Though it's still freezing outside, Sony's holiday season heated up the competition, selling more than 90 million PS4s as of December 31. In addition to being the fourth best-selling console of all time--currently behind the Wii, PlayStation, and PlayStation 2--Sony has announced that Insomniac Games' Spider-Man has sold 9 million units digitally and physically as of November 25. To shed more light on the rest of the company's stellar holiday season, Sony has released an official list of its top downloads for December 2018.Leading the pack of PlayStation 4 games is PUBG Corporation's battle royale title PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, which launched on December 7. Following that is Treyarch's Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 which has its own battle royale mode, Blackout. In third is Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto V, a game that released during the last console generation and is still, ostensibly, making the studio a lot of money.Moving over to PlayStation VR, it's Beat Games' Beat Saber on top. Second to the lightsaber rhythm game is Owlchemy Labs'Job Simulator, a game that released nearly three years ago. Placing in third is SIE London Studio's PlayStation VR Worlds, a compilation of games Sony released alongside the company's virtual reality headset back in October 2016.On the free-to-play side of the PlayStation Store is, of course, Epic Games' Fortnite--no surprise there. Taking the second spot is Crytek Kiev's Warface. Following in third is yet another battle royale game, Daybreak Game Company's H1Z1: Battle Royale.Though Sony's finally putting the PS Vita to rest by discontinuing production of the console's physical games, the system still sold an approximate 15 million units in its lifetime. As such, Sony decided to document the top games the handheld sold in December. In front is SIE Santa Monica Studio's God of War Collection. Following in second is Mass Media Games' Jak and Daxter Collection. In third is Kojima Productions' Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater HD Edition.The list also includes the top December downloads for PS4 themes and PS Classic titles. Check the full list below:PS4 GamesPlayerUnknown's BattlegroundsCall of Duty: Black Ops 4Grand Theft Auto VRed Dead Redemption 2Battlefield VFIFA 19Mortal Kombat XLMarvel's Spider-ManNBA 2K19Madden NFL 19PS VR GamesBeat SaberJob SimulatorPlayStation VR WorldsUntil Dawn: Rush of BloodFarpointArizona SunshineBorderlands 2 VRRick and Morty: Virtual Rick-alitySuperhot VRCreed: Rise to GloryFree-to-Play GamesFortnite Battle RoyaleWarfaceH1Z1: Battle RoyaleWarframeBrawlhallaPaladinsDC Universe Online Free-to-Play3on3 FreeStyleSmiteCrossoutPS Vita GamesGod of War: Collection PS VitaJak and Dexter CollectionMetal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater – HD Edition PS VitaTrillion: God of DestructionMetal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty – HD Edition PS VitaMary Skelter: NightmaresMinecraft: PlayStation Vita EditionP3D & P5D Bundle + Megaverse Costume Pack – Day One EditionBastionStardew ValleyPS4 ThemesAssassin’s Creed Odyssey – New Dynamic ThemeThe Last of Us Part II Ellie ThemeLightning Night Sky Dynamic Theme@ Home on Earth Dynamic Theme by Truant PixelAbsolute Space 4K Dynamic ThemeLegacy Dashboard ThemeHipster Laser Cat HiQ Dynamic ThemeLoFi Valley Dynamic Theme Collection Bundle by Truant PixelMonster Hunter: World ThemeRetroWave City Dynamic ThemePS ClassicsDestroy All Humans! 2Destroy All Humans!Grand Theft Auto: San AndreasJak and Daxter: The Precursor LegacyPsychonautsMetal Slug AnthologyBullyThe King of Fighters Collection: The Orochi SagaThe WarriorsTomb Raider 2Info from Gamespot.com

Bethesda continues to iron out issues in Fallout 76, with a couple of new patches on the way for the game soon. In a new post on its website, the developer shared details on some of the tweaks and changes it'll be rolling out for the online RPG this month.The first update is slated to arrive next week, on January 14. This one will focus primarily on making further improvements to the game's performance and stability. Bethesda says the patch will also resolve a number of issues that have been raised by players, such as fixing exploits and tweaking Perks and weapons. Full patch notes will be shared next week.Beyond that, Bethesda is working on another patch that it plans to launch "near the end of the month." This one will likewise focus on making community-requested fixes for various issues in the game, among them the number of plans that Vendors have available and other problems with Perks.Bethesda has many other features and fixes in store for Fallout 76 this year. The developer had previously teased that it will introduce new quests, Vault openings, weekly events, and other content to the game in 2019, as well as a new PvP mode. On top of that, Bethesda says it will implement Player Vending, suggesting that users will be able to sell their unwanted loot for in-game currency.As a thank-you to fans, last month Bethesda announced it is giving away the Fallout Classic Collection for PC to anyone who logged into the full version of Fallout 76 on any platform in 2018. The gift is now available for those who've qualified and can be downloaded through the Bethesda Launcher. Full instructions on how to grab the game can be found here.Info from Gamespot.com

The new movie adaptation of the classic sci-fi novel series Dune continues to take shape. Following the news earlier this week that Guardians of the Galaxy star Dave Bautista will star as the villainous "Beast" Rabban, it has been reported that Thor actor Stellan Skarsgård will take on the key villain role of Rabban's uncle, Baron Harkonen.According to The Hollywood Reporter, Skarsgård joins Timothy Chalamet (Call Me By Your Name), who plays main character Paul Atreides, and Mission Impossible star Rebecca Ferguson in the movie. Skargaard is best known for his role of Eric Selvig in several Marvel movies, including Thor and The Avengers, and as Bootstrap Bill in the Pirates of the Caribbean series. He is also the father of actors Alexander and Bill Skarsgård.Dune does not yet have a set a release date, but it will be directed by Denis Villeneuve, who previously helmed Blade Runner 2049 and Arrival. The multi-book series was written by Frank Herbert, and the first volume was published in 1965. The movie was first announced in February 2017, when Herbert's son Brian suggested that it could be the first part in a series of films.Dune was previously adapted for the big screen in 1984. The lavish movie was directed by David Lynch and starred Kyle McLachlan, Patrick Stewart, and Sting. While it was a commercial failure, it has since gained a cult reputation.The Sci-fi Channel (since re-branded Syfy) also produced a Dune mini-series in the early 2000s. There have been other unsuccessful attempts to get a new movie version off the ground, most recently with Patriots Day director Peter Berg at the helm.Info from Gamespot.com

The start of a new month means the release of some new games. Though January is usually a slow month for new games, Sony's here to compensate by announcing the release of a host of new PS Now games, including God Eater 2: Rage Burst, Onechanbara Z2: Chaos, Project CARS 2, and more.Headlining the list of January's PS Now game offerings is Arkane Studios' atmospheric FPS, Prey. Released in May 2017, Prey sees Morgan Yu use his newfound powers to battle against aliens and uncover the secrets that lurk within the Talos I space station. In addition to Prey, PS Now will get another FPS this month: 4A Games' Metro 2033 Redux. Initially released in March 2010 before getting re-released in the Metro Redux collection in August 2014, Metro 2033 Redux follows Artyom as he attempts to save his home station from the dangers prowling in the darkness of the Metro.Sony has also detailed December's most played PS Now titles, in no particular order. First up is Hanger 13's open-world game, Mafia III. Following that is Ubisoft Montreal's action/hack-and-slash hybrid, For Honor. Third on the list is Rockstar Games' Red Dead Redemption. Ubisoft Annecy's extreme winter sports title, Steep, makes the list, as well as Rebellion Developments' Sniper Elite 4 and NetherRealm Studios' Mortal Kombat (2011). At the bottom of the list is Firaxis Games' 4X turn-based strategy game, Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution.Check the full list below.New PS Now Additions for January:Chess Ultra (PS4)God Eater 2: Rage Burst (PS4)Lock’s Quest (PS4)Metro 2033 Redux (PS4)Onechanbara Z2: Chaos (PS4)Prey (PS4)Project Cars 2 (PS4)Skydrift (PS3)Thunder Wolves (PS3)December's Most Played PS Now Games:Mafia IIIFor HonorRed Dead RedemptionNBA 2K16WWE 2K16SteepSniper Elite IVMortal KombatThe Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel UnlimitedSid Meier’s Civilization RevolutionInfo from Gamespot.com

At CES 2019, AMD president and CEO Lisa Su announced the world's first 7nm gaming GPU, titled the Radeon VII. According to CNET, Su claims it's the most powerful gaming GPU the company has ever built.AMD displayed the Radeon VII's technical prowess at CES, demoing Devil May Cry 5. Su said the game was running "well above" 60 frames per second at 4K resolution. She also mentioned that in comparison to AMD's Vega 64, most games on average get a 25 percent performance boost on the Radeon VII. Certain titles, such as Battlefield V, can receive as high as a 35 percent increase. The Radeon VII will have 16 gigabytes of high-performance memory and one terabyte a second bandwidthThe Radeon VII is scheduled to release February 7 and cost $700. The gaming GPU comes bundled with the remake of Resident Evil 2, The Division 2, and Devil May Cry 5.There's been plenty of announcements coming out of CES this year. Nvidia announced a new video card called the GeForce RTX 2060. HTC had a slew of reveals for its Vive VR products, including a new Viveport subscription model, an upcoming virtual reality social space, and two headsets--Pro Eye and Cosmos. Samsung unveiled two new TVs: one of which the company hopes can flagship a 2019 promotion for MicroLED screens, and another that is so large that it's about the size of an average living room. LG showcased a new TV as well, one that can roll up and be stored away when it's not in use.All three games that come bundled with the Radeon VII come out early this year. The remake of Resident Evil 2 is the only game scheduled to release prior to the gaming GPU though. It launches on January 25 for Xbox One, PS4, and PC. The Division 2 and Devil May Cry 5 are coming to the same three systems, with the former scheduled for March 12 and the latter for March 8. So even if you buy the Radeon VII day one, you'll still need to wait on two of the games that come with it.Info from Gamespot.com

Nintendo has revealed the next in-game event for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. While previous ones have been themed around certain kinds of Spirits, this week's event will give players a chance to earn some extra bonuses.The Double XP and SP event kicks off on January 10 at 10 PM PT (1 AM ET / 6 AM GMT on January 11) and runs for the usual three days, concluding at the same time on January 13-14. During the event, you'll earn twice the normal amount of Spirit experience and Spirit Points when you participate in Spirit Board matches.In contrast to the game's previous events, it doesn't appear that any particular Spirits will pop up more frequently on the Spirit Board during Double XP and SP, but the event does provide a good opportunity to power up your own Spirits quickly.Nintendo has been holding in-game events in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate on a weekly basis, though up until now, all of these have revolved around certain kinds of Spirits. Last week's event featured old-school video game characters such as the Balloon Fighter and Sukapon, while December's Mario Time event introduced a handful of exclusive Super Mario Party Spirits.Super Smash Bros. Ultimate launched for Switch on December 7 and has been a big critical and commercial success for Nintendo, quickly becoming the fastest-selling installment in the series' history. The title was also the best-selling video game on Amazon in 2018 despite launching near the end of the year.In other Switch news, Nintendo recently announced a release date for Yoshi's Crafted World. The adorable platformer launches exclusively for the hybrid console on March 29. The company also confirmed this month's additions to Nintendo Switch Online's NES library: Blaster Master and Zelda II, which join the service on January 16.Info from Gamespot.com

Activision Blizzard has announced a variety of reshuffled executive positions, which collectively reshape the company's leadership structure. Each of the new roles is being filled by senior executives with the company, and the company included a brief moment of back-patting for its Call of Duty series in the announcement.In the press release detailing the new roles, Activision mentioned that Call of Duty has generated more lifetime revenue than the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and doubled the cumulative box office of the entire Star Wars series. Take those comparisons with a grain of salt given that new video games cost roughly six times as much as a movie ticket, but it's still an impressive comparison to show the scale of the franchise.Rob Kostich, formerly the Call of Duty executive VP and general manager, has been named the new company president. King Digital CFO and CSO Humam Sakhnini has been named president of that unit. Finally, Dennis Durkin is remaining in his role as CFO and adding a new title: President of Activision Blizzard's Emerging Businesses. The announcement also notes that, as previously announced, J. Allen Brack will continue to serve as the new president of Blizzzard Entertainment.This comes shortly after some other shake-ups among Activision Blizzard's senior management. Activision's CFO was recently fired, and he joined Netflix. Then Blizzard's CFO left to work at the mobile payment company Square. According to SEC documents, former Blizzard president Mike Morhaime will serve his last day as an advisor on April 7, 2019.Kostich has shepherded the Call of Duty series through some big changes, most recently overseeing the series' first entry to remove a single-player campaign entirely. Black Ops 4 focusing strictly on the multiplayer aspects, with the addition of a new battle royale mode, was potentially controversial. The game doesn't seem to have suffered for it, though, as our own GameSpot review noted that the strength of the three multiplayer pillars make it hard to miss the campaign content.Info from Gamespot.com

GameStop refreshes its weekly deals on PS4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch games and hardware each Wednesday. This week's sale is now live, dropping prices on a handful of worthy items you might want to pick up for cheap. The sale ends on January 15, so let's dive in and look at some of the highlights before they go back up to regular price.If you have a dusty old console you're ready to offload, you'll get an extra 25% in credit this week for trading it in. All pre-owned games $15 and under are available in a two-for-$20 deal. And anyone in the market for premium-quality headphones can get a nice discount on Turtle Beach Stealth 700 models for Xbox One and PS4, bringing them down to $120 (from $150).As for game deals, you'll find some decent ones this week. You can pick up the online shooter Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 or the action-RPG Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition on sale for $40 each. Ubisoft's latest take on toys-to-life, Starlink: Battle for Atlas, is down to just $30. Each starter pack comes with the game and a controller mount for the included toy ship, weapons, and pilot; the Switch version comes with Star Fox's Arwing ship as a digital in-game bonus.Hitman 2, which offers wide-open levels rife with ways to take out your targets, is on sale for $30. The techno-action game Watch Dogs 2 is down to $20, as is the asymmetrical online horror game Friday the 13th. And if you've resolved to get more exercise this year, Just Dance 2019 will get you off the couch for $25.You'll find more of our picks below, or you can look at the full ad to find all the week's discounts.America's Greatest Game Shows: Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy -- $20Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 -- $40Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition -- $40Friday the 13th -- $20Hasbro Game Night -- $25Hitman 2 -- $30Just Dance 2019 -- $25Legendary Fishing -- $15Lego The Incredibles -- $30Mutant Football League -- $20South Park: The Fractured But Whole -- $15Sports Party -- $20Starlink: Battle for Atlas -- $30Watch Dogs 2 -- $20WWE 2K19 -- $30Info from Gamespot.com

Destiny 2's latest expansion, Black Armory, was set to wrap up with the release of the fourth and final forge--the Bergusia Forge--this week. Before that happened, a group of hardcore players and streamers attempted to dissect a complex in-game puzzle involving Niobe Labs. Once they solved the puzzle, the forge would unlock for all DLC owners. But after more than 24 hours of attempts have not yet yielded a complete solution, Bungie is opting to simply unlock the forge while keeping the puzzle going on the side. [Update: The Bergusia Forge is now unlocked, although there appears to still be some legwork involved before you can actually jump in.]The Bergusia Forge will unlock today, January 9, at 2 PM PT / 5 PM ET / 10 PM GMT, Bungie announced on its website. "While coming together as a community to solve puzzles can be fun, setting this puzzle up as a gate between you and new content that you want to play has not been an ideal experience," the studio admitted. "As such, we will be decoupling the puzzle from the final offering of the Black Armory. All Annual Pass owners will be able to experience the Bergusia Forge when the puzzle is solved or when the deadline expires--whichever happens first."This doesn't mean the puzzle is being removed or solved for players. Those who care to continue--and there has been a small but dedicated group spending more than a day attempting to crack the mystery--can do so, and there's both a Ghost and emblem available to those who complete the challenge. But Bungie has conceded that this current arrangement had to come to an end."We love trying new things with Destiny, but we're also flexible enough to pivot when you point out room for improvement," it said. "We'll continue to monitor the conversation about this event and learn from your feedback as we create future content releases."This is not the first instance of complaints involving the Black Armory DLC. The first of the four forges had a higher-than-expected Power level requirement, forcing players to grind through existing content on the day of its release in order to be able to take part in the new activity. In that case, Bungie again made changes after a day.While this forge marks the final major addition of the Black Armory, there is still more content to come as part of the Annual Pass. we don't yet know everything that's coming, but Bungie has outlined extensive plans for new content and changes, both free and paid, in the months to come.Info from Gamespot.com

Following its CES 2019 announcement of the Radeon VII GPU, AMD unveiled its third generation of Ryzen desktop processor. The new Ryzen isn't scheduled to launch until mid-2019, but it will support the Radeon VII.According to CNET, AMD demoed the new Ryzen during the company's CES keynote presentation. Using the new Radeon VII, the Ryzen played Forza Horizon 4 with a consistent 100 frames per second at 1080p. "This system is the most advanced PC gaming hardware in the world, together in one system--third gen Ryzen, [and] Radeon VII," said AMD president and CEO Lisa Su. During CNET's CES coverage, they saw the new Ryzen go up against and slightly outperform the Intel i9-9900K on a Cinebench multicore test. Both CPUs performed similarly, but Ryzen used much less power.The Radeon VII is the world's first 7nm gaming GPU, which Su claims to be the most powerful GPU that AMD has ever built. At CES, Su demonstrated how Devil May Cry 5 would play on the Radeon VII, which she explained runs "well above" 60 frames per second at 4K resolution. In comparison to AMD's previously most powerful GPU, the Vega 64, the Radeon VII runs most games with an average 25 percent performance boost. Some games see even greater improvements, such as Battlefield V, which receives a 35 percent boost.AMD's Radeon VII is scheduled to release February 7 and cost $700, but it also comes bundled with the remake of Resident Evil 2, The Division 2, and Devil May Cry 5. No exact date has been announced for the third generation Ryzen CPU, nor a price point.Also during CES 2019, Nvidia announced a new video card, the GeForce RTX 2060. HTC announced several new reveals for its Vive VR products as well, including two headsets--Pro Eye and Cosmos. Samsung unveiled two new TVs, one that uses MicroLED technology and another the size of a living room. LG showcased a new television as well, which can roll up and be easily stored between uses.Info from Gamespot.com

While Game Freak is known primarily as the developer behind the mainline Pokemon series, the studio occasionally releases titles outside of its usual wheelhouse. One such example is Giga Wrecker, a stylish side-scrolling platformer available for PC via Steam, and now it appears the game is coming to home consoles as well.A rating for Giga Wrecker Alt has been filed by the Taiwan Digital Game Rating Committee (via Gematsu). According to the filing, the game is coming to PS4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch, with Rising Star Games listed as the publisher.Rising Star and Game Freak have yet to officially confirm if Giga Wrecker is indeed coming to consoles, although it isn't uncommon for unannounced games to be outed by ratings boards. The addition of "Alt" to the title also suggests the game will boast some form of new content, although this likewise has yet to be confirmed.Giga Wrecker first launched for Steam in 2017. The game takes place in a post-apocalyptic world ravaged by an army of robots, with players cast in the role of Reika, a girl with the power to control debris. Using this ability, she must manipulate the rubble littering the world to solve environmental puzzles and defeat enemies. You can watch the launch trailer for the original Steam version above.Game Freak has another non-Pokemon game in the works for Switch: the tentatively titled Town. The game was unveiled last September during a Nintendo Direct presentation. Details about it are scant, but the entire adventure unfolds within a once-peaceful town that is being beset by monsters. A "core" Pokemon RPG is also slated to release for Switch this year.Info from Gamespot.com

Although the popular Star Wars Rebels finished last year, fans of the franchise's animated output still have much to look forward to. A new season of the much-loved Clones Wars is being made for Disney's new streaming service, Disney+, and ahead of that, we have the return of Star Wars Resistance this month. A new trailer for the second half of Season 1 has now been released.Resistance is set before the movie The Force Awakens, and focuses on a young pilot named Kaz, who is recruited by the Resistance to take on a top-secret mission to infiltrate the First Order. This new trailer reveals that the upcoming episodes will contain various links to The Force Awakens, with a reference to Starkiller Base and appearances from General Leia, Poe Dameron, General Hux, and shots of Kylo Ren's shuttle. Check it out below:Star Wars Resistance returns to the Disney Channel on January 13. The studio has also confirmed that the show will return for a second season.Resistance was created by Dave Filoni, who oversaw both Rebels and Star Wars: The Clone Wars. When it was first announced last year, Filoni spoke about his inspirations. "The idea for [the show] came out of my interest in World War II aircraft and fighter pilots," he said. "My grandfather was a pilot and my uncle flew and restored planes, so that's been a big influence on me. There's a long history of high-speed racing in Star Wars, and I think we've captured that sense of excitement in an anime-inspired style, which is something the entire team has been wanting to do for a long time."As for The Clone Wars, Season 7 will premiere on Disney+, and will also be overseen by Filoni. The show seemingly ended with a short sixth season on Netflix in 2014, with many of the storylines incomplete.Filoni will also direct an episode of The Mandalorian, the live-action Star Wars show that is currently in production and is also set to premiere on Disney+. The show is being produced by Jungle Book director Jon Favreau, and other directors include Thor Ragnarok's Taika Waititi and Jurassic World star Bryce Dallas Howard. None of these shows have a release date, but Disney+ is expected to launch later this year.Info from Gamespot.com

In the year 2000, when M. Night Shyamalan's Unbreakable hit theaters, comic book movies were barely a thing. Unbreakable was the young director's follow-up to the sensational Sixth Sense, and going in, it wasn't clear what the movie was. That it turned out to be a low key superhero movie with a villain obsessed with comic books made it, in retrospect, way ahead of its time. Glass has the opposite problem: It's overtly a comic book movie, but one for people who have never read a comic book. It feels hopelessly behind the times.Glass is the follow-up to 2016's Split, itself a surprise Unbreakable sequel, which wasn't revealed until the extremely meta signature Shyamalan twist of Bruce Willis appearing in the movie's final scene. Two decades ago, Unbreakable followed Willis's David Dunn as he slowly discovered his own incredible strength and invulnerability, with plenty of encouragement from Samuel L. Jackson's fragile but maniacally intelligent Elijah Price, AKA Mr. Glass. Split introduced a third super-powered individual, James McAvoy's Kevin Wendell Crumb, or "The Horde," a collection of split personalities who actually change the character's physical state and abilities as they vie for control of his body.Glass brings the whole thing together: After an exciting opening act of Dunn, who the internet has dubbed "The Overseer," hunting The Horde before he kills more girls, all three main characters wind up in a very comic booky asylum. They're overseen by Sarah Paulson's new character, Dr. Ellie Staple, who's designed special cells with the two newcomers in mind: David's can fill with water, which renders him weak, and Kevin's is equipped with bright strobe lights that force a personality change. Elijah, on the other hand, has been there for some time, heavily sedated 24/7. The setting makes for some wonderful tension throughout the movie, and it feels appropriately oppressive.But that's basically it. Almost the entire runtime is spent at this single location, as Dr. Staple works to convince all three that their powers are the imagined results of childhood traumas and frontal lobe injuries. This drama is well-acted (especially by McAvoy, who once again plays about a dozen distinct characters) and often deftly written, but it drags on way too long. Somewhere in the middle, you're liable to experience a sinking feeling that this is going to be the whole movie, and you're right.Besides that, there's another problem with this structure: As the audience, we've seen the evidence. We don't need convincing. We know that Shyamalan isn't about to undo two movies' worth of build-up, so we wind up waiting most of Glass for the other shoe to drop. And when it finally does, it's wildly anti-climactic, as the audience falls victim to one of Mr. Glass's misdirects: The movie very deliberately leads us to believe the final showdown is going to be much more exciting than it actually is. What a twist?Glass is weirdly self-conscious about being a superhero movie inspired by comic books. The three main characters' bit players come along with them, including Dunn's son Joseph (Spencer Treat Clark, the same actor from Unbreakable), Elijah's mother (Charlayne Woodard, also from Unbreakable), and Split's Casey (Anya Taylor-Joy), who originally bonded with some of The Horde's personalities while being held hostage by others. They spend their time in the B-plot "discovering" things about comic books that everybody already knows. Each page they turn corresponds with some non-revelation about the bare bones basic structure of comic book stories, like the fact that a character's parents are usually important to their origin story. We honestly didn't need multiple scenes of wide-eyed page-flipping to figure that out, but we got it nonetheless. Shyamalan takes some liberties with comic book culture in general, particularly in the script, which sometimes verges on terrible. "Have you ever been to a comics convention?" an exasperated Dr. Staple asks the assembled side characters as she attempts to convince them they're all delusional. One especially irksome quirk has multiple characters, but especially Mr. Glass, constantly explaining the structure of events as they unfold, just in case the audience forgets for one second that this is playing out like a very basic comic book. "This is the part where they would draw you looking surprised," or "Now the main characters have assembled!"It's grating, and it feels like Shyamalan understands comic books only on a theoretical level, grasping their basic structures and what makes them appealing, but having never actually read any himself. He has characters refer multiple times to "limited edition comic books, where the hero and the villain have a showdown," which makes no sense on multiple levels. His staged comic book shop has two sections in the back labeled "Heroes" and "Villains," and if you don't realize what an organizational nightmare that would be, well, maybe the rest of this won't bother you either. But even if that's the case, Glass isn't the movie it should have been. There are hints of it early on, before the film takes a left turn and spends the rest of its stay focusing on all the wrong things. Like most of Shyamalan's movies, Glass is well directed and scored, and there are moments of brilliance and tension throughout. But when the twist is literally that the climax won't actually be as exciting as you've been led to believe, it's impossible not to feel disappointed.The GoodThe BadSolid performances, especially McAvoySome terrible dialogueFun to follow up with these characters after so much timeDragging pacePlenty of tensionDeliberately anti-climactic twist Feels outdated A comic book movie for people who don't read comic booksInfo from Gamespot.com

Pokemon Go's latest Legendary, Heatran, made its debut in Raid Battles last month immediately following Cresselia's departure, but it won't be around for much longer. The Lava Dome Pokemon is scheduled to leave the mobile game on January 15, making this your last opportunity to catch one if you haven't yet.As is the case with most other Legendaries in Go, to catch Heatran, you'll first need to travel to a Gym that's hosting a Heatran Raid, then team up with other players in-person to battle it. If you manage to successfully defeat the Legendary, you'll earn a handful of Premier Balls along with an opportunity to catch it.Heatran is unique among all Legendaries thanks to its typing. The Lava Dome Pokemon is a Fire- and Steel-type, giving it a resistance to Dragon and Psychic attacks. However, this combination also makes it susceptible to Fighting- and especially Ground-type moves, so you'll want to bring along Pokemon such as Rhyperior and Groudon to battle it. Water Pokemon such as Swampert and Kyogre will also be very effective.Heatran is the third Gen 4 Legendary to appear in Pokemon Go thus far, following Giratina (which arrived as part of Pokemon Go's most recent Halloween event) and the aforementioned Cresselia. Niantic hasn't announced what the game's next Legendary will be, although a new one typically arrives as the previous leaves, so we presumably won't have to wait long to find out.In addition to Heatran, several older Legendaries are available in Pokemon Go once again through January's Field Research. You'll be able to encounter one of eight Legendaries--Articuno, Zapdos, Moltres, Raikou, Entei, Suicune, Ho-Oh, or Lugia--each time you achieve a Research Breakthrough through the end of February.Pokemon Go's ongoing Adventure Sync Hatchathon is also scheduled to wrap up on January 15. Through the end of the event, you'll be able to receive twice the normal amount of Stardust and Candy for each Pokemon Egg you hatch, and you'll have a higher likelihood of receiving 5 and 10 km Eggs by spinning the Photo Disc at PokeStops and Gyms.Info from Gamespot.com

It looks like the fourth entry in the new Star Trek series has hit an intergalactic roadbump. Deadline reports that SJ Clarkson, who was announced as the franchise's first female director, is no longer involved with the project, and the film isf "shelved."Clarkson is keeping busy without Star Trek, however, as she's directing the new Game of Thrones spin-off for HBO. Clarkson also directed episodes of Orange is the New Black and Jessica Jones.This is just the latest setback for Star Trek 4, as it was previously reported that Chris Pine--who played the iconic Captain Kirk--had dropped out after contract negotiations broke down. Chris Hemsworth, who played Kirk's father, also reportedly couldn't come to terms on a contract.The 2009 Star Trek reboot made $385 million worldwide, while 2013's Star Trek: Into Darkness pulled in $467 million globally. 2016's Beyond was the worst performer of the bunch, bringing in $343 million worldwide.Back in August, it was reported that the new Star Trek movie was a "priority" at Paramount, with deals expected to close for the other cast members, including Zoe Saldana, Karl Urban, Zachary Quinto, Simon Pegg, and John Cho. Actor Anton Yelchin, who played Chekov in the new films, died in June 2016 in a car accident.The fourth Star Trek was being written by JD Payne and Patrick McKay, and while the film now may never happen, the pair are writing Amazon's ambitious Lord of the Rings TV show. Star Trek 4's story, which has never been revealed, was producer JJ Abrams' favourite in the history of the franchise.What happens next with the new Star Trek film remains to be seen, but whatever the case, it seems like it won't be coming anytime soon.The new, untitled fourth Star Trek movie was expected to be followed by another Star Trek film from Quentin Tarantino. However, it remains to be seen if that's ever going to happen.Info from Gamespot.com