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Overwatch‘s Halloween Terror is once again upon us, and that means a month full of spooky events and even spookier looks. This year you can pull five new Legendary skins, three new Epic skins, and a load of new emotes, sprays, icons, and voice lines.

As a bonus this year, you can earn the previously BlizzCon 2018 exclusive Demon Hunter Sombra skin by completing the 3rd Weekly Challenge. That comes alongside the usual suite of Weekly challenges for limited-time rewards. Other skins include new beauts like Warlock Ashe, Gorgon Lucio, and Vampire Baptiste.

The kickoff of Halloween Terror comes not-coincidentally right next to the launch of the Nintendo Switch version. Switch players can jump right in to the Junkenstein’s Revenge event and look forward to other seasonal events as they come.

Overwatch became embroiled in a controversy from another Blizzard property recently. After the company banned a professional Hearthstone player for speaking out about ongoing protests in Hong Kong, it received sharp criticism and calls for boycotts and other protests. Though the company partially reversed its punishment for the player, the temperature is still high on the controversy. That may have contributed to cancelling an Overwatch launch event planned for the Nintendo Store in New York City.

Check below for all the new skins from this year’s event and plan your spookifying accordingly.

Marvel Promotes Kevin Feige to Chief Creative Officer

The architect of the Marvel Cinematic Universe just got a big promotion: Kevin Feige has been named Chief Creative Officer, Marvel.

According to Deadline, this means Feige will now oversee the creative storytelling direction of not just the movies but all TV, animation and publishing efforts. He will remain president of Marvel Studios. Marvel TV and Marvel Family Entertainment, which produces Marvel’s live-action and animated TV shows, respectively, are being moved under the Marvel Studios banner.

Deadline reports that Feige’s new position will see all creative executives reporting to him; Marvel Entertainment President Dan Buckley will report to Feige on all publishing creative and editorial endeavors, and also continue to oversee publishing operations, sales, creative services, games, licensing and events, where he’ll still be reporting to Marvel Entertainment Chairman Ike Perlmutter. Joe Quesada will still report to Buckley in his role as EVP and creative director for Marvel Entertainment. Feige will continue to report to Walt Disney Co-Chairman and Chief Creative Officer Alan Horn and Co-Chairman Alan Bergman.

Venom 2: Carnage Won’t Be The Only Villain

2018’s Venom featured a post-credits scene in which Woody Harrelson portrayed the serial killer Cletus Kasaday, the man who would eventually be bonded with the symbiote Carnage. While Harrelson will return as Kasaday in next year’s sequel, the character’s love interest, Shriek, will also appear in the movie.

Principal photography won’t begin until next year, but the super-powered mother of the Carnage family–Shriek–will be a part of the plot, according to Deadline. Venom 2 won’t arrive in theaters until October 2, 2020, but if you look into Shriek’s comic book history, you can get a good idea of where the movie could be headed.

Shriek first made her introduction in 1993’s Spider-Man Unlimited #1, the comic that kicked off the Maximum Carnage storyline. As Carnage was escaping the maximum security prison Ravencroft, he ran across fellow prisoner Shriek being held in a straight jacket. It was apparently love at first sight, and eventually, she adopted Carnage as her husband and other Spider-Man villains as their kids.

She has the power to manipulate sound, making people violent by sonically tapping into people’s minds or using her powers to create sonic energy blasts. Shriek is technically a mutant, and in her past, she’s had numerous run-ins with Cloak and Dagger.

No one has been cast for the role of Shriek at this time, but Andy Serkis has been brought on to direct the upcoming film, joining Tom Hardy reprising his role as Eddie Brock/Venom. Kelly Marcel, who wrote Venom 1, will return to pen the sequel as well. 2018’s Venom brought in $856 million worldwide, which was huge for a rated-R October movie.

Venom 2 will swing into theaters on October 2, 2020.

Fortnite Chapter 2: All The New Battle Pass Skins, Emotes, Bling, And More

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There Is So Much To Unlock In Fortnite Chapter 2’s Battle Pass

After a brief hiatus of being stuck in a black hole, Fortnite came back strong with the introduction of Fortnite: Chapter 2. It’s a massive update for the most notable battle royale game out now for PC, Xbox One, Switch, PS4, and mobile devices–it comes with a wave of new content which includes a brand-new map, new gameplay mechanics, and a bunch of extra content to unlock. Chapter 2 also kicks off with Season 1 and an all-new Battle Pass, which can be purchased with 950 V-bucks (roughly $10 USD). Within the Battle Pass are 100 levels, all of which reward you character skins, weapon skins, emotes, back bling, V-bucks, and more–you can actually earn up to 1,500 V-bucks within the Battle Pass, which covers more than the cost to buy it. There are a total of 86 new pieces of content, and we’ve compiled them all here for your viewing pleasure and to see if the Battle Pass is worth investing in.

The way in which you unlock Battle Pass levels has changed a bit, too. You can still level up by finishing weekly challenges, but now you have other means of doing so. You can earn season XP and new medals by completing in-game activities like eliminating enemies, opening chests, gathering materials, survival time in matches, among other achievements. And medals have tiers in which you can do more of that particular activity and still be rewarded. You’ll also be able to level up beyond 100 in the Battle Pass, though it’s unclear what that entails and if there are rewards associated with it. Fortnite: Chapter 2, Season 1 will run up until December 12 according to developer Epic Games.

We have Fortnite: Chapter 2 covered from every angle, be sure to check out all our stories below:

Doom: Annihilation Review

Doom: Annihilation is now available on Blu-ray, DVD, and HD Digital.

The writing seemed to be on the wall for Universal Pictures Home Entertainment’s Doom: Annihilation after current Doom game developer Bethesda put out a statement distancing themselves from the project. Released straight to home video, this second crack at a cinematic Doom incorporates a few more elements of the game lore, but at the cost of having to exist in the first place. Boring action, uninteresting characters, and a permeating sense of cheapness make Doom: Annihilation a chore to watch.

The broad strokes of Doom: Annihilation’s plot are going to feel very familiar to anyone who’s played a game in the series. Or watched the previous film adaptation from 2005. Or watched Event Horizon. Or… you get it. A bunch of space marines get called to a space research station that the space government has lost space communication with. Wouldn’t you know it, once they arrive, it turns out that the portal covered in Sumerian runes they’ve been studying there doesn’t connect to an alien utopia, but straight to Hell… which has broken loose in the station. It’s not like the Doom franchise has ever been known for a well-developed plot, but the laziness of the storytelling here is hard to overstate. At one point, when trying to puzzle out what they’re up against, one of the marines exclaims “it’s aliens!” You’ll be hard-pressed not to hear that line with a capital “A” and wish you were watching James Cameron’s masterclass in sci-fi action instead.

Call of Duty: Mobile’s Microtransactions Could Be Worse

Given the Call of Duty series’ less-than-sterling reputation when it comes to loot boxes, and the long history of cash-hungry “free-to-play” games turning out to be overly aggressive with their monetization – especially on smartphones – a free-to-play, mobile version of Call of Duty sounds like a perfect storm of microtransactions. Surprising no one, Call of Duty: Mobile is chock full of opportunities to spend money, ranging from season passes to full-on shameless loot boxes, and some of these can be downright predatory. At the same time, it’s not as bad as it could be.

There are two forms of currency in Call of Duty: Mobile: Credits and COD Points. Credits are the currency you can earn by playing, and they’re about as useless as you would expect. I’m certainly not the best Call of Duty player, but in my 10 or so hours of playtime I’ve only earned a little over 1,000 Credits. A weapon skin in the store can cost anywhere from 1,500 Credits for a more common skin, to 20,000 for the rarest available skin, the M4LMG – Black Gold. If you extrapolate that out, at my pace you’d have to play for roughly 200 hours to earn the most coveted skin.

WWE Smackdown Has Already Replaced Eric Bischoff

Well, that certainly didn’t take long. After it was announced in June that former World Championship Wrestling president Eric Bischoff had been hired by WWE to act as executive director of Smackdown, a changing of the guards has already occurred.

WWE has announced in a press release that Bruce Prichard will be replacing Eric Bischoff in the role. Prichard will “oversee the creative development” of Smackdown and report directly to Vince McMahon, Chairman and CEO of WWE. The move comes two episodes into Smackdown’s run on Fox. While the network premiere of the series boasted big ratings, the second installment–which featured night one of the WWE draft and Bayley battling Charlotte for the Smackdown Women’s Championship–shed nearly 25% of its total viewers.

Now, WWE is betting on Prichard to carry the show forward. The press release notes he “brings nearly 40 years of experience in sports entertainment with an extensive background in character development and creative storytelling. Over the course of his career, Prichard has served in a variety of roles including announcer, producer, agent, and on-screen personality. Earlier this year, Prichard returned to WWE as a member of the company’s creative team.”

In addition to his time in WWE, Prichard has also worked extensively with Impact Wrestling, and Major League Wrestling. Since returning to WWE in 2018, he hosted a show on the WWE Network, in addition to rejoining the creative team.

Reacting to the news on Twitter, Bischoff wrote, “Bruce is a great producer, good friend and I am certain he is going to thrive in his position. He’s going to be working with a great team of the most dedicated and hard-working people I have had the pleasure of working with and getting to know.”

As of the publishing of this story, Prichard has not commented publicly on the announcement. However, WWE has confirmed to GameSpot that Bischoff is no longer with the company.

Update: Story was edited to include Eric Bischoff’s statement.

AMC Theaters Launches Streaming Service, In An Already Crowded Marketplace

In addition to cable and satellite providers, iTunes, Google Play, and Vudu are among the most popular ways for people to buy and rent movies and stream them to their phones, TVs, or tablets. Everyone has their go-to service. Now, AMC Theaters is trying to maneuver its way into this crowded marketplace with AMC Theaters On Demand.

Launching today, AMC Theaters On Demand allows users to watch movies that have completed their theatrical runs on devices like LG Smart TVs, Android phones, iOS products, Roku, and your PC. As a whole, there is nothing exceptional about the service, aside from it being attached to AMC Theaters.

There are two selling points for the service though. The main benefit comes for AMC Stubs users who will earn points with every purchase, which can be used at AMC theaters. Additionally, you can also purchase tickets to a movie you’d like to see. By combining streaming and the ability to purchase new movie tickets, AMC Theaters On Demand is doing what Fandango has been doing for quite some time now.

Currently, there are 2,000 movies from every major studio on the service, and later this year, it will expand more, including IFC Films and RLJE films, according to MarketWatch. Movies can be purchased in SD or HD ($20 for new movies) or rented for $6 in HD. We did not see an option for UHD on the site at the time of this writing.

Streaming is a booming venture at the moment, with seven major services debuting in the next year. While AMC Theaters On Demand is unlike these others, as it’s not a monthly subscription service with its own original content, it’s headed into a market that is already over-saturated with the aforementioned Vudu and others. Unless AMC Theaters On Demand can differentiate itself from its competitors, it may disappear as quickly as it launched.

Apex Legends Halloween Skins And Cosmetics: Here’s All The Legendary Fight Or Fright Items

Halloween Has Arrived In Apex Legends

Apex Legends‘ Halloween-themed event, Fight or Fright, is officially live. Until November 5, the event offers a new limited-time mode to participate in, as well as over two dozen rare, epic, and legendary cosmetics to unlock. We’ve compiled most of the new items you can unlock during the event in the following gallery.

You’ll unlock the first Fight or Fright item just for logging into Apex Legends while the event is going on: the Fight or Fright Music Pack, which offers you a spooky rendition of the battle royale’s main theme to listen to. You’ll have to both work towards and probably drop some real-world cash for the remaining items.

Several of Fight or Fright’s items are tied to the event’s limited-time challenges, which can only be completed by doing certain tasks in the new Shadowfall mode. In Shadowfall, you drop solo onto a nightmarish rendition of Kings Canyon. But death isn’t the end in this new mode. Instead, when you die, you drop again as a member of the Shadow Squad–a group of shadows with enhanced speed and melee damage. Your goal in Shadowfall is to either be one of the ten final survivors who must escape on a dropship, or join the Shadow Squad and kill off all of the survivors before anyone can get away.

The remaining Fight or Fright items are tied to the event’s exclusive Apex Packs–the most notable being the new character cosmetics. Of the 11 playable characters, 10 are getting skins that dress them up in Halloween costumes. Some are silly (Mirage as a cowboy) while others are much more creepy (Caustic as a clown).

Though you can earn some by completing challenges in Shadowfall, you’ll need to buy most of them to earn every new epic and legendary skin. If you acquire all 24 of the items in the Apex Packs, you’ll automatically unlock Lifeline’s heirloom for free, giving the support character a unique melee animation, banner pose, and kill quip.