Month: November 2019

Frugal Nintendo fans know pain and suffering all too well. They know deep in their hearts that they’ll almost always be disappointed by the sale prices on first-party games. More than any other game publisher, Nintendo is stubborn with its pricing, keeping $60 price points years after other publishers would be offering their games on sale for $20. That said, right now you can grab games like Super Mario Maker 2, Zelda: Breath of the Wild, and more for their lowest prices ever. Here’s what’s on sale.

Nintendo Switch Games for 25% Off or More

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Gaming phones are great for giving power users top end silicon and screens for their “hardcore” mobile gaming, but they can be pretty costly. Which is exactly why I’ve always liked Xiaomi’s Black Shark line of gaming phones. You get a handset that’s just as powerful as the Asus ROG Phone or Razer Phone 2, but at a much lower price.

The Black Shark 2 (See it at Walmart) builds on the value of its predecessor, introducing more powerful specs plus an even longer lasting battery for just $529. Although it doesn’t feature fancy functions like the ROG Phone 2’s Air Triggers or a 120Hz display, this is still a great gaming phone for most people. While the Black Shark 2 has been succeeded by the Black Shark 2 Pro, Xiaomi’s latest gaming phone seems to be very elusive and rarely seen on available anywhere compared to this older model.

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A new datamine has potentially revealed that Infinity Ward may be planning to add up to 38 new maps to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare.

As reported by GamesRadar, a data miner named Senescallo on Reddit posted a list of these maps alongside images that include some fan favorites from Call of Duty’s past.

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The Witcher showrunner, Lauren Hissrich, has said that she has seven seasons worth of narrative progression planned for the upcoming Netflix fantasy show.

Talking to SFX magazine for issue 320 (via PCGamesN), Hissrich said “I’ve

for seven seasons. Right now it’s just about, ‘how do you set up stories that really capture audiences for years at a time?’”

“The worst thing we could do is put all of our energies just into season one, and not be thinking about where these characters can grow to,” she added.

The Witcher is an adaptation of Andrzej Sapkowski’s books, and so the numerous short stories and five novels of the Witcher ‘Pentalogy’ will no doubt serve as the narrative basis of those seven seasons. But just how those are presented as a TV show, per season and per episode, is down to Hissrich. Presumably her plan consists of a chosen a path through those stories that will work well for a TV show.

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If you’re streaming or podcasting with the built-in mic on your headset, or worse, the mic on your webcam or built into your laptop, it doesn’t have to be this way. The sound quality is bad. People notice. Do yourself, and your audience, a favor and upgrade to a dedicated microphone. Blue mics are on Amazon’s deal of the day today as part of its Logitech sale, so you can save some cash on a great sounding mic like the Blue Yeti or Blue Nano.

Blue Nano USB Mic Deal: 30% Off

Smaller and more compact, the Nano has all the quality Blue is known for. It’s also cheaper than its bigger sibling, but you do give up a few of the more flexible features of the Yeti. If you’re just looking for a personal microphone for use in podcasts and streaming, this is a fantastic choice.

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Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare PS4 Pro Bundle (PS4) for £299

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Michael Douglas has seemingly confirmed that he will be reprising his role as Dr. Hank Pym in Ant-Man 3, as he recently revealed filming is scheduled to commence in January 2021.

Douglas, who played Scott Lang’s friend and mentor in Ant-Man and Ant-Man and the Wasp, appeared to acknowledge his return to the franchise in an interview with Collider, in which he admitted that principal photography on the threequel was set to start in just over a year from now.

“The Marvel world has really been a blast!” the actor told the outlet. “I love them, I’m having a great time. We’re starting a third

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The latest trailer for the new Guilty Gear shows off two more characters who are coming back for this upcoming release.

The game, which was revealed during Evo 2019 with a trailer featuring Sol Badguy and Ky Kiske, has been slowly unveiling its cast across a series of trailers. We found out that May is returning to the series not long after its initial reveal, as well as Axl Low. Now, in anticipation of a playable demo popping up at fighting tournament Arcrevo America 2019, two more fighters have been revealed.

First up is Chipp Zanuff, who appeared in the first game in the series as well as numerous sequels. He carries an arm-blade, as well as various ninja tools, such as a kunai and shuriken. He’s looking extremely jacked, and he’ll be able to divide himself up and attack as multiple copies of himself.

Potempkin is also shown off for the first time in this trailer. He’s another character who originated in the first Guilty Gear, and while he might look like a robot there’s actually a person under all that armor. Based on this trailer, it looks like he’ll have a lot of range with his attacks, although his size could also make him an easy target.

The most recent game in the Guilty Gear series, Guilty Gear Xrd: Rev 2, released in 2017. The final name for the new Guilty Gear has not yet been announced, but it will release on PlayStation 4.

Disney CEO Bob Iger has clarified his comments about how the company released too many Star Wars movies too quickly following its acquisition of the franchise in 2012.

He doubled down on this in an interview with BBC Radio 1, but clarified that he wasn’t disappointed by any of the releases critically or commercially.

“I have said publicly that I think we made and released too many Star Wars films over a short period of time,” he said (via Gizmodo). “I have not said that they were disappointing in any way. I’ve not said that I’m disappointed in their performance. I just think that there’s something so special about a Star Wars film, and less is more.”

After acquiring the Star Wars franchise from George Lucas in 2012, Disney released its first new Star Wars movie in 2015 with The Force Awakens. Since then, Disney has released one new film, including mainline entries and spinoffs, ever year, and this continues in 2019 with The Rise of Skywalker in December.

In September 2018, Iger first spoke about how Disney released too many Star Wars movies too fast. He owned up to the decision–“I take the blame,” he said. Looking to the future, Iger said Star Wars fans can “expect some slowdown” as it comes to releasing Star Wars movies.

Not all of the Star Wars movies have been successes commercially. The Force Awakens made $2 billion and The Last Jedi pulled in $1.33 billion, but Han Solo-focused spinoff, Solo: A Star Wars Story, made $392 million globally. That was the lowest-ever box office for a non-animated Star Wars movie, and the film ended up losing money, according to reports. The other recent spinoff, Rogue One, made $1.056 billion.

The Rise of Skywalker wraps up the Skywalker Saga that began in 1977, and it’s unknown at this stage how the series will move forward after it. The Last Jedi director Rian Johnson is making an all-new Star Wars trilogy to come at some point in the future. Game of Thrones showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss were set to produce their own trilogy of Star Wars films, but they exited the trilogy due to commitments related to their other Netflix projects.

No other Star Wars movies have been announced. The Obi-Wan TV series for Disney+ was originally set to be a movie before it was changed to be a TV show. Another upcoming Star Wars TV show is The Mandalorian, which stars Game of Thrones actor Pedro Pascal; it premieres when Disney+ launches on November 12. Yet another Star Wars TV show, a prequel to Rogue One focusing on Cassion Andor (Diego Luna), is also in development.

As for the Star Wars video game franchise, Apex Legends developer Respawn is launching Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order on November 15 for PS4, Xbox One, and PC. A new Lego Star Wars game, Lego: The Skywalker Saga, is also in the works.