The Walking Dead might not be the immense ratings hit it once was, but it's still popular enough for AMC to be developing further spin-offs and movies alongside the main series. Last year, it was announced that a series of Walking Dead movies were in the works, and now it has been confirmed that a new spin-off show is being developed.As reported by to Deadline, AMC revealed the news via its quarterly earnings call. While AMC CEO Josh Sapan didn't provide any specific details about the new show, he did state that a new Walking Dead spin-off was in "active development.""We're not at a stage where we'll be announcing its plans to premiere," he said "But we have hired creative people that have pitched story outlines. We feel very good about the development of that series."If a new Walking Dead spin-off happens, it will join Fear the Walking Dead, which is set during the early months of the zombie apocalypse and premiered in 2015. The fifth season is due later this year.In terms of the Walking Dead movies, they were announced in November last year and are expected to focus on the character of Rick Grimes, played by Andrew Lincoln. Lincoln left the main show at the start of the current ninth season, but Walking Dead chief content officer Scott Gimple confirmed that he will return for the films, along with co-star Pollyanna McIntosh, who plays Jadis. It is unknown when they are likely to be released, but the first movie is expected to start filming in 2019.Current audience numbers for The Walking Dead are nowhere near the numbers it enjoyed in 2014, when the Season 5 premiere became the most watched cable show of all time. Nevertheless, it is still the most popular drama on cable, and as The Wrap notes, its audience decline is in line with a fall in cable viewers across the board.Info from Gamespot.com

Nintendo is releasing a new set of playable characters for Mario Tennis Aces. Beginning today, March 1, the mayor of New Donk City, Pauline, is making her debut in the Switch tennis games, while two classic Mario villains will join the roster in the next couple of months.As with Aces' previous DLC characters, players can unlock Pauline by playing at least one match in the game's Online Tournament mode this month, while everyone else will automatically get her after April 1. As you can see in the trailer above, Pauline is a speedy character, and her Special Shot has her delivering a powerful smash from atop New Donk City Hall.Pauline arrives alongside Aces' 2.3.0 update, which also kicks off a new Co-op Challenge called Shy Guy Train Tussle. Following Pauline, two more classic Mario enemies will be added to the game's roster: Magikoopa and Dry Bones. The former will be available in April, while the latter is set to arrive in May.This marks Pauline's first appearance in a Mario sports game, but she's actually one of the earliest characters in the Mario series. She's best known for being the damsel-in-distress in the original arcade Donkey Kong game, a role she'd later reprise in the Mario vs. Donkey Kong series. Most recently, she made an appearance in Super Mario Odyssey and even canonically sings that game's theme song, "Jump Up, Super Star!"Nintendo has introduced a number of new characters to Mario Tennis Aces since its launch last June, including Shy Guy, Diddy Kong, Petey Piranha, and Luma. The most recent addition was the classic Super Mario 3 mid-boss Boom Boom, who joined the roster in February.Info from Gamespot.com

This weekend's free Steam deals include two space-inspired adventures. The first is Space Engineers, an open-world game where you explore the galaxy and build spaceships, outposts, space stations, and more, all while gathering resources to survive. The game left Steam Early Access yesterday after more than five years, and not only is it 20% off on Steam, you can play it for free this weekend.Space Engineers combines engineering and construction gameplay with themes of survival and exploration. The developers created a "realistic, volumetric-based physics engine," which basically means this game is similar to Minecraft in that everything you see can be used, altered, or destroyed."Space Engineers is inspired by reality and by how things work," the developers shared on the game's official website. "Think about modern-day NASA technology extrapolated 60 years into the future. Space Engineers strives to follow the laws of physics and doesn't use technologies that wouldn't be feasible in the near future."Both single and multiplayer modes are available, and a four-pack of the game is 20% off as well if you want to explore the galaxy with friends.Buy Space Engineers on Steam -- $16 (20% off until March 4; free to play for the next two days)Offworld Trading Company is another game to check out this weekend, as its multiplayer mode is now permanently free. The game is about space economic warfare, where you strategize around supply and demand to ultimately gain dominance over every other player's trading company. From resource management to black market sabotage, the game requires you to make quick, difficult decisions that can make or break your strategy.In our review, we gave Offworld Trading Company a 9/10, and it also made our list of the top games of 2016 as one of the best strategy games of the year. Even though direct combat plays no role, the gameplay is far from boring, with real-time multiplayer matches that are intense."Matches are vicious, and the scales often tip dramatically," wrote GameSpot's Edmond Tran. "Nobody would have ever thought a game centered around capitalism could get your heartrate up so high, but Offworld Trading Company succeeds with its truly unique, wonderfully-executed concept."As a plus, the core game is also 70% for the next week, so if you decide you're a fan after trying free multiplayer mode, you can snag the game for just $6 until March 7.Buy Offworld Trading Company -- $6 (70% off until March 7; free multiplayer mode) Info from Gamespot.com

The next reset marks the start of Destiny 2's sixth season, the Season of the Drifter. That makes this weekend's return of Xur, Emissary of the Nine, the last time you'll buy Year One Exotics from Xur before the reset, and a great chance to get something shiny to hold yourself over before the Destiny 2 grind kicks up again with the next part of its Annual Pass.Head to Nessus this weekend to find Xur, who is hanging out in the Watcher's Grave area. From the transmat zone where you load into the area, head north and look up--Xur is waiting on one of the giant tree branches and you'll need to climb to reach him.The gun Xur has on offer this week is The Colony, a powerful grenade launcher that often sees a lot of use in the Crucible. Instead of regular grenades, it fires tiny robot insects that crawl along the ground in the direction you fire, homing in on enemies and blowing them up. The Colony is great for competitive play thanks to its grenades' ability to find their targets.Xur also carries three pieces of Exotic armor each week, and in this haul Titans will find the leg armor dubbed Peacekeepers. These boots automatically reload your SMGs when holstered, improves their handling and your movement speed when you're using them, and allows you to ready them instantly. Hunters can snag Knucklehead Radar, another great Crucible item. The helmet maintains your radar even when you're aiming down sights and gives you improved radar when crouching, increasing your situational awareness in battle pretty significantly. For Warlocks, there's Claws of Ahamkara, a pair of gauntlets that offer you an additional melee charge.Here are all the Exotics Xur offers this week and what they'll cost you:The Colony (Exotic pulse rifle) -- 29 Legendary ShardsPeacekeepers (Exotic Titan leg armor) -- 23 Legendary ShardsKnucklehead Radar (Exotic Hunter helmet) -- 23 Legendary ShardsClaws of Ahamkara (Exotic Warlock gauntlets) -- 23 Legendary ShardsYou can also buy a Fated Engram, if you can afford it. Dropping 97 Legendary Shards on the item will grant you one Year One Exotic you don't already have for that character. Xur also offers the Five of Swords challenge card for free, which allows you to add difficulty modifiers that increase your score in Nightfall runs.Destiny 2's Season of the Drifter brings two new activities for players to try. First up is Gambit Prime, a more intense, one-round version of the competitive mode that came with Forsaken. Once you've played a little Gambit Prime, you'll also get access to The Reckoning, a pinnacle player-vs.-environment activity that'll offer a bunch of new rewards. The Reckoning has three tiers that'll unlock over the course of March, according to Destiny 2's full Season 6 roadmap.Info from Gamespot.com

Time is running out to catch a Shiny Meltan in Pokemon Go. As part of the game's ongoing Meltan event, Niantic is giving players their first chance to find the Shiny version of the new Mythical Pokemon, but it's only scheduled to appear until March 4.To catch Meltan in Pokemon Go, you'll need to have the Mystery Box--an item you get in the mobile game when you transfer a Pokemon to either Let's Go Pikachu or Eevee on Switch. Once the box is opened, Meltan will spawn in the wild for 30 minutes. After that, the box will close, and you'll typically need to wait a week before you can repeat the process.As part of this event, you'll have a chance of finding a Shiny Meltan in the wild when you open the Mystery Box. As you can see above, the Shiny variant has a slightly darker head than a typical Meltan, as well as a blue (rather than red) tail. On top of that, the time you need to wait to reopen the Mystery Box has been reduced for the event, allowing you to find Meltan much more quickly than before.Meltan is the only non-Kanto Pokemon that can be transferred from Go to Let's Go, allowing you to use it in the Switch games. Moreover, Meltan is the only Mythical Pokemon capable of evolving, and if you evolve a Shiny Meltan, it'll retain its special coloration as Melmetal. You can read more on how to catch the Mythical Pokemon in our Meltan guide.Let's Go Pikachu and Eevee launched for Nintendo Switch in November 2018, while a new pair of Pokemon titles--Sword and Shield--are coming to the console late this year. It's unclear if they'll have any compatibility with Pokemon Go, but they appear to be much more traditional takes on the series than the Let's Go games. You can read more about the newly announced titles in our roundup of everything we know about Pokemon Sword and Shield.Info from Gamespot.com

If Apex Legends has one thing going for it, it's the feeling of being complete--something not every battle royale game can claim. The shooter sub-genre's huge popularity means there are lots of games that do last-player-standing competition well, but with a few troubles along the way. Some well-established shooters are adding battle royale to their offerings, fitting their existing gameplay into its framework. Other battle royale games are constantly struggling with balancing issues and bug fixes, adding and removing elements as they figure out what works and what doesn't. And still others started life as something else and managed to retrofit their mechanics into the battle royale mold, with some ideas fitting better than others.Apex Legends, on the other hand, focuses on doing one thing extremely well. That thing is team competition in the battle royale genre; at launch, it only includes a team-based mode where 20 groups of three players square off against each other. Everything in Apex Legends works to further teamwork: that includes a number of improvements to issues that plague the whole genre, like cleaning up inventory management and increasing accessibility, and the addition of new ideas, like squad composition elements and special character abilities.Apex Legends excels by combining good ideas that have worked in shooters before. The battle royale ruleset is the same as in similar games, with very few changes: Teams skydive onto a huge island with nothing and scramble to gather up weapons and items to use against any other teams they encounter until only one team survives. While there are no titans or wall-running, it's still possible to see the bones of Titanfall 2 undergirding Apex, which reuses Titanfall's weapons and some of its fluid movement mechanics, like sliding and mantling. But the core of the formula here is the tight, three-player squad structure, which all the other pieces benefit.Another big change to the battle royale formula in Apex Legends is one extremely similar to what Blizzard brought to multiplayer FPS games in Overwatch. At the start of each match, each player chooses one of eight characters, each with specific abilities that serve specific roles. The defensive Gibraltar can drop a shield and call in an airstrike to drive another team back; the offensive Wraith can create portals between two locations and briefly disappear to avoid damage; the supportive Pathfinder uses grappling hooks and ziplines to help the team reach areas where they might have a tactical advantage.It all plays back into the focus on teamwork, since no character is especially powerful, and no abilities are useful all the time. You're not a lone wolf--instead, you have a specific role that complements teammates as you play, and that works to help find a new side of battle royale that hasn't been explored before.Moment-to-moment, though, what's remarkable about Apex Legends is that it just works. Battle royale is a bit of an obtuse genre with a lot of moving parts; in most games, you find weapons, gun attachments, armor, healing items, and more. You'll spend lots of time digging in menus to manage inventory. Apex streamlines all of that with user interface tweaks that make it possible to instantly identify what you need and ignore the things you don't. Ammo types are color-coded to the guns that use them. Attachments automatically join with guns they fit and swap to appropriate new guns when you pick them up, while things you can't use or don't improve your gear are brightly marked as such. It's an even more accessible version of Call of Duty: Black Ops 4's battle royale improvements with its Blackout mode, and the rest of the genre should adopt it.The best feature in Apex Legends is its extremely robust "ping" system, which lets you press a button to create a marker on your teammates' screens. The ping system is super smart--aim it at a gun or a helmet and your character will identify that object's location to everyone else. You can ping in your menu to call for things you need, mark places you want to go, or identify spots other players have passed through. Most importantly, you can use pings to mark enemy locations. The system is so responsive and well-implemented in Apex Legends that it can fully replace talking to your team at all. In fact, the accuracy of a ping on-screen can often be better at helping you quickly convey information than talking.A revival system also helps you get more engaged with your team. If a teammate falls in battle and is knocked out of the match, you can recover their banner, an item that drops with their loot, and use it to respawn them into the game as if they just started. The system adds some intense, harrowing strategy to Apex that requires you to risk everything to save your squad; you can only call back dead teammates at specific, single-use Respawn Beacons on the map, but you're completely exposed while doing so. Pull off a clutch play, though, and you can bring your team back from the brink. The system provides a great incentive to stay in matches and keep talking to and aiding your team, instead of just leaving when you die to join another match.Like in Respawn's previous games, shooting here is hefty and satisfying, and Apex sports a wide variety of cool guns to learn and master. However, gunplay sometimes gets held back because lots guns carry strangely small magazines. Players have a lot of health, which gets increased greatly with the addition of armor, so it often takes a lot of shots to take people down. Ideally, you're always shooting someone with the help of a pal, but the small magazines have the effect of making you feel underpowered alone. In most matches I've played, shotguns get the most use from players because they have the highest likelihood of actually taking down an opponent, while many of the other guns spray bullets too much and leave you vulnerable as you reload and reload and reload.Apex Legends is a mix of smart shooter ideas that makes for a competitive, team-based game that gets at all the best parts of battle royale while addressing a lot of the weaknesses.As a free-to-play game, Apex Legends includes both loot boxes and in-game items that can be purchased with real money, and loot boxes can also be earned by playing. Everything on offer is cosmetic, much like in Fortnite or Overwatch, so paying money isn't essential to playing the game and staying competitive, and you can largely ignore microtransactions if you aren't interested in paying.The one place Apex Legends' microtransactions can irritate is in trying to unlock new characters. At launch, six characters are available for free, with two that can be unlocked either with paid or earned currency. Neither is essential--they offer different abilities but not better or worse ones--but as an average player, it still took me around 17 hours of play to earn enough currency to buy one character (it'll be shorter if you get more kills and more wins). With Respawn adding more characters to the game in the future, it's fully possible trying to unlock new characters will become a slog that turns off casual players and those unwilling or unable to pay.Apex Legends is a mix of smart shooter ideas that makes for a competitive, team-based game that gets at all the best parts of battle royale while addressing a lot of the weaknesses. Respawn's intense focus on team play makes Apex more than just a worthy addition to the genre; it's an indicator of where battle royale should go in the future.Info from Gamespot.com

It's been nearly two years since there was any news about the potential sequel to the Tom Cruise-starring Edge of Tomorrow, but it seems the project is moving forward again. It has been reported that Warner is developing a follow-up to the 2014 sci-fi action movie.According to Deadline, writer Matthew Robinson (Monster Trucks, The Invention of Lying) has been hired to work on the script after successfully pitching a story idea to the studio. The site states that the intention is for Cruise to reprise his role as reluctant soldier William Cage, along with co-star Emily Blunt and director Doug Liman.Liman had previously spoken about his hopes to make a sequel, and in 2017 stated he had an "amazing" story for a sequel that was "way better than the first film." However, Deadline now states that work on this earlier version stalled and Robinson's story will be an entirely new take.The Edge of Tomorrow sequel doesn't have a release date, and don't expect to see it anytime soon. Cruise will be seen next year in the Top Gun sequel Maverick, which will be followed by Mission Impossible 7 and 8, which are to be shot back-to-back and will release in 2021 and 2022. Blunt is also lined up to star in the horror sequel A Quiet Place 2, which arrives in May 2020.Edge of Tomorrow was an adaptation of the Japanese novel All You Need is Kill, and was a hit with both audiences and critics. It grossed more than $370 million worldwide and currently has a Rotten Tomatoes score of 90%.Info from Gamespot.com

The Season of the Drifter is about to start in Destiny 2, and it's bringing a lot of changes. There will be a new version of Gambit for players to check out called Gambit Prime, a new high-level activity called The Reckoning, new pinnacle weapons to earn, and a bunch of new loot to find.With the sixth Destiny 2 season comes another big change that'll let you get cooler gear. Bungie is instituting a change for Xur, Emissary of the Nine, that'll make his weekly visits, and the Exotic weapons and armor he sells each week, a lot more useful to players.According to a post from Bungie on Reddit, Xur's wares are changing in Season 6. He'll finally sell Exotics from the Forsaken expansion that dropped in Fall 2018. Up to now, Xur has only sold Year One Exotics, those from before the Forsaken expansion. In order to get the cool new gear added in Year Two, players had to hope for extremely rare random drops. With the Forsaken Exotics added to Xur's wares, you'll now have a weekly chance to purchase what you're missing for Legendary Shards.There are no guarantees, though. Bungie noted that Forsaken Exotics are added to the Year One batch in Xur's wares, meaning there won't necessarily be Forsaken Exotics available every week. You also can't get Forsaken Exotics from Fated Engrams, either--those are Xur's more expensive items, which guarantee an Exotic you don't already own. Those will still only be Year One Exotics, it seems.Bungie's Reddit post notes that these Xur changes are coming in the next big Destiny 2 update, which is coming on Tuesday, March 5. That's the start of the Season of the Drifter--check out Bungie's full calendar for the season to see when all its new content will drop.Info from Gamespot.com

March is finally here, which means starting today, more free PC games are available for Amazon and Twitch Prime members. Until March 31, you can download these four games at no cost: Star Vikings Forever, The King's Bird, Kabounce, and Snake Pass.Star Vikings Forever is a lengthy puzzle RPG about space vikings that fight evil intergalactic space snails. The King's Bird is an artsy platformer that utilizes gliding and requires maintaining your momentum to navigate many challenges. Brush up on your pinball skills with Kabounce, a multiplayer experience from the perspective of the ball itself where you try to hit bumpers to claim points for your team. In unique platformer Snake Pass, you're asked to "think like a snake" as you solve puzzles, which involves slithering into small spaces, coiling around bamboo to climb, and more.To claim these deals, you just have to make sure your Amazon account is linked to Twitch. Every month there's a new round of free games, and Twitch also gives away free in-game loot and other digital content for Prime members on an ongoing basis.Twitch Prime Games for January 2019Star Vikings ForeverThe King's BirdKabounceSnake Pass Info from Gamespot.com

Team Ninja has released the first season pass for Dead or Alive 6, and it costs more than the game itself. Dead or Alive 6 released today at a retail price of $60 USD, while its Season Pass 1--which went live almost immediately after the game launched--costs $93 USD.For that staggeringly high price point, you'll net yourself over 60 costumes for the roster of fighters included in Dead or Alive 6 at launch, as well as two new additional characters that will release sometime between Mach and June. Season Pass 1 contains both volumes of the special Happy Wedding Costumes and two additional extended costume packs for all characters. There are costumes for the two new fighters as well, of which only the first--Fatal Fury's Mai Shiranui--has been revealed. Season Pass 1 also includes bonus content for NiCO and Nyotengu.Dead or Alive 6 represents a change of pace for Team Ninja, which wants its infamous fighting game franchise to appeal to a larger audience. The developer wants Dead or Alive 6 to be an esport contender, for example. In order to accomplish this goal, a new feature--called the Break Gauge--has been implemented into Dead or Alive 6 that allows you to pull off both devastating attacks and counters with simple button inputs. Also, the sexual fan service that the series has become known for has been toned down. A free-to-play version to help convince people to pick up the full game is scheduled as well.In our Dead or Alive 6 review-in-progress, Heidi Kemps gave the game a 7/10, writing, "As of the time of this writing, the game's online servers haven't gone live, so we are waiting to see how the game's netcode and online interface stacks up before finalizing the review. For the time being, though, we can say that DoA6 is a fun, engaging fighter with great-feeling, easy-to-pick-up combat, a strong sense of visual style, and a lot of personality. If you're looking for a new fighting game to learn the ins and outs of--or perhaps a nice entry into the 3D side of fighting games--DoA6 is a fighter of choice."Info from Gamespot.com

Knowing the strengths and weaknesses of the characters is important in Apex Legends, so you always know what you're up against and what you're capable of on the battlefield. Equally important, though, is knowing how you can help your squadmates in emergency situations and amplify their ability to win.Just about any team composition in Apex Legends is viable, but it's smart to balance characters with different strengths and weaknesses. It's a good idea to bring along a defensive character or medic in almost all cases, for instance, although it's not essential. And picking characters that go well together can increase your odds of winning, especially if you're smart and work together with your complementary abilities.We've spent a whole lot of time with all the characters in Apex Legends, and we've seen some of the cool things they can do together. Below is a list of ways you can use Legends in concert with each other to get the upper hand on your opponents and win those coveted championships.Individual Character GuidesLifeline Guide: Tips On How To Be The Best Combat MedicMirage Guide: Tips On How To Be The Best Holographic TricksterPathfinder Guide: Tips On How To Be The Best Forward ScoutCaustic Guide: Tips On How To Be The Best Toxic TrapperWraith Guide: Tips On How To Be A Dangerous BamboozlerGibraltar Guide: Tips On Playing As The Shielded FortressBloodhound Guide: Tips For Hunting Prey As The Technological TrackerBangaloreWith BloodhoundBangalore's smoke grenades seriously affect any battle she's in by completely changing the rules of engagement. When you lay down smoke, you can rob another team of visibility, confuse them, force them to change positions, or lose them as you make your escape. Bloodhound's ability to see through obstructions allows them to fight like smoke isn't even there--and that means you can go nuts robbing opponents of their ability to see and fight back while Bloodhound fires away unimpeded.With Mirage Or WraithObstructing an enemy's view makes it a whole lot easier to bamboozle them. Dropping a ton of smoke on an area works in perfect concert with sending out a Mirage decoy to cut through the cloud and further distract or confuse enemies. Decoys are already pretty tough to identify, and even more so when they go running through a smoke cloud--and overwhelming your opponents this way gives you plenty of room to flank an enemy team or escape.The same is true of Wraith, who excels at opening up flanking positions on enemies. Smoke a location to give her cover as she phases through and drops portals behind another squad's position. Wraith's ability to phase makes her formidable, but other players can sometimes still see and identify her because of the trail she leaves behind. Bangalore's smoke makes it even tougher for other players to see her, allowing her to flank or set up portals without the risk of getting caught out of position.With LifelineA pretty obvious combination, Bangalore's smoke screen makes it a lot easier for Lifeline to head into the fray to pick up a downed teammate, and the smoke can often help them get the damaged squaddie out of harm's way so they can heal. Bangalore gets two smoke charges per use of her ability, which means you can dump a lot of smoke on a Lifeline who's reviving, or spread it around so opponents don't just rush through the smoke cloud as soon as they see it appear.With GibraltarThe only two characters with airstrike abilities are Bangalore and Gibraltar, and while they're very different, both can be powerful. Bangalore's airstrike does less damage than Gibraltar's, but covers ground in a rolling, forward motion. Gibraltar's mortar strike is stronger but is confined to a smaller radius. Still, combining either airstrike with the other's abilities can make them more effective--dropping a dome shield and then Bangalore's airstrike can give your team a place to hide out for a second, and smoking an area before Gibraltar's strike goes down makes it tougher for enemies to avoid. You can also try using both strikes simultaneously to control a large area of the map. In chokepoints, use Bangalore's weaker strike to push people into Gibraltar's tougher one, or vice versa--or just drop them to cover a huge area and hit enemies as they try to flee.With PathfinderPathfinder's major contribution to the team is often information on the battlefield. With Pathfinder's Insider Information, you can set up ambushes against enemy squads by getting into the ring ahead of other teams. Knowing other teams have to come to you to avoid the ring gives you better chances for attacks like airstrikes. Pathfinder's grapple hook is also great for zipping through and over smoke walls, giving you chances to flank squads when they're not ready. Smoke is also useful for covering zipline escapes; by the same token, you can drop ziplines near or behind enemies and pair them with smoke to give teammates a path behind enemies.With CausticLike Bangalore's smoke, Caustic's gas can obscure the vision of other players, including teammates. Bloodhound can mitigate that issue with Eye of the Allfather and Beast of the Hunt, which can cut through the gas to let you zero in on targets and take them out while they're blinded.BloodhoundWith GibraltarBloodhound's ability to find enemies and see their positioning can be very handy when you need to know where to drop a mortar strike. Bloodhound is best used to constantly inform teammates of enemy positions, so use that knowledge to either blast squads and flush them out of position with your strikes.With Mirage, Wraith, Or PathfinderUsing Bloodhound's ability to find hiding enemies can give Mirage and Wraith the upper hand when confusing squads and flanking them. Knowing where enemies are can give teammates the info they need to send a decoy in the right direction, distracting a team so you can approach them from another direction. The same is true of using Pathfinder's grappling hook or zipline or using Wraith's abilities--knowing where a team is set up is necessary to flank and create ambushes, which both characters excel at doing. also makes it easy to get into position for ambushes or to flank enemies. When playing as Bloodhound, try to provide your team with as much information as you can, and they'll be able to use their own abilities to help you.Wraith's ability to get squadmates into new positions with her portals is especially good for Bloodhound. With Eye of the Allfather and Beast of the Hunt, Bloodhound does a phenomenal job ambushing enemy teams. Using a portal to flank a squad and then activating Beast of the Hunt can be a great way to take down a group of enemies quickly, too.LifelineWith GibraltarThrowing Lifeline together with Gibraltar is an obvious pairing since both carry defensive abilities that are great for saving the lives of their squadmates. Gibraltar's dome shield and mortar strike are great for protecting Lifeline while reviving other players (although be sure enemy players aren't going to charge straight up on you when you do). Gibraltar can also drop his shield on top of Lifeline's drone, which you can push forward to give yourself something of a mobile shield, too.With WraithWraith's portals are great for helping out Lifeline players. Squadmates who have been knocked down can still use portals, making it possible to get out of a battle and away to safety. With Lifeline's speedier revive times, that means you can get squadmates out of harm's way, revived, recharged, and instantly back into the battle with the help of a portal. The trick is for the other member of your squad to stay alive in the meantime.WraithWith MirageWith comparable abilities about confusing enemies and sneaking around them, Wraith and Mirage play similar roles and they can be very useful together in a battle. Mirage's decoys can be used to misdirect enemies while Wraith sets up portals or gets around behind enemies, and Mirage can do something similar with his ultimate ability, which briefly makes him invisible. Executing both moves together means you have much better chances of repositioning, and even if one of your flanking characters gets spotted, the other's chances are improved quite a bit.With GibraltarGibraltar's mortar strikes are great defensive cover for Wraith's movements and flanking maneuvers. Throwing down a mortar strike can give Wraith the cover she needs to phase behind a team or to get out of harm's ways. Mortar strikes have a serious effect on visibility, making Wraith's movements a lot easier.GibraltarWith CausticGibraltar's Dome Shield is really useful for stopping fire coming from down range, but it's vulnerable to players who close the distance and come rushing in with shotguns. That makes it great to drop a gas trap in Gibraltar's dome while you're using it, just in case the battle gets close. The trap will slow and blind enemies, hopefully giving you a chance to slip away and prepare to fight on your terms or use it as an opportunity for a spicy counterattack.Activated gas traps and Caustic's gas grenades also highlight the enemies afflicted by them, which is great when you're trying to figure out where to drop a mortar strike. A quick reaction with Gibraltar's ultimate can add a whole lot more damage to a successful Caustic trap and help finish off a surprised squad.With MirageGibraltar's Dome Shield is handy when you want to make enemies think you're somewhere else, and a Mirage decoy inside the shield can help sell the illusion. You can also use Mirage's invisibility from his ultimate ability alongside a Gibraltar mortar strike, allowing Mirage to easily get up near an enemy position or to escape from one. Mirage decoys reveal enemy locations when they're damaged, which means you can use a decoy to try to pinpoint exactly where Gibraltar should throw his strike. You can also use decoys to distract while setting a strike, or when flanking an enemy flushed out of their position by artillery. Info from Gamespot.com

Warner Bros.' live-action adaptation of Detective Pikachu isn't the only Pokemon movie hitting theaters this year. The Pokemon Company has now shared the first trailer for the upcoming animated film Mewtwo Strikes Back: Evolution, a complete CGI remake of the very first Pokemon movie.The trailer, which you can watch above, is a near shot-for-shot recreation of scenes from the original Mewtwo Strikes Back, which is celebrating the 20th anniversary of its North American premiere this year. We also get a glimpse at how the series' iconic trio Ash, Misty, and Brock look rendered in CGI for the first time.Mewtwo Strikes Back: Evolution is set to premiere in Japan on July 12. It's unclear if the movie will air in theaters in other parts of the world as well, but the past two Pokemon films--I Choose You and The Power of Us--have both received very limited international theatrical runs. The official Pokemon Twitter account teased "international details [are] coming soon."Mewtwo also plays a role in the aforementioned Detective Pikachu movie, which premieres on May 10. The Psychic Pokemon could be seen toward the end of the film's latest trailer, which also featured a number of new Pokemon that hadn't previously been seen, such as Snorlax and the disturbingly hairy Ludicolo.This year is shaping up to be a big one for Pokemon fans. Nintendo and The Pokemon Company also recently pulled back the curtain on Pokemon Sword and Shield, the upcoming "core" RPGs for Nintendo Switch. The pair are slated to launch in late 2019 and take place in the Galar region, which is home to three new starter Pokemon.Info from Gamespot.com

Now in the final month of the Winter 2019 season, it's almost time to start looking ahead at what anime series and movies are coming in the spring. However, before then, there's plenty of excellent shows you should be catching up on right now. Between everything on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Hulu, Crunchyroll, Funimation, Hidive, and VRV, these are the anime that we think you should spend March catching up on.Back in January, I described The Price of Smiles and The Magnificent Kotobuki as "keep an eye on this" recommendations, but both--especially The Price of Smiles--have proven they're worth watching as much as the anime listed below. Unlike the other anime on this list, these two are original stories that aren't based on pre-existing literature or media.The Price of Smiles subverts expectations by presenting itself as a feel-good, cute anime, but is actually an emotional account of the cost of war. The anime follows two women that fight on opposing sides of the same conflict, with one being a 12-year-old princess who must lead her people after the death of her parents and the other a common foot soldier who just wants the war to end so people can be safe again. The Magnificent Kotobuki, on the other hand, is more light-hearted. The series follows a team of fighter pilots who sell their services as bodyguards for a trading company. You won't find much drama in this anime, but the series does have its occasional emotional gut-punch and it captures the feeling of aerial dogfights with its CG animation amazingly well. The Price of Smiles is available on Crunchyroll and VRV, while The Magnificent Kotobuki is available on Hidive and VRV.The Promised Neverland is one of the best series this season, which comes as little surprise considering it brings to life one of Shonen Jump's better manga. This pulse-pounding thriller is best experienced without prior knowledge of the plot, so don't read up on it before diving in. Trust me, you won't be disappointed. The anime ups the tension of the manga with some stellar shots, which frame the characters in strange angles. It really sells the idea that everyone is being spied on at all times, and that something is very, very wrong with the orphanage that main characters Emma, Ray, and Norman call home. The anime, unfortunately, does little to fix its source material's poor portrayal of black women. However, it does wonders in bringing Emma, perhaps the best female protagonist Shonen Jump has ever had, to life. The Promised Neverland is available on Crunchyroll, Funimation, Hulu, Hidive, and VRV.If you haven't already, you should also catch up on Mob Psycho 100 II, which is the second season to one of 2016's most popular anime. Made by the same folks behind One Punch Man, this series continues to deliver more hilarious misadventures of the young boy who's one of the world's most powerful espers. The beautifully wholesome nature of this season's plot is already shaping up to be one of 2019's best stories. This show is a must watch. Mob Psycho 100 II is available on Crunchyroll and VRV.Anyone who knows a story that's focused on a beloved pet can probably guess almost every plot point My Roommate is a Cat explores. However, despite the cliche nature of the anime's story--a socially awkward man finds the push to open up to others after adopting and befriending a stray cat--the show is still quite compelling. Through the anime, we see the same set of events through both the perspectives of the main character and his feline friend, and it allows for moments of both hilarious misunderstanding and heartfelt connection between the two. They're both lost souls that learn to love again by being together. Yes, it's super cheesy, but it's also absolutely worth watching. My Roommate is a Cat is on Crunchyroll, VRV, and Funimation.In terms of action-focused series, check out Dororo, which is a remake of the 50-year-old anime of the same name. Taking place in feudal Japan, Dororo is about a ronin outfitted with prosthetics after his eyes, nose, ears, tongue, skin, and limbs are all ripped out of his body by demons. Despite being a rehash of a half-century-old story, this series breathes fresh life into its narrative with well-animated action sequences and adjustments to the backgrounds of certain characters. Although it hasn't managed to reach the same heights as Devilman Crybaby--which won Anime of the Year in the Crunchyroll 2018 Anime Awards--Dororo is another great example that classic series can be modernized for the better. Dororo is an Amazon Prime Video exclusive.Although its story is a little bit out there in comparison to the other anime on this list, Boogiepop and Others is another great series you'll want to catch up on. This new series has nothing to do with the first Boogiepop anime--instead it follows the original light novels. This makes it an excellent jumping in point for anyone who's missed out on the past two decades of this critically acclaimed supernatural series. You're going to have to trust me on this recommendation. Just get through the first episode--I know it's boring--and keep going. This anime seems dull and uninspired at first, but Boogiepop leaps between multiple points of view pretty much every episode to slowly deliver bits and pieces of its spooky narrative. You'll need to watch at least the first arc to realize there's way more to this story than a high school girl with an androgynous-looking split personality, her boring boyfriend, and a cannibalistic serial killer. Boogiepop and Others is on Crunchyroll, VRV, and Funimation.Below, we've listed every anime that's airing in the United States this season, just in case you plan on catching up on absolutely everything. If you happen to be caught up on everything--kudos to you--check out our recommendations of what to watch from last season. There are some really good series in there for some weekend binging.Where To Watch Winter 2019 Anime (US)Movies And Short Film AnthologiesDragon Ball Super: Broly -- Select TheatersGodzilla: The Planet Eater -- NetflixI want to eat your pancreas -- Select TheatersMade In Abyss: Journey's Dawn -- Select Theaters (premieres March 15)Modest Heroes -- Select TheatersMy Hero Academia: Two Heroes -- Funimation (releases March 26)Action And Adventure SeriesDororo -- Amazon Prime VideoGirly Air Force -- Crunchyroll and VRVKemurikusa -- Amazon Prime VideoMagical Girl Spec-Ops Asuka -- Crunchyroll, Funimation, and VRVThe Magnificent Kotobuki -- Hidive and VRVMob Psycho 100 II -- Crunchyroll, Funimation, and VRVW'z -- Hidive and VRVSlice Of Life And Comedy SeriesBanG Dream! Season 2 -- Hidive and VRVBermuda Triangle: Colorful Pastorale -- Hidive and VRVHow Clumsy you are, Miss Ueno -- Hidive and VRVKatana Maidens: Mini Toji -- Crunchyroll and VRVKemono Friends 2 -- Crunchyroll and VRVMy Roommate is a Cat -- Crunchyroll, Funimation, and VRVPastel Memories -- Hidive and VRVWataten!: an Angel Flew Down to Me -- Crunchyroll and VRVRomance And Harem SeriesDate A Live III -- Crunchyroll, Funimation, and VRVDomestic Girlfriend -- HidiveKaguya-sama: Love Is War -- Crunchyroll, Funimation, Hulu, and VRVMeiji Tokyo Renka -- Crunchyroll and VRVReal Girl Season 2 -- Hidive and VRVThe Quintessential Quintuplets -- Crunchyroll, Funimation, and VRVThriller, Drama, And Supernatural SeriesBoogiepop and Others -- Crunchyroll, Funimation, and VRVB-Project: Zeccho＊Emotion -- Crunchyroll and VRVThe Promised Neverland -- Crunchyroll, Funimation, Hulu, Hidive, and VRVScience Fiction And Fantasy SeriesDimension High School -- Hidive and VRVENDRO! -- Crunchyroll, Funimation, and VRVGrimms Notes the Animation -- Crunchyroll and VRVLord El-Melloi II's Case Files {Rail Zeppelin} Grace note -- Crunchyroll and VRVThe Morose Mononokean II -- Crunchyroll, Funimation, and VRVMysteria Friends -- CrunchyrollThe Price of Smiles -- Crunchyroll and VRVThe Rising of the Shield Hero -- Crunchyroll, Funimation, VRVStar Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 2202 Part 2 -- FunimationInfo from Gamespot.com

H&R Block seems to be targeting gamers this tax season with an unusual promotion for their tax preparation software. If you browse the selection of software downloads on Newegg, you'll notice it's offering a free game download when you purchase one of H&R's products. We're talking games like Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, Battlefield 5, Borderlands 2, and Bioshock Infinite.Because, you know, when you're filing your taxes every year, you want to make sure you're getting the best video game deal along with it.The tax software that come with games range from $40 to $80, with Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 for PS4 listed alongside one of the most expensive software options.If you're interested in, uh, taking advantage of these deals, there's a code that makes a few of these products cheaper. And thankfully (since Tax Day is fast approaching), three-day shipping is included. These deals are marked as limited offers, so there's no telling how long they'll be up.Buy H&R BLOCK Tax Software Deluxe 2018 - Federal Only (comes with a download code for Battlefield 5 on PC) -- $29.99 with code EMCTWTU48Buy H&R BLOCK Tax Software Deluxe + State 2018 (comes with a download code for Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 for PS4 or Xbox One) -- $44.99 with code EMCTWTU48Info from Gamespot.com

Almost immediately following an update that addressed issues with Strongholds and the tethering system in Anthem, BioWare has released a hotfix for its multiplayer-focused action RPG. Unfortunately, according to USGamer, this latest patch broke the game for a while. Thankfully, according to a recent tweet, it seems like a fix should be rolling out shortly.The patch in question introduces changes in how Anthem's loot system works. Specifically, inscriptions will better match the items they're on. Additional patches are planned to increase the drop rate for masterwork weapons and abilities, lower the crafting requirements for masterwork items, and remove common and uncommon items from level 30 drop tables entirely. However, as stated above, there was an unforeseen side effect to this first patch.Somehow the hotfix caused enemies to stop spawning in Anthem's freeplay mode. If you join a freeplay session, there still a good chance you won't be able to find any signs of life in the game until the fix is live across all systems. Additionally, there have been instances where players have been kicked out of Stronghold missions upon spawning into the expedition.Anthem has had a rough start. Prior to release, Anthem's private demo faced huge issues, and then when the game finally did launch, it was to less than ideal review scores. BioWare has remained committed to improving the state of its game, though, laying out a 90-day roadmap of planned content drops and regularly interacting with player complaints on social media.In our Anthem review, Kallie Plagge gave the game a 6/10, writing, "Anthem has good ideas, but it struggles significantly with the execution. It's a co-op game that works best with no one talking; it buries genuinely interesting character moments and puts its most incomprehensible story bits at the forefront; its combat is exciting until you get to the boss fights and find your wings have been clipped. Even the simple, exhilarating act of flying is frequently interrupted by the limitations of your javelin, and you never quite shake that feeling of disappointment--of knowing, throughout the good parts of Anthem, that you'll inevitably come crashing back down."Anthem is available for Xbox One, PS4, and PC. Even though the game hasn't been out that long, the price has already been reduced for the PS4 version on Amazon.Info from Gamespot.com