Call Of Duty: Black Ops 4 Launch Trailer Shows Battle Royale, Multiplayer, And Zombies

Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 launches very soon, and with its release coming up so soon, it’s time for the launch trailer. Activision released the Black Ops 4 launch trailer today, and it’s packed with action from across the game’s three main modes: multiplayer, Zombies, and battle royale. In a major shakeup for the series, there is no traditional campaign this year.

The slick launch trailer shows off more footage of the battle royale mode, Blackout, and its massive map. Attention is also paid to the traditional multiplayer mode, which offers up a number of new weapons and gadgets this year. And as for Zombies, it looks like Black Ops 4 is taking players to a coliseum where they’ll fight against zombie animals.

In other Black Ops 4 news, Activision has confirmed that the game’s DLC exclusivity window for PlayStation 4 is only a week compared to one month for the previous games.

Black Ops 4 launches on October 12 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. For lots more on Black Ops 4, check out all of GameSpot’s written and video coverage here.

Dragon Quest XI Will Have to Sell Well in the West for Future Installments to be Localized

In Japan, Dragon Quest is a franchise like no other. When a new main entry in the series is released, it is a guarantee that millions of copies sell on the first day, as even people who don’t play video games play Dragon Quest. The phenomenon of Dragon Quest in Japan is a legend that even many Western gamers are familiar with, and that legend continues to live on to this day with last year’s Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age.

Dragon Quest XI finally saw a release on PS4 and Steam in North America and Europe this month. But if Western fans want to enjoy future iterations as well, the game needs to sell.

“We need Dragon Quest to sell in the West, even just a certain amount, if we want to keep making

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Telltale ‘Actively Working’ to Find a Way to Finish The Walking Dead’s Final Season

The soon-to-be-shuttered Telltale Games has shared an update on the fate of The Walking Dead’s final season, promising that it is ‘actively working’ to find a way to finish the story.

In a tweet, Telltale said that there are “multiple potential partners” expressing interest in seeing The Final Season through to completion, “in some form.” The studio said it hoped to have answers for other questions soon.

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Telltale’s Walking Dead Might End Early, But At Least One Dev Still Wants You To Play Episode 2

Last week, news broke that Telltale Games, the developer of The Walking Dead and several other episodic adventure games based on popular licenses, was undergoing a “majority studio closure,” laying off all but 25 of its employees and leaving the fate of its current projects up in the air. It was an unexpected announcement, particularly given that it came just before the release of The Walking Dead: The Final Season‘s second episode, but at least one former developer would still like players to enjoy it.

In a post on Reddit, Michael Kirkbride, the former season lead designer on The Walking Dead: The Final Season, shared his thoughts on the situation and encouraged players to play through the upcoming episode. “In a couple of days the second episode of WD4 drops and I just wanted to make sure to let you know it’s something pretty special. AJ, Clem, Vi, Louis, and all the rest move forward in interesting and unexpected directions, so I hope everyone plays it despite how absof***ingborked the rest of this situation is,” Kirkbride wrote.

“And I’d like to clarify that none of us that poured everything we had into this episode (and what would’ve been the follow ups) had any idea this would happen. We were just excited to give you all the best ending to Clementine’s journey that we could. Maybe a bit of understanding on that end will encourage you to at least give the episode a play, even if it’ll be uniquely placed in the tragic history of Telltale’s efforts.

“We know it’s weird, we know it sucks, we know it’s sad in ways that’s almost impossible to articulate, and we know it’s awful that we can’t tell you what would’ve happened after, but the episode is also just goddamn good, and the best feeling we could have right now is to know it’s being played.”

Telltale had four episodes planned for The Walking Dead: The Final Season, along with a number of other projects in the works, such as a second season of The Wolf Among Us and a game based on the Stranger Things series. With the vast majority of the studio laid off, however, it’s unclear just what the fate of these projects will be. Telltale has only said that it will “issue further comments regarding its product portfolio in the coming weeks,” although in a letter to fans, Clementine’s voice actress says no more episodes of The Walking Dead will be released.

Call of Duty: Blackout is Exactly What You’d Expect Of a AAA Battle Royale

I love Call of Duty: Blackout for the same reason that I loved PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds when it first released in early access. Blackout gets straight to my favorite part of Battle Royales – using what I’ve found for an all or nothing skirmish with an equally desperate opponent – with the least amount of B.S. in the way. The combination of smooth, intuitive FPS gameplay, creative but remarkably practical pickups, and the lowest barrier for entry in a Battle Royale yet leave little doubt in my mind that Blackout will be on the tip of everyone’s tongue come October. My experience wasn’t completely devoid of issues, and I have my concerns of whether Call of Duty’s annualized release cadence can facilitate the frequency and longevity of post-launch support that I expect of the genre. But I’d be lying if I said that my time with Blackout was anything other than the best Battle Royale experience I’ve ever had.

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Rising Anime Studios and Directors to Keep Your Eye On

You may have heard of a little animation studio called Studio Ghibli and maybe even the studio responsible for adapting My Hero Academia, Bones, but have you heard of Orange? Or how about director Naoko Yamada? Whether you’re a seasoned anime fan or just getting started, here are a few lesser-known studios and fantastic creators in the anime industry that have a lot of potential to do even more great things in the future.

In this article, we purposefully left out creators like Makoto Shinkai and Mamoru Hosoda, and studios like Trigger, P.A. Works, and Madhouse because of their already established and rather well-known critical acclaim.

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Mel Gibson to Direct, Produce and Co-Write Remake of The Wild Bunch

Mel Gibson is set to direct, produce and co-write a remake of 1969’s The Wild Bunch.

According to Deadline, Gibson will co-write the screenplay with Bryan Bagby. There is no word yet on a release date for the remake or whether Gibson will act in the film.

While Gibson is set to bring The Wild Bunch back to the big screen, he is still gearing up to direct Destroyer, an epic about the USS Laffey, which defended itself against 22 kamikaze attacks during World War II. Deadline reports that Gibson is still slated to start shooting Destroyer in the spring.

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Fortnite Season 6: Teaser, Llama Skin, Start Date, And Everything We Know

Fortnite Season 6 is just around the corner. Epic has confirmed that the new season will release on Thursday, September 27 to follow shortly after the end of Season 5 on Tuesday, September 25. Unlike some other seasons, though, Epic hasn’t been quite as clear about its hints of what’s to come. Here’s what we know so far, including a look at the first teaser for Season 6.

First, a primer. In August, lightning bolts struck the desert and left a glowing purple cube. It had a few strange properties like recharging shields and bouncing players off if they got too close. The cube spent a little while dormant before starting to move slowly across the map, rotating at regular intervals. Fans quickly decoded runes it was leaving behind to predict it was heading for Loot Lake, but what would happen when it reached that point was still mysterious. That is until last week, when it hit the lake and began to melt, turning the whole pool into a bouncy surface.

That all leads to the latest, when Fortnite dropped its first real Season 6 hint on Twitter. The teaser image shows what appears to be a robotic llama within an image of the cube, with a caption that reads “All great parties need a DJ.” Presumably that’s a skin players will be able to obtain next season. That, or Fortnite is ditching this whole “battle royale” fad to bring back the rhythm genre. We’ll continue to update as more teases appear to drop details.

This only leaves a few precious hours left to finish your Season 5 challenges before the season ends, so be sure to check out our Season 5 challenges roundup to chase down any that you may have missed.

Amazon Prime Video’s New Movies And TV Shows For October 2018 (US)

With September coming to a close, you may be running out of TV series and movies to watch on your Amazon Prime Video account. Luckily, October is almost here, and Amazon is releasing a whole new batch of content for you to binge. Here’s what you have to look forward to in the upcoming month.

Because Halloween is right around the corner, you’re probably looking for a few scares, and Amazon Prime has you covered. Coming on October 1 is Clive Barker’s Nightbreed. Craig Sheffer plays Aaron Boone, a rebel who is drawn to a place called Midian, where deformed monsters live. Boone becomes one of the monsters himself, and a serial killer tries to make Boone a scapegoat. It is Barker’s most underrated film as a director or writer. Additionally, the Jim Carrey horror/thriller The Number 23 hits the service, and while it is not a good movie by any means, it is an entertaining movie to watch.

As far as Prime Originals go, The Man in the High Castle returns for Season 3 on October 5 and Lore gets a second season on October 19. Also, the Amazon children’s series Tumbleleaf gets a Halloween special on October 19.

Below, you’ll find a full listing of everything coming to Amazon in October. The vast majority of the service’s releases for the month will be on Friday, October 1. If you’re looking for more subscription service releases for October, check out what Hulu has in store next month.

Everything Coming To Amazon Prime In October 2018

October 1

Series

  • Growing Pains, Seasons 1-7
  • Happily Never After, Season 1
  • Paradox, Season 1
  • Pushing Daisies, Seasons 1-2
  • Ravenswood, Season 1
  • Scorned: Love Kills, Season 1
  • Silent Witness, Seasons 1-21
  • Spaced, Seasons 1-2
  • The Thick of It, Seasons 1-4
  • Trust, Season 1
  • V., Seasons 1-2

Movies

  • 88 (2015)
  • [REC] 4: Apocalypse (2014)
  • 5up 2down (Getting High) (2006)
  • A Boy Called Hate (1995)
  • Adventure Scouts (2008)
  • Almost Mercy (2015)
  • America: Imagine the World Without Her (2014)
  • American Meltdown (2004)
  • Among Thieves (2009)
  • An Affirmative Act (2010)
  • An American Werewolf in Paris (1997)
  • An Eye for an Eye (1966)
  • Appetite (1998)
  • Assassins’ Code (2011)
  • Bad Karma (2002)
  • Being Canadian (2015)
  • Beta Test (2016)
  • Betrayal (Lady Jayne: Killer) (2003)
  • Bitter Moon (1992)
  • Blue Ridge Fall (End of Innocence) (1999)
  • Blue Steel (1989)
  • Boricua (2004)
  • Break A Leg (2005)
  • Bulletproof Monk (2003)
  • Call Me (1988)
  • Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh (1995)
  • Caroline? (1989)
  • Carrie (1976)
  • Casting Couch (2013)
  • Child’s Play (1988)
  • Cold Deck (2015)
  • Comic Book Villains (2002)
  • Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Ct (1989)
  • Counter Measures (1998)
  • Creator (1985)
  • Curse of Chucky (2013)
  • Dark Blue (2003)
  • Deadly Blessing (1981)
  • Deadly Closure (Armed and Deadly) (2010)
  • Death Wish 2 (1982)
  • Deceptions (1985)
  • Destination Wedding (2018)
  • Diabolique (1996)
  • Dirty Work (Bad City) (2005)
  • Driving Force (1988)
  • Duress (2009)
  • Election (1999)
  • Extreme Justice (1993)
  • Flatliners (1990)
  • Flyboys (2006)
  • Foreign Fields (2000)
  • Frank and Jesse (1994)
  • Frankie & Johnny (1991)
  • Frauds (1993)
  • Full Metal Jacket (1987)
  • Funny Money (2006)
  • Game Changers (2017)
  • Get Smart (2008)
  • Go Against the Flow (2016)
  • Gods and Monsters (1998)
  • Gone Dark (2003)
  • Good Enough (2017)
  • Handsome Harry (2009)
  • Happy Event (2011)
  • Henry’s Crime (2010)
  • Homage (1995)
  • Honeymoon (1997)
  • Hot Tub Time Machine (2010)
  • I am Dina (2003)
  • Il Sogno Nel Casello (2005)
  • Imagine a School….Summerhill (2008)
  • Imagine I’m Beautiful (2014)
  • In Her Defense (1998)
  • Intimate Affairs (2001)
  • It Ain’t Pretty (2017)
  • Jackboots on Whitehall (2010)
  • Jeepers Creepers 2 (2003)
  • Jigsaw Man (1983)
  • Jim Norton: Please Be Offended (2012)
  • Joe the King (1999)
  • Judgement in Berlin (1988)
  • Kalamity (2010)
  • Kalle and the Angels (1994)
  • Kettle of Fish (2006)
  • Kicking and Screaming (1995)
  • La Mission (2009)
  • Leading Man (1996)
  • Leave Me Behind (2008)
  • Legend (1985)
  • Let Me In (2010)
  • Life of Significant Soil (2017)
  • Love & Rage (2000)
  • Marine Life (2001)
  • Meeting Spencer (2010)
  • Men Without Jobs (Planet Brooklyn) (2004)
  • More Than a Game (2008)
  • Mulholland Drive (2001)
  • My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys (1991)
  • My Name is Water (2017)
  • Nightbreed (1990)
  • No Vacancy (2004)
  • Nora (2000)
  • Once Bitten (1985)
  • Once Upon A Scoundrel (1974)
  • Orange County (2002)
  • Oxenfree (2017)
  • Pieces of April (2003)
  • Poltergeist lll (1988)
  • Ponchao (2013)
  • Prancer (1989)
  • Prince Brat and the Whipping Boy (1993)
  • Psychoanalysis (2015)
  • Raging Bull (1980)
  • Rap Sheet: Hip Hop and the Cops (2006)
  • Reasonable Doubt (2014)
  • Recipe for Love (A Mi Me Gusta) (2008)
  • Regresa (2009)
  • Resurrecting the Champ (2007)
  • Return of the Living Dead (1985)
  • Road from Erebus (2000)
  • Robocop (1987)
  • Robocop 2 (1990)
  • Robocop 3 (1992)
  • Sample People (2000)
  • Satan’s Little Helper (2004)
  • Saving Banksy (2017)
  • Second to Die (2001)
  • September Morning (2017)
  • Sexting (2011)
  • Silver Hawk (2004)
  • Six Weeks (1982)
  • Something to Cheer About (2002)
  • Somewhere Slow (2013)
  • Spin (2003)
  • Split Image (1982)
  • Stage Beauty (2004)
  • Stand Up Guys (2012)
  • Starship Troopers (1997)
  • Strange Bedfellows (2004)
  • Sugar Mountain (2016)
  • Texas Chainsaw Massacre II (1986)
  • The Amityville Horror (2005)
  • The Arrival (1996)
  • The Black Knight Returns (2008)
  • The Breakup Artist (2003)
  • The Cell (2000)
  • The Eyes of Laura Mars (1978)
  • The Face of an Angel (2015)
  • The Fog (2005)
  • The General (1998)
  • The Guilty (1999)
  • The Hard Ride (2011)
  • The Hustle (2008)
  • The Illusionist (2006)
  • The Long Riders (1980)
  • The Myth of the Male Orgasm (1994)
  • The Number 23 (2007)
  • The Peacemaker (1997)
  • The Perfect You (Crazy Little Thing) (2002)
  • The President’s Mistress (1978)
  • The Presidio (1988)
  • The Rage: Carrie 2 (1999)
  • The Raven (1963)
  • The Rescue of Jessica McClure (1989)
  • The Second Arrival (1998)
  • The Secret Life of Archie’s Wife (Runaway Heart) (1990)
  • The Serpent’s Kiss (1997)
  • The Skeleton Key (2005)
  • The Strangers (2008)
  • The Uninvited (2009)
  • The Way of the Gun (2000)
  • Threshold (1981)
  • Throttle (2005)
  • Tim Tebow: On a Mission (2012)
  • Train Driver’s Diary (2015)
  • Trees Lounge (1996)
  • Wild Bill (1995)
  • Winter Break (2002)
  • Winter Passing (2005)
  • Year of the Gun (1991)
  • Zombies of Mass Destruction (2010)

October 2

Series

  • Extrano Enemigo (Prime Original series), Season 1
  • Barbelle, Season 1
  • Birth Stories, Season 1

Movies

  • Mighty Good: The Beatles (1977)
  • Never Goin’ Back (2018)

October 5

Series

  • The Man in the High Castle (Prime Original series), Season 3

October 6

Movies

  • A Prayer Before Dawn (2017)
  • Night of the Living Deb (2016)

October 11

Series

  • Mr. Robot, Season 3

Movies

  • Monster’s Ball (2001)
  • Strangers: Prey at Night (2018)

October 12

Series

  • The Romanoffs (Prime Original series), Season 1

October 13

Movies

  • The Yellow Birds (2017)

October 14

Movies

  • Bleeding Steel (2017)

October 16

Movies

  • Devil (2010)
  • Manieggs: Revenge of the Hard Egg (2014)

October 17

Movies

  • Donnie Darko (2001)
  • The Daniel Tiger Movie: Won’t You Be Our Neighbor? (2012)

October 18

Movies

  • Slice (2018)

October 19

Series

  • Lore (Prime Original series), Season 2
  • Tumble Leaf Halloween Special (Prime Original series), Special

October 20

Movies

  • Black Water (2018)

October 25

Movies

  • Daddy’s Home 2 (2017)

October 26

Movies

  • Bad Samaritan (2018)
  • You Were Never Really Here (Prime Original movie) (2017)

October 31

Movies

  • Westwood (2018)

Ant-Man And The Wasp Release Date And Blu-Ray / 4K / DVD Pre-Order Guide

It might not have been the movie fans would have expected to release after Avengers: Infinity War, but Ant-Man and the Wasp has a lightness and comedic touch that acts as a palate cleanser before whatever darkness awaits in the Marvel cinematic timeline. Ant-Man and the Wasp follows the adventures of Scott Lang and Hope van Dyne (the two title characters) as they try to bring Hope’s mother back from the quantum realm. The movie is coming to digital platforms for home viewing on October 2, with the 4K UHD, Blu-ray, and DVD landing on October 16.

You can read our Ant-Man and the Wasp review for our thoughts on the film. If you want to pick up a copy for home viewing, you’ll probably want to know where you can find it, what comes with each edition, and how much it costs. We have all of the answers below.

Ant-Man and the Wasp Digital Edition

If you want to get your hands on the movie as soon as possible, you’ll have to buy the digital edition. Here’s where you can get it and how much it costs. Spoilers: the HD versions are all $20, though you can get the standard-definition version for $15 at some digital retailers.

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The 4K Ultra HD version also comes with a regular Blu-ray, as well as a digital copy of the movie.

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The Blu-ray also comes with a digital copy of the movie and has a wide range of prices, depending on where you buy it.

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Only one retailer is offering pre-orders for the DVD version of this movie at the moment, which might explain its hefty price tag.

Ant-Man and the Wasp Bonus Features

As for what extras you’ll get, here’s what the studio says is included (may vary by retailer).

  • Director’s Intro by Peyton Reed: The talented creator behind some of Marvel Studios’ funniest and most charming films will invite home audiences deeper into the world of Ant-Man and The Wasp.
  • Making-of Featurettes:
    • Back in the Ant Suit: Scott Lang – Hero and all-star dad Scott Lang keeps the laughs coming for the audience, cast and crew.
    • A Suit of Her Own: The Wasp – Highly trained Hope Van Dyne is now the Wasp. See how some of her craziest stunts and action-packed scenes were brought to life.
    • Subatomic Super Heroes: Hank & Janet – Hank Pym’s wife Janet was lost in the quantum realm. Trace the legacy of these characters and the iconic actors who portray them.
    • Quantum Perspective: The VFX and Production Design of Ant-Man and The Wasp – Explore the movie’s visual effects and production design from a whole new viewpoint, in which every micro and macro detail counts.
  • Gag Reel and Outtakes: Audiences are treated to the hilarious quips that did not make the film as well as exclusive outtakes from Stan Lee and Tim Heidecker.
    • Gag Reel: Join in the fun with these outtakes from the set.
    • Stan Lee Outtakes: Stan Lee tries out a series of hilarious one-liners for the scene in which his car shrinks.
    • Tim Heidecker Outtakes: Check out Whale Boat Captain Daniel Goobler and his improvised whale-watching riffs.
  • Deleted Scenes (with commentary by Director Peyton Reed)
    • Worlds Upon Worlds: As Janet leads Hank through the surreal landscape of the quantum realm, they encounter an intelligent life form.
    • Sonny’s on the Trail: On the hunt for Hank Pym and his lab, Sonny Burch and his henchmen check the security camera of a neighborhood bookstore.
  • Digital Exclusives:
    • 10 Years of Marvel Studios: The Art of the Marvel Cinematic Universe – See what it takes to bring the MCU to life, and the role concept artists play in bringing Super Heroes from comic book to screen.
    • Online Close-Up Magic University: This commercial will inspire you to expand your mind and maximize your full potential!