From Software president Hidetaka Miyazaki has revealed that the developer is currently working on two unannounced games. Whether both are sequels to existing series or the start to brand-new franchises has yet to be revealed.Miyazaki made the announcement during an interview with 4Gamer.net, which was translated by Gematsu. "While it isn't the time to discuss details, they're both [From Software]-esque games," Miyazaki said. "We'll need a little more time, but we'll be able to tell everyone more about them once they take shape."Back in June 2016, From Software revealed it had new games scheduled for the future. The first turned out to be Deracine with the second being the upcoming Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice. Based on the phrasing for the new games, it's probably safe to assume the two unannounced titles are closer in length and scope to Sekiro as opposed to Deracine. Miyazaki added that both Dark Souls Remastered and Metal Wolf Chaos XD were not included in this original projection, and that the unannounced games are brand-new titles and not remasters.Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice is From Software's next game, coming to Xbox One, PS4, and PC on March 22. It's Matt Espineli's most anticipated game for 2019, largely for its setting and fast-paced mechanics. Sekiro leaves behind the medieval castles of Dark Souls III and Victorian catacombs of Bloodborne for steampunk feudal Japan. Combat is even faster than From Software's previous Soulsborne games, mimicking the challenging back and forth of the Tenchu franchise. For more information, here's everything we know.Info from Gamespot.com

Don't expect the upcoming reboot of Spawn, Todd McFarlane's Hellspawn antihero, to have much in the way of levity. McFarlane said in a recent interview that the movie is "just gonna be this dark, ugly two hours' worth of movie."Speaking with Nerdist, McFarlane explained that Spawn isn't going to feel like the lighter (although still serious) fare of superhero movies that have come out of Marvel Studios and the like in recent years. The Spawn reboot is being written and directed by McFarlane and produced by Blumhouse Productions, which is best known for horror movies like its Conjuring series. McFarlane has likened the movie he wants to make to a horror film, and his latest comments double down on just how dark Spawn will be."There's no joy," McFarlane told Nerdist. "There's gonna be no fun lines in it, and it's just gonna be this dark, ugly two hours' worth of movie, which is essentially what a lot of supernatural/horror movies are anyway. There's not a lot of funny in them. And that seems to be a weird hurdle for a lot of people in this city to get over because they sort of go into a superhero/Avengers default all the time."And to be sure, Spawn is a dark character in the comics from which he originated. His alter-ego, Al Simmons, is a CIA operative killed in a fire, whose soul is sent to hell for knowingly killing innocents as part of his government work. He bargains his soul with a demon to return to Earth to see his wife one more time, only to find that years have passed, she's moved on, and he's now a demonic creature. Things go more antihero from there, and there's angel and demon mythology for Spawn to deal with--which is pretty fitting with McFarlane's supernatural, R-rated take.But dark and gritty superhero movies have struggled of late, at least in some cases. Darker takes on DC superheroes, mostly from the creative direction of Man of Steel director Zack Snyder, have been met with derision from fans and critics, while the lighter, funnier Marvel movies have seen massive success. The most recent DC superhero movie, Aquaman, takes things in a bit of a lighter direction, and it has overtaken the highly successful Wonder Woman at the global box office. So Spawn might face an uphill battle with audiences by going in super dark direction.We know a few more key things about Spawn, which is currently in pre-production and due out in 2019. McFarlane has said the movie won't be an origin story, territory which the lackluster 1997 adaptation of the comics, directed by Mark A.Z. Dippé and starring Michael Jai White, already covered. This time out, Simmons will be played by Jamie Foxx, who has wanted to play the role for years. Oh, and it's possible Spawn won't speak out loud in this adaptation, in order to make him all the spookier. The movie is expected to start filming in Summer 2019.Info from Gamespot.com

A new in-game event is set to kick off in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate soon. This week's Spirit Board event is titled Classics, and as its name suggests, it revolves around old-school video game characters.Throughout the weekend, characters from the NES, Famicom, and the Famicom Disk System--such as the Balloon Fighter and Donkey Kong Jr.--will appear much more frequently on the Spirit Board. You'll also have a chance to get a handful of Legend-class Spirits during the event, including Donkey Kong & Lady, Sukapon, and the NES incarnation of Link.On top of that, defeating retro characters during the Classics event will net you even more Snacks than usual, which you can use to further level up your Spirits. The event is scheduled to begin at 10 PM PT on January 3 (1 AM ET / 6 AM GMT / 5 PM AEDT on January 4) and will run until the same time on January 6.Classics follows last week's Mario Time event, which was themed around characters from the Mario series. Unlike other events in the game thus far, it also featured a handful of exclusive Super Mario Party Spirits: Dice Block, River Survival, and Golden Dash Mushroom. These weren't previously available to get in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, and there's no word yet on if they'll reappear in the game.Super Smash Bros. Ultimate launched for Nintendo Switch last month and quickly set new sales records for the series. The game has also been a critical success; GameSpot awarded it a 9/10 in our Super Smash Bros. Ultimate review and selected it as one of our 10 best video games of 2018.Info from Gamespot.com

What better way to ring in the new year than with a bunch of new TV shows and movies to binge? Amazon Prime Video is adding a bunch of new titles to its library to kick off 2019, including some very exciting films.Among the movies coming to Prime this month is 2006's Alpha Dog, Escobar: Paradise Lost, and Fahrenheit 11/9. Additionally, Golden Globe nominee Eighth Grade, which was released in 2018, will arrive on the service on January 13. The most exciting new addition just might be the original Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, though, which was added to Prime on January 1.As for new TV show additions, the most notable arrivals are of Amazon Prime Video originals. New seasons of Informer and The Grand Tour arrive in January, plus a brand-new series called Four More Shots Please. Additionally, the Prime Video original film Beautiful Boy arrived on January 4.You can take a look at everything Amazon Prime Video is adding in January below. Make sure you also take a look at Netflix and Hulu's offerings for the month.Coming to Amazon Prime Video in JanuaryJanuary 1A Beautiful Mind (2001)Alpha Dog (2006)Brazil (1985)Breaking Big, Season 1First Civilizations, Season 1Frontline, Season 36GI Jews: Jewish Americans in World War II (2018)Going to War (2018)Jane Eyre (2011)Nova Wonders, Season 1Reprisal (2018)Rwanda: The Royal Tour (2018)The Art of the Shine (2018)The Jazz Ambassadors (2018)Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)January 3Leave No Trace (2018)January 4Beautiful Boy (Prime Original movie)Sherlock Gnomes (2018)January 11Informer (Prime Original series), Season 2January 12Final ScoreJanuary 13Eighth Grade (2018)January 16The Debt (2010)January 18The Grand Tour (Prime Original series), Season 3January 19Fahrenheit 11/9 (2018)January 25Escobar: Paradise Lost (2014)Four More Shots Please! (Prime Original series), Season 1January 29Endeavour, Season 5 Info from Gamespot.com

Slightly Mad Studios CEO Ian Bell has revealed the company is developing a standalone console. Exact hardware and software specs haven't been announced yet, but Bell has provided a few details.The first mention of the console came via Twitter, when Bell tweeted, "The Mad Box is coming." Bell told Variety that the Mad Box will probably release in about three years and support up to 120 frames-per-second for virtual reality play. "It will support most major VR headsets and those upcoming and the specs will be equivalent to a very fast PC two years from now," Bell wrote. "We're in early talks with manufacturers of components so we can't say much more right now other than we have the designs specced out in detail."When it comes to games on the console, Bell wrote, "We think exclusives are 'exclusionary' but given that we'll be shipping a cross platform engine to all developers it will be their choice. As of now we have no plans to pay developers 'incentives' to exclude other hardware vendors." He further explained that Slightly Mad Studios thinks "the industry is a little too much of a monopoly or a micro oligopoly," and The Mad Box aims to bring some healthy competition to the console race, which for years has pretty much exclusively been a three-way battle between Microsoft's Xbox, Sony's PlayStation, and Nintendo's hardware.Bell added that early design builds for the Mad Box will be revealed in about four to six weeks. The Mad Box is planned to release worldwide and be competitively priced in comparison to other upcoming consoles. "We have multiple investors already offering the required funding for us to see the product to completion, but it's still early days and we're looking at the best offers right now," Bell wrote.2018 saw numerous changes to a lot of gaming hardware, including consoles. Some were good, and others not so much. Check out our report cards for more detailed accounts.GameSpot 2018 Report CardsXbox One Report Card For 2018: Year In ReviewPlayStation 4 Report Card For 2018: Year In ReviewNintendo Switch Report Card For 2018: Year In ReviewVR Gaming 2018 Report Card: Here's A Review Of How The Year WentPC Report Card For 2018: Year In ReviewInfo from Gamespot.com

Sony isn't messing around with its holiday sale this year. Between now and January 15, you can save up to 70% on nearly 1,700 games, expansions, and digital items for some of the biggest titles of 2018 and beyond. And if you're a PS Plus member, you'll get an even bigger discount on many of the on-sale items. We've already highlighted some of the best PS4 games on sale, and a selection of the best titles available for $5 or less. But now that we've arrived at Week 4 of the sale, a new batch of games has been added, making now a good time to see if anything you want is on discount.If you're in the market for a big-budget shooter, you can grab Battlefield V for $36. It received high marks in our Battlefield V review and is set to get a decent amount of added content in the coming months--including a battle royale mode. Speaking of add-on content, Prey, one of last year's more overlooked titles, got an expansion called Mooncrash that turns the game into a roguelike experience, complete with randomized loot and procedurally generated enironments. You can get the base game and all of the DLC for just $20 right now in Prey: Digital Deluxe Edition.For fans of moody Metroidvania-style games, Hollow Knight: Voidheart Edition is on sale for $10. The crossover fighting game Marvel Vs. Capcom: Infinite is on sale for $20, and the seriously scary first-person horror game Resident Evil 7: Biohazard is down to $18.The sale also features a whole lot of PS3 and PS Vita games on sale as well. And if you'd like to see just the deals on PSVR games, the PS4 exclusives, or 2018 releases, you can filter those games here. Just make sure you finalize your purchases by January 8, when some of these games go back up to regular price. And note that the sale ends once and for all on January 15.Alienation -- $3Armello -- $6Assassin's Creed Origins -- $24Assassin's Creed Odyssey -- $30Bastion -- $3.75Batman: Arkham VR (PSVR required) -- $12Batman: Return to Arkham -- $8Batman: Arkham Knight -- $8Battle Chef Brigade Deluxe -- $12Battlefield 1 -- $4Battlefield V -- $36Battlezone Gold Edition (PSVR required) -- $8Beyond: Two Souls -- $12Bloodborne -- $7Bravo Team (PSVR required) -- $24Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons -- $6Burnout Paradise Remastered -- $6Castlevania Requiem: Symphony of the Night & Rondo of Blood -- $10Conan Exiles -- $25The Crew 2 -- $20Danganronpa 1-2 Reload -- $20Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony -- $36Darkest Dungeon -- $8.25Day of the Tentacle Remastered -- $4.50Destiny 2: Forsaken - Legendary Collection -- $42Deus Ex: Mankind Divided -- $4.50Dishonored 2 -- $13Dragon Age: Inquisition -- $10Dying Light -- $14The Elder Scrolls Online -- $10Elite Dangerous -- $9Everybody's Golf -- $14Fallout 4 -- $15Farpoint (PSVR required) -- $8Fortnite - Standard Founder's Pack -- $20Fortnite - Deluxe Founder's Pack -- $40God of War -- $26God of War III Remastered -- $3Grand Theft Auto V -- $15Gravity Rush Remastered -- $9Gravity Rush 2 -- $12Guilty Gear Xrd Rev 2 -- $16Headlander -- $8Heavy Rain -- $12Heavy Rain & Beyond: Two Souls Collection -- $16Hello Neighbor -- $9Hitman 2 -- $30Hitman Go: Definitive Edition -- $2Hollow Knight: Voidheart Edition -- $10Horizon Chase Turbo -- $13Infamous: First Light -- $7.50Infamous: Second Son -- $10Injustice 2: Legendary Edition -- $18The Inpatient (PSVR required) -- $12Inside -- $6The Jackbox Party Pack 4 -- $16Jak and Daxter: The Precursor's Legacy -- $6Jak II -- $6Jak 3 -- $6Journey: Collector's Edition -- $5Jurassic World Evolution -- $30Just Cause 3 -- $6Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes -- $7.50Knack -- $4Knack 2 -- $10Lara Croft Go -- $2.50The Last Guardian -- $11The Last of Us Remastered -- $16The Last of Us: Left Behind - Stand-Alone -- $4Lego The Incredibles -- $30Life is Strange: Complete Season -- $4Life is Strange: Before the Storm Complete Season -- $5Limbo -- $2Mad Max -- $5Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite -- $20Mass Effect Andromeda -- $7.50Mega Man Legacy Collection 1 & 2 Combo Pack -- $15Mega Man X Legacy Collection 1+2 -- $30Mega Man 11 -- $24Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor GotY Edition -- $10Middle-earth: Shadow of War -- $12.50Minit -- $6.70Monster Hunter World -- $25Mortal Kombat XL -- $5Mr. Shifty -- $1.50The Mummy Demastered -- $13N++ -- $7.50Need for Speed -- $5Need for Speed Rivals -- $5Oddworld: New 'n Tasty -- $5The Order 1886 -- $3Outlast 2 -- $9Overcooked -- $4.25Overcooked 2 -- $17.50Overwatch Legendary Edition -- $30Owlboy -- $12.50Oxenfree -- $5Peggle 2 -- $3PlayStation VR Worlds (PSVR required) -- $4.50Psychonauts -- $2Pyre -- $8Rain World -- $8Ratchet & Clank -- $16Red Faction Guerrilla Re-Mars-tered -- $12Resident Evil 7: Biohazard -- $18Rise of the Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebration -- $12Rogue Legacy -- $4.25Shadow of the Colossus -- $14Shantae: Half-Genie Hero -- $10Shantae and the Pirate's Curse -- $13The Sims 4 -- $10Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition -- $4.50South Park: The Fractured But Whole -- $18Spider-Man -- $40Spyro + Crash Remastered Game Bundle -- $49.50Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection -- $26Thief -- $3Thumper -- $6Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition -- $6Torn (PSVR required) -- $15Transistor -- $5Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection -- $16Uncharted 4: A Thief's End -- $16Uncharted: The Lost Legacy -- $8Unravel -- $8Unravel 2 -- $8Until Dawn: Rush of Blood (PSVR required) -- $4.50Virginia -- $3Wipeout Omega Collection -- $6The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Complete Edition -- $20WWE 2K19 -- $30Yoku's Island Express -- $10Yooka-Laylee -- $10Info from Gamespot.com

One of Fallout 76's most explosive features was temporarily out-of-service recently. A bug rendered players unable to launch nuclear weapons, before Bethesda issued a statement that it was aware and issued a hotfix. Usually the nuclear launch codes are reset on a weekly basis, every Monday evening, and players have to battle their way through enemies to find the new ones. Codes in hand, they can go to a nuclear silo and launch them at spots on the map to punish other players, or simply give a fresh dose of radiation to a spot and create mutated high-level enemies there.This week, however, the old codes were still in place, and no longer worked. The changeover took place on New Year's Day. In a statement on Twitter, the company said it's aware of the issue and looking into it. Then, on January 2, the game went down for maintenance and came back up just over an hour later.#Fallout76 Players: We’re aware of and actively investigating an issue with Nuke silo access. Thank you for your patience while we look into this issue. — Bethesda Support (@BethesdaSupport) January 1, 2019This is far from the first unexpected hiccup to hit Fallout 76. The game has experienced an ongoing series of issues, from low review scores to controversy over its special edition canvas bags to a personal data leak. The studio hasn't shown any sign of slowing its plans for the game, though. It's still regularly issuing patches and announcing upcoming features, including a new mode without PvP restrictions, and the ability to run your own shop.Info from Gamespot.com

The holidays may be over, but Xbox Game Pass members will be getting new Xbox One games to play at no additional charge in January. Six new games are landing on the service between January 3-10. That's in addition to two late December arrivals Microsoft introduced after the announcement of December's lineup.December's late additions include Life is Strange Complete Season, which contains all five episodes of the time-manipulating adventure game's first season. A week later, all three episodes of the prequel, Life is Strange: Before the Storm, hit the service. Next, on January 3, subscribers will get access to the first episode of Life is Strange 2 (with the rest of the episodes arriving on the service as they're released).Also coming to Xbox Game Pass on January 3 are the futuristic dino-survival game Ark: Survival Evolved and the aptly titled Farming Simulator 17, which has you tend crops and livestock while you manage a farm. January 7 sees the addition of the online combat game Absolver, followed on January 10 by Just Cause 3 and the brand-new 3v3 combat game Aftercharge.Xbox Game Pass lets you download and play over 100 Xbox One games, including first-party titles on the day they're released. That means you can play games like State of Decay 2 and Forza Horizon 4 already, and will gain access to Crackdown 3 when it launches on February 15.You can sign up for Xbox Game Pass for for $1 for the first month and pay $10 for each additional month. Currently, the service is only available for Xbox One, but Xbox boss Phil Spencer has big plans for the future and wants to see it come to "every device."Xbox Game Pass January TitlesLife is Strange Complete Season (December 20)Life is Strange: Before the Storm (December 27)Life is Strange 2: Part 1 (January 3)Ark: Survival Evolved (January 3)Farming Simulator 17 (January 3)Absolver (January 7)Just Cause 3 (January 10)Aftercharge (January 10)Info from Gamespot.com

The recent 14 Days of Fortnite event has wrapped up a bit sooner than some players expected. Epic has acknowledged that it shared an inaccurate date for when the challenges would expire, and it's giving out one of its special rewards to make up for it."We apologize for communicating the wrong end date for 14 Days of Fortnite on social channels," Epic wrote on its Twitter account. The company had indicated that players would have time after all 14 days of challenges were offered to complete them all. That turned out not to be the case, much to the chagrin of players who were counting on that extra time to knock out the challenges.As an apology, Epic will hand out the 14th reward--the Equalizer glider--to anyone who completed at least one of the event's challenges. Those who qualify for the freebie will get the item in the "near future," but an exact time table wasn't shared.Drop in on the new year in style! 🍾 Complete today’s challenge and earn the DJ Glider. pic.twitter.com/vYAmacYPU9 — Fortnite (@FortniteGame) January 1, 2019The glider in question features an equalizer on it and some accompanying music that plays while it's deployed. You can get a look at it in action here.News of this freebie comes just as the next set of challenges, those for Week 5 of Season 7, is set to be released on January 3. In the meantime, a new Fortnite patch has been released that again introduces new content, including a boom box.Info from Gamespot.com

With 2018 officially behind us, Amazon has revealed its 100 best-selling video game items of the past year. As usual, the list encompasses all of the gaming-related products the online retailer sold in 2018, from peripherals and accessories to gift cards and subscriptions, but the most popular game item in any category was Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.Nintendo's new mascot brawler was both Amazon's best-selling video game and the retailer's overall best-selling game product in 2018--a distinction that is all the more impressive considering the title launched less than a month ago. The fighting game has been a major commercial success for Nintendo, setting new sales records for the series around the world shortly after its release. GameSpot also selected it as one of our 10 best video games of 2018.The remainder of the top 10 games list is almost evenly divided between Switch and PS4 titles. The PS4 version of Rockstar's critically acclaimed open-world western, Red Dead Redemption 2, was Amazon's second-best-selling game of 2018, while Super Mario Party rounded out the top three. Two of 2018's biggest PS4 exclusives, Marvel's Spider-Man and God of War, were No. 4 and No. 9, respectively, while Pokemon: Let's Go Pikachu and the PS4 version of Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 were No. 7 and No. 8.Some of 2017's biggest Switch exclusives also reappeared on 2018's best-sellers list. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and Super Mario Odyssey were Amazon's No. 5 and 6 best-selling games of the past year, respectively, while the Switch launch game The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild closed out the top 10.The list of overall game products was dominated by gift cards and accessories. You can see Amazon's top 10 best-selling games below. The complete list of the retailer's 100 best-selling game products can be found here.Amazon's Top 10 Best-Selling Video Games Of 2018Super Smash Bros. UltimateRed Dead Redemption 2 (PS4)Super Mario PartyMarvel's Spider-ManMario Kart 8 DeluxeSuper Mario OdysseyPokemon: Let's Go PikachuCall of Duty: Black Ops 4 (PS4)God of WarThe Legend of Zelda: Breath of the WildAmazon's Top 10 Best-Selling Game Products Of 2018Super Smash Bros. Ultimate$10 PlayStation Store Gift Card$20 PlayStation Store Gift CardAmFilm Glass Nintendo Switch Screen Protector12-Month PlayStation Plus MembershipNintendo Switch w/Neon Joy-Cons$50 PlayStation Store Gift CardNintendo Switch Pro Controller$10 Xbox Gift Card$25 Xbox Gift CardInfo from Gamespot.com

The new Sandra Bullock Netflix movie Bird Box has proven to be incredibly popular, but now the streaming giant has issued a warning to viewers about it.In the film, Bullock and others wear blindfolds so they can't see the horrors in the world that cause people to kill themselves. In real life, people are blindfolding themselves and doing regular stuff in what's been labeled the BirdBoxChallenge.As you'd expect, wearing a blindfold while walking down the street or through the woods can be problematic. There are already countless videos of people getting physically hurt partaking in the challenge, and now Netflix has urged people to be careful. "Can't believe I have to say this, but: PLEASE DO NOT HURT YOURSELVES WITH THIS BIRD BOX CHALLENGE," Netflix said in a statement on Twitter."We don't know how this started, and we appreciate the love, but Boy and Girl have just one wish for 2019 and it is that you not end up in the hospital due to memes."Can’t believe I have to say this, but: PLEASE DO NOT HURT YOURSELVES WITH THIS BIRD BOX CHALLENGE. We don’t know how this started, and we appreciate the love, but Boy and Girl have just one wish for 2019 and it is that you not end up in the hospital due to memes. — Netflix US (@netflix) January 2, 2019Birdbox was released on Netflix at the end of December, and it quickly became the platform's most-watched movie in its first seven days.In other Netflix news, here's a roundup of all the new TV shows and movies landing on the platform in January. Info from Gamespot.com

Actor Jack Black has launched a YouTube channel dedicated in part to gaming, and it's proving to be wildly popular before he's even uploaded any kind of substantial content. Black launched his new channel, Jablinski Games, on December 21, and it took just a week for it to reach 1 million subscribers. After 10 days, the channel is up to more than 2.5 million subscribers, so it's definitely off to a very good start.Probably jokingly, Black said Jablinski Games will be bigger than Ninja and PewDiePie. He plans to upload new videos every Friday, and in addition to games, Black's videos will focus on food and life. His second video, released on December 25, was posted in celebration of Jablinski Games reaching 1 billion errrr 1 million subscribers.It remains to be seen what form Black's videos will take or if he'll have guests. Whatever the case, the videos will surely be wacky, given the tone and direction of the two teasers we've seen so far.Black is of course no stranger to video games. He starred as Eddie Riggs in Double Fine's 2009 action game Brutal Legend. He also voiced a character in Double Fine's crowdfunded game Broken Age.Outside of games, Black, 49, is a major film star whose credits include School of Rock, King Kong, the Kung Fu Panda series, and most recently Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle. He's also an accomplished musician; he sings and plays guitar in the band Tenacious D with Kyle Gass. Info from Gamespot.com

What might be considered the first episode of Black Mirror's fifth season, Bandersnatch, is out now on Netflix. But thanks to that episode and what a huge undertaking it was, we'll have to wait for the rest the next installment of creator Charlie Brooker's sci-fi series.Bandersnatch debuted on Netflix on December 29 after a two-year effort, and anyone who's spent a little time with it can see why its creation took so long: it's a choose-your-own-adventure story, in which the viewer makes decisions about how the story will go at key intervals. Certain decisions trigger endings to the story, or automatically dial the viewer back to earlier points to make different choices so things don't go quite so badly (or, since this is Black Mirror, sometimes worse).All those choices and alternate storylines meant that Black Mirror is more like four episodes of the show, Brooker told The Hollywood Reporter. And making it took so much doing that the rest of the season has been pushed a little deeper into 2019--although just when this year it'll actually see release on Netflix has not yet been announced."We knew going into it that it would be difficult and challenging and more complicated than a normal film that we would do. Even then, we underestimated," Brooker told THR. "As the story expanded, I like to say that the story got longer and it got wider. So the whole thing started expanding a bit like an inflatable life raft in a small room."Though, like all Black Mirror episodes, Bandersnatch is a standalone story, it may well have an influence on the future of the series. Brooker said in the interview that Colin Ritman (Will Poulter), one of the characters in Bandersnatch, could show up in future Black Mirror episodes.That discussion is a bit of a spoiler, so read on at your own risk.In Bandersnatch, Colin suggests that the various choices and different storylines viewers are seeing are the result of multiple realities that influence each other. That would play into the meta view of the Black Mirror series as a whole, which is filled with self-referential Easter eggs even though all of the stories seem to take place in versions of our world that don't share common technology or people. If Colin is right about his idea of multiple realities existing together, as Bandersnatch suggests, then seeing him in other Black Mirror episodes could extend that multiverse theory to the entire series."Ostensibly, he could go on forever, because he's both dead and not dead," Brooker said. "I like the idea that he could show up anywhere. I could see him popping up in 'San Junipero' or running around in 'White Bear.'"Still, we're stuck waiting to find out when we'll see any more Black Mirror, whether Bandersnatch's characters make it into the rest of the season or not.Info from Gamespot.com

Pokemon Go's first in-game event of the new year is now underway. Developer Niantic has kicked off the Adventure Sync Hatchathon, which is scheduled to run until January 15 and will reward players with extra Candy and Stardust for hatching Eggs.During the event, you'll be able to earn twice the normal amount of Stardust and Candy for each Pokemon Egg you hatch. On top of that, Niantic says you will have a higher likelihood of receiving 5 and 10 km Eggs--which can hatch into Pokemon like Elekid, Magby, and Chansey--by spinning the Photo Disc at PokeStops and Gyms.Adventure Sync is one of the many new features Niantic introduced to Pokemon Go in 2018. When enabled in the settings menu, it allows the game to keep track of the distance you've walked even when it's idle, making it much easier--and much less taxing on your phone's battery--to hatch Eggs.Before the Hatchathon ends, Niantic will host Pokemon Go's first Community Day of 2019. That event takes place on Saturday, January 12, and features increased spawns of the Gen 2 starter Totodile. Moreover, you'll be hatch Eggs at a quarter of their typical required distance during the Community Day, which means you'll potentially be able to earn a ton of Stardust and Candy thanks to the ongoing Hatchathon bonuses.With January's arrival, Niantic rolled out a new set of Field Research tasks for Pokemon Go. As in December, completing enough of these to achieve a Research Breakthrough can lead to an encounter with one of several Legendary Pokemon, including two new possibilities: Ho-Oh and Lugia. Meanwhile, the game's latest Legendary, Heatran, will remain available in Raid Battles until January 15.Info from Gamespot.com

If the established rotation for which developer is responsible for each Call of Duty game continues into 2019, then it's Infinity Ward's turn next. And a recent tweet of a skull by the company's senior communication manager Ashton Williams may confirm that it is Infinity Ward that's at the helm and also hint at what the next Call of Duty title might be. Although there was no accompanying text, the skull itself could imply that Infinity Ward is working on Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4.Since Infinity Ward is the developer behind Call of Duty: Ghosts, many first suspected the tweet was teasing Ghosts 2. However, Kotaku's Jason Schreier has since claimed in a forum post that isn't the case. Prior to Ghosts and Infinite Warfare, Infinity Ward was responsible for the widely popular Modern Warfare series. Fans may recall that one of the major characters from Modern Warfare 2, Lieutenant Simon "Ghost" Riley, wore a skull-patterned balaclava. Williams' tweet may be in reference to that, which could mean there's a Modern Warfare sequel starring the character scheduled for 2019.However, considering the popularity of Modern Warfare Remastered, Williams tweet could instead just as easily be a hint that a remaster for Modern Warfare 2 is in the works as well. Infinity Ward released Modern Warfare Remastered alongside Infinite Warfare, so the developer could be planning to do something similar with whatever new game is planned. This is all conjecture though, and the tweet could just as easily be a tease for a brand-new Call of Duty series that has nothing to do with Modern Warfare.Treyarch's 2018 Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 was the first game in the franchise to not feature a traditional single-player campaign. Instead, Black Ops 4 included the franchise's first battle royale mode, titled Blackout. There hasn't been an announcement of whether 2019's Call of Duty will implement either of these changes.Info from Gamespot.com