The next tournament will be the Winter Royale, which will be hosted through Fortnite’s in-game tournament system. Just like previous in-game tournaments, the Winter Royale qualifiers will throw players into lobbies with other players competing in the tournament, and grant points for things like high finishes and eliminations. The Winter Royale is being used, in part, as a test run for Epic’s upcoming Fortnite World Cup, which should start sometime next year. The World Cup will also use the in-ga

A new Civilization 6 expansion, called Gathering Storm, will be released on Feb. 14, 2019. Gathering Storm will include new geological and meteorological challenges, such as volcanoes, blizzards, floods and droughts, as well as climate change. It’s the second expansion for the 2016 turn-based strategy game, following on from Rise and Fall, which came out earlier this year. International relations have been given a rejig in Gathering Storm, with new alliances leading to a World Congress where a n

Bandai Namco’s fighting game Jump Force will bring together beloved characters from a variety of Shonen Jump manga, including Dragon Ball, One Piece, Naruto, Bleach and Yu-Gi-Oh. Jump Force appears to feature no shortage of spiky anime hairstyles for the men …… and plenty of flowing (but still spiky) hairstyles for the women. Players will apparently be able to mix and match powers and abilities from a variety of Shonen Jump manga. At the very least, Jump Force looks like it will be entertain

A new costume coming next week will finally give the Street Fighter 5 version of Cammy more coverage. Somewhat amusingly, Cammy’s Resident Evil costume has a variation based on Jill Valentine’s appearance from Resident Evil 3 in which she battled zombies … in a miniskirt and knee-high boots. Here’s a look at the new Resident Evil-inspired costumes for Street Fighter 5, which will hit alongside a quartet of Christmas-themed costumes for Cody, Blanka, Sakura and Falke. Some Street Fighter aficio

Black Friday 2018 is upon us and it seems like the whole internet is on sale. The only new Switch deal is on a Mario Kart 8 Deluxe bundle, which will save you about $60 off the racing game. It will be released on Black Friday at all major retailers, but Best Buy and Walmart have already set up landing pages for the bundle. We’ll be rounding up these and many, many more gaming deals in the lead up to Black Friday through to Cyber Monday and beyond. Most deals start on Black Friday itself, though

Spider-Man for PlayStation 4 was just released on Sept. 7, but the game has already gone on sale to help Sony celebrate Black Friday. Spider-Man is currently is available as a digital release for $39.59 from the PlayStation Store, down from the standard price of $59.99. Sony’s Black Friday celebration has been heavy on the Spider-Man offerings, in fact. The PlayStation 4 1 TB slim bundle with Spider-Man, which is usually $350, is currently available for $199.99 at Best Buy, Target and GameStop.

Pop culture’s habitual repurposing of Robin Hood’s legend is a legacy: The practice dates back to 1908, with Percy Stow’s Robin Hood and His Merry Men. Kevin Costner had his turn in 1991’s Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, just before Mel Brooks parodied the legend two years later. What this new Robin Hood movie, directed by Otto Bathurst (Peaky Blinders), presupposes is that we only think we know the story; this major motion picture is telling the truth. See, Robin Hood is his real identity. Non-s

The reason: an influx of Twilight memes. Snails became one of the biggest trends in Twilight memes, after, in April, a user in posted about Edward Cullen texting about snails. Calling Twilight “gay” was once an insult, but now many say that yes, Twilight is gay and has always been gay, but not just because the vampires sparkled. There’s a counter to this, too: rejuvenated Twilight fans say they’re aware of everything wrong with their preferred franchise. But ten years after becoming a phenomenon

More than five years after it was first announced, development on Kingdom Hearts 3 has wrapped, game director Tetsuya Nomura said today. Nomura confirmed the game’s completion in a tweet posted to the official Kingdom Hearts Twitter account. In his tweet, Nomura also recommends playing (or replaying) the previous games in the franchise to prepare for Kingdom Hearts 3’s launch. Square Enix recently released a compilation called Kingdom Hearts: The Story So Far for PlayStation 4 that includes ever

Super Smash Bros. fans in need of amiibo for Super Smash Bros. The retailer will sell a giant box set of 63 Super Smash Bros. amiibo, starting on the Switch game’s launch day, Dec. 7. Amazon hasn’t listed a price for the box set, but expect it to go fast with just 50 made. This boxset will include the new amiibo that will hit stores alongside Super Smash Bros. The next wave of Super Smash Bros. amiibo will arrive later next year, which include Ken, Young Link, Isabelle, Pichu and Daisy.

Steam Link, Valve’s tiny box that let PC owners stream their Steam library to their TV, is no longer in production. “The supply of physical Steam Link hardware devices is sold out in Europe and almost sold out in the US,” the post reads. You can still buy the Steam Link on its own or a bundle that includes the Steam controller through the Steam storefront. “Moving forward, Valve intends to continue supporting the existing Steam Link hardware as well as distribution of the software versions of St

Super Smash Bros. Today, Nintendo released a comprehensive overview of all the modes, new features and even the number of Pokémon to look forward to on Dec. 7, when Super Smash Bros. It’s a helpful, quick explainer for one of the most anticipated games of the year, which is stuffed with more content than any previous Smash Bros. game. We recently got to play around with Spirits Mode, which is the most exciting element introduced in Smash Bros. For something a little more in-depth (this is just s

In that respect, Netflix’s Narcos: Mexico is no different, though faces a greater challenge. If you want to stay spoiler-free as you watch Narcos: Mexico, read no further. note: the following contains spoilers for Narcos: Mexico and Narcos]The timeline that Narcos: Mexico is working with overlaps with that of the first couple of seasons of Narcos, and, in what will likely come as a surprise even if you’re familiar with the history of Camarena’s case, that leaves room for a major cameo. When aske

The Coen brothers’ latest film, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, explores the Old West through six chapters, each of which showcases a distinctly different type of Western as well as a different overall sensibility. You probably saw Buster Scruggs in a theater, or at least you tried to. “All Gold Canyon”Of all of the Buster Scruggs personality types, you are probably the most trustworthy, and/or closest to being lawfully good. “The Gal Who Got Rattled”Whether or not you’re willing to admit to it (y

Super Smash Bros. is one of those series that’s full of so many details to pore over. During a preview of Super Smash Bros. Simon’s Final SmashSpeaking of Simon, his Final Smash is incredibly extra, and will allow you to put any Super Smash Bros. character into a literal coffin. And the power of Super Smash Bros. is that those warm feelings never really go away. Super Smash Bros.

The original Half-Life turns 20 this week, and to celebrate the team behind the high-profile remake Black Mesa has a new trailer to share. Half-Life tells the story of Gordon Freeman, an MIT-educated theoretical physicist and one of the only survivors of a trans-dimensional rift at the Black Mesa research facility. That’s why the team behind Black Mesa has decided to rebuild it, not simply remake it. Black Mesa, which launched into the Steam Early Access program in May 2015, already looks and pl

After being canceled in the wake of Telltale Games’ closure, then revived by Skybound Entertainment, the final season of The Walking Dead episodic video game series is back in development. Only two episodes of The Walking Dead: The Final Season’s four-episode arc were released. Work on the remaining two episodes resumes today, Skybound says, and the final season will go back on sale “ASAP.” Many Telltale games, including The Walking Dead, were recently delisted for sale on Steam. And it plans to

But to get the most money for your time or to craft anything, you need to obtain Perfect Pelts. This means that if you want to be efficient, you want to go for Perfect animals and Perfect kills every (or most of the) time. Bows, throwing knives, repeaters, rifles and sniper rifles will all give you Perfect kills, but a Repeater is your best bet. Bows, throwing knives, repeaters, rifles and sniper rifles will all give you Perfect kills, but a is your best bet. The only ways to get perfect kills a

Making money, like a lot of things in Red Dead Redemption 2, is rarely a fast process. These aren’t going to earn you new horse money, but you’ll get $25 to $100 or so. Loot everyone (and check their horses)We’ve been saying this since our Red Dead Redemption 2 beginner’s guide, but loot everyone and anything you can. Hunt smarterWhile you’re hunting, you’re going to pick up a lot of stuff. While you’re at it, make sure you’re using the right weapon for the animal you’re hunting.

If you’re having a tough time surviving in Fallout 76, it’s always handy to have a set of Power Armor lying around. There is, however, a way to guarantee some Power Armor that’s actually even better than the random stuff you find out and about. STEP 1: Head to Camden ParkCamden Park is an amusement park located in the southwest of the map. In the front of this cart you’ll find a dead body with the West Bridge Key on it. Once they’re off, hop into the Power Armor and have some fun!