The X-Files New Season: Watch The Dramatic First Trailer

The first trailer for the new season of The X-Files is here. The eleventh season of the hugely popular sci-fi mystery show is set to air in 2018, with David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson returning as FBI agents Mulder and Scully.

The trailer premiered at New York Comic-Con and is now online. It suggests that the paranormal dangers that Mulder and Scully will face are even more dramatic than usual–check it out below:

The X-Files first returned to screens for a limited-run season in early 2016, after more than a decade away. Although the new season met with mixed reviews, it proved a ratings hit. The season premiere was watched by more than 20 million viewers in the US, and the show was one of the most popular of the year.

During the X-Files panel at NYCC, Anderson suggested that this might be her final outing as Scully. “I think this will be it for me,” she said, via ScreenRant. She went on to explain her reasons for returning after so long. “It felt like it wasn’t over. It didn’t feel like we necessarily deliver everything the fans were expecting of us last time, and so it was that.”

The X-Files originally ran for nine years, and clocked up 202 episodes between 1993 and 2002. By the time the last of those original seasons had ended, it had become the longest-running consecutive sci-fi series ever on US broadcast TV. There were also two spin-off movies: 1998’s The X-Files: Fight the Future, and The X-Files: I Want to Believe in 2008.

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This Week’s Xbox One And 360 Deals With Gold Announced

Microsoft has announced the latest slate of deals for Xbox Live Gold members. This week’s selection is fairly small, but it includes discounts on some great titles for Xbox One and Xbox 360.

As usual, Xbox One owners have the bigger selection of discounts to choose from. Gold members can pick up the acclaimed Deus Ex game, Mankind Divided, for $15/£12.50, while its season pass is available for $7.50/£6.25. Also on sale is Divinity: Original Sin – Enhanced Edition, which Gold members can purchase for $13.20/£11.55. Some other notable Xbox Live Gold deals include:

If you don’t have an Xbox Live Gold membership, you can still get a discount on one title. This week’s spotlight game is Infinite Minigolf, which is available for 30% off, bringing its price down to $10.49/£8.39 for all Xbox One owners.

The Xbox 360 selection is even sparser, but Gold members can pick up a selection of Mass Effect 2 and Mass Effect 3 DLC for 50% off, including Lair of the Shadow Broker ($5), Kasumi – Stolen Memory ($3.49), and Leviathan ($5).

This week’s Deals with Gold will be available this week and expire at 3 AM PT/6 AM ET on October 17. You can find the full list of discounts on Major Nelson’s blog.

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This Week’s Xbox One And 360 Deals With Gold Announced

Microsoft has announced the latest slate of deals for Xbox Live Gold members. This week’s selection is fairly small, but it includes discounts on some great titles for Xbox One and Xbox 360.

As usual, Xbox One owners have the bigger selection of discounts to choose from. Gold members can pick up the acclaimed Deus Ex game, Mankind Divided, for $15/£12.50, while its season pass is available for $7.50/£6.25. Also on sale is Divinity: Original Sin – Enhanced Edition, which Gold members can purchase for $13.20/£11.55. Some other notable Xbox Live Gold deals include:

If you don’t have an Xbox Live Gold membership, you can still get a discount on one title. This week’s spotlight game is Infinite Minigolf, which is available for 30% off, bringing its price down to $10.49/£8.39 for all Xbox One owners.

The Xbox 360 selection is even sparser, but Gold members can pick up a selection of Mass Effect 2 and Mass Effect 3 DLC for 50% off, including Lair of the Shadow Broker ($5), Kasumi – Stolen Memory ($3.49), and Leviathan ($5).

This week’s Deals with Gold will be available this week and expire at 3 AM PT/6 AM ET on October 17. You can find the full list of discounts on Major Nelson’s blog.

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Next Free Pikachu For Pokemon Sun And Moon Now Available

The Pokemon Company is giving away another free Pikachu for Pokemon Sun and Moon. Starting today, players can add a special Pikachu wearing Ash’s cap from the Unova region to their teams.

Like the previous three Pikachu that have been given away recently, the Unova cap Pikachu has a Hardy nature and comes with its exclusive Z-Crystal, Pikashunium Z. When the Z-Crystal is equipped, it allows Pikachu to use the powerful 10,000,000 Volt Thunderbolt Z-Move once per battle. This week’s Pikachu also knows the following attacks:

  • Thunderbolt
  • Quick Attack
  • Iron Tail
  • Volt Tackle

The Unova cap Pikachu is the fourth of six special Pikachu that The Pokemon Company is distributing to celebrate the Pokemon series’ upcoming 20th anniversary film, Pokemon The Movie: I Choose You. Each of the six Pikachu sports one of the caps Ash has worn throughout the anime series and comes with a slightly different moveset. You can see the full distribution schedule below.

The Unova cap Pikachu will only be available until October 16. To claim one, select Mystery Gift from Pokemon Sun or Moon’s main menu and select the option to receive a gift with a code/password. Input the code PIKACHU20 and you can pick the adorable Electric mouse up from the deliveryman inside any Pokemon Center. However, you can only redeem the code once, so if you used it to claim any of the previous three Pikachu, you won’t be able to use it again.

Sun and Moon players can also get a couple of other Pokemon for free right now. Target stores across the US are giving away a free download code for the popular Fire-type starter Charizard. GameStop has also begun distributing free download codes for the Mythical Fighting/Ghost-type Marshadow. You only have until October 14 to get a Charizard code if you haven’t yet, while the Marshadow distribution runs until October 23.

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Next Free Pikachu For Pokemon Sun And Moon Now Available

The Pokemon Company is giving away another free Pikachu for Pokemon Sun and Moon. Starting today, players can add a special Pikachu wearing Ash’s cap from the Unova region to their teams.

Like the previous three Pikachu that have been given away recently, the Unova cap Pikachu has a Hardy nature and comes with its exclusive Z-Crystal, Pikashunium Z. When the Z-Crystal is equipped, it allows Pikachu to use the powerful 10,000,000 Volt Thunderbolt Z-Move once per battle. This week’s Pikachu also knows the following attacks:

  • Thunderbolt
  • Quick Attack
  • Iron Tail
  • Volt Tackle

The Unova cap Pikachu is the fourth of six special Pikachu that The Pokemon Company is distributing to celebrate the Pokemon series’ upcoming 20th anniversary film, Pokemon The Movie: I Choose You. Each of the six Pikachu sports one of the caps Ash has worn throughout the anime series and comes with a slightly different moveset. You can see the full distribution schedule below.

The Unova cap Pikachu will only be available until October 16. To claim one, select Mystery Gift from Pokemon Sun or Moon’s main menu and select the option to receive a gift with a code/password. Input the code PIKACHU20 and you can pick the adorable Electric mouse up from the deliveryman inside any Pokemon Center. However, you can only redeem the code once, so if you used it to claim any of the previous three Pikachu, you won’t be able to use it again.

Sun and Moon players can also get a couple of other Pokemon for free right now. Target stores across the US are giving away a free download code for the popular Fire-type starter Charizard. GameStop has also begun distributing free download codes for the Mythical Fighting/Ghost-type Marshadow. You only have until October 14 to get a Charizard code if you haven’t yet, while the Marshadow distribution runs until October 23.

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This Week’s PS4, PS3, And Vita Deals Announced

The latest selection of discounts are now available in the US PlayStation Store. This week, PlayStation 4 owners can find savings on an array PSVR games, while a number of Devolver Digital titles are on sale for PS4, PS3, and Vita.

Those looking for a new PSVR game to play will find some sizable discounts as part of Sony’s PSVR Celebration sale, which also offers additional savings if you happen to have a PS Plus subscription. Resident Evil 7, one of the the year’s best titles, is on sale for $30 (or $36 without PS Plus). Also on sale is Rez Infinite, which is available for $18 ($21). Some other notable deals include Farpoint ($30/$40), Rise of the Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebration ($24/$30), Batman: Arkham VR ($7/$16), Psychonauts in the Rhombus of Ruin ($10/$14), and Star Wars Battlefront Ultimate Edition ($5.09/$12).

In addition to that, players can find a big selection of discounts of Devolver Digital games, which likewise offer extra savings for PS Plus members. On PS4, players can pick up Absolver ($25.49/$27), Enter the Gungeon ($7.50/$9), and Broforce ($3.74/$5.24). You can also find discounts on Hatoful Boyfriend ($2/$3), Hotline Miami ($5/$6) and its sequel, Wrong Number ($7.50/$9), all of which support Cross-Buy with Vita. Finally, PS3 owners can pick up Serious Sam 3: BFE ($2/$4) and Luftrausers ($2.49/$3.49).

Those in the UK have a different selection of deals to choose from, though there are likewise some great titles on sale, including Horizon: Zero Dawn (£30), The Last of Us Remastered (£16), and Nioh (£20), among others. You can find the full list of this week’s UK deals here.

As always, these discounts will only be available for a limited time and expire at 8 AM PT/11 AM ET on October 17. You can find the full list of games that are sale this week on the PlayStation Store. In addition to that, Sony’s Day 1 Digital offer is still going on and will net you a 20% off coupon on a future PSN purchase when you buy two select titles.

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This Week’s PS4, PS3, And Vita Deals Announced

The latest selection of discounts are now available in the US PlayStation Store. This week, PlayStation 4 owners can find savings on an array PSVR games, while a number of Devolver Digital titles are on sale for PS4, PS3, and Vita.

Those looking for a new PSVR game to play will find some sizable discounts as part of Sony’s PSVR Celebration sale, which also offers additional savings if you happen to have a PS Plus subscription. Resident Evil 7, one of the the year’s best titles, is on sale for $30 (or $36 without PS Plus). Also on sale is Rez Infinite, which is available for $18 ($21). Some other notable deals include Farpoint ($30/$40), Rise of the Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebration ($24/$30), Batman: Arkham VR ($7/$16), Psychonauts in the Rhombus of Ruin ($10/$14), and Star Wars Battlefront Ultimate Edition ($5.09/$12).

In addition to that, players can find a big selection of discounts of Devolver Digital games, which likewise offer extra savings for PS Plus members. On PS4, players can pick up Absolver ($25.49/$27), Enter the Gungeon ($7.50/$9), and Broforce ($3.74/$5.24). You can also find discounts on Hatoful Boyfriend ($2/$3), Hotline Miami ($5/$6) and its sequel, Wrong Number ($7.50/$9), all of which support Cross-Buy with Vita. Finally, PS3 owners can pick up Serious Sam 3: BFE ($2/$4) and Luftrausers ($2.49/$3.49).

Those in the UK have a different selection of deals to choose from, though there are likewise some great titles on sale, including Horizon: Zero Dawn (£30), The Last of Us Remastered (£16), and Nioh (£20), among others. You can find the full list of this week’s UK deals here.

As always, these discounts will only be available for a limited time and expire at 8 AM PT/11 AM ET on October 17. You can find the full list of games that are sale this week on the PlayStation Store. In addition to that, Sony’s Day 1 Digital offer is still going on and will net you a 20% off coupon on a future PSN purchase when you buy two select titles.

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Publisher Apologizes For Ys VIII’s Bad Translation, Promises To Fix It For Free

While it’s always positive news when games that might easily remain exclusive to Japan are localized for international markets, fans rightly expect the accompanying translation to not be plagued with issues. That unfortunately hasn’t proven to be the case with Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana, which debuted last month in North America and Europe following its 2016 release in Japan. The president of NIS America, which published the game outside of Japan and handled the translation, has now acknowledged and apologized for the English script’s problems.

We made note of the mediocre translation in our Ys VIII review, and fans have continued to point out problems with it since then. Some of the errors are downright hilarious, as evidenced by the screenshots from Imgur below–“Big Hole” is just an incredible name for something. But in other cases, this could actually have a real impact on gameplay, as one Twitter user reported that item descriptions were mixed up–thus confusing what effect using them would have. Perhaps worse yet, fans raised concerns about the translation ahead of the game’s release.

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NIS America has not shied away from the problems. “It has come to my attention that the quality of the Ys VIII localization has not reached an acceptable level by our own standards, but most importantly by yours,” president and CEO Takuro Yamashita said in a statement received by GameSpot. “As president of NIS America, Inc. I want to apologize to you personally for this grave error. This situation should not have happened– especially to a game as wonderful as Ys VIII and by a company that strives to deliver the very best customer experience in each title.”

In addition to the apology, Yamashita said that NIS will figure out how this happened and fix the game in the near future. “We have begun internally to investigate the causes of this situation as well as to implement steps to ensure that a similar situation does not occur again,” he said. “As for Ys VIII itself, we will have a new translator and editor go over the entire localization to fix grammatical errors, typos, inconsistencies, and also to take a fresh look at the dialog and characterizations. For the script, where necessary, we will re-translate and re-edit the game including updating voicework to reflect these changes.”

For an RPG with a good amount of text, that’s no simple task, and it will take some time. NIS expects to have the matter resolved by the end of November. The new localization will be released as a free update on PS4 and Vita, and it will be available in the PC version (which does not yet have a release date) once it launches on Steam.

“We humbly request your patience in this process,” the statement concludes. “Again, as the president and CEO of NIS America, Inc, I deeply apologize and vow to you that we will bring the quality of the localization of Ys VIII up to the high standards that it and you deserve. Please allow us this opportunity to restore your faith in NIS America.”

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