The Last of Us TV show has added actor Merle Dandridge to its cast, taking on the role of Marlene. The announcement, first reported by The Hollywood Reporter, demonstrates some exciting synergy between the video game franchise and the upcoming adaptation--Dandridge originated and voice acted Marlene in both 2013's The Last of Us and its recent 2020 sequel.In the games, Marlene is the leader of the Fireflies, a rebel militia opposing quarantine zone authorities in the midst of a horrific pandemic leaving few survivors. For fans who only know Dandridge from the games (or other games including Uncharted 4 and Half-Life 2), she is well-suited to step into the live acting arena--for decades, she has worked in theater, TV, and movies. Some of her biggest TV credits include Sons of Anarchy (as Rita Roosevelt) and The Night Shift (as Gwen Gaskin).Dandridge joins Mandalorian star Pedro Pascal (Joel) and Game of Thrones star Bella Ramsey (Ellie) in the cast. That iconic duo serves as the core relationship in different ways across both games, so it will be fascinating to see how it's delved into on the HBO version. The show will reportedly start filming sometime in July.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Xur returns to Destiny 2 this week with a new batch of Exotics to give you a boost. That's great, because last weekend saw the release of the Vault of Glass raid, and the newly updated activity is tougher than its Destiny 1 counterpart. Here's what Xur is selling and where to find him.Head to the EDZ, in the Winding Cove area, to find Xur this week. For his weapon, Xur is offering Sweet Business. Hunters can pick up the Lucky Raspberry chest armor; for Titans, there's the ACD/0 Feedback Fence gauntlets; and for Warlocks, Xur has the Apotheosis Veil helmet.Xur LocationSpawn in at the Winding Cove transmat zone and hop on your sparrow, heading north. Drive onto the broken overpass and look for a cave in the cliff wall, near where the overpass curves. You can also climb the cliff wall on the outside using the trees. Head for the crashed Fallen dropship at the top of the cliff, where Xur stands waiting among some Fallen combatants.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

June is just around the corner, and Pokemon Go developer Niantic has outlined some of the events it has lined up for the mobile game next month. As usual, June is packed with a variety of activities and celebrations, including the debut of new Galarian forms, so we've rounded up all the biggest events happening in Pokemon Go over the next few weeks below.Shadow ZapdosTeam Go Rocket leader Giovanni will have Shadow Zapdos in his possession from June 1-17. You'll have a chance to rescue the Legendary by completing the latest latest Team Go Rocket Special Research line, The Higher They Fly, which will net you a Super Rocket Radar needed to track down and challenge Giovanni. Starting June 17, Niantic teases that Giovanni will have a different Shadow Pokemon.June Research Breakthrough: ClamperlNiantic is rolling out a new batch of Field Research tasks and rewards starting June 1, as well as a new Research Breakthrough encounter. Each time you achieve a Research Breakthrough in June, you'll earn a chance to catch the rare Clamperl. As an added bonus, you'll also receive double XP and a free Remote Raid Pass each time you achieve a Research Breakthrough.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Another chance to take on the Trials of Osiris has come to Destiny 2, bringing with it some of the best rewards in the game. As always, the competitive multiplayer challenge will feature a new map for its weekend run, as well as new rewards you can pick up along the way.Each week, the Trials of Osiris map and rewards are randomized when the event launches with Destiny 2's daily reset at 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET on Friday. Check out this week's rewards and the map you'll play on below. As usual, you'll also be able to earn Trials tokens for your battles in the Crucible, which you can spend with Saint-14 until the weekly reset on June 1.Trials of Osiris Map And Rewards (May 28-June 1)Map: Exodus Blue3 wins -- Hunter, Titan, and Warlock Gauntlets - Pyrrhic Ascent Grasps, Gauntlets, and Gloves5 wins -- Eye of Sol, Kinetic sniper rifle7 wins -- Hunter, Titan, and Warlock Helmet - Pyrrhic Ascent Mask, Helm, and HoodFlawless run -- Shayura's Wrath (Adept), Void submachine gunThe Trials of Osiris runs from Friday to Tuesday every week, providing one of the toughest challenges in Destiny 2 for Crucible players. Your goal in the PvP mode is to win as many matches as possible before you suffer three total losses, which forces you to reset your Trials run, or Passage, and try again. It's worth noting, though, that there's no team matchmaking in Trials: You have to assemble your own three-player fireteam to run the event. You'll earn loot at certain points as you rack up victories, but the best rewards in the event come when you go on a winning streak of seven matches in a row--a "Flawless" run.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Griftlands by Don't Starve developer Klei Entertainment will be released on June 1. Initially announced at the 2017 E3 event and released in an alpha version in 2019, the full Griftlands game will first launch through Steam, Klei has announced. Following shortly after, on June 4, you'll also be able to purchase the game on Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, and PS4.Griftlands is a narrative RPG primarily driven through card mechanics. According to a PS Blog post by Klei Entertainment's designer Kevin Forbes, Griftlands will offer both "multiple branching stories" and a "deck-building card game with deep interlocking systems driving both combat and negotiation."Forbes emphasizes Griftlands' replayability and strong narrative. NPCs who were your ally in one playthrough may be an enemy in the next, and scenarios like boss fights will be shuffled randomly.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Far Cry 6 is shaping up to be a return to the franchise's exotic, tropical roots while also embracing the over-the-top nature of recent sequels. New footage shown during Ubisoft's livestream focused on the cast of rebels you'll partner with to liberate the island of Yara, along with the inventive weapons--like the minigun made from motorcycle parts--that you'll get to use while fighting for the liberation of the secluded country.Before the livestream, we got to check out an extended presentation showcasing the different aspects of Far Cry 6's open world and its action-oriented gameplay. Along with that, we also heard from developers at Ubisoft as they explained how they made a more vocal and present Far Cry protagonist, and how improvised weaponry offers the most diverse arsenal of tools that the franchise has seen yet.Like most recent Far Cry games, at the center of its high-octane adventure across vast landscapes is the main villain. In Far Cry 6, Presidente Anton Castillo--played by Breaking Bad's Giancarlo Esposito--has taken control of the isolated island country of Yara with the aim to bring the nation into a new golden age by any means necessary. While Far Cry 5 and its epilogue, New Dawn, featured custom characters that let their actions speak for them, the next game will see the return of a voiced protagonist. Far Cry 6 focuses on Dani Rojas, who can be either a male or female character. While most Far Cry games follow the "fish-out-of-water" conceit, Dani is a native of Yara, adding further stakes in their attempt to overthrow Castillo's regime. The protagonist will also be present in the game's cutscenes (a first since the original Far Cry), which will show off their personality and different outfits when interacting with other characters.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Pop star Rina Sawayama has joined the cast of John Wick: Chapter 4. The latest movie in the hit action series releases in May 2022.As reported by Deadline, the Japanese-British singer will make her acting debut in the film. No details about her character have been released yet. In a statement, director Chad Stahelski said, "I'm so glad to have Rina on board to make her feature film debut in John Wick: Chapter 4. She's an incredible talent who'll bring so much to the film." Sawayama's acclaimed self-titled first album was released in April 2020.my feature film acting debut in John Wick 4 !!!!!! I’m so excited !!!!! 😭😭😭https://t.co/1Xujvup4WG pic.twitter.com/Xr2CzXUgxt — RINA SAWAYAMA (@rinasawayama) May 27, 2021John Wick: Chapter 4 hits theaters on May 27, 2022. The movie will star Keanu Reeves once more, and it starts production this summer, shooting on location in France, Germany, and Japan.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

LG 55" CX OLED 4K TV $1,400 (was $1,500) See at Best Buy SanDisk 1TB NVMe SSD $130 (was $450) See at Best Buy Corsair K95 Platinum $130 (was $200) See at Best Buy MSI Optix 27" Monitor $270 (was $360) See at Best Buy Alienware Area 51M R2 $2,000 (was $2,770) See at Best Buy Memorial Day sales are in full swing for those in the US as we head into the long weekend, and Best Buy has jumped into the fray with a massive sale of its own. The Best Buy Memorial Day sale is live now through Monday, and it's brought a ton of discounts on 4K TVs, PC gaming peripherals, and more. The Memorial Day sale also overlaps with Best Buy's Days of Play promotions, which means you can find some great deals on PS5 and PS4 games right now, including Demon's Souls, Spider-Man: Miles Morales, The Last of Us Part II, and Ghost of Tsushima.Those looking for a new TV have some great deals to consider for Memorial Day, including LG's 2020 lineup of OLED 4K TVs as well as cheaper options from Sony, Samsung, and Toshiba. Gaming laptops, SSDs, monitors, and peripherals are also on deep discount, so PC gamers looking to upgrade their setup have quite a bit to browse as well. We've rounded some of Best Buy's top Memorial Day deals below, but you should browse the full sale because it's jam-packed with discounts across multiple categories. Plus, check out GameStop and Walmart's Memorial Day sales happening this weekend as well.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Following Far Cry 6's gameplay reveal and October 7 release date confirmation, Ubisoft said it "doesn't want to make a political statement" on the state of Cuba with the open-world shooter.Narrative director Navid Khavari told TheGamer that Ubisoft is trying to balance serious storytelling and engaging action in Far Cry 6 without commenting on real-world events--even after speaking to actual guerrilla fighters who serve as the inspiration for the open-world shooter's fantasy."The original inspiration was Guerrilla Warfare and what is that guerrilla fantasy, which is obviously tied to revolution," Khavari said. "When you talk about guerrillas, you think of the guerrillas in the 1950s and 1960s, we actually went down there to speak to actual guerrilla fighters who fought back then, and we just really fell in love with their stories.”Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

When it was announced Arrow alum Stephen Amell was trading in his superhero suit for a pair of tights on the pro wrestling drama Heels, coming to Starz later this year, many fans wondered how quickly AEW star Cody Rhodes would sign onto the project. After all, the two are friends and have worked together before. Don't expect to see Cody in Season 1 of Heels, though--and for a very good reason."I actually don't ever see me being on a show that's about wrestling because that's just too much wrestling," he explained during an appearance on GameSpot's professional wrestling podcast Wrestle Buddies to promote AEW Double or Nothing. "I don't think I could live in a world where I was wrestling within wrestling. There's too much wrestling in my life. So for me, as Heels goes, I would rather if I was ever on the show be a slimy promoter or a [drunk] fan in the front row or an anti-wrestling personality, things like that. I don't think I'll ever put on tights in a television format ever. It's just too much wrestling for me."It also hits a little close to home for Rhodes. "I looked at the script for Heels two years ago--maybe three years ago now--and was terrified at how much I related to it," he said. "Because here's two brothers in Georgia and their dad was a wrestler. It just felt a lot like my life. And then it got revised and revised and it became its own thing that is vastly different from the Rhodes' upbringing."Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

The third Foreshadowing Quest is now live in Fortnite, and it focuses on CB radios. These special challenges have players interacting with new items of interest and unraveling the mystery of UFOs and aliens suddenly circling around the island (figuratively for now). In this latest challenge, Epic says to "use CB radio," but this is a pretty vague directive, as are actually five CB radios you'll need to use. Here's where you can find CB radios in Fortnite to complete this Foreshadowing Quest and continue the extraterrestrial storyline.Fortnite CB Radio LocationsEach CB radio will only be here for a limited time, so make sure you grab these before they disappear. Also keep in mind that while there are several CB radios to be found, you'll complete the challenge after finding five of them, so there's no need to overdo it and track them all down. Here's where you can find five rather isolated CB radios quickly and quietly in both map and list form.On the cliffs north of Stealthy Stronghold, situated beneath a small elevated buildingNext to a telescope-housing shack on the hills east of Craggy CliffsOn the northeastern shore of Steamy Stacks before you cross the water where Castaway Jonesy residesOn a small patch of land in the western region of Slurpy SwampSitting outside Apres Ski southwest of Misty MeadowsFortnite CB radio locations are scattered around the island's perimeter.To use a CB radio, approach it and follow the interact prompt. You'll hear some chatter about UFOs and the aliens which have been teased in an ongoing ARG. Once you've completed this challenge, make sure you're caught up with the rest of the Foreshadowing Quests.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Resident Evil Village has a new third-person mod which puts the game in a whole new light. Unfortunately, sometimes that light isn't the best.Capcom's latest entry in the long-running survival horror series is in first-person, just like its predecessor Resident Evil 7. But for years, Resident Evil was played exclusively in third-person. Perhaps it's not surprising then that some fans are curious what Resident Evil Village would play like with the series' more traditional over-the-shoulder camera angle, and the results are equally impressive and hilarious.Created by FluffyQuack, the PC mod allows players to swap between first and third-person. FluffyQuack advises the game to be played at 60fps, as "overriding the camera's position" doesn't work well at higher framerates. The mod is certainly functional and well worth checking out, allowing players to get a good look at Resident Evil Village's protagonist Ethan Winters.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Actor Robert Palmer Watkins (General Hospital) has been bumped up to be a full cast member in Season 2 of The Walking Dead: World Beyond. For those keeping score at home, World Beyond is the second self-contained spinoff in the expansive franchise, and the third series set within the universe overall.Watkins has previously guest starred in the spinoff back in Season 1, playing Lieutenant Frank Newton. News of his being promoted to a regular was first reported by Deadline, and fans can likely assume this announcement means the upcoming batch of episodes will more heavily focus on the lieutenant's Civic Republic Military, an advanced authoritarian society of survivors. It also likely means there's unlikely to be widespread harmony in the post-apocalypse, a time when people infamously have a hard time just getting along.World Beyond's first season debuted back in October 2020, and all that's known about Season 2 is it will--like Season 1--feature 10 episodes. World Beyond takes place in Nebraska, 10 years after the zombie apocalypse and is expected to end with Season 2.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

The latest update for Microsoft Flight Simulator has drastically reduced the base game's file size. Update 1.16.2.0 brings a number of updates to the critically acclaimed plane simulator but the biggest change is that file size has been optimized, bringing the size from over 170 GB down to just 83 GB. That optimization reduces the game's file size by more than 50 percent, freeing up some precious storage space.This follows a trend of other developers finding a way to reduce the file size of games, with Fortnite and Warframe as recent examples. As games have increased in visual fidelity and complexity, file sizes have continued to grow, taking up more and more of people's limited storage space, with games like Call of Duty Warzone being criticized for having massive file sizes.While this patch focuses more on bug fixes and small changes, Flight Simulator's latest big patch introduced high-resolution 3D photogrammetry for Paris and Amsterdam. Microsoft is planning to have a joint summer Xbox showcase with Bethesda on June 13 and could announce new updates for Flight Simulator or a release date for the upcoming Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S versions.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Actor John Boyega has said he's "open to com[ing] back" to work on future Star Wars projects, according to comments made in a video posted online. This represents a potential softening on previous, also semi-recent, comments from the actor critical of the franchise and its handling of his character Finn's arc due to his race."Whichever way, I am open to the conversation as long as it is Kathleen [Kennedy], JJ [Abrams], and maybe someone else and the team, it's a no-brainer," he said in a short video clip you can see below.anyways here’s John Boyega saying he’s open to come back as long as it’s with Kathy, the old crew, and maybe even JJ #ContinueReyandFinnsStory pic.twitter.com/r4gPK4GiSJ — Palpamemes (@PalpyYT) May 25, 2021That Boyega referenced Kathleen Kennedy, president of Lucasfilm, by name is both surprising and telling of how conversations behind the scenes may have progressed around Boyega's frustrations with Star Wars. In the time between the comments mentioned above, Boyega had also alluded to there being conversations at some point with an unnamed high-level Disney executive specifically about his frustrations. At the time, it sounded like Boyega's concern was about making conditions better for other actors down the road--but, as it turns out now, Boyega has apparently remained open to another collaboration.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com