As the world weathers the storm of the global COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, the entertainment industry is being forced to make some major adjustments. Movie premieres have been delayed, major conventions have been canceled, and theatrical releases are being shuffled to digital within weeks. Now, as the situation continues to develop, we're beginning to see its effects on currently airing shows. Earlier this week, The Walking Dead announced that the final episode of Season 10 would be pushed back to an unspecified date. Today, Variety has reported that three CW shows, The Flash, Supernatural, and Legacies, would see similar delays.The Flash will continue airing through May 19 before it enters a hiatus period while the episode of Legacies airing on March 26 will be the last for a while. The Flash's time slot will be taken over by the new DC superhero show, Stargirl, while In The Dark will take over for Legacies in the 9PM Thursday spot.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Because of the the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, many people across the world are stuck inside, looking for something to do. And adding streaming services to your collection can be costly, especially if someone is out of work for the time being. However, both Sling and Hulu are offering a little bit of live TV to keep people entertained while they are stuck inside.The live TV streaming service Sling has a 14-day free trial, and you do not need a credit card in order to sign up. You'll get more than 45 channels, 10 hours of cloud DVR, 50k on-demand shows and movies, and the ability to watch on three screens. While many states are currently shelter in place, Sling is helping people feel comfortable with staying home with this offer.You asked, we heard.Now tell your friends to quarantine with 14 days of free TV. https://t.co/hF1hxXdoqw #StayInAndSling pic.twitter.com/HsnTwqzm1r — Stay in & SLING (@Sling) March 26, 2020After the 14-day trial, there are different tiers for Sling available. The Blue or Orange tier is $30 a month, and both tiers together is $45. Both tiers have various channels included in them.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

At the same time as Fallout 76's big Wastelanders DLC expansion goes live on PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One, developer Bethesda outlined two new events coming to the online action-RPG on April 7.The first one, titled Riding Shotgun, sees players protecting a Brahmin-led caravan from the ruthless Blood Eagle gang. Those that manage to protect one (or both) will receive some loot, XP, and Caps for their troubles. But also during the journey, players are tasked with collecting lost items from the Blue Ridge Caravan Company's previous attempts to get the convoy up the steep cliffs of the Savage Divide. Protect the caravan and secure the lost supplies, and you'll be rewarded handsomely with "better rewards" for the effort.Radiation Rumble is the second event, and it requires much more strategic planning as it tasks players with performing two jobs at once: defending scavengers in one place while collecting ore from another. Players will need to protect a bunch of scavengers from mysterious, glowing creatures. In addition to providing protection, you will also need to gather as much irradiated ore as possible to earn "gear, supplies, reputation, XP, Caps, or even legendary items." This event is recommended for level 50-plus players.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

A new Max Raid event has begun in Pokemon Sword and Shield. The event runs until 4:59 PM PT on April 27, and during that time, Gigantamax versions of Charizard, Duraludon, Copperajah, and Garbodor will be appearing more frequently in Max Raid dens.All four Gigantamax Pokemon are available in both Sword and Shield, but five-star versions of the Raids are exclusive to certain games. Sword players can encounter five-star G-Max Duraludon and Copperajah, while Shield players will find five-star G-Max Charizard and Garbodor.Gigantamax Pokemon are normally incredibly rare in Sword and Shield, making these events a good chance to add them to your collection. To refresh your Raids, you'll first need to either connect your game online via the Y-Comm or go into Mystery Gift from the menu screen and select Get the Wild Area news. You can read more about the event on the official Pokemon website.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Bethesda has delayed the release of Fallout 76's Wastelanders update due to COVID-19. In a statement, Bethesda confirmed that developers are now working from home, and this has impacted the April 7 release of the Wastelanders update on PS4, Xbox One, and PC. Wastelanders is a much-anticipated update, as it introduces NPCs to the game.Working from home has affected Bethesda's ability to perform "final testing" on Wastelanders. As such, Bethesda has moved the release date by one week, to April 14."We've done everything we can to minimize the delay and can't wait for everyone to play, Bethesda said, adding that the developer is especially thankful for Fallout 76's Private Test Server players for their help during this time.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Chip-maker AMD has acknowledged that a hacker stole some of the company's graphics IP and is reportedly demanding $100 million for its safe return. In a statement to its website, AMD said it was contacted in December 2019 by an individual who claimed to have access to "test files" for the company's current and future graphics products. Some of these assets were posted online to the graphics forum GitHub before AMD took them down with a DMCA notice. This person has obtained "additional files" beyond the ones made publicly available, AMD said. The company said it's working with law enforcement and experts in its criminal investigation.AMD attempted to downplay the significance of the breach, saying, "We believe the stolen graphics IP is not core to the competitiveness or security of our graphics products." The company went on to say that it has no reason to believe the hacker has any other AMD tech in their control at this time.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Nintendo's new surprise Direct mini came seemingly out of nowhere today, announcing some much-wanted ports and hinting at the next Smash Bros. character and some upcoming Animal Crossing events. As always, different regions got slightly different variants on the Nintendo Direct, and in Japan, one extra game was announced.Shiren the Wanderer 5+ is coming to Switch, and it'll be an updated port of the PS Vita game, which released in the US by the name Shiren the Wanderer: The Tower of Fortune and the Dice of Fate. The news was picked up on by Twitter user Wario64.Announced on Nintendo Direct Japan, Shiren the Wanderer 5+ is coming to Switch https://t.co/eLPpUjYVmIhttps://t.co/NCYTNEu9ld pic.twitter.com/ILFerRdrbW — Wario64 (@Wario64) March 26, 2020 The game, which started life as a Japanese exclusive Nintendo DS title before working its way to the PS Vita in 2015, is a rougelike dungeon crawler that shares a lot of similarities with the recently released Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX, also developed by Spike Chunsoft.The Shiren the Wanderer series has appeared outside of Japan several times, but there's no word yet on whether this version will get an English language release. The Switch is, however, region-free, so there's always the potential to import it. The PS Vita version received strong reviews, so here's hoping.Also announced in the Nintendo Direct Mini was a release date for Xenoblade Chronicles Definitive Edition.Info from Gamespot.com

Mad Max: Fury Road, one of our absolute favorite movies, might finally be getting the long-promised Furiosa spin-off treatment in the next few years. According to Variety, the film director George Miller is working on casting the film right now.Variety's report suggests that Miller plans to begin filming his Furiosa prequel in 2021, and that he's currently holding Skype auditions. He is reportedly meeting with Anna Taylor-Joy (Split) over Skype. It's not clear from the report whether Taylor-Joy is being planned for the Furiosa role (rumors have suggested the film could be a prequel) or for another part within the film.The report suggests that the spread of COVID-19 (coronavirus) is making things difficult for Miller, but filming is not due to start for a long time yet.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

The Hong Kong-based Leyou Technologies, which owns a number of game developers such as Digital Extremes and Splash Damage, has reported earnings for its latest period and shared a lot of fresh details on how its games are performing.Starting with Digital Extremes, the company's flagship game, Warframe, continues to grow. For the calendar year ended December 31, Warframe had 57.5 million registered players, which is up 19.5 percent from 48 million for the year prior. It's also now been confirmed for release on PS5 and Xbox Series X (more on that later).Originally released in 2013, Warframe continues to grow and enjoy big success, becoming one of the most popular free-to-play games worldwide. It's consistently in the top Steam charts in terms of players, and Leyou reports that it is one of the top-grossing free-to-play games on PS4 and Xbox One.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

The latest update for Grand Theft Auto V Online is available now until April 1, and as usual it's offering a range of big in-game discounts and extra XP. The headliner for this week's update is a huge 60% discount on the Mammoth Avenger air vehicle, which is stocked at Warstock Cache & Carry. This flying fortress has vertical take-off, turrets, and is very sturdy, so you can get up to some real mischief with it.Other discounts have been applied across the game. You can currently save 50% on Facilities for your crew to hang out in, as well as the TM-02 Khanjali tank, the Mammoth Thruster jetpack, and the Dewbauchee Vagner vehicle. There are also currently 60% discounts on Facility modifications, the Avenger Weaponized Vehicle Workshop, and the Annis Elegy Retro Custom. Hopefully you've been saving your $GTA.Meanwhile, triple rewards are active on Motor Wars mode, which is like a battle royale with a car focus. If you manage to survive, you'll get triple $GTA and triple XP this week, so expect quite a few other players to be vying for victory.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Microsoft has released a statement regarding the impact of COVID-19 on its upcoming exclusive Xbox and PC games. In short, no projects have been officially delayed, but Microsoft has acknowledged that its teams are facing "unique challenges and constraints" as they shift to a work-from-home setup.2020 is a crucial year for Microsoft and the Xbox brand, as the Xbox Series X is lined up to release this holiday with Halo Infinite as a launch title. Microsoft remains committed to launching the Xbox Series X this year--the company doubled down on that earlier in March. But what impact COVID-19 has on in-development games--such as Halo Infinite, Grounded, and Everwild, among others--remains to be seen.Echoing Xbox boss Phil Spencer's previous statements, Booty said the health and safety of its development teams is Microsoft's "top priority" currently. Additionally, the types of challenges that Microsoft's development teams are facing are also impacting other developers around the world, he said. Just recently, Bethesda delayed the much-anticipated Wastelanders update for Fallout 76 due to the coronavirus.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Id Software's return to Doom in 2016 was a phenomenal update of the franchise's classic shooter formula. It was fast and intense, full of huge monsters and scorching metal tracks, modernizing the feel of the 1990s original while adding some new-school flourishes. Where Doom 2016 brought the original Doom into the present, Doom Eternal feels like a big step forward in making the franchise something new: It's a master class in demon dismemberment after the introductory course to ripping and tearing of four years ago. Like its predecessor, Doom Eternal makes you feel like a monster-shredding badass--not just because you're the strongest Doom Slayer, but because you're also the smartest.Doom Eternal is all about effectively using the huge amount of murder tools at your disposal. Health, armor, and ammo pickups are at a minimum in Eternal's many combat arenas, and the game instead requires you to earn these by massacring monsters in a variety of different ways. Stagger an enemy and you can tear them apart with a brutal glory kill, which refills your health; douse a demon with the new flamethrower and they'll start to spout armor pickups; or cut them in half with the chainsaw to grab some much-needed ammo.In order to stay alive, you can't just run around blasting madly, expecting to tear through everything in your path; you have to run around blasting rationally to keep yourself at fighting strength. Keeping all your numbers up means continually rotating through your glory, chainsaw, and flamethrower kills while also making sure you're using the right gun for a particular job. Many of the toughest enemies now have weak points that allow you to snipe off their most lethal weapons, and you'll need to assess threats and knock them out quickly.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Jim and Pam's relationship on The Office was a sweet element that helped the show blossom. In the show's final season, the couple faces several challenges as Jim's new job takes him away from his family in Scranton, and Pam confides in Brian, a camera man who has been filming the in-world documentary about the office.But while the two work through their difficulties and stick together, the original plan was going to send them down a much rockier road. Collider is reporting that, according to Andy Greene's new book The Office: The Untold Story of the Greatest Sitcom of the 2000s, Jim and Pam were going to be split up during the season, before eventually reuniting in the finale.The book says that Jim's actor John Krasinski had raised the possibility of their characters going through a split to showrunner Greg Daniels before the filming of the final season, but the DNA of this idea goes back much further. One of the show's writers, Warren Lieberstein, remembers the idea being floated during a meeting around Season 5. "I think Mindy [Kaling] was the first or one of the first champions of it," he said. "The idea was to introduce some romantic triangle with Jim when they were such soul mates that you had to say, 'How could she possibly be interested in somebody else?'"Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

If you're curious about Life is Strange 2 but have not taken the plunge on it, there's now a way to give the game a play without purchase. Square Enix has announced a demo for the game that will let you play through a portion of the first of five episodes on PS4, Xbox One, and PC.The demo is hidden away in the Episode 1 store page on PlayStation Network, Steam, and Xbox--although for some reason we've had trouble finding it on the Australian Xbox Store. It looks to be more readily available in other territories, however. A new trailer, below, has been released to commemorate the release of this demo, showing off the full adventure.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

An all new Nintendo Direct was released today, filled to the brim with new trailers for games on the Nintendo Switch. During this direct, the new Fantastic Four DLC pack, Shadow of Doom, for Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order, was given a release date.Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order released halfway through last year on the Nintendo Switch, with over a million copies sold world wide. While two other DLC packs, Curse of the Vampire and Rise of the Phoenix, have already been released, Shadow of Doom is an all new addition to the base game.Shadow of Doom takes place after the main story line, with all new characters, the Fantastic Four, facing off against Doctor Doom.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com