It's been over a year since we first laid eyes on the announcement trailer for Elden Ring, From Software's next soul-crushing adventure, and we haven't heard a peep since. Fans of the game have gotten tired of waiting and have built their own playable demo of what they want to see in the game."With all the great fake lore content and creative concepts that has been posted here the last [few] weeks I thought about working on a nice game for this community," wrote Redditor SpriteBlood in a post on the Elden Ring subreddit last month. "I read about that idea several times now and I am myself highly involved in this hype."That post, along with a flood of users making up fake lore for the Elden Ring world, kickstarted a process that led to a playable demo. Fans of the upcoming game have contributed music, voice acting, sound design, and other elements to the development process for a playable demo. You can see it in action in the video below.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

The futuristic sci-fi series Altered Carbon has come to an end. Netflix has canceled its original series after two seasons according to Variety.Based on a novel by Richard K. Morgan, the series begins over 350 years in the future, where consciousnesses can be placed into new bodies--allowing people to live much longer lives. The show followed political operative Takeshi Kovacs--played by Joel Kinnaman in Season 1, Anthony Mackie in Season 2, and voiced by Ray Chase in the animated feature Resleeved. A wealthy man offers Kovacs a chance at a new life, if he can solve a murder.Season 1 debuted on February 2, 2018, with Season 2 arriving on February 27, 2020 and the animated feature Resleeved releasing on March 19 of this year. Season 1 was viewed as favorable with critics, as GameSpot's Mike Rougeau called it a "cyberpunk masterpiece." However, Season 2 of the show hit the sophomoric slump, having not live up to the hype of the previous season.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Grounded has gotten its first monthly update with a number of changes including the addition of a giant bird. It's not clear if players will be able to fight the feathery friend or if it's only window dressing for the games' life-sized sandbox setting but it looks terrifying either way.Obsidian announced the news, along with details about other changes to the game, in a post on the official Xbox Blog. Feathers can be collected from the bird and used to craft a bed and a new Marksman's Cap that will buff bow attacks. Feathers aren't collected from the bird directly but nearby one of the towers that fire lasers."The biggest creature in the backyard has arrived," the post read. "How will this play into the adventure of the backyard?" We don't know much about how the bird will impact the game but at the moment it doesn't seem to do much.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

If you're a Star Trek fan, but don't subscribe to CBS All Access, you're in luck. The All Access original series Star Trek: Discovery will be headed to a television near you in the future. Because the COVID-19 global pandemic has been putting TV and movie production on hold, the network is integrating streaming service shows into its fall schedule.The most notable of the fall additions is none other than Season 1 of Star Trek: Discovery, which debuted on CBS All Access on September 24, 2017. Three years after its debut, it's coming to CBS proper on Thursday, September 24 at 10 PM.Discovery takes place 10 years prior to the events of the original Star Trek series, and the All Access original follows the crew of the USS Discovery as the Klingon houses unite to wage war on the United Federation of Planets. The third season will debut on the streaming service on October 15.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Real-world history has been the bedrock of Activision's marketing strategy for the upcoming Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War--its trailer featured several clips from major historical events like the Vietnam War, civil rights marches, and the tank man from the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests. That trailer, which released last week, was removed and replaced with a shorter one without the Tiananmen Square footage earlier this week.According to the South China Morning Post, the second-long bit of Beijing protest footage was replaced with a black screen or other footage on local Chinese platforms like Bilibili. Activision replaced the original two-minute long trailer worldwide with a video half as long without the protest footage soon after.The trailer, which is based around a 1984 interview with former Soviet KGB informant and defector Yuri Bezmenov, only showed seconds of the Beijing protests but that was enough to get internet commentators buzzing. You can still see the original video on YouTube, but it's no longer posted on official Activision channels.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

World of Tanks Blitz's arrival on Switch was among the many announcements in Nintendo's surprise Direct Mini Partner Showcase. It's currently available to play, and best of all, free as well.World of Tanks Blitz is a 3D tank shooter MMO and is an existing game to be ported on the Switch. Originally released in 2014, the game features "over 350 unique and exclusive combat vehicles with thoroughly elaborate 3D models." Battles are 7 vs. 7 and can take place in over 25 battle arenas.Players who log in to World of Tanks Blitz on Switch before September 9 will receive a free "Welcoming Gift" that includes a T2 Medium Tank, Garage slot, 1,000 Gold, and three days of a Premium account. World of Tanks Blitz also supports cross-platform matching, and Switch players can participate in games with users of any platform. The game also offers "Same control mode" which excludes PC/Mac Players and matches Switch players with Switch, Android, and iOS users. You can read World of Tanks Blitz's FAQ if you have more questions about playing the game on Switch.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

The next chapter of the Netflix horror TV show, The Haunting Of Hill House, is just around the corner. It's got a new name this time around--we've left Hill House in favor of a trip to England for The Haunting Of Bly Manor--a take on Henry James' gothic novella, Turn Of The Screw.While Bly Manor doesn't have a release date set just yet, it would seem an announcement is just around the corner. The show's social media page posted a cryptic tweet showcasing a help wanted ad for a live-in nanny, featuring a phone number.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Fall Guys has inspired numerous memes and fan creations since its launch, and the latest involves its theme song. Twitch streamer Elspeth Eastman has released an a capella take on the Fall Guys theme, which you can watch below. The video features four vocal tracks from the streamer all edited together into one lovely track."I started around 11 am yesterday and ended at midnight," Elspeth said of how long it took her to record the song. "So like... the entire Monday lol."The Fall Guys theme......but make it a capella beatbox 🔊 pic.twitter.com/weOePaSlRf — Fall Guy 5000 (@ElspethEastman) August 25, 2020The original Fall Guys theme was created by Minit and Celeste composer Jukio Kallio and Daniel Hagström and has been on repeat in the heads of millions of Fall Guys players since the game launched on August 4. Luckily for us, developer Mediatonic has tons of content planned for the game. Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Fortnite: Chapter 2's Season 4 is just about here. Epic Games is showcasing the reveal trailer on the evening of August 26--you can check the video out once it's live right here.Epic Games will take Fortnite servers down to prepare for the new season at 2 AM ET / 7 AM BST (11 PM PT on August 26), with Fortnite version 14.00 and a whole new batch of content coming once its done a few hours later. It looks like we'll get to watch the trailer just in time to wait for the game to update overnight.Following the fallout of Epic's legal clash with Apple, iOS users will not be able to play in Season 4. Players on both MacOS devices and iPhones will be left behind in the 13.40 version of the game, according to an official statement from Epic.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

With September only a few days away, Pokemon Go developer Niantic has outlined some of the events it has in store for the game soon. The next few weeks will bring a handful of Legendaries back to Raids and introduce a new Research Breakthrough encounter, while Team Rocket's Jessie and James will be blasting off at the end of the month. Here's a rundown of what's happening in Pokemon Go in September 2020.September Research Breakthrough: Alolan RaichuA new set of Field Research tasks and rewards will go live starting September 1, and completing enough of these will lead to a new Research Breakthrough encounter. Each time players achieve a Research Breakthrough in September, they'll encounter Alolan Raichu. There's a chance this Alolan Raichu will be Shiny as well.Legendary Raid BossesNiantic is bringing a different Legendary Pokemon back to five-star Raids every week in September, giving players another chance to catch some rare and powerful monsters. The Legendaries will be available from the following dates:Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

After rumors, teases, and a few unexpected leaks, WB Montreal's Batman game has stepped out of the shadows. Except, it turns out it's not a Batman game as much as a Bat-family game. Gotham Knights brings together Batgirl, Robin, Nightwing, and Red Hood for an ambitious open-world crime caper that will pit players against iconic villains to keep Gotham safe.The big twist is, in this game, Bruce Wayne and Batman are believed to be dead, which means the Bat-family needs to rise up to the challenge and establish themselves as the city's new saviours. It's an interesting premise that separates itself from the Batman: Arkham series in distinct ways, the most obvious of which is a greater focus on an RPG experience, and one that can also be played in co-op at that.To get a better insight into WB Montreal's ambitions for the game, as well as clear up some details on the gameplay experience, we spoke to creative director Patrick Redding and senior producer Fleur Marty about the concept and structure of the game, as well as where it drew--or didn't draw--inspiration from.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

New Mutants has had a strange, winding road to theaters--but the wait is nearly over. The movie is definitely, for-real coming to theaters (or drive-ins, depending on where you're at) this Friday, August 28.Sure, it's a superhero movie--but more than that, it's a horror movie. In fact, just how horrific it is has been a matter of some intense speculation as the delays wore on. The movie was never put through reshoots--a matter director Josh Boone was quick to clarify during a virtual press junket for the film. But balancing the tone and the genre was less challenging than you might imagine. In fact, Boone and the cast had some pretty clear inspiration outside of the cape-and-cowl bubble."I was trying to give kids a Breakfast Club for today, but also had a real Nightmare on Elm Street 3: The Dream Warriors kind of energy injected into it," Boone explained in an interview with GameSpot.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Halo Infinite has added yet another co-developer in a move that is not uncommon for AAA games and the Halo series specifically. Developer Certain Affinity announced on its website that it is working with 343 Industries on Halo Infinite. In fact, Certain Affinity has been working with 343 on the project since December 2019.On a wider basis, Certain Affinity has been collaborating on the Halo franchise across numerous titles at 343 and Bungie since 2006, so they are a veteran partner.Certain Affinity's president is Max Hoberman, and he himself is the former multiplayer and online lead for Halo at Bungie and 343.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Inception and The Dark Knight director Christopher Nolan's newest movie, Tenet, is now in theatres in Australia ahead of its premiere in the US on September 3. We recently had the chance to speak with the three main stars, John David Washington, Robert Pattinson, and Elizabeth Debicki about their experience working on the film and more. We couldn't resist asking about their favorite video games, and they supplied some excellent responses.Speaking about the movie first, though, John David Washington--who plays the lead character, known only as The Protagonist--said he was eager to take on a role that was physically demanding. In the movie, Washington constantly finds himself in the middle of a brawl, and he gets creative at times with the weaponry he uses. In one particularly memorable fight scene in a kitchen, Washington grabs the nearest object--a cheese grater--and uses it against a foe with great effect. Washington joked (we think!) that Nolan specifically asked for more cheese grater scenes--here's to hoping that makes it into the director's cut."It was great to be able to learn how to fight and train with [stunt coordinator] George Cottle and the stunt team and the fight coordinators. It's funny you talk about the cheese grater, because that's one of the notes that Christopher Nolan had, 'I need more cheese grater, John David. Really get it in there! [laughs].'"Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Turrican, the 1990 classic action game, is coming back. The action series has long been dormant, but it's making a return for its 30th anniversary.The game, originally developed by Factor 5, is returning for an anniversary release from Strictly Limited Games. It's unclear whether this will be a new game, a remake, or a port as of yet, but we'll know more soon.During Gamescom Opening Night Live, which starts at 11 AM PT on August 27, this birthday edition of the game will be shown off. Shortly after, pre-orders for the game, including limited edition releases, will become available on the Strictly Limited Games website.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com