Overwatch Game Director Jeff Kaplan has left Blizzard after 19 years with the company
Aaron Keller will take over Kaplan’s role as Game Director
Capcom announced that they will bring The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles to the West on July 27 for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Windows PC via Steam
The previously Japan-exclusive Ace Attorney games were originally released on 3DS in 2015, taking place in 19th-century Japan and London starring the ancestor of series regular Phoenix Wright
Free-to-play online multiplayer games on Xbox consoles now officially now longer require an Xbox Live Gold account to play (via Xbox)
Indie platform fighter Samurai Gunn 2 is coming to Steam Early Access this summer, with the Nintendo Switch release planned once the game launches in full
Battlefield series developer DICE and publisher EA laid out plans for the franchise recently, including new details regarding the next Battlefield game set to launch this year (via EA)
A mobile game is also set to release in 2022
We heard you like stores, so we put a store in our store 🤯@itchio is now available to download through the Epic Games Store!
A remake of Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic is reportedly in works from Aspyr Media, the studio behind several recent ports of older Star Wars games
Call of Duty Warzone introduced a major update to the game’s Verdansk map, taking the map back to 1984
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War and Warzone also released Season 3 of this year content updates, introducing new operators, weapons, and standard multiplayer maps
Come together on July 17 for our TennoCon 2021 Digital Event!
Warframe‘s TennoCon Digital Event is set for July 17
In movie/streaming news, Sony and Disney have come to an agreement to allow several titles in Sony’s library to stream on Hulu and Disney Plus, including the recent Marvel-led Spider-Man films, starting this June (via Polygon)
A fourth Captain America film is currently in the works from The Falcon and the Winter Soldier showrunner Malcolm Spellman (via The Hollywood Reporter)
Apple released the first trailer for Season 2 of it’s award-winning comedy Ted Lasso
The new season premieres on July 23
Marvel releases the first trailer for Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Starring Simu Liu in the title role, the martial-arts action film releases in theaters on September 3
The first trailer for The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It was released
The latest entry in the long-running horror series releases in theaters and HBO Max on June 4
And now a list of some of last week’s notable releases in games and movies
Games
4/20: MLB The Show 21 (PS4, PS5, XONE, XSX/S) – Sony San Diego
The NEHvengers crew assembles to discuss the experience of the series finale, “One world, one people”. Listen to our reactions to caps new suit, all of the fights, and so […]