Here are some of last week’s highlights in gaming, movies, and more:
Revealed during Geoff Keighley’s Summer Games Fest livestream, a collection featuring remakes of Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2 are coming to PC, PS4, and Xbox One on September 4th
Also revealed during Summer Games Fest, Epic provided a first look at Unreal Engine 5 running in real time on PlayStation 5
Epic also confirmed that Fortnite will be available on next-generation consoles at launch
The game will support cross-generation progression, and Epic detailed plans to move the game from Unreal Engine 4 to 5 in mid-2021 (via Epic)
Remasters of the Mafia trilogy of games are in the works, as teased by publisher 2K
More news regarding the updates are coming May 19th
Sony is rebranding Sony Interactive Entertainment Worldwide Studios teams as PlayStation Studios
2K revealed their first foray into the golf-sim sports genre with PGA Tour 2K21
The PGA game releases Aug. 21 on PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, as well as Google Stadia
New gameplay for Mortal Kombat 11: Aftermath was revealed, showing off new fighters Sheeva, Fujin, and guest character RoboCop
The expansion releases on May 26, along with a game updated adding new stages, Fatalities, and the return of the Mortal Kombat 2‘s Friendships
In a surprise announcement, Nintendo revealed Paper Mario: The Origami King
The latest entry in the adventure/RPG series comes to Nintendo Switch on July 17
Former Microsoft executive and Xbox co-founder J Allard has joined Intellivision Entertainment to act as global managing director
Allard has signed on to help guide Intellivision through the launch of the Amico console, scheduled to launch in October (via Polygon)
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Developer Arc System Works announced the delay of upcoming fighter Guilty Gear Strive to sometime in 2021
A recent update to the PC version of Doom Eternal has added Denuvo Anti-Cheat, causing possible system issues for PC players (via Destructoid)
In a recent blog post from BioWare, it was revealed that the planned overhaul to Anthem is being lead by a small team and will be a “longer process” (via BioWare)
In movie news, director George Miller has revealed in an interview that the next Mad Max film will be a prequel about Fury Road‘s Furiosa
Casting is reportedly underway, and Charlize Therom will not be returning to the role for the prequel (via The New York Times)
From the set of the sequels: @ZoeSaldana, Sam Worthington, Kate Winslet, and Cliff Curtis taking a break from underwater performance capture for a quick photo!
Fun fact: Much of the performance capture took place in this 900,000 gallon tank, built specifically for the sequels. pic.twitter.com/NSfqoZ6jXJ
Josh, Tony, and Craig from the Needless to Say Podcast join us to talk the latest Star Wars news and what we think of The Mandalorian Documentary series do far.
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