A Silence of the Lambs TV show focused on Clarice Starling is in development. TV giant CBS, whose parent company also owns GameSpot, has announced a new drama called Clarice that will focus on the FBI agent's life following the events of The Silence of the Lambs.The show is being written by Alex Kurtzman (Star Trek, The Mummy) and Jenny Lumet (Star Trek: Discovery, Rachel Getting Married), and they will also executive produce. It takes place one year after the events of The Silence of the Lambs, in 1993. Variety describes the show in this way: "The show is a deep dive into the untold personal story of Starling as she returns to the field to pursue series murderers and sexual predators while navigating the high stakes political world of Washington D.C."Kurtzman and Lumet said Starling's own personal life has always "remained in the dark," so they are excited to tell her story on TV. "But hers is the very story we need today: her struggle, her resilience, her victory. Her time is now, and always," they said.Starling the character was created by writer Thomas Harris in the 1988 novel The Silence of the Lambs as a sequel to his 1981 book Red Dragon. Jodie Foster played Clarice in the 1991 Silence of the Lambs movie, and she won the Best Actress Oscar for her performance. In total, the movie picked up five Oscar wins, including Best Picture, Best Actor (Anthony Hopkins), Best Actress (Jodie Foster), Best Director (Jonathan Demme), and Best Adapted Screenplay (Ted Tally).Clarice returned in 2001's Hannibal movie, though Foster elected to not return; instead Julianne Moore played Clarice. There is no word on who will play Clarice on the CBS TV show or what other characters might appear.The TV network Lifetime announced a Clarice show of its own in 2012, though the project never got off the ground. Additionally, the NBC TV show Hannibal wanted to introduce the character Clarice, but the rights-holders had other plans.Hannibal, which stars Mads Mikkelsen as Hannibal Lecter, is a much-loved TV show that ended after just three seasons. Fans have called for a fourth season, but so far it hasn't happened. Bryan Fuller, who created the Hannibal TV show, said on Twitter that the announcement of CBS' new Clarice show does not mean Hannibal Season 4 won't happen.Info from Gamespot.com

Awesome Games Done Quick 2020 has wrapped up in triumph, with the week-long speedrunning charity event ending with a huge amount of money earned for this year's charity, the Prevent Cancer Foundation.The event raised $3,131,475 from over 54,000 individual donations, which came in from over 80 countries. This is the largest amount any single Games Done Quick event has ever brought in. Donations remain open on the site, if you'd still like to be a part of the event's charitable efforts.The event ran for a week, from Monday, January 6 through to Sunday, January 12. It was attended by over 2750 people, and concurrent Twitch viewership peaked at 236,000.An archive of highlights is available on the event's YouTube channel, Including Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas being completed in just over four hours, Amid Evil in 26:37, The Outer Worlds in 14:21, and A Hat in Time in 42:33.Quite a few highlights are still missing from the page thanks to a technical issue, but they are being added over time. A full list of every game played during the marathon, and the times achieved, is available on their website.This was the tenth anniversary Games Done Quick event, with the organization having raised over $25 million for charity in that time. The next live event, Summer Games Done Quick 2020, will happen from June 21 through 28. The 11th Awesome Games Done Quick event is already sent for January 3-10, 2021.Info from Gamespot.com

New Releases is back for another year of video games, and this week in January is all about that anime. This episode features Goku's adventure in Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot, the match-three action of Puzzle & Dragons Gold, and a revamped Tokyo adventure with Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE Encore. There's also a double dose of indie titles with Red Bow and Super Mega Space Blaster Special Turbo.Super Mega Space Blaster Special Turbo -- January 14Available on: PS4, Xbox One, PC, SwitchSpace Blaster is a shoot 'em up with bullet hell elements, which means you'll be dodging all sorts of lasers and bullets as your fly around the exosphere. With 15 different ships and multiple power-ups, there are plenty of ways to lay waste to your space-faring opponents. You can fly with friends in co-op or against others in online multiplayer too.Red Bow -- January 14Available on: PS4, Vita, Xbox One, Switch (Jan 14) / PC (Jan 17)Red Bow is the story of Roh, a young girl trapped in a nightmare. This is a brief, story-driven adventure you can complete in only a few hours. Just be aware that the developer does warn players of Red Bow's exploration of some dark and mature content.Puzzle & Dragons Gold -- January 15Available on: SwitchThe fan-favorite puzzle fighter is making its debut on Switch Puzzle & Dragons Gold. For the uninitiated, combat is carried out by matching three orbs of the same color. That sounds simple enough, but when you factor in special abilities and monster lineups, the strategic possibilities really open up.Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot -- January 17Available on: PS4, Xbox One, PCKakarot is an action-RPG starring more than just Kakarot, aka Goku. You can also play as Piccolo, Gohan, and even fusion forms like Vegito. Series creator Akira Toriyama has also drawn up a new character for the game, a former Ginyu Force member named Bonyu. Kakarot covers that story, the Cell arc, and many other iconic moments from the series.More Coverage:Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot's Opening Cinematic Is A Blast Of NostalgiaDragon Ball Z: Kakarot Will Cover The Cell Saga And Filler Material, Including The Fan-Favorite Driving Test EpisodeTokyo Mirage Sessions #FE Encore -- January 17Available on: SwitchThe Wii U JRPG is getting a second life on Switch, which includes new story content, music, and party members. If you missed the original adventure, here's the pitch: combat is a combination of the Shin Megami Tensei and Fire Emblem series, using both elemental weaknesses and the weapon triangle. Outside of combat, you'll be hopping between real-world Tokyo and an alternate dimension where the evil Mirages have spawned.More Coverage:Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE ReviewTokyo Mirage Sessions #FE Team Talks Atlus' Localization, Regional Changes, and Pop Music InfluenceThis is only the first episode of New Releases for 2020, and for the month of January. Next week, we'll take a look at another wave of games, including Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath HD and The Walking Dead: Saints and Sinners.Info from Gamespot.com

Activision is raising money for the ongoing bushfire relief effort in Australia through an in-game charity campaign with Call of Duty: Modern Warfare. The "Outback Relief Pack" is available now, and it contains Australia-themed items and gear.The Outback Relief pack costs 1,800 Call of Duty Points, which works out to around $18 USD. 100 percent of the net proceeds will be donated to help fire relief efforts in Australia. It's unclear exactly where the money is going, but GameSpot has followed up with Activision in an attempt to get more details. The content includes a Bushranger operator skin, a koala charm, and the blueprints for the legendary "Big Game" sniper rifle. There is also a new sticker, gun art, operator quip, and finishing move, as well as a token to skip one tier in the Modern Warfare Battle Pass.Here's everything in the Outback Relief DLCIn a tweet, Activision said, "Our thoughts go out to all those affected by the bushfires in Australia." The message also confirms that the donation campaign runs until January 31.Activision is not the only gaming company that is giving money to help support the firefighting efforts in Australia. Ubisoft Australia has also donated, while Bungie is raising money through a Destiny 2 campaign to raise funds.pic.twitter.com/2yCdwSeYSR — Infinity Ward (@InfinityWard) January 11, 2020As of January 12, there are still more than 100 bush and grass fires burning in Australia, 40 of which are not contained. The New South Wales Bureau of Meteorology is projecting a good amount of rain across Australia for the coming week, which the NSW Rural Fire Service says would be a very good thing.If this @BOM_NSW rainfall forecast comes to fruition then this will be all of our Christmas, birthday, engagement, anniversary, wedding and graduation presents rolled into one. Fingers crossed. #NSWRFS #nswfires pic.twitter.com/R9VfD0bqu2 — NSW RFS (@NSWRFS) January 12, 2020Go to GameSpot sister site CNET to see an extensive and informative breakdown of the national crisis and find out what you can do to help. Info from Gamespot.com

While the CBS All Access series Star Trek: Picard hasn't aired yet, it's already gotten the green light for a second season. But before the series airs, the show's star Patrick Stewart explains just where Jean-Luc Picard's dog, which we've seen in one of the promotional posters for the series, comes from.At the TCA winter press tour, Picard had a presentation where Stewart was in attendance discussion the upcoming All Access series, including how this dog was incorporated into the series. "Like so many things on this show, it has a great deal to do with me," Patrick jokingly explained. "The dog was my idea.""Picard's life has changed. He's troubled, disturbed, lonely, and with feelings of a strange, unnatural guilt. To just see him with a dog seemed to me to write a lot of things that didn't have to be said. Because the presence of the dog alone shows he is looking for some form of comfort, which he can't find anywhere else."The upcoming series, which takes place years after the events of The Next Generation, follows the titular character who has settled into a much calmer life, on Earth. A placard at New York Comic-Con, designed to share information about the series, read:"Since resigning from Starfleet, Admiral Jean-Luc Picard has lived a somewhat reclusive life on his family estate in La Barre, France. All of that changes when he receives an unexpected visitor and is once more drawn back to the galactic stage."The new Star Trek series will feature many familiar faces from Star Trek: TNG, including Brent Spiner as Data, Jonathan Frakes as Riker, and Marina Sirtis as Deanna Troi, plus Jeri Ryan as Seven of Nine from Star Trek: Voyager. For more, check out the latest trailer and GameSpot's guide to everything we know so far about Star Trek: Picard.Star Trek: Picard debuts on CBS All Access on January 23.Disclosure: CBS All Access is owned by ViacomCBS, GameSpot's parent company.Info from Gamespot.com

Star Trek: Picard is days away from debuting on CBS All Access, and at the TCA winter press tour, series star Patrick Stewart reminisced about his days working on The Next Generation and why Star Trek is still relevant.The original Star Trek series first debuted in 1966, and more than half a century later, it's still part of pop culture. But why? "Hope," Stewart stated. "It is the dominant emotion behind everything we did on The Next Generation and as I'm beginning to discover, on Picard too. It has always been part of the content of Star Trek that it will attempt to create a better future with the set belief that a better future is possible."While Stewart wasn't a part of the original series, his iconic character Jean-Luc Picard first made his debut in 1987 on The Next Generation, arguably one of the most important science fiction television series of all time. He portrayed that character up until his final appearance in the 2002 movie Star Trek: Nemesis. "I was proud of the work we did in seven years on the series and the four movies we made," said Stewart. "That brought the franchise to a close. I was very content with that because I felt, as I said, very proud of the work we'd done, the context in which the work was done."Coming back to the character didn't seem to be a huge obstacle to Stewart, since Picard is just as much a part of him, as he is of the Starfleet Captain. "It has been far easier than I expected to make this transition nearly 20 years later. Because, as I've said, the man exists inside of me. We've talked for days about the backstory, what happened in those 20 years. Little snippets of the backstory will creep into the series because it's important our audience gets to know why we are living in the world that we are."Picard follows the former Starfleet Captain, years after the end of TNG, as he lives on Earth. There will be plenty of familiar faces popping up from the beloved Star Trek series like Brent Spiner as Data, Jonathan Frakes as Riker, and Marina Sirtis as Deanna Troi. And don't worry Voyager fans, Jeri Ryan will also be appearing as Seven of Nine.For more on Picard, check out the announcement for Season 2 of the series, along with series star Patrick Stewart discussing why there is a dog on the show and how Picard fits into the already confusing Star Trek timeline.Star Trek: Picard debuts on CBS All Access on January 23.Disclosure: CBS All Access is owned by ViacomCBS, GameSpot's parent company.Info from Gamespot.com

The Switch has a great controller in the Pro Controller, but many gamers (especially fans of Super Smash Bros. Melee) cannot look past the GameCube controller, so much so that Super Smash Bros. Ultimate still supports it. But if you're playing in handheld mode, you're out of luck, with no official GameCube controller-shaped Joy-Cons available--which is why one console modder took it upon themselves to build some.Shank Mods' creation was made by tearing down a pair of standard Joy-Cons and recreating them inside the half-shells of a GameCube controller. This is not a theoretical render, but rather a new pair of working Joy-Con controllers that each look and feel like half a GameCube controller.In the video below, Shank shows how he did it (it took months of work and involved 3D printing some parts,) and how they work.The process of making the controller is pretty involved, as the Joy-Con pair features different buttons compared to the GameCube controller. Shank even creates a Joy-Con cradle, so you can use the two halves snapped together like a Wavebird. These Joy-Con controllers he has created are compatible with any games that you can use the Joy-Con with, and feature gyro controls and amiibo support.Unfortunately, the GameCube Joy-Con is not available as a commercial product. Info from Gamespot.com

For reasons that are not clear, Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto IV is no longer available to purchase on Steam. A member of the ResertEra forum recently discovered that the Steam page for GTA IV no longer has a purchase button where it once was.The page does not offer any insight into why this is the case. Rockstar Games could not be reached for comment at press time.People are speculating that this has something to do with music licensing or how GTA IV still requires a Games For Windows Live account. Others are guessing that Rockstar might be moving GTA IV from Steam to its own Rockstar Launcher. For now, the real reason why GTA IV is no longer available to buy on Steam remains a mystery.PC Gamer reminds us that Rockstar removed GTA Vice City from Steam for a brief period of time in 2012 due to a copyright claim related to the Michael Jackson song "Wanna Be Startin' Something."Grand Theft Auto V and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas remain available for purchase on Steam. It's also worth noting that those who already own GTA IV on Steam can continue to play the title.Info from Gamespot.com

Being a Star Trek fan can be difficult. After all, there are so many different casts scattered between the various TV shows and movies, not to mention more than one timeline. Most of Trek--including Star Trek: The Next Generation--is set in what has been dubbed the Prime timeline. However, the 2009 movie from JJ Abrams, which essentially served as a reboot, was dubbed the Kelvin timeline. Given that's confined to those films, it should be easy to tell them apart. Unfortunately, the 2009 film also crossed over with the Prime timeline.So where does the latest addition to the franchise, Star Trek: Picard, live? Thankfully, executive producer Alex Kurtzman cleared up any confusion at the TCA winter press tour panel for the show. "We're in the prime timeline," he explained. "Events from the Kelvin timeline impacted Picard, but if you look at that movie, the destruction of Romulus was in the Prime timeline. It is what enabled the Kelvin timeline jump to happen. So that is very consistent with canon."While it makes complete sense for Picard to be set in the Prime timeline, it's an interesting question to think of in light of the Viacom/CBS merger, which brings the films produced by Paramount Pictures under the same corporate umbrella as the expanding Star Trek presence on TV and streaming. As for whether this series could end up a movie itself, Kurtzman isn't closing the door on that possibility, but notes there has to be a reason to take it to the big screen. "What can we do in the movie that we can't do on the television show? That's the only reason to do it," he said.Picard picks up years after the end of The Next Generation and finds the titular captain living a reclusive life on Earth, long-retired from Starfleet. Patrick Stewart returns to the role he made famous and will be joined by a host of familiar faces from The Next Generation--Brent Spiner as Data, Jonathan Frakes as Riker, and Marina Sirtis as Deanna Troi. Additionally, Jeri Ryan will reprise her role as Seven of Nine from Star Trek: Voyager. For more about Picard, make sure to check out our guide to everything we've learned thus far, plus a look at why Picard's dog may be one of the show's most important characters.Star Trek: Picard debuts on CBS All Access on January 23.Disclosure: CBS All Access is owned by ViacomCBS, GameSpot's parent company.Info from Gamespot.com

Fear the Walking Dead is returning for a sixth season this year (a date has not been set yet,) and will pick up where season 5 left off. It will feature Dwight, another character who has crossed over from the main series into the spin-off, and will, of course, involve a lot of zombies. According to Scott M. Gimple, the chief content officer of the television franchise, we might see a time jump in this season as well.Talking to Entertainment Weekly, Gimple responds to a question about whether or not the show will feature a time jump by saying that "time is actually going to be played around with on this season." Although major chronology jumps and changes are likely to be "way down the line," he says that "we're going to see a lot of time pass" on the next season of the show.What this means, exactly, isn't clear--fans of The Walking Dead on television, comics, and in Telltale's game series--are used to the franchise playing with time, although huge time jumps are rare.Elsewhere in the interview, Gimple says that the show's slow fifth season was "about setting up this journey that these characters on on through there to season 6," and that while they pay attention to fan reactions, it's hard to always follow exactly what they're asking for.He also says that, structurally, Fear the Walking Dead is "going to change quite a bit" this season, and it'll be "a little less vignette-y" than before, more like "16 little movies."The Walking Dead has a third unique series coming as well, called Worlds Beyond. It will debut in Spring 2020. The flagship show, The Walking Dead, is currently in its tenth season.Info from Gamespot.com

Monster Hunter: World's major DLC adventure, Iceborne, has finally made its way to PC, but the release is not without its problems. As VG247 reports, some players have had a major issue with running the new expansion--it's been deleting their save files. When the game opens and performs a save file check, some players are reporting, an error message tells them that "no compatible save was found"--and then the game will create a new save, overwriting their completed file. Upon exiting out of the game, this new save will overwrite their cloud save, effectively deleting their completed file. This problem has been widely reported on Reddit.Some players have been able to recover files with a community-created save transfer tool, and many have speculated that it depends on which mods players are running. The game also changed its save data format some time ago, and it's possible that players who have not played the game in a while and are just now returning to Iceborne are having issues because of this.Other players are reporting issues with the frame rate in Iceborne, which is currently being investigated. Otherwise, the game seems to have been ported well, judging by most player's reports. If you intend to play Iceborne but have not loaded the game up yet, it's worth creating a back-up of your save file just in case. Info from Gamespot.com

Westworld will be back for a third season on March 15, 2020, HBO has announced. The season, which will be available on HBO Now, HBO Go, and HBO On Demand, will chart "a dark odyssey about the dawn of artificial consciousness and the birth of a new form of life on Earth," according to HBO. The third season will run for eight episodes.The third season will feature returning cast members Evan Rachel Wood (Dolores,) Thandie Newton (Maeve,) Ed Harris (Man in Black,) Jeffrey Wright (Bernard,) Tessa Thompson (Charlotte,) Luke Hemsworth (Stubbs,) Simon Quarterman (Less Sizemore,) and Rodrigo Santoro (Hector Escaton.)New cast members include Aaron Paul (Breaking Bad,) Vincent Cassel (Black Swan,) Lena Waithe (Master of None,) Scott Mescudi (better known as the rapper Kid Cudi,) Marshawn Lynch (an NFL player for the Seattle Seahawks,) John Gallagher Jr. (The Newsroom,) Michael Ealy (Stumptown,) and Tommy Flanagan (Sons of Anarchy.)There's no new trailer to enjoy, but HBO released a single image of Evan Rachel Woods' character, Dolores, below.The season premiere will air on March 15 at 9:00pm PT.Info from Gamespot.com

It won't premiere until April, but at long last the first trailer for the upcoming fourth season of FX's anthology series Fargo has arrived. The quick look at the latest installment of the series is a serious trip back in time, as it centers on Loy Cannon, a 1950s mobster played by Chris Rock.As previously revealed, the new season of Fargo is set in Kansas City in the year 1950 and follows two criminal families--one African American, the other Italian--as they work together to control organized crime. The twist there, though, is that part of their deal to work together includes trading their oldest sons.Joining Rock this season are Ben Whishaw (Paddington 2), Jessie Buckley (Chernobyl), Jason Schwartzman (Saving Mr. Banks), and Uzo Aduba (Orange Is the New Black), among others. This marks the first major TV role for Rock since he appeared as the narrator on Everybody Hates Chris, a series he also served as the creator of.As for how much of the season is given away in the trailer, chances are you won't be too spoiled. During an appearance at the TCA winter press tour, Rock revealed productions is still underway and that he begins filming episode 5 this coming Monday, January 13.Fargo returns with its new installment on Sunday, April 19 on FX. The episode will then appear the next day on FX on Hulu.Info from Gamespot.com

Finally, the Rock has come back to television. If you're the type of person who truly knows what Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson is cooking, then you'll be excited to learn that NBC ordered a new series about the WWE superstar and actor's life as a child, titled Young Rock.Revealed at the TCA winter press tour during the NBC presentation, the comedic series will dive into the wrestler/actor's younger years to let you know about his life before he became the most electrifying man in sports entertainment at WWE. Additionally, Johnson himself mentioned at the panel that the series will cover his time playing football and his early wrestling career, before heading to the WWE.Nahnatchka Khan (Fresh Off the Boat) and Johnson will executive produce the series, which has been given an 11-episode series order, alongside Jeff Chiang, Dany Garcia, Hiram Garcia, Brian Gewirtz, and Jennifer Carreras. Both Khan and Chiang wrote the pilot for the series.Johnson will be involved with the show on a week-to-week basis. He'll appear in every episode "as the focus and inspiration" according to the press release.Finally, the millions--and millions-of The Rock's fans will get more insight into his childhood, being the son of NWA and WWF wrestler Rocky Johnson and Ata Maivia--who is part of the legendary wrestling family, the Anoa'is. Johnson made mention at the panel of moments in his life like when he was playing football for Miami University and wrestling for $40 in Nashville--prior to making it at WWE.Info from Gamespot.com

It's been almost 30 years since Hook, the Peter Pan follow-up that saw an adult Pan return to Neverland, hit theaters. Now, Syfy has announced at the TCA winter press tour that it is putting its own twist on the idea with The League of Pan, a limited series being developed. Unlike Hook, though, League of Pan isn't aiming for the type of comedy Robin Williams brought to the role of Peter Pan.Instead, Syfy calls The League of Pan"a thrilling and mysterious continuation of the beloved story of Peter Pan." A series description reads, "The League of Pan picks up with the fabled characters after ten years on the mainland. Now grown up and estranged, Wendy Darling and The Lost Boys must return to Neverland to face a new evil that threatens the very existence of the magical place they once called home, reigniting bitter rivalries and unearthing twisted secrets from their past. The fantastical series explores the painful truths of growing up and the realization that 'going home' is never quite as simple as you think."In a statement, NBC Entertainment president of original content Bill McGoldrick said of the series, "The stories of Peter Pan, The Lost Boys, and the Darlings have provided us with epic tales of gallantries and escapism for generations. Now, SYFY is developing an original take on the classic, setting the limited series in uncharted lands, making for new adventures and showcasing these characters like you've never seen them before."Following up with the Lost Boys a decade after leaving Neverland for the real world could prove to be an interesting idea, especially once they return and are likely confronted once again with the likes of Tinkerbell, Captain Hook, and other iconic characters fans of the Peter Pan story remember fondly.The League of Pan will by written and produced by Brian McCauley Johnson, whose previous credits include the shows Dominion, The Bridge, and Switched at Birth. Given this is only a development order, there's no telling when or if The League of Pan will see the light of day. However, Syfy's other big news of the day is that its Child's Play continuation--Don Mancini's Chucky--has been ordered to series.Info from Gamespot.com