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‘Ghosted’ trailer shows Chris Evans simping for Ana de Armas’ action hero
The official trailer for action-comedy Ghosted has arrived, giving us a glimpse of Chris Evans as the goofy golden retriever boyfriend he was always meant to be.
After a one-night stand, farmer Cole (Chris Evans) makes the creepy decision to fly all the way to London to track down Sadie (Ana de Armas) when she won’t respond to his texts. He quickly discovers that she had very good reasons for ghosting him — namely that she’s a CIA agent on assignment. Cole quickly gets swept up alongside Sadie in an action-packed couple’s getaway filled with death and explosions.
It’s cute ’cause it’s a movie, but friendly reminder: In real life, if you’re making excuses like “she just doesn’t have an international calling plan” in the internet age, she’s probably not that into you.
Ghosted arrives Apr. 21 on Apple TV+.
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Diablo co-creator Erich Schaefer is making an action RPG with a studio of Blizzard North veterans
With Diablo IV set to arrive later this year, 2023 will be a big year for action RPGs. But there’s more to look forward to beyond this year. On Thursday, Moon Beast Productions – an indie studio founded by Phil Shenk and Peter Hu, two former Blizzard North developers – announced the hiring of Diablo series co-creator Erich Schaefer. In an interview with GamesBeat, the studio said Schaefer will serve as lead creator director on a new action RPG. Details on the project are sparse, but what Moon Beast shared with Schaefer was reportedly enough to convince him to come out of retirement.
“We have ideas for changing the genre with a different approach to progression and trying to solve some of the problems that are beholden to PvE games, especially games, like the Diablo franchise has dealt with,” Shenk told GamesBeat. All three men worked on Diablo II. Notably, Shenk is credited as the game’s lead character artist, and was responsible for designing the appearance of a few of the game’s character classes, including the necromancer and assassin. Lord of Destruction, Diablo II’s excellent 2001 expansion, features a tribute to Shenk in the form of a monster you must slay to complete one of Act V’s quests.
Schaefer told GamesBeat Moon Beast currently employs about 12 people, making it smaller than many of the other studios working in the ARPG genre. The good news is Schaefer has plenty of experience leading small teams. At Runic Games, he made Torchlight with a team of about 25 people. “I want to work on projects that are fun and genuinely try to do something different,” Schaefer said. “It’s impressive what the Moon Beast team has built in such a short time. It fired up my imagination with possibilities, and that’s a huge part of why I wanted to come aboard.”
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/diablo-co-creator-erich-schaefer-is-making-an-action-rpg-with-a-studio-of-blizzard-north-veterans-232322721.html?src=rss
Diablo co-creator Erich Schaefer joins Moon Beast Productions to make action RPG
Deck13’s mysterious desert action game Atlas Fallen is coming May 16th
The next game from the studio behind The Surge, Atlas Fallen, was announced last year with a CG trailer that didn’t give much away. A few snippets of gameplay at the end of the trailer revealed speedy action against giant beasts and a semi-open world desert you can slide across – and who doesn’t love sliding in games? We now know when to expect developer Deck13’s latest, as the team have announced a May 16th date for PC and consoles. Publisher Focus Entertainment say a gameplay reveal trailer is “coming soon”, but for now we can enjoy a couple of new screenshots.
Dune-meets-Destiny action game Atlas Fallen gets May release
Some actual gameplay is promised ‘soon’