Peter Parker's voice actor can't say much about the yet to be announced Spider-Man 3, but he does promise the webslinger "won't be relegated to the couch" - Related to car, cheeto, is, much, yet

Apparently the canceled Twisted Metal game would have been a battle royale where you could get out of your car for some reason

Thanks to the portfolio of a lead UI programmer who worked at Firesprite, one of many Sony-owned studios hit by layoffs in 2024, we know that the Twisted Metal game the studio was working on was "a 3rd person vehicular action combat game" that had "3rd person shooter mechanics wrapped with 3rd person vehicle combat with the objective of being the last one standing." (Thanks, MP1st.) Sure sounds like a battle royale game to me, though admittedly every Twisted Metal game sounds sort of like a battle royale, even though the series predates the trend.

You can see why Sony might have noted, "Hey, we've got this thing that already resembles a popular genre, let's turn it into one of those and then roll around in all the money for a bit." It's harder to see why it would include out-of-the-vehicle action, as the blurred-out screenshots on the programmer's portfolio show. I can imagine a Twisted Metal game that lets you hop out of the car if you want, but only so you can immediately be run over by a clown in a monster truck.

Sony had previously declared its intention to release 10 live-service games by its 2025 fiscal year, and presumably this Twisted Metal battle royale was part of that scheme. With the Twisted Metal TV series doing quite well for itself (a second season is on the way), it sure would be a swell time to have a new game for people to play. But then it would have been nice for Bethesda to be able to direct fans of the Fallout show to something other than Fallout 76, and that didn't happen either.

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Peter Parker's voice actor can't say much about the yet to be announced Spider-Man 3, but he does promise the webslinger "won't be relegated to the couch"

Marvel's Spider-Man 3 hasn't been showcased just yet, but the voice behind Peter Parker has at least hinted towards his involvement.

We all know that a third entry in Insomniac's Spider-Man series is almost definitely on the way, but as of right now, nothing has been confirmed just yet. The end of the second game certainly teed one up, with some specific story elements we'll touch on in a moment (here's your spoiler warning for those of you that many only just picked up the janky PC port). But if you needed some kind of confirmation that another one is coming, the voice of Peter Parker himself Yuri Lowenthal essentially noted that one is happening, while also sharing just how involved his character will be in the next game.

Speaking to The Direct at MultiCon, Lowenthal was asked about what the second game's ending meant for Peter's future, with the voice actor explaining that "there are very few things that I can say about this game, but you have somehow landed on the one thing that I can answer, and that's that, yes, Peter is not gone. He will be a part of the next game and he won't be relegated to the couch, I promise."

For some spoilery context, the end of Spider-Man 2 saw Peter essentially hand over the reins of New York's protector over to Miles Morales, freeing up his own time to have a bit more of a normal life with Mary Jane. It'd be fair to interpret this as his Spider-Man semi-retiring, but it sounds like he'll be a bit more involved, though you have to wonder how involved he will be as a playable character, given that a post-credits scene briefly introduced Cindy Moon, who in the comics is another character with spider powers under the superhero name Silk.

Peter also famously died in the Ultimate comics, which is how Miles went on to become that universe's Spider-Man, so you have to wonder if that's the route Insomniac will opt for. In the meantime, I'm sure the developer is busy with its Wolverine game that we haven't really heard about in a while.

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I think you're all a bit too obsessed with Pokemon, because what do you mean a Charizard-shaped Cheeto is selling for thousands of dollars

Pokemania is out in full force, it seems, as Pokemon fans have genuinely bid four figures on a Charizard-shaped Flamin' Hot Cheeto.

Pokemon is massive enough that most of us have probably partaken in the sweet fruit of Pokemania somewhere along the line. That time has passed for me, I think, having become disillusioned with the franchise thanks to the waste of $60 Pokemon Scarlet and Violet was, though I do still enjoy some of the older titles from time to time, and I do like to pick up a packet of the trading card game just so I can feel alive again. Maybe I'm just getting older, too, but here's one thing I can't understand: why on this beautiful green rock of a planet called Earth would you spend upwards of $4000 on a Flamin' Hot Cheeto that just so happens to be shaped like Pokemon poster-boy Charizard?

"Cheetozard" - Pokemon Charizard-Shaped Cheeto.

This might sound like a story from The Onion, but no, this is a very real thing that you yourself can currently bid on over at Goldin, a site that describes itself as "the leading auction house for trading cards, collectibles and memorabilia." And look, here's the thing: that Flamin' Hot Cheeto absolutely looks like Charizard, undeniably. The shape of the head, the wings, the tail, even the arms and legs are more or less proportionate. You really can't look at this guy and think anything but "woah what the hell, that Flamin' Hot Cheeto looks just like Charizard!" The seller has even put it in a little custom frame that looks like a Pokemon card, dubbing it Cheetozard, perhaps predictably.

The thing I'm struggling with is the fact that someone has a genuine bid of $4250, a ridiculous sum of money for a food item that is literally up to seven years old - seriously, the description notes that it was "initially discovered and preserved sometime between 2018-2022." Each to their own, I suppose.

In any case, the rest of us more casual Pokemon fans have something to look forward to that won't stain our hands red, which is a new Pokemon Presents presentation slated for next week's annual Pokemon Day. That'll almost certainly provide a proper look at Pokemon Legends: Z-A, so make sure to tune in if you're desperate to know more.

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