Month: September 2019

When tuning into Mayans MC, it’s not rare to see nods to Sons of Anarchy, the motorcycle club series it serves as a sequel to. Whether it’s characters pulled from the original series, updates on what’s happened to SAMCRO since Sons ended, or flashbacks to a time when Jax Teller (Charlie Hunnam) was still alive and well, there’s plenty for SOA fans to sink their teeth into. The following contains spoilers to the latest episode of Mayans MC.

In its new installment, Mayans included two Easter eggs that surely pulled at the heartstrings of fans. Both came late in the third episode of Season 2, “Camazotz.” The episode finds members of the Mayans traveling to Stockton, a former SOA stomping ground, to help a local chapter of their club following the death of a member. It also brought EZ (JD Pardo) and Angel (Clayton Cardenas) closer to SOA member Happy (David Labrava), who killed their mother years ago.

The Easter eggs begin when EZ passes a significant place in Sons of Anarchy history; the stretch of highway where Jax’s father John Teller was killed years before the show began. A mountain wall on the side of the road is marked with a simple “JT 11/13/93.”

At the conclusion of the episode, viewers get their second nod to the series that started it all. As Happy arrives home to a barking dog, he tells the canine, “Relax, Ope.” Fans of Sons of Anarchy will surely recognize that name as a nod to Opie Winston (Ryan Hurst), the fan-favorite character that was killed during the fifth season of SOA. In many ways, Opie was the heart of the show, and his death was the final straw in Jax slipping to the dark side of outlaw biker gang life once and for all.

Knowing Opie’s memory is being kept alive by Happy is good to see. Given how this episode ends, though–with EZ and Angel holding Happy at gunpoint–it casts some serious doubts on whether the SAMCRO Sergeant at Arms will be around much longer to care for his dog. Hopefully, someone else is willing to step in and continue giving Opie the care he deserves.

Mayans MC airs Tuesdays on FX.

There has been a lot of talk about a reboot of The Office, and now it appears to be one step closer to becoming a reality. NBCU boss Bonnie Hammer told Deadline plainly, “It is my hope and goal that we do an Office reboot.”

NBCU recently paid $500 million to take The Office away from Netflix and release it on its own streaming service, called Peacock, starting in 2021. Hammer said conversations are ongoing about bringing back The Office as a reboot, but it seems nothing is decided yet.

“The Office comes back to us in January 2021. It is my hope that we can figure what that great reboot would be,” Hammer said. “We are having conversations.”

There have been rumors and reports about a new version of The Office for years already. Actor Steve Carell, who starred on the show as the boss Michael Scott, flamed the rumor fires in an appearance on Saturday Night Live last year.

The Office, which was adapted from the Ricky Gervais BBC show of the same name, ran for nine seasons from 2005 to 2013. The American show was developed by Saturday Night Live and The Simpsons writer Greg Daniels, who recently teamed up with Carell for a new Space Force show for Netflix.

While no reboot of The Office has happened yet, two of the show’s stars are teaming up for what sounds like a can’t-miss podcast about the history of the show.

According to one report, the character Michael Scott won’t be in the reboot. Carell said in an interview that he thinks it’s a bad idea to bring back The Office. Not only should the show not come back, but it also might not work if it has a similar tone, he said.

“The climate’s different. I mean, the whole idea of that character, Michael Scott, so much of it was predicated on inappropriate behavior,” he said.

Those who play the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare beta and reach a certain level in it will get a free weapon for use in the game when it launches, Infinity Ward has announced.

Players who reach level 10 before the beta ends on September 23 will receive the Hammer shotgun in Modern Warfare at release. The weapon comes “fully customized” with a special pistol grip and a double-silenced short barrel. The foregrip is angled while the gun also is equipped with a holographic sight. Here’s what it looks like:

Infinity Ward also shared some new details on Modern Warfare’s Gunsmith system, which allows players to create customized weapons. Through in-game progress, players will be able to tweak their weapons in Gunsmith across nine categories, each of which has multiple configuration options.

Gunsmith Customization Categories:

• Stocks
• Lasers
• Optics
• Rear Grips
• Magazines
• Barrel
• Under Barrel
• Muzzles
• Perks

Players can further customize their weapons with unique mods like semi-auto and burst, among others. Check out the full blog post to learn more.

Modern Warfare’s first beta was held earlier this month on PlayStation 4, but everyone–across PS4, Xbox One, and PC–will get to try the game in an open beta starting September 19. The upcoming beta period introduces the massive-scale Ground War multiplayer mode, as well as the ability to compete against players on different platforms through cross-play for the first time.

For more on the upcoming Call of Duty: Modern Warfare beta, you can check out GameSpot’s rundown of everything you need to know about pre-loading, start times, and more.

With no Mini-map, Kill feed, or even hit markers, players of this new mode will have the bare-bones Team Deathmatch experience. Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare comes to PS4,, Xbox One, and PC on October 25th.

American rock band The Offspring will become the newest group to hold a concert inside of a video game. Wargaming has announced that the “Self Esteem” and “Pretty Fly For A White Guy” band will appear in World of Tanks from September 18 through October 7. Avatars based on the likenesses of the band members will perform on a virtual stage in the Garage, and you can bet they’ll perform some of their most famous songs.

“Animation of the band members’ avatars will be based on motion capture, which will be implemented in World of Tanks for the first time. Also, the tankers will be able to keep the rockers from The Offspring in the game’s client for good,” reads a line from Wargaming’s announcement.

The Offspring recently performed at the World of Tanks fan event Wargaming Fest: Tanker Day 2019, and you can see a dramatic image above that shows how many people turned up for the outdoor gig. The event itself, which was held in Minsk and also included gaming tournaments and more, attracted some 250,000 people from around the world, according to Wargaming.

The Offspring won’t be the first band to perform inside of a video game. Earlier this year, Korn played a gig inside the MMO Adventure Quest 3D and Marshmello performed inside Fortnite.

We ride through the forest on the Howling Moons level to defeat a 3 Headed Wolf with sweet rhythm and moves.

Greedfall is an enjoyable jaunt, but it follows its influences a little too closely and fails to engage with its narrative themes in any meaningful manner.

David Gaider, the veteran BioWare writer who spent nearly two decades at the company before leaving, has announced he’s starting a new studio. Together with former Obsidian developer Liam Esler, Gaider is heading up a brand-new Melbourne, Australia-based studio called Summerfall Studios. The studio’s first game is an “illustrated character-driven adventure” title.

The untitled game will be funded on Kickstarter, though neither a funding target nor other details were not announced. The campaign will go live on October 10 at 5:30 PM PT, timed with Gaider’s appearance at PAX Australia in Melbourne.

“Helmed by David Gaider and Liam Esler, Summerfall Studios will crush your dreams and tear out your heart… in the very best way,” reads a line from the game’s announcement.

An “exclusive preview” of the new game from Summerfall will be revealed next week ahead of PAX Aus in October.

Gaider will give the keynote address at PAX Aus. His speech is scheduled for 11:30 AM AEST on Friday, October 11, which is when the Kickstarter campaign is expected to go live. Presumably Gaider will dedicated a portion of his speaking time to talking about the new game.

Gaider left BioWare in January 2016 after 17 years with the studio. During his time at BioWare, Gaider worked on Baldur’s Gate 2, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, Neverwinter Nights, Dragon Age: Origins, Dragon Age 2, and Dragon Age: Inquisition. In 2015, Gaider left the Dragon Age team to work on a secret BioWare game that we still don’t know about.

Death Stranding still remains a bit of a mystery, but after years of trickled trailers and footage, things aren’t nearly as hazy any more. We got a massive taste of what its director Hideo Kojima thinks will start a new genre at Tokyo Game Show 2019, from its tiniest of details to the larger scope of the title’s gameplay.

We’ve rounded up every cinematic and trailer and collected every minute detail we could about the gameplay so far so you wouldn’t have to put every single one of the pieces together yourself. From E3, to Gamescom, to The Game Awards, and all the way to Tokyo Game Show, check out everything we noticed in the gallery bellow.

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