Harry Potter Spin-off Movie Will Have Sequel, Release Date Confirmed

The Harry Potter spinoff Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them might still be several months from release, but a sequel has already been announced.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Warner has scheduled the follow-up for release on November 16, 2018. Harry Potter creator JK Rowling is writing the screenplay once more, with David Yates to return as director. Yates also helmed the last four Potter movies.

The first Fantastic Beasts arrives in theaters on November 18, and is adapted by Rowling from her own 2001 novella. The movie is set some 70 years before the events of the Potter stories. It stars Eddie Redmayne as Newt Scamander, a "magizoologist" who embarks upon an adventures to find magical creatures in 1920s New York.

The film also features Colin Farrell, Katherine Waterston, Ezra Miller, and Samantha Morton. Check out out the latest trailer here.

While Rowling's magical universe continues to expand, the author has confirmed that Harry Potter himself will no longer play a part in it. The two-part play, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, opened in London last weekend, but Rowling has stated that this is the end of Harry's story.

"He goes on a very big journey during these two plays and then, yeah, I think we're done" she told Reuters. "This is the next generation, you know. So, I'm thrilled to see it realized so beautifully but, no, Harry is done now."

Suicide Squad Update Hits Injustice: Gods Among Us Mobile Game

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment has revealed a Suicide Squad-themed update for its mobile brawler, Injustice: Gods Among Us. To tie in with the release of the film Suicide Squad, a new character, skins, and special in-game events will be introduced starting today.

It will be the largest update to hit the game in over a year. New character Deadshot (played by Will Smith in the film) is being added to the roster, and new skins for The Joker and Harley Quinn are now available. These new skins match how the characters look in the movie. The game's Challenge, Multiplayer, and Survivor mode are also getting exclusive Suicide Squad-themed rewards, including the addition of new companion cards.

The Injustice: Gods Among Us mobile game is available for download on the App Store and Google Play. The game features a collectible card mechanic and user a three-versus-three tag team combat system.

This is not the first time the game has received additional content that ties-in to DC's movie releases. Previously, a Batman v Superman themed update was released, although the content was only available until April 13.

Suicide Squad releases in theatres on August 5. For more on the movie, check out GameSpot's review.

See Star Wars Rogue One’s New Rebel Ship

X-Wing and Y-Wing fighters are an established part of the Star Wars universe, and in the upcoming spinoff Rogue One they will be joined by another rebel fighter--the U-Wing. The first image of the ship was revealed on Disney's The Star Wars Show --check it out below, via Slashfilm:

Matt Martin, creative executive at the LucasFilm Story Group, appeared on the show to provide more details about the ship. "It's a troop transport and gun ship," he said. "So it's there to bring in Rebel troops to heavy fire zones and get out as quickly as possible.

"The wings move depending on the situation. It's there to both drop off troops and provide air support."

Rogue One hits theaters on December 16, 2016. It is directed by Godzilla's Gareth Edwards, and stars Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Ben Mendelsohn, Donnie Yen, Riz Ahmed, Forest Whitaker, and Mads Mikkelsen.

The film has undergone extensive reshoots this summer. This week it was revealed that Tony Gilroy, the Bourne writer who was heavily involved with the reshoots, would also be overseeing the film's post-production. THR reports that Gilroy will be working alongside Edwards to finish the film, performing a similar uncredited role to the one he did on Godzilla.

PC Version of Console-Exclusive Vanquish Teased

Vanquish released on consoles almost six years ago, but it sounds like we could still get a PC version. In an interview with Kotaku, Platinum Games co-founder Atsushi Inaba teased the possibility of the game coming to PC.

During the interview, Inaba's translator asked if the fast-paced, third-person shooter could ever make it to PC, to which Inaba replied with a laugh, "If you stop recording, I can talk about that." The question came about in the middle of a conversation about Platinum Games' bringing its games to PC, which Inaba says depends on the publisher.

"[W]e're good friends with Valve and often go to their studio," Inaba added. "We go there, hang out, talk about many different things, and we are very interested in Steam and would definitely like to release games on Windows. Right now, we're at a place in which publishers ask us to make titles. So, if the publisher doesn't want to release a PC version, then there won't be a PC version. It really comes down to that."

Inaba also touched on why most Japanese developers tend to stay away from the PC.

"I think the reason for that is that in Japan, the PC versions don't sell much," he explained. "Outside Japan, they do, but within the country, they do not. But, if you look aboard, everyone is playing on the PC. It's something you cannot ignore."

A handful of Platinum games have ended up on PC, including Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance. GameSpot's Peter Brown said in his review that "the PC port's graphics are clearly better on a strong gaming machine." Other Platinum PC games include Transformers: Devastation, The Legend of Korra, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants in Manhattan.

Vanquish, on the other hand, received a score of 9 in GameSpot's review. Critic Kevin VanOrd concluded, "Whether you're gunning through the seven-hour campaign (sadly, on the short side) or tackling the entertaining challenge rooms (there is no multiplayer), it's hard not to get taken in by the constant exuberance. Vanquish feels exactly right. It's fast and furious. It's totally entertaining. It's got style oozing from every pore. Vanquish is all game and no filler, and that's exactly what makes it one of the most gleeful and memorable experiences of the year."

Prey, Dishonored 2, and More from QuakeCon 2016 Livestream

Bethesda's annual convention, QuakeCon, takes place this weekend and the first events begin today. Although a lot of the events are attendee-only, the company will stream some of the panels and presentations throughout the convention. You can follow along with those events that won't be livestreamed--such as presentations on upcoming games Prey and Dishonored 2--with our liveblog at the bottom of this article.

Bethesda will stream presentations on the development of this year's Doom and a panel on game design, among other events. The first stream begins today at 1 PM PT, when Bethesda opens the show with a welcome presentation that'll include a look at Quake Champions. At QuakeCons in the past, Bethesda has often made announcements at these welcome events. We'll embed the stream in this article before the event begins.

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One hour until the QuakeCon welcome presentation kicks off! Excited for Quake Champions? Dishonored 2? Prey? Stick around and we'll fill you in!

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Quakecon's opening ceremony starts today at 3PM Central. Check back soon for all the announcements from the show!

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PS4 Adds Another PS2 Game to Its Library Next Week

Another PS2 game is on its way to PS4 soon, and this time it's Quantic Dream'sIndigo Prophecy.

The news was shared today on the PlayStation Blog, revealing it will arrive as a PS2-on-PS4 game on August 9. (It was previously slated for July.) To be clear, this is not the remastered version released on PC last year, though it does feature support for Trophies and 1080p graphics--but don't expect it to look like a modern game.

Indigo Prophecy, which is known as Fahrenheit outside of North America, was first released in 2005. It's an adventure game of sorts not unlike Quantic Dreams' later titles. In the blog post, co-CEO Guillaume de Fondaumiere recalled the challenges the developer faced when pitching the game.

"This skepticism was so radical that we had to switch publishing partners during the last third of the game's production," he said. "While we were showing off the beta version, a certain group of high-profile professionals even claimed that we would never be able to finish the game!

"The reason for this skepticism was that we were creating something radically new, as we were attempting to resolve an equation that many thought was unsolvable: putting the story at the very core of an interactive experience and inventing gameplay that allowed players, through their actions and decisions, to change the way the story unfolds."

Indigo Prophecy went on to receive a good deal of acclaim, although depending upon who you ask, Quantic's subsequent games, Heavy Rain and Beyond: Two Souls, didn't live up to its legacy. Its next game, Detroit: Become Human, is headed to PS4 as an exclusive.

Listen to No Man's Sky Atmospheric Soundtrack Here

Hello Games' No Man Sky is just a few days away from release, but if the wait is proving difficult you may be interested in listening to the soundtrack, which has been made available in its entirety online.

The game's soundtrack was created by experimental rock band 65daysofstatic which signed on to make the music after they were approached to license one of their tracks for a trailer.

"Way back in 2013 we received a request to license the track 'Debutante' from our album We Were Exploding Anyway for a promotional trailer for No Man's Sky," explained band member Joe Shrewsbury, in an interview with The Independent. "We were intrigued by the game, and asked to learn more, and the more we learnt the more we wanted to be involved.

"We made it abundantly clear that if they didn’t have someone lined up to do the soundtrack, we’d be interested. Fortunately for us, they were fans of our music already, and we met up with Sean not long after that, and were subsequently offered the project."

The soundtrack features 10 songs, each titled with an appropriately sci-fi bent, such as Asimov, Heliosphere, Hypersleep, and of course, End of the World Sun. You can listen to it in full through the video above. The soundtrack will be available to purchase from August 5.

No Man's Sky launches on August 9 for PS4 and PC, but someone managed to get a leaked copy of it and claims to have "beaten" the game in about 35 hours. Developer Hello Games has confirmed it is already working on a rather large update.

"5am at Hello Games. Wrapping up a month of work on our first update," said Sean Murray on Twitter. "Lots of new features, balancing and content."