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When the Being the Elite YouTube series first launched in May 2016, it was mostly a travelogue for professional wrestlers The Young Bucks and Kenny Omega. However, as the show evolved, storylines and new characters were introduced–including the likes of Cody Rhodes, “Hangman” Adam Page, and several other faces familiar to fans of All Elite Wrestling.

In fact, as far as AEW is concerned, a big part of how the promotion is coming together is due to the popularity of AEW and the notoriety it’s brought the Elite, the group of wrestlers regularly featured on the show. With AEW debuting its show on TNT in the fall, though, many fans have wondered if that will mean the end of Being the Elite. Thankfully, as the Bucks and Omega have confirmed to GameSpot, that is not the case.

“I think BTE is important. And I was talking to someone about this the other day. On this show on TNT we can only do it say certain things,” Matt Jackson said during an interview at the TCA press tour. “On YouTube, we can do whatever the hell we want. Maybe you want to watch Frankie Kazarian go on an F-bomb tirade like he always does. You’re not going to be able to see that on TNT.”

What’s more, Jackson realizes how important BTE has been to the success he and his friends have achieved. “The whole Elite brand is cultivated through the show, right? We created this cult following because the show, and I don’t think a lot of the stuff we’ve done and our own successes with our brand–like we probably would have never gotten to the Hot Topic deals, probably wouldn’t ever got the Funko Pops,” he explained. “All that stuff happened, I think, because these three silly guys were in Japan bored, and we took out our cell phones; we started videoing bits of ourselves. And it exploded, and our popularity just went nuts.”

Even with BTE sticking around though, continuing to help grow the popularity of the Elite brand, and by extension All Elite Wrestling, there might be some serious upgrades in store for the YouTube Series.

“One of the cool things that we actually have access to now which [we could] never do before when we were in Japan [is] we can actually use our backstage area,” Omega teased. “We can use you know POV [camera] shots at ringside. These are things that we can do at our leisure now, which is kind of nice. So you might even see it sort of a new layer of creativity with episodes once [AEW] TV goes live.”

Still, Jackson noted that even if filming opportunities may be upgraded, the show’s actual content will still be on-brand for the Elite. “You can see other sides of these crazy characters and how they act,” he said. “Maybe a little more sense of humor on [BTE], while watching our more sports-centric show on cable TV.”

Take a character like Jon Moxley, for instance. “On the [TNT] show, you’ll see a Jon Moxley type of character [that] is going to be a little darker, right? But if you want to see him have a little bit more of a sense of humor, then you can go to the YouTube show and still watch that,” Jackson explained. “It can feed everything.”

That’s just one of the ways AEW is trying to be a pro wrestling alternative fans can look to if they want to sample something different. Whether it’ll work out in the end, but with AEW on TNT premiering on October 2, it shouldn’t take too long to find out.

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If you’ve held off on picking up Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle or Starlink: Battle for Atlas Starter Pack, you’ll want to take advantage of what might be the best Nintendo Switch deal we’ve seen all week: a bundle with both products selling for only $30 at Best Buy right now. Normally listed at $120 ($60 for each product), that’s a whopping $90 savings. This daily deal won’t be around long, however–according to the countdown timer, the deal ends at 10 PM PT / 1 AM ET.

Starlink: Battle for Atlas Starter Pack, Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle bundle

$30 ($120)

See deal at Best Buy

The Starlink: Battle for Atlas Starter Pack (which is on sale for $33 individually at Amazon, for comparison) includes the Starlink action-adventure game as well as physical elements that actually attach to your controller and impact gameplay, such as a starship, weapons, controller mount, and pilot. The Nintendo Switch version also comes with a Fox McCloud pilot and an exclusive mission.

The game itself received a 7/10 in GameSpot’s Starlink: Battle for Atlas review, in which one of the main criticisms was how expensive the game’s physical models are. “Starlink is an interesting and enjoyable open-world game, one that fully understands the appeal of exploring new planets and dogfighting in the cold depths of space,” wrote critic James O’Connor. “With a small fleet of ships at your disposal, it can be a lot of fun to progressively assault and weaken the Forgotten Legion’s hold on the galaxy. It’s just a shame that if you’re interested in the physical models, you’ll have to spend more to get the same experience as the digital version.”

You’ll also get Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle as part of the bundle, a crossover between the Mario and Raving Rabbids franchises created for Nintendo Switch. Mario + Rabbids, a turn-based tactical game with both single-player and co-op gameplay, has sold extremely well on the Switch, breaking into the console’s top 10 bestsellers list, and it earned an impressive 9/10 in GameSpot’s Mario + Rabbids review.

“Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle exudes off-beat optimism that never dissolves. It’s a consistent delight, no matter how challenging the road becomes, because Kingdom Battle’s unique turn-based tactics system is in every way a pleasure to engage with,” wrote GameSpot’s Edmond Tran. “Coupled with the annoyingly infectious allure of Rabbids, and the always delightful, colorful world of the Mushroom Kingdom, Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle is an implausibly engrossing formula that is positively challenging and endlessly charming.”

Stephen Strange is back and is primed to go on a gothic adventure across the recently confirmed multiverse.

There have been no shortage of colours released for the PS4‘s DualShock 4, but it appears that Sony isn’t quite finished yet. The company announced via the PlayStation Blog that a handful more are coming this fall, and while I thought it couldn’t get any better than the translucent models from a couple years back, it seems I forgot all about my favourite colour: PURPLE!

The four colours coming are Electric Purple, Titanium Blue, Rose Gold, and Red Camouflage–I’m guessing the latter will come in extra handy if you want to hide amongst all of autumn’s red trees. All four controllers will arrive this September in the US and Canada for a list price of $65 USD / $75 CAD. The controllers are also set for a fall release in Europe and other regions as well.

On top of the new controllers, we’ll also see the arrival of a new design for the PlayStation Gold Wireless Headset. This new version matches the Rose Gold DualShock 4 and will hit stores after the controllers, sometime this fall. You can expect a list price of $100 USD / $120 CAD.

We’ll keep our eyes out for when these controllers hit retailers, so be sure to stay tuned to GameSpot. In the meantime, check out this deal on the Fortnite Neo Versa PS4 bundles. These bundles finally came out in the US this week and offer exclusive Fortnite content with a PS4, DualShock 4, or Gold Wireless Headset.

Week 3 of Fortnite Season X has arrived, which means there’s a new set of challenges for players to complete in Epic’s popular battle royale game. This week’s batch of missions is called Worlds Collide, and as its name suggests, many of its challenges hearken back to Season 5, revolving around Rifts and even the infamous purple cube.

As has been the trend this season, only three of the Worlds Collide challenges are available from the outset, with additional missions unlocking as you complete them. Fortunately, the initial batch is fairly straightforward, tasking you with using a Rift, visiting a Rift Zone, and dealing damage to opponents either at the Viking Village or Loot Lake.

Most of the other Worlds Collide challenges are equally straightforward, but one has you visiting a memorial to Kevin the Cube, which infamously arrived partway through Season 5 and rolled around the island before transforming Loot Lake. You can see the full list of Week 3 Worlds Collide challenges below. Once you’ve cleared all the challenges, you’ll unlock “Prestige” versions of them, which often impose an extra condition to make them tougher to complete.

Unlike previous seasons, the World Collide challenges are only available to those who own a Season X Battle Pass. In the past, Epic offered a few challenges for free to all players this week, but this season, the studio has gated most of the missions behind the pass, so you’ll need to pick one up before you can set off on these challenges. You can find all of our tips and guides in our full Season X challenges roundup.

Epic recently rolled out Fortnite’s 10.10 update, which brought back Retail Row and kicked off a new limited-time mode called World Run. The patch also nerfed the Plastic Patroller skin; it now sports some visible mud smears and wear and tear so that players no longer blend in quite as well with the environment.

Fortnite Season X, Week 3 Worlds Collide Challenges

• Use a Rift (1)
• Visit a Rift Zone (1)
• Deal damage to opponents at a mountaintop Viking Village or Loot Lake (200)
• Visit a memorial to a cube in the desert or by a lake (1)
• Eliminate opponents in the desert (3)
• Search chests at Loot Lake (3)
• Consume foraged mushrooms (10)

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion remains one of the most beloved entries in the long-running open-world RPG franchise. Now, some decade later, a new fan-made mod seeks to capitalize on this adoration, bringing the world of Cyrodiil into the The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim engine.

Skyblivion, a mod created by a group of volunteers known as TESRenewal, is a project aiming to bring Oblivion “to a new generation of gamers and re-introduce it to long time fans of the series” by rebuilding and baking Cyrodiil (and all of Oblivion’s DLC) into the Skyrim and Skyrim: Special Edition engines. As expected, this means you must legitimately own Oblivion, Skyrim, and all DLC for both games. Otherwise, Skyblivion will be inaccessible.

After meeting the above requirements, accessing Skyblivion is simple. You download it from Nexus, Steam Workshop, or Bethesda mods, install it, launch Skyrim, and create a new character. From there, Skyblivion–and all of its rebuilt assets, including Oblivion’s creatures, locations, quests, create-a-class system, spellmaking mechanic, and more–will be available and you will be able to travel between Cyrodiil, Morrowind, and Skyrim freely.

There’s no release date for Skyblivion, but it will be 100 percent free when it does arrive on PC. Unfortunately, due to its size, TESR says the mod won’t launch on consoles. Even still, progress is being made steadily, as the mod’s exterior map is almost complete.