Month: October 2019

Season 10 of Fortnite is now slated to end on October 13, after Epic extended it by an additional week, and it appears this season will go out with a bang. Ahead of Season 11, countdown timers have started to pop up all over the island, suggesting a big world-changing event is taking place in the battle royale game this weekend.

The timers can be seen on TV screens across the island, as well as above the rocket at Dusty Depot. As of this writing, there are six days remaining in the countdown, which would mean it’s set to expire on October 13, the day Season 10 now ends.

Epic typically ushers in each new season of Fortnite with some kind of world-changing event, so it’s no surprise that one is on the way ahead of Season 11, but it’s unclear what exactly this event will entail. However, many fans are speculating that it will lead to an entirely new map next season, as dataminers have recently discovered a list of new locations within the game’s code.

While there are still many questions lingering around Season 11, we do know the next season will add bots to the game. As part of its matchmaking changes to Fortnite, Epic confirmed it will add AI-controlled opponents to the game to help players hone their skills; the better players become, the fewer bots will appear in their matches. However, the matchmaking changes have raised concerns because players from different platforms are now matched together, potentially giving those on certain platforms an advantage.

With Season 11 on the horizon, now’s your last chance to complete any remaining challenges from this season. Epic will also be rolling out a set of Overtime challenges beginning October 8. If you need help finishing up any tasks from this season, be sure to check out our complete Fortnite Season 10 challenges guide.

The sequel to 2009’s Zombieland may have taken 10 years to make, but the main cast for the October 18 movie, titled Zombieland: Double Tap, is back. But they’re not the only people returning in the new red band trailer. Bill Murray makes an appearance as well. Check it out below.

The movie continues the adventures of Tallahassee (Woody Harrelson), Columbus (Jesse Eisenberg), Wichita (Emma Stone), and Little Rock (Abigail Breslin) as they traverse the zombie-infested American landscape. This time around, they’re are some new people joining them including Madison (Zoey Deutch), Nevada (Rosario Dawson), and Albuquerque (Luke Wilson), who may or may not be related to Tallahassee.

Bill Murray does appear in the red band trailer, doing an interview with Al Roker. If you remember in the original film, the main characters ended up at Murray’s estate during the apocalypse, and found Murray in zombie makeup, just hanging out. Tallahassee and Wichita decided to play a joke on Columbus and Little Rock and Murray went into the screening room where they were watching a movie to scare them. However, Columbus grabbed his shotgun and put a hole in Murray’s chest, killing him. More than likely, Murray isn’t back from the dead in Double Tap. This is probably just an old interview someone found.

We’ll learn more when Zombieland: Double Tap comes to theaters on October 18, and hopefully, we’ll get to see another one in the series because Emma Stone has a pretty fun idea for a third film.

As winter approaches and two big Star Wars properties–Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order and Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker–get closer to their release dates, a new line of Star Wars-licensed cookware has been announced.

If you can’t get enough of the franchise, French cookware manufacturer Le Creuset has you covered with its official Star Wars collection. Shipping on November 1, two weeks before Jedi Fallen Order’s November 15 launch, Le Creuset has a variety of cooking products ranging from $20 USD all the way up to $450 USD, all branded and colored in designs iconic to the Star Wars mythos.

Le Creuset also has a special edition item on sale for a limited time. The round Dutch oven, hand-painted to look like the desert planet of Tatooine complete with its two sunsets, will be in “extremely limited numbers” because of its “hand-made nature.” It’s priced at $900 USD and you can sign-up to purchase it on Le Creuset’s official website.

Respawn Entertainment, the developer behind the hotly anticipated Jedi Fallen Order, released a new trailer during Triple Force Friday last month. We broke down everything in the trailer, which focused on the villains and the challenges protagonist Cal Kestis will face when Jedi Fallen Order launches on November 15 for PC, PS4, and Xbox One.

With the reveal of Dark Rey in Episode IX, the question of “who she even is” lingers in the midst of this new Star Wars trilogy. Before The Rise of Skywalker lands in theatres on December 20, we had the opportunity to chat with co-writer Chris Terrio about the new movie, Rey, the Force, and her connection to it all.

A great Switch bundle is on sale at Rakuten right now, but only for short time. From now until this Wednesday, October 9, you can snag the handheld-only Switch Lite (any color) bundled with Link’s Awakening, a gorgeous remake of the 1993 Game Boy classic, for only $219 plus tax. A Switch Lite goes for $200 on its own, and Link’s Awakening is a full-price $60 game, so you’ll save a full $41 here. That’s an excellent deal on two brand-new, first-party Nintendo products.

To get the discount, select your preferred console color and add the bundle to your cart. You’ll be prompted to sign in or create a free Rakuten account. When you get to the payment step during checkout, use promo code NWD41, which will slash $41 off the price.

See Switch Lite / Link’s Awakening bundle at Rakuten

It’s worth mentioning there’s also another coupon, SAVE15, that’ll slash 15% off any product sitewide (you can’t combine it with the other promo code above). This deal is also a limited-time offer, available now through Tuesday, October 8, but it notably includes Link’s Awakening. The game is discounted to $54 already, and with the additional 15% off, you’ll pay only $45.90. If you’re not interested in picking up the Switch Lite but want the game, here’s a nice alternative.

See Link’s Awakening at Rakuten

Rakuten has plenty of other games and systems for not only Nintendo Switch but also PS4, Xbox One, and PC, so be sure to check out those deals while the SAVE15 promotion is going on.

The Ryan Reynolds comedy Free Guy will feature Ninja and several other popular streamers. Plus, the first poster for the film has been revealed at New York Comic Con.

Footage of an official Blizzard interview with a Hong Kong-based professional Hearthstone player has been taken offline after the player expressed support for the protests in Hong Kong.

InvenGlobal first reported that Ng Wai “blitzchung” Chung expressed his support of the protests while being interviewed by the official Taiwanese Hearthstone organization following his win against South Korean player Jang “DawN” Hyun Jae on October 6.

During the interview, Chung wore a face mask on camera. It was a reference to the government-issued ban on wearing face masks while protesting, something Hong Kong protestors have been doing to protect their identities.

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Remedy’s Control is a game about recognizing our inability to have a firm grip on an indifferent universe, yet reaching out to grab it anyway. It is a game about items closely connected with our world but which are still off: Something gnaws at the edges of what we know, scratches at the corners of what we can know, and whispers of a layer of brutality and cold indifference we refuse to acknowledge blankets all existence.

It is a game about existential dread, and this constant awareness of that which we can never grasp is central to the weird and the ‘New Weird’ subgenre of horror. The dread father of the genre, HP Lovecraft, gave this particular type of weirdness a definition and distinction from other brands of horror. For Lovecraft, the true weird tale was more than merely “bloody bones, or a sheeted form clanking chains.” It had to do with the creation of the inexplicable, the realisation of constant dread, the nagging notion of “unknown forces”.

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We’re only a week away from CD Projekt RED doing what most probably assumed was impossible: porting The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt to the Switch. The Witcher 3: Complete Edition hits Nintendo’s platform on October 15, but if you’d like to save some money, you can pre-order prior to that for $10 off on Amazon.

The Witcher 3: Complete Edition – $50 ($60)

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The Witcher 3: Complete Edition includes everything that’s been released for CD Projekt RED’s huge RPG. That means Switch players will be able to play the full Wild Hunt campaign, in addition to the Hearts of Stone and Blood and Wine expansions. It also comes with 16 DLC packs, which include content like quests, contracts, and armour, in addition to cosmetics like new beards and hair.

Additionally, the Switch port comes with stickers, a world map, and a compendium for The Witcher universe. The physical version also includes everything on a single Switch card, so you won’t need to download anything to enjoy it.

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt received one of GameSpot’s few 10/10 scores. In our The Witcher 3 Review, critic Kevin Van Ord called it “one of the best role-playing games ever crafted, a titan among giants and the standard-setter for all such games going forward.”

“Where the Witcher 2 sputtered to a halt, The Witcher 3 is always in a crescendo,” he wrote. “But while the grand clashes are captivating, it is the moments between conflicts, when you drink with the local clans and bask in a trobairitz’s song, that are truly inspiring.”

EA is experiencing a server outage impacting some of its online games including FIFA 20, Battlefield 5, and Apex Legends. In a tweet, the company said it is aware of connectivity problems with its games and is working to address them.

In a follow-up, the company also said some users may be experiencing issues with contacting its help resources, which could prevent players from sending reports. That could be a byproduct of users attempting to send reports, especially since games like FIFA are top sellers in some regions.

The nature of the outage is unknown. Apex Legends players, at least, appear to be getting an error code 100 or 103, which prevents users from signing in to their EA account.