Tokyo Game Show's organizers have announced the schedule for this year's show, detailing what fans can expect from the four-day event. Unexpectedly, this includes a VR version that will be available on select virtual reality headsets.

The show's organizers have yet to elaborate on exactly how Tokyo Game Show VR 2021 will deliver in terms of a unique experience, but the official website teases that VR users will be able to "visit booths as if you were wandering around inside the gaming world." Organizers of the event said that the VR version of the show is a "grand experiment" and that they are "taking on the challenge of building the game show of [the] future."

Tokyo Game Show VR 2021 will be available when the show begins on September 30 and will support the following VR headsets: Oculus Quest 1 & Quest 2, Oculus Rift, and the HTC Vive. Oculus Quest owners will have the option to stream the VR version natively through their headset in addition to PC.

The website also details the specifications required to run the VR version of the showcase. This includes Quest owners having an internet connection of 20Mbps or higher if you plan to run the show natively on those VR headsets. If you are using a different headset, the website also details the PC requirements needed.

Tokyo Game Show, like E3 and Gamescom, is among the biggest of the annual gaming events – but it's the firt to try and transplant its physical edition into a VR world to allow fans to experience the showcase. Tokyo Game Show 2021, like E3 2021 and Gamescom 2021, will be online-only due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. A VR version could provide gamers another way to experience the event without watching live streams on their mobile device or computer.

Tokyo Game Show 2021 is not the only event this year to try out VR, however. In August, Virtual Market 6 held an online convention and marketplace through VR Chat.

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The full Tokyo Game Show 2021 schedule has been revealed and, among other panels, the team at Xbox has teased that it will be sharing some exclusive news and content during its showcase.

Starting on September 30, the Tokyo Game Show is set to see out the month with a weekend packed full of content and showcases which will carry fans into October. In anticipation, TGS has announced its full schedule for this year's conference including an Xbox panel that is slated to share some exclusive news during its exhibit.

"Jump in and join Xbox as we bring our gaming ecosystem gaming to the world," reads Microsoft's entry on the TGS website. “We have some exclusive news and content to share and... Tokyo Game Show 2021 is our stage.” While it isn't clear what exclusive announcement the Xbox team is set to make at TGS, the schedule says Xbox's stream will be set to last 50 minutes.

Other exhibitors at the event include Konami, Capcom, Square Enix, Bandai Namco, Ubisoft, and Genshin Impact's miHoYo. While a number of companies have kept their cards close to their chest in regard to content announcements, some exhibitors have begun to share their plans for this year's online event. Konami has announced that it will reveal new information for Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel alongside updates across other key titles, while Ubisoft says it will be showing a special program in celebration of Ubiday 2021.

Square Enix has said that its exhibit will show off “the latest news about our upcoming titles, along with pre-announced information.” Last month, IGN reported that Final Fantasy 16 producer Naoki Yoshida said that he'd like to show off something for the upcoming game at TGS but admitted that he was unsure whether the team would meet the deadline. With Square Enix not weighing in either way on its scheduling information, it seems that some hope remains for FF16 fans ahead of the conference.

As was the case for this year's E3 and Gamescom, the Tokyo Game Show will once again return as an online-only event. TGS says that this year, all 44 programs at the event will be distributed across various video platforms with an "English simultaneous interpretation version" also being distributed for all TGS Official Programs. To find more information out about TGS 2021, you can check out the FAQs section of their website. Alternatively, in anticipation of this year's event, why not relive the biggest news, trailers, and gameplay announcements that came out of TGS 2020.

Jared Moore is a freelance writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter.

The full Tokyo Game Show 2021 schedule has been revealed and, among other panels, the team at Xbox has teased that it will be sharing some exclusive news and content during its showcase.

Starting on September 30, the Tokyo Game Show is set to see out the month with a weekend packed full of content and showcases which will carry fans into October. In anticipation, TGS has announced its full schedule for this year's conference including an Xbox panel that is slated to share some exclusive news during its exhibit.

"Jump in and join Xbox as we bring our gaming ecosystem gaming to the world," reads Microsoft's entry on the TGS website. “We have some exclusive news and content to share and... Tokyo Game Show 2021 is our stage.” While it isn't clear what exclusive announcement the Xbox team is set to make at TGS, the schedule says Xbox's stream will be set to last 50 minutes.

Other exhibitors at the event include Konami, Capcom, Square Enix, Bandai Namco, Ubisoft, and Genshin Impact's miHoYo. While a number of companies have kept their cards close to their chest in regard to content announcements, some exhibitors have begun to share their plans for this year's online event. Konami has announced that it will reveal new information for Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel alongside updates across other key titles, while Ubisoft says it will be showing a special program in celebration of Ubiday 2021.

Square Enix has said that its exhibit will show off “the latest news about our upcoming titles, along with pre-announced information.” Last month, IGN reported that Final Fantasy 16 producer Naoki Yoshida said that he'd like to show off something for the upcoming game at TGS but admitted that he was unsure whether the team would meet the deadline. With Square Enix not weighing in either way on its scheduling information, it seems that some hope remains for FF16 fans ahead of the conference.

As was the case for this year's E3 and Gamescom, the Tokyo Game Show will once again return as an online-only event. TGS says that this year, all 44 programs at the event will be distributed across various video platforms with an "English simultaneous interpretation version" also being distributed for all TGS Official Programs. To find more information out about TGS 2021, you can check out the FAQs section of their website. Alternatively, in anticipation of this year's event, why not relive the biggest news, trailers, and gameplay announcements that came out of TGS 2020.

Jared Moore is a freelance writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter.

Two new South Park movies will premiere on Paramount+ before the end of 2021.

According to ComicBook.com, Chief Programming Officer ViacomCBS Streaming Tanya Giles touched on the news during the Paramount+ panel at the Television Critics Association. Giles confirmed that the first two movies of Trey Parker and Matt Stone's 14-movie deal will be released this year, with two more movies coming every year right the way through to 2027.

It was announced in August that Parker and Stone had signed a huge new deal with ViacomCBS and MTV Entertainment Studios that will see them develop 14 original South Park movies for Paramount+ as well as six more seasons of their flagship series at Comedy Central, plus a new video game that is being made by an in-house team at South Park Studios.

The entire South Park library is currently streaming on HBO Max, except for five of the show's most controversial episodes. The 23rd season of South Park aired in 2019 but the show has been on hiatus ever since due to the COVID-19 pandemic, apart from two hourlong specials — last October's Pandemic Special and March's South ParQ Vaccination Special.

The plots of the two new movies have been kept under wraps along with the actual release dates, but it's possible that they might end up being similar in scope and scale to the two recent specials rather than 1999's South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (which was produced on a budget of around $20 million), given they are coming out before the end of the year.

In addition to their expansive new deal, Parker and Stone have also reportedly now reached a tentative agreement to buy Casa Bonita, aka the iconic restaurant that famously featured on their hit show, after the company that owned the Colorado eatery filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in April, having been shuttered for more than a year due to the pandemic.

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Two new South Park movies will premiere on Paramount+ before the end of 2021.

According to ComicBook.com, Chief Programming Officer ViacomCBS Streaming Tanya Giles touched on the news during the Paramount+ panel at the Television Critics Association. Giles confirmed that the first two movies of Trey Parker and Matt Stone's 14-movie deal will be released this year, with two more movies coming every year right the way through to 2027.

It was announced in August that Parker and Stone had signed a huge new deal with ViacomCBS and MTV Entertainment Studios that will see them develop 14 original South Park movies for Paramount+ as well as six more seasons of their flagship series at Comedy Central, plus a new video game that is being made by an in-house team at South Park Studios.

The entire South Park library is currently streaming on HBO Max, except for five of the show's most controversial episodes. The 23rd season of South Park aired in 2019 but the show has been on hiatus ever since due to the COVID-19 pandemic, apart from two hourlong specials — last October's Pandemic Special and March's South ParQ Vaccination Special.

The plots of the two new movies have been kept under wraps along with the actual release dates, but it's possible that they might end up being similar in scope and scale to the two recent specials rather than 1999's South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (which was produced on a budget of around $20 million), given they are coming out before the end of the year.

In addition to their expansive new deal, Parker and Stone have also reportedly now reached a tentative agreement to buy Casa Bonita, aka the iconic restaurant that famously featured on their hit show, after the company that owned the Colorado eatery filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in April, having been shuttered for more than a year due to the pandemic.

Adele Ankers is a freelance writer for IGN. Follow her on Twitter.

Frontiers, the next major update for No Man's Sky, adds another layer of content to the game as it populates its procedural universe with bustling towns brimming with NPCs for players to interact with, explore, and even run – not to mention nebulas, expanded base building, improved combat, and more.

Hello Games has announced a range of details surrounding its free Frontiers expansion in a press release. The company says that since its launch, it has always wanted players to let players "step into the cover of a science fiction book" and that the release of the game's new expansion brings another aspect of that into reality. Amongst other notable additions, Frontiers will allow players to find 'living, breathing Mos Eisley type settlements' on once-barren alien planets.

Following the update, new life will spring into the game's procedurally generated landscape through NPC-populated settlements. Players embarking across galaxies will be able to interact with settlements and grant assistance to their residents many of whom will be harbored with their own problems.

In addition to providing citizen assistance, the Frontiers expansion will allow budding adventurers across the game to become the Overseer of a settlement. In addition to the new swanky title, becoming a Settlement Overseer will allow players a range of new in-game options.

First and foremost, settlement leaders will be able to grow their towns by constructing new buildings and accepting new inhabitants. According to Hello Games, newly formed settlements will start off as little more than a sparsely populated cluster of buildings inhabited by a small collection of NPCs. It will be the job of the town's newly found Overseer to govern and manage the resources necessary to allow the population of the settlement to grow and become a flourishing town.

In line with the rest of the game, each settlement will be procedurally generated. This means that each community that players should happen across should be unique not only in terms of its inhabitants but also its buildings, neighborhood layout, color schemes, and both interior and exterior decorations. With the sheer size of the universe in No Man's Sky, we're willing to bet there will be some choice color combinations out there. Yellow and green anyone?

In addition to adding buildings to their new-found settlements, Overseers will also be able to make important policy decisions for their townsfolk going forward. Starting out as newly appointed galactic politicians, players will be able to grapple with a range of issues ranging from treasury management to town planning and conflict resolution. In the case of the latter, Hello Games says that when called upon to help resolve disagreements between settlers, "fair and compassionate judgments will result in happier citizens". Whilst it isn't yet clear exactly how happiness will be measured or what ramifications could result from unhappy citizens, it would certainly be an interesting twist to see a group of intergalactic NPCs surmount a revolution.

In addition to the new settlement mechanics that will feature in the Frontiers update, No Man's Sky will feature a number of other noteworthy additions in the expansion. According to Hello Games, the studio will be making a number of improvements to base building. On top of adding new structural sets of timber, stone, and alloy pieces that will allow for a greater range of building shapes, Frontiers will also add more than a hundred new decorative parts for prospective builders. The expansion will also introduce a new HUD for placing building parts and incorporate a new free place mode which will allow players to pick up, duplicate and move parts that they've already placed onto the environment.

If, instead of building bases and settling down as an intergalactic Overseer, you'd rather be flying through the vast expanse of deep space causing trouble and fighting your way through anything that stands before you, Frontiers has you covered for content there too. Interstellar clouds gathering in deep space will add vivid nebulas to No Man's Sky whilst Hello Games also notes that almost all of the game's visual effects have been improved. In terms of combat, Frontiers should make weapons and explosions feel more powerful and add "a new visceral element to combat".

Frontiers also brings the game's third Expedition, called Cartographers. "The event starts all players in the same place and, as the name suggests, focuses on planetary mapping and exploration," reads the press release. "With unique new challenges and rewards, players will need to thoroughly explore their starting world to escape the toxic atmosphere of planet Gisto Major." One of the previous expeditions added Mass Effect's Normandy ship into the game - here's hoping for similar surprises here too.

Finally, the studio has also announced that it will be running another Twitch campaign for the game soon. This means that No Man's Sky rewards will be available for players to earn by watching streamers play the game online. Despite the announcement, Hello Games hasn't shared further specifics about its upcoming Twitch campaign at the time of writing. You an read the full Frontiers patch notes right now.

If you'd like to find out more about No Man's Sky then why not check out our dedicated page for the game where you can read about the game's previous expansions and more.

Jared Moore is a freelance writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter.

Frontiers, the next major update for No Man's Sky, adds another layer of content to the game as it populates its procedural universe with bustling towns brimming with NPCs for players to interact with, explore, and even run – not to mention nebulas, expanded base building, improved combat, and more.

Hello Games has announced a range of details surrounding its free Frontiers expansion in a press release. The company says that since its launch, it has always wanted players to let players "step into the cover of a science fiction book" and that the release of the game's new expansion brings another aspect of that into reality. Amongst other notable additions, Frontiers will allow players to find 'living, breathing Mos Eisley type settlements' on once-barren alien planets.

Following the update, new life will spring into the game's procedurally generated landscape through NPC-populated settlements. Players embarking across galaxies will be able to interact with settlements and grant assistance to their residents many of whom will be harbored with their own problems.

In addition to providing citizen assistance, the Frontiers expansion will allow budding adventurers across the game to become the Overseer of a settlement. In addition to the new swanky title, becoming a Settlement Overseer will allow players a range of new in-game options.

First and foremost, settlement leaders will be able to grow their towns by constructing new buildings and accepting new inhabitants. According to Hello Games, newly formed settlements will start off as little more than a sparsely populated cluster of buildings inhabited by a small collection of NPCs. It will be the job of the town's newly found Overseer to govern and manage the resources necessary to allow the population of the settlement to grow and become a flourishing town.

In line with the rest of the game, each settlement will be procedurally generated. This means that each community that players should happen across should be unique not only in terms of its inhabitants but also its buildings, neighborhood layout, color schemes, and both interior and exterior decorations. With the sheer size of the universe in No Man's Sky, we're willing to bet there will be some choice color combinations out there. Yellow and green anyone?

In addition to adding buildings to their new-found settlements, Overseers will also be able to make important policy decisions for their townsfolk going forward. Starting out as newly appointed galactic politicians, players will be able to grapple with a range of issues ranging from treasury management to town planning and conflict resolution. In the case of the latter, Hello Games says that when called upon to help resolve disagreements between settlers, "fair and compassionate judgments will result in happier citizens". Whilst it isn't yet clear exactly how happiness will be measured or what ramifications could result from unhappy citizens, it would certainly be an interesting twist to see a group of intergalactic NPCs surmount a revolution.

In addition to the new settlement mechanics that will feature in the Frontiers update, No Man's Sky will feature a number of other noteworthy additions in the expansion. According to Hello Games, the studio will be making a number of improvements to base building. On top of adding new structural sets of timber, stone, and alloy pieces that will allow for a greater range of building shapes, Frontiers will also add more than a hundred new decorative parts for prospective builders. The expansion will also introduce a new HUD for placing building parts and incorporate a new free place mode which will allow players to pick up, duplicate and move parts that they've already placed onto the environment.

If, instead of building bases and settling down as an intergalactic Overseer, you'd rather be flying through the vast expanse of deep space causing trouble and fighting your way through anything that stands before you, Frontiers has you covered for content there too. Interstellar clouds gathering in deep space will add vivid nebulas to No Man's Sky whilst Hello Games also notes that almost all of the game's visual effects have been improved. In terms of combat, Frontiers should make weapons and explosions feel more powerful and add "a new visceral element to combat".

Frontiers also brings the game's third Expedition, called Cartographers. "The event starts all players in the same place and, as the name suggests, focuses on planetary mapping and exploration," reads the press release. "With unique new challenges and rewards, players will need to thoroughly explore their starting world to escape the toxic atmosphere of planet Gisto Major." One of the previous expeditions added Mass Effect's Normandy ship into the game - here's hoping for similar surprises here too.

Finally, the studio has also announced that it will be running another Twitch campaign for the game soon. This means that No Man's Sky rewards will be available for players to earn by watching streamers play the game online. Despite the announcement, Hello Games hasn't shared further specifics about its upcoming Twitch campaign at the time of writing. You an read the full Frontiers patch notes right now.

If you'd like to find out more about No Man's Sky then why not check out our dedicated page for the game where you can read about the game's previous expansions and more.

Jared Moore is a freelance writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter.

Developer/Publisher PM Studios has announced No Longer Human, a game with a unique visual art style and gameplay that's described by PM itself as "a high-energy cybergoth action fvck-em-up." It is expected to be released in 2022 for PC, with a console release also planned but no details given. Check out the announcement trailer above.

The developers cite Devil May Cry and Smash Bros. influences, with support for speedrunning also being baked into the design. You play Tsunono, a woman who is a total badass in the metaverse that anyone can easily access and immerse themselves in within this near-future world.

Gameplay features include upgradeable special attacks and moves, an "abrasive" digital hardcore soundtrack, and freeform combat. Stay tuned to PAX West, beginning today, for more on No Longer Human.

Ryan McCaffrey is IGN's executive editor of previews and host of both IGN's weekly Xbox show, Podcast Unlocked, as well as our monthly(-ish) interview show, IGN Unfiltered. He's a North Jersey guy, so it's "Taylor ham," not "pork roll." Debate it with him on Twitter at @DMC_Ryan.

Developer/Publisher PM Studios has announced No Longer Human, a game with a unique visual art style and gameplay that's described by PM itself as "a high-energy cybergoth action fvck-em-up." It is expected to be released in 2022 for PC, with a console release also planned but no details given. Check out the announcement trailer above.

The developers cite Devil May Cry and Smash Bros. influences, with support for speedrunning also being baked into the design. You play Tsunono, a woman who is a total badass in the metaverse that anyone can easily access and immerse themselves in within this near-future world.

Gameplay features include upgradeable special attacks and moves, an "abrasive" digital hardcore soundtrack, and freeform combat. Stay tuned to PAX West, beginning today, for more on No Longer Human.

Ryan McCaffrey is IGN's executive editor of previews and host of both IGN's weekly Xbox show, Podcast Unlocked, as well as our monthly(-ish) interview show, IGN Unfiltered. He's a North Jersey guy, so it's "Taylor ham," not "pork roll." Debate it with him on Twitter at @DMC_Ryan.

Rachael Leigh Cook has shared her regrets over not taking on the role of Rogue in 2000's X-Men movie, saying she recognized early on that she had made a mistake.

In an interview with The New York Times published on Sunday, Cook spoke about her decision to decline the role of Rogue in Bryan Singer's X-Men movie more than 20 years ago. The actress passed on the part because she wanted to avoid acting on a green screen but says she realized her mistake as soon as she saw the posters for the big-budget flick.

Cook noted the move had been a "huge misstep" in her career, as she reflected back on her decision to focus on independent movies. "I really thought what everyone told me was correct when they said, 'What we need to do now is make sure you're taken seriously,'" Cook told the publication, acknowledging that she "definitely did things for the wrong reasons."

The role of Rogue ultimately went to Cook's She's All That co-star Anna Paquin, who played the iconic Marvel character in four of the X-Men movies from 2000 to 2014. Paquin was slated to have a larger role in X-Men: Days of Future Past, but it was cut down before the movie hit the big screen, with Singer later releasing a straight-to-home video "Rogue Cut" of the film.

Now that Disney owns 20th Century Fox, the future of the X-Men franchise has become an extremely hot topic considering the MCU made it all the way to Avengers: Endgame with nary a mutant. That spell might be set to last a little longer yet, but it doesn't mean that Marvel hasn't been busy laying the groundwork for the mutant superheroes to show up.

Phase 4 could be setting the stage for mutants in the MCU, so you may want to pay attention to Marvel's upcoming releases, particularly Eternals, which is coming out later this year, as well as 2022's Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever — a movie that could potentially introduce Namor as a big-screen baddie.

Adele Ankers is a freelance writer for IGN. Follow her on Twitter.