September 2019 – Page 75

Madden NFL 20 Repeats as August 2019’s Best-Selling Game

Madden NFL 20 is the best-selling game of August 2019, repeating its victory after being the top-selling game in July of this year, while also becoming the seventh yearly Madden entry in a row to top the charts in August.

As reported by the NPD Group, Madden is now the third-best-selling game of 2019, trailing behind Kingdom Hearts III and Mortal Kombat 11. Minecraft, interestingly, had its all-time high placement on the NPD best-sellers chart, coming in as the second-best-selling game for the month of August.

Our Madden NFL 20 review said this year’s entry had some of the best moment-to-moment gameplay in the series. However, our reviewer found other parts like the Franchise mode to be somewhat lacking.

The Goldfinch Review

Compelling adaptation of Donna Tartt’s bestseller, though one that might have been better served as a mini-series.

Ring Fit Adventure Is Up for Preorder at Amazon

Nintendo has announced a new fitness-based game called Ring Fit Adventure, and it launches exclusively for Switch on October 18. Ring Fit Adventure comes with a circular “Ring-Con” controller and leg strap you put your Joy-Cons into. Then you control your character in the game by doing physical exercises. Ring Fit Adventure has 20 worlds to explore and many enemies to defeat using 40 “fit skills” you learn as you play. These involve various movements and stances, including yoga poses.

If you could use some exercise in your gaming life, you’ll probably want to know where you can preorder Ring Fit Adventure and how much it costs. We have you covered below, so read on.

Fire and Blood: Next Game of Thrones Prequel Could Be a Targaryen History

A second Game of Thrones prequel series is reportedly in the works at HBO, according to Deadline and The Hollywood Reporter.

Both outlets are reporting that the new series is close to a pilot order. Written by Colony co-creator Ryan Condal and produced by Condal and A Song of Ice and Fire author George R. R. Martin, the potential prequel is based on Martin’s Fire and Blood, a history of the Targaryen dynasty. Set 300 years before the events of Game of Thrones, the series would reportedly focus on the dominance and decline of House Targaryen.

What the Heck is Nintendo’s Ring-Con? – NVC 474

Welcome to Nintendo Voice Chat! Nintendo may have dropped most of the big announcements during last week’s Nintendo Direct, but there was one wacky reveal left for this week. Nintendo revealed its latest fitness game, Ring Fit Adventure, as well as a new peripheral… The Ring-Con! Join the NVC crew as they discuss Nintendo’s new fitness experiment. Then, stay for gameplay impressions of Link’s Awakening, which comes out next week! Plus, hear about Celeste’s farewell chapter, Pokémon Sword and Shield’s potential autosave feature, new amiibo releases, and more. Finally, the panel takes your questions on Question Block.

NHL 20 Gameplay – Mascots Score Lots Of Goals

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Borderlands 3 – Craziest Guns We’ve Seen So Far

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Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare – Multiplayer Beta Trailer

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Weird New Fitness Device For Switch Detailed – GS News Update

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Jojo Rabbit Review

This is an advance review out of the Toronto International Film Festival. Jojo Rabbit opens in the US on Oct. 18, in Australia on Dec. 26, and in the UK on Jan. 3, 2020.

You can watch our video review for Jojo Rabbit in the player above.

At the start of Jojo Rabbit, the Fox Searchlight fanfare segues into a Hitler Youth song, while the opening credits feature stock footage of Aryan children performing ‘Heil Hitlers’ to a German-language version of I Wanna Hold Your Hand. This should give you a clue that Taika Waititi’s new film – a very loose adaptation of Christine Leunen’s 2008 novel Caging Skies – is flirting with bad taste from the off.

Yet while the film’s approach to World War II events is unsettling – and its comic coming-of-age story frequently outrageous – Waititi and his talented cast find tenderness and humanity in the material, making this a period piece that couldn’t be timelier. The film’s central conceit is certainly a headline-grabber – kid receives counsel from his imaginary friend, who just happens to be Adolf Hitler. But while that aspect of the story has been placed front-and-centre in the film’s early marketing materials – and dominates the movie’s opening scenes – JoJo Rabbit is about much more than that, with a very different friendship at the heart of proceedings.

Borderlands 3 Guide: Spoiler-Free Tips & Advice To Help Get You Started

Moxxi’s Tip Jar (Part Deux)

Moxxi’s Tip Jar returns, which means you can get some powerful loot–just as long as you’re a generous soul, of course. Go to Moxxi’s bar in Sanctuary and add money to the tip jar on the counter; you can tip either $100 or $1,000 at a time. At around $10,000 in contributions, you get a weapon trinket. You earn a new gun at $15,000; though the more money you pour in at that point, the better the gun Moxxi will gift you.

Star Wars Director’s $250 Million New Deal Includes Video Games, Here’s What We Know

JJ Abrams is making moves. The Star Wars and Star Trek director and his company Bad Robot have signed a massive new deal with Warner Bros. to make movies, TV shows, and video games.

A press release describes the deal as being “wide-ranging” and “exclusive” in nature. It begins immediately, and runs through 2024. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but media reports from several sources say WarnerBros. paid Abrams and his Bad Robot co-CEO Katie McGrath a massive $250 million.

“We are extremely excited about the potential to deliver remarkable and memorable stories and characters across multiple platforms to audiences around the world. J.J., Katie, and all of Bad Robot bring extraordinary vision, exquisite filmmaking, and exemplary industry leadership to this endeavor and our company,” WarnerMedia CEO John Stankey said in a statement.

Abrams and WarnerMedia have been working together for a long time already, having initially signed an “overall” deal in 2006 before renewing the TV components of it in 2012 and 2015. Under those deals, Bad Robot produced shows like Fringe, Person of Interest, and Westworld.

“I am grateful for the chance to write, produce and direct work for this incredible company, and to help create films and series with a diverse and vast collection of inspiring storytellers. We can’t wait to get started,” Abrams said in a statement.

As part of the deal, Bad Robot will produce more TV shows in the genres of drama, comedy, and longform, among others, and these will be produced for traditional TV and streaming services alike. WarnerMedia owns HBO, so you can expect some of the content to show up on HBO’s platforms.

As for the new movies Bad Robot will produce for WarnerMedia, the press release states that they be exclusive to Warner Bros. labels. Bad Robot is currently working with Disney on Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker and is attached to Paramount for future Star Trek endeavors, and WarnerMedia said it will “honor existing obligations” around those projects.

Moving to video games, Bad Robot’s video game division, Bad Robot Games, will make “new large and indie consumer games for mobile, PC, and console.” Bad Robot Games is a joint partnership with Chinese internet giant Tencent and Warner Bros.’ larger video game division, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment.

Abrams was working on a video game with Fortnite creator Epic Games called Spyjinx. However, there have been no recent updates on the game. In fact, the game’s Twitter account hasn’t posted in nearly two years. It remains to be seen if Bad Robot’s new deal with WarnerMedia may impact Spyjinx. We’ve contacted Epic in an attempt to get more details.

Watch the First Trailer for Nickelodeon’s Are You Afraid of the Dark Reboot

Submitted for the approval of the Midnight Society, Nickelodeon has debuted the first trailer for its upcoming reboot of Are You Afraid of the Dark, along with the premiere date for the three-episode revival of the beloved ’90s kids show.

Reconceived as a three-episode limited series, Are You Afraid of the Dark will premiere the first of its three hourlong episodes on Friday, Oct. 11, at 7 p.m. ET/PT, with parts two and three set to air on Oct. 18, and Oct. 25, respectively.

Watch the official trailer for Are You Afraid of the Dark below:

According to Nickelodeon, the new Are You Afraid of the Dark “will follow members of an entirely new Midnight Society, who tell a terrifying tale of the Carnival of Doom and its evil ringmaster Mr. Top Hat, only to witness the shocking story come frightfully to life.”