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Earlier this month, Activision put the kibosh on an ambitious mod known as H2M: a fan-created attempt to bring classic Modern Warfare 2 multiplayer to Modern Warfare Remastered. Now, a member of the mod team that goes by the handle “Watchful Wolf” says that the gaming giant put out the cease-and-desist order due to concerns that H2M would hurt Black Ops 6 sales.Fans immediately took to forums like the Call of Duty subreddit to express their displeasure with the move, with many of them noting that the C&D came the day before H2M was scheduled to release. In a video posted to YouTube, Watchful Wolf stated that the order from Activision came just hours before the mod’s release, and that the team immediately “dropped everything,” taking their website and all servers down.

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Just because Borderlands failed to launch at the box office, it doesn’t mean Hollywood is giving up on video game movies. Perhaps thanks in part to the success of Sonic the Hedgehog’s two movies, another classic Sega game is coming to the big screen: Eternal Champions.Via The Hollywood Reporter, Skydance is producing the live-action Eternal Champions movie. The game was originally published by Sega for the Genesis in 1993, and the story revolved around a tournament to determine who the new Eternal Champion would be. Characters from the past, present, and future were brought together to fight until one emerged as the victor. The winning participant would get to resume their life and fulfil their destiny as humanity’s champion. The rest would be returned to the moment of their respective dea…

Actor Michael Keaton filmed new scenes as Batman for the movie Batgirl, but Warner Bros. Discovery scrapped the film and never released it. Keaton was recently asked how he felt about the movie never seeing the light of day, and the actor isn’t too bothered.”No, I didn’t care one way or another. Big, fun, nice check,” Keaton told GQ.Keaton went on to say that he’s a fan of the directors Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah, saying “they’re nice guys.” He said he wants them to succeed and feels bad that they felt bad about the situation. But as for Keaton, he said with a shrug, “I’m good.”Batgirl was canceled after it had just begun the first stage of editing and still needed a lot more work, Arbi said, but it had completed filming. Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav made the move in part to…

Preorder Inside Out 2 4K Steelbook Edition $45 Preorder at Amazon Preorder at Walmart Inside Out 2 is putting up ridiculous numbers in theaters, pulling in well over $1 billion globally. That makes it the year’s…

Star Wars Outlaws is almost here, and if you’re wondering if your PC can process a good-looking galaxy full of danger, you can check out the official PC requirements for the game below. Ubisoft has released a list of the hardware you’ll need to run Star Wars Outlaws at its bare minimum and very best, and the one unifying factor here is that you’ll need an SSD with 65GB of storage capacity.Beyond that, the requirements aren’t surprising. If you’re aiming for a 1080p 30fps experience using the low graphical presets, you’ll be fine with an old GPU like a GeForce GTX 1660 or an AMD RX 5600 XT, and to get the game running at 4K 60fps, you’ll unsurprisingly need to have a heavy-duty GeForce RTX 4080 with 16GB of VRAM or an AMD RX 7900 XTX with a whopping 24GB of VRAM. It’s worth noting that the …

What if the machines rose against humanity and the world plunged into a technological blackout like it was theorized to when the clocks turned to midnight on January 1, 2000? Kyle Mooney’s (Brigsby Bear, SNL) directorial debut wants to answer that in the teen horror comedy, aptly titled Y2K.The film stars Jaeden Martell (It), Rachel Zegler (West Side Story), Julian Dennison (Deadpool 2), The Kid Laroi, and Fred Durst–because what is the year 2000 without Fred Durst, backwards red baseball cap and all? You can check out the hilarious red band trailer below. The trailer has just enough pre-2000 references to set the vibe before it turns violent and funny (death by Tamagotchi might be a cinematic first). Y2K made its world premiere during South By Southwest earlier this year with it…

Warning: This article contains some light spoilers for Alien: Romulus.Alien: Romulus starts with something of a goofy premise. For 20 years after the events of the original Alien, apparently, the xenomorph-obsessed Weyland-Yutani Corporation has been searching for the Nostromo and the monster its crew brought aboard. When they finally find it, they discover the original alien that Ellen Ripley blew out an airlock at the end of that movie. Somehow, the creature survives, allowing the scientists to capture it and study it–with predictably lethal results.Alien: Romulus has to jump through a lot of hoops to create a situation in which some of the most frightening creatures ever committed to film can do their thing and scare new audiences. It’s a little peek at what kind of me…

Sherlock: The Complete Series (Blu-ray) $29 (was $100) See at Amazon There’s been no shortage of Sherlock Holmes movies and TV shows released over the years, but none of the modern interpretations of the franchise have received as much praise as BBC’s Sherlock. Starring Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock and Martin Freeman as Watson, it gives viewers a modern take on the iconic characters from Arthur Conan Doy…

Although there is still a long way to go, the recent representation of Hispanics and Latinos in comic book movies has been a delight for those who grew up wishing to see themselves on-screen as these larger-than-life superheroes. In recent years, we’ve seen Xochitl Gomez playing America Chavez in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness and Xolo Maridueña playing Jaime Reyes in Blue Beetle, to name just a couple. From breaking stereotypes to creating diversity in comic book films, Hispanic and Latino representation on-screen paves the way for more creative and heartfelt storytelling.Having these characters hit the big screen showcases the Hispanic and Latino communities in ways that break what was a fairly consistent portrayal of negative stereotypes in Latino communities. For years, H…

Silent Hill 2 art director Masahiro Ito has revealed that he almost turned down the offer to work on Konami’s upcoming Silent Hill 2 remake. Considering Ito’s pivotal role in the creation of Silent Hill 2 and its iconic monsters, such as Pyramid Head, the news came as quite a surprise when he shared it during a recent Silent Hill 2 preview event. According to Ito, he initially felt there was simply “no need” for a remake.”Back in late 2019 or 2020, [Silent Hill 2 composer Akira] Yamaoka-san reached out to me via Twitter, as it was called at the time, and asked me whether I’d be willing to cooperate in a Silent Hill 2 remake. I felt there was no need to do such a thing, so my original plan was to reject the idea.”As for why Ito ultimately decided to return, the art director said he realized…