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Fallout 76 Is Free To Play This Week, And Heavily Discounted

In the world of Fallout, October 23 marks the day that the bombs first fell. While that might seem like an odd anniversary to celebrate, Fallout 76 is doing just that with a free-to-play week, which is active from now until October 26.

You can currently play the full game–including the Wastelanders and Nuclear Winter expansions–for free on PC, PS4, and Xbox One. Any players who enjoy their time in the wastelands and decide to keep going after this week will find that their progress carries over, and the game is discounted by 60% until October 27. The exact price will vary depending on your region.

What's the crossover between Fallout and Dr. Strangelove fans?
What’s the crossover between Fallout and Dr. Strangelove fans?

There are some other discounts running in-game during this event, so all players can pick up Atom Packs at a discount:

  • 500 Atoms: 20% off base price
  • 1000 Atoms (+100 bonus Atoms): 25% off base price
  • 2000 Atoms (+400 bonus Atoms): 30% off base price
  • 4000 Atoms (+1000 bonus Atoms): 35% off base price

Furthermore, all players will be able to access a preview of Fallout 1st, the subscription service that gives you private servers. Until October 26, you can find a preview available to purchase in the Atomic Shop, which will give you some of the membership benefits for the rest of the free-to-play period. You’ll gain access to the Scrapbox and Survival Tent.

Fallout 4 is also on sale this week, with the base game and GOTY edition discounted by 70%, and the Season Pass and DLC packs cut by 60%. It’s worth remembering, though, that if you’re buying a PS5 and subscribe to PS Plus, you’ll get Fallout 4 through the new Plus Collection.

Fallout 76 has struggled since launch to hold our attention, although the Wastelanders expansion saw a marginal improvement–check out GameSpot’s 5/10 review. The game is also on Xbox Game Pass, so subscribers to that service will still be able to access the game after this trial.

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PGA Tour 2K21 Adds Pumpkin Head Costume DLC, Banana Putters, And More

One of the issues some people have with golf is that it’s too serious and stuffy. Well, that is certainly not the case with the latest DLC pack for PGA Tour 2K21.

Several new customization items are available in the game right now, including a Halloween-themed pumpkin hat that looks completely absurd. There are other wacky items, too, including oversized hats and putters made to look like a banana, taco, and hot dog. Check out the video below to see more of what’s included in the new update for PGA Tour 2K21.

These items can be used to deck out your custom player in the MyPlayer mode. You purchase them with virtual currency (VC), which is unlocked through gameplay or by spending real money.

The update that adds these new items is available now on PS4, Xbox One, PC, and Stadia, while the patch will come to Nintendo Switch on October 30.

PGA Tour 2K21 scored an 8/10 in GameSpot’s review. “For the most part, PGA Tour 2K21 admirably captures the peculiar magic of the game of golf,” reviewer Steven Petite said.

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Borat’s Daughter Swallows The Baby In Glorious Clip For Subsequent Moviefilm

The legendary Khazak journalist Borat Sagiyev returns from his 14-year hiatus in just a few days for his sequel, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan. Before the film hits, though, we have a clip to let us know that Borat is going to deliver exactly what we’re hoping for.

Borat (Sacha Baron Cohen) is once again touring America to poke fun at all of the country’s political weirdness. This time, though, he has his daughter in tow. The identity of the actress playing his daughter is currently a carefully-guarded secret, though the internet thinks it might be Maria Bakalova. The two stop by a bakery in the Carolinas for cupcakes, and pick out one decorated with a baby. Borat’s daughter accidentally swallows the toy, and the two head to a women’s clinic for some help.

“I have a baby inside me, and I want to take it out of me,” the young woman tells the horrified Pastor Jonathan Bright. You know how it goes from there, but you have to watch the clip anyway.

The film has Borat doing things like sneaking into the Conservative Political Action Conference and to spend five days fully in-character as he lived in a house with two conspiracy theorists during the pandemic. Cohen told the New York Times recently that “in 2005, you needed a character like Borat who was misogynist, racist, anti-Semitic to get people to reveal their inner prejudices. Now those inner prejudices are overt. Racists are proud of being racists.” Cohen says that while the aim of the sequel is to make viewers laugh, “we reveal the dangerous side to authoritarianism.”

Borat Subsequent Moviefilm stars and is produced by Sacha Baron Cohen and releases on Amazon Prime Video on October 23.

Dune Director’s Next Project Is A TV Series with Jake Gyllenhaal

Denis Villeneuve’s cinema run is incredible (Blade Runner 2049, Arrival, Sicario), but his next project after the upcoming Dune will reunite him with the star of two of his earlier hits. Deadline is reporting that Villeneuve’s next project is a TV series for HBO, adapted from Jo Nesbo’s book The Son, and it’ll star Jake Gyllenhaal.

Gyllenhaal and Villeneuve have previously made two films together: Prisoners and Enemy. Prisoners also starred Hugh Jackman and Viola Davis, and was a hit; Enemy, a film about a man who meets his exact double, was more under-the-radar, but it’s one of the director’s best.

The Son is set in Oslo, Norway, and is about Sonny Lofthus, an escaped, amnesiac convict with an opioid addiction and a lot of people after him. The book was a best-seller.

Both Villeneuve and Gyllenhaal will executive produce the series as well, alongside Jonathan Nolan, Lisa Joy, and Athena Wickham. It’s not clear yet if Villeneuve will direct the whole series, or just the pilot.

The idea for the project apparently originated with Gyllenhaal, who gave the book to Villeneuve after enjoying it himself.

The director’s Dune film was originally meant to release this year, but as with many major Hollywood films in 2020, it has been delayed. It’ll now release on October 1, 2021.

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Netflix Reveals Viewership Numbers for Enola Holmes, Project Power

Netflix recently revealed how many of its members checked out The Old Guard, Enola Holmes, Project Power and The Kissing Booth 2 in their first four weeks.

The Old Guard, starring Charlize Theron, was seen by 78 million members in its first four weeks, which is up from Netflix’s estimate of 72 million views from earlier this year. Netflix is still counting a view as only watching two minutes of a movie, because that’s “long enough to indicate the choice was intentional.”

Netflix revealed its top ten biggest movie debuts around the time The Old Guard was released in July. Assuming Netflix isn’t hiding any other impressive viewership numbers, then The Old Guard places as the fifth biggest launch for a Netflix movie with Enola Holmes and Project Power in sixth and seventh.

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Enola Holmes is estimated to “reach” 76 million members over its first four weeks and Project Power was seen by 75 million Netflix members. The Kissing Booth 2 put up 66 million views, which would place it ninth on Netflix’s list of top debuts. The documentary, American Murder: The Family Next Door, was checked out by 50 million Netflix users, which Netflix says is its biggest documentary launch so far.

Netflix also revealed some numbers for its TV shows, according to The Hollywood Reporter. In its four weeks, Ratched was seen by 48 million users, The Umbrella Academy received 43 million views, and Lucifer was viewed by 38 million Netflix users.

Netflix also bragged about its acquisition of Cobra Kai. The first two seasons of the series were released on the service in September 2020 and eclipsed all of Netflix’s original shows of the quarter to reach 50 million viewers in its first four weeks. Netflix announced a season three premiere for Cobra Kai earlier this month and gave the series an early season four renewal.

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Netflix continues to put out big releases in October with The Haunting of Bly Manor, The Trial of the Chicago 7 and Hubie Halloween. IGN’s review of Hubie Halloween calls the Adam Sandler movie “aggressively stupid” but “occasionally endearing.”

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Petey Oneto is a freelance writer for IGN.

Charlie Brown Holiday Specials Will Now Only Be on Apple TV Plus

Apple TV+ has teamed up with WildBrain, Peanuts Worldwide, and Lee Mendelson Film Productions to become the home for “all things Peanuts,” which includes classics like A Charlie Brown Christmas and new original series and specials.

The second season of the Daytime Emmy-nominated Snoopy in Space series will be part of the new Peanuts content coming to Apple TV+ alongside “a slate of brand-new specials that will find the Peanuts gang marking Mother’s Day, Earth Day, New Year’s Eve, and Back to School.”

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Apple TV+ subscribers will also be treated to the previously announced The Snoopy Show, a new Peanuts 70th anniversary documentary, and the Daytime Emmy Award-winning Peanuts in Space: Secrets of Apollo 10.

Those looking for the Peanuts classics will soon find such films as A Charlie Brown Christmas (December 4), Charlie Brown Thanksgiving (November 18), and It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (October 19) on Apple TV+.

Yet there is also good news for those who are not subscribed to Apple TV+, as these favorites will be free to all who use the app for a short time.

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The previously mentioned Halloween special will be available for free from October 30-November 1, the Thanksgiving special will be available for free from November 25-27, and the Christmas special will be available for free from December 11-13.

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Daniel Kaluuya’s Barney Movie Has a “Heartbreaking” Premise

Get Out’s Daniel Kaluuya is set to produce a live-action Barney movie with Mattel, and the premise appears to be a bit “heartbreaking.”

Speaking to EW, Kaluuya brought up how Barney, everyone’s favorite purple dinosaur, taught us “I love you, you love me. Won’t you say you love me too?” However, what happens when “that isn’t true?”

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“Barney taught us, ‘I love you, you love me. Won’t you say you love me too?’ That’s one of the first songs I remember, and what happens when that isn’t true? I thought that was really heartbreaking,” Kaluuya said. “I have no idea why but it feels like that makes sense. It feels like there’s something unexpected that can be poignant but optimistic. Especially at this time now, I think that’s really, really needed.”

Barney & Friends was a children’s show that aired from 1992-2009 and starred Barney, a purple Tyrannosaurus Rex, and his friends Baby Bop, B.J., Riff, and more. The show was set to return in 2017, but there has been little to no word of it since then.

Kaluuya was also speaking to EW about his upcoming film Judas and the Black Messiah, which is set to be released in theaters in 2021 and is looking to “show the ‘full picture’ of the Black Panthers.”

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GLOW Stars Advocated For More Inclusive, Representational Season 4 Before Cancelation

Of all the unfortunate TV cancelations we’ve seen in 2020, the cancelation of the already-confirmed GLOW Season 4 has stood out as one of the most egregious. But as beloved as the show was, it wasn’t perfect–and steps were being made to fix some of the show’s representation issues in Season 4.

A statement has been shared on Instagram by Sunita Mani, who played wrestler Arthie Premkumar on the show. It details how the series’ POC cast members came together to write a letter to the show’s creators and executive producers asking for the show to do better with how it handles racial issues and representation.

“Since season 1, the show has planted racial stereotyping into our character’s existence, yet our storylines are relegated to the sidelines in dealing with this conflict or have left us feeling like checked-boxes on a list,” the letter reads. It notes that, while the show is celebrated for its diversity, the writer’s room was entirely white.

According to Mani, the letter was a success. “Our show creators and producers HEARD US,” she wrote. “They were in the process of making Season 4 reflect some of the systemic problems we outlined.”

“This was a huge deal–creating space for change–and it was a testament to the love and support that was, by no twist of fate, an intentional element seeded by our show’s creators and germinated in the entire cast.”

You can read Mani’s statement, and the letter, below.

The letter is signed by series stars Ellen Wong, Sydelle Noel, Britney Young, Shakira Barrera, and Kia Stevens, along with Mani.

The cast of the show has been calling on Netflix to let them wrap the series with a movie, so that the characters–and the fans–can find some closure.

Glow is just one of 24 series cancelled by Netflix so far this year: here’s a complete list.

AOC’s Among Us Livestream Is One Of The Biggest Twitch Streams Ever

Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is currently streaming the video game Among Us with popular streamers Pokimane, HasanAbi, Jacksepticeye, and others, and the stream is pulling in some big numbers.

AOC’s livestream alone reached a peak of around 430,000 concurrent viewers, which makes it close to the biggest Twitch livestream in history. Combining that with the streaming figures for Pokimane, HasanAbi, Jacksepticeye, Moist, and Dr Lupo, the number climbs significantly higher. Another US representative, Ilhan Omar, is taking part in the livestream event as well.

For comparison, the Ninja/Drake livestream of Fortnite in 2018 reached more than 600,000 concurrent viewers to set a new record for the streaming platform.

The AOC stream has been a wholesome experience thus far, with the Congresswoman kicking things off by encouraging people to vote in the US election coming up soon. She’s had a playful banter with the other streamers, and overall it’s been a delight to watch.

Omar shared a nice photo of herself from the livestream with a wide smile in front of her computer. “When you’re winning,” she captioned the photo.

This was AOC’s first-ever Twitch livestream. She hasn’t announced plans for additional streams, but there is clearly an appetite.

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