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Spider-Man PS4 Has Now Gone Gold

Insomniac’s highly anticipated Spider-Man game for PS4 has reached an important development milestone. The studio announced that the upcoming title has “gone gold,” meaning primary development has been completed and the game is now ready to be sent off for manufacturing.

Insomniac shared the announcement on Twitter, thanking both Sony and Marvel for “their support in the creation of this original Spider-Man adventure.” The tweet was also accompanied by a humorous image parodying the popular meme in which Spider-Man sits behind a desk. You can take a look at the tweet below.

Unlike most games starring the webslinger, Insomniac’s Spider-Man is set in a new, standalone universe and casts players in the role of an older, more experienced Peter Parker, whose greater confidence is reflected in the way he swings through the city and battles foes. The game also features an assortment of Spider-Man’s most memorable villains, including Electro, Rhino, Scorpion, Vulture, Shocker, and the recently revealed Silver Sable.

Spider-Man launches exclusively for PS4 on September 7. We had a chance to check the game out during E3 2018 and said it “may be one the best game experiences we’ve had with the webslinger.” Those who pre-order the title will receive a variety of bonus content, including three suits that alter your appearance and unlock new suit abilities: Iron Spider, Spider-Punk, and Velocity Suit.

If you’re interested in picking up Spider-Man but don’t yet own a PS4, Sony recently revealed a beautiful Spider-Man-themed PS4 Pro bundle during San Diego Comic Con. The bundle comes with a copy of the game; a red, 1 TB PS4 Pro console with the Spider-Man symbol emblazoned on the center; a matching DualShock 4 controller; and a download code for the City That Never Sleeps DLC. The bundle launches alongside the game on September 7 and retails for $400.

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New On Netflix This Week In The US: TV Shows, Movies, And Originals

This week is both the last week of July, and the first week of August, which means it’s a big one for Netflix. Her was added on Sunday, and two originals will be added on Monday and Tuesday called A Very Secret Service and Terrace House: Opening New Doors.

Looking ahead to August 1, Batman Begins, Gran Torino, Million Dollar Baby, and Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring will all be coming to the streaming service on Wednesday, along with an original called Switched in the vein on Freaky Friday.

August 3 is a big day for Netflix originals; several new shows and movies will be added, including an original film starring Kristin Bell called Like Father, which follows a young woman who reconnects with her father after being left at the alter. There is also an original documentary series called I Am A Killer in which death-row inmates tell the story of their crime(s) from their perspective.

These and other titles will be added to Netflix this week, look below to see the whole list. If you’d like to know about everything coming to Netflix in August, see our complete list.

Arriving On Netflix The Week of July 29

July 29

  • Her
  • Sofia the First: Season 4

July 30

  • A Very Secret Service: Season 2– Netflix Original

July 31

  • Terrace House: Opening New Doors: Part 3– Netflix Original

August 1

  • Batman Begins
  • Chernobyl Diaries
  • Clerks
  • Constantine
  • Dreamcatcher
  • Edge of Fear
  • Eraser
  • Gran Torino
  • House of Deadly Secrets
  • Los tiempos de Pablo Escobar: Season 1
  • Million Dollar Baby
  • No Reservations
  • Once in a Lifetime Sessions with Moby
  • Once in a Lifetime Sessions with Nile Rodgers
  • Once in a Lifetime Sessions with Noel Gallagher
  • Once in a Lifetime Sessions with TLC
  • P.S. I Love You
  • Secretariat
  • Silverado
  • Steel Magnolias
  • Stripes
  • Switched– Netflix Original
  • The Aviator
  • The Golden Compass
  • The Informant!
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
  • The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement

August 2

  • Emelie

August 3

  • Brij Mohan Amar Rahe– Netflix Original Film
  • Cocaine Coast– Netflix Original
  • Dinotrux Supercharged: Season 3 — Netflix Original
  • I AM A KILLER — Netflix Original
  • Like Father — Netflix Original Film
  • Marching Orders –Netflix Original

August 4

  • Flavors of Youth: International Version- Netflix Original
  • Mr. Sunshine (Streaming Every Saturday)– Netflix Original
  • On Children — Netflix Original
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Marvel’s Iron Fist Season 2 Will Only Have 10 Episodes

Marvel’s Iron Fist will have a shorter second season.

Netflix has confirmed to IGN Season 2 of the Marvel series, which premieres on September 7, will only consist of 10 episodes.

This is a departure for Netflix, as most of the company’s tent-pole series, including Jessica Jones, Daredevil, Orange is the New Black, and Luke Cage, have remained at 13 episodes. A specific reason for lowering Iron Fist’s episode count in its sophomore run hasn’t been given.

However, Netflix did recently discuss during the Television Critics Association summer press tour why some of its shows have had pacing issues. Cindy Holland, Netflix’s VP of original programming, gave an explanation for why some series still contain 13 episodes with each new season.

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Arrow Season 7: Every Tease And Spoiler We Learned At SDCC 2018

When Arrow returns for Season 7, it’s going to be a very different show. After all, the hero is now locked up in prison and the team has, for all intents and purposes, been pulled apart. After Oliver (Stephen Amell) turned himself into the FBI in the Season 6 finale, along with the reveal that big bad Ricardo Diaz (Kirk Acevedo) had survived his plunge from a rooftop, a new season looked promising.

Now, with Season 7 in production, there’s quite a bit about the new episodes that remains unknown. How can the Green Arrow fight crime behind bars–and what becomes of the team left behind? Furthermore, what becomes of his wife and son?

The cast of the CW series descended upon San Diego Comic-Con to spoil as much as they could without giving too much away–new showrunner Beth Schwartz made sure of that, labeling herself “the spoiler police.” While most of the big secrets remain just that, speaking to GameSpot and a small group of reporters during a roundtable, Schwartz and her cast shared some very interesting information about what to expect from the new season.

Take a look at the spoilers and teases they were able to reveal, then sound off in the comments with your hopes for Season 7! Arrow returns October 15, when it moves to its new timeslot of Mondays at 8 PM ET.

San Diego Comic-Con 2018 Coverage

Jail isn’t treating Oliver well.

At the end of Season 6, Oliver Queen publicly revealed himself as the Green Arrow and faced the consequences. Season 7 will find him in prison for his vigilante crimes, and it’s not going smoothly.

“All there is in prison is a bunch of people [he] put in prison,” Amell tells GameSpot of his character, during a group interview. “It’s not good. It’s bad.” Among those people, as seen in the first teaser for the new season, is Danny Brickwell (Vinnie Jones) and Derek Sampson (Cody Rhodes.

“There’s nothing about him in the premiere. There’s nothing about him that’s heroic,” the actor continues. “It’s kinda the opposite, actually. It’s really tough. I’ve enjoyed it. I’m having a good time playing it, but it’s been tough.”

Schwartz is excited for viewers to see what’s become of Oliver behind bars. “I just think the fans are gonna go nuts,” she says. “You see Oliver like you’ve never seen him before. All of our characters are kind of in a new role and trying to figure out how to save the city and honor Oliver’s request at the end of Season 6.”

Oliver and Felicity are not in contact.

With Felicity taking care of Oliver’s son, Amell reveals that his character hasn’t actually spoken to either of them during his imprisonment. “[Oliver is] trying to keep his head down, trying to just manage his time,” he teases. “Day-by-day, step-by-step. He hasn’t had any contact with Felicity or his son. He’s just trying, again, head down, press on.”

While Oliver has had no contact with Felicity or William in the Season 7 premiere, the same cannot be said for Diggle (David Ramsey). With his closest friend out of commission and behind bars, Dig may be Oliver’s only link to the outside world.

“Diggle at the very top, we see there’s been a routine over the past several months of him visiting Oliver,” Ramsey says. “So you see that at the beginning of 701, that Oliver and Diggle have a lovely relationship, if you can say that. As lovely as you can visiting someone in jail. So yeah, these guys they’re, for all intents and purposes, back together.”

Diaz is still the big bad.

Arrow has always had something of a routine when it comes to its major villains. By the end of each season, the villain was defeated to make way for whatever comes next. That didn’t happen in the Season 6 finale, though. Instead, Ricardo Diaz managed to get away, keeping him as a problem needing to be dealt with.

“We’ve never done that before, where we’re continuing a villain from Season 6 as an unfinished story to Season 7,” Schwartz teases. “What I can tell you is he’s gonna be different than when we saw him last season, which is exciting.” While she wouldn’t elaborate on how he’ll be different, it’ll be the same actor in the role.

Meanwhile, with Oliver in jail, Diggle is the one keeping the hunt alive. “He’s still in the trail,” Ramsey teases. “He’s still on Diaz’s trail, which has gone a bit cold. But he’s using Argus resources for it.”

There are more villains from the comics on the way.

Diaz won’t be the only villain what’s left of the team comes up against in Season 7. “I’ll tell you that we’ve heard of Longbow Hunters at the end of Season 6 with Diaz,” Schwartz says. “I can’t really tell you that much more about it. There definitely will be more. There’ll be some more comic book characters, definitely, that we’ll see this season. I can’t tell you which ones.”

Let’s all hope Arrow finally introduces Onomatopoeia.

Team Arrow will not be donning their masks anytime soon.

Thanks to Oliver’s deal with the FBI–the one that sent him to jail while the rest of the team remained free–they’re going to be fewer costumed vigilantes roaming the streets in Season 7.

“We can’t do anything,” Ramsey says. “We can’t put on our masks anymore. So that was part of the deal with Watson was that we give up these aliases, and we don’t have to do any time. And he will really be the sacrificial lamb.”

That’s where ARGUS comes in.

With Team Arrow essentially shut down, Diggle is taking advantage of a new role at ARGUS to help with the team’s search for Diaz. Unfortunately, they might push the government organization too far.

“I think we use some ARGUS resources to try to track down Diaz,” Ramsey says. “And there are some repercussions of that. There are some governmental repercussions of that. ARGUS is a government agency, and they have to answer to some people. So we have to play that story out of just what limits we can place on ARGUS in terms of tracking down Diaz.”

Felicity is ready for a fight.

While Felicity and William are in witness protection, that doesn’t make them safe. This is Arrow, after all. Still, though Felicity is usually stationed at a computer hacking into anything and everything, this time she’s ready to fight.

“I think just like Oliver is watching his back, Felicity is tired of watching hers and might take some action,” Rickards teased during the show’s Comic-Con panel.

You just might meet Diggle’s parents this year.

Though he’s been with the show since the beginning, viewers haven’t met much of Diggle’s family, outside of his wife and brother. That looks to be changing this season, however.

“From what I’m understanding, we are going to get into Diggle’s extended family even beyond Lyla,” Ramsey hints. “They’ve been talking about that every season, but there’s been real talk about that this season.”

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Update: Capcom Working on Fix for Monster Hunter: World PC Crashing Problem

Update: IGN has received a response from Capcom saying they are “aware of the crash issue and a fix is already in the works.” Capcom wouldn’t provide an explanation for the cause of the problem, nor would they tell us when we can expect the fix, so we still don’t know if it will arrive before or after its August 9 launch.

Original Story: Last week I was initially impressed with Monster Hunter: World’s PC port. While it’s undoubtedly demanding, it generally runs nice and smooth. And even though that initial assessment has mostly held strong as I play more, a pretty serious crashing issue has started to rear its ugly head.

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Epic Games Partners With McFarlane Toys To Release Fortnite Collectibles

McFarlane Toys and Epic Games announced Monday in a press release their partnership in creating a range of Fortnite premium collectible figures, resin statues, and accessories.

The collection will feature seven-inch premium figures and will be launching in fall 2018 at mass retail stores.

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CEO and Founder of McFarlane Toys, Todd McFarlane commented:

“The Fortnite brand has taken on global status and continues to grow each day. The game, with its sense of skill and irreverent fun, now has hundreds of character options to choose from, which is a tremendous blueprint for making any successful toy and action figure line,” said Todd McFarlane, CEO and Founder of McFarlane Toys.

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EA Launches Service With Unlimited Access To Its PC Games

EA’s Origin Access Premier is rolling out starting today, adding a higher tier to its subscription service. The upgraded version of Origin Access will give you unlimited access to new releases on PC, as well as early access five days before launch.

The basic tier gives access to the Vault of 100+ older EA and third-party games along with a 10% discount on purchases. Premier includes all that, along with new games once they launch. When EA teased the announcement, it also promised its big-budget shooter Anthem will be included when it launches next year. Notably, the upcoming games included with the subscription are the special editions: Madden 19 Hall of Fame, FIFA 19 Ultimate, Battlefield 5 Deluxe, and Anthem: Legion of Dawn Edition.

It costs $15 / £15 per month or $100 / £90 per year, as compared to the basic tier’s $5 / £4 and $30 / £20 charges, respectively. Subscribing now gets you in before Madden drops on August 10, and altogether subscribing through the end of the year would get you EA’s entire slate for just over the cost of one game. Of course, if you let the subscription lapse, the games go too.

This makes EA’s own subscription service similar to the Xbox Game Pass, which offers a large backlog of older games along with all new first-party games from Microsoft as they release. That service similarly costs $10 per month.

This story has been updated and corrected.

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Grand Theft Auto 5 Used To Create An Entire Music Video

As part of GTA Online: After Hours, DJ Solomun released a music video which is entirely shot in Grand Theft Auto 5. It marks the first time a real-world artist has debuted new music through their own story within the GTA universe.

The video showcases a day in Solomun’s GTA life, delivering packages and vehicles across Los Santos while trying to not get caught up in the everyday mayhem that plagues the city. The drama plays out over Solomun’s newest EP, “Customer is King.”

After Hours adds several new updates to GTA Online, the most noticeable of which is a feature that allows you to manage your own nightclub. You complete missions to keep your club running, whether that’s securing bar and security staff or promoting your venue. You also have to hire the right DJ, and you have the option of choosing amongst real-world artists who perform their music within the game. After Hours added Solomun first. Tale of Us comes to GTA Online on July 31, Dixon on August 7, and The Black Madonna on August 14.

After Hours also allows players to compete in Business Battles, where everyone fights to claim items that improve their business ventures. The update adds seven new vehicles as well.

GTAV is the gift that keeps on giving. Rockstar’s game has remained at or near the top of different sales charts for years, a constant reminder that people are still buying the game five years after its release. In our Grand Theft Auto 5 review, we gave the game a 9/10.