Watch “Wanda Returns,” a new featurette for Marvel Studios’ “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness,” and join Kevin Feige, Elizabeth Olsen, Sam Raimi and Benedict Cumberbatch as they reveal how the infinite possibilities of the Multiverse affect Wanda Maximoff/The Scarlet Witch as she returns after the events of ”WandaVision.” Marvel Studios’ “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” opens in U.S. theaters next Friday, May 6.
In Marvel Studios’ “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness,” the MCU unlocks the Multiverse and pushes its boundaries further than ever before. Journey into the unknown with Doctor Strange, who, with the help of mystical allies both old and new, traverses the mind-bending and dangerous alternate realities of the Multiverse to confront a mysterious new adversary.
“Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” stars Benedict Cumberbatch, Elizabeth Olsen, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Benedict Wong, Xochitl Gomez, with Michael Stühlbarg, and Rachel McAdams.
The film is directed by Sam Raimi, and Kevin Feige is the producer. Louis D’Esposito, Victoria Alonso, Eric Hauserman Carroll, Scott Derrickson and Jamie Christopher serve as executive producers. The screenplay was written by Michael Waldron.
Arrow is turning up the temperature early this year with May releases that include an under-seen slasher gem, a martial arts masterpiece, and late ’90s neo-noir sleaze. It’s a great time to be a fan of physical media.
In the early ’80s, the slasher film reigned supreme. While franchises headlined by guys named Michael, Freddy, and Jason received most of the attention, smaller entries routinely popped up all across America. On May 17, Arrow will shine a light on one of these lesser-known efforts – Girls Nite Out. Originally released as The Scaremaker, Girls Nite Out is an oddball slasher directed by a former documentarian and produced by a pair of Ohio attorneys. A group of college coeds participates in an all-night scavenger hunt when the fun is interrupted by a killer in a bear costume. Arrow will be releasing the film in a brand-new 2K restoration and loaded up with special features, including all-new interviews with stars Julia Montgomery, Laura Summer, Lois Robbins, Paul Christie, Lauren-Marie Taylor, and John Didrichsen.
On May 24, Arrow will celebrate the life of the late, great Jimmy Wang Yu with the release of what may be his finest work – One-Armed Boxer. Yu directs and stars as Tien Lung, a martial arts student that loses an arm in the same attack that leaves his classmates and master dead. Fueled by revenge, Tien Lung studies the art of one-arm boxing with plans to track down the Hook gang responsible for his unfortunate predicament. One-Armed Boxer is widely regarded as one of the most influential martial arts films of the ’70s and the film that put Jimmy Wang Yu on the map. Director Quentin Tarantino has referred to it as “one of the best martial arts films ever made,” and it paved the way for an iconic sequel in Master of the Flying Guillotine. The new release from Arrow features a 2K restoration, audio commentary with Frank Djeng from the NY Asian Film Festival, a career retrospective interview with Wang Yu, and much, much more.
Things get hot and steamy in 4K on May 24 with the release of John McNaughton’s Wild Things in both standard Blu-ray and UHD Blu-ray. Matt Dillon stars as a high school guidance counselor accused of rape by two students (Denise Richards and Neve Campbell). During the highly controversial trial, a police detective (Kevin Bacon) begins to suspect the trio may be in cahoots. Critics have praised Wild Things as “delightfully salacious” and a treat for lovers of trash cinema. Famed critic Roger Ebert gave the film 3 out of 4 stars, calling it a “three-way collision between a softcore sex film, a soap opera and a B-grade noir.” Arrow is proud to present the film with 4K restorations of both the Original Theatrical Version and the Unrated Edition from the original camera negatives by Sony Pictures Entertainment. Special features include two audio commentary tracks, new interviews with McNaughton and Richards, a making-of documentary, a double-sided fold-out post, and more. This is truly the release that Wild Things has always deserved.
Gameloft, a leader in the creation and publishing of games, today unveiled Disney Dreamlight Valley, an upcoming free-to-play life-simulation adventure game. Fans are invited to create their personalized avatar and embark on an enchanting journey alongside some of Disney and Pixar’s most beloved characters. Players can be the first to experience Disney Dreamlight Valley this summer as part of Early Access with the purchase of a Founders Pack or by being an Xbox Game Pass member ahead of the game’s launch in 2023. For more information, please visit disneydreamlightvalley.com to sign up for game updates. Watch the announcement trailer:
Arriving in the dream world of Dreamlight Valley, players will embark on an enchanting quest to restore a once-idyllic village now desolate and full of Night Thorns after a mysterious event called The Forgetting. Uncover the mysterious secrets that led you to this new world and explore diverse realms inspired by classic Disney and Pixar worlds, while helping the iconic inhabitants of the town recover their lost memories. In this experience, players will meet and build friendships with beloved characters from Mickey & Friends to Disney’s The Lion King, The Little Mermaid, and Moana to Disney and Pixar’s Toy Story and more. Dive in and immerse in a multitude of unique individualized story arcs and enjoy activities with some of the village’s most memorable characters, such as whipping up a delectable Disney-themed dishes alongside Remy from Disney and Pixar’s Ratatouille inside of your own village restaurant, fishing at the fishing hole with Goofy, or growing vegetables from Wall•E’s garden patch.
Players will be able to design the Disney and Pixar villages of their dreams across multiple unique biomes, ranging from the snowy mountains of the Frosted Heights to the Peaceful Meadow and beyond – with a wealth of customization options for their avatars, homes, and villages. The game will feature an ever-evolving list of Disney-princess-inspired ballgowns, Mickey-adorned streetwear, Frozen-inspired antique kitchen designs, and more.
“Disney Dreamlight Valley will give our fans the opportunity to write their own story and build their ideal Disney and Pixar life within a richly detailed world populated with characters from some of Disney’s most iconic stories,” said Luigi Priore, V.P., of Disney and Pixar Games. “We are excited to hear feedback from our audience throughout the development of this title as we collaborate with the talented team at Gameloft to bring Disney Dreamlight Valley to life.”
“Our development team is a big family of Disney and Pixar fans and have poured all of our passion into the development of Disney Dreamlight Valley, especially in the way we depict characters and their story arcs,” said Manea Castet, Game Manager of Disney Dreamlight Valley at Gameloft Montreal. “We can’t wait for fans to join the Early Access this summer and help us bring this new ever-evolving Disney and Pixar-inspired world to our excited community.”
Disney Dreamlight Valley is set to launch in 2023 as a free-to-play title. This summer, players can be the first to play in an Early Access available exclusively for players who purchase a Founder’s Pack or have an Xbox Game Pass member. During the Early Access phase, players will be the first to explore Dreamlight Valley and receive exclusive rewards that they will keep once the game officially launches next year. Early Access will be released across all supported platforms including PC, Mac, Nintendo Switch™, PlayStation®5 (PS5™), PlayStation®4 (PS4™), Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, and Xbox One consoles. PC and Mac versions will be released on Steam, Epic Games Store, Microsoft Store, and the Mac App Store.
Thunderful is pleased to report that its space exploring adventure, The Gunk, is reaching new frontiers as it launches today on Steam from 5pm CET. To celebrate the launch, a new accolades trailer highlights the compelling features that have engaged hundreds of thousands of players.
Not only will players be able to enjoy the exploration of their favorite alien world on Steam, they can also take advantage of the recently added photo mode. Post-processing photo editing options include the ability to adjust depth of field, exposure, field of view, add filters like “noir”, “sepia” and “cartoon”, and more. The mode also allows you to adjust the pose of protagonist Rani and even change her facial expressions to add personality to your snaps and perfectly match the tone you are aiming for with each shot you take.
The Steam release of The Gunk features support for some of the most requested languages from the community, including Brazilian Portuguese, Japanese, Russian and Simplified Chinese, allowing even more people to experience this compelling tale and captivating world.
In The Gunk, you take on the role of Rani, one half of a space-hauling duo that stumbles across a seemingly barren planet infested with a strange undiscovered substance they call “the gunk”. Rani and her partner Becks wonder if their days of scrapping for resources to make ends meet might be at an end with this unusual discovery. But there are other pertinent questions to answer: what exactly is the gunk? How did it get here? What kind of world existed prior to its arrival? And what happened to the ancient civilization that’s left only ruins behind?
The Gunk has a big emphasis on exploration with a wondrous and diverse alien world to discover featuring biomes ranging from rocky canyons, to dense jungles, to deep subterranean caves (this is the team behind SteamWorld after all) and a few more surprises. The gunk is turning all of these zones barren, but as you remove it using Rani’s upgradable goo-sucking power-glove, you’ll discover a flourishing ecosystem seemingly suppressed by this mysterious and destructive gunk.
THQ Nordic and MGM today announced plans to bring the classic Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader? franchise to Nintendo® Switch, PS4™, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, as well as PC later this year. Developed by Massive Miniteam, the game will be published by THQ Nordic subsidiary HandyGames. The original Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader? game show ran for five successful seasons on FOX Primetime and averaged 20 million viewers a week in its first season. That success was accompanied by 300 original episodes for syndication. The format remains incredibly relevant today, having been produced in more than 70 countries around the world, and enjoying success across multiple platforms including a YouTube channel and Podcast.
“The Are You Smarter Than A 5thGrader? franchise is truly timeless and ideal for players of all ages to come together and show what they know,” said Robert Marick, EVP Global Consumer Products, MGM. “Working with THQ Nordic and HandyGames on the upcoming video game, we are looking forward to providing fans of the franchise with a new way to enjoy the quiz show and test their knowledge.”
Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader? for Nintendo® Switch, PS4™, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and PC is an engaging and humorous quiz game based on the popular quiz show TV franchise. Multiple-choice questions, true-or-false challenges, and minigames will test your proficiency in more than 24 different subjects. Faced with a tough question, you can always rely on your classmates for help! More than 6,800 questions on topics like animal sciences, vocabulary, math, and more are delivered by a diverse, fully voiced, and animated cast of characters. Beat each challenge alone or together with family and friends in exciting couch co-op multiplayer gameplay to prove that you are, in fact, smarter than a 5th Grader!
“With so many kids learning from home and so many of these gaming systems in homes worldwide, the time could not be better to revitalize Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader? in the videogame space,” said Adrienne Lauer, Business Development – Americas, THQ Nordic. “The development team at Massive Miniteam has done a beautiful job of creating a game show studio environment and building out an experience featuring 8-player couch co-op multiplayer.”
Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader? will release later this year for Nintendo® Switch, PS4™, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and PC. Add the game to your wishlist today:
1C Entertainment and Lapovich Team have today launched their sandbox economic simulation game about class struggle, Kapital: Sparks of Revolution, on PC. Players can head in right now to pull a city from the ashes, although tough decisions will need to be made to ensure the people can survive and thrive.
Being a mayor in Kapital: Sparks of Revolution is a delicate balancing act. Each decision has different consequences for the various classes inhabiting the city. Important investments need to be made into resource distribution, housing and security if tensions spill into the streets. When one class becomes disgruntled, things may get ugly if their concerns are not swiftly addressed.
Kapital: Sparks of Revolution will be available on April 28 via Steam, GOG, Epic Games Store, and other digital platforms. Priced at 24.99 USD / 24.99 EUR / 19.99 GBP, a 15% launch discount will be available during the first week.
SpellForce III Reforced is coming to PlayStation and Xbox on June 7th. Compared to the original version released on PC in September 2017, the Reforced edition is not only a complete overhaul but also adds new features to the game, one being the Journey Mode.
The Journey Mode allows you to create your own hero and offers more than 20+ hours of unique content with a lot of replay value while paying tribute to the much-beloved “free game mode” from the original SpellForce 1. Players can also compete in custom Journey Skirmish matches against each other, which allows them to bring their powerful Journey Heroes to battle.
SpellForce III Reforced is already available on PC and will be coming to PlayStation®4, Xbox One™, PlayStation®5, and Xbox Series S/X™ on June 7th, 2022.
Having a distinct social media platform as the POTUS is a must-have on your mobile device. Another go-to app for the ruler of tomorrow would be “This Is the President”! This game teaches you how to be a proper politician. And it is coming to your mobile device on May 10th, 2022!
“This Is the President” will come to the App Store, Google Play Store and Samsung Galaxy Store.
“This Is the President” is a story-driven mixture of adventure, strategy, and management. In the year 2020, you are elected to be the President of the United States of America. To escape justice for your past crimes as a shady multi-millionaire businessman, you need to ratify Amendment 28 which would grant lifetime immunity to any President.
There’s only one way out. Change the fabric of the Constitution of the United States by persuading, blackmailing, bribing, and bullying a large part of the political system into granting you lifelong immunity.
About “This Is the President”:
Experience PC quality gaming on your mobile device
Manage your approval rating, cash and crew unlike any US President before – stay on top of your presidency by any means necessary
Hold speeches, draft executive orders, manage daily crises, hold press conferences, and tweet better than any President before
Hire a team of assassins, hackers, lobbyists, and other specialists. Send them on dangerous missions that can be solved by legal means. If that doesn’t work, send them on dangerous missions that can be solved by illegal means
Experience a compelling interactive narrative with a wide variety of choices and story branches. Will you end your term on your terms, or are you just a pawn in a bigger game?
Rule the country as a true mobster would with a shadow cabinet that is feared and respected on a global scale
Publisher Kalypso Media is pleased to announce that Matchpoint – Tennis Championships, the highly anticipated Tennis simulator title from developer Torus Games, will be spinning it’s way on day one to Xbox Game Pass and PC Game Pass on July 7th, 2022. Kalypso Media is excited to share news of the deal with Microsoft on the highly successful membership service.
Simon Hellwig, Kalypso Media Owner & Managing Director, says of this news: “We are very excited that Matchpoint – Tennis Championships will already be available on the official release date of July 7th, 2022 for Game Pass customers on Windows PC, Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S and that we will be able to present our new tennis franchise to as many players as possible around the world.”
Packed with authentic gameplay and true-to-life techniques, this modern tennis simulator will provide players with a thrilling and dynamic experience. Ready to take to the courts? Players can compete in 65 tournaments across 26 stadiums and have the option of going racket-to-racket with the game’s 16 licensed players available at the point of release.
Matchpoint – Tennis Championships will be released with Xbox Game Pass on Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S consoles and PC Game Pass on July 7th, 2022. The title will also be available on other previously mentioned platforms.
Rebellion, one of the world’s most successful independent developers and publishers, is delighted to announce that Zombie Army 4: Dead War is available now on Nintendo Switch, bringing single and multiplayer mayhem, gore and carnage to the handheld. Previously released on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC, the Nintendo Switch version of Zombie Army 4 makes no compromises, featuring the same massive hordes of the undead while also including all of the content from Season Pass One on the game card.
Zombie Army 4 is the perfect co-operative shooter as you and your friends can take on hordes of the undead with support for two to four players in both local wireless and online modes.
Developed by Rebellion North, Zombie Army 4: Dead War on Nintendo Switch dynamically changes resolution to ensure a smooth 30fps experience, running up to 1080p when docked and 720p when undocked. The game includes a number of Nintendo Switch-specific features and in-game Achievements. Players are able to utilize the gyroscope to fine-tune their aim or use the Pro Controller. Upon completing the base game’s storyline they will unlock ‘Nightmare Mode,’ which will increase the challenge even further. Zombie Army 4 also takes advantage of Steam Cross-Save* – allowing users to take their Steam saves onto their Nintendo Switch to continue the fight on the move.
As an additional bonus for Nintendo Switch owners, all of the content from Season Pass One is included with the game at launch, giving players three additional levels, four character packs, nine weapon bundles, five weapon skin packs and four character outfit bundles. The same pack is now available free on all other platforms.
If that’s still not enough content for you then both Season Pass Two and Season Pass Three are available to purchase now on the Nintendo eShop.
Zombie Army 4: Dead War is available to buy now on Nintendo Switch for $49.99. It is also available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Epic Games Store, Steam, the Microsoft Store and Google Stadia. It’s playable on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S with upgraded next-gen features.
To keep up to date with all the latest news from the undead, please visit ZombieArmy.com and follow the game on social media: Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube.
