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How do you follow up a masterpiece? It’s a question many artists face, and it’s what Nintendo must ask while developing the sequel to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.

Breath of the Wild was a revolutionary title for the Zelda series and the open-world genre. The, “go anywhere, climb anything” approach was the breath of fresh air (pun intended) the franchise needed, and it is widely regarded as one of the greatest Zelda games of all time (and the best game on Nintendo Switch.) The reveal of Breath of the Wild 2 was Nintendo’s big announcement to cap off its Nintendo Direct for E3 2019, but the trailer told us very little about what to expect from our next trip to Hyrule.

I don’t believe it’s enough for the sequel to just give us more of the same. Breath of the Wild was special because of how fresh and new it felt, so a game too similar likely wouldn’t have the same effect– we’ve already been there, and done that. In fact, people are still discovering exciting secrets in Breath of the Wild, like figuring out that Lurelin Village is clearly inspired by Wind Waker’s Outset Island.

After all, the reason many fans got tired of the 3D Zelda games is because they followed the same formula for so long. Nintendo can avoid similar fatigue with Breath of the Wild 2 with some kind of unique hook; let’s look to history to see what kind of direction the publisher could go in.

After ‘Ocarina’, The Moon Fell

It’s hard to ignore the comparisons being drawn between Majora’s Mask and Breath of the Wild 2. We already know that Breath of the Wild’s sequel is not directly related to the N64 classic, but that doesn’t mean it can’t take the same approach when it comes to following up the franchise’s newest masterpiece. After all, Majora’s Mask borrowed the assets and engine from Ocarina of Time, the generational classic that came before it.

Breath of the Wild 2 is doing the same thing, but- according to the only trailer we’ve seen- it appears to be set in the same world as the original Breath of the Wild. The only other Zelda game to reuse an overworld was A Link Between Worlds, but that was 20 years after A Link to the Past. With the same engine, assets, and overworld, the Breath of the Wild sequel has to find a way to differentiate itself despite its similarities.

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2 Screenshots

Majora’s Mask stood apart from its predecessor in a number of ways. The dark, haunting tone, the three-day time limit, and the way different masks allowed for a variety of gameplay styles gave Majora’s Mask a completely unique identity, even though it looked almost identical to Ocarina of Time. The mask itself is one of the most recognizable icons in the Zelda franchise, and that’s thanks to the risks the team took during Majora’s development.

Our first look at Breath of the Wild 2 paints a very grim picture of Hyrule, as we watch Link and Zelda trudge through a sewer crawling with rats and reawakened mummies. Breath of the Wild Producer Eiji Aonuma has commented on the sequel’s dark nature, saying that the upcoming title is, “currently a little darker” than Majora’s Mask. This is a promising first step: a tonal shift is a great way to forge a new identity, especially after the idyllic, peaceful vibe of the first game.

Same Map, New World

Often, sequels feature larger, more expansive worlds than their predecessors, but Breath of the Wild’s overworld is already huge. The key to success for Breath of the Wild 2’s world will be density, not size. Fans recently discovered how beautiful Breath of the Wild’s underwater areas are, but they’re practically unexplorable. Opening these areas up to the player would make the world feel even more open and accessible, without making the map itself any larger.

Additionally, we don’t yet know how much time has passed between the original Breath of the Wild and its sequel. Zelda is sporting a new haircut, which is traditionally (especially in anime) a trope used to convey the passage of time. Hopefully, it’s been long enough to give Link and Zelda the opportunity to rebuild Hyrule, meaning new towns, attractions, and landmarks to explore. It would not only be a great way to see what’s new in the world we spent countless hours in during the first game, but a smart way to make the world feel more alive.

The question that seems to be on everybody’s minds, though, is if we’ll get to play as Zelda in this game. That would be a great new twist on the Breath of the Wild formula, and it could open up tons of new gameplay possibilities. Imagine a fully realized moveset completely unique from Link’s, focused on magic like Din’s Fire and Nayru’s Love from Ocarina of Time.

Of course, there is plenty more Nintendo might do to freshen the next Breath of the Wild. Dungeon design that returns to the earlier 3D Zelda games, the reintroduction of some fan-favorite items, and more varied enemy design would definitely be great additions, if not groundbreaking ones. But ultimately, we’ll have to wait and see what direction the developers choose.

I trust that Nintendo will deliver something remarkable with Breath of the Wild 2– after all, there’s a reason the Zelda series has survived for over 30 years. The stories and moments we experienced in Breath of the Wild all felt deeply personal, and I hope some of that DNA carries over to the sequel. But, I hope this game will also take risks and pursue new ideas, because that’s how it will cement itself as something truly special.

Logan Plant is a freelancer for IGN. Follow him on Twitter at @LoganJPlant

Time is running out to catch Pokemon Go‘s latest Legendary Pokemon, Armored Mewtwo. This special version of the Legendary Psychic-type will only be available until 1 PM PT / 4 PM ET / 9 PM BST on July 31, making this your last opportunity to add one to your collection.

Unlike a standard Mewtwo, this version of the Legendary Pokemon is sporting the power-suppressing armor it wears in the Mewtwo Strikes Back: Evolution movie. Not only is its appearance different, but it has more defense-oriented stats than a regular Mewtwo, and it is capable of learning different attacks.

Like most other Legendaries in Pokemon Go, Armored Mewtwo will appear in five-star Raids. You must team up with other players in-person and battle the Legendary Pokemon first, before you can earn a chance at capturing it. Despite its different appearance and stats, Armored Mewtwo is still a pure Psychic-type, which means it’s weak to Ghost, Dark, and Bug Pokemon such as Giratina, Tyranitar, and Scizor.

Armored Mewtwo isn’t the only Pokemon leaving Go soon. You also only have a few more days to catch a Pikachu wearing a straw hat, which is spawning around the world as part of a One Piece crossover event. Straw hat Pikachu will only appear in the wild until July 29, so time is running out to add one to your collection if you haven’t already.

In other Pokemon Go news, Team Rocket has begun appearing in the game. You can challenge Rocket grunts at certain PokeStops and then catch the Shadow Pokemon they leave behind. Niantic has also announced the first details for August’s Community Day. The event is set for Saturday, August 3, and the featured Pokemon this time will be the Psychic/Fairy-type Ralts.

There’s a discount for the complete series of Avatar: The Last Airbender on Amazon right now. The Blu-ray is 43 percent off, knocking down the price of the beloved series to $25.73 USD.

Composed of three phenomenal seasons, Avatar: The Last Airbender takes place in a world where certain people are born with the gift of telepathically manipulating one of the four elements–earth, fire, water, and air–by performing a martial art called bending. The series stars Aang, a 12-year-old airbender who’s also the Avatar, a being who reincarnates after death and each time is born with the ability to learn how to bend all four elements.

Avatar – The Last Airbender: The Complete Series

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After accidentally crashing into an iceberg and being cryogenically frozen, Aang awakens over a century after the Fire Nation developed industrialization and went to war against the other three kingdoms. The Fire Nation began its conquest with the extermination of the Air Nation–knowing the Avatar would reincarnate there next–killing every citizen in it and making Aang the last surviving airbender. Aang sets out to learn how to bend the other three elements so he can be powerful enough to stop the Fire Nation, initially only accompanied on his quest by the waterbender Katara and her normal brother Sokka, and then also joined by blind earthbender Toph and disgraced Fire Nation prince Zuko.

The Legend of Korra: The Complete Series

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Though the discount isn’t quite as large, Avatar: The Last Airbender’s follow-up The Legend of Korra is also on sale on Amazon right now. The complete series of The Legend of Korra is 11 percent off, knocking the price of the Blu-ray down to $29.39 USD.

Taking place after the death of Aang, the four-season series follows Korra, the reincarnation of the Avatar after Aang. Like The Last Airbender, the beginning of The Legend of Korra is about the new Avatar learning how to bend the elements she doesn’t have a grasp on (with air, ironically, being the one she requires the most help with). Korra eventually goes out into the world in order to make it a better place, as Aang did before her, though her journey is a lot less black and white, exploring more nuanced themes like racism, sexuality, physical disability, and religion.

In Wolfenstein’s alternate 1980s, Nazis remain a tyrannical force of evil and oppression across Europe, even after Hitler was killed by series protagonist BJ Blazkowicz. Thus, the Nazi killing continues as the Blazkowicz twins, Jess and Soph, pick up where their parents left off for a spin-off in Wolfenstein: Youngblood–a relentless co-op shooter driven by an unapologetic, youthful attitude. It may not reach the same narrative heights of its predecessors or land every idea borne out in its new approach, but Youngblood hits where it counts.

Our introduction to Jess and Soph shows how their parents, Anya and BJ, taught them the means for survival on their rural Texas homestead. There’s a tense tone of protective parents who’ve been through the worst and are preparing their daughters to be able to handle the same, which is quickly juxtaposed with the twins’ carefree exuberance when alone together. Bring in the wizkid best friend Abby, daughter of Wolfenstein 2‘s Grace Walker, and you have a trio that brings their own unique swagger to the Wolfenstein name.

Their personalities immediately come to life. Jess and Soph are boisterous and sometimes dorky, the same way many teenagers and young adults are, and it gives them genuine personalities that mostly just come off cool as hell, especially with stellar voice acting. They’ll go back and forth about their favorite superspy novel series Arthur & Kenneth, even imagining themselves as their beloved in-fiction duo. They’ll refer to things their parents have done, hype each other up in combat, and just straight up act silly in the elevator loading screens to the tune of ’80s synthpop background music, breathing new life into the Blazkowicz family.

The game is less about a bold, fleshed-out narrative and more about instilling an infectious charisma in its star characters to match the over-the-top action and sow the seeds for what’s next in Wolfenstein.

It’s not long before they take a turn for the absurd; with BJ gone missing, they uncover clues to his disappearance and take matters into their own hands. But they’re not exactly sneaking out of the house or secretly taking their parents’ car out for a drive. They’re taking a military-grade helicopter to Nazi-occupied France to find their dad, and well, kill Nazis. As either Jess or Soph (with your co-op or AI partner as the other sister) and equipped with high-tech Da’at Yichud battle suits, you join a French resistance movement in Neu-Paris, which quickly boils down to you raiding Nazi outposts and strongholds.

With Jess and Soph inseparable, co-op is at the heart of the experience, and thankfully partnering up online is a breeze. As a host you can have friends (or randoms) jump into your session seamlessly without interruption; the AI will assume control until a player connects and again right as a player leaves. If players have identical missions in the quest log, completing it will record progress for both players. And if you’d rather go it alone alongside a decent AI companion, it’s just as viable an option for the entire game.

Youngblood captures that familiar Wolfenstein feeling of taking an automatic shotgun to a Nazi soldier, melting an armor-clad supersoldier with a laser rifle, or zapping a horde with a lighting coil, and what a powerful feeling it is. But what’s new is that tougher enemies have one of two armor elements that are weak to corresponding weapons, encouraging you to actively juggle your varied arsenal. Furthermore, a slightly more diverse weapon upgrade system helps flesh out some familiar firearms to get them to function the way you prefer and tear through enemies more efficiently.

Light RPG elements also make their way into the character progression system; you rack up XP then dump upgrade points into new skills and perks, like raising health/armor caps, increasing cloak times, stocking heavy weapons, and much more. Enemies scale to your level, and only a few sections are defended by near-impossible enemies early on. It’s a simple system that helps facilitate steady unlocks, making you feel like you’re getting ever more devastating, but never overpowered.

Solid gunplay and some neat mechanics wouldn’t mean much without the proper combat encounters to complement them, and Youngblood delivers. You’ll often find yourself pulling out all the stops to either finish combat scenarios or realize you have to retreat and rethink your approach. A completely stealthy approach isn’t as viable as it was in previous Wolfenstein games, even with the new cloaking ability, but it’s a good way to thin out the opposition before going all-out guns blazing. It can get overwhelming when supersoldiers, massive mechs, and a bomb-strapped panzerhund bear down on you, but that’s when Youngblood is at its best. Intense firefights can break out anywhere with little warning, and the main missions manage to keep a consistent action-packed momentum throughout.

Youngblood captures that familiar Wolfenstein feeling of taking an automatic shotgun to a Nazi soldier, melting an armor-clad supersoldier with a laser rifle, or zapping a horde with a lighting coil, and what a powerful feeling it is.

Admittedly, co-op centric features are a bit sparse. Each sister has a roster of emotes and motivational quips called pep signals that provide stat buffs or much-needed armor/health. However, that’s pretty much what you get in terms of tandem abilities, and the absence of some sort of joint attack or tag-team abilities feels like a missed opportunity. In the fray, partners will be frantically trying to revive each other or falling back on shared lives which work like instant continues, taking the place of a traditional checkpoint system. It can be frustrating to make it to the final fight of a main mission, run out of shared lives, and be sent back to the very beginning of the mission. But if anything, it’s a crude way to emphasize cooperation and tactical gameplay.

Overall, Youngblood leans more into an open structure by making Neu-Paris a group of separate districts (open hub areas) where you find your missions. After a brief introduction, you’re tasked with assaulting three “Brother” towers–your main quests–attached to each hub area. Out on the streets, though, side missions and random events fill in the spaces and are conducive for racking up early XP, getting familiar with district layouts, and soaking up the vibe of a downtrodden 1980s Paris, but these missions quickly feel like filler that bulk out your to-do list.

The design of the districts are striking, however, and you’ll see hints of Arkane Studios’ influence; when I’m double jumping and mantling to the rooftops and top floors of buildings, I’m reminded of Dishonored, especially as I search for collectibles and chests full of currency. This approach also spices up combat with some verticality and the opportunity to flex the agile capabilities of those slick Da’at Yichud suits. The Brother towers even have alternative entry points that you’ll have to discover yourself or find through side missions. It’s a successful incorporation of that studio’s strengths, and the game is better for it.

The Paris catacombs acts your safe hub in Youngblood, and it’s where you accept side missions from resistance members, stock up on supplies, or hit up the old knock-off Wolfenstein 3D cabinet. It’s not as extensive as The New Colossus’ U-boat home, and you won’t get much from its inhabitants–they’re nowhere near as involved as Wolfenstein 2’s supporting cast since they’re just quest givers. However, Jess, Soph, and Abby are there to pick up the slack.

They might be polar opposites of their parents, but it gives Youngblood its own flair. BJ’s inner monologue and struggle internalizing life-long trauma is at the heart of modern Wolfenstein games, and Anya has seen the pure evil of the Nazi regime first hand through the years. Naturally, Jess and Soph have vastly different characterizations, only knowing a post-war world and presumably growing up in a stable household. They capture the spirit of a carefree youth, yet they share the same unfettered motivation for killing Nazis; it would seem that Anya and BJ taught them well.

The story doesn’t reach the same highs as mainline Wolfenstein games, namely The New Colossus. It’s an incredibly tough act to follow, really. But aside from a cheap plot twist and underwhelming villains, most of Youngblood’s lean story is quality stuff. To that end, the game is less about a bold, fleshed-out narrative and more about instilling an infectious charisma in its star characters to match the over-the-top action and sow the seeds for what’s next in Wolfenstein. Despite Youngblood taking place after events we’ve yet to see unfold in the mainline games, it leaves the door open for some exciting, wild possibilities for where the series could go.

Jess and Soph are boisterous and sometimes dorky, the same way many teenagers and young adults are, and it gives them genuine personalities that mostly just come off cool as hell…

Throughout Youngblood, traces of an ongoing game structure become more pronounced once you finish the main story. You can take on daily and weekly challenges as they cycle into the game, which offer some additional XP and currency to unlock any remaining abilities and weapon mods. What’s a bit more substantial is the option to replay story missions on harder difficulties (hard, very hard, and challenging) for increasing amounts of XP and currency. While it’s a bog-standard way to keep the co-op experience going, they at least offer an outlet to try new tactics, as these harder modes can become quite unforgiving. The endgame may not be extensive, but the ride was exciting enough that the content feels like a little value added.

Wolfenstein: Youngblood has the series’ signature first-person shooting thrills that’ll have you gladly busting shots and blasting lasers in the face of Nazi trash–and the opportunity to do so alongside a friend. It incorporates some new ideas which are serviceable for the most part, but hits more of the right notes in RPG elements and level design. It also knows the resistance doesn’t end when one person cuts the head off a monstrous regime; the fight continues, sometimes into the next generation. And the way this brief spin-off broadens the saga with the Blazkowicz twins makes you wish there was more to see from this new cast of lovable knuckleheads. Jess and Soph–and Abby too–learned from the best, and embrace their newfound duty of ridding their world of tyranny while being cool as hell doing it. Youngblood is short, but oh-so sweet.

August is right around the corner, and that means streaming services like Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, and Hulu have revealed what’s coming to its services for the upcoming month. And if you’re a Hulu subscriber, you’re in luck because there are plenty of movies you’ll want to watch.

Right at the beginning of the month, Hulu is dropping a ton of movies and roughly 12% of those movies are Star Trek-related. That’s right, Spock, Kirk, and the gang will be invading your screen as Hulu releases nine Trek movies. Star Trek 1-6, 8, 9, and Nemesis all arrive on August 1. Watch Captain James T. Kirk yell “KAHN” or watch the crew travel back to 1986 to hang out with some whales. If only Hulu was also releasing Generations and Insurrection, so you could binge them all in one, very long sitting.

If space and science-fiction aren’t up your alley, then how do you feel about the personification of Death, trying to end people’s lives? Are you into that? If so, the first four Final Destination movies are headed to Hulu on August 1 as well. In those movies, the concept of death is actually attempting to kill people. However, some can see his plan and avoid their demise. Can the trick the being that ends lives for a career or will they ultimately meet their maker? I’m making this movie sound a bit smarter than it actually is. You’re going to watch this for the Rube Goldberg-esque death sequences.

What about anime? Well, if you’re looking for a series where every character you know and love will eventually be eaten by giantantic beasts–which will make you cry a lot–then you’ll want to check out Season 3A of Attack on Titan, which arrives on August 6. Based on the popular manga series, the show follows a world that’s been under attack from Titans, humongous, expressionless humanoids who eat people. Humans build a wall around their city, but that doesn’t always work out for them. It’s emotional, terrifying, and action-packed. Who’s your favorite Attack on Titan character? Mine’s the one that died in Season 1!

Below, you’ll find the complete listing for everything coming to and leaving Hulu in August.

Coming to Hulu in August

Available August 1

• Heartland: Complete Season 11(Kew Media)
• Pure: Complete Season 2 (WGN)
• Unikitty: Complete Season 1B (Cartoon Network)
• A Viking Saga: The Darkest Day (2013)
• Alien vs. Predator (2004)
• American Heart (1993)
• Baby Boom (1987)
• Big Fish (2003)
• The Brady Bunch Movie (1995)
• A Very Brady Sequel (1996)
• Bulletproof Monk (2003)
• Cats & Dogs (2001)
• Chinese Box (1997)
• The Color Purple (1985)
• Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002)
• The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course (2002)
• The Cutting Edge (1992)
• The Cutting Edge: Going for the Gold (2006)
• Dances with Wolves (1990)
• Das Boot (1981)
• Double Impact (1991)
• Down in the Delta (1998)
• Drumline (2002)
• Eight Men Out (1988)
• The Fifth Element (1997)
• Final Destination (2000)
• Final Destination 2 (2003)
• Final Destination 3 (2006)
• The Final Destination (2009)
• Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)
• Furry Vengeance (2010)
• Good Advice (2001)
• Hackers (1995)
• The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923)
• Idiocracy (2006)
• Indecent Proposal (1993)
• Ingenious (2009)
• Jeepers Creepers 2 (2003)
• John Grisham’s The Rainmaker (1997)
• Kama Sutra (1997)
• Man on a Ledge (2012)
• Marley and Me: the Puppy Years (2010)
• Meet the Parents (2000)
• Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium (2007)
• My Bloody Valentine (1981)
• The Pink Panther (2006)
• The Pink Panther 2 (2009)
• Rat Race (2001)
• Repentance (2013)
• Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993)
• Rosemary’s Baby (1968)
• Rushmore (1998)
• Seven (1995)
• Shivers (1975)
• Snake Eyes (1998)
• Spider-Man 3 (2007)
• Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)
• Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
• Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984)
• Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)
• Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989)
• Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)
• Star Trek VIII: First Contact (1996)
• Star Trek IX: Insurrection (1998)
• Star Trek: Nemesis (2002)
• Stargate (1994)
• Step Up (2006)
• The Terminator (1984)
• The Transporter (2002)
• Throw Momma from the Train (1987)
• Tracker (2011)
• Urban Cowboy (1980)
• White Men Can’t Jump (1992)
• Zookeeper (2011)

Available August 2

• Into The Dark: School Spirit: Episode 11 Premiere (Hulu Original)
• Rick Steves’ Cruising the Mediterranean: Special (PBS)
• Anger Management (2003)
• Non-Fiction (2019)

Available August 5

• The Kleptocrats (2018)

Available August 6

• Apollo: Mission to the Moon: Special (National Geographic)
• Attack on Titan: Complete Season 3A (Funimation)
• Bachelor in Paradise: Season 6 premiere (ABC)
• Plus One (2018)
• Swan Princess: Kingdom of Music (2017)
• The Swan Princess: Kingdom of Music (2019)

Available August 7

• The Armstrong Tapes: Special (National Geographic)

Available August 8

• Apollo: Back to the Moon: Special (National Geographic)
• BH90210: Series Premiere (FOX)
• Mortdecai (2015)

Available August 9

• The Beach Bum (2019)

Available August 11

• AWOL (2016)

Available August 13

• Sharkfest: Special (National Geographic)
• Andy Irons: Kissed by Gods (2019)

Available August 15

• Dogman (2019)
• Own the Sky (2018)
• Rattlesnakes (2018)
• Smoke Signals (1998)
• The Actors (2003)
• Zoo-Head (2018)

Available August 16

• Find Me In Paris: Complete Season 2 (Hulu Original)
• The Amazing Johnathan Documentary: Documentary Premiere (Hulu Original)

Available August 18

• The Bookshop (2018)

Available August 20

• The Layover (2017)

Available August 21

• This Way Up: Complete Season 1 (Merman)

Available August 22

• A Simple Favor (2018)
• Hail, Satan (2019)

Available August 23

• Jawline: Documentary Premiere (Hulu Original)
• Mission: Impossible – Fallout (2018)
• Operation Finale (2018)

Available August 24

• Mapplethorpe (2018)

Available August 25

• Wicked Tuna: Complete Season 5 (National Geographic)

Available August 26

• Captain Fantastic (2016)

Available August 27

• Mom: Complete Season 6 (CBS)
• The Lincoln Lawyer (2011)

Available August 28

• How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2018)

Available August 29

• The Son: Complete Season 2 (AMC)
• Body at Brighton Rock (2019)

Available August 30

• Four of a Kind: Complete Season 1 (TV Tokyo)
• Gameface: Complete Season 2 (All3 Media)
• Gintama: Complete Season 1 (TV Tokyo)
• S.W.A.T.: Complete Season 2 (CBS)

Leaving Hulu in August

August 31

• Along Came a Spider (2001)
• American Loser (2007)
• American Psycho (2000)
• AntiHuman (2017)
• Antitrust (2001)
• Arbitrage (2012)
• Battle Ground (2013)
• Behind Enemy Line (2001)
• Blaze You Out (2013)
• Body of Evidence (1993)
• Brown Sugar (2002)
• Cecil B. Demented (2000)
• Chuck & Buck (2000)
• Cougars, Inc. (2011)
• Dante’s Peak (1997)
• Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo (1999)
• Dysfunktional Family (2003)
• Emperor (2012)
• Existenz (1999)
• Fluke (1995)
• Godsend (2004)
• Hard Candy (2006)
• Hitman (2007)
• Independence Day (1996)
• Italian for Beginners (2000)
• Jennifer 8 (1992)
• Kazaam (1996)
• Kinky Boots (2005)
• Less Than Zero (1987)
• Lost and Delirious (2001)
• Minority Report (2002)
• Next Day Air (2009)
• Not Another Teen Movie (2001)
• Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987)
• Point Break (1991)
• Poseidon (2006)
• Private Parts (1997)
• Reservoir Dogs (1992)
• Rounders (1998)
• Slow Burn (2000)
• Spawn (1997)
• Still Waiting (2009)
• Superbad (2007)
• The Surrogate (1995)
• Waiting… (2005)
• Wargames (1983)
• Wonderland (2003)

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The relationship between Fortnite developer and publisher Epic Games and PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds developer PUBG Corp. was believed to be somewhat fractious, given the two games’ competition–not to mention PUBG Corp.’s attempted suing of Epic less than two years ago.

However, PUBG Corp.’s studio director, Brian Corrigan, has now claimed that couldn’t be further from the truth. He told PCGamesN: “People have this idea that there’s some animosity or something with Epic, but they’re one of our best partners, we talk to them all the time!”

The relationship between the two companies is complicated. PUBG Corp. filed a lawsuit against Epic back in 2017, shortly after proclaiming its “growing concerns regarding the similarities between the battle royale mode in Epic Games’ newly revealed Fortnite and PUBG.” The legal case was later dropped.

PUBG Corp.’s parent company, Bluehole, has an ongoing licensing agreement with Epic for the latter’s Unreal Engine development tool, which PUBG uses. In addition, both companies are part-owned by the same corporation, Tencent.

While Epic openly cited PUBG as a key inspiration behind its Battle Royale mode, the latter has since borrowed ideas from Fortnite, which has gone on to be incredibly successful. Fortnite popularized the Seasons and Battle Pass format of updates, for example, and PUBG has just begun its fourth season.

Fresh off the back of revealing the Switch Lite and another new version of the console with improved battery life, Nintendo has unveiled a new special edition Switch that looks gorgeous.

The Disney Tsum Tsum console is themed around–you guessed it–Disney’s line of Tsum Tsum plushes. It will be released on October 10 to coincide with Bandai Namco’s Disney Tsum Tsum Festival game based around the same soft toy line.

However, while the game is coming to the West, it appears the console–which is the new, longer-lasting model–is exclusive to Japan for now. It is available for pre-order now though, if you fancy importing it. GameSpot has contacted Nintendo to clarify if the special edition device will ever come to Europe or the Americas.

While the Tsum Tsum console is yet to be confirmed for the West, we do know of some new Joy-Con colors coming soon: blue with neon yellow, and purple with neon orange.

A much bigger change to the Switch hardware is represented by the Switch Lite, a smaller and budget-priced version of the console that removes the docking functionality to be a portable-only system. That version has its controllers permanently affixed to the body of the console, unlike the standard Switch. However, you could still use separate Joy-Cons for local multiplayer games.

At the Game of Thrones panel at San Diego Comic-Con, the cast of HBO’s epic series answered some burning questions about the finale, debunked a few theories and gave their opinions on the controversial series ending.Stars John Bradley and Liam Cunningham also took to the IGN Comic-Con live show to answer IGN fan questions from Twitter, which you can watch below:

Why Didn’t Grey Worm Kill Jon Snow After He Murdered Daenerys?

“It’s a good question. In my head, there maybe came a point for Grey Worm where it was like ‘enough is enough, [no more killing].’ I think that’s a big reason why he left, everybody that was ever dear to him was dead – and he’d only just learned how to have people who were dear to him,” Jacob Anderson explained of his character’s seemingly questionable choice to let Jon Snow live after discovering Dany was dead. “I think he thought, ‘This is a violent place and this is not what I want my existence to be.’ There’s a sense that he was willing for there to be a trial… I don’t think he necessarily wants to kill Jon Snow, he just doesn’t necessarily… want him to be alive.”

Anderson gets into this question in more detail in our interview from IGN’s Comic-Con live stream:

Did Jon Distract the Dragon to Help Arya Kill the Night King?

Nope, sorry Jon Snow fans, Maisie Williams said Arya was able to get to the Night King all on her own, and Jon wasn’t shouting “go, go, go” to Arya to help her get past the wight version of Viserion. “She did that on her own. If we’re gonna give credit to anyone, it’s Melisandre – she knew what she had to do to put the mission in Arya’s head when she’s at her lowest point,” Williams said. “After so long being on her own, [Arya] has something to lose now. Being back with her family has made her that much more vulnerable. So if we’re going to put it down to anyone for helping her finish the job, it was Melisandre for the ‘brown eyes, green eyes, blue eyes’ line.”

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Would Jaime Have Ended Up With Brienne if He’d Survived and Cersei Didn’t?

Plenty of fans were rooting for Jaime to end up with Brienne before he left her to reunite with Cersei in the penultimate episode of Season 8. Nikolaj Coster-Waldau admitted, “It would’ve been Brienne and Jaime forever,” but said he wasn’t sure it would’ve lasted between the two knights if they’d tried to live happily ever adfter. “He’s got a lot of baggage, and I think she’d find out after a few weeks and go ‘no I think I’m gonna have to move on.’”

Still, Coster-Waldau said that he considered Jaime’s death to be “perfect for the character to end in the arms of Cersei.” When the audience booed at that, he offered, “That’s just my opinion, but to me the scene with Gwendoline Christie when she fills in the blanks in the book was really beautiful and I think it showed her understanding of Jaime and her love of Jaime and I thought it was a beautiful scene.” Lena Headey, meanwhile, wasn’t so satisfied with Cersei’s death.

Would Davos Have Killed Melisandre if She Hadn’t Committed Suicide?

Ser Davos had wanted to get revenge on Melisandre for years, especially after she facilitated the death of Shireen Baratheon, but actor Liam Cunningham wasn’t sure if he would’ve actually taken the chance to kill her himself if she hadn’t laid down her life after the Battle of Winterfell: “It’s one of the things I ran through my own mind while preparing for the scene. I’m not sure. Davos was described as the moral compass of the piece and you never saw him killing anyone. I think he’d have wanted to, but whether he would or not, his humanity always rose to the surface. I like to think he’d have got someone else to do it,” Cunningham laughed.

Is Bran Evil and Did He Manipulate the Events of the Final Season to End Up on the Throne?

Isaac Hempstead Wright did concede what IGN’s Dan Stapleton pointed out after the finale, “for all intents and purposes, Westeros is now a surveillance state with Bran now aware of everything everyone’s doing,” but he doesn’t necessarily believe the fan theory that Bran was evil and manipulating the events of the final season to get himself on the throne in the end.

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“I don’t think Bran knows per se what’s going to happen in the future, he’s got the entirety of the past at his fingertips, his vision of the future is cloudier,” Hempstead Wright said, before admitting, “I think it’s cool that it’s ambiguous and you can read into it and think ‘wow, has Bran just sat back and let the Starks win?’ That was kind of one of the cleverest things about the ending, it doesn’t conclude everything very neatly… the kingdom’s in total disarray, Sansa’s now Queen [in the North], Bran is king and they’re storylines that could warrant their own spinoff, but they’re not finished, there’s no period. It’s almost like the world of Game of Thrones exists somewhere in the ether – it’s not finished conclusively and lets you read into it.”

Did John Bradley Leave That Water Bottle in the Finale?

John Bradley, who played the loveable coward Samwell Tarly, attempted to set the record straight about the water bottle that was left in a scene during the series finale.

“I’ve thought about this very strongly – I’m right-handed, so if I’m drinking a water bottle with my right hand, if I was putting it on the floor, I’d put it [on my right side] and it was on [my left side],” Bradley quipped. “I’m not trying to clear my name too forcefully, but I think I’ve taken enough blame for this… If it was me, maybe give me a costume that wasn’t so heavy in Spain… There were several stages between that day and when it ended up on TV, so it could’ve been taken out!”

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What lingering questions do you still have about Game of Thrones following the final season? Are you satisfied by the cast members’ answers? Weigh in below, and for more from Comic-Con 2019, check out our hub and stay tuned to our livestream.

Laura Prudom is the Deputy Entertainment Manager at IGN. You can talk to her on Twitter at @LauinLA.