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The next game in The Dark Pictures Anthology and sequel to Man of Medan has been announced. Revealed in a teaser trailer after the Man of Medan credits, the next game is called Little Hope and will be released in 2020.

The trailer features Bandersnatch and Midsommar’s Will Poulter as Andrew, and appears to be set in a creepy town called Little Hope. A young girl with a creepy doll can be seen dancing around a fire, and Andrew’s friend Angela is shown to be in trouble. Beyond that, the trailer offers very little indication as to what Little Hope’s story is.

As an anthology series, The Dark Pictures presents each game as a standalone experience, rather than as a ‘sequel’ to the games before it. As far as we know there is no connection between Man of Medan and Little Hope in narrative or characters, but we wouldn’t be surprised if there are hints or Easter eggs littered around the games.

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Gears 5 is launching soon, and now developer The Coalition has shared a lot of important details pertaining to the release around pre-loading, server start times, launch maps, and more.

Pre-Load

Pre-loading for Gears 5 is available right now on Xbox One and PC. Those who pre-ordered a digital copy of the shooter can pre-load the game now so they can start playing exactly when the servers go live.

Server Start Times

Gears 5’s servers go live at 9 PM on September 5 in whatever time zone you live in. If you live in a region with multiple time zones, the game unlocks at the earliest one.

This applies to both digital copies and physical copies bought at retail. However, this is only the “Early Access” period for Gears 5, so you need to buy the Ultimate edition ($80 USD) to start playing early. Alternatively, Gears 5 unlocks on September 5 for Xbox Game Pass subscribers because the Ultimate edition is included with Game Pass.

Launch Maps

Gears 5 is launching with 7 multiplayer maps for the standard Arena mode and four of the “Hive-style” maps for the Escape mode. The 11 maps at launch include:

Arena:

• Asylum
• Bunker
• District
• Exhibit
• Icebound
• Training Grounds
• Vasgar

Escape:

• The Hive
• The Descent
• The Mines
• The Gauntlet

Extra Maps For Private Play Only

There will be five additional maps from Gears of War 4 brought forward to Gears 5–however, they are limited to “Private Play.” The maps will not show up in any public matchmaking playlists. The maps feature the same art as in Gears 4.

• Dam
• Forge Blitz (now just known as Forge)
• Foundation
• Harbor
• Reclaimed

Post-Launch Maps And More

The Coalition is promising that Gears 5 will have the “biggest and most extensive” post-release support ever for Gears franchise. Over time, the studio plans to deliver more arena-style maps, in addition to new features like Map Builder support for Versus and Horde modes. As announced previously, all of Gears 5’s post-release maps will be free; the game has no Season Pass.

For more on Gears 5, check out GameSpot’s Gears 5 pre-order guide.

NBA 2K20, which is a basketball game, will allow you to play many games that are not basketball. 2K Sports today released a new trailer for NBA 2K20 that highlights what’s new in The Neighborhood, the franchise’s social space where players can group up and hang out–think of it like The Tower from Destiny.

2K is promising more than a dozen new events and activities to partake in, including disc-golf and pedal-powered go-kart racing, which appear to be new for this year’s game. There is also a new Big Head mode which is exactly what it sounds like, while 2K is also planning “dynamic seasonal changes.” The video shows Fall andWwinter-themed makeovers, specifically, for The Neighborhood.

In other news, NBA 2K20 is finally adding the WNBA this year, too, with 12 teams available to use in the Play Now and Season modes. Some of the league’s standout players have been scanned into the game, including Breanna Stewart, while animations and play styles fans will expect to see from the women’s league have also been brought in.

NBA 2K20 launches on September 6 for PS4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC. Check out our NBA 2K20 pre-order guide for all the info on pre-order bonuses and what’s included in the Digital Deluxe and Legend editions. You can also download a free demo for NBA 2K20 right now.

There are several supernatural/psychic abilities in Control but only 2 of them come from the main campaign. Here’s how to get the rest.

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Marvel Comics is celebrating its 80th anniversary in a number of ways in 2019, but the release of Marvel Comics #1000 easily ranks among the most ambitious. Each page of this 80-page special issue features a different creative team telling a story inspired by a particular year in Marvel’s history.

The launchpad for each story ranges from the debut of a major character to the appearance of a seminal storyline to the release of a landmark movie like Iron Man or Howard the Duck. The result is every bit as messy and disjointed as you’d expect from such an unusual undertaking, but still well worth reading for Marvel devotees.

Telling a complete, coherent story in a single page is an art form unto itself, and it goes without saying that some teams are more successful than others. The fundamental problem with Marvel Comics #1000 is that there isn’t really a cohesive theme or focus over the course of 80 pages, 80 teams, and 80 stories. Some stories follow a set theme, with heroes like Hulk, Thing, and Daredevil responding to a faceless interviewer asking about what motivates them. Others are basically bland origin story re-tellings. A great many others simply seek to tell a fun, quick story in the limited space available.

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CD Projekt Red is doing away with traditional character gender options in Cyberpunk 2077 to keep with the cyberpunk ethos of the genre. The developers confirmed the latest development in a new interview.

Metro caught up with CD Projekt Red senior concept artist Marthe Jonkers to talk more about the world building in Cyberpunk 2077, and how that manifests in the gameplay. Specifically, Metro asked about gender in Cyberpunk 2077, an area that CD Projekt Red received criticism for in the past.

Jonkers said the developers are working to make Cyberpunk 2077 “really inclusive.” This resulted in gameplay design choices like an expanded character customization menu.

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Netflix’s The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance arguably has one of the most impressive voice casts ever assembled, including genre mainstays like Sigourney Weaver, Mark Hamill, and Simon Pegg; Game of Thrones alums Nathalie Emmanuel, Lena Headey, and Natalie Dormer; and Harry Potter stars like Jason Isaacs and Helena Bonham Carter.

The show is already drawing comparisons to Game of Thrones for its sprawling ensemble cast of warring clans, anchored by Emmanuel’s Deet, Taron Egerton’s Rian, and Anya Taylor-Joy’s Brea, and you’d be forgiven for being unable to tell which Skesis is which in the first episode, which throws you right into the middle of a tumultuous political power struggle taking place in the world of Thra.

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When DC launched Superman/Batman back in 2003, the series’ appeal couldn’t be simpler. DC’s biggest creators working with the company’s two most iconic heroes, all on a series built around the widescreen action approach that was so popular at the time. For various reasons, that appeal never fully translated over to 2013’s Batman/Superman. But with the launch of a new volume of Batman/Superman, DC does a far better job of recapturing that old magic. Superstar creators plus iconic heroes plus a dastardly villain equals a strong debut issue.

Batman/Superman builds directly on the foundation of Dark Nights: Metal and The Batman Who Laughs, with the series pitting the Dark Knight and the Man of Steel against a nemesis who has all the most formidable traits of Batman and the Joker. And lest readers accuse the Batman Who Laughs of being well below Superman’s pay grade, this series also introduces “The Infected,” a group of DC heroes who have been secretly corrupted by this demented villain.

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