With dozens of comic books to choose from, let us show you which are the best coming out this week. Take a look at this list spotlighting our favorite comics that we know are money-well-spent and new books that look cool and are backed by some top-tier talent.
Check out our picks, then head to the comments to let us know what you’ll be buying this week!
Like clockwork, Epic is rolling out another update for Fortnite. The developer has confirmed the game’s 8.10 patch will drop on PS4, Xbox One, PC, Nintendo Switch, and mobile devices on Tuesday, March 12, with downtime set to begin at 2 AM PT / 5 AM ET / 9 AM GMT.
As usual, Epic hasn’t detailed what’s coming in this week’s update, although we did get a look at a new vehicle on the way to the game: the Baller. The vehicle was recently spotted in Fortnite’s in-game News feed and bears a strong resemblance to a hamster ball, with what looks like a Grappler mounted to the front.
Beyond that, details about the Baller are scarce at the moment, but its description teases that players will be able to use it to “roll through the competition.” What makes the Baller particular notable, however, is that it marks the first new vehicle to arrive in Season 8.
While Epic rolls out new weapons on a near-weekly basis, vehicles are a much more infrequent addition to the game, and they’re typically not around for very long; the Stormwing plane, for instance, arrived at the start of Season 7 but has since been vaulted. The long-delayed Driftboards are still available, however, although it’s not yet clear if they’ll likewise be vaulted soon.
Epic will share the full patch notes for Fortnite’s 8.10 update on March 12, and a new set of weekly challenges is expected to arrive on March 14. In the meantime, you can find tips for the tasks that are already available in our complete Season 8 challenges guide.
This is a spoiler-free review of Netflix’s new anthology, Love, Death & Robots, which premiered at SXSW on March 9. All 18 shorts debut on the streaming service on March 15.
When Tim Miller and David Fincher set out to create Love, Death & Robots, Fincher says, they just wanted to make something “cool.”
Mission accomplished. Netflix’s new anthology series – comprised of 18 animated shorts, varying between 5-17 minutes in length – is the epitome of cool; an ambitious, dazzling, f***ed up fever-dream that hops between genres and animation styles to deliver an all-you-can-eat buffet of weirdness, from sentient yogurt to ghost fish to an alternate history that gleefully reimagines the many ways Hitler could’ve died. The series’ closest analogs are the likes of Heavy Metal, Liquid Television, and Adult Swim, but Love, Death & Robots takes things to another level in terms of style, scope, and its ability to shock.
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The Apple Watch Series 3 is a really cool piece of tech. While it doesn’t have all the features of the Series 4, it’s a big jump up from previous iterations of the Apple Watch, and it’s significantly cheaper than the Apple Watch Series 4 right now. In fact, you can pick up a shiny new Apple Watch Series 3 starting at just 200 bucks.
This is a fantastic price on one of Apple’s coolest pieces of technology. The Apple Watch Series 3 38mm is a huge upgrade from previous versions of the Apple Watch and closer to realizing the wearable tech dreams from science fiction. You can get this excellent deal at Amazon right now, and if you don’t like the band color, you can always change it to something more suitable to your style.
The start of a new week means we’ll have a brand-new batch of game deals at Best Buy–but this isn’t just any old week. Sunday, March 10–also known as Mario Day–kicked off a week of celebration for Nintendo’s lovable mustached plumber, and as a result, several retailers are running major discounts on Mario games all week. That includes Best Buy, where you can save 50% on a select Mario game when you buy a Nintendo Switch. Best Buy has four games left to choose from as part of this deal: Super Mario Odyssey, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Mario Tennis Aces, and Super Mario Party. This deal is only available through Saturday while supplies last, so if you’ve been planning to buy a Switch, now’s a good time to pick one up.
For those who already own a Switch, you can still get Mario games at a discount this week. Like other retailers, Best Buy is selling digital downloads for various Mario games for just $40; however, the codes seem to be unavailable as of this time. We’ll update this post if that changes.
Don’t worry, it’s not all about Mario this week; in fact, quite a few big games are on sale at Best Buy right now. Red Dead fans will be pleased to see that Red Dead Redemption: Game of the Year Edition is just $10, and Red Dead Redemption II is still marked down to $40. Meanwhile, Borderlands: The Handsome Collection is on sale for $15, BioShock: The Collection is down to $20, and Just Cause 4: Day 1 Edition is selling for just $40. Grand Theft Auto V: Premium Online Edition is available for just $20, and Metal Gear Solid V: The Definitive Experience is just $15.
See our full list of picks from this week’s Best Buy game sale below, and browse the full catalog of options on Best Buy’s website. As always, these deals are available now through Saturday, March 16.
After months of silence, Niantic and Warner Bros. have revealed some new details on their upcoming Harry Potter mobile game, Wizards Unite. The title is scheduled to launch for Android and iOS devices later this year, but some prospective wizards are able to sign up for it right now.
Pre-registration for Harry Potter: Wizards Unite is now open for Android users on Google Play, giving those who are interested in the title a chance to sign-up and potentially receive early access. Pre-registration is not yet available on the App Store, but the developers tell iOS players to “stay tuned for more updates” on that front.
Harry Potter: Wizards Unite is a Pokemon Go-like take on J.K. Rowling’s beloved series. As a member of Statute of Secrecy Task Force, players must explore the real world and locate Foundables–important people and items in the wizarding world–and dispel the Confoundable magic that’s trapping them.
While the basic premise of Wizards Unite is similar to Pokemon Go, there are numerous elements that set it apart from Niantic’s hit Pokemon game. As we learned during our recent hands-on session with the title, Wizards Unite bears many similarities to a traditional RPG. The game places a bigger emphasis on story, with voice-acted characters, and features RPG elements like skill trees and potion brewing.
Niantic and Warner Bros. still haven’t announced a release date for Harry Potter: Wizards Unite. The game was originally scheduled to launch in 2018 but was delayed into this year. You can read more about the title on the official Harry Potter: Wizards Unite website.
Doom has already had a big-screen adaptation, starring none other than Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. That 2005 movie was panned and essentially disavowed by Johnson, but now another movie is on the way: Doom Annihilation.
This film is not destined for the multiplex, though. It’s a direct-to-video movie, not connected to the other film, written and directed by Tony Giglio (who was also behind the direct-to-video movie S.W.A.T.: Under Siege). It follows the lore of Doom relatively closely, as a group of Marines respond to a distress call from a Martian moon base, only to discover it crawling with demons. Chaos ensues.
It’s a concept that lends itself to camp. Check out the brief teaser-trailer below for a look at the marines, a demon or two, and some hellish dialogue.
It’s worth noting that Bethesda and its parent company ZeniMax, which is currently at work on the upcoming Doom Eternal, don’t hold any film rights to the franchise. That makes Doom Annihilation separate from the story of the 2015 Doom reboot and the upcoming Doom Eternal. For more, check out 25 years of Doom.
Apex Legends developer Respawn has no time for cheaters. The developer confirmed in a Reddit post that as of March 8, it had banned more than 355,000 players on PC alone.
Respawn uses the Easy-Anti-Cheat tools for the PC version of the battle royale game. It’s working, but Respawn acknowledged that fighting against cheaters is an “ongoing war.”
“We’ll need to continue to adapt to and be very vigilant about fighting [cheaters],” Respawn said. “We take cheating very seriously and care deeply about the health of Apex Legends for all players.”
Respawn added that it is working on new anti-cheat measures, but the developer doesn’t plan to openly communicate its plans–and that’s intentional.
“We’re going to have to be pretty secretive about our plans,” Respawn said. “Cheaters are crafty and we don’t want them to see us coming.”
On a high level, Respawn said it has already begun communicating with anti-cheat experts within EA and outside of it. Not only that, but Respawn has begun to scale up its own internal anti-cheat team, while the studio also plans to introduce new reporting functionality for bad behaviour.
Also in the Reddit post, Respawn said it’s aware of players spamming during character-select and then disconnecting. “We’re keeping a lot of our strategy close to the chest so offenders don’t have time to build workarounds before we implement changes,” Respawn said about addressing this. “Solutions won’t happen right away but we’re on it.”
Additionally, Respawn said it’s working on improving general stability and performance on PC, and to that end, it’s releasing patch soon that will address some of the known crashes. AMD is visiting Respawn’s offices soon to discuss best practices; Nvidia already came by to the studio.
Respawn also said it’s aware that people are asking for Apex Legends to allow players to re-connect to a match if they drop out. However, there are no plans for this because it “opens up a lot of risk” for abuse, while Respawn said the efforts that would be required to release such a feature would take away from other, more pressing matters. Finally, Respawn said in the post that it’s aware of issues related to slow performance at the start of matches. The studio is looking into the matter, but it might not be a simple, quick fix.
“If this could be fixed by spending money on faster/more servers we would do it, but unfortunately there is no silver bullet on this one,” Respawn said. “We’re just rolling up our sleeves and digging in. We’ll keep you updated on any progress we make.”
It appears this latest update from Respawn is related only to PC; given the closed nature of consoles, cheating by way of third-party software is generally less common on console than PC, though cheating does still happen on PS4 and Xbox One.
In other Apex Legends news, the latest weapon balance patch is out out, while a future update will address hitbox concerns.
PAX Australia organisers have announced the dates for this year’s show. The annual event will take place October 11-13 at the Melbourne Convention Centre, organisers announced in a tweet that includes an image of a block-shaped Ibis.
There is no word yet on when tickets will go on sale or what the programming lineup– including panels, speakers, music acts and more–will look like yet. But those details and more–like who the keynote speaker will be–should become available in due course, so keep checking back with GameSpot for more.
2018’s PAX Australia was the first to feature combined efforts between PAX and EB Expo. Specifics about 2019’s show are unavailable at this point, so it remains to be seen if this partnership will continue in 2019 or what other changes and updates there might be in general.
Last year, Tomb Raider writer Rhianna Pratchett gave the keynote address, while other big names like Bethesda executives Pete Hines and Tim Willits attended the show. For more on PAX Aus 2018, check out GameSpot’s hub with all of our written and video coverage.
PAX Aus is just one of the show’s global events. The next PAX is PAX East which comes to Boston, Mass. starting on March 28.