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Stumptown: Season 1 Premiere Review

Cobie Smulders has moved from the big screen back to the small screen, from the MCU to – well – an altogether different type of comic book adaptation.

Stumptown, based on a series of acclaimed graphic novels by Greg Rucka and Matthew Southworth, is a fiery and frenetic P.I. series with flare to spare. Smulders is a wonderful fit here, infusing traumatized Marine Dex Parios with enough down-on-her-luck charm to portray a barely-competent investigator.

Supporting her special needs brother, Ansel (Cole Sibus), shouldering a gambling debt, and harboring deep emotional wounds from a past wartime love, Dex is the best kind of gumshoe to follow: a flawed, self-sabotaging siren who, at least in this first episode, stumbles her way to victory. You want your underdog heroes to accumulate cuts and bruises, both physical and spiritual, as they reluctantly champion justice. They’ll start out doing the job for money but eventually finish it for pride. In this regard, Stumptown is a prickly pleasure.

It’s Always Sunny: Season 14 Premiere Review

While Dennis and Mac attempt to AirBnB their way into a Rom-Com meat-cute (meat cube?), Frank and Charlie try to rope in Euro-strays for swinging sexual escapades in Always Sunny’s Season 14 premiere – an episode directed by Sunny star Glenn Howerton.

Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld opted to close up shop on Seinfeld when it was at the absolute top of the ratings heap, choosing to go out on a high. Truthfully, they could have kept the show going for many years more. Always Sunny is proof of that, as there will never be a time when The Gang falls out of fashion. The same could be said for South Park, in a certain regard. As long as there’s a gathering of idiots and/or ethically flexible characters willing to debate social norms or have a go at a handful of harebrained schemes, you’ve got yourself a season’s worth of mirth.

Marvel’s Kevin Feige To Produce Star Wars Movie

Kevin Feige, president of Marvel Studios and one of the driving forces behind the Marvel Cinematic Universe, will produce a new Star Wars movie for Disney. That’s according to The Hollywood Reporter, which states that the move is part of new plans for “a wave of projects set in the [Star Wars] universe.”

The site reports that Feige discussed the Star Wars project in late summer, having met with Lucasfilm’s president Kathleen Kennedy and studio co-chairmen Alan Horn and Alan Bergman. Asked for a statement, Horn said, “We are excited about the projects Kathy and the Lucasfilm team are working on, not only in terms of Star Wars but also Indiana Jones and reaching into other parts of the company including Children of Blood and Bone with Emma Watts and Fox.”

He continued: “With the close of the Skywalker Saga, Kathy is pursuing a new era in Star Wars storytelling, and knowing what a die-hard fan Kevin is, it made sense for these two extraordinary producers to work on a Star Wars film together.”

Naturally, questions will arise about the scope of the role Feige will have in the future of the Star Wars universe and also the scope of his film. For his part, Feige has been critical for crafting the interconnected universe of superhero films based on Marvel Comics characters. These films have dominated the box office for years now and, the latest, Avengers: Endgame, had a record-breaking run. Fans will no doubt be wondering if Feige’s movie is the prelude to deeper involvement with Star Wars.

However, speaking to THR, sources have indicated that Kennedy will remain very much at the helm. The next entry in the blockbuster sci-fi saga is Star Wars Episode 9: The Rise of Skywalker, which hits theaters on December 20. Marvel, meanwhile, is working on movies for Black Widow and Eternals, as well as Black Panther 2, among numerous other projects.

Inside Xbox Recap + Gears 5 Spoilercast

We’re shot out of a cannon this week! Our Xbox crew recaps the news from this week’s Inside Xbox, highlighted by the public Project xCloud preview. Plus: the rumored Batman: Court of Owls game, how Xbox owners are getting shortchanged in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, and our Gears 5 spoilercast (at the end of the show, so if you don’t want to hear it, you won’t miss anything else!).

Subscribe on any of your favorite podcast feeds, or grab an MP3 download of this week’s episode. For more awesome content, check out the latest episode of IGN Unfiltered, featuring a career-spanning interview with longtime Remedy writer Sam Lake – he of Max Payne, Alan Wake, Quantum Break, and Control fame. Watch it below:

Kevin Feige Is Developing a New Star Wars Movie for Disney

Marvel mastermind Kevin Feige is adding Star Wars to his resume. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Feige is working on a new Star Wars movie with Lucasfilm boss Kathleen Kennedy.

THR quotes Disney Studios chairman Alan Horn as saying, “We are excited about the projects Kathy and the Lucasfilm team are working on, not only in terms of Star Wars but also Indiana Jones and reaching into other parts of the company including Children of Blood and Bone with Emma Watts and Fox. With the close of the Skywalker Saga, Kathy is pursuing a new era in Star Wars storytelling, and knowing what a die-hard fan Kevin is, it made sense for these two extraordinary producers to work on a Star Wars film together.”

Deals: Preorder The Last of Us Part 2 Collector’s Edition and PS4 Pro Death Stranding

Welcome to IGN’s Daily Deals, your source for the best deals on the stuff you actually want to buy. You can also follow us at Twitter @igndeals. We bring you the best deals we’ve found today on video games, hardware, electronics, and a bunch of random stuff too. Updated 7 days a week, 365 days a year.

Now up for Preorder: The Last of Us Part II Standard, Special, and Collector’s Editions

One of the most anticipated, if not the most anticipated, PS4 game of 2020 is finally up for preorder. The Special Edition includes a steelbook case, 48-page mini artbook by Dark Horse, and some DLC. The Collector’s Edition adds on a 12″ Ellie statue, Ellie’s bracelet, lithograph art print and thank you ltter, stickers, pins, and even more DLC.

National Film and Sound Archive of Australia to Collect, Preserve Aussie Video Games

The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA) has announced plans to begin collecting Australian-made video games for archival preservation. The new initiative was announced for the opening of Game Masters: The Exhibition, which will be open to visit in Canberra from September 27 until March 9, 2020.

Eight video games, released between 1982 and 2019, have been selected as the first to be collected, including The Hobbit (Beam Software, 1982), Halloween Harry (Interactive Binary Illusions/Sub Zero Software, 1985/1993), Shadowrun (Beam Software, 1993), L.A. Noire (Team Bondi, 2011), Submerged (Uppercut Games, 2015), Hollow Knight (Team Cherry, 2017), Florence (Mountains, 2018), and Espire 1: VR Operative (Digital Lode, 2019).

Nintendo Switch, PS4 Pro, And More Discounted In Awesome Sale

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You won’t find anything new-in-box from Amazon’s Warehouse selection, but if you’re okay with used items, then you may find a good deal every now and then. At the moment, Amazon is currently discounting quite a few Warehouse items by 20%, making the reduced price even cheaper.

Among the discounted items are PS4 Pro consoles, the original Nintendo Switch models (with lower battery life), and Xbox Elite controllers. Supplies likely won’t last long, so act soon if you’re interested in getting a discounted item.

The 20% off activates during checkout, so make sure you’re adding an eligible Amazon Warehouse item to your cart and seeing the discount in your order total before confirming it. We’ve collected some of the best deals in the lists below, but you can check out all of the deals on Amazon.

The best Amazon Warehouse deals

Mario Kart Tour Review in Progress

Nintendo’s mobile efforts have been divisive to say the least. Since the launch of Super Mario Run in 2016 it has struggled to combine its traditional quality of gameplay with mobile’s monetization in a fair and effective way. Few people seemed happy with Mario Run’s premium price of $10, Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp’s dearth of content made it less than exciting to invest in, and Dragalia Lost, Fire Emblem Heroes, and Dr. Mario World all used familiar but frustrating microtransaction tactics that worked against the gameplay. After racing through the early hours of Mario Kart Tour, it seems Nintendo is still struggling with this difficult hurdle in this free-to-play version for iOS and Android. The price tags next to Tour’s microtransactions are surprisingly big, but the actual driving works well and often feels impressively similar to a traditional Mario Kart game.