Black Lightning and Thunder Will Experience Some ‘Growing Pains’ in Season 2

This September, IGN is spotlighting the best TV coming your way in the 2018-2019 season. Today we’ve got an exclusive behind-the-scenes photo from Black Lightning Season 2, along with a preview from star Cress Williams, who plays the titular hero (aka high school principal Jefferson Pierce). In the sophomore season, Jefferson will be faced with new threats as the town of Freeland must reckon with the ASA’s abduction of its children, who have been experimented on and held in stasis pods, some for decades. Closer to home, Jefferson and his wife Lynn (Christine Adams) are still coming to terms with the fact that both their daughters, Anissa (Nafessa Williams) and Jennifer (China Anne McClain), have inherited Jefferson’s metahuman gene and are manifesting powers, while Jefferson’s nemesis, Tobias Whale (Marvin “Krondon” Jones III) is still at large and plotting his adversary’s demise. Black Lightning Season 2 premieres October 9 on The CW.

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The History Of Call Of Duty: Black Ops

In preparation for the release of Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, Jean-Luc has prepared a “History Of…” for the Black Ops series. In the video above, he covers the series’ highlights since its 2010 debut.

Every Call of Duty: Black Ops game has been developed by Treyarch, which also worked on 2005’s Call of Duty 2: Big Red One, 2006’s Call of Duty 3, and 2008’s Call of Duty: World at War. The original Call of Duty: Black Ops took place during the Cold War in the 1960s, putting you in the boots of two CIA operatives: Alex Mason and Frank Woods. 2012’s Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 moved the series into the near future, following Alex’s son David Mason in 2025, while also flashing back to the 1980s to continue Alex and Frank’s story. 2015’s Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 solidified the series’ foothold in the future by following operatives in 2065. 2018’s Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 maintains the series’ late 21st century setting.

Each Black Ops game has influenced the franchise in its own way. Black Ops was the first main series game to feature playable protagonists that speak during gameplay, as opposed to solely talking during cutscenes. Black Ops 2 introduced two new variations–titled Grief and Turned–to Call of Duty’s popular Zombies mode. Activision and PlayStation formed a partnership just prior to the release of Black Ops 3, marking it as the first Call of Duty game where post-launch DLC was released on Sony’s hardware first before eventually making its way to Xbox and PC as well. Black Ops 4 introduces Blackout to Call of Duty, the franchise’s first battle royale game mode.

Even if the game isn’t out yet, we’ve been enjoying Black Ops 4. The game’s first beta let us try Black Ops 4’s 10 operators, as well as the game’s new gadgets, weapons, and Heist mode. In the second beta, we played on Call of Duty’s biggest map to date in massive battle royale matches. We learned six new things about Blackout while playing and enjoyed how Treyarch has structured Call of Duty’s new mode to fit perfectly between what Fortnite: Battle Royale and PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds offer.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 releases on October 12 for Xbox One, PS4, and PC. Check out our pre-order guide if you’re interested in picking up the game at launch. If you buy Black Ops 4 on PS4, you’ll get early access to the game’s DLC, but the exclusivity window is much shorter this time around in comparison to previous Call of Duty titles.

Every past Black Ops title has sold well and been met with critical approval. In our Call of Duty: Black Ops review, Chris Watters gave the game a 9/10, writing, “While it may not take the signature Call of Duty action to dizzying new heights, Black Ops is a thoroughly excellent game.” In our Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 review, Watters gave the game an 8/10, writing, “Though zombies mode is stagnating, the rest of Black Ops 2 is lively, and it’s great to see some shifting in the familiar structure.” In our Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 review, Mike Mahardy gave the game a 7/10, writing, “In its undead modes, and the first 10 hours of multiplayer, [Black Ops 3] excels. But in its campaign, it merely crawls forward.”

The 13 Best It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia Episodes

FX’s It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia just entered its 13th season, and over the years, the gang has done some incredible and despicable things. From exploiting the gas crisis, to getting drunk on planes, to putting on a rock opera that’s just a marriage proposal ploy, the show contains some hilarious and truly memorable episodes.

The show follows the owners–and employee–of Paddy’s Pub in Philadelphia: Ronald “Mac” McDonald, Dee Reynolds, Dennis Reynolds, Frank Reynolds, and Charlie Kelly. Together, this group of friends is toxic and ruins the lives of everyone around them through malicious schemes and plots to try and make themselves seem like better people.

In honor of the show’s 13th season, the folks at GameSpot came together to debate which episodes are the best. Obviously, this is no easy task because so many of these episodes are amazing.

After plenty of debate, looking at every scheme, every violent encounter, and every hilarious moment, we figured out the best 13 episodes from the series. Let us know what your favorite episodes are in the comment section below.

It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia currently airs Wednesdays at 10 PM on FXX.

PlayStation Classic: 14 PS1 Games We Want To See On The Mini Console

Sony has announced that the company is taking a page out of Nintendo’s book and producing a mini version of an old console that plays classic games. Called PlayStation Classic, the console comes preloaded with 20 different PS1 games. Sony has already announced five of them, but the remaining 15 are still a mystery.

We’ve got our own ideas as to what should be included on the PlayStation Classic. In the following gallery, we’ve laid out our choices for 14 games that we hope make it onto Sony’s upcoming console. We’ve left one spot open, so let us know in the comments below which PlayStation game should fill out that final slot and why it deserves to be there.

The PlayStation Classic costs $100 / $130 CAN and will release on December 3, exactly 24 years after the original console launched in Japan. You can pre-order it right now. Currently, only Final Fantasy VII, Jumping Flash, Ridge Racer Type 4, Tekken 3, and Wild Arms have been confirmed for the Playstation Classic.

First releasing in Japan in 1994, the original PlayStation spread across the world in 1995. For the following four years, hundreds of different games arrived on the console. The PlayStation would ultimately be superseded by the much more popular PlayStation 2 in 1999, but Sony’s original console set the stage for some of gaming’s longest running franchises and gave the Nintendo 64 some healthy competition.

Devil May Cry 5: How a Motorbike Chainsaw Sword Holds the Key to Tradition

Here’s Devil May Cry 5’s in-game description of the Cavaliere, an actual weapon Dante is able to wield.

(I haven’t made this up.)

“Cavaliere – a motorcycle fused with a demon that splits in two to be wielded as twin swords.”

When equipped, Dante dons two motorbike chassis as if they were chrome boxing gloves. While the description above may say sword, chainsaw is far more accurate. As a combo escalates, the two halves fuse together to form a rideable bike, allowing Dante to power-slide his way through demons. It’s gloriously absurd, as you’d imagine, and stupidly fun to use.

But there’s more to the Cavaliere than you might think. Behind its ostentatious design lies the essence of how Capcom is navigating its return to the series (the last instalment was produced in 2013 by British studio Ninja Theory) and particularly the character of Dante.

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Julia Roberts’ Homecoming Could Be Amazon’s Best Show Yet

This is an early review of Amazon’s new scripted drama Homecoming out of the Toronto International Film Festival. The series premieres November 2 on Amazon Prime Video.

At first glance, Homecoming, Amazon Prime Video’s newest series based on a popular podcast of the same name (created by Eli Horowitz and Micah Bloomberg, who adapt their story for the screen here), may seem familiar to fans of Mr. Robot, which redefined the way one frames a scene for traditional television. Yet executive producer/director Sam Esmail not only knows how to make a mystery thriller look good, he knows exactly how to keep you on your toes and demanding more of the story.

Here, Esmail returns to confuse and intrigue audiences with another conspiracy thriller, this time leaning heavily into noir and Hitchcock to tell the story of Homecoming. We follow Heidi Bergman (Julia Roberts), a caseworker in a shady military reintegration facility that sells itself as a help center which prepares veterans for their return to civilian life. Bergman seems to be genuinely interested in helping her patients, instead of just using them as lab rats that can be mined for data on their trauma. She is especially interested in newcomer Walter Cruz (Stephan James), a soldier who’s on the verge of a breakdown as his compatriots’ paranoia starts getting to him, and the secrets of the eerie help center may threaten their very lives.

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