Netflix's Castlevania: Nocturne Season 2 gets new trailer and final release dateAnd it's out this week.Image credit: Netflix News by Matt Wales News Reporter Published on Jan. 13, 2025 There's some good news if you're been eager to sink your teeth into more Castlevania: Nocturne since Netflix's latest animated take on the classic franchise aired in 2023. The long-promised second season finally has a release date, and arrives this Thursday, 16th January.Castlevania: Nocturne, if you're not up to speed, follows the adventures of Maria Renard and Richter Belmont (a distant descendant of Trevor Belmont and Sypha Belndaes, who both featured heavily in Netflix's original Castlevania adaptation), with its vampiric action playing out against the backdrop of the French Revolution, circa 1792.Season One of Castlevania: Nocturne was well received on its arrival back in September 2023, its eight-episode run wrapping up with the unexpected arrival of a familiar face. And while a second season was confirmed shortly after the first aired, it's been a bit of a wait for its return.Castlevania: Nocturne - Season 2 trailer.Watch on YouTubeSeason Two, though, is just days away now, and will once again consist of eight episodes. Additionally, Powerhouse is back on animation duties, while showrunner Clive Bradley and directors Sam and Adam Deats also return. And if you're curious for a glimpse at what the team has cooked up for Castlevania: Nocturne's second season, there's two minutes and 40 seconds of teases in Netflix's newly shared trailer above.So to recap, that's Castlevania: Nocturne's second season, back this Thursday, 16th January on Netflix. Its arrival continues what's been a remarkably busy time for a franchise that hasn't had a new instalment since Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 in 2014. It's appeared in Dead Cells, popped up in V Rising, and even received a third classic games collection last August, this time bundling up the series' three DS titles. Hopefully, all this is leading up to a brand-new game!

You can trust VideoGamer. Our team of gaming experts spend hours testing and reviewing the latest games, to ensure you're reading the most comprehensive guide possible. Rest assured, all imagery and advice is unique and original. Check out how we test and review games hereHelldivers 2 is being turned into a movie. A film basically already exists under the name of Starship Troopers, but Sony is planning to bring Arrowheads HD2 to the big screen sometime in the future. Pilestedt has admitted that Sony will have the final say when it comes to actors and actresses, but there is one actor Arrowhead really want to see in the Helldivers 2 movie, and we couldnt agree more with the casting choice. Helldivers 2 dev wants Craig Lee Thomas in movie adaptation It may come as no surprise that Arrowhead would love to see Craig Lee Thomas cast in the Helldivers 2 movie. Craig Lee Thomas is a part of HD2 as theyre John Helldiver in the game, and they were also recently John Helldiver in the flesh on stage at The Game Awards 2024. While its been acknowledged by Pilestedt that Sony will decide the actors and actresses for the film, on the games Discord, community manager, miitchimus, has said, My only request is Craig Lee Thomas. Image credit: Helldivers DiscordThe want to see Craig Lee Thomas in the movie is shared by us as well large parts of the HD2 community. Even when the idea of a film was just a dream pitch on Reddit, fans were saying Craig Lee Thomas needs to be cast as John Helldiver. Its possible Craig Lee Thomas could be given a cameo as Nolan North received one on the beach in the Uncharted movie, Merle Dandbrige was recast as Marlene in The Last of Us HBO, and Troy Baker and Ashley Johnson both received cameos in TLOU HBO, too. Theres no doubt Sony will want to cast A-star actors for the movie to appeal to as broad an audience as possible, but just seeing Craig Lee Thomas in a cameo as John Helldiver on the big screen would be fantastic. The only thing we know about the movie so far is that it is a collaboration between Sony Productions and Sony Pictures. Theres no release window for when it could arrive, but hopefully it will be a much better movie than Tom Hollands Uncharted and Sonys recent milking of the Spider-Man universe with Madame Web and Kraven. For more Helldivers 2, check out our guide to thebest warbonds ranked, along with thebest stratagemsandbest throwables. We have also a guide to thebest weapons, and, if youre coming back to HD2 for the first time in a long while, we have a bunch oftips and tricksto help you get reaccustomed to the battlefield.Helldivers 2Platform(s):PC, PlayStation 5Genre(s):Action, Shooter, Third Person8VideoGamerRelated TopicsHelldivers 2 Subscribe to our newsletters!By subscribing, you agree to our Privacy Policy and may receive occasional deal communications; you can unsubscribe anytime.Share

A Frank Lloyd Wrightdesigned home in Galesburg, Michigan, known as the Weisblat House is on the market for the second time ever in its 77-year history. Located in the Acres, a residential plat that was laid out by Wright, the home is one of four houses designed by the American architect in the neighborhood. It is truly a magical experience, Brian Kirksey, the homes listing agent, says of being inside the the property.In 1946, a group of scientist from the Upjohn Company and their families decided to purchase land with the hopes of cooperatively building affordable houses in a rural setting, according to Michigan Modern. The friends purchased a 71-acre site in 1947 about 12 miles east of Kalamazoo and approached Wright about designing the homes. The architect agreed and visited what the group had nicknamed The Acres in March of the same year, later drafting plans for 21 homes on round, one-acre plots. However, only five houses were ever built, four of which being Wrights own creations.A large fireplace made from Wrights concrete block system dominates the living room.Photo: Andy Schwartz - Stylish DetroitThe Weisblat House was the first completed in the Acres, named after its original owners, David and Christine. The architect designed the residence using his in-line plan, in which he grouped the shared spaces, such as the living room and dining room on one side of the house and the bedrooms of the other.Like other Wright-designed homes in the neighborhood, the Weisblat House makes use of the Wrights concrete textile block system. However, according to Michigan Modern, the architect didnt send any instructions on how to build this fundamental element of the home, causing confusion. The family spent many winter evenings figuring out how to make the blocks, the site explains.In 1961, the Weisblats added an addition, completed by Taliesin apprentices John Howe and William Wesley Peters, as Wright had passed away two years earlier in 1959. This included a new gallery, bathroom, green house, and utility room.

Meta is deleting links to Pixelfed, a decentralized Instagram competitor. On Facebook, the company is labeling links to Pixelfed.social as spam and deleting them immediately.Pixelfed is an open-source, community funded and decentralized image sharing platform that runs on Activity Pub, which is the same technology that supports Mastodon and other federated services. Pixelfed.social is the largest Pixelfed server, which was launched in 2018 but has gained renewed attention over the last week.Bluesky user AJ Sadauskas originally posted that links to Pixelfed were being deleted by Meta; 404 Media then also tried to post a link to Pixelfed on Facebook. It was immediately deleted.Pixelfed is experiencing a surge in user signups in recent days, after Meta announced that it would loosen its rules to allow users to call LGBTQ+ people mentally ill amid a host of other changes that shift the company overtly to the right. Meta and Instagram have also leaned heavily into AI-generated content. Pixelfed announced earlier Monday that it is launching an iOS app later this week.Pixelfed said Sunday it is seeing unprecedented levels of traffic to pixelfed.social.Over the weekend, Daniel Supernault, the creator of Pixelfed, published a declaration of fundamental rights and principles for ethical digital platforms, ensuring privacy, dignity, and fairness in online spaces. The open source charter, which has been adopted by Pixelfed and can be adopted by other platforms, contains sections titled right to privacy, freedom from surveillance, safeguards against hate speech, strong protections for vulnerable communities, and data portability and user agency.Pixelfed is a lot of things, but one thing it is not, is an opportunity for VC or others to ruin the vibe. I've turned down VC funding and will not inject advertising of any form into the project, Supernault wrote on Mastodon. Pixelfed is for the people, period.Meta did not respond to a request for comment.Jason is a cofounder of 404 Media. He was previously the editor-in-chief of Motherboard. He loves the Freedom of Information Act and surfing.More from Jason Koebler

AwooooooooooooooooooRebel Wolves, that studio led by ex-Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk 2077 devs, is fittingly set to properly reveal its new RPG under a "full wolf moon" today - watch it hereGet ready to spam 'on all levels but physical' in the chat.Image credit: Rebel Wolves News by Mark Warren Senior Staff Writer Published on Jan. 13, 2025 Today - January 13 - we're set to get a full moon, and as it announced back in December, developer Rebel Wolves is taking the opportunity to properly reveal its upcoming game at a time when its devs should clearly be out somewhere doing some howling, and you can watch that reveal here. To be fair, some of them are ex-Witcher 3 people, so they should certainly be used to certain guy moaning about the wind howling.In case this is the first time you're hearing about Rebel Wolves, it's made up of a lot of ex-CD Projekt devs and is currently working on The Blood of Dawnwalker, a "dark fantasy RPG" that's set to be starting point of a full saga. To this point, we've learned the name of the game, that Bandai Namco's set to publish it, and gotten a short trailer, but tonight should yield a lot more.You can watch the The Blood of Dawnwalker game reveal above at 9PM BST, which is 10PM CET, 1PM PT, and 4PM ET on January 13, 2025. All you'll have to do once the time rolls around is click play on the stream above from Dawnwalker's Twitch channel, and voil, let your wolf mooning begin.What're you in for? Well, Rebel Wolves was pretty tight-lipped about that back in December, but has now provided more deets in a tweet, revealing that all of the following are set to be in the livestream:A cinematic opening of The Blood of DawnwalkerInsights into the games main concepts including the setting, characters, art, and some narrative & gameplay systemsA very small gameplay teaserVampiresNice, it shouldn't suck then, aside from maybe that last part.If you've got a bit of time to kill while you wait for the reveal to get going, why not check out all of our recent coverage of The Witcher 4 since Ciri rocked up at The Game Awards and killed a thing? Or, if you want something more Witcher 3y, here's a story that I ran around The Continent as a half-Geralt, half-horse creature in order to research.

So just don't, y'know?Square Enix has updated its 'Group Customer Harrassment Policy' to ensure that its employees and partners remain protected against unwelcome nuisance and threats from certain customers.As detailed on its official website (thanks, GamesIndustry), the firm stated that if it deems an individual has indeed harassed its employees, then it may go so far as to "cease providing support services or to refrain from providing our group's products and services".Read the full article on nintendolife.com

In BriefPosted:11:32 AM PST January 13, 2025Image Credits:Bryan Bedder / Stringer / Getty ImagesPrince Harry and Meghan Markle are slamming Meta over its fact-checking policyPrince Harry and Meghan Markle have joined the ranks of those displeased with Metas changes to fact-checking and have released a statement saying that the changes directly underminds free speech.Metas changes to its Hateful Content Policies do not protect free expression but instead foster an environment where abuse and hate speech silence and threaten the voices of whole communities who make up a healthy democracy, they wrote.They also called out Metas plans to abandon its DEI commitments.Meghan rejoined Instagram a few weeks ago after deleting her social media accounts in 2018. Shes said to have previously had constructive conversations with Meta execs about online safety after speaking about the online abuse shes faced since marrying Harry.Mastodon CEO Eugen Rochko called the changes deeply troubling and a concern to anyone with a conscience. Michael McConnell, co-chair of Metas oversight board, also expressed concern, adding that the oversight board was not consulted on the changes.Topics

LOS ANGELES The Academy has just announced updates to its 97th Oscars key dates and schedule of events due to the impact of the Los Angeles-area fires.Academy CEO Bill Kramer and Academy President Janet Yang said:We are all devastated by the impact of the fires and the profound losses experienced by so many in our community. The Academy has always been a unifying force within the film industry, and we are committed to standing together in the face of hardship.Due to the still-active fires in the Los Angeles area, we feel it is necessary to extend our voting period and move the date of our nominations announcement to allow additional time for our members.Additionally, as we want to be sensitive to the infrastructure and lodging needs of the region in these next few weeks, it is imperative that we make some changes to our schedule of events, which we believe will have the support of our industry.Our members always share how important it is for us to come together as a community, and we are determined to use this opportunity to celebrate our resilient and compassionate industry. We also look forward to honoring our frontline workers who have aided with the fires, recognizing those impacted, and encouraging people to join the Academy in supporting the relief efforts.We will get through this together and bring a sense of healing to our global film community.Updates are outlined as follows:The Oscars nominations voting period is extended through Friday, January 17, at 5 p.m. PT.The Oscars Nominations Announcement is rescheduled for Thursday, January 23, at 5:30 a.m. PT. The live announcement will be a virtual event without in-person media coverage.The Oscars Nominees Luncheon, scheduled for Monday, February 10, will not be held this year.The Scientific and Technical Awards, scheduled for Tuesday, February 18, will be rescheduled to a later date yet to be determined.Please note that all dates are subject to change.The 97th Oscars will still be held on Sunday, March 2, 2025, at the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood and will be televised live at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT on ABC, streamed live on Hulu and air live in more than 200 territories worldwide.Source: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Dan Sarto is Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of Animation World Network.

Relativity Space, a Long Beach, California-based aerospace company specializing in 3D printing for rocket manufacturing, has secured a notable investment from former Google CEO Eric Schmidt. According to Bloomberg, Schmidt has been supporting the venture since last year. His backing arrives after Relativity encountered difficulties securing additional capital in 2024. While the exact amount remains undisclosed, Schmidts involvement highlights ongoing interest in Relativitys methods despite recent financial strain.Relativity Space did not provide details regarding Schmidts financial contribution but stated, We continue to align ourselves with strong capital partners who believe in our mission and are supporting our ambitious programs. Industry analysts interpret Schmidts involvement as a strategic endorsement that enhances Relativitys credibility within the competitive aerospace sector. This support is seen as pivotal in helping the company navigate its financial challenges and advance its projects towards the targeted 2026 launch.Relativity Space Logo. Image via Relativity Space.Founded in 2015 by Tim Ellis and Jordan Noone, Relativity Space aims to improve rocket production through extensive use of 3D printing. The companys proprietary large-scale metal printers enable the creation of nearly all rocket components, significantly reducing production time and complexity. In 2023, Relativity launched its first rocket, Terran 1, in a test flight that failed to reach orbit. Following this setback, the company decided to discontinue Terran 1 and redirect its efforts towards developing Terran R, a larger vehicle scheduled for a 2026 launch. Despite these advancements, Relativity struggled financially in 2024, facing challenges in raising the necessary capital for Terran Rs development and daily operations.Relativity Space Faces Financial Hurdles While Advancing Ambitious ProjectsThe Rocket company has experienced significant growth since its inception, achieving a valuation of $4.2 billion in 2021 with investors that include Fidelity Management & Research Company, Jared Leto, and Mark Cuban. The companys commitment to fully 3D printed rockets represents a significant shift in aerospace manufacturing, aiming to reduce costs and production times while increasing flexibility and scalability. The failure of Terran 1 in its maiden flight in March 2023 prompted a shift toward Terran R, a more advanced and partially reusable rocket designed to handle medium to heavy payloads with a capacity of up to 23,500 kilograms to low Earth orbit (LEO). This shift reflects the companys adjustments in technological and operational strategies to meet market demands.Terran R Launch. Photo via Relativity Space.Central to Relativitys work is the Stargate 3D printer, a system designed to produce large-scale metal rocket components. The fourth-generation Stargate operates with a horizontal orientation, enabling the creation of objects up to 120 feet in length and 24 feet in width. This approach removes the height restrictions found in previous vertical models, facilitating faster builds and more efficient design iterations. Production speeds can be as much as 12 times faster than earlier versions of Stargate, and the systems metal deposition process reduces part counts in finished components. These improvements are seen as critical for the development of Terran R, which the company characterizes as a fully reusable rocket aimed at delivering heavier payloads to low Earth orbit.The fourth-generation Relativity Space Stargate 3D printer. Photo via Relativity Space. Financial milestones have been a mix of significant achievements and recent challenges. By June 2021, Relativity had raised $1.335 billion, bolstering its valuation to $4.2 billion. However, the transition from Terran 1 to Terran R, coupled with a tightening investment market in 2024, led to financial strains. In November 2024, reports indicated that Relativity was struggling to secure additional capital, resulting in Fidelity Investments reducing the companys valuation. Additionally, a Series F funding round in November 2023 secured $19.99 million, a notable decrease compared to previous rounds, highlighting the shifting investment landscape.Schmidts investment is particularly significant given his extensive background in disruptive technology-driven ventures and strategic investments. Schmidt served as CEO of Alphabet Inc. (formerly Google) until 2011, then transitioned to executive chairman before leaving the board in 2019. Since then, his focus has been on philanthropic and investment efforts, alongside advisory roles with the US Government and his family foundation. His involvement with Relativity Space not only provides crucial financial support but also serves as a strategic endorsement that could attract further investments and partnerships, essential for advancing Terran Rs development and scaling operations to meet the growing demands of the space economy.Ready to discover who won the 20243D Printing Industry Awards?What will the future of 3D printing look like?Which recent trends are driving the 3D printing industry, as highlighted by experts?Subscribe to the 3D Printing Industry newsletter to stay updated with the latest news and insights.Stay connected with the latest in 3D printing by following us on Twitter and Facebook, and dont forget to subscribe to the 3D Printing Industry YouTube channel for more exclusive content.Featured image shows the Terran R Launch. Photo via Relativity Space.

Hello hello!I am studying Technical Art currently and have found joy in VFX. Im starting a project where I intend to make some A-rpg sword swings with different elemental properties heavily inspired by FF16, any tips and tricks and or feedback would be appreciated!First swings I made is without any elemental effects.Unaspected sword swingsShould hopefully have some swings every couple days, only have halfdays of the schooltime to focus on this project.