Switch and Super NES Classic Topped Sales Last Month

Nintendo had another successful month, taking both the number one and number two best-selling console spots.

Additionally, Super Mario Odyssey was October’s top-selling game in spite of only having been available for the final five days of the month.

The Nintendo Switch came in at number one last month, according to numbers provided to Nintendo by the NPD Group. The next best-selling console was the Super NES Classic.

When added to sales of Nintendo’s 3DS family of consoles, Nintendo repeated last month’s feat of having “two-thirds of all video game hardware sold in the United States.”

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James Franco Eyed to Be Marvel’s Multiple Man for Fox

James Franco may star as Multiple Man in a new Marvel film from Fox.

Sources have told IGN that Franco is in negotiations to star in a Multiple Man film that is currently in development. Deals are currently being made, and Jeremy Kramer will oversee the project for Fox.

MMAN- Multiple Man art, via Marvel.com

Wonder Woman writer Allan Heinberg will reportedly pen the script, with Simon Kinberg and Genre Films, along with Franco and Ramona films producing it. The deal reportedly came out of another collaborative effort between Kinberg and Franco, The Hardy Men, a film that may see James and Dave Franco playing adult versions of the famous child detectives The Hardy Boys.

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The Curious Case of Star Wars Battlefront 2

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On this week’s Xbox show, we discuss just what the heck went wrong with Star Wars Battlefront 2. Plus: we go over all of the Xbox-specific nominees for this year’s Game Awards, what original Xbox games we’d like to see added to Xbox One backward compatibility, and more!

Oh, and Unlocked now has its own snazzy new homepage! Bookmark this: go.ign.com/unlocked

And we’ve got our own YouTube channel too! Subscribe here: youtube.com/ignunlocked

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Justice League’s Steppenwolf Explained

The Justice League is finally coming together on the big screen. But this team’s first enemy in the DCEU isn’t the Legion of Doom or Brainiac or another A-List villain. Instead, they’re going up against the bloodthirsty New God Steppenwolf.

Given his relatively lesser-known status, we don’t blame you if you’re not familiar with the film’s main villain. But we’re here to help. Here’s everything you need to know about Steppenwolf!

Steppenwolf is a member of the New Gods, a race of powerful cosmic beings who dwell in a realm called the Fourth World. The Fourth World consists of two planets – peaceful, idyllic New Genesis and hellish, battle-scarred Apokolips. Steppenwolf lives on the latter. As the commander of the armies of Apokolips and uncle to the planet’s despotic ruler, Darkseid, Steppenwolf is among the most feared and hated members of the New God family.

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PUBG Desert Map Shown off in New Screenshots

A new batch of screenshots have been released for PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds that provide a glimpse at the upcoming desert map, which will be available for the popular shooter once the game exits Early Access later this year.

Check out the screenshots, which were revealed on the official NVIDIA GeForce website, below:

For more on the forthcoming desert map, find out what the latest test patch appears to have revealed about its layout. Also spotted in the files is a work-in-progress Jetski and new area on the Russian map, Evangel.

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