The PowerWash Simulator series is getting its biggest crossover yet, as developer FuturLab has announced a partnership with Lucasfilm for an upcoming Star Wars DLC pack for PowerWash Simulator 2.

The Star Wars Pack is coming this summer and allows players to clean a variety of Star Wars ships, including X-Wings. The DLC is set during the events of the original Star Wars trilogy, and lets players take on the role of the P0-W2 droid.

Wielding a power washer made specifically for the DLC, players will travel to six locations from the Star Wars universe to clean things off, including Hoth and Tatooine. The rest of the locations will be announced later.

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Actor Patrick Gibson plays James Bond in the upcoming video game 007: First Light, and he should be considered to play the part in the upcoming movie, according to First Light actor Lennie James.

"He's fantastic in our version of Bond, and I genuinely think he should be a candidate for the main role that they're trying to find someone for," James told Radio Times Gaming, as discovered and reported by GamesRadar. "I'm sure he's under consideration. The people in control would be mad not to consider him."

Gibson is known for his roles on The OA and Shadow and Bone, but he rose to a new level of fame and popularity with his starring role as a young Dexter Morgan on Dexter: Origin Sin.

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Ever since 2015's Until Dawn, I've been a big fan of Supermassive Games. From wincing as Rami Malek meets a grizzly end at the hands of a buzzsaw in Until Dawn, to fleeing an undead monstrosity in Man of Medan years later, the Guildford-based team has always excelled in delivering thrilling, cinematic scares that I enjoy. It's why I came into my preview session with high hopes for the studio's fifth outing, Directive 8020. Yet after finally going hands-on with Supermassive's first foray into sci-fi, my bizarrely brief demo left me feeling more underwhelmed than terrified.

Part of Supermassive's ongoing anthology series, The Dark Pictures, Directive 8020 sees the studio swapping teen slasher tales for eerie interstellar intrigue. A spaceship named the Cassiopeia is sent to survey a mysterious planet, Tau Ceti, as part of a routine resettlement mission, but a mysterious disaster occurs mid-orbit, causing the ship to violently crash on the planet's surface. Stranded and with no way to contact Earth, things only get worse as the crew quickly discovers they are not alone. As they encounter unsettling alien lifeforms that can mimic the appearance of their prey, the researchers find themselves stranded, not knowing who to trust.

This is essentially Supermassive's homage to Alien and The Thing, with a sprinkle of Event Horizon for good measure. Loading into the game a couple of hours in--with details of the crash and their first encounter still kept tightly under wraps--I join the crew of the Cassiopeia after the mysterious crash has awoken them from hypersleep, but seemingly before true Kurt Russell-worthy paranoia has hit.

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One of the upcoming Assassin's Creed game, Assassin's Creed codename Hexe, will continue development without its game director. Benoit Richer announced that he left Ubisoft Montreal after nine years to co-found his own company. Richer is just the latest big name to leave Hexe, following creative director Clint Hocking's exit earlier this year.

Writing on LinkedIn, Richer said, "This is the beginning of a new chapter." He will become game director at Servo Games, an independent studio in Quebec that is focusing on single-player "atmospheric experiences with top-tier visuals, industry-defining character animation, and meticulously refined controls." The studio is building games using Unreal Engine 5 and targeting current-generation consoles and PC.

Richer founded Servo Games alongside Alex Drouin, who started at Ubisoft Montreal when it opened its doors in 1997. He led the animation teams for Price of Persia: The Sands of Time and Assassin's Creed, and would later leave to start THQ's Montreal studio (which Ubisoft eventually acquired). The other co-founders at Servo include other former Ubisoft veterans Luc Tremblay and Dany Marcoux.

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Epic Games has confirmed that refunds will be available for cosmetics related to D4vd, the singer-songwriter connected to Fortnite who is accused of killing 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez. However, the cosmetics are not being removed entirely as many asked for.

On social media, the Fortnite Status account said, "We hear the concerns," adding that an update coming April 28 will allow people who bought a D4vd cosmetic to get an immediate self-service refund. You don't have to wait, though, as players who request refunds now can get one, it's just that the immediate self-service refunds won't be available until April 28.

Many online commenters are saying this doesn't go far enough and that Epic should remove the D4vd cosmetics entirely. This isn't the first serious issue with Fortnite cosmetics. Before this, Epic disabled and then modified a Peacemaker emote after fans pointed out the connections to Nazi imagery. Prior to that, Epic faced legal battles over its dance emotes.

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Michael Amazon-exclusive steelbook (4K Blu-ray)

$35 | Release date TBC

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Michael Walmart-exclusive steelbook (4K Blu-ray)

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Michael Jackson was a musical force during the '80s and '90s, and it was only a matter of time before a big-budget autobiographical movie about the King of Pop was made. That film, Michael, has just hit theaters, and preorders for are already live for the upcoming Blu-ray, including unique steelbook edition 4K Blu-rays exclusively at Amazon and Walmart. An exact release date hasn't been revealed for Michael's home media release, but the exclusive 4K steelbook editions are priced at $35 and available to preorder now.

Michael Amazon-exclusive steelbook (4K Blu-ray)

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Amazon's exclusive steelbook edition features a stylized image of Michael Jackson (played by his real-life nephew Jaafar Jackson) in one of his iconic touring outfits. The slipcase cover can be removed to reveal more of the illustration's details. The rear cover shows images of Jackson throughout his musical phases, from Billie Jean to Thriller. Tech specs have yet to be confirmed, but the 4K release will likely offer Dolby Vision, HDR10, and Dolby Atmos support.

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Falling Down Limited Edition (4K Blu-ray)

$50 | Releases July 21

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Falling Down Limited Edition (Standard Blu-ray)

$40 | Releases July 21

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Everyone has had a bad day, but Michael Douglas had a rough time in 1993's Falling Down. The urban thriller is getting a new 4K release from Arrow Video. This limited-edition release follows the company's usual playbook: remastering the original movie in UHD, adding new interviews, and including several physical extras. You can preorder it now for $50 ahead of its July 21 release. A standard Blu-ray version will be released the same day, priced at $40.

Falling Down Limited Edition (4K Blu-ray) $50 | Releases July 21

Arrow Video's version of Falling Down offers a new 4K restoration approved by cinematographer Andrzej Bartkowiak, with Dolby Vision and HDR10 support. The film's soundtrack is a mix of newly restored lossless stereo 2.0 and DTS-HD MA 4.0 surround sound, and the movie comes with a collector's booklet featuring new essays by film critics Alexandra Heller-Nicholas and Simon Ward.

Preorder at Amazon Falling Down Limited Edition (Standard Blu-ray) $40 | Releases July 21

The standard Blu-ray edition of Falling Down uses a scaled-down version of the 4K restoration and includes the same bonus materials and physical extras.

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For the new bonus materials, screenwriter Ebbe Roe Smith and composer James Newton Howard sat down with Arrow Video to talk about the cult-classic movie, and there's also a short featurette that revisits the real-life Los Angeles sites used in Falling Down. Rounding out the selection is an archival commentary track with director Joel Schumacher, Douglas, and several more people, the film's original trailer, and an image gallery.

• Collectors' booklet with new essays by film critics Alexandra Heller-Nicholas and Simon Ward
• New 4K restoration approved by cinematographer Andrzej Bartkowiak
• Man on the Edge; A new interview with screenwriter Ebbe Roe Smith
• At War with the World: A new interview with composer James Newton Howard
• Going Home: Revisiting the real-life LA shooting locations of Falling Down
• Archival audio commentary with cast and crew
• Deconstructing D-Fens: Legacy interview with Michael Douglas
• Original trailer
• Image gallery

Falling Down follows unemployed defense engineer William "D-Fens" Foster (Douglas) after he abandons his vehicle one evening in the middle of a Los Angeles traffic jam during a sweltering summer day. Determined to get to the home of his estranged wife so that he can celebrate his daughter's birthday, D-Fens finds his route blocked by a series of obstacles until his frustrations boil over into a trail of violence. Meanwhile, Martin Prendergast (Robert Duvall), a veteran cop up for retirement, finds himself tracking down D-Fens to stop his brutal crime spree. It's considered one of the most polarizing movies of the 1990s, earning mixed reviews; on one hand, critics and audiences praised Douglas and Duval's performances, while others criticized its violence and racial undertones, while others have praised it as a notable work examining the mental effects of economic hardship and poor work-life balance.

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When Moomintroll unexpectedly wakes up early from his winter hibernation, he finds himself completely alone for the first time, in a world he barely recognizes. The familiar landscape of Moominvalley is now cloaked in the frosty veil of the Lady of the Cold. Initially seeking someone to care for him and longing to banish winter, young Moomintroll reluctantly embarks on a journey into the unknown, learning to forge new friendships and help those in greater need than himself.

Embark on a gripping adventure as Theo, the founder of Open Robot in its debut episode. In a world on the edge of technological collapse, fuelled by relentless war, Theo fights to protect his daughter, Alaia, and the remnants of his team - outlaws clinging to survival. Haunted by governmental forces seeking control of Genesis, an advanced Open Robot technology with the potential to reshape the world, they must survive while confronting a desperate gamble: unleashing an untested and potentially dangerous technology upon the world. With a rich quest-driven narrative and immersive gameplay, you'll experience the thrill of survival, combat and exploration in a world where technology and humanity are on a collision course.

Astro Burn is our love letter to the early ’90s cute-em-up classics like Parodius and Pop’n TwinBee - games that were bold, wildly creative, and completely, delightfully bonkers! A cute-’em-up is a playful twist on the classic shoot-’em-up genre, blending fast-paced arcade action with adorably chaotic characters and worlds. Expect all the dodging, blasting, and bullet-hell intensity you love - wrapped in bright, charming, and often hilarious visuals. Armed with outrageous weapon combos, a rocket-fuelled jetpack, and purrfectly tuned reflexes, you’ll blast through absurd bullet-hell swarms, dodge rainbow-coloured laser storms, and face off against giant cosmic creatures who rule the galaxy with an aggressively adorable iron paw. Expect screen-filling mecha pandas, hyperactive huskies wagging up solar vortexes, opera-singing space squids, and celestial goldfish launching star-shaped projectiles - all delivered with the wonderfully unhinged, anything-goes spirit of the 90s arcade classics.

One More Delve is an intense, physics-driven dungeon crawler adventure. Fight, loot, and survive in up to 3 player co-op as you delve in the dungeons. Return to the social hub to craft gear, talk about your adventures, and prepare for your next dungeon.