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The Last of Us: Part 2 is about honoring Ellie, and Naughty Dog has made a point of implying she may be the only playable character. But in a new interview, Naughty Dog Vice President Neil Druckmann let slip that she’ll have someone else along for the ride.

“Well, so, Ellie used to be an NPC, but she’s the protagonist in this story, so the player is controlling Ellie. It’s safe to say with the game that we made in the past that there will be some NPC with you in this story, even though we’re not showing

in this demo,” Druckmann told Buzzfeed.

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Rocket League is the latest big-name game to join the Xbox Game Pass lineup.

Game director Scott Rudi made the announcement on Xbox Wire, adding that Rocket League DLC is discounted for Game Pass subscribers as well. Speaking of which, Psyonix is working on a Rocket Pass, which follows in the footsteps of Fortnite’s Battle Pass.

Last month, Xbox Game Pass added Fallout 4, The Division and The Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Unlimited.

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The first poster for Netflix’s upcoming Chilling Adventures of Sabrina has been released.

Showrunner Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa unveiled the one sheet on Twitter. It features Sabrina’s silhouette and her cat Salem Saberhagen against a red backdrop. Check out the image below.

Chilling Adventures of Sabrina poster, via Twitter.

While the series doesn’t have a premiere date yet, the poster does promise it will be coming soon. It will be a darker take on the property based on the Chilling Adventures of Sabrina graphic novel. The story will follow Sabrina starting her dark education as a sorceress while maintaining a normal life as a high school student.

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Magic: The Gathering publisher, Wizards of the Coast, has announced a Transformers TCG that digs “deep into Transformers lore.”

Hasbro and Wizards of the Coast have revealed their Transformers Trading Card Game, which will debut at San Diego Comic-Con next week ahead of its US release.

Described as a “fast, easy-to-learn action battling card game,” players will build a team made up of Transformer character cards that they can power up with “a customizable deck of battle cards,” that includes Action and Upgrade cards.

Both cards in the Booster Packs and character cards in the Autobots Starter Set are double the size of standard playing cards, and can be flipped to switch from ‘bot mode’ to ‘alt mode’.

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Netflix’s Extinction, directed by Ben Young, is an alien invasion movie with a prominent leading cast, starring Michael Pena (Ant-Man and the Wasp) and Lizzy Caplan (Cloverfield).

The story centers on Peter (Pena), who has a recurring dream about an otherworldly force invading earth. Unfortunately for Peter, his dream comes true, “and he’s gotta find an inner strength within himself in order to find a way to try and save his family,” according to Young.

You can watch the exclusive trailer for Extinction below:

In an interview with IGN, Young talked about what makes a good sci-fi movie and explained how Extinction stands out from similar films within the genre.

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In 2013, Super Mario 3D World’s ‘Adventures of Captain Toad’ challenges impressed Shigeru Miyamoto so much that he requested a full game be made out of them. Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker was released for Wii U a year later, comprising 68 intricate levels based on the Japanese tradition of hakoniwa, or miniature gardening. Here’s what we thought at the time:

“Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker is one of the smartest, most charming puzzle games of 2014. I’d also call it one of the best platformers of the year, except these characters can’t jump. It speaks volumes about Treasure Tracker’s wit and environment design that it completely strips us of the mobility powers that we’ve come to expect from a game set in the Super Mario universe and still provides lots of interesting puzzle options.”

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Code Vein, Bandai Namco’s vampire-based action RPG, has been delayed until 2019.

A press release from Bandai Namco states the release date for Code Vein has been pushed back to some time next year, even though the original September 2018 release date was only announced last month.

Herve Hoerdt, Vice President Marketing and Digital at Bandai Namco Entertainment Europe, says the delay is due to the desire to improve the game and exceed fan expectations after feedback from hands-on demos.

“Armed with knowledge of how well the game has already been received, we made the decision to postpone the release of Code Vein to further refine its gameplay in an effort to exceed the expectations fans already have of the title. It was a difficult decision to make, but we feel it is the correct one.”

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