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The biggest anime in the world, Jujutsu Kaisen, is headed to Netflix! Also, a BAFTA Games poll voted Tomb Raider's Lara Croft the most iconic video game character of all time. REALLY!? https://linktr.ee/MainEventMarks

A new tabletop RPG game is coming out of Tomb Raider, and the companies Evil Hat and Crystal Dynamics are completely rewriting and retconning the character of Lara Croft. She will no longer "raid tombs," but rather "do the work" or learning about and respecting cultures. Straight trash! https://linktr.ee/MainEventMarks Sources: https://www.pcgamer.com/a-tomb-raider-tabletop-rpg-wasnt-an-announcement-i-expected-but-the-more-i-think-about-it-the-more-i-think-its-a-perfect-combo https://www.tombraiderchronicles.com/headlines4855.html

Upcoming PS5 exclusive action RPG, Stellar Blade, is highly anticipated and making headlines! Korean video game company, Shift Up, is giving a middle finger to IGN for criticizing their main character for being a beautiful woman. On top of that, the creator says they WILL NOT utilize microtransactions, bilking customers for more money. https://linktr.ee/MainEventMarks Sources: https://boundingintocomics.com/2024/04/04/ign-offers-official-apology-after-french-branch-insults-stellar-blade-director-for-choosing-to-create-attractive-female-protagonist https://boundingintocomics.com/2024/04/05/stellar-blade-director-rejects-microtransactions-promises-game-will-not-require-players-to-spend-any-additional-money-beyond-what-they-paid-for-the-package

Exciting news for Witcher fans! CD Projekt Red has officially begun work on The Witcher 4, with over 400 developers on board. The RPG aims to push boundaries and may be a next-gen launch title. Mobile game adaptations of The Witcher and Cyberpunk 2077 are also in consideration. https:/linktr.ee/MainEventMark

Disney proves they're still out of ideas, because they're just going to reboot the beloved Pirates of the Caribbean franchise. Also, Marvel Studios may have less Peter Parker in Spider-Man 4. What does that mean? Sources: https://www.ign.com/articles/pirates-of-the-caribbean-producer-franchise-reboot-sixth-movie https://www.cbr.com/rumor-spiderman-4-peter-parker-back-seat

Black Girl Gamers is threatening legal action against entertainment news outlet That Park Place following a report on their potentially exclusive hiring practices. The debate heats up over DEI in gaming and journalistic integrity as BGG continues to grift off white guilt. https://linktr.ee/MainEventMarks Sources: https://boundingintocomics.com/2024/03/27/black-girl-gamers-announces-legal-action-against-that-park-place-over-recent-report-suggesting-video-game-diversity-consultant-company-engages-in-disc https://thatparkplace.com/forspoken-consultant-black-girl-gamers-threatens-legal-action-against-that-park-place-and-claims-they-are-committed-to-diversity-and-inclusion-including-our-non-discriminatory-hiring-practices

The 5th Indiana Jones movie is officially a gigantic bomb for Disney. A member of the Avengers claims the Harry Potter franchise is racist. We may get a new John Carter movie. And Jon Bernthal is back as the Punisher in the MCU! https://linktr.ee/MainEventMarks Sources: https://boundingintocomics.com/2024/04/01/financial-statements-confirm-indiana-jones-and-the-dial-of-destiny-was-another-multimillion-dollar-disney-flop https://xemtinnhanh10.com/thao/he-had-no-f-king-black-friends-captain-america-star-anthony-mackie-calls-daniel-radcliffes-7-7b-harry-potter-franchise-racist-despite-inspiring-millions-for-years https://insidethemagic.net/2024/03/disneys-biggest-flop-is-making-a-comeback-john-carter-edgar-rice-burroughs-jh1 https://collider.com/daredevil-born-again-set-image-jon-bernthal-punisher

Embracer Group is slowing down and focusing on current properties, dropping out of any other acquisition negotiations. Red Dead Redemption 2 is voted the GOAT of game sequels. Also, the new Dune: Awakening video game looks GREAT! https://linktr.ee/MainEventMarks Sources: https://tech4gamers.com/embracer-group-restructuring-ended https://tech4gamers.com/red-dead-redemption-2-best-sequel https://www.ign.com/articles/dune-awakening-is-looking-supremely-cool-as-it-was-written

It's the Grandest Stage of Them All; the SuperBowl or pro wrestling; the granddaddy of them all! WrestleMania is one of the most wonderful times of the year for wrestling fans, and we're bringing you never-before-heard audio for a brand new podcast! Before he passed away, Greg recorded reviews of quite a few WrestleManias with me that never aired. I pulled our reviews of those main events and made a fantastic show for you all to enjoy! From WrestleMania 1, to 2, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, and 30, we're bringing you our thoughts on the final match on every one of those fantastic cards! Get in the mood for WrestleMania XL with the Main Event Marks! #WWE #WrestleMania #wrestling https://linktr.ee/MainEventMarks

Unfortunately for GameStop, they can't stop bleeding money. The big hit to the tech industry has finally come for Nintendo of America. Also, Microsoft is openly fighting against feminine beauty in video games, clamping down on "exaggerated features." https://linktr.ee/MainEventMarks Sources: https://boundingintocomics.com/2024/03/26/microsoft-publishes-new-inclusion-guide-for-video-game-devs-recommends-against-creating-female-characters-with-exaggerated-body-proportions https://www.ign.com/articles/gamestop-cuts-jobs-amid-unsustainable-sales-decline https://www.ign.com/articles/nintendo-confirms-testing-layoffs-amid-first-party-lull-and-reports-of-switch-2-delay

With the ongoing "Gamergate 2," some gaming "journalists" are calling for a total purge of gamers who don't think like them. On top of that, racism continues to be pushed in the Gaming Community with the want to exclude more white men. https://linktr.ee/MainEventMarks Sources: https://boundingintocomics.com/2024/03/26/bbc-gaming-presenter-jules-hardy-calls-for-current-sweet-baby-inc-discourse-to-end-with-a-final-purge-of-ideological-opponents-from-the-medium https://thatparkplace.com/unleashed-games-founder-and-ceo-irena-pereira-brags-about-excluding-white-male-characters-from-alpha-build-of-upcoming-game-haven

Gamer dirt rag, Kotaku, is going down in flames. Since their parent company has told them to lay off politics and focus on game guides, they had a complete meltdown and two editors have quit. Also, one of the known urinalists with them have come out seeking dirt on prominent streamer/YouTuber, Melonie Mac, in an obvious attempt to shamelessly defame her. https://linktr.ee/MainEventMarks Sources: https://boundingintocomics.com/2024/03/22/kotaku-owners-g-o-media-reportedly-back-down-from-fully-shifting-site-from-news-to-guides-after-editor-in-chief-resigns-staff-push-back https://www.thedailybeast.com/kotaku-editor-jen-glennon-quits-calls-go-media-ceo-jim-spanfeller-a-herb-on-her-way-out https://thatparkplace.com/mark-kern-warns-kotaku-and-g-o-media-they-are-opening-themselves-up-to-lawsuits-as-editor-alyssa-mercante-attempts-to-dig-up-dirt-on-melonie-mac

In her new book, Ronda Rousey makes it clear that she not only hates WWE, but specifically Vince McMahon and his right-hand men. Also, I'm hitting a figure hunt and finding some WWE Ultimates in Walmart! Source: https://boundingintocomics.com/2024/03/22/ufc-and-wwe-star-ronda-rousey-calls-ousted-wwe-chairman-vince-mcmahon-emperor-palpatine-in-new-memoir https://linktr.ee/MainEventMarks

It's time to step onto the Grandest Stage of Them All! From WrestleMania 3 to WrestleMania 34, we're hopping in the time-traveling wrestling ring to break down, analyze, and have tons of fun with wrestling history with WrestleMania main events! Some were good, some were bad, and some were somewhere in between. With some archived audio, we go through mega main event matches like Hulk Hogan vs. Andre the Giant to Brock Lesnar vs. Roman Reigns, Stone Cold vs. The Rock to Batista vs. Triple H, and so much more! With less than 2 weeks until WrestleMania XL in Philadelphia, join us to relive Mania's biggest main events ever! #WWE #WrestleMania #wrestling https://linktr.ee/MainEventMarks

We're getting a new season of Blue Exorcist for the first time since 2011! Also, the new Zenshu anime series seems like a cry for help from MAPPA animators themselves. https://linktr.ee/MainEventMarks Sources: https://www.crunchyroll.com/news/latest/2024/3/24/blue-exorcist-yuki-no-hate-anime-sequel-october-2024 https://www.cbr.com/zenshu-mappa-anime-trailer-plot-controversy

"If Star Wars is about the underdog versus the institution, [in The Acolyte] the Jedi are the institution," is an actual quote from Harvey Weinstein's former personal assistant, Leslye Headland, who is the showrunner for the new Star Wars dookie of a show, The Acolyte. She says the Sith are "the underdogs" and not the baddies, proving she knows NOTHING about Star Wars and, like everyone else at Disney's Lucasfilm, doesn't understand what the hell they're doing. ARTICLE: https://boundingintocomics.com/2024/03/19/the-acolyte-showrunner-leslye-headland-says-upcoming-star-wars-series-will-ask-whether-the-bad-guys-are-actually-the-underdog https://linktr.ee/MainEventMarks

A new James Bond has been cast, a studio has gotten the rights to NeverEnding Story and will give it the reboot treatment, The Sims is getting a movie from Margot Robbie's production company, & AI completely failed to create a video game without creative humans. Sources: https://time.com/6958335/aaron-taylor-johnson-james-bond https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/the-sims-movie-margot-robbie-luckychap-1235856997 https://variety.com/2024/film/global/the-neverending-story-new-film-adaptation-see-saw-michael-ende-productions-1235944716 https://www.ign.com/articles/video-game-made-purely-with-ai-failed-because-tech-was-unable-to-replace-talent

The next chapter in Matt Reeves' The Batman universe has been delayed, the new Red Sonja movie already sounds like a disaster, the showrunner for X-Men '97 was unceremoniously fired right before the show's release, & game studio heads say exclusivity on top-tier games is killing business. Sources: https://boundingintocomics.com/2024/03/13/matt-reeves-the-batman-part-ii-officially-delayed-another-year https://boundingintocomics.com/2024/03/11/red-sonja-star-matilda-lutz-slams-source-material-for-being-made-with-a-very-male-gazed-orientation-says-new-film-is-very-women-empowered https://boundingintocomics.com/2024/03/12/x-men-97-showrunner-beau-demayo-gets-the-boot-from-marvel-studios-just-days-before-series-premiere-deletes-social-media-accounts-in-response https://www.ign.com/articles/ex-playstation-boss-shawn-layden-says-exclusivity-is-your-achilles-heel-if-game-costs-exceed-200-million

Disney CEO Bob Iger is bringing the hammer down on Kevin Feige and the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Say "goodbye" to any hope for future Captain Marvel, Ant-Man, and The Eternals films as Disney claims it's now focused on making money. https://linktr.ee/MainEventMarks Sources: https://boundingintocomics.com/2024/03/15/marvel-reportedly-cans-ant-man-4-captain-marvel-3-and-eternals-2-disney-ceo-bob-iger-said-to-have-personally-shut-down-eternals-sequel-for-fear-it-would-been-a-guaranteed-bomb https://boundingintocomics.com/2024/03/18/marvel-studios-tv-boss-confirms-ironheart-and-wonder-man-survived-recent-wave-of-cancellations-were-editing-both-of-those-shows-as-we-speak

Here we go again. Just when we thought the government couldn't sink their grubby little mits into anything else, they're spying on gamers, claiming they're being "radicalized." Any excuse for more oversight, I guess. The gamers are fighting back in a rebellion over what the media is dubbing "Gamergate 2.0". https://linktr.ee/MainEventMarks Sources: https://theintercept.com/2024/03/09/fbi-dhs-gamers-extremism-violence https://boundingintocomics.com/2024/03/12/us-government-funded-non-profit-take-this-responds-to-sweet-baby-inc-backlash-by-calling-on-video-game-industry-to-clearly-and-unequivocally-denounce-gamergate https://boundingintocomics.com/2024/03/12/ex-sweet-baby-inc-employee-and-current-eas-marvels-black-panther-narrative-designer-seen-proudly-bragging-that-previous-title-validate-had-no-white-people-on-dev-team

The 2024 class for the WWE Hall of Fame is filling out nicely, the former Sasha Banks (Mercedes Mone) is now All Elite, and commentator Kevin Kelly claims AEW/ROH fired him for political reasons. https://linktr.ee/MainEventMarks Sources: https://www.f4wonline.com/news/aew/mercedes-mone-signs-with-aew-debuts-at-big-business https://boundingintocomics.com/2024/03/13/all-elite-wrestling-fires-kevin-kelly-allegedly-for-supporting-sound-of-freedom-film

WB Games has announced that they are turning their focus away from single-player AAA games and instead putting all their efforts into live-service games. This looks like where they're headed for Hogwarts Legacy 2, and many gamers are not very happy about it. https://linktr.ee/MainEventMarks ARTICLE 1: https://boundingintocomics.com/2024/03/05/warner-bros-discovery-says-new-live-service-and-mobile-game-plans-will-focus-on-game-of-thrones-harry-potter-mortal-kombat-and-dc-ips ARTICLE 2: https://tech4gamers.com/hogwarts-legacy-live-service

We've got the latest news about some upcoming films, including another Nintendo Super Mario movie from Illumination, a book-accurate Dark Tower film, and a movie based on the Watch Dogs video games. https://linktr.ee/MainEventMarks Sources: https://www.gamesradar.com/miyamoto-confirms-new-super-mario-movie-from-illumination-coming-in-2026-but-instead-of-a-sequel-the-film-is-broadening-marios-world https://movieweb.com/mike-flanagan-stephen-king-dark-tower-jake-death-scene https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/watch-dogs-movie-in-the-works-with-talk-to-me-star-sophie-wilde

We're doing a retrospect on one of the most iconic feuds in wrestling history: Sting vs. Hulk Hogan in WCW. In honor of Sting's recent retirement from wrestling at AEW Revolution 2024, we'll look back at the epic battles, dramatic moments, and unforgettable matches that defined this legendary rivalry. From Fall Brawl 1995 all the way to Fall Brawl 1999 and everything in between, we'll explore how Sting and Hogan's feud captivated audiences and helped shape Hogan's run as Hollywood and Sting's transformation into the iconic Crow character. Join in as we celebrate the career of Sting and the legacy of this historic feud. https://linktr.ee/MainEventMarks

Get ready to rock! WWE SummerSlam 2024 is heading to Cleveland, Ohio, for what promises to be an electrifying event! WWE has announced that The Land will play host to the biggest party of the summer for the first time since 1996! I'll be there! Will you? ARTICLE: https://www.wwe.com/article/cleveland-to-host-summerslam-2024 https://linktr.ee/MainEventMarks