Joker Wins Top Prize at the Venice Film Festival

With a little less than a month to go before it debuts in theaters for the public, Joaquin Phoenix’s Joker movie has already become a critical success, snagging the top award at the Venice Film Festival, according to Variety.

Joker took the Golden Lion award at the festival, beating out controversial director Roman Polanski’s “An Officer and a Spy.” Joker is directed by Todd Phillips, who previously directed the Hangover trilogy and produced 2018’s A Star is Born.

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The Best Laptops of IFA 2019

We’ve seen a wide variety of laptops at IFA 2019 from ultra-lightweight Ultrabooks to 300Hz gaming laptops and obscenely powerful machines meant for creatives. With almost too much to see at the biggest tech conference in Europe, we’ve picked out the best newly announced laptops you should keep an eye out for in the coming months.

Razer Blade Stealth

  • Release date: By the end of September 2019
  • Pricing: $1,499 base, $1,799 with Nvidia GTX 1650 graphics
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AEW on TNT: Cody Rhodes Wants to Present Quality Over Quantity – IGN First

All September long, IGN is highlighting the best TV coming your way in the 2019-2020 season. Today, we’re checking in with Cody Rhodes and All Elite Wrestling, a fledgling wrestling promotion with big names behind it that’s about to unleash a new weekly show on TNT, premiering Wednesday, October 2. AEW on TNT will feature the likes of Rhodes, Jon Moxley (formerly Dean Ambrose of WWE), Kenny Omega, the Young Bucks, newly-crowned AEW Heavyweight Champion Chris Jericho, and an exciting exhibition of stars on the rise.

AEW has its work cut out for it. Not that there isn’t an intense hunger among fans for an alternative to WWE, which still monopolizes the industry in most regards – but all eyes will be on AEW’s product to see if it’s truly the fed that can give the giant a run for its mega-money.

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The Witcher Reading Guide: How to Prepare for Netflix’s Series

With production on Netflix’s The Witcher now wrapped, it’s only a matter of time before this wild world of wonder and weirdness hits the small screen. However, executive producer and showrunner Lauren S. Hissrich’s adaptation of this beloved fantasy world isn’t tied to the massively successful Witcher game franchise developed by CD Projekt Red and which established its significance in the zeitgeist. Instead, the Netflix show is based on the books by author Andrzej Sapkowski.

Sapkowski has published eight Witcher books since he started writing the series back in the mid-’80s when the illustrious Polish author first submitted Wiedzmín — “The Witcher” — to fantasy magazine Fantastyka.

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Celeste Sequel (Probably) Won’t Happen, Developer Says

Spoiler warning! We’ve kept this article entirely free of spoilers for Chapter 9, but the full interview below it does discuss some mechanics spoilers. They are clearly marked as such, but keep that in mind if you want to enter Chapter 9 entirely fresh!

On Monday, Celeste will get a free update that adds a brand new chapter called Farewell, and that title could be a goodbye to Celeste in a broader sense beyond just the story it tells. Chapter 9 is a sizeable update that has been in the works for a while, but as the team behind this indie hit fully moves onto its next project, a new unannounced game, developer Matt Thorson tells me a Celeste sequel isn’t in their plans.

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Secure Your Internet Browsing with These Cheap VPNs

VPNs are useful in many situations, such as staying anonymous online. You can also use a VPN to get access to American Netflix or American Amazon Prime Video from the UK. However, if you’re only interested in your personal security, then you can do so without breaking the bank. Check out the list of the best VPN deals you can get this month below:

1. PureVPN: £2.44 p/m

PureVPN offers the best value for money, with the least amount of commitment 

£2.44 per month is the least you will have to pay for a VPN service on a one year plan. However, it’s not only the low price that makes this VPN provider great; PureVPN is packed with great features, such as gaining access to US Netflix from the UK, and an impressive selection of servers to make sure you get the best user experience.

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Gears 5 Dares To Be Different

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Final Fantasy 7’s Most Iconic Artwork Officially Remade

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Square Enix is celebrating the 22nd anniversary of Final Fantasy VII‘s North American release by recreating one of the most iconic pieces of artwork for the game. The modern look is in line with the detailed visual style of the upcoming Final Fantasy VII Remake, and fans are sure to get a kick out of the treatment Square Enix has given the art.

Regardless of whether you’re a fan of the Final Fantasy franchise, Final Fantasy VII specifically, or RPGs as a genre, you’re probably familiar with the piece of art in question. It depicts the protagonist Cloud with his back to the viewer as he reaches for his sword. He stands facing the Shinra building, which can be seen towering above him in the distance. A cloud of thick black smog chokes the air above, while brilliant blue lights shoot out of the ground. All of this nicely captures the game’s story of a small group of eco-terrorists fighting against a megacorporation to try and save the world they live in.

The remade artwork comes just six months ahead of Final Fantasy 7 Remake March 3, 2020 release date. Square Enix previously revealed the game will span two Blu-ray discs when it launches on PS4, and there will be a $330 Final Fantasy 7 Remake collector’s edition available. At E3 2019, we got an extended gameplay and combat demonstration, and we recently got to more hands-on time with it too. You can see what we thought in the video above.