Kestrel also known as, Sybil Tan, is a brand new & original character coming to Marvel Strike Force (mobile game). Marvel & DC aren’t strangers to adding original heroes / villains exclusive to certain outlets that aren’t the comics. Green Arrow did this with John Diggle / Spartan in the television series, Arrow. Even Batman Arkham Knight introduced a new alter ego to a popular anti hero. With that being said, this character may potentially have lasting power one day. Check out the interview exerts from Gameinformer.com the game’s creative director, Jason Bender, below as well as some images of the brand new hero!

Sybil Tan is a physicist, engineer, pilot, and astronaut of Malaysian descent. She has devoted her life to science, having worked for U.S. Space Command at NASA during her early career. While there, she earned the callsign “Kestrel.” Shortly thereafter, Nick Fury recruited her in hopes of utilizing her intelligence and passion for exploring the boundaries of reality.

She soon became the lead architect of STRIKE’s interdimensional technology and was the first to test a prototype portal generator she developed. Unfortunately, the test failed and left Kestrel floating through the outer reaches of reality in her exo-suit. Kestrel used her time traveling through different dimensions to learn how realities diverge and how to manipulate and create new timelines. While she was floating from dimension to dimension, she encountered a ton of worlds that were conquered by Ultimus, the villain of Marvel Strike Force. When Kestrel finally made it back to her home dimension and timeline, she joined up with Strike Force to help stave off the invasion of Ultimus.

Kestrel uses her exo-suit, portal cannon, and dimension-manipulating abilities in battle, making her a powerful character in the lore. She was designed by Boundless Entertainment and Scopely in collaboration with Marvel. “It was an honor to collaborate with our friends at Boundless Entertainment and Scopely to unleash a brand new superstar into the Marvel universe,” VP of creative at Marvel Games Bill Rosemann said in a press release. “From her backstory and origin to her exo-suit and powers, Kestrel was crafted to deliver an immediate impact as players around the world celebrate Marvel Strike Force’s huge third anniversary.”

Warner Brothers Interactive Entertainment, have been approved for their patent of their Middle Earth franchise’s Nemesis System which goes into effect on February 23rd and can extend to 2035 if they keep up with the necessary fees.

The patent is named as the “Nemesis characters, nemesis forts, social vendettas and followers in computer games,” which says the functions of Monolith’s Nemesis system & sum of its parts as the property of WB.

The nemesis system is pretty much a system that makes the enemies of the Middle Earth: Shadow games reappear as newly procedurally-generated NPCs that appear in a hierarchy as well as remember the players’ actions. Their ranking, appearance and behavior can be affected by the players’ actions.

Warner Bros. has been at this since 2015 and have finally acquired it. Moments like this really divide the gaming community apart as this would be bad news if other companies haven’t already created their own take on “the nemesis system”. Assassins Creed Odyssey did “the mercenaries system” and Watch Dogs Legion does the “Census system” which both aren’t exactly the same however they’re both very similar in concept. Those are just two examples but severing the option of creativity for other developers is a crime for not only the fans but creators as well.

James Gunn confirmed that his upcoming DC comics film, The Suicide Squad is now completely finished. This news comes from Twitter as the director replied to a fan question, “How much of this movie will be what you want it to be? Warner Bros. has a knack for editing a movie into shit”.

The director’s response (below) was, “[The movie] is fully finished and cut and I made every single choice and they never once even slightly interfered. They gave very few notes – they were usually good and minor and I took them if I wanted to and didn’t if I didn’t want to. Warners was creatively amazing”.

This movie is one of the many films that will be apart of HBO Max’s simultaneous releases for this year (this means they will release both in theaters and on the app). James Gunn also had “carte blanche” which allows him to kill any member he wants to, which makes sense because he filled the movie with widely unknown or B-side DC characters.

However this isn’t limited to just the “bench players” as any of the main players can get killed off as well including Harley Quinn (which many are doubtful of but who knows?). With every member of the squad being expendable once again, no one can be sure who will survive Gunn’s soft reboot, though there are plenty of contenders.

Here’s the official cast per credit of IGN: “Idris Elba as Bloodsport, Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn, Joel Kinnaman as Rick Flag, John Cena as Peacemaker, Viola Davis as Amanda Waller, Jai Courtney as Captain Boomerang, David Dastmalchian as Polka-Dot Man, Daniela Melchior as Ratcatcher II, Steve Agee as King Shark and John Economos, Sean Gunn as Weasel, Flula Borg as Javelin, Nathan Fillion as TDK, Peter Capaldi as The Thinker, Pete Davidson as Blackguard, Alice Braga as Sol Soria, Mayling Ng as Mongal, Juan Diego Botto as Luna, and Michael Rooker as Savant.”