video game,star wars video gamesSuperman 5-Film 4K Steelbook Collection Preorders Restocked At Amazon

Superman 5-Film Steelbook Library Collection (4K Blu-ray)

$130 | Releases September 2 | Amazon Exclusive

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Everyone has their favorite Superman, and for many fans of the iconic comic book character, it's still hard to beat Christopher Reeve's take on the Man of Steel. The movie legend left his mark on the franchise across four films, and if you want to revisit them, Amazon is releasing a new--and exclusive--Superman 5-Film Steelbook Library Collection on September 2. Preorders for the $130 collector's set quickly sold out after opening on July 22, but it's back in stock as of August 10.

Unfortunately, the same can't be said of The Dark Knight Trilogy Steelbook Library Collection. This Amazon-exclusive box set was revealed shortly after the Superman box set and sold out even faster. We have seen a couple of brief restocks, but it remains out of stock as of August 10.

Superman Five-Film Collector's Edition

Superman 5-Film Steelbook Library Collection (4K Blu-ray)

$130 | Releases September 2 | Amazon Exclusive

This looks like a modified reprint of the previously released steelbook variant of the 85th Anniversary Superman 5-Film Collection. And while that one did include a few physical extras, the fact that this one only appears to include the movies and steelbook cases should help keep the price down.

For this release, you're getting each film in 4K--as well as standard Blu-ray and Movies Anywhere digital copies--in four steelbook cases that come packaged inside of a collector's tin. Here's a look at all of the films you're getting here:

• Superman (1978)
• Superman 2
• Superman 2: The Richard Donner Cut
• Superman 3
• Superman 4: The Quest for Peace

This is just the latest Amazon-exclusive steelbook collection with a Library case. It's starting to become a trend. In June, Amazon launched the 007: Sean Connery 6-Film Steelbook Collection. Earlier this month, the retailer revealed A Nightmare on Elm Street 7-Film Steelbook Collection.

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The Dark Knight Trilogy Steelbook Library Collection (4K Blu-ray)

$130 | Releases September 16 | Amazon Exclusive

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One thing to note here is that you're getting two versions of Superman 2 in this collection. There's a long story here that boils down to creative differences and concerns over the budget, which eventually resulted in Superman director Richard Donner being removed from the sequel and replaced with Richard Lester. Donner's version was released decades later, and it's generally considered to be the best version of Superman 2 as it adds more nuance and substance to the story.

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video game,star wars video gamesClair Obscur: Expedition 33 Is Great, But Its Popularity Raises Big Questions About How We View Japanese RPGs

When I first saw it at the 2024 Xbox Games Showcase, I was surprised to see a game from a French developer with the photorealism of Western RPGs and mechanical stylings of Japanese ones. Its polished, cinematic trailer gave the impression of a AAA game, even though I'd never even heard of Sandfall Interactive at the time.

Clair Obscur moved mountains. Despite its launch on the same weekend as Oblivion Remastered, it sold 500,000 copies within 24 hours and 1 million after three days. It's still maintaining the discourse and curiosity of the games community months later--something that you'd think only a title from a more experienced studio could do. It's all for good reason, of course--it's a great game. We even rated it a 9/10 in our Clair Obscur review.

In many ways, its critical and commercial triumph has been encouraging. We should have a wide range of RPGs made by people from different backgrounds, and we should have more turn-based RPGs. However, Clair Obscur's success also magnified criticisms of Japanese turn-based games, only some of which are deserved. Finally, the haters said, a turn-based RPG that is actually good--as if those don't already exist.

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video game,star wars video gamesNintendo Exploring A Much Different Sort Of Controller Input

Nintendo has filed a new patent application that suggests an interesting new way to play. The patent filed with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) shows a crank-like device built to attach to the side of a game controller, allowing you to crank up the fun. Eh?

The description of the patent goes into detail about the mouse-operation sensor and how the peripheral could attach to a recessed surface in the controller with a mouse operation sensor, which may suggest it could attach directly onto the Switch or Switch 2 Joy-Cons. Then with the crank attached you could explore the many possibilities of crank-based gameplay, from fishing games to probably a second thing.

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While fairly novel, this wouldn't be the first example of a video game device with a crank. The indie handheld hardware Playdate has a crank and developers and homebrew artisans alike have been coming up with various applications for it. And Nintendo did once make a cardboard crank with Nintendo Labo, so the company is no stranger to cranks.

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