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The Mandalorian is set to return in October. It has been announced that Season 2 of the acclaimed Star Wars TV show will start streaming on Disney+ from Friday, October 30.

The news was confirmed by Disney+ in a new tweet. We’ve yet to see any footage or images from the new season, and the tweet only displays the shows’s familiar logo. But is exciting to think the new season is only a few weeks away. Check it out below.

While many upcoming shows have been delayed because of the COVID-19 pandemic, production on The Mandalorian Season 2 was already complete by the time much of Hollywood shut down in March. Jon Favreau returns as showrunner, with Pedro Pascal back in the title role. Other returning cast members include Gina Carano (Cara Dune), Carl Weathers (Greef), and Giancarlo Esposito (Moff Gideon).

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Netflix has released The Witcher: A Look Inside the Episodes, a new limited series exploring the stories and themes that powered the first season of The Witcher.

The all-new miniseries was added to the Netflix library on Wednesday, with eight behind-the-scenes specials now available to stream. In the new series, showrunner Lauren Schmidt Hissrich invites viewers to take a deep dive into every single episode of the first season, providing fresh insight into some of the show’s most crucial scenes and major events.

Go behind all 8 chapters of @WitcherNetflix. The Witcher: A Look Inside The Episodes is now streaming on Netflix. Episode 1 – The End’s Beginning pic.twitter.com/C5nuBlBaaW

— Netflix UK & Ireland (@NetflixUK) September 2, 2020

The official Netflix page for The Witcher: A Look Inside the Episodes provides a brief summary of each short episode:

Episode 1, The End’s Beginning – Series creator and showrunner Lauren S. Hissrich breaks down the opening scenes and outlines how Geralt’s encounter with Renfri sets up the season.

Episode 2, Four Marks – Take a deep dive into the crucial role that Yennefer’s backstory plays in her journey, and how the elves are a pillar in the Continent’s world-building.

Episode 3, Betrayer Moon – Delve into Geralt and Yennefer’s transformation stories, as he turns from slayer to savior, and she makes the ultimate sacrifice to become beautiful.

Episode 4, Of Banquets, Bastards and Burials – Hissrich explains how the show’s timelines come together, the moment Geralt changes his destiny and what compels Ciri to continue on her quest.

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Episode 5, Bottled Appetites – Find out why the writers gave Geralt a terrible bout of insomnia and explore the magic-entangled dynamics of his fateful first encounter with Yennefer.

Episode 6, Rare Species – After an intimate glimpse inside Geralt and Yennefer’s complicated relationship, discover what it means for Ciri’s story arc when she picks up a knife.

Episode 7, Before a Fall – Dig into Geralt’s white-knight complex, Ciri’s character growth and what Hissrich describes as one of the season’s loveliest scenes.

Episode 8, Much More – From the meaning behind the finale’s title to Geralt’s dream and Yennefer’s real motivation, Hissrich dissects events as the paths of destiny collide.

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The Witcher launched on Netflix last year and quickly became one of the most in-demand TV series’ in the world across all streaming platforms, even surpassing Disney Plus’ Star Wars: The Mandalorian as “the top show” around the globe for one week in December, as 76 million households streamed the first season of the action-packed fantasy-drama.

Season 2 of The Witcher started filming in London earlier this year, with a planned release sometime in 2021. However, the shoot was suspended back in March as Netflix paused filming on all of its films and TV shows in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Netflix has since resumed production on the second season of the hit show after being given the “green light” to start filming again.

If you want to explore the extraordinary world of The Witcher in the meantime, check out the other Netflix behind-the-scenes special Making The Witcher.

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Adele Ankers is a Freelance Entertainment Journalist. You can reach her on Twitter.

Though it’s technically been out for a few months, finding the Amazon-exclusive TurboGrafx-16 Mini in stock for list price hasn’t been easy. The mini console’s North American release was delayed earlier this year due to the coronavirus pandemic before finally releasing in limited quantities in May. For those who have wanted to scoop one up, the TurboGrafx-16 Mini is available to order at Amazon for $100.

The TurboGrafx-16 Mini includes several can’t-miss classics like Castlevania: Rondo of Blood, Bonk’s Revenge, Ninja Spirit, Ys Book 1 & 2, and Neutopia. In our TurboGrafx-16 Mini review, tech commerce editor Mat Paget praised the big library of games and the console’s authentic design. “Being able to experience these classic titles in one convenient place–and witness M2’s charming, nostalgic presentation–makes the TurboGrafx-16 Mini an exciting device that does a great job of capturing the past of a console that should not be forgotten,” Paget wrote.

Since the console supports multiplayer for up to five users, you may want to grab some extra controllers and a multitap to add support for more than two players. 8Bitdo’s wireless TurboGrafx-16 Mini controllers are a great option, and they are available at Amazon for $25 each. Meanwhile, you can grab a multitap for $30 if you want more than just two-player support.

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Version 1.1 is now available to download for Persona 4 Golden on Steam. The first patch for the PC version of the classic JRPG addresses gameplay and stability issues including random crashes, progression issues, improved optimisation, and so on.

Those participating in the game’s Open Beta Branch will have already encountered these fixes, but they’ve now made their way to the Main Branch of the game for everyone. Version 1.1 tackles a number of issues relating to various parts of Persona 4 Golden, such as problems with cutscene playback, including a new lower playback mode that smooths out the performance on older machines. There are also fixes for crashes that could occur when removing an Xbox One controller, a progression issue that sometimes happened when entering Yukiko’s castle, and another issue that would prevent some players from being able to complete Quest 3.

Below is the full comprehensive list of fixes made in the first patch.

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Destiny 2: Beyond Light will introduce three new sub-classes when it launches in November, with each power-up focusing on assisting other players and controlling the flow of combat. Hunters can access the Revenant sub-class and Titans can tap into the power of Behemoths, while Warlocks will be able to channel the Stasis energies of Shadebinders.

Bungie revealed in a blog post more details on the new Warlock subclass, which specializes in the art of immobilizing enemies and then shattering them with Stasis energy. Warlocks can also wield a Stasis staff that fires energy projectiles or get up close and personal with enemies, freezing them in place with Penumbral Blast melee attacks.

Stasis sub-classes will also have an exclusive benefit in the form of Aspects and Fragments. Aspects are class-specific physical items that can be slotted into your inventory. Once equipped, Aspects will unlock new abilities, that can also be freely mixed and matched. Fragments, which aren’t locked to specific classes, can be added to these Aspects and offer passive perks at the cost of a stat penalty.

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Early last year, Samsung announced the original Samsung Galaxy Z Fold with an eye-watering $1980 price tag. Now that the Fold 2 has been announced, Samsung has rounded up, selling the second edition of its folding phone for an even $2000 (well, $1999 to be precise).

The device was revealed at the recent Unpacked Part 2 event, as detailed by GameSpot sister site CNET, after first being announced at last month’s event alongside the Galaxy Note 20 and Note 20 Ultra. The new phone includes a number of improvements on its predecessor, including an improved hinge design and display, as well as the addition of 5G functionality.

While $2000 is a lot for a phone, rivaling the price of a decent gaming PC, it’s not as bad as it could be, as CNET points out. When compared to the price of last year’s Galaxy Z Fold, the new edition is only $20 more expensive, and includes some decent upgrades. The Fold 2 is a refinement on the original, addressing most of the concerns raised by early adopters of the first model.

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Black Panther director Ryan Coogler has written a tribute to his friend Chadwick Boseman, who passed away last Friday after a private battle with cancer. In a statement posted on Marvel.com, Coogler reminisces on his work with Boseman, and how the T’Challa actor brought so much to the film above and beyond what would be expected.

In particular, Coogler reveals that one of the film’s most striking lines was suggested by Boseman–not for his own character, but for Michael B. Jordan’s Killmonger. “In early drafts of the script, [Erik] Killmonger’s character would ask T’Challa to be buried in Wakanda,” Coogler explained. “Chad challenged that and asked, ‘What if Killmonger asked to be buried somewhere else?'” In the finished film, Killmonger says “just bury me in the ocean with my ancestors who jumped from ships, ’cause they knew death was better than bondage.”

Throughout the whole process, Boseman put a lot of thought and effort into the film, not just for what it was, but for what it would come to represent. “We would often speak about heritage and what it means to be African,” Coogler said. “When preparing for the film, he would ponder every decision, every choice, not just for how it would reflect on himself, but how those choices could reverberate.”

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The Sims 4 is getting a new Star Wars expansion, Journey to Batuu, which will take your Sims to a galaxy far, far away. We’ve already seen many of the additions coming with the expansion, including lightsabers, droids, and Stormtroopers, but now a new trailer has shown off how it’ll play, and what will make the experience unique beyond the aesthetics.

The trailer below shows off the game’s Star Wars-style missions, where you pick a side (there’s the resistance, the First Order, and the “scoundrels”) and complete tasks. The trailer shows the player meeting an informant at a catina, but compared to, say, The Mandalorian’s equivalent scenes, it’s pretty light.

The trailer also shows how you can choose and build a droid, and gives us a preview of some remixed versions of various pieces of Star Wars music.

Both Rey and Kylo Ren will feature in the expansion–and, of course, you can make and use your own lightsaber. Your reputation can grow, and you can meet other Star Wars characters along the way.

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The Seattle-based mobile and social game developer Big Fish has laid off 250 people just one day after courts ordered the studio to pay $155 million from multiple class-action suits. The two matters are not connected, management says.

Geekwire obtained a memo from Big Fish’s co-president Andrew Pedersen and Jason Willig, who said the cuts were part of the company’s ambition to “strengthen our business and position Big Fish for long-term success.” The executives said they are making the cuts as Big Fish enjoys a “position of financial strength,” adding that cost-cutting is “the primary driver behind the changes.”

Pedersen and Willig said in their memo to say that succeeding as a multiplatform publisher of mobile games at scale “requires greater agility and different operating and creative capabilities.”

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