Jamie Lee Curtis Is “Prepared” for Michael Myers

“How f**king crazy is this?” Jamie Lee Curtis asks us, fully decked out in her Laurie Strode costume and hairstyle, even though she says she’s not even filming anything today. It’s one of the many signs that the production of the new Halloween must be going relatively well. Certainly everyone seems happy to be there.

Jamie Lee Curtis immediately jumps into a story about going in for ballistic training, surprising the local proprietor, and helping him get his merch signed. And when he asked her to shoot a bullet through the cover of his vinyl soundtrack to the original film, you better believe she did it. (And it was her first shot on a bolt action rifle, too.)

But the life of Laurie Strode, her character in the Halloween franchise, isn’t nearly as cheerful. Despite appearing in four of the original Halloween sequels, David Gordon Green’s new film completely rewrites the history of Laurie, and the whole Halloween series. Now, only the first film happened, leaving Laurie – the teenaged survivor of the 1978 Halloween night massacre, perpetrated by the masked killer Michael Myers – in a state of deep, deep trauma which has followed her throughout her entire life.

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Best Geek Presents for Dads

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Father’s Day is just around the corner (Sunday 17th June), which means it’s time to spoil the old man with something special. We’ve put a selection of cool geek gifts to suit a range of budgets, all of which are guaranteed to put a smile on any dad’s face.

Propel Star Wars Collector's Edition High Performance TIE Advanced X1 Fighter Battling QuadcopterIf your dad is a Star Wars fan he will love this Darth Vader drone. Inspired by the Sith Lord’s starfighter in A New Hope, this easy-to-fly drone allows you to relive the trench run scene in the comfort of your own home.

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10 Best DC Animated TV Series!

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Fortnite Week 6 Maps: Carbide/Omega Poster Locations, Search Between Playground (Season 4 Challenges)

Another batch of challenges are available in Fortnite: Battle Royale. Players who have purchased the Season 4 Battle Pass can complete a set of seven objectives for Week 6, including those that have you searching for a point near a playground, as well as Carbide and Omega posters that you have to spray over. Here’s how to complete all of the Week 6 challenges.

First up are the posters. Week 6 challenges task you to spray over different Carbide or Omega posters. You’ll find these scattered around the map, and you’ll need to spray on top of seven of them total. There are more than twice as many on the island, and this doesn’t need to be done in a single match. Spraying over a poster just involves holding the use button/key, just as you would to open a chest. You can consult the map below to see all of the poster locations that we’ve been able to confirm.

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The other tricky challenge for this week is a Hard-difficulty one that has you search between a playground, campsite, and footprint. This might not be tough if you recognize some of these locations, but you can just check out the map below to see exactly where you have to go. Located in between these points, you’ll find a Battle Star icon; just walk up to it and you can collect it to complete the challenge.

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The remainder of Week 6 is relatively straightforward. You’ll need to deal 1,000 damage with shotguns, which you’ll most easily be able to do in close-quarters, indoor locations–heading to a place like Tilted Towers may be your best bet. Another calls for you to search three supply drops; these spawn more often in some alternate modes, so you may have more luck finding one by jumping into one of those. Searching chests in Loot Lake and eliminating opponents in Retail Row is as simple as repeatedly dropping at those locations at the start of a match until you’ve racked up your requisite numbers. If you can get your hands on an SMG while in Retail Row, you can also knock out another challenge–three SMG eliminations.

Completing these challenges will reward you with varying numbers of Battle Stars, which rank up your Battle Pass and allow you to get your hands on new skins and cosmetics. For a rundown on everything this season, check out our Season 4 challenge guide.

Fortnite Week 6 Challenges

  • Search Supply Drops (3) — 5 Battle Stars
  • Deal damage with Shotguns (1,000) — 5 Battle Stars
  • Search Chests in Loot Lake (7) — 5 Battle Stars
  • Spray over different Carbide or Omega Posters (7) — 5 Battle Stars
  • Hard: Search between a Playground, Campsite, and Footprint — 10 Battle Stars
  • Hard: SMG Eliminations (3) — 10 Battle Stars
  • Hard: Eliminate opponents in Retail Row (3) — 10 Battle Stars

Dead Or Alive 6 Announced Just Prior To E3; Releasing Early 2019

Dead or Alive 6 is on its way. An announcement trailer dropped on the eve of E3 2018, showing off a few of the fighters, arenas, and new combos that will be included. The game is coming to Xbox One, PS4, and PC in early 2019. Dead or Alive 6 will be the first in the franchise to release exclusively on current generation hardware, and it shows.

The Dead or Alive franchise has always boasted impressive graphics, but Dead or Alive 6 appears to feature the most realistic visuals yet. The trailer for the game, which debuted on IGN, shows off how characters make different facial expressions in response to attacking, defending, dodging, or being hit. A more haggard look and bloody wounds appear on fighters who suffer a nasty combo, and delivering a flurry of blows will leave a combatant covered in sweat.

Visuals aren’t the only aspect that’s getting a makeover. Although Dead or Alive 6 features the same system of complex combat that appeals to fighting game veterans, it introduces two new mechanics to aid beginner players: Fatal Rush and Break Gauge. These new special combos let players pull off devastating attacks with very little practice. Mastering the perfect timing for these attacks will still prove challenging though, providing an extra incentive for more advanced players to learn the ins and outs of these new moves.

So far, only Kasumi, Hayate, Hayabusa, Helena, Jann Lee, and Zack have been confirmed for Dead or Alive 6. However, according to director and producer Yohei Shimbori, more familiar faces are on the way, as well as some brand new fighters that players haven’t seen before.

Action-RPG Indivisible Gets New E3 2018 Trailer And Playable Demo

Indivisible, an action-RPG developed by the same minds that created Skullgirls, got a new beta demo. The demo comes as a free update on Xbox One, PS4, and PC for players who backed Indivisible’s Indiegogo campaign. A new E3 trailer for Indivisible accompanied the demo announcement.

Created by Lab Zero Games, Indivisible puts players in control of Ajna, a rebellious tomboy. She sets out on a quest to avenge her destroyed village, and discovers she has the ability to absorb other individuals into her being. This allows her to utilize the attributes of other people and quickly call upon allies in combat. While roaming, Indivisible plays like a beat-’em-up platformer. In certain combat instances, the game transforms into a turn-based RPG.

The new demo showcases Indivisible’s improved battle mechanics, while offering players new enemies to fight, quests to complete, and characters to play as. Of the recent battle mechanics added to the game, the most notable come through in the newly-created boss battle with Pindayar. Pindayar, a giant spider, is one of Indivisible’s “hybrid bosses” that force the player to constantly switch between two different playstyles: strategic fights and hack-and-slash platforming.

The three new characters released in the demo are Nuna, a plant-summoner; Latigo, a gunslinger; and Baozhai, a pirate queen. All three characters can be seen in Indivisible’s new trailer, aiding Ajna in battle as she travels to seven of the game’s diverse locations. The trailer also reveals some of the new combat animations, enemies, and bosses.

Indivisible is set to launch in 2019 for Xbox One, PS4, PC, and Nintendo Switch. Be on the lookout for our E3 coverage of the game.