Tencent and TiMi Studio Group have announced Honor of Kings: World, a gorgeous open-world game that features vibrant, colourful graphics and cool monster fights. You can check out the trailer below.

Honor of Kings: World has its roots in one of China's biggest games, the mobile MOBA Honor of Kings. With 100 million daily users, it's one of the biggest games in the world, but is largely unheard of in the west. But developer TiMi Studio Group plans to bring Honor of Kings to the rest of the world, but this time "reimagined" as an AAA action RPG set in an open world. The trailer definitely gives off Monster Hunter and action RPG vibes, which is no bad thing.

Planned for release on "multiple platforms", Honor of Kings: World will see a worldwide release. Very little is known about the game so far, but TiMi Studio Group has offered a rough description of what we can expect.

"To uncover ancient secrets hidden in the whisper of wind, cross paths with a diverse cast of lovable characters, create your own story alongside the living legends of different schools of thought in the Jixia Academy, or delve into the wondrous scenery of the Chang'an city where magic and technology converge …" reads a post on the game's Facebook page.

As revealed on the game's Chinese Weibo account, Honor of Kings: World is being developed in collaboration with author Liu Cixin, who previously wrote The Three-Body Problem (which is currently being adapted for Netflix.)

As noted by Kotaku, the game may be in development at TiMi's new Montreal studio, which recently announced that it is working on "a AAA open world, service-focused video game for players to explore across multiple platforms."

With its flashy trailer, Honor of Kings: World joins Black Myth: WuKong as one of the most interesting games being developed in China. The country has made a huge impact in the gaming space recently with Genshin Impact, which has quickly risen to the status of one of the biggest games in the world.

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Startup game developer Mumo Studio – whose founders have resumes that include games like Black Desert Online and Dead to Rights – has announced Dubium, a new five-player social deduction multiplayer game for PC via Steam Early Access in 2022.

Gameplay, as the studio describes it, should sound familiar to Among Us fans: "Players take on the role of Frontier or Traitor and must escape from an abandoned space station by any means necessary. Frontiers will cooperate to repair solar panels that power the escape pod while trying to uncover the identity of the sole Traitor. Players must not relax until they escape; the Traitor will sabotage the Frontiers’ efforts at every step as they try to complete their own mission. The Traitor needs to hide their identity and use deceit and treachery to take the Frontiers out one by one in order to escape the station unopposed."

A key obvious difference between Among Us and Dubium, though, is certainly the presentation. While Among Us has its own cartoony look, Dubium aims for a much higher production value, though its visual style could certainly still be described as cartoony.

Gadgets are upgradeable during matches, a Twitch extension is built-in so as to try and make Dubium a streamer-friendly game, and you can sign up for a future closed beta test on the official website and see more on the Steam page.

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Dexter: New Blood premieres Sunday, Nov. 7 on Showtime.

Revivals are commonplace these days, but given how poorly Dexter's eight-season run ended, and how mocked and maligned the series became following that finale, it's hard to see 10-episode limited series Dexter: New Blood as anything but an attempt at a do-over. Regardless, it's not exactly the worst idea in the world, and considering New Blood's fun opener, "Cold Snap," there's still some good, ghoulish story to mine from the world of Dexter Morgan.

Original Dexter showrunner Clyde Phillips, who oversaw the series' first four seasons (aka the best o' Dexter), returns to the fold to transport us back to what we loved about the show in the first place — albeit, with some new tinkering to the format, as this Dexter Morgan is a changed man. Or, at least, like an addict, he's battling his urges every day and sticking to a routine in order to live a small, anonymous, murder-free life with "Bay Harbor Butcher" Miami very much in his rear view. It's 10 years later (within the show) and Dexter's done what he promised. He's removed himself from everything and everyone, though it's not as drastic as the solitary lumberjack existence we recall from the last aired episode.

No, Dexter, after a healthy stretch as that bearded woodsman, is now allowing himself a normie life in the frozen remote town of Iron Lake, N.Y. It's here that we land back into Dexter's story and… much of it's familiar. In a good way. Going by "Jim Lindsay," Dexter's got everyone fooled again — though not in a sociopathic plot that allows him to secretly murder. He's simply taken to wearing his "person mask" for real now, greeting townsfolk with friendly platitudes, working a customer service job in a hunting shop (fitting, as his interactions with most everyone have always felt like customer service), and dating the local chief of police, Angela Bishop (Julia Jones). Still very much the epitome of "guy you'd least suspect to be the killer next door," Dexter's doing nothing wrong (well, except for hiding from his past crimes, et al.).

With this era of "Jim Lindsay" comes a slightly changed series too. Aside from the frostbitten location, complete with crunching snow and icy breath, also comes the ditching of the famed opening credits, the Dexter narration, and a few other hallmarks of the original run. That's not to say these things can't return (and be meaningful when they do) but New Blood is out to deliver a mix of old and fresh, and it lands really well here at the start. Still intact, however, is the comic panel vibe of the old show.

When "Jim" is out and about, the bouncy cartoonish mood returns, once again acting as the lens through which Dexter sees the people around him. Jim is a superficial persona because it's mostly what he sees in others. His mirror neurons are working overtime once again. It's one of the elements that made the first series so unique and groundbreaking.

Now, there are a few surprises we won't go into here for this first episode, and the more you can avoid, or forget about, the New Blood trailer the better (as it gives away some moments that work really well if you head in as spoiler-free as possible). One thing that's kind of inescapable, though, is Jennifer Carpenter's return as Deb, who now looms in Dexter's psyche in a similar manner to James Remar's ghost of Harry in the original.

Deb's presence is very much a sad and heavy phantom in "Cold Snap." She doesn't act like old Deb, as Dexter's projection is not her bold, vulgarity-firing self. At times it feels more like a Victorian-era haunting. It's just another slight twist of the old formula that helps give New Blood a crisp sheen.

Naturally, for New Blood to work, there has to be some disruption to the status-quo; some shaking of Dexter's snowglobe. "Cold Snap" gives us a lot to chew on — while also not even revealing all the new characters who'll ruffle Dexter's feathers — but the most pressing pain is the arrival of spoiled stockbroker Matt Caldwell (Steve M. Robertson), a s***ty son of privilege who yearns to party and shoot up the woods as an irresponsible hunter. It's textbook Dexter collision course stuff, sure, but that's part of the comfort food we crave from this new series. It's a holdover element from the early days that still works because of how easily Michael C. Hall is able to slip into these shoes and take us back to the simple days of Dark Passengers and anti-hero avenging.

Given how this episode ends, and the choices made (which, again, we won't spill here), all eyes will be on New Blood to see if lessons were learned from Dexter Season 8 and, in turn, if Dexter himself is still as fallible a creature as he once was — meaning, to the degree where, many seasons in, his mind seemed to reboot each year, having not absorbed any wisdom from his previous mistakes. "Jim Lindsay" is Dexter as a man who actually changed himself. Obviously, he'll have to unravel, but will this second chance ending unravel with him?

This article contains plot details and spoilers from the Spider-Man and Venom movies.

Sony’s Spider-Man Universe is about to grow in 2022, with Jared Leto’s vampiric antihero Morbius starring in his own movie. At this point, Marvel fans are dying to know – how exactly is Morbius connected to other Spider-Man movies? Does this movie take place in the MCU?

Those questions are only growing now that Sony has released the second Morbius trailer. There are some definite Spider-Man Easter eggs to be seen in this footage, but is this actually an MCU movie? Let’s break down the evidence so far.

Venom

There are two mentions of Venom in this trailer. The first sees a pair of detectives make mention of an incident in San Francisco, the setting of the Venom films. Then, near the end, Michael Morbius himself makes a wisecrack that his name is Venom.

Given that the end credits scene of Venom: Let There Be Carnage transported Eddie Brock (Tom Hardy) into the MCU, name-dropping Venom here — along with the appearance of Michael Keaton’s Adrian Toomes and a mural of Spider-Man (more on those in a bit) — heavily suggests Morbius takes place in the MCU. And yet there are other Marvel nods in the trailer that suggests otherwise.

Oscorp Tower

The new trailer features a very important Marvel landmark in the New York City skyline. Oscorp Tower is featured in both Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield’s respective Spider-Man movies, but neither it nor its owner, Norman Osborn aka the Green Goblin, have yet appeared in the MCU.

However, the Spider-Man: No Way Home trailer includes shots of a Goblin pumpkin bomb and it’s been widely reported that Willem Dafoe will reprise his role as Norman from the Sam Raimi trilogy in the multiversal No Way Home. (It’s also worth noting the popular fan theory suggesting Osborn is the one who bought Avengers Tower from Tony Stark in Spider-Man: Homecoming, but that has yet to be proven.)

In any case, the Morbius trailer confirms that Norman Osborn and his corporate empire exist in whatever universe Michael Morbius inhabits. But whether this Osborn has become the Green Goblin yet remains to be seen.

The Daily Bugle

We can see a glimpse of a Daily Bugle newspaper in the trailer, which suggests a link between Morbius and the two Venom movies. As in Venom, the Bugle is shown to be a major American newspaper with a logo similar to that seen in the Tobey Maguire Spider-Man movies.

This alone suggests Morbius isn’t taking place in the MCU. As established in the mid-credits scene for Spider-Man: Far From Home, the MCU’s Bugle isn’t a newspaper but an InfoWars-style web show hosted by J.K. Simmons’ J. Jonah Jameson.

Black Cat and Rhino

The Daily Bugle newspaper includes two more intriguing Easter eggs, with both Black Cat and Rhino referenced in the headlines. This would seem to suggest both characters have been around in this universe long enough to gain some notoriety. Rhino, of course, previously appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man 2 where he was played by Paul Giamatti.

Black Cat was originally meant to star in a team-up movie with Silver Sable called Silver and Black. That project has fallen by the wayside, but it’s possible Morbius is setting up a solo Black Cat movie for the near future.

Horizon Labs

Morbius looks to be serving as the live-action debut for a major Spider-Man organization. We can see the Horizon Labs building in the trailer. Horizon is a high-tech research facility run by eccentric scientist Max Modell. In the comics, it employs some of the smartest people on the planet, including both Peter Parker and Morbius himself at different points. It’s likely Horizon will factor heavily into Michael Morbius’ transformation into a living vampire in the movie.

While Horizon hasn’t appeared in a live-action Marvel movie before, a version of it does play a major role in the animated series Marvel’s Spider-Man. There, a teenage Peter Parker attends Horizon High.

The Spider-Man Graffiti

The new trailer features a familiar sight from the first trailer – the graffiti depicting Spider-Man with the word “murderer.” That would seem to suggest the movie is, in fact, taking place in the MCU. Thanks to the events of Far From Home, Tom Holland’s Spidey has had his identity leaked and been framed for the murder of Quentin Beck, aka Mysterio.

But as we established, the Daily Bugle cameo argues against Morbius being set in the MCU. There’s also the fact that the graffiti is depicting Tobey Maguire’s Spider-Man costume. Does that mean Morbius is set in the Sam Raimi Spider-Man universe, and Maguire’s Peter has suffered a similar misfortune to Holland’s?

Michael Keaton

The trailer, like the first Morbius trailer, also sees the return of Michael Keaton’s character. Presumably, Keaton is reprising the role of Adrian Toomes, aka Vulture, from Spider-Man: Homecoming, though we never actually learn his character’s name here. This footage is the strongest piece of evidence so far that Morbius is set within the MCU.

But at the same time, the scene raises more questions than it answers. It appears to take place outside a prison or police station with Toomes possibly being transferred out as Morbius is processed in. But what’s his connection to Morbius? And is this the same version of Toomes from Homecoming, or is Keaton playing a different incarnation of the character a la Simmons’ J. Jonah Jameson?

Given the head-scratching post-credits scene in Venom: Let There Be Carnage, this could be another case of a familiar Spider-Man character crossing from one universe to another. We can only hope things will start making a lot more sense after Spider-Man: No Way Home hits theaters.

Which Marvel universe do you think Morbius is set in? Let us know in the comments.

Amazon Games has disabled all forms of wealth transfers in its popular MMO New World following an exploit that was found in the game allowing players to duplicate gold as well as post images to the game's global chat and crash other players' games.

An update post published on New World's forums detailed the actions that the studio is implementing in wake of the issue.

"We are aware of a possible gold duplication exploit that has been circling and we are temporarily disabling all forms of wealth transfer between players," reads a statement from one of the game's Community Managers. "Any player that has engaged in the use of this exploit will be actioned against," the post states before going on to confirm that the developer is working hard on a fix.

Disabling all forms of wealth transfers in the game may sound like a pretty extreme step from the developer but it's definitely one way to ensure that the studio has control over the situation while it investigates the problem further.

The forum's initial statement did not specify exactly what action would be taken against players participating in the duplication of gold, however, a subsequent post has since outlined this more clearly stating that the studio will be "banning individuals who were using [the exploit]."

Gold duplication aside, the studio has provided fixes that should prevent players from exploiting other factors within the game including the use of the text chat to post images and crash other players' games.

"We discovered an issue where players were able to post images and other links in the chat that resulted in unsavory behaviour," reads a separate forum post published by the studio last week. "We have enabled a fix that should resolve this issue and prevent players from abusing and exploiting this feature."

While Amazon Games works on ensuring that players aren't able to duplicate gold in New World, it isn't the first time that the game has faced issues with currency since launch. Last month, IGN reported that New World was being affected by a deflationary currency crisis that had led some players to enact a barter economy within the game's servers.

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