Month: January 2021

In April, Monster Hunter: World will be converted to tabletop when the Kickstarter for Monster Hunter World: The Board Game goes live.

The game will be a choose-your-own-adventure story where you and up to three other players will head off on a journey following the Scoutflies in search of resources and monsters that could be lurking anywhere. Traverse the steamy jungles of the Ancient Forest, or the fetid swamps of the Wildspire Wastes to advance your quest and see what secrets you can uncover.

Though details are yet to come, a set of Monster Hunter miniatures will be a part of the game. One of these minis isn’t quite so mini, standing at over a foot tall, though we don’t know which one quite yet. If you want to get in on these mini monsters, you can check out the pledge tiers being offered.

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As part of an effort to promote the NFL’s virtual Pro Bowl this year, EA Sports’ professional football game Madden NFL 21 is now free for a limited time.

The free play weekend started on January 28 and it runs through January 31. During this time, anyone on Xbox One or PS4, as well as PC, can download and play the full game until January 31. In addition, Madden 21’s Superstar Edition is 60% off.

EA historically discounts the newest Madden game around this time, hoping to piggyback on the increased level of interest in football in general due to the forthcoming Super Bowl.

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The LG CX OLED is the best 4K TV for PS5 and Xbox Series X, thanks to its gorgeous display, 4K resolution, and 120Hz refresh rate. The HDMI 2.1-capable 4K TV is expensive, but with all these things considered, it’s well worth your time and money. If you’re interested, there are a number of great deals that discount the price of the LG CX OLED, including one that comes with a free $400 gift card.

Amazon has the 65-inch LG CX OLED for $2,000–down from its regular price of $2,800. BuyDig has the same deal, but it also has the 77-inch LG CX OLED for $3,300 and it comes with a $400 Visa gift card. Amazon has the 77-inch LG CX OLED for $3,250 after a coupon, but it doesn’t come with a gift card or any other bonus. If you go with the Amazon deal, make sure to apply the coupon on the product page before checking out.

65-inch LG CX OLED

$2,000 (was $2,800)

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77-inch LG CX OLED

$3,300 + free $400 Visa gift card (was $5,000)

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77-inch LG CX OLED

$3,250 (was $5,000)

See at Amazon

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We’re nearing the end of Destiny 2‘s current content season, the Season of the Hunt, which means a bunch of new changes are on the way. Bungie is adjusting how it’ll dish out weekly rewards in the next season and returning some weapons and armor to the rotation to make past destinations and activities more enticing. And now we know that Destiny’s toughest multiplayer challenge, the Trials of Osiris, will get new rewards with the next season as well.

Bungie showed off new Trials of Osiris armor on Twitter with a few slick-looking teaser shots. It’s tough to get too good a look at it–there’s a lot of shadow in each of the shots to add some mystery–but it looks like the armor will be very different (and perhaps a lot darker) than the current armor offered in Trials of Osiris. The Trials event carries an Egypt theme (it’s all about the Destiny character Osiris, who’s named after the Egyptian god of the underworld), so expect that to continue with this armor. Take a look at the shots below.

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Actor Ryan Reynolds is doing his part to help raise awareness for mental health, and to make his point extra loudly, he revealed the plot for a version of Deadpool 3 we may never see.

Promoting the Bell Let’s Talk charity from Canada, Reynolds wrote on Twitter, “It’s critical to have open, honest, and healthy discussions around mental health. By retweeting [this tweet] you can make a difference. In case that’s not enough, before Disney bought Fox, Deadpool 3 was gonna be a road trip between Deadpool and Logan. Rashomon style. For real.”

January 28 was Bell Let’s Talk Day, a day when Canadians and other people around the world come together to help raise awareness for mental health issues. The charity campaign this year, which also included the funny Michael Buble video below, raised nearly $8 million for Canadian mental health charities.

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Horror fans looking for something to play this weekend should check out The Medium, a brand-new game from Bloober Team that released this week. If you have Xbox Game Pass, you can play it for free on Xbox Series X|S and PC. But if you don’t have Game Pass, you can grab The Medium at a discount for PC right now at Green Man Gaming. The Medium is on sale for $38.24 until February 2, and while you’re scooping it up, you may also want to lock in your preorder for Resident Evil Village at a discount. Both of these games are Steam keys.

In The Medium, you play as a woman named Marianne who has the power to enter the spirit realm. It earned a 9/10 in our The Medium review for its clever puzzles, engaging narrative, and fantastic presentation. “Eventually The Medium’s narrative threads begin to weave together, even connecting to the original goal of discovering Marianne’s origins,” editor Jordan Ramée wrote. “The promise that everything somehow connects in some unforeseen and fascinating way is a thrilling reason to see the game all the way through.”

The Medium

$38.24 (was $50)

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Resident Evil Village

$49.19 (was $60) w/ code PAYYAY

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McDonald’s appears to be preparing another round of Pokemon Happy Meals, just in time for the pocket monsters’ 25th anniversary celebration. The promotion hasn’t been formally announced but fans appear to have snapped photos of a leaked display.

The fan account PokeJungle shared the photo from Twitter user PkmnTrainerAbel, which shows a display with some of the collectibles. According to PkmnTrainerAbel, the Happy Meal promotion begins on February 9. With your meal you’ll get four collectible cards (out of a possible 25) along with some other goodies like card sleeves and stickers.

McDonald’s has teamed up with Nintendo for themed Happy Meals before, including Pokemon. The most recent set in 2019 also included cards, along with backpack clips of classic Pokemon like Pikachu, Eevee, and Lapras. McDonald’s has also offered toy sets revolving around Mario games.

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This week on Wrestle Buddies, GameSpot’s professional wrestling podcast, Chris E. Hayner and Mat Elfring are reliving the glory days of the Attitude Era with a look back at the time WWE and WCW almost had a crossover–sort of. There’s also a special guest stopping by to declare his spot in the Royal Rumble match, though he has no business doing so.

First, we go back to 1998 to study the DX “invasion” of WCW, which was less of an invasion and more of three guys making dirty jokes and driving around in a jeep they called a tank. Do you remember the part where they tried to break into an office park? Because we sure do.

Then, the Smackdown Hacker is back and on a mission. This time, instead of simply hijacking the show, he’s a guest that’s declaring his entry into the 2021 Royal Rumble match. No, he’s not a WWE wrestler–or any kind of wrestler. He also doesn’t want a championship match or to go to Wrestlemania. Why would that stop him, though?

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For the week of December 21-27, it’s not a shock to learn that Wonder Woman 1984’s debut has proven to be a mighty powerhouse strong enough to overtake even Soul, Pixar’s latest, according to Nielsen’s streaming ratings (via The Wrap). Nielsen’s has data indicating that WW84 clocked a total of 2.3 billion minutes of viewing on HBO Max, beating holiday-release neighbor Soul, which logged around 1.6 billion of minutes on Disney+.

Content from HBO Max, Peacock, Apple TV+, and other various streaming services are not yet included in the Nielsen ratings, so this is an interesting insight, to say the least–but unsurprising given how well-received Wonder Woman 1984 was after tons of delays. Wonder Woman 1984 obviously fell short of its original intended release date of summer 2020, but it didn’t dampen the audience’s passion for the sequel.

“The impact of Wonder Woman 1984 on HBO Max cannot be understated,” Andy Forssell, executive vice president and general manager of HBO Max, said in a statement. “As was announced on Wednesday during our earnings and as this Nielsen data shows, it was a huge holiday gift to the consumer at a time when they wanted and needed it. This partnership with Warner Bros. of course continues throughout the year but it began with Wonder Woman’s arrival on Christmas Day to great success.”

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