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How To Use A PS4/PS5 Controller On PC

Gaming on PC is easier than ever, in part because big console manufacturers like Sony and Microsoft have opened up their own controller options to the platform. If you prefer the familiar feeling of a Sony controller like PS4’s DualShock 4 or PS5’s DualSense, you can easily pair those with your PC to play games. And since some Sony games like Horizon Zero Dawn and Death Stranding are hitting PC, you can play them on their intended controller.

The process is simple. Essentially, you’ll turn on pairing for your controller and then discover it in your PC’s Bluetooth menu. If the controller has previously been paired with a PlayStation, you may need to unplug the console or otherwise unpair the controller so that the activation process doesn’t start up the PlayStation instead. Just use the following steps:

How to Use PS4/PS5 Controller On PC or Mac

Turn your DualShock 4 or DualSense into Pairing Mode

To activate Pairing Mode, press and hold the Share button and the PS button simultaneously until the light bar located at the top of the controller flashes

Connect DualShock 4 or DualSense to PC via Bluetooth

Click the Start button, then go to Settings
Select Devices, then Add Bluetooth or other devices
Select Bluetooth, and follow the on-screen instructions after putting your controller in pairing mode
Once the pairing has been completed, the light bar will stop flashing and turn to a solid color.

Connect DualShock 4 or DualSense to Mac via Bluetooth

Open System Preferences
Select Bluetooth
Find your controller in the list of nearby devices to connect

One caveat is that DualSense isn’t necessarily supported in all PC games. The easiest solution for this is to simply play games through Steam when using DualSense, as Valve has already done the work to make DualSense controllers recognized. Make sure to go into Big Picture mode to configure your controller, if you want to customize the layout.

If you want to use your controller with your PlayStation again, the easiest way is to simply connect it manually with a USB cable and press the PS button. That will automatically pair the controller.

24 TV Shows That Got Movie Sequels You Might Have Forgotten About

11. Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers

How many movies: 3

The original Power Rangers series ran for three seasons and got one proper movie adaptation, with the cast at the time all reprising their roles to fight a new villain in purple slime demon Ivan Ooze. The visual effects in the film are laughable, the acting is about on par with what you saw on the TV series, and somehow some of the creature design is worse. What happened to Goldar?

The Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers movie remains an entertaining watch, though. What’s more, it’s a pretty perfect encapsulation of a time when Power Rangers were at the heights of pop culture. There is, however, another Power Rangers movie. Turbo: A Power Rangers movie introduced a new type of Power Ranger and featured what was left of the Zeo Rangers cast at the time. Unlike the Mighty Morphin’ movie, Turbo looked exactly like the shows at the time–cheap. And that’s not even mentioning the more recent adaptation, which wasn’t half bad.

Final Fantasy XIV-Themed Fried Chicken Is Now A Thing In Japan

Final Fantasy XIV-themed fried chicken has gone on sale in Japan at the Lawson convenience store chain. It’s got the enigmatically described flavor of “the Crystal of Light and Darkness,” which translates to pepper and tartar sauce plus a strange-looking color scheme.

Fried chicken, called karaage, is a popular snack at convenience stores in Japan, and it will often come in flavors that are far afield from what Americans might find at their local KFC or Zaxby’s. But this particular flavor is likely strange relative to Lawson’s normal lineup. Strikingly, the meat–not its breading–is colored black and white.

It definitely looks odd and maybe not particularly appetizing, but YouTube user Captain Torajiro reports that it actually tastes good (via Kotaku’s report and YouTube’s auto-translate function). The flavor was produced as a close collaboration between Final Fantasy composer Masayoshi Soken and Lawson, as explained by Game Watch Impress. The composer actually teamed up with the store for the first time a couple of years ago in order to produce an FFXIV-themed burnt garlic oil chicken flavor.

As for the game itself, FFXIV continues to increase in popularity despite releasing several years ago. Driven in large part by Twitch streamers, FFXIV has recently hit a record for concurrent player numbers. This surge in interest has been a double-edged sword for publisher Square Enix, though, as the global semiconductor shortage has forced the company to restrict its most popular data center. Square Enix is still on track to release the next expansion for the game, called Endwalker, on November 19.

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$250 Lord Of The Rings Six-Movie 4K Bundle Includes Special Packaging, Art Book, And Travel Cards

Calling all Middle-earth fans–a new mega-bundle that collects all six movies in The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit franchises is coming this October on 4K.

The $250 Middle Earth 6-Film Ultimate Collector’s Edition, as it’s called, launches on October 26 in the US. The bundle comes with 31 4K and Blu-ray discs in all, comprising the theatrical and extended cuts of each movie, along with director’s commentary from Peter Jackson.

Unfortunately, it appears this giant package leaves out the celebrated Appendices, which are the highly detailed, incredibly informative, and illuminating behind-the-scenes features that originally came with the movie on DVD. Based on the promotional images and descriptions on Amazon, it doesn’t appear these Appendices are included, but WB has yet to officially announce this bundle so we don’t know for sure at this point.

The 31st disc is a recording of the Alamo Drafthouse’s special 20th anniversary event where host Stephen Colbert spoke to the cast, Jackson, and other key people involved. What’s more, the Festival de Cannes presentation reel is included, the contents of which were not officially disclosed, but this is likely footage from Cannes 2001 where Fellowship debuted. The package also includes a code to download the movies digitally.

The movies come inside collective foil sleeves themed around each film, while the entire package has a collectible slipcase that can be transformed into different configurations, highlighting characters and imagery from across the film series.

Other extras include a 64-page booklet containing costume sketches, photography, and production notes from the fantasy series. Also included are seven poster art cards that imagine famous places in Middle-earth as tourist destinations. They are two-sided, and there is one card for each movie, with the Rivendell card being an additional bonus for a total of seven.

This is presumably the new bundle that Warner Bros. announced last year, though at the time the company said it would include “new” bonus features. That may well be the Cannes footage and not anything more exciting, but Warner Bros. hasn’t officially said at this point.

2021 is a big year for The Lord of the Rings, as it marks the 20th anniversary of Peter Jackson’s film series. In addition to the new six-movie collection, fans can look forward to a new The Lord of the Rings audiobook read by none other than Andy Serkis.

Looking beyond that, Amazon is working on a The Lord of the Rings TV show for 2022 (check out the first image here), while Warner Bros. is fast-tracking an animated The Lord of the Rings movie. A new video game focused on Gollum is also slated for release in 2022.

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The Big Con Review — Oceans ’97

The Big Con is a nostalgic throwback to the 1990s that does not attempt to replicate the defining look or play of ’90s games. This is a thoroughly modern adventure game, with an isometric look, hand-drawn graphics, and a resolute refusal to mine references from LucasArts point-and-clicks. The Big Con takes its cues not from what we were playing in the ’90s but what we were watching.

The debut game from developer Mighty Yell reminds me a little bit of Night in the Woods, but if, instead of talking animals, Night in the Woods had starred ’90s teens rendered in the Nickelodeon’s Doug art style, complete with the primary and secondary color skin tones that lended characters like Mr. Dink, Skeeter Valentine, and Roger Klotz their memorable designs. In this NickToons-inspired look, and in the decade-specific trappings of its narrative, The Big Con builds a setting that feels both true to the era, and heavily influenced by the art that era produced. In translating its inspirations, though, the game brings with it a sense that you have seen this all before. It’s derivative, but going through the motions of this familiar story is still, at times, a lot of fun.

Our heroine, Ali, is a teen who works in a video rental store owned by her mother, Linda. As the story begins, we learn Linda is in deep financial trouble–to the tune of $97,000 and some change–with some very bad people. Despite Linda repeatedly telling her not to concern herself with the finances, Ali is committed to raising the money and saving the store. But coming up with close to a hundred grand the legit way proves challenging. Luckily for Ali, there’s a new kid, Ted, passing through town who’s happy to teach her how to pickpocket. When Ali proves to have a knack for it, Ted dangles a new possibility in front of her: Travel to Las Venganza–The Big Con’s version of Sin City–and pull off one con job big enough to pay off most of the debt. They’ll pick up the rest by nabbing wallets along the way.

It’s a great hook to hang a game on, and the road trip formula gives Mighty Yell the opportunity to show off a variety of locales en route to Las Venganza. Some of those are included for functional reasons, like a train that Ali and Ted ride on their journey west. Others, like a mall (conveniently attached to a railway station), exist to showcase the peculiarities of the era. The art style is equally nostalgic, with the fuzzy lines and the squiggly dashes that defined the aesthetic of ’90s cartoons. Most of the characters in the game would look right at home in an episode of Doug or Rugrats. In personality, secondary characters are similarly cartoonish, with simple wants that Ali can help fulfill. A working class dad at the mall wants to buy a Burblo — basically a Furbie with the serial numbers filed off — for his child, while a rich dad who spouts lines like “Spare the expense, spoil the child,” already has one. These characters aren’t complicated, but the sketchy characterization works to quickly motivate you to use your thieving powers for good. The story, similarly, follows a predictable path, though, like a favorite track in a racing game, The Big Con offers plenty of color along a well-worn route.

In each location, the goal is the same: steal a certain amount of money, then move onto the next area. This is accomplished by pickpocketing NPCs, a process I found needlessly confusing. Basically, it’s the kind of stop-the-needle minigame that powers games like Mario Golf. But the tutorialization here had me confused about how to do it until I was an hour into a second playthrough. Basically, you need to hold down a button to make a meter appear, then continue to hold the button as a needle bounces back-and-forth and the target area shrinks. I misunderstood this and thought that you only had one shot to land the needle in the area, and spent the entirety of my first playthrough messing this up. The tutorialization doesn’t show the minigame in action, and the explanation given is vague enough that this seems like it may be a common mistake. That said, there’s an option to turn the pickpocketing minigame off, reducing these interactions to a simple button press when you’re in close proximity to your mark, so it didn’t detract too much from my enjoyment of the game.

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Confusing or not, picking pockets is essential to advancing from area to area. Progression is tied to reaching a set dollar amount, and pickpocketing is necessary to hit it. In each location, there are several marks walking around, and each has an indicator showing the amount of cash in their pocket as you approach. If you fail the minigame and get caught, you need to change your disguise before you can attempt to pickpocket the same person again (this isn’t a concern if you disable the minigame). If you get caught three separate times, costume or no, your punishment is to rewind VHS tapes–a task Ali loathes. Humorously, wherever you go, there’s a video rental store nearby to facilitate your punishment. These bits are easy enough, and fairly painless; you just hold a button and Ali swaps out the tapes and pushes the rewind button. Completing this task earns back the money you lost by getting caught, so the only thing you really lose is time.

With the pickpocketing minigame removed, though, there’s still plenty of game here. In each level, you need to make a certain amount of cash before you can progress and you can make money in a few different ways. Pickpocketing, sure, but also by finding themed objects to sell to a pawnbroker who–like the Resident Evil 4 merchant–mans a shop at every stop along your journey. If the pawnbroker wants tropical items, a colorful lei you find in the trash might fit the bill. You find disguises in the same way, and can equip them in a menu. The pawnbroker provides a nice optional gameplay loop for each stop, and his payouts are substantially bigger than individual pickpocket scores.

There are also optional side quests where Ali can help people out; often the same people she just robbed. These detours, which are often simple fetch quests, work because The Big Con’s world is colorful, beautiful, and fun to explore. The quests themselves aren’t anything to write home about, but they work as an incentive to see more of each level and talk to each character. Nearly every level also has a PIN or padlock with a number code, with the combination hidden somewhere on the stage. I didn’t find everything in any of the levels and I’m contemplating a second playthrough to see if I could find the stuff I missed. While non-essential, these bits encouraged me to explore each level thoroughly, and I was glad to have the incentive because each area is bustling with recurring characters to talk to and hidden money troves to find. Once you hit the money threshold, you can continue to explore the area or tell Ted it’s time to move on. I enjoyed this element of choice; each section lasts for as much or as little time as you want it to.

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One small touch that I really loved is the way The Big Con handles music. Each level has one musical theme that plays for the entirety of the time that you remain in that area. But, each subsection of the level has a different take on the theme. So, while you might get one version of the theme in Bean Spirit–Las Venganza’s take on Starbucks–you’ll hear an entirely different arrangement of the same song in an upscale fashion boutique, a thrift shop, or a hotel lobby. Filmmaker Robert Altman did something similar in his 1973 adaptation of Raymond Chandler’s The Long Goodbye, with a jazz station on a car radio, a bar pianist, and a Mexican funeral band, among others, playing variations on the main theme. In The Big Con, as in Altman’s film, the differences in arrangement serve to highlight the particularities of each location where the song is heard. The default version of the tune might play as you run around Ali’s small town, whereas the local grocery store’s speakers pump out a pop rock version, and the flower shop next door plays a soothing Enya-like arrangement. It’s a smart choice that allows each of The Big Con’s areas to feel unique, while individual locations within those areas are connected by their close geography.

The Big Con is ultimately about its story, though, and it’s a story that mostly works despite an inescapable sense of familiarity. There aren’t many beats here that you haven’t seen before, and while that lends the closing hours the feeling that expected pieces are simply falling into place, the game has enough verve and style that it manages to hold it together. The writing isn’t especially funny or clever, but there’s enough personality in the art style and story conceit that I was still entertained for the bulk of the six hours that I spent with it.

The Big Con is a pleasant nostalgic road trip, where cassette tapes still need to be rewound, MTV still plays music videos, and America’s capitalist excess is exemplified by the relative quaintness of the bustling shopping mall.

Fall TV 2021 Streaming Preview: Biggest New and Returning Shows – State of Streaming 3.0

There are more streaming networks than ever before, so if you have questions about the future of streaming, then you’ve come to the right place. All week long, IGN’s State of Streaming 3.0 initiative is featuring reviews and in-depth analysis about current streaming providers like Netflix, Disney+, HBO Max, Amazon Prime Video, and more!

With summer closing out and autumn on the way, it’s time to look ahead at the streaming TV landscape and see what the tail-end of 2021 has in store for us.

With Boba Fett getting his own Star Wars series, Dexter circling back for an encore, Y: The Last Man finally arriving after years in development hell, The Wonder Years getting rebooted, The Witcher finally returning for more monster slaying, and Jeremy Renner starring in Hawkeye for Disney+, the deck is super-stacked.

Read on or click through the gallery below to find a quick look at the notable new and returning series headed your way through December 2021, and for the shows airing on network or cable channels, you’ll find secondary streaming options for all the cord-cutters out there.

Q-Force: Season 1

Date: Sept 2

Where: Netflix

Summary: Will & Grace’s Sean Hayes executive produces, and provides a voice for, Q-Force, a new adult animated comedy about a group of undervalued LGBT super-spies as they try to prove themselves on personal and professional adventures. Stranger Things’ David Harbour, Gary Cole, Wanda Sykes, and Laurie Metcalf also star.

What We Do in the Shadows: Season 3

Date: Sept 2

Where: FX, and then FX on Hulu the morning after episodes air on FX

Summary: What We Do in the Shadows is back for a third season! After the shocking Season 2 finale, we’ll now find the housemates in a panic about what to do with Guillermo (Harvey Guillén) after discovering that he is a vampire killer. This season, the vampires are elevated to a new level of power and will encounter the vampire from which all vampires have descended, a tempting Siren, gargoyles, werewolf kickball, Atlantic City casinos, wellness cults, ex-girlfriends, gyms, and supernatural curiosities galore.

American Crime Story: Impeachment

Date: Sept 7

Where: FX, and then FX on Hulu the morning after episodes air on FX

Summary: The third season of FX’s anthology series American Crime Story stars Clive Owen and Beanie Feldstein as Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky, and is based on Jeffrey Toobin’s book “A Vast Conspiracy: The Real Story of the Sex Scandal That Nearly Brought Down a President.” It also stars Ryan Murphy mainstay Sarah Paulson as Linda Tripp, as well as Edie Falco as Hillary Clinton, Cobie Smulders as Ann Coulter, Margo Martindale as Lucianne Goldberg, and many more – including Billy Eichner, Mira Sorvino, Colin Hanks, and Kathleen Turner.

Kin

Date: Sept 9

Where: AMC+

Summary: Kin, starring Daredevil’s Charlie Cox and Game of Thrones’ Aiden Gillen, tells the story of a fictional Dublin family embroiled in gangland war and speaks to the enduring unbreakable bonds of blood and family. It also features Clare Dunne (Spider-Man: Far from Home), Ciarán Hinds (Game of Thrones), Emmett J. Scanlan (Peaky Blinders), and Maria Doyle Kennedy (Outlander).

Lucifer: Season 6

Date: Sept 10

Where: Netflix

Summary: The sixth season of Lucifer, starring Tom Ellis, follows the title character as he struggles with becoming God himself. This final season will pick up from the dramatic cliffhanger ending of Season 5 where Lucifer and Michael went head to head for God’s throne, with Lucifer coming out on top.

American Rust

Date: Sept 12

Where: Showtime (network and streaming subscription)

Summary: Jeff Daniels stars in American Rust, a new family drama told through the eyes of the complicated and compromised chief of police Del Harris of a Pennsylvania Rust Belt town full of good people making bad choices. Maura Tierney (E.R., NewsRadio) co-stars, as Del is forced to decide how far he’s willing to go when the son of the woman he loves is accused of murder.

Y: The Last Man

Date: Sept 13

Where: FX on Hulu

Summary: This FX on Hulu exclusive is based on the acclaimed comic book series by Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra, focusing on a post-apocalyptic world where a cataclysmic event instantaneously kills every mammal with a Y chromosome – except for one man, Yorick Brown (Ben Schnetzer). We follow Yorick as he traverses the new world as its survivors struggle with their losses and attempt to restore world society, led by Yorick’s mother and incumbent U.S. President Jennifer Brown (Diane Lane). Dredd’s Olivia Thirlby and Joan of Arcadia’s Amber Tamblyn also star.

The Premise

Date: Sept 16

Where: FX on Hulu

Summary: From the Office’s B.J. Novak (The Mindy Project) comes a bold and provocative half-hour anthology of standalone stories about the times we live in. Created and hosted by Novak — who is joined by actors Lucas Hedges, Kaitlyn Dever, Jon Bernthal, Ben Platt, Tracee Ellis Ross, Daniel Dae Kim, O’Shea Jackson Jr., Soko, Ed Asner, George Wallace, Beau Bridges, and more — the series will address everything from guns to social justice to sex.

Sex Education: Season 3

Date: Sept 17

Where: Netflix

Summary: It’s a new year, as Sex Education’s third season finds Otis (Asa Butterfield) is having casual sex, Eric (Ncuti Gatwa) and Adam (Connor Swindells) are official, and Jean (Gillian Anderson) has a baby on the way. Meanwhile, new headteacher Hope (Jemima Kirke) tries to return Moordale to a pillar of excellence, Aimee (Aimee Lou Wood) discovers feminism, Jackson (Kedar Williams-Stirling) gets a crush, and a lost voicemail still looms.

Chicago Party Aunt: Season 1

Date: Sept 17

Where: Netflix

Summary: Half-hour adult animated comedy Chicago Party Aunt follows Diane Dunbrowski, aka the “Chicago Party Aunt” (voiced by Superstore alumna Lauren Ash, as she stays true to her mantra, “If life gives you lemons, turn that shit into Mike’s Hard Lemonade.” Other voices include RuPaul Charles, Jill Talley, and Ike and Jon Barinholtz.

The Morning Show: Season 2

Date: Sept 17

Where: Apple TV+

Summary: Picking up after the explosive events of Season 1, The Morning Show team emerges from the wreckage of Alex (Jennifer Aniston) and Bradley’s (Reese Witherspoon) actions and into a new UBA and a world in flux, where identity is everything and the chasm between who we present as and who we really are come into play.

Ordinary Joe

Date: Sept 20

Where: NBC, and Peacock the morning after episodes air on NBC

Summary: Exploring the three parallel lives of the show’s main character, played by Watchmen’s James Wolk, after he makes a pivotal choice at a crossroads in his life. The series asks the question of how different life might look if you made your decision based on love, loyalty or passion. Also starring Natalie Martinez (Under the Dome), Charlie Barnett (Arrow, Russian Doll), and Elizabeth Lail (YOU).

The Big Leap

Date: Sept 20

Where: Fox, and Hulu the morning after episodes air on Fox

Summary: Felicity and Scandal’s Scott Foley stars in this new series about a group of underdogs from all different walks of life who compete to be part of a competition reality series that is putting on a modern, hip remake of Swan Lake. Covert Affairs’ Piper Perabo and Meet the Parents’ Teri Polo also star, along with Mallory Jansen (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.), Kevin Daniels (Council of Dads), and Ser’Darius Blain (Charmed).

NCIS: Hawaiʻi

Date: Sept 21

Where: CBS and the CBS App

Summary: The NCIS franchise expands to the Aloha State, where the first female Special Agent in Charge of NCIS Pearl Harbor, Jane Tennant (Vanessa Lachey), has thrived and risen through the ranks by equal parts confidence and strategy in a system that has pushed back on her every step of the way. Together with her unwavering team of specialists, they balance duty to family and country while investigating high-stakes crimes involving military personnel, national security, and the mysteries of the sun-drenched island paradise itself. Also starring Yasmine Al-Bustami (The Originals), Jason Antoon (Claws), and Noah Mills (The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, The Brave).

FBI International

Date: Sept 21

Where: CBS and the CBS App

Summary: Debuting in a crossover episode of FBI and FBI: Most Wanted next season, this new offshoot follows the FBI’s International Fly Team as they travel the world with the mission of tracking and neutralizing threats against American citizens wherever they may be. Starring Luke Kleintank (The Man in the High Castle), Heida Reed (Poldark), Vinessa Vidotto (Lucifer), Christiane Paul (Counterpart), and Carter Redwood (The Long Road Home).

Star Wars: Visions

Date: Sept 22

Where: Disney+

Summary: This upcoming Japanese anime anthology series is a collection of animated short films presented through the lens of the world’s best anime creators, that offer a fresh and diverse cultural perspective to Star Wars. These 10 short films explore all the imaginative potential of the Star Wars galaxy through the unique lens of anime.

The Wonder Years

Date: Sept 22

Where: ABC, and Hulu (the morning after episodes air on ABC)

Summary: ABC’s reboot of the classic 80s/90s series starring Fred Savage is a coming of age story set in the late 1960s, centered on a black middle-class family in Montgomery, Alabama, and is told through the point-of-view of imaginative 12-year-old Dean (Elisha “EJ” Williams). Narrated by Don Cheadle, as an older Dean, The Wonder Years also stars Dulé Hill (Suits, Psych), Saycon Sengbloh (In the Dark), and Laura Kariuki (Black Lightning).

Doom Patrol: Season 3

Date: Sept 23

Where: HBO Max

Summary: Doom Patrol, which is now an HBO Max exclusive, returns for a third season in September. Brendan Fraser, Matt Bomer, Timothy Dalton, Diane Guerrero, April Bowlby, and Joivan Wade will all be back for Season 3, with Michelle Gomez (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina) is also joining the cast for Season 3 as Madame Rouge.

Creepshow: Season 3

Date: Sept 23

Where: Shudder

Summary: Creepshow’s third season is already here! That’s twelve new stories (over six episodes), including one written by Joe Hill (entitled “Mums”). Other story titles include “Meter Reader”, “The Last Subaraya,” “Drug Traffic, and “Queen Bee” – which takes a look at what happens when some kids try to get shots of a pop idol’s new baby to sell to the tabloids.

Foundation

Date: Sept 24

Where: Apple TV+

Summary: When revolutionary Dr. Hari Seldon predicts the impending fall of the Empire, he and a band of loyal followers venture to the far reaches of the galaxy to establish The Foundation in an attempt to rebuild and preserve the future of civilization. The 10-episode first season of Foundation, based on Isaac Asimov’s seminal sci-fi novel trilogy, will debut globally on Apple TV+ on September 24 with the first three episodes, followed by one new episode weekly, every Friday. Foundation stars Jared Harris and Lee Pace, and is executive produced by David S. Goyer (Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight trilogy).

Midnight Mass

Date: Sept 24

Where: Netflix

Summary: From The Haunting of Hill House and Doctor Sleep’s Mike Flanagan comes Midnight, which tells the tale of a small, isolated island community whose existing divisions are amplified by the return of a disgraced young man (Zach Gilford) and the arrival of a charismatic priest (Hamish Linklater). Flanagan players Kate Siegel, Henry Thomas, and Rahul Kohli return along with Annabeth Gish, BSG’s Michael Trucco, and more.

Locke & Key: Season 2

Date: Sept 24

Where: Netflix

Summary: The first season of Locke & Key was the story of the kids — Tyler (Connor Jessup), Bode (Jackson Robert Scott), and Kinsey (Emilia Jones) –learning that they’re the new Keepers of the Keys. Season 2 will deepen the characters and explore what that responsibility means.

La Brea

Date: Sept 28

Where: NBC/Peacock

Summary: When a massive sinkhole mysteriously opens in Los Angeles, it tears a family in half, separating mother and son from father and daughter. When part of the family find themselves in an unexplainable primeval world, alongside a disparate group of strangers, they must work to survive and uncover the mystery of where they are and if there is a way back home. La Brea stars Natalie Zea (Justified), Eoin Macken (The Night Shift), Jon Seda (Chicago P.D.), Nicholas Gonzalez (The Good Doctor), Veronica St. Clair (13 Reasons Why), and Jack Martin (All Rise).

MAID

Date: Oct 1

Where: Netflix

Summary: Inspired by the best-seller “Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother’s Will to Survive” by Stephanie Land, MAID stars real-life mother/daughter pair Andie MacDowell and Margaret Qualley (The Leftovers, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood) and follows the story of Alex (Qualley), a single mother who turns to housekeeping to — barely — make ends meet as she escapes an abusive relationship and overcomes homelessness to create a better life for her daughter.

The Walking Dead: World Beyond Returns

Date: Oct 3

Where: AMC and AMC+

Summary: The second and final season of this Walking Dead event series, World Beyond, finds the teens all working to survive after the big reveal involving Annet Mahendru’s Huck. With Hope (Alexa Mansour) now in the clutches of the CRM, who don’t realize she needs adopted sister Iris (Aliyah Royale) to fully embrace her genius, everyone else learns the dire fate of the Campus Colony.

CSI: Vegas

Date: Oct 6

Where: CBS/Paramount+

Summary: Original CSI stars William Petersen, Jorja Fox, and Wallace Langham are back for this brand new chapter in Las Vegas, the city where the CSI franchise began. Facing an existential threat that could bring down the entire Crime Lab and release thousands of convicted killers back onto the neon-lit streets of Vegas, a brilliant new team of investigators led by Maxine Roby (Paula Newsome) must enlist the help of old friends, Gil Grissom (Petersen), Sara Sidle (Fox) and David Hodges (Langham).

Ghosts

Date: Oct 7

Where: CBS and the CBS App

Summary: iZombie’s Rose McIver returns to supernatural TV with a single-camera comedy about a struggling young couple whose dreams come true when they inherit a beautiful country house, only to find it’s both falling apart and inhabited by many of the deceased previous residents. Utkarsh Ambudkar (Brockmire, The Mindy Project) and Brandon Scott Jones (The Good Place) also star.

Legends of the Hidden Temple

Date: Oct 10

Where: The CW

Summary: Cristela Alonzo hosts this reimagining of the Nickelodeon game show, now featuring adults as contestants. The new take will bring back fan-favorite elements, including the Moat Crossings, the Steps of Knowledge, and the Temple Run. The team names — Purple Parrots, Blue Barracudas, Orange Iguanas, Red Jaguars, Silver Snakes, and Green Monkeys — will also remain unchanged. Plus, Dee Bradley Baker returns as the voice of Olmec.

Chucky

Date: Oct 12

Where: Syfy/USA

Summary: The Child’s Play/Chucky franchise continues on, after over three decades, still written by creator Don Mancini, with a TV series that serves as a follow-up to 2017’s Cult of Chucky. With Chucky now in a small town, still voiced by Brad Dourif, new folks wind up dying as the infamous Good Guys doll “befriends” an outcast teen. Devon Sawa, Lexa Doig, and Zackary Arthur star – along with original franchise performers Jennifer Tilly, Alex Vincent, Fiona Dourif, and Christine Elise McCarthy!

Dopesick

Date: Oct 13

Where: Hulu

Summary: From Danny Strong (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), and based on the non-fiction book “Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors and the Drug Company that Addicted America” by Beth Macy, limited series Dopesick stars Michael Keaton, Rosario Dawson, Kaitlyn Dever, Peter Sarsgaard, and Will Poulter in a dark look at the epicenter of America’s struggle with opioid addiction and a dive into how this entire epidemic started.

I Know What You Did Last Summer

Date: Oct 15

Where: Amazon Prime

Summary: Based on the 1973 Y/A horror novel by Lois Duncan, which also became a hit movie franchise that began in 1997 (pictured above), Amazon’s I Know What You Did Last Summer series will follow a group of teenagers who find themselves bound together by a dark secret and stalked by a brutal killer one year after a fatal car accident derailed their graduation night.

Queens

Date: Oct 19

Where: ABC, and then Hulu the morning after the episode airs

Summary: Hip-hop/R&B icons Eve and Brandy join Naturi Naughton (Power) and Nadine Velazquez (My Name Is Earl) for a drama about four women in their 40s, estranged and out-of-touch, who reunite for a chance to recapture their fame and regain the swagger they had as the Nasty Bitches, their ’90s group that made them legends in the hip-hop world.

Invasion

Date: Oct 22

Where: Apple TV+

Summary: From Simon Kinberg (Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Sherlock Holmes) and David Weil comes a new sci-fi series about an alien invasion seen through the different perspectives of various people on different continents across the world. Jurassic Park’s Sam Neill stars along with Wynonna Earp’s Shamier Anderson and Extracton’s Golshifteh Farahani.

4400

Date: Oct 25

Where: The CW

Summary: A reboot of the USA Network series about 4400 people who all return one day after having mysteriously vanished in the 1940s, the new 4400 stars Joseph David-Jones (Arrow), Brittany Adebumola (Grand Army), Jaye Ladymore (Chicago P.D.), and Amarr Wooten (American Housewife) in a similar story about 4400 overlooked, undervalued, or otherwise marginalized people who’ve vanished without a trace over the last hundred years who all return in an instant, having not aged a day and with no memory of what happened to them.

The Wheel of Time

Date:: November TDB

Where: Amazon Prime

Summary: Based on based on Robert Jordan’s book series, Amazon’s The Wheel of Time follows Moiraine (Rosamund Pike), a member of the Aes Sedai, a powerful all-female organization of magic users, as she takes a group of five young people on a journey around the world, believing one of the five might be the reincarnation of the Dragon, a powerful individual prophesied to save the world or destroy it. The series has already been picked up for a second season.

The Shrink Next Door

Date: Nov 2

Where: Apple TV+

Summary: Headlined by Will Ferrell and Paul Rudd, and adapted from a podcast by Joe Nocera, this limited series tells the story of a psychiatrist who begins to implant himself into the life of one of his patients. Kathryn Hahn and Casey Wilson also star, with Michael Showalter (The Big Sick, Search Party) directing.

Dexter: New Blood

Date: Nov 7

Where: Showtime (network and streaming subscription)

Summary: Picking up years after the original Showtime run, Dexter: New Blood follows the former Miami-based killer in his new low-key life in a rustic small town called Iron Lake, New York. Hiding his identity under the name of Jim Lindsay, a local shopkeeper, Dexter fears that his “dark passenger” return after a string of incidents around town awaken his bloodlust. John Lithgow, from Dexter’s fourth season, will return as “Trinity Killer” Arthur Mitchell, as well as Jennifer Carpenter as Dexter’s adopted sister, Deb. Obviously, those aforementioned guest stars can’t be in their – ahem – original forms.

Hawkeye

Date: Nov 24

Where: Disney+

Summary: Jeremy Renner will reprise his role as Clint Barton for Marvel’s Hawkeye, a series that will introduce Hailee Steinfeld as Kate Bishop and (presumedly) bring back Florence Pugh as Black Widow’s Yelena Belova. What’s more, Vera Farmiga (The Conjuring, Bates Motel) will play Eleanor Bishop: Kate’s mother, Tony Dalton (Better Call Saul) is in as “The Swordsman” Jack Duquesne, and Alaqua Cox will portray Maya Lopez — aka Echo — deaf Native American who can perfectly copy another person’s movements.

The Book of Boba Fett

Date: Dec TBD

Where: Disney+

Summary: Temuera Morrison and Ming-Na Wen return as Boba Fett and Fennec Shand for the new Star Wars series The Book of Boba Fett, which continues following the franchise’s most famous bounty hunter following his reintroduction in The Mandalorian. Directors for the series include Mandalorian faves Jon Favreau (also EP), Bryce Dallas Howard, Robert Rodriguez, and Dave Filoni (also EP). No other cast is known at this time.

Cobra Kai: Season 4

Date: Dec TBD

Where: Netflix

Summary: Cobra Kai, which just got renewed for a fifth season months before its fourth season airs in December, will return at the tail end of the fall season as both Daniel and Johnny find themselves in an uneasy alliance, uniting their Miyagi-Do and Eagle Fang schools, for a showdown against Kreese and the dastardly kids at Cobra Kai. But can their combined strength be enough to topple Kreese and the return of Karate Kid Part III’s Terry Silver (Thomas Ian Griffith)?

The Witcher: Season 2

Date: Dec 17

Where: Netflix

Summary: Henry Cavill is back as Geralt of Rivia as the story picks up with Geralt taking Princess Cirilla (Freya Allan) to his childhood home of Kaer Morhen, where he will task himself with protecting Ciri from the mysterious power she possesses within while the Continent’s kings, elves, humans, and demons strive for supremacy outside the walls of the castle, located within the Kingdom of Kaedwen.

New cast additions for season 2 include Cassie Clare (Brave New World) in the role of Phillippa Eilhart, Liz Carr (Silent Witness) as Fenn, Graham McTavish (Outlander) as Dijkstra, Kevin Doyle (Downton Abbey) portraying Ba’lian, Simon Callow (A Room with A View) as Codringher, and Chris Fulton (Bridgerton) in the role of Rience, a major antagonist in the Witcher book series.

Inside Job: Season 1

Date: Fall TBD

Where: Netflix

Summary: Inside Job is an adult animated comedy about the shadow government– and the dysfunctional team whose daily grind is committing the world’s conspiracies. From convoluted coverups to secret societies to masked orgy etiquette, navigating office culture at Cognito Inc. can be tricky, especially for anti-social tech genius Reagan Ridley (Lizzy Caplan). Even in a workplace filled with reptilian shapeshifters and psychic mushrooms, she’s seen as the odd one out for believing the world could be a better place. From Gravity Falls’ Shion Takeuchi and Alex Hirsch, Inside Job also stars Christian Slater, Clark Duke, Andrew Daly, Tisha Campbell, and Bobby Lee.

Pieces of Her: Season 1

Date: Fall TBD

Where: Netflix

Summary: Based on the hit novel by Karin Slaughter, Pieces of Her follows the story of Andrea (Bella Heathcote) who is caught in a deadly mass shooting at a local diner. Moments later, she witnesses her mother Laura (Toni Collette), violently eliminating the threat with such ease. As Andrea begins to unravel her mother’s actions on that very day, her perspective on their entire familial relationship takes a new turn. LOTR’s David Wenham. Lost’s Terry O’Quinn, Power’s Omari Hardwick, and Game of Thrones’ Joe Dempsie also star.

Psychonauts 2 Hollis’s Hot Streak Collectibles Guide

Venturing into Hollis Forsythe’s mind gets a little harrowing for Raz in Psychonauts 2. After venturing to the Lady Lucktopus casino, he finds that Hollis’s mind has been invaded by dangerous ideas about risk and gambling. When you return to her mind, you venture through a number of the same places as Hollis’s Classroom, but with a new twist. There are also a whole bunch of additional collectibles to find that can boost your Intern rank in a huge way, provided you can find them all.

Here’s everything to find in Hollis’s Hot Streak and how you can snag it. Stay tuned for more Psychonauts 2 coverage and guides, including our rundown of all the collectibles in Loboto’s Labyrinth and Hollis’s Classroom. And don’t forget to check out our Psychonauts 2 review.

Hollis’s Hot Streak Collectibles

Nuggets of Wisdom: 4
Memory Vaults: 1
Emotional Baggage: Duffle Bag, Suit Case, Purse
Half-A-Minds: 4
Figments: 106

You’ll recognize some of the areas of Hollis’s Hot Streak as you start out, but before long, you’ll find yourself on a big dice-shaped cube that has a number of doors set into it. Passing through each one takes you into a different area of the casino, and each has a bunch of collectibles scattered throughout.

Half-a-Mind: As you start out, you’ll find yourself in a shattered version of the classroom. From the center platform with the spiral pattern, look up to one side for a Stray Thought that will lead you to a nearby platform with the Half-a-Mind on it.

Half-a-Mind: The other half of this first mind is above you. As you create a path from the “Risk” thought toward the exit hallway above, you’ll see the other mind–jump down to it as you make Mental Connections to snag it.

Suit Case Tag: Next, you’ll find yourself back out front of the hospital from Hollis’s Classroom, but with a new casino twist. Use Mental Connection to reach the rooftop and head to the back right corner when you’re facing the entrance. You’ll find the Suit Case Tag waiting there.

Nugget of Wisdom: Also on the roof; head to the front where the ambulance stopped and climb up on the neon sign there to find the Nugget of Wisdom floating above it.

Heading into the hospital, you’ll find yourself on a big die that has several doors in it, leading to different sections of the hospital. You can enter each door more than once if you need to, and you’ll need upgrades to Mental Connection to find all the collectibles, so expect to return here later.

Maternity

Purse Tag: First, as you enter Maternity, exit the tunnel at the start and spin around to face it. Use Mental Connection to make a path and get back to the entrance tunnel and get on top of its roof, where you’ll find the Purse Tag.

Duffle Bag Tag: Advance through the Maternity puzzle until you unlock the ability to pass inside the game wheel and fix the rigged game. Once you’re inside, continue onto the rotating platforms made of game chips. Use the Mental Connections to reach the platform past the rotating chips, then jump back onto the chips and ride them to snag the Duffle Bag Tag.

Duffle Bag Emotional Baggage: Keep moving through the spinning tunnel and you should catch sight of some Dark Thoughts above you–the black Stray Thoughts you’ve probably seen once or twice up to now. You can’t connect to those until you’ve upgraded your Mental Connection ability, but once you have, return to Hollis’s Hot Streak and use them to reach the Duffle Bag.

Half-a-Mind: Keep going past the vertical rotating chips. Ahead, you’ll see three rotating chip platforms with exploding lightbulbs on them. Ride one to get to the dice beside it and climb up to reach the Half-a-Mind.

Doctor’s Only

Memory Vault: There’s not much in this area except a big hallway that loops on itself. Take the first fork on the left to find the Memory Vault; chase it down and punch it to open it.

Records

Purse Emotional Baggage: Like Doctor’s Only, this is pretty much just a couple of hallways. Take the first fork to the right to find the Purse Emotional Baggage, which you should have already grabbed the tag to use to organize.

Nugget of Wisdom: Continue down the main hallway until you reach some boxes walling the way forward. Punch through them and pass through them to find a dead end with a poster on it. Burn the poster with Pyrokinesis to find a Nugget of Wisdom behind it.

Pharmacy

Nugget of Wisdom: You’ll need the Dark Thoughts upgrade for Mental Connection to reach this Nugget. Keep going until you see the big rotating ring of pills. Use the Dark Thoughts to reach the Nugget of Wisdom above you.

Cardiology

Suitcase Emotional Baggage: Cardiology is a big lounge with a bar on your right. On the left side are booths; check the one furthest to the right to find the Suitcase, which you grabbed the tag for earlier.

Nugget of Wisdom: Check the big door on the right side of the room when facing the bar to find a storage room. Head to the back of the room to find another locked door with the Nugget of Wisdom inside. You’ll need the Projection ability you’ll get later in the game to access it.

Half-a-Mind: Keep working through Cardiology until you can pass through the monitor to unrig the race. Keep moving until you reach the first set of electrified platforms; pass over them and go through the archway just beyond. Turn left just through the archway and you’ll see a couch floating in space. Hop across to it to grab the Half-a-Mind there.

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Fan Invades German Show, Demanding GTA 6 Be Released

If Grand Theft Auto 6 is in development, Rockstar North likely won’t be spilling any beans on the game until it’s well and ready to do so. For some fans though, they’re demanding answers and taking their frustration over GTA 6’s non-existence to the one platform that matters: Germany’s celebrity-challenging game show, Beat the Star.

On a recent episode of the show, host Alexander Duszat and reality TV star Evelyn Burdecki’s segment was interrupted by a fan who had been waiting eight years for news on the sequel. Duszat humored the fan for a while, dropping some GTA knowledge of his own into the conversation until a security guard escorted the impatient gamer off the stage.

Naturally, this has led some people to wonder if Duszat’s casual name-drop of GTA publisher Take-Two Interactive is all part of a new marketing campaign ahead of a full reveal of GTA 6, conveniently done in the aftermath of Gamescom 2021.

The answer is likely more mundane though, as GTA 5 has so far sold 150 million copies throughout its lifetime. With that many units of the game available in the wild, and combined with Duszat mentioning that he still had to finish it, it’s no wonder that he owns a copy.

Those numbers will likely continue to climb when GTA V is upgraded for PS5 and Xbox Series X|S on November 11, with one German blog mentioning 4K and 60fps visual improvements for the game. As for GTA 6, one leaker previously claimed that the game will only be out in 2025 and will feature an evolving Fortnite-like map. Just don’t tell the German fan that there might be four more years of waiting left for him.

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Fortnite 17.50 Patch Notes Include Streamlined Creative Library, Easier Superman Quests

Fortnite 17.50 patch notes are here, and it’s clear we’re in the endgame now. This is the final update of Season 7 and will carry players through the final two weeks of the season. It’s a wide-ranging patch that affects battle royale, creative, and more. Let’s get into everything that’s new in the Fortnite 17.50 update.

Wild Weeks – Week 3

These weapons may be vaulted for Season 8, so enjoy them while they last.

Back for another week starting this Thursday is Wild Weeks, this time focusing on alien and Io tech weapons. Related Legendary Quests will have players doing damage with these likely outgoing weapons, and players will enjoy increased drop rates for all alien and IO tech weapons.

Drop rates will improve so much, in fact, that IO chests found at dish stations will now guarantee at least one weapon drop from this category, while they’ll also spawn more often in regular chests.

Playlist Discovery Update

Also new in the 17.50 update is an overhaul to the game’s playlist menu. Players will still find all the Epic originals, like battle royale, Team Rumble, and Impostors, but now a Netflixian virtual library seeks to better highlight the best creative mode content in the game.

Players can refine their searches by categories or tags and add games to their favorites whenever they want. They can also browse the “Featured” section to see what Epic is promoting on a rotating schedule.

Fortnite 17.50 Patch Notes

As for what else is new, the list is scattered but impactful. Here’s what else you’ll find in 17.50:

The Mothership has begun abducting Corny Complex
Fixed an issue involving being unable to use inventory items after swapping from a Prop-ifier to a Consumable
Reduced the number of Epic Quests needed to unlock Superman’s additional rewards. Previously all Superman rewards were unlocked at 84 Epic Quest completions. As of 17.50, only 50 Epic Quest completions are needed.

Fortnite patch 17.50 is now live on all platforms. For more on what’s new this week, don’t miss the Best Friendzy event running through September 12, which also happens to be the day before Fortnite Season 8 begins.

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