Arcane's stunning reception will help League of Legends community to get a Fractured Jinx skin very soon, and it's ??one of the most uniquely-designed cosmetics ??you can get.

With three distinct appearanc??es, it could be the ultimate showoff for a Jinx main, and she will be altering between her different outfits randomly. Riot Games has already confirmed when the hotly anticipated skin will be available i??nside the game. If you're looking to get the skin for your collection, it can be a really expensive affair.

When will the Fractured Jinx skin release in League of Legends?

So far, we have had the splash art revealed to the community, and the new skin is available if you're part of the Public Beta Environment. The PBE is also an early test of patch 14.24, and ther?e are plenty of changes that have been made to how many of the champions have worked so far.

The skin, like every other cosmetic, is purely graphical in nature, and there are no in-game adv?antage??s. It's all about the aura, and if you're eager to get the new look Jinx added to your collection, it can be a really expensive decision.

Pat??ch 14.24 is expected to release between December 12-14, and the new skin will be officially available on the same date as well.

How to get Fractured Jinx in League of Legends

Whether you want to get or avoid the new skin is one thing. Riot has changed its monetization system, and you might not be a fan of the new ??one. If you have poor luck, getting the skin will cost you $250 in Riot Points.

To try out the Exalted Fractured Jinx gacha, you'll have to pull a "Spark," and each one costs 400 RP. Every Spark has a 0.5% chance of getting yo?u this s?pecific skin, so I won't want to rely on it too much. Thankfully, a pity system gets triggered on your 80th pull. However, reaching that point will be extremely expensive as the pulls are done using the premium currency.

Jinx is cheaper than ??the Immortalized Legend Ahri skin, but the price can still be quite high. As such, it's better to save your hard-earned cash unle?ss you're desperate to get her dressed in her Arcane appearance.

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Netflix's Arcane shattered every expectation people had for it. I don't think anyone thought a show based on League of Legends would be a masterclass in well-written character relationships, pacing, and environmental storytelling. And with its last season over, fans are hungry for something to fill the v?oid it's leaving.

Arcane dips its beautifully animated toes into many literary genres: steampunk, science fantasy, political thriller, romance, drama, and, of course, tragedy. While it's hard to think of a book that covers all the bases Arcane did as well as it did, plenty of books tackle one or more of them with jus?t as much flair and bravery.

Jinx and Vi's story may have come to a close, but the ending of their tale could be the spark that launches you, like a graffitied rocket, into another incredible experience. So let's stop emoting around the point; here are ten books like Arcane.

10. Fablehaven by Brandon Mull

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I'm starting this list with a stretch so big it could send Ambessa to the chiropractor's office. With its lush setting and focus on magical creatures, Fablehaven by Brandon Mull is about as far from Arcane in aesthetic as you can get. However, Arcane and Fablehaven share one significant similarity: sibling protagonists with an incredibly ??engagi??ng dynamic.

Kendra and Seth Sorenson are so much like pre-trauma Vi and Powder that it almost hurts. Their relationship even undergoes a disturbingly similar test when Seth makes a mistake that sets Fablehaven's plot in motion. Alongside its focus on siblings, Fablehaven also explores the compromises people must make to create and preserve peace between radically opposing forces, an idea both seasons of Arcane delved into.

9. Retribution Falls by Chris Wooding

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Airships are a symbol of steampunk, and they play a significant role in Arcane as a major set piece in several action scenes and as a constant reminder of the inequality that defines Pitlover's relationship with Zaun. If you wish Arcane had done something more with the airships that loom large over Piltover, read Retribution Falls by Josiah Bancroft.

Framed for a crime they didn't commit, Darian Frey and his eccentric crew of sky pirates go on the run to prove their innocence, pursued by bounty hunters, knights, and a vengeful pirate queen. Retribution Falls' swashbuckling air of adventure makes it a clear and fun read, something I'm guessing many Arcane fans desperately want right about now.

8. Senlin Ascends by Josiah Bancroft

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It's hard to narrow down what Arcane's overall message is, but if I had to brave a guess, I'd argue it's that family is worth fighting for, no matter how heavy the baggage attached to them is. Senlin Ascends by Josiah Bancroft tackles a very simil??ar idea, and it's also set in a we??ll-fleshed-out fantastical steampunk city.

Thomas Senlin is every bit the naĂŻve, well-intentioned protagonist every major player in Arcane started as. However, as he scours the heart of the city of Bab??el for his missin?g wife, he unwittingly embarks on a soul-rending odyssey that pushes his moral code to its shatter point.

7. Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators�Revolution by R. F. Kuang

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The industrialization of magic is one of the primary forces propelling Arcane's story, and it raises interesting questions about the paradoxical roles academia and science play in changing and maintaining the status quo. Babel: ??Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Ox?ford Translators�Revolution by R. F. Kuang sets out to ask and answer similar questions.

In a version of the British Empire similar to the one that once dominated our world, silver bars store the magic that exists in the bond between words in differen?t languages that have similar meanings. When students at Oxford's Royal Institute of Translation challenge how their work supports the Empire's colonial agenda, revolution ignites, and the young radicals' unity is tested.

6. The City of Towers by Keith Baker

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The magi-tech world of Eberron is one of Dungeons & Dragons' most iconic and exciting campaign settings. The towering city of Sharn is practically a world itself, ravaged by the same class conflict and political intrigue that defines the relationship between Arcane's Piltover and Zaun.

The City of Towers by Keith Baker is one of many books exploring Eberron's world. It's a mystery story with a scope that spans from the highest spires of Sharn to the burned-out shadows of its industrial underbelly. It even features a sinister society of aristocratic mages from a hostile foreign nation who look, feel, and act like ??Noxus' Black Rose.

5. Macbeth by William Shakespeare

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Arcane has never been coy about its Shakespearean undertones. Season 2's incredible opening directly alludes to Macbeth, and its first episode alludes to the often misquoted line from Henry IV, Part 2: "Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown." I know Macbeth is a play, but I think most people were first exposed to the infamous "Scottish Play" in paperback fo??rm in hig?h school English class, so I'm willing to argue it counts as a book by this point.

People have adapted Macbeth into countless settings, but at its core, it's a story about a decent person driven to do indecent things by a nasty combination of external forces and internal drives. This holds true for almost every character in Arcane, and the results of their choices give Romeo and Juliet's tragic conclusion a run for its money.

4. Leviathan by Scott Westerfield

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One of Arcane's main overarching themes is the cost of war and the lengths we go to justify waging it. Many science fantasy books have explored war through unique lenses. Still, few strike a balance between the raw excitement of fantastical warfare and its terrible consequences it sows and Scott Westefield's Leviathan.

In an alternate World War I waged between genetically altered beasts and diesel-fueled automatons, disguised London girl Deryn Sharp and exiled Hungarian prince Aleksandar of Hohenburg meet on the deck of a flying whale. Things only get crazier from there, but the friction between the idealized image of warfare and the harsh re?alities of the real thing is a constant.

3. Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

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Leigh Bardugo's Grishaverse is one of the most well-realized fantasy universes I've read, one that treats magic as a scientific discipline in a vein very similar to Arcane's Hextech. Bardugo's Shadow and Bone trilogy is a fantastic read, but Six of Crows vibes are much closer to Arcane's in frequency.

Six of Crow's Ketterdam, a crime-ridden metropolis inspired by the historical Dutch Republic, isn't as technologically advanced as Piltover or Zuan, but the conflict between its social classes hits many of the same notes. If Ketterdam's Victorian aesthetic isn't enough to ??win you over, the electric chemistry between its delightfully chaotic ensemble cast will.

2. Mortal Engines by Philip Reeves

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Progress is a word Arcane loves to throw around, and the terrible consequences the blind pursuit of it brings is one of the series' main themes. If there's one book that explores how technology can turn the familiar and comforting into something monstrous, it's Phillip Reeves' Mortal Engines.

In Mortal Engines, cities have been fitted with colossal wheels and mechanical jaws, which they use to chase down and consume other cities in an endless chase their blissfully ignorant citizens have named "Municipal Darwinism." This world takes the social pleasantries of pre-World War I Europe and blends them in with the dog-eat-dog ph??ilosophy of a Mad Max movie. Its star-crossed leads, prim-and-proper Tom Natesworthy and rough-and-tumble Hester Shaw, also give off big Violyn vibes

1. Mistborn: The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson

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I don't think it's controversial to argue that Brandon Sanderson is the GOAT when it comes to specul??ative literature. Many of his stories blend contrasting genres and sweeping ideas into tightly written epics, and few come closer to recreating the intrigue that turned Arcane into one of Netflix's greatest success stories than Mistborn.

Mistborn checks off so many of the boxes one might see on a hypothetical "Is this like Arcane?" questionnaire that it's scary. It's set in a world where a privileged elite reaps the benefits of a magic system the lower class cannot access. It follows a downtrodden female protagonist who rises to become a revolutionary, loved by her allies but hated by her enemies. Mistborn is every bit the thrilling, thought-provoking adventure Arcane is, so why not take the plunge and see wh?at you've been missing???

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Arcane Season 2 is full of surprises, but few are as wholesome as the introduction o??f Isha. This scrappy orphan becomes the ray of sunlight Jinx desperately needs in her dark, turbulent life. Unfortunately, happiness has never been somethi??ng Jinx could hold on to for very long.

The third and final episode of Arcane Season 2, Act II, "The Message Hidden Within the Pattern," turns a reunion Jinx and Vi have spent the entire act fighting for into a bloodbath. Amidst the Shimmer-coated chaos, Isha makes a heroic decision that brings her time on Runetera to a tragic end. Here's what happened to Isha in Arcane Season 2.

Who is Isha?

Since her introduction in Arcane Season 2, Act II's second episode, "Watch It All Burn," Is?ha has been a defining member of the season's cast. One of many orphaned children who call Zaun home, Isha encountered Jinx when she fell onto the disillusioned rebel's lap while trying to escape some metal-jawed gangste?rs.

Following in the footsteps of her father figure, Silco, Jinx takes Isha under her wing, shielding her from the chaos Zaun has fallen into after Jinx assassinated half of Piltover's City Council at the end of Arcane's first season. Soon enough, Jinx's bond with Isha becomes the crux of her ?character arc throughout Sea??son 2.

Forced into the protector role her older sister Vi once filled for her, Jinx slowly but surely embraces the compassionate, vulnerable side of herself buried beneath her trauma. Isha's influence eventually inspires Jinx to reconcile with Vi, leading them to search for their shared adoptive father, Vander, who mutated into the lycanthropic League of Legends champion Warwick by the Shimmer-c?ooking scientist Singed.

Isha's death is the consequence of good intentions

After finding Warwick and bringing him back to his senses, Jinx, Isha, and ??Vi flee to a hidden community formed by Viktor, who's developed into a Hextech-based cyborg messiah who can heal peoples' bodies and minds. Surprisingly, Viktor restores Van??der's humanity. Unsurprisingly, Jinx and Vi's reunion with their father doesn't last long.

As Vander's treatment nears completion, Ambessa and her Noxian soldiers finally track the family back to the community. While Vi, Jinx, and a remorseful Caitlyn hold Ambessa back, the distraction gives a mentally scared and Hextech-phobic Jayce an opening to assassinate Viktor. Viktor's death causes a psychic chain reaction, transforming Vander into a magma-bleedi??ng monster that kills Ambessa's second-in-command Rictus.

Warwick knocks Jinx to the ground in the following battle and reels back for a killing blow. Desperate to protect her guardian, Isha picks up Jinx's Hextech pistol, overloads it, and slides beneath Warwick's exposed underside. With pastel-painted flashbacks of her time with Jinx overlapping the action, Isha fires a supercharged round into Wa??rwick's chest, triggering an explosion that kills them both.

Isha's sacrifice is heartbreaking, but necessary to Arcane Season 2's story

The last minutes of "The Message Hidden Within the Pattern" are heartbreaking for many reasons, but Isla's death is hitting Arcane fans the hardest. Tributes to Jinx's surrogate sister are popping up all over social media, and many Arcane fan?s are tearing them?selves apart, wondering what her death will do to Jinx.

Throughout Season 2, Jinx has refused to become the symbol of rebellion the people of Zaun want h?er to be, bottling up her psychosis and standing idly by while her home burns. Even Isha wanted Jinx to step up and stand up to Piltover, but Jinx repeatedly shot her down. As the fifth surrogate sibling in her life, it was a reminder that Jinx's a?ctions have consequences. She was willing to let Silco's legacy go up in smoke if it meant keeping Isha out of the crossfire a rebellion would cause.

With Isha dead, Jinx no longer has any reason to hold back. Piltover has destroyed her family for the third time, and Zaun?? has had it clear they'll stand by Jinx if she leads them to war against Piltover, and she might finally be ready to do that.

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At the end of today's TFT Magic n' Mayhem Tactician's Crown Finals, Riot Games revealed its upcoming 13th set for Teamfight Tactics titled Into the Arcane. The new set coincides with the second season of the hit Netflix show Arcane which just debuted its second season on November 9. Into the Arcane will feature 11 TFT-exclusive champions from the show meaning they were created just for this set and do not exist outside of the Into the Arcane TFT set.

If an Arcane-themed TFT set seems familiar, that's because the 6.5 mid-season set for Gizmos and Gadgets added Arcane character Silco. This time around, however, the entire Set mechanics, characters, and system seem to be built around Arcane which is pretty awesome. Alongside Silco, the Into the Arcane set roster includes Powder, Viol??et, Vander, Sevika, Sme??ech, and more.

Five new Traits are also making their debut in Into the Arcane, including the Shimmer-focused Chem-Baron. Here ?are all ??five new Traits coming with Set 13:

• Enforcer: Start combat with shields and damage amplification. The highest health enemy
  units become WANTED, granting Attack Speed boosts upon their defeat.
• Chem-Baron: Gain Shimmer after each player combat, with increased rewards during a
  loss streak. Collect Shimmer to access the Black Market and choose powerful Illegal Items
  that enhance your Chem-Barons.
• Academy: Sponsored items provide bonuses to max Health and Damage Amp, which are
  doubled for Academy units.
• Firelight: Firelights dash every 6 seconds, attacking with infinite range while healing based
  on the damage they’ve taken.
• Family: Family members provide mutual support, reducing max Mana and enhancing
  bonuses.

The Into the Arcane Set Mechanic is The Anomaly, a new gameplay feature that allows players to reroll bonuses and permanently transform one Champion per game. There are various buffs you can obtain from the Anomaly including power, tankiness, or added utility, as well as some Anomaly effects that offer a specialized unique effect for a Champion. There are over 50 Anomaly effects in total, and the Anomaly is encountered at Stage 4-6 meaning players can use the decision to shape and mold the??ir end-game build.

While Cosmetics are always a big part of TFT Sets, there are some pretty special Arcane-specific ones coming in Into the Arcane. Fans of the Chibi Champions will be happy to see Chibi Firelight Ekko, Chibi Arcane Vi, and Chibi Arcane Caitlin. The Prestige cosmetic is Prestige Arcane Superfan Annie, which is pretty comical in its own regard. But the most interesting addition is the new Unbound Tactician cosmetic type, a new category of cosmetics that highlights champions at their peak power and offers are more darker tone alongside unique emotes, movement animations, and even splash art. The Unbound Tactician for Into the Arcane is Arcane Jinx Unbound, and? is pre??tty sick looking.

The Teamfight Tactics Set 13 Into the Arcane starts on November 20, 2024. Those inter?ested in checking it out before than can jump into the PBE when it starts up this week.

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The first act of Arcane's second and final season is coming to Netflix on November 9, 2024. Riot Games, in celebration of Arcane's end and the beginning of their League of Legends expanded universe, dropped a cracked trailer recounting the events that?? led us to this epic finale.

Arcane Season 2's latest trailer is a well-edited, neon-dipped love letter to the series' colossal fand?om. It reminds us why the first season is so beloved while b??uilding hype for the last emotional chapter of Violet and Jinx's story.

Arcane Season 2's new trailer recounts the tragic tale of Violet and Powder

The latest teaser for Arcane's second season knifes at the heartstrings right out the gate, bringing us back to where the series began. Through some top-shelf editing, the trailer ebbs and flows between past and future, reminding us of who each key player in Arc??ane was before they, or the world, made the decisions that transformed them into the people they are. As has always been the case, though, everything in the trailer rolls back to Violet and Powder.

Arcane has always been about Violet and the girl once known as Powder. The fiery tragedy that first tore these once-loving sisters apart remains one of the most traumatic scenes I've ever watched, and the events that unfolded after the first season's six-year time skip systematically carved up any hope I and millions of other Netflix viewers had that they could ever mend their relationship. Cities clashed, magic spiraled out of control, and a fandom ship set sail before Arcane Season 1 closed, but the story always found its way back? to Violet, Jinx, and the shattered bond that once tied them together.

Based on what we've seen from its trailers, Arcane Season 2 will pick up where the first season left off. In case it's gotten hazy over the last two years, Arcane Season 1 ended with Jinx launching a Hextech-powered rocket into the Council of Piltover's chambers, presumably killing everyone inside and plunging the city into war with its subterranean neighbor, Zaun. This explosive finale left plent?y of lingering plot threads drifting in the wind, and it loo?ks like this season aims to tie them up.

From Heimerdinger's new alliance with Ekko and the Firelights to the all-but-confirmed revelation that Violet and Powder's foster father, Vander, has become LoL's Warwick, Arcane Season 2 isn't short on exciting directions its story could go in. I'm just as int??erested to see what the writers will do with Violet's relationship with Caitlyn, personally.

Arcane Sea?son 2's creative team?? is splitting the season into three acts for reasons that will hopefully make sense once they arrive on Netflix. Each act will come out on a different date, one week apart. Act 2 will drop on November 16, 2024, while Act 3 will go live on November 23, 2024.

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Netflix just dropped the latest trailer for Arcane Season 2??, and I'm not sure I'm ready for it. The first season of th??is fantasy-steampunk was my favorite watch of 2022, and it looks like the second will be just as beautiful, thrilling, and heartbreaking as its predecessor.

Arcane Season 2 puts Vi and Jinx on a colorful collision course

Clocking i?n at two minutes and twenty seconds, the trailer doesn't leave much room for you to breathe.

Ar??cane Season 2 picks up where the first season's explosive cliffhanger left off, with the cities of Piltover and Zaun plunging into an all-out civil war. With their respective stakes firmly in the ground and their sisterly bond shattered, Jinx (Ella Purnell) and Vi (Hailee Steinfeld) are all but destined to lead their respective factions into battle. Oh, and the magic that powers both cities' technology is apparently "waking," so the wor??ld may be on the verge of an arcane apocalypse.

Arcane Season 2 is already a work of art.

Arcane's first season gave me many reasons to love it, but I fell hard for its incredible animation. The team at Fortiche Productions, helmed by directors Pascal Charrue and Arnaud Delord, produced one of the most beautifully animated television series ever drawn. Colorful and textured, Arcane's art style is objectively gorgeous, but it also contributes to the story, helping to tell the tragic tale of the estranged sisterhood at Arcane's center.

Based on the trailer clips, Arcane Season 2's animators are dialing everything up to eleven. Colors pop with even greater intensity than in ??the first season, with Jinx's iconic powder bombs painting Piltover in rainbow hues during one scene. The all-black Hot Topic-adjacent outfit I saw Vi sporting at one point tells me that darkness will cut deeper this season. In a series revolving around class unrest, a contrast in the color scheme speaks loudly without uttering a word.

Arcane Season 2's animation will also continue the first season's habit of hiding blink-and-you'll-miss-it bits of foreshadowing between frames. Fans on Reddit?? already have caught one particularly grim hint towards the potential fate of Heimerdinger, a character we got to see in action during a sneak preview we got back in July. I'm still combing through the tr??ailer for plot details, and I expect fans will find more in the coming weeks.

We've known from the moment its first trailer dropped that Season 2 will be Arcane's last, and as much as it breaks my heart t?o see the series go, I'm glad?? it's going out with such a bang. When the war between Piltover and Zuan starts on November 2nd, I know exactly where I'll be.

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The League Of Legends YouTube channel has recently released the first teaser trailer for the hit Arcane Netflix TV series. While some of season 2's new additions are pretty clear, some are of the blink-and-you'll-miss-it sort. Let's look at every cool element we were able to spot ahead of the? season's release.

What's new in Arcane season 2

Set in the world of Riot's MOBA League of Legends, Arcane Season 1 told the story of two sisters, Vi and? Powder, ??who see their relationship get torn apart by the conflict between Piltover and Zaun.

As you likely know by now, season one finished in a literally explosive cliffhanger after Jinx finally uses her ult super mega death rocket on the Piltover council, a building filled with very important characters. That event will likely serve as the catalyst for everything taking place in Arcane season 2. While we don't know the exact result of the attack, there are lines in the new trailer claiming that the council is dead, and that Piltover will respond with wrath. So, we at le??ast know that the big ending we got wasn't a mere fake-out intended to raise hype for season 2.

The first important change, which probably comes as a response to the attack, is that Vi will put her outlaw days behind her to join Caitlyn's Piltover police department. This piece of news disappointed the fans who only know of LoL via the?? s?how, but that's not a surprise to fans of the game, where Vi has always been an enforcer.

Two other interesting additions come from Zaun, the faction at war with Piltover. They are Warwick and Singed, who'd been teased in sea?son 2's first l??ook:

We get a rather clear glimpse of Singed, but, again, we don't see ??much of Warwick in this teaser. Still, I'm betting this can only be one character:

Most important of all, however, is the reveal that Season 2 will actually be the final season. The show is likely to culminate with the final showd??own between Vi, now with her famous gauntlets, and the former Powder, who Vi finally acknowledges as Jinx.

On top of Vi's Hextech gaunt??lets, we also get to s?ee Caitlyn making use of her Hextech rifle to charge up and fire her ultimate.

If you're familiar with?? the game, you'll know that one particularity of Cait's ultimate is that even though it locks on to an enemy target, its projectile can be blocked by another member of the enemy team who gets in the way. Will we see Vi bravely blocking the project?ile meant to kill her sister? We'll see.

Though cool Hextech gadgets seem to be a big focus of season 2, Viktor and Jayce, two of the biggest masters of Hextech in the game remain to be seen. No way such important characters would've just perished in the previous series finale, right? That'd be ??really strange especially when considering that game Viktor's whole th??ing is coming back as a cyborg.

And on top of all the cool things tha??t fans of the game can already identify, there are also a bu??nch of shots that are just as mysterious as they're beautiful:

And if you feel sad for learning that season 2 will mark the end of Arcane, I'm happy to tell you that you need not fret too much. Series co-creator Christian Linke has already assured fans that Arcane is and has always been the mere starting point for many stories to be told by Riot Games and Fortiche's partnership in the future. If the final season of Arcane manages to live up to the very high standard put up by the first season, there's no doubt that the future of Riot Games' future in animation looks ??????????????????????????ver?y bright.

Season 2 of Arcane will hit Netflix on November 24.

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Netflix's hit League of Legends show, Arcane, is expected to release its second season this November. To bide the time until then, Riot Games and Netflix released a small yet intriguing Arcane Season 2 teaser as part of League of Legends' 2024 roadmap that may tease a fan-favorite arrival.

In this 45-second teaser, we're treated to a haunting look at what appears to be a blood transfusion. Giving his blood seems to be Silco's doctor acquaintance, Singed. While it isn't said who or what is being given blood outside of the gigantic beast, some fans are quick to speculate. In fact, one of the main theories from last sea?son may help decipher who that hanging abomination may be.

My Enemy

I'll start by saying my knowledge of League of Legends starts and ends with Arcane. So, with this new Arcane teaser, I had to do some digging to find some answers. Looking through the YouTube comments of the video (as dangerous as it may be), I came across a few people bringing up a name: Warwick. One Google search later and, lo and behold, there it is! The many green vials upon the engineered beast's back and the creature-like physique are spot-o?n.

As for what created Warwick, one can turn to the last episode of season one, "The Monster You ??Created". During the episode, we see Singed take the body of a Shimmer-infecte??d Vander to his lab. Vander, for those who need a refresher, was the guardian of Vi and Jinx as well as the respected protector of the underground.

When we last saw him in Arcane, he took Shimmer and changed into a monster. He proceeds to save Vi and they jump out of a collapsing building. It would make sense that Singed would use Vander's body, dead or alive, for experiments and create the perfect mons?ter. If Vander is indeed Warwick, it seems our heroes' battle will hit a lot more close to home.

Arcane, released in 2021, follows Vi and Jinx, two separated sisters, as they try to reunite with each other in an ever-evolving world of chaos and invention. The show was lauded upon release for its spectacular animation, loaded voice cast, and incredible story. It even won Outstand??ing Animated ?Program at the Primetime Emmys and Best Adaptation at The Game Awards. As one of my favorite shows of 2021, it's safe to say a lot of people are looking forward to Arcane's second season's release in November.

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As part of today’s Netflix Geeked event, the streamer confirmed that Arcane Season 2 will b?e out in November 2024. In the 15-second long teaser, we can see Jinx solemnly walking towards what appears to be the Bridge of Progress in Piltover, but it’s surrounded in an ominous shade of crimson.

In the teaser, we can hear Jinx humming the melody line from “The Bridge,â€?which is fea??tured in the score for the first? season. Behind that, her footsteps echo and what could be the environment catching aflame and chaos ensuing can be heard. It’s bound to be an exciting continuation, based on this alone. 

It’s not exactly news that Arcane is getting a second season. Shortly after the first season concluded on November 20, 2021, the powers that be at Riot Games made the announcement that a second season was “in production.�It’s not even news that the series would be returning at the end of 2024, thanks to an investor presentation given by Tencent in September 2023, which revealed it’d be coming during Q4.

But, we now know for certain that Arcane will be returning in November 2024. I am not at all sure why we’re being told now, with a year left to wait for more of the League of Legends story, but some of the recent strikes in Hollywood that m?ay have pu??t a pause on production. 

I suppose we’ve already waited two years, what’s one more? In the me?antime, I’ll just be over here, with “Enem?y�by Imagine Dragons and JID playing on perpetual repeat. 

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Hollywood has oftentimes tried to capture the magic of video games on film, and the most fun audien??ce??s have ever gotten out of it was seeing it fail stupendously pretty much every time. Still, you cannot say the same about game-to-tv-show adaptations, as those have already provided us with actual top-tier entertainment. Let's take a look at the best of the bunch.

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06. The Witcher

Okay, It's very important to establish that Netflix's The Witcher is an adaptation of Andrzej Sapkowski's books, and not of the games �Just kidding. It's pretty obvious that Henry Cavill is emulating video game Geralt because this series only exists due to the success of the games. Yes, I know damn well that the only people watching this are the millions of Witcher 3 fans out there.

It's also important to mention that the entire show (so far) is very uneven, hence landing at number six in this ranking. Still, the show does many things right �the fight choreography is awesome, and so is the costume and set design. Production-wise, this feels closer to the original Lord Of The Rings trilogy than to The Hobbit trilogy. Sadly that's not a given these days when they usua??lly just use CGI for everything. It's great t??o see a video game adaptation putting so much work in.

Also, it's clear that the heart is there. Cavill is awesome, the same goes for Ciri, Yennefer, and Jaskier, obviously. The only real problem here is the story's awkward progressi??on, but you can always come back to the first season to enjoy some fun and uncompromising episodic monster-of-the-week action.

Oh, and that song about throwing money at Witchers is an instant classic.

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05. The Last Of Us

Please don't get angry for seeing The Last Of Us merely at number ?five in a ranking about ??the best things of a specific kind ever made.

It’s definitely good, competent, and very ugly or beautiful whenever it wants to be. Just like the game, it pi??cked the perfect couple of actors to give life to the ch??aracters that could carry the massive weight of both the game's drama and the hopes that more video games could get prestige TV treatment in the future.

But is it really that big of an achievement? It feels like a very safe adaptation of a game that already played like a movie in the first place. HBO's The Last Of Us is good, but you know what else is good? Watching a video compilation of the cutscenes from the first game on YouTube. I wish we could see a future season starring a new group of main characters on a compl??etely different adventure. Perhaps you can get Henry Cavil??l to star in it. I heard he likes games.

04. Sonic Boom

Sonic Boom, the game, is one of the worst games ever made. Its TV show, also called Sonic Boom, would deserve praise even if it were just a smidge above an unwatchable mess filled with inexplicable animation errors, but nope, it's a ge??nuinely good kid's show.

Many Sonic fans are aware that good Sonic games are a rarity these days, but good Sonic TV shows have always been rare. Remember that show where Sonic had a rock band? The kids of today don't have to suffer through that jus?t to get their Sonic fix a??nymore.

The Sonic Boom animated series gives the world of Sonic and its characters a makeover, and ties it all up with some pret??ty funny dialogue �if you're in the age range of people they made this for, at least.

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03. Castlevania

Netflix's Castlevania is probably the first truly-great video game-based TV show, and legitimately one of the best animes of recent times??.

It does a great job of fleshing out the entire Belmont clan, as well as making Dracula go from just that meme who asks "What is a man?!" into a real flesh and cold-blood character with real motivation. Also, the action is unsurpris?ingly great.

It succeeds in all the parts where The Witcher TV show fumbled, as whereas most of the people who care about the Witcher TV show were already fans of the games, Castlevania actually brought in a lot of new fans who like??ly weren't even born by the time the first game in the series came out.

The only possible problem stemming out of this show is how the demise of the game series might lead future generations to think of Castlevania as something that began as an? anime, and not as one of the best 2D games of ??all time.

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02. Cyberpunk Edgerunners

Even though the Cyberpunk 2077 game we have today is miles better than what we got upon release, I think it's safe to say that Edgerunners, ??its neat Netflix anime tie-in, still beats i??t by a wide margin.

Instead of trying to retell the events of the game via some beautiful but ultra-expensive CGI, Edgerunners gives us what I wanted out of The Last Of Us TV show.

It uses the world of the game to tell a completely new story featuring a bunch of instantly lovable new characters, a decision that ultimately enriches both the anime and the game by helping populate such a huge but otherwise empty city. No, I'm not taking a dig at how the PS4 version of Cyberpunk featured a comically low number of NPCs on the streets of Night City �I'm talking about how seeing more characters living out their stories brings life and soul to the world of Cyberpunk ?—�/em>and this world will never ha?ve too much of that.