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We still don't have a release date for NetEase's Marvel Rivals, but the game seems to be making good progress as the developer announced plans to host a Closed Beta Test. Like the previous Closed Alpha Test, which was exclusive to PC users in North America, the Beta will be available for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC in North America, Europe, and Asia.

The Closed Beta program will begin on July 23rd and run until August 5th. During this time, anyone invited to participate can experience the Super Hero Team-Based PvP Shooter that features two opposing squads comprised of Heroes and Villains pulled from the Marvel Multiverse.

The Beta will include all previously revealed characters, including the two recent additions of Venom and Adam Warlock. Ahead of the beta, NetEase released a character spotlight trailer that highlights Venom's ability kit.

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Marvel Rivals, the upcoming team-based shooter from NetEase Games, developed in collaboration with Marvel Games, was announced back in March this year, and fans have been excited about it. The game will be free to play and feature popular characters from Marvel Comics.

There is no official release date yet, but the game is gearing up for its closed alpha test, which will take place in the next couple of days. The developers have now announced what the closed alpha will entail, and it is offering several new maps and mopes and an amazing lineup of characters.

Marvel Rivals Closed Alpha Will Offer Exciting Content to Players

Marvel Rivals alpha test begins on May 10 for PC players.

The closed alpha of Marvel Rivals is set to begin on May 10, 2024, at 05:00 Pm (Pdt) and will continue till May 20, 2024, at 11:59 Pm (Pdt). The competitive mode will be available on May...

Stars: Patrick Sharn, Fallon Gyurko, Brad Belemjian, Patience Dodson | Written and Directed by Aaron Mirtes

Asher has a lot to deal with as Escape Pod opens. The last thing he remembers is getting ready to take a placement test for a position on Starline’s Magellan space mission. Now he’s regained consciousness to find himself in an escape pod with Maia who tells him he’s been working on the Magellan 3 for the past five years.

Now he’s dealing with both memory loss and the realization that he’s floating in space somewhere near Alpha Centauri waiting for NASA to come and rescue him. While he waits, he’s stuck listening to Maia bitching at him because he was an upgrade Technician, a maintenance man in plainer language, he doesn’t remember any of his training. Considering how many things seem wrong with the pod, it would be...

Stars: Danielle Scott, Andrew Rolfe, Stephanie Lodge, Tom Taplin, Jamie Robertson, Zoe Purdy, Luke Robinson | Written by Sam Gurney | Directed by Jack Peter Mundy

Proportion Productions are back once again with Another slice of British genre filmmaking with Prototype – not to be confused with the recently released The Prototype – this time focussing on science-fiction (with a horrific edge) in a story set in the very near future, when life-like androids with artificial intelligence have been created to help people with menial household tasks.

The prototype, One, created by Roger Marshall and tested by his family, proves to be popular but flawed. Roger has been working on a new model, Two, whose improved features show promise of its super-human abilities. As tensions rise between Roger and wife Shelley, the androids malfunction and the lives of the whole family are soon in danger of Two’s sinister plans…

Jack Peter Mundy, who directed Dinosaur Hotel,...

Stars: Mack Bayda, Brad Belemjian, David Ditmore, Rae Hunt, Bella Martin, Alice Raver, Wynn Reichert, Deborah Seidel | Written and Directed by Aaron Mirtes

Written and directed (and more) by Aaron Mirtes, the man behind last years brilliant American Hunt, The Alpha Test is a thrilling science fiction flick that tells the story of a family who inflict abuse upon their home assistant, an AI who turns out to be way more intelligent than they expected.

It’s one of those fucked up scenarios that works so well as the premise for a horror sci-if movie. A home assistant, something purchased to make life more simple, just happens to have the ability to think and learn. We live in a world where things are no longer merely saved to a disc or drive, but to that invisible technological cloud, and so these things that this assistant learns are stored to the...

The Alpha Test is a new techno-horror arriving on DVD and Digital today (March 10th) from High Octane Pictures. I can say with complete objectivity that it features the creepiest robot housekeeper ever committed to film! Check out a new clip […]

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There may not be a ton of titles headed home this week, but we still have some fantastic releases to look forward to on Tuesday nonetheless. In anticipation of its sequel headed to theaters on March 20th, Paramount has teamed up with Mondo for a stunning new 4K SteelBook release of A Quiet Place, and for those of you who enjoy cult horror that is sure to creep up under your skin, Scream Factory is showing both Inseminoid and Bug (1975) some love with the Blu-ray treatment.

Other releases for March 10th include Little Joe, Luz, Ghost Killers vs Bloody Mary, The Assent, Don’t Speak, Exit 0, and The Alpha Test.

Bug (1975)

Legendary horror writer/producer/director William Castle presents a creeping, crawling film nightmare that will have you screaming and squirming with fright! A massive earth tremor opens a crevasse in the California desert, releasing a plague of bizarre, fiery,...