After a cheeky tease on Twitter, Microsoft has announced that Remedy Entertainment's third-person action-adventure game Control will come to Xbox Game Pass on December 3, alongside a slew of other titles like Doom Eternal, Haven, and Va-11 Hall-A. And plenty more will be coming to Game Pass in the following days and weeks.This follows a similar tease the Xbox Game Pass Twitter account made of Doom Eternal before the brutal first-person shooter arrived on the service a week later. And like Doom Eternal, Xbox dropping the critically acclaimed action-adventure game onto Game Pass is a big win. Unfortunately, it doesn't look like the version of Control available through Xbox Game Pass is the Ultimate Edition, meaning players won't have access to the next-gen version once it's out.A bevy of other games will also be available on December 3 and over the next week, including the PC version of Doom Eternal, Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age - Definitive Edition, GreedFall, Rage 2, Superhot: Mind Control Delete, and Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair. A personal interest of mine is Unto The End, a narrative-driven, cinematic action-platformer with gorgeous visuals and challenging combat developed by a husband and wife team. That one comes to Xbox Game Pass on December 9.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

History Channel's Vikings--a historical drama inspired by the sagas of legendary hero Viking Ragnar Lothbrok--may be wrapping up after Season 6, but it's far from the end of the partnership between the show's creative team and the powers that be at the channel. Vikings creator Michael Hirst will be executive producing a new History Channel miniseries titled The Plague Year, according to Variety.As the name suggests, the upcoming show takes place during one of the worst outbreaks of the Bubonic Plague--in London, during 1665. The show is described as a series of portraits of Londoners "of all stripes" as they decide whether to flee or remain in the city, learn "how [to] keep going when everything around you has fallen to pieces." It should be just the thing to get our minds off the coronavirus when the show premieres. A&E Studios will produce The Plague Year. In addition to Vikings, Hirst's pedigree includes similar works of historical fiction including 1998's Elizabeth, 2007's Elizbeth: The Golden Age, and the Emmy Award-winning television series The Tudors. The miniseries originates from a script by writer Coleman Herbert, whose past work includes Big Love, The Killing, and Rectify. No casting information or premiere date has yet been announced.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

The CW's Arrow may have wrapped earlier this year, but in true DC multiverse fashion, some of the familiar faces you got to know and love across the show's eight seasons aren't ready to call it quits just yet. Actor David Ramsey, who played Oliver Queen's friend and fellow superhero John Diggle, will be returning to the shared TV universe both in front of and behind the camera according to Deadline.Ramsey will be reprising his role as Diggle AKA Spartan in the upcoming Superman & Lois--and he’ll be joined by some familiar faces:Supergirl, The Flash, and Batwoman. Interestingly, however, he will also be playing a new role in Legends of Tomorrow, but who that role is or what it might entail is being kept under wraps.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Twitch streamers hoping to get in on the Fortnite excitement today faced an unexpected hurdle. Epic Games announced that it had no way of preventing clips from today's Galactus event from getting flagged by Twitch's copyright detection systems, and it turns out it was due to the use of an AC/DC song. This led to streamers such as DrLupo temporarily cutting the game's audio in order to avoid encountering any issues."For Twitch Creators streaming the Galactus event: Due to a lack of solutions similar to Lickd, we cannot prevent your VOD/clip content from getting flagged by the platform's copyright detection systems," a tweet from Epic Games read ahead of the event. "The general recommendation is to either mute your VoDs or turn off VODs/clips entirely to protect yourselves against any kind of claims or strikes as best as possible."Hypex, a notable Fortnite leaker, said in advance that the copyright issues would only come from a small segment of the event, and that proved to be true. "Fun-Fact for streamers: Not the whole event is copyrighted music, just a 20-30 seconds part, and its gonna be so obvious to notice," they tweeted. "So I suggest you to prepare some hotkey to mute the game audio in OBS!"Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Fortnite's Marvel-filled season is over. Season 5 officially starts on December 2, and although little has been confirmed about the season as Epic Games wants to surprise everyone, but we do have a few clues about what's in store for the future of Fortnite. Here's what we know about when Fortnite Season 5 starts and what to expect from the upcoming update.When Does Fortnite Season 5 Start?Fortnite's Galactus event has taken place, and it concludes with a countdown revealing the start time for Season 5: 9 PM PT on December 1 / 12 AM ET on December 2. Server maintenance is scheduled to take place then, though, meaning you won't be able to jump right into the game. That maintenance should take four hours, so here's the schedule for when you can start playing Season 5:US West Coast: 1 AM PTUS East Coast: 4 AM ETUK: 9 AM GMTAustralia: 7 PM AETUntil then, Fortnite is currently down and unplayable.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

The thriller game Martha is Dead is coming to PS5, along with the already-announced PC and Xbox versions. It's scheduled for Q1 2021, and the announcement suggests that all three versions will hit simultaneously.The game takes place against the backdrop of World War 2 amid the Italian countryside. A young woman, Martha, is found drowned on the shores of a lake. Her twin sister sets out to solve the murder as the war approaches closer to their home. LKA says that the story ties in history, superstition, folklore, and psychological trauma.That all sounds pretty spooky by itself, but it's matched by an equally shudder-inducing trailer depicting the basic plotline with marrionettes. There's nothing creepier than marionettes. That's just a science fact.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

December is officially here, and Animal Crossing: New Horizons players can snag a couple of new seasonal items in the Switch life sim this month. Two new wintry items are now available to purchase from the Nook Shopping catalog: the Aurora wall and the Midwinter sweater. Like other seasonal items, however, these will only be available for a limited time.The Aurora wall costs 7,000 Bells and lets you gaze at a beautiful aurora borealis localized entirely in your own kitchen or other room at any time of year. The Midwinter sweater, meanwhile, costs 1,200 Bells and features a cute reindeer design. Both items can be found under the Seasonal tab in the Nook Shopping catalog and will be on sale until December 31.In addition to the new seasonal items, Nook's Cranny has begun selling festive toys ahead of Toy Day, the game's Christmas event. You'll find a different toy on display in the seasonal corner of the store each day until December 25. Toy Day itself falls on December 24, and as part of the event, you'll need to dress up like Santa and help Jingle the black-nosed reindeer deliver presents to your villagers.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

After the Dark Universe debacle in 2017, the success of this year's The Invisible Man showed that Universal's catalogue of movie monsters could still produce a box office hit. The studio has several other classic monster movies in development, and it's been revealed that Conjuring and Aquaman director James Wan is working on a new movie about Van Helsing.As reported by Deadline, Wan will produce what is described as "an original horror/thriller" featuring the iconic vampire hunter, who was created by writer Bram Stoker and first appeared in his classic novel Dracula. The film will be directed by Julius Avery, who previously helmed the JJ Abrams-produced World War II horror Overlord. The movie does not have a release date yet.This isn't the first time that Universal has produced a Van Helsing movie in the last couple of decades. In 2004, Hugh Jackman starred in the critically-panned Van Helsing, and a "present day" movie about the character was in development back in 2016.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

No one predicted that Fortnite's Galactus event would have players flying battle buses in a mission that felt like it was straight out of Star Fox. The event, which played like a souped-up Disneyland ride, was a lot of fun, but it only added to the random jumble of themes that makes up the Fortnite universe.The event saw the entire lobby, along with Iron Man, Galactus, and other heroes, get sucked into what's called the "Zero Point" after Galactus tried to absorb it. The Zero Point has been a part of Fortnite's storyline since Chapter 1's Season 4 and is said to be a singularity that doesn't abide by the laws of space and time. That's the reason why different realities from the Marvel and Fortnite universes collided this season.Galactus trying to absorb the Zero Point.The event ended with Jonesy, one of the mainstays of Fortnite's narrative, lying face down in his office. He wakes up right before the screen cut to black. We saw Jonesy two seasons ago during The Device event in the same office, although he wasn't knocked out that time. Players believe that Jonesy works for a company that runs Fortnite as some sort of simulation and Season 5 may explore more of his background.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Fortnite's big Galactus event has come and gone, and it was an exciting, if somewhat brief, live event. It concluded with the confirmation of when Season 5 will begin, but perhaps more notable right now is that you can't play Fortnite. Servers are down, and that's by design.The live event concluded with a "to be continued in Season 5" message, along with a seven-hour countdown that reveals a start time for Season 5: 12 AM ET on December 2. However, rather than sending players back to the menu to continue playing or grinding away at the battle pass, the only option is "exit." That closes out the game, and re-opening it only replays this short message from the end of the event. There's no way to access any component of the game right now, even including something like Fortnite Creative or Save the World, let alone the Battle Royale mode that functions as the game's main aspect.As Epic said in advance, you can't replay the event, but it turns out you can't do anything. Hopefully you didn't have plans to play Fortnite tonight. This isn't the first time Epic has done this--previously, it shut down Fortnite for days, which proved to be quite the unexpected viral moment. It's not often a massively popular game is shut down in that fashion. In this case, the wait won't be quite so long--following the conclusion of the Galactus event, there were just over seven hours until Season 5 begins and Fortnite returns.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

This week's Red Dead Online update, the now standalone online component of Red Dead Redemption 2, includes a new Legendary Bounty, a new Outlaw Pass, and a rank expansion for the Bounty Hunter role. Newly available, the Prestigious Bounty Hunter license adds 10 new ranks to the original 20 Bounty Hunter ranks. Players must already own a Bounty Hunter license to obtain the Prestigious license, which can be purchased at any Bounty Board.Prestigious Bounty Hunters can also track down this week's Legendary Bounty, Gene "Beau" Finley. Dressed in dapper suits, the villain stages robberies in the south and causes general criminal havoc. Finley and his gang are based in a dilapidated colonial property in Bayou Nwa. To apprehend him, you'll need to fight your way into the base.This week's update also includes the fourth Outlaw Pass, a 40 Gold Bar purchase that gives players winter clothing, new gear and skill pamphlets, advanced photography enhancements, bonus cash, 30 Gold Bars, special gifts, and more. Players who buy the new Outlaw Pass will also get an extra RDO$400 and a 10 Gold Bar rebate.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Halo Infinite's road to release hasn't exactly been smooth. Developer 343 Industries has experienced a good deal of high-level staff turnover, the game was delayed from its place as an Xbox Series X launch title, and what we have seen of the game has been underwhelming in the eyes of some in the Halo community.Halo community director Brian Jarrard responded to these concerns on Twitter recently. He said he understands the frustration fans are feeling, because he has felt it too. He asked for patience and understanding as 343 finishes the game."As an avid fan of many properties (games, movies, TV, music) I 100% understand and appreciate the passion the Halo community has. I also understand the frustration when things don’t go the way you want or it feels like you're somehow being wronged or not heard," Jarrard said.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

The 1995 James Bond movie GoldenEye and the 1997 game based on it included an epic action sequence at the end where 007 fights on a giant radio telescope.That telescope, which is located at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico, has now collapsed. Thankfully, no injuries were reported.The instrument platform of the 305m telescope at Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico fell overnight. No injuries were reported. NSF is working with stakeholders to assess the situation. Our top priority is maintaining safety. NSF will release more details when they are confirmed. pic.twitter.com/Xjbb9hPUgD — National Science Foundation (@NSF) December 1, 2020This news comes not long after it was announced that the dish was being decommissioned over concerns about its structural integrity.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Fortnite's latest Marvel event, which brought the devourer of worlds himself, Galactus, to the game, was a huge draw, but it also seemingly caused some issues.Streaming site Twitch reported that its platform experienced a problem that led to "multiple service issues." In some cases, this problem prevented people from accessing the site and logging in altogether.Thankfully for Twitch users, the issues were fixed less than an hour after they were first widely reported. Twitch should be operating normally now, but as always, your mileage may vary.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Dead by Daylight is running a promotion all December, handing out free currency and items to all players. The Advent Calendar 2020 event runs until January 3, and if you log in every day until then you'll nab some bonuses, including some additions to the game's Ugly Sweater collection.Every day you'll get bonuses for logging in, while there are also weekly cosmetic bonuses that can be claimed through codes. Here are the first week of treats--you'll have to wait to see what the next four weeks have in store.Dead by Daylight Advent Calendar Week 1Cosmetic codesDecember 1-3: Killer’s Stocking Charm Code: NAUGHTYSTOCKING December 4-6: Zarina’s Snap Snap Sweater Code: SNAPSNAPCurrencies for log-inDecember 1: 10,000 BloodpointsDecember 2: 1,000 Iridescent ShardsDec. 3-5: 10,000 Bloodpoints (per day)After the holiday season is over, you'll be able to buy the items from the Ugly Sweater collection through the in-game store, too. The Advent Calendar announcement notes that Dead by Daylight will focus on "event" celebrations like this going forward, and thus activations will look a bit different from now on. "We will still be celebrating Winter, Lunar New Year, etc. but are taking new approaches to them to better define and focus our efforts on those larger ones," the post reads. "This means that you won’t see special event gameplay mechanics or earnable cosmetics for these Celebrations, but will continue to see activations such as login rewards, Bloodweb items, and themed assets."Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com