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No One Can Agree On Assassin’s Creed Odyssey’s Microtransactions

In the days and weeks following the release of Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, an uproar over the game’s inclusion of time-saving microtransactions touched a nerve with the community. Do they cross the line from harmless enhancers to practically necessary against Odyssey’s difficulty spikes? The overall conclusion has people torn.

You don’t have to look further than the Assassin’s Creed subreddit to find divisiveness over the game’s real-money timer savers that generally boils down to one of two opinions. Essentially, some people feel Ubisoft has intentionally designed a pacing system that demands those purchases, while others consider the open-world, exploratory nature of an RPG one that necessitates spending time in that world for progression regardless.

Tom and Jerry: Live-Action Animation Hybrid Movie in the Works From Fantastic Four Director

The Hanna-Barbera classic cartoon duo Tom and Jerry will be receiving a live-action/animated hybrid feature film, and Warner Bros. is in negotiations with Tim Story to Direct.

As reported by Variety, the film is expected to begin shooting in 2019. Story is known for directing 2005’s Fantastic Four and Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, as well as Ride Along and the upcoming Shaft film.

Out This Week: Soulcalibur VI, Starlink: Battle for Atlas, Dark Souls: Remastered on Switch

With so many new games and movies coming out, it can be hard to keep up. Lucky for you, IGN is here to help with a weekly round-up of the biggest releases each and every week. Check out the latest releases for this week, and be sure to come back next Monday for a new update.

Note: The prices and deals compiled below are accurate at the time we published this story, but all are subject to change.

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Chris Evans Says His Avengers 4 Wrap Tweet Wasn’t a Spoiler

A tweet from Chris Evans last week made fans think they’ve figured out how The Avengers 4 ends, but the Captain America actor wants fans to know that his tweet was not intended to reveal anything at all.

“I should clarify that, I know I did tweet something that made a lot of people think that it was in some way a spoiler, and I should clarify that, regardless of how Avengers 4 ends, I would’ve tweeted the exact same thing,” Evans said this past weekend at Chicago’s ACE Comic Con, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Evans let the tweet in question fly on October 4. In it, he talked about his feelings toward suiting up as Captain America after nearly a decade portraying the character.

Pokemon: Let’s Go Is Relaxing and Approachable by Design

For anyone unfamiliar, Pokemon is an easy series to underestimate. On the surface, it’s bright, cute, and basically the opposite of what a lot of people think when they hear “competitive multiplayer” or “deep RPG.” But as any experienced player will tell you, the core Pokemon series is full of elements like breeding, hidden abilities, and a ton of other factors that require meticulous stat tracking and battle strategies.

For that reason, Pokemon: Let’s Go is designed as an entry point for kids and new players. Normally, those people might pick up a traditional Pokemon game expecting something simple and find themselves intimidated by the many facets of battling and training. But after playing a bit of Let’s Go Pikachu and Eevee, it’s clear that Game Freak has succeeded in making a much simpler, more friendly Pokemon experience.

Edvard Munch ‘The Scream’ Themed Pokemon Cards Coming to Japan

Norwegian painter Edvard Munch is best known for a series of paintings known as “The Scream” and, for whatever reason, there are now five official Pokemon trading cards that play on its distinct style.

As revealed on the official Japanese Pokemon Trading Card Game website, the cards each feature a different Pokemon: Pikachu, Eevee, Rowlet, Psyduck and Mimikyu. It appears that each one uses a scream-based attack to cause confusion.

Though the pairing may seem exceptionally random, the cards have been made in conjunction with an Edvard Munch retrospective exhibit coming to the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum starting October 27. This same day, the cards will become available and will retail for 450 yen. It appears they can be purchased at the exhibit, and some will be given as promotional items for buying booster packs at Japanese Pokemon Centers.

Titans Star on What Robin Learned from Batman

Titans star Brenton Thwaites discusses Robin’s connection with Batman, Starfire and Raven following episode 1.

3D Realms Boss Sheds Light on Duke Nukem Forever’s Tortured Development

Scott Miller is psychologically done with Duke Nukem Forever…forever. The founder of 3D Realms, which helped bring classic action games like Max Payne and Wolfenstein 3D to life, says he has never and probably will never play the ill-fated shooter to completion, which released in 2011 after more than a decade in development hell.

When asked when he started to worry about Duke Nukem Forever’s development being in trouble, Miller said it was 2003.

“My argument to

was we need to almost double the size of our studio to get this thing up,” Miller said. “What happens is that a new game will come out that blows the doors off of what we’re doing, like Half-Life or Half-Life 2. Therefore, OK, let’s go back to the drawing board and add more features to the engine. We were just always playing catch-up because our team is too small to ever really get ahead and maintain the lead we want.”

Watch Ellen Play Fortnite With Ninja

You can tell a game has hit it big when it starts appearing on the talk show circuit. Fortnite has made a handful of appearances outside the traditional gaming media and now hit once again with an extended spot on Ellen. In it, host Ellen DeGeneres explained following a rabbit hole from the Orange Justice dance to Fortnite to the notable streamer, Ninja.

Ninja made an appearance on the show, ostensibly to explain how to play and show Ellen the ins and outs. The result is a lot like fellow talk show host Conan O’Brien’s ongoing Clueless Gamer, with the host cracking jokes at her own expense against the backdrop of playing a game.

Those seeking advice on how to play Fortnite like Ninja will have to look elsewhere, though, as the lesson only touches on the barest essentials of the game. Ellen comedically bumbles her way through very slowly dropping into position, finding and promptly wasting her one firearm, and ultimately getting killed. Not quite enough to get rich streaming.

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For actual tips on Fortnite, check out our challenges guide to get the most out of your Battle Pass. This season the Darkness Rises theme brings all sorts of new skins and cosmetics like the Dire Wolf. It also brought a destructive new vehicle and it appears that more Halloween themed cosmetics are on the way.

Gotham Season 5 Has Three Time Jumps And That Is Very Important

The final season of Gotham won’t premiere until 2019; however, with the show’s final appearance at New York Comic-Con happening over the weekend, the Batman prequel series is at the center of a lot of buzz. Whether it’s the news that Shane West will play Bane in the Fox show’s final episodes or that Batman will finally make an appearance in the series finale, there’s plenty to talk about.

One other topic of discussion over the last week is whether the show would jump ahead in time following the events of the Season 4 finale, in which Jeremiah (Cameron Monaghan) blew up the bridges that connect Gotham City to the rest of the world, essentially setting up a story inspired by the “No Man’s Land” story from the DC comic books. During a visit to the show’s set in New York City, GameSpot learned from multiple cast members that there would be a three-month time jump in the new season.

Thanks to a little clarification from executive producer John Stephens, though, it’s not quite that simple. “We have a time jump of 391 days at the top of the premiere opener, but then we settle in back at 87 days,” he said.

That means when the series returns, fans will see Gotham City a little over a year after Jeremiah destroyed the bridges, before settling back into its three-month jump. The season will then, assumedly, tell the story of how Jim Gordon (Ben McKenzie), Bruce Wayne (David Mazouz), and whoever else is left get the city to the point it’s at on the 391-day mark.

Those aren’t the only two time jumps at play in the final season, though. Speaking at Gotham‘s NYCC panel, Stephens also dropped another bombshell. The series finale will jump forward again, this time to 10 years in the future. It’s at this point that the audience will meet Bruce as Batman. That said, it remains to be seen whether it’ll be Mazouz in the cape and cowl.

Of course, any longtime fan of Gotham is probably keeping their fingers crossed, hoping that the young actor who was 13 years old when the show launched would end up getting to properly become Batman. To see whether that happens or not, though, you’re going to have to wait for whenever the final season of Gotham premieres. All we know at this point is that it won’t be until sometime early next year.