Month: January 2023

Forspoken: what can we expect from the (no longer long-awaited) game

The Square Enix title has left the pools after launching its demo.

In just a few hours, Forspoken will be available to all players in the world. The exclusive production on PlayStation 5 consoles (it also comes out on PC) comes with quite a stir. But why has this happened with the Square Enix video game? Let’s go in parts.

Announced at the end of 2020 as Project Athia, the one that would later be called Forspoken was shown with an impressive trailer where the Luminous Engine did real wonders: particles flying across the stage, frenetic control and incredible lighting created a perfect cocktail for the game. However, after this first trailer, the news of the title was diluted like sugar in coffee.

The months went by and we had no news, and when we received them they were the worst possible: Forspoken was late. In fact, this has happened twice already, with a first official date of May 24, 2022, then October 11, 2022 (first delay), and now finally January 24, 2023 (second delay).

However, what has hurt the game the most has been, precisely, something that is always in demand: its playable demo. It is well known that demos are the devil’s work, which is why many studios have stopped releasing them. After all, you may buy a title thanks to playing this one, but the opposite can also happen, that is, you may not even want to play the game. And this is what is happening to Forspoken.

After the launch of the demo, the vast majority of feedback that was seen on social networks was bad. Complaints ranged from the erratic control of Frey (the protagonist) to the empty world that she roamed, as well as a combat system that did not quite work. Square Enix was so aware of this that they even released a patch for the demo. If it is already rare to see a demo these days, publishing a patch for this one is even more so.

With all this behind it, Forspoken has gone from being one of the most anticipated titles of 2023 to being in a doubtful position, and it has all been largely because of that published demo. In addition, to this is added a detail that always stinks: the specialized press complained that the analysis codes had not arrived this past Friday. And yes, the game comes out in a few hours.

With all this already told, we will clear up our doubts in a matter of a few hours, but everything indicates that Forspoken has gone from being one of the most anticipated titles of 2023… to be on a list where ignominy is the predominant note.

Invincible Season 2 Trailer Promises a New Twist on the Series

Invincible is one of those series that have managed to surprise the public with its surprise factor. Although many already knew it from the original comic by Robert Kirkman (creator of The Walking Dead), most of the public was dazzled by Prime Video‘s animated fiction after the beastly twists it presented in the first season.

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The story of Invincible is about Mark Grayson, a teenager who appears normal but is the son of Omni-Man, the most powerful superhero on the planet. Young Mark is overwhelmed because he cannot develop his powers, but when he turns 17 he does, and begins to train to be like his father.

However, throughout the chapters the series shows that not everything is as pretty as it seems, and that Mark’s father is actually an envoy from another planet to end the human race. This tirade between what it is to be a hero conveys the entire first season. But, as the comics well demonstrate, it’s just the tip of the iceberg in a much longer and more complex series.

Now the Invincible Season 2 Teaser Trailer has been released and while it’s not what we’ve all been expecting (no plot trailer, just teasing about the series’ development), it makes it clear that we’re in for a season full of humor.

There is still no exact date for the premiere of Season 2 of Invincible. But, as they say in the trailer, it will be by the end of 2023. We will still have to wait a few more months to see the hero in action again, but it will surely be worth it.

Google Search Relations Team Outside US Awaits Decision on Employment

It’s been a roller-coaster for the social media and tech world in recent months as numerous businesses have cut cardinal jobs globally. Near the end of 2022, Facebook’s parent business Meta litigated 11,000 layoffs, Snap Inc (the business behind Snapchat) cut its workforce by a fifth, and Twitter almost lost 4,000 employees overnight. Now, the Google Search Relations Team is waiting to hear what will happen to them.

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Alphabet, Google’s parent business, announced that it will cut 12,000 jobs globally. The job cut will be around 6% laid off of its workforce. Here is what I know about Alphabet’s decision behind firing so many employees.

Last week Friday (January 20), Sundar Pichal, the CEO of Alphabet and Google, sent out an email to fellow “Googlers” to break the news. 

Google Search Relations Team Outside US Awaits Decision on Employment

In it he stated the following:

“I have some difficult news to share. We’ve decided to reduce our workforce by approximately 12,000 roles. We’ve already sent a separate email to employees in the US who are affected. In other countries, this process will take longer due to local laws and practices. This will mean saying goodbye to some incredibly talented people we worked hard to hire and have loved working with. I’m deeply sorry for that.

“The fact that these changes will impact the lives of Googlers weighs heavily on me, and I take full responsibility for the decisions that led us here. Over the past two years, we’ve seen periods of dramatic growth. To match and fuel that growth, we hired for a different economic reality than the one we face today.

“I am confident about the huge opportunity in front of us thanks to the strength of our mission, the value of our products and services, and our early investments in AI. To fully capture it, we’ll need to make tough choices.

“So, we’ve undertaken a rigorous review across product areas and functions to ensure that our people and roles are aligned with our highest priorities as a company. The roles we’re eliminating reflect the outcome of that review. They cut across Alphabet, product areas, functions, levels, and regions.”

He continued to thank the laid-off employees for their hard work while stating that as a long-established business, Google is “bound to go through difficult economic cycles”.

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Como los demás empleados de Google que trabajan fuera de EEUU, el equipo de Search Relations aún no sabe si continuarán en Google o perderán su empleo. 🙁

Gary Illyes ha informado de la situación en Linkedin. Mando ánimo a 

 y el resto del equipo.

Translated from Spanish 

Like other Google employees working outside the US, the Search Relations team still doesn’t know if they will stay with Google or lose their jobs. 🙁

Gary Illyes has reported the situation on Linkedin. I send encouragement to 

@JohnMu @methode @g33konaut and the rest of the team.

The new 10 terabyte image of our galaxy reveals more than three billion new celestial objects

The Dark Energy Camera of the Inter-American Observatory of Cerro Tololo has created an image that reveals billions of celestial objects

The space, last frontier. If you have ever wanted to see our galaxy with the highest definition possible, you are in luck. A new state-of-the-art camera installed in Chile has created a spectacular image of the Milky Way, thus revealing more than three billion celestial objects.

Weighing in at (attention) 10 terabytes, the gigantic image covers a space equivalent to 13,000 times the surface of the Moon, showing a myriad of elements, such as nebulae, stars and dark clouds of dust and gas. It was created by blending a total of 21,400 individual photographs.

A feat of spatial mapping

The image, which can be seen online through this link (with lower resolution), was captured by the Dark Energy Camera (DECam) of the Víctor M Telescope. Target (4 meters high) at the NOIRLab of the National Science Foundation (NSF), located at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (Chile).

“This is quite a technical feat. Imagine a group photo of over three billion people and each individual being recognizable”said Debra Fischer, director of the NSF’s Division of Astronomical Sciences. Astronomers will study this detailed portrait of more than three billion stars in the Milky Way for decades”.

This achievement has been achieved by observing at near-infrared wavelengths, which allows astronomers to see the smallest or most distant stars, as well as being able to see through the countless dust clouds in outer space.

“We simply targeted a region with an extraordinarily high density of stars and were careful to identify sources that appear almost on top of each other”, explains Andrew Saydjari, a researcher at the Center for Astrophysics, Harvard & Smithsonian and lead author of the article published in the Astrophysical Journal Supplement.

In addition, the image obtained is being combined with other telescopes dedicated to mapping space, such as PanSTARRS 1, to obtain a 360º panoramic view of the Milky Way disk. “With this new survey we can map the three-dimensional structure of the stars and dust of the Milky Way in unprecedented detail”, says Edward Schlafly, a researcher at the Space Telescope Science Institute and co-author of the paper.

Netflix CEO resigns after 25 years in office

The co-founder of Netflix, Reed Hastings, leaves his position as director within the famous streaming platform.

Netflix co-founder Reed Hastings steps down as director of the famous streaming platform. However, he will not leave the company and will move to a more important position: that of executive president. The announcement was made last Thursday, at the time the company’s numbers were made public, whose results showed earnings of 4,491 million dollars throughout 2022.

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Reed Hastings, 62, leaves behind a role he has held for 25 years to become CEO of Netflix. It has been Hastings himself who has announced who will be the new CEOs, Ted Sarandos and Greg Peters. Hastings and Marc Randolph founded Netflix back in 1997 and the rest is history.

One of the funniest anecdotes regarding the founding of Netflix is told by Hastings, since the idea for the platform came about after he paid a fine for not delivering a VHS of Apollo 13 on time. It was then that he rethought new ways to watch movies that were not so tedious.

Hastings leaves office in the middle of a moment where Netflix tries to implement a new business system oriented to advertising. The company is now a major player in the content creation landscape, and not just because of its distribution. The legacy that Hastings leaves behind is enormous and not even these difficult times have been able to with the company.

Despite everything, the numbers improve on Netflix

The restructuring of the management leadership occurs after knowing the good numbers of Netflix, which has managed to gain some 77 million users during the last stretch of 2022. This data improves the panorama in which the company was at the beginning of the same year, where they affirm that they went through a moment “tough, bumpy start”.

After the conclusion of 2022, Netflix grew by almost 2% compared to the previous period of 2021. During the third quarter, the company earned €1,419 million, a decrease of 3.5% compared to 2021. However, revenue increased to €8,047 million, up 5.9%.

One of the points that Netflix has decided to change is its measuring stick. Starting this month, the company will focus on revenue instead of the number of subscribers. To do this, one of the measures they will take will be to allow subscriber forecasts to be made.

Netflix is currently in negotiations for a limited theatrical release of the film Glass Onion, which is proving to be a huge hit. In addition, they are also betting on their games division, with numerous mobile titles.

As can be read in the post where he announces the changes, Hastings affirms that he will be in his new position “for many years.”

Netflix’s future problems

Despite the good financial results, Netflix still has several open fronts. One of them is the implementation of one of its most controversial actions, the restriction of shared accounts in different houses.

The move is curious to say the least, since even Netflix itself used this same situation as an advertising tool in the past. How far away is that carefree Netflix that put its consumers before other interests. Now, the panorama is quite different.

What will we see on Netflix during 2023?

To revive its numbers, the company is committed to new fiction and feature films full of big names: Wes Anderson or Bradley Cooper are good examples of this.

With the war of the platforms more current than ever (Disney + does not stop gaining subscribers thanks to its large catalogue), Netflix brings us movies like “You people”. The comedy directed by Kenya Barris has a cast full of stars like Jonah Hill, Lauren London or Eddie Murphy.

In addition to comedies, we will also see the return of dramas like “Luther: Night falls”. Co-produced with BBC Studios, we will have John Luther (played by Idris Elba), a policeman with (quite a few) internal dilemmas who will try to do justice in his own way.

During the middle of 2023 onwards, it will be released “Tyler Rake 2”, the sequel to the action film directed by the Russo brothers and starring the herculean Chris Hemsworth.

The best ads (and the most random) in the history of video games

SEGA Does What Nintendon't is still the best ever made.

The world of trailers is fascinating. For decades, thanks to them, you can sell a video game with astonishing ease… or perhaps send it to hell.

At Softonic today we are going to remember the best commercials in the history of videogames. And yes, also the most random ones, since there is a lot to recover…

Assassin’s Creed 2

It is possibly the most representative Assassin’s Creed trailer along with the one released in Assassin’s Creed Revelations with WoodKid. In Assassin’s Creed 2, the French company relied on the group Justice to provide the song for its main ad. And for this, they chose none other than Genesis. Both the name of the band and the song fit the story of Ezio Auditore like a glove. How many games were sold with this trailer, huh?

Gears of War

When Microsoft was planning to launch one of its most important sagas today, Gears of War, the company made one of those moves that everyone remembers today. Instead of putting a groundbreaking song to the ad, perhaps more in keeping with the shots, blood and others that appeared on the screen, the company preferred to opt for a very slow rhythm with Mad World, by the British group Tears for Fears. The rest is game history.

SEGA Mega Drive

The youngest will only be able to know about this thanks to books, but the oldest in the place surely remember the hard fight between SEGA and Nintendo in the late 80s and much of the 90s. Both companies wanted their share of the pie, although Nintendo is the one with the winning horse. For this reason, from SEGA they opted for a very aggressive strategy to gain market share.

With the launch of its SEGA Genesis (or Mega Drive), the company sought to make the audience for its console more adolescent, instead of children like Nintendo. For that reason, all his ads were harsher, with one of them above all thanks to a play on words forming the negative in English: “Genesis Does What Nintendon’t” (Genesis does what Nintendo doesn’t”).

Devil May Cry

Capcom had several hits in recent years at the launch level. The Japanese knew that with Devil May Cry they had another one ahead. The hooligan, uninhibited and badass touch of its protagonist, Dante, allowed him to do many crazy things in his promotional campaign. And wow if they did.

The Japanese Devil May Cry spot is a couple breaking up their relationship. She, with a bouquet of flowers in her hand, gets pissed off after the breakup and starts chaining blows with the bouquet as if it were Dante’s sword. What was going to be Resident Evil 4 at first (before being Devil May Cry, the idea is that the base of the game was the fourth installment of Resident Evil).

PlayStation

One of the best anecdotes in the history of video games is that PlayStation arises thanks to Nintendo. Sony had signed an agreement with Mario’s parents to make a console with a CD-ROM drive; In fact, the only prototype that currently exists of this machine was put up for auction three years ago (only one of the two hundred manufactured remains). Nintendo ended up breaking the contract and Sony saw that the idea was great, that it was not going to stay in the saved drawer. Due to his refusal, Nintendo gave rise to its biggest rival: PlayStation.

Sony created a very groundbreaking marketing campaign for the mid-90s to promote its new console. The original PlayStation spot showed a girl with eyes like an alien: “The time has come to do, to experience things for yourself, and that has a name: mental wealth”.

Nintendo Wii

Although the console did not have a long life cycle, the first years of Wii were incredible. After all, it sold almost 100 million consoles. That’s nothing.

The most positive point that Wii had were its controls. The Wii Mote allowed to play in a way like never before to date. Nintendo took advantage of this in its television spot and made a pun in English, where the “We” (we) by “Wii”: Wii would like to play” (We’d like to play). Two jacketed Japanese gentlemen sneaking into users’ homes. not so bad.

The Last of Us

The video game developed by Naughty Dog, which is now on everyone’s lips again thanks to its series on HBO, had an advertising spot in 2013 that is still remembered by all gamers.

In this one, we see a person who gradually transforms, what we do not know is what. Taking into account the role that the infected play in The Last of Us, everything pointed to it, but the person ends up being Joel, the protagonist. And all this while Ellie’s voice sounds and tells you if you might be able to kill.

So much for these ads that were engraved in the retina of gamers. We have left out dozens (literally) that could appear here. Which one would you add?

More layoffs in the technology sector: Spotify will reduce its workforce this week

Spotify has announced that it will carry out a staff reduction this week, thus following the trend of other technology companies.

The wave of layoffs in the technology sector continues to claim new victims. If a few days ago we talked about the economic problems that Spotify was going through, despite its success, today it is known that the company will reduce its workforce this week, in order to carry out a cost reduction plan.

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During the month of October, the company already carried out a series of layoffs, although they only affected workers from its internal podcast companies: Gimlet and Parcast. Now, according to The Hollywood Reporter, the reduction in staff would affect more people from different departments of Spotify.

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The situation does not exactly catch employees off guard. Spotify’s own executive director, Daniel Ek, told his workers in June that the company would reduce hiring by up to 25% and that “would be a little more prudent with the absolute level of new hires in the coming quarters”.

Spotify’s own CFO, Paul Vogel, cited “the growing uncertainty surrounding the global economy” as a major reason for “evaluating the company’s near-term headcount growth”. In addition to this serious global context, the particular circumstances of Spotify, which is struggling to make a profit after its large investment in podcasts (with big names such as Barack Obama or the Kardashian).

Spotify is the latest case of layoffs at a renowned technology company. Just last week, we learned that Microsoft carried out a downsizing that ended up leaving 10,000 people on the streets, and Alphabet, the parent company of Google, carried out a similar action, which led to the dismissal of 12,000 employees. Other large companies such as Meta or Amazon have also reduced their workforce in recent months.

With 9,800 employees worldwide (last quarter’s data), the amount of Spotify’s layoffs and the areas it will affect are unknown at the moment. Its CEO said the economic downturn has not yet had a “material impact” on the company, although he would be “more selective” with “overall spending”.

Coin Master: How to play, Download and Earn more Coins

If you want to know exactly what Coin Master is all about, don't look anywhere else: today, we'll explain what Coin Master is and give you some tips to earn more coins.

Coin Master is, without a doubt, one of the most addictive games you can find for mobile phones. For this reason, it is not uncommon to see it in the highest positions within the download charts, both on Android and iOS. Promoted by celebrities such as Terry Crews or the Kardashians, Coinmaster has managed to remain relevant over the years thanks to a simple game mechanic that holds many secrets.

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If you want to know exactly what Coin Master is all about, don’t go anywhere else: today, we will explain what Coin Master is and give you some tips to earn more coins.

What is Coin Master?

Developed and published in 2016 by Moon Active, Coin Master is an extremely simple game of chance. When we start, we will have to make a number of attempts on the slot machine to get money and be able to get started in the game. Our objective in Coin Master is the following: to build and improve a village with money, which we will get from assaulting our opponents. However, most of the time will be spent operating the levers of the slot machines.

Coin Master gives us 5 free spins every 50 minutes, although we can also buy them with real money. Attacking other players’ villages will also give us coins and resources for our village. Coin Master will always encourage us to buy a lot of spins, although we can also get new ones simply by watching ads.

Patience will become your best ally if you don’t want to spend money out of pocket. In the event that we need more coins and resources, Coin Master offers a referral system for other users to register through our invitations.

How do I earn more coins in Coin Master?

Although Coin Master has a large component of chance, there are some tips and tricks that will help you maximize your winnings. One of them is to bet heavily when necessary.

Inside Coin Master you have bet multipliers (x2, x10, x100…) If you have few spins, don’t bet too much. However, in case you have a lot of them, make use of multipliers of x100 or more. The rewards will increase according to the strength of your bets.

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It is also important that you participate in all events and tournaments held within the game. These occasions are excellent for earning more resources than usual. Don’t forget about the community either: if you manage to get into a good team, you will be able to access higher value chests.

You can now vote for the Anime Awards: the best animes 2022

The best anime of 2022 are looking for their well-deserved awards.

Animation fans, we have good news. The platform Crunchyroll has already launched the call for the Anime Awards 2022. The idea, of course, is for the viewing community to vote for those series that have been their favorites during the past year.

To do this, the website has established a total of 24 different categories that are distributed as follows (You can vote from the following link):

Anime of the Year

  • Attack on Titan: Final Season Part 2
  • Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
  • Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Entertainment District Arc
  • Lycoris Recoil
  • Ranking of Kings (Season 2)
  • Spy X Family

Best Original Anime

  • Birdie Wing – Golf Girls’ Story
  • Healer Girl
  • Lycoris Recoil
  • The Orbital Children
  • Vampire in the Garden
  • Yurei Deco

Best Character Design

  • Akira Matsushima
  • Atsuko Nozaki
  • Kazuaki Shimada
  • Kazumasa Ishida
  • Masanori Shino
  • Yoh Yoshinari

Best Animation

  • Akebi’s Sailor Uniform
  • Attack on Titan: Final Season Part 2
  • Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
  • Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Entertainment District Arc
  • Ranking of Kings (Season 2)
  • Spy X Family

Best Premiere Series

  • Call of the Night
  • Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
  • Lycoris Recoil
  • My Dress-Up Darling
  • Spy X Family
  • Ya Boy Kongming!

Best Ongoing Series

  • Attack on Titan: Final Season Part 2
  • Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Entertainment District Arc
  • Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure Stone Ocean
  • Kaguya-Sama: Love is War -Ultra Romantic-
  • Made in Abyss: The Golden City of the Scorching Sun
  • One Piece

Best Opening Sequence

  • Chikichiki Banban
  • Mixed Nuts
  • Naked Hero
  • The Rumbling
  • This Fffire
  • ZankYonsanka

Best Ending Sequence

  • Akuma no Ko
  • Comedy
  • Heart Ha Oteage
  • Koi No Yukue
  • Koshaberi Biyori
  • Yofukashi no Uta

Best Soundtrack

  • (K)NoW_Name
  • Akira Yamaoka
  • Genki Hikota
  • HiroYuki Sawano and Kohta Yamamoto
  • Kevin Penkin
  • Yuji Kaijura and Go Shiina

Best Film

  • Bubble
  • Dragon Ball Super: SUPER HERO
  • Inu-Oh
  • Jujutsu Kaisen 0
  • One Piece Film Red
  • The Deer King

Best Anime Song

  • Chikichiki Banban
  • Comedy
  • My Nonfiction
  • Shall We Dance?
  • The Rumbling
  • New Genesis (UTA from One Piece Film Red)

Best Direction

  • Haruo Sotozaki
  • Hiroyuki Imaishi
  • Kazuhiro Furuhashi
  • Shingo Adachi
  • Yosuke Hatta
  • Yuichiro HaYashi

Best Main Character

  • Bojji
  • Chisato Nishikigi
  • David Martínez
  • Eren Jaeger
  • Loid Forger
  • Marin Kitagawa

Best Supporting Character

  • Ai Hayasaka
  • Anya Forger
  • Kage
  • Rebecca
  • Tengen Uzui
  • Yor Forger

Character “for which to give everything” (sic)

  • Anya Forger
  • Bojji
  • Kage
  • Kotaro Sato
  • Marin Kitagawa
  • Shoko Komi

Best Action Anime

  • Attack on Titan: Final Season Part 2
  • Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
  • Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Entertainment District Arc
  • Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure Stone Ocean
  • Lycoris Recoil
  • Spy X FamilY

Best Comedy

  • Kaguya-sama: Love is War -Ultra Romantic-
  • Kotaro Lives Alone
  • MY Dress-Up Darling
  • Spy X FamilY
  • Uncle from Another World
  • Ya Boy Kongming!

Best Drama

  • 86 Eighty-Six Part 2
  • Attack on Titan: Final Season Part 2
  • Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
  • Dance Dance Danseur
  • Kotaro Lives Alone
  • Made in Abyss: The Golden City of the Scorching Sun

Best Fantasy Anime

  • Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Entertainment District Arc
  • The Notes of Vanitas (Season 2)
  • Made in Abyss: The Golden City of the Scorching Sun
  • Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation (Season 2)
  • Overlord IV
  • Ranking of Kings (Season 2)

Best Romantic Anime

  • Call of the Night
  • Kaguya-sama: Love is War -Ultra Romantic-
  • Komi Can’t Communicate (Season 2)
  • Love After World Domination
  • My Dress-Up Darling
  • Shikimori’s Not Just a Cutie

Best Voice Acting (in Japanese)

  • Atsumi Tanezaki
  • Chika Anzai
  • Fairouz Ai
  • Misaki Kuno
  • Natsuki Hanae
  • Yuji Kaji

Best Voice Acting (in Spanish)

  • Alejandro Albaiceta
  • Jaime Pérez de Sevilla
  • Lourdes Fabrés
  • Marc Gómez
  • Masumi Mutsuda
  • Mònica Padrós

“Special Merit Award” and “Presenter’s Selection” are two categories that will be chosen by a panel of industry professionals or a special guest at the ceremony.

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever – When can you watch it on Disney+?

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is the next installment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The first movie, Black Panther, became a cultural phenomenon shortly after its release featuring the first black superhero. It made $1.3 billion and earned an Oscar. The release of the sequel was met with eager excitement, which now continues as we finally have a Disney+ release date for the movie.

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Black Panther: Wakanda Forever came to theaters on November 11th, 2022. Since its release, we had to wait patiently to hear when it’ll come to Disney+. The reason for the wait in receiving a confirmed release date is because the producers want to see how the movie does at the box office first. The better it does at the box office, the longer we wait for it to be released on Disney+. Purely based on that, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever has to be doing well.

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’s Disney+ Release Date

This newest movie in the Marvel franchise follows Queen Ramonda, Shuri, M’Baku, Okoye, and Dora Milaje as they fight to protect their nation from intervening world powers. At the same time, they’re also dealing with the death of King T’Challa portrayed by Chadwick Boseman. Throughout the story, we watch as the characters grieve the sudden loss, and continue to try and find a new way forward for their country.

During the movie, we’re also introduced to new characters, one of which will play an important role in the story. This character, Namor, is the King of a hidden underwater nation that’s being introduced in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’s Disney+ Release Date

So, if you’re wondering when you’ll be able to watch the movie on Disney+, you’re in luck. The wait isn’t long anymore as Black Panther: Wakanda Forever will be released on the streaming service on Wednesday, February 1st. This long wait for a release date is great for the franchise and demonstrates the movie’s popularity. Here’s how Wakanda Forever compares to other MCU releases from the last year: 

  • Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness – 47 days from its theatrical release to Disney+
  • Thor: Love & Thunder – 64 days from its theatrical release to arrive on Disney+
  • Eternals – 68 days from its theatrical release to Disney+
  • Shang-Chi And The Legend Of The Ten Rings – 70 days to be released on Disney+
  • Black Panther: Wakanda Forever – 83 days from theatrical release to Disney+

It’s also been confirmed that the movie will not be coming to Disney+ Premier and that this service hasn’t been used since the release of Jungle Cruise. Furthermore, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever can only be streamed on Disney+ and won’t be released on other platforms like Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu, and others.

While we love most of the Marvel Studios superhero movies, there’s no denying that Black Panther set an unprecedented standard. It will be interesting to see how the second installment does without the lead from the first movie. However, we do appreciate that they didn’t just use a new actor and pretend that nothing happened. This was probably one of the more respectable farewells that we’ve seen a franchise make to honor a lost actor.