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Terminator: Resistance is the latest game set within the Terminator universe, and it’s going to pit you against the Terminators once again. The game casts players as Jacob Rivers, a character who is taking part in John Connor’s resistance against Skynet in the Terminator timeline established by the first two films. It’s set shortly after Judgement Day, and technically serves as a prequel to the original film, following events before Kyle Reese is sent back in time.

The new gameplay trailer gives us a look at the game’s combat, but also hints towards its stealthier elements. Your robot enemies will be impervious against regular weapons; if you’re not equipped with lasers, you’ll have to hide from the Terminators. The footage below shows Rivers shooting at classic T-1000 exoskeletons, as well as turrets and flying drones, but it also shows moments where you might have to avoid combat, or use an electro-knife to take down enemies.

The soundtrack should be familiar to any fans of the action movie franchise. It does not appear that the events of Terminator: Dark Fate, the latest film in the series, will factor in at all.

The last console game set in the Terminator universe, Terminator Salvation, released in 2010 to tepid reviews. Meanwhile the T-1000, as played by Arnold Schwarzenegger in the films, recently joined the cast of Mortal Kombat 11–he does not appear to feature in this game, though. Terminator: Resistance is releasing for PC, PS4 and Xbox One on November 15 in Europe and Australia, and then later on December 10 in North America.

Warning: Full spoilers for the episode follow…

Man.

“What It Always Is” was on its way to being a halfway decent chapter and then…that “nut-slapping” speech by Negan. Woof. Aimed at a young boy Negan had just met, no less. So much cringe. It basically took the most interesting and endearing quality possessed by Negan, which is his affinity and warmth for teens and tots, and turned it into full-tilt awkwardness.

I s*** you not, “keep those meaty fingers holstered up when my nuts are around” was a line spoken aloud by Negan. Wow. And things were going so well for this little side arc too, which featured Negan going head to head with a psychotic Negan fan named Brandon (who somehow managed to live and grow inside Alexandria without anyone noticing he was a mental trainwreck).

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Spoilers follow for the first three episodes of HBO’s Watchmen.

In Episode 3 of HBO’s Watchmen, “She Was Killed by Space Junk,” Jean Smart (Fargo, Legion) makes her debut as Laurie Blake, formerly Laurie Juspeczyk, a.k.a. Silk Spectre, one of the main characters from the original graphic novel. Her arrival in this third week of the nine-episode season isn’t just a terrific way to connect the new show to the Watchmen world of 35 years ago, but Smart is also flat-out amazing as this older, more world-weary version of Blake, who has changed quite a bit in the years since the squid attack. Or has she?

I spoke to Smart about the return of Agent Blake, how she feels about Doctor Manhattan and Nite Owl these days, what her dynamic is with Regina King’s Sister Night, and more.

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This review contains spoilers for HBO’s Watchmen Season 1, episode 3, “She Was Killed By Space Junk.” Watch our spoiler-filled discussion on the highlights of Watchmen episode 3 in the video recap above.

The third episode of Watchmen breaks from its predecessors’ narrative focus. It moves away from Angela Abar/Sister Night (Regina King), the brand-new protagonist written for the show, and towards Watchmen graphic novel alumna Silk Spectre II/Laurie Juspeczyk (Jean Smart). Now an FBI agent who hunts masked vigilantes, Laurie has taken the last name of her father, The Comedian/Edward Blake. By following Laurie, an outsider to the main plot, the episode provides insight into what the post-comic world feels like outside its Tulsa setting — as well as how these two worlds differ, and how they overlap — thus establishing what tensions and barriers could arise as Abar’s story unfolds.

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The Sims has surpassed an extraordinary sales milestone according to EA’s latest financial report.

As part of their quarterly earning report, EA revealed plenty about their current success stories. Apex Legends has reached 70 million players, for instance, and will now be treated as an annual franchise. CEO Andrew Wilson also singled out The Sims 4 as a strong performer, with an average monthly player count that rose 40% in 2019.

Now, thanks thanks to Wilson’s earnings call, we know exactly how much money The Sims franchise has made since the first game released in 2000.

“Engagement across the franchise has led The Sims to surpass $5 billion in lifetime sales,” Wilson stated. “The Sims continues to be one of the great franchise in gaming, and we have plans to bring new experiences to its amazing players for a long time to come.”

The Sims has long been a strong seller and a cultural phenomenon. The next expansion for The Sims 4, Discover University, will release for PC on November 14. The long-running series will return to Steam in the coming months, with The Sims 4 being made available on the storefront for the first time.

Warning: this review contains full spoilers for Batwoman: Season 1, Episode 5! If you need a refresher on where we left off, here’s our review for Season 1, Episode 4.

With Batwoman finally gaining some momentum, the biggest obstacle to the show’s success is Kate Kane’s arch-enemy/long-lost sister, Alice. The show’s take on this DC villain falls well short of the mark established by the comics. With that in mind, the prospect of an Alice-focused episode could be construed as either the worst idea ever or a necessary shift in order to flesh out a struggling character. In the end, “Mine Is a Long and Sad Tale” makes some progress with Alice, bit not enough to suggest this character will ever become what the series needs her to be.

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The news last month that 3DS developer AlphaDream has gone bankrupt reportedly led to the internal cancellations of several 3DS games that were in the works, including a remake of a previous game in the Fire Emblem series.

This news comes via Greg Miller’s Kinda Funny podcast during a chat with former Game Informer senior editor Imran Khan. At around the 45:20 mark of the video below, the two discuss Nintendo’s statements on the strong sales of the Switch Lite, and the likelihood that this will lead to more 3DS franchises coming to Nintendo’s new handheld.

The Switch Lite sold 1.95 million units in its first 11 days of release, showing that there’s still an appetite for handheld-dedicated consoles. But things aren’t looking so good for Nintendo’s older handheld: Khan notes on the podcast, AlphaDream’s Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story + Bowser Jr.’s Journey for the 3DS sold terribly despite strong reviews. According to Khan, the game shipped “something like” 11,000 units in its first month.

“When that happened, I heard that Nintendo cancelled a bunch of further 3DS plans,” Khan states. “I know there was another Fire Emblem remake in the works. And that was one of the things they shuttered.” He goes on to speculate the possibility of that game eventually coming to Switch.

It would make sense–the last Fire Emblem remake on the 3DS, Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia was well-received, and Fire Emblem: Three Houses on Switch has enjoyed the best sales figures of the series. Another Fire Emblem game on the series seems like a safe bet, especially if development was already underway.

This is in no way confirmed, though–so for now, if you want more Fire Emblem on Switch, consider investigating the excellent New Game Plus perks in Three Houses.

If you want to run Halo: Reach on your PC, you won’t need the most up-to-date machine. 343 Industries want to make sure that the game scales on all types of computers, “ranging from bleeding edge to near potatoes”.

We learned back in March that Halo: The Master Chief Collection is coming to PC, and that you’ll be able to buy the games individually, with Halo: Reach arriving first (and it’s also coming to the Xbox One version). Now, months after the game’s PC beta, 343 Industries has revealed the minimum system requirements for Halo Reach in a post on Halo Waypoint. You can see them below.

“With the help of the Halo Insider program we have received feedback and monitored how the title has played on a wide range of systems and below are the currently recommended minimum specifications for the Steam version of Reach on PC,” the post reads.

Depending on whether or not you want to run the game at 1080p or 4K, the system requirements are a bit different. The recommended specs have not been released yet, but should be made available at a later date.

“We are in the process of testing more options with integrated graphics but are not ready to share that information quite yet,” the post reads. “The specs will be slightly different for the Windows Store version as well and will be shared at a later time.”

Halo: Reach was the final Halo game developed by Bungie. In GameSpot’s original 2010 review of the Xbox 360 version of Halo: Reach, Chris Watters gave the game a 9.5/10, calling it “a towering achievement that delivers an enormous amount of engaging content that players will no doubt be enjoying for years to come.” A release date for the PC version has not been confirmed yet.