Kingdom Hearts’ Mobile Game Will Let You Unlock a Keyblade in Kingdom Hearts 3

Fans who’ve been waiting years for Kingdom Hearts 3 won’t get to play the full game until next year, but they can at least experience some of its minigames right now.

Square Enix has released an update to the Kingdom Hearts Union Cross mobile game, which brings the previously announced Kindom Hearts 3’s Classic Kingdom minigames. The minigames, which you can see in the gallery below, are modeled after portable LCD gaming systems from the ’80s.

And there’s more reason for fans to play than just the intrinsic value of enjoying the minigames themselves. By playing Classic Kingdom in Kingdom Hearts Union, players can become eligible to unlock the Starlight Keyblade item in Kingdom Hearts 3 when it releases.

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Conan O’Brien Visited Kojima Productions

Talk show host and former Simpsons and SNL writer Conan O’Brien visited Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima’s studio while in Japan.

Kojima shared pictures of the visit on his official Twitter account showing Conan getting a tour of the Kojima Productions facilities in Tokyo, Japan. Conan even doodled on the kitchen wall, asking “Can I have a job here?” Kojima noted in the tweet that the two men are the same age: 55-years old.

Kidding: Jim Carrey Channels Mr. Rogers in Surreal Puppet Comedy

All September long, IGN is spotlighting the best TV coming your way in the 2018-2019 season. Today we’re taking a look at Jim Carrey’s highly-anticipated return to the small screen with Showtime’s new series, Kidding, premiering September 9. The series mixes inspiration from Sesame Street, Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood and The Truman Show into a half-hour format that is equal parts heartfelt, dramatic, and downright surreal.

With Kidding, Showtime steps into the tried and true world of children’s entertainment — kind of. The series sets out to explore the challenges of preserving kindness against the backdrop of an unkind world. With its premiere just days away — Kidding premieres Sunday, September 9 on Showtime — IGN can exclusively reveal a first-look image, which gives a peek at Mr. Pickles and one of his “Puppet Time” friends and co-stars in the first episode, titled “Green Means Go.”

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NBA Live 19 Review

I didn’t expect to like NBA Live 19 as much as I did. It’s not without its flaws, that’s for sure, but the actual basketball that takes place on its court feels and looks great. It even has some inventive modes, such as a surprisingly entertaining tower-defense style court battle, alongside the money-hungry Ultimate Team mode that’s become a staple of every EA Sports game. But while it feels like a fluid and realistic game of hoops, it also comes up short in the personality department, which allows a lot of potential excitement to slip through its fingers.

Player models look the part of their real-life counterparts, to the point where they’re instantly recognizable — there’s no mistaking Aron Baynes and his manbun for another player. Live 19 also brings back the WNBA players that were introduced in last year’s game and adds the inclusive ability to create a female basketball avatar just like you can with the men.

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Red Dead Redemption 2: Rockstar Reveals New Characters’ Names

Rockstar Games spent yesterday rounding up its posse. Put another way, the developer is tweeting out names and quotes for some of the characters coming in Red Dead Redemption 2, most of whom seem to be at least associated with the Dutch Van der Linde gang.

Many of these characters were known to us either from the last game, or our previews of the next – but a few of these characters are being seen or named for the first time. Check out the whole line-up below:

Among the new reveals were Susan Grimshaw, Tilly Jackson and Molly O’Shea. We also see the Marston family to be, from the young John, a really young Jack, and the yet-unmarried Abigail.

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The Predator Review

This is an advance review out of the Toronto International Film Festival 2018.

With its bawdy sense of humor, disorderly cast of characters, and hardcore kills and action, The Predator does a lot right to reinvigorate the 31-year-old series. But everything crashes down during its frenzied, messy final act, a disappointing conclusion to what had largely been a fun romp up until that point.

Shane Black (who played a supporting role as Hawkins in the 1987 original) co-wrote and directed this continuation of the franchise, bringing his signature blend of dark, profane comedy, and offbeat familial dynamics to the material. The Predator blends humor and heart as it explores two broken families: one, a group of self-proclaimed “Loonies” – psychologically damaged veterans bound for a military psych ward – and the other is the McKennas, a military family that’s fallen apart for a host of reasons. The latter includes dad Quinn (Boyd Holbrook), a former soldier now employed as a merc, mom Emily (Yvonne Strahovski), and their young son Rory (Jacob Tremblay).

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