Apple Original Films has won the rights to Finch, a film featuring Tom Hanks, a robot, and a dog, Deadline reports. Formerly titled Bios, Finch will be helmed by Miguel Sapochnik, the director behind several of the most ambitious episodes of Game of Thrones, including the famous "Battle of the Bastards." Hanks will star as the eponymous Finch, an engineer living in a bunker following an apocalyptic solar event. Finch forms a bond with his dog, Goodyear, and a robot of his own creation, and the unlikely family sets out on a journey across the American West as Finch attempts to show his robot what it means to be alive. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2013/10/02/igns-top-10-tom-hanks-movies"] Bios was first announced back in 2017. It was originally slated to be released by Universal Pictures on April 16, 2021, but was pushed back to a later date. Its cast includes Samira Wiley, Skeet Ulrich, and Laura Harrier. Caleb Landry Jones will play the "motion-capture" role of the robot that Finch Builds to look after his dog after he dies. Finch is just one of Hanks' projects slated to arrive on Apple TV+. He previously released Greyhound, a World War II drama that earned the platform an Oscar nomination. Hanks also has a deal to produce Masters of the Air, another World War II miniseries, which is currently in development. Robert Zemeckis, who has collaborated with Hank on projects including Cast Away and Forrest Gump, is one of Finch's executive producers. All in all, Hanks is keeping very busy, and Apple TV+ seems more than happy to vacuum up as much of his output as it can. The platform has been enjoying a great deal of success of late between For All Mankind and Ted Lasso. Tom Hanks only adds to Apple TV+'s newfound prestige. Finch is expected to be released later this year. [Thumbnail Image Credit: Contributor/Getty Images] [poilib element="accentDivider"] Kat Bailey is a Senior News Editor at IGN

Apple Original Films has won the rights to Finch, a film featuring Tom Hanks, a robot, and a dog, Deadline reports. Formerly titled Bios, Finch will be helmed by Miguel Sapochnik, the director behind several of the most ambitious episodes of Game of Thrones, including the famous "Battle of the Bastards." Hanks will star as the eponymous Finch, an engineer living in a bunker following an apocalyptic solar event. Finch forms a bond with his dog, Goodyear, and a robot of his own creation, and the unlikely family sets out on a journey across the American West as Finch attempts to show his robot what it means to be alive. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2013/10/02/igns-top-10-tom-hanks-movies"] Bios was first announced back in 2017. It was originally slated to be released by Universal Pictures on April 16, 2021, but was pushed back to a later date. Its cast includes Samira Wiley, Skeet Ulrich, and Laura Harrier. Caleb Landry Jones will play the "motion-capture" role of the robot that Finch Builds to look after his dog after he dies. Finch is just one of Hanks' projects slated to arrive on Apple TV+. He previously released Greyhound, a World War II drama that earned the platform an Oscar nomination. Hanks also has a deal to produce Masters of the Air, another World War II miniseries, which is currently in development. Robert Zemeckis, who has collaborated with Hank on projects including Cast Away and Forrest Gump, is one of Finch's executive producers. All in all, Hanks is keeping very busy, and Apple TV+ seems more than happy to vacuum up as much of his output as it can. The platform has been enjoying a great deal of success of late between For All Mankind and Ted Lasso. Tom Hanks only adds to Apple TV+'s newfound prestige. Finch is expected to be released later this year. [Thumbnail Image Credit: Contributor/Getty Images] [poilib element="accentDivider"] Kat Bailey is a Senior News Editor at IGN

Capcom is promoting Resident Evil Village with a series of timed demos that left some fans scrambling to play it in time. However, PC players have seemingly bypassed the 60-minute time limit for the demo. Resident Evil Village is out later this week, but Capcom is giving fans a chance to check out some key locations early thanks to a time-limited demo. The 60-minute demo released for all platforms lets players explore the village and castle portions for exactly one hour. If you don't finish the demo in time, you'll be booted from the session and it leads to a trailer. Having played the demo it's actually quite easy to see all the content the demo has to offer within the time limit, but for PC players who might want to spend extra time luxuriating in Resident Evil's gothic setting, there is a quick way to get around the demo's 60-minute timer. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=resident-evil-village-the-evolution-of-lady-dimitrescu-and-her-daughters&captions=true"] The method is being shared on the Steam pages and really just involves deleting a few files. This will reset your progress and the timer, letting you do the 60-minute demo again from the start. It's not perfect and it won't unlock any content not already in the demo, but it's great for players who want to explore the environments further and study the details more closely. IGN covered Resident Evil Village extensively as part of IGN First. We got a chance to play Village hands-on for five hours so check out our preview, along with details on Mercenaries and how Village is a direct sequel to Resident Evil 7. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Matt T.M. Kim is IGN's News Editor.

Capcom is promoting Resident Evil Village with a series of timed demos that left some fans scrambling to play it in time. However, PC players have seemingly bypassed the 60-minute time limit for the demo. Resident Evil Village is out later this week, but Capcom is giving fans a chance to check out some key locations early thanks to a time-limited demo. The 60-minute demo released for all platforms lets players explore the village and castle portions for exactly one hour. If you don't finish the demo in time, you'll be booted from the session and it leads to a trailer. Having played the demo it's actually quite easy to see all the content the demo has to offer within the time limit, but for PC players who might want to spend extra time luxuriating in Resident Evil's gothic setting, there is a quick way to get around the demo's 60-minute timer. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=resident-evil-village-the-evolution-of-lady-dimitrescu-and-her-daughters&captions=true"] The method is being shared on the Steam pages and really just involves deleting a few files. This will reset your progress and the timer, letting you do the 60-minute demo again from the start. It's not perfect and it won't unlock any content not already in the demo, but it's great for players who want to explore the environments further and study the details more closely. IGN covered Resident Evil Village extensively as part of IGN First. We got a chance to play Village hands-on for five hours so check out our preview, along with details on Mercenaries and how Village is a direct sequel to Resident Evil 7. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Matt T.M. Kim is IGN's News Editor.

PlayStation has announced it has made a minority investment into Discord as a way to build a relationship between the popular online chat service and Sony. Jim Ryan, president, and CEO of PlayStation announced the partnership in a short blog post, though aside from disclosing its minority stake not a lot of other details were shared. Sony says it has taken its minority stake in Discord's Series H round and that PlayStation has spoken with Discord co-founders Jason Citron and Stan Vishnevskiy on ways to bring friends and communities together. "Empowering players to create communities and enjoy shared gaming experiences is at the heart of what we do," Ryan writes. "[S]o we are beyond excited to start this journey with one of the world's most popular communication services." Discord is an online communication service where people can congregate in user-created channels for text, voice, and video chats. These channels can be focused on hobbies, created by friend groups, or hosted by official video game companies. Discord has reported over 140 million users per month around the globe. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=confirmed-playstation-5-games&captions=true"] The news of PlayStation's minority stake comes off the heels of reports that Discord has halted talks of a buyout with three potential buyers, including Microsoft. Reportedly the tech giant was ready to offer $10 billion for Discord, but those negotiations have been put on hold with the potential to be "rekindled in the future." There are no concrete details on how PlayStation and Discord may collaborate in the future, whether that's official Discord integration into PlayStation or something else. However, the minority stake shows Sony is at least committed to working with Discord in some capacity. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Matt T.M. Kim is IGN's News Editor. Image credit: SIE, Discord

PlayStation has announced it has made a minority investment into Discord as a way to build a relationship between the popular online chat service and Sony. Jim Ryan, president, and CEO of PlayStation announced the partnership in a short blog post, though aside from disclosing its minority stake not a lot of other details were shared. Sony says it has taken its minority stake in Discord's Series H round and that PlayStation has spoken with Discord co-founders Jason Citron and Stan Vishnevskiy on ways to bring friends and communities together. "Empowering players to create communities and enjoy shared gaming experiences is at the heart of what we do," Ryan writes. "[S]o we are beyond excited to start this journey with one of the world's most popular communication services." Discord is an online communication service where people can congregate in user-created channels for text, voice, and video chats. These channels can be focused on hobbies, created by friend groups, or hosted by official video game companies. Discord has reported over 140 million users per month around the globe. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=confirmed-playstation-5-games&captions=true"] The news of PlayStation's minority stake comes off the heels of reports that Discord has halted talks of a buyout with three potential buyers, including Microsoft. Reportedly the tech giant was ready to offer $10 billion for Discord, but those negotiations have been put on hold with the potential to be "rekindled in the future." There are no concrete details on how PlayStation and Discord may collaborate in the future, whether that's official Discord integration into PlayStation or something else. However, the minority stake shows Sony is at least committed to working with Discord in some capacity. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Matt T.M. Kim is IGN's News Editor. Image credit: SIE, Discord

Microsoft is giving an FPS boost to 74 more games on Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S. They include fan-favorites like Yakuza 6, Alien: Isolation, and Metro: Last Light, which will jump as high as 120fps depending on the update. The new update brings the total number of games featuring an FPS boost on Xbox Series X|S to 97. Such enhancements have become a centerpiece of Xbox's overall strategy — a marked contrast to PlayStation 5, which currently features FPS boosts for previous releases including Ghost of Tsushima and Genshin Impact, but otherwise hasn't focused as much on major enhancements for older games. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2021/03/18/bethesda-fps-boost-tested-fallout-skyrim-prey-dishonored-performance-review"] You can see the full list of FPS boost games right here. Many of the enhancements are only available if you have an Xbox Series X. If you have an Xbox Series S, some games, like Battlefield 1, don't get an FPS boost at all. In the meantime, Xbox Game Pass is set for another wave of releases in May. You can see the full list of games arriving and leaving on Xbox Game Pass right here. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Kat Bailey is a Senior News Editor at IGN

Microsoft is giving an FPS boost to 74 more games on Xbox Series X|S. They include fan-favorites like Yakuza 6, Alien: Isolation, and Metro: Last Light, which will jump as high as 120fps depending on the update. The new update brings the total number of games featuring an FPS boost on Xbox Series X|S to 97. Such enhancements have become a centerpiece of Xbox's overall strategy. It's a marked contrast to PlayStation 5, which currently features an FPS boost for just 11 games. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2021/03/18/bethesda-fps-boost-tested-fallout-skyrim-prey-dishonored-performance-review"] You can see the full list of FPS boost games right here. Many of the enhancements are only available if you have an Xbox Series X. If you have an Xbox Series S, some games like Battlefield 1 don't get an FPS boost at all. In the meantime, Xbox Game Pass is set for another wave of releases in May. You can see the full list of games arriving and leaving on Xbox Game Pass right here. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Kat Bailey is a Senior News Editor at IGN

Alongside a short teaser video, Netflix has announced that the League of Legends animated series Arcane will debut in Fall 2021. While the teaser only lasts about 20 seconds, it features League of Legends' Vi and Jinx, as well as some unknown characters who can run on walls and use lightning powers.

The world of @LeagueofLegends is coming to Netflix. Arcane drops this Fall. pic.twitter.com/7DJgqHpODM

— Netflix Geeked (@NetflixGeeked) May 3, 2021

Arcane was announced at League of Legends' 10th Anniversary Celebration in 2020 and is being developed and produced by Riot Games. The company revealed it was set in the utopian Piltover and the underground of Zaun, and will star "two iconic League Champions" which appear to be Vi and Jinx. It was originally set to be released in 2020 but was delayed into 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. "Creative development and production is hard, especially in a world where you can't see your coworkers IRL," Riot Games' Vice President of IP and Creative Development Greg "Ghostcrawler" Street said. "We have video meetings now, which help, but they are no substitute for being in a room where we can really get the creative energy flowing. Combine these issues, along with the technical difficulties of production at the international scale, and the problem becomes a lot bigger." [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2019/10/16/riot-games-arcane-reveal-trailer"] [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.

Alongside a short teaser video, Netflix has announced that the League of Legends animated series Arcane will debut in Fall 2021. While the teaser only lasts about 20 seconds, it features League of Legends' Vi and Jinx, as well as some unknown characters who can run on walls and use lightning powers.

The world of @LeagueofLegends is coming to Netflix. Arcane drops this Fall. pic.twitter.com/7DJgqHpODM

— Netflix Geeked (@NetflixGeeked) May 3, 2021

Arcane was announced at League of Legends' 10th Anniversary Celebration in 2020 and is being developed and produced by Riot Games. The company revealed it was set in the utopian Piltover and the underground of Zaun, and will star "two iconic League Champions" which appear to be Vi and Jinx. It was originally set to be released in 2020 but was delayed into 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. "Creative development and production is hard, especially in a world where you can't see your coworkers IRL," Riot Games' Vice President of IP and Creative Development Greg "Ghostcrawler" Street said. "We have video meetings now, which help, but they are no substitute for being in a room where we can really get the creative energy flowing. Combine these issues, along with the technical difficulties of production at the international scale, and the problem becomes a lot bigger." [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2019/10/16/riot-games-arcane-reveal-trailer"] [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.