A Nintendo Direct has been announced for later this week that will be themed around Pokemon.
Referred to by Nintendo as a Pokemon Direct, you’ll be able to watch the whole presentation over on Nintendo’s website or YouTube channel on Thursday, January 9 2020, starting at 06:30am PST / 09:30am ET or at 14:30 GMT if you’re in the UK.
Nintendo said in an announcement tweet that the stream will last for roughly 20 minutes and will contain new Pokemon information.
About 10 years ago Origin built the original Big O, a liquid-cooled PC with an Xbox 360 crammed into the same box. Last year the Big O returned, with a massive chassis housing a PC, an Xbox One S, a PS4 and a Nintendo Switch. That insane product was just a concept though – Origin just built one because it could. This year at CES 2020 the monster is back, and now as an actual consumer product.
The new Big O has slimmed down – it’s using Corsair’s Crystal 280X case instead of the massive Origin Genesis case, with RGB lighting powered by Corsair iCUE. And while it does cram both a PC and console in there, you have to choose between a PS4 Pro or Xbox One X – you don’t get both (plus a Switch). However, in addition to the PC, the console is liquid cooled too. And you can configure it with a built-in capture card, so it’s in theory a good option for console-based content creators and streamers.
Today’s spotlight deal is the lowest price we’ve ever seen on a SecretLabs TITAN Gaming Chair, their best selling model and our pick for best gaming chair of 2020. There are also some great deals on PlayStation Plus for the PS4 and Xbox Game Pass Ultimate.
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Here’s your chance to get a SecretLabs TITAN 2018 gaming chair at a huge discount. The 2018 series is normally $379 (compared to the 2020 series price of $400). There’s another $65 in instant savings as part of the New Year Sale and, starting today, an extra $30 off with coupon code. SecretLabs makes some of the best gaming chairs around. In fact, we rated the TTIAN as our best gaming chair of 2020. This chair features PRIME 2.0 PU leather upholstery with SecretLabs’ custom cold-cure foam fill, adjustable lumbar support, full-length backrest recline, multi-tilt adjustability, full metal 4D armrests, and memory foam headrest pillow. All of this is backed by a 5-year warranty and shipping is included in the cost.
At CES 2020, NEC unveiled the lightest laptop I’ve ever held. Weighing just 1.85 lbs, the Lavie Pro Mobile is the one of if not the lightest laptops ever made. It’s definitely an ultrabook – there’s no discrete graphics card here – designed for productivity and, of course, portability. But that portability is really astounding.
The laptop I use on a daily basis weighs just more than 3 pounds, and that may not seem like much of a difference. But holding it and then the Pro Mobile one after the other – the difference is night and day.
Despite that incredibly light weight, the Pro Mobile doesn’t feel flimsy at all. This is thanks to a magnesium lithium chassis paired with a carbon fiber lid. Really it feels just as solid as my daily driver, a Lenovo ThinkPad, just much lighter. The Lavie Pro Mobile is made by NEC, a Japanese PC manufacturer that’s owned by Lenovo. The Pro Mobile has thus far only released in Japan but Lenovo is expanding it this year into the US in March, with a starting price of $1,599.
LG showed off a boat load of new 4K TVs and 8K TVs at CES 2020. While the company was meek with details on how its panel technology has improved, this year’s crop of TVs come with new features and in a few new form factors and display resolutions if you’ve got the budget for it.
The most important thing gamers will love to hear is LG’s mainstream CX- and BX-series—and the 8K-capable Z9 series—OLED TVs will all support both FreeSync and G-Sync, so you’ll be able to enjoy tear-free game play whether you’ve got an Xbox One S, Xbox One X or a Nvidia-powered gaming PC.
Rockstar has rolled out a new batch of content for Red Dead Redemption 2‘s multiplayer mode, Red Dead Online. This week brings a handful of new clothing options to the game, as well as some additional bonuses for the new Moonshiner Frontier Pursuit.
First, several new pieces of clothing have been added to the Wheeler, Rawson and Co. Catalogue. The Boutell Hat and Leavitt Jacket are now available for a limited time, while the following items are permanent additions:
On top of that is the aforementioned Moonshiner bonuses. Players who Moonshiner Rank 3 by January 13 will earn an exclusive colorway of Kelley Boots. You can claim your reward from the Benefits section. You’ll also receive 500 Moonshiner Role XP for flavoring any Moonshine this week.
If you’re looking to pick up Moonshining, you can get discounts on some essentials to get your business off the ground. All Moonshiner Shack Properties and Property Relocations are 25% off this week, while Traders can get 40% off Novice and Promising Trader Role Items. You can read more about this week’s Red Dead Online update on Rockstar’s website.
The Moonshiner is the newest Frontier Pursuit to be added to Red Dead Online. As the role’s name suggests, it allows you to run your own bootlegging business. Like other Specialist Roles in the game, the Moonshiner features a unique progression path that unlocks pursuit-specific apparel, equipment upgrades, new weapons like a Flammable Moonshine Jug, new horse breeds, and more.
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Are you ready to hop on the road to Wrestlemania? The 2020 Royal Rumble airs live on pay-per-view on Sunday, January 26, which means before long we should know who is headlining WWE‘s biggest show of the year. Once again, this year’s Rumble will include two massive 30-person over-the-top-rope battle royal matches–a men’s and women’s–with the winners going on to face their brand’s World or Women’s Champion at Wrestlemania.
At least, that’s how it’s supposed to work. Paul Heyman and WWE World Champion Brock Lesnar threw a wrench in the works with the announcement that Brock would enter the match in the number one slot, meaning if he wins he faces… himself? Picks his own opponent? Wrestlemania is canceled? Who knows, honestly. Before that happens, though, he’s going to have to survive 29 other WWE superstars in the match, some of which have already been revealed.
Likewise, the women will be fighting in a rumble of their own to take on either the Raw or Smackdown Women’s Champion at Wrestlemania. Thus far, though, only one superstar has been named for that particular match.
You can take a look at everyone announced for the 2020 Royal Rumble matches thus far below. Then make sure to check back here on Sunday, January 26, at 7 PM ET for full coverage of the event from GameSpot’s Mat Elfring and Chris E. Hayner.
We kick off 2020 – The Year of Xbox, in our opinions – by taking a look at a new report that gives us an idea of just how powerful the Xbox Series X will be. Plus: Microsoft stands poised to go on the offensive for the first time in years, Respawn studio head Vince Zampella is given more power at EA, and more. Happy New Year!
Subscribe on any of your favorite podcast feeds, or grab an MP3 download of this week’s episode. For more awesome content, check out the latest episode of IGN Unfiltered from our new barcade set, featuring an interview with Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order director Stig Asmussen. It’s an open bar; come and join us!
Robert Pattinson has shared more insight into why he chose to get back into the blockbuster movie genre by donning the cowl and suiting up to play Batman. He told Entertainment Weekly that he was attracted to the film–which will be directed by Dawn of the Planet of the Apes’ Matt Reeves–because of the franchise’s “legacy and lineage” as being more than a simple cash-in to sell toys.
“There was something that always appealed to me about it. I feel like it exists outside the realm of … Batman movies have always attracted really, really good directors, and really good actors,” he said. “It’s got a legacy and a lineage to it … it’s never seemed to me like it’s been just a cash-in. I always feel like it’s not like they just made a movie so they could sell toys.”
Pattinson joins a long list of celebrated actors who have played Batman over the years, including Christian Bale, Michael Keaton, Val Kilmer, George Clooney, and Ben Affleck.
Other big-name actors who have appeared in Batman movies have included Jack Nicholson, Gary Oldman, Heath Ledger, Danny DeVito, Anne Hathaway, Jim Carrey, Tommy Lee Jones, Uma Thurman, and Liam Neeson, among others.
As Pattinson alludes to, the Batman series has also attracted some highly regarded directing talent. Christopher Nolan, Tim Burton, and Joel Schumacher have directed entries in the series.
In the EW interview, Pattinson said he was “obsessed” with the Tim Burton Batman movies, while he also praised the ’60s Batman TV show featuring Adam West as Batman.
In addition to Pattinson, The Batman stars Andy Serkis (Alfred), Zoe Kravitz (Catwoman), Colin Farrell (The Penguin), Paul Dano (The Riddler), Jeffrey Wright (Commissioner Gordon), and John Turturro (Carmine Falcon).
Also in the interview, Pattinson said he first learned he got the Batman job on his first day of shooting for Christopher Nolan’s new movie, Tenet. That movie and the new Batman share a parent production company in Warner Bros.
The Batman will hit theatres on June 25, 2021. DC’s major film releases for 2020 are Birds of Prey and Wonder Woman 1984, and it’s likely that Batman spin-off Joker will receive a sequel considering its enormous box office success.