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Even though the upcoming Final Fantasy 7 Remake is only one episode in a multi-part game, Square Enix said that there would be more than enough new content in the Remake to fill out a full game. Now, we have screenshots for some of the expanded areas of Midgar, plus a look at brand new characters debuting in Final Fantasy 7 Remake.

The new screenshots give us a better look at recognizable faces like Sephiroth and Aerith, along with new looks at old characters like the president of Shinra and his right-hand man Heidegger.

We also get a look at a brand-new character named Roche, a 3-C SOLDIER “turned rebel” known as “Speed Demon.” Roche apparently “loves bikes, speed and anyone who can give him a challenge. His comrades, however, find him annoying – he constantly squeals his rear tire and makes them choke on fumes of burnt rubber.”

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With Season 1 of HBO’s Watchmen series now complete, IGN spoke with star Regina King about her experience playing Angela Abar aka Sister Night and how she interprets that final shot of the season finale.

Warning: full spoilers for Watchmen ahead!

As the final scene plays out, we watch as Angela eats the single unbroken egg left behind by Doctor Manhattan’s ill-timed waffle-making session. Knowing that her late husband could pass his powers onto someone by creating something (like an egg) for them to ingest, Angela eats the egg and tests to see if she can walk on water just like she saw him do in the previous episode. But as Angela’s foot touches the surface of the pool, the episode ends, leaving us on a cliffhanger without knowing the answer. It’s an ambiguous ending, which echoes how the Watchmen graphic novel concluded.

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Untitled Goose Game is undeniably one of 2019’s most unforgettable Switch games, and now the Goose is ready to wreak havoc on other platforms. As of today, the game is now available on PlayStation 4, and to celebrate, there’s a new dynamic theme available for PS4 owners. The Untitled Goose Game PS4 theme is free to download right now, if you’re ready to let the now-iconic Goose take over your home screen.

The Untitled Goose Game PS4 theme features the Goose sitting on top of a pile of stolen items, and you’ll hear the sound of birds chirping. The Goose can be seen when you scroll up to look at various settings; however, when you least expect it, the Goose will dart across your screen like the hooligan he is.

If you never picked up the game on Nintendo Switch, you can currently snag it with a launch discount of $15 on PS4 (down from $20). This deal is only available through January 2.

Xbox One owners also have access to Untitled Goose Game starting today. The same $15 launch discount is available on Xbox One, although please note Untitled Goose Game was added to Xbox Game Pass today as well. (There’s also a fantastic discount on Xbox Game Pass Ultimate right now if you need to extend your membership.)

The puzzle game earned a solid 8/10 in GameSpot’s Untitled Goose Game review. “The important thing is that Untitled Goose Game is a hoot,” wrote critic James O’Connor. “It’s a comedy game that focuses on making the act of playing it funny, rather than simply being a game that features jokes. Wishing that it was longer speaks to how much fun I had with it. There’s nothing else quite like Untitled Goose Game; it’s charming and cute despite being mean, and both very silly and very clever. It’s also probably the best non-racing game ever to feature a dedicated ‘honk’ button.”

Despite Telltale Games’ unexpected shuddering in November 2018, some of the studio’s properties are making a comeback. Following a reveal at this year’s Game Awards show, confirming the continued existence of The Wolf Among Us 2, the team has confirmed it’s starting the project all the way over.

In a USG interview, LCG Entertainment founder Jamie Ottilie confirmed that the relaunched Telltale studio has opted to redo everything on the forthcoming The Wolf Among Us sequel. “We have completely restarted the development of the game,” Ottilie told USG. “We felt it best to give the new creative team a clean slate to start with.”

LCG Entertainment acquired the Telltale Games moniker in August 2019 and is now the name the company operates under. Only a few original Telltale developers are employed at the newly-reformed Telltale studio, with Ottilie telling USG that “several others [are] on a freelance basis.” The Wolf Among Us 2 is being developed by Telltale and the brand-new AdHoc Studio–a team composed of former key members from the old Telltale, including individuals who worked on the original The Wolf Among Us.

According to USG, Adam Harrington (Bigby Wolf) and Erin Yvette (Snow White) are returning to reprise their roles in The Wolf Among Us 2. Further, series composer Jared Emerson-Johnson will return as well.

The Wolf Among Us 2 was announced just before San Diego Comic-Con in July 2017. At the time, the hotly-anticipated sequel was expected to launch in the second half of 2018. However, the title was delayed to 2019 “as the result of a few fundamental changes” at Telltale. The Wolf Among Us 2 will launch on PC via the Epic Games Store and consoles at some unspecified date.

Star Wars fans still have to wait until December 20 to see the conclusion of the Skywalker saga in The Rise of Skywalker, but the iconic cast members and Hollywood celebrities got to see the movie a little early at the world premiere in Los Angeles, California. The cast and crew behind the movies were able to interact with fans and dress up for a night to celebrate everything Star Wars, and were even joined by a squad of white stormtroopers and the new red Sith Troopers.

If you want to see photos from the world premiere of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, and see who was lucky enough to watch it early, click through the gallery below.

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Three images from Bill and Ted Face the Music have been revealed, giving us our first looks at Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter in the franchise’s long-awaited third film.

Also seen in the new stills are William Sadler, reprising his role as Death; Brigette Lundy-Paine and Samara Weaving, playing Billie and Thea, Ted and Bill’s respective daughters; and Scott Mescudi (Kid Cudi).

Here’s an official synopsis for Bill & Ted 3, courtesy of Orion Pictures:

The stakes are higher than ever for the time-traveling exploits of William “Bill” S. Preston Esq. and Theodore “Ted” Logan as the now middle aged best friends set out on a new adventure to seek the song that will set their world right and bring harmony in the universe, helped by their daughters, a new batch of historical figures, and a few music legends.

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The Walking Dead has seen quite a few video game adaptations over the past decade, and now it’s coming to VR. The Walking Dead: Saints and Sinners is coming to pretty much every virtual reality headset available on the market today–however, not all at once.

The Walking Dead: Saints and Sinners hits Steam and the Oculus Store on January 23. On that day, it’ll only be compatible with the Valve Index, HTC Vive, HTC Cosmos, Oculus Rift and Rift S, and Windows Mixed Reality headsets. Of course, you’ll also be able to play it on the Oculus Quest with the recently released Link beta, but a proper port for the all-in-one headset is scheduled for Q3 2020 (July-September). PlayStation VR will see the game hit its storefront a little earlier in Q1 2020 (January-March).

There are three different editions for The Walking Dead: Saints and Sinners. The standard edition comes with the game and “The Sheriff” revolver pre-order bonus for $40 USD. The Tourist edition, on the other hand, comes with even more digital bonuses, including more weapons and the soundtrack. And lastly, the physical Tower edition comes with some physical goodies like a reversible backpack that doubles as a VR headset carrying case. You can see more on all of these additions below.

Pre-order The Walking Dead: Saints and Sinners standard edition

The $40 standard edition of the game comes with the game itself and a single pre-order item: “The Sheriff” revolver. Pre-orders are currently only available on Steam, but we’ll update this story when more platforms become available.

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Pre-order The Walking Dead: Saints and Sinners Tourist Edition

The $50 Tourist edition comes with the game and an assortment of digital pre-order bonuses. In addition to “The Sheriff” revolver, you also get “The National” knife, “The Judge” bat, in-game crafting recipes, and “Bustomization” New Orleans voodoo dolls. On top of that, you also get some additional bonuses, such as podcasts, the trailer song, and the full game soundtrack. PlayStation VR pre-orders also get a dynamic theme, though that version isn’t currently available for pre-order.

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Pre-order The Walking Dead: Saints and Sinners Tower Edition

The $150 Tower edition is the only physical package for The Walking Dead: Saints and Sinners. In addition to the digital Steam code, it comes with a collection of physical items.

• Reversible backpack tailored to be a VR headset carrying case
• Magnetic camping lantern
• Collector’s Challenge coin
• Concept art
• Buttons and pins
• Postcards
• 16 GB thumb drive that looks like a severed thumb

Of course, it also comes with the Tourist edition’s pre-order items and bonuses, including the various weapons, game soundtrack, and more. The Tourist edition is currently only available through Saints And Sinners’ website, though we will keep our eyes out and update this article if it shows up anywhere else.

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For 2019, Bungie has brought back Destiny 2‘s annual holiday event: The Dawning. Those wanting immediate gratification are in luck, as you can head to Eververse and buy a ton of items right away or complete a simple quest to get the new submachine gun. But the core of the event revolves around Eva’s Holiday Oven 2.0, a revamped version of the oven from last year that allows you to combine special items to bake various treats. But with three slots to insert items into and a lot of different possible outcomes, you’re likely wondering what The Dawning’s baking recipes are–so we’ve put together a list of all of the ones we’re aware of so far, who to deliver them to as a gift, and how to collect ingredients.

Ingredients are obtained in a variety of ways, largely just by playing the game and killing enemies–on the latter front, certain enemy types yield specific materials (eg, kill Vex to get Vex Milk). Essence of Dawning is a recurring item you’ll need for all recipes–15 is required for each thing you bake–and while that can be gotten from completing activities, another reliable source of this is the weekly bounties that Eva offers. Here’s how to specifically gather up ingredients.

Gathering Dawning Ingredients

Special

• Delicious Explosion: Explosive kills
• Sharp Flavor: Sword kills
• Impossible Heat: Solar kills
• Electric Taste: Arc kills
• Null Taste: Void kills
• Flash of Inspiration: Create Orbs of Light
• Personal Touch: Melee kills
• Perfect Taste: Precision kills
• Bullet Spray: SMG and Machine Gun kills
• Essence of Dawning: Complete activities in the solar system

Enemy Faction Specific

• Ether Cane: Fallen kills
• Cabal Oil: Cabal kills
• Vex Milk: Vex kills
• Chitin Powder: Hive kills
• Taken Butter: Taken kills
• Dark Ether Cane: Scorn kills

Many recipes return from last year, but there are new ones as well, so expect us to continue updating this as we’re able to confirm more. For now, we’ve assembled all the ones we know–including Vanilla Blades for Shaxx, Chocolate Ship Cookies for Amanda, and Eliksni Birdseed for Hawthorne, all part of the Cheer Up quest. We’ve also got some of the new recipes–such as Fractal Rolls–courtesy of Reddit, and we’re working to confirm more. For more, check out our guide to the A Matter of Time quest.

Destiny 2’s The Dawning 2019 items

The Dawning 2019 Cookie Recipes

Gjallardoodles (Zavala)

• Ether Cane
• Delicious Explosion
• Essence of Dawning

Traveler Donut Holes (Ikora Rey)

• Cabal Oil
• Flash of Inspiration
• Essence of Dawning

Chocolate Ship Cookies (Amanda Holliday)

• Cabal Oil
• Null Taste
• Essence of Dawning

Telemetry Tapioca (Banshee-44)

• Vex Milk
• Bullet Spray
• Essence of Dawning

Eliksni Birdseed (Hawthorne)

• Ether Cane
• Personal Touch
• Essence of Dawning

Gentleman’s Shortbread (Devrim Kay)

• Ether Cane
• Perfect Taste
• Essence of Dawning

Alkane Dragee Cookies (Sloane)

• Chitin Powder
• Bullet Spray
• Essence of Dawning

Infinite Forest Cake (Failsafe)

• Vex Milk
• Impossible Heat
• Essence of Dawning

Radiolarian Pudding (Asher Mir)

• Vex Milk
• Electric Flavor
• Essence of Dawning

Vanilla Blades (Shaxx)

• Cabal Oil
• Sharp Flavor
• Essence of Dawning

Javelin Mooncake (Ana Bray)

• Chitin Powder
• Sharp Flavor
• Essence of Dawning

Dark Chocolate Motes (Drifter)

• Taken Butter
• Null Taste
• Essence of Dawning

Candy Dead Ghosts (Spider)

• Dark Ether Cane
• Flash of Inspiration
• Essence of Dawning

Ill-Fortune Cookies (Petra Venj)

• Dark Ether Cane
• Impossible Heat
• Essence of Dawning

Strange Cookies (Xur)

• Taken Butter
• Electric Flavor
• Essence of Dawning

Fractal Rolls (Brother Vance)

• Vex Milk
• Pinch of Light
• Essence of Dawning

Thousand-Layer Cookie (Riven)

• Taken Butter
• Delicious Explosion
• Essence of Dawning

Lavender Ribbon Cookies (Saint-14)

• Vex Milk
• Personal Touch
• Essence of Dawning

Fried Sha-Dough (Emperor Calus)

Hot Crossfire Buns (Ada-1)

• Ether Cane
• Balance Flavors
• Essence of Dawning

Ascendant Oatmeal Raisin Cookies (Eris Morn)

• Chitin Powder
• Finishing Touch
• Essence of Dawning

Hackberry Tart (Benedict 99-40)

• Cabal Oil
• Multifaceted Flavors
• Essence of Dawning

The Dawning 2019 Rewards

As noted above, when you turn in your first baked treat to Zavala and return to Eva, she’ll give you a rewards package. The most item inside is the new submachine gun, but it isn’t the only thing that awaits you.

Eva gives you the Spreading Cheer quest. One of the steps to that involves baking a total of 50 gifts, and this thankfully includes progress you made during 2018’s event. Complete all three steps and you’ll earn the Alpine Dash Sparrow.

We’ll be continuing to dig into 2019’s Dawning and will report back with any other rewards that you can earn.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare launched its Season One content on PC, PS4, and Xbox One recently, but part of that live game plan includes regular content drops throughout the season as well. That will be the case with this week’s “Season One Refresh,” which will include a new game mode, operator, maps, and Spec Ops missions. Plus you can claim a little bonus for logging in.

The refresh includes the Cranked game mode, a Deathmatch variant that has you racing to get kills. You can also try the new Spec Ops missions Operation Strong Box, Classic Special Ops Disinform, and Classic Special Ops Bomb Squad. The new operator Nikto will be available in a new operator bundle that includes the character along with a watch, weapon blueprints, and customization items. The Docks map will also get a holiday-themed reskin called Over Winter.

Finally, if you log in on December 18 after 10 AM PT, you can get a free gift pack in the “Just For You” section of the store. From December 20 at 10 AM PT to December 23 at 10 AM PT, you can score double weapon XP.

Other content drops are still planned for throughout the rest of the season. This is part of Infinity War’s live game plan for Modern Warfare, having announced before release that it would no longer use map packs that splinter the player base. The seasons do come with Battle Passes that earn you some cosmetic items, but all maps and game-changing additions like new weapons or equipment are free for all players.

2020 is already looking like a packed year, and Nintendo’s line-up is no exception. Here are the biggest games slated to come out in 2020 for the Switch (as well as a few we think could come in 2020 that don’t have any official release window yet.)

Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE Encore

Release Date: January 17 | Platform: Switch

This wild combination of Shin Megami Tensei and Fire Emblem originally came to Wii U back in 2016, but a suped-up edition will be making its way to Switch in early 2020. This new version will be mostly the same, but include a few new songs, characters, and story beats.

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