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I’m really intrigued by what the studio is trying with this new game! It’s tackling a big problem with extraction shooters – how quickly the really dedicated players get so much stronger than everyone else. It gets to the point where those hardcore players might just skip all the story missions and team-based stuff, and instead just focus on hunting down newer or more casual players who don’t stand a chance. Hopefully, this new approach will fix that!

This land offers safety to vampires and those who serve them, but it drains the strength of anyone else who enters – unless they are already undead. While naturally uncommon, unless specifically altered by magical forces, vampires can expand this terrain around their settlements.

Okay, so MachineGames just dropped a New Game+ mode, which is awesome! And get this – now I can rock Indy’s Cairo outfit whenever I want, not just during that specific part of the game. They also added a way to pick which language I want the voiceovers in, which is a really nice touch.

■ Broadcast Time: October 17, 2025 (Fri), from 10 AM (UTC)
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Jeff Bridges’ surprise appearance in *Tron: Ares* was meant to be a secret, but he accidentally revealed it himself. This led Disney to include him in the film’s marketing. However, they didn’t need to reveal *how* he returned. It turns out Ares didn’t interact with the actual Kevin Flynn, but with a digital version of him. This clever approach also allowed fans to revisit the iconic virtual world from the original *Tron* film from 1982.

As a long-time comics fan, I remember when Checkmate first showed up! It was created by Paul Kupperberg, who actually wrote the original *Peacemaker* series back in the ’80s, along with artist Steve Irwen. They debuted in *Action Comics* #598, and didn’t long after get their own ongoing series. But what’s really interesting is that Checkmate didn’t come out of nowhere. It evolved from an earlier organization called the Agency, which was basically a part of Amanda Waller’s Task Force X. A key operative in the Agency was Valentina Vostok – you might recognize her as a former member of the Doom Patrol. Eventually, they decided a rebrand was in order, and the Agency became the Checkmate we know today.

The episode largely focuses on the aftermath of Peacemaker’s return from the alternate, Nazi-controlled Earth (let’s call it Earth X). He’s struggling with guilt over his alternate father Auggie’s death and the injuries his brother Keith sustained, caused by both Eagly and Harcourt. After being released from jail by his friends, Chris initially reverts to his old coping mechanisms – casual sex and drugs. However, Adebayo helps him realize he isn’t to blame for everything, challenging his belief that he’s a harbinger of death. She successfully connects with him, and he even begins a romantic relationship with Emilia Harcourt. The episode concludes with Chris joining his team to form a new organization called Checkmate.

As a huge cinema fan, I was completely hooked by the end of *Tron: Ares*. After his mother passed away and with the police closing in on Dillinger Systems, Evan Peters’ character, Julian, a former tech CEO, decided to make a desperate escape. Instead of facing the consequences of his actions, he literally ran *into* the digital world he’d built. Using the digitizing technology from his company, he transported himself into the grid – and the final scene showed him arriving in that stunning, red-tinted virtual reality he created. It was a brilliant setup for what’s to come!

In *Tron: Ares*, Eve Kim, Julian Dillinger, and his advanced AI program were all searching for the same thing: Kevin Flynn’s lost ‘permanence code.’ This code was crucial, but what did it actually do? Interestingly, Flynn’s digital self claimed he’d originally given it the wrong name. And does the existence of this code contradict anything we’ve seen in the first two *Tron* movies? Here’s a breakdown of everything you need to know about the permanence code, plus the remaining unanswered questions.