Here are some of the week’s highlights in gaming, movies, and other nerd-related news:
Mortal Kombat 11 had it’s full reveal on Friday, showing off new gameplay systems, story (featuring some time travel shenanigans), and some new and returning characters
One returning character will be Sonya Blade, who will be voiced by WWE wrestler/former MMA fighter Ronda Rousey
One of Anthem’s lead producers confirms the game will have matchmaking for all activities (via Twitter)
Developer Psyonix has rolled out cross-play for RocketLeague for all systems (via Polygon)
A modder in the Nintendo community has discovered references to several SNES games in the Switch’s NES Online library files (via Twitter)
Kotaku reports that EA’s long in development open-world StarWars game is cancelled (via Kotaku)
Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid, a fighting game with characters spanning the entirety of the Power Rangers franchise has been announced for consoles and PC (via Polygon)
CallofDuty: BlackOps4 will have a free trial of it’s “battle-royale” mode, Blackout (via Polygon)
The Division 2 will hold a private beta from Feb. 7 – 10 on PS4, XBox One and PC (via Polygon)
The first trailer for John Wick: Chapter 3 released, showcasing Keanu Reeve’s journey to stay alive in a world of assassins looking to hunt him down (including riding a horse with an assault rifle and teaming up with Halle Berry and her dog)
The first teaser for this summer’s Spider-Man: Far From Home shows Peter taking a school trip to Europe, meeting Nick Fury, and running into Jake Gyllenhaal’s Mysterio
And now a list of some of this week’s notable releases in games and movies
Games
1/15:The Walking Dead: The Final Season Episode 3 (PS4/XBONE/PC) – Skybound Games
Josh, Max, and a special guest discuss if the Bungie and Activision split is actually a good thing. Who is special guest brought back by the light of his guardian? […]
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