release on October 31st, it was postponed to allow for further refinement. Yacht Club Games said the delay wouldn’t be significant, but looking back, that might not have been entirely true.

Two manga series on Shueisha’s Jump+ app are nearing their conclusion. Unlike the main magazine, Jump+ has less strict requirements for success, and as noted by @WSJ_manga on X, both The Trembling Right Hand by Riki Someya and Toyotaka Haneda, and Kemonokuni by Kei Tsuchiya, will end with their next chapters. One of these series has been running for a significantly longer time than the other.

In the comic A Mischief of Magpies, teenager Mar has a strange secret: he unexpectedly and randomly finds himself transported to a breathtaking, enormous city. This city is also a massive machine, traveling across an endless ocean and split into two distinct areas – a bright, vibrant world above the waves and a shadowy, threatened world below. A talkative group of magpies lives on the beach connecting these two halves. While this other world seems amazing, it’s also dangerous, and Mar’s life back home is already complicated. ComicBook had the chance to preview A Mischief of Magpies, and it’s not only a fantastic comic, but it could be the best work yet from Spurrier and Bergara.

In many games with large worlds, like open-world RPGs or massive online games, horses and other mounts offer a faster way to get around. However, often these mounts are just for show – they don’t add much to the gameplay beyond being a convenient way to travel, much like a weapon or shield. While mounts don’t need to be more than practical, the ones that are well-developed can become just as memorable as the characters you interact with.

Mateusz Tomaszkiewicz, formerly the lead quest designer for CD Projekt Red’s The Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk 2077, told GamesRadar he prefers game settings that are more contained and where player choices have a noticeable impact.

Yacht Club Games has been developing this game for a long time, ever since it was first revealed in 2022.

The game continues to emphasize social stealth, just as Ubisoft Singapore explained last week. Players can still blend in by sitting on benches and concealing themselves with their hood. They can also bribe people to create diversions, which always adds to the fun of sneaking around. Plus, the ability to crouch whenever and wherever you want makes stealth even more appealing.

In an interview with CBR, Joe Russo discussed how he and his brother Anthony altered Spider-Man’s origin story for his introduction to the Marvel Cinematic Universe in Captain America: Civil War. Russo, a lifelong Spider-Man fan, explained that he connected with the idea of a young person burdened with great responsibility. He felt that responsibility could be powerfully portrayed through the accidental death of a loved one, creating a sense of loss and pressure. However, the filmmakers decided not to make Tom Holland’s Spider-Man responsible for Uncle Ben’s death, believing it would fundamentally change the character. Russo felt blaming himself would create a much darker and more intense portrayal than they were aiming for.

So, the Season 2 finale wrapped up with Luke Cage finally back in Jessica Jones’ life – and back to help with their daughter! He’d been off on some shady international assignments for Valentina and her mysterious boss, ‘Mr. Charles’. Now that the season’s done, Krysten Ritter’s been chatting about where Jessica, Luke, and their little one are headed, giving Marvel fans a bit more insight into their future.