Marvel And EA Games Announce New Black Panther Video Game

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Marvel and EA Games’ Cliffhanger Studios have joined forces to announce a new Black Panther video game

On Monday (July 10), Marvel revealed a teaser on Twitter, showing off the game’s logo with illuminating purple neon lights. “Marvel Games and EA’s latest studio Cliffhanger Games, are proud to announce a new, original, third-person, single-player Black Panther title in development,” the account shared. 

Elaborating on the newly revealed game, Marvel released an official press release for the upcoming Black Panther project. The statement detailed that the “triple A” game would celebrate the iconic Marvel character’s 57th anniversary. Kevin Stephens of Monolith Productions spoke about the upcoming game and emphasized their dedication to bringing forth an “authentic Black Panther experience.”

“We’re dedicated to delivering fans a definitive and authentic Black Panther experience, giving them more agency and control over their narrative than they have ever experienced in a story-driven video game. Wakanda is a rich Super Hero sandbox, and our mission is to develop an epic world for players who love Black Panther and want to explore the world of Wakanda as much as we do,” said Kevin.

As he continued, Stephens mentioned the importance of staying true to the Black Panther brand and honoring the “diversity” and “empowerment” the title is known for. 

“It’s an incredibly rare opportunity to build a new team around the values of diversity, collaboration, and empowerment,” he added. “We want our game to enable players to feel what it’s like to be worthy of the Black Panther mantle in unique, story-driven ways, and we want Cliffhanger Games to empower everyone on our team as we collaborate to bring this amazing world to life.”

In other VIBE Game Club news, 2K Games recently announced Kobe Bryant as NBA 2K24’s cover athlete on Thursday (July 6). The “Black Mamba” Edition depicts the legend wearing No. 24, with his freshly shaven head on full display. Meanwhile, the “Kobe Bryant” Edition will feature one of the athlete’s most iconic shots, with “Frobe” leaping in the air for a monster dunk.

Pre-orders for NBA 2K24 are now live here.

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C.B. Cebulski , Senior Vice President Marvel Studios/Disney speaks during the Singapore Toy, Game & Comic Convention (STGCC) at the Sands Expo & Convention Centre at Marina Bay Sands on September 01, 2013 in Singapore. The STGCC brings the best of pop culture from East and West, uniting the worlds of comics, anime, manga, toys, collectibles, games and movies. Abdullah/Getty Images

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Community Note Deleted From Elon Musk’s Anti-Vax Conspiracy Xeet About Bronny James

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Following the news that Bronny James had been hospitalized after a cardiac arrest, Elon Musk took to X to promote an anti-vax conspiracy theory. “We cannot ascribe everything to the vaccine, but, by the same token, we cannot ascribe nothing. Myocarditis is a known side effect. The only question is whether it is rare or common,” Musk wrote in a xeet. The comments, which promote the unsubstantiated theory that the COVID-19 vaccine significantly causes the risk of myocarditis, were met with widespread outrage. According to the CDC, “Cases of myocarditis and pericarditis have rarely been observed following receipt of COVID-19 vaccines used in the United States.”

One of the responses to Musk’s comments was the addition of a Community Note on his xeet. Community Notes are user-created, and peer-verified, comments intended to add additional context to xeets. The system was designed to help combat misinformation on the site. The Community Note on Musk’s tweet read “Studies show that the risk of myocarditis is significantly higher after an actual Covid infection than with the vaccine. Among adolescent boys, the risk of myocarditis following a Covid infection was approximately twice that of the risk following the second vaccine dose.” However, it appears that Musk has not taken kindly to the fact-checking.

Community Note Removed From Musk Xeet

While the Community Note briefly appeared on Musk’s xeet, it has since been removed. It’s unclear what prompted its removal, given that it did not violate the criteria for a Community Note. The original note can be viewed on The Wayback Machine. Many people have taken the note’s disappearance to mean that someone at X manually removed it from the tweet. While Community Notes can be removed through user voting, that is a rare occurrence. It is more likely that the note was directly removed by someone with access to X’s back-end systems.

It’s just the most recent example of Musk pushing his own worldview onto the site. In recent months, Musk denied that a mass shooter in Texas was a Neo-Nazi, despite the man having tattoos linked with Neo-Nazism. Furthermore, Musk attempted to pressure a vaccine expert into debating Joe Rogan. Additionally, Musk has heavily platformed anti-semitic anti-vax lawyer Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who recently announced a campaign to challenge Joe Biden in the 2024 primaries.

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