XCOM 2’s New DLC Is Out Next Week with New Maps, Modes and More

2K and Firaxis have announced that the XCOM 2: War of the Chosen – Tactical Legacy Pack will be available on PC next Tuesday, October 9, and will bring with it a new story, new game modes, maps, and more.

The Tactical Legacy Pack will tell a new story that bridges the gap between XCOM: Enemy Unknown and XCOM 2. In addition, this latest DLC will include new game modes, maps, weapons, armor, and photobooth options that “honor the legacy of the XCOM series.”

One of the new gameplay modes is Legacy Ops which allow you to “command a squad of soldiers through a series of linked consecutive tactical missions.” These include:

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Our Custom Stormtrooper Model Kits Are Totally Not Canon

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IGN was sent a pair of Stormtrooper model kits to build, and well… We might have gotten a little carried away.

To paint my “Partytrooper,” the pink tropical one, I used an airbrush and thinned Tamiya hobby enamels. The green palm leaves were done with a tiny stencil I cut from a plastic container.

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Daily Deals: $3K off Alienware Area 51 Intel 18-Core Dual GTX 1080 Ti SLI Gaming Desktop

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Witcher Author Demands More Compensation From CD Projekt Red

Andrzej Sapkowski, the original author of The Witcher series of short stories and novels, has officially demanded further compensation from CD Projekt Red, developers of the highly successful Witcher games based on his work.

Via Kotaku, CD Projekt Red released an official report on the matter today, addressing that the company has received an official demand for further payment from Sapkowski, indicating that he expects additional royalties “beyond what had been contractually agreed upon between himself and the Company.”

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Creator of American Gods Neil Gaiman Signs Overall Deal With Amazon Studios

Creator of Good Omens and American Gods, Neil Gaiman has signed an exclusive deal with Amazon Studios for future TV projects.

The news was announced Tuesday in London at the Amazon Prime Video Presents showcase, Reported by THR. Footage from Gaiman’s latest project of the adaptation of his 1990 novel, Good Omens was featured, starring David Tennant, Michael Sheen, and Frances McDormand.

The decision to sign with Amazon Studios comes after Gaiman’s TV deal with Fremantle, who is behind American Gods, expired earlier this year.

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Red Dead Redemption 2 Rewrites the Open-World Rules

It’s been five years since Rockstar’s last magnum opus, the Hall-of-Fame-worthy Grand Theft Auto 5 released in 2013, and eight since it made the video game Western viable again with 2010’s Red Dead Redemption. On October 26, Rockstar will make you wait a tad longer to see its next attempt at pushing the open-world genre forward by rolling the opening credits on Red Dead Redemption 2 against a backdrop of a hellish high-mountain snowstorm.

“Nobody’s following us through a storm like this one!” bellows Dutch, the leader of the 20-odd-person Van der Linde gang as they take shelter in a mountaintop camp, evading the pursuers who’ve run them out of the prosperous American West in 1899 following a disastrous job in Blackwater. And so it falls to Dutch and your own Arthur Morgan to venture out into the Grizzly Mountain wilds to find food for the physically and mentally run-down group. “Get yourselves warm,” Dutch tells them. Stay strong. Stay with me. We ain’t done yet!”

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Marvel Reveals New Captain Marvel Comic for 2019

Today Marvel Comics revealed that Captain Marvel will be getting a new ongoing comic just in time for her MCU debut. The new series, simply titled “Captain Marvel,” will debut in January 2019 following the conclusion of The Life of Captain Marvel.

As revealed by The New York Times, the new volume of Captain Marvel will feature a brand-new creative team, including writer Kelly Thompson (West Coast Avengers), artist Carmen Carnero (X-Men Red) and colorist Tamra Bonvillain (Doom Patrol).

Captain Marvel #1 art by Carmen Carnero. (Marvel Comics)

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Wonder Woman’s Next Threat? A Supervillain Pickup Artist

Wonder Woman’s long history is rife with formidable foes, but in the world of DC’s Earth One graphic novel line, even the most dated of them can be reinvented into something truly timely and even more horrific. This is exactly what creator Grant Morrison did alongside his collaborator Yanick Paquette for the second volume of their alternate universe Wonder Woman: Earth One series with an all-new take on the 1940s villain Doctor Psycho. By flipping the script on his original 1940s incarnation, Morrison and Paquette have taken Doctor Psycho from campy vintage hypnotist to modern day “pickup artist.”

The “pickup artist” or PUA community in the real world is a group of men who believe they can subliminally suggest ideas to women using scripts and other “mind control” tactics to make them more compliant, usually aiming for some sort of sexual or romantic favor. Dr. Psycho’s new angle was inspired by a combination of real-world sources, according to Morrison, who spoke to IGN along with a small group of reporters at a press event. “I was looking towards the modern version of the

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Aquaman Figure Brings the Classic Costume to Life

New York Comic-Con is upon us this week, and we’ve already got a cool exclusive to share with you: a close-up look at the movie version of Aquaman’s classic costume, as represented by an upcoming Sideshow Collectibles Premium Format Figure.

Warner Bros. Consumer Products and DC Entertainment, in partnership with Sidehow, announced the Aquaman Premium Format Figure this week, and now IGN has a first look at the piece. Scaled at 1:4 and approximately 23″ tall, the figure represents the Jason Momoa version of Arthur Curry/Aquaman in the character’s original green and yellow suit. Fans who attended the Warner Bros. panel at San Diego Comic-Con last summer caught a glimpse of this costume in footage screened, to date, only at that convention. Whereas the Momoa version of Aquaman wore a different suit in his previous DCEU appearances, his solo movie will at least partially feature his classic look.

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