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Patrick Stewart confirms he’ll return as Captain Picard

Patrick Stewart confirmed Saturday that he will return to CBS as Captain Jean-Luc Picard. In a note on Twitter, Stewart wrote he was looking forward to rebooting his most famous TV role, saying, “I feel I’m ready to return to him … to research and experience what comforting and reforming light he might shine on these often very dark times.” In June, it was reported that CBS was developing more Star Trek shows, and there were rumors Stewart would return to his iconic role. The Hollywood Reporter reported Stewart won’t star in…

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Fortnite’s: Once-in-a-lifetime Rocket Launch Leaves a Giant Crack in the Sky

There’s something beautiful about shared events in game worlds, especially if they’re one-and-done affairs, an experience so unique and momentary it will become the hushed whispers of a few hundred players. “Did you see it? I can’t believe we managed to be there,” they might say. Gamers now know this only too well after the one-time Fortnite rocket launch that managed to leave a giant celestial scar in the map’s sky on Saturday. After days of teasing some new event through in-game televisions and sirens, the Fortnite island finally started…

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Fortnite players discover 2 new secret underground areas

Fortnite’s season four update finally makes good on the game’s month-long campaign of teasing a meteor in the sky, complete with the destruction of Dusty Depot. A few dedicated players have now discovered that there’s even more than what lies above ground in the updated map. Southeast of Lonely Lodge, if a player breaks through the unnamed house’s floor (by the bottom of the staircase, or just building ramps around the cliff’s edge), you can find a fancy-looking underground base with a bunch of fancy-looking computers and an unknown logo plastered…

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‘Dog of War’ ad makes Kratos a very good boy

When you think about it, “dog” really is just “god” spelled backwards, and a new God of War commercial playing in Europe hammers home that point with some hilarious results. The advertisement shows a panicking marketer who’s just realized he’s made a terrible spelling mistake, resulting in some terrified faces from PlayStation executives. But, let’s be honest: We’d be just as excited to play Dog of War as God of War. Watch the ad below. H/T Game Informer The post ‘Dog of War’ ad makes Kratos a very good boy…

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Shenmue III and other games delayed to 2019

In a not-all-that-surprising move, Shenmue III publisher Deep Silver has announced that the game will be delayed until an unspecified date sometime in 2019. Shenmue III, helmed by series creator Yu Suzuki, was originally scheduled for release in 2017 before being delayed until 2018… and now 2019. Suzuki and Deep Silver issued a joint statement expressing their reasoning behind the delay: To all of our backers, we are very sorry for the delay. After much discussion with our partners, Deep Silver, we have concluded that extending the release will allow…

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‘The Witcher’ is getting a Netflix series—here’s what you need to know

Fans of The Witcher franchise and its white-haired-monster-hunter Geralt of Rivia will soon get a TV adaptation of the series on Netflix. The streaming giant announced it was making a series based on The Witcher back in 2017, and now we finally have some details on how it could shape up. Here’s what we know about Netflix’s The Witcher so far.  What you need to know about Netflix’s The Witcher lzuniy/YouTube Netflix’s The Witcher plot The nuts and bolts of The Witcher’s plot aren’t yet known, but writer Lauren Hissrich (who served as co-executive producer on…

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Fortnite champions are getting a $100 million prize pool

As if you needed another reason to gawk at the absolutely criminal amount of money that Fortnite is making, developer Epic Games has announced that it’s giving $100 million to competitive league champions for the 2018-2019 season. Epic is putting the $100 million in a collective prize pool, meaning the money will be dispersed in various large and small amounts throughout the season for winners of regional, national, or possibly even international tournaments. “We’re getting behind competitive play in a big way, but our approach will be different—we plan to…

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