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On Tuesday, Netflix released a clip from The Witcher: Sirens of the Deep at the company’s Geeked Week 2024 event. The clip from the upcoming animated film is backed by the familiar dulcet growls of Doug Cockle, who voices Geralt of Rivia in the games.Cockle begins the clip by enthusiastically teasing the mermaids Geralt will be battling in the film: “Yeah, he’s gonna fight some mermaids!” Cockle exclaims in the clip. “That’s gonna be amazing. That’s gonna be super cool.” Well, you can’t blame voice actors for hyping their own projects.In the scene, Geralt and Jaskier (voiced by Joey Batey,…

Inspired by the introduction of Spider-Man’s sidekick, Spider-Boy, Marvel released a series of variant covers last year featuring never-before-seen sidekicks to some of Marvel’s most popular heroes called the “New Champions.” The Gwenpool-inspired variant was successful enough that Marvel announced a New Champions continuing series from writer Steve Fox and artist Ivan Fiorelli. Please see below for the official press release and recruitment information. Last year, fans were introduced to all-new heroes inspired by Marvel icons in the hit New Champions variant cover series, and readers have been eager to see them debut within the Marvel Universe ever since, and…

Marvel Comics has announced that the Marvel Unlimited exclusive comics Petpool: Pool Party and Alligator Loki Holiday Special will be published in December. Set to debut on December 11th and 18th, Infinity Comics will be published in an all-new format for all readers.PETPOOL: POOL PARTY #1 features the adventures of Dogpool, Catpool and Mousepool, as well as the Dogpool Team-Up Infinity Comics one-shot that debuted on Marvel Unlimited last summer. Collected in one irreverent, laugh-out-loud oversized one-shot, the comic also features an all-new holiday adventure featuring a variant of Deadpool, all from writer MacKenzie Cadenhead and artist Enid Balám, the…

Minor Arcana is the latest serialized series from industry legend Jeff Lemire, debuting this month from BOOM! Studios. The comic tells the story of a damaged woman who returns to the small town where she grew up and discovers more than she expected about her pseudo-psychic family history. It’s a fantastic read and is shaping up to be one of Lemire’s best works. The Beat asked Lemire a few questions about Minor Arcana, which you can read below: This interview was conducted via email and has been edited for clarity. Jared Bird: What I love about this series is that…

Amazon is facing a class action lawsuit alleging misleading pricing, alleging that the company inflated the list price of its Fire TV products to trick shoppers and make discounts appear larger than they actually were.The lawsuit, filed in the US District Court for the Western District of Washington, alleges that Amazon employs this practice on a regular basis, calling it a “persistent and uniform scheme.” The lawsuit alleges that Amazon set “false list prices” for its Fire TV and offered deceptive “discounts” that appeared to be false.The lawsuit further alleges that the company misled customers into purchasing Fire TVs by…

Eight people were reported killed and more than 2,700 injured in attacks in Lebanon. Hundreds of pagers belonging to Hezbollah members exploded simultaneously on Tuesday, an attack the Iran-backed militant group blamed on Israel.The day after Israeli leaders warned of an escalating military operation against Hezbollah, a pager belonging to a member of the group in Lebanon suddenly exploded. Witnesses reported seeing smoke coming from the victim’s pocket, followed by sounds that sounded like fireworks or gunfire.Lebanon’s health minister said 200 of the injured were in serious condition. He added that many of the victims suffered injuries to the face,…

Eight people were reported killed and more than 2,700 injured in attacks in Lebanon. Hundreds of pagers belonging to Hezbollah members exploded simultaneously on Tuesday, an attack the Iran-backed militant group blamed on Israel.The day after Israeli leaders warned of an escalating military operation against Hezbollah, a pager belonging to a member of the group in Lebanon suddenly exploded. Witnesses reported seeing smoke coming from the victim’s pocket, followed by sounds that sounded like fireworks or gunfire.Lebanon’s health minister said 200 of the injured were in critical condition. He added that many of the victims suffered injuries to the face,…

Skateboarding games have seen a new golden age over the past few years with the arrival of titles like Devolver’s surrealist skater Skate Story and Phantom Coast Games’ roguelike shredder Helskate, and now a new installment in one of the most beloved skateboarding franchises is one step closer to a release date.EA has announced plans to release an early access version of a new Skate game (titled simply “skate.” (in lowercase with a period)) on the game’s official X account next year. The update will also include the new game, which is currently being playtested on consoles, as well as…

Marvel Comics teased the sidekick series yesterday, and today we learned that it’s titled “New Champions.” Issue #1, written by Stephen Fox and illustrated by Ivan Fiorelli, will hit comic shops on January 8th.”As soon as I saw the variations on New Champions, my mind began dreaming up origins, abilities, and code names for these fictional sidekicks,” Fox explains. “Reverse engineering the cast from the cover was unlike any creative process I’ve ever been involved in. I couldn’t be more excited to be debuting an entirely new class of Marvel heroes (and a few villains!) with Ivan Fiorelli; he’s making…

As a new series, The Writer was a pleasant surprise in that it used Jewish mythology and the author’s Jewish heritage to craft a fantasy story centered around a fractured family, and it’s wise to continue this trend with The Writer #3, in which the Siegel family journeys into a world of mystery and mystery to save all of humanity – and their own family.What’s really impressive about The Writer #3 is how Josh Gad, along with the Berkowitz brothers, present their ever-changing script. The narrator constantly shifts from Stan Siegel to his daughter Izzy to a mysterious character who…