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If you’ve ever thought to yourself, “Pops are cool, but I wish they were 19 inches tall,” have I got some news for you. Funko’s Pop! Heroes Batman figure is up for preorder right now.

Preorder Funko Pop! Heroes: DC 19-inch Batman

• Preorder the Giant Batman Funko Pop – $99.99 at Amazon

To give you a sense of perspective, the standard Funko Pop size is around 4-inches tall, depending on design, and Funko Pop boxes are roughly 6.25-inches tall. That means the upcoming Funko Pop Batman is almost five times the size of a standard Pop figure. That’s a lot of Pop. In fact, the giant Batman Pop is about an inch shy of the length of the average newborn baby.

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Overwatch will come to Nintendo Switch, and will be announced as part of tonight’s Nintendo Direct presentation.

The news leak comes courtesy of Kotaku, which claims to have verified a couple of retail leaks with their own sources. This comes a week after an Amazon listing for an Overwatch Switch case was spotted online, suggesting that it was only a matter of time until Blizzard’s hero shooter made an appearance on the console.

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Uplay+, Ubisoft’s new subscription service, launched yesterday on PC, giving subscribers access to the company’s entire library of over 100 games. The service got off to a rocky start with server overloads causing issues for many, but Ubisoft has now solved most of these problems.

Uplay+ subscribers launching the program are encountering another issue altogether: Anno 1880 is nowhere to be found. Released back in April, the latest game in the city-building series is the reason many subscribed to the service in the first place. “Due to technical reasons Anno 1800 will not be available on Uplay+ at the launch of the service,” Ubisoft wrote on its support site. “We are working to make it available for players as soon as possible. We’ll provide a more precise date when we can.”

Anno 1800’s absence at Uplay+’s launch is likely to disappoint some, but at least it should appear once these technical issues are ironed out. In GameSpot’s review, David Wildgoose said, “I spent all of my time playing Anno 1800 in a mild yet pervasive state of anxiety. As a city-building sim that emphasizes economic management, it is as robust and powerful as the steel factories it allows you to pollute the skies with. But for all the natural beauty of its island paradise and the architectural splendor of its churches, theatres, and piers, it’s just a little too cold in its reliance on numbers and a little too impenetrable in its reluctance to show you its workings. I’m glad I visited, but I don’t think I’d want to live there.”

In the meantime, Uplay+ subscribers can still download and play the likes of Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, The Division 2, and Rainbow Six Siege. A closed beta for Ghost Recon Breakpoint is happening over the weekend, too, and we have all of the details. A recent leak suggests a new Splinter Cell might also be on the way.

WWE 2K20 is changing things up this year by having its Showcase Mode focus on multiple wrestlers: the Four Horsewomen. Coming up together in WWE’s developmental system and arguably the four most talented women out of the first wave of female NXT callups, Sasha Banks, Bayley, Becky Lynch, and Charlotte’s WWE careers will be the subject of the mode this year. Now, we know exactly what matches will be included for October’s game.

This year’s Showcase will begin with the very first NXT Takeover back in 2014 where Charlotte Flair took on Natalya for the NXT Women’s Championship, and both wrestlers were joined by their reletives: Ric Flair and Bret Hart, respectively. That means we’ll be missing out on a few key things from earlier on, like the stable The BFFs, and Becky doing an Irish jig to the ring.

Throughout the 15 matches included in Showcase Mode, three will be from NXT Takeovers, with the Bayley vs. Sasha Banks Brooklyn bout being the pinnacle of greatness from the Four Horsewomen in NXT. Obviously, 2K can’t delve too much into NXT, as a few of the other wrestlers the Showcase subjects took on are no longer with the company, like Emma and BFFs member Summer Rae.

Below, you’ll find the listing for every match you’ll get to play in this year’s Showcase Mode, which covers the time-span of 2014 until this year’s Wrestlemania 35. The biggest surprise from this news is that the Evolution PPV arena will be available to play in as well as a few more reveals for the very large WWE 2K20 roster.

WWE 2K20 2K Showcase: The Women’s Evolution

• NXT TakeOver – Charlotte Flair w/ Ric Flair v. Natalya w/Bret Hart
• NXT TakeOver: Rival – Sasha Banks v. Charlotte Flair v. Bayley v. Becky Lynch
• NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn – Bayley v. Sasha Banks
• Night of Champions 2015 – Charlotte Flair w/Paige & Becky Lynch v. Nikki Bella w/Brie Bella & Alicia Fox
• WrestleMania 32 – Charlotte Flair w/Ric Flair v. Becky Lynch v. Sasha Banks
• RAW – Sasha Banks v. Charlotte w/Dana Brooke
• Backlash – Becky Lynch v. Alexa Bliss v. Carmella v. Naomi v. Natalya v. Nikki Bella
• Hell in a Cell – Charlotte Flair v. Sasha Banks
• Elimination Chamber – Becky Lynch v. Mickie James
• RAW – Bayley v. Charlotte Flair
• Fastlane – Sasha Banks v. Nia Jax
• WrestleMania 33 – Bayley v. Charlotte Flair v. Nia Jax v. Sasha Banks
• WrestleMania 34 – Charlotte Flair v. Asuka
• Evolution – Becky Lynch v. Charlotte Flair
• WrestleMania 35 – Becky Lynch v. Charlotte Flair v. Ronda Rousey

Aside from Showcase Mode, the other cover star–Roman Reigns–will have his career featured in a special Towers Mode. 2K is also taking this year’s edition in a new direction, introducing a new form of DLC called WWE Originals, which features fictionalized versions of WWE superstars. The first pack, titled “Bump in the Night,” will allow players to control Braun Strowman as Frankenstrowman and other wrestlers modeled after horror movie characters. WWE 2K20 comes to PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC on October 22, 2019.

Overwatch is currently available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC, but Blizzard’s hero shooter might soon be making its way to the Nintendo Switch as well. Evidence continues to point towards the existence of a Switch port arriving before the end of the year, so we may soon be able to play as Tracer and company on the go.

Last month, Reset Era user Lady Bow discovered an Amazon listing for an Overwatch-themed Switch protection case. The listing was quickly pulled, but it gave us our first hint that a possible Switch port could be on the way. In an interview with GameSpot last year, Blizzard senior producer Pete Stilwell said that the studio used the process of porting Diablo III to Switch as an opportunity to familiarize itself with the capabilities of Nintendo’s current hardware, lending some credence to the rumors–even if he noted that Blizzard came away from the experience deciding to only work on Diablo III’s Switch port.

Then, a week ago, an internal release schedule from an unknown retailer was leaked on Reddit, showing a release date of October 18 for a Switch version of Overwatch. The post was eventually removed after moderators failed to verify the leak’s authenticity, but the same list has now appeared on Reset Era because of a new Plants vs Zombies game. User Vestan notes that EA only just confirmed the release date for Plants vs Zombies, and it matches up with the date shown on the leaked schedule. Thus far, EA has only announced the date in Japan but it should see a worldwide release. If the date for that is correct, maybe the Overwatch one is too.

It’s another beacon of hope for those hoping to see the popular shooter launch on Switch. Nintendo is hosting a lengthy Direct later tonight with a focus on Luigi’s Mansion 3 and Pokemon Sword/Shield, but maybe it will find time to announce some new games, too, with Overwatch potentially being among them.

I had no intention of paying $200 to let my eight-year-old daughter build her own custom lightsaber at Disneyland, no matter how much she loves Star Wars. That’s just… a lot of money, even by we’re-already-bankrupting-our-savings-account-by-coming-here Disney standards. Little did I know that when I finally gave in, my daughter wouldn’t even be allowed to play with her pricey Star Wars souvenir…

Building the lightsaber is, I have to say, genuinely an experience – one of the most impressive ways Galaxy’s Edge successfully brings Star Wars to life. And my daughter ate it up. As a dad, was I buying a memory? Yeah, I was. But after she had watched the original trilogy of films and listened to the audiobooks countless times, designing her own personal Jedi weapon in Savi’s Workshop made for a fun and unique Star Wars moment for both of us to enjoy together.

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If you have cable internet, chances are you’re running a leased modem from your service provider. There’s nothing wrong with that lifestyle and I’m not going to judge you. What I am going to do is recommend freeing yourself from the shackles of a leased cable modem and set up your own with one of these Netgear cable modem deals on Amazon’s deal of the day.

Before you make the plunge, ensure the modem you want to get is compatible with your internet service provider. The routers and mesh WiFi systems should work with any modem, but still might require some extra steps to set them up.

Netgear Cable Modem Deals

Netgear Night C7000 Cable Modem Deal – $134.49 (36% Off)

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The Mandalorian star Pedro Pascal has shared some of the crucial differences between his titular character in the upcoming Star Wars spinoff and the fan-favourite bounty hunter Boba Fett.

The actor, who plays the lone gunfighter in the new Disney+ series, recently sat down with showrunner Jon Favreau and director Dave Filoni to explain how his character has very few similarities to Boba Fett, beyond the Mandalorian armor and complicated profession.

“Our guy is a Mandalorian, and we definitely explore the culture of the Mandalorian,” Favreau told Entertainment Weekly of his live-action series.

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Editor’s Note: For Gears 5, we’re reviewing the campaign and multiplayer modes separately, followed by our overall review and score. This part covers the entirety of the campaign – be sure to check out the multiplayer and overall reviews soon.

A “Previously on Gears” recap video kicks off Gears 5, and apart from the much-appreciated refresher, it quickly reminded me, “Oh yeah, I love these characters.” This time around JD, Kait, and Del continue to try and beat back the mutated-Locust Swarm, but this new adventure stands out thanks to some clever moment-to-moment gameplay upgrades and a heavy dose of character-driven story that puts the future of the franchise on an unexpected path. Gears 5’s impressive campaign is conclusive evidence that, at least for now, it’s these meatheads, not Halo’s Spartan super soldiers, that star in the most endearing first-party stories on Xbox.

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