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You'll be spending a long time with Arthur Morgan it seems, as a new report says the game's story will be roughly 60 hours long.

Vulture, following an interview with Rockstar's Dan Houser, reports that 5 hours of content were recently cut from Red Dead Redemption 2, which stood at 65 hours long.

The report also includes the detail that protagonist Arthur will have a love interest in the course of the game. The dropped content included a second romantic plot, but Houser explains that “we decided one of them didn’t work”.

Other missions were also subject to cuts, including "a mission on a train where you had to deal with bounty hunters". Thankfully, you can recreate that particular experience organically, as we found out in one of our hands-on sessions with the game.

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Video games history is in danger of disappearing. There are many reasons for this, from cartridge rot and optical disc degradation through to a lack of consideration of the future on the part of developers or publishers.

Rather than a concerted, industry-wide effort to tackle this, however, preservation efforts are largely piecemeal; taken on by a variety of passionate groups and organisations. Some of my favourite examples have even been spearheaded by the gaming community - by fans.

The Lay of the Land

These efforts have often been at odds with archaic and rigid copyright law, meaning that many of the third parties and fan teams looking to save - or recompile - data before it disappears have essentially been working illegally or at best in legal grey areas.

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When I think of superheroes, the general idea of their origins tend to lean towards a higher calling, a greater purpose that shifts their path in life from that of a normal citizen to that of a protector who uses their power to help others. There is often some force — a tragedy like with Batman and Spider-Man, some kind of larger destiny as with Green Lantern, the greater good as seen with the X-Men, etc. — that pushes a person to become a hero, effectively moving them away from a normal life and instilling them with an unrelenting desire to help others. These stories have been revisited quite often over the past few years in movies, games, and comic reboots, and though enjoyable, I’ve been wanting a different kind of superhero story. I found that change of pace in the world of Kohei Horikoshi’s My Hero Academia, where the usual character motivations of superhero narratives are subverted to make the path of a hero a choice, and a very personal one at that.

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Emperor Philippa Georgiou is back! Well, former emperor anyway, because in Star Trek: Discovery Season 2, Michelle Yeoh’s Mirror Universe character will now be serving as a member of Section 31, Starfleet’s black ops arm. With her long history of assassination, intrigue, and arrogance, she’s perfect for the job, don’t you think?

I caught up with Yeoh at New York Comic-Con, where she filled me in on Georgiou’s new gig, her ongoing relationship with Michael Burnham, how the character feels about being stuck in the Prime Universe, and more. Read on for the full chat…

Michelle Yeoh as Philippa Georgiou

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Jon Favreau, writer and executive producer for the upcoming Star Wars series The Mandalorian, has revealed an image of what appears to be the titular protagonist’s primary weapon.

Favreau posted the image of the weapon on Instagram, and though no specifics were revealed, it definitely has the same stock as the weapon slung on the protagonist’s back in the first image we received from the show. It looks to be a hodgepodge of parts with a general rifle design and an interesting tuning-fork shaped muzzle.

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IGN has confirmed that Marvel's Iron Fist has been canceled after two seasons.

"Marvel’s Iron Fist will not return for a third season on Netflix. Everyone at Marvel Television and Netflix is proud of the series and grateful for all of the hard work from our incredible cast, crew and showrunners. We’re thankful to the fans who have watched these two seasons, and for the partnership we’ve shared on this series. While the series on Netflix has ended, the Immortal Iron Fist will live on,” reps for Netflix and Marvel told IGN.

Iron Fist is the first Marvel/Netflix collaboration to be canceled, leaving Punisher, Daredevil, Jessica Jones, and Luke Cage with the responsibility of carrying the torch for the streaming provider.

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