Nerd Diaries: Keanu Reeves the Comic Book Writer and Buff Natalie Portman

Hey nerds, come cool sh*t went down last week, like Xbox's purchase of Bethesda going through, or the Halo Infinite sneak-peeks.

By Wxaith

Published 4 years ago in Ftw

Hey nerds, come cool sh*t went down last week, like Xbox's purchase of Bethesda going through, or the Halo Infinite sneak-peeks. There was so much going on we thought a round-up was in order.

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Science Adventure Staff Teases Steins; Gate

Science Adventure fans are a passionate bunch, some going as far as to translate games from Japanese themselves to play the next entry before it gets translated officially into their language. The creators behind the franchise gave a teaser that hints a new entry in the Steins Gate franchise might be coming soon.

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Jupiter's Legacy Trailer

Legendary comic writer Mark Millar’s series Jupiter’s Legacy is coming to Netflix in a live-action series on May 7th and the first trailer for it released this week. It looks like Netflix might have another Umbrella Academy style hit on their hands.

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Nintendo celebrated Mario’s 35th anniversary by reminiscing on some of Mario’s best adventures. I’d recommend taking a look at the early Mario movies if you have a couple of hours to burn and want some nostalgic entertainment.
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Blizzard is developing an unannounced AAA multiplayer game with "epic, memorable worlds". As if Overwatch wasn’t enough for Blizzard, they’re working on a new multiplayer game that looks to be a shooter in the style of Overwatch. We don’t have any details yet, and probably won’t for years, but given Blizzard’s eye for quality, it’ll probably be worth the wait.

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World of Warcraft Patch Changes - World of Warcraft made some changes to leveling and gearing in its latest expansion, Shadowlands. Making it easy to get your main character or alternate characters up to the max level so they can start raiding and doing endgame content.
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Apex Legends Ported to Switch

The Switch is the little engine that could at this point. Despite being dramatically less powerful than any other modern console on the market, it keeps getting ports of big-name games, the last of which is Apex Legends, so now Battle Royale fans are able to take their favorite genre of game on the go.
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Keanu Reeves the Comic Writer

Besides building bikes or being a badass in movies, Keanu Reeves is also a comic book writer, and his new comic book, BRZRKR released its first issue this past week. And apparently, it’s pretty good stuff. Fans, myself included, can’t wait to see more.

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Xbox officially owns Bethesda games as of last week and they decided to add twenty Bethesda titles to Xbox Game Pass, including Skyrim, Wolfenstein, and Doom.
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Halo Infinite Preview

343 Industries put out a 40+ minute deep dive going into Halo Infinite, its development, and the challenges of making a game in such an important, and iconic franchise. Some news included no dual-wielding, but it was confirmed that you can be pushed off the edge, if in the right place.
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DC Held its analyst and investor day, closing the showcase with a graphic showing a myriad of titles that are in the works for both live-action and animated production. An image of Batgirl also ended up coming on screen, leading many to believe that the Batgirl film that's supposedly stuck in development hell is still in development and will be released after all.

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Borderlands 3 Director's Cut Delayed

Next week is gonna be packed with content and Borderlands 3 was supposed to have a director’s cut released, but they have decided to push it back to until April 8th.
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Resident Evil on Netflix

Netflix is producing an animated series based on the iconic Resident Evil franchise coming sometime in 2021. News broke last week that Nick Apostolides was cast to voice Leon Kennedy and Stephanie Panisello as Claire Redfield. Fans can begin to get excited about this series as it's sure to be a fun one.
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Destiny 2 - Has Finally Figured Out It Storytelling

This season of Destiny 2 is the best its storytelling has ever been. The team at Bungie has finally figured out how to create narrative threads and not leave them hanging. This week’s Assassination attempt on Zavala makes their efforts even more impressive.

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Monster Hunter Rise Demo

Switch gamers can rejoice knowing a Monster Hunter Rise demo has been released and can be played for free by anyone with a Nintendo login. The demo was released on March 1tth and the full game comes out later this month on March 26th.
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Star Citizen Developers Drama

Cloud Imperium Games made headlines this week for neglecting the needs of its staff during Texas’ recent winter storm that left millions without power. The studio tried to force its staff to use sick days and paid time off to cover the time they weren’t able to work due to a natural disaster. Pretty sleazy.
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Love & Thunder set images revealed Natalie Portman’s Mighty Thor arms and Marvel fans lost it! Thor Love & Thunder’s filming is underway and while we may have to wait a while to see it, we get teases here and there, like Natalie Portman looking swole set.

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Love & Thunder set images revealed Natalie Portman’s Mighty Thor arms and Marvel fans lost it! Thor Love & Thunder’s filming is underway and while we may have to wait a while to see it, we get teases here and there, like Natalie Portman looking swole set.
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