Critical Role's The Legend of Vox Machina has lined up some major guest stars for its first season, with David Tennant, Stephanie Beatriz, and Tony Hale all on board to lend their voices.

Tennant will bring to life General Krieg, while Beatriz voices Lady Kima, and Hale takes on Sir Fince in Prime Video's upcoming animated series, which is based on Critical Role's popular D&D web series. Other members of The Council of Emon include Felicia Day as the Captain of Emon, Khary Payton as Sovereign Uriel Tal'Dorei, and Indira Varma as Lady Allura Vysoren.

They will be joined by several other supporting players, including Dominic Monaghan as Archibald Desnay, Gina Torres as Keeper Yennen, Sunil Malhotra as Gilmore, Stephen Root as Professor Anders, Grey Griffin as Delilah Briarwood, Rory McCann as Duke Vedmire, Kelly Hu as Dr. Anna Ripley, and Darin De Paul as Kerrion Stonefell.

The guest stars for the first season will be rounded out by Anjali Bhimani as Head Cleric, Eugene Byrd as Jarrett, Esmé Creed-Miles as Cassandra de Rolo, Bobby Hall aka Logic as Palace Guard, Max Mittelman as Desmond, Mason Alexander Park as the Tavern Keeper, Stacey Raymond as Bryn, and Tracie Thoms as the Everlight.

The core cast of Critical Role players from the live-streamed TTRPG series will reprise their D&D characters for the animated show, with Laura Bailey, Taliesin Jaffe, Ashley Johnson, Liam O'Brien, Marisha Ray, Sam Riegel, and Travis Willingham returning to their roles alongside Matthew Mercer who will voice Sylas Briarwood and several minor characters.

The Legend of Vox Machina was originally intended to be an animated special, but the record-breaking Kickstarter fundraiser grew so large that the special also grew into an animated series, which was later picked up by Amazon. IGN previously spoke to some of the Critical Role cast about the Kickstarter's impressive success, and their excitement for the adaptation.

The first season of The Legend of Vox Machina will premiere on Prime Video on January 28, with batches of three episodes releasing every week, for four weeks. Amazon ordered two seasons of the animated series before the show had launched, meaning that a further 12 episodes will arrive at a later date to fulfil the second season.

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

Nintendo has announced that The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask will be the next game to feature as part of Nintendo Switch Online's expansion pass service.

As detailed on Twitter, Nintendo has stated that Majora's Mask will be the next N64 game to launch on its premium online service.The game is set to launch in February, but a specific release date has not yet been given.

Save Termina before it’s met with a terrible fate!

The Legend of #Zelda: Majora's Mask comes to #NintendoSwitch for #NintendoSwitchOnline + Expansion Pack members in February! #Nintendo64 pic.twitter.com/WN2Q0Wqc8Q

— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) January 21, 2022

Nintendo just recently launched this month's expansion pass title in the form of Banjo-Kazooie. The colorful platformer sees players take control of Banjo (a bear) and his loveable feathered friend Kazooie as they attempt to thwart the evil escapades of a witch named Gruntilda.

Majora's Mask isn't the first N64 Zelda game to have been ported over to the Switch Online Service. Last year, Nintendo added The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time to the collection, though the game suffered performance issues at launch. At the time, one player went as far as to claim that the game was actually worse than the one featured on the Wii U's virtual console. Hopefully, Majora's Mask will arrive in a more agreeable state.

For those who might not have played the N64 classic, Majora's Mask plays out differently from other games from within the franchise. In Majora's Mask, Link is tasked with saving the land of Termina and has just three days to do so before the moon comes plummeting down into the world. Darker thematically than other Zelda games, Mask initially launched for the N64 in the year 2000, where we awarded it a 9.9/10 review. A 3D remaster was subsequently launched for 3DS in 2015.

For more from the Nintendo Switch, make sure to check out this article detailing how Nintendo promised late last year to 'improve and expand' on its online service.

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

Nintendo has announced that The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask will be the next game to feature as part of Nintendo Switch Online's expansion pass service.

As detailed on Twitter, Nintendo has stated that Majora's Mask will be the next N64 game to launch on its premium online service.The game is set to launch in February, but a specific release date has not yet been given.

Save Termina before it’s met with a terrible fate!

The Legend of #Zelda: Majora's Mask comes to #NintendoSwitch for #NintendoSwitchOnline + Expansion Pack members in February! #Nintendo64 pic.twitter.com/WN2Q0Wqc8Q

— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) January 21, 2022

Nintendo just recently launched this month's expansion pass title in the form of Banjo-Kazooie. The colorful platformer sees players take control of Banjo (a bear) and his loveable feathered friend Kazooie as they attempt to thwart the evil escapades of a witch named Gruntilda.

Majora's Mask isn't the first N64 Zelda game to have been ported over to the Switch Online Service. Last year, Nintendo added The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time to the collection, though the game suffered performance issues at launch. At the time, one player went as far as to claim that the game was actually worse than the one featured on the Wii U's virtual console. Hopefully, Majora's Mask will arrive in a more agreeable state.

For those who might not have played the N64 classic, Majora's Mask plays out differently from other games from within the franchise. In Majora's Mask, Link is tasked with saving the land of Termina and has just three days to do so before the moon comes plummeting down into the world. Darker thematically than other Zelda games, Mask initially launched for the N64 in the year 2000, where we awarded it a 9.9/10 review. A 3D remaster was subsequently launched for 3DS in 2015.

For more from the Nintendo Switch, make sure to check out this article detailing how Nintendo promised late last year to 'improve and expand' on its online service.

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

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever continues to face setbacks just as filming for the sequel was set to resume. A COVID-19 outbreak on the set has caused yet another production pause for the Black Panther sequel.

THR reported the challenges of filming during the pandemic as a new COVID variant sweeps across the country. Among the productions affected is Black Panther 2 which just resumed production after Letitia Wright returned to the set after a stunt accident.

According to the report, several cast and crewmembers tested positive for COVID including Lupita Nyong’o, who is reprising her role as Nakia in the sequel.

The Marvel production is just one of several Hollywood productions affected by the post-holiday surge in coronavirus cases. It was recently reported that production on Star Trek: Picard was shut down after 50 people tested positive.

This is yet another blow to Black Panther which was just about to resume production after halting late last year. The reasoning was due to an on-set stunt accident that left Letitia Wright, who plays T’Challa’s younger sister Shuri, with a shoulder fracture and concussion.

The Black Panther 2 production team continued to film all the remaining scenes that didn’t require Wright but paused production once she was required back on set.

Despite the increase in outbreaks, sources say there’s not much hope in stricter vaccination rules on set. Hollywood productions have adopted a multi-tier system where members in the highest tiers, usually actors and those around them, have stricter safety requirements, those in lower tiers like postproduction do not and there are concerns that there could be outbreaks there that impact projects.

Regardless of the outbreak, Black Panther 2 is still set to be released in 2022 alongside other Marvel projects including Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness and Thor: Love and Thunder.

Matt T.M. Kim is IGN's News Editor. You can reach him @lawoftd.

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever continues to face setbacks just as filming for the sequel was set to resume. A COVID-19 outbreak on the set has caused yet another production pause for the Black Panther sequel.

THR reported the challenges of filming during the pandemic as a new COVID variant sweeps across the country. Among the productions affected is Black Panther 2 which just resumed production after Letitia Wright returned to the set after a stunt accident.

According to the report, several cast and crewmembers tested positive for COVID including Lupita Nyong’o, who is reprising her role as Nakia in the sequel.

The Marvel production is just one of several Hollywood productions affected by the post-holiday surge in coronavirus cases. It was recently reported that production on Star Trek: Picard was shut down after 50 people tested positive.

This is yet another blow to Black Panther which was just about to resume production after halting late last year. The reasoning was due to an on-set stunt accident that left Letitia Wright, who plays T’Challa’s younger sister Shuri, with a shoulder fracture and concussion.

The Black Panther 2 production team continued to film all the remaining scenes that didn’t require Wright but paused production once she was required back on set.

Despite the increase in outbreaks, sources say there’s not much hope in stricter vaccination rules on set. Hollywood productions have adopted a multi-tier system where members in the highest tiers, usually actors and those around them, have stricter safety requirements, those in lower tiers like postproduction do not and there are concerns that there could be outbreaks there that impact projects.

Regardless of the outbreak, Black Panther 2 is still set to be released in 2022 alongside other Marvel projects including Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness and Thor: Love and Thunder.

Matt T.M. Kim is IGN's News Editor. You can reach him @lawoftd.

The Squid Game universe has only has just begun, according to Netflix co-CEO and Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos.

Sarandos acknowledged today that Netflix's most popular series ever will be returning another season, confirming earlier remarks from series creator Hwang Dong-hyuk. According to Variety, the remarks came during Netflix's fourth quarter 2021 earnings interview, where Sarandos was asked about the show's future.

"Absolutely,” Sarandos said. "The Squid Game universe has just begun."

Squid Game was one of last year's breakout streaming hits and IGN's best television show of 2021, reaching a "mind-boggling" 214 million subscribers worldwide. It depicts a "candy-coated" battle royale in which 456 contestants are forced to play children's games for a large prize pool and their lives.

Hwang Dong-hyuk previously confirmed that Squid Game would be returning, and even said that talks are underway for a third season. He also said main character Seong Gi-hun will return.

"I will promise you this, Gi-hun will come back," Hwang said. "He will do something for the world."

Sarandos did not say when Squid Game Season 2 will premiere.

The Squid Game universe has only has just begun, according to Netflix co-CEO and Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos.

Sarandos acknowledged today that Netflix's most popular series ever will be returning another season, confirming earlier remarks from series creator Hwang Dong-hyuk. According to Variety, the remarks came during Netflix's fourth quarter 2021 earnings interview, where Sarandos was asked about the show's future.

"Absolutely,” Sarandos said. "The Squid Game universe has just begun."

Squid Game was one of last year's breakout streaming hits and IGN's best television show of 2021, reaching a "mind-boggling" 214 million subscribers worldwide. It depicts a "candy-coated" battle royale in which 456 contestants are forced to play children's games for a large prize pool and their lives.

Hwang Dong-hyuk previously confirmed that Squid Game would be returning, and even said that talks are underway for a third season. He also said main character Seong Gi-hun will return.

"I will promise you this, Gi-hun will come back," Hwang said. "He will do something for the world."

Sarandos did not say when Squid Game Season 2 will premiere.

If the epic tunes at the end of the trailer for The Batman tickled your inner dark knight, good news: You can listen to the whole thing right now and pick it up on music services at 9 PM PST.

The theme is composed by Michael Giacchino, composer on films like Pixar's Up and The Incredibles, all three Tom Holland Spider-Man films, and Doctor Strange.

It's got all the musical motifs you could ask for, including a slow burn introduction that swells into a domineering melody.

Fans have noticed that it draws on similar motifs as both Batman: The Animated Series and Tim Burton's Batman films, with solemn brass sections and elusive strings. There's even a bit of fluctuating synth to emphasize the growing melody.

"Yeah this has "World's Greatest Detective" written all over it," wrote one Reddit user. "This is like something I'd hear in Sherlock, Bosch or True Detective, or Maltese Falcon. Reeves saying he wanted to emphasize the detective aspect of the character clearly isn't just him talking the talk."

Though the 1960's Batman theme was all silly jaunts, Batman's musical themes definitely began to take a darker, more intriguing tone with the works of Danny Elfman on 1989's Batman and the animated series.

The Batman is out in theaters on March 4 and stars Robert Pattinson as the titular caped crusader. We also recently learned it sports one of the longest runtimes of any DC movie, and will in fact be rated PG-13.

Joseph Knoop is a writer/producer/henchman for IGN.

If the epic tunes at the end of the trailer for The Batman tickled your inner dark knight, good news: You can listen to the whole thing right now and pick it up on music services at 9 PM PST.

The theme is composed by Michael Giacchino, composer on films like Pixar's Up and The Incredibles, all three Tom Holland Spider-Man films, and Doctor Strange.

It's got all the musical motifs you could ask for, including a slow burn introduction that swells into a domineering melody.

Fans have noticed that it draws on similar motifs as both Batman: The Animated Series and Tim Burton's Batman films, with solemn brass sections and elusive strings. There's even a bit of fluctuating synth to emphasize the growing melody.

"Yeah this has "World's Greatest Detective" written all over it," wrote one Reddit user. "This is like something I'd hear in Sherlock, Bosch or True Detective, or Maltese Falcon. Reeves saying he wanted to emphasize the detective aspect of the character clearly isn't just him talking the talk."

Though the 1960's Batman theme was all silly jaunts, Batman's musical themes definitely began to take a darker, more intriguing tone with the works of Danny Elfman on 1989's Batman and the animated series.

The Batman is out in theaters on March 4 and stars Robert Pattinson as the titular caped crusader. We also recently learned it sports one of the longest runtimes of any DC movie, and will in fact be rated PG-13.

Joseph Knoop is a writer/producer/henchman for IGN.

In the wake of Microsoft's blockbuster acquisition of Activision Blizzard, some Call of Duty devs are reportedly eager to move away from the annualized released schedule that has defined the series for much of its existence.

In a new article that provides an overview of Activision Blizzard's internal reactions to the acquisition, Bloomberg reports that "high-level employees" have discussed ditching Call of Duty's current release schedule. Currently, Activision continues to put a new Call of Duty every year from a rotating series of studios — a strategy that has proven an awkward fit since the release of Warzone.

These developers are said to feel that slowing the franchise's release cadence would please players who have grown weary of Call of Duty's steady drumbeat of releases. Bloomberg's article cites Call of Duty: Vanguard's 36 percent sales decline in the UK, though it still managed to top 2021's sales charts.

According to Bloomberg, the shift may not happen until "next year or later," with this year's release "expected to redeem the franchise's fortunes."

Call of Duty: Vanguard is commonly said to suffer from "Call of Duty Fatigue" — a label that has been applied to other underperforming releases such as Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare. Some have questioned the wisdom of releasing another World War II shooter relatively soon after Call of Duty: WWII, which came out back in 2017.

In the meantime, Call of Duty faces plenty of other questions amid Microsoft's pending acquisition of Activision Blizzard. While Microsoft and Activision Blizzard have both signaled their intention to keep Call of Duty on PlayStation consoles, it is unclear whether they are referring to Warzone, the annualized releases, or both.

The games industry continues to sift through the fall out of Microsoft's Activision Blizzard acquisition, which we called a "content war and not a console war" in a recent op-ed. You can see how it compares to other major entertainment acquisitions here, as well as why we think Call of Duty's days on PlayStation are numbered.

Kat Bailey is a Senior News Editor at IGN