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Depeche Mode fans have reason to rejoice as the iconic band announces the expansion of their highly acclaimed Memento Mori Tour with 29 new European dates in 2024. Following their successful stadium and arena shows across Europe, Mexico, Canada, and the US this summer and fall, the tour will continue into the next year, allowing fans to experience the raw and emotive power of Depeche Mode’s live performances once again.The European leg of the tour will kick off on 22nd January2024, at London’s O2 Arena and conclude on…

This week Oni Press releases Memento Mori. The graphic memoir from Tiitu Takalo tells the story of the cartoonist’s recovery after she experienced a cerebral hemorrhage while in her 30s. With the memoir in bookstores and comic shops today, The Beat is pleased to present an exclusive excerpt of the book, which picks up in the immediate aftermath of the event. Here’s how Oni Press describes Memento Mori: A moving graphic memoir about life, art, and the search for happiness after surviving a cerebral hemorrhage at age…

Andy Fletcher’s death could’ve ended Depeche Mode. In Fletch’s 42-year tenure, curtailed last May, the Basildon band never made a truly bad album, rarely stooped to covers or re-records. The music gently declined in quality over the decades, but their tours grew bigger and better. Their final album would’ve been 2017’s Spirit, a decent tilt at reinventing the grand claustrophobia of 1987 masterpiece Music for the Masses. A solid legacy. Instead, surviving bandmates Martin Gore and Dave Gahan have assembled Memento Mori,…

We Are The Game Creators Back in September 2022, we reported that long-time BlazBlue producer Toshimici Mori was stepping away from Arc System Works, a company that he had served for just shy of two decades — And it seems that Mori is now ready to get back into the thick of the action, with the establishment of a brand new developer, Studio Flare. Based in Gotanda, Tokyo, Studio Flare has been co-founded by Mori and the former executive vice-president of Marvelous, Toshinori Aoki, with a healthy dose of financial…

Depeche Mode will release new album ‘Momento Mori’ on 24th March 2023 via Columbia Records it has been announced.The album’s first single, ‘Ghosts Again’, is available now and the video can be watched at the top of this article. The band previewed the song last October at a launch event for ‘Momento Mori’.Credit: Anton Corbijn‘Ghosts Again’ is an instant grat with pre-saves and pre-orders of ‘Memento Mori’, which is available for pre-order now on 2LP vinyl, CD, cassette, and digital.“To me, ‘Ghosts Again’ just captures…

Studio veteran steps away after 19 years of service In somewhat shocking news for the fighting game community, developer Toshimichi Mori announced his departure from veteran anime game studio Arc System Works. Mori announced that he was leaving the studio in a new and succinct statement posted to Twitter just yesterday. “I have something to report to all of the users,” begins the message. “I, Toshimichi Mori, have left Arc System works, the company I worked at for many years. I have nothing but gratitude towards the…

The Berserk manga will be returning. Despite the untimely death of original series author and creator Kentaro Miura, the dark fantasy series will continue under the direction of Miura’s former production studio, Studio Gaga, and close friend Kouji Mori, according to publisher Hakusensha. The last published volume of Berserk, volume 41, released late last year Berserk will continue with six chapters to conclude the current Fantasia Arc/Elf Island Chapter and then the series will begin a new arc. The series will continue…

This week, the chickens from Devil’s Reign come home to roost in Devil’s Reign Omega #1, the epilogue for the street level crossover event! Plus, we’ve got rapid reviews of Legion of X #1 and ASM (2022) #2! What did you think of this week’s fresh Marvel Comics issues? Let The Beat know, here in the comment section or over on social media @comicsbeat. Devil’s Reign Omega #1 Writers: Chip Zdarsky; Jim Zub; Rodney BarnesArtists: Rafael De Latorre; Luciano Vecchio; Guillermo SannaColor Artists: Federico Blee; Carlos Lopez;…