New To Amazon Prime Video For October 2020: Tons Of New Horror Movies And TV Shows

This October, Amazon is offering up plenty of spooky movies to get you through the Halloween season. Whether you like ghosts ruining your new home, vampires invading your Alaskan town, or old gods that demand blood, Amazon has something for you.

The most notable releases during the month are none other than the Blumhouse/Amazon collaborative films coming out in October. Four of the eight films will release this month. The first two arrive on October 6: Black Box and The Lie. In Black Box, a man who loses his memory and his wife in a car wreck takes a leap and has an experimental treatment done to him which leads him to question a lot about his own life. The Lie follows a teenage girl who kills her best friend, and after she confesses the crime to her parents, they do everything in their power to help cover it up.

On October 13, the other Blumhouse films–Evil Eye and Nocturne–drop. Evil Eye is about a woman who thinks her daughter’s new boyfriend has a dark connection to her past. Nocturne is about a music student who finds a notebook that once belonged to another student who passed away, and there are some supernatural connects to it.

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Harry Potter: Hogwarts Legacy Gameplay Trailer Revealed During PS5 Event

Developer Avalance Studios unveiled the upcoming open-world Harry Potter game, Hogwarts Legacy, during today’s PS5 event. It is an “immersive, open-world action-RPG” where you can create your own wizard and master a variety of spells. Hogwarts Legacy will launch in 2021 on PlayStation 5.

Hogwarts Legacy takes place in the late 1800s, where your actions will shape the wizarding world of Harry Potter. You can learn spells, tame fantastical beasts, and team-up with iconic Harry Potter characters during Hogwarts Legacy’s main campaign. Aside from the 2021 release window, details on the game are scarce, and other platforms were not confirmed. You can check out the official reveal trailer below.

Along with the reveal trailer, Avalanche shared sone brand-new screenshots of what players can expect when Harry Potter: Hogwarts Legacy arrives next year.

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Dirt 5 Debuts First Xbox Series S Gameplay

Since the announcement of the Xbox Series S, one of the questions about Microsoft’s cheaper, less-powerful console has been how it will handle next-generation games. Dirt 5 doesn’t entirely fit that bill, but its latest snippet of gameplay is the first footage from the Series S.

The footage itself isn’t all that exciting, showing off a cramped course with lots of brown walls and dimly let tunnels. When the racing does emerge into the sunlight, there’s some nice lighting details on mud puddles on the track and reflections on the interior of the car. Perhaps most importantly, it seems to run very smoothly.

Dirt 5 will support up to 120 FPS on the Xbox Series X, but developer Codemasters has not yet confirmed if that’s the case for the Series S too. Both consoles, equipped with HDMI 2.1, will support higher frame rates, with the Series X targeting 4K resolutions while the Series S limits that to 1440p. You can read up on all the differences between the two consoles and what they mean here.

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Final Fantasy 16 Announced At PS5 Event

Sony kicked off today’s PS5 Showcase event in a big way by revealing Final Fantasy XVI, the next mainline installment in the storied RPG franchise. The reveal trailer showcased the game’s fantasy elements and combat.

You play as a bodyguard to Joshua, the son of the Archduke of the region the game is set in. There seems to be some sort of blight taking hold of the land around you, bringing with it all sorts of dangers. Combat was shown off, with many nods to both Final Fantasy XV and the more recent Final Fantasy VII Remake.

Square Enix shared some additional details about Final Fantasy XVI in a PlayStation Blog post. The game is being directed by Hiroshi Takai, who previously worked on Romancing SaGa and The Last Remnant, while Final Fantasy XIV director Naoki Yoshida will serve as XVI’s producer.

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Call of Duty: Warzone Could Be Coming To Mobile

Call of Duty: Warzone could be coming to mobile in the future. A new Activision job posting is looking for a producer to help develop features for a “new mobile FPS in the Call of Duty franchise.” The listing mentions Warzone by name several times.

“Harvest, adapt and deliver the essential features from Warzone console and PC into their best mobile instantiation,” the now-removed job posting read. The listing was originally reported by Charlie Intel. “Improve upon the Warzone formula by proposing and producing mobile-specific additions and changes to features to ensure the best-in-class mobile experience.”

Call of Duty Mobile already has a battle royale mode featured in-game, so this listing could mean Activision is expanding Warzone as a standalone product to other devices. The mobile versions of both Fortnite and PUBG have both been around since 2018, although Fortnite is currently unavailable on iOS devices due to an ongoing lawsuit between Apple and Epic Games.

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Pokemon Go Articuno Raid Guide: Best Counters, Weaknesses, And Tips

Niantic has been bringing a handful of different Legendaries back to Pokemon Go over the past few weeks as part of the game’s September events, and the next one on the horizon is Articuno, the Legendary Ice/Flying type from Pokemon Red and Blue. Articuno was one of the first Legendaries to debut in Pokemon Go, and it has made many appearances in the game since, but if you’ve yet to add one to your collection, here are some tips to help you battle and catch Articuno before it leaves Raids again.

Articuno Raid Hour Schedule

Articuno will appear as a five-star Raid boss from September 18 to 25, giving you one week to battle it. These Raids don’t follow a set schedule, so they can occur any time, but you’ll receive a notification in-game when one is about to begin at a nearby Gym.

You’ll also have a better chance to find Articuno Raids on Wednesday, September 23, when Niantic holds its regular Raid Hour event. From 6-7 PM local time that night, most Gyms will be taken over by Articuno Raids, which should help ensure you have a chance to battle the Legendary Pokemon.

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Splinter Cell Reportedly Returning As Oculus VR Game

It appears Sam Fisher is finally coming back with a game of his own, but the next Splinter Cell reportedly won’t be what you expected. Ubisoft is developing a Splinter Cell game exclusively for Oculus devices, if a recent report is to be believed, and it isn’t the company’s only game coming to the headset.

Spanish-language website Vandal reported on September 16 that Splinter Cell will be returning on both the Oculus Quest and unannounced Oculus Quest 2 headsets. That’s today, which is also when the Facebook Connect event is happening. The game is in development primarily at Ubisoft Red Storm, a studio that began its life as the primary Clancy developer for Ubisoft but has subsequently shifted to VR projects.

Alongside Splinter Cell, Vandal reported an Assassin’s Creed game is also coming to the same platforms. Though we’ve certainly gotten plenty of Assassin’s Creed games over the years, the series has only occasionally dabbled with first-person perspective in a few modern-day segments. Jumping off a tower into a bail of hay in first-person sounds like it would make us hurl.

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