The debate about whether professional wrestling is "real" or not is one that fans have been having with non-fans for decades. After all, while the results of matches--and the storylines that lead up to them--are pre-determined, wrestling is still a very aggressive and painful activity. How painful? Even on Starz' new series Heels, about a small professional wrestling company in rural Georgia, the cast got beat up training to act like pro wrestlers.While series star Stephen Amell has some history with wrestling, appearing in both WWE and Ring of Honor, as well as having a match at 2018's All In, the same cannot be said for his fellow cast members. They all came to wrestling with no prior experience and learned the hard way just how "real" sports entertainment can be and by the end of filming Season 1 has sustained some serious injuries, even with stunt doubles standing in for the most dangerous spots. And that's after training in Los Angeles with wrestling legend Chavo Guerrero and in Georgia with a number of independent wrestlers."For me, the thing that hurt the most is I flipped out [of] the ring. And when I landed, I didn't bend my knee," recalled former NFL player James Harrison, who plays a wrestler named Apocalypse. "So I actually got a tear in my knee and ended up having to get some stem cells and stuff shot in there to heal that."Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Gamescom Opening Night Live 2021 will kick off the annual European gaming convention Wednesday, August 25 at 11 AM PT / 2 PM ET. The event is once again hosted by Geoff Keighley, who has teased nearly 40 world premiere announcements throughout the event and its pre-show.Gamescom Opening Night Live 2021 Start TimeThe Opening Night Live stream begins with a 30-minute pre-show at 10:30 AM PT / 1:30 PM ET, followed by the main show at 11 AM PT / 2 PM ET. The live stream, according to a tweet from Geoff Keighley, will showcase "30+ games" in "a big two hour show filled with news, first looks, gameplay, and much more." The pre-show will also feature eight reveals of its own according to another Keighley tweet. Opening Night Live will broadcast live in multiple countries in English, but according to the official Gamescom website "creators will also co-stream and provide commentary on the program in different languages".11:00 AM PT1:00 PM CDT2:00 PM ET7:00 PM BSTHow To Watch The Gamescom Opening Night Live 2021 StreamIn addition to the embedded stream above, the event will be broadcast on The Game Awards' Twitch channel.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Call of Duty Mobile is getting some special themed content as part of the game's seventh season, Elite of the Elite, with a collaboration with musician and actor Ozuna headlining some of the game's new cosmetics.Ozuna, who you might recognize from his recent performance in Fast and the Furious 9, is creating a brand-new song for Call of Duty Mobile Season 7. Titled "A La Buena, El Mejor," the song is just the first piece of Ozuna-themed content en-route for the latest season, which includes a new bear-themed character skin, calling cards, avatars, and lots more. The latest season for Call of Duty Mobile also includes a host of new gameplay additions, including two new maps. These include Scrapyard, which first debuted in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, and Monastery, which has appeared in Call of Duty Online. A new operator called Demir is also being added, as well as the Hades LMG, and the Shoulder Cannon, a new operator skill that can be equipped as part of your loadout.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Developer Respawn has released a new hotfix patch for Apex Legends that nerfs Seer's passive, tactical, and ultimate abilities. Associate live balance designer John Larson said that these changes are just a starting point--Respawn is looking to implement longer-term solutions for balancing recon legends that can see enemies through walls.Seer's changes are listed in the patch notes for Apex Legends' August 23 update, which are detailed below.Good morning! We just shipped a @playapex update that fixes a few bugs and introduces balance changes to Seer.See full details below: pic.twitter.com/9npkovEo5P — Respawn (@Respawn) August 23, 2021The most notable changes are to Seer's tactical ability, as it no longer deals damage to targets, distracts enemies with a blinding flash, and nearly impossible to dodge. That said, his passive and ultimate abilities take a hit too--it will now be more difficult to pick up heartbeats without fully turning in the direction they are coming from and his ultimate ability won't charge as quickly as it did before.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Crusader Kings III is headed to PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and Xbox One, based on a listing on the Taiwan Digital Game Rating Committee website. First spotted by Gematsu, the rating listing has since been taken down.Crusader Kings III is the sequel to the second game that was released in 2012. This would also be the first time a game in the franchise would make it onto consoles, as the first Crusader Kings in 2004 and 2012's Crusader Kings II were never ported to any. Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Ahead of the much anticipated horror sequel of Candyman, the film's cast and crew answer in their own words what the urban legend represents in a new teaser trailer for the film.Jordan Peele, the mastermind behind the horror films Get Out and Us, and the screenplay writer for Candyman said Candyman is the patron saint of urban legend. "Candyman is racism in America," Peele said in the trailer. Check out more answers in the video below.Nia DaCosta, the film's director, said Candyman is macabre, while Aquaman and Watchmen actor Abdul-Mateen II, who stars as Anthony McCoy, said Candyman represents "fear," "oppression," and "retribution."Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Assassin's Creed Valhalla has gotten a small update on PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 that fixes a major problem. If you've encountered a save issue while playing the latest Siege of Paris DLC on PS4 or PS5, that should be ironed out now.The official Assassin's Creed Valhalla Twitter account revealed the news, confirming that the small title update addresses that save issue. According to a post on Ubisoft's forums from the development team, the problem occurred when players went exploring the latest DLC's location of Francia. With this update, though, you don't have to worry about losing progress.Launching earlier this month, Siege of Paris is Assassin's Creed Valhalla's second expansion. It takes Eivor to the European region of Francia to dethrone King Charles the Fat from his throne. It seems designed for those who've entered the late-game, and reviews of the DLC have been mixed from critics. Siege of Paris can be bought individually for $25 USD, comes with the $30 season pass, or is bundled in the $120 Ultimate Edition.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Following the release of Black Widow to both theaters and Disney+ Premier Access, star Scarlett Johansson filed suit against the Walt Disney Company, claiming that the simultaneous release was a breach of contract causing her to lose millions of dollars. Now, fellow MCU star Elizabeth Olsen has offered her support for Johansson in a new interview with Vanity Fair."I think she's so tough and literally when I read that, I was like, 'Good for you Scarlett,'" the WandaVision star said during the interview. The interview, which focused on the move from movies to streaming shows, also included Ted Lasso star Jason Sudeikis, and the two discuss a variety of topics around the issue at hand in Johansson's suit--movies releasing simultaneously to theaters and streaming services. The actor said, though, that she's "Not worried on Scarlett's behalf... That's all just contracts, so it's either in the contract or it's not.""I’m worried about small movies getting the opportunity to be seen in theaters. That was already a thing pre-COVID. I like going to the movies and I don’t necessarily want to see only an Oscar contender or a blockbuster. I would like to see art films and art house theaters. And so I do worry about that, and people having to keep these theaters alive," Olsen said, suggesting that theaters may end up back in the hands of movie studios.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

At long last, the wait is over. The time is finally here to see where Peter Parker's journey goes to next. And of course, it's headed across multiple universes. The Spider-Man: No Way Home trailer is here, and you can check it out below.Arriving to theaters on December 17, the new trailer follows Peter Parker, and the world now knows that he's Spider-Man--following the events of Spider-Man: Far From Home. Obviously, the reveal of his secret identity also effects the people around him. That's where Doctor Strange comes in. Parker wants Strange to make the world forget Parker is Spider-Man. Somehow, the multiverse comes into play here, and that brings back some familiar Spidey villains from the past--the non-MCU past that is. Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Netflix isn't so much a streaming service as it is a never-ending onslaught of media these days. To reinforce that, the service has revealed release dates for 43 films coming out in the next four months.Things start off early in September with Worth, starring Michael Keaton and Stanley Tucci, telling the story of Kenneth Feinberg, the person in charge of creating the formula for payouts to the families of victims of 9/11. From there, the films include both live-action and animated fare, as well as both low and high profile movies. October features Army of Thieves, which acts as a prequel to Zack Snyder's Army of the Dead. November's headliner is Red Notice, an action film starring Dwayne Johnson, Gal Gadot, and Ryan Reynolds.The list below includes all announced dates; some of the films only have a month noted, and no specific date. Additionally, some of these films will see limited distribution to the Netflix-owned theater The Paris in New York City, as well as potentially other (unannounced) venues. The theatrical dates for those films are marked in parentheses.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Eric Barone, the creator of Stardew Valley, has announced the official Stardew Valley Cup, creating an eSports competition for the farming simulator. On Twitter, Barone announced that the competition would consist of four teams of four, each featuring different streamers and speedrunners. Teams will compete to see who can earn the most points by completing different challenges in-game. The winner will take $40,000 USD worth of prize money. Barone is holding the competition in collaboration with Zach "Unsurpassable Z" Hartman, a Stardew Valley content creator.In an announcement video, Hartman detailed the one hundred challenges that the teams will be aiming to complete in a three-hour timespan, all starting on a beach farm. The challenges range from completing the different rooms in the community center to reaching the lowest level of the mines. Each challenge is worth a different amount of points based on how difficult it is to complete. Hartman said that teams will have two weeks to make a game plan ahead of the competition, however, Hartman will introduce hidden challenges during the cup to entice competitors to abandon their plans.The event will take place on Hartman's Twitch channel on September 4 at 9 AM PT / 12 PM ET, where he and Barone will be commentating on the event, but all of the individual competitors will be streaming their own viewpoints. The competition will last three hours of real-time and there is no limit on how many in-game days players can go through. The $40,000 prize, provided by Barone, will be split between the four teams, with the winning team getting $28,000 to split between the four members.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

In the first real skirmish in Aliens: Fireteam Elite, you encounter more of the series' iconic Xenomorphs than in all of the films combined. This third-person shooter trades the slow tension of escaping one extraterrestrial predator for the chaos of trying to survive waves of hundreds at a time, instilling a different type of dread that the franchise has rarely balanced successfully. While not without its issues, Aliens: Fireteam Elite is a strong step towards realizing the potential in that approach, with a surprisingly deep progression system, consistently entertaining firefights, and engrossing presentation that keeps the action gripping throughout.Akin to squad-based shooters such as Left 4 Dead, Aliens: Fireteam Elite plays out over a series of acts which are part of larger chapters, and each one features new enemies and set pieces for your team of three colonial marines to tackle headfirst. The story leans heavily into iconography and tropes from classic Alien films, but its narrative is also influenced by modern entries such as Prometheus, directly referencing events from the divisive project. It doesn't add much to the overall lore of the series in its trajectory, nor does it potentially set up anything meaningful, but it is a nice touch for each chapter to feel like it has a significant place within the universe.The third-person action is the foundation on which everything is built, though, and it's a strong one at that. Aliens: Fireteam Elite pulls generously from the pool of weapons available to Colonial Marines, with the recognizable pulse rifle just being the tip of the iceberg in terms of enjoyable weaponry you'll be able to wield. There are notable inclusions in every tier of weapon type, with powerful flamethrowers and enemy-seeking smart guns being desirable heavy weapons and a burst-shot hand cannon or sawn-off shotgun being notable in the sidearm category.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Sixteen years ago, Psychonauts made a cartoonish, comically lopsided world feel believable and weighted thanks to its loveable characters and earnest storytelling. Now, Psychonauts 2 builds upon this foundation to reach ambitious new heights, while equally deepening its roots to impressive depths. It takes already well-realized characters and makes them more complex, even if that means traveling to the darker corners of their minds.It's a dazzling display of Double Fine's signature humor and creativity, but underneath the whimsical, action-platformer is a game about choices and forgiveness. Psychonauts 2 does more than just fill the shoes of its beloved predecessor, it sets itself apart as a classic in its own right.After a snappy catch-up for newcomers, the story picks up only days after the first game, and moments after the VR sequel-interlude Psychonauts in the Rhombus Of Ruin. 10-year-old psychic-prodigy Razputin Aquato (you) has saved the leader of the Psychonauts, Truman Zanotto, from the grips of dentist/amatuer brain surgeon Dr. Loboto.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

At WWE's 2021 Summerslam, Becky Lynch made a surprise return to in-ring action, defeating Bianca Belair to capture the Smackdown Women's Championship. It was Lynch's first WWE match in a little over a year.Belair was about to face Carmella--herself a replacement for advertised challenger Sasha Banks--when Lynch's entrance music played over the speakers. Lynch hit the ring and beat up Carmella. She then challenged Belair to a title match on the spot, which Belair accepted.🚨🔥 @BeckyLynchWWE IS BACK!!! 🔥🚨#SummerSlam pic.twitter.com/0AP6Vi1v5r — WWE (@WWE) August 22, 2021Lynch offered her hand to Belair. But when Belair let down her defenses to accept it, Lynch landed a cheap shot, followed by a Man Slam, to score the pinfall. Lynch then celebrated in the ring as Belair watched from the outside.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Wrestling's worst-kept secret is finally out. Following so many reports and rumors, and never a denial by anyone associated with AEW, former WWE Champion and UFC fighter CM Punk has debuted with the company. As expected, Punk made his first appearance on AEW's "The First Dance" episode of Rampage, broadcasting live from Chicago, Illinois.In Punk's inaugural AEW appearance, he shocked the world in the way only he can. Walking to the ring to his signature song, "Cult of Personality" by Living Colour, Punk got easily the biggest crowd reaction in AEW history. What else would you expect from the ultimate hometown hero? When he finally took a microphone, he took a few veiled shots at WWE and claimed that he's not going anywhere. He also harkened back to his WWE promos, claiming everyone in the audience was getting a free ice cream car on their way out of the arena.Punk also directly called out Darby Allin, who was hanging out in the rafter with Sting for some reason. According to Punk, he's in AEW to help, and Darby's first on the list. "There's nothing more dangerous than wrestling CM Punk," he said. "Except wrestling CM Pung in Chicago."Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com