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With March drawing near, Microsoft has announced the lineup of games that Xbox Live Gold members will be able to download for free next month. There’s the usual total of four new games being introduced across Xbox One and Xbox 360, with an especially good one up for grabs on the newer console.

On Xbox One, the month starts out with Trials of the Blood Dragon, a more action-oriented take on the Trials series that’s somewhat in the vein of Far Cry 3‘s Blood Dragon spin-off. It will be available for free for the entire month. From March 16 through April 15, Superhot will be free. The excellent shooter sports a distinct visual style and an even more novel concept, as time (mostly) freezes when you stop moving, allowing you to set up some Matrix-style bullet-dodging sequences.

Xbox 360 owners also get two games to download in March. During the first half of the month, it’s Brave: The Video Game, which is based on Disney’s film of the same name and was just added to the Xbox One’s backwards compatibility list. It’s then followed in the second half by Quantum Conundrum, the puzzle-based first-person game from Airtight Games and Kim Swift, one of the key developers behind Portal and Left 4 Dead. As always, both Xbox 360 games are playable on Xbox One through backwards compatibility.

In the meantime, it’s not too late to grab some of February’s free Games With Gold titles. One of the Xbox One games, Assassin’s Creed Chronicles: India, will also remain free for the first half of March. Claiming any of these games allows you to continue playing them for as long as you’re an Xbox Live Gold subscriber.

March 2018 Games With Gold

Xbox One

• Trials of the Blood Dragon (March 1-31)
• Superhot (March 16 – April 15)

Xbox 360 (playable on Xbox One)

• Brave: The Video Game (March 1-15)
• Quantum Conundrum (March 16-31)

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The last full week of February brings a bunch of new shows and movies to watch on Netflix. From talk shows to original movies to animate adaptations, there’s more than enough to binge if you’ve got the time.

Likely the biggest addition of the week is the live-action movie adaptation of FullMetal Alchemist. The film, based on the popular anime, was released in Japan back in December. In lieu of a theatrical release in the United States, it will instead stream on Netflix.

Joining it are new seasons of Netflix originals Marseille, Seven Seconds, and Ugly Delicious. Additionally, February 18 saw the premiere of the streamer’s new weekly talk show, The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale. Based on what’s been revealed about the series thus far, it sounds like a hybrid of a traditional talk show and McHale’s former E! series The Soup.

Rounding out the week is Mute, the new film from Moon and World of Warcraft director Duncan Jones. The sci-fi movie stars Alexander Skarsgard as a mute bartender searching for his missing girlfriend in the near-future. Joining Skarsgard on the project are Paul Rudd, Justin Theroux, and Sam Rockwell.

You can take a look at what is coming to Netflix this week below. After that, go ahead and take a look everything added in February.

February 18

• The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale (Netflix Original)

February 19

• Dismissed
• FullMetal Alchemist (Netflix Original)

February 20

• Bates Motel: Season 5
• The Frankenstein Chronicles: Season 1 and Season 2 (Netflix Original)

February 21

• Forgotten (Netflix Original)
• Lincoln
• The Bachelors

February 22

• Atomic Puppet: Season 1

February 23

• Marseille: Season 2 (Netflix Original)
• Mute (Netflix Original)
• Seven Seconds: Season 1 (Netflix Original)
• Ugly Delicious: Season 1 (Netflix Original)

February 24

• Jeepers Creepers 3

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If you’ve spent any time on the internet over the last week you’ll know that Marvel’s Black Panther has had what can only be described as a sensational reception. Reviews for the superhero flick have been overwhelmingly positive and, based on early figures, it’s on track to be one of Marvel and Disney’s most successful movies yet.

In our Black Panther review Michael Rougeau said it is “a top tier Marvel movie with all the humor, style, action, passion, and fun that the MCU has come to embody.” Not to mention “a cultural event that’s going to be hard for Marvel to top.”

We’ve been thinking about where the Marvel Cinematic Universe goes from here, and while we can only take guesses at how the story plays out, we’re confident that Marvel is going to change the way they make films. The success of Black Panther, which feels different to previous entries in the MCU, could serve as a new template for Marvel’s movies, much like 2008’s Iron Man established the framework for most of the films up until now.

That’s the argument that Tamoor makes in the video above, where he talks through how he feels main character T’Challa is different from other heroes like Tony Stark, Steve Rogers, and Stephen Strange, and what makes his first standalone film unique from a characterization perspective. On top of that, he discusses why, alongside Thor: Ragnarok, Marvel is starting to lean towards creating films with a unique identity, instead of a bunch of flicks that feel uniform.

In related news, Chris Evans, who plays Captain America in the MCU, has indicated that a standalone Black Widow film starring Scarlett Johansson is in the works. Prior to this, it was reported that writer Jac Schaeffer had been hired to pen the script. However, as of yet, there has not been official confirmation from Disney or Marvel.

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