With the recent release of Pokemon Sword and Shield for the Nintendo Switch, it is no surprise that the game can now be found bundled with the console.
This bundle is priced at £279, which means if you’re investing in a Switch to play Pokemon, you can save yourself around £45 right away. This bundle is the same price as a standard Switch system, which means you can play either Pokemon Sword or Shield at no extra cost.
Amazon is gearing up for Black Friday with its “Happy HoliDeals” savings page, a reskinned version of its usual Deal of the Day landing page. On it you can find savings on hundreds of items ahead of Black Friday, including some really excellent early chances to save on 4K TVs from TCL, Samsung, and Sony.
Apart from its HoliDeals branding, the biggest and best Black Friday deals haven’t officially started at Amazon. Once its competitors start, Amazon will begin price-matching on just about everything, so if you start seeing Best Buy or Walmart offering Black Friday deals, expect to see the same items with the same discounts at Amazon.
Welcome to IGN’s Black Friday TV deals page, your source for all the best TV deals you can get in the UK this month.
If you’re in the market for a new TV, Black Friday sales are a great place to start. Most types of TV will receive some kind of discount, and if you look in the right places you could grab yourself a real bargain. Whether you’re after a brand new OLED set, or simply the most affordable 4K TV available, this is the best time of year to make a purchase.
Actors and musicians you know and love are all going to be turned into cats this Christmas for the upcoming musical journey Cats. The latest trailer for the upcoming December movie has arrived, and it is, aesthetically speaking, nightmare-fuel. I will never sleep again.
Back in July, we got our first glimpse of the movie, and it got everyone on the internet talking, but probably not in the way Universal Pictures had hoped. You can see the latest trailer below, which doesn’t really add anything that we didn’t already know.
The latest trailer shows off celebrities as cats. Do you like Idris Elba? Well, he’s a cat named Macavity. Does the music of Taylor Swift make you happy? Well, she plays a cat named Bombalurina. Also appearing are Sir Ian McKellen as Gus The Theater Cat, Rebel Wilson as Jennyanydots, Dame Judi Dench as Old Deuteronomy, James Corden as Bustopher Jones, Jennifer Hudson as Grizabella, Jason Derulo as Rum Tum Tugger, and Francesca Hayward as Victoria–the only cat without a ridiculous name.
We also get lots of people, dressed as cats, doing cat things. Bustopher Jones hisses at another cat then licks the back of his hand to rub on his head, just like cats do. There are also lots of cat puns as well. There’s also tap dancing and dance-offs, which may not be a spectacle humans see day-to-day, but surely, these are things cats probably do when we’re not looking.
The movie is based on the Broadway play by Andrew Lloyd Webber which is based on a poetry collection by T.S. Eliot. The movie is about a group of cats that have to pick another cat to live in the Heaviside Layer–which is very posh and classy. All street cats want a life of luxury, being spoiled with Fancy Feast served to them on satin pillows in gold bowls.
Cats claws its way into theaters on December 25.
Frozen became a smash-hit for Disney when it was released in 2013. The female empowerment story turned the idea of what a Disney film could be on its head and reinvigorated the studio’s animation division. The Oscar-winning computer-animated flick introduced fans to Elsa and Anna, a pair of sisters whose strange, isolated life is torn apart after the death of their parents. Elsa’s journey of self-discovery quickly made Frozen a cultural phenomenon and the fact that it was filled with catchy songs and adult-friendly jokes that were reminiscent of a Pixar film didn’t hurt either.
Now over half a decade later, Anna, Elsa, Sven, Kristoff, and Olaf are returning to the big screen in Frozen 2. In case you didn’t check out the rebel of the Disney Princess family when it was first released, or if you just need a primer on the original, you can catch up on everything you need to know about the beautiful modern fairy tale right here!
Shenmue 3 has finally arrived, putting an end to an almost 20 year Shenmue dry spell. The series debuted on the Dreamcast and the most recent game was released in 2001. It was always planned as a larger narrative, but fans of the series have been waiting a long time to see it return.
The story follows Ryo Hazuki, and a recent launch trailer showed some nostalgic elements as well as continuing story hooks like the antagonist Lan Di. The first two games weren’t commercial successes, but the franchise has remained a cult favorite for its portrayal of daily life in Japan and a grounded story.
Even aside from the long wait for a sequel, Shenmue 3 itself has been a long time coming. The Kickstarter opened on June 15, 2015, and quickly broke Kickstarter records–with an assist from Sony’s E3 press conference. Original director Keiji Okayasu returned to direct the revival project. It’s available on both PS4 and PC, though its Epic Games Store exclusivity on PC has been the cause of some controversy.
Reviews of the game are sparse so far, with only user reviews available on GameSpot sister site Metacritic. Still, the Kickstarter success suggests the fan demand is high, so success here could warrant further sequels and deliver on the series’ goal of being a multi-part epic. If you need to catch up, a remaster of Shenmue 1 & 2 were released last year.
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Amazon’s upcoming Lord of the Rings show is one of the most anticipated series set to arrive in the next few years. Although it’s yet to start production and no release date has been announced, it’s been reported that Season 2 has already been greenlit.
According to Deadline, Amazon has renewed the Lord of the Rings series for a second season. Season 1 is currently in pre-production, and like Peter Jackson’s movies, will be filmed in New Zealand. There have been no official cast announcements yet either, but it’s been rumored that Will Poulter, Markella Kavenagh, and Joseph Mawle are among the actors who have been cast so far.
The Season 2 renewal isn’t a huge surprise. The massive deal that Amazon signed with JRR Tolkien’s estate in 2017 included a multi-season commitment, although, as Deadline states, the studio still has to officially greenlight each season.
The new Lord of the Rings show is being written by JD Payne and Patrick McKay, with former Game of Thrones series producer Bryan Cogman joining the team in September. Jurassic World: Forbidden Kingdom director JA Bayona is set to direct the first two episodes of Season 1. The show will go on a 4-5 month hiatus after the first two episodes have been shot, to allow producers to evaluate the footage so far and work on scripts for Season 2.
As for what the show will be about, it will be set in the Second Age, which is a 3,441-year period that covered major events like the forging of the Rings of Power, including the One Ring; the War of Sauron, the beginning of the Ringwraiths, and when Numenor the island sank into the ocean. Also, it was during the Second Age that the Elven city of Rivendell was developed and the great battle where men, elves, and dwarves fought together for the first time against Sauron.
In other news, a new Lord of the Rings video game focused on Gollum is in development at Daedalic Entertainment, while a AAA online Lord of the Rings game is also on the way.
It’s been a busy year for Respawn Entertainment. The studio, known for its shooter franchise Titanfall, announced it would be branching away from its signature series – for now, at least – to try something new. That something was Apex Legends.
The success of the battle royale notwithstanding, Respawn had another challenge ahead of it: creating and releasing a game set in the Star Wars universe. And now, with Jedi: Fallen Order releasing to near universal acclaim, we’re taking a look at what it means for the developer moving forward.
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order is available now on PC, PS4, and Xbox One.
So once the ending is done and the credits roll, you’ll wake up at Central Knot City. Head to the terminal and pick up the critical quest, where you’ll–
Okay I’m just kidding (thank goodness). Once you’ve finished Death Stranding, the game will throw an Episode 15 slate at you, and you’ll wake up as Sam in your Private Room.
HOWEVER, this will take place a couple of weeks before the events of the ending, meaning everything is back in its right place before things got *really wild* with all those bosses. This is the game letting you back into the world to play around and finish all those side quests you missed. Now, you can enjoy the porter lifestyle without the pressure of the main story.
Go out and finish those roads! Those bridges! That amazing zipline network! You’ve worked so hard to build up your infrastructure, you might as well go ahead and use it to help everyone!
Fast & Furious: Spy Racers, the upcoming animated spin-off from the Vin Diesel-led action film series, will hit Netflix on December 26, 2019. In the lead-up to the series’ debut, several images of the series have been shown off, along with a cast list and brief synopsis.
The series will focus on Tony Toretto (Tyler Posey), the teenage cousin of series protagonist Dom Toretto. Much like his older cousin, he’s recruited by a government agency to take on a car-focused crime group: in this case, it’s called SH1FT3R. He and his friends have to stop SH1FT3R from taking over the world, and it seems that’s going to involve plenty of fast driving. The series will be youth-focused, and the image below of Tony with a giant glowing glove hints at some fantastical elements. Click through the gallery below for a first look at the series.
The series will also feature Camille Ramsey, Luke Youngblood, Charlet Chung, and Jorge Diaz in the main cast. Guest stars will include Similce Diesel, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Manish Dayal, Jimmy Tatro, Carlos Alazraqui, Eric Bauza, Grey Griffin, Kevin Michael Richardson, Fred Tatasciore, and Tru Valentino. The series is executive produced by Neal H. Moritz, Chris Morgan, Tim Hedrick and Bret Haaland. It’s not clear whether or not Vin Diesel, or any of the other cast members from the film series (which will see a ninth entry next year), will make appearances in the series; if they do, it will likely be kept a surprise.