2019-04-16
A new Lego Star Wars game is seemingly in the works. That's according to Skywalker Sound's Matt Wood, who let the news slip during an interview at Star Wars Celebration over the weekend. You can see part of the interview below.No new Lego Star Wars game has yet been announced. However, Skywalker Sound is the audio company behind the Star Wars franchise and is owned by the brand's parent companies, Lucasfilm and Disney, so you'd expect it to know about upcoming projects in the series. View this post on InstagramA post shared by âš¡ï¸Star Wars Fan Pageâš¡ï¸ (@the_first_order) on Apr 14, 2019 at 6:26pm PDTEurogamer reports it has independently heard word of a new Lego Star Wars project. GameSpot has contacted Warner Bros., the Lego game publisher, for comment.The last Lego Star Wars game was 2016's Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens, an adaptation of the 2015 film. Titles in the series go back to Lego Star Wars: The Video Game, which depicted the prequel trilogy and was released in 2005.Another Star Wars game was revealed over the weekend. Named Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order, it's a new melee combat game from Titanfall studio Respawn. It's coming to PS4, Xbox One, and PC on November 15.Info from Gamespot.com
2019-04-16
The PvE Storm Rising story mission for Overwatch is ready to go live starting April 16, and a story trailer sets the stage for the conflict. In it we see the strike team composed of Tracer, Winston, Mercy, and Genji going after the dangerous Talon criminal Maximilien. We also get the closest look yet at Max himself, who suggests that everyone and everything has a price.In the lead-up to the Storm Rising event, Blizzard has regularly been revealing the new cosmetic skins you can earn. Some, like Talon Baptiste or Formal 76, are clearly story-inspired outfits informed by the lore of the world and its characters. Others, like Hammond's High Roller Wrecking Ball or Racer Zarya, seem more light-hearted.The story of this mission is anything but light, however. The Overwatch team has been dispatched to bring in the notoriously elusive Max before he can use the cover of an impending storm to escape yet again. The narration in the new story trailer suggests that opportunities to capture him don't often appear, so the team has one chance to get it right. "No pressure, then!" Tracer chirps.The Overwatch Archives series of events feature PvE co-op missions with an emphasis on story material. They often focus on younger iterations of the characters before Overwatch (the organization, not the game) was forced to disband. Alongside Storm Rising, the past Archives missions Uprising and Retribution will be playable. The event will run April 16-May 6.Info from Gamespot.com
2019-04-16
If you've been running out of storage space on any of your consoles or other electronic devices, today's flash deal will help end your struggles. Amazon US is running a one-day sale on SanDisk products, including memory cards, flash drives, hard drives, and SSDs. The sale ends after today, so browse the deals and pick up whatever you need ASAP.Notable deals include the SanDisk Extreme microSD cards, which have data transfer speeds of up to 160 MB per second, a helpful feature if you're working with high-res image and 4K UHD videos. The 64 GB, 128 GB, and even 400 GB Extreme cards are all marked down. On the other hand, if you haven't upgraded your Nintendo Switch yet and are starting to feel the pain of its 32 GB internal storage limitations, SanDisk's 256 GB Ultra microSD memory card is your best bet, and it's only $31 right now.There are quite a few external storage devices to pick from as well, including the 1 TB portable external SSD, which is drastically marked down to just $143 from $350. The WD 2 TB My Passport X for Xbox One hard drive is also discounted to $63 and provides a ton of extra, portable storage for Xbox One and Xbox 360 so you can keep all your games in one place. And if you need to pick up a reliable flash drive for storing photos, videos, and music, the SanDisk Cruzer 128 GB USB 2.0 flash drive is only $15 right now.Shop Amazon's SanDisk memory and storage sale »Browse all the memory and storage deals at Amazon, and see some of our picks below.SanDisk Cruzer 128 GB USB 2.0 flash drive -- $15 (29% off)SanDisk 64 GB Extreme microSD card -- $13.59 (25% off)SanDisk 128 GB Extreme microSD card -- $22 (68% off)SanDisk 400 GB Extreme microSD card -- $86 (66% off)SanDisk 1TB Extreme Portable External SSD -- $143 (59% off)SanDisk 256 GB Ultra MicroSD memory card -- $31 (37% off)WD 2 TB My Passport X for Xbox One Portable External Hard Drive -- $63 (30% off)Info from Gamespot.com
2019-04-16
The Division 2 is top of the UK physical sales chart for the second week running. Ubisoft's game was the best-selling physical title in the UK for the week ending April 13.Immediately below the looter-shooter lies FIFA 19, which remains at No.2, according to sales monitor Chart-Track. That's followed by Red Dead Redemption 2, which is up three places to No.3.It's been a relatively quiet week for new releases, with only one new game in the chart. That game is Dangerous Driving, which enters at No.34. The two new Nintendo Labo Toy-Con kits miss out on the top 40 altogether.You can read the full top 10 sales chart for this week below, courtesy of UKIE and GfK Chart-Track. Note this table does not include digital sales data, and so should not be considered representative of all UK game sales.The Division 2FIFA 19Red Dead Redemption 2Mario Kart 8 DeluxeYoshi's Crafted WorldAssassin's Creed OdysseySekiro: Shadows Die TwiceNew Super Mario Bros. U DeluxeGrand Theft Auto VSpider-ManInfo from Gamespot.com
2019-04-16
For many fans, Margot Robbie's Harley Quinn was the best thing about 2017's Suicide Squad, and she will return to the big screen in next year's Birds of Prey. The movie has now wrapped production and a new behind-the-scenes image has been released.The picture was posted to Instagram by Robbie's production company, Lucky Chap Entertainment. It shows Robbie in costume as Harley, sitting in a chair. Most interestingly, it reveals the movie's current logo, which features its long, full title: Birds of Prey and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn. Of course, the logo could change between now and the movie's release early next year, but it's still cool to see it. Check it out below. View this post on InstagramThat’s a wrap! 💋A post shared by LuckyChap Entertainment (@luckychapentertainment) on Apr 14, 2019 at 9:08pm PDT Birds of Prey also stars Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Huntress, Jurnee Smollett-Bell as Black Canary, Rosie Perez as Renee Montoya, Ella Jay Basco as Cassandra Cain, Ewan McGregor as Black Mask, and Chris Messina as Victor Zsasz. It's directed by Cathy Yan, and releases on February 7, 2020.The first teaser for the movie was released in January. In addition, attendees at the recent industry convention CinemaCon got to see more of the movie. Slashfilm described the footage shown as "bright, bold, and bursting with neon colors," and it included a shot of Harley Quinn roller skating behind a moving vehicle.As well as Birds of Prey, there is much anticipation of DC's Joker, which releases in October. The movie stars Joaquin Phoenix in the lead role and also features Robert De Niro, Zazie Beetz, and Marc Maron. Check out the recent first Joker trailer.Beyond that, Wonder Woman 1984 is set to hit theaters in July 2020. There are also 2021 dates for the standalone Batman movie and James Gunn's Suicide Squad reboot, while Aquaman 2 will be with us in 2022.Info from Gamespot.com
2019-04-16
A few weeks ago, Gearbox announced Borderlands 3 at its PAX East panel, and the developer also confirmed that a remastered Borderlands: Game of the Year Edition was coming soon. That enhanced edition of the acclaimed role-playing shooter became available early this month. If you already owned the Game of the Year Edition on Steam, you should have received a free update with the remastered version already--but if you don't own the game on Steam and want to try out the new enhanced edition, Amazon is offering a PC download of Borderlands: Game of the Year Edition for only $7 right now. The game normally sells for $30, so you're getting it for 77% off.Get Borderlands: Game of the Year Edition for $7 (Steam key) »The digital Steam key will be available to use immediately after purchase. Unfortunately, this deal is only limited to North America.Borderlands: Game of the Year Edition initially launched in 2010 and, in addition to the base game, contains all four DLC packs: The Zombie Island of Doctor Ned, Mad Moxxi's Underdome Riot, The Secret Armory of General Knoxx, and Claptrap's New Robot Revolution. The enhanced GOTY edition, which is described as the "brand new definitive edition," adds gameplay tweaks, new guns, more character customization options, and, of course, visual improvements in terms of lighting, textures, and character models. The enhancements apply to both the base game and DLC.Info from Gamespot.com
2019-04-16
After more than 15 years with the company, longtime Nintendo of America president and COO Reggie Fils-Aime is officially stepping down from the role as of today, April 15. Fils-Aime's retirement means he'll no longer serve as the face of the company's North American operations, as he has for the past decade. But while his presence will sorely be missed at events and Nintendo Directs, fans have a new way to follow the Regginator's adventures.Fils-Aime has opened a personal Twitter account, which despite only being live for a few hours, has already garnered more than 190,000 followers at the time of this writing. For his first tweet, the former Nintendo president shared an image of the Reggie doll from Nintendo's E3 2014 presentation holding a card with his Twitter handle written on it, and in a subsequent tweet, he shared a picture of another piece of memorabilia: his badge from E3 2004, when he first appeared on-stage as part of the company.Hi Twitter community. pic.twitter.com/1XUreHxM5W — Reggie Fils-Aime (@Reggie) April 15, 2019Nintendo announced Fils-Aime's retirement back in February. Shortly after the news, the company shared a heartfelt video message from him thanking fans for their support over the years. "Thank you for your never-ending support, and for your passionate love of Nintendo. And personally, for giving me a Mushroom Kingdom full of incredible memories that I will never forget, ever," Fils-Aime said."From the first time I saw the nickname 'Regginator,' I realized that Nintendo fans share a unique sense of community, a bond that goes beyond just a love of video games. For these past 15 years, I've been honored to be included as part of your family."Fils-Aime's successor as Nintendo of America president is Doug Bowser, who previously served as the company's senior VP of sales and marketing. In his farewell message, Fils-Aime called Bowser "a passionate and powerful leader, and a guy who in his youth probably spent too much time in front of a Donkey Kong arcade machine."Info from Gamespot.com
2019-04-16
A new Forza spin-off is now available for free on PC, with mobile versions to follow soon. Forza Street was leaked in March and now it's been officially announced and simultaneously released on PC. Though the trailer is branded with the Xbox logo, it doesn't appear the game is planned for release on Xbox consoles, reinforcing Microsoft's recent moves to expand the brand towards its overall gaming offerings.The trailer shows some Forza-like racing, mostly through city streets at night time. The concept appears to be based on urban street racing. The trailer does briefly show car and upgrade menus with what appear to be familiar F2P hooks, like an energy meter and two different currencies.This announcement doesn't mention a developer or release date for the mobile versions, but the prior leak said that Miami Street developer Electric Square was behind the game. At the time it was unclear if Microsoft had put the developer on a Forza game, or if the leak was due to an outdated error.Microsoft has produced a new Forza game every year since 2011, usually alternating between the simulation-based Motorsport series and the more open-world and "arcade" styled Horizon series. The most recent release before Forza Street was Horizon 4, which takes place in the UK and features a seasonal weather-changing mechanic.Info from Gamespot.com
2019-04-16
It took a while, but DC Universe is finally going to be available on gaming consoles. The DC Entertainment streaming service is launching on Xbox One--PlayStation 4 has yet to be announced--and the timing couldn't be better. The first season of Doom Patrol is wrapping up, and the live-action Swamp Thing series is coming in May.In a press release, DC Digital Services senior vice president and general manager said, "Since we launched DC Universe last fall we've been on a mission to expand our reach on new platforms. Fans asked for access to the ultimate DC membership on their Xbox One consoles and we are excited to deliver DC Universe to them starting next week."As it stands, there's already a bunch of content on the service for die-hard DC fans to watch, including original programming--the aforementioned Doom Patrol, Titans, and Young Justice: Outsiders. There's also a selection of live-action and animated movies, certain DC TV shows--like the first season of Krypton--and the original Wonder Woman TV show.Of course, there are also some things on the service that aren't as great. If you've never seen the pilot for the failed Aquaman TV show starring Justin Hartley (This Is Us), it really is something to behold.Truthfully, though, what's most likely to draw any DC Comics fan to the service is what's still to come. The Swamp Thing adaptation will be a horror series, while the upcoming live-action Stargirl show, based on what little we've seen, will have a very different tone. When combined with the ultra-violent Titans and the super weird Doom Patrol, it's clear DC Entertainment is trying a little bit of everything.You can get a free seven day trial of DC Universe through its website. After that, the service costs $7.99 each month. And for those comic book fans that need to watch everything, Disney is also launching its own streaming service, complete with Marvel Studios programming. You can check out our detailed breakdown of Disney+ for the details.Info from Gamespot.com
2019-04-16
We got a lot of long-awaited reunions in the Season 8 premiere of Game of Thrones. Characters who haven't seen each other in years, or at least a few seasons, met back up again. Sometimes those reunions were happy ones, while others were decidedly less so (Jaime locking eyes with Bran was a bit chilling). Arya and Gendry seeing each other in the premiere for the first time since Season 2 fell into the first category.The meeting between the two friends finds both having changed significantly. Arya is now a consummate fighter and assassin with the power of the Faceless Men, while Gendry is also pretty decent with that big hammer of his. When they meet again, though, what Arya is interested in his Gendry's capabilities as a blacksmith--which we've seen are pretty significant.When Arya finds Gendry at Winterfell, she slips him a piece of paper, requesting he make something for her. The diagram is hard to parse, since it's not especially detailed, but we can tell that Arya is asking Gendry to forge her a special dragonglass weapon, separate from the many swords and arrowheads he's been making in preparation for the battle with the White Walkers. It looks like something special, and could hint at the fact that Arya will be a big part of the battle for Winterfell we know is coming this season.The diagram itself doesn't look like any specific weapon we've seen before, nor is it seemingly a callback to some other major weapon from the show's history. But it looks specific to Arya's skills, and her comment to Jon Snow about his sword Longclaw likely suggests why she'd want it--a full-size sword (or battle axe, like the Hound requested) is too heavy for Arya. Her skill comes from her speed with weapons like her sword Needle, and for fighting White Walkers, she'll need something similarly appropriate.The weapon itself seems to resemble a spear that comes apart in the middle, with at least one dragonglass blade at the end. It's tough to see what the other end of the weapon actually is, whether another spear tip, a grip, or something else. But if we go into Arya's history, we can make some educated guesses about how she'll be using it.Arya's first combat training, other than what she might have learned from Jon Snow and Robb Stark at Winterfell, was from Syrio Forel in King's Landing. The First Sword of Braavos emphasized fast, one-handed sword combat--Water Dancing, as he called it. We saw Arya use that style most recently when she sparred with Brienne of Tarth at Winterfell in Season 7, and she was able to stand up to one of the best broadsword fighters in Westeros during that fight.The other combat talent Arya has is what she learned in Braavos at the House of Black and White. There she trained with the Waif, who repeatedly walloped Arya with a wooden staff. Even blind, Arya eventually learned enough to stand against the Waif, as well.So a dragonglass-tipped staff that can also function as a pair of one-handed swords sounds right up Arya's alley, allowing her to shift styles depending on the situation.It's possible Arya's weapon is something else--the tease for Episode 2 showed Arya firing a bow, something we know she was also skilled at even as a child. It's possible she's requested special arrows (or even a spear) that could detach its head, but the idea of taking a spear apart and fastening on a new spearhead seems unnecessary. Every time we've seen White Walkers or wights killed with dragonglass or Valyrian steel, their death has been instantaneous. The White Walker Jon killed with Longclaw literally shattered. So it doesn't seem that a spearhead is going to get stuck in an enemy, requiring Arya to detach and replace it.Thomas Dunne, the show's weapons master, hinted to Vanity Fair that Arya's new weapon is "a showstopper." It seems we'll be waiting to see Arya bring that weapon to bear against the army of the dead before we know exactly what it is, though. Info from Gamespot.com
2019-04-16
At Star Wars Celebration, Respawn revealed a look at its upcoming game Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order. The game launches on November 15 on PS4, Xbox One, and PC and follows protagonist named Cal Kestis, a padawan who survived Palpatine's Order 66 in Revenge of the Sith. Years later, the force-sensitive hero finds himself in the crosshairs of the rising Empire.While the panel for the reveal was a bit tight-lipped on specifics on the game, since we're still seven months from release, GameSpot spoke to Stig Asmussen, the game director at Respawn Entertainment on Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, and Steve Blank, the director of franchise content and strategy in the Lucasfilm's story group, about the upcoming game.GameSpot: We live very much in a realm of multiplayer online-only gaming. Why the decision to go single-player with this? Stig Asmussen: A lot of it just happened because of my joining Respawn. I joined, and Vince and I talked about, "Hey, what kind of game do we want to build?" Like, start a new team with. And my experience was all single-player action-adventure, and that's the kind of game that [Respawn co-founder Vince Zampella] wanted to make because he had been making multiplayer games for so long. So, it was a really good fit there. And then quickly afterwards, we started recruiting people; some people that I've worked with before, some people from other places where that was all their experience and their passion, and it never was a discussion to make anything more than that.When creating this game, did you feel it was very constrictive to work within the Star Wars universe or was there a lot of wiggle room?Asmussen: I didn't think it was constrictive at all. We came in very early, and I think the first time that we had a meeting between Respawn and EA, it's like, "This is the kind of game that we think we could make that's really good." But it was in terms of from a gaming standpoint and our kind of much more shallow knowledge of Star Wars than the Lucasfilm guys, and that just started the conversation.Steve Blank: As Stig was saying, they came in and after having their conversations and knowing and having a strong point of view for the type of game that they wanted to make, the mechanics that they wanted to lean into, the style of gameplay, the single-player story-driven game, action-adventure style, they came to us and said, "Hey, given everything you guys have going on, where do we set this? What does this become? How do we shape this and craft this together?" And, of course, yes, there are other things in development. There are other projects going on to be aware of. There are guardrails when it comes to that, but once we find that slot, once we select what the core of this story is going to be and where it's going to be set, we also put up guardrails for this game with other content. And so, once we knew where this was going to be set, then they could really craft what this specific story was. So there is freedom once we set those markers in the ground to develop within those markers.And this taking place after Revenge of the Sith but before A New Hope, kind of that Rebels era. Pre-Rebels?Blank: It's in that range.What about this time period within the Star Wars universe appeals to you?Blank: The Dark Times [era] is a place where there are very few Jedi, so somebody needs to be in hiding or constantly on the run, and that adds a whole other feeling to whatever content it is that you're creating because when you think of prequel-era Jedi, right, they're heroic, they're part of the Republic, they're out there as these peacekeepers, and they're known. When you move into the Dark Times, the ones who have remained, have to be something completely different. And it is that air of something a little bit darker, a little bit more mysterious, a little bit more threatening that was interesting to develop against for this type of game.Asmussen: They're enemies of the state, and we need things to fight against. [laughs] So it's basically looked at as being knights in shining armor or something like that. We had to put ourselves in a situation or a time period where the hero had to fight back, and because you can't just have a Force user going out there willy-nilly cutting through people because then they become a murderer. But if they're constantly under pressure, if they're constantly being attacked, it gives a really good reason to fight back.Is this developed on the Frostbite engine? Asmussen: No, we're doing it on Unreal 4.Are there any plans for Fallen Order to come to Nintendo Switch?Asmussen: Right now, we're just sticking with PS4, Xbox, and PC, but I love the Nintendo Switch and the game makes a lot of sense on there but we don't have any plans for thatHow did your time working on God of War help shape the Jedi Fallen Order? Asmussen: First of all, let me just say it's not just my time. There are a lot of people from the God of War team that have come over and joined us as well as other teams as well from other great games. I think what I learned there is it really takes the team to be involved to make something that's great and not to [bite] off more than you can really pull off. In terms of just mechanically, we have a really good sense of making a character that just feels good, and that's just based off of experience of working on God of War and some of the other action-adventure games members of our team have worked on, like Batman, Uncharted. Those types of games. So it's always a conversation. It's not ever mandating anything but all of us will point out where things don't feel right, and then we try to hone them in. And that's something we did since God of War.Have you always been a Star Wars fan growing up? Asmussen: Of course. I wouldn't call myself like Steve, like a super nerd. You can quiz me right now, I'd probably flunk. It was one of the most influential series of my life, and it really comes up in conversations making games all the time, moments from Star Wars. In God of War III, we had the Tauntaun moment, which is when you split open the centaur's guts, and that was totally inspired by Star Wars, and I don't know if it's a good thing or a bad thing, but it was awesome in God of War.You debuted the new Stormtrooper [Purge Trooper] that will appear in Fallen Order this morning. You brought him out in full costume. How did this character come together? Asmussen: It kind of came in two different places at once. We didn't know this, but the story team was working with Marvel on coming up with a new Stormtrooper class that filled a gap in the comic book, I guess. And at the same time, we had, and I don't know if this inspired you guys at all, but remember we had that dagger--what we called the Dagger Trooper in the game for a while which was essentially gen one of what would eventually become the Purge Trooper. But it was just a much more skilled Stormtrooper that had tools to fight back against a Jedi. I think you guys were pretty uncomfortable with that, but it's really because we didn't take it through the process and we didn't know the process was already happening a little bit at Marvel but at some point you guys must've been like, "Hey, Respawn's trying to fill the gap where they needed a more challenging Trooper."Blank: Once we understood the core of what they were trying to solve from a gameplay perspective and why there had been that character design, right, like what the need was there, we could take that back and iterate on that and say, "Okay, within the Star Wars Universe, what can we craft? What can we develop? What already exists? What pieces can we marry together to create a version that is appropriate for this game?As Stig was alluding to, we were having conversations with Marvel and one of their writers, Charles Soule, who was interested. He was working on [the Darth Vader comic series] telling some stories about the Inquisitors and interested in doing something similar to having the support for the Inquisitors with these Troopers. And so we combined those two ideas, we talked to everybody about that, and Respawn was like, "We'll take the lead on designing this. This is going to be a major element in our game" and we're like, "That sounds awesome." Their team designed the actual Trooper, and built it out, went through that iteration, put it on ahead of their earlier schedule to help support Marvel's timeline first of that of what would appear in the comic. Ultimately, that final design was shared and had appeared in some comics and will appear in HD in the game as a credible threat to Cal. And then, like you said, we saw it in person today which was pretty awesome.Asmussen: Just for us as partners, it was a galvanizing moment because it was the first time we actually got something... Everything we make has to get approved by Lucasfilm and were trying to navigate those waters and how we worked together on that and that actually gave us a timeline. It's like, "Look, this is going to be in the comic book by a certain date" and it makes us all be honest at that point. We kind of held our feet to the fire. We worked through the iterations pretty quickly and got it done. It was the first thing we got approved. From then, we just had a better relationship. Info from Gamespot.com
2019-04-16
Nintendo and Camelot continue to roll out updates for Switch's first Mario sports game, Mario Tennis Aces. The title's 3.0 update is now live, and it's a fairly significant one, introducing a new mode, kicking off a new Co-Op Challenge, and making another round of balance adjustments to a handful of characters.First, Ring Shot has been added to the game's main menu. The mode supports up to four players locally on one Switch console and comes in three varieties: Singles, Doubles, and Yoshi's Ring Shot. The object of each is to rally the ball back and forth through rings that appear on the court, racking up as high of a score as you can within the time limit.Yoshi's Ring Shot also returns as the game's latest online Co-Op Challenge. The event runs until June 1 and will give players the chance to unlock three more alternate Yoshi colors: pink, orange, and light blue. The rules are the same as standard Ring Shot, but this time, you'll rack up more points if you shoot the ball through a ring that's the same color as your Yoshi.In addition to those modes, Camelot has added a new opening cinematic for Adventure Mode. If you've already have an Adventure save file in progress, you'll be able to watch the movie from the Bonus option in the Adventure Mode menu. A new rank, Ace, has also been added to the online Tournament mode, and several characters have received small buffs. You can read the full patch notes here on Nintendo's website.Following the addition of Pauline last month, the newest character to join the Mario Tennis Aces roster is Magikoopa. Everyone who competes in one online Tournament match in April will unlock the character immediately, while all other players will get him after May 1. Another classic Mario villain, Dry Bones, will be added as a playable character next month.Info from Gamespot.com
2019-04-16
Cersei's pregnancy is one of the most unpredictable plotlines in the final season of Game of Thrones. Is the Lannister queen really pregnant? There's plenty of evidence to go either way. But one theory has emerged as our favorite overall, and it involves a real pregnancy, a treacherous turn from Tyrion, and a bargain that Daenerys is not going to be happy about, should she ever find out about it.First, let's get this out of the way: It's highly likely that Cersei is lying about her pregnancy. Besides her generally duplicitous nature and the fact that she manipulates everyone around her seemingly by default, there's also the fact that Maggy the Frog, the woods witch Cersei visited as a kid, predicted that Cersei would have three kids (while King Robert would have 20). Every other part of her prophecy came true, so we have no reason to doubt that seemingly crucial detail.One way this has been interpreted requires reading a little deeper into the source material than the show bothered with. In the books version of that flashback, which Cersei recalls during book 4 (A Feast for Crows), Maggy also tells the future queen that she'll ultimately be killed by someone or something called the "valonqar"--which is High Valyrian for "little brother." That fueled her mistrust of Tyrion, but it's been speculated that the prophecy could also apply to Jaime, since although they are twins, he was technically born slightly after her, making Jaime also Cersei's little brother.On the other other hand, if this pregnancy is real, the hypothetical son growing inside of Cersei would be a little brother to her other children. And if she and the child both die during childbirth, the prophecy will be fulfilled.Of course, Cersei probably isn't planning for that particular eventuality. In fact, she may have made other plans with Tyrion--plans that haven't been revealed yet. Here's where the real speculation starts--Entertainment Tonight's Leanne Aguilera actually came up with this theory in the middle of our live Game of Thrones recap show, Theories and Thrones, the morning after the Season 8 premiere aired (watch it below, and skip to around 8 minutes for the moment of inspiration). Here goes: Tyrion and Cersei had quite a heated chat when they reunited in the Season 7 finale. The end result was that they apparently struck some kind of bargain, as Cersei promised to send her troops north to help in the war against the dead. (She was lying, but we'll get to that.)Perhaps crucially, we didn't see the end of that conversation. What did Tyrion promise Cersei to get her to agree? As Sansa stated during the Season 8 premiere, she used to think Tyrion was one of the most clever people in the world, but he's acting supremely stupid about this. Or maybe he has some reason for believing Cersei will keep her word, and maybe that reason involves her unborn child.This also relates back to multiple scenes from Season 7 in which Tyrion awkwardly brought up the succession of Daenerys's rule. Dany believes she can't have kids, and Tyrion seems way too concerned about it, considering they haven't even won the Iron Throne yet. But maybe those conversations, and the dark look he sent toward Jon and Dany as the lovers retreated into her cabin at the end of the Season 7 finale, were foreshadowing for an upcoming reveal: that Tyrion promised Cersei he'd persuade Dany to adopt Cersei's child as her heir.Think about it: If Cersei really does care about the child she's allegedly carrying, she would want to concoct a contingency plan in case she loses the inevitable war with Dany/the Starks. Tyrion repeatedly emphasized his love for Tommen and Myrcella in that Season 7 scene, insisting that deep down Cersei knows he loved her children. And Tyrion also believes that Dany isn't capable of producing an heir, which will create quite a mess should something happen to her.This plot gives both characters what they want: Cersei knows that her child will be safe, because she does believe that Tyrion loved his niece and nephew (and she knows, at this point, that it was Olenna Tyrell who poisoned Joffrey, not Tyrion). And she places yet another Lannister on the throne, even should she lose the impending battles. At the same time, Tyrion clinches his sister's help in the fight with the White Walkers (or so he thinks), finds a solution to the problem of Dany's succession, and maybe even redeems himself as a kinslayer by saving the youngest Lannister's life. Of course, this leaves the massive problem of convincing Dany, who isn't known for being reasonable, to adopt her worst enemy's son as her own heir. If this theory is true, that's probably why Tyrion hasn't brought it up yet--he needs to wait until Dany actually wins the war. If Cersei wins, it won't matter, and if Dany triumphs--well, he can cross that bridge when he has to.The fact that Cersei isn't actually sticking to her side of the bargain won't even matter, because of what we know about Tyrion: He really does love his family. Even despite Cersei's betrayal, he would do his best to ensure his House's survival, even if it means honoring a deal that his sister immediately broke. And if Cersei has finally realized that, it would actually be a huge moment in both characters' long, tortured arcs.To me, this all makes way too much sense. It would fulfill multiple characters' arcs, while also just skirting by the prophecy about Cersei's kids--especially if the Lannister queen also dies in childbirth. She'd be done in by the little brother, while the child himself would become Dany's heir--and thus not really be Cersei's at all, keeping her kid count at three. It would explain why Tyrion is so weirdly trusting of his treacherous sister lately, and it would be another interesting wrinkle in the question of the series' aftermath. After all, the big battle with the White Walkers seems to be happening in Episode 3--after which there will still be three more episodes in which who-knows-what might happen.What do you think of this theory? Is Cersei even pregnant in the first place? Why does Tyrion believe her? And how is he going to react to Jaime's news that the Lannister queen is as terrible as ever? Let us know in the comments below.For more theorizing, check out why the crossbow Qyburn gave Bronn matters, what weapon Arya asked Gendry to make for her, and 17 other Easter eggs, references, and callbacks to earlier episodes you might have missed. And for a deep dive into each episode of Season 8, check out GameSpot of Thrones with Westeros superfans Lucy, Ryan, Tamoor, and Dave each week as we count down the final six episodes of Game of Thrones.Read next: Game of Thrones Season 8 Premiere Review: Enough Setup, Let's Do This ThingInfo from Gamespot.com
2019-04-16
It's been nearly a year since Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order was announced at E3 2018, but new details were finally revealed during a panel at this year's Star Wars Celebration in Chicago, where the first trailer was finally shown and a release date was confirmed: November 15, 2019. The game will release for PS4, Xbox One, and PC, with PC distribution limited to EA's Origin store.Jedi Fallen Order is being developed by Respawn, the team behind Titanfall and Apex Legends. The game is solely single-player and story-driven, with no microtransactions. The story takes place after Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith and follows a young Padawan named Cal Kestis (played by Gotham actor Cameron Monaghan) who is on the run from the Empire and its Inquisitors after Order 66 was issued, directing all Jedi to be hunted down and killed. Cal is working on completing his Jedi training while also dealing with the tragic events of his past. While no gameplay has been shown, we know the third-person action will include intense lightsaber battles, melee and Force abilities, platforming, and puzzle-solving.More details will certainly be revealed as the release date draws closer, but in the meantime, you can catch up on all the confirmed details about Jedi Fallen Order with our guide. And if you're interested in pre-ordering the game, you'll find all the latest information about pre-order bonuses and the different editions below.Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order pre-order bonusesAs of right now, details on Jedi Fallen Order's official pre-order bonuses are vague, but we know that they'll include cosmetic equipment for your lightsaber and droid companion. As usual, the PlayStation Store is also giving away a free Jedi Fallen Order PS4 theme with pre-order purchases.Meanwhile, My Best Buy members will receive $10 reward credit if they pre-order the game from Best Buy.Pre-order Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order standard editionThe standard edition will include just the base game and any pre-order bonuses. You can pre-order it at the following retailers:PS4Pre-order at Amazon -- $60Pre-order at Walmart -- $60Pre-order at GameStop -- $60Pre-order at Best Buy -- $60Pre-order at Target -- $60Pre-order at PlayStation Store -- $60Xbox OnePre-order at Amazon -- $60Pre-order at Walmart -- $60Pre-order at GameStop -- $60Pre-order at Best Buy -- $60Pre-order at Target -- $60Pre-order at Microsoft Store -- $60PCPre-order at Amazon -- $60Pre-order at Walmart -- $60Pre-order at Best Buy -- $60Pre-order at Target -- $60Pre-order at Origin Store -- $60Pre-order Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order Deluxe editionThe Deluxe edition will include a director's cut with behind-the-scene features and additional cosmetic equipment, plus any applicable pre-order bonuses. It's only $10 more than the standard edition. You can pre-order it at the following retailers:PS4Pre-order at Amazon -- $70Pre-order at Walmart -- $70Pre-order at GameStop -- $70Pre-order at Best Buy -- $70Pre-order at Target -- $70Pre-order at PlayStation Store -- $70Xbox OnePre-order at Amazon -- $70Pre-order at Walmart -- $70Pre-order at GameStop -- $70Pre-order at Best Buy -- $70Pre-order at Target -- $70Pre-order at Microsoft Store -- $70PCPre-order at Origin store -- $70Pre-order Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order Black Series Figure Bundle GameStop is offering a bundle that includes the game for either PS4 or Xbox One and an exclusive, six-inch Star Wars: Black Series action figure. There aren't many other details--and we'll update this guide when more info is revealed--but it's selling for $83.PS4Pre-order at GameStopXbox OnePre-order at GameStopInfo from Gamespot.com
2019-04-16
Game of Thrones Season 8 is one of the most-hyped seasons of TV in the history of the medium, so it's not a huge surprise that a lot of people tuned in to watch the season premiere. But just how many people watched Episode 1?HBO has announced that Episode 1 drew 17.4 million viewers, which sets a new franchise record, eclipsing the 16.5 million people who tuned in to watch the Season 7 finale. According to The Hollywood Reporter, 11.8 million people watched on TV, while the rest tuned in from the digital streaming platform HBO Now. The true number of views for Episode 1 will climb much higher, as people who didn't watch right away catch up over the next few days.It appears the return of Game of Thrones helped other HBO shows, as the the network's other Sunday night shows such as Barry (2.2 million viewers), Veep (1.5 million viewers), and Last Week Tonight (1.7 million viewers) all reached viewerships not seen in over a year.For more on Game of Thrones, check out GameSpot's review of Episode 1. You can also consider this wild new theory involve Cersei, Dany, and Tyrion that might wreck your mind.Info from Gamespot.com