After the release of The Batman’s gritty new trailer, it looked as though Bruce Wayne may have some anger issues, and an official story synopsis makes that very clear, saying that this Bruce Wayne, at least initially, is "no better than the ruthless serial killer he's hunting."

Warner Bros. has now released a synopsis for The Batman which explains that Robert Pattinson's Wayne is a “disillusioned, desperate vigilante” when we first meet him.

“The Batman is an edgy, action-packed thriller that depicts Batman in his early years, struggling to balance rage with righteousness as he investigates a disturbing mystery that has terrorized Gotham,” reads the official synopsis. “Robert Pattinson delivers a raw, intense portrayal of Batman as a disillusioned, desperate vigilante awakened by the realization that the anger consuming him makes him no better than the ruthless serial killer he's hunting.”

Famously, Christopher Nolan’s Batman films took the Caped Crusader into more serious territory, while Zack Snyder’s version of the Dark Knight followed suit. Now, it looks as though Matt Reeves is set to drag Bruce Wayne into even grittier realms.

Andy Serkis has previously said the movie will be darker than previous Batman films and our early looks at the move – which features a younger, seemingly more impulsive Batman than many depictions – already seems to confirm that he could be the craziest Dark Knight yet.

The Batman features an all-star cast, including Robert Pattinson as Batman, Zoë Kravitz as Selina Kyle, Andy Serkis as Alfred, Jeffrey Wright as James Gordon, Colin Farrell as Oswald Cobblepot and Paul Dano as Edward Nashton.

Dano's Nashton is also known as The Riddler, and we've said that this Batman needs the classic villain as a foe. The Batman opens in theatres on March 4, 2022, and we've recently gotten a new trailer, behind-the-scenes feature, and even a look at upcoming statues.

Ryan Leston is an entertainment journalist and film critic for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter.

Cardy reviewed Call of Duty: Vanguard's campaign so tells you all about its hits and misses. Matt and Dale join him to wax lyrical about the pure joy of Forza Horizon 5 and where the fun can be found in Riders Republic once you've broken through the wall of shack daddies and their triple shroom burgers. Matt also gives his verdict on Edgar Wright's Last Night in Soho before a Mass Effect Endless Search quiz. Stay tuned until the end for some spoiler-filled Guardians of the Galaxy chat too

Want to submit your own Endless Search, food opinion, or a bit of other nonsense? Feel free to get in touch with the podcast at: ign_ukfeedback@ign.com.

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Cardy reviewed Call of Duty: Vanguard's campaign so tells you all about its hits and misses. Matt and Dale join him to wax lyrical about the pure joy of Forza Horizon 5 and where the fun can be found in Riders Republic once you've broken through the wall of shack daddies and their triple shroom burgers. Matt also gives his verdict on Edgar Wright's Last Night in Soho before a Mass Effect Endless Search quiz. Stay tuned until the end for some spoiler-filled Guardians of the Galaxy chat too

Want to submit your own Endless Search, food opinion, or a bit of other nonsense? Feel free to get in touch with the podcast at: ign_ukfeedback@ign.com.

IGN UK Podcast 617: Call of Duty: Horizon 5

• IGN UK Podcast #616: Egging Salazar
• IGN UK Podcast #615: Blackadder Starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson
• IGN UK Podcast #614: (Star) Lord, Help Us!
• IGN UK Podcast #613: Pokemon Dread
• IGN UK Podcast #612: Finally, Time to Die

Nintendo has said that it will continue to improve and expand on its Switch Online service as well as its recently released premium Expansion Pack – possibly in response to the poor reception to its pricing and recent additions.

As part of its latest Corporate Management Briefing, Nintendo has stated that it will "continue to improve and expand both Nintendo Switch Online and Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack" in order to provide services that satisfy its fanbase.

The pledge to improve comes shortly after the company experienced a rocky start to the launch of its premium Expansion Pack subscription service. The service, which launched last month, adds a new membership tier to Nintendo Switch Online that gives players access to an expanding catalog of Nintendo 64 and Sega Mega Drive games, as well as paid DLC (currently in the form of the Animal Crossing: New Horizons - Happy Home Paradise pack).

However, following its release Nintendo received backlash from some of its fanbase, who reported that they were experiencing a number of issues with classic games running on the handheld. Complaints from the community varied from player to player, however, most commonly seemed to revolve around issues with input lag, sound delays, frame rate, and incorrect controller layouts. Nintendo doesn't specificially mention the backlash as the reason for its comments on improving the service.

Despite taking some criticism over the launch of the premium tier subscription service, elsewhere in the briefing Nintendo announced that it has seen an overall increase in the number of players subscribed to Nintendo Switch Online this past year. The publisher stated that the number of players accessing its online services had now exceeded 32 million - a figure up 6 million from this time last year.

It isn't particularly surprising to see that this figure has increased across the last year considering the continued popularity that Nintendo has seen across the hardware market. According to data published by the NPD Group, Nintendo's handheld has remained a popular choice for US consumers throughout 2021. Data from the Group showed the Switch to have a strong grasp over the US monthly hardware charts for units sold where it consistently held pole position in the charts for 33-months straight. While that reign was finally ended by Sony's PlayStation 5 this September, the additional Switch's sold across that time are likely to have contributed to an increase in Switch Online members.

For more from Nintendo, make sure to check out this article detailing how the publisher is still discussing what its next console after the Switch might be.

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

Nintendo will seemingly be sticking with the Switch for several years yet, with internal discussions for a next-generation console still taking place around a release window, and even what its concept will be.

As you'd expect, Nintendo does plan to one day replace the Switch with a new gaming system, with the company's latest financial presentation making clear that new hardware was part of its wider plans to expand the business (alongside expanding IP, and adding services to the Nintendo Account system). However, the presentation only gave a date of '20XX' for that hardware's release.

During a financial results Q&A – as attended, translated, and reported by analyst David Gibson – Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa was asked what he could say about the next-gen device. Furukawa was clear that he could say very little, and it seems even what the next console will be is still up for debate within the company.

"On next gen, we are not saying right now," Furukawa said, "we are still going through internal discussion on concept, timing etc and discussing everything."

However, Furukawa did say that the Switch remains in the "middle phase" of its lifecycle, meaning we have several more years at least before Nintendo considers replacing it. In May 2020, Furukawa said the Switch was "barely" halfway through its life, so it may be that its huge recent success has seen Nintendo extend how long it could support the hybrid hardware.

That tallies with Nintendo's goals for the coming year. The financial presentation indicated that, by adding the Nintendo Switch OLED model to its lineup, it's hoping to see a sixth consecutive year of growth in Switch sales, "something never before experienced with our dedicated video game platform business." Until the Switch stops growing, Nintendo is extremely unlikely to seek to replace it.

Despite its hopes for the OLED, Nintendo has already confirmed that won't be putting all of its resources into the new model, saying that all three Switch variants (regular, OLED, and Lite) "cater to different needs".

Joe Skrebels is IGN's Executive Editor of News. Follow him on Twitter. Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to newstips@ign.com.

Konami has delayed the 1.0.0 update for eFootball from November 10 until Spring 2022 – effectively pushing back the launch of the full version of the game.

Announced on the eFootball website, the developer says that it "concluded that more time is needed to deliver the product in the quality that will meet the expectations of our users and have decided to postpone the delivery."

The current version of eFootball has been described by Konami as "basically a demo", with 1.0.0 set to add the game's Creative Teams mode, multiple new ways to play (including normal online matches), new player types, microtransactions and more. That update was also set to add mobile versions of the game, but Konami now says it will "announce details of further updates and schedule for the mobile version later."

Effectively, the launch of the intended, full version of eFootball has been pushed back – another difficult moment in what has been a truly disastrous launch.

Today's announcement also saw Konami cancel pre-orders for its Premium Player Pack, a £32.99/$39.99 payment that couldn't be used until the 1.0.0 patch was released. All players who had already paid for the pre-order will be refunded automatically, but Konami says it "may take some time to be completed." Players who did pre-order will also have to delete and reinstall the game.

In more positive news, a patch that aims to fix some of the many bugs in the current version of the game will be released today, November 5, and Konami says, "We will continue to improve and update our game."

While bug fixes will be a welcome addition, they certainly don't address many of the problems in the game, which we said "has a lot of work left to do on the pitch to make people actually want to play it in the first place," in a damning review-in-progress.

Joe Skrebels is IGN's Executive Editor of News. Follow him on Twitter. Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to newstips@ign.com.

Konami has delayed the 1.0.0 update for eFootball from November 10 until Spring 2022 – effectively pushing back the launch of the full version of the game.

Announced on the eFootball website, the developer says that it "concluded that more time is needed to deliver the product in the quality that will meet the expectations of our users and have decided to postpone the delivery."

The current version of eFootball has been described by Konami as "basically a demo", with 1.0.0 set to add the game's Creative Teams mode, multiple new ways to play (including normal online matches), new player types, microtransactions and more. That update was also set to add mobile versions of the game, but Konami now says it will "announce details of further updates and schedule for the mobile version later."

Effectively, the launch of the intended, full version of eFootball has been pushed back – another difficult moment in what has been a truly disastrous launch.

Today's announcement also saw Konami cancel pre-orders for its Premium Player Pack, a £32.99/$39.99 payment that couldn't be used until the 1.0.0 patch was released. All players who had already paid for the pre-order will be refunded automatically, but Konami says it "may take some time to be completed." Players who did pre-order will also have to delete and reinstall the game.

In more positive news, a patch that aims to fix some of the many bugs in the current version of the game will be released today, November 5, and Konami says, "We will continue to improve and update our game."

While bug fixes will be a welcome addition, they certainly don't address many of the problems in the game, which we said "has a lot of work left to do on the pitch to make people actually want to play it in the first place," in a damning review-in-progress.

Joe Skrebels is IGN's Executive Editor of News. Follow him on Twitter. Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to newstips@ign.com.

Baby Driver director Edgar Wright has already written a script for Baby Driver 2, but says he'd need to find a way to make it fun for him before committing to making it.

Update: This story originally misinterpreted Wright's quotes to mean he may not direct Baby Driver 2. We have corrected the error.

During a chat with fellow director Cary Fukunaga for Interview Magazine, Wright revealed that he’s already written the script for a potential Baby Driver sequel:

“If I did the sequel - and in fact I've already written a script - I'd have to find a way to make it fun for me,” he explained. “The idea of doing a straight Xerox is just not interesting because, as you know, these films take at least two years and in our cases, because of the pandemic, they took even longer.”

Baby Driver follows a talented getaway driver played by Ansel Elgort, who’s forced into one last job before he can turn his back on his life of crime. The film was a huge hit both critically and financially – earning $266.9 million from a budget of just $34 million.

It’s easy to see why Sony would want Wright to follow it up with a sequel, but the British director explains how he chooses his projects.

“My rule of thumb is you have to really want to do it,” he said. “We've both been in situations where we have walked away from a studio franchise movie because we weren't feeling it. I know that we share many things in common, and that's one of them.”

Edgar Wright famously walked away from Marvel’s Ant-Man after extensive pre-production work. And while rumours of a Baby Driver sequel began just a month after Baby Driver’s release, Wright was keen to put some distance between himself and the hit action movie.

“I don't think I've ever done exactly the same thing twice in a row,” he explained. “In fact, the reason I decided to do Last Night in Soho was because at the time when Baby Driver was out, it was doing an awards run and got Oscar nominations, and I was getting a lot of pressure to jump straight into doing a sequel. And I just wasn't ready to do the same story again. It was a conscious thing of switching gears.”

Following Baby Driver’s 2017 release, star Ansel Elgort has since landed a role in Steven Spielberg’s upcoming West Side Story remake. As well as writing and directing Last Night in Soho, Edgar Wright also jokingly expressed his desire to regenerate as the next Doctor in Doctor Who.

Ryan Leston is an entertainment journalist and film critic for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter.

Baby Driver director Edgar Wright has already written a script for Baby Driver 2, but he also admits that he might not be the one to direct it.

During a chat with fellow director Cary Fukunaga for Interview Magazine, Wright revealed that he’s already written the script for a potential Baby Driver sequel.

“If I did the sequel - and in fact I've already written a script - I'd have to find a way to make it fun for me,” he explained. “The idea of doing a straight Xerox is just not interesting because, as you know, these films take at least two years and in our cases, because of the pandemic, they took even longer.”

Baby Driver follows a talented getaway driver played by Ansel Elgort, who’s forced into one last job before he can turn his back on his life of crime. The film was a huge hit both critically and financially – earning $266.9 million from a budget of just $34 million.

It’s easy to see why Sony would want Wright to follow it up with a sequel, but the British director explains how he chooses his projects.

“My rule of thumb is you have to really want to do it,” he said. “We've both been in situations where we have walked away from a studio franchise movie because we weren't feeling it. I know that we share many things in common, and that's one of them.”

Edgar Wright famously walked away from Marvel’s Ant-Man after extensive pre-production work. And while rumours of a Baby Driver sequel began just a month after Baby Driver’s release, Wright was keen to put some distance between himself and the hit action movie.

“I don't think I've ever done exactly the same thing twice in a row,” he explained. “In fact, the reason I decided to do Last Night in Soho was because at the time when Baby Driver was out, it was doing an awards run and got Oscar nominations, and I was getting a lot of pressure to jump straight into doing a sequel. And I just wasn't ready to do the same story again. It was a conscious thing of switching gears.”

Following Baby Driver’s 2017 release, star Ansel Elgort has since landed a role in Steven Spielberg’s upcoming West Side Story remake. As well as writing and directing Last Night in Soho, Edgar Wright also jokingly expressed his desire to regenerate as the next Doctor in Doctor Who.

Ryan Leston is an entertainment journalist and film critic for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter.

Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, and Rupert Grint haven't reprised their roles of Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, and Ron Weasley for a decade now, but the director of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Chris Columbus, wants to bring the gang back together for one more ride.

Speaking to Variety, Columbus said he would love to work on a movie adaptation of The Cursed Child, a 2016 Harry Potter play that takes place 19 years after the final book in the series ends.

"I would love to direct 'The Cursed Child,'" Columbus said. "It’s a great play and the kids are actually the right age to play those roles. It’s a small fantasy of mine."

Radcliffe, Watson, and Grint are all in their early 30s, making them about the right age to play Harry, Ron, and Hermione on the big screen once again for this story. The Cursed Child focuses on Harry and Draco Malfoy's children, with the original heroes serving as supporting characters. The play was a big hit on Broadway, setting records when it opened in 2018.

Columbus directed 2001's The Sorcerer's Stone and 2002's sequel, The Chamber of Secrets. He also served as producer on Prisoner of Azkaban. David Yates took over directing duties for the final four Harry Potter movies, and also directed the first two Fantastic Beasts movies.

Yates is next helming The Secrets of Dumbledore, the third movie in the Fantastic Beasts spinoff series set to be released next year.

The original play was written by Jack Thorne, along with John Tiffany and Harry Potter creator J.K. Rowling, though it's been a conflicting time for Harry Potter fans as J.K. Rowling has become a major proponent of anti-transgender rhetoric.

While it's unknown if a movie version of The Cursed Child will ever become a reality, Warner Bros. is still working on a potential Harry Potter TV series, and the video game Hogwarts Legacy, which will reportedly allow players to create transgender characters.

Logan Plant is a freelance writer for IGN. You can find him on Twitter @LoganJPlant.