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The next-gen floodgates have opened, and we now finally know the price and release date of the PlayStation 5. The system will launch on November 12, but the launch line-up isn’t huge. However, you’ll be able to play various PlayStation 4 games on the system from launch, and it sounds like backwards compatibility will run deeper than we initially thought.

In an interview with The Washington Post, Sony Interactive Entertainment president and CEO Jim Ryan said that backwards compatibility has been tested with “thousands” of games, and that most of them work. In fact, the figure he gives is “99 percent,” meaning that it will be rare for a PS4 game to not work on Sony’s new console.

Sony initially confirmed that the PS5 will be able to run most of the “top 100” PS4 games, but later said that the system will support an “overwhelming majority” of PS4 games. 99% is certainly an overwhelming majority.

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Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War is poised to be one of 2020’s biggest games, and it’s also notable because it’s the first Call of Duty game for the PS5 and Xbox Series consoles.

CharlieIntel reports that Black Ops Cold War will release on November 13 for PS5/Digital PS5 and Xbox Series X/S. That date was already announced for the PS4, Xbox One, and PC editions of the military shooter, and now we know it also applies to the next-gen editions.

A new campaign mission from Black Ops Cold War was shown during the PS5 event, and we also learned a little more about how the game will use the console’s new features. Specifically, Black Ops Cold War will make use of the DualSense controller to provide haptic feedback to help you “feel the impact of every pulse-pounding move and explosion in your hands.” The game also uses Tempest 3D AudioTech to make the game sound better.

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The much-anticipated remake of Demon’s Souls is now available to preorder. Bluepoint’s rendition of From Software’s PS3 classic is set to launch alongside the PS5 on November 12, and if you want to play it on release day, you can preorder a copy ahead of time.

During the recent PS5 showcase event, Sony gave us our first look at Demon’s Souls gameplay. It showed off the very first area you play through, with what appears to be no loading times between warps. It all looks similar to the original game but with much more detailed visuals and in 4K accompanied by 60 frames per second. We see the player take on the area’s enemies and then finish off with the Vanguard demon boss–and just like the first game requires, they die. From there we see a montage of different areas and enemies.

Some next-gen games will cost $70 instead of this generation’s typical $60. This happens to be the case with Demon’s Souls as well. The PlayStation Store’s listing isn’t live yet, so we can’t compare the price digitally, but we don’t expect the prices to differ.

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In the ’80s and ’90s, a lot of things were turned into cartoons. We saw a long list of animated shows based on live-action movies and more than a few that existed simply to sell toys. One interesting subgenre you might not remember, though, is when an animated series would age down an established set of fictional characters. All of a sudden, characters you were used to seeing as adults were portrayed as children on another show.

It happened more often than you may think and, honestly, some of the properties that did this to squeeze a little extra money out of their intellectual property may surprise you. At the end of the day, they all had something that made them entertaining enough to stick to the back of our minds.

Let’s jump in the time machine and revisit 18 of the absolute best animated shows that age-flipped characters you knew and love–and maybe a couple you were downright terrified of. Also, make sure to check out our list of movies that were based on beloved cartoons. He-Man, eat your heart out.

1. The Tom and Jerry Kids Show

It’s not that Tom and Jerry Kids was a bad show, it was actually pretty good. However, the most memorable thing about it is its fantastic theme song. The series also included a kid version of Droopy Dog, in addition to little Tom and Jerry.

2. Muppet Babies

This is easily the most beloved and iconic example of this trend. Jim Henson’s Muppets were portrayed as babies when they became a cartoon–complete with onesies, baby talk, and a parental figure named Nanny that was only ever shown from the legs down. Muppet Babies is hands-down one of the best cartoons of the 1980s. What’s more, the recent reboot on Disney Channel is also quite fun, even if it doesn’t cast tiny versions of your favorite Muppets in movie franchises like Star Wars and Indiana Jones.

3. A Pup Named Scooby-Doo

This was another show with a very memorable theme, though it’s a confusing one. A Pup Named Scooby-Doo first debuted in 1988, and yet its theme sounds like a doo-wop song from the ’50s. Regardless, this show is a blast as a young Scooby gang hunts monsters and solves mysteries, and of course, feeds the titular dog Scooby Snacks to keep him motivated.

4. Flintstone Kids

Flintstone Kids was good, but what makes this entry on the list special is the show-within-the-show. Captain Caveman and Son were shorts that aired as part of Flintstone Kids. Originally, Captain Caveman was a character that debuted in the 1977 animated series Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels. On Flintstone Kids, he teamed with his son Cavey Jr. to fight the forces of evil. As for the little Flintstone gang themselves, that part of the show was also very fun, though you might remember it most for the public service announcements that aired during the episodes.

5. Tiny Toon Adventures

This one is, admittedly, a bit of a cheat. The kids on Tiny Toons weren’t actually the kid versions of Bugs, Daffy, Taz, and the rest of the gang. It doesn’t get much closer, though. Baby and Buster were clearly a younger take on the different sides of Bugs Bunny, while Plucky Duck has Daffy’s temper, Dizzy was the spitting image of Taz, and Hampton was so close to Porky Pig it was scary. What’s more, sometimes the classic Looney Tunes characters made appearances on Tiny Toons, seeing them team up with their younger proteges.

6. James Bond Jr.

This is another one that sort of works, but only if you stretch the premise a bit. James Bond Jr. was the nephew of James Bond and a spy-in-training and, along with his prep school friends, was fighting the forces of evil just like his infamous uncle. What you may not know, though, is James Bond Jr. has his own novels. The Adventures of James Bond Junior 003½ was first released in 1967, written by an author under the pseudonym R. D. Mascott. Interestingly, the actual author of the book has never been officially revealed, though several names have been theorized.

7. Baby Looney Tunes

First debuting in 2001, this is a much newer series than Tiny Toons. What’s more, it actually delivers what you might have been looking for in that show–this is the actual Looney Tunes characters as babies, in case the title of the series didn’t hint at it enough. This series essentially Muppet Babies, but with Bugs Bunny and friends. What’s not to love?

8. Yo Yogi!

If you’ve actually heard of this one, congratulations. You’re as nerdy as we are. Yo Yogi! debuted in 1991 and only lasted for 12 episodes. It was the most over-the-top version of the ’90s you could expect, complete with a neon-colored makeover of Yogi’s clothes. The series casts the bear and his pals–Boo-Boo, Snagglepuss, Huckleberry Hound, Cindy Bear–as 14-year-old crime fighters. What else would you expect these animated teen animals to be?

9. Jungle Cubs

Yes, Disney’s The Jungle Book for the kid treatment, even though the main character in the movie is already a kid. This version doesn’t feature Mowgli at all. Instead, the animals are all kids, living it up in the jungle. They aren’t crime fighters of ghostbusters or anything like that. Instead, they’re just friends hanging out. Oh, and we have to mention the theme song, a hip-hop version of “The Bare Necessities.”

10. Clifford’s Puppy Days

If you were a kid in the early-aughts, you might remember Clifford’s Puppy Days. Before he was Clifford the Big Red Dog, he was Clifford the normal-sized puppy that wasn’t a menace to keep and maintain.

11. The New Archies

Before Riverdale turned Archie and his friends into a Twin Peeks-flavored murder party of teenage angst, The New Archies made them little kids. The gang is in junior high and, well, not much else has changed. It lasted 13 episodes and was still the incredibly wholesome Archie Comics you knew back then before it went full-CW.

12. Sabrina: The Animated Series

The animated Sabrina series was a spin-off of the live-action version starring Melissa Joan Hart and featured the titular teen as a 12-year-old. She was still learning her magical ways and getting into all sorts of trouble with her spells. In this series, Sabrina is voiced by Hart’s little sister, Emily Hart. However, the original Sabrina does play a role, voicing Sabrina’s aunts Hilda and Zelda.

13. Camp WWE

What if WWE did its own take on South Park? That’s Camp WWE, an animated series that’s definitely meant for adults. All of your favorite WWE superstars, including “Stone Cold” Steve Austin, The Rock, and The Undertaker, are little kids at a summer camp run by Vince McMahon, his teen daughter Stephania, and her boyfriend Triple H? That’s all you need to know about WWE. It pokes fun at WWE and professional wrestling as a whole, is filled with more adult language than you’d find on Raw or Smackdown, and it actually one of the most entertaining WWE Network originals.

14. Ewoks

Yes, this is real. There’s honestly no telling how old the Ewoks are in Return of the Jedi. But who cares? In this Star Wars animated series, viewers follow a younger version of Wicket and his friends before the events of A New Hope and, for some reason, they speak English now. Originally, this series aired with the half-hour show Droids for The Ewoks and Droids Adventure Hour, otherwise known as the coolest one-hour block of TV you’ll ever experience.

15. Iron Man: Armored Adventures

This is the most recent series on the list, but need to be pointed out. Iron Man: Armored Adventures followed Tony Stark as a teen Iron Man, alongside a similarly-aged Pepper Potts and Rhodey. If you thought Stark might have less of an ego as a teenager, guess again. Still, this take on Iron Man was entertaining and it managed to introduce a long list of popular Marvel characters–from Black Panther to MODOK.

16. The Mini-Monsters

So, The Mini-Monsters wasn’t a show. It was, however, a segment within the animated series The Comic Strip. The segment featured the children of the classic Universal monsters, including Frankenstein’s son Franky and the Invisible Man’s son Blanko. It’s utterly ridiculous, with a premise of a pair of siblings (one of which is voiced by Seth Green) being sent to a summer camp filled with the children of actual horror villains for a year. This is the oddest entry on the list, but one of the best.

17. The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show

While this is a list of cartoons that turned adult characters into children, it didn’t always work out that way. In some cases, the process goes backward, and this is a perfect example of that. On The Flintstones, Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm were the kids of Fred and Barney, respectively. That series ended in 1966, though, with The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show following in 1971. In that series, the two titular characters were teenagers, attending high school together and starting a band. What was the band called, you ask? The Bedrock Rockers. This sequel series only lasted 16 episodes, but it remains a cool idea that most cartoons won’t dare touch. Bart Simpson has been in elementary school for three decades, and chances are that won’t be changing anytime soon.

18. All Grown Up

This series also aged up popular baby characters. All Grown Up revisited the world of Rugrats. This time, though, Tommy Pickles and his friends were preteens and had more fleshed out personalities. It lasted five seasons on Nickelodeon, airing between 2003 and 2008.

Now that both models of the next-gen PlayStation and Xbox consoles have been announced, priced, and dated, retailer GameStop has revealed pre-order details for all four of them.

GameStop has immediately begun taking pre-orders for the PlayStation 5 and the PlayStation 5 Digital Edition, though the site is currently slammed and you may have trouble securing an order. Pre-orders for the Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S, meanwhile, will start at 8 AM PT on September 22.

One important thing to note here is that GameStop is limiting pre-orders to one version of each next-gen console per household.

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Turns out Sony isn’t making as clean a break with this next console generation as previously thought–much like Microsoft, several of Sony’s first-party titles are releasing on both PS4 and PS5. During the September 2020 PS5 Showcase, we learned that Horizon Forbidden West will be one such game, along with Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales.

“We know that the PS4 community will transition to PS5 at different times, and we’re happy to announce PS4 versions of some of our exclusives,” Sony Interactive Entertainment president and CEO Jim Ryan wrote in a blog post about the price and release date for PS5. “Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Sackboy: A Big Adventure, and Horizon Forbidden West will also launch on PS4.”

Ryan went on to clarify that because these three games are specifically designed for the PS5, the PS4 versions will lack support for certain features, like the PS5’s SSD’s fast loading times and DualSense controller’s haptic feedback. They’ll be the same games otherwise, though.

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As part of the big PS5 showcase, Sony confirmed the price and release date for the two versions of its next-gen PS5 console. The company also announced the prices for various PS5 accessories, and we’re rounding up all the key details here.

The PS5 comes bundled with a new DualSense controller, but you can also buy one by itself for $70 USD. A charging station for the controller, which supports up to two gamepads, will sell for $30 USD.

The Pulse 3D wireless headset, which includes 3D audio and noise-cancelling microphones, will sell for $100 USD. For those looking to become the next big gaming streamer, Sony will also offer an HD Camera featuring two 1080p lenses for $60 USD. A media remote for the PS5 will go for $30 USD.

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The Sony PS5 is now available for preorder! At least in theory. With major retailers like Best Buy and Walmart going down for hours at a time, PlayStation 5 preorders haven’t exactly rolled out smoothly. But we’re here to help. Here’s how to get your hands on a shiny new PS5 or PS5 Digital Edition.

Where to Preorder PS5

Latest update (11:08 PM EST): BestBuy’s PS5 preorders seem to be sold out for now. GameStop PS5 preorders are coming on and offline, but may now be fully sold out as well.

These links below are your first and best choice from buying a PS5. None of them had easy-to-purchase stock last time we checked, but things are changing rapidly! We’re always keeping these links up to date, so check these first:

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Walmart put out a statement saying if you missed out on preordering through its website, you’ll be able to “pre-order in Walmart stores on 9/22 for $499 (digital edition for $399).”

Amazon’s placeholder page initially had item details, but it has since been taken it down. If an Amazon link or other retailer link changes or is swapped we will update this pages to always maintain the latest, so keep checking back.

Sony started sending out invitations for preorders to those who signed up on their site. Check your inbox to see if you have one. If so, you can grab yours on Friday.

Also, while you’re here, you can get much more immediate stock updates by following IGN Deals on Twitter.

GameStop PS5 Preorder Bundles

If you don’t mind paying more, but also getting more, when you preorder PS5, check out one of these preorder bundles at GameStop:

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Preorders for PS5 were supposed to begin in full tomorrow, September 17, at certain retailers, according to a tweet from Sony. But with Walmart, Best Buy, Target, and GameStop all putting up their preorders early, we aren’t sure what that means for the “official” PS5 preorder date. Maybe they’ll have more stock, or maybe they’re now fully sold out. We’ll let you know as soon as things change.

PS5 Game Preorders

Most AAA PS5 launch and launch window games are now thankfully up for preorder from most retailers, including Demon’s Souls, Spider-Man: Miles Morales and Assassin’s Creed Valhalla. As Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop and others bring more games online we’re adding to and expanding these lists:

Amazon PS5 Game Preorders

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Best Buy PS5 Game Preorders

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Walmart PS5 Game Preorders

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GameStop PS5 Game Preorders

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PS5 Controllers and Accessory Preorders

PS5 Dualsense controllers are available for preorder for $69.99 from almost every major retailer, for now only in signature while. We’re still waiting to see if we’ll get any other Dualsense colors before launch.

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• PS5 Dualsense Controller – Live at Walmart
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PS5 Release Date, Price, and Recent News

Both versions of the PS5, with or without a disc drive, have a November 12 release date in the US. And we now know how much PS5 costs: $499 for the standard version, and $399 for the discless digital-only model.

Earlier, developers shared their takes on the SSD and 3D Audio features of the upcoming console. It’s shaping up to be a very cool console. Sony also set up a page for PS Plus members to sign up for a chance to secure a PS5 preorder directly from Sony.

We also got news Ratchet & Clank: A Rift Apart is definitely a PS5 launch game, but during Gamescom it was confirmed to be a “launch window” game, which could mean anything.

If you’re just here for the console wars, you can check out our article on where to sign up for Xbox Series X preorders.

Where to Preorder PS5 in the UK

The “global rollout” for PS5’s release happens on November 19. Here’s where you can find links for PS5 preorders in the UK:

• GAME (UK) – PS5 Preorder Page
• Amazon (UK) – PS5 Info Page

Pre-orders for UK retailer GAME have gone up early, and you can currently pre-order a number of different PS5 bundles from the online retailer. PS5 games have also gone up for pre-order, alongside several new accessories. PS5 costs £449.99 from GAME, with the digital edition costing £359.99.

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Will PS5 Be Easy to Get?

So far, it’s been very tough. Sure, lots of people have preordered their PS5 or PS5 Digital, but it’s not without a few hiccups or total site-outages.

PS5 Price

The PS5 standard console with a disc drive costs $499, while the discless version will cost $399.

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PS5 Game Prices

The good news is we know games like Far Cry 6 support free upgrades from PS4 to PS5. While it looked as though all PS5 and Xbox Series X games will cost $70, more recent developments seem to point to publishers holding onto the current $59.99 price for many new games, at least for the time being. It appears now many first-party Sony PS5 games will cost $70 after all, including Demon’s Souls and Destruction All Stars. However, Spider-Man: Miles Morales has a $50 price tag, and looks amazing by the way.

For a look at the first round of PS5 games, make sure to check out our guide to the PS5 launch game line-up.

Will My PS4 Controller Work on PS5?

No. Well, not at least for PS5 games. Sony confirmed the DualShock 4 won’t work for playing PS5 games, but you WILL be able to use your existing PS4 controllers to play “supported PS4 games.” Speaking of which…

Will PS5 Be Backwards Compatible?

Yes. Well, for PS4, we know some supported games will work. In a (now removed) entry on its support page, Ubisoft said of PS5 backwards compatibility it “will be available for supported PlayStation 4 titles, but will not be possible for PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2, or PlayStation games.” So unlike Xbox, which is leaning into backwards compatibility all the way back to the original Xbox as a selling point, it looks like PS5 backwards compatibility comes with some asterisks.

However, Sony introduced the PlayStation Plus Collection, Sony’s answer to Xbox Game Pass. At launch, PS Plus members will be able to download and play some of the biggest PS4 games as part of their subscription.

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