The Pet Sematary prequel has added Pam Grier to its cast. As reported by Variety, the Jackie Brown star will co-star in the follow-up to the 2019 Stephen King adaptation.No details about Grier's character have been revealed yet. Grier was Golden Globe Award-nominated for her lead role in Quentin Tarantino's 1997 crime thriller Jackie Brown and was one the main stars of the acclaimed 2000s TV drama The L Word. She was also one of the biggest stars of the '70s Blaxploitation craze, appearing in iconic movies such as Coffy, Foxy Brown, and Friday Foster.In the Pet Sematary prequel, Grier will join a cast that includes Jackson White (Mrs. Fletcher), Forrest Goodluck (The Revenant), Jack Mulhern (Mare of Easttown), and Natalie Alyn Lind (The Goldbergs). The movie will be directed and written by Lindsey Beer and is set to start production in August. It will be released exclusively on Paramount+ but doesn't yet have a confirmed release date or title.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

A new leveling scaling feature is coming to Assassin's Creed Valhalla on Tuesday, July 27, that lets you adjust enemy power for a "more balanced or challenging experience," according to the attribute's in-game description.The game's Twitter account revealed the news, posting a screenshot of the level scaling feature found buried in Assassin's Creed Valhalla's settings. Under the gameplay tab, you will be able to adjust level scaling with five settings, from off all the way to Nightmarish. This feature, once turned on, will alter how quickly enemies scale in the game in relation to your own level.Level Scaling is coming to Assassin’s Creed Valhalla on Tuesday, July 27! 📈 You may choose from 5 options, from 'off' to Nightmarish. 💀 pic.twitter.com/pGz2oTjZZY — Assassin's Creed (@assassinscreed) July 23, 2021Fan reception to the level scaling announcement is largely positive. Most are grateful developer Ubisoft Montreal is adding the feature, but a few desire other fixes. Particularly, people are asking Ubisoft to address the "Saint Faith" mission, which has apparently had progression issues since March.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Fresh off of releasing the Titan Evo 2022 Series, Secretlab has announced its first new collaboration for the gaming chair line. Secretlab is celebrating the Ruination in the League of Legends universe by releasing three themed chairs based on League characters. Secretlab's earlier lineup of League of Legends-themed gaming chairs featured some of the manufacturer's best designs, and the new trio of chairs also look pretty darn cool.Titan Evo 2022 League of Legends Gaming ChairsThe new gaming chairs feature designs revolving around Viego, Miss Fortune, and Pyke. They are available in Secretlab's new NEO Hybrid Leatherette material. All three chairs come in small ($429), regular ($449), and extra large sizes ($499), and each chair comes with a magnetic head pillow. Titan Evo (Viego) $429-$499 See at Secretlab Titan Evo (Miss Fortune) $429-$499 See at Secretlab Titan Evo (Pyke) $429-$499 See at Secretlab Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

As uncertainties about overcoming COVID-19 and the new Delta variant persist, actor Sean Penn has said he will not return to film the Starz limited series Gaslit until all members of the production have been vaccinated. Deadline originally reported the ultimatum, which is a challenge and invitation for leadership across Hollywood to impose stricter requirements.Penn has also let it be known that as he is fully vaccinated, his position has less to do with his own concerns over catching the virus and everything to do with improving working environments. While it might be tempting to believe COVID is a thing of the past, many productions have recently been put on temporary hold due to positive testing--the Game of Thrones spin-off House of the Dragon and the Netflix titles Bridgerton and Matilda are just a few examples. This week, the highly-anticipated movie The Green Knight was pulled from U.K. release schedules over COVID-19 Delta variant concerns.Gaslit is a modern take on the 1970s political Watergate scandal, centering on untold stories and forgotten characters who played a role in the broader story. Based on the popular Slate podcast Slow Burn, the political thriller series is directed by Matt Ross (Silicon Valley), and in addition to Penn stars Julia Roberts, Betty Gilpin (GLOW), and Dan Stevens (Downton Abbey, Legion). Sam Esmail (Mr. Robot) is among the many impressive co-producers, alongside Roberts.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

This Week At Bungie is a bit lighter than usual, but it introduced minor changes coming to Destiny 2 in the next few weeks.In the current Season of the Splicer, Bungie created an Armor Synthesis system, a new transmog system for armor customization. Players earn a unique, passive currency called Synthstrand to purchase Armor Synthesis bounties from Ada-1 at the Tower. Since it's passively-earned, there is no way to get it other than simply defeating enemies until they collect enough to grab bounties. It can be time-consuming since not every kill guarantees a Synthstrand drop.In Season 15, Bungie will remove the Synthstrand from the game, and players will need to use 10,000 Glimmer in its place. As the TWAB notes, this will reduce the time players need to earn 10 Synthweave tokens per class every season. Bungie intends to simplify the Armor Synthesis system with these changes.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

EA made big headlines recently with the announcement of a Dead Space remake from EA Motive. All we saw was a brief teaser trailer, and the game is presumably still some time off from release. In the meantime, if you're an Xbox Game Pass Ultimate or EA Play subscriber, you can catch up on the series easier than ever since all three mainline games are currently in the subscription catalog.The spin-off puzzle game Dead Space Ignition is also available on Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and EA Play, bringing the total number of series titles to four.As mentioned, you'll need to be an Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscriber (which includes EA Play) to get all these Dead Space games on Xbox. Alternatively, EA Play members can sign up for that service alone to play the entire Dead Space catalog and every other title available on the service across console and PC.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Following the announcement of the Dead Space remake during EA Play Live, EA has shared more details on the leadership team working on the game and more about what to expect. The developers also spoke about staying true to the vision of the original game, but also cutting some elements that needed to go.The game's senior producer is Philippe Ducharme, who spent nearly seven years with EA from 2003-2010 before moving to Ubisoft where he was a producer on Watch Dogs Legion. He re-joined EA in August 2020. Roman Campos-Oriola is Dead Space's creative director. He worked at Ubisoft from 2005-2020, and was the game director on For Honor. The art director on the new Dead Space remake is Mike Yazijian, who held that same title on Dead Space 2. He left EA in 2011 to join Warner Bros. where he worked on Batman: Arkham Origins before coming back to EA in 2018 where he was the art director on Star Wars: Squadrons.(Left to right) Mike Yazijian, Art Director; Roman Campos-Oriola, Creative Director; Philippe Ducharme, Senior ProducerYazijian said he was able to find his old notebooks from Dead Space 2, and that "comes in handy, seeing all the notes," he said in an interview on EA's website.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Valve said in a new interview discussing the Steam Deck that the handheld PC can run just every game in the platform's catalog without a hitch.A quartet of Valve developers sat down with IGN talk about the Steam Deck's capabilities at length, from the custom APU designed in collaboration with AMD to the portability of Steam games via the SD card slot. During the conversation, hardware engineer Yazan Aldehayyat said the team ensured that "every game we wanted to be playable" was playable on Steam Deck."The whole thing is powered with a custom APU that we basically worked with AMD on to deliver the best performance and best battery life possible in this envelop," Aldehayyat said. "I think it's very, very difficult to make direct comparisons to anything, but we think that we were to achieve a point where all the games we wanted to be playable [had] a really good experience."Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

GameStop Check stock at GameStop eBay Check stock at eBay StockX Check stock at StockX Amazon Check stock at Amazon Walmart Check stock at Walmart Newegg Check stock at Newegg Although many people have been hunting for the PlayStation 5 since launch last holiday, there's a somewhat surprising demand for the PlayStation 4, too. Yes, we're talking about the console that originally launched in 2013. Perhaps the PS5 fever (and extreme stock shortages) has led some people to dive back a generation into the PS4 instead, or maybe an immediate nostalgia effect is already kicking in for other gamers. Regardless of the exact reason, the fact is that the PS4 is hard to find in stock at major retailers, especially for reasonable prices. Listings on eBay for the PS4 are extremely active, with prices sometimes reaching pretty darn close to the PS5 list price. We've put together a guide covering where to buy the PS4 in 2021, including both new and preowned consoles.If you wind up picking up a PS4, we have multiple roundups that should be of interest, including the best PS4 games, best PS4 headsets, and best PS4 controllers.Where to buy a brand-new PS4Sony hasn't officially stopped production of all PS4 models. The 1TB Slim model and PS4 Pro are discontinued, but the 500GB Slim model is still considered an active console as of early this year. That said, we haven't seen an in-stock listing for the 500GB at any major retailer for months. So, where does that leave you if you have your heart set on a brand-new PS4?Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Genshin Impact's world of Teyvat will continue to expand, with developer miHoYo hoping to add four more continents to the game over the next four years.The news comes from Genshin Impact developer miHoYo's GDC 2021 talk (via Famitsu), where miHoYo producer and CEO Haoyu Cai went in-depth on its process of creating the world and characters found in the popular free-to-play game. miHoYo says the seven regions of the world have been planned from the start.Three out of the game's seven planned continents are currently available, with the newest area of the game, Inazuma, having only been added recently with Genshin Impact's massive 2.0 update. As discussed in the GDC talk, each region of Teyvat and the characters hailing from that particular region are inspired by real-world cultures. Mondstadt, the game's first region, is inspired by Germany, while the game's second area, Liyue, draws inspiration from Chinese culture. The new Inazuma region and characters are inspired by Japan.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Wrestling is coming to Starz, but it isn't another weekly promotion. The network is producing Heels, the drama series focusing around an indy wrestling promotion and the family that runs it. The show debuts on August 15 and during Comic-Con@Home, show lead Mary McCormack spoke about her inexperience with wrestling, comparing Heels to another family drama revolving around a sport, Friday Night Lights.McCormack plays Willie on Heels, the business partner of Jack Spade (Stephen Amell) and management of the local wrestling promotion. "I was never a fan of wrestling," McCormack said during the panel. "My little brother was, and he would get on the top bunk and dive on me and say, 'I'm Jimmy Superfly Snuka!'--am I saying that right? That was my only experience with wrestling, really. When I read the script and met the world, I was so taken with it in the way I was taken with Friday Night Lights, similarly. It felt wrestling was a way into this family drama. And for me, that was really exciting."I remember when my husband was a big Friday Night Lights fan and would say, 'You have to watch it. You have to watch it,'" continued McCormick. "And I was so annoyed because I don't care about football--sorry James. I was like, 'I'm not going to watch that.' And he said, 'Please just watch one, and if you don't want to watch anymore, you can get out.' And so I watched one and became a shut in. I stopped parenting and seeing people. I hope that's what people feel like with this show because I certainly have no experience with the wrestling world, and I'm in. I'm in on all these characters and their relationships and their struggles and that's just what good dramatic writing is like."Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

With the upcoming Star Trek: Prodigy animated series arriving on the Paramount+ streaming service later in 2021, a major piece of the Star Trek universe will be in play once again. Kate Mulgrew is returning to the franchise, reprising her Star Trek: Voyager role as Captain Janeway for the first time since the 2002 film Star Trek: Nemesis.Appearing during the show's Comic-Con 2021 panel, the actress explained exactly why she believed now was the right time to make her highly-anticipated return to the universe. "When this was proposed to me, some time ago, after a moment's deliberation, I thought, 'What could be better than possibly handing this to the next generation? To a demographic that heretofore has not known anything about Star Trek--the beauty of it, the philosophy of it, the depth of it, the hope and the promise of it?'" Mulgrew explained. "And if there's any age group that's going to take this thing and embrace it with a wholeheartedness not seen before, it's the young kids. They're going to get it in a way that older people-due to perhaps a little life experience, a scintilla of cynicism--might not get entirely. But the young ones--5,10, 15 [years old]-- are going to embrace it with a guilelessness and a readiness and I think an emotional capacity, a component that's going to make them absolutely adore it."While there is plenty of new Star Trek content to be found on Paramount+, from Discovery and Picard to the adult animated series Lower Decks and the upcoming Strange New Worlds, none of it is aimed specifically at kids. With the arrival of Prodigy, which includes Mulgrew playing a hologram version of her iconic character, that will all change.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Nintendo Switch Lite (all colors) $200 with free $128GB memory card See at Best Buy Turtle Beach Recon 200 $45 (was $60) See at Best Buy Apple AirPods Pro $190 (was $250) See at Best Buy Dell 32" Curved Gaming Monitor $350 (was $450) See at Best Buy MSI Sword 15.6" Gaming Laptop $1,000 (was $1,200) See at Best Buy Echo Dot (4th Gen) with free smart bulb $25 (was $50) See at Best Buy Lego Super Mario Adventures with Mario Starter Course $48 (was $60) See at Best Buy Sony 50" X85J 4K Smart TV $850 (was $1,000) See at Best Buy Sony WH-1000XM3 Wireless Noise-Canceling Headphones $170 (was $350) See at Best Buy Jabra Elite 85t True Wireless Noise-Canceling Earbuds $170 (was $230) See at Best Buy Best Buy has kicked off one of its biggest sales of the year, Black Friday in July, and it's brought a great wave of deals across tech, gaming, toys, and more. On the gaming side, there are some particularly solid offers on PS4 and PS5 games, including The Last of Us Part II for its lowest price ever, $20. A ton of great game deals from earlier this week are still available as well.The Best Buy Black Friday in July sale also brings back some of the best deals from Prime Day, including a Nintendo Switch Lite bundle that gets you a free 128GB memory card, the 4th Gen Echo Dot bundle that comes with a free multicolor smart bulb, and Jabra's Elite 85t true wireless earbuds. You'll find some nice PC gaming deals as well, like MSI's 15.6-inch Sword gaming laptop for $1,000 and a Dell 32-inch 1440p, 165Hz curved gaming monitor for $350.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Wheel of Time is one of our most-anticipated upcoming fantasy shows, so we were eager to find out more about the adaptation during Amazon Prime's virtual San Diego Comic-Con 2021 panel. During the panel, which consisted of a discussion with showrunner Rafe Judkins, Wheel of Time's first teaser poster was revealed, and then subsequently tweeted out by the series' official account. The poster confirms that the Amazon show will debut in November 2021. Check it out below:See you in November, Dragonsworn. pic.twitter.com/kYJKpO2SGD — The Wheel Of Time (@TheWheelOfTime) July 23, 2021Wheel of Time is an epic fantasy series that spans 14 novels. The character on the poster is a fan favorite named Moiraine, a sorceress who plays a pivotal role in the story, played in the adaptation by Rosamund Pike. During the panel, Judkins praised Pike's portrayal of the character, explaining that the actress is fully embodying the beloved Moiraine.The showrunner described the poster itself as a moment that should be familiar to fans of the series' first book, The Eye of the World. "I think fans of the book will recognize this as a very iconic moment in The Eye of the World, and I think what I like about it is for people that don't know anything about the books, this is a moment where you see our lead, Rosamund Pike, Moiraine, looking back over her shoulder and saying, 'We don't know what's through here, but come along for the ride,'" he said.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

The final Evangelion movie, Evangelion: 3.0+1.01 Thrice Upon A Time, will be released on Amazon on August 13, but that's not the version that aired in Japan. During Amazon's Comic-Con At Home panel, creator Hideaki Anno explained that after the movie was released, his team went back and polished up the best they could.When asked what fans could expect for this revised version, Anno why he went back and explained the motivation behind doing so. "Creation does not have an end," Anno stated. "Our staff is dedicated to work on projects as long as there is time, so we want to maintain the quality and improve it if time allows us. We don't want to compromise on quality. So basically, that's what our staff is determined to do."Anno explained that they stopped working on it because of the deadline, but because of it being moved to Amazon Prime, he explains that means there's more time to get things right.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com