Beginning September 1, video game companies like NetEase and Tencent are required to limit online gaming to just three hours per week for minors, according to new rules imposed by Chinese regulators.

As reported first by Bloomberg, children under the age of 18 will only be allowed to game for one hour between 8pm and 9pm on Friday, Saturday, Sunday, as well as public holidays. Additionally, game companies are required to restrict online gaming during these hours and must enforce a real-name verification system in place, according to Reuters.

This is not the first time video game limits were imposed in China. In 2018, Tencent implemented a similar system, where it enforced age checks and limited time spent on its mobile game Honor of Kings to one hour per day for children up to the age of 12. While children between the ages of 13 and 18 were restricted to playing for a maximum of two hours a day.

The new regulations serve as a broad crackdown on China's tech giants in addition to combatting game addiction in China. Roughly a month ago, a Chinese state-run publication published an article describing online gaming as "spiritual opium" before removing the phrase. Though, the National Press and Publication Administration noted that online gaming influences minors' mental and physical health in its announcement post.

These rules are only limited to online gaming and do not directly mention if non-online games will be restricted in this capacity. The new regulations also do not clarify whether or not console games and foreign titles will be required to comply with local regulations.

Taylor is the Associate Tech Editor at IGN. You can follow her on Twitter @TayNixster.

Chinese developer and publisher NetEase is reportedly in "final negotiations" with Yakuza creator Toshihiro Nagoshi to hire him away from Sega, where he's been since 1989.

According to a report from Bloomberg, at NetEase Nagoshi would be expected to build a new team and develop brand new games for the company, though the final contract and any details about his job role have yet to be set in stone.

NetEase is already a gaming superpower in China thanks to mobile games like the Westward Journey series, Cyber Hunter, Identity V, and Knives Out (no relation to the film), as well as its partnership with Activision-Blizzard to run World of Warcraft, Overwatch, and Starcraft 2 in the country.

However, it is still looking to expand its global notoriety and gain more hits outside of China, especially amidst a growing crackdown on gaming time for minors in China that became even more stringent today.

As Tokyo-based analyst, Serkan Toto, of Kantan Games put it to Bloomberg, companies like NetEase and Tencent are especially interested in acquiring Japanese talent to accomplish these goals. "Tencent and NetEase have been speaking to just about all publicly traded studios here and are actively courting some privately held developers, too. They both feel pressure to make headway in Japan, especially since game regulations in their home market are becoming increasingly restrictive," Toto said.

Nagoshi has been with Sega since the very early days of arcade titles, with his first credit at the company being as a designer on Virtua Racing. He went on to be the producer and director for the Monkey Ball series, before heading up Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio and leading the creation of the Yakuza franchise.

The most recent Yakuza game, Yakuza: Like a Dragon, was especially notable for taking the series from an action beat-em-up to a turn-based RPG, whose bold steps we applauded despite its struggles to maintain balance. A sequel to Yakuza spin-off Judgment, entitled Lost Judgment, is planned for next month.

Rebekah Valentine is a news reporter for IGN. You can find her on Twitter @duckvalentine.

September 2021 will see two movies that are simultaneously releasing on HBO Max and in theaters - Clint Eastwood's Cry Macho and James Wan's latest horror film Malignant. Cry Macho is based on a book by the same name and stars Eastwood as a "one-time rodeo star and washed-up horse breeder." Malignant, on the other hand, is a horror-thriller that follows a character named Madison who is "paralyzed by shocking visions of grisly murders."

Check out the trailer for Cry Macho in the video player below:

Alongside the return of Doom Patrol for its third season, September will also see the arrival of Oscar Isaac and Jessica Chastain's Scenes From a Marriage. This limited series is a modern adaptation of Ingmar Bergman's classic Swedish series of the same name.

A ton of movies are returning to HBO Max this month, including all the Harry Potter films, 2021's Mortal Kombat, and Angelina Jolie's Those Who Wish Me Dead. The latest Adventure Time: Distant Lands special - Wizard City - also makes its way to the streamer on September 2.

On the documentary front, Nuclear Family will be released on September 26 and follows filmmaker Ry Russo-Young as she "turns the camera on her own past to explore the meaning of family... when the concept of a gay family was inconceivable to most."

Check out the slideshow gallery below for the highlights of HBO Max's September 2021 offerings, followed by the full list:

September 1

• A Hijacking, 2013 (HBO)
• The Animal, 2001 (HBO)
• Army Of Darkness, 1993 (HBO)
• The Benchwarmers, 2006 (HBO)
• Bodas de Oro (aka The Anniversary), 2019 (HBO)
• The Cell 2, 2009 (HBO)
• Cloverfield, 2008 (HBO)
• Dead Again, 1991 (HBO)
• Deck the Halls, 2006 (HBO)
• Detour, 2017 (HBO)
• Drinking Buddies, 2013 (HBO)
• Epic Movie, 2007 (Extended Version) (HBO)
• Event Horizon, 1997 (HBO)
• The Evil Dead, 1983 (HBO)
• Evil Dead 2, 1987 (HBO)
• Flawless, 2008 (HBO)
• The Forgotten, 2004 (HBO)
• Fun Size, 2012 (HBO)
• The Gallows, 2015 (HBO)
• The Good German, 2006 (HBO)
• The Good Heart, 2010 (HBO)
• The Goonies, 1985
• Green Lantern, 2011
• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, 2002
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1, 2010
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, 2011
• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, 2005
• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, 2009
• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, 2007
• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, 2004
• Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, 2001
• Impostor, 2002 (Director's Cut) (HBO)
• Inheritance, 2020 (HBO)
• In the Heart of the Sea, 2015 (HBO)
• Kany Garcia: Soy Yo En Vivo, 2019 (HBO)
• King Kong, 2005 (Extended Version) HBO)
• Lady in the Water, 2006 (HBO)
• Meet Me in St. Louis, 1944
• Mr. Nobody, 2013 (Extended Version) (HBO)
• My Golden Days, 2016 (HBO)
• Nanny McPhee, 2006 (HBO)
• Oblivion, 2013 (HBO)
• On the Town, 1949
• Ouija: Origin of Evil, 2016 (HBO)
• Paulie, 1998 (HBO)
• The Poet Of Havana, 2015 (HBO)
• Prime, 2005 (HBO)
• Prince Avalanche, 2013 (HBO)
• Reik En Vivo Desde El Auditorio Nacional, 2015 (HBO)
• Rent, 2005 (HBO)
• Romeo Santos The King Stays King: Live At Madison Square Garden, 2012 (HBO)
• Santana - Corazon: Live From Mexico, Live It To Believe It, 2014 (HBO)
• Seeking a Friend for the End of the World, 2012 (HBO)
• Severance, 2007 (HBO)
• Showdown In Little Tokyo, 1991 (HBO)
• The Song Remains the Same, 1976
• Taken 2, 2012 (Extended Version) (HBO)
• Thalia Viva Tour En Vivo, 2014 (HBO)
• That's Entertainment!, 1974
• That's Entertainment! II, 1976
• That's Entertainment! III, 1994
• Transformers, 2007 (HBO)
• Undisputed, 2002 (HBO)
• Vanilla Sky, 2001 (HBO)
• View from the Top, 2003 (HBO)
• What They Had, 2018 (HBO)
• What Women Want, 2000 (HBO)
• Yandel: Legacy - De Lider A Leyenda Tour, 2015 (HBO)

September 2

• Adventure Time: Distant Lands – Wizard City, Max Original Special Premiere
• Sweet Life: Los Angeles, Max Original Season Finale

September 3

• Amaraica, 2020 (HBO)
• At Last, 2020
• Bittu, 2020
• Coffee Shop Names, 2020
• Liberty Kid, 2007

September 4

• News of the World, 2020 (HBO)

September 7

• Hard Knocks '21: The Dallas Cowboys, Season Finale (HBO)

September 8

• Nasciturus, 2021

September 9

• Mad Max: Fury Road, 2015
• Sweet Life: Los Angeles, Max Original Reunion Special
• Mortal Kombat, 2021 (HBO) (Available in 4K UHD, HDR10, Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos in English Only on supported devices)

September 10

• Elliott from Earth, Season 1
• Malignant, Warner Bros. Film Premiere, 2021 (Available in 4K UHD, HDR10, Dolby Vision)

September 11

• Ben 10, Season 4C
• NYC Epicenters 9/11→2021½, Documentary Series Finale (HBO)
• Walker, Season 1

September 12

• Scenes from a Marriage, Limited Series Premiere (HBO)

September 13

• Care Bears: Unlock the Magic
• I'm Sorry
• Little Ellen, Max Original Series Premiere

September 15

• A La Calle, 2020

• The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly, 1966

September 16

• Tig n' Seek, Max Original Season 3 Premiere

September 17

• Apple & Onion, Season 2B
• Cry Macho, Warner Bros. Film Premiere (Available in 4K UHD, HDR10, Dolby Vision)
• El Cuartito, 2021 (HBO)

• Superman & Lois, Season 1

September 18

• The People v. The Klan

September 20

• Hard, Season 3 Finale (HBO)
• Total Dramarama

September 21

• Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel (HBO)

September 23

• Ahir Shah: Dots, Max Original Special Premiere
• Doom Patrol, Max Original Season 3 Premiere
• The Other Two, Max Original Season 2 Finale

September 25

• Promising Young Woman, 2020 (HBO)

September 26

• Nuclear Family, Documentary Series Premiere (HBO)

September 27

• Huesped Americano (aka The American Guest), Series Premiere (HBO)
• Little Sky, 2021 Asian Pacific American Visionaries Short (HBO)
• Neh, 2021 Asian Pacific American Visionaries Short (HBO)
• Unmothered, 2021 Asian Pacific American Visionaries Short (HBO)

September 29

• Entre Hombres (aka Amongst Men), Series Premiere (HBO)

September 30

• The Not-Too-Late Show with Elmo, Max Original Season 2 Premiere
• Ten-Year-Old Tom, Max Original Series Premiere
• Those Who Wish Me Dead, 2021 (HBO) (Available in 4K UHD, HDR10, Dolby Vision)
• The Way Down, Max Original Series Premiere
• Yabba-Dabba Dinosaurs, Max Original Series Premiere

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Adam Bankhurst is a news writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @AdamBankhurst and on Twitch.

Top Gun: Maverick producer, Jerry Bruckheimer, has revealed that Tom Cruise insisted Val Kilmer return as Iceman for the sequel.

This news comes by way of People, which reports that Bruckheimer said Cruise was the driving force behind getting Kilmer back as Iceman in the Top Gun sequel.

Now, more than 35 years later, Top Gun fans will see Cruise's Maverick and Kilmer's Iceman reunite on the screen when Top Gun: Maverick debuts in theaters on November 19.

"He said, 'We have to have Val, we have to have him back. We have to have him in the film,'" Bruckheimer told People. "And he was the driving force. We all wanted him, but Tom was really adamant that if he's going to make another Top Gun, Val had to be in it."

Bruckheimer said Kilmer is a "fine actor [and] such a good individual," revealing that watching him and Cruise reunite on set was "very emotional." The producer continued and explained that bringing back some of the Top Gun gang was something the Maverick team wanted to do.

Kilmer's son, Jack Kilmer, told People that the actor was "so stoked" to return to the role and that Top Gun: Maverick really honors the legacy of Iceman.

Kilmer has actually been wanting to return as Iceman for years now. When the sequel's title was revealed back in 2017, Kilmer took to Instagram to express his interest in reprising his original Top Gun role.

"I'm ready Tom — still got my Top Gun plaque," Kilmer said. "Still got the moves! Still got it!"

Then, a little over a year later, it was reported that Kilmer would, in fact, be returning to the role of Iceman in Top Gun: Maverick. Now, audiences will see Iceman and Maverick on screen together once again when the sequel hits theaters November 19.

While waiting for the movie's release, check out the first Top Gun: Maverick trailer and then read about how the Navy stopped Cruise from flying an actual jet in Top Gun: Maverick. Read about how Kelly McGillis wasn't asked to return for Top Gun: Maverick after that.

Wesley LeBlanc is a freelance news writer and guide maker for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @LeBlancWes.

Top Gun: Maverick producer, Jerry Bruckheimer, has revealed that Tom Cruise insisted Val Kilmer return as Iceman for the sequel.

This news comes by way of People, which reports that Bruckheimer said Cruise was the driving force behind getting Kilmer back as Iceman in the Top Gun sequel.

Now, more than 35 years later, Top Gun fans will see Cruise's Maverick and Kilmer's Iceman reunite on the screen when Top Gun: Maverick debuts in theaters on November 19.

"He said, 'We have to have Val, we have to have him back. We have to have him in the film,'" Bruckheimer told People. "And he was the driving force. We all wanted him, but Tom was really adamant that if he's going to make another Top Gun, Val had to be in it."

Bruckheimer said Kilmer is a "fine actor [and] such a good individual," revealing that watching him and Cruise reunite on set was "very emotional." The producer continued and explained that bringing back some of the Top Gun gang was something the Maverick team wanted to do.

Kilmer's son, Jack Kilmer, told People that the actor was "so stoked" to return to the role and that Top Gun: Maverick really honors the legacy of Iceman.

Kilmer has actually been wanting to return as Iceman for years now. When the sequel's title was revealed back in 2017, Kilmer took to Instagram to express his interest in reprising his original Top Gun role.

"I'm ready Tom — still got my Top Gun plaque," Kilmer said. "Still got the moves! Still got it!"

Then, a little over a year later, it was reported that Kilmer would, in fact, be returning to the role of Iceman in Top Gun: Maverick. Now, audiences will see Iceman and Maverick on screen together once again when the sequel hits theaters November 19.

While waiting for the movie's release, check out the first Top Gun: Maverick trailer and then read about how the Navy stopped Cruise from flying an actual jet in Top Gun: Maverick. Read about how Kelly McGillis wasn't asked to return for Top Gun: Maverick after that.

Wesley LeBlanc is a freelance news writer and guide maker for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @LeBlancWes.

Acting legend Ed Asner has died, Variety reports. He was 91.

Asner is known to modern audiences most for his role as Carl Fredricksen in Pixar's Up, where he played the curmudgeonly old man who tied hundreds of balloons to his home and embarked on an adventure alongside Doug the dog and "Junior Wilderness Explorer" Russell.

A publicist for Asner confirmed the actor's death to Variety, stating Asner died on Sunday surrounded by his family.

Asner's big break as an actor was the Mary Tyler Moore Show, which ran from 1970 to 1977. Asner played the grumpy newsroom producer Lou Grant, Moore's boss. Asner won three Emmy awards for best supporting actor for his role on the show. The Lou Grant character proved so popular he got his own spinoff, a more serious in tone hour-long series simply titled "Lou Grant." Asner similarly won two Emmy awards for his work on Rich Man, Poor Man and Roots. Asner appeared as Santa in Will Ferrel's Elf.

Asner told CNN in 2010 that he had never seen a Pixar movie until Wall-E, which debuted one year before Up.

"I was shocked to see how adult [Wall-E] was, with the setting in our lives, both present and future, and how they dealt with it. ... And then quite relieved to find that the one I was working on, "Up," how adult it was," Asner said. If I would fault the producers [and] distributors in any way [it's that] they didn't find some better way to immediately make adults realize that this was as much for them as for kids. ... My God, that four-minute passage in there detailing their life together. We all wish that our lives could be displayed as beautifully as that one is."

Asner's more recent roles include appearances on Grace & Frankie, Netflix's Cobra Kai, voices on American Dad, and The Boondocks. The hugely positive reception to Up reinvigorated interest in the actor's presence, landing him spots on Law & Order: SVU, The Middle, and Hawaii Five-0.

Asner is survived by his four children.

Joseph Knoop is a producer/writer for IGN.

Acting legend Ed Asner has died, Variety reports. He was 91.

Asner is known to modern audiences most for his role as Carl Fredricksen in Pixar's Up, where he played the curmudgeonly old man who tied hundreds of balloons to his home and embarked on an adventure alongside Doug the dog and "Junior Wilderness Explorer" Russell.

A publicist for Asner confirmed the actor's death to Variety, stating Asner died on Sunday surrounded by his family.

Asner's big break as an actor was the Mary Tyler Moore Show, which ran from 1970 to 1977. Asner played the grumpy newsroom producer Lou Grant, Moore's boss. Asner won three Emmy awards for best supporting actor for his role on the show. The Lou Grant character proved so popular he got his own spinoff, a more serious in tone hour-long series simply titled "Lou Grant." Asner similarly won two Emmy awards for his work on Rich Man, Poor Man and Roots. Asner appeared as Santa in Will Ferrel's Elf.

Asner told CNN in 2010 that he had never seen a Pixar movie until Wall-E, which debuted one year before Up.

"I was shocked to see how adult [Wall-E] was, with the setting in our lives, both present and future, and how they dealt with it. ... And then quite relieved to find that the one I was working on, "Up," how adult it was," Asner said. If I would fault the producers [and] distributors in any way [it's that] they didn't find some better way to immediately make adults realize that this was as much for them as for kids. ... My God, that four-minute passage in there detailing their life together. We all wish that our lives could be displayed as beautifully as that one is."

Asner's more recent roles include appearances on Grace & Frankie, Netflix's Cobra Kai, voices on American Dad, and The Boondocks. The hugely positive reception to Up reinvigorated interest in the actor's presence, landing him spots on Law & Order: SVU, The Middle, and Hawaii Five-0.

Asner is survived by his four children.

Joseph Knoop is a producer/writer for IGN.

R-rated horror slasher Candyman had a strong opening weekend at the domestic box office, earning $22.3 million in 3,569 theaters.

This news comes by way of Variety, which also reports that the Nia DaCosta-directed and Jordan Peele-produced film brought in an additional $5.2 million overseas across 51 international markets. This brings Candyman's opening weekend grand total to about $27.5 million.

The movie, which cost MGM $25 million to produce, is due to be quite profitable for the studio, according to Variety. This is especially great news for MGM as other R-rated movies have struggled in the pandemic-era box office. The Suicide Squad opened to just $26.5 million, despite industry expectations that predicted it would pull in around $30 million, for example.

However, unlike Candyman, The Suicide Squad also debuted on a subscription streaming service (HBO Max), following suit with many other movies released this summer. What The Suicide Squad didn't make at the box office, it might have made up for with new HBO Max subscriptions.

Candyman debuted exclusively to theaters, though, and having already made back the money it cost to make, the upcoming three-day weekend could be big for the horror movie. Variety cites the movie's nature as a sequel, as well as its 85% on Rotten Tomatoes and "B" CinemaScore, as reasons for its box office success.

The Yahya Abdul-Mateen II-led movie knocked Ryan Reynolds’ Free Guy down to second place after the video game-themed movie sat at the number one spot for two weeks straight. Free Guy earned an additional $13.6 million from 3,940 theaters, a decline of 27% from its second weekend to the third, according to Variety's report. This brings Free Guy's grand box office total up to $179 million.

The animated PAW Patrol from Paramount took third place this weekend, bringing in $6.6 million from 3,189 theaters. Its grand total in the U.S. and Canada where it was shown sits at $24 million. Disney's Jungle Cruise came in fourth, bringing in another $5 million for a total of $187 million at the box office (although the movie is also available on Disney+ as a Premiere Access title).

Sony's Don't Breathe 2 took fifth place with $2.8 million across 2,703 theaters, bringing the movie's total at the domestic box office to $24.5 million.

Check out our thoughts on Candyman in IGN's Candyman review and then read this list of seven things you probably didn't know about Candyman. Check out this video featuring the movie's director and cast discussing the legacy and meaning of Candyman after that.

Wesley LeBlanc is a freelance news writer and guide maker for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @LeBlancWes.

R-rated horror slasher Candyman had a strong opening weekend at the domestic box office, earning $22.3 million in 3,569 theaters.

This news comes by way of Variety, which also reports that the Nia DaCosta-directed and Jordan Peele-produced film brought in an additional $5.2 million overseas across 51 international markets. This brings Candyman's opening weekend grand total to about $27.5 million.

The movie, which cost MGM $25 million to produce, is due to be quite profitable for the studio, according to Variety. This is especially great news for MGM as other R-rated movies have struggled in the pandemic-era box office. The Suicide Squad opened to just $26.5 million, despite industry expectations that predicted it would pull in around $30 million, for example.

However, unlike Candyman, The Suicide Squad also debuted on a subscription streaming service (HBO Max), following suit with many other movies released this summer. What The Suicide Squad didn't make at the box office, it might have made up for with new HBO Max subscriptions.

Candyman debuted exclusively to theaters, though, and having already made back the money it cost to make, the upcoming three-day weekend could be big for the horror movie. Variety cites the movie's nature as a sequel, as well as its 85% on Rotten Tomatoes and "B" CinemaScore, as reasons for its box office success.

The Yahya Abdul-Mateen II-led movie knocked Ryan Reynolds’ Free Guy down to second place after the video game-themed movie sat at the number one spot for two weeks straight. Free Guy earned an additional $13.6 million from 3,940 theaters, a decline of 27% from its second weekend to the third, according to Variety's report. This brings Free Guy's grand box office total up to $179 million.

The animated PAW Patrol from Paramount took third place this weekend, bringing in $6.6 million from 3,189 theaters. Its grand total in the U.S. and Canada where it was shown sits at $24 million. Disney's Jungle Cruise came in fourth, bringing in another $5 million for a total of $187 million at the box office (although the movie is also available on Disney+ as a Premiere Access title).

Sony's Don't Breathe 2 took fifth place with $2.8 million across 2,703 theaters, bringing the movie's total at the domestic box office to $24.5 million.

Check out our thoughts on Candyman in IGN's Candyman review and then read this list of seven things you probably didn't know about Candyman. Check out this video featuring the movie's director and cast discussing the legacy and meaning of Candyman after that.

Wesley LeBlanc is a freelance news writer and guide maker for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @LeBlancWes.

Fornite has added Will Smith's Mike Lowrey character from the Bad Boys movie franchise to the battle royale's Item Shop.

Epic Games announced the Bad Boys x Fortnite crossover in a blog post on Saturday, revealing that a little of Miami's South Beach would be coming to the game by way of detective Mike Lowrey.

The Mike Lowrey Outfit can be purchased in the Fortnite Item Shop right now and it includes the Detective's Duffle Back Bling. The Loose Cannon set also features Lowrey's dual-wielding pickaxe known as the Loose Cannon Cutters. You can see the entire Mike Lowrey set in the image below:

Unfortunately for Bad Boys diehards, Lowrey's police partner and best friend, Marcus Burnett (played by Martin Lawrence in the movies) is nowhere to be seen.

"Mike Lowrey is one cool customer," the blog post reads. "Whether he's involved in explosive action or a high-speed chase, he's always undeniably smooth."

Hopefully he's great at building, too.

While the addition of Lowrey is probably exciting for Will Smith and Bad Boys fans, the character's inclusion in Season 7 of Fortnite Chapter 2, specifically, is an odd one. That's because the entire season is themed around aliens and alien invasions, and not many actors have fought aliens on the big screen more than Will Smith, as noted by PCGamesN.

The most obvious alien-themed choice when choosing a Will Smith character would have been Agent J from Men in Black, but Steven Hiller from Independence Day would have worked just as well too. Lowrey, however, has not fought off an alien invasion before.

Nevertheless, it's a good day to be a Fortnite fan who's also a fan of Will Smith. Mike Lowrey and his equipment are now available to purchase in the Fortnite Item Shop.

For more Fortnite, read about how Epic Games recently added Ryan Reynold's Dude character from Free Guy to the game and then read about how the company added Ripley and the Alien Xenomorph to the battle royale. Catch up on everything in Fortnite Chapter 2 Season 7 after that.

Wesley LeBlanc is a freelance news writer and guide maker for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @LeBlancWes.