Month: October 2019

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A new trailer for Netflix’s The Witcher series aired today and revealed that the series will release on December 20. The highly anticipated show has the potential to fill the hole left by the departure of Game of Thrones for some viewers.

If you want to learn more about The Witcher ahead of the Netflix adaptation, The World of the Witcher: Video Game Compendium is currently on sale for $22.66 at Amazon (was $40).

The World of the Witcher: Video Game Compendium — $22.66 ($40)

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The 184-page hardcover is currently listed for $26.59, but if you clip the coupon you can get that price down an extra $3.93.

The Witcher Netflix series is technically an adaptation of Andrzej Sapkowski’s fantasy series, not the popular video game franchise that CD Projekt Red adapted from Sapkowski’s books. Still, the compendium could prove useful for those interested in gleaning background information about the world. The illustrated book is a guided tour through the lore, including insights about important characters, prominent regions, and the various beasts and monsters that inhabit this magical and dangerous world.

For those who like to read the books before watching adaptations, you can also pick up a box set containing the first three novels in Sapkowski’s series for $26.92 at Amazon (was $40). The Witcher 3 also recently released on Nintendo Switch, so you’ll be able to play Geralt’s mesmerizing adventure in handheld mode while watching the Netflix show on your TV.

Red Dead Redemption 2 is coming to PC in less than a week on November 5, and so far the looks we’ve gotten at the game in action on high-end hardware have been impressive. With a launch trailer that dropped on Halloween, Rockstar gave us one more visual treat before the game’s release.

The trailer showcases a specific point in the story of RDR 2, when Arthur Morgan and his fellow Van der Linde gang members are hounded off the mainland and into the Caribbean. It’s maybe very slightly spoilerish, but it also gives Rockstar an opportunity to show off some truly beautiful vistas again.

If you’re already rustling in the Old West with Red Dead Online on consoles, you can participate in the spooky Halloween event for special rewards and partake in discounts on bladed implements like tomahawks. It also introduces a limited-time mode, Fear of the Dark, which grants extra in-game currency. The PC version will still be able to play the special mode for the first week after launch, since it ends on November 12.

Meanwhile, the fast-approaching launch means you only have a little longer to pre-order and claim bonuses through the Rockstar Games Launcher. Be sure to check out our pre-order guide to see what you can get, and make sure you’re prepared with the system specs. Meanwhile, if you order through Green Man Gaming, you could potentially get a big discount of sorts. The game is hitting several platforms on November 5, but notably not Steam, which will get the game in December.

Rockstar Games has released a brand-new trailer for Red Dead Redemption 2 PC ahead of its November 5 release. Like the last Red Dead Redemption 2 trailer, this one is also in gorgeous 4K.

After months of rumors, Rockstar officially announced Red Dead Redemption 2 PC back in October. The biggest changes for the PC version are related to the game’s visuals which harness the power of PCs to look even better than it did on consoles.

Rockstar previously released a 4K trailer for Red Dead Redemption 2 PC that showed off those visual improvements. And those same improvements can be seen in the new trailer as well. Rockstar claims that the PC version will support 4K resolution, HDR, multi-monitor support, 60fps, and visual enhancements to textures and models.

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It’s no secret that professional wrestler and executive vice-president of All Elite Wrestling Kenny Omega loves video games. And on the October 30 episode of TNT’s weekly wrestling show, AEW Dynamite, Omega showed off his love for Undertale.

Before he entered the ring, his video package played a 16-bit cutscene that was very reminiscent of the game, featuring a yellow and red disembodied head, which is totally a knock at the New Japan Pro Wrestling’s logo–a company Omega wrestled for–explaining Omega left all his friends and now, he’s all alone. This includes a silhouette of Omega’s former tag team partner, Kota Ibushi. You can check out the video for yourself below.

The sound effects and dialogue from the end of that section are taken directly from Undertale. After the video package ended, Omega entered wearing a Sans mask and outfit, while Megalovania–the song from the game–played in the arena. Surprisingly, this worked incredibly well as entrance music for one of the greatest wrestlers of this generation.

This was a Halloween-themed episode, which contained a lot of Rick & Morty moments, clips, and masks, as AEW was helping promote the upcoming season of the animated series. The Best Friends and Orange Cassidy wrestled as two Ricks and one Morty in their 6-man tag match during the evening.

You can catch more video game references from Omega every week on TNT’s AEW Dynamite which airs ever Wednesday night.

Walmart decided to start its Black Friday pricing early… REALLY early, with a special savings event on all sorts of different items you’d expect to find on sale for Black Friday. Among those are some truly great deals on Samsung QLED 4K UHD TVs.

Samsung 75-inch QLED 4K TV Deal

This is a huge television with a fantastic picture, and you can get it for half its MSRP. This is a 2019 model, too, so it’s the latest and greatest, if that really matters to you. If 75 inches to too many, the 65 and 55 inch versions are also on sale right now. This is the last day for these savings, so if you’re looking to save big you don’t have much time. They also have free delivery, which is always a nice touch.

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The Nintendo Switch Lite is off to a successful start. In its first 11 days on sale, the redesigned, handheld-only Switch model shifted 1.95 million units worldwide, as reported in Nintendo’s six months earnings release.

In total, Nintendo sold 6.93 million units of Switch hardware in the fiscal second quarter that concluded at the end of September, up 36% on a year-to-year basis. The release of the Switch Lite and a new base model Switch with improved battery life and other improvements, contributed to the increase in hardware sales. Sales of software also rose 38% with Super Mario Maker 2 selling 3.93 million units, The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening selling 3.13 million, and Fire Emblem: Three Houses selling 2.29 million.

Nintendo also notes that digital sales are up considerably, increasing 83% from the same point last year, with sales accumulating 71.6 billion yen. Over the same six month period, Nintendo’s total sales reached 443.9 billion yen, bringing its operating profit to 94.2 billion yen.

This brings the total number of Nintendo Switch units sold up to 41.67 million worldwide, putting it on track to overtake all-time sales of the SNES before the end of the next quarter in December. Though this is still a ways off from reaching the Wii’s all-time sales of a staggering 101.63 million units.

Apex Legends is finally getting a Duos mode next week, though only for a short while. Developer Respawn Entertainment announced the news in a recent tweet, revealing that Duos will be arriving in the battle royale shooter on Tuesday, November 5.

The mode will only be available for a limited time, but Respawn didn’t say when it will be removed. This is similar to when Apex Legends introduced a highly requested Solos mode back in August. Apex Legends’ emphasis on teamwork and communication is what initially deterred Respawn from deviating away from the standard three-person setup, but with the success of Solos and the current Halloween-themed Shadowfall game mode, the developer is clearly more willing to branch out and offer different experiences, if only for a limited time.

You only have a few days left to try Shadowfall if you haven’t already, as it will be going away when Duos launches on November 5.

George R. R. Martin has promised that he will not write scripts for Game of Thrones prequel series, House of the Dragon, until he finishes writing his next book, The Winds of Winter.

The legendary author shared a blog post titled “The Dragons Take Wing” to address the recent announcement that HBO has picked up House of the Dragon as a straight-to-series order. In the post, he outlined several details regarding the new series, which will be based on his novel Fire & Blood, while also offering an update on the sixth instalment of the Song of Ice and Fire saga.

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