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Atomic Heart: Blood on Crystal continues the story immediately after the original game. The DLC begins with our heroes meeting on a beach to plan their next steps. To help players remember what happened before, there’s a helpful recap video at the start that summarizes the entire plot. The DLC assumes you’ve already finished the main story with P3 and his allies, meaning they’re all at their peak strength and confidence when the new adventure begins.

The first chapter of the Silent Hill f manga is now available in Kadokawa’s Young Ace Up magazine! Illustrated by Ame Gokin and featuring a new ending written by the game’s original writer, Ryukishi07, the manga’s total length is still unknown. You can read the first chapter here [link provided]. Currently, the chapter is only available in Japanese, and there’s no announcement yet about an English translation or release in Western countries. Given how popular the game is in North America, an American release may happen in the future.

A lot is happening this year in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. After a seven-year break, the Russo brothers are returning to direct a new Avengers film, Avengers: Doomsday, and even Robert Downey Jr. is involved – though this time as the villain Doctor Doom instead of Iron Man. While Endgame felt like a celebration of everything Marvel had built, Doomsday and next year’s Avengers: Secret Wars are intended to be the culmination of 26 years of Marvel films. The current ‘Multiverse Saga’ is bringing back characters from the X-Men films (originally from Fox) alongside the Avengers and Fantastic Four, creating a lot of excitement. However, there’s also a quiet acknowledgment that the MCU hasn’t been consistently successful for the past seven years.

Set on the Star Wars planet Baatu – designed like a theme park – this comic brings together heroes from different eras. The first issue, written by Ethan Sacks with art by Jethro Morales and Roi Mercado, is a fast-paced and enjoyable read. It’s classic, crowd-pleasing Star Wars – not necessarily complex, but definitely a lot of fun.

It’s natural to question just how much control Venom can actually exert over its hosts. While the symbiote is undeniably strong, can it corrupt even the most powerful heroes? It seems likely there’s no limit to what it can control, considering the number of people it’s already bonded with. But what would happen if Venom possessed the absolute strongest hero, not just in the Marvel Universe, but in all of comics? Fortunately, the new Marvel and DC crossover event provides an answer to that very question.

Okay, so I’m really excited about this new action RPG – it’s being made by some of the people who used to work on The Witcher! They’re doing a big showcase next week, on April 28th, and it’s going to be 45 minutes long. We’re finally getting to see some actual gameplay, hear what the developers are thinking, and – best of all – they’re finally going to tell us when we can actually play the game! I’ve been waiting for this!

We’ve previously explained SAROS extensively in two other articles, so we won’t rehash topics like parrying, shields, corruption, or the eclipse. This time, we’re focusing on how SAROS’s gameplay progression, combat, story, and overall design set it apart from Returnal. While some of these differences might seem like minor details, they’re actually quite significant. Here are fifteen key distinctions.

Okay, so there’s been a lot of talk online about who’s coming to the game next. I’m really paying attention to what RnK_Clan is saying because they correctly predicted Terry and Mai would be added way back when they announced the Year 2 pass! And LVCKYJ is someone to listen to too, because they were right about Alex being planned for Year 3. It’s exciting to see if their latest hints will pan out!

The Expanse: Osiris Reborn marks a change of pace for Owlcat, the studio behind the popular turn-based Pathfinder RPGs. This new game is a third-person shooter, which is different for them, but it still delivers the strong storytelling and interesting characters Owlcat is known for. While the closed beta only includes one short mission—easily completed in a little over an hour—it gives a good sense of what the full game will be like. I’m optimistic that fans of Mass Effect will find this to be the successor they’ve been hoping for.

As a fan, I was devastated when Disney bought Lucasfilm and cancelled The Clone Wars on Cartoon Network. But I was thrilled to learn that they hadn’t just abandoned the work already in progress! They actually finished and released a whole sixth season – thirteen episodes – on Netflix in March 2014, calling it “The Lost Missions.” Of all those episodes, the final story arc really stuck with me. It was a four-part adventure focusing entirely on Yoda, voiced by Tom Kane, and it felt like the most important and impactful story they ever told about him in any Star Wars medium.