An indie developer who made a demo of a Superman flight experience in Unreal Engine 5 said his work was stolen and listed for sale on Steam.

In April, we shared a video of an amazing Superman-style flight experience built in Unreal Engine 5. The demo, which is still free to try out on itch.io, was built using Epic's The Matrix Awakens' city. Developer Tyson Butler-Boschma replaced the Matrix elements and inserted a Superman-like character to give players an idea of what a future superhero game could look like on Unreal Engine 5.

Two weeks ago, a fan pointed out to Butler-Boschma that an identical game popped up on Steam, under the title Heroes City Superman Edition. According to PC Gamer, a group under the name of Hero Game Studios apparently listed Butler-Boschma's exact work on Steam for a price of $10.99, and copyright claimed Butler-Boschma's trailer promoting the free-to-play demo. The game has since been removed from Steam, but not before causing the game's creator a lot of trouble.

On Twitter, Butler-Boschma revealed that Hero Game Studios started going after his YouTube content after listing the game, saying, "The team that stole my free superman demo and are selling it on Steam, are now copyright claiming my content on @YouTube as well... They are straight up attacking and harassing me at this point and I don't feel safe providing my personal information for a counter claim..."

The team that stole my free superman demo and are selling it on Steam, are now copyright claiming my content on @YouTube as well...
They are straight up attacking and harassing me at this point and I don't feel safe providing my personal information for a counter claim... pic.twitter.com/dqd0oHjul4

— Tyson Butler-Boschma (@TJATOMICA) November 14, 2022

Butler-Boschma left a review of the game on Steam, warning people that the game was a scam, and that he was the real creator. Hero Game Studios responded the review before the game was removed, saying the following:

Our game is not stolen. One of the former developers of our user team TJ ATOMICA left our team a long time ago, but now he claims that the entire project belongs to him. But this is completely false. The game’s rights and development process belong entirely to us. The reason why he did this is because the sales were increasing quite rapidly. He thinks he can make money from it.

Butler-Boschma (who goes by TJ ATOMICA on Twitter and Steam) told PC Gamer he has no idea who Hero Game Studios is, and his LinkedIn lists no affiliation with the company.

The developer also bought the game on Steam only to find the opening level he says he created from scratch, including a message he wrote about how the demo works. Butler-Boschma said, "This 100% confirmed to me this project was the one I made and this developer just downloaded, stole, and passed this work off as their own."

All that remains on Steam is Butler-Boschma's negative review, Hero Game Studios' response, and a handful of comments in support of Butler-Boschma. You can still check out the free demo for yourself over on itch.io.

Logan Plant is a freelance writer for IGN covering video game and entertainment news. He has over six years of experience in the gaming industry with bylines at IGN, Nintendo Wire, Switch Player Magazine, and Lifewire. Find him on Twitter @LoganJPlant.

Space nerds will be able to stream the inaugural launch of NASA’s gigantic moon rocket live in 8K and 360 degree VR when it launches on November 16. Hopefully.

Upon launch, the Space Launch System (SLS) will be the most powerful rocket ever to blast off from our planet’s surface. However, actually getting the darn thing off the ground is proving to be something of a nightmare for NASA.

The super-heavy lift rocket was first meant to launch in 2017, but a series of technical issues pushed the maiden voyage of the SLS all the way back to 2022. Even with this extra time the SLS is still struggling to get on a launch footing.

Already this year, a slew of technical problems including engine cooling and fuel-loading issues have contributed to a number of scrubbed launch attempts. These holdups, combined with the disruption caused by Hurricane Ian, led to NASA setting a new November 16 launch window for the rocket, which will open promptly at 1:04 a.m. EST.

For this latest attempt, the collaborative cloud streaming platform MeetMo.io is partnering with Felix & Paul Studios and FlightLine Films to provide super-high definition streams of the launch.

Viewers will be able to access 8K live streams from multiple cameras arrayed around the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida on Facebook starting at 11:57 p.m. ET on November 15.

The attempt will also be available in VR via Meta Quest, and as a 4K 360 degree stream. 360 degree fulldome projections will also be hosted in a number of domes and planetariums.

Whilst NASA is currently stating that the launch will go ahead, it is also tracking a potential issue with the rocket’s launch-abort system (LAS). The tower-like structure - which is located at the pinnacle of the 320-ft-tall rocket - is designed to pull the Orion command capsule away from danger in the event of a malfunction with the launch vehicle while on the pad, or in flight.

Insulation around the base of the LAS was damaged by the winds of Hurricane Ian, and engineers are currently assessing whether there is a danger that it could come loose during launch.

Anthony is a freelance contributor covering science and video gaming news for IGN. He has over eight years experience of covering breaking developments in multiple scientific fields and absolutely no time for your shenanigans. Follow him on Twitter @BeardConGamer

Image credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky

Space nerds will be able to stream the inaugural launch of NASA’s gigantic moon rocket live in 8K and 360 degree VR when it launches on November 16. Hopefully.

Upon launch, the Space Launch System (SLS) will be the most powerful rocket ever to blast off from our planet’s surface. However, actually getting the darn thing off the ground is proving to be something of a nightmare for NASA.

The super-heavy lift rocket was first meant to launch in 2017, but a series of technical issues pushed the maiden voyage of the SLS all the way back to 2022. Even with this extra time the SLS is still struggling to get on a launch footing.

Already this year, a slew of technical problems including engine cooling and fuel-loading issues have contributed to a number of scrubbed launch attempts. These holdups, combined with the disruption caused by Hurricane Ian, led to NASA setting a new November 16 launch window for the rocket, which will open promptly at 1:04 a.m. EST.

For this latest attempt, the collaborative cloud streaming platform MeetMo.io is partnering with Felix & Paul Studios and FlightLine Films to provide super-high definition streams of the launch.

Viewers will be able to access 8K live streams from multiple cameras arrayed around the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida on Facebook starting at 11:57 p.m. ET on November 15.

The attempt will also be available in VR via Meta Quest, and as a 4K 360 degree stream. 360 degree fulldome projections will also be hosted in a number of domes and planetariums.

Whilst NASA is currently stating that the launch will go ahead, it is also tracking a potential issue with the rocket’s launch-abort system (LAS). The tower-like structure - which is located at the pinnacle of the 320-ft-tall rocket - is designed to pull the Orion command capsule away from danger in the event of a malfunction with the launch vehicle while on the pad, or in flight.

Insulation around the base of the LAS was damaged by the winds of Hurricane Ian, and engineers are currently assessing whether there is a danger that it could come loose during launch.

Anthony is a freelance contributor covering science and video gaming news for IGN. He has over eight years experience of covering breaking developments in multiple scientific fields and absolutely no time for your shenanigans. Follow him on Twitter @BeardConGamer

Image credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky

Hasbro's stock price has fallen nearly 10% today after analysts said the company is mismanaging its Magic: The Gathering trading card game business.

According to CNBC, Bank of America conducted a deep dive on Hasbro's handling of Magic: The Gathering, prompting analysts to say Hasbro has been overprinting cards and destroying Magic's long-term value.

As of this writing, Hasbro's stock price sits at 57.52 USD, down from 63.41 USD at Friday's closing. According to a note from Bank of America analysts (via Financial Times), the analysts found from speaking with players, collectors, distributors and local games stores that "the primary concern is that Hasbro has been overproducing Magic cards which has propped up Hasbro’s recent results but is destroying the long-term value of the brand."

According to the analysts, Magic saw enormous growth during the peak of the pandemic, causing secondary prices to skyrocket. Hasbro chose to keep the momentum going with more frequent set releases, which has now led to a crash on secondary market prices. More recent Magic: The Gathering sets are declining in value, and Hasbro's continued reprinting of sets is driving the price down even further.

A famous example is the powerful Black Lotus card. This rare card sold for over $500,000 at an auction in 2021. Now, Wizards of the Coast and Hasbro have reprinted the card for the first time in over 25 years, causing panic among collectors who are worried their rare cards will lose value due to reproductions.

You can't just run out to the store and buy a Black Lotus, though. The rare card is a part of Wizards of the Coast and Hasbro's Last 30th Anniversary Edition set, which costs $999. The set comes out on November 28, and costs $999 for four booster packs with random cards.

While a player could get lucky and pull a Black Lotus, it's very possible to spend nearly a thousand dollars and get nothing in return. Wizards of the Coast previously promised to never reprint the Black Lotus, and is seemingly attempting to justify the reversal by saying the 30th anniversary cards aren't tournament legal.

The situation surrounding the 30th Anniversary Edition is causing even more frustration for players.

Logan Plant is a freelance writer for IGN covering video game and entertainment news. He has over six years of experience in the gaming industry with bylines at IGN, Nintendo Wire, Switch Player Magazine, and Lifewire. Find him on Twitter @LoganJPlant.

Hasbro's stock price has fallen nearly 10% today after analysts said the company is mismanaging its Magic: The Gathering trading card game business.

According to CNBC, Bank of America conducted a deep dive on Hasbro's handling of Magic: The Gathering, prompting analysts to say Hasbro has been overprinting cards and destroying Magic's long-term value.

As of this writing, Hasbro's stock price sits at 57.52 USD, down from 63.41 USD at Friday's closing. According to a note from Bank of America analysts (via Financial Times), the analysts found from speaking with players, collectors, distributors and local games stores that "the primary concern is that Hasbro has been overproducing Magic cards which has propped up Hasbro’s recent results but is destroying the long-term value of the brand."

According to the analysts, Magic saw enormous growth during the peak of the pandemic, causing secondary prices to skyrocket. Hasbro chose to keep the momentum going with more frequent set releases, which has now led to a crash on secondary market prices. More recent Magic: The Gathering sets are declining in value, and Hasbro's continued reprinting of sets is driving the price down even further.

A famous example is the powerful Black Lotus card. This rare card sold for over $500,000 at an auction in 2021. Now, Wizards of the Coast and Hasbro have reprinted the card for the first time in over 25 years, causing panic among collectors who are worried their rare cards will lose value due to reproductions.

You can't just run out to the store and buy a Black Lotus, though. The rare card is a part of Wizards of the Coast and Hasbro's Last 30th Anniversary Edition set, which costs $999. The set comes out on November 28, and costs $999 for four booster packs with random cards.

While a player could get lucky and pull a Black Lotus, it's very possible to spend nearly a thousand dollars and get nothing in return. Wizards of the Coast previously promised to never reprint the Black Lotus, and is seemingly attempting to justify the reversal by saying the 30th anniversary cards aren't tournament legal.

The situation surrounding the 30th Anniversary Edition is causing even more frustration for players.

Logan Plant is a freelance writer for IGN covering video game and entertainment news. He has over six years of experience in the gaming industry with bylines at IGN, Nintendo Wire, Switch Player Magazine, and Lifewire. Find him on Twitter @LoganJPlant.

God of War: Ragnarok has plenty of fun references to PlayStation history, but now fans have discovered a conversation that calls back to PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale — the crossover fighting game released for the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita.

Warning: Light spoilers for God of War: Ragnarok below!

Like God of War 2018 before it, Ragnarok features plenty of tall tales from Kratos and Atreus' talking head companion, Mimir. One of those stories makes fun references to PlayStation All-Stars. First reported and transcribed by Press Start, Mimir directly asks Kratos about his participation in the crossover fighter, but Kratos is hesitant to talk about it.

Mimir: I’d also heard that you once fought in a tournament.

Kratos: I fought in many contests.

Mimir: But this particular one, I heard you did battle with beasts, scoundrels, princesses, the undead, automatons and… history’s greatest musician. That’s not… that’s not true, is it?

Kratos: I would not speak of this.

Mimir: Fair enough, brother.

Press Start also confirmed with Ragnarok's game director that this is indeed a direct reference to PlayStation All-Stars. It's wonderful to see that Mimir has heard that PaRappa the Rapper is the greatest musician throughout all of history.

PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale first launched in 2012. The game featured Smash Bros.-like battles between some of the most iconic characters on PlayStation at the time, including Kratos, Nathan Drake, Ratchet and Clank, Jak and Daxter, and more. The game never got a sequel, leading us here at IGN to create our own dream roster for a potential PlayStation All-Stars 2.

The reference within Ragnarok is just a small part of the charm and detail the game has to offer. We awarded Ragnarok a 10 in our review, saying "it’s a complete work of art from top to bottom." Ragnarok is also leading the way for The Game Awards 2022 with ten nominations.

Logan Plant is a freelance writer for IGN covering video game and entertainment news. He has over six years of experience in the gaming industry with bylines at IGN, Nintendo Wire, Switch Player Magazine, and Lifewire. Find him on Twitter @LoganJPlant.

God of War: Ragnarok has plenty of fun references to PlayStation history, but now fans have discovered a conversation that calls back to PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale — the crossover fighting game released for the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita.

Warning: Light spoilers for God of War: Ragnarok below!

Like God of War 2018 before it, Ragnarok features plenty of tall tales from Kratos and Atreus' talking head companion, Mimir. One of those stories makes fun references to PlayStation All-Stars. First reported and transcribed by Press Start, Mimir directly asks Kratos about his participation in the crossover fighter, but Kratos is hesitant to talk about it.

Mimir: I’d also heard that you once fought in a tournament.

Kratos: I fought in many contests.

Mimir: But this particular one, I heard you did battle with beasts, scoundrels, princesses, the undead, automatons and… history’s greatest musician. That’s not… that’s not true, is it?

Kratos: I would not speak of this.

Mimir: Fair enough, brother.

Press Start also confirmed with Ragnarok's game director that this is indeed a direct reference to PlayStation All-Stars. It's wonderful to see that Mimir has heard that PaRappa the Rapper is the greatest musician throughout all of history.

PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale first launched in 2012. The game featured Smash Bros.-like battles between some of the most iconic characters on PlayStation at the time, including Kratos, Nathan Drake, Ratchet and Clank, Jak and Daxter, and more. The game never got a sequel, leading us here at IGN to create our own dream roster for a potential PlayStation All-Stars 2.

The reference within Ragnarok is just a small part of the charm and detail the game has to offer. We awarded Ragnarok a 10 in our review, saying "it’s a complete work of art from top to bottom." Ragnarok is also leading the way for The Game Awards 2022 with ten nominations.

Logan Plant is a freelance writer for IGN covering video game and entertainment news. He has over six years of experience in the gaming industry with bylines at IGN, Nintendo Wire, Switch Player Magazine, and Lifewire. Find him on Twitter @LoganJPlant.

Margot Robbie has confirmed that plans for a more female-focused Pirates of the Caribbean movie have been scrapped at Disney.

Robbie told Vanity Fair that she had been working on the new Pirates of the Caribbean movie for some time, but the project never really set sail because Disney seemingly decided not to move forward with it.

"We had an idea and we were developing it for a while, ages ago, to have more of a female-led — not totally female-led, but just a different kind of story — which we thought would've been really cool," Robbie explained. "But I guess they don't want to do it."

It was announced in 2020 that Robbie would be the star of a new Pirates of the Caribbean movie written by Birds of Prey screenwriter Christina Hodson. The Robbie-led feature was not intended to be a spinoff of the long-running franchise but rather an original story with new characters.

Pirates franchise producer Jerry Bruckheimer was said to be on board to produce both this movie and a second new Pirates movie that was reported to be in the works with Chernobyl creator Craig Mazin. There hasn't been any word on whether Mazin's reboot is still going ahead.

Bruckheimer confirmed this year that two scripts were being developed for a new movie in the Pirates franchise — one with Robbie, and one without her. He didn't reveal who the star of the other movie would be, but suggested "the future is yet to be decided" for Johnny Depp.

The previous Pirates movies, starring Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow, grossed over $4 billion at the worldwide box office.

The last adventure in the swashbuckler series was 2017's Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, which IGN called "okay," recognizing that it should probably be "the final voyage" for Sparrow and his mates.

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

Margot Robbie has confirmed that plans for a more female-focused Pirates of the Caribbean movie have been scrapped at Disney.

Robbie told Vanity Fair that she had been working on the new Pirates of the Caribbean movie for some time, but the project never really set sail because Disney seemingly decided not to move forward with it.

"We had an idea and we were developing it for a while, ages ago, to have more of a female-led — not totally female-led, but just a different kind of story — which we thought would've been really cool," Robbie explained. "But I guess they don't want to do it."

It was announced in 2020 that Robbie would be the star of a new Pirates of the Caribbean movie written by Birds of Prey screenwriter Christina Hodson. The Robbie-led feature was not intended to be a spinoff of the long-running franchise but rather an original story with new characters.

Pirates franchise producer Jerry Bruckheimer was said to be on board to produce both this movie and a second new Pirates movie that was reported to be in the works with Chernobyl creator Craig Mazin. There hasn't been any word on whether Mazin's reboot is still going ahead.

Bruckheimer confirmed this year that two scripts were being developed for a new movie in the Pirates franchise — one with Robbie, and one without her. He didn't reveal who the star of the other movie would be, but suggested "the future is yet to be decided" for Johnny Depp.

The previous Pirates movies, starring Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow, grossed over $4 billion at the worldwide box office.

The last adventure in the swashbuckler series was 2017's Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, which IGN called "okay," recognizing that it should probably be "the final voyage" for Sparrow and his mates.

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

Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger are icons of Hollywood, having taken over theaters with countless box office hits like Predator, Terminator, Rocky and Rambo. Despite the friends having shared the screen on films such as Escape Plan and The Expendables, Stallone recently told Forbes the two hated each other for a long time due to intense box office competition in the 1980s and 1990s.

“We really disliked each other immensely,” Stallone said. “We were… this may sound a little vain, but I think we were pioneering a kind of genre at that time and it hasn’t been seen since really. So the competition, because it’s his nature, he is very competitive and so am I… and I just thought it actually helped, but off-screen we were still competitive and that was not a healthy thing at all, but we’ve become really good friends.”

Stallone and Schwarzenegger are enshrined in the action star hall of fame, and, throughout the 1980s and 1990s, the two dominated the box office with numerous action mega hits. Stallone also recently spoke about their rivalry on The Jonathan Ross Show, where he said that they "couldn’t stand to be in the same galaxy together for a while. We truly, truly loathed each other.”

Despite the rivalry, Stallone and Schwarzenegger are good friends and collaborators. In 2010's Stallone-led action hit The Expendables, Schwarzenegger made a cameo appearance as Trench, a massively beefy mercenary. Schwarzenegger then went on to appear in both sequels in the franchise, but he declined to return for the fourth film (coming in 2023) in part to the notable lack of Stallone. Expendables 4 will mainly feature Jason Statham in the lead role as Stallone passes the baton on to a different action star.

“There is no Expendables without Sly,” Schwarzenegger told Vanity Fair. “I would never do the movie without him, no.”

With 2013’s Escape Plan, Stallone and Schwarzegger graced the big screen again. The film was a hit, grossing $137 million worldwide and spawning two sequels.

Carson Burton is a freelance news writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter at @carsonsburton.