Netflix's Cowboy Bebop Shares New Cast Photos - ComicBook.com

 

By NICK VALDEZ - September 26, 2021 

Netflix has shared new photos from recently revealed members of the cast for their new live-action Cowboy Bebop series! It's been a strange ride for many fans of Sunrise's original anime series as we have steadily seen much more of this upcoming adaptation. These first looks have revealed how closely the new series is paying attention to bringing certain details of the anime to life, and this came through especially with the debut of its opening sequence that completely mirrors the anime's. Now Netflix has shared a closer look at some of the new additions first seen during this opening as well. 

While previously revealed to be a part of the cast, Netflix's official Geeked Twitter account revealed closer look cast photos of Tamara Tunia as Ana, Mason Alexander Park as Gren, Alex Hassell as Vicious, and Elena Satine as Julia. Each of these characters make their full debut in the opening sequence, but these special photos show fans a much better look at how these various anime favorites have made the full transition to the live-action world. 

Cowboy Bebop will be making its debut worldwide with Netflix on November 19th. Running for ten episodes, the series stars John Cho, Mustafa Shakir, Daniella Pineda, Alex Hassell, Elena Satine, Tamara Tunie, Mason Alexander Park, Jay Uddin, Lydia Peckham, Adrienne Barbeau, Rodney Cook, Josh Randall, and many more. Netflix officially describes the series as such, "Cowboy Bebop is an action-packed space Western about three bounty hunters, aka 'cowboys,' all trying to outrun the past. 

As different as they are deadly, Spike Spiegel (John Cho), Jet Black (Mustafa Shakir), and Faye Valentine (Daniella Pineda) form a scrappy, snarky crew ready to hunt down the solar system's most dangerous criminals — for the right price. But they can only kick and quip their way out of so many scuffles before their pasts finally catch up with them."

Original series director Shinichiro Watanabe serves as supervisor for the new series while original composer Yoko Kanno returns for new music, so there will be much more familiar elements under the hood of this live-action adaptation as well than fans might realize at first. But what do you think of this new look at some of the cast for Netflix's live-action Cowboy Bebop series? Let us know all of your thoughts about it in the comments! You can even reach out to me directly about all things animated and other cool stuff @Valdezology on Twitter!

Eternals May Have One of MCU's Longest Run Times - ComicBook.com

 

By ADAM BARNHARDT - September 25, 2021 05:17 pm EDT

Eternals already has a PG-13 rating from the MPAA, meaning post-production work on the feature is locked in and complete. It was only a matter of time before an official run time for the movie surfaced and now, it appears that time has arrived. A new listing on the Russian-language Kino Metro lists Eternals with a run times of 156 minutes, or two hours and 36 minutes.

Should that be the case, the Chloe Zhao feature would be just four minutes shy of being the second-longest-running film in the MCU. As it stands now, the film is beat out by Avengers: Endgame at three hours and two minutes, and Avengers: Infinity War at two hours and 40 minutes.

As the team at The Direct points out, the site in question has listed the accurate runtimes for films like Halloween Kills and The Last Duel before. Even then, it's still night final and is subject to change.

Kevin Feige previously suggested the feature was set to take place over thousands of years while diving into the reasoning why the titular group didn't get involved in some of the MCU's biggest events.

"[The audience] will understand why," Zhao recently told Total Film of why the group didn't previously interfere. "Not only why, but how complicated not interfering made them feel. We explore that. You'll see that in the film. The Eternals were instructed not to interfere with any human conflict unless Deviants are involved. There's a reason why that's the case. And that was the instruction from the prime Celestial Arishem."

"What excited me is the idea of going back in time, and exploring [the time] before Thanos was born, before anyone was born," she continued. "Where does the MCU go back in time? And that brings us to the mythology of the Celestials. Anything involving the Celestials is going to be at a huge scale level of complication, let's put it that way."

Eternals is currently set for release on November 5th.

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Plans for $400-billion new city in the American desert unveiled - CNN (CNN.com)

 

Written by Oscar Holland, CNN

The cleanliness of Tokyo, the diversity of New York and the social services of Stockholm: Billionaire Marc Lore has outlined his vision for a 5-million-person "new city in America" and appointed a world-famous architect to design it.

Now, he just needs somewhere to build it -- and $400 billion in funding.

The former Walmart executive last week unveiled plans for Telosa, a sustainable metropolis that he hopes to create, from scratch, in the American desert. The ambitious 150,000-acre proposal promises eco-friendly architecture, sustainable energy production and a purportedly drought-resistant water system. A so-called "15-minute city design" will allow residents to access their workplaces, schools and amenities within a quarter-hour commute of their homes.

Although planners are still scouting for locations, possible targets include Nevada, Utah, Idaho, Arizona, Texas and the Appalachian region, according to the project's official website (https://cityoftelosa.com/)

The announcement was accompanied by a series of digital renderings by Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG), the architecture firm hired to bring Lore's utopian dream to life. The images show residential buildings covered with greenery and imagined residents enjoying abundant open space. With fossil-fuel-powered vehicles banned in the city, autonomous vehicles are pictured traveling down sun-lit streets alongside scooters and pedestrians.

Another image depicts a proposed skyscraper, dubbed Equitism Tower, which is described as "a beacon for the city." The building features elevated water storage, aeroponic farms and an energy-producing photovoltaic roof that allow it to "share and distribute all it produces."

The first phase of construction, which would accommodate 50,000 residents across 1,500 acres, comes with an estimated cost of $25 billion. The whole project would be expected to exceed $400 billion, with the city reaching its target population of 5 million within 40 years.

Funding will come from "various sources," project organizers said, including private investors, philanthropists, federal and state grants, and economic development subsidies. Planners hope to approach state officials "very soon," with a view to welcoming the first residents by 2030.

A new urban model

In addition to innovative urban design, the project also promises transparent governance and what it calls a "new model for society." Taking its name from the ancient Greek word "telos" (a term used by the philosopher Aristotle to describe an inherent or higher purpose), the city would allow residents to "participate in the decision-making and budgeting process." A community endowment will meanwhile offer residents shared ownership of the land.

In a promotional video, Lore described his proposal as the "most open, most fair and most inclusive city in the world."

Lore founded jet.com before selling it to Walmart and joining the retail giant as head of US e-commerce in 2016. He left the company earlier this year, saying that his retirement plans included working on a reality TV show, advising startups and building a "city of the future."

On Telosa's official website, Lore explains that he was inspired by American economist and social theorist Henry George. The investor cites capitalism's "significant flaws," attributing many of them to "the land ownership model that America was built on."

"Cities that have been built to date from scratch are more like real estate projects," Lore said in a promotional video for the project. "They don't start with people at the center. Because if you started with people at the center, you would immediately think, 'OK, what's the mission and what are the values?'

"The mission of Telosa is to create a more equitable and sustainable future. That's our North Star."

BIG's founder, Danish architect Bjarke Ingels, is meanwhile quoted as saying that Telosa "embodies the social and environmental care of Scandinavian culture, and the freedom and opportunity of a more American culture."

It is not the first new city being planned by Ingels' firm, which famously installed a ski slope on top of a Copenhagen power plant and has co-designed Google's new headquarters in London and California. In January 2020, Japanese carmaker Toyota revealed that it had commissioned BIG to create a master plan for a new 2,000-person city in the foothills of Mount Fuji. Although significantly smaller than Telosa, the project, dubbed Woven City, promises autonomous vehicle testing, smart technology and robot-assisted living.

Thoughts on Shang-Chi from a Viewer Who Knows Chinese Culture - BLEEDING COOL (bleedingcool.com)

 

Posted on September 5, 2021 by Adi Tantimedh

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings is fun. It deserves all the raves and box office it gets. You should see it, but only if it's safe since no movie is worth catching a deadly virus for. This is not a review; we already have one here and here.  These are some thoughts from a viewer who knows Chinese culture as they watched it.

Warning: heavy spoilers. You should definitely see the movie first before you read what's below.

Bamboo forest scenes are referenced from Zhang Yimou's HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS. Kung fu duels where the fighters fall in love – as indicated when they cut to the fighters staring into each other's eyes in swooning slow motion – is a trope established by directors like Tsui Hark in 80s and 90s martial arts movies and continues today in Chinese movies and TV shows. Directors like Wong Kar-Wai did that with Tony Leung Chiu-Wai and Zhang Ziyi in The Grandmaster. 

Xu Wenwu's (Tony Leung Chiu-Wai) fight style seems to be adapted from Chinese boxing, which is a martial art, all brutal strength, and punches. Shang-Chi's mother (Fala Chen) and aunt (Michelle Yeoh) fight using a form of Tai Chi. You see old Chinese people practising a non-combat version of those moves in the morning in Chinatown parks.

Tony Leung spoke Mandarin with a Cantonese accent because he's not a Mandarin speaker. He probably had to use a Mandarin dialect coach.

It's a relief they cast Simu Liu. The list of actors in North America who can speak Mandarin or Cantonese natively is depressingly short.

They've chosen the Chinese word for the "chi" in Shang-Chi's name to mean "breath", "gas" or "energy". That's apt for him becoming a kung fu master.

Nice to see Tsai Chin in a cameo as Katy's (Awkwafina) grandmother. Cute joke about paper replica offerings to deceased relatives in the afterlife.

Michelle Yeoh and Ronnie Cheng both spoke Mandarin with a Malaysian accent. She's not a native Mandarin speaker either. Ronnie Cheng would have learned Mandarin back in school.

The Protector is referred to in Mandarin as "The Dragon God". Wonder why they don't call it that in English. To avoid offending American Bible-thumpers?

Plot is a decent pastiche of the 80s and 90s Hong Kong kung fu movies. Lots of Tsui Hark influences. It's really an Asian-American pastiche and homage to 70s Shaw Brothers movies and 80s Hong Kong martial arts movies. Marvel really does absorb all genres for itself.

Katy taking the car out for a joyride references Ferris Bueller's Day Out.

The bus fight and scaffolding fight are influenced by Jackie Chan movies. Brad Allen, the fight choreographer and 2nd Unit Director, trained under Jackie Chan in the 90s.

Xialing's weapon of choice is the rope-dagger. Cool.

Lots of other little details that go uncommented on: Katy lives with her parents. "Shaun" lives in a dinghy basement studio, probably off-the-books where he pays his landlords in cash because he's in hiding. Neither of them could afford an apartment in San Francisco, though it's implied that as a trained assassin, he would have money hidden away for emergencies. Hence able to afford a plane ticket to Macau. Also means he probably has a fake passport.

We wondered how Shang-Chi and his sister would speak English with American accents, but that can be explained: their English tutor must have been an American recruit to the 10 Rings. But Xialing's child actress spoke with a stronger American accent than the grown-up Meng'er Zhang, who's not American-born. That can be explained: when she ran away from home and went to Macao, she would lose the American accent in the next 10 years.

Questioning of Confucian values, especially its patriarchal sexism through daddy issues. This is actually a common theme in Jin Yong's wuxia novels, which are finally getting translated into English. Daddy issues are already a very American thing, so it suits Marvel to a 'T'.

Tony Leung Chiu-Wai's Wenwu is sort of a metacommentary or pastiche of his past roles: the romantic-but-evil WWII collaborator in LUST, CAUTION, the heartbroken husband in IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE, the stoical, unbeatable Ip Man in THE GRANDMASTER. If you haven't seen those movies, you should.

The dinner scene where Wenwu explains to Katy that their names connect them to their families and ancestors, yet he doesn't mention his family name, only his given name. Katy also only gives her given name and not her family name. That's odd since every Chinese person would give their full family and given names in conversation, especially one like this.

Shang-Chi's family name is only mentioned once in the whole movie when he introduces himself to Ta Long, his mother's village.

Awkwafina doesn't even attempt to speak any Chinese. She represents Asian-Americans who don't speak their parents' native dialects, often because they weren't taught. When she tells Wenwu what her Chinese name is, he dismisses her, because he's an asshole.

The Brits among us think Trevor Slattery (Ben Kingsley), the former fake Mandarin, was named after Tony Slattery, a beloved British comedian from the 1980s and 90s who's largely left the industry.

Asian-American themes: young slackers finding their identity and purpose in life. Son dealing with getting out of disappointed father's shadow, anxiety of returning to the motherland and facing family.

That BMW Range Rover was such a blatant piece of product placement. I'm sure Disney was paid a decent fee to offset the budget.

Hey, there are 9-tailed foxes in Ta Long village. Those did originate in Chinese mythology, though anime fans now know them from Naruto.

This is an Asian story, so of course, there's a Dai Kaiju battle in the climax. Granted, Kaiju movies are a Japanese genre, but who doesn't want to see a Dai Kaiju battle? A demon that eats souls is Buddhist Horror – souls consumed are lost forever, with no chance for reincarnation.

The demonic kaiju is a pastiche of Lovecraftian ancient horror with Asian demonic creatures, a very American combination, like hybrid recipes. Hey, General Tso's Chicken is an American invention, after all, it didn't come from China. Shang-Chi gets to ride a giant dragon. Of course, he does.

Why didn't Xialing get 5 of the 10 rings at the end instead of Shang-Chi getting all 10? That would have been much more satisfying and right. Instead, they make her power-hungry.

This is not a Chinese movie. It's an Asian-American movie. The perspective is Asian-American, which has its own nuances.

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings is now out in theatres only.

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Every MCU Easter Egg in the Collector's What If...? Collection - CBR.com

 

The second episode of What If...? pays a visit to the Collector's museum, which contains a number of MCU Easter Eggs.

BY MATTHEW SONNACK

WARNING: The following contains spoilers for What If...? Season 1, Episode 2, "What If... T'Challa Became a Star-Lord," streaming now on Disney+.

The second episode of Marvel's What If...? depicts what would have happened if T'Challa had been taken to space by Yondu instead of Peter Quill. The Black Panther's variant visits the cosmic corners of the Marvel Cinematic Universe and crosses paths with a number of characters previously seen in the Guardians of the Galaxy films. One of these people is Taneleer Tivan, better known as the Collector.

Tivan first appeared in 2014's Guardians of the Galaxy, where he was shown to have amassed a huge collection of items from across the galaxy, including a number of references to wider Marvel lore. The Collector's appearance in What If...? has him taking on a more actively villainous role, but his collection remains full of recognizable flora, fauna, and relics. Here is a breakdown of every MCU Easter Egg in the Collector's collection.

Cosmo

The first MCU reference in Tivan's collection is also the first collection item seen in Guardians of the Galaxy - Cosmo the Spacedog. Cosmo was sent into space by the Soviets as part of their space program, but ended up being found and kept by the Collector. In Guardians, Cosmo escapes the Collector's museum, but later returns to lick Tivan's face. What If...'s Cosmo ends up becoming a pet for the Ravagers.

Dark Elves

The Dark Elves first appeared in Thor: The Dark World, serving under the command of Malekith the Accursed. Although they were all seemingly wiped out by Thor and his allies, some survived and were seen locked in Tivan's museum in Guardians. Similarly, several Dark Elves are seen being held in Tivan's collection in What If...?, only to escape at the end of the episode.

Howard The Duck

Seth Green reprises his role as Howard the Duck in What If...?. He is locked up in one of the Collector's trophy cases, but T'Challa frees him after he offers to tell T'Challa where the Embers of Genesis are. However, Howard gets distracted by Tivan's alcohol collection and T'Challa leaves him behind as an alarm goes off.

The Collector's Ships

While attempting to locate the Embers of Genesis, T'Challa ends up in a room housing the various ships and vehicles that the Collector has obtained over the years. These include one of the Nova Corps' ships, the Grandmaster's leisure craft, a S.H.I.E.L.D. Quinjet and even what appears to be an X-Wing from the Star Wars franchise.

Korg's Arm

When the Ravagers' treachery is revealed, Tivan decides to take matters into his own hands and engages in a battle with T'Challa. In order to aid himself, Tivan retrieves a gauntlet made from the arm of a Kronan who he describes as chatty. This is a pretty clear reference to Korg, the fan-favorite Kronan and ally of Thor who debuted in Thor: Ragnarok.

Captain America's Shield, Thor's Hammer & Thanos' Sword?

After discarding Korg's arm, the Collector summons a case full of weapons to help him fight T'Challa. There are several familiar items in the case, including Captain America's shield, Thor's hammer and what appears to be Thanos' double-bladed sword. How the Collector was able to acquire these incredibly powerful items, especially Mjolnir, remains unanswered.

Malekith's Dagger

One of the weapons in the Collector's arsenal that receives a spotlight is Malekith's dagger. Malekith was the leader of the Dark Elves in Thor: The Dark World, and his primary weapon was a dagger forged of dark matter. Tivan uses the dagger in his fight against T'Challa, but quickly returns it to his arsenal in favor of a more powerful weapon.

Hela's Helmet And Nercroswords

The most powerful weapon in the Collector's arsenal is Hela's helmet, which he dons towards the end of his battle with T'Challa. It first appeared in Thor: Ragnarok, where it was used by the Asgardian goddess of death in tandem with her obsidian Necroswords. What If...? seems to suggest that it is the helmet itself that produces the Necroswords, as Tivan is able to generate and use them once he puts on the helmet.

Other Familiar Prisoners

After T'Challa and Yondu manage to defeat the Collector and lock him in one of his own cages, they give his slave Carina control over the entire collection. Carina chooses to open the cages and release Tivan's vengeful captives. Many recognizable races and species can be seen among the prisoners, including Kree, Dark Elves and Pluvians (the crystalline species of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2's Martinex).

In addition, other species are mentioned earlier in the episode. While T'Challa is asking Howard the Duck where the Embers of Genesis are, Howard name-drops the Frost Giants. These creatures first appeared in Thor, and one of them also appeared as part of Tivan's collection in Guardians of the Galaxy.

New episodes of Marvel Studios' What If...? debut Wednesdays on Disney+.

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Top-ranked League of Legends player arrested in Chinese internet cafe after his name is announced to everyone - PC Gamer

 

By Andy Chalk 

The Challenger-ranked player was basically arrested because his rank was too high.

So you're one of the top-ranked League of Legends players in the world, among the top 0.011%—a Challenger, in the vernacular—and as such, you decide one day to spend some time in a local internet cafe, honing your skills in your favorite game. As ordinary as an athlete walking into the gym, right? Alas, as reported by Chinese site Biajiahao, you have picked the worst possible day to do this, for three reasons:

◾ 1. As a Challenger, you're kind of a big deal, and so this joint in the city of Chongqing that you've just sat down in has announced your esteemed presence, by name, to everyone there.

◾ 2. Among the customers is Zhang Yihao, a fellow LoL aficionado who also happens to be an off-duty cop who's both attentive and good with faces.

◾ 3. You are a wanted criminal.

As the story goes, when the cafe announced the player's presence, Yihao wandered over to have a look—it's not every day that you get to see a player of that caliber in action, after all. But when he got there, he thought they looked familiar, so he quietly snapped a photo, confirmed that the player was in fact a criminal suspect, and then—kapow!—he called in some backup and made the bust.

"I made an appointment to play a game, and then at noon when I went to the toilet, I heard it," Yihao said in the video above, via machine translation service. "The strong king came online, and then I saw a man with a dirty pony tail that looked like ours before."

(For the record, I think "strong king" is a spectacularly good name for a top-tier gamer, and we should all start using it in our day-to-day conversation.)

It's not the sort of thing you'd be likely to see happen in the West—personally, if someone shouted "Andy Chalk is in the house!" when I walked into a shop I'd leave immediately and panic-scrub my social media presence—but according to win.gg, it's relatively common in China for high-ranked players to get the red carpet rolled out for them when they log on. The purpose, aside from a bit of ego-fluffing, is apparently to encourage everyone else on the scene to keep grinding (and, I assume, paying for access) so that they too can enjoy the fame and fortune that comes with being among the best of the best. And let's be honest—If Michael Phelps hopped into my local pool I'd probably want to make a big deal about it too.

After this, though, I have to wonder if some people might decide that maybe the quest for celebrity isn't quite all it's cracked up to be. It's not clear what exactly this League-loving criminal was arrested for, but the Google-translated Baijiahao report concludes with a spot of trenchant wisdom that we could all stand to keep in mind: "You never know why your teammate suddenly hangs up."

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Dominique Thorne's Riri Williams to Debut in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (Exclusive) - ComicBook.com

 

By BRANDON DAVIS - August 19, 2021 03:43 pm EDT

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever has added Dominique Thorne to its cast, the actress who will be playing Ironheart in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Thorne had previously been announced as the MCU's Riri Williams for the hero's self-titled Ironheart series coming to Disney+. Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige has confirmed to ComicBook.com that Thorne will make her MCU debut as Ironheart ahead of the release of her self-titled series.

"We're shooting Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, right now, and the character of Riri Williams, you will meet in Black Panther 2 first," Feige said in an interview surrounding the release of Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings. "She started shooting, I think, this week before her Ironheart series."

In the Marvel Comics universe, Riri Williams is a teen-aged engineering genius who designs her own version of an Iron Man suit. Following her father's death, she lives with her mother and her aunt in Chicago. At 15 years old, she gets herself accepted into MIT. It is there that she builds her own version of an Iron Man-style armor. After using the armor to stop two escaped prison inmates, Tony Stark reaches out to her and gives her his blessing to become a new, armored hero, yet there is no indication that Robert Downey Jr. or Tony Stark will be a part of the character's story in the MCU right now.

The character first appeared in comics in cameo form for 2016's Invincible Iron Man #7. She soon after made a full appearance in Invincible Iron Man #9. Marvel Studios boss announced Thorne as Riri Wiliams during Disney's Investor Day meeting back in December of 2020. How big of a role Williams will play in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is currently unclear.

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever recently began production in Atlanta. Ryan Coogler returned to direct, following the huge success of the first Black Panther movie from 2018. In the wake of T'Challa actor Chadwick Boseman's passing, the original cast, including Letitia Wright, Angela Bassett, Danai Gurira, Florence Kasumba, Daniel Kaluuya Winston Duke, Lupita Nyong'o, and Martin Freeman, are expected to be returning. Additional new cast members include Tenoch Huerta as Namor, as well as yet to be cast roles for Marvel Comics characters Attuma and Namora.

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever will be Ironheart's live-action debut. The character has appeared in animated shows including in Marvel Rising: Heart of Iron and the Spider-Man episode "Amazing Friends." She's also appeared in Marvel Entertainment video games includes Marvel Puzzle Quest, Marvel Future Fight, Marvel Avengers Academy, LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 2, and Marvel Strike Force. She is one of several young heroes to be making their way to the MCU, following the additions of Cassie Lang in the Ant-Man movies, Billy and Tommy Maximoff in WandaVision, Eli Bradley in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Kid Loki in Loki, and Yelena Belova in Black Widow. Still to come are Kate Bishop in Hawkeye and Kamala Khan in Ms. Marvel.

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is set to hit theaters on July 8, 2022. Ironheart does not yet have a premiere date on Disney+. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings opens in theaters on September 3.

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ASSASSIN’S CREED VALHALLA’S EGGHEAD CHALLENGE REMOVED AFTER PLAYERS ARE UNABLE TO CLAIM THE EINHERJAR BOW - VGC

 

THE WEAPON WILL RETURN TO UBISOFT CONNECT AS A FUTURE REWARD

By Tom Ivan

Ubisoft has pulled Assassin’s Creed Valhalla’s Egghead community challenge after issues resulted in players being unable to claim the Einherjar bow reward.

The time-limited challenge required participants to perform headshots as a community to unlock the weapon, but bugs meant progress was either not being tracked properly or rewards were not being given out.

“We are temporarily removing the Egghead Community Challenge following issues with some players not having their contributions tracked or rewards granted,” Ubisoft said on Tuesday.

“The Einherjar bow will return to Ubisoft Connect as a reward in the future after the problems are resolved for all players.”

Last week Ubisoft provided workarounds for a pair of Assassin’s Creed Valhalla issues that have emerged since the release of the game’s latest major update.

Assassin’s Creed Valhalla title update 1.3.0 launched on July 27, introducing the Sigrblot Festival, a time-limited event running from July 29 until August 19.

Players can unlock exclusive rewards, including a one-handed sword, by participating in activities and quests.

However, Ubisoft updated Assassin’s Creed Valhalla’s list of known issues last Thursday with two problems players can run into with the Sigrblot Festival.

It said players “may lose control of Eivor when activating the fishing line from the action wheel during the wolf kill finisher (Three Big Pigs)”. If this happens, players should try loading a previous save file or reloading the game.

Players may also be unable to interact with quest givers if they push them out of position. If this occurs, players should exit the zone before returning to reset the quest giver’s position.

Last Friday, Ubisoft also released a hotfix to address an issue with the Sigrblot quest ‘War Effort’ and exhausted foreign supplies.