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Valentine’s Day is this week, and there are plenty of games you can sit down and play with that special someone. Crackdown 3 has its new multiplayer mode, Far Cry New Dawn supports co-op for the full campaign, and Jump Force will let you settle the score with fan-favorite characters. Metro Exodus is the start of a new adventure for Artyom and his pals, and DreamWorks Dragons: Dawn of New Riders provides something for the whole family to play.

Crackdown 3 — February 15

Available on: Xbox One, PC

Crackdown fans have been eagerly awaiting the series’ return, and the charge is being led by Commander Jaxon, played by Terry Crews. He’ll have to take back New Providence using a bunch of weapons, vehicles, and other destructive toys. You can also level the city with friends in the new multiplayer mode Wrecking Zone.

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Far Cry New Dawn — February 15

Available on: PS4, Xbox One, PC

New Dawn takes place after the nuclear apocalypse ending of Far Cry 5, which means the world looks totally different from how you remember it. Still, your custom character can make use of human and animal companions as they liberate outposts, upgrade their home base called Prosperity, and craft weapons–including the new Saw Launcher. It’s a new dawn with some new toys.

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DreamWorks Dragons: Dawn of New Riders — February 15

Available on: PS4, Xbox One, PC, Switch

It might be based on the hit DreamWorks movie franchise, but this game doesn’t have you play as Hiccup and Toothless. Instead, you take the reigns of Patch and his rider Scribbler, who has lost his memory. You’ll get it back as you explore new islands and fight bad guys.

Jump Force — February 15

Available on: PS4, Xbox One, PC

Shonen Jump is celebrating its 50th anniversary, and with that comes a new fighting game featuring the magazine’s top characters. Heroes and villains from Dragon Ball, One Piece, Naruto, My Hero Academia, and more can all throw down in intense 3-on-3 battles.

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Metro Exodus — February 15

Available on: PS4, Xbox One, PC

Metro Exodus is a departure for the series–and not just because Artyom and company are literally leaving Moscow. This entry leans into open-world level design: each stop along the train track is full of story missions and side quests to complete, supplies to scavenge, and mutated monsters to fend off.

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We’re through a good chunk of February already, but the month still has some big games to come. Next week, we’ll take another look at Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy and BioWare’s newest adventure, Anthem.

The Monster Hunter movie from the star and creative team of the Resident Evil film franchise now has a release date. The film will land on September 4, 2020, film studio Sony has announced, according to Deadline.

The movie stars Resident Evil’s Mila Jovovich in a lead role, and the film is directed by her husband, Paul W.S. Anderson, who directed the Resident Evil movies. Jovovich plays a monster hunter, Lt. Artemis, who fights together with a mysterious character played by martial arts actor Tony Jaa.

Here is the official description of the untitled film (via Deadline): “Behind our world, there is another–a world of dangerous and powerful monsters that rule their domain with deadly ferocity. When Lt. Artemis (Jovovich) and her loyal soldiers are transported from our world to the new world, the unflappable lieutenant receives the shock of her life. In her desperate battle for survival against enormous enemies with incredible powers and unstoppable, terrifying attacks, Artemis will team up with a mysterious man (Tony Jaa) who has found a way to fight back.”

Sons of Anarchy star Ron Perlman and rapper-turned-actor T.I. Harris also star in the film.

The six Resident Evil movies from Jovovich and Anderson made more than $1 billion at the box office, and the team will surely be looking to replicate that success with the Monster Hunter film.

While Jovovich and Anderson may be finished with Resident Evil movies, a reboot of the franchise is in the works and is said to be a “priority” for development.

As for the Monster Hunter video game series, the latest instalment, Monster Hunter World, recently crossed a massive 11 million copies sold.

Deadpool may be known for its meta-humor but Captain Marvel apparently knows how to poke fun at itself too. A promotional site for the upcoming Marvel cinematic universe film authentically models itself after the terrible websites that populated the earliest days of the World Wide Web.

The Captain Marvel site has it all: star wallpaper, animated gifs, rainbow Comic Sans, barely legible red-on-green font, and a non-functional guestbook. The gag will look familiar to those who saw the Internet stumble awkwardly into its current sleek and polished form. To those youngsters who don’t remember this era: yes, it really was like this.

For all of its silliness, the site does function too. It hosts the trailer, a brief explanation of Captain Marvel and the Kree, and a link to buy tickets. A pop-up image even lets you get in on the fun of punching an old lady.

The 1990s setting and aesthetic serves a functional purpose in the MCU. When Thanos accomplishes his genocidal goal in Avengers: Infinity War, Nick Fury appeared to hit an emergency beacon to call in Captain Marvel–a sort of emergency last resort to face an unprecedented threat. That raises the obvious question of why she hasn’t been around to handle the dozen or so other times life on Earth has been threatened throughout the MCU, and the film will probably answer what she’s been up to all this time. That will set the stage for Avengers: Endgame later in the spring.

The studio also recently released a pair of spiffy Captain Marvel posters, just as promotional material showed off the new costumes for the Avengers. The two movies will be back-to-back blockbusters, with Captain Marvel coming on March 8, followed by Avengers: Endgame on April 26.

One of the most buzzed-about topics in games in recent years has been and continues to be cross-play. Now, one prominent developer has spoken up to talk about the benefits of allowing players on competing systems to play together. Stew Chisam, the CEO of Smite and Paladins developer Hi-Rez, outlined some of the benefits of cross-play in a post on Twitter.

For Paladins, which supports cross-play between Xbox One and Nintendo Switch, Chisam said overall match quality is improved thanks to cross-play. Wait-times for matches is down 30 percent, while the quality of matches is better because the level spread is down 40 percent. In all, Hi-Rez is reportedly seeing an 80 percent reduction in what it calls “bad” matches.

Anyone who has played a ranked multiplayer game knows how frustrating it can be when you’re matched with players who have a much higher skill level, so it’s good to see the statistics seemingly indicate that cross-play helps improve things. Whether or not other games see these results remains to be seen.

Chisam is an outspoken proponent for tearing down the walls between consoles to allow for wider adoption of cross-play. Just recently, Chisam said on Twitter that he wants PlayStation to “stop playing favorites,” and allow cross-play/cross-progression “for everyone.” He added that Smite, Paladins, and the battle royale game Realm Royale, are “ready to go” for cross-play on PS4, so the developer is just waiting for Sony to give the go-ahead.

Microsoft has supported cross-play for a while already between select games, such as Paladins, Rocket League, and Fortnite. But it took Sony a while longer to allow cross-play with PS4, only just recently allowing it for Fortnite and later Rocket League.

Would you like to see more adoption of cross-play in the future? Let us know in the comments below!

Game of Thrones is one of the most popular shows on the planet, so you might be wondering why HBO is deciding to end the show after eight seasons. Actor Liam Cunningham, who plays Davos Seaworth, says in a new interview that it’s good, actually, that the show is ending. Why? Because going on any longer might create the feeling that the show is overstaying its welcome, he said.

“I get asked all the time, ‘What the hell are you guys thinking? You could run Game of Thrones forever.’ If you want to stay cool, and the show is cool, the best way to stay cool is to not overstay your welcome,” Cunningham told IGN.

In fact, Cunningham said it “would be dishonorable to stay on longer than we should.”

He admitted that he will personally “dearly” miss Game of Thrones, adding that he expects to be referred to as “Game of Thrones’ Liam Cunningham” even on his tombstone.

“But it was time to get out and wrap up that story… People deserve the end of that story and to not drag it out just because there’s a book to be made. I think it’s very honorable what they’re doing,” he said.

Author George R.R. Martin said his novels are deep and rich enough to support as many as 13 seasons’ worth of shows. Martin said Game of Thrones showrunners D.B. Weiss and David Benioff originally had only seven seasons planned, so Martin and HBO were successful in convincing them to do one more, at least.

Game of Thrones Season 8 premieres in April–you can see new photos here. While the mainline show is ending, a prequel TV series may be on the way, while Martin continues to write the novel series.

Disney has been on a trailer spree today. In addition to the new Aladdin trailer that revealed an unsettling look at Will Smith as the Genie, Disney and its subsidiary Marvel released new spots for Captain Marvel and Dumbo today.

The Captain Marvel TV spot, titled “Ready,” shows more of Brie Larson as Carol Danvers and some of the struggles she faces before becoming Captain Marvel. It looks like viewers are in for quite a journey with Captain Marvel. Check out the spot in the video embed above.

The new Dumbo spot is longer, coming in at around 60 seconds. It provides even more close-ups of the impossibly cute, big-eared Dumbo, as well as the best look so far we’ve gotten of Michael Keaton’s villainous character, who recruits Dumbo for one of his new attractions. Dumbo is directed by Tim Burton, who directed Keaton in Beetlejuice back in 1988.

Captain Marvel hits theatres on March 8, with Dumbo following on March 29. It’s a very busy start to the year for Disney, as Avengers: Endgame from Marvel arrives in April, with the new Aladdin coming in May. Star Wars: Episode IX comes out in December, so Disney is poised for another huge year.

Disney has released a new trailer for its upcoming live-action Aladdin. It’s a fine trailer, complete with colourful city shots and dark, ominous tones, but the real meat of the matter is at the end.

Will Smith’s CG version of the Genie is revealed, and, well, have a look for yourself in the video embed above.

I have questions. Why does Will Smith’s Genie look like a blue Shrek? Also why has the Genie been hitting the gym? Will Smith also plays a live-action version of the Genie, and you can see an image of him here.

Smith previously spoke to EW about the “terrifying” job of playing the Genie. As you may remember, the late Robin Williams portrayed the Genie in the animated classic, and he leaves very big shoes to fill.

“Robin didn’t leave a lot of meat on the bone with the character,” Smith said. “[But] I started to feel confident that I could deliver something that was an homage to Robin Williams but was musically different. Just the flavor of the character would be different enough and unique enough that it would be in a different lane, versus trying to compete.”

Disney describes the movie as a “thrilling and vibrant” take on Disney’s classic animated film. It’s directed by Guy Ritchie, and the Sherlock Holmes director’s trademark “fast-paced, visceral action” is said to infuse his take on Aladdin.

Mena Massoud plays Aladdin, while Naomi Scott portrays Jasmine. Marwan Kenzari plays Jafar and Navid Negahban plays the Sultan. Alan Menken, who worked on the music for the original Aladdin, is back again and contributing “recordings of the original songs” from the first film. In addition to new versions of the classics, Menken and award-winning songwriters Benj Pasek and Justin Paul wrote two new tunes for the film.

The new Aladdin hits theatres this May. The studio that made Sharknado, Transmorphers, and Abraham Lincoln Vs. Zombies is making its own Aladdin.

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While no official title for the new Terminator movie directed by Deadpool’s Tim Miller has been announced, producer James Cameron has now revealed the working title for it. It’s being made with the tentative title “Terminator: Dark Fate,” Cameron told Yahoo!

“That’s our working title right now,” he explained.

Cameron is an executive producer on Dark Fate, or whatever it ends up being called. The movie reportedly scrubs sequels Rise of the Machines, Salvation, and Genisys from the timeline, in essence resetting the story to 1991’s Judgment Day. Linda Hamilton returns to play a new version of Sarah Connor in the new film, though specifics about the story are under wraps for now.

Cameron said on Jimmy Fallon’s late night TV show that Connor will “kick some serious ass” in the film. Dark Fate, or whatever it ends up being called, comes to theatres November 2019.

Cameron’s latest movie, Alita: Battle Angel, which he produced, hits theatres on February 14. He’s also working on all of the Avatar sequels, the first of which arrives in 2020.

After years of development and multiple delays, Microsoft’s next big exclusive, Crackdown 3, launches this week–and you can play it for only $1 if you meet a few requirements.

As a first-party game, Crackdown 3 is free for Xbox Game Pass subscribers. And right now, Microsoft is offering a one-month Xbox Game Pass trial for only $1. The catch is that you need to be a new subscriber to enjoy the savings.

Xbox Game Pass already has “millions” of subscribers, but if you’re not among them, right now seems to be a good time to jump in. You can sign up for Xbox Game Pass on the Xbox website or through your console.

Crackdown 3 is coming to Xbox One and PC, but Xbox Game Pass is only on Xbox One right now. It could come to PC and other platforms down the road, but no announcements have been made as of it. Crackdown 3 launches on February 15.

Crackdown 3 is not the only game coming to Xbox Game Pass in February; you can see a full rundown of February’s additions below.

For $10/month, Xbox Game Pass subscribers get access to a growing library of free games to download and play for as long as their membership stays active. There are more than 100 Xbox One and backwards-compatible Xbox 360 titles in the catalog, including Halo 5, Halo: The Master Chief Collection, Sea of Thieves, PUBG, Mortal Kombat X, and many more.

February Game Pass Games

• Shadow of the Tomb Raider – February 7
• The Walking Dead: The Complete First Season – February 7
• Pumped BMX Pro – February 7
• De Blob – February 14
• Crackdown 3 – February 15
• Batman: Return to Arkham – February 21