Cobra Kai is easily the best show on YouTube Premium. In fact, its second season was one of the best shows of 2019, in our estimation. But Season 3 of YouTube Premium's Cobra Kai has yet to premiere, and now the show has run into a new obstacle. According to a new report, when the next chapter in the Karate Kid sequel series is finally released, it will likely be on a different streaming service.Deadline is reporting that Sony TV has shopped the already-completed third season around. That came to pass when YouTube reportedly told Sony it would air Season 3, but would not be ordering future seasons. While it's believed that all of the streaming services approached were interested, it has come down to Netflix and Hulu as potential homes for the series.This news comes as YouTube continues shying away from premium original programming. Cobra Kai remains one of only two scripted original series on the service. The other is Liza on Demand, a comedy starring YouTuber Liza Koshy.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia is officially breaking records with the announcement of Season 15, making it the longest running live action sitcom by season count in American TV history, FX has confirmed on social media. And, yes, the gang is going to deal with COVID-19 in one of their upcoming episodes--don't you worry.Though it's clear the show's creators Rob McElhenney, Glenn Howerton, and Charlie day were never gunning for an American TV record when they began their wacky comedy about a gang of screw-ups who own a bar in Philly, they have no intention of cutting things off now that they're in the history books. "For us, we just have a short checklist: Do we still enjoy it, are we still having fun, are we still stretching ourselves creatively, and is the audience still there?" McElhenney told EW. "It seems like all those boxes keep getting checked, so we keep coming back."Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

As the PlayStation Store and Xbox Store launch huge, E3-level sales this week, Steam is offering a nice batch of deals on its own. Notably, EA just released a handful of its games on Steam today, and many of them are on sale. You'll also find a big Resident Evil sale along with discounts on indie games from Chucklefish and more.From now until July 9, EA is holding a publisher sale on Steam to celebrate many of its titles arriving on the platform. Right now, you can snag the fantastic choice-driven RPG Dragon Age Inquisition - Game of the Year Edition for $20, down from $40. Need for Speed Heat's Deluxe Edition is on sale for $28 instead of its usual $70, and Mirror's Edge Catalyst is discounted to $10 from $20.The Resident Evil franchise is also seeing discounts across the board, including a Raccoon City Edition bundle that gets you the Resident Evil 2 and Resident Evil 3 remakes for $60. That's a good deal outside of this sale, but considering the games are currently marked down to $20 and $39.59 separately, it doesn't really matter whether you buy them separately or together. You can also grab Resident Evil 7 for $9.89 and several of the older games for 5 bucks each.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

The Gaming Community Expo (GCX) has added well-known streamer, Benjamin "DrLupo" Lupo, as a board member. The Florida-based event won't have a physical setup this year, but will go ahead with online fundraising and a digital showcase later this summer.A video was released on the official GCX Twitter account earlier this week, narrated by Lupo himself. It confirmed that he would be joining the event's board and working closely with the Rare Drop organizing team on the GCX experience in the future.Lupo acknowledged that while the event would not be going ahead with its in-person element this year, there was still plenty of fundraising to be carried out for the St. Jude Childen's Research Hospital as part of the replacement festivities that had been arranged.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Konami has recently expressed an interest in expanding its portfolio by publishing more games by Western developers. This new initiative began on June 3 with the release of Skelattack, an indie platformer developed by Californian studio Ukuza. However, Konami doesn't just want to publish western indie games--the studio has expressed interest in innovative games "regardless of size.""I guess the reason we're talking about smaller titles is because the first title we announced is Skelattack, which is obviously an indie title," Konami senior European brand and business development manager Richard Jones told GamesIndustry.Biz. "I think one of the reasons we're looking to those types of smaller teams is just that there's so much creativity out there with those guys--you know, teams working on small but ambitious titles. Those guys are the ones daring to do innovative games, and I think that's something very exciting, which we wanted to support as a publisher."Jones continued: "[But] I think the criteria we're looking for really is similar across all new IP regardless of size. Maybe some of those criteria become amplified with the smaller projects. I'm thinking specifically of people coming with fresh ideas, and teams that are pushing existing genres in new ways, or coming up with something genuinely unique. There's just so much going on in this flourishing indie scene at the moment that I think it's only natural that we're looking at small teams and small titles, as well as other titles."Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

NBA 2K20 paused its online play for two hours and provided free Black Lives Matter and I Can't Breathe in-game shirts to players, according to a tweet by ESPN. This comes in the wake of the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police and the protests that followed.The video in the tweet shows a group of players walking around in-game wearing the shirts--an event further collaborated by other Twitter users, as seen below. 2K Games had previously announced that they increased funding for their 2K Foundations Program by $1 million to expand "its mission to help fight racial injustice and inequalities in black communities across the globe."NBA 2K paused online play for 2 hours and provided its players with free Black Lives Matter & I Can’t Breathe shirts today in honor of George Floyd. (via floyd_773/Instagram) pic.twitter.com/en68yTVuDI — ESPN (@espn) June 4, 2020In honor of George Floyd all online play will be suspended from 2PM - 4PM EST in #NBA2K20 pic.twitter.com/ViJC3ldDOg — 2K News🤫 (@2K20Insider) June 4, 2020Other companies, like EA, Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo, have all released statements calling for an end to racism.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

The Outer Worlds developer Obsidian has released a statement condemning racism and police brutality and voicing support for Black Lives Matter. Additionally, Obsidian is donating $25,000 USD to the NAACP, becoming just the latest video game developer to make a sizable contribution to a charity that fights racism in the wake of the death of George Floyd."We stand against systemic racism, injustice, and violence perpetrated against the Black community not only by police, but by anyone," the statement says. "We stand with those who are making their voices heard to bring justice. It is to those voices that we are committed to being better, to changing the system, and to growing as a studio."Obsidian went on to say that it will improve its hiring practices as it relates to creating a more diverse workforce.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

The release of Destiny 2's Season 11 is imminent, with less than a week left of the current Season of the Worthy. With the new season will come a livestream presentation that'll address what's coming next for Destiny 2 in Season 11 and the game's upcoming fourth year, as well as a new update to the game to make some changes. Bungie gave a preview of that patch in a weekly blog post, and while most of what it mentions has already been announced, a few tidbits should be welcome to players.The developer dropped the info in its latest This Week at Bungie blog post, providing a portion of the patch notes for Update 2.9.0. Most interestingly, Bungie is tweaking Trials of Osiris to deal with some issues it saw in the Season of the Worthy. Trials pits players in intense multiplayer battles where the goal is to get a "flawless" run of winning seven matches in a row. Bungie tweaks Trials to get harder over time, so the closer you are to going flawless, the more likely you are to run into other players who are also closing in on a flawless run. But in this past season, some players would repeatedly reset their Trials tracking cards so they would be put back to the beginning of a run, and therefore have the easiest matchmaking, so that they could earn Trials tokens after each match, which could be used to purchase the activity's armor and weapons.Update. 2.9.0 changes trials so that tokens will only drop at the 3-, 5-, and 7-win milestones, instead of after each match. That should discourage players from repeatedly resetting their cards so they can go after easier teams and stockpile tokens, and give less-skilled teams more of room to compete.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

It seems Microsoft is preparing yet another re-design for the Xbox dashboard. Specifically, the Xbox Store is apparently getting a major overhaul as part of a new firmware update in the future.Codenamed "Project Mercury" according to Thurott, the re-design initially leaked via screenshots posted by @wincommunity on Twitter. The images and video showcase the app running on PC, but noted Microsoft insider Brad Sams says this is an update for Xbox, not Windows.Sams got his hands on the new Xbox Store re-design, and you can check out the video below to see it in action. It looks sleek and easy to use, which is good considering the Xbox dashboard has historically been known to be somewhat unwieldy.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Valorant is officially out and available to download for free on PC after a successful closed beta period. Whether or not you were part of the closed beta prior to launch, here's our step-by-step guide on how to download and play Valorant right now.How To Get Valorant - Download And Install From Riot's WebsiteStep 1. Head to Riot's website and hit the Play Now button, or download it here. If you don't already have a Riot account, you will be prompted to create one.Step 2. Download and install the client. This will also install Riot's Vanguard anti-cheat program.Step 3. Launch the client and sign-in to your Riot account. You may need to reset your computer to activate Vanguard in order to play.If you were part of the closed beta and already had Valorant downloaded and installed prior to launch, all you need to do is launch the Valorant client and allow it to download the version 1.0 update. The patch pushed the game live on June 2, bringing with it a new Agent, a new map, and a new game mode.Can My PC Run Valorant? Minimum and Recommended SpecsRiot designed Valorant to run well on a variety of PCs, but you can check our guide to Valorant's minimum and recommended PC specs to see if your rig meets the system requirements.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

The Pokemon Company is continuing to give away free Pokemon in the lead up to Sword and Shield's first DLC expansion, The Isle of Armor. This week, you can claim a free Galarian Corsola with its Hidden Ability, along with a handful of hard-to-find evolutionary items.Galarian Corsola's Hidden Ability is Cursed Body. When the Pokemon is hit by an attack, there's a 30% chance the move will be disabled, preventing the opposing Pokemon from using it again for four turns.In addition to Galarian Corsola, The Pokemon Company is giving away a free bundle of evolution-inducing items. You can see the full list, along with which Pokemon they evolve, below:Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

NHL 20 players have been concerned about an influx of racist names in the in-game community, with complaints over the past month regarding EA's lack of reporting measures leaving plenty stumped. Hockey has historically had a diversity problem, and this appears to be reflected in NHL 20. The month of May saw a number of posts on the official NHL 20 subreddit outlining concerns from the community around what has been dubbed as "rampant racism in online NHL". One Reddit post called NHL 20's community "one of the most racist" that a player had been a part of, citing examples of team names with overt racist references and racial slurs, especially against black people.Additionally, a statement given by EA in April this year to the Vancouver Province contained a promise by the company to improve its filters used to detect discrimination within NHL 20. The Province also reported that the Vancouver Canucks hockey team had weighed in on the issue of racist language in the game, noting that it would "strongly condemn racist behavior in all forms, whether online in sport or society."Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle For Bikini Bottom - Rehydrated has added a new mode that was not featured in the 2003 original. A trailer has been released for a two-player multiplayer mode, which will let players team up and battle against hordes of enemies.The horde mode, which lets you play online or locally, will feature 26 different islands to battle across. While we don't anticipate a challenge on par with the horde modes from the Gears of War series, it could be a fun addition.For SpongeBob fans, one of the highlights of this mode will surely be playing as 7 different characters from the series--including Gary the snail. Each character will have their own unique attacks.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Black Girl Gamers, a collective of black women content creators and streamers, is currently running their Wellness Week series of streams and will continue their fundraising efforts until June 7. Throughout this period (and every week), you can catch a number of different streamers on the Black Girl Gamers Twitch channel--you can see the schedule below so you don't miss out on their streams.Wellness Week is an opportunity for their audience to come to a chill, relaxing stream, but it's also a concerted effort to raise funds for Color Of Change and The Bail Project. Color Of Change creates campaigns to fight injustices and unjust policies that impact Black people, while The Bail Project provides free bail assistance to those in poverty.Black Girl Gamers' regular streaming schedule.The current stream schedule for Black Girl Gamers features 13 different streamers--and you can check out each of their individual channels below as well:Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

The overwhelming majority of the movie theatre market will be open for business again by mid-July, according to The National Association of Theatre Owners. A spokesperson told Business Insider that it expects 90 percent of the global theatre market to be open in time for Tenet's release on July 17.NATO represents movie theatres in the US, but the spokesperson was speaking about the global market for the movie-going audience.Tenet, the new movie from The Dark Knight director Christopher Nolan, remains one of the summer's biggest movies that has not been delayed due to COVID-19. The latest trailer for the movie confirmed it's still coming to theatres, but the video did not show a release date. However, the trailer's description page showed that the July 17 release date was still planned.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com