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It’s been said many times before, but I love how thoroughly DC’s Legends of Tomorrow embraces its own silliness. On paper, the idea of an entire episode geared towards the Legends crossing paths with legendary showman P.T. Barnum (Titanic’s Billy Zane) sounds pretty straightforward and pedestrian. But this episode really leaned into the premise and the sheer dysfunction that defines the team. You can’t not be entertained by the results.

Really, the entire point of this episode was that the Legends are so failure-prone that they can take a simple “in and out” job and botch it till it becomes a massive, timestream-mangling catastrophe. As much as Rip’s oddly frosty behavior towards his old team seemed strange in the premiere, you really can’t help but sympathize with characters like Agent Sharpe. Why is Rip putting so much faith in a team that arguably cause more problems than they solve? Sharpe is quickly developing into a fun antagonist for the Legends as a whole and Sara in particular. She’s a jerk, but you can’t blame her for demanding more efficiency and accountability than the Legends seem capable of providing. The brawl between Sharpe and Sara proved to be one of many highlights in this episode. Am I wrong for sensing a bit of sexual tension there on top of everything else?

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Today during a livestream event, Microsoft made some big announcements about the Halo franchise, including new Xbox One X patches and ongoing support for Halo 5. We already knew that Halo 5 will receive an Xbox One X update, and today developer 343 confirmed that Halo Wars 2 is also getting patched to unlock “visual upgrades” on the new console. Halo: The Master Chief Collection is also getting an Xbox One X update, while players can also expect updates that include bug fixes and improvements.

Overall, 343 wants to “bring [Halo: MCC] forward and modernize many of the game’s systems to take advantage of Xbox platform advancements since its original launch.” The game had its share of serious struggles at launch, so it’s nice to see support continue in this way, years after release.

As part of this, 343 is launching a “flighting” program for The Master Chief Collection whereby players can test new patches. This is scheduled to begin in Spring 2018. More details on the specifics will be announced later.

The other big news about Halo Wars 2 is that it’s adding support for the Xbox Arena system. This feature, which debuted in May, allows players to create their own tournaments. Additionally, 343 is adding cross-play support between the Xbox One and PC versions of Halo Wars 2. All of these new features are scheduled to launch in “late October.”

As for Halo 5, 343 announced an “Overtime” program for the game. This includes a number of new features, content, and support, starting with an Xbox One X update for the game that “takes advantage of the extra power of Xbox One X to deliver higher visual fidelity for players who have compatible hardware.”

In terms of new content, 343 is rolling out the Oddball gametype, featuring new medals and voice cover. Additionally, there will be a big November update for Halo 5 that introduces a series of weapon balance changes. What’s more, 343 is launching a new app for Windows 10 that lets players host a local server on the same network as their Xbox One that should ideally allow for a low-latency experience.

In other news, 343 has confirmed that the Halo World Championship event is returning in 2018, and as part of this the developer is launching team skins. There will also be skins based on some of the major countries and regions in the tournament, including the United States, Canada, and Mexico.

No new Halo games have been announced, but Halo 6 is surely on the way and it sounds like it will have split-screen, thankfully.

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As frustrating as The Flash’s Season 4 premiere was in its unwillingness to follow up on the big Season 3 cliffhanger, there’s a lot to be said for the desire to move the series in a different, more lighthearted direction. The Flash needs to recapture the whimsical sense of humor that currently only exists on Legends of Tomorrow. Judging from “Mixed Signals,” the writers are well on their way towards establishing a lighter, happier status quo for the series. The question now is whether they’ve sacrificed too much else in the process.

Season 3 made a number of storytelling mistakes, but at the end of the day, its biggest problem was its habit of becoming mired in darkness and pathos. Caitlin’s downfall, Barry’s Flashpoint-related guilt, the fact that Draco Malfoy moved to Central City – all of that contributed to a needlessly grim status quo that failed to capture the lovable team Flash dynamic of the first two seasons.

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The PC version of Destiny 2 is shaping up to be a game specifically tuned for the platform to such an extent that every graphics options gets a full explanation and side-by-side comparison. Nvidia did the brunt of that work, showcased in a blog post that went up today on the company’s official website. It even gave internal benchmark results that tested the framerate difference between all the different settings.

One thing to note is that multisample anti-aliasing (MSAA) was scrapped from the anti-aliasing options, which caused problems for performance and visual quality in the PC beta last month. However, everything else that was seen in the beta will be in the final game. Graphics options are as follows:

• Resolution
• V-sync (30 FPS, 60 FPS, Off)
• Field of View (55 to 105)
• Anti-aliasing (FXAA, SMAA,)
• Ambient Occlusion (HDAO, 3D)
• Texture Anisotropy (Anisotropic Filtering, up to 16x)
• Texture Quality
• Shadow Quality
• Depth of Field
• Environmental Detail Distance
• Character Detail Distance
• Foliage Detail Distance
• Foliage Shadow Distance
• Light Shafts
• Motion Blur
• Wind Impulse
• Render Resolution
• High Dynamic Range (HDR)

Nvidia makes note of certain options that will give the most noticeable boost in framerate without affecting visual quality significantly. This is particularly helpful for systems that struggle with max settings. Based on the company’s tests using a GTX 1060 GPU (6GB) and Intel Core i7-6700K CPU (4.6GHz) at 1080p, the following was recommended:

• Turning off “Depth of Field” gave an extra 4 FPS
• Going from an “FOV” of 105 to 95 saved about 2.4 FPS
• “Foliage Detail Distance” from High to Medium added 4.1 FPS
• Using HDAO instead of 3D for “Ambient Occlusion” boosted framerate by 5.4 FPS
• “Shadow Quality” on High instead of Highest saves about 4.1 FPS
  • Note: using Medium offers a 9.4 FPS boost from Highest

Some visually striking effects actually don’t impact performance, as you can see from Nvidia’s test results and in-depth analysis. There are also interactive screenshot comparisons for nearly every option possible. You’ll be able to do this yourself on October 24 when Destiny 2 launches for PC. For more on the game itself, check out our wealth of guides here on GameSpot. And read Kallie Plagge’s Destiny 2 review in which she awarded the console versions 8/10, stating “It’s a much stronger foundation than the original had and one that’s enough on its own to keep people coming back week after week.”

Pirates of the Caribbean will be the next game from Jersey Jack Pinball, complete with a full-color screen, a miniature, rocking boat playfield, and a barnacle-encrusted limited edition cabinet.

Pinball, video games, and film are slowly converging with the newest round of pinball machines from Jersey Jack Pinball (The Wizard of Oz, The Hobbit) and Stern Pinball Inc. (Star Wars), which combine clips and sounds from movies with interactive graphics and menus straight out of modern video games.

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A live-action TV adaptation of Mob Psycho 100 has been announced and will premiere in Japan in just a few months.

As reported by Cinema Today (via translation by Anime News Network), TV Tokyo will produce the live-action series in collaboration with Netflix. TV Tokyo will air the show starting January 2018 in its “MokuDora 25” time slot, which is from 1:00-1:30am on Fridays.

Tatsuomi Hamada will portray main character, Mob. Kōichi Sakamoto is directing the show, with Fuminori Kobayashi serving as producer.

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EA has announced that the Amy Hennig-directed Visceral Games Star Wars title will be refocused and developed by other EA studios while Visceral Games closes down.

Executive Vice President of EA Patrick Soderlund announced in an EA blog post that Visceral’s linear, story-based action-adventure game will now be developed across EA’s Worldwide Studios with EA Vancouver leading production. And instead of making that linear, story-based game, the title will be reshaped “to be a broader experience that allows for more variety and player agency, leaning into the capabilities of our Frostbite engine and reimagining central elements of the game to give players a Star Wars adventure of greater depth and breadth to explore.”

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Most games about food are stressful. Restaurant sims like Cook, Serve, Delicious! and even whimsical local co-op games like Overcooked often focus player interaction on the chaos of kitchen work: assembling ingredients, following recipes, satisfying customers, and dealing with clean-up.

Cooking, and consequently food, becomes a taxing ordeal, defined almost entirely by its preparation and rarely on the magic and art of it – we are rewarded with the relief of a completed objective, while the actual meal itself remains largely uncelebrated. That’s where Nour comes in.

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Halloween is in the air. Which means it’s time to break down the 100 best horror movies of all time! Today, we start with numbers 100-76…