All September long, IGN is highlighting the best TV coming your way in the 2019-2020 season. Today we’re readying ourselves for Mr. Robot’s final season – which kicks off October 6 on USA – by talking to Darlene Alderson herself, Carly Chaikin. Season 3 ended with a bang (and a few axe chops!) when Rami Malek’s Elliot, along with Chaikin’s Darlene and Grace Gummer’s Dom, found themselves captured by Whiterose’s forces and forced to comply with her demands. But if you’re looking for a refresh on Season 3, or even for episodes before that, look no further because we’ve got an exclusive video recap, chronicling the entire show up to this point, by Mr. Robot’s cast.
Call Of Duty Mobile Release Date Set For Next Month
Call of Duty Mobile is coming to iPhone and Android very soon. Activision and Tencent announced the free-to-play mobile version of its FPS franchise will release on October 1 on the iOS App Store and Google Play Store. The launch will be worldwide in all countries that support the stores, except mainland China, Vietnam, and Belgium. You can pre-register through the official site.
The announcement came alongside a trailer showing the game in action. CoD Mobile will include lots of the usual multiplayer modes like Team Deathmatch, Search and Destroy, and Free-For-All, along with popular maps like Nuketown, Crash, and Hijacked. You’ll also unlock several familiar faces from the series like Soap MacTavish and Alex Mason.
And while the next big PC and console Call of Duty won’t have a Battle Royale mode, this mobile release will. It will pit 100 players against each other in a map specially designed for the mode. You’ll be able to play as solos, duos, or quads, and use a wide array of land, sea, and air vehicles.
“We are delivering the definitive, first-person action experience on mobile with signature Call of Duty gameplay in the palms of your hands,” said Activision mobile VP Chris Plummer, VP, Mobile at Activision. “We are bringing together some of the best the franchise has to offer, including Modern Warfare maps like Crash and Crossfire, Black Ops maps like Nuketown and Hijacked, and many more, into one epic title. We’ve tested the game extensively in select territories and the feedback we’ve received has helped us refine the experience for October 1.”
Meanwhile, Modern Warfare is also preparing for its own launch in October, and a second beta test will be running soon. Participating can net you a shotgun for use in the game once it launches.
Netflix: Everything Leaving in October
Netflix’s official “Last Call” list for October is out, detailing all the movies and TV shows that will be leaving the site next month.
Critically acclaimed/award-winning movies like All the President’s Men, Bonnie and Clyde, Platoon, Deliverance, and Quiz Show will be taking a powder, along with magnificent monster flicks like Gremlins and Cloverfield.
It’s also worth noting that The Fall’s first season is leaving since it will leave behind Seasons 2 and 3, which are technically Netflix Originals here in the U.S. But Netflix only picked it up here post-Season 1. So if you’ve been wanting to catch that Gillian Anderson/Jamie Dornan series, you’ve only got a few weeks left until the first five episodes vanish.
Watch the First Trailer for Netflix’s New Superhero Show Raising Dion
Last week, we offered a first look at Netflix’s upcoming comic book drama Raising Dion, executive produced by Black Panther star Michael B. Jordan (who also co-stars in the series). Today, we can exclusively reveal the first trailer for Raising Dion, which gives viewers an introduction to our super-powered seven-year-old hero, Dion (Ja’Siah Young), his mom, Nicole (Alisha Wainwright), and the many challenges they face when Dion starts exhibiting incredible abilities.
Watch the first Raising Dion trailer below:
We interviewed Dennis Liu, who created the eponymous comic book and serves as executive producer on Raising Dion (in addition to directing the sixth episode) to learn more about his inspiration for this unique series, which tells a superhero origin story from the perspective of both an optimistic – if awkward – kid, and his mother.
New Xbox One Game Pass Games For September Announced
Microsoft has announced another round of games coming to its Xbox Game Pass service to close out September. The lineup includes some surprising recent hits on Xbox One, and you can play them very soon.
First on September 19, the service will add the anime mash-up fighter Jump Force. You can fight alongside characters from Dragon Ball, Naruto, JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure, and more. That date will also bring Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, the Metroidvania revival from famed Castlevania producer Koji Igarashi.
Then on September 26, Game Pass subscribers will gain access to the tactics game Bad North, the muddy racer Dirt Rally 2.0, and the open-world creation game Lego Worlds.
This update is uncharacteristically fully devoted to Game Pass on console. Most Game Pass announcements recently have detailed some games available for Xbox One, others for PC, and some that will appear on both. The service comes in two separate tiers, with a combined “Ultimate” subscription that includes both along with Xbox Live Gold. The previous update, covering the first half of September, announced PC games including Bad North.
The announcement also had a reminder that Microsoft’s latest big-budget first-party game, Gears 5, is available to play through Game Pass. That game set first-party opening week records for the company, which included Game Pass players in the count.
Xbox One Game Pass – September
September 19:
- Jump Force
- Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night
September 26:
- Bad North
- Dirt Rally 2.0
- Lego Worlds
Astellia: The MMO That Goes Big
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Astellia is an MMORPG designed to be evocative of the genre’s root while adding in companions with unique personalities and stories and epic 300v300v300 PvP play.
On September 27th, 2019, Astellia will officially launch in North America and the European Union, with pre-orders ending September 20th. Let’s take a closer look at what it has to offer.
New Elvira Pinball Machine Has Skulls, Bats and Stuff
Stern’s next machine, timed appropriately for the lead up to Halloween, will be Elvira: House of Horrors. The horror movie host has appeared in two previous pinball machines, 1989’s pretty great Elvira and the Party Monsters, and 1996’s downright amazing Scared Stiff. The original designers of the first two games, Greg Freres and Dennis Nordman, are returning for the 2019 game. Their influence comes across in a cool, vintage art package (see the images below, or video above). House of Horrors integrates campy movies (including several Mystery Science Theater 3000 subjects) into its theme, with characters from Manos: The Hands Of Fate, Santa Claus Conquers The Martians, and The Brain That Wouldn’t Die featured in the artwork, in addition to “the usual”: Skulls and gargoyles and stuff. We have a full list of the licensed movies incorporated into House of Horrors below.
New Sirfetch’d Pokemon Is a Farfetch’d Evolution
Nintendo has revealed the identity of the glitched Pokemon that it has been teasing this week: Sirfetch’d, an evolutionary form for Farfetch’d.
Farfetch’d is one of the original 151 Pokemon from the first generation of games on the Gameboy, and has gone with an evolutionary form for 27 years. Sirfetch’d changes this, offering the leek-wielding bird a knight-like, bigger, stronger version, outfitted with a leafy shield.
Check out Sirfetch’d in the video below!
Sirfetch’d is a Galar region evolution and will be exclusive to Pokemon Sword, so you’ll need to get trading if you’re planning on picking up Shield and wish to have a full Pokedex.
Save Big on Refurbished iMacs and MacBooks Today
You’ve probably heard of the Apple tax, the extra cash a Mac costs over what you’d pay for a similarly specced-out Windows PC. If you need a computer and you want reprieve from the Apple tax, today is your day. For a limited time, Amazon is selling select refurbished iMacs and MacBooks for additional discounts on top of the already-reduced prices for refurbed gear. It’s like a double discount.
Plus, all of Amazon’s refurbished gear comes with a 90-day warranty, so you’ll get a replacement or refund if it doesn’t work as expected. The only hitch is that stock is limited, so you’ll want to hurry. Here’s what’s on sale.
Apple 27-Inch iMac with 5K Display, 2017
These Xbox One Controllers Are on Another Level
Having the right controller in your hands is a critical step towards gaming domination. Microsoft’s own Xbox One controllers are excellent and always a safe purchase, but the days of all third-party Xbox controllers being cheap monstrosities only fit for your little brother are over. You can easily find third-party Xbox One controllers that offer comfort, quality, customization, and more, often at a lower price than the official Microsoft peripherals.
Better yet, the best Xbox One controllers will also work perfectly with your gaming PC, and if you have the Xbox One controller wireless PC adapter, you don’t even need a USB cable. Using a controller to play PC games might sound crazy, but there are just some titles that work better with it than mouse and keyboard. It’s hard to believe, but it’s true.