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Marvel Success Flop

We have long expressed the view that tactical card roleplaying game Marvel's Midnight Suns might have been tailored for too niche an audience.

Now the verdict is in. Bloomberg's Jason Schreier hails it a critical success but commercial flop and reports Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick pointing blame at timing.

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Extraordinary Renewal

Slightly preceding their January first season premiere, Disney renewed superhero-envy comedy series Extraordinary and they've now commenced shooting season two.

Despite our title pre screening renewals actually aren't uncommon but in this case their confidence bumps us off the fence.

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DC Dishes the Deets

New co-CEO's of DC Studios James Gunn and Peter Safran have finally begun unveiling their precise plans for DC with five each film and television projects.

Also giving the Robert Pattinson The Batman - Part II film an October 2025 cinematic release date.

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DC Drops Doom and Titans

DC's Doom Patrol and Titans series have been cancelled with HBO promising that their currently on hiatus (in the US) fourth seasons were written to provide "proper" endings.

The news wouldn't be super surprising to anyone. Four seasons is a solid run for a superhero show and new bosses James Gunn and Peter Safran had heralded intentions to unify the DC universe.

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Very Problematic

This year's Critics' Choice Best Animated Series winner Harley Quinn is gifting us all with A Very Problematic Valentine's Day Special. For which there is a trailer.

Oh my. Definitely not safe for work.

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Avengers End Game

It's the end for online game Marvel's Avengers. After its March 31 update the game will receive no further updates and official support will end on September 30.

Both solo and multiplayer gameplay should continue to function but that comes with a caveat.

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Invincible S2 Teaser

Amazon have released an unconventional teaser for unconventional animated superhero series Invincible.

Rather than the standard montage or scene from the upcoming season it's two characters chatting in a diner with talk eventually turning to the release date which they reveal to be late 2023.

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Extraordinary v OK

Coming to Disney+ very soon is a new sitcom / comedy drama titled Extraordinary, a series which takes our world and gives absolutely everyone a superpower - except the main character.

By way of promotion they've released a trailer and a first look. Do they live up to the promise of the title? We're uncertain.

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Midnight Suns First DLC

A little under two months after the game's release, the first DLC for tactical card battler / superhero social sim Marvel's Midnight Suns will release on January 26.

The Deadpool DLC trailer is titled The Good, The Bad and The Undead. Speaking of bad, there's the capitalization of the second and third the's in that title.

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Sydney Free WB Films

As part of their 100th anniversary celebrations, Warner Bros. is holding a free open air cinema in Sydney's Darling Quarter from January 12 to 29.

Superheroes dominate the second week with the first screening of Black Adam outside of cinemas, plus Wonder Woman, The Dark Knight and "more".

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