It looks like all five of the newly announced characters from this morning's Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Nintendo Direct will be receiving their own Amiibo.

Confirmed via Nintendo of Europe's official Twitter account, both the fighters that are built from the ground-up like Simon Belmont and King K. Rool will get their figures, as well as the three echo characters announced, Richter Belmont, Chrom and Dark Samus. No images for these Amiibo have been released.Other Smash Bros. Ultimate characters are getting their own Amiibo as well, including Ridley, Wolf and the Inklings, which are all coming on December 7, alongside the game itself. There's no word on if the five new Amiibo are coming on the release date or not, simply that they're coming "in the future," but there are plenty of other Smash Bros. Ultimate Amiibo without release dates as well, like Pichu and Ice Climbers.

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To say that Electronic Arts got itself in a little bit of hot water with its original plan for Star Wars: Battlefront 2 loot boxes would be one of the year's biggest understatements. Battlefront 2's loot box system had to be completely overhauled after an enormous fan backlash, while Electronic Arts' stock price took a hit and governments debated whether or not loot boxes were gambling.

But now Electronic Arts is claiming it's seen the error of its ways, and it supposedly wants to do right by fans without completely scrapping the idea of making money by selling loot boxes. Speaking with GamesIndustry.biz, Executive Vice President of Strategic Growth Matt Bilbey explained how the world's second-largest game publisher has changed its approach.

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It's easy and comforting to blame losing in a PvP game on another player having an unfair advantage, and that might actually sometimes be the case in Fortnite. But that could soon come to an end, as Epic Games is looking into an improved matchmaking system that would no longer match keyboard and mouse (KB+M) players with gamepad players.

"We're actually working on some matchmaking tech, on the way, that'll pair you against folks based on your choice of peripherals," Epic Community Manager Nathan Mooney wrote on Reddit yesterday. "More info on this coming next week, but tl;dr if you're on KB+M you'll be against KB+M."

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Disney's streaming service won't include Star Wars movies released before 2019.

Per Variety, Disney CEO Bob Iger confirmed that only Star Wars films released in 2019 and beyond will come to the video service.

“The marketing will make clear that it’s not going to be on there,” Iger said, speaking about pre-2019 Star Wars titles. “But Star Wars movies that come out in 2019 and later, you’ll find them there.”

This will exclude The Force Awakens, The Last Jedi, and the original Star Wars trilogy, among several other movies. Due to this lack of Star Wars content, Iger suggested the streaming platform could cost less than Netflix, according to Variety.

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A sequel to the 2017 Power Rangers film is in development.

Hasbro CEO Brian Goldner revealed the news in an official statement, saying Hasbro will be working with a studio to develop the new movie. Further details, including when this sequel would be released, weren't provided.

Earlier this year, Hasbro acquired Power Rangers and other brands from Saban Brands for over $500 million. Along with a new film, Hasbro is also planning a variety of new Power Rangers entertainment products and licensed products.

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There might be a new Marvel series heading to ABC.

Per Deadline, ABC Entertainment president Channing Dungey revealed talks are currently ongoing with Marvel to develop a potential new show. However, beyond saying the project is exciting, Dungey did not provide any further details about what the series would entail.

“In terms of Marvel, we have some things that we are in discussions with them right now that we are in development,” Dungey said. “I’m very excited about it.”

Agents of SHIELD, ABC's sole Marvel series, is heading into its sixth season premiering in 2019. The new season will only run for 13 episodes, down from the regular 22-episode seasons. Clark Gregg (Agent Coulson) will be directing the Season 6 premiere. 

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Rockstar has announced that a Red Dead Redemption 2 gameplay video is dropping tomorrow.

After releasing three trailers for Red Dead Redemption 2 over the past few months, Rockstar has announced an official gameplay video coming tomorrow, August 9 at 8AM PT / 11AM ET / 4PM BST (that's Friday August 10 at 1am AEST).

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Super Smash Bros. Ultimate will feature 103 separate stages.

Each one will be available in Omega and Battlefield forms, open for 8-player battles, and can have stage hazards turned on or off.

A new Stage Morph option will allow for players to choose two stages before a battle, with the stage transforming from one to another during the fight.

Today's Smash-dedicated Nintendo Direct confirmed the following stages would be returning...

• Pokemon Stadium
• Garden of Hope
• Brinstar Depths
• Summit
• Unova Pokemon League
• Magicant
• Gamer
• Final Destination

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Dataminers have discovered exclusive Fortnite sprays for Gamescom and PAX.

After rooting around in Fortnite's catalog API, dataminer MystxcLeaks has discovered special sprays that appear to be exclusive to major games expos. The cosmetics will be limited to the duration of both events that take place at the end of August and the start of September.

A Galaxy skin was also discovered, which appears to be part of a new Starter Pack. FNBR Leaks reports that it will only be purchasable with real money rather than V-Bucks, but there's no official pricing for it just yet.

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