Disney Plus’ original series The Mandalorian is the first live-action series set in Star Wars’ galaxy far, far away. Created by Jon Favreau (Iron Man 2, The Lion King), The Mandalorian walks, talks, and shoots ’em up like a Hollywood Western. Star Wars fans will come for the action, and The Mandalorian premiere checks the boxes. The Mandalorian ends with a twist, a sign that the series might follow Filoni’s past animated work and excavate Star Wars lore. Everything before the reveal promises a l

Katherine Langford finally makes her Avengers: Endgame appearance — in a deleted scene available on Disney Plus. Turns out, Langford did have a role and a filmed scene … it just didn’t make the final film. The scene, now viewable on Disney Plus, has her playing a grown-up version of Tony Stark’s daughter Morgan, in a vision that Tony sees after snapping the Infinity Stones. “What can happen in a film this big is you can have ending after ending after ending and it starts to feel like the movie

To celebrate, publisher Wizards of the Coast is offering a wild set of dice. The $300 set of polyhedrals are made of bright aluminum, and the d20 includes a lab-grown sapphire. The set includes two d20s — only one of which includes a sapphire — and four d6s, along with the usual assortment of d10s, d4s and the like. They even come in with a classy box and rolling tray combo, so as not to ding up the furniture. Dispel Dice’s Kickstarter, which features unique, handmade resin dice with brilliant i

8BitDo, the company behind a long list of smart wireless and retro video game controllers, is making a mouse. This one is inspired by the original Nintendo Entertainment System, featuring a d-pad and two NES gamepad-style buttons for something that looks aesthetically tremendous and not terribly uncomfortable to use. Daniel Jansson, who describes himself as an interaction designer and tinkerer, originally designed the NES-inspired mouse in 2008. He called his computer mouse “so retro thumbs spon

On Monday, Overwatch developer Blizzard Entertainment released a short story called Valkyrie, a 24-page story about Mercy. Now, the company’s celebrating the Swiss healer with a new event, “Mercy’s Recall Challenge.” Overwatch players can participate in Mercy’s Recall Challenge from Nov. 12 to Dec. 2, where they can earn eight sprays, a player icon, and the Legendary Dr. Ziegler skin shown off in yesterday’s short story. Four more hours will unlock two more new sprays, and watching six hours tot

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare’s 725 shotgun has plagued players since release. In the game’s latest patch, the developer is back at it with another nerf to the 725, along with a few other changes. In other weapon news, the M4 is getting a toned down, with a greater hip fire spread and less headshot damage. Another frequently-requested change that’s arriving with this patch is are adjusted footstep footstep sounds. (Tactical)Footsteps:Adjusted to always play walk footstep sounds when in ADS and cr

Unity of Command 2, the sequel to the hit 2011 wargame, is out today on Steam. The original Unity of Command was an operational-level wargame set in World War II. Unity of Command picks up where that game left off, while adding plenty of additional depth. According to its Steam page, the game now includes dynamic campaigns set on the Western Front. “For the first time in Unity of Command you will face Fog of War,” adds publisher 2×2 Games on the storefront page.

With Pokémon Sword and Shield a few days away, Game Freak has released the game’s official launch trailer, which gives us a look at a couple of new faces. But, more importantly, Game Freak slyly revealed the existence of a more British-looking Mr. Based on existing Pokémon leaks, we know that this is Mr. Rime — a new evolution for Mr. It’s a great design that speaks to how much Game Freak continues to have fun with its Galarian forms and region-specific evolutions. Pokémon Sword and Shield are o

To help celebrate the 2019 League of Legends World Championships, Riot Games has put out yet another music group: True Damage. There have been metal band skins for a made-up group called Pentakill, k-pop-esque skins for K/DA, and now there’s a set of hip-hop skins for True Damage. Even people who don’t play League of Legends may have noticed that Riot Games has been hyping up True Damage on their social media platforms for weeks. Unlike K/DA, this new group is a hip-hop group, not a k-pop group.

Everywhere you look, there are arguments about the upcoming game and its limited Pokedex, and whether or not Game Freak is justified in its design decisions. Other times, Pokémon has managed to help people through the toughest times in their lives. I’m grateful Pokémon continues to be here for me and for so many others. And it’s lovely to hear that so many of you are looking forward to the launch of #PokémonSwordAndShield next week!! But, for the most part, it’s a love-fest — and a much needed o

Google’s game streaming platform, Stadia, will launch on Nov. 19, and early adopters will get access to 12 games on launch day. Stadia’s launch lineup will include one platform exclusive — surreal fantasy adventure Gylt from Tequila Works — and the recently released Windows PC version of Red Dead Redemption 2. But the launch games for Stadia consists mainly of older PC games, including Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, Destiny 2, and three Tomb Raider titles. The Founder’s Edition will launch in United

FaZe Jarvis, the 17-year-old Fortnite personality who got permanently banned for using cheating software in his videos, has been under intense public scrutiny over the past week. But as the public debates whether or not public content creators should be held to a different standard than everyday players, the controversial influencer has been mostly mum about the fallout — until now. He also uses this opportunity to announce that he’s going to take a short break from making new videos. But, rathe

On Monday afternoon, Blizzard Entertainment revealed a new Overwatch short story, called Valkyrie, featuring Mercy, also known as Dr. Angela Ziegler. But the final shot in the post shows what looks to be a new Mercy skin. The skin looks to be Mercy in normal people garb. We can’t confirm if this is an official Overwatch skin or not — although it sure looks like one. It’s always nice to play with Overwatch characters in their civilian clothes, and it looks like Mercy players may get that chance s

And so, when the Red Dead Redemption 2 guide stated that the western featured a legendary “channel catfish,” people believed it. But now that the PC version of Red Dead Redemption 2 out there, players can peruse the game files to see what’s hidden. Alas, the channel catfish remains but a myth, never to be caught. The fish isn’t the only mystery that players have resolved since the release of Red Dead Redemption 2 on PC. Don’t try looking for the channel catfish.

On Sunday, Nov. 10, Nintendo 64 modder Kaze Emanuar released their newest project: Super Mario 64 Land. The major features for Super Mario 64 Land look to be a Super Mario 3D World style overworld map, and new powers for Mario —gained when wearing the Tanooki and Cat suits. There are also new worlds, including a Super Mario 64 level in the style of Super Mario World. They’ve also helped create a Super Mario Sunshine mod for Super Mario 64. To download Super Mario 64 Land, you can follow Emanuar’

The latest crossover costume for Street Fighter 5 Arcade Edition comes from Capcom’s Monster Hunter franchise and … hmmm … I don’t know ’bout that. The look somehow expects us to see Blanka costumed as the giant dragon Nergigante. Fearsome and bestial for sure, but what in the world is going on here? Here is a good reply:How is someone supposed to fight that and know what’s even going on. The current timed alternate costume available in SF5AE is Poison’s Lady outfit from Devil May Cry 4.

Even if you don’t know Mario Party 4 (raises hand), the significance of this video is rather easy to grasp. Ludwig Ahgren so thoroughly obliterates the presumed maximum score in the Domination minigame that the trail of Thwomp-dominoes runs slap out of the game entirely. Put another way “Fastest masher in the world,” is the title Ahgren now claims, and who could argue? Here is a tool-assisted speedrun bot maxing out the same minigame three years ago, hitting the 160 score. If aliens landed and I

The long road back for Ghost Recon Breakpoint begins this coming week, with the first of two title updates planned for November. From the Ghost Recon official subreddit, it sounds like players want major adjustment to drone behavior, and a return of some basic gameplay parameters they enjoyed in 2017’s Ghost Recon: Wildlands. The way Breakpoint plays right now, it’s not much different. Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Breakpoint launched Oct. 4 and is available on PlayStation 4, Windows PC and Xbox One.

Published by AMC (the Walking Dead and Breaking Bad network), Airplane Mode takes the, er, player on a real-time long-haul flight across the Atlantic. Developed by Hosni Auji, the game/social commentary will launch sometime in 2020 but an alpha build will be shown Tuesday during the weeklong livestream of Desert Bus for Hope. Grid View Airplane Mode by Hosni Auji Bacronym/AMCAirplane Mode by Hosni Auji Bacronym/AMCAirplane Mode by Hosni Auji Bacronym/AMCAirplane Mode by Hosni Auji Bacronym/AMCAi

Video games are a rumor-driven business, and for its fandom, chasing and chewing over teases and tipoffs is all part of the fun. But, says a lawyer — the guy who fashions himself as the “video game attorney,” in fact — maybe we should all cool our jets. Yesterday, plenty of fans, writers and other video game enthusiasts noticed an incremental development in Electronic Arts’ Skate trademark. EA’s last Skate title was 2010’s Skate 3, and the series is as well remembered and much loved as, for exam