Disney’s adaptation, The Nutcracker and the Four Realms, would not have changed his opinion, and more’s the pity. note: This review contains mild spoilers for The Nutcracker and the Four Realms.] On its own, substandard plot or character work might not be enough to put Four Realms in a peppermint-scented grave. Moviegoers expecting The Nutcracker and the Four Realms to follow the story of The Nutcracker ballet will be disappointed, but that’s not a bad thing in and of itself. I walked into The N

His latest, Revenant Bus, is based on the hellish Sega CD minigame that didn’t launch around the same time Doom 2 did. Revenant Bus takes a bad concept and makes it worse. (Note that we said “gameplay,” not “fun.”) Marphitimus included interactive bus features such as the dashboard hula dancer, honking the horn (by punching it), starting up the bus and opening the door. That’s when a demon teleporter summons a revenant, and continues to do so every seven seconds for the duration of the trip. No

I’m not convinced there’s a way to talk about Deltarune, the surprise Undertale follow-up released today by creator Toby Fox, without “spoiling” it. Any fan of Undertale, whether they played in 2015 or two weeks ago, should make it top priority to take the three hours or so to play Deltarune, though. It’s clear from the beginning that Deltarune is, if not a direct continuation of Undertale, set in the same universe. Like Undertale, Deltarune has non-combative combat and bullet hell-like battles

Red Dead Redemption 2 is one of the most technically impressive video games ever made. But over the 30-plus hours I’ve spent playing Red Dead Redemption 2 on my HDR-enabled 4K television, something’s been nagging at me about the way it looks. Since the release of Red Dead Redemption 2 on Oct. 26, reports from players, YouTubers and media outlets have indicated that the game doesn’t actually deliver HDR color. But the confusing and disappointing part, especially for a game as technically ambitiou

had been disabled and rendered unplayable by Konami as part of an update to the game spread like wildfire. Today, that same screenshot was reposted to the Silent Hill subreddit and the Super Best Friends Play subreddit with much more alarmist thread titles. “In the most Konami move possible, Konami may have just sent out a patch for anyone that still has PT installed,” Reddit user Chucklay wrote. to disable the demo for PS4 owners who had already downloaded it. We’ve checked with Konami to see i

If you’re looking for a spooky, fun board game to play this fall, look no further than Mysterium. We played it for the latest episode of Overboard, Polygon’s board game show. This cooperative board game is like a beautiful mix of the classic murder mystery Clue and the painterly Dixit. The rest of the players are psychics who receive visions from the ghost as they try to solve ghost’s murder. Check out the video above to watch our playthrough of Mysterium to see the wonderful and horrible things

But it’s also the first time Diablo 3 will be available on a portable console, and an unreliable internet connection comes with that portability. So what can you do in Diablo 3 on Switch if you’re 30 feet underground in a subway tunnel? You’re going to need to pony up for a subscription to Nintendo Switch Online if you’re looking to play online multiplayer or create a Seasonal character, however. Both players will also need Nintendo Switch Online subscriptions, or a single Family subscription, i

SoundFi: At the Movies is a new iOS app that offers immersive audio tracks, mixed for spatial sound, that you listen to with headphones in a movie theater. Once the movie starts, the app syncs up with the audio from the theater speakers to create a seamless experience. Without the experience of screaming or laughing as a group, why see a film in the theater at all? There are use cases where the app would be useful, such as seeing a movie in a foreign language with SoundFi playing a dubbed audio

Earlier today, Netflix revealed the first look of Henry Cavill as Geralt in its adaptation of The Witcher fantasy series. As with any sort of buzz on the internet, Cavill’s first look started to sprout memes. First look at Henry Cavill as Geralt of Rivia. Get your first look at Henry Cavill in The Witcher! pic.twitter.com/iM9FbBdShA — The Discourse Lover (@Trillburne) October 31, 2018why is netflix’s the witcher look like a power ranger?

Fallout 76’s Atomic Shop opened in last night’s beta test. This is the marketplace where users can redeem Atoms, a virtual currency that will one day be available for real money, for in-game items. The stuff on hand gives a good idea of what Bethesda Softworks intends to do with the shop and how it will affect the game. In the CAMP tab of the Atomic Shop, a “clean small generator” and a “clean purifier” are available for 300 atoms — but this seems to describe their appearance rather than what th

Two weeks ago, that meant the addition of the Black Market, and this week it’s COD Points, the series’ microtransaction currency. The currency will also allow players to buy extra Nebulium Plasma in the game’s Zombies mode, which unlocks specific perks that are usable only there. COD Points will also allow players to unlock something called Special Orders, which are an entirely new set of cosmetic rewards for Black Ops 4. These rewards are tied to the Black Market and will place extra rewards at

Hot on the heels of season 2’s debut, Netflix has announced that its Castlevania animated series will return for a third season. The series, which is written by Warren Ellis, is loosely based on the Castlevania 3: Dracula’s Curse. Castlevania has been fairly well received during its run, with reception of the second season notably more positive than the first, including particular praise for Ellis’s writing. Ellis will return to the series for its third season and continue as both a writer and e

Night Trap was laid low by the eleventh-hour demise of a console that never got off the ground: Hasbro’s NEMO, also known as Control-Vision. While the notion of a toy company entering the games market wasn’t unheard of, Hasbro’s video game ambitions seem curiously timed in retrospect. In other words, Hasbro’s entrée into video games didn’t fall too far from its existing television work. Indeed, shortly after Control-Vision’s cancellation, NEC launched the world’s first CD-ROM video game add-on f

Monster hunting is a heavy business, which may explain why life seems to be weighing on Henry Cavill, in this first look at the actor as Geralt in Netflix’s adaptation of The Witcher. Geralt of Rivia, a solitary monster hunter, struggles to find his place in a world where people often prove more wicked than beasts. Joining Cavill are Freya Allan (The War of the Worlds, Bluebird) as Ciri, and Anya Chalotra (Wanderlust, The ABC Murders) as Yennefer. The Witcher is expected to premiere on Netflix i

note: the rest of this post contains spoilers for The Haunting of Hill House.] As whispers from beyond draw the grown kids back to Hill House, Flanagan threads the needle of tragedy to showcase the crushing power of mental illness and some classically spooky spirits. Based on the gruesome turns throughout, one could imagine The Haunting of Hill House ending with a Twilight Zone-like twist. “We actually fleshed out a thorough history for Hill House,” he said. “So, there’s any number of things we

The Birds of Prey movie will bring together the women of the DC universe, both on the screen and behind the camera. Notably, Cathy Yan (Dead Pigs) will direct the movie, making her the third female filmmaker attached to a DC project, after Patty Jenkins (Wonder Woman) and Ava DuVernay (the upcoming New Gods). But I created my own version that thematically and tonally conveyed what you would feel (in my movie).”As for whether she would bring her own cultural background to Birds of Prey, Yan had a

Women of the Galaxy, a new art book examining female characters from every corner of the Star Wars universe, is exactly the kind of thing I would have read cover to cover twice in one sitting if you’d given it to me when I was nine. Case in point, I have a new favorite Star Wars character: Kneesaa. “She’s not the kind of royalty that likes to sit around and be pampered; she prefers action.”Kneesaa aids rebel troops in their effort to overthrow Imperial oppressors in her home, becoming a close al

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Your horse is your one constant companion in Red Dead Redemption 2, and it helps to have a good one. Arabian Horses are the best horsesHorses in Red Dead Redemption 2 are put it into categories to tell you what they’re good at. Arabian horses, however, have their own category — “superior” — and their own handling style, “elite.” You want an Arabian horse, but the path to acquiring one isn’t easy. Focus on the white Arabian horse if you want the best upgrade possible as quickly as possible. The w

Fortnite’s latest patch, v6.21, was slated to go live in the early morning hours of today, Oct. 31, but Epic Games has announced an abrupt, if short, delay. While almost every patch so far in Fortnite’s sixth season has been released on a Wednesday, this pushes back that regular schedule. Patch v6.21 is also somewhat unique in that we don’t really know what’s in it. When Patch v6.21 goes live (hopefully) tomorrow, expect servers to go down around 4 a.m. ET and patch notes as soon as the servers