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eBaseball: Pro Spirits is now available for download. It’s the newest game in the popular and highly-regarded Pro Spirits Baseball series from a leading Japanese publisher.

You’ll earn rewards and get to drive cool vehicles, but trouble starts when The Dark Knight shows up. As Batman – or one of six other playable characters – you’ll face enemies with both weapons and shields, as well as tough, resilient brutes. While Batman has superior gadgets, remember that even the best plans can fall apart when faced with reality.

In an interview with The Verge, Tommy Williams, Konami’s head of communications for America, confirmed that Belmont’s Curse will play like a traditional Castlevania game. While details are still limited, Williams made it clear the game won’t be a roguelike. Fans hoping for a similar experience to Castlevania: Symphony of the Night and the later games on Game Boy Advance and Nintendo DS should be pleased with Belmont’s Curse.

Many popular manga series follow a similar pattern: a determined hero with a clear goal sets out on a journey. These stories usually avoid darker themes, focusing instead on exciting adventures. While this formula is successful, it started to feel repetitive in Weekly Shonen Jump. Luckily, Jujutsu Kaisen by Gege Akutami arrived and proved that a shonen series could break from these traditional tropes and still be incredibly popular – perhaps even more so.

Premiering in 1970, Airport was the first of four films in the Airport series and is often considered the strongest. Adapted from Arthur Hailey’s 1968 novel, the movie essentially established the blueprint for future disaster films. It featured a large cast of famous actors, impressive special effects, and a detailed story that wove together the lives of many characters as a major crisis unfolded. The film was a massive hit with both critics and audiences, earning 10 Academy Award nominations and winning Best Supporting Actress for Helen Hayes.

After a slight improvement with Transformers: Dark of the Moon, the next two films, Transformers: Age of Extinction and Transformers: The Last Knight, were generally considered failures. Thankfully, Travis Knight’s Bumblebee proved that a Transformers movie could actually be really good.

Throughout the history of Pokémon, each generation of starter Pokémon has included one Fire-type, one Water-type, and one Grass-type. As these Pokémon evolve, they often change quite a bit, sometimes even gaining a second type. Fans generally appreciate starters more when their evolution process is unique and interesting.

The X-Men are often featured in Marvel’s most compelling and often grim alternate reality stories. Across many universes, mutants face incredible hardship, but the X-Men, in all their variations, consistently fight for their survival and offer a beacon of hope.

Following the success and Oscar nomination of 2024’s The Wild Robot, Dreamworks Animation has announced a sequel. According to The Wrap, the new film will be titled The Wild Robot Escapes, mirroring the title of the second book in Peter Brown’s series. Similar to the follow-up to The Mitchells vs The Machines, this sequel is exciting news for both animation and science fiction fans, as The Wild Robot has quickly become a standout example of the genre. However, there will be some new people working on the project behind the scenes.

As a longtime Batman fan, it’s been established for ages – way back in the New 52 with the “Death of the Family” storyline – that the Joker knows Bruce Wayne is Batman. It wasn’t just a one-time thing either! “Endgame” doubled down on it, and even more recently, during James Tynion IV’s run, the Joker actually used that knowledge to rob Bruce’s fortune. DC seems pretty set on this being a permanent part of their history. But honestly, after their latest encounter, it feels like the Joker knowing Bruce’s secret isn’t the big deal everyone thought it would be. It’s like, yeah he knows, but it doesn’t really change anything.