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A new update has gone live for Marvel’s Spider-Man today, pushing out the much requested New Game+ and Ultimate difficulty updates. There are also two new associated trophies.

New Game+ lets you go back through the story with all the suits, powers, gadgets, and upgrades you had when you ended it. Ultimate difficulty is the hardest Spider-Man challenge yet and is a good option for those that want to play the game in a different way while doing trophy cleanup.

Speaking of trophies, both New Game+ and Ultimate are getting their own trophies added, though presumably you can combine the two together to get both at the same time.

Spider-Man’s first DLC, The Heist, releases next Tuesday on October 23. It is part one of a multi-chapter story DLC that focuses on Spider-Man and Black Cat.

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Bend Studio’s take on zombies and motorcycles has been delayed, Sony announced this morning. The game will now release on April 26.

The publisher took the time to explain the reasoning behind the delay as well:

Considering that the late January/February releases include Kingdom Hearts 3, Anthem, Metro Exodus, Resident Evil 2 Remake, it’s easy to see Sony and Bend’s reasoning.

For more on Days Gone, check out exclusive gameplay here.

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With the recent cancellation of Marvel’s Iron Fist, one of Netflix’s original programs designed to lead into a Defenders crossover, fans have been wondering whether all the Marvel Netflix shows will eventually go away. Disney is launching its own streaming service, so the theory has been that the house of mouse pushed for cancellation to bring the series home and the same fate is inevitable for the rest. Not so, says Netflix, at least until they decide to lower the axe themselves.

When Netflix chief content officer Ted Sarandos was asked about the future of the superheroes currently tied to Netflix and whether they too will fade into dust, Sarandos was brief.

“Those shows are for us to cancel,” he said, “and we’re super happy with their performance so far.”

So that more or less confirms that Netflix was behind Iron Fist’s cancellation and the continued existence of Daredevil, Luke Cage, Jessica Jones, and The Punisher. Still, if Disney wants the shows, they’ll probably find a way to get them back, unless Netflix signed that ironclad of a deal.

Daredevil’s third season begins tomorrow, October 19.

[Source: Inverse]

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With Telltale having closed and laid off its staff, The Walking Dead’s incomplete final season hangs over a lot of the news for fans of the series. While Skybound confirmed they would be finishing the story out, the question of how exactly they would bring in the terminated Telltale staff to fix it was still important, and reminds people of the human cost behind their favorite games.

It did not take long for this subject to come up when Skybound CEO Ian Howe held an Ask Me Anything session on Reddit yesterday. While he did not go into specific detail about how he plans to bring in Telltale developers to finish the game, he was clear about how much of the team would be comprised of former Telltale employees.

“The plan is for it to be staffed 100% by former Telltale staff,” he answered. “The only time we’d look elsewhere is if we can’t fill a particular role from former TT people.”

Howe also added that he has been in contact with “most, if not all” of The Walking Dead team, but this is not confirmation that all of them are willing or able to return. Presumably, some degree of the team have plans that are incompatible with Skybound’s intentions to continue development.

There is no timeframe for the remainder of The Walking Dead: The Final Season, though the first two episodes are still for sale.

[Source: Gamasutra]

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