Month: October 2017

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Over the last couple of years, Acer has doubled down on PC gaming hardware with its highly-respected Predator line of laptops and monitors. The Predator Z35P (See it on Amazon) is the company’s latest flagship offering in its display lineup, and with a 35-inch curved panel, 3440 x 1440 resolution, G-Sync, and a native 100Hz refresh rate it’s an absolute monster. Unfortunately, a giant screen and slick features don’t come cheap. But if you’ve got around $1,000 to spare—and prefer a 21:9 aspect ratio—the Z35P is incredible for gaming. Let’s get into the details:

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What did you think of the finale of Stranger Things: Season 2? Here’s our review of “The Gate.”

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After debuting a stunning new trailer for The Last of Us, Part II today at Paris Games Week, Naughty Dog has revealed several new members of the game’s voice cast.

In a series of posts on Twitter, Naughty Dog announced that Victoria Grace is the voice of Yara, Ian Alexander voices Lev, Emily Swallow will make a guest appearance to voice Emily, and Laura Bailey voices a character whose name has yet to be revealed.

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Sony claimed that if E3 was the first half of the story, Paris Games Week would be the second. During its nearly two-hour media showcase, we got a ton of new trailers, some brand new game announcements, a handful of release dates for our most-anticipated 2018 games, and even a few small surprises.

Here are all the news and trailers from PlayStation’s Paris Games Week 2017 media showcase.

Sony saved one of the most highly-anticipated reveals for last with a brand new trailer for The Last of Us: Part 2. The brutal cinematic trailer introduced us to some new characters, but revealed no other details.

This story-heavy trailer for Marvel’s Spider-Man from Insomniac Games gave us a look at everything that’s at stake in Peter Parker’s upcoming adventure, as well as some cool web-slinging action. There’s no release date yet, but it’s slated for launch in 2018.

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As digital games continue to grow in popularity, retailer GameStop is adding a new subscription service offering to encourage people to choose physical games and get head into brick-and-mortar stores. The retailer has announced game rental program that sounds like a pretty solid deal.

GameStop PowerPass, as it’s being called, is a program launching this holiday that lets you play as many pre-owned games as you want for six months. For $60, you can pick up any pre-owned game and return to the store to swap it out for a new one as much as you want for a period of six months. At the end, you can choose any game to keep.

PowerPass can be bought as a gift, though be aware that the recipient will need to have a PowerUp Rewards account, though this free. Sign-ups begin on November 19.

GameStop has a massive catalog of second-hand games, so odds are you’ll be able to find what you’re after. It remains to be seen if there are any restrictions, but we’ll report back with more details as they come to light.

Do you plan to try out the PowerPass program? Let us know in the comments below!

While Thor: Ragnarok may be named after a certain Asgardian thunder god, this new MCU film also focuses a great deal on Hulk. In the process, Ragnarok draws heavily from one of the most popular and influential Hulk storylines in Marvel’s history – Planet Hulk.

What exactly is Planet Hulk, and how is it informing the latest Thor movie? Read on to learn everything you need to know about this critical Hulk saga.

Planet Hulk served as a major chapter in Hulk’s growth as a character in the mid-2000s. This yearlong story saw Hulk dragged away from Earth and crash-land on the alien world of Sakaar. There, Hulk was forced to battle for his life in a gladiatorial arena, all for the amusement of Sakaar’s bloodthirsty emperor, a tyrant known as the Red King.

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Netflix’s first self-financed original series House of Cards will end with a sixth and final season.

IGN has confirmed that the long-running series starring Kevin Spacey as Frank Underwood and Robin Wright as Claire Underwood will end with a sixth season that reportedly began filming two weeks ago.

TVLine reports that the decision was made to end the show months ago and not in light of the allegations made against Spacey yesterday that he made advances toward actor Anthony Rapp when he was 14 years old. Netflix and series producer Media Rights Capital released a joint statement saying they are “deeply troubled” by these allegations.

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Traditionally a group activity, board games are a great way to spend an evening with friends and family, sharing in conversation and friendly competition. But sometimes assembling a group of adults with conflicting schedules can be tough. Luckily, more and more board games are being designed with solo play in mind. From cooperative board games that scale down well to one player or let a single player play two-handed, to board games designed exclusively to be played solo, it’s official: it’s no longer weird to play a board game by yourself. So grab your favorite drink, turn on a podcast or playlist, and crack open one of these great single-player games.

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Actor Adam Driver, who plays Kylo Ren in Star Wars: The Last Jedi, may have let slip a very big SPOILER about Rey during a recent interview.

Seriously, SPOILERS ahead if Driver’s statement is accurate!

Still here? OK, consider yourself warned!

In a chat with GQ Magazine, Driver recalled his early conversations with Star Wars: The Force Awakens director J.J. Abrams about Kylo Ren’s motivations and character: “I remember the initial conversations about having things ‘skinned’, … peeling away layers to evolve into other people, and the person Kylo’s pretending to be on the outside is not who he is. He’s a vulnerable kid who doesn’t know where to put his energy, but when he puts his mask on, suddenly, he’s playing a role. JJ had that idea initially and I think Rian

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