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Microsoft Is Cutting Xbox Live Gold Requirement For Party Chat And Free-To-Play Multiplayer

You will no longer need Xbox Live Gold to access Party Chat, Looking 4 Groups and Free-To-Play Multiplayer features on Xbox. The news was revealed by Xbox Preview Program developer Brad Rossetti on Twitter. "Multiplayer in Free-to-play games, Looking 4 Groups and Party Chat on Xbox no longer requires an Xbox Live Gold membership," Rossetti said. The changes are being debuted to Xbox Insiders in the Alpha Skip Ahead and Alpha programs at the moment "ahead of general availability." This means that when the update comes to all Xbox users, players will no longer need an Xbox Live Gold subscription to create a party chat with their friends, look for a multiplayer group or play free-to-play multiplayer games on Xbox. It's not clear exactly how many games will be compatible with this change, but there are plenty of high-profile free-to-play titles on Xbox like Apex Legends and Destiny 2 that will benefit from this. The news arrives as Xbox has renamed Xbox Live to Xbox Network to "distinguish the underlying service from Xbox Live Gold memberships.” In other Microsoft news, the company is reportedly in talks to purchase Discord for over $10 Billion. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Jordan Oloman is a freelance writer for IGN. Follow him on Twitter.
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Halo Infinite May Feature Spartans from the Halo Extended Universe

Halo Infinite could feature Spartans from the Halo Extended Universe. Earlier this week user Atill555 on the Halo subreddit clipped a podcast featuring actor Verlon Roberts, who was talking about his experiences working on Halo Infinite. Roberts revealed that his character is called Spartan Griffin and that he was acting opposite Master Chief during motion capture sessions. Roberts pointed out that Chief is much taller than Griffin in the game, and that Roberts had to talk to a baseball cap with a tennis ball on the end of it to make up the difference. Roberts posted a picture of himself in mocap gear to Instagram in 2020, which may be from when he was working on Infinite. Mega Construx leaks previously revealed the existence of a Spartan Griffin toy, who sports purple Mark VII armour. While this is already providing more details about the game's story and characters, Halo novel fans have pointed out that a character called Spartan Griffin already exists in the Halo Extended Universe. In the book Halo: Shadows of Reach: A Master Chief Story, Master Chief meets Commander Palmer (a character that voice actor Jennifer Hale has confirmed to be in Halo Infinite) who is in charge a Spartan-IV crew from the UNSC Infinity called Fireteam Taurus, who have been sent by Captain Lasky to fight the Banished (the antagonists of Halo Infinite) on the planet Reach. One of the Spartans in the crew happens to be called GRIFFIN. In the past, 343 Industries has said that Shadows of Reach isn't "required reading" to enjoy Halo Infinite, but its author, Troy Denning also said the following: "343 wanted Shadows to give a glimpse into certain plot points that also come to fuller fruition within Halo Infinite, and often times this can mean that certain elements I’m writing in my manuscript are brought to life in parallel with ones being developed for Halo Infinite’s story and gameplay." [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/you-can-knock-enemies-off-the-halo-ring-in-halo-infinite"]   Halo Infinite takes place on Installation 07 or Zeta Halo, in the wake of a battle between the UNSC and the Banished, led by War Chief Escharum, who we saw in the Halo Infinite gameplay reveal. From the gameplay trailer we also know that the crew of the UNSC Infinity suffered heavy casualties in the battle that frames the game's story. It's not unreasonable to suggest that some may have survived, including Commander Palmer and Spartan Griffin, played by Verlon Roberts, who appears to have acted opposite Master Chief for Halo Infinite. We don't have a confirmed release date for Halo Infinite after it was delayed into Fall 2021, but another interesting tidbit from the interview is that Roberts said that the game was "pushed to later November this year." We can't yet confirm that date, but it's perhaps a useful pointer. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Jordan Oloman is a freelance writer for IGN. Follow him on Twitter.
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Halo Infinite May Feature Spartans from the Halo Extended Universe

Halo Infinite could feature Spartans from the Halo Extended Universe. Earlier this week user Atill555 on the Halo subreddit clipped a podcast featuring actor Verlon Roberts, who was talking about his experiences working on Halo Infinite. Roberts revealed that his character is called Spartan Griffin and that he was acting opposite Master Chief during motion capture sessions. Roberts pointed out that Chief is much taller than Griffin in the game, and that Roberts had to talk to a baseball cap with a tennis ball on the end of it to make up the difference. Roberts posted a picture of himself in mocap gear to Instagram in 2020, which may be from when he was working on Infinite. Mega Construx leaks previously revealed the existence of a Spartan Griffin toy, who sports purple Mark VII armour. While this is already providing more details about the game's story and characters, Halo novel fans have pointed out that a character called Spartan Griffin already exists in the Halo Extended Universe. In the book Halo: Shadows of Reach: A Master Chief Story, Master Chief meets Commander Palmer (a character that voice actor Jennifer Hale has confirmed to be in Halo Infinite) who is in charge a Spartan-IV crew from the UNSC Infinity called Fireteam Taurus, who have been sent by Captain Lasky to fight the Banished (the antagonists of Halo Infinite) on the planet Reach. One of the Spartans in the crew happens to be called GRIFFIN. In the past, 343 Industries has said that Shadows of Reach isn't "required reading" to enjoy Halo Infinite, but its author, Troy Denning also said the following: "343 wanted Shadows to give a glimpse into certain plot points that also come to fuller fruition within Halo Infinite, and often times this can mean that certain elements I’m writing in my manuscript are brought to life in parallel with ones being developed for Halo Infinite’s story and gameplay." [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/you-can-knock-enemies-off-the-halo-ring-in-halo-infinite"]   Halo Infinite takes place on Installation 07 or Zeta Halo, in the wake of a battle between the UNSC and the Banished, led by War Chief Escharum, who we saw in the Halo Infinite gameplay reveal. From the gameplay trailer we also know that the crew of the UNSC Infinity suffered heavy casualties in the battle that frames the game's story. It's not unreasonable to suggest that some may have survived, including Commander Palmer and Spartan Griffin, played by Verlon Roberts, who appears to have acted opposite Master Chief for Halo Infinite. We don't have a confirmed release date for Halo Infinite after it was delayed into Fall 2021, but another interesting tidbit from the interview is that Roberts said that the game was "pushed to later November this year." We can't yet confirm that date, but it's perhaps a useful pointer. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Jordan Oloman is a freelance writer for IGN. Follow him on Twitter.
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Reggie Fils-Aimé Quits GameStop Board of Directors After Just One Year

Reggie Fils-Aimé has retired from GameStop's board of directors, just one year after he joined the company. Fils-Aimé is one of eight directors who are set to retire from the board at GameStop's 2021 Annual Meeting. The remaining board members will largely be made up of directors relatively new to the board, with many of the company's more established directors leaving along with Fils-Aimé. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2021/01/28/what-is-going-on-with-gamestop-stock-ign-now"] Best known as the former Nintendo of America president, Fils-Aimé joined the GameStop board of directors in March 2020. He joined the board at the same time both as veteran retail business executive Bill Simon and PetSmart CEO J.K. Symancyk as part of a company reshuffle. All three of them will formally quit the company at the GameStop 2021 Annual Meeting. This won't be the first big shake-up for GameStop this year; a year-long management tussle at the retailer put a new group of investors in charge with big plans for change, and the latest earnings call suggested change is brewing, if slowly. And, of course, there was also the Reddit-fuelled stock surge earlier this year. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Matt Purslow is IGN's UK News and Entertainment Writer.  
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Reggie Fils-Aimé Quits GameStop Board of Directors After Just One Year

Reggie Fils-Aimé has retired from GameStop's board of directors, just one year after he joined the company. Fils-Aimé is one of eight directors who are set to retire from the board at GameStop's 2021 Annual Meeting. The remaining board members will largely be made up of directors relatively new to the board, with many of the company's more established directors leaving along with Fils-Aimé. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2021/01/28/what-is-going-on-with-gamestop-stock-ign-now"] Best known as the former Nintendo of America president, Fils-Aimé joined the GameStop board of directors in March 2020. He joined the board at the same time both as veteran retail business executive Bill Simon and PetSmart CEO J.K. Symancyk as part of a company reshuffle. All three of them will formally quit the company at the GameStop 2021 Annual Meeting. This won't be the first big shake-up for GameStop this year; a year-long management tussle at the retailer put a new group of investors in charge with big plans for change, and the latest earnings call suggested change is brewing, if slowly. And, of course, there was also the Reddit-fuelled stock surge earlier this year. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Matt Purslow is IGN's UK News and Entertainment Writer.  
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Zack Snyder’s Justice League Released in Black and White on HBO Max

Zack Snyder's Justice League has received an additional black and white release on HBO Max. After various teasers throughout the week, the official Snyder Cut Twitter account confirmed on Thursday that the monochromatic version of Zack Snyder's Justice League, titled Justice is Gray, is now available to stream on HBO Max in 4K UHD, HDR10, Dolby Vision, Dolby Atmos on supported devices. The announcement was posted alongside a trailer for the new black and white edition of the film. At IGN Fan Fest 2021, Snyder revealed that he is a "huge advocate of and a huge admirer of" this version of the movie and that it is his "favorite version of the movie." He also shared his hopes of one day being able to offer an IMAX experience for his four-hour-long version of Justice League, though this idea would only be considered once theaters are safe to re-open. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/zack-snyders-justice-league-exclusive-making-of-the-snyder-cut-clip"] After a lengthy, tragic, and controversial journey, the full-color version of Zack Snyder's Justice League arrived on HBO Max last week, effectively replacing Joss Whedon's version of the movie with a new R-rated epic, presented as Snyder originally intended. IGN awarded it an 8/10 review, calling it "a surprise vindication for the director and the fans that believed in his vision." If you've had a chance to sit down and give it a watch yourself, then you'll know that the movie ends on a massive cliffhanger. Snyder has already addressed the reason for this ending and why his version of Justice League sets up a direct sequel that is never likely to happen, even though he has ideas on how his potential trilogy could have ended with a shock new superhero, and much, much more. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2021/03/20/justice-league-snyder-cut-all-differences-from-the-theatrical-version"] Plot rumors about Snyder's Justice League 2 have circulated for years, with Kevin Smith claiming the sequel would have seen the superheroes traveling to Apokolips to confront Darkseid. There was even chatter the second film would have ended on a downbeat note in the vein of Empire Strikes Back, while a third and final film would have been the final end battle between the Justice League and Darkseid. For now, though, we have four hours of Snyder's Justice League to sit and dissect, with extended fight scenes, a different aspect ratio, new character designs, and deleted scenes to examine. IGN has put together a breakdown of how the new iteration of the film differs from Joss Whedon's theatrical version of Justice League from 2017, including how much of the film is presented in slow motion. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Adele Ankers is a Freelance Entertainment Journalist. You can reach her on Twitter.
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Zack Snyder’s Justice League Released in Black and White on HBO Max

Zack Snyder's Justice League has received an additional black and white release on HBO Max. After various teasers throughout the week, the official Snyder Cut Twitter account confirmed on Thursday that the monochromatic version of Zack Snyder's Justice League, titled Justice is Gray, is now available to stream on HBO Max in 4K UHD, HDR10, Dolby Vision, Dolby Atmos on supported devices. The announcement was posted alongside a trailer for the new black and white edition of the film. At IGN Fan Fest 2021, Snyder revealed that he is a "huge advocate of and a huge admirer of" this version of the movie and that it is his "favorite version of the movie." He also shared his hopes of one day being able to offer an IMAX experience for his four-hour-long version of Justice League, though this idea would only be considered once theaters are safe to re-open. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/zack-snyders-justice-league-exclusive-making-of-the-snyder-cut-clip"] After a lengthy, tragic, and controversial journey, the full-color version of Zack Snyder's Justice League arrived on HBO Max last week, effectively replacing Joss Whedon's version of the movie with a new R-rated epic, presented as Snyder originally intended. IGN awarded it an 8/10 review, calling it "a surprise vindication for the director and the fans that believed in his vision." If you've had a chance to sit down and give it a watch yourself, then you'll know that the movie ends on a massive cliffhanger. Snyder has already addressed the reason for this ending and why his version of Justice League sets up a direct sequel that is never likely to happen, even though he has ideas on how his potential trilogy could have ended with a shock new superhero, and much, much more. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2021/03/20/justice-league-snyder-cut-all-differences-from-the-theatrical-version"] Plot rumors about Snyder's Justice League 2 have circulated for years, with Kevin Smith claiming the sequel would have seen the superheroes traveling to Apokolips to confront Darkseid. There was even chatter the second film would have ended on a downbeat note in the vein of Empire Strikes Back, while a third and final film would have been the final end battle between the Justice League and Darkseid. For now, though, we have four hours of Snyder's Justice League to sit and dissect, with extended fight scenes, a different aspect ratio, new character designs, and deleted scenes to examine. IGN has put together a breakdown of how the new iteration of the film differs from Joss Whedon's theatrical version of Justice League from 2017, including how much of the film is presented in slow motion. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Adele Ankers is a Freelance Entertainment Journalist. You can reach her on Twitter.
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Cary Fukunaga to Direct Tokyo Ghost Adaptation

No Time to Die director Cary Fukunaga will direct a feature adaptation of the Image comic series Tokyo Ghost for Legendary, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Tokyo Ghost is a cyberpunk series set in the year 2089 that imagines a future where the human race has become addicted to technology and gangsters run the world. The series follows Led Dent and Debbie Decay, two constables looking for a ticket out of the Isles of Los Angeles to the final tech-less county on Earth: the garden nation of Tokyo. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2019/06/25/bond-25-behind-the-scenes-jamaica-inside-look-from-cary-fukunaga"] Series writer Rick Remender will adapt his own work for the film's screenplay. Fear Agent, another of Remender's comic series, is already being developed by Seth Rogen and Shazam! director David F. Sandberg for Amazon. Before helming Daniel Craig's final bond outing, Fukunaga directed films like 2016's Beasts of No Nation and 2011's Jane Eyre. The filmmaker also helmed every episode of Season 1 of HBO's True Detective as well as Netflix's psychological thriller miniseries Maniac, and is also sceduled to direct the first several episodes of Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks' long-gestating Band of Brothers and The Pacific follow-up, Masters of the Air. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="legacyId=800000681&captions=true"] Tokyo Ghost debuted in September 2015, earning praise for its imaginative approach to a familiar genre. In our review of Tokyo Ghost #1, IGN gave the issue an 8, calling it "fast and frenetic, [and] driven by a strong narrative pulse and some amazing art." After numerous delays, No Time to Die is set to release on October 8. [poilib element="accentDivider"] J. Kim Murphy is a freelance entertainment writer.
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Cary Fukunaga to Direct Tokyo Ghost Adaptation

No Time to Die director Cary Fukunaga will direct a feature adaptation of the Image comic series Tokyo Ghost for Legendary, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Tokyo Ghost is a cyberpunk series set in the year 2089 that imagines a future where the human race has become addicted to technology and gangsters run the world. The series follows Led Dent and Debbie Decay, two constables looking for a ticket out of the Isles of Los Angeles to the final tech-less county on Earth: the garden nation of Tokyo. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2019/06/25/bond-25-behind-the-scenes-jamaica-inside-look-from-cary-fukunaga"] Series writer Rick Remender will adapt his own work for the film's screenplay. Fear Agent, another of Remender's comic series, is already being developed by Seth Rogen and Shazam! director David F. Sandberg for Amazon. Before helming Daniel Craig's final bond outing, Fukunaga directed films like 2016's Beasts of No Nation and 2011's Jane Eyre. The filmmaker also helmed every episode of Season 1 of HBO's True Detective as well as Netflix's psychological thriller miniseries Maniac, and is also sceduled to direct the first several episodes of Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks' long-gestating Band of Brothers and The Pacific follow-up, Masters of the Air. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="legacyId=800000681&captions=true"] Tokyo Ghost debuted in September 2015, earning praise for its imaginative approach to a familiar genre. In our review of Tokyo Ghost #1, IGN gave the issue an 8, calling it "fast and frenetic, [and] driven by a strong narrative pulse and some amazing art." After numerous delays, No Time to Die is set to release on October 8. [poilib element="accentDivider"] J. Kim Murphy is a freelance entertainment writer.
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It Takes Two Review

In It Takes Two, you fight the kind of common, red toolbox that might be sitting in your garage, or your parents' garage. It's one of the best boss battles I've ever played.

In the level leading up to this, co-op protagonists Cody and May learn to chuck nails and wield a hammer head, respectively. Cody can shoot nails into wooden surfaces; May can use the hammer to swing on those nails. Cody can nail moving platforms in place; May can hop onto those platforms, or wall jump between vertical surfaces that Cody can position via strategic nail shots. Eventually, he gets three nails to throw instead of one, leading to some excitingly frantic platforming.

The boss fight that closes this level uses those abilities in concert. Cody and May stand on a plywood platform, facing off against the toolbox. It can swing at them with bolted on plywood arms, which the duo needs to dodge. To deal any damage, Cody has to pin its long, wooden limb to a wall with his three nails, allowing May to swing over and smack its tinny body. As the fight proceeds, the toolbox shoots nails into the air which hurtle down at the plywood platform, a platform which gradually shrinks as the toolbox uses a handsaw to whittle it down to a nub with strategic cuts.

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