In 1991, Metallica released a self-titled album that everyone has called The Black Album ever since. It's the band's magnum opus, and it still rules today. To celebrate the album's 30th anniversary, a new project called The Metallica Blacklist is coming soon (see it at Amazon). It's a behemoth collection of covers of the 12 songs on The Black Album, performed by musicians like Weezer, Phoebe Bridgers, Jason Isbell, St. Vincent, Cage the Elephant, Portugal the Man, and many, many more.

All told, The Metallica Blacklist contains 53 tracks, with 53 bands, musicians, and electronic and hip hop artists offering their own unique take on their favorite song from The Black Album. Some of them sound similar to the original; others go their own way. For instance, there's a Miley Cyrus version of "Nothing Else Matters" featuring Elton John, Yo-Yo Ma, and more. It gets wild, friends.

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You can already stream a bunch of the tracks on Spotify to see what you think. The full album lands on digital and streaming on September 10. But if you want to own The Metallica Blacklist in physical form, you can preorder it on CD or in limited-edition vinyl now. Better yet, Amazon has both physical versions on sale. Preorder above, or keep scrolling down to see the full track and which bands are covering which songs.

All profits from The Metallica Blacklist are going to various charities. These includes Metallica's charitable foundation All Within My Hands, plus the various artists' charity of choice. You can find details of where the money's going for each track here.

The Metallica Blacklist Track List

• Enter Sandman – Alessia Cara & The Warning
• Enter Sandman – Mac DeMarco
• Enter Sandman – Ghost
• Enter Sandman – Juanes
• Enter Sandman – Rina Sawayama
• Enter Sandman – Weezer
• Sad But True (Live) – Sam Fender
• Sad But True – Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit
• Sad But True – Mexican Institute of Sound feat. La Perla & Gera MX
• Sad But True – Royal Blood
• Sad But True – St. Vincent
• Sad But True – White Reaper
• Sad But True – YB
• Holier Than Thou – Biffy Clyro
• Holier Than Thou – The Chats
• Holier Than Thou – OFF!
• Holier Than Thou – PUP
• Holier Than Thou – Corey Taylor
• The Unforgiven – Cage The Elephant
• The Unforgiven – Vishal Dadlani, DIVINE, Shor Police
• The Unforgiven – Diet Cig
• The Unforgiven – Flatbush Zombies feat. DJ Scratch
• The Unforgiven – HaAsh
• The Unforgiven – José Madero
• The Unforgiven – Moses Sumney
• Wherever I May Roam – J Balvin
• Wherever I May Roam – Chase & Status feat. BackRoad Gee
• Wherever I May Roam – The Neptunes
• Wherever I May Roam – Jon Pardi
• Don’t Tread on Else Matters – SebastiAn
• Don’t Tread on Me – Portugal. The Man
• Don’t Tread on Me – Volbeat
• Through the Never – The HU
• Through the Never – Tomi Owó
• Nothing Else Matters – Phoebe Bridgers
• Nothing Else Matters – Miley Cyrus feat WATT, Elton John, Yo-Yo Ma, Robert Trujillo, Chad Smith
• Nothing Else Matters – Dave Gahan
• Nothing Else Matters – Mickey Guyton
• Nothing Else Matters – Dermot Kennedy
• Nothing Else Matters – Mon Laferte
• Nothing Else Matters – Igor Levit
• Nothing Else Matters – My Morning Jacket
• Nothing Else Matters – PG Roxette
• Nothing Else Matters – Darius Rucker
• Nothing Else Matters – Chris Stapleton
• Nothing Else Matters – TRESOR
• Of Wolf and Man – Goodnight, Texas
• The God That Failed – IDLES
• The God That Failed – Imelda May
• My Friend of Misery – Cherry Glazerr
• My Friend of Misery – Izïa
• My Friend of Misery – Kamasi Washington
• The Struggle Within – Rodrigo y Gabriela

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The new generation of gaming laptops is here! We've put up benchmarks in both our RTX 3070 laptop review and our RTX 3080 laptop review and as we expected, they blow the previous RTX 20 series mobile GPUs out of the water. The RTX 3070 performs better than the previous champ, the RTX 2080 SUPER. The RTX 3080 sets a new standard in mobile gaming. Our RTX 3060 review will go up shortly. Several different options are now available for order, mostly at Dell, Newegg, and Best Buy, with more to come in March If you're actively hunting for a new gaming laptop right now, I'd recommend forgetting about the older RTX 20 series laptops unless you find an insane deal on one. These new laptops are considerably better for gaming without any significant price markup.

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If you want the best of the best gaming laptop, then look no further. These 2021 Razer Blade laptops feature the new RTX 30XX video cards and you can preorder them right now. RTX 3060 starts at $1699, RTX 3070 for $1999, and RTX 3080 for $2899.

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I thought I knew what to expect when I first fired up the preview build of Axiom Verge 2. I mean sure, this sequel does introduce a brand new lead character, Indra, and drops her into the frozen wilds of the Antarctic, which is about as far away from the previous game’s alien world of Sudra as you can get. But the clear Super Metroid influence evident in the original quickly resurfaced in Axiom Verge 2, as I set about searching for secrets and power-ups through a series of steel structures and subterranean caverns in a comfortingly familiar mix of enemy-attacking and carefully considered backtracking.

Then I piloted Indra’s personal drone through a tear in time and space and discovered another world within the world, which completely changed my perspective on the landscape. It may be called Axiom Verge 2, but based on the first few hours it feels more like it could be an Axiom Verge 2-in-1.

These breach gates can be found peppered around Axiom Verge 2’s overworld map. Initially they just seem like small self-contained areas that you can infiltrate, hunt around in for skill upgrades and then beam back out of, but over the course of Axiom Verge 2’s first three hours it soon became clear that each pocket of the breach is actually connected, forming a single sprawling space running adjacent to the main overworld.

Phasing in and out of the breach feels a bit like moving between the light and dark worlds of Zelda: A Link to the Past, in the sense that you can use one side of the divide to find a path to an objective that’s otherwise blocked in the other. Aside from the structural differences, there’s also a clear contrast in the look and feel of each world to make them seem distinct, not unlike the shifts between 8-bit and 16-bit time periods in The Messenger.

There’s also a noticeable adjustment to gameplay. As Indra in the overworld, I was performing Ninja Gaiden-style slash attacks with a pickaxe and using a shockwave ability to blast open hidden pathways in the terrain. Meanwhile, as her drone inside the breach, I was firing out a grappling hook to slingshot my way up to out of reach platforms and through fragile walls, like a more manoeuvrable version of the Metroid morph ball.

In addition to all the hopping back and forth between parallel dimensions, Axiom Verge 2 seems intent on playing with some of the other conventions typical of the Metroidvania genre. For example, the handful of boss fights I came across seemed almost entirely optional. I was able to completely avoid the missile attacks of a huge flying beast and the zaps of electricity from an oversized eel, and just pass them by entirely as I went on my merry way. This struck me as unusual for a game of this kind, and may yet prove to be divisive among die hard retro gaming fans who’d prefer to get trapped inside a fenced off arena and forced to take one of these monsters down, but I appreciate that Axiom Verge 2 doesn’t seem to want to throw up frustrating roadblocks purely to hinder your progress. Of course, I still went back and killed them in order to collect the precious skill upgrades they drop – and also because I’m a complete monster.

There appears to have been a conscious effort from the developer to make Axiom Verge 2 easier to navigate than the original game. Different biomes within the overworld map feel more distinct, and a compass collected earlier on indicates the direction of story objectives and hidden secrets nearby.

Using infection powers to hack enemies and objects also brings an interesting twist to Axiom Verge 2’s combat; giving Indra the ability to slow down the movement speed of enemy scorpions or turn bipedal mechs into allies. How important the hacking becomes to the core Axiom Verge 2 experience remains to be seen, however there was one surprise power-up that I was awarded right at the end of my hands-on that could well have a significant impact. I’m absolutely not going to spoil it here, but let’s just say that it could have a transformative influence on exploration and I’m extremely keen to see where it leads.

I’m also curious as to why specific parts of the overworld map appear unstable, as though the breach is threatening to invade the real world – and given I’ve only played the first three hours of what is apparently a fifteen hour game, I’ve no doubt there are still plenty of secrets left to uncover in what is shaping up to be yet another absorbing Metroidvania.

Quentin Tarantino has one movie left to direct before he allegedly retires, but that's not stopping him from pitching movies he'd like to make, such as a remake of First Blood starring Adam Driver as Rambo.

During an interview with MovieWeb, the director said that if he wanted to make a good movie that he knows would be good, he'd remake First Blood. Instead of remaking the story of the movie, though, he'd make a First Blood that sticks closely to the David Morell novel of the same name.

"If I just wanted to make a good movie, that I knew would be good, I would take David Morrell's novel for First blood and do the novel," Tarantino said. "Not the movie that was made out of First Blood. I would do the novel, and Kurt Russell would play the sheriff and (Adam Driver) would play Rambo."

Tarantino continued and said that all of the dialogue in the novel is "fantastic" and that making a movie using that dialogue would be "so good." He said if his next steps were simply about making a good movie, First Blood is out there as an option.

Considering his next movie is the tenth and supposedly final movie he'll direct, it doesn't seem likely he'd go out with a First Blood remake. Perhaps this Rambo movie will sit on the shelf next to his R-rated Star Trek movie?

Morell's First Blood novel was published in 1972, ten years before the First Blood movie hit theaters in 1982. While the two feature largely the same overarching story, there are quite a few differences. For example, Rambo is just known as Rambo in the novel — not John Rambo as he's known in the Sylvester Stallone films — and the iconic knife that many associate with the character was nowhere to be seen in the novel.

Perhaps the biggest difference, though, is that Rambo dies in the novel and obviously that's not the case for the First Blood movie which spawned off numerous sequels starring the character.

Driver would likely make a great Rambo, or at least, he has the physical stature to play the iconic character as seen in Driver's Ben Swolo, er, Solo, in The Last Jedi. While waiting to learn more about what Tarantino's next movie is, check out our thoughts on the latest entry in the Rambo franchise in IGN's Rambo: Last Blood review and then read what we think of the first movie in IGN's First Blood review.

Wesley LeBlanc is a freelance news writer and guide maker for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @LeBlancWes.

Xbox has announced that on August 10 it will host a second Twitch gaming show focused on ID@Xbox games.

On August 10 starting at 9 am PT/12 pm ET, Xbox will stream another ID@Xbox showcase on Twitch where it will feature several indie games, new announcements, and updates on titles like The Artful Escape, Ollie Ollie World, and more.

As with the last show, you can catch the stream on the official Twitch Gaming channel or the official Xbox Twitch channel.

The last ID@Xbox showcase was hosted in March and included new looks at games from DrinkBox, Among Us, and more. Check out our full recap of games here.

Check back at IGN on August 10 for a full rundown of news and announcements from the next ID@Xbox Twitch showcase.