Destin Daniel Cretton might be making his Naruto movie before a Shang-Chi sequel, and its first writer trusts him

Like it or not, a live-action Naruto movie seems to be coming from Hollywood after spending many years in development hell. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings director Destin Daniel Cretton is currently attached to the project, and while he might have the directing sauce needed to pull off a flashy manga/anime adaptation, we’re understandably worried about such a tricky transition regardless. Now, the movie’s original writer is trying to calm fans down.Entertainment Weekly recently talked to scribe Tasha Huo, the showrunner for Netflix’s upcoming Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft animated series, and of course, tried to extract new information regarding Naruto. To their surprise (and everyone else’s), she actually spoke at length about the process of putting that movie together …

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Bandai Namco's ill-fated MMO Blue Protocol is shutting down in January – killing Amazon Games' Worldwide release at the same time

Bandai Namco’s ill-fated MMORPG Blue Protocol has officially had a tombstone ordered on its behalf, as the company has announced it’ll be ceasing service in January 2025. What that means in basic terms is that the servers will be shut down and the game will die, but what’s particularly interesting here is that Bandai Namco has also announced that the worldwide port of Blue Protocol – which was being handled by Amazon Games – is also dead. That version of the game was never actually released, quietly shifting its summer 2024 release date to a vague 2024 window earlier this year.To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings It’s a sad end for a game that unfortunately didn’t bring in the anticipated revenue Bandai Namco was looking for. In a financial report, the…

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As Arrowhead unleashes a "massive Terminid outbreak", Helldivers 2's napalm barrageless legions cite low morale as a factor in their latest defeat

Sit down. I’ve got bad news. Helldivers 2’s most recent Major Order, the one about collecting plastic so you could unleash some napalm barrages, well, folks have come up short in it. As they now get started on the fresh mission Arrowhead’s just put in motion, some members of the player base have been busy dicussing why they think the quest to set stuff on fire from orbit ended in defeat.The main conclusion they’ve come to so far? Well, aside from the long-established pet peeve of some players refusing to deviate from battling the bugs to take on an Automaton front MO with their brethren, the big reasons being cited probably won’t be a surprise if you’ve been keeping up with the community over the last little while.To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings I…

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