On Wednesday, May 27 a new streaming services launches called HBO Max. The latest service is from WarnerMedia, and while "HBO" is in the title, it's far more than just programming from the cable network. In fact, it includes content from Warner Bros., Crunchyroll, DC, TNT, and more. But what is HBO Max, how much will it cost, and what does it include?HBO Max is one of the big streaming service launches in 2020, right alongside NBCUniversal's Peacock, which already had a soft launch and will be available nationally in July. WarnerMedia's HBO Max will have some tough competition going up against streaming giants Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, and Hulu. However, it's huge back catalog should give it a good head start.One of the more confusing things about HBO Max, for some people, is its difference between the already established HBO Go and HBO Now.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

The Five Nights at Freddy's horror series has made its debut on Nintendo Switch. Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted was surprise-released on Switch on May 21.Help Wanted is a collection of mini-games from the earlier titles and some new ones that is meant to showcase the "best gameplay across the Five Nights universe."As usual, you'll be attempting to survive against horrifying animatronic characters in a haunted house of sorts. The game makes use of the Switch's rumble feature to try to scare you even more. Check out the announcement/release trailer below.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Grand Theft Auto V has outlined the next week of bonuses and discounts for GTA Online, and players will be able to nab a cool GTA$1.7 million thanks to this week's update--although a million of that is reserved for players who stay on top of their Daily Objectives.First up, players who have not logged in for May yet will automatically get GTA$500,000 when they jump in. If you grabbed the game while it was free on the Epic Games Store but haven't played yet, now's the time. Another GTA$200,000 will be given to any players who have connected a Twitch Prime account to their Rockstar Social Club account--it might take a few days to appear, though.Daily Objectives are unlocked at Rank 15, and you're given three a day. To earn the other GTA$1 million, you'll need to complete ten of them over the next week. You have until May 27, so if you want that $1 million you'd better start today if you want that cash.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

The latest trailer for The Dark Knight director Christopher Nolan's mysterious new movie Tenet premiered in Fortnite, but that's not the extent of the director's partnership with the battle royale game.During the in-game event, games media host Geoff Keighley revealed that Fortnite will host one of Nolan's "iconic" movies in the game. "We will be screening an iconic Christopher Nolan full-length feature film right here on the big screen. Stay tuned for more details," he said.Just announced during the Tenet trailer premiere - Christopher Nolan is bringing one of his iconic films to @FortniteGame this summer for a full length free screening for fans! pic.twitter.com/ZzmqvhYlpW — Geoff Keighley (@geoffkeighley) May 22, 2020Nolan has directed a number of films that could be described as "iconic," including The Dark Knight and Inception. He also directed Memento, The Prestige, Interstellar, Dunkirk, and my personal favorite, Insomnia. The smart money is probably on The Dark Knight or Inception.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Christopher Nolan's upcoming movie, Tenet, has received a new trailer that debuted first in the battle royale game Fortnite (to a torrent of plungers aimed at the virtual screen, unsurprisingly) and is now available everywhere online. Take a look.The trailer sets up a currently nameless protagonist, played by John David Washington, who can apparently "invert" time (thus the stylized title "TENET" flipped upside down). We don't exactly get to see how or to what extent he can do this--or if he's alone in these powers, but there are some critical clues to be found. Namely, we get to see him fire a gun in reverse ("you're not shooting the bullets, you're catching them") and, later, a car crash happening and then un-happening. Basically, it's exactly what you might expect from a Nolan movie at this point.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2 will revisit some iconic levels from the series' past, but it's also modernizing several elements--including the skaters. In a new video, Steve Caballero--who first appeared in Pro Skater 2 back in 2000--has revealed that he mo-capped new facial expressions for his in-game character, who looks just like he does now.In the video below, Caballero says that he now sees a lot of skaters doing the tricks from these games in real-life, and we get a look at the motion capture set-up that is being used to capture the current-day look of these characters. Although they did not capture Caballero on a skateboard--he says they wanted to get new facial expressions from him--the new in-game model looks a lot like him.The video also shows Caballero skating through the first game's Warehouse level--which confirms, essentially, that characters introduced in the sequel will be able to skate through levels from the first.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate has a new online tournament kicking off on May 30, and players will be competing to win free games and DLC. The North American tournament, which is now open for registration, will run each weekend until June 21. Competition will play out across eight regions, and each week one winner from between two regions will be crowned and given a prize.The top four players across the tournament will win download codes for Splatoon 2, Arms, and the second Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Fighters Pass, with one winner being picked each weekend. It's not quite as grand as a traditional esports tournament prize, but it's better than nothing.3, 2, 1, GO! The #SmashBrosUltimate North American Online Open May 2020 tournament kicks off on 5/30 and is open for registration today! The top 4 players will win download codes for the Fighters Pass Vol. 2, #Splatoon2, and #ARMS. Register today!https://t.co/PY1OAYYlId pic.twitter.com/ycd5mLXMSL — Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) May 21, 2020The tournament will feature best-of-3 sets matches with items turned off. You can register now, but you must be a citizen of North America, Canada, or Mexico to enter. Registration will close on May 30 at 8AM PDT.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

During this time of great uncertainty and stress, The Office star John Krasinski launched a YouTube series called "Some Good News," which aimed to shine a light on the good in the world. Now, Krasinski has sold the show and he's stepping away from hosting it.According to The Hollywood Reporter, Krasinski has sold Some Good News to GameSpot parent company ViacomCBS. There was said to be a "massive bidding war" to buy the show.New episodes of Some Good News will premiere on CBS All Access (which is being rebranded this year), and then come to other ViacomCBS platforms later on. Krasinski is leaving his post as host, but he will remain onboard as an executive producer and he will make occasional appearances.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

What the Golf, 2019's hilarious anti-golf golf game, is at its best on Switch. Everything that was good in the Apple Arcade and PC versions, which we reviewed last year, remains good here, but the additions and improvements that the Switch version brings make it the definitive What the Golf experience.The game arrives on Nintendo's hybrid console with a new two-player "Party Mode" that wasn't included in the PC or Apple Arcade releases. This mode, which sees you and another player each picking up a Joy-Con and facing off in a series of competitive levels, is an absolute hoot. Both players are made to compete across 11 random levels, each based on levels from the campaign, to see who can get to the hole first. There's a great diversity across Party Mode's levels, with some levels feeling more like puzzles, some purely based on skill, and others that could only work in multiplayer, like when you're both controlling separate items that are tethered to each other or trying to goad the other into tipping over a tower of boxes that the pin is sitting atop. There are lots of levels here, and I still saw new ones pop up after playing for several hours.In keeping with What the Golf's style, very few of Party Mode's levels really feel like golf, which is part of the fun. After you've played through 11 stages, you and your opponent compete in one final competitive arena-based game, and the number of lives each of you has depends on how well you did in previous rounds. There are only three types of final competition, but they're all fun, particularly the combat-based game where you fling around in an office chair, trying to pick up and fire explosive beach balls at your opponent. Your victory depends on how you perform in this final game, and how many lives you have--if you won seven of the previous rounds, you can take up to six hits in the final competition, whereas your opponent can only survive three. A full round of games in Party Mode rarely takes more than 10 minutes, and you only ever need the analog stick and the A button. These are less mini-games, more micro-games, often lasting just a few wild, hilarious seconds.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Overwatch turns four years old this Sunday, May 24, and Blizzard is releasing some new content to celebrate. As part of the game's latest update, Patch 1.48, Blizzard has introduced some new skins and anniversary challenges, including Carbon Fiber Sigma and Masked Man McCree. During this event, players can unlock items from past events with credits, or by opening lootboxes.Among these festivities, the patch introduces a few changes to the game. Chief among these is a complete overhaul to the communications wheel. Players can now customize the location of key commands and call-outs. Blizzard has also removed the limit that previously prevented players from using multiple commands in a short timeframe, although spamming commands will cause delays. The patch also marks the start of Season 3 of the game's competitive deathmatch.Overwatch's previous big patch added a new hero to the game, the robotic Echo, who can duplicate the abilities of any hero in her sight. Game director Jeff Kaplan indicated that Echo will be the last character added to Overwatch until the game's sequel is released. Though Overwatch 2 is confirmed for current platforms--including Playstation 4, Nintendo Switch, PC, and Xbox One--there's no word on a release date yet. The first new hero for Overwatch 2, Sojourn, was revealed back in November 2019.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Nintendo's latest batch of Switch deals are live now, and while the offers are usually limited to games on the Eshop, Nintendo has partnered with Walmart to offer a nice freebie for those looking to stock up on some first-party games. From now until May 23, you'll get a free Nintendo Switch 128GB memory card when you buy two select digital Switch games at Walmart. The eligible games include:Mario Kart 8 DeluxeThe Legend of Zelda: Breath of the WildNew Super Mario Bros. U DeluxeSuper Mario OdysseySplatoon 2ArmsFire Emblem WarriorsMario Tennis AcesYoshi's Crafted World See bundle deal at Walmart Depending on what games you choose, you'll spend between $106 and $120 on the bundle--not much of a savings on the games themselves, but considering these games are rarely on sale anyway, the free microSD card is a nice perk. (As a point of reference, the same memory card is on sale for $27.74 at Amazon, usually listed at $35.) You'll receive your digital game codes via email so you can redeem in the Eshop and start playing right away. The memory card will be shipped separately with free two-day delivery.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Castlevania creator Konami has released the official soundtracks for a bunch of the franchises' games, including Symphony of the Night, Harmony of Dissonance, Curse of Darkness, and many more.The soundtracks can be found on Konami Europe's official Spotify account, which currently houses 12 different Castlevania scores. The company said "new playlists and old favorites" will get added later. In addition to the aforementioned scores, the Spotify account hosts soundtracks for some Castlevania spin-offs like the 2008 fighter Judgment, the multiplayer platformer Harmony of Despair, and others.We know how much you all love the soundtracks to our games, so we’ve put them all in one place!Introducing the KONAMI Europe @Spotify account! Follow us to keep up-to-date as we add new playlists and old favourites - starting with #Castlevania! https://t.co/aIV8njP7pR pic.twitter.com/Nb7nSMhe2I — KONAMI Europe (@konamieu) May 20, 2020With Konami Europe saying soundtracks from across the Castlevania series will get uploaded at some point in the future, it's possible the scores for both Lords of Shadow and Lords of Shadow 2 will appear on Spotify. Check below for the full list of Castlevania scores available on the music-streaming platform right now.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

The biggest addition in Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition is a new epilogue story called Future Connected, which is set one year after the events of the base game and follows Shulk and Melia on a quest to the Bionis' shoulder. Now we have an idea of how long this epilogue story is.In an interview with Weekly Famitsu (as translated by Gematsu), Monolith Soft head and Xenoblade director Tetsuya Takahashi estimates that Future Connected takes 10-12 hours to clear if you focus strictly on the story, and about 20 hours to complete if you factor in all of the side content.Although Future Connected is set after Xenoblade Chronicles, Nintendo confirmed that it'll be available right from the outset, so you don't need to play through the main game first to access it. However, the title won't include two features from the 3DS version: Amiibo support and Collection Mode.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Eiichiro Oda's 1999 manga One Piece has spawned one of Japan's most popular media franchises over the past decade, which includes an anime series, film festival, and no fewer than 14 animated movies. The latest of these, One Piece: Stampede, will be available on the anime streaming service Funimation this week.One Piece: Stampede can be streamed on Funimation for a limited time from Friday, May 22. In addition, new dubbed episodes of the One Piece show will available from June 2. There are currently 13 seasons of the series to watch on the platform.One Piece: Stampede was released theatrically in Japan in August 2019, to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the fantasy adventure franchise. The movie scored the largest first-day attendance in Japan in 2019, and grossed more than $93 million worldwide.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

[Update: It appears online access is starting to resume. GameSpot was able to connect to Call of Duty's servers again after a short wait.]Original story follows:Reports of a new Call of Duty: Black Ops game for 2020 are flying, but it appears speculating on social media is the only way you'll get to enjoy Call of Duty online at the moment. Both Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Warzone are having server issues that are preventing people from playing.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com