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10. October 2017

All The Overwatch Halloween Terror 2017 Skins And Weapons

It’s October, and with Halloween approaching, Blizzard is marking the occasion with a new Overwatch event. Halloween Terror 2017 is now underway, and that means new skins are available for a limited time.

Like last year’s event, Halloween Terror replaces the standard Loot Box with a special themed one. This allows you to get the exclusive Halloween Terror 2016 cosmetics in addition to more than 50 new ones. Among them are a variety of skins, including Legendary ones for Ana, McCree, Zenyatta, and Symmetra. You can check out all of the new skins currently up for grabs in the gallery above.

In addition to simply offering new cosmetics, there’s also a new way to play. 2016’s Junkenstein’s Revenge event has made a return; this co-op, Horde-style mode has players facing off against waves of AI-controlled enemies. A new endless option this year allows you to see just how many waves your team of four can make it through. Leaderboards will track your progress and allow players to compete for the top spot.

Halloween Terror 2017 is now underway on PC, PS4, and Xbox One. It runs until November 2 on all platforms.

Corsair Ana

Van Helsing McCree

Jiangshi Mei

Dracula Reaper

Dragon Symmetra

Viking Torbjorn

Totally ’80s Zarya

Cultist Zenyatta

10. October 2017

Rise Of The Tomb Raider Looks Gorgeous On Xbox One X

One of the many games that will be enhanced on Xbox One X is Rise of the Tomb Raider, the acclaimed sequel to Crystal Dynamics’ Tomb Raider reboot. We got a chance to see the title running on Microsoft’s new console at New York Comic-Con, and it looks stunning in person.

Like other Xbox One X-enhanced games, Rise of the Tomb Raider will receive a slate of visual and performance improvements when played on an Xbox One X. The game boasts three different visual modes. Native 4K offers the highest fidelity resolution, while Enriched Visual mode is something of an in-between option; while it doesn’t offer true 4K, it still looks amazing and runs at 30 FPS. Those who favor performance can choose High Frame Rate mode, which bumps the gameplay up to 60 FPS at a slight dip in visuals compared to the other two settings.

We captured 12 minutes of footage of Rise of the Tomb Raider running on Xbox One X, which you can watch above. The demo we got to play took us through an early portion of the game and showcased the three different visual modes, which you can freely switch between while playing the title.

Rise of the Tomb Raider originally launched for Xbox One in 2015 and was subsequently released for PC and PS4. Those who already own a copy of the title will be able to download a free update on November 7–the day the Xbox One X launches worldwide–that adds all of the Xbox One X enhancements.

10. October 2017

Destiny’s Shaxx Actor Told Us His Favorite Unreleased Line From The Crucible

Destiny and Destiny 2‘s Shaxx–the Crucible master who cheers us on, celebrates our victories, and laments our losses in multiplayer matches–has become increasingly more ridiculous as the game’s evolved. Some have even compared his often lengthy monologues marveling at players’ greatest accomplishments to Shakespearean epics.

Turns out that wasn’t far off the mark. The actor behind Shaxx, Lennie James, revealed to GameSpot a line of dialogue he recorded for Shaxx that’s never been heard, and it’s straight out of Romeo and Juliet.

“My relationship to the game is that every few months, whichever city I am in in the world, I get a telephone call saying ‘[Bungie] would like to lock you in a room for four hours and have you speak a lot of lines that you have no idea the relevance of,'” James told us while discussing his role in Blade Runner 2049.

“This time last week, I was just about to go into the studio to do another three-hour session for another add-on that they’re bringing out for Destiny 2 in the next few months,” he continued.

When we asked him what his favorite Shaxx line of all is, he surprised us by reciting one that’s never been heard.

“There is one where he kind of quotes Shakespeare,” James said. “‘But soft! What light through yonder window breaks? It is the East, and I–I am the Crucible.'”

The literary nerds out there will recognize that as a nearly direct quote from Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet: “But soft! What light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun.” It’s totally something Shaxx would say, although with the way game development works, it might also never make it into the game at all.

“That was quite good fun,” James said. “[Shaxx] has become a little bit full of himself!”

James is open about the fact that he’s not a gamer and has little idea what Destiny is actually about. That makes it even funnier for him when he goes in the booth to record all of Shaxx’s over-the-top lines of dialogue.

“Each time I go in the room, I get an update on how popular Lord Shaxx is and how popular the Crucible part of the game is becoming,” he said. “I’m constantly staggered by how many Destiny fans there are out there and, you know, strangely, I do really enjoy being Lord Shaxx. It’s a fun three hours of talking to myself.”

10. October 2017

Overwatch Halloween Terror Event Now Live, Here Are The New Skins

It’s October, and that means it’s time for video games to begin celebrating Halloween. Blizzard is one developer known for always hosting special in-game events to mark the occasion, and Overwatch‘s recently announced Halloween Terror event is now live, introducing a wealth of new items to obtain.

Blizzard revealed a pair of skins when it first announced the event, and three more were subsequently leaked. With the event now live, we’ve gotten a look at everything it has to offer, including Torbjorn and Ana skins. These will be available through a limited-time event Loot Box, which contains more than 140 cosmetic items, including skins, voice lines, emotes, highlight intros, and more. This features a mixture of 50-plus new items, as well as returning ones from last year. You can see a selection of new and returning cosmetics below, or head to our gallery to see all the new Overwatch Halloween Terror 2017 skins.

Halloween Terror runs from now through November 2. It also brings back the Junkenstein’s Revenge co-op event, where players take on waves of AI-controlled enemies in a Horde-style mode. For this year, a new endless option is available with accompanying leaderboards to track who can make it through the most waves.

All of this is available for free to players on PC, PS4, and Xbox One. Of course, you can also buy Loot Boxes to get your hands on more items; these cosmetics are only available for the duration of the event, though they’ll presumably return once again next year.

10. October 2017

Legends Of Tomorrow Season 3 Trailer: Kid Flash And Gorilla Grodd Are Coming

Are you ready to step back aboard the Waverider and see how Legends of Tomorrow is going to screw up time this year? A sizzle reel for Season 3 has been released ahead of the premiere and it gives away a lot of the surprises the series has in store.

When Season 2 ended, it was with the time-traveling misfit Legends arriving back in modern day, only to realize they’ve changed the timeline so much that dinosaurs are still terrorizing the planet. Now they have to fix everything they’ve broken. Unfortunately, it won’t be that easy.

The Legends have seemingly been replaced. Rip Hunter (Arthur Darvill) is back, but this time with his new team, the Time Bureau. “Your services are no longer required,” he tells Sara Lance (Caity Lotz) and the rest of the Legends, as his new by-the-book crew sets out to correct the mistakes in the timeline. Don’t expect them to simply back down in the face of Hunter’s arrival, though.

Instead, based on the sizzle reel, they’re going to get into bigger adventures than ever before and further prove why this is the most fun TV series set in the DC universe. Whether it’s joining the circus, fighting vampires, or landing in the middle of the Vietnam War, nothing if off-limits for Legends of Tomorrow.

What’s more, Season 3 will bring some very familiar faces to fans into the fold. Not only is Damien Darhk (Neal McDonough) returning as one of the year’s villains, he will be joined by Gorilla Grodd–making the jump to the show from The Flash. Captain Cold (Wentworth Miller) will also be back and, based on this trailer, even Kid Flash (Keiynan Lonsdale) is making an appearance.

Once character missing from the trailer that has been confirmed to appear at some point in Season 3 is John Constantine (Matt Ryan). This will be the second time Ryan, who played the role on NBC’s Constantine, will bring the master of the occult to The CW. He last appeared during Season 4 of Arrow and will also star in an animated series on the CW Seed streaming platform.

Legends of Tomorrow premieres Tuesday, October 10, at 9 PM on The CW.

10. October 2017

All The Overwatch Halloween Terror 2017 Skins And Weapons

Halloween Terror 2017 is now underway on PC, PS4, and Xbox One. It runs until November 2 on all platforms.

Corsair Ana

Van Helsing McCree

Jiangshi Mei

Dracula Reaper

Dragon Symmetra

Viking Torbjorn

Totally ’80s Zarya

Cultist Zenyatta

10. October 2017

Hulu’s Future Man: Pilot Review

Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg’s Hulu comedy about a first-person shooter come to life is expectedly gross, but often very funny.

10. October 2017

Shadow of War: 5 Essential Skills to Get Early

In Shadow of War, Talion will have to quickly re-learn many of his old Skills from the previous game, Shadow of Mordor, along with plenty of new skills and upgrades for each of the main skills. As enticing as the upgrades are, you’ll really want to focus on getting certain skills early on in the game, which will require going down the line of skills in each tree to get the best ones. While all of the skills are important in their own way, our Shadow of War Wiki writers have compiled 5 Essential Skills you should get as soon as possible.

10. October 2017

Vin Diesel Doesn’t Blame Dwayne Johnson For Fast & Furious 9 Postponement

Vin Diesel has responded to the controversy surrounding Fast & Furious 9, saying on Instagram that “it’s unfair” to blame anybody for the next film in the immensely-popular franchise being postponed until 2020.

Specifically, Diesel was replying to costar Tyrese Gibson, who took a shot at Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, blaming Johnson for the postponement.

This is not the first controversy to arise since Johnson joined the franchise as Luke Hobbs in Fast Five. In the past, there have been rumors about Johnson and Diesel not seeing eye to eye. However, despite this fact, Diesel has come to the defense of Johnson in this moment.

10. October 2017

The Top 25 South Park Characters

South Park has given us a ridiculous amount of memorable characters. But which are the cream of the crop?