Fire Emblem: Three Houses marks Nintendo's big release on Switch this summer. The latest entry in the long-running strategy RPG series maintains much of what has made the series so iconic, but it makes some significant changes too.Three Houses puts you into a bustling school, and the titular three houses represent different factions. This gives the game a fresh tone as you navigate school life. On top of that, it lets go of the weapon triangle, a staple of the series that has given a rock-paper-scissors aspect to combat. Critics are largely regarding the changes as positive, as reflected in GameSpot's review."When all was said and done, all I could think about was starting another playthrough," wrote Kallie Plagge. "I was curious about the mysteries left unsolved, of course, but I also hoped to undo my mistakes. There were characters I didn't talk to enough, students I didn't recruit, and far more effective ways to train my units."Several other outlets have published their Fire Emblem reviews as well. We've gathered a sampling of them below. For even more reviews, check out GameSpot's sister site Metacritic.Game: Fire Emblem: Three HousesPlatform: Nintendo SwitchDeveloper: NintendoRelease date: July 26Price: $60 / £50 / $100 AUDGameSpot -- 9/10"Mastering the art of thoughtful lesson planning as a professor improves your performance on the battlefield, where success relies on calculated teamwork and deft execution. Cultivating relationships during battle in turn draws you closer to each of the characters, who you then want to invest even more time into in the classroom. Every piece feeds into the next in a rewarding, engrossing loop where you get lost in the whole experience, not just in the minutiae." -- Kallie Plagge [Full review]GamesRadar -- 5/5"Fire Emblem: Three Houses fully realizes a new, meaningful direction for the franchise that makes it the best it has ever been." -- Aron Garst [Full review]Game Informer -- 9.5/10"Fire Emblem: Three Houses is ambitious, and takes more chances than previous entries in the series. The way it lets your role as professor play into both the narrative and gameplay is nothing short of fantastic. This is the most I’ve ever cared about my Fire Emblem characters, and that’s incredibly high praise." -- Kimberley Wallace [Full review]USGamer -- 4.5/5"Fire Emblem: Three Houses soars on to Switch with a fully-realized school setting, deep character customization, and multiple full-length campaigns. While it loses momentum in the second half, it still manages to come off as a striking reinvention of the well-worn Fire Emblem formula. That makes its first real console appearance in more than a decade a triumph." -- Kat Bailey [Full review]The Guardian -- 4/5"It all adds up to a new lease of life for one of Nintendo’s younger series, bolstered by revised combat and a gorgeous new look that endows these 3D characters with the grace and style of older games’ portrait art. By turns grandiose and silly, but always engrossing, this bubbling school soap opera is a game to spend a summer with." -- Edwin Evans-Thirlwell [Full review]Daily Star -- 3/5"Fire Emblem: Three Houses is not a bad game--it starts off strong and for some reason systematically unpicks everything by the time you’re 30 hours in. The battle system is fairly impressive but still carries some of the flaws the series has had for the past decade, and the writing of the central cast feels like a step back compared to the 3DS series’ entries." -- Dom Peppiatt [Full review]Info from Gamespot.com

By now, you've burned through a lot of July offerings from the numerous streaming services, including Season 3 of Stranger Things on Netflix. However, it's almost August, and Amazon Prime Video revealed what new content it's bringing to the service for August, which includes an original series that had a large presence at Comic-Con.At the end of the month, on August 30, Season 1 of the Amazon Prime original Carnival Row comes to the service. At this year's Comic-Con, there were plenty of ads and parties that involved the new series in some fashion. The series stars Orlando Bloom and Cara Delevingne and takes place in a fantasy world inhabited by both humans and mythological creatures. These beasts aren't free, however, and they're forbidden to live their lives or love anyone. A string of murders by a monster causes the city the show takes place in to delve into chaos as the peace treaty between humans and creatures collapses.Early on in the month, there are a few selections you might be interested in. On August 2, 300 arrives, so you can watch it again and yell, "This is Sparta," just like you did throughout all of 2006. Also, comedian Jim Gaffigan has a new comedy special arriving on August 16 you'll want to check out.However, the majority of Amazon's content arrives on August 31, when it dumps a ton of new movies onto its service. There are plenty of notable selections including Hellboy II: The Golden Army, 2014's Godzilla, Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist, and the sci-fi classic The Fifth Element.Check out everything coming to Amazon for August below, and make sure to see what Netflix has in store for that month as well.New To Amazon Prime Video In August 2019August 2300 (2006)This is Football S1 – Amazon Prime OriginalAugust 7All I See Is You (2016)August 9Free Meek S1 – Amazon Prime OriginalPete the Cat S1 Part 2 – Amazon Prime OriginalAugust 12Andy Irons: Kissed by God (2018)August 16Photograph (2019) – Amazon Prime OriginalJim Gaffigan: Quality Time S1 – Amazon Prime OriginalAugust 21A Simple Favor (2019)August 23Mission: Impossible – Fallout (2018)#IMomSoHard Live S1 – Amazon Prime OriginalMike E. Winfield: StepMan S1 – Amazon Prime OriginalAlice Wetterlund: My Mama is a Human and So Am I S1 – Amazon Prime OriginalAlonzo Bodden: Heavy Lightweight S1 – Amazon Prime OriginalAugust 26The Lincoln Lawyer (2011)August 30Carnival Row S1 – Amazon Prime OriginalAugust 31A Cadaver Christmas (2011)Boy (2010)Computer Chess (2013)Dast-neveshtehaa nemisoosand / Manuscripts Don’t Burn (2013)Failure to Launch (2006)Far from Home (2014)Firstborn (1984)Flashback (1990)Glissements Progressifs du Plaisir / Successive Slidings of Pleasure (1974)Godzilla (2014)Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)I, Frankenstein (2014)Jack Frost (1998)Kicking the Dog (2009)Klip / Clip (2012)Korkoro (2009)La Maison de la radio (2013)Looking Glass (2018)Miss Hill: Making Dance Matter (2014)Music from the Big House (2010)Naples ’44 (2016)Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist (2008)Parting Glances (1986)Pirate Radio (2009)Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986)Sacred Ground (1983)She Must Be Seeing Things (1987)Sucker Punch (2011)Surviving Progress (2011)Ten Dead Men (2008)The Bog Creatures (2003)The Collectors (1999)The Fifth Element (1997)The Hills Have Eyes Part II (2006)The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby (2011)The Oyler House: Richard Neutra’s Desert Retreat (2012)The Penguin Counters (2017)The Uninvited (2009)This Ain’t No Mouse Music (2013)Top of the Food Chain (1999)Top Spin (2014)Vito (2011)Za Ji Wang Ming Dui (1979)Info from Gamespot.com

QuakeCon begins this weekend, and it promises to be a hell of a show. This will be the "Year of Doom," both to celebrate the groundbreaking FPS classic's 25th anniversary and to look ahead to the coming release of Doom Eternal. A series of panels include a few looks at Doom, along with fellow Bethesda-published games Fallout 76 and Elder Scrolls Online.GameSpot will be streaming the show as it all goes down, so make sure to bookmark this page and check back to watch the panels live. The first livestreams will begin on Friday, July 26 with even more on Saturday, July 27.QuakeCon will once again take place in Dallas, TX. Panels include a keynote featuring Doom Eternal, two separate panels on the impact and influence of Doom, and panels featuring Fallout 76 and Elder Scrolls Online. Those latter two are ongoing live games, so we may get a first look at upcoming updates and expansions. Check below for the full schedule.Friday, July 26thQuakeCon Keynote featuring Doom Eternal - 11 AM CT (12 PM ET / 9 AM PT)Influence of Doom Panel - 12 PM CT (1 PM ET / 10 AM PT)Saturday, July 27thFallout 76 Panel - 10 AM CT (11 AM ET / 8 AM PT)Knee Deep in Doom panel - 11 AM CT (12 PM ET / 9 AM PT)Elder Scrolls Online Panel - 2 PM CT (3 PM ET / 11 AM PT)Info from Gamespot.com

Over the past eight months or so that the Epic Games Store has been in business, the PC game retailer has slowly ramped up its offering of free games for its users, first giving away a game every two weeks and then transitioning to a weekly giveaway. Now, it appears Epic is testing the waters of giving away two free games on a weekly basis, if the offerings this week and next are any indications of its future plans. From now through August 2, you can claim Moonlighter and This War of Mine for free at the Epic Store; then, on August 2, the pair will be replaced by another duo of freebies: Alan Wake and For Honor.As a reminder, once you claim any of Epic's free games, they're yours to keep forever. To claim them, you'll have to first create a free Epic account, if you don't already have one.This War of MineIf you enjoy dark survival-themed games that require life-and-death decisions influenced by your own morals, definitely check out This War of Mine, which was developed by the same team behind Frostpunk. The game puts you in the shoes of a group of civilians struggling to survive in a war-torn city. Scavenging for resources like food and medicine is crucial, and along the way, player-controlled characters will run into other NPC survivors, whom you can choose to kill or help out. Epic seems to be giving away the Anniversary Edition, which adds new characters, new locations, and an entirely new ending to the game.Get This War of Mine free at EpicMoonlighterThen there's Moonlighter, a very different sort of game that you'll like if you're into action RPGs with rogue-lite elements. Primarily, you'll manage your shop in Rynoka Village, controlling inventory, setting prices, recruiting assistants, and upgrading the shop. You can also upgrade other aspects of the town, adding things like a blacksmith or potion-maker to produce items that are helpful for the dungeon portion of the game. Your character can access various worlds through otherworldly gates, where they will fight hordes of enemies and gather profitable loot, resources, and more. As you progress in the game, you can craft new armor and weapons and even enchant existing equipment.Get Moonlighter free at EpicOn the topic of PC game deals: Don't miss out on Green Man Gaming's huge summer sale going on right now with over 2,000 PC games and DLC marked down. If you like This War of Mine and haven't played Frostpunk, the latter is on sale for $13.50. Plus, get Resident Evil 2 for $35.63, Monster Hunter World for $27, Civilization VI for $13.20, and more.Info from Gamespot.com

It's been a decade since the first Zombieland movie premiered and in October, fans will be able to get a second helping when Zombieland: Double Tap hits theaters--with the four principal stars returning. The first trailer for the sequel has arrived, catching viewers up on what Columbus (Jesse Eisenberg), Wichita (Emma Stone), Tallahassee (Woody Harrelson), and Little Rock (Abigail Breslin) have been up to in the last year. It's about what you'd expect.In the first look at the movie, the gang arrives in Washington to take up residence in the White House for Christmas, with Tallahassee joking he could have been a good president. It's also hinted that this is the first time the group has been on the road in some time, though it's unclear where they were settled before. For those who haven't seen the movie in some time, we last saw this quartet in California, after they escaped a theme park overrun by zombies.The trailer also introduces a few new characters. Madison (Zoey Deutsch) enters the picture and seems very ill-equipped to survive a zombie apocalypse, unlike gun-toting Nevada (Rosario Dawson), while Little Rock runs off with Berkeley (Avon Jogia), a new boy she met. Then there are the doppelgangers. It's unclear just how big a role they'll play in the movie, but the trailer briefly shows characters very similar to Tallahassee and Columbus, played respectively by Luke Wilson and Thomas Middleditch.Based on this small look, Double Tap looks to be even more of the same mix of humor and horror as the first film, as this wildly dysfunctional family simply tries to survive together. Zombieland: Double Tap hits theaters on October 18, just in time for Halloween. Info from Gamespot.com

August is right around the corner, and that means streaming services like Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, and Hulu have revealed what's coming to its services for the upcoming month. And if you're a Hulu subscriber, you're in luck because there are plenty of movies you'll want to watch.Right at the beginning of the month, Hulu is dropping a ton of movies and roughly 12% of those movies are Star Trek-related. That's right, Spock, Kirk, and the gang will be invading your screen as Hulu releases nine Trek movies. Star Trek 1-6, 8, 9, and Nemesis all arrive on August 1. Watch Captain James T. Kirk yell "KAHN" or watch the crew travel back to 1986 to hang out with some whales. If only Hulu was also releasing Generations and Insurrection, so you could binge them all in one, very long sitting.If space and science-fiction aren't up your alley, then how do you feel about the personification of Death, trying to end people's lives? Are you into that? If so, the first four Final Destination movies are headed to Hulu on August 1 as well. In those movies, the concept of death is actually attempting to kill people. However, some can see his plan and avoid their demise. Can the trick the being that ends lives for a career or will they ultimately meet their maker? I'm making this movie sound a bit smarter than it actually is. You're going to watch this for the Rube Goldberg-esque death sequences.What about anime? Well, if you're looking for a series where every character you know and love will eventually be eaten by giantantic beasts--which will make you cry a lot--then you'll want to check out Season 3A of Attack on Titan, which arrives on August 6. Based on the popular manga series, the show follows a world that's been under attack from Titans, humongous, expressionless humanoids who eat people. Humans build a wall around their city, but that doesn't always work out for them. It's emotional, terrifying, and action-packed. Who's your favorite Attack on Titan character? Mine's the one that died in Season 1!Below, you'll find the complete listing for everything coming to and leaving Hulu in August.Coming to Hulu in AugustAvailable August 1Heartland: Complete Season 11(Kew Media)Pure: Complete Season 2 (WGN)Unikitty: Complete Season 1B (Cartoon Network)A Viking Saga: The Darkest Day (2013)Alien vs. Predator (2004)American Heart (1993)Baby Boom (1987)Big Fish (2003)The Brady Bunch Movie (1995)A Very Brady Sequel (1996)Bulletproof Monk (2003)Cats & Dogs (2001)Chinese Box (1997)The Color Purple (1985)Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002)The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course (2002)The Cutting Edge (1992)The Cutting Edge: Going for the Gold (2006)Dances with Wolves (1990)Das Boot (1981)Double Impact (1991)Down in the Delta (1998)Drumline (2002)Eight Men Out (1988)The Fifth Element (1997)Final Destination (2000)Final Destination 2 (2003)Final Destination 3 (2006)The Final Destination (2009)Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)Furry Vengeance (2010)Good Advice (2001)Hackers (1995)The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923)Idiocracy (2006)Indecent Proposal (1993)Ingenious (2009)Jeepers Creepers 2 (2003)John Grisham’s The Rainmaker (1997)Kama Sutra (1997)Man on a Ledge (2012)Marley and Me: the Puppy Years (2010)Meet the Parents (2000)Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium (2007)My Bloody Valentine (1981)The Pink Panther (2006)The Pink Panther 2 (2009)Rat Race (2001)Repentance (2013)Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993)Rosemary’s Baby (1968)Rushmore (1998)Seven (1995)Shivers (1975)Snake Eyes (1998)Spider-Man 3 (2007)Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984)Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989)Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)Star Trek VIII: First Contact (1996)Star Trek IX: Insurrection (1998)Star Trek: Nemesis (2002)Stargate (1994)Step Up (2006)The Terminator (1984)The Transporter (2002)Throw Momma from the Train (1987)Tracker (2011)Urban Cowboy (1980)White Men Can’t Jump (1992)Zookeeper (2011)Available August 2Into The Dark: School Spirit: Episode 11 Premiere (Hulu Original)Rick Steves’ Cruising the Mediterranean: Special (PBS)Anger Management (2003)Non-Fiction (2019)Available August 5The Kleptocrats (2018)Available August 6Apollo: Mission to the Moon: Special (National Geographic)Attack on Titan: Complete Season 3A (Funimation)Bachelor in Paradise: Season 6 premiere (ABC)Plus One (2018)Swan Princess: Kingdom of Music (2017)The Swan Princess: Kingdom of Music (2019)Available August 7The Armstrong Tapes: Special (National Geographic)Available August 8Apollo: Back to the Moon: Special (National Geographic)BH90210: Series Premiere (FOX)Mortdecai (2015)Available August 9The Beach Bum (2019)Available August 11AWOL (2016)Available August 13Sharkfest: Special (National Geographic)Andy Irons: Kissed by Gods (2019)Available August 15Dogman (2019)Own the Sky (2018)Rattlesnakes (2018)Smoke Signals (1998)The Actors (2003)Zoo-Head (2018)Available August 16Find Me In Paris: Complete Season 2 (Hulu Original)The Amazing Johnathan Documentary: Documentary Premiere (Hulu Original)Available August 18The Bookshop (2018)Available August 20The Layover (2017)Available August 21This Way Up: Complete Season 1 (Merman)Available August 22A Simple Favor (2018)Hail, Satan (2019)Available August 23Jawline: Documentary Premiere (Hulu Original)Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018)Operation Finale (2018)Available August 24Mapplethorpe (2018)Available August 25Wicked Tuna: Complete Season 5 (National Geographic)Available August 26Captain Fantastic (2016)Available August 27Mom: Complete Season 6 (CBS)The Lincoln Lawyer (2011)Available August 28How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2018)Available August 29The Son: Complete Season 2 (AMC)Body at Brighton Rock (2019)Available August 30Four of a Kind: Complete Season 1 (TV Tokyo)Gameface: Complete Season 2 (All3 Media)Gintama: Complete Season 1 (TV Tokyo)S.W.A.T.: Complete Season 2 (CBS)Leaving Hulu in AugustAugust 31Along Came a Spider (2001)American Loser (2007)American Psycho (2000)AntiHuman (2017)Antitrust (2001)Arbitrage (2012)Battle Ground (2013)Behind Enemy Line (2001)Blaze You Out (2013)Body of Evidence (1993)Brown Sugar (2002)Cecil B. Demented (2000)Chuck & Buck (2000)Cougars, Inc. (2011)Dante’s Peak (1997)Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo (1999)Dysfunktional Family (2003)Emperor (2012)Existenz (1999)Fluke (1995)Godsend (2004)Hard Candy (2006)Hitman (2007)Independence Day (1996)Italian for Beginners (2000)Jennifer 8 (1992)Kazaam (1996)Kinky Boots (2005)Less Than Zero (1987)Lost and Delirious (2001)Minority Report (2002)Next Day Air (2009)Not Another Teen Movie (2001)Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987)Point Break (1991)Poseidon (2006)Private Parts (1997)Reservoir Dogs (1992)Rounders (1998)Slow Burn (2000)Spawn (1997)Still Waiting (2009)Superbad (2007)The Surrogate (1995)Waiting… (2005)Wargames (1983)Wonderland (2003)Info from Gamespot.com

There's a discount for the complete series of Avatar: The Last Airbender on Amazon right now. The Blu-ray is 43 percent off, knocking down the price of the beloved series to $25.73 USD.Composed of three phenomenal seasons, Avatar: The Last Airbender takes place in a world where certain people are born with the gift of telepathically manipulating one of the four elements--earth, fire, water, and air--by performing a martial art called bending. The series stars Aang, a 12-year-old airbender who's also the Avatar, a being who reincarnates after death and each time is born with the ability to learn how to bend all four elements.Avatar - The Last Airbender: The Complete Series$25.73 ($45)See it on AmazonAfter accidentally crashing into an iceberg and being cryogenically frozen, Aang awakens over a century after the Fire Nation developed industrialization and went to war against the other three kingdoms. The Fire Nation began its conquest with the extermination of the Air Nation--knowing the Avatar would reincarnate there next--killing every citizen in it and making Aang the last surviving airbender. Aang sets out to learn how to bend the other three elements so he can be powerful enough to stop the Fire Nation, initially only accompanied on his quest by the waterbender Katara and her normal brother Sokka, and then also joined by blind earthbender Toph and disgraced Fire Nation prince Zuko.The Legend of Korra: The Complete Series$29.39 ($33)See it on AmazonThough the discount isn't quite as large, Avatar: The Last Airbender's follow-up The Legend of Korra is also on sale on Amazon right now. The complete series of The Legend of Korra is 11 percent off, knocking the price of the Blu-ray down to $29.39 USD.Taking place after the death of Aang, the four-season series follows Korra, the reincarnation of the Avatar after Aang. Like The Last Airbender, the beginning of The Legend of Korra is about the new Avatar learning how to bend the elements she doesn't have a grasp on (with air, ironically, being the one she requires the most help with). Korra eventually goes out into the world in order to make it a better place, as Aang did before her, though her journey is a lot less black and white, exploring more nuanced themes like racism, sexuality, physical disability, and religion.Info from Gamespot.com

Pokemon Go's latest Legendary Pokemon, Armored Mewtwo, has been a regular presence in Raid Battles for the past couple of weeks, but it won't be around for much longer. This special version of the Legendary Psychic-type will only be available until 1 PM PT / 4 PM ET / 9 PM BST on July 31, making this your last opportunity to add one to your collection.Unlike a standard Mewtwo, this version of the Legendary Pokemon is sporting the power-suppressing armor it wears in the Mewtwo Strikes Back: Evolution movie. Not only is its appearance different, but it has more defense-oriented stats than a regular Mewtwo, and it is capable of learning different attacks.Like most other Legendaries in Pokemon Go, Armored Mewtwo will appear in five-star Raids. You must team up with other players in-person and battle the Legendary Pokemon first, before you can earn a chance at capturing it. Despite its different appearance and stats, Armored Mewtwo is still a pure Psychic-type, which means it's weak to Ghost, Dark, and Bug Pokemon such as Giratina, Tyranitar, and Scizor.Armored Mewtwo isn't the only Pokemon leaving Go soon. You also only have a few more days to catch a Pikachu wearing a straw hat, which is spawning around the world as part of a One Piece crossover event. Straw hat Pikachu will only appear in the wild until July 29, so time is running out to add one to your collection if you haven't already.In other Pokemon Go news, Team Rocket has begun appearing in the game. You can challenge Rocket grunts at certain PokeStops and then catch the Shadow Pokemon they leave behind. Niantic has also announced the first details for August's Community Day. The event is set for Saturday, August 3, and the featured Pokemon this time will be the Psychic/Fairy-type Ralts.Info from Gamespot.com

Filming on the final season of Arrow is underway, with the show's last 10 episodes set to debut in the fall. Once production on the show is wrapped, star Stephen Amell will be looking for a new job. While finding a new role on the big or small screen might be the natural place to start, there's always another more physical option for Amell.As it stands, the actor has there professional wrestling matches under his belt--one for WWE, another for ROH, and a singles match at 2018's All In. Now that the wrestlers that organized All In have launched a promotion in All Elite Wrestling, it's easy to wonder whether Amell could call the new company his wrestling home.However, according to the Arrow star himself, that's likely not happening. Speaking to GameSpot at San Diego Comic-Con, Amell said, "I've got a very, very lovely, accommodating, and thoughtful wife and I risk divorce if I get back in the wrestling ring."The actor also revealed that he fractured his hip during his All In match against Christopher Daniels, and AEW executive vice president Cody Rhodes said Amell kept the injury to himself after the match. "He didn't even tell anyone, though. You'd think he would want to take a badge of honor and the warrior's feeling that comes with it. But he kept it secret," Rhodes told GameSpot at the TCA press tour. "He's a total stud, total wrestler."Rhodes also isn't so sure fans have seen the last of Amell wrestling. "I could see him coming and doing something with us for sure," he admitted, with one caveat. "He's not allowed to do anything with WWE. I want to have it. He's got to come back and hang with us. I mean, technically he's part of the Elite and the Bullet Club. So when it's time, he'll have to get back in the ring. Maybe in a little bit safer environment. Maybe like a tag match, something of that nature, but it's in his blood now."Time will tell who's right about Amell's second career as a wrestler One thing is for sure, though. "When he's ready, and when Arrow's wrapping up, there's a home for him at AEW," Rhodes declared.AEW's weekly show launches October 2 on TNT. Meanwhile, Arrow's final season premieres October 15 on The CW.Info from Gamespot.com

There are plenty of streaming services to choose from, like Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, and Hulu. However, their horror selections can be pretty weak. Luckily, AMC's Shudder exists, a service that deals only with horror movies and TV shows. The streaming service has revealed what's new for August, and there is plenty to watch, especially if you love '80s horror.When the folks at GameSpot are talking about horror movies, I try my hardest to work in a reference to the 1987 horror film/borderline musical Slumber Party Massacre II. I once even got to write a tiny piece about it. Well, it's time to talk about my favorite cheesy horror movie of the '80s once again because it's coming to Shudder on August 5. The movie follows Courtney, who was the younger sister of the "New Girl Across The Street" in the first film. She's in a band with some friends, and they go to a condo for the weekend to rock out with their boyfriends. That doesn't sound much like a horror movie, especially when the film has three different song breaks. However, Courtney is haunted by visions of her sister, who is locked up in an insane asylum, and eventually (like WAY later), a rockabilly guitarist is on the prowl, killing off everyone with his drill-guitar...and dancing in the living room for some reason. Please watch this, so I have someone to talk about it with.If you like your antagonists to have more depth and not be an amalgamation of things producers thought looked cool in 1987, then you'll be excited to learn that a slew of Freddy Krueger movies are coming to Shudder on August 1. You can relive all the over-the-top dream murders from the first six A Nightmare on Elm Street movies and check out the 2010 documentary Never Sleep Again, which chronicles the film franchise.AMC's horror TV series NOS4A2, based on the Joe Hill novel, has its first episode drop on August 8 with new ones arriving every Thursday. The series follows an artist who has the ability to track Charlie Manx, an immortal who feeds on the souls of children and dumps their corpses in Christmasland, Manx's bizarre Christmas village.Below, you'll find everything headed to Shudder in August, and please, watch Slumber Party Massacre II when you get the chance.Coming to Shudder in AugustAugust 1Raising Cain (1992, Brian De Palma)A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)A Nightmare on Elm Street II: Freddy’s Revenge (1985)A Nightmare on Elm Street III: Dream Warriors (1987)A Nightmare on Elm Street IV: The Dream Master (1988)A Nightmare on Elm Street V: The Dream Child (1989)Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare (1991)Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy (2010)August 5The Slumber Party Massacre (1982, Amy Holden Jones)Slumber Party Massacre II (1987, Deborah Brock)August 8NOS4A2 (2019) -- New episodes on Thursdays through October 10August 12Chopping Mall (1986, Jim Wynorski)Get My Gun (2017, Brian Darwas)Why Horror? (2014, Nicolas Kleiman and Rob Lindsay)August 15Incident in a Ghostland (2018)August 19Bad Moon (1996, Eric Red)Hell Night (1981, Tom DeSimone)August 26Humanoids From the Deep (1980, Barbara Peeters and Jimmy T. Murakami (uncredited))The Love Witch (2016, Anna Biller)August 29Belzebuth (2017)Info from Gamespot.com

While many major retailers like Walmart, GameStop, and Ebay pulled out all the stops to compete against Amazon during Prime Day 2019, Best Buy was relatively quiet, aside from a 48-hour flash sale that didn't offer much in the way of gaming deals. Rather than attempting to break through all the Prime Day noise, Best Buy launched its sitewide Black Friday in July sale a couple weeks later, and early access is currently available for My Best Buy members. That early access period ends after July 25.At the most basic level, My Best Buy membership is free, and all you have to do is create an account to start shopping the sale. Being a My Best Buy member gets you 5% back in rewards on qualifying purchases, free shipping on all $35+ orders, and more, so it's not a bad idea to sign up.In terms of gaming deals, you'll find PS4, Xbox One, Switch, and even some PC games marked down. Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night for PS4 and Xbox One is on sale for $30, and a free metal case is included. Other notable game deals include Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle (Switch) for $20, Resident Evil 7: Gold Edition (PS4, Xbox One) for $20, and Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice (PS4) for $15. On the hardware side, you'll find an Xbox One console deal that throws in an extra wireless controller and copy of Halo 5: Guardians for free. You can also save $30 on a bundle of two DualShock 4 controllers, and if you're into streaming, you can get a Logitech webcam and Yeti Blue microphone for $60 off.Check out more details on the best gaming deals below!See all deals in Best Buy's Black Friday in July saleGame dealsAssassin's Creed Odyssey -- $20 (PS4, Xbox One)Battle Chasers: Nightwar -- $30 (Switch)Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night -- $30 (PS4, Xbox One) - free metal case includedDarksiders - Warmastered Edition -- $20 (Switch)Days Gone -- $40 (PS4)Death Mark -- $30 (Switch)Dragon Marked for Death -- $40 (Switch)The Escapists 2 -- $30 (Switch)The Evil Within 2 -- $20 (PS4, Xbox One, PC)Forza Horizon 4 -- $30 (Xbox One)Friday the 13th: The Game - Ultimate Slasher Collector's Edition - $40 (PS4, Xbox One)The Golf Club 2019 feat. PGA Tour -- $20 (PS4, Xbox One)Grand Theft Auto V: Premium Online Edition -- $20 (PS4, Xbox One)Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice -- $15 (PS4)Judgment -- $40 (PS4)Little Dragons Cafe -- $40 (Switch)Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle -- $20 (Switch)The Occupation -- $15 (PS4, Xbox One)Overcooked 2 -- $30 (Switch)PES 2019: Pro Evolution Soccer -- $50Red Dead Redemption 2 -- $35 (PS4, Xbox One)Resident Evil 7 - Gold Edition -- $20 (PS4, Xbox One)Sea of Thieves -- $25 (Xbox One)Sega Genesis Classics -- $15 (PS4, Xbox One)Starlink: Battle for Atlas Starter Pack -- $20 (PS4, Xbox One, Switch)Strange Brigade -- $15 (PS4, Xbox One)Super Bomberman R -- $30 (Switch)This War of Mine -- $30 (Switch)Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus -- $20 (PS4, Xbox One, PC)Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner -- $20 (PS4)Console & accessory deals Get a free game and bonus controller with select Xbox One consolesSee deal at Best BuyIf you're looking to pick up an Xbox One, you can get some bonuses by doing so during Best Buy's sale. 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Available in both blue and green, this headset features Dolby 7.1 surround sound and can handle up to 12 hours of gaming on one charge. It's compatible with both PS4 and Windows.Acer Nitro 5 15.6" Gaming Laptop -- $600See deal at Best BuyThis Acer gaming laptop is $200 off from its usual price of $800 and features a 15.6" full HD display, an Intel Core i5-8300H mobile processor, and 8GB of system storage. It also comes with a 256GB solid-state drive and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti graphics card.Info from Gamespot.com

Fire Emblem: Three Houses arrives on Nintendo Switch this week. Like previous installments in the series, you'll have the option to play the game on a couple of different difficulties, but if those aren't enough of a challenge, Nintendo will be adding an additional difficulty setting post-launch.On its official Twitter account, Nintendo announced that an even more challenging difficulty mode is coming to Three Houses as part of a free update. The company hasn't announced exactly when the update is expected to be released, only noting that it will be out sometime "later this year."That isn't the only post-release content on the way to Three Houses. Nintendo also has several pieces of DLC in the pipeline for the game. First, the company will release Officer's Academy outfits for protagonist Blythe on launch day, July 26. After that, new Auxiliary battle maps and more will be added to the game by October 31. Additional quests and costumes are expected to arrive by December 31, and finally, new story content that will introduce additional playable characters, locations, and more will release by April 30, 2020.All four waves of DLC are included as part of Three Houses' expansion pass, which retails for $25. The base game, meanwhile, typically costs $60; however, players in the US an pick it up on launch day for $10 cheaper from Walmart. You can read more about Three Houses and its expansion pass on Nintendo's website.Reviews for Three Houses are starting to go live ahead of its release, and the game has received a positive reception from critics. GameSpot awarded it a 9/10 in our Fire Emblem: Three Houses review. Critic Kallie Plagge wrote, "Fire Emblem: Three Houses asks a lot of you. Every piece, from battle to friendships to training your units, must be managed both individually and as part of a whole. It can be intimidating, but when it all clicks together, it really clicks."Info from Gamespot.com

Fire Emblem: Three Houses releases Friday, July 26 on Nintendo Switch, and surprisingly, the game is already on sale at release. If you live near a Walmart, you can pick up the game for just $49.94 in stores on release day. But an even better deal is available for a limited time at MassGenie, where you can get the game for $45.95 with free shipping as part of a limited-time Power Deal. While coupon code FETHNSWITCH is technically valid until July 31, we expect this Power Deal will sell out quickly, as over 300 copies have been sold already and only 360 copies total were reserved for the offer, according to MassGenie.Get Fire Emblem: Three Houses for $45.95To claim the deal at MassGenie, either click the button above or head to the product page and hit the button that says "Power Deal." You'll be prompted to either log in or create a free account if you don't already have one. Afterward, you'll be redirected to checkout, where you'll see coupon code FETHNSWITCH automatically applied, dropping the price to $45.95.The game earned a 9/10 in GameSpot's Fire Emblem: Three Houses review for its variety of characters and storylines, streamlined strategy elements, rewarding time management requirements, and more."A second playthrough treads familiar ground in the beginning, but after learning and growing so much in the first, it feels fresh, too," wrote GameSpot's Kallie Plagge. "That speaks to Three Houses' mechanical complexity and depth as well as the connections it fosters with its characters--and whether you're managing inventories or battlefields, it's the kind of game that's hard to put down, even when it's over."Info from Gamespot.com

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, the latest movie from iconic filmmaker Quentin Tarantino, shines a spotlight on a very specific era in Hollywood: the late 1960s. It's a time during which Tarantino was a young kid, but one he seems to almost worship in this movie, which stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt as a washed-up TV cowboy and his stunt double/best friend. The two live next door to Roman Polanski and Sharon Tate's house in the Hollywood hills--the house where, on August 9, 1969, members of the Manson family cult murdered the latter, her unborn child, and three of her friends.That's how it happened in real life--but events in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood play out slightly differently. This is your final spoiler warning.The Manson cult's portrayal in the movie is, largely, accurate. The "family" really did occupy Spahn Ranch, where an aging George Spahn let them run amok in exchange for their help with operations. Tourists getting horseback rides at the ranch seems entirely plausible. And the cultists who set out to do "the devil's work" that night are accurately portrayed in the movie as well, including Tex Watson, Susan Atkins, Linda Kasabian, and Patricia Krenwinkel.However, there's one key difference in the movie that causes the whole ordeal to end on an entirely different, and much happier, note during the film's climax: The reality is that DiCaprio and Pitt's characters, Rick Dalton and Cliff Booth, are entirely fictional. Everything that involves them never happened, including Booth's visit to Spahn Ranch, Dalton's haranguing of the cultists as their loud car idled in front of his house, and the fight with the cultists at the end.In real life, Tex and his cohorts entered Tate and Polanski's house and murdered Tate, who was eight and a half months pregnant, along with her friends Jay Sebring, Wojciech Frykowski, and Abigail Folger (of the Folgers coffee family). In the movie, Kasabian (played by Stranger Things Season 3's Maya Hawke) abandons her co-conspirators after their encounter with Dalton in the cul-de-sac. The remaining three cultists enter Dalton's house--not Tate's--where Booth recognizes them as the "hippies" he encountered at Spahn Ranch. Booth sics his very good dog Brandy on Tex, and manages to (brutally and with extreme conviction) kill or maim all three. When the last cultist stumbles outside into Dalton's pool, blindly firing her gun, Dalton retrieves his flamethrower from the shed and roasts her.In the end, Tate and co. remain safe and sound next door, and Tate finally invites Dalton in for a drink. Booth has a minor stab wound from which he'll recover. Brandy will receive lots of treats, scritches, and pats. Presumably, they all become friends and live happily ever after.Even as Once Upon spends ample time in asides and flashbacks watching Dalton shoot Westerns and seeing Booth beat up Bruce Lee, it deftly builds tension. By the time the movie actually gets to that fateful night, you might even realize that you don't actually want to see what you fear is about to happen. In that way, OUATIH's altered ending is a relief.Once Upon a Time in Hollywood's ending is not unlike that of Inglourious Basterds, Tarantino's 2009 film in which a ragtag squad of scrappy Jewish marines succeed in assassinating Hitler along with most of the Nazi leadership in one spectacular and supremely unexpected climactic scene. OUATIH is built on the dread of what the audience knows is coming--the Tate murders--much like first-time viewers expected Inglourious Basterds' assassination plot to fail.A shot from the movie within the movie, The 14 Fists of McCluskeyThe comparison is overt. Tarantino even acknowledges it himself when, during OUATIH, Dalton thinks back on his starring role in the fictional film The 14 Fists of McCluskey, in which he torches a room full of Nazi generals from a balcony--which is similar enough to the actual climax of Basterds that it's clearly deliberate.But there's more to this ending than mere shock value and wish fulfillment. In case you couldn't tell from its title, it bears pointing out that Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is a fairy tale--one about this specific era in Hollywood. It's a glorification of figures like Dalton and Booth, who, despite feeling used up, clearly have real, not superficial, value--or so Tarantino wants to convey. The point of this movie seems to be that this really was Hollywood's golden age, and Tarantino appears to wish it had never ended. Fairy tales have happy endings, and that's why, in the film's version of events, a couple of old TV cowboys prevent the Tate murder from taking place, ensuring the golden age could live on. Info from Gamespot.com

Platinum Games upcoming Nintendo Switch title, Astral Chain, makes you a metaphysical anime K-9 cop. It's as cool as it sounds, mixing some light investigation mechanics with a little bit of platforming and a two-character combat system that gives a new twist to Platinum's approach to stylish, hard action.At San Diego Comic-Con 2019, Nintendo offered GameSpot our first chance to get hands-on with Astral Chain. We played a small portion of the game that took place a few hours in, which seemed more akin to a side quest than a main story mission. The slice gave a brief look at a lot of what Astral Chain has to offer, including its combat system and investigation mechanics, and how they'll both work together with the game's central conceit--controlling two characters at once.You play a member of a special police force unit called Neuron in Astral Chain, and your duties include dealing with the fact that the astral plane is spilling over into the real world. With it comes monsters, but you have a special trick for dealing with those, too: a Legion, your own astral plane entity that can fight monsters for you automatically or follow your commands. Your Legion is basically like a sword-wielding dog you lead around on a leash. The Legion attacks hostile creatures on its own, but you can also tell it where to go and what to attack.Your Legion is basically like a sword-wielding dog you lead around on a leash.The slice of Astral Chain we played started with a case about a missing woman who had seemingly come under attack from an astral plane monster, known as a chimera. Heading to the crime scene means walking through Astral Chain's city, where you'll find citizens to speak with and shops where you can buy useful items. Talking with people can give you information about the game's story and the cases you'll work on as you progress through the game, and like a real cop, you'll keep notes about important information you learn along the way. Conversations that took place before our slice of the game had brought up mention of something called "the Red Ghost," which turned out to be the chimera we're hunting.Arriving at the crime scene gave a quick sense of what Astral Chain's investigations are like. This case required checking certain spots on the ground where evidence had been marked. We were able to see a reconstruction of the victim lying on the ground after the attack and picked up some other information about the event, and eventually, we found a place where the chimera's astral plane energy had warped reality slightly. That was the clue we were looking for.Using Your Supernatural Police DogAs you walk around in Astral Chain, your Legion isn't necessarily always by your side, but you can just about always summon it with a quick press of the ZL button. You can use it to analyze astral plane evidence, and when we brought our Legion to check out what had happened at the crime scene, it was able to detect an astral trail the chimera had left behind. Now we were using the Legion like a bloodhound, navigating through the streets as it illuminated the trail. Before long, Astral Chain presented another use for the Legion--it can allow you to cross large gaps and leap to distant locations.When you summon the Legion, it'll float around on the end of its spectral leash and follow you, but you can take control of its movements by holding ZL and using the right thumbstick. Positioning the Legion on the far side of a gap lets you use it to pull you across the abyss, making it useful for platforming. You can also direct it to specific spots to activate switches and solve simple puzzles.Eventually, the Legion led us to a portal to the astral plane where the chimera had taken the woman. The astral plane is a spooky, strangely geometric and minimalist landscape, basically filled with arenas for battling enemies and locations to use your Legion to solve puzzles. It was here that we got our first taste of combat, which, despite sometimes requiring you to control two characters in the heat of battle, is actually intuitive and easy to pick up.One Player Co-op CombatYou only have one attack button in Astral Chain, which you'll pound away on as you fight enemies to create combos. Variety in combat is created by how your weapon can transform seamlessly; you wield a high-tech police baton that can change shape to fit the situation. It starts as a small, fast melee weapon, but can be switched to a powerful, slow, heavy sword called a gladius, or morphed into a pistol. You can switch your weapon on the fly to change your attacks as you pummel enemies, and stringing several attacks together builds a combo.Fighting is less about performing a bunch of complex moves and more about exact timing to link your attacks with those of your Legion. String six hits together and you'll see a blue circle appear on your character as time briefly slows, prompting you to hit ZL to summon your Legion. Do that in time, and the creature will spring into action, adding another big hit to your attack. You can then follow up with another strike of your own, which triggers another Legion prompt, and so on. After you've done enough damage, you can also activate finishing moves with your Legion, which sends your partner to rip out a chimera's "ability core," and restores your health and increases how long your Legion can fight at your side.Your other major ability is a quick dodge that can get you out of harm's way, and slipping past incoming attacks at the absolute last second gives you another opening to send your Legion in for an attack. Combat quickly becomes a fast-paced concert of attacks on open opponents and dodges that give you chances for counter-attacks, with your Legion leaping in and out to extend your combos. When you're not actively telling your Legion what to do, though, it engages whoever's closest on its own, without requiring you to babysit it.The result is the ability to control both characters, or just one, depending on the situation. You still need to be aware of both characters, though--your Legion disappears if a timer that starts when you summon it runs out, and more time gets subtracted as it takes damage.The Legion has a few other tricks, too. The creature is leashed to your wrist with its spectral chain, but if you control the Legion directly, you can wrap that chain around enemies (including bosses), which briefly locks them in place and stuns them. And like your weapon, you can switch it between a few different versions, like a sword-wielding take, or a slower, more hulking one. The sword Legion can be called on for special moves, too. We fought a big shield-wielding enemy, which required lots of combos with the Legion to beat, but later, it was joined by a floating pink baddie that could create a tether between it and its allies, rendering both invulnerable. Calling on the Legion allows you to take direct control of it for a sword strike that can cut things in the environment, including that energy tether. Slicing through it broke the invulnerability bond, allowing us to send the Legion to fight one enemy while we took on the other.After fighting some smaller enemies, we took on the chimera we'd been hunting, a multi-headed dog creature called, of course, Cerberus. The boss fight felt pretty typical to action games, with the monster winding up for big ground-smashing attacks that sent shockwaves outward, or leaping into the air to come hurtling back down toward us. The skill in the fight was in recognizing and dodging incoming attacks to create openings for the Legion to strike at the Cerberus. Avoiding attacks was a big focus since the boss could do massive damage to both you and your Legion; you need to protect yourself and pay attention to where your partner is to keep both of you alive and dishing out combo damage.More Astral Police WorkThe fight was tough, but in all not too overwhelming. Astral Chain's combat feels relatively simple when you first pick it up, which helps keep it accessible, but the number of things you can do with your Legion as you get used to the speed and timing of a fight adds a lot of complexity. The result is a combat system that allows you to do a lot of cool things as you get better at it, but which adds difficulty in the amount of attention and coordination it demands. Astral Chain wants you to be constantly thinking in two directions, and the skill involved in its fights comes both from quick reactions and timing, and from keeping track of both characters so you can use them effectively without getting either one killed.The Astral Chain demo wrapped up with defeating the boss and returning the woman safely back to the human world--only to discover that in the meantime, chimeras had started appearing all over the place and the astral plane was bleeding through into the real world. Civilians were scattered around the area where chimeras were showing up, so we were tasked with clearing out the enemies--along with a giant, sword-wielding boss creature--in order to save them.Astral Chain wants you to be constantly thinking in two directions.Though the demo only lasted 20 minutes or so, our look at Astral Chain was enough to get a sense of how fast and satisfying its combat can be. It looks as though your Legion will be an integral part of the entire experience, which offers a lot of depth to a combat system that's otherwise simple enough that just about anybody can pick it up.The demo was a little thinner on what the other half of the game will be like, as you venture through the city talking to other humans and solving metaphysical crimes. The investigation in our slice of the game was pretty shallow and simplistic, but the inclusion of the notebook suggests that doing police work will be a bigger part of the game and might be more complex than just interacting with certain spots on the ground.What's clear is that there are a lot of cool ideas at work in Astral Chain. Platinum Games' newest take on combat changes up the usual approach to action games just enough to feel fresh without being overwhelming, and its metaphysical setting and two-character mechanics suggest everything beyond fighting will be pretty interesting, too. We won't have to wait long to see how Platinum's new ideas work together as a whole; Astral Chain is due to hit Nintendo Switch on August 30. Info from Gamespot.com