Video Games & Quarantine Things | Weekly News Episode 268

This week Superhero Slate is discussing how we’re spending our social isolation, looking forward to more Disney+ movies, Chris Hemsworth and the Russos team up again, and more!

News

• CoD: Warzone (17:20)
  • More than 50 million players one month after launch
  • Fortnite 250 million players (March 2019)
  • Apex 70 million players (October 2019)
• Playstation 5 (20:50)
  • DualSense 5
• Project Tempo (28:10)
  • Amazon’s game streaming platform
  • 2020-2021 release
  • New World (MMO), Crucible (team-based shooter), Lord of the Rings (free to play MMO)
• Stadia (34:00)
  • Free 2 months if you sign up
• Extraction (35:55)
  • Chris Hemsworth as the lead
  • Produced by Russo Brothers
• Quibi Launch (39:35)
  • Reached over 830,000 downloads in just three days
  • Can’t take screenshots
  • Only on mobile
• Disney Plus (48:55)
  • Surpasses 50 million subscribers
  • Launched in UK, India, Germany, Italy, Spain, Austria, and Switzerland
• Robin Hood (51:20)
  • “this time in a live-action/CG hybrid format”
  • Disney+
• MCU (57:00)
  • Disney+ France press release has She-Hulk, Moon Knight, Ms. Marvel for 2022
• Daredevil (58:50)
  • 5th anniversary of show’s debut
• The New Mutants (1:00:20)
  • 94 minute runtime revealed
    • Apocalypse is longest at 144 minutes
• Guardians of the Galaxy 3 (1:01:45)
  • Plans haven’t changed due to COVID19 – per James Gunn
• Harley Quinn & Birds of Prey (1:03:35)
  • Movie rental only $5 now
• Snowpiercer (1:04:00)
  • Official Teaser
• The Midnight Gospel (1:06:05)
  • Official Trailer
  • Created by Pendleton Ward (Adventure Time)
• Middle-Aged Mutant Ninja Turtles (1:08:30)
  • SNL

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