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After more than a year following her announcement that she would be joining The Matrix franchise, actor Priyanka Chopra Jonas has revealed a first-look at her cyberpunk-esque that will feature in The Matrix Resurrections.

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The upcoming fourth instalment in the popular sci-fi film franchise, The Matrix Resurrections slated to release theatrically on December 22, 2021 is spearheaded by Lana Wachowski, who along with her sister Lilly Wachowski, directed the The Matrix, The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions.

Actor Keanu Reeves plays the lead role of Neo, a computer programmer and cybercriminals who was tasked to rescue humanity from the Matrix, a virus-riddled metaverse. The plot details for The Matrix Resurrections, though, are still unknown.

Though Chopra Jonas character was not featured in the first poster of the film, she does make an appearance in the trailer.

On November 22, she posted to her official social media accounts: And shes here. Re-enter #TheMatrix 12.22.21. The character is dressed in a multicolour woven jacket, loose pants and knee-high combat boots while her hair is tied in four braided space buns. However, details of her character are still under wraps.

The Matrix Resurrections sees the return of Carrie-Anne Moss as Trinity, a Zion operative and a former computer hacker who ws famous in underground circles for hacking the IRS database. Other familiar faces include Jada Pinkett Smiths Niobe, a member of the Resistance and captain of the Logos and the Logos II, and Lambert Wilsons Merovingian AKA The Frenchman, the leader of a powerfully-organised crime syndicate who dubs himself a trafficker of information.

New cast members include Christina Ricci, Jonathan Groff, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II as Morpheus, Jessica Henwick as Bugs, and Neil Patrick Harris as The Analyst.

Chopra Jonas other upcoming projects include action-spy miniseries Citadel alongside Richard Madden and Stanley Tucci the Farhan Akhtar-directed Hindi film Jee Le Zara alongside Katrina Kaif and Alia Bhatt, and adventure-comedy Cowboy Ninja Viking alongside Chris Pratt.

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First look: Priyanka Chopra Jonas cyberpunk character in The Matrix Resurrections - The Hindu

While propping up the bar at a gaudy sex club on Mars, a rakish bounty hunter improbably named Spike Spiegel (John Cho) locks eyes with his current target: a murderous, anxious thief. The self-amused hero has an ice-cool opening line ready to go. We can do this the easy way, or the fun way, purrs Spiegel. The outcome involves a frantic foot chase, a rooftop fight and a memorable moment with a gigantic provocative billboard.

Doing things the fun way seems to have been the mission statement for this live-action adaptation of a 1998 Japanese anime series, made with the blessing of its original creator Shinichir Watanabe. But even if you were unaware of Cowboy Bebops animated origins it might not take long to twig that this 10-part series was inspired by an exuberant cartoon. The 2021 version is a fast-talking, visually amped-up space western that feels stylised and swaggering to near saturation, powered by the same jazz freakout soundtrack that helped make the original an enduring cult hit.

It is set in a vibrant but messy sci-fi future, precariously built on top of the technological and pop-culture clutter of now. An unspecified disaster on Earth has pushed humankind out into the local cosmos, creating a new galactic frontier. There are space station casinos and gleaming cyberpunk cities but also countless rickety towns and dusty outposts on far-flung moons (the series was shot in New Zealand and often looks appropriately otherworldly). An excess of outlaws and neer-do-wells in these hardscrabble places has made bounty hunting a popular occupation. Freelance cowboys bring in villains dead or alive for a reward, just like in the old west.

Spiegel is a gifted sharpshooter and martial arts master. His imposing partner Jet Black (Mustafa Shakir) is a tough-as-nails former cop with a metal arm. By rights, they should be elite bounty hunters. Yet, owing to bad luck and questionable personal decisions, the pair are constantly on the back foot.

They struggle to keep their heads above water even before sharp-tongued rival Faye Valentine (Daniella Pineda) gatecrashes their clunky amphibious spaceship, the Bebop. Perhaps because of hunger, the mood on board the Bebop is usually irritable or sarcastic. The verbal fencing among the trio is almost manic the ships breakout space even has a sitcom-ready scuffed yellow couch.

But all three voyagers also have painful secrets that threaten to overwhelm the present. Spike has a complicated history with ashen-haired gang- enforcer Vicious (Alex Hassell) and songbird moll Julia (Elena Satine). Most episodes involve the Bebop crew chasing down larger-than-life criminals including hardline eco-terrorists, killer clowns and a deranged bomber in an oversized teddy bear mask with the prospect of a confrontation between the laconic Spike and the cruel Vicious bubbling just below the surface.

Maintaining such a heightened, madcap tone is a high-wire act that relies on the charisma of the three leads. Shakir, formerly a menacing heavy in Netflixs Luke Cage series, is gruff but convincingly big-hearted as the ex-cop who dotes over a daughter he rarely sees. Pinedas Faye is an entertainingly dismissive motormouth who reveals emotional depths as the season unfolds.

Both have excellent chemistry with Cho, an actor who radiated decency as Sulu in the recent Star Trek movies and uptightness in the Harold and Kumar franchise, but has rarely been given the chance to play the coolest person in the room. Here, he finds an insouciant, playful groove, and the commitment of his physical performance goes beyond hand-to-hand combat training. He has also mastered Spikes languid anime gait, hands parked in the pockets of an angular blue suit that would not look out of place on a Duran Duran album cover.

There is a fine tradition of futuristic shows inventing swear words, notably Battlestar Galacticas frak and Fireflys gorram. Cowboy Bebop sticks to more familiar curses. Such unvarnished swearing and occasional scenes of nudity mean that despite the poppy colours and energetic action, this is not a series that the whole family can watch (unlike The Mandalorian, that other tale of hunting bounties and forming ad hoc families on the fringes of civilisation). But it all adds up to an enjoyable feeling of anything-goes delirium. At a time when popular sci-fi has gone gritty and self-consciously dark, the caffeinated fever dream of Cowboy Bebop feels like a loving distillation of the original and a breath of fresh air.

Cowboy Bebop is on Netflix from 19 November; the original anime can be streamed on Netflix, Amazon Prime and All 4

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If you've been putting off buying Playstation games until the Black Friday sale, now's your chance: the PSN store has launched hundreds of discounts on major AAA games, including an amazing 50 percent off Cyberpunk 2077.

The blockbuster open world sci fi RPG starring Keanu Reeves is available for just 19.99 on the PSN store. The game was released less than a year ago with a whopping price tag of around 60, but its launch was plagued with bugs and glitches.

Developer ProjektRED has been improving the game since, and it now might finally be your chance to grab it on the cheap.

The Playstation store Black Friday sale has hundreds of other great bargains that you can finally pick up for PS4 and PS5, including:

Many of this year's Black Friday sale games are some of Playstation's most highly-rated AAA titles, and they don't usually come cheap. To view all of the Playstation store Black Friday offers, click here.

Lots of them also include a PS4 and a PS5 edition, so if you're thinking of making the upgrade to Sony's next-gen console soon, they'll be a good investment.

The next week may be your best opportunity yet to pick up a Playstation 5 console.

Sony reportedly commandeered two aeroplanes and flew them to the UK full of PS5 consoles last month, while shops like Argos are reporting massive restocks in the coming days.

The Playstation 5 has been in incredibly high demand due to shipping issues and a worldwide chip shortage.

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After a five-month temporary closure, Underbelly reopens in Little Italy on Thursday, November 18 which just happens to be the 10th anniversary of its original debut way back in 2011. Continuing its efforts to update some of its longstanding restaurants and bars, including the Neighborhood revamp and the pivot of Soda & Swine into Fortunate Son, CH Projects has reimagined its ramen spot into a Blade Runner-esque, cyberpunk vision of futuristic Tokyo that has nearly every inch of the compact restaurant at the corner of Fir Street and Kettner Boulevard covered in neon lighting.

With retractable liquor racks that extend from the ceiling, and a remodeled kitchen and bar, the restaurant is now serving a bigger menu, matching the offerings of its North Park counterpart with its classic ramen as well as appetizers, bao, and bento boxes. It also has fresh cocktails created by CH Projects bar director Andrew Cordero based on unique glassware and Japanese flavors, ranging from the Neo Noir made with scotch, koji, barley honey, lemon, and egg white to the Sakura Falls, a mix of Japanese gin, nigori sake, coconut cream, sakura blossom, and lime. The new cocktails will launch first in Little Italy before making their way to the North Park location by next week.

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CD Projekt Group has announced that they have acquired the development studio behind Flame in the Flood, The Molasses Flood. The development studio is formed by video games developers behind hits such as Halo and BioShock. The press releases says that Molasses Flood will be working in close cooperation with CD Projekt Red but they will remain a separate group of developers and wont be merged into current teams at CD Projekt Red. CD Projekt Red is the team behind The Witcher series and Cyberpunk 2077. The press release states that the new studio will be working on its own ambitious project which is based on one of CD PROJEKTs IPs.

Were always on the lookout for teams who make games with heart. The Molasses Flood share our passion for video game development, theyre experienced, quality-oriented, and have great technological insight. Im convinced they will bring a lot of talent and determination to the Group.

From the inception of The Molasses Flood, it was our goal to create games that touch and inspire people. When CD PROJEKT approached us about the possibility of working together, we saw an incredible opportunity to reach a much wider audience through a collaboration with a company we love, creating games in worlds we love. We could not be more excited to continue our mission with the support of CD PROJEKT and their incredibly talented team.

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Cyberpunk 2077 is a classic example of how a hyped-up game with high expectations can go terribly wrong. The games release was almost pathetic, as it was riddled with bugs and glitches. The graphics of the game could not be called next-gen and the game also witnessed multiple crashes as well. In fact, the games release was so haphazard and lethargic that fans even wanted a refund.

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The game was in a pitiful state. So much so that Sony called back the games from their e-stores and Xbox was offering refunds.

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However, someway, somehow, CD Projekts title managed to find a place in the Game of the Year nominations for best RPG.

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Fans expressed on Twitter their frustrations with the game being part of The Game Awards 2021.

Other fans mocked the game for its system requirements. When the system requirements of a game are generally published, it usually indicates the best settings to run the game on with regard to the hardware. However, in Cyberpunk 2077s case, the best the system requirements could offer was low to mid-tier graphics.

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Needless to say, the gaming community did not look very favorably towards this game being added to the list of nominees for the best RPG game of the year.

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Nvidia made a bevy of announcements this morning, including the new Nvidia ICAT tool for comparing image quality. Nvidia also introduced version 2.3 of its DLSS upscaling technology. The updated DLSS 2.3 is already being integrated into more than 15 released games, with Cyberpunk 2077 and Rise of the Tomb Raider being the first titles to receive a patch update today.

According to a press release from Nvidia, DLSS 2.3 makes even smarter use of motion vectors to improve object detail in motion, particle reconstruction, ghosting, and temporal stability.

Titles that will support the new version of DLSS include: Baldurs Gate 3, Bright Memory: Infinite, Crysis 2 Remastered, Crysis 3 Remastered, Deathloop, DOOM Eternal, Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy The Definitive Edition, Jurassic World Evolution 2, Marvels Guardians of the Galaxy, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Sword & Fairy 7, and Farming Simulator 22, which is slated to launch November 22.

Nvidia also announced a few titles that will now support its DLSS upscaling this November, thanks to its easy-to-implement plugins for Unreal Engine and native support in Unity. Assetto Corsa Competizione, Battlefield 2042, Myth of Empires, Bright Memory: Infinite, Elder Scrolls Online, Hot Wheels Unleashed, and Jurassic World Evolution 2 will all adopt DLSS. Titles like AWAY: The Survival and Myth of Empires, releasing on November 17 and 18, respectively, will also support DLSS upon release.

Although not all of these games will officially support the new version of DLSS, it is possible to swap between different versions of DLSS, including the newest version, if a title already supports the feature. Results may not always work when doing a "manual upgrade" of DLSS, but so far we've had good luck.

These newly announced titles are now part of Nvidias growing library of 130-plus games that support its DLSS technology. This is an edge the companys DLSS has had over AMDs FSR upscaling offering since the beginning of its battle for supremacy within the gaming space.

The latest version of DLSS comes alongside a new Game Ready Driver and the aforementioned ICAT, which provides users a simple way to compare the quality between two images. All of these updates are publicly available starting today.

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There are many good reasons why developers sometimes need to push back their games release dates, with the ongoing pandemic being the chief example of the past year-and-a-half. While these delays are almost always totally understandable, theres no denying that, for fans eager to see their most-anticipated games debut, those statement images that pop up on Twitter (you know the ones) are fearful prospects indeed. But, theres another side to them, too compiledtogether into one enormous collection, theyre kind of pure art.

Thats just what Mark Brown, the creator of a YouTube series on game design called Game Makers Toolkit, has done with an impressively extensive, curated series of tweets. You know, Im something of a collector, Brown posts. What do I collect? Why, the images that publishers tweet when they delay their games, of course. Starting with one of those immediately recognisable, bright yellow screens announcing a Cyberpunk 2077 delay (the one that pushed it back to September 17, 2020), the series goes on to capture a ton of those ominous image-tweet announcements from the past couple of years.

We can see many of the gaming greats ofrecent(ish) times, and some of those that have yet to make their glorious arrivals in the mix. Weve gotDeathloop, Doom Eternal, Halo Infinite, Humankind, Total War: Warhammer III, and well, plenty others in the collection.

Are these not the ultimate, defining artefact of the current videogame era? Brown jokes in one, and asks, is this art? in another. Well, thats for you to decide, really. Just spare a thought for your dedicated gaming news writers at sites like this fair orange one right here when these tweets pop up its not easy speed-transcribing the contents of an image when theres no website blog alternative available. Heres some of Browns impressive collection:

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If youre keen to see whats on the horizon, be sure to check out our rundown of upcoming PC games to keep a weather eye out for. Sadly, it was announced thatSaints Row has been delayed by about six months this morning but, hey, at least the post makesa nice addition to this collection.

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In the year that marked fashion as well as many other areas of culture and entertainment the long-awaited return to the physical sphere and the catwalks in the presence of the public, Balenciaga seems to want to build its own completely independent path in the digital and metaverse. And it doesnt seem to want to stop. After a few months, in fact, from the launch of Fortnite skins and the mini-episode of The Simpsons, the fashion house has recently presented the campaign of the spring 22 collection by implementing each look with cybernetic facial covers.

In shots by photographer Andrea Artemisio, the ready-to-wear looks debuted during the virtual fashion show including collaborations with Gucci (The Hacker Project) and Crocs (Balenciaga Crocs 2. 0), and the Balenciaga Runner Sneakers are complemented and encompassed by the cyberpunk, cybernetic, exoskeletal works of Japanese artist Hiroto Ikeuchi, who had already lent her work for a music video of Arca (KLK ft. Rosala) last year.

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The exoskeletons of Balenciagas new campaign - Domus

GTA 3/Cyberpunk 2077

Yesterday, Cyberpunk 2077 started trending on social media, and surprise, it wasnt because of any new updates to the game. Rather, it was because people were comparing the disastrous launch of the Grand Theft Auto Trilogy: The Definitive Edition, to the release of Cyberpunk 2077, one of the biggest letdowns in gaming.

For me, thats actually an insult to Cyberpunk 2077, because what were seeing with the GTA Trilogy Definitive Edition is worse.

Dont get me wrong, I can still recite the list of Cyberpunk 2077s crimes by heart. The game was barely playable on last-gen consoles, so much so that Sony removed the entire game from the PlayStation store for six months. Ahead of launch, CDPR said Cyberpunk would perform well on last-gen consoles, but didnt give out console review codes ahead of time and that ended up being far from the case.

The game itself fell short of the lofty expectations that had been set for it, as it was missing a lot of features, had issues with AI and a myriad of goofy bugs at launch. It wasnt the game that was promised, even if over time, many fans found they could have a good time with it, and opinions have somewhat softened a year later for many. That said, it remains a cautionary tale.

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So, if all this went wrong, why am I saying whats going on with the GTA Definitive Edition is worse?

One quote I read yesterday was that CDPR shot for the moon with Cyberpunk 2077 and missed, while Rockstar shot for the ground and somehowstill missed.

Cyberpunk 2077 was attempting to make a sprawling, brand new RPG and surpass the beloved Witcher 3. The GTA Definitive Edition was simply remastering a bunch of old games, a seemingly far easier task, and it still went so, so terribly wrong.

Whats going on with the PC edition of the game right now is bizarre. Sony took Cyberpunk offline on the PS store, but you could still buy physical copies or play the digital version you already owned. But Rockstar itself has taken the PC version of GTA down in order to remove files left inside it ranging from everything from unlicensed songs to proprietary company tools to the San Andreas Hot Coffee sex mod. So, even if you bought the PC version, Rockstar is literally preventing you from playing it indefinitely.

Theres also the broadness of the poor performance to consider. Cyberpunk 2077 was a sliding scale. The PC version of the game actually ran and looked pretty great, even at launch. Xbox Series X and PS5 playing upconverted last-gen versions were okay, not amazing. Last gen consoles, especially base PS4 and Xbox One, were quite bad. But GTA Definitive Edition? All the versions, all six, PC, PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch are all performing badly for most players. People have commented that somehow PS3 ran GTA 5 better than a PS5 is running GTA 3. How is that happening?

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Cyberpunks issue was that it leaned too hard into the PC version while ignoring consoles. Rockstars problem is that they tasked a mobile-based studio with remastering these three games mostly based on a mobile port, and as a result, the hardware doesnt matter because the software has so many issues.

Finally, perhaps the worst aspect of all this, something that elevates what Rockstar has done here to a new level, is the fact that they spent time hunting down player-made remaster mods and taking those offline, and then stopped selling the original versions of the game altogether, clearing the way for this remaster which is worse than any of them. That was a terrible, terrible move, and fans are rightly roasting them for it now, given the state of the game.

This is not a project that should have been done halfheartedly. These are three of the most popular, most beloved games in industry history. They deserved proper care and attention for a quality remaster, not whateverthis was. And it does not jibe with what Take-Twos Strauss Zelnick said in March about taking the time to do remasters correctly:

"Remastering has always been a part of the strategy. What we've done differently than the competition is we don't just port titles over," he said. "We actually take the time to do the very best job we can making the title different for the new release for the new technology that we're launching it on."

Cyberpunk 2077 had its issues, but zooming back to look at the full picture, I think whats happening with the GTA Definitive Edition here is clearly worse, given the context, and how much easier the task at hand should have been. Well see what fixes they roll out, but this entire endeavor might be irreparable damaged at its core.

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The GTA Trilogy Isnt The New Cyberpunk 2077, The Definitive Edition Is Worse - Forbes