From Pokemon trading cards to Switch games, console bundles, Amiibo, and more, these are the best Pokemon gifts of 2019.
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Fortnite Winterfest Cinematics and Details Leaked
We’ve still got plenty of time left for Fortnite’s Star Wars event, but it looks like the winter event waits for no one. Fortnite’s Winterfest Challenge reportedly starts today, according to Forbes, and it looks like there’s plenty of info to digest.
That said, it appears that HypeX, the same data miner who found some images of the new Winterfest Challenge lobby menu, also determined that Epic has removed the text that reads “Get ready for seasonal fun, challenges and free presents. Starts December 17.”
Holiday Gaming Deals That Will Arrive By Christmas (Updated)
Today’s spotlight deal is the lowest price we’ve seen on two recently released titles, Death Stranding and The Outer Worlds. For those of you don’t want to worry about delivery by Christmas, Apple App Store & iTunes digital gift cards are discounted right now.
Nintendo Switch V2 (Bigger Battery) with $30 Amazon or Target or Gamestop Credit for $299.99
Use code “D3E2CDJ6GB6S”
This is the best Switch deal out there and better than anything we saw on Black Friday. This is the newest version of the Nintendo Switch and you get to chooose which gift card you want depending on where you buy it from. The biggest upgrade is that the new Switch has a much more robust battery life, with around 4.5-9 hours of charge versus 2.5-6.5 hours.
Ninja is Teaming Up with Star Wars’ Mark Hamill to Stream Fortnite
Ninja will be streaming with Star Wars’ Mark Hamill, aka Luke Skywalker, this week to show off the new Rise of Skywalker update for Fortnite.
The stream will take place on December 19, 2019, presumably hosted on Ninja’s Mixer channel, but the time and place has yet to be announced.
The announcement for the stream was made via a tweet from Mark Hamill’s Twitter account.
Christmas wish in 3, 2, 1… Wait until you see what @Ninja and I have planned with @FortniteGame and @Xbox on Thursday. It’s going to be….Amazing! (and I’ll try not to make a fool of myself) #XboxPartner pic.twitter.com/A9SddlqV4S
The Best TV Series of 2019
They say it’s a new Golden Age for TV, and you know what? It’s true. In fact, the biggest problem we have these days is finding the time to actually watch everything that’s worth checking out. And 2019 continued the trend of TV’s ascension in the pop-culture pantheon, with streaming services and cable networks jockeying for position and the viewer reaping the benefits with so many terrific shows on offer. HBO’s Watchmen has proven to be a masterwork right out of the gate, while Netflix is constantly dropping new programming, and often really hitting the mark with the likes of the head-trippy Russian Doll or the consistently great The Crown. Star Wars has a TV show now too! And Amazon is no slouch either with the likes of The Boys and Fleabag.
Watchmen: Explaining the Confusing Ozymandias Timeline
Full spoilers follow for Season 1 of HBO’s Watchmen.
HBO’s Watchmen series is full of mysteries and puzzle boxes, and few characters are more confounding and mysterious than Ozymandias. It was only three episodes in that we even got hard confirmation Jeremy Irons has been playing Adrian Veidt. And even then, his story has been unfolding to the side of the other main characters. It can be difficult to nail down just when the Veidt scenes are taking place and get a full picture of what’s happened to the character in the years between the original comic and the events of 2019.
But with the release of the Season 1 finale (and thanks to the always helpful resource that is Peteypedia), many of the missing pieces have fallen into place. Read on for a full breakdown of Watchmen’s Ozymandias timeline, from 1985 to 2019.
Warcraft III: Reforged Release Date Announced
We finally have a release date for Warcraft III: Reforged. The remake of Blizzard’s fan-favorite real-time strategy game is releasing on January 28, 2020. The game unlocks at 3 p.m. PST that day.
Warcraft III: Reforged will include the base game, plus The Frozen Throne expansion, which comes out to seven single-player campaigns totaling more than 60 missions, updated graphics and audio, and new matchmaking features courtesy of Blizzard’s Battle.net service.
Warcraft III: Reforged will cost players $29.99 for the standard edition, and $39.99 for the Spoils of War edition. The latter comes with different skins for the characters Arthas, Cenarius, Jaina, and Thrall. Spoils of War edition buyers will also get some cosmetic goods for other Blizzard games, such as the Meat Wagon mount for World of Warcraft, a Third War cosmetic for cards in Hearthstone, the Mal’gganis pet in Diablo 3, and other items for Overwatch, Heroes of the Storm, and Starcraft 2.
Nintendo PlayStation Prototype to Be Auctioned in 2020
The prototype Nintendo PlayStation will be going up for auction in February, according to new reports. The proposed partnership device from Nintendo and Sony that never went into production over a corporate fallout is the stuff of video game legends, and it will be changing hands for the first time in over a decade.
Kotaku reports that Terry Diebold, who purchased the Nintendo PlayStation in 2009 from an auction lot of abandoned property from a former Sony executive, will auction the console in February 2020 through Heritage Auctions.
The Biggest Movies To Watch In 2020
2019 was a record-breaking year for movies. For nearly a decade, James Cameron’s sci-fi adventure Avatar remained at the top of the all-time box office chart, unchallenged by even the biggest recent Star Wars, Marvel, and Jurassic World movies. But finally, Avatar slipped into second place when Avengers Endgame claimed the title as the biggest movie of all-time.
With a worldwide box office gross of $2.29 billion, Endgame ensured Disney’s hugely successful 2019. But the studio’s fortunes didn’t stop there–from Captain Marvel and Toy Story 4 to The Lion King and Frozen II, no other studio could come close. Nevertheless, there were successful and hugely acclaimed movies elsewhere. DC’s Joker became the biggest R-rated movie of all time, while films as varied as Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Us, Parasite, Uncut Gems, and Midsommar proved that ambitious and original movies still have a place amongst the blockbusters and franchise movies. Of course, it wasn’t all good news. There were still many safe, predictable films and big box office flops, including new Men in Black and X-men movies, and the change in the streaming landscape meant that highly acclaimed, awards-friendly films such as The Irishman and Marriage Story only received extremely limited theatrical releases.
While it’s unlikely that 2020 will deliver a film as huge as Endgame, it’s still set to be an exciting year for movie fans. In terms of the big franchises, Phase 4 of the MCU kicks off with Black Widow and The Eternals, while DC will hope its current run of success continues with Birds of Prey and Wonder Woman 1984. The new James Bond movie finally arrives, and there are new Bad Boys, Ghostbusters, Halloween, and Fast & Furious films on the way.
Beyond that, there are some intriguing reboots, such as Candyman and Dune, the latest film in Sony’s universe of Spider-Man characters, and a pair of new, original Pixar movies. The year will, of course, deliver even more than that, so with so much on the way, we’ve chosen the biggest must-watch movies of 2020…
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Season One Gets New Cranked Mode
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare’s season one is only a couple of weeks old, and we’re already getting a refresh that includes a new mode, new maps, and other new features. Watch the trailer at the top of the page to see it all in action.
Arguably the biggest addition to Modern Warfare’s multiplayer is a new mode called Cranked. Much like the Jason Statham movie, players are forced to race against the clock to get a certain number of kills or basically explode.
The season one refresh is also adding two multiplayer maps, both of which are remakes of classic maps from the original Modern Warfare. Shipment sets combatants in a dockyard full giant shipping containers, creating a mazelike playing field, and Vacant, a small map that combines an indoor office environment with an open outdoors area surrounding a warehouse. Shipment will double as a 6v6 multiplayer map and a Gunfight map.