Month: July 2018

BEYOND!

With talk of a closed beta for the PlayStation 4’s upcoming 6.00 firmware update, host Jonathon Dornbush is joined by Brian Altano, Tina Amini, and Max Scoville to discuss what features and updates they’d love to see made to the PS4.

Additionally, the cast talks all about the Spider-Man for PS4 updates revealed at San Diego Comic-Con over the weekend — including that sweet Spider-Man PS4 Pro — Guacamelee 2’s release date and the deluge of Metroidvanias we’re facing, and answer your questions. And to help dive a little deeper into No Man Sky’s NEXT update, Jonathon is joined by Tom Marks and Barrett Courtney to discuss whether the big changes will have them returning to the Hello Games experience.

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UPDATE: Lucky Pokemon are now available in Pokemon Go. Check out the video below to see a successful Lucky Pokemon trade in action:

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Niantic has announced a new feature for Pokemon Go, a new type of Pokemon called Lucky Pokemon.

According to a blog post on Pokemon Go’s official site, Pokemon have a chance to become Lucky Pokemon when they’re traded. Lucky Pokemon will require less Stardust to power up than regular Pokemon, so you won’t have to spend as much to get them to their maximum CP.

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These Funko Pops will definitely pay for themselves.

Whether we’re talking about Beanie Babies, Pokemon cards, or Funko Pops, there’s always someone willing to pay more for a “holy grail” than what you might happen to consider reasonable. At San Diego Comic-Con 2018 over the weekend, we went on a hunt to discover where that upper limit might lie. The results were shocking and, to be honest, incredible.

Just how rare is rare when it comes to Funko Pops? As we discovered on this amazing journey, some Pops are rare because they were only ever released at a single event. Some were produced in hyper-limited quantities, including the most expensive Pop we found at Comic-Con–which you’ll see at the end of this gallery. And some are just incredibly cool and in high demand.

At the end of the day, these Funko Pops are just cheap chunks of colored plastic. Their only actual value is the imaginary worth we assign to them. But as with any popular collectible, that doesn’t stop Pop hunters from dropping hundreds–and even thousands–of dollars on them. And in the end, if they bring someone happiness, isn’t that worth it?

SDCC was of course filled with more than just the most expensive Funko Pops. Also check out all the exclusive Pops only available at Comic-Con, every exclusive Disney Funko at Comic-Con, and the brand new PS4 Spider-Man Funkos that debuted last week.

San Diego Comic-Con 2018 Coverage

• Best Cosplay From Comic-Con 2018 Day 1
• Best Cosplay From Comic-Con 2018 Day 2
• Best Cosplay From Comic-Con 2018 Day 3
• Best Marvel Cosplay From Comic-Con 2018
• DC Universe Titans Trailer: F*** Batman
• Everything We Learned About DC Universe
• All The Exclusive Funko Pop Figures You Can Buy At SDCC
• Doctor Who’s New Sonic Screwdriver Revealed Alongside New Trailer
• Star Wars The Clone Wars Animated Series Is Back In New Trailer
• Cool-Looking Spider-Man PS4 Pro Bundle Announced
• Dragon Ball Super: Broly Movie Trailer Reveals Some Big Fights
• DC Collectibles Reveals Toys From Batman, Justice League, And More
• This Huge Lego Thanos Demands You Bow Before Him
• Netflix’s Iron Fist 2 Gets Release Date, Teases Daughters Of The Dragon
• DC Holds Weird, Cult-Like Event To Promote Heroes In Crisis
• James Gunn Fired From Guardians Of The Galaxy 3
• What’s Up With The “F*** Batman” Line In The New Titans Trailer?
• Andrew Lincoln Confirms The Walking Dead Season 9 Will Be His Last
• Netflix’s Disenchantment: Everything We Learned About Matt Groening’s New Show
• Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse Footage Debuts
• Venom Debuts New Footage, Teases Spider-Man Crossover
• Guardians of the Galaxy Star Dave Bautista Is “Not OK” With James Gunn Firing
• Fantastic Beasts 2 Footage Introduces Nicolas Flamel At Comic-Con 2018
• The Lego Movie 2 Comic-Con Footage Shows The Two Sides Of Chris Pratt
• The New Godzilla: King Of The Monsters Trailer Is Dope
• Shazam Trailer Makes Exclusive Debut
• Wonder Woman 1984 Panel Addresses The Chris Pine Question, Shows Footage
• Aquaman Trailer Finally Arrives, Exclusive Footage Shows Classic Costume
• Star Wars Figures From Sideshow Look Incredible
• Why Alita: Battle Angel’s Eyes Are So Big, Trailer Coming Soon
• The Purge TV Show Trailer Teases A Night Of Mayhem
• DC’s The Flash Season 5 Trailer Reveals New VillainSupergirl Season 4 Trailer Reveals New Suit
• DC’s Legends Of Tomorrow Season 4 Airs This Fall
• Comic-Con 2018: Sideshow’s Avengers: Infinity War And Black Panther Figures Are Amazing
• All The Miserable, Discarded Electric Scooters We Saw At Comic-Con 2018

50. Spikor and He-Man ($115, $150)

Fugitive Toys

49. Sheldon Cooper ($175, $165)

Fugitive Toys

48. Super Shadow E3 2018 and Taika Waititi Comic-Con 2018 exclusives ($140, $175)

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47. Tigger and Goofy ($185, $150)

Fugitive Toys

46. Syndrome and Cruella De Vil ($200, $100)

Fugitive Toys

45. Hordak and Skeletor ($75, $200)

Fugitive Toys

44. The Thing ($200)

Fugitive Toys

43. Snowth and Emperor Zurg ($100, $200)

Fugitive Toys

42. The Flash chrome Comic-Con 2018 exclusive set ($200)

X-Treme Toys

41. Deadpool Fugitive Toys exclusive ($225)

Fugitive Toys

40. Deku (Battle) Hot Topic and James Wan Comic-Con 2018 exclusives ($225, $200)

X-Treme Toys

39. Marge Simpson ($225)

Fugitive Toys

38. Animal and Kermit Comic-Con 2013 exclusives ($140, $235)

Fugitive Toys

37. Freddy Flux Comic-Con 2017 exclusive ($275, $250)

Fugitive Toys

36. Renly Baratheon ($250)

Fugitive Toys

35. Ozzy Osbourne and The Catman ($250, $100)

Fugitive Toys

34. Toucan Sam ($250)

Fugitive Toys

33. Whiz Comic-Con 2018 exclusive ($250)

Matt’s Cavalcade of Comics, Cards and Collectibles

32. Avengers: Infinity War Thanos, Iron Man, and Iron Spider chrome set ($250)

Matt’s Cavalcade of Comics, Cards and Collectibles

31. Conan as Ant-Man signed and not signed ($250, $150)

Fugitive Toys

30. Beerus Comic-Con 2016, Golden Frieza Comic-Con 205, and Robot Devil Toy Tokyo exclusives ($300, $300, $200)

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29. James Gunn New York Comic-Con 2017 exclusive ($300)

Fugitive Toys

28. Nerd Cthulhu Emerald City Comic-Con 2016 exclusive ($300)

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27. Bilbo Baggins Hot Topic and Sloth Comic-Con 2014 exclusives ($250, $300)

Fugitive Toys

26. Boo ($300)

Fugitive Toys

25. Flavor Flav and Michael Jackson ($350, $200)

Fugitive Toys

24. Indiana Jones Comic-Con 2016 exclusive ($350)

Fugitive Toys

23. Lotso and Steamboat Willie ($400, $300)

Fugitive Toys

22. Edna E. Mode ($400)

Matt’s Cavalcade of Comics, Cards and Collectibles

21. Notorious BIG ($400)

Fugitive Toys

20. Dr. Doom 2014 convention exclusive ($400)

Fugitive Toys

19. Goofy and Mayor ($150, $425)

Fugitive Toys

18. Ghost Rider Comic-Con 2013 exclusive ($450)

Fugitive Toys

17. Sinestro and Hal Jordan Comic-Con 2011 exclusives ($450, $400)

Fugitive Toys

16. Batman blue chrome Toy Tokyo 2017 exclusive ($700)

Fugitive Toys

15. Shazam! Gemini exclusive ($750)

Fugitive Toys

14. Skeletor Comic-Con 2013 exclusive ($750)

Fugitive Toys

13. Cheshire Cat Comic-Con 2012 exclusive ($750)

Fugitive Toys

12. Rorschach Comic-Con 2013 exclusive ($750)

Fugitive Toys

11. Spider-Man Comic-Con 2012 exclusive ($900)

Fugitive Toys

10. Haunted Mansion Gus set ($1,100)

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9. Genie Comic-Con 2013 exclusive ($1,100)

Fugitive Toys

7. Batman Comic-Con 2010 exclusive ($1,250)

Fugitive Toys

8. The Penguin Chase limited edition ($1,200)

Fugitive Toys

6. The Riddler Chase limited edition ($1,400)

Fugitive Toys

5. Green Arrow Gemini exclusive ($1,500)

Fugitive Toys

4. Shadow Trooper Comic-Con 2011 exclusive ($2,000)

Fugitive Toys

3. Holographic Darth Maul Comic-Con 2012 exclusive ($2,500)

Fugitive Toys

2. Sulley and Mr. Incredible Comic-Con Disney Store exclusives ($2,800, $2,400)

Animetasia, Inc.

1. Clown makeup Dumbo ($5,000)

Fugitive Toys

Microsoft’s Ultimate Game Sale is going on now, and it’s the biggest Xbox One game sale we’ve seen all year. It offers up to 65% off digital Xbox games, with an added 10% off select games for Xbox Live Gold members. The sale runs through July 30, so don’t wait too long to make your purchases.

We’ve already gone over some of the sale’s highlights overall, but here we thought we’d put some limits on it. If you don’t have a mountain of cash to spend, you’re probably wondering what you can get without having to take out a high-interest bank loan. Below are some of the best games available in the sale for under $10. Note that these are the prices for Xbox Live Gold subscribers. If you’re not a Gold member, the price you see could be a bit higher. Let’s look at some deals.

You don’t have to spend much to get a decent shooter during this sale. The underrated gravity-defying Titanfall 2 is on sale for $6 / £5.25. You can get the Metro: Redux Bundle, which contains both Metro: 2033 Redux and Metro: Last Light Redux, for $7.50 / £6. And even if it’s not the best game in the series, Mass Effect: Andromeda may be worth checking out for $10 / £6.

Two very different takes on the Dark Knight are available for under $10. If you’re looking for some stealth action, you can grab Batman: Return to Arkham for $10 / £20. More story-minded DC fans might prefer Batman: The Telltale Series for $10 / £10.

You can play through Guardians of the Galaxy: The Telltale Series for $10 / £9.60 as you wonder what the third movie will be like without James Gunn at the helm. Retro game fans can save half off Arcade Game Series 3-in-1 Pack, bringing it down to $4 / £3.20. It comes with Pac-Man, Galaga, and Dig-Dug–all highly regarded games from the 1980s.

If you don’t have Xbox Live Gold but want these sweet sub-$10 prices, consider subscribing now. A one-year membership is currently on sale for $40 / £26.50. Or perhaps you’d rather not pay for games individually at all. In that case, try a three-month subscription to Xbox Game Pass, on sale for $10 / £8. It lets you download and play a selection of over a hundred games on your Xbox One, including first-party games the same day they’re released.

• Arcade Game Series 3-in-1 Pack — $4 / £3.20
• Batman: Return to Arkham — $10 / £20
• Batman: The Telltale Series – Complete Season — $10 / £10
• Dead Island: Definitive Collection — $10 / £6.25
• Deus Ex: Mankind Divided – Digital Deluxe Edition — $9 / £8
• Divinity: Original Sin – Enhanced Edition — $10 / £8.75
• The Elder Scrolls Online — $10 / £7.50
• Gears of War: Ultimate Edition — $10 / £7.50
• Guardians of the Galaxy: The Telltale Series – Complete Season — $10 / £9.60
• Just Cause 3 XL Edition — $9 / £8
• Killer Instinct: Definitive Edition — $10 / £8
• Life is Strange – Complete Season — $4 / £3.20
• Life is Strange: Before the Storm – Complete Season — $8.50 / £7
• Mass Effect: Andromeda — $10 / £6
• Metro: Redux Bundle — $7.50 / £6
• Mortal Kombat X — $10 / £20
• Project CARS: GotY Edition — $10 / £10
• Ryse: Legendary Edition — $7.50 / £11.25
• State of Decay — $7.50 / £5
• Tales from the Borderlands – Complete Season — $4.50 / £3.60
• Titanfall 2 — $6 / £5.25

NBA Playgrounds 2 is getting a new publisher with a slight tweak to the title to match. 2K announced today it will publish Saber Interactive’s arcade basketball game, shifting the name to NBA 2K Playgrounds 2. The two-on-two basketball game will hit PC, PS4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch this fall.

The announcement suggests that the partnership will infuse Playgrounds 2 with “NBA 2K flair,” but was short on details of how resources may be shared. In any event, it’s a more casual approach to complement its annual NBA 2K series, which has enjoyed generally better critical buzz than EA’s NBA Live series.

“The original NBA Playgrounds was a fantastic throwback to the glory days of arcade-action sports,” said Visual Concepts president Greg Thomas, in the announcement. “The new NBA 2K Playgrounds 2 will step up this energy and attitude big time–with a bit of added NBA 2K flair–giving fans of both franchises an exciting new way to game with friends around the world.”

The original NBA Playgrounds was published by Mad Dog Games, and received a middling reception. In GameSpot’s NBA Playgrounds review, Blake Hester enjoyed the cartoon aesthetic and satisfying challenge, but found the audio repetitive and suggested its single game mode offered too little variety.

The stylized military action worlds of the Tom Clancy brand are colliding, as a special event in Ghost Recon Wildlands brings in characters from Rainbow Six Siege. You can use two new Siege-inspired PvP classes or complete a two-part PvE mission starring Siege’s operators.

In the mission from Special Operation 2, titled Operation Archangel, Valkyrie tracks the missing operator Caveira to Bolivia. You’ll partner with Twitch to help Valkyrie find Caveira, while unlocking the mystery of why he’s in Bolivia at all. You can start the mission in the province of Caimanes, and it can be taken on solo or with four-player co-op.

Completing the mission before August 14 will get you Caveira gloves, which unlocks a special CQC move and automatically unlocks enemy positions. You can also customize your Ghost character with a Rainbow Six Gear pack, which includes Caveria’s Luison handgun, a new HK 416 assault rifle, a Valkyrie head-wrap shemagh, and a Twitch skull balaclava.

Two new Ghost War PvP classes are also available. Toxic and Surgeon are inspired by Smoke and Doc from Siege, respectively. Toxic uses a drone to deploy toxic smoke, and Surgeon uses a stim pistol to revive teammates at range. The update also includes two more PvP maps, Factory and Checkpoint, a new Observer mode for spectating, and a higher difficulty PvE game mode with perma-death.

TV personality and Nerdist Industries founder Chris Hardwick will return soon to host his TV show, Talking Dead. This news follows Hardwick’s suspension due to recent allegations that he abused ex-girlfriend Chloe Dykstra.

Dykstra posted an article on Medium a few weeks ago describing years of emotional and physical abuse from an ex-boyfriend. The article didn’t mention the celebrity by name, but many inferred that the boyfriend in question was Hardwick from small details in the article as well as photo evidence of the two together. Hardwick has since denied all allegations regarding sexual assault.

AMC said in a statement that it has conducted an investigation into Hardwick’s conduct and has chosen to allow Hardwick to continue hosting Talking Dead.

The statement says, “Following a comprehensive assessment by AMC, working with Ivy Kagan Bierman of the firm Loeb & Loeb, who has considerable experience in this area, Chris Hardwick will return to AMC as the host of Talking Dead and Talking with Chris Hardwick. We take these matters very seriously and given the information available to us after a very careful review, including interviews with numerous individuals, we believe returning Chris to work is the appropriate step.”

Hardwick will reportedly return to the show in time for Fear The Walking Dead’s midseason premiere on August 12. In the meantime, Yvette Nicole Brown will host the show for The Walking Dead Season 9 Preview Special on August 5.