This article contains some spoilers for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.
When Carrie Fisher passed away in 2016, Star Wars fans were heartbroken. They were also concerned about the role General Leia Organa would play in the then-yet to be filmed third installment in the final trilogy of the Skywalker saga. Director J.J. Abrams and Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy made the decision not to digitally recreate Fisher for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, but to instead use footage she had already shot for the earlier films and work them into the plot.
Of course, a lot of digital work had to be done to blend Leia into scenes with the actors. IGN got a chance to speak to some of the visual effects department for the film, including visual effects supervisor Roger Guyett, creature effects supervisor Neal Scanlan and ILM visual effects supervisor Patrick Tuback about what it took to bring Princess Leia back for the final chapter in the Skywalker Saga.
Just because the holiday season is over doesn’t mean you’re out of luck on a great laptop deal. Whether it’s Black Friday, back to school, graduation, Amazon Prime Day, or whenever, vendors always find a reason to put up sales and deals on laptops. Right now CES, the largest consumer electronics show, is underway, so many vendors are clearing out 2019 models to make room for brand new 2020 stock. Most of the laptop deals we find are catered towards gamers, but we also add in the craziest deals on laptops that are perfect for students, employees, or road warriors. This article is updated constantly.
This Gigabyte AERO laptop is equipped with one of the nicest displays we’ve come across, especially at this price point. The 15″ screen uses an X-Rite Pantone certified IPS AMOLED panel with true 4K (3840×3160) Ultra HD resolution. The rest of the specs aren’t bad either. It comes equipped with a 9th generation Intel Core i7 processor, a very gaming-capable video card, 16GB of memory, 512GB of SSD storage, Killer AX1650 wireless networking, Intel Thunderbolt 3 port, UHS-II card reader, RGB keyboard, and up to 8.5 hours of battery life. It also only weighs 4.4 pounds.
Battlestate Games, the studio responsible for Escape From Tarkov, said it has no plans to add women as playable characters to its fictional first-person military shooter. The reason, according to the developer, is because women require too many animations and call for “a huge amount of work.”
Battlestate took to Twitter to confirm that, while it respects women both as people and active military participants, the studio won’t add playable female characters because game lore won’t allow it. “[T]here will be no playable female characters because of game lore and more importantly–the huge amount of work needed with animations, gear fitting, etc.,” the studio tweeted.
Comments from Battlestate in 2016 about war being too stressful for women and a place only for “hardened men” drew criticism recently in part because women already serve in our military. In a separate tweet following the confirmation that women won’t appear as playable characters in Escape From Tarkov, the studio said the quotes “didn’t reflect the official position of the company” and were delivered by “not a key [Battlestate Games] employee.” The employee has since been reprimanded and “properly instructed.”
Escape From Tarkov has been in early access since 2016 but has seen a resurgence in popularity lately. The first-person shooter became one of the most-watched titles on Twitch at the start of the new year as part of a limited-time promotion put on by Battlestate Games, and reports suggest the game will arrive on Steam at some point in the future. There may even be a console port somewhere in there.
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For Xbox One owners, there’s no better deal than Xbox Game Pass, Microsoft’s monthly membership that grants access to a huge library of games, with new games added on a regular basis. Xbox Game Pass Ultimate is the next step up, combining Game Pass for both console and PC with Xbox Live Gold, which gets you free monthly Xbox One games and exclusive game discounts. The premium membership normally costs $15 a month, but you can pick up three months for the same price thanks to a deal at Amazon right now.
When you buy a one-month Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscription from Amazon, you’ll get an additional month of the service free as part of a limited-time promotion. This is available to both new and existing subscribers. To get one more month free, make sure auto-renew is disabled before you take advantage of this deal. When redeeming the first code, you’ll be asked to turn on auto-renew to get an additional one month free.
Unfortunately, you’ll only get the three free months, not four. According to Twitter user @oketz1, who took advantage of this deal, the bonus code doesn’t seem to trigger the additional free month.
The video game Cyberpunk 2077 is set to release on April 16 (you can preorder it for $49.94 now). But if you want a dose of of the techo-future earlier than that, you’ll be pleased to know a trio of Cyberpunk action figures is coming soon. Preorders are now live at numerous retailers for McFarlane Toys figures of V, as well as two versions of Johnny Silverhand, a musician character played by Keanu Reeves in the game. Here’s where you can get them.
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When Alienware teased a portable gaming PC with detachable controllers, the comparisons to the Nintendo Switch seemed apt and obvious. Now that Dell has shown off the Concept UFO at its CES 2020 showcase, it’s actually even more Switch-like than we’d previously thought.
The stage presentation hosted by Aisha Tyler ended with a number of concept PCs, including foldable laptops. The final concept tech was the UFO from Alienware. The stage presentation showed the controllers detaching and then being attached to a hub very much like the Switch’s Joy-Con Grip. Alienware’s Vivian Lien also mentioned, but didn’t show, that you can prop up the screen with a kickstand built into the back of the unit.
The presentation was accompanied by a tweet that also shows the grip-like controller hub in action.
Dell was careful to note that all of these devices, including the foldable PCs and UFO portable gaming PC, are in the concept phase. That means the company isn’t giving any details about price or availability quite yet. However, senior VP Ed Ward did introduce the concepts by teasing that those details could be coming soon.
“We’re going to share some of the concepts that we’ve been working on,” Ward said. “You won’t be able to buy these anytime soon. Or maybe you will, you’ll just have to wait and see.”
To get the full experience of a video game in the olden days, all you needed was a copy of the game. Those were good days, weren’t they? Now games are bigger and more feature-rich than ever, but you need a subscription to take full advantage of what many of them have to offer. Thankfully, PS4 and Xbox One owners don’t have to pay full price for those subscriptions. Right now Amazon has great deals available on PlayStation Plus or Xbox Game Pass Unlimited. Here’s what’s available.
New reports have once again revived rumors that a more powerful Switch “Pro” model could be released in 2020. However, while a release year is still up in the air, reports have suggested the existence of a “Pro” model since last year.
According to sources from a supply chain company, the Taiwanese website Digitimes reports that a new Switch model will enter mass production Q1 2020 for a mid-2020 release. These reports coincide with analyst predictions that a Switch Pro model will be released later this year, fueling speculation that a new Switch model will be coming out sometime in the next months.