Season pass owners can now get a new exotic in Destiny 2.
Jedi: Fallen Order Is Shaping Up to Be a Game of the Year Contender
Beyond!
On this week’s episode of IGN’s weekly PlayStation show, Podcast Beyond, Brian Altano returns from his trip to Batuu to join host Jonathon Dornbush, Lucy O’Brien, and Max Scoville to regale them with his thoughts of Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order. Brian got to play three hours of the upcoming single player Star Wars adventure and offered his impressions, addressed fan concerns about his preview, and discussed whether Jedi: Fallen Order is shaping up to be a Game of the Year contender.
WWE 2K20 Review
WWE 2K20 is a mess. The pro wrestling series has never been known for its polish, but this year, just about every issue that has plagued WWE 2K is even worse. It’s bursting at the seams with bugs; many of its character models look even uglier than they already did last year; the lighting effects glitch constantly; there are virtually no noteworthy improvements to the actual wrestling, which feels woefully outdated at this point; its biggest new feature, the 2K Originals, is locked behind DLC and isn’t playable at launch; the MyCareer mode retains all of the same problems as last year but with none of the charm; and, perhaps worst of all, the collision detection and targeting is somehow way worse than ever before.
The Countdown To Wonder Woman 1984’s First Trailer Has Started
The wait for Patty Jenkin’s Wonder Woman follow-up, Wonder Woman 1984, has been considerably longer than anticipated, given the movie’s delay from a release this year to June of 2020. But the good news is the light at the end of the tunnel is fast approaching. Warner Bros. has announced its plans for a special showcase presentation at Brazil’s Comic-Con Experience or CCXP on December 8 where the film’s first trailer will be shared.
The special presentation will also feature a Q&A, presumably with Wonder Woman 1984’s cast like Patty Jenkins, Gal Gadot, and Chris Pine, as well as other “big surprises,” so start revving your theory-building engines now. For those unable to make the trip to São Paulo this December, the event will be livestreamed on Twitter under the @WonderWomanMovie as well as the @TwitterMovies usernames.
Wonder Woman 1984 hits theaters on June 5, 2020.
All Rainbow Six Siege Halloween Skins From Doktor’s Curse Event
The Undead Operators
Rainbow Six Siege‘s new Halloween event, Doctor’s Curse, is now live. In this limited-time event–taking place from October 23 through November 6–the Siege Operators will face off against different monsters in a new game mode that’s big a change of pace from the familiar tactical shooting gameplay. Similar to last year’s Quarantine event, you’ll have to take advantage of new weapons and traps to face off against the creeping threats, and for the first time, players will be able to jump over to the other side and take control of the monsters. This mode is a bit similar to Left 4 Dead, but with Siege’s tactical influence.
In keeping with the spooky month of October, the Halloween event will also feature new cosmetics for a select set of Operators. Though not every Operator will get a new Halloween themed skin, there are a lot of skins to obtain for the existing batch of Bandit, Doc, Ela, Frost, Kapkan, Lesion, and Smoke. To give you a peek at what you can find in the event, we’ve got a list of all the unlockable outfits and headgear you can find in the Doktor’s Curse event. By taking part in various missions, which pit the crew of Operators–called Exterminators in this mode–against AI or human-controlled monsters, you’ll be able to earn credits to unlock these special outfits. There’s also a limited-time Ubisoft Club Challenge in effect, allowing you to complete a goal to unlock a new cosmetic for your Operator instantly.
Every Confirmed Actor and Character in Amazon’s The Lord of the Rings
Fans of classical fantasy haven’t been able to revisit J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings universe in live-action since 2014, when the last Hobbit film was released. Thankfully, Amazon is producing a full-length television series set in Middle-earth’s Second Age, starring a whole new cast of characters that we’ve yet to see onscreen. (Well, most of them, if rumors of a young Aragorn showing up are true.) As the show’s development speeds up, there’s been a bit of casting news to give us little hints of where this Lord of the Rings series’ plot may go. So we went ahead and rounded up every confirmed character and actor that’ll be playing a role, as well as a few players from the movies who’ve confirmed that they’re not coming back.
Pulp Fiction Turns 25: All The Easter Eggs You Never Noticed In The Tarantino Classic
Quentin Tarantino’s second feature defined ’90s film.
When Pulp Fiction first debuted, it was a shot of adrenaline straight to people’s hearts. Its overarching themes–of karma, honor among thieves, and redemption–are well-worn. But the way those themes were explored was wholly original, especially in 1994.
Most prominent was Tarantino’s love of grindhouse ‘trash’ cinema. He grew up in the ’70s, when the film industry was rife with experimental, independent filmmakers who rose to prominence when the studio system (and its controlling monopoly over talent and box office returns) died.
With the fall of those establishment gatekeepers, who defined mainstream ‘good taste,’ came the rise of multiple niche genres: blaxploitation, pornography, spaghetti westerns, kung fu flicks–these types of movies were often accorded little respect at the time. But for a young Tarantino, they were formative films that defined his sensibilities.
Pulp Fiction took these old, derided genres from the ’70s and remixed them for a modern audience. On top of that, Tarantino added layers and layers of clever, cool dialogue that he juxtaposed, with humorous effect, with violence, racism, and drug use. A casual discussion about McDonald’s in France and foot massages would be interrupted by a murder. The tension of a hitman taking his boss’s wife out to dinner would be undercut with a discussion about TV pilots and corny jokes.
There’s a lot to appreciate in Pulp Fiction, and thus, there’s also a lot to miss. Here, in honor of Pulp Fiction’s 25th anniversary this October, are some of the more interesting Easter eggs and references that you might have missed in the Tarantino classic.
Star Wars: Location Where Death Star II Crashed Identified
Star Tours – The Adventures Continue will soon be adding a brand new destination from Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, and that new location is none other than the ocean moon Kef Bir, the very location where the Death Star II crashed following the events of Return of the Jedi.
Disney Parks Blog revealed the news that Star Tours in Disneyland Resort, Walt Disney World Resort, Disneyland Paris, and Tokyo Disney Resort will be adding the previously unnamed ocean moon that we’ve seen from The Rise of Skywalker’s trailers as a destination on the same day as the release of the film on December 20, 2019.
The Secret To WWE NXT’s Success Is A Bunch Of Rowdy Floridians
At first glance, spending a Wednesday night in the suburbs of Orlando, Florida doesn’t sound all that exciting. But if the particular suburb you find yourself in happens to be Winter Park that all changes. It’s there that Full Sail University, the home of WWE’s NXT brand, is broadcasting its weekly, live two-hour show, which showcases the talent WWE is planning to bank on for the future.
It’s evident to anyone who watched the weekly NXT shows on the WWE Network, before it moved to USA, that the energy inside the small studio at Full Sail was different. To the couple hundred fans packed into the bleachers lining the walls, NXT is home. It’s a brand of wrestling they’d followed since its infancy, turning out week-after-week to cheer on the wrestlers trying to make a name for themselves.
And when you’re in the room as the cameras start rolling and the crowd chants “NXT” endlessly, it’s hard not getting caught up in that excitement. This is a crowd that’s not like the typical group of fans you’d see at a Raw or Smackdown taping. These are people who care less about the frills associated with typical WWE programming and more about the athletic contests in the ring. It’s that fan, the ones that line up weekly at Full Sail, who have become the driving force in NXT finding its identity.
“I think part of it is that this was the groundswell of fans saying, ‘This is what we wanted,’ and we gave it to them. If you are a hardcore fan, Raw and Smackdown are very much pop music,” executive vice president of talent, live events, and creative Paul Levesque (Triple H) explained. “And it’s built to attract the masses. And in NXT, we want to appeal to a little bit everybody, but we’re there for the passionate fan: the fan that is really into this.”
Now, with NXT’s transition to weekly live events on cable, that passionate group of fans is more important than ever as they are the representatives of the brand to a much larger group of viewers. Luckily, it’s a task those who wrestle in NXT think the crowd is up for. After all, to NXT’s superstars, the group that packs Full Sail every week is as vital to the success of the show as they are.
“I think that is maybe the most important component of NXT’s success. I’ve had people come to NXT shows who don’t watch wrestling, and they’ll go there, and they’ll go, ‘That was so much fun. Those fans are crazy, I want to go do that again,'” NXT Champion Adam Cole told GameSpot. “That relationship, everyone here, is very aware of it and very aware of how important it is.”
It’s that relationship that has made those who perform in NXT, which was initially considered a show that prepared wrestlers to debut on Raw or Smackdown, see a future where they stay put on the brand. “When I went out there and I said I’m NXT for life, I meant that my heart is here in NXT. I love this place,” Johnny Gargano said. “I think Full Sail and that crowd are as big a part of the show as I am, as big a part of the show as Adam Cole is, as big a part of the show as Triple H is. I think they are such a special ingredient.”
Of course, that doesn’t mean NXT will always keep its flag planted at Full Sail University. With Raw and Smackdown touring weekly–as well as NXT’s Wednesday night competition All Elite Wrestling–it’s not hard to imagine a future where NXT takes its show on the road more regularly. Until that day comes, though, Wednesday nights in Winter Park, Florida are going to continue to be very rowdy thanks to the NXT faithful and the superstars wouldn’t have it any other way.
“We literally have the best fans in all of wrestling,” Candice LeRae said. “They’re so passionate about what we do, and it makes it so much more rewarding for us to go out there and like sacrifice everything.”
NXT airs Wednesday nights on USA.
DC’s Wonder Woman 1984 Trailer Debut Date Revealed
Fans have been waiting a long time to see the first trailer for Wonder Woman 1984, and now we know when the wait will end.
WB announced that the first trailer for the upcoming sequel will debut at the Comic Con Experience in São Paulo, Brazil on Sunday, December 8. The trailer will premiere during a presentation in CCXP’s Thunder Hall and presumably go live online shortly after.
According to WB’s press release, the panel will also be live-streamed on Twitter via @WonderWomanFilm. Both director Patty Jenkins and star Gal Gadot will attend the panel and participate in a Q&A session. WB also teases “other big surprises” at the panel.
We haven’t seen much of Wonder Woman 1984 since the film’s release date was delayed until June 2020. A small amount of footage was screened exclusively at CinemaCon in April 2019, and we recently got our first look at Wonder Woman’s new costume in a colorful poster.