Month: September 2020

It’s been a few weeks since WWE had back-to-back pay-per-view weekends. Now, with SummerSlam and Payback firmly in the rear-view mirror, it’s time for Clash of Champions, the one show each year where every championship title must be defended. At least, that’s what we keep hearing on WWE programming, although that certainly hasn’t always been the case.

This year’s Clash of Champions, like most WWE programming right now, will air live from the WWE Thunderdome located inside Orlando, Florida’s Amway Center on Sunday, September 27. If you still haven’t seen the massive set structure the company has built for its weekly Raw and Smackdown episodes, as well as PPVs, it’s time to check it out. The space is filled with video screens, pyro, and fans appearing in the audience via what is reminiscent of a giant Zoom call.

Below you’ll find the start times for Clash of Champions, plus all of the other information you’re going to want, from the final match card and how to watch the show, to come of GameSpot’s predictions.

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Crunchyroll’s fall lineup has been officially announced, featuring a ton of returning favorites and new shows. Chief among the most anticipated shows is the final season of Attack on Titan. In total, Crunchyroll is debuting 25 new or returning series for streaming, a bit of good news for fans who were saddened to see so many anime series delayed due to COVID-19’s impact on the Japanese anime industry.

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Attack on Titan’s final season will be animated by MAPPA, the same studio behind Yuri!!! on Ice. Dorohedoro’s Yuichiro Hayashi will direct, while Mob Psycho 100’s Hiroshi Seko is handling script duties.

Other returning series include Boruto: Naruto Next Generations, Black Clover, Case Closed, Digimon Adventure, Fire Force, Haikyuu!! to the Top, One Piece, Major Second, Healin’ Pretty Good Cure, Shadowverse, Golden Kamuy, IDOLiSH7: The Second Beat, Katana Maidens, That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime OAD 5, and Genie Family 2020.

Some notable new anime series include:

• Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? season 3.
• Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon: The long-awaited Inuyasha sequel series, following the daughters of Inuyasha and Sesshomaru. The series debuts on October 3.

• Iwakakeru – Sport Climbing Girls: A sports anime focused on a group of young women competing in the world of rock climbing.

The Crunchyroll Originals lineup, having experienced some solid success with The God of High School and Tower of God, continues with several new Originals series.

• Noblesse – Based on the Webtoon series of the same name, Noblesse tells the story of Cadis Etrama di Raizel, a caster who has awakened after 820 years of sleep, and then joins a high school. Expect plenty of battles fueled by superhuman abilities.
• Onyx Equinox: A young Aztec boy finds himself fighting as humanity’s champion during a battle between gods.
• Tonikawa: Over the Moon For You: A new married life comedy from the creator of Hayate the Combat Butler.

Crunchyroll’s new simulcast series for the fall include some recognizable creators.

• Burn the Witch: From Bleach creator Tite Kubo, this three-episode movie series premieres on October 1.
• Jujutsu Kaisen: Crunchyroll’s hot new Shonen Jump series. The synopsis for this one is a lot to digest, but the long and short of it is a young high school student named Yuki joins an occult research club who accidentally unseals a dangerous talisman, setting off a chain of events in which Yuji becomes the host of a powerful curse and must consume all of the curse’s fingers while attending a magic school. If that doesn’t scream Shonen, I don’t know what does.

• D4DJ First Mix: A new series based on the Bushiroad games.
• With a Dog AND a Cat, Every Day is Fun: A slice of life anime for those who felt like last year’s My Roommate is a Cat gave too much credit to felines.

Crunchyroll’s announcement adds that the streaming service will be announcing additional anime titles next week.

So what anime series, new or old, are you most excited for? Let us know in the comments.

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The new destination of Europa in Destiny 2‘s Beyond Light expansion is set to be different from any players have encountered in the game so far. The moon of Jupiter is a frozen frontier littered with ruins and secrets, and while you’ll wield some of that icy power in the new Stasis abilities, you’ll still have to contend with what the moon itself throws at you.

Bungie detailed some of what players can expect when they visit Europa in a blog post that discusses a new feature for the area: dynamic weather. Currently, weather in Destiny 2 pretty much exists for aesthetics. There are a few places where you’ll occasionally see things like rain when you enter an area, and the time of day is variable as you load into a public area on the various planets or on the Tower. On Europa, however, weather will be something you contend with–although Bungie says it won’t drastically change gameplay.

Europa is home to intense snowstorms, as Bungie explains, and new systems have been created for the destination to make it feel like a hostile environment. You’ll face those storms as you play, and they’ll arise dynamically while you explore; expect to see clear skies on Europa darken ominously in natural-feeling ways. Those snowstorms will drastically affect the look and feel of Europa, but they’ll go beyond aesthetic touches to cut visibility and make navigation difficult as you struggle to see what’s ahead of you, pick targets, and make out the silhouettes of distant landmarks. As Bungie writes in the post, you might want to bring a thermal scope to cut through the icy gale. You can already find guns with the occasional thermal scope in Destiny 2, but that might be a hint at what to expect from the weaponry you’ll find at the new destination as well.

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At Amazon’s hardware event, the online retailer announced new editions of the Echo smart speaker and several updates to the smaller Echo Dot. All of these devices sport new spherical designs and are available for preorder now. They’re slated for release on October 22.

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What’s new in these fourth-generation Echo devices? The spherical design is the most obvious change. Gone is the cylindrical case, replaced by an orb-like design that puts a bigger emphasis on the speaker. Amazon says the new Echo offers clear, rich sound that automatically adapts to where it’s placed in your room. Also, the light ring is now at the base of the device rather than on top.

They have a new built-in speech-recognition module that processes your Alexa requests locally, on the device itself. This means your request doesn’t have to travel the information superhighway before it can be processed. Amazon says this results in quicker response times for your requests. It also has a built-in smart home hub that’s compatible with Zigbee devices.

The new Echo and Echo Dot are available in your choice of three colors: charcoal black, glacier white, and twilight blue. There’s also a new Echo Dot with a built-in LED clock that’s available in white and black.

Finally, Amazon is updating the Echo Dot Kids Edition as well. The new model is available in spherical tiger or panda designs. They’re both pretty adorable. The Echo Dot Kids Edition comes with a year’s subscription to Amazon Kids+, which gets them access to kid-friendly audio books, interactive games, and other voice-related activities. It also includes a two-year warranty, so if your child destroys the Echo Dot, you can send it back for a free replacement.

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Everyone’s favorite spaceship pilot slash real-life aviation enthusiast Harrison Ford has been given the all-clear by the FAA the Federal Aviation Administration) to get flying again, says The Hollywood Reporter.

The decision comes after Ford ran into some trouble back in April for mistakenly crossing a runway in his small personal aircraft while another airplane was departing from the same runway at Hawthorne Airport in Los Angeles–though there was no danger of a crash.

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October is a month of scares and terrors, and Netflix has plenty of horror-related content coming in the upcoming month. Whether it’s straight-up horror or horror-comedy, there is something for everyone as 2020 begins to wind down. Check out the full list of releases to the streaming service below along with a few recommendations.

The biggest release in October on Netflix is none other than The Haunting of Hill House follow-up The Haunting of Bly Manor. Once again, Mike Flanagan will direct the new season, which should be just as scary as the first. The story follows Henry Wingrave as he hires a nanny to take cared of his orphaned niece and nephew, and of course, it all takes place in a spooky haunted house. The first trailer recently arrived, and there’s a lot of secret spooky moments in it.

If you’re looking for something a tad lighter and more fun, then maybe Hubie Halloween is up your alley. Releasing on October 7, the upcoming Adam Sandler film sees the comedic actor take on the part of Hubie Dubois, a man who spends each Halloween making sure his neighbors are safe. However, this year, Hubie is very suspicious about one of his neighbors. You can see the first trailer for the film here.

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While publisher Activision continues to tease Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War content, the company has revealed a new skin for Warzone cargo trucks that players can acquire for free.

The Iron Curtain Cargo Truck skin is available for all Warzone players to unlock via the Pawn Takes Pawn site, which is part of the Call of Duty ARG that has been drip-feeding Black Ops Cold War content for a while now. By heading to the site’s Invisible Truths page (and signing up for or creating a free account), players will then be prompted to input six different keycodes into the pop-up box. After entering the keycodes below, you’ll unlock an achievement and the redemption code for the Iron Curtain Cargo Truck.

Spawn Takes Spawn Invisible Truths Keycodes

• FUGAZIFILE
• BURNBAG
• INTELFIRE
• INFOHAX
• SHREDITALL
• GRIDSQUARE

YouTuber PrestigeIsKey performed the entire process and provided the above keycodes to make acquiring the Iron Curtain Cargo Truck easier. The full unlocking process is summarized below:

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