While David Ayer’s Suicide Squad was a critical bomb and is not seen favourably by many fans, James Gunn - director of the upcoming The Suicide Squad - belives that Ayer’s approach to characters has “added” to his version of the team. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/08/22/the-suicide-squad-behind-the-scenes-teaser-dc-fandome"] “Listen, David Ayer’s gotten trouble for the movie,” said Gunn while talking to Empire. “I know it didn’t come out how David wanted it to come out. But he did one really, really great thing, and that is he picked fantastic actors to work with, and he dealt with these actors in building their characters in a really deep and fearless way. It’s something David definitely deserves to be lauded for, and it’s definitely added to this movie.” The Suicide Squad features several returning cast and characters from David Ayer’s film, including Margot Robbie’s Harley Quinn and Jai Courtney’s Captain Boomerang. But despite the returning characters, Gunn suggests that the connection between the two is hazy. “Um, it’s its own thing,” Gunn said. “It does not contradict the first movie, I don’t think. It might in some small ways… I don’t know…” [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=the-suicide-squad-whos-who-full-cast-and-character-reveals&captions=true"] Gunn’s words certainly suggest that he was more concerned with pulling the best elements of Ayer’s film - the cast - and forgetting/ignoring everything else. That’s something all but the most die-hard Suicide Squad fans will probably be on board for. For more The Suicide Squad, check out Gunn explaining how he was allowed to kill any character he wanted, our explainer for TDK and Peacemaker, and the first image of the whole Suicide Squad crew assembled. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Matt Purslow is IGN's UK News and Entertainment Writer. 

Tom Holland has shared a video of him touching down in Atlanta, Georgia, to officially start filming Spider-Man 3. The actor shared a couple of Instagram stories from a private plane before landing on the tarmac and celebrating the start of production on his latest sequel in the Spider-Man franchise following 2017's Homecoming and 2019's Far From Home. In the short clip, Holland excitedly announces: "We just landed in Atlanta, and uh... it's time for Spider-Man 3. Let's go!" [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/02/20/spider-man-sony-executive-hopes-new-mcu-deal-will-continue-after-third-tom-holland-film-ign-news"] Holland's impending arrival on the set of Spider-Man 3 indicates that principal photography is likely to get underway soon, as it was recently reported that production had already commenced on Spider-Man: Far From Home's sequel, which is expected to drop a first-look later this year. Sony Pictures has reportedly spun a web around the release date for Spider-Man 3, as the studio is said to be sticking to its plans of releasing the film on December 17, 2021, with the sequel to Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse currently scheduled to follow later in 2022. The still-untitled Spider-Man threequel was originally set to be released in theaters on July 16, 2021, before being pushed back to November and then later December of the same year. In Sony's schedule, Holland was set to shoot Uncharted first before once again becoming Peter Parker. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=ranking-the-spider-man-movies&captions=true"] Holland recently shared the first photo from the long-in-development Uncharted movie, showing his character Nathan Drake in a tan-coloured shirt and cargo pants. Holland will now swap out of this get-up and suit up in the iconic Spidey costume, as he gears up to start work on Spider-Man 3 alongside Zendaya, Marisa Tomei, Jacob Batalon, and Tony Revolori. Benedict Cumberbatch will also make an appearance in the forthcoming film, reprising Doctor Strange in what's described as a "mentor role" for Holland's Spider-Man. The web-slinger might need all of the help that he can get, as he is expected to face Jamie Foxx's Electro in the new film, though he'll apparently look quite different from his previous appearance in 2014's The Amazing Spider-Man 2. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Adele Ankers is a Freelance Entertainment Journalist. You can reach her on Twitter.

A timed PlayStation exclusive Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War mode has been revealed by Activision, titled Zombies Onslaught. Unveiled in a post on the PlayStation Blog, Zombies Onslaught is a "two-person, fast-paced Zombies experience" and will be a timed exclusive for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 owners of Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War. Those who own the game on  PC or Xbox One, or Xbox Series X and S will have to wait until November 1, 2021, to get access to the new mode. Zombies Onslaught is a wave survival mode which takes place on modified versions of the game's multiplayer maps. A duo must defend themselves against hordes of zombies while a "mysterious orb" keeps them trapped an energy barrier. Killing zombies powers the orb, causing it to move around the map - step outside of the orbs barrier and you'll take Dark Aether damage (think of it as a pocket-sized version of CoD: Warzone's circle, essentially). [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/09/16/call-of-duty-black-ops-cold-war-gameplay-trailer"] Powering the orb also creates surges that summon more and more powerful assailants, even summoning elite enemies and "more resilient, faster, and deadlier zombies." Players will be ranked based on how many elites they take down during the match. To help you through the Onslaught, ou'll be able to use your loadouts from Zombies and Multiplayer in Zombies Onslaught mode, and players will be able to pick up special transferable rewards in Zombies Onslaught which will refresh each season, alongside the map pool. For more details on the more traditional four-player Zombies mode coming to Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War, check out our article which details the new map Die Maschine and so much more. Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War will launch on November 13. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Jordan Oloman is a freelance writer for IGN. Follow him on Twitter.

The Suicide Squad writer-director James Gunn has revealed that Warner Bros. gave him free rein over killing off characters in the upcoming DCEU movie. Taking to Twitter, Gunn retweeted a fan who pondered which members of Task Force X were likely to survive the movie, alongside the cover image to the December 2020 issue of Empire magazine, which features the entire ensemble cast gathered together. Gunn then posed the question to his own Twitter followers, asking them which two characters they thought were most likely to stay alive.

No character was protected by DC. They gave me carte blanche to do what I wanted. That was one of the things we agreed to before I came to work for them. I wasn't looking for shock value but I wanted the audience to know anything could happen. #StoryReignsSupreme #TheSuicideSquad https://t.co/VxH2ChdqWf

— James Gunn (@JamesGunn) October 24, 2020

In response, one fan shared their opinion that some Suicide Squad characters have "franchise armour" that would prevent them from appearing on the director's kill list. This person suggested that Harley Quinn, King Shark, and Amanda Waller would be "protected" from death because "DC has them in other things" while there is an 80% chance that any of the other characters could die. Gunn quickly debunked this suggestion, as he revealed that one of his conditions for taking on the project was that he could kill any character. He tweeted: "No character was protected by DC. They gave me carte blanche to do what I wanted. That was one of the things we agreed to before I came to work for them. I wasn't looking for shock value but I wanted the audience to know anything could happen." [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/08/22/the-suicide-squad-behind-the-scenes-teaser-dc-fandome"] In the DC comics, the Suicide Squad gained a reputation for having an increasingly high body count — a trend that continued in the antihero team's various other incarnations and adaptations. With every member of the squad being expendable once again, no one can be sure who will survive Gunn's soft reboot, which stars Idris Elba as Bloodsport, Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn, Joel Kinnaman as Rick Flag, John Cena as Peacemaker, Viola Davis as Amanda Waller, Jai Courtney as Captain Boomerang, David Dastmalchian as Polka-Dot Man, Daniela Melchior as Ratcatcher II, Steve Agee as King Shark (mo-cap) and John Economos, Sean Gunn as Weasel (mo-cap), Flula Borg as Javelin, Nathan Fillion as TDK, Peter Capaldi as The Thinker, Pete Davidson as Blackguard, Alice Braga as Solsoria, Mayling Ng as Mongal, and Michael Rooker as Savant. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=the-suicide-squad-whos-who-full-cast-and-character-reveals&captions=true"] The Suicide Squad is currently scheduled to hit theaters on August 6, 2021. Speculation is now rife as to who will survive the movie's runtime, though Gunn admitted that he doesn't have time to tally up the results because he is busy writing the upcoming HBO Max spinoff series focused on John Cena's Peacemaker, which will be produced by Gunn's Troll Court Entertainment and The Safran Company in association with Warner Bros. Television. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Adele Ankers is a Freelance Entertainment Journalist. You can reach her on Twitter.

Chinese indie game developer Pathea Games has announced the sequel to My Time At Portia, titled My Time At Sandrock.

My Time At Portia was a charming farming sim RPG that sold over 1.7 million copies worldwide. My Time At Sandrock will release into Steam Early Access in March 2021, with a full release due on next-gen consoles, PS4, Xbox One, PC, and Switch in Summer 2022. Check out a first trailer below:

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My Time At Sandrock, like the previous game, shares elements with games like Stardew Valley and Harvest Moon but with its own unique twists. The player will take the role of a builder who owns a workshop in Sandrock. They will need to complete different commissions from local townspeople and government to learn more about the storyline.

In order to complete their orders, players need to collect different resources through digging, harvesting, scavenging, cooking, and battling. They will also meet lots of brand new interesting creatures, separate from those they met in the ocean town of Portia. All characters in the game are promised to be more interactive, and dozens of NPC will have their own personalities and independent AI. One of them may even become your future husband or wife.

Players still experience the same post-apocalyptic universe and timeline as My Time At Portia, and will encounter a few surprise connections to My Time At Portia, including some familiar NPCs. Pathea Games also added in plenty of new characters, more drama, while players can enjoy transforming a desert into an oasis.

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Sandrock is a city-state located in the Eufaula Desert within the Alliance of Free Cities. Water is at a premium in Sandrock, with the only source being the nearby oasis. The hard-working people at Sandrock use wood and metal that they gather from relics to build their own unique buildings and also build railroads that connect with the outside world and turn this place into the traffic hub of the Alliance of Free Cities.

After gathering players’ feedback about the original game, Pathea Games is planning on releasing a new multiplayer mode in the future.

We awarded the first game an 8/10 review, saying "My Time at Portia's many parts don't always shine on their own, but together they make for a pleasant building adventure."

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Fortnite's latest crossover with pop culture has brought in Ghostbusters' themed items to its item shop just in time for Halloween. Revealed on Twitter, this Ghostbusters crossover brings in character skins, Ghost Trap and Proton Pack Back Bling, an Ecto-Glider, and a Proton Pickaxe Harvesting Tool. The skins can be purchased as male or female characters, and each have their own name and style,

Fortnite's Ghostbuster Items

• Ghostbusters Patrol (All Female Skins) - 2,000 V-Bucks
• Ghostbusters Crew (All Male Skins) - 2,000 V-Bucks
• Individual Skins (400 V-Bucks each) - Spirit Sniper (F), Specter Inspector (F), Aura Analyzer (F), Phantom Commando (F), Curse Buster (F), P.K.E. Ranger (M), Ecto Expert (M), Haunt Officer (M), Paranormal Guide (M), Containment Specialist (M)
• Ghost Trap - 400 V-Bucks
• Proton Pack - 400 V-Bucks
• Ecto-Glider - 1,200 V-Bucks
• Proton Pickaxe - 800 V-Bucks

As with most Fortnite cosmetics, these will most likely only be available for a limited time. These Ghostbuster skins join an ever growing roster of fan favorites from franchises like Star Wars, Batman, Marvel, and so many more. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/10/22/fortnite-fortnitemares-2020-midas-revenge-gameplay-trailer"] Fortnite is currently in the middle of its Fortnitemares 2020 event, that has eliminated players returning as a Shadow for a chance to defeat survivors by using "your otherworldly abilities, like possessing the body of vehicles." Fortnite, which recently got ray tracing support in September 2020, also released a patch that made its file size 60GB smaller on PC. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to newstips@ign.com. Adam Bankhurst is a news writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @AdamBankhurst and on Twitch.

Xbox head Phil Spencer has recently hinted that a trivia game, that may or may not be a revival of sorts of its 1 vs. 100 Xbox 360 game, could be on its way to Xbox Series X. As reported by VGC, Spencer made these comments during the official Xbox FanFest live stream this past Friday, which was supposed to also be accompanied by a special quiz that was unfortunately canceled due to technical issues. “I just want to say, when our teams are trying to do new things that we’ve never done before, I want to be 100 percent behind those things,” Spencer said. “Sometimes they’ll turn out amazing, sometimes they’ll be good learning experiences for us. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2009/05/18/1-vs-100-live-xbox-live-gameplay-trust-the-brain"] “But for all the fans who have been on this with us, we’re going to make it good with you guys. We don’t know exactly what it is yet, so thanks for hanging with us during this and our little experiment. We’ll learn. Maybe we should even be building our own trivia game, like from our past, that allows people to play a trivia game more often, maybe that could happen…” While Spencer didn't fully come out and say it, he was most likely referencing 1 vs. 100, which ran for two seasons between 2009-2010 before being cancelled. This game was based on the TV trivia game show of the same name and had one person - The One - facing off against a group of 100 people known as The Mob. The One had to outlast The Mob, but if he got a question wrong, the winnings would be split among the remaining 100. There was also The Crowd, that was filled with those not actively playing in a given round, that could be used as a lifeline of sorts for The One. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=confirmed-xbox-series-x-games&captions=true"] Even though the show was cancelled, Spencer had previously spoken about how these type of game shows were deemed a "must" on Xbox One. He also mentioned that getting the rights to 1 vs. 100 may be difficult, so it may return as something specifically Xbox branded. While they may have not gotten it to Xbox One before the launch of Xbox Series X/S, there appears to be a bit of hope as we all enter the next-generation this holiday season. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to newstips@ign.com. Adam Bankhurst is a news writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @AdamBankhurst and on Twitch.

Marvel's Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings has finished filming, and its star Simu Liu has shared a powerful message to honor the moment. As reported by TheWrap, Liu wrote the message in a private Facebook group, saying that it will be "impossible for Hollywood to ignore us after this." "That's a wrap on SHANG CHI AND THE LEGEND OF THE TEN RINGS!!!!!!!! Nine months from now we will break records and make history as the first superhero movie to feature an ALL-ASIAN cast that kicks so much ass it's not even funny. Well - that's a lie, actually, it's quite funny too." "For all of us who hate hated the colour of our skin, or been made to feel less than because of it; NO MORE. This is OUR movie, and it will be IMPOSSIBLE for Hollywood to ignore us after this. I'll see you then. But probably sooner actually because i'm always on here lollll. LET'S FUCKING GO." Liu also posted an image of himself on his Facebook account with Shang-Chi director Destin Yori Daniel Cretton to celebrate the moment, saying, "We made a baby!!! We can't wait to introduce him to the world in 9 months... #WRAPPED" Cretton also posted an image to honor this milestone, saying, "WE. ARE. WRAPPED!" Marvel's Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings is scheduled to be released in theaters on July 9, 2021 following a delay due to the COVID-19 pandemic. For more on Shang-Chi, read on about how Shang-Chi and The Mandarin were almost in the Avengers and our explainer on everything you need to know about the Shang-Chi movie. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2019/07/26/marvels-shang-chi-movie-explained"] [poilib element="accentDivider"] Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to newstips@ign.com. Adam Bankhurst is a news writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @AdamBankhurst and on Twitch.

The Last of Us Remastered has received a new patch on PS4 that has seemingly reduced load times across the game, including cutting the load times of game's first loading screen by over 70%. As reported by Kotaku, The Last of Us speedrunner Anthony Calabrese has noted that patch 1.11 has made it so "loading screens are basically non-existent on PS4" for The Last of Us Remastered. This change has even saved him nearly 18 seconds in the David fight and appears to work for both ssd and hdd. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=every-ign-naughty-dog-game-review&captions=true"] YouTuber ElAnalistaDeBits also uploaded a video that shows the improved load times in action. Pre-patch, the first loading screen in The Last of Us Remastered took 1:30:10. With the new patch, load times for the same section appear to be 0:13:86. While this could always just be an improvement specifically for the PS4 version of The Last of Us Remastered, its timing is curious as this game is included in the PlayStation Plus Collection for PS5. This PlayStation Plus perk brings such other big games like God of War, Bloodborne, and Final Fantasy XV to Sony's newest next-gen console. It wouldn't be out of the realm of possibility to consider that, by optimizing and making these games playable on PS5, these developers have found ways to improve the experience for those still playing on PS4. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2019/09/15/never-have-i-ever-played-the-last-of-us-episode-1"] [poilib element="accentDivider"] Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to newstips@ign.com. Adam Bankhurst is a news writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @AdamBankhurst and on Twitch.

GSD Group and Gensler have revealed their concept art for the upcoming Atari Hotels that are set to open in Las Vegas, Nevada and Phoenix, Arizona, and they look like something pulled out off a Cyberpunk-style future. The Atari Hotels are meant to be pop culture and video game-inspired, and GSD Group also has plans to have more locations in Austin, Chicago, Denver, San Fransisco, San Joe, and Seattle in the future. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=atari-hotel-concept-art&captions=true"] Atari, known for such classic as Asteroids, Centipede, and PONG, is looking to offer "guests a wholly unique hospitality experience inspired by, and built with, classic and modern video game culture in mind" with these new hotels. Atari Hotels, which were announced earlier this year, will allow guests to "enjoy the latest in video games, experience cutting-edge immersive entertainment, purchase exclusive Atari Hotels merchandise, and play the night away in retro-style gaming arcades." There will also be a speakeasy and nightclub, themed restaurants and bars, and much more. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2018/10/11/playing-classic-atari-gamesin-a-tesla"] “I have seen the vision that GSD Group has for Atari Hotels, and they are poised to shatter the perception of what hotels can be,” said Fred Chesnais, CEO of Atari®. “Atari Hotels will create a world that caters to gamers of all ages and experience levels, giving them a place to call home — a groundbreaking experience that shares Atari’s legacy of innovation.” [poilib element="accentDivider"] Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to newstips@ign.com. Adam Bankhurst is a news writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @AdamBankhurst and on Twitch.