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I've divided Tech 10: Ultimatrix Unleashed's Renovated story into the three major arcs comprising the series to avoid the entry page from getting too long and annoying to navigate. Each arc has its own promo poster, so go check that out mang.

Tavastrin, The Void, and Mikha'el'baia all have new art, so check those out too.

The next Support Group meeting is this Saturday, January 21st, at 9PM EST over on the BTFF EX chat.

The second Chain of Gifts ended today, and with that, the next Chain of Gifts has been announced to start in 90 days on Easter (Sunday, April 16), so make sure not to miss it!

The community has (barely) voted to try having a Featured Episode category for monthly voting, which will be put into effect next month.

I've started making badge art for pages that are fairly iconic but have art too outdated to be used on badges. This should open up a lot of freedom for pages that can be featured on badges, so be sure to bring up anything that comes to mind, and make sure to check out the list of badges that still need replacing.

CN released a video game based on the reboot for Android/iOS this past week called Ben 10: Up to Speed. It's your basic runner-type game, and it costs about $3 USD. Is it good? Is it bad? Idfk let me talk you impatient shits

Bad Stuff

 * It doesn't run very well on older devices but that's to be expected I guess.
 * If you don't like runner games you won't like this at all.
 * $3 might be a bit high idk.

Good Stuff

 * It's actually got like linear progression and levels and stuff instead of the endless running gimmick you see in most runners.
 * There are lots of the aforementioned levels, so I'd say it's probably worth the price if you like runners.
 * The levels themselves actually have replay value by having various level goals and certain areas you can only reach with aliens that might not be on your immediate roster.
 * The reboot's art style actually looks nice in a video game.
 * Fills us in on story details not covered in the show.
 * Has some fun parkour/enemy fighting mechanics.

Overall I really like this game personally, but if you don't like runners you're probably gonna hate it. It's pretty damn good for its genre though.

On another note this game has gotten me thinking about something else regarding the reboot so here's editorial part 2 theorizing about a mediocre kid's cartoon boogaloo

Basically there are three points I find particularly interesting here: Now, what major part of the Ben 10 franchise is known for: Yep that's right everybody:
 * The end of "Riding the Storm Out" where we get foreshadowing of a bigger threat coming to Earth.
 * The Clocktopus where we find out Ben is afraid of squids.
 * This game where the enemies are robotic alien drones from an unknown source that look suspiciously like the ones from OS.
 * Not showing up until the plot deems it allowable.
 * Being associated with squids.
 * Using robotic drones to try capturing the Omnitrix

EON!

No but seriously if all this shit isn't Vilgax buildup I will be very surprised.

The Featured Article this week is Magtallic by Mig with art by your truly.

Aside from the fact I'm mainly featuring this to whore out my art service/new art style, this is a pretty neat alien. It has some interesting powers. I just wish we had actually gotten to see literally any of them except for a short demonstration of his magnetism manipulation.

No ads this time around. Make sure to put anything you want advertised in this forum thread.



Art Corner

Tavastrin Landscape

By ChromastoneandTabby

A picture of the surface of  Tavastrin  at night. The rock-like formations are actually glass pillars formed by fire geysers during the planet's frequent sandstorms.

Okay so remember how last week CN released a supposed "origin story" video that didn't really give us any info on the reboot's origin story? Well, the video game I talked about in the editorial section actually gives us the friggin thing! It's basically the exact same as the OS origin story, Heatblast and all, with the admittedly more reasonable setup of the meteor crashing a fair distance away from Ben instead of right up in his goddamn face.

Well, that's it for this Sunday, folks. I hope you enjoyed the thirty-fifth issue of The CaT Gazette, and I'll see you next week! Feedback and support are appreciated!