Month: September 2019

Pokemon Go‘s second wave of Ultra Bonuses is running until September 16, but before the third wave arrives, Niantic will host the game’s next Community Day event. This month, the event falls on Sunday, September 15, and as usual, it’ll give players around the world the chance to catch a rare Pokemon and take advantage of other in-game bonuses.

Typically, Pokemon Go’s Community Days run for only three hours, but the specifics of each event vary month by month. To help you prepare, we’ve rounded up everything you need to know about September’s Community Day below, from its featured Pokemon and new start time to the other bonuses that will be available.

What Is September’s Featured Pokemon?

Each Community Day revolves around a specific Pokemon, which will appear much more often than normal throughout the event. The star of this month’s Community Day is Turtwig, the Grass-type starter from Pokemon Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum. Turtwig will be a common sight in the wild throughout the event, so you’ll have a much easier time of catching some and stocking up on Turtwig Candy. You’ll also have your first chance of encountering a Shiny Turtwig. These will appear randomly throughout the event, so you’ll need persistence–and a little luck–if you’re hoping to add one to your collection.

This time, you won’t be limited to just hunting Turtwig in the wild. The turtle Pokemon will also appear as a Raid boss throughout the event, and 2 km eggs that you receive from PokeStops will have a chance of hatching into Turtwig, giving you plenty of different ways to get it. You’ll want to catch as many Turtwig as you can during this month’s Community Day, as you’ll need a lot of Turtwig Candy if you’re hoping to evolve it all the way into its final form, Torterra.

What Is September’s Community Day Move?

On top of increased Pokemon spawns, each Community Day also presents a chance to get a special move. If you’re able to evolve the featured Pokemon into its final form by the end of the event, it’ll know a powerful attack that it normally isn’t capable of learning in Pokemon Go. This month, that attack is Frenzy Plant. Normally, you’ll have up to an hour after the event to get the attack, but this time, any Torterra you evolve up to two hours after the event ends will know the move.

What Time Does September’s Community Day Start?

As previously mentioned, each Community Day runs for only three hours. The past few events have all taken place in the evening, from 4-7 PM local time, to account for the summer heat. This month, however, Niantic is holding the Community Day much earlier than usual, from 11 AM to 2 PM local time.

What Other Bonuses Are Available?

Niantic is offering a few other bonuses as an extra incentive to take part in the Community Day. As usual, any Lure Modules that you use during the event will last for three hours, rather than 30 minutes as they normally do. On top of that, you’ll earn three times the normal amount of Stardust when you capture Pokemon. This applies to any Pokemon you catch during the event, not just Turtwig.

If you’re a Funko Pop collector and love the movie Avengers: Endgame, then you’re probably pretty excited to learn that there’s a new wave of very specific Pops coming your way from the biggest movie of all time.

Revealed by Funko, the new line of Pop figures feature characters from very specific moments from the movie. Did you love Captain America picking up Mjolnir during the final battle? There’s a Pop for that. What about the moment when Hulk offered Ant-Man a couple of tacos? There’s a Pop for that. How about when Korg was playing video games and getting bullied by NoobMaster69? You can own that moment in Pop format. Check them all out below.

Aside from the ones we’ve mentioned, there’s also Spider-Man in instant kill mode, farmer Thanos, The Big Thorbowski, and short-hair Captain Marvel. Hopefully, this new fave of collectibles completes your Endgame collection.

There are also some more Endgame Pops that you can only buy at New York Comic-Con in October, and this includes Tony Stark with the nano gauntlet. There is also a very cool Stan Lee from Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 on that list as well.

At this time, these new Endgame Pops are listed as coming soon, and will be available in participating stores. Endgame is now available digitally as well as on 4K UHD, Blu-ray, and DVD, and it is loaded with special features. This includes audio commentary from the writers and directors, detailing every moment of the movie.

When you’re compiling a “best of” list of products, it’s always helpful to explain your personal experience with the subject matter. At 6’4” and 250 pounds, I am what you might call a “big guy.” One time, my friends dared me to eat a six patty cheeseburger at Wendy’s, so I ate a seven patty burger and then chased it with a Frosty just to make a point.

I only say this to let you know I am well acquainted with one of the many challenges facing big guys (and girls): finding a comfortable gaming chair that isn’t a couch. Based on my research, here’s the list of the best big and tall gaming chairs for those of us who are tired of sitting on an office chair and feeling like you’re sitting on a kindergarten chair.

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Universal Parks and Resort chairman and CEO Tom Williams revealed more details about the upcoming Super Nintendo World, which is opening in Universal Studios Japan in 2020. Not only will the park include themed rides and restaurants, but there is also an interactive component and maybe even Nintendo Switch integration with the park.

At a conference interview with Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s Jessica Jean Reif Cohen, Williams gave more details about Super Nintendo World, a new Nintendo-themed attraction similar to Galaxy’s Edge in Disneyland parks but based on Nintendo properties. Universal signed the deal with Nintendo back in 2015, and the park is finally going to open next spring.

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This is an advance review out of the Toronto International Film Festival. Ford v Ferrari opens Nov. 15 in the US and UK and Nov. 14 in Australia.

You can watch our video review for Ford v Ferrari in the player above.

There’s a scene near the end of Ford v Ferrari – renamed Le Mans ’66 in some territories – where driver Ken Miles (Christian Bale) heads to the track the night before the legendary endurance race to steady his nerves. There’s a similar moment in Rocky, the night before his fight with Apollo Creed. Yet by that point in the boxing film, the audience understands Balboa, cares about the character, and is willing him to win. In Ford v Ferrari, there are no such emotions attached to Ken Miles, and two hours in – with the finish line still some distance away – you find yourself less willing him to win, and more willing the film to end.

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Daemon X Machina is fundamentally about the satisfaction of making small adjustments to tackle a much larger problem. Faced with a quadrupedal robot the size of a city park, do you focus on defense to outlast it, or offense to bring it down as quickly as possible? Stay grounded for access to its underbelly, or fly far above the majority of its reach? Use rapid-fire weaponry to compensate for losses in accuracy, or a lumbering bazooka and line up each shot carefully? The game is at its best when you’re diagnosing a mission and outfitting your armored mech suit to match. Most of Daemon X Machina is spent in combat, but it’s the moments between missions, making these key decisions, where the game really finds its identity.

As the newest mercenary surrounded by veterans, you’re quickly labeled “the Rookie”–a name that you keep well past it being deserved, given that you rise in the ranks and even best most of your colleagues. The mercs are pilots of armored mecha suits called Arsenals, their actions governed by a centralized artificial intelligence that oversees their missions against Immortals–A.I. robots that have gone rogue against humanity. But you’re all still mercenaries. Even if you’re ostensibly on the same team against the Immortals, you’re all really in it for the money, and often your objectives will come into conflict with your peers from other merc groups.

Life as a newbie mercenary falls into a familiar pattern. You might tinker with your Arsenal’s equipment, take on a mission consisting of attacking an Immortal outpost or defending a convoy, collect your pay, and then head back to the hangar to do it all again. Despite the simple formula, Daemon X Machina manages surprising variety in its missions. Sometimes you’ll need to traverse a narrow hallway filled with the small, gun-fodder Immortal units, other times you’ll need to battle against a rival merc on their own conflicting mission, and occasionally you’ll discover a Colossus–a giant, screen-filling Immortal with a massive life bar.

The pace of the combat differs greatly between encounter types. Smaller enemies swarm the battlefield requiring harried crowd control. Rival mechs often turn into aerial slugfests, especially as melee clashes jump to a sudden button-mashing event to overpower your opponent. And the massive Colossi are each fully unique encounters with their own individual attack patterns and weaknesses. Your backup weapons equipped to the pylons provide a little flexibility, but your Arsenal is no Swiss Army knife. No single build could be prepared for every battle type, especially in the late-game as enemies are able to absorb much more damage.

The variety of these battle types call for different equipment to match, and it’s the tinkering portion of the game that’s strangely the most satisfying. Your Arsenal has tons of customization options, including two main weapons, two backup weapons stored on rear pylons, shoulder-mounted equipment, and auxiliary equipment, and that’s without even touching on the swappable head, body, arm, and leg parts and the ability to paint and decal the whole rig. It’s something akin to building a model Gundam, except you can go out and pilot it against hordes of enemy robots. Some of the most rewarding moments are when you hit a tough boss battle, step away from the game while you continue to think about how you could outfit your Arsenal for the challenge, and then return with a successful battle plan. And while this isn’t exactly a loot-shooter, you can pick over a defeated Arsenal and select one part to make your own, fulfilling your equipment envy when you see an enemy with a shiny object you’d like.

The wealth of customization options hits a stumbling block, however, when it comes to battles against the other mercenaries. Weapon options range from slow-moving bazookas to acid guns and swords, which are perfectly suited to dealing with standard enemies and Colossi alike. But as the game goes on, battles against other mercenaries become much more frequent, and most of the weapons aren’t well-suited for them. Just like your own Arsenal, enemy rigs are airborne and extremely nimble, which means the majority of your options are just too slow. The lock-on function helps signal when an enemy is in your sights, but it doesn’t really lock on to them, so you need to babysit the camera as they dash around the battlefield. I found myself defaulting to double assault rifles for the last third of the game or so, since the rapid-fire helped counteract the other mechs’ evasive maneuvers. It consistently worked, but it sapped most of the fun out of tailoring my Arsenal to the situation.

These mech-on-mech battles are delivered with a heaping helping of anime melodrama. The cheesy voice-acting and dialogue are just endearing enough not to distract from the excellent worldbuilding, as the characters and relationships reveal more about the history and nature of the conflict. The story throws you in the deep end without much explanation, but you’ll slowly grow accustomed to the various mercenary groups and their differing philosophies and goals. The Bullet Works mercenaries are run with military efficiency, for example, while Immortal Innocence throws itself into battles with reckless abandon, and the Western VII are a gang of prisoners who fight for reduced sentences instead of cash. Each mercenary comes with their own fantastically absurd call sign, like Crimson Lord, Guns Empress, and Savior.

While you build up familiarity with these mercs in the story, you also gain them as recruitable allies. That allows you to bring them along on side missions, though it is sometimes frustrating that you can’t direct your allies to focus on a specific target. Their help comes at a price–sometimes a price even higher than the actual payout, in which case you’re taking a net loss to make the mission a little easier on yourself. This is fine, though, because money has limited utility in the game’s economy. You can buy parts at a shop or fabricate them at a factory, but the ones you find scrounging around on the battlefield are generally better anyway.

Most of your cash will instead go into small, passive upgrades for your Arsenal and humanoid avatar–called an Outer because, naturally, even your actual human body is defined in the context of being outside your Arsenal. You can pay a little money at a place called the Ice Cream Parlor for a one-mission buff, or pay significantly more to develop an upgrade tree. These upgrades make you appear progressively less human, which is thematically similar to transhumanism elements in the main story. Your inhuman appearance isn’t ever remarked upon, though, so your choices don’t connect with the larger narrative and it remains superficial. Instead, your upgrades and the accompanying cosmetic changes are just a matter of weighing whether you mind if your avatar looks less like you intended when you made them.

Similarly, the story lands with less punch than it should have. You’ve been fighting other pilots so casually and with such regularity that when the stakes turn to life-and-death, it isn’t really reflected in the gameplay. You’re still shooting the enemy until their Arsenal becomes inactive, but then a cutscene shows that they die instead of retreating. It’s a disappointing fizzle considering how fond I had grown of the various factions and their merry bands of weirdos.

The missed potential of the story and minor issues with mech-vs-mech combat make Daemon X Machina fall just short of its potential, but the foundation is strong. As a total package, it’s on the verge of greatness; it just needed a little more time in the shop tinkering.

Editor’s note: We will be finalizing this review in progress in the coming days once we’ve played Daemon X Machina’s multiplayer on live, post-release servers.

The first free update for Monster Hunter World‘s Iceborne expansion is right around the corner. Capcom had already confirmed the update will add the fearsome Rajang to the game, and now the publisher has revealed when it will arrive on PS4 and Xbox One: October 10.

We don’t yet know what else the update will contain, but the highlight is the aforementioned Rajang, a highly aggressive ape-like monster that originally debuted in Monster Hunter Freedom 2. Based on Rajang’s reveal trailer, which you can watch below, it looks like the ape will retain its signature “rage mode.” When enraged, the beast’s fur turns golden and it becomes even more relentless.

The Rajang update will be free for everyone who owns the paid Iceborne expansion, which launched on PS4 and Xbox One earlier this month (and is coming to PC in January 2020). Unlike the main game, Iceborne is set in a new arctic region called the Hoarfrost Reach, which is home to a variety of new monsters, as well as a handful of returning ones, such as the Glavenus.

GameSpot awarded the expansion a 9/10 in our Monster Hunter World: Iceborne review. “Monster Hunter World: Iceborne is at its best when you’re fighting tooth and nail against something that you know could crush you within its teeth in a second, even though this might feel like it came at the expense of a more interesting narrative,” critic Ginny Woo wrote. “Nothing is quite as good as the biting chill cutting through the furs of your armor, the shrill cry of your Palico as it comes to your aid, and the wind roaring in your ears as you latch onto a beast’s flank and climb up its side while it bucks and roars.”

We recently had a chance to hunt the Rajang at this year’s Tokyo Game Show; you can watch our battle with the beast above. If you’re just getting started in the expansion, be sure to check out our Monster Hunter World: Iceborne tips guide.

While the streaming revolution has changed many things about the way we all watch TV, it has also fallen in line with some established conventions. For years, fall has been the season where new shows are launched and ongoing series have season premieres. While Netflix has been known to drop great shows with very little notice in spring and summer, it still keeps many of its biggest and most prestigious series for the autumn months. As the days get shorter and the weather keep many of us inside, all channels, networks, and services know that this is the ideal time to get maximum exposure for their shows.

2019 is no different. There is a wealth of great TV coming our way over the next few months, on all platforms. Long-running shows such as American Horror Story, The Walking Dead, and The Flash all return, as well as new seasons of more recent series like The Crown, Disenchantment, and Black Lightning. We also say goodbye to some much-loved shows, such as Arrow, Silicon Valley, The Good Place, and Mr Robot, all of which have reached their final seasons.

But while it is sad that these shows are ending, there are several exciting replacements. Disney joins the streaming wars with Disney+, which launches in November with The Mandalorian, the first ever live-action Star Wars show. Horror fans will want to check out Creepshow, based on the classic ’80s anthology movie, Ryan Murphy launches yet another new show with The Politician, and the classic comic book Watchmen gets a very different small screen makeover. So here’s out guide to the biggest TV shows this fall…

1. Undone

Amazon Video, September 13

BoJack Horseman creator Raphael Bob-Waksberg unleashes another dark animated show, but with a very different tone and visual style. The animation is reminiscent of director Linklater’s rotoscoped films A Scanner Darkly and Waking Life, and the plot centers upon a woman who gains the ability to move freely through time and space after a near-fatal car accident. The cast includes Rosa Salazer (Alita: Battle Angel) and Bob Odenkirk (Better Call Saul).

2. American Horror Story: 1984

FX, September 18

The anthology series American Horror Story reaches its ninth season, and shows no signs of flagging. As the title suggests, AHS: 1984 pays homage to slasher films from the 1980s, and the plot is exactly what you’d expect–a group of partying teens head to a summer camp, where they are picked off by an escaped maniac. In the hands of creator Ryan Murphy, it looks like gloriously campy fun, with a cast that includes Emma Roberts, Cody Fern, Gus Kenworthy, Billie Lourd, Matthew Morrison, Angelica Ross, DeRon Horton, and Zach Villa.

3. Disenchantment

Netflix, September 20

Disenchantment is the latest animated show from Simpsons and Futurama creator Matt Groenig and is a typically irreverent take on the fantasy genre. The first half of Season 1 arrived last year and was met with somewhat mixed reviews, but with the next 10 episodes releasing this month and another entire season due in 2020, Netflix is clearly happy with audience reaction so far. Broad City star and co-creator Abbi Jacobson stars as Bean, a rebellious and hard-drinking princess, who makes trouble in the kingdom of Dreamland with her optimistic elf pal Elfo and destructive “personal demon” Luci.

4. The Politician

Netflix, September 20

American Horror Story: 1984 isn’t the only Ryan Murphy show premiering this fall. The Politician is his first Netflix production; it’s an ambitious series starring Broadway star Ben Platt as a rising politician named Payton Hobart. Each season is set to focus on a different political contest, with Season 1 following Payton in high school as he sets about trying to become student body president. The impressive cast also includes Jessica Lange, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Bette Midler, and Murphy’s gift for making popular but uncompromising TV makes it one of the fall’s must-watches.

5. The Unicorn

CBS, September 26

Walton Goggins is one of film and TV’s most talented character actors, with recent roles in the likes of The Hateful Eight, Ant-man and The Wasp, and Tomb Raider. He excels in villainous roles, but this fall takes on something more unusual–leading man in a romantic sitcom. In The Unicorn his plays a widowed father who reenters the dating game with surprising success. If his gift for comedy is anything like his gift for menace, this should make for highly enjoyable viewing

6. Creepshow

Shudder, September 26

This much-anticipated horror anthology series is based on the classic 1982 movie of the same name, which was written by Stephen King and directed by George Romero. Special effects guru Greg Nicotero (The Walking Dead) is the series producer and showrunner, and while Romero is no longer with us, both King and his son Joe Hill are involved on the writing side. There will be 12 new ghoulishly entertaining stories, which will pay homage to classic 1950s horror comics, released weekly by streaming service Shudder across six episodes. It’s perfect October viewing.

7. Evil

CBS, September 26

Mike Colter only got to star in two seasons of the Marvel Netflix show Luke Cage, but fans will want to check out his upcoming supernatural drama Evil. It’s the latest series from Robert and Michelle King, who previous created The Good Wife, and stars Colter as a trainee priest who teams up with a skeptical female psychologist to investigate cases of possession, miracles, and other seemingly unexplainable phenomena. It’s a great premise, and is one of the fall’s most intriguing new shows.

8. The Good Place Season 4

NBC, September 27

It’s unusual for a much-loved and popular show to reach a natural end after just four seasons, but The Good Place has always done things a little differently. Michael Schur’s wonderfully clever, funny, surreal, and heartfelt comedy will reach the end of its run this year, and it already feels sad to say goodbye. Schur himself explained that although he and his writers were tempted to extend the life of The Good Place, they didn’t want to “tread water just because the water is warm and pleasant.” So get ready for one last inter-dimensional dip with Eleanor, Michael, Chidi, Tahani, and the gang.

9. Peaky Blinders Season 5

Netflix, October 5

More than two years after the last season, the acclaimed period gangster drama returns to Netflix. The gripping series charts the rise of a crime family in Birmingham, UK, after World War 1 and stars Cilliam Murphy (Inception), Helen McCrory (the Harry Potter movies), Sam Claflin (The Hunger Games), and Anya Taylor-Joy (The Witch). Sadly, Tom Hardy’s character Alfie Solomans was killed off in Season 4, but the rave reviews and record-breaking reviewing figures from its UK screenings this summer suggest that this could be the best season to date.

10. The Walking Dead Season 10

AMC, October 6

The long-running zombie drama reaches its tenth year. While the show has lost a few of its big names recently–Andrew Lincoln and Lauren Cohan are gone, and this will be Danai Gurira’s final season–there is still plenty to be excited about. Season 9 was one of the strongest for some time, and fans won’t want to miss the resolution of the gripping, bloody Whisperers storyline. And with the second spin-off show due next year, AMC clearly have major interest in keeping the main show as fresh and exciting as possible.

11. Batwoman

The CW, October 6

John Wick: Chapter 2 star Ruby Rose made her debut as Kate Kane in The CW’s Elseworlds crossover event last year and headlines her own show this fall. Batwoman is the latest addition to the The CW’s Arrow-verse, and will be the first show to fully explore The CW’s version of Gotham. The main villain will be Alice, played on the show by Rachel Skarsten (Birds of Prey, Imposters), while Dougray Scott is set to appear in the series as Jacob Kane, Kate’s father and leader of a private security firm.

12. Supergirl Season 5

The CW, October 6

The CW’s new female superhero DC show–Batwoman–will be followed immediately on Sunday nights by its longest running. Supergirl is now on Season 5, and this latest batch episodes features not only a new look for Kara’s suit, but two new cast additions. Julie Gonzalo will play the comic book character Andrea Rojas–aka Acrata–a business woman with “a mystical secret,” while Game of Thrones’ Staz Nair will appear as a reporter William Dey.

13. Mr Robot Season 4

USA Network, October 6

Rami Malek is now a movie star, with an Oscar for Bohemian Rhapsody and the main villain role in the next Bond movie. But we have one more chance to see him in the show that made his name, as the fourth and final season of the conspiracy drama Mr Robot arrives in October. Malek will be joined by his regular co-stars Christian Slater, Portia Doubleday, Carly Chaikin, and Martin Wallstromöm. In a recent interview with Entertainment Weekly, Malek described the final season as “a very impactful, emotional, and I think clearly well thought out way to end this story and this series.”

14. Black Lightning Season 3

The CW, October 8

Black Lightning was originally developed at Fox, but when that network passed on the pilot, it made its way to The CW. It wasn’t initially part of the Arrow-verse, but its mix of adventure, family drama, and humor has found a natural home next to the likes of Supergirl and The Flash. Season 3 premieres in October, and once more features Cress Williams as the electricity-controlling vigilante superhero. This season we can expect to see Jefferson Pierce fighting crime alongside his superpowered daughters Anissa and Jennifer, aka Thunder and Lightning. This is also the season where the show officially joins the Arrow-verse, and will be part of this year’s CW crossover event, titled “Crisis on Infinite Earths.”

15. The Flash Season 6

The CW, October 8

With Arrow about to get to its final season, The Flash will soon be the longest running show in the Arrow-verse. It looks like Season 6 will play a big part in this year’s crossover event. The recent teaser features Barry Allen explaining that he saw a terrible future, and in DC’s comics, the Crisis on Infinite Earths storyline led to Barry’s death. While that probably won’t happen here, it could have some major impact on all the shows from this point on.

16. Arrow Season 8

The CW, October 15

The final season for the original Arrow-verse show. Seven years is a long time for any modern superhero TV show, and the popularity of this show has helped create a big and much-loved universe of connected shows. While the Arrow-verse continues to grow, it will be sad to say goodbye–Stephen Amell has really grown into the role of Oliver Queen over years, and the series has remained nicely grounded in comparison to the more outlandish storylines of the other series. As with the other CW shows this fall, Arrow will play a part in the major crossover event “Crisis on Infinite Earths”–and with the show coming to an end, the stakes could not be higher.

17. Watchmen

HBO, October 20

There was some surprise when HBO announced it was developing a new TV version of the classic comic book Watchmen, but unlike Zack Snyder’s movie, this won’t be a straight adaptation. Showrunner Damon Lindelof has described it as a “continuation,” inspired by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’s groundbreaking superhero deconstruction, but telling a new story set in the same world. The cast includes Regina King, Jeremy Irons, Don Johnson, and Tim Blake Nelson.

18. Castle Rock Season 2

Hulu, October 23

From It: Chapter to Doctor Sleep, the popularity of Stephen King adaptations shows no sign of stopping. On the small screen, the excellent JJ Abrams-produced Castle Rock returns for Season 2 in October. The show is set in the fictional town used in many King stories, and weaves multiple characters and storylines into its narrative. This season tells an entirely new story, and focuses on the terrifying Annie Wilkes, from King’s classic novel Misery, who ends up in the town.

19. Silicon Valley Season 6

HBO, October 27

One of the funniest shows on TV comes to an end. Mike Judge’s acerbic look at life amongst a group of developers and tech entrepreneurs has just seven episodes left, so fans better get ready to say goodbye to Richard, Gilfoyle, Dinesh, Big Head and the gang. Silicon Valley has kept up a remarkably high quality level over the past five years, and there’s no reason to expect Season 6 will be any less hilarious.

20. Star Wars: The Mandalorian

Disney+, November 12

Disney launches its streaming service, Disney+ in November, and unsurprisingly, there’s a few Star Wars shows on the way to it. The Mandalorian is the first–it’s the franchise’s first ever live-action show and will premiere on the service’s launch day of November 12. The series is set between Return of the Jedi and The Force Awakens, and it will focus on a lone Mandalorian gunfighter, played by Pedro Pascal (Narcos). The Lion King director Jon Favreau is the showrunner, and individual episode directors will include Taika Waititi (Thor Ragnarok), Dave Filoni (Star Wars Rebels), and Jurassic World star Bryce Dallas Howard.

21. The Crown Season 3

Netflix, November 17

Netflix’s lavish period drama returns for Season 3. Olivia Colman takes over the role of Queen Elizabeth II from Claire Foy, and a new cast will reflect the advancing ages of the characters, as Season 3 will cover a period from 1963 (where the previous season ended) to 1977. Season 3 and 4 have been shot back-to-back, and the line-up for the two seasons include Tobias Menzies (Prince Philip), Helena Bonham Carter (Princess Margaret), Ben Daniels (Lord Snowdon), Josh O’Connor (Prince Charles) and Emma Corrin (Lady Diana Spencer).

As Borderlands 3 has made abundantly clear in its marketing material, there are a lot of guns to collect. Whether earned from side missions or simply dropped by a charging bandit, there are plenty of fun weapons to get your hands on. Some are your basic assault rifle, shotgun, or pistol with a cool paint job while others offer way more over-the-top functionality.

The team at GameSpot has sunk dozens of hours into the game so far and have discovered plenty of guns from brands DAHL, Hyperion, XOV, Vladof, Torgue, Maliwan, Atlas, and Tediore in our respective playthroughs. Below you can find some the wildest guns we’ve found, as well as details on their stats and other peculiarities.

For more Borderlands 3, be sure to check out our guide on which character you should choose before starting the game. In addition, be on the lookout for our in-depth beginner’s guide, which is coming soon. And if you’re eager to play the game, check out our PSA article highlighting when you can start playing. For all else, check out our roundup of all things Borderlands 3.

In our Borderlands 3 review, critic Jordan Ramee gave the game an 8/10 and said, “Borderlands 3 has a few stumbling blocks when it comes to bosses, but these fights are overshadowed by the game’s rewarding gunplay and over-the-top humor. The game’s character-driven narrative acts as a satisfying finale for the loot-shooter franchise, and the new mechanics and features–especially the reworked skill trees and weapon manufacturer effects–give you plenty of agency in how you want to play through it. If you’ve never been a fan of the franchise, it’s unlikely Borderlands 3 does enough things differently to change your mind, as the game best excels at continuing what the series has always done: deliver a humorous tall tale of misfits looting and shooting their way to heroism.”

Which gun are you hankering to get your hands on in Borderlands 3? Let us know in the comments below.

The Duc

A high-fire rate Jakobs pistol that shoots sticky grenades that explode upon reloading.

Moar Dayumned Wizzperer

A COV assault rifle with an alien Barrel fires a beam of irradiated death which explodes enemies.

Wagon Wheel

A high-fire rate Jakobs pistol.

Venomous Hornet

A DAHL pistol that’s ideal for close-range combat against armored targets.

Cloud Kill

A Powerful Maliwan SMG with a high fire rate and corrosive damage.

Double-Penetrating Vigorous Raisen’s Thorns

A Torgue pistol that’s ideal for mid-range combat against armored targets.

Ginormous Bangarang XL

A Tediore pistol that, when thrown, travels in a boomerang-like path that returns back to you in an arc–shooting every which way the entire time.

Double-Penetrating Occultist

A Torgue pistol that’s ideal for close-range combat against bandits.

Hazardous Sellout

A Maliwan pistol that allows Tyreen Calypso to monitor and playfully insult your performance.

Venomous Ripper

A DAHL submachine gun that deals more damage after it feeds on the blood of your victims.

Hazardous Trevonator

A Maliwan shotgun that’s ideal for close-range combat against armored targets.

Eridian Fabricator

An Eridian shotgun that allows you to create a never-ending supply of loot–provided you have the Eridium to spare.

Stuffed Quadamizer

A Torgue rocket launcher that fires a volley of radiation rockets, then corrosive rockets, and then incendiary rockets before having to reload; three types of damage for three times the fun.

Expert Storm

A Maliwan sniper rifle that creates storm clouds with its shots that can continue to shock surrounding enemies–so don’t worry about missing the headshot, just get close enough.

Smart-Gun XXL

A Tediore sub-machine gun that on reload is thrown at enemies and explodes like a grenade. However, if thrown onto the ground, it roams around on its own and fires at enemies until out of ammo.

Gettleburger

A Torgue rocket launcher that fires hamburgers with all the condiments. It does knockback damage but then explodes soon after, sending bandits flying.

The Killing Word

A COV pistol that fires sonic waves of doom that look cool but actually just do regular physical damage.

Porta-Pooper 5000

A COV rocket launcher that fires Irradiated “waste.”

Cloud Kill

A Maliwan submachine gun that doesn’t require much time to charge before firing.

Shocking 9-Volt

A Dahl SMG that fires a “V” pattern of sparking bullets.

Extreme Hangin’ Chadd

A COV pistol that doesn’t spend any ammo.

Dastardly Hand of Glory

A burst-fire Jakobs assault rifle whose bullets ricochets when getting critical hits.

Tamed Hail

A DAHL assault rifle that lobs bullets in an arc.

Check out a cooperative hunt against the fearsome Rajang from the showfloor of TGS 2019. Rajang releases as a free update to the Iceborne expansion on October 10. (Note: There is audio from the TGS showfloor in the background.)