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Freedom Fighters, the 2003 cult classic from Hitman developer IO Interactive, might be making a comeback. The game, which was published by EA on PC, PS2, Xbox, and GameCube, has received a new rating from PEGI for PC.

The rating, which was discovered and shared by ResetEra user dex3108, lists the publisher as IO Interactive. The studio went independent in 2017 after parting ways with Square Enix, and is currently working on Hitman 3. The release date is listed as September 21, 2020, but that could be a placeholder.

This could mean that the game is receiving a re-release, as the listing is identical from the previous entries aside from the publisher. The game is unavailable digitally, and is beloved enough that a touched-up re-release makes sense.

None of this is confirmed, but past precedent suggests that this rating could mean the game is going to be made available again soon.

Freedom Fighters received a 9.3/10 in GameSpot’s original review, and is often held up as a forgotten classic of its era. The game depicts an alternate-reality version of the US that has been taken over by the Soviet Union, and players took control of the eponymous freedom fighters looking to liberate the country.

Nvidia has apologized for the epic mess of the Nvidia RTX 3080 launch last week, and in particular, how bots slammed store pages to buy up units before real people could.

In a forum post, Nvidia said the company saw “unprecedented demand” for the new RTX 3080 at retailers around the world, as well as Nvidia’s own store. The company clarified that it planned to launch its own store at 6 AM on release day but the page was immediately “inundated with traffic” and it ran into issues before Nvidia eventually got it running again.

One of the problems was related to bad actors. In particular, Nvidia acknowledged that bots and scalpers were rushing to the Nvidia store to snap up the cards, and the company is attempting to address this. “We’re doing everything humanly possible, including manually reviewing orders, to get these cards in the hands of legitimate customers,” the company said.

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Despite taking place with an all-new virtual format, the Emmys went off mostly without a hitch on Sunday, seeing big awards success for Watchmen, Succession, and Schitt’s Creek.

The 2020 awards saw Zendaya’s first Emmy win for best lead actress in Euphoria, as well as a win for Mark Ruffalo, taking out the best lead actor in a limited series category for his role in I Know This Much Is True.

Watchmen’s Regina King unsurprisingly won best lead actress in a limited series, with Watchmen (GameSpot’s number 1 show of 2019) also winning awards for best limited series, best writing for a limited series for Damon Lindelof and Cord Jefferson, as well as Yahya Abdul-Mateen II taking out best supporting actor in a limited series.

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The first trailer for the Disney+ show WandaVision premiered Sunday during the 72nd Emmy Awards. The video did not show a release date for the show, but speculation online suggested it might debut on October 30, the same day as The Mandalorian Season 2.

However, we have now confirmed with Disney that this is not the case. WandaVision is slated to premiere in 2020, but the date will not be October 30, a spokesperson told us.

Other reports circulating suggest that WandaVision will debut on the streaming service in December, which seems more likely.

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Chinese internet company Tencent’s video game investments are coming under scrutiny from the US government. According to Bloomberg, the Trump administration is reaching out to Tencent’s US companies to ask them to send over details on their data-security systems pertaining to Tencent.

The Committee on Foreign Investment in the US has sent letters to Epic Games and Riot Games, among others, asking them to share details and information about how they handle the personal data of their American users, according to Bloomberg’s sources.

Tencent owns League of Legend studio Riot Games completely, while it has a 40 percent ownership stake in Epic Games. Tencent also owns a minority stake in the American games publisher Activision Blizzard. Looking abroad, Tencent owns Path of Exile studio Grinding Gear, while it also has smaller investments in Ubisoft, Bluehole, Yager, and PlatinumGames.

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IO Interactive’s 2003 shooter Freedom Fighters has been re-rated by PEGI, leading to speculation that we may see a re-release of some kind.

Spotted by ResetEra user dex3108, the game can be seen on the PEGI website, rated for PC only at this point. The publisher listed is the game’s developer IO Interactive instead of EA Swiss Sarl, who published the original game on PC, GameCube, PS2 and Xbox. IO Interactive went independent in 2017, retaining the rights to its Hitman IP.

Speaking to GamesIndustry after going independent, IO made clear that it had retained the rights to Freedom Fighters as well as Hitman. Last year, we also heard that IO was working on a new game that wasn’t Hitman-related. This rating suggests that a re-release or remaster of the cult classic could be around the corner.

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If you missed Freedom Fighters at the dawn of the millennium, the game was a third-person shooter with an alternate-history premise, where resistance fighters repel the Soviet Union from its occupation of New York City. The player could recruit other ‘Freedom Fighters’ to the cause and issue commands.

We scored the game an 8.4 back in 2003, saying it was “a game that gets better the more you play it”, and praising how its tactical elements slotted alongside its 3rd person combat.

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Will Smith might not be doing much acting during the COVID-19 pandemic, but now he’s found a new gig–he’s signed up as an Airbnb host for guests who want to stay in the iconic Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air mansion. Sadly the mansion won’t be a long-term accommodation option on the booking site, but some fans are about to have an amazing stay, as reported by TMZ.

The Airbnb collab was created as a celebration of the 30th anniversary of the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, the show that launched Will Smith’s career. While Smith doesn’t actually own the mansion, he’s teamed up with the people who do to offer a stay in a private wing of the house on Airbnb. The house was used for exterior shots for the show, while interiors were shot on studio sets.

“Ready for the freshest staycation ever?” the Airbnb listing reads. “If this place looks familiar that’s because it’s just as fly as it was when I first rolled up the driveway. I’m back. And this time, I’m handing you the keys so you’ll have my wing of the mansion all to yourself – but my sneaker collection is off limits, aight?”

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While this year’s Emmy Awards were held remotely to protect the safety of those attending, the producers also decided to have a little fun with it, sending people out to deliver awards in Emmy-branded tuxedo hazmat suits. These suited helpers weren’t just sent to the winners, however–nominees who didn’t take a prize home had to watch their trophy literally walk away.

In a move that seems almost too cruel, some Emmy nominees had to watch fake Emmys being taken away from them after losing to another nominee. A video of this process was shared by Ramy Youssef, after losing in the lead actor in a comedy series category to Schitt’s Creek’s Eugene Levy.

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The wide release of Tenet into US cinemas has been looked to as a test case for whether cinemas can resume some level of normal business amid the COVID-19 pandemic, and in its third weekend, things aren’t looking so good. The LA Times reports that the film earned $4.7 million over the September 18-20 weekend, and while this is only a 26% drop, the film is still underperforming domestically–especially with no major releases planned for the rest of the month.

These numbers can partly be attributed to the fact that cinemas in California and New York largely remain closed–80% across California have not reopened yet–but they’re still lower than Warner Bros., and cinema chains, were likely expecting. The film has made a disappointing $36.1 million in the US so far, despite getting off to what was viewed as a strong start.

The film’s underperformance is likely the reason why Wonder Woman 1984, also from Warner Bros., has been pushed back until December.

Internationally, the picture is slightly brighter–the film has made $239 million, according to Box Office Mojo–but the $200 million film will likely not recoup its costs in theatres after marketing is factored in. Internationally, Tenet is the fifth highest grossing film of the year so far, behind Doolittle ($245.6 million).

This has created an issue for many cinema chains around the country–after reopening for Tenet, they now find themselves underperforming while also needing to pay for the costs of keeping a cinema open.

The next major cinema release for 2020 is Death on the Nile, coming October 23. Marvel’s Black Widow is scheduled for a November 6 release, but a delay is expected.

Microsoft’s Halo Infinite isn’t coming out until 2021, but one retailer recently updated its website with details on new special edition of the game.

In the US, Best Buy will sell a $105 USD bundle that comes with the standard edition of the game, as well as a SteelBook case and a Master Chief PVC statue. It also includes a $10 reward when you pre-order, though the store is not yet accepting orders. The page is very sparse at the moment, so we don’t know further specifics like the exact dimensions/details of the statue.

This appears to be the first Halo Infinite special edition bundle, and it’s expected that more will be announced in the lead-up to the game’s release in 2021. And if Microsoft is cooking up a special-edition Xbox Series X/S console, a safe bet is that it might be for Halo Infinite, but this is just conjecture at this stage.

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