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Gamescom 2019 kicks off in Cologne, Germany, later this month. Before the convention proper begins, The Game Awards producer Geoff Keighley will be hosting an Opening Night Live broadcast that promises to give viewers an exclusive look at a number of upcoming titles, including the anticipated PS4 exclusive Death Stranding.

Keighley revealed that Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima will make an appearance during the Gamescom: Opening Night Live broadcast, which will air on Monday, August 19. Kojima will premiere an “exclusive new look” at his enigmatic PS4 game during the show, which will mark the first new footage we’ve seen of it since the release date trailer that dropped back in May.

Kojima won’t be the only developer premiering exclusive footage during the Gamescom: Opening Night Live stream; more than 15 of the industry’s biggest publishers will also make announcements and debut “world premiere content” during the broadcast, in addition to a number of indie studios. Specific games and announcements will be detailed ahead of the broadcast, but some of the publishers that will be participating in the show include:

• 2K
• Activision
• Bandai Namco
• Bungie
• Capcom
• EA
• Epic Games
• Google Stadia
• Deep Silver
• Private Division
• Sega
• Square Enix
• Sony
• THQ Nordic
• Ubisoft
• Xbox Game Studios

Gamescom: Opening Night Live begins at 11 AM PT / 2 PM PT / 8 PM CEST on August 19, while Gamescom proper takes place from August 21-24. The broadcast will air on “all major game streaming platforms” and will be presented in English with translations in more than eight languages.

Death Stranding launches for PS4 on November 8. The title will be available in standard and collector’s editions, the latter of which runs for $200 and includes a life-sized BB Pod statue. You can read more about the game and its various editions and pre-order bonuses in our Death Stranding pre-order guide.

Google has announced another Stadia Connect livestream for later this month, right before Gamescom 2019 kicks off. The show will begin on August 19 at 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET / 6 PM BST (3 AM AET on August 20).

We don’t yet know much about what will be shown during the conference. Google has only said this stream will be “all about the games” and that it will be “revealing brand-new titles [and] going behind-the-scenes with our partners.” The company also said members of the public can get hands-on time with Stadia at Gamescom, which kicks off on August 21.

Stadia boss Phil Harrison has previously said Google is working with “hundreds” of publishers and developers to bring their titles to the platform. They include EA, 2K, Rockstar, Sega, Warner Bros., Capcom, and Square Enix, among other partners.

We may also discover a final release date for the streaming service, which at present is simply listed for a “November 2019” launch. The version that’s coming then, the Founder’s Edition, comes with a Chromecast Ultra, a limited-edition Night Blue controller, and early dibs on your Stadia account name. It also includes three months of the Stadia Pro service, and a three-month Buddy Pass to gift Stadia Pro to a friend. That bundle costs $130 / £120 and is coming to the US, Canada, UK, Ireland, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, and Finland.

Stadia Pro, the online service itself, will cost $10 / £9 a month, but it will only be available with Founder’s Editions to start. It includes 4K and 60 FPS with 5.1 surround sound, access to free games, and discounts on full game purchases. The free Stadia Base service, meanwhile, launches in 2020.

The Fast & Furious series might be one of the most successful movie franchises of all time, but it’s also an unusually antagonistic one behind-the-scenes. Two years ago, the very public feud between Vin Diesel and Dwayne Johnson overshadowed the release of The Fate of the Furious, and now star Michelle Rodriguez has blasted comments made by long-time scriptwriter Chris Morgan.

Rodriguez’s tweet was in response to comments that Morgan has made about the character of Hobbs, played by Jason Statham in the Fast & Furious spin-off Hobbs and Shaw, and Han, who was played by Sung Kang and killed off in 2006’s Fast & Furious: Tokyo Drift. In short, Hobbs was introduced in Fast & Furious 6 in a more villainous role, where it was revealed he was responsible for Han’s fiery death. Since then, Hobbs has become a hero in the series, and this murderous act barely mentioned. The result has been a fan campaign termed “Justice for Han,” leading Morgan to reveal that the series will return to this storyline, with Hobbs confronting his past mistakes.

However, Rodriguez seems to think otherwise. The star, who has played Leticia Ortiz in five movies to date, retweeted the Entertainment Weekly article that quoted Morgan and declared that Morgan has “absolutely nothing to do with where this narrative is.” Check it out below:

What’s strange is that Morgan wrote both the movie in which Han is killed, and the one in which Hobbs is revealed as his killer, as well as Hobbs & Shaw. However, his work on the spin-off meant that he’s not written next year’s Fast & Furious 9, which is currently shooting. Either way, Morgan clearly still thinks he’s still involved.

Another Fast & Furious-related beef that raised its head this week was the one between Johnson and Tyrese Gibson. In 2017 Gibson, who plays Roman Pearce in the series, was very vocal about his displeasure that Fast 9 had been pushed forward a year to make room for Hobbs & Shaw, something he clearly blamed Johnson for. This week, Gibson posted a screengrab on Instagram about Hobbs & Shaw’s opening weekend box office, which was lower in the US than the last few movies in the series. He accompanied it with the caption: “Breaking up the family clearly doesn’t have the value that one would assume it does.”

Gibson was quick to delete the post. It’s also worth noting that while the domestic weekend take was lower than other movies in the series, Hobbs & Shaw still had an impressive worldwide opening and has made $179 million since it opened last week. For more, check out GameSpot’s ranking of the most ridiculous stunts in the Fast & Furious series.

Epic Games has released a Fortnite content update that puts a new spin on a classic area in the popular battle royale title. As detailed in the Fortnite version 10.00 content update patch notes, Neo Tilted has been transformed by one of the Rift Zones that appeared at the start of Season 10. The area is now called Tilted Town, and looks like a Wild West settlement.

“Neo Tilted is not so neo anymore,” Epic says. “A Rift Zone has turned this location into what it was many years in the past: a Wild West settlement. What’s even wilder than this western twist is that building and harvesting are prohibited.”

On top of that, the automatic sniper rifle is now available and, according to Epic, it’ll be handy if you want to keep your enemies pinned down from a distance. The rifle is available in Rare, Epic, and Legendary variant, and can be found as Floor, Chest, Vending Machine, Supply Drop, and Loot Carrier pickups. Take a look at the full battle royale content update details below.

Limited Time Mode Rotation:

Arsenal

Coming Soon

Team Type: Solos | Respawning: On

Work your way through all of the weapons, starting with the higher rarities and ending with the lower rarities. The first player to get an elimination with the final weapon wins! Infinite ammo is on, and players will drop materials when they are eliminated.

Weapons + Items

• Automatic Sniper Rifle
  • Available in Rare, Epic, and Legendary variants.
  • Uses Medium Ammo.
  • Projectiles travel faster than other Sniper Rifles.
  • Damage: 31/33/35
    • Headshot: 62/66/70
  • 4 Rounds per second.
  • 16 Rounds per magazine.
  • Uses a reduced zoom scope.
  • Can be found from Floor, Chest, Vending Machines, Supply Drops, and Loot Carriers.
• Unvaulted weapons that only spawn in Tilted Town:
  • Double Barrel Shotgun
    • Epic and Legendary variants.
  • Six Shooter
    • Uncommon, Rare, and Epic variants.
  • Hunting Rifle
    • Uncommon and Rare variants.
  • Infantry Rifle
    • Common variant.

Fortnite Season 10 changes the way Daily and Weekly Challenges work in quite a significant way, but there’s still plenty of opportunities to get those precious Battle Stars. If you’re wondering what to spend it on, check out our gallery of all the new skins, emotes, bling, harvesters and more in Fortnite Season 10.

Warner Bros. has announced the release dates for two of its upcoming anticipated movies. The untitled Elvis Presley biopic starring Austin Butler and directed by Oscar nominee Baz Luhrmann (The Great Gatsby, Moulin Rouge, Romeo + Juliet) is set to hit theatres on October 1, 2021, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Warner Bros. also shared a brief plot description for the film, stating it will “delve into their complex dynamic spanning over 20 years, from Presley’s rise to fame to his unprecedented stardom, against the backdrop of the evolving cultural landscape and the loss of innocence in America.”

Butler stars in the movie opposite Tom Hanks who plays Elvis’ longtime manager Colonel Tom Parker.

The other date that Warner Bros. announced was for the Dune reboot. The movie has shifted from November 2020 to December 18, 2020. The sci-fi film is directed by Denis Villeneuve (Arrival, Sicario, Blade Runner 2049) and stars lots of famous people such as Josh Brolin, Timothee Chalamet, Stellan Skarsgard, Dave Bautista, Rebecca Ferguson, Jason Momoa, Oscar Isaac, and Charlotte Rampling, among others.

The December 18, 2020 date is a busy one. The Uncharted movie starring Tom Holland also arrives in theatres that day, as does the Coming to America sequel with Eddie Murphy and Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story.

Finally, Warner Bros. announced that an untitled “event” film will release on November 20, 2020, but there is no word on what it is.