Netflix’s Marvel shows may be dwindling, but if The Punisher is also heading for the chopping block, at least Frank Castle gets one more shot at justice before the axe falls.
The Punisher Season 2 will premiere on January 18, according to a new teaser trailer released by the streaming service.
Cult movie star and character actor Bruce Campbell is rebooting the TV series Ripley’s Believe It Or Not for The Travel Channel. The channel has ordered 10 episodes, one hour each, that will be hosted by Campbell. He’s also serving as executive producer.
The new episodes will be shot on location at the Ripley Warehouse in Florida and will tell “astonishing, real, and one-of-a-kind stories” from around the globe. It’s set to premiere in Summer 2019. The launch this year makes it mark the 100-year anniversary of the Ripley’s Believe It Or Not brand.
This will be the fifth series in all. The first aired on NBC in 1949 and was hosted by Robert L. Ripley, the namesake of the show. It has since been revived or rebooted by several networks over the years, with hosts like Jack Palance and Dean Cain. It even had an animated series.
Most recently, Campbell has appeared as a series regular on the AMC series Lodge 49, and reprised his iconic role as the monster-hunter in the Starz series Ash vs. Evil Dead.
“Travel Channel fans have an insatiable curiosity about the world and sharing this wonderful and weird series with the next generation of fans is a thrill,” said general manager Jane Latman, in the announcement. “This entirely new version of Ripley’s is a fresh contemporary approach to the odd and unusual and will be jam-packed with larger-than-life characters, cool facts, history and science.”
The comic book industry came racing out of the gate in 2019 this week. Marvel ushered in a new era for the Conan franchise with Conan the Barbarian #1 and debuted the weekly miniseries Man Without Fear. DC delivered another key chapter of Heroes in Crisis, while Image gave fans a new chapter of The Walking Dead.
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We’re in the fifth week of Fortnite Season 7, and that means there’s new challenges to be completed. At this point, the challenges aren’t exactly a huge surprise, but that doesn’t mean they’re all super easy to complete. One of the challenges available to those that have a paid Battle Pass, for example, is a bit of a treasure hunt. We’ve done the leg work and have the exact location of that Battle Star, so you won’t have to spend too much time looking.
The challenge in question says “search between a giant rock man, a crowned tomato, and an encircled tree.” If you know your way around the map, you’ll know that means you need to head southeast of Tomato Temple, just south of the bridge. Now that you have that specific location, the easiest way to get there is to just start a new match, hop out of the Battle Bus at the right time, and plummet down to the island.
Of course, you’ll need to be careful about other players hanging around in the area, as they will want to take you out to complete challenges or work their way to that precious Victory Royale. When you land, make a beeline for the Battle Star and you should be fine, but be prepared to take a few attempts at it if the landing zone is hot.
Take a look above for a map of the exact location and a screenshot from the area where the Battle Star can be found. You can also watch the video above and see us complete the challenge, which will give you a good indication of where to land to maximize your chances of grabbing the Battle Star before being popped by an enemy.
Once you’re done with that challenge, you’ve got six more to complete. You can see all the Fortnite Season 7, Week 5 challenges here, and if you haven’t already finished up the challenges from previous weeks, you can use our full Fortnite Season 7 challenge guide to do so.
On January 2, Fortnite developer Epic Games released a new update for the game. You can see all the changes, tweaks, and new additions in the full Fortnite update 7.10.2 patch notes. The headliner for the update is the Boom Box item, which does big damage to any built structures. This is a handy item to keep an eye out for, as one of the other challenges for Week 5 asks players to do 5000 points of damage to structures.
Here’s what we know so far about Bayonetta 3: Platinum Games is developing it, and Nintendo will publish it as a Switch exclusive. When it will arrive is anyone’s guess at this point, however. We saw a teaser trailer during the Game Awards 2017, but the upcoming action title was a no-show at E3 2018. So far, we find ourselves with more questions than answers. Despite the lack of information, you can already lock in your Bayonetta 3 pre-order, and even get a nice discount from one retailer.
The teaser trailer is the only actual Bayonetta 3-related document that’s available so far, and it doesn’t show any gameplay footage, so it offers few hints. But it does feature the leather-clad heroine wielding dual pistols, her weapons of choice in the previous installments.
Speaking of previous installments, if you’re looking to brush up on the series before Bayonetta 3 comes out, $50 gets you a physical copy of Bayonetta 2 on Switch, which comes with a digital code for the first game. For those who prefer digital Switch games, you can buy both titles from the Nintendo Eshop for a total of $60.
But if it’s Bayonetta 3 you’re after, you have several pre-order options so far. No pre-order bonuses are available at this time, but we’ll add them here if that changes in the future.
At the time of this writing, Walmart has the best Bayonetta 3 pre-order deal, offering $10 off the MSRP.
Fortnite fans will no doubt want to start 2019 off on the right foot by securing themselves a healthy helping of Battle Stars, and it just so happens that there’s another batch of challenges now available for them to complete. We’re in Week 5 of Season 7 now, so you should know how this goes, but if you’re new to it all here’s a quick breakdown.
Challenges come in two varieties, with the first free to everyone playing Fortnite’s battle royale mode, and the second available exclusively to those that spend V-Bucks to get a premium Battle Pass. By completing challenges you are rewarded with Battle Stars, which in turn upgrade your Battle Pass and make cosmetic unlocks available. If you’ve got a premium pass, you get the option of doing more challenges and thus can earn more Battle Stars and get new unlocks faster.
In the free category, Week 5’s challenges involve dealing damage to an opponent’s structures, eliminating an enemy player from a specific distance, and completing a multi-stage challenge that begins with dancing on top of a water tower.
For those with a premium Battle Pass, you’ll need to search a location that can be found between a giant rock man, a crowned tomato, and an encircled tree. There’s also a challenge that asks you to get three elims with a silenced weapon, along with another that requires you to search chests in Wailing Woods and Paradise Palms. The final challenge in this section is another multi-stager that is activated by landing at Polar Peak. Take a look at the full list of challenges below.
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If you haven’t been keeping up with challenges thus far, we’ve got a very handy Fortnite Season 7 challenge guide that keeps track of all the weekly challenges and provides links to guides for the more difficult ones. Use that to get any outstanding challenges completed and you’ll have the unlocks you want in no time.
Fortnite developer Epic Games released a new update for the game on January 2. Along with various tweaks, it introduced the Boom Box, which is an item that does significant damage to built structures. This item is very handy for removing barriers between you and any enemies you may be gunning for. If you’re on the receiving end of its destructive power, you can counter by shooting the Boom Box. Check out the full Fortnite update 7.10.2 patch notes for more on the item and the other changes and tweaks.