Month: March 2018

WWE Fastlane 2018: The Best And Most Surprising Moments From The PPV

Fastlane, the final PPV before Wrestlemania, hit the WWE Network on Sunday, March 11, and there were plenty of surprising moments during the evening. The Fastlane event was a Smackdown brand-exclusive PPV featuring seven matches, in which every Smackdown title was on the line. Many of the results set up Wrestlemania matches for April as well.

During the event, we saw some comedic antics, insane maneuvers, and a possible severe injuries happen during the evening. If you’re looking for the full results for Fastlane, make sure to check out GameSpot’s coverage of the event. Here are some of the notable moments during the the PPV.

How To Play Burnout Paradise Remastered Right Now, Ahead Of Launch

Burnout Paradise Remastered, the updated version of EA’s beloved 2008 racing game, is coming out on Xbox One and PlayStation 4 on March 16. But if you have an Xbox One and are an EA Access subscriber, you can play right now.

The game’s “Play First” Trial is available now on Xbox One. It lets you play the full game for 10 hours, and it is a relatively small (by today’s standards) download at 7.66 GB. All progress carries forward, so if you buy the full game after the 10 hours is up, you thankfully do not need to start again. Additionally, EA Access members save 10 percent on all EA digital content, so the $40 game becomes $36 right away.

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Burnout Paradise Remastered, which was only just announced at the end of February, including the full game as you remember it, along with its eight expansions. This includes the open-world Big Surf Island expansion and the Legendary Cars pack, which adds vehicles from movies like Back to the Future and Ghostbusters.

The new edition includes technical enhancements that include “high resolution textures” and 4K / 60 FPS support for PS4 Pro and Xbox One X. It costs US $40 / £35 / AU $48.

Timeless Stars Break Down That Big Premiere Twist

This story contains spoilers from the Season 2 premiere of Timeless, “The War to End All Wars.”

As a thank you to the passionate fans that helped “uncancel” the NBC series, Timeless wasted no time in delivering some of the biggest twists of the series in the Season 2 premiere. The hour opened on the jaw-dropping explosion of Mason Industries, and from there, things only got crazier. Lucy (Abigail Spencer), unaware that all her friends on the Time Team survived the explosion set by Rittenhouse, saw no other choice than to join her duplicitous mother Carol (Susanna Thompson) at Rittenhouse and become of the bad guys. But on her first mother/daughter trip to the past to WWI, Lucy’s real plan became clear: she was working to destroy the Mothership and strand herself along with her mother and Emma (Annie Wersching) in the past, effectively stopping Rittenhouse’s mysterious plans.

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The Walking Dead Stalls as the Saviors Search for Daryl’s Group

Warning: Full spoilers for the episode below.

Last week’s episode, “The Lost and the Plunderers,” ended with a moment that seemed to suggest Rick and Negan’s final confrontation might happen sooner than later, but the smart money, when it comes to this series, is to always bet on things being stretched and padded out.

Sure, it’s not like there weren’t a few nuggets of lingering story to tell out there, some Rick-free drama to hone in on, but aside from Daryl’s swampy trek to the Hilltop, along with the rest of the stray Alexandrians, “Dead or Alive Or” felt crassly useless.

A question here, before I try to dig into Negan’s new bio-warfare plan. Was Gabriel’s road trip with Dr. Carson meant to make us root for him? Was it meant to drum up some sympathy for someone who, for seasons now, has been a somewhat sanctimonious pain in the butt (whenever he was allowed to be anything at all)? Because Gabriel was such a martyr during this trek that I felt myself solidly rooting for things to go to utter s***, which they did. The pointedly on-the-nose dialogue between him and Carson also tended to aggravate more than alleviate.

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Marvel’s Jessica Jones: All the Characters Confirmed for Season 2 – IGN

Jessica’s latest case features some familair faces.

It’s been nearly three years since the first season of Marvel’s Jessica Jones landed on Netflix. At long last, the series is back for another round. And even though the titular heroine conquered her biggest personal demon in Season 1, her challenges are just beginning.

To help get you prepped for these new episodes, here’s a breakdown of every major character appearing in Season 2. We’ve update this slideshow now that the series is available for streaming. It now contains general plot details for Season 2 but no major spoilers.

Jessica Jones Season 2 is now available to stream on Netflix. You can check out our reactions to every episode here. After that, find out what we think the ending means for the future of the series.

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Black Panther Has Done What No Other Marvel Movie Could at the Box Office

Black Panther remained in first place at the domestic box office for its fourth weekend in a row, which is a first for a movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

The film earned an estimated $41.1 million this weekend, which is now the third-largest fourth weekend of all time at the domestic box office. Black Panther also opened in China this weekend, earning $66.5 million. This makes it the fourth-highest grossing opening for a Marvel Cinematic Universe movie in the country.

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