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The 100’s showrunner, Jason Rothenberg, has released a statement on Twitter in response to fan outrage over the decision to kill a major character in the CW show’s seventh and final season.

Warning: spoilers for The 100 follow.

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In the 13th episode of Season 7, aired on September 9, core character Clarke Griffin shoots and kills her best friend, Bellamy Blake, in order to prevent him from giving a vital book to the cult-like Disciples. In the resulting struggle, Clarke is unable to obtain the book before fleeing, meaning presumably Bellamy’s death will not prevent the Disciples learning the knowledge in the book, and so his death is all for nothing.

Fan reaction to the plot point has been negative, with many upset that the show did not fulfill the popular Clarke/Bellamy ‘ship’ that the fandom has popularised over the show’s seven-season run.

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— Jason Rothenberg (@JRothenbergTV) September 10, 2020

In response, Rothenberg issued the following statement on Twitter: “For 7 seasons, The 100 has been a show about the dark things that humanity will do to survive and the toll those deeds take on our heroes’ souls.

We knew Bellamy’s death had to go to the heart of what the show is all about: Survival. Who you’re willing to protect. And who you’re willing to sacrifice.

His loss is devastating, but his life and his endless love for his people will loom large and affect everything that comes after, to the very end of the series finale itself.”

Bellamy, played by Bob Morley, has been a season regular on the show since it began in 2014. The show adapts Bellamy’s character from the books, originally written by Kass Morgan, but his character has altered over the course of the series as the storylines of the show diverge from those seen in the book series. The finale of the final book, The 100: Rebellion, sees Bellamy ask Clarke to marry him, an outcome seemingly many of the show’s fans would have like to have seen.

The 100 season 7 is the final season of the CW’s young adult post-apocalypse show.

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Matt Purslow is IGN’s UK News and Entertainment Writer. 

The Xbox Series X retail box art has been revealed.

A listing for the Xbox Series X has been spotted on Canadian consumer electronics website The Source, which features an image of the console’s box alongside press shots of the device. The main image on the box focuses on the grating at the top of the device, and symbols in the corner tout features such as the Series X’s 4K 120 FPS capabilities, the Xbox Velocity Architecture system and the console’s 1 TB SSD.

 

We recently learned that Xbox Series X will launch on November 10, 2020, retailing at $499 USD / £449 / $749 AUD. The Xbox Series S was also announced, a less-powerful, all-digital version which outputs at 1440p instead of 4K. The Xbox Series S will retail at $299 USD / £249, with preorders for both consoles kicking off on September 22.

If you’re not sure which console to pick up, check out our article comparing the specifications between the two consoles to help you make that decision. You can also check out the full Xbox Series X games list here, which runs through all rumored and confirmed titles coming to Microsoft’s slate of next-gen consoles.

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A RoboCop prequel TV series that will detail the rise of Omni Consumer Products and the company’s Vice President, Dick Jones, is in early stages of development.

Talking to Movieholen.net, Ed Neumeier, scriptwriter of the original 1987 movie, revealed that he is working at MGM on the series. “It has all the cool stuff about RoboCop except no RoboCop,” he said.

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“There’s the idea of doing things about business and law enforcement in the city of Detroit a minute-and-a-half in the future,” he explained. “It would be a way to do all sorts of stories about business and tech, Silicon Valley, corporations, snakes in suits, cops, all that. It’s a wonderful rich tapestry.”

Neumeier seems to suggest that the show doesn’t have a formal green light yet, stating that MGM still needs to find the right partners and produce a pilot episode. But, should everything go head, the show will follow “ the evolution of Richard Jones to Dick Jones, the story of OCP and how the world moves into the future, how the corporate world behaves.”

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He also notes that people don’t necessarily start out as bad guys, suggesting Jones may not be quite the scumbag he was in the 1987 movie when played by Ronny Cox.

The last time we saw the city of Detroit under the thumb of Omni Consumer Products was in the RoboCop remake back in 2014, which we gave a 6.9 in our review back in the day. Hopefully, should this project come to fruition, it’ll fare better than Joel Kinnaman’s Alex Murphy.

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Matt Purslow is IGN’s UK News and Entertainment Writer. 

GameStop shoppers will have a variety of payment options to choose from while shopping for a PlayStation 5 or Xbox Series X this holiday season, including a layaway option, third-party installment plans, and a rent-to-own process, according to internal documents obtained by VentureBeat. The expanded payment options were confirmed in GameStop’s quarterly earnings report on September 9.

Here’s a quick overview of the three main payment options:

Layaway: You’ll be able to reserve a console at the store until you pay it off completely, allowing you to contribute smaller payments at a time.

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A new update for Borderlands 3 is scheduled to arrive today on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Stadia, and PC. Aside from adding support for the new campaign DLC Psycho Krieg and the Fantastic Fustercluck, the update also addresses general, character, and mayhem fixes.

As part of the new campaign add-on, the Borderlands 3 level cap has been raised by five levels to 65. In terms of general fixes, the update adds two more ammo SDU upgrades for pistols, shotguns, submachine guns, assault rifles, and grenades, plus two expansion SDU upgrades for the Lost Loot machine on Sanctuary III. It also addresses an issue where the “Refill Ammo” prompt would persist in multiplayer sessions, and made sure player class icons will now show profile pictures for Steam and Epic Games Store players using cross-platform on PC.

When it comes to Mayhem, players will now have a chance to redeem themselves in Fight For Your Life when Slayer is active and they’ve killed an enemy with a melee attack. Damage scaling support has also been added to shields with Nova or Reflect behaviors.

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Yoko Taro is known for doing things his own way, and the upcoming events in his Nier franchise that were just announced by Square Enix are no exception. The first event is titled “We Have a Decent Amount of New Info” special, and it will start September 24 at 6 AM PT / 9 AM ET. Two days later, on September 26, the “Mostly No New Info” special will follow at 6 AM PT / 9 AM ET as well. It will be available on YouTube and Twitch.

As the above tweet reveals, several staffers known for working with Yoko will attend the event, including Yosuke Saito and Keichi Okabe. Since the surprising success of Nier: Automata raised Yoko’s profile considerably in the West, the Nier series has diversified considerably, albeit in a rather confusing fashion. These events will likely offer new details on the upcoming Nier Replicant ver.1.22474487139…, which is an upgraded version of the original Nier that will be playable on current platforms, like PC, Xbox One, and PS4. (Currently, the only way to play Nier 1 is to dig out your PS3 or Xbox 360, and a used copy of the game is comparatively expensive.)

The announcement also suggests that the event will offer updates on Nier: Automata, which was originally released in 2017, and Nier: Reincarnation, which is an upcoming mobile game with ties to the rest of the series. Over the past few months, Yoko has released a mobile game titled SinoAlice, as well as designing some guest content for Final Fantasy XIV. If you still haven’t played Automata, it came to Xbox Game Pass back in April.

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What do you do when Microsoft loans you two for-display-only next-gen consoles? Photograph the heck out of them, of course! While the Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S units we received don’t have any silicon inside them, the display units do nevertheless give us a great chance to see the Series X and Series S next to other game systems and finally see how they compare in size and shape to other consoles.

As you can see in the photo gallery below, Microsoft has packed a lot into two relatively small packages. And there are some neat touches you’ll see in the photos as well, such as the tiny “Hello from Seattle” message on the bottom of the Series X’s round base stand, as well as the unique nubs for each port on both consoles that will allow you to better find the correct port you’re trying to plug the cable into when you’re reaching behind the console in your entertainment center in the dark.

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We also finally got a confirmed price and release date for both of the new Xbox systems, along with details on the Series S and news that Xbox Game Pass Ultimate will now include an EA Play (formerly known as EA Access) membership as well. Preorders for both the Xbox Series X and Series S begin on September 22.

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Ryan McCaffrey is IGN’s Executive Editor of Previews. Follow him on Twitter at @DMC_Ryan, catch him on Unlocked, and drop-ship him Taylor Ham sandwiches from New Jersey whenever possible.