Pokemon Go's big Kanto Tour event takes place next month, and much like Pokemon Go Fest, players will need to purchase a virtual ticket to participate in it. To sweeten the deal a big, developer Niantic is offering an early purchase bonus that will net you some additional tickets for free, but time is running out to take advantage of it.If you purchase a Kanto Tour ticket by 11:59 PM PT on January 13, you will also receive free tickets for January and February's Community Day Special Research stories. If you miss that deadline, you can still get a February Community Day ticket for free if you purchase a Kanto Tour ticket by February 3.🎟️⭐ Early-purchase bonus ⭐🎟️Trainers, if you purchase a #PokemonGOTour: Kanto ticket by January 13, you’ll get January and February Community Day Special Research story tickets for free! See more details on our blog. https://t.co/pH1lciY6Pv pic.twitter.com/cb6TJ0sNlZ — Pokémon GO (@PokemonGoApp) January 12, 2021 Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

You can spend the weekend grinding for epic loot in Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War and Warzone a little faster, as Treyarch has announced a double weapon XP weekend ahead. The event begins on January 15 and runs all the way through the long holiday weekend.The event begins just after the big mid-season update drops on January 14, which is set to add a new Fireteam map called Sanitorium, a 6v6 map called Dropkick, and a Raid map in Zombies' Onslaught mode. Zombies also gets a new Cranked mode that resets the timer whenever you take down one of the undead.Double weapon XP will be active from 10 AM PT on Friday, January 15 through 10 AM PT on the following Tuesday, January 19. This also overlaps with free trial for the Zombies mode, which will last from January 14-21.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Nickelodeon's special broadcast of the Wildcard playoff game between the Chicago Bears and New Orleans Saints was watched by more than two million people, according to CBS. More than 33 million people watched the game across two broadcasts, one on CBS and the other on Nickelodeon.The viewership from the two broadcasts is higher than any Wildcard playoff game in the last seven years.wildest moments from #CHIvsNO on @nickelodeon 🍍💚 pic.twitter.com/212HKoO9u5 — NFL Up (@NFLUpOfficial) January 11, 2021The broadcast was weird, to say the least. It had virtual slime exploding in the end zone when teams scored, SpongeBob's face plastered over field goal nets, and googly eyes placed over players' faces during shots. Hopefully the wackiness made up for the lack of offense from the Chicago Bears, who only scored 9 points.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Treyarch is teasing more content for Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War's Zombies mode. The studio tweeted out an image of what appears to be a new map, alongside the caption "Projekt Endstation was only the beginning."Projekt Endstation, which is German for Project Terminus, was the Nazi research program featured in Black Ops Cold War's Zombies. It introduced the new map Die Maschine. Players believe this image is a brand-new map, rather than an updated version of one seen in Zombies before.Projekt Endstation was only the beginning.#BlackOpsColdWar #Zombies pic.twitter.com/Y9NNhG6obl — Treyarch Studios (@Treyarch) January 12, 2021Treyarch has promised that more content would be coming to Black Ops Cold War's Zombie mode. The mode has been a bright spot for the game after players have complained that the standard multiplayer modes aren't as sharp as the ones in Modern Warfare. Call of Duty fans have also been unhappy with how Black Ops Cold War has impacted Warzone.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Update: Activision has restored online services for Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War, Modern Warfare, and Warzone.Online services have been restored for Black Ops Cold War, Warzone, and Modern Warfare. We appreciate your patience. https://t.co/QqcX2SfGIf — Activision Support (@ATVIAssist) January 12, 2021Original story follows...If you're having problems connecting to Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War, Modern Warfare, or Warzone, you're not the only one. Activision is currently reporting service outages across each game, affecting every platform, including PSN, Xbox Live, Battle.net, Nintendo, Steam, and Epic Games.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

We're streaming our shows more and more, especially as COVID-19 keeps us inside and isolated from friends and family. Despite how much we're streaming, though, broadcast TV is still a dominant force as revealed by Nielsen, the long-running authority on television viewership.Nielsen revealed the most streamed shows and movies of 2020, split up between original (Mandalorian, Ozark) and acquired (The Office, Supernatural) content.The most-streamed series of 2020 include The Office, Grey's Anatomy, and Criminal Minds. The Office wins with over 57 billion minutes streamed from Netflix in 2020. Grey's Anatomy was at 39 billion, and Criminal Minds at 35 billion. The list also includes NCIS, Schitt's Creek, Supernatural, Shameless, New Girl, The Blacklist, and Vampire Diaries.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

The time has nearly arrived. In mere days, the first Marvel Studios project in over a year will be released when the first two episodes of WandaVision premiere on Disney+. This isn't your run of the mill MCU movie or TV show, though. As the first entry in Phase 4, it's setting aside Marvel's traditional comic book style to instead pay tribute to the great sitcoms throughout TV history.From classic sitcoms Bewitched and I Dream of Jeannie, all the way through The Brady Bunch and even Full House, WandaVision goes out of its way to recreate the style of those iconic TV shows as closely as possible--right down to the visual effects.Of course, one of the things the MCU is most synonymous with is cutting-edge visual effects, which attempt to make the extraordinary seem commonplace--be it men in robot suits fighting men exposed to radiation that makes them gigantic or massive purple alien monsters snapping humanity out of existence on a whim. Those don't exactly fit in with the '50s sitcom aesthetic, though. In those shows, nearly all special effects were smaller in scale and done practically, for better or worse.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel IV is coming to platforms beyond PS4 this year. The RPG will be released for Switch in Japan in March, and in North America and Europe on April 9, and in Australia on April 16. A PC port will come later in 2021.Trails of Cold Steel IV is the final entry in the series, which exists as part of the larger The Legend of Heroes franchise. The game is a turn-based RPG, similar in structure to its predecessor, though it possesses a larger character roster and makes adjustments to the series' Order and Break systems.Set two weeks after the events of Trails of Cold Steel III, Trails of Cold Steel IV sees Class VII, Crossbell's Special Support Section, and the heroes of Liberl all come together as the Erebonian Empire prepares for war--a conflict that threatens to consume the entire continent.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

There are a lot of things about the Indiana Jones movies that make for good video game fodder: a hero who occasionally cracks wise, fascinating historical settings, Nazis and other evildoers to fight, and big action set pieces in which the heroic Indy takes on a tank or escapes ancient traps. Indiana Jones translates so well into video game form that a few other franchises, most notably Uncharted and Tomb Raider, have already more or less lifted key elements from the iconic movies.That leaves the upcoming Indiana Jones title from current Wolfenstein developer MachineGames facing an uphill battle. One of its bigger challenges is distinguishing itself from the games that have already riffed on some of the essential elements of the Indiana Jones formula. Nathan Drake and Lara Croft are archaeological killing machines and treasure hunters, gunning down whole armies of mercenaries as they fight to keep lost cities and powerful relics out of the hands of bad guys. Some online reactions have already suggested any Indiana Jones game might wind up being an "Uncharted clone" on account of the ideas being so similar.So how do you make an Indiana Jones game that doesn't feel like it's borrowing from the games that have borrowed from Indiana Jones? It might actually not be as difficult as it sounds, at least conceptually. The key is creating a game that is more like the movies than slotting the franchise into the Indiana Jones-shaped framework set out by the video games it inspired.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Despite GTA V's massive success--or perhaps because of it--Rockstar has not indicated what form GTA VI will take, including when it's coming, what city it will take place in, or who will star in it. The subject of the playable protagonist in GTA has been a topic of some discussion of late, with a rumor suggesting that a female character could headline the next game in the series. That would be a first for the long-running franchise, which to date has exclusively starred male characters, dating back to the first game in 199X.With this in mind, we wanted to take a look back at the various playable protagonists to appear in the core Grand Theft Auto games throughout the franchise. Dating back to the nameless antiheroes from the early games to the personable hustlers of modern GTA, we’re shining a spotlight on the franchise's key players and what this could mean for a potential GTA VI. We do go into some spoiler territory, so be warned about the info ahead.Grand Theft Auto | The ProtagonistsIn the original Grand Theft Auto, players had a bird’s eye view of the action as they took part in missions to strike it rich and take out rival gang leaders across the explorable locales of Liberty City, San Andreas, and Vice City. While the franchise would eventually settle into telling stories with evolving characters, the mega-franchise's first game took a more modest approach with a playable protagonist, allowing you to choose from a set of eight characters to serve as the basis for your anti-hero.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Production for Season 3 of Netflix's The Umbrella Academy is expected to begin in February in Toronto, an announcement in a new release made all the more exciting by the further news that the show has made several casting announcements as well. The next season will finally dig into who the other members of the Sparrow Academy are, and Justin Cornwell, Britne Oldford, Jake Epstein, Genesis Rodriguez, and Cazzie David have joined the cast to fill those roles.Here's a quick breakdown on each of their roles: Cornwell (I Am the Night) will play Marcus, aka Sparrow No. 1, who is described as "charming, chiseled, and a colossus… Marcus is disciplined, rational and in control. He oozes confidence and leadership without ever having to raise his voice." Oldford (Hunters) will play Fei, aka Sparrow No. 3, who "comes across as a misanthrope who would rather be alone than spend even a second with you."Epstein (Designated Survivor) will play Alphonso, aka Sparrow No. 4, who "is armed with a caustic and biting sense of humor. The only thing he likes better than verbally battering anyone foolish enough to get in his face, is a good pizza and a six-pack of beer." Rodriguez (Big Hero 6) will play Sloane, aka Sparrow No. 5, a "romantic and a dreamer who feels a higher cosmic calling leaving her eager to see the world and experience a life beyond her upbringing." Finally, David (86'ed) will play Jayme, aka Sparrow No. 6, "a loner hidden under a hoodie. She doesn’t say much because she doesn’t have to."Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

With the release of the PS5 and Xbox Series X last year, new TVs have been on the minds of many. There are already some great options to choose from, but TCL has just added three more to consider. At CES 2021, the company revealed a new XL Collection, which is comprised of three 85-inch TVs. If you're looking for a huge TV for your movies and games, then this collection is one you'll want to check out.The first is a more affordable 4-Series model with a 4K display that costs $1,600. The second is a QLED model that features Dolby Vision, Dolby Atmos, and HDMI 2.1, the latter of which is used for variable refresh rates and 4K with 120Hz in gaming. Finally, the third model boasts an 8K resolution and TCL's own mini-LED technology. The 8K TV features 120Hz for 8K and 60Hz, though it's unclear if it can also display at 4K and 120Hz. The 4-Series model is planned to release before the end of March, while no price or timing has been revealed for the other two televisions. They will arrive after the 4-Series, but that's all we know at this time.TCL's 8K Collection Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Publisher Activision has shared new details about the mid-season update coming to Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War on January 14. This includes a new map and mode for the game's multiplayer, a free access period for Zombies, and additional store content.Players of Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War's multiplayer will get a brand-new Sanatorium map to duke it out on. The map is a low-wooded hills area replete with air, land, and sea vehicles for players to quickly get into and out of the frenetic action. Alongside Sanatorium is the latest 6v6 mode Dropkick, a hot potato-like game where two teams battle over a briefcase filled with nuclear codes. It seems to be an amalgam of Headquarters (or King of the Hill) and Sabotage, with whatever team to score 200 points first and set off the explosive winning the game.Meanwhile, Zombies players can check out the Cranked mode where every kill resets a timer that kills players if it reaches zero. PlayStation players will get a brand-new Raid map and Dark Aether intel. And everyone can play Zombies for a limited time for free from January 14-21.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Modders have been working overtime to crack open Cyberpunk 2077 since its release, and they've produced some pretty interesting work. However, NexusGuy999's Freefly mod might be the most impressive yet, allowing your V to take to the skies over Night City like never before. Considering the game inexplicably lacks Blade Runner-esque flying cars, it's quite a feat.The Freefly mod works a little like "no-clip" cheats in first-person shooter games, or the photo modes in games like God of War or The Last of Us 2. You zoom around with WASD, and you can go up or down by looking in that direction and holding forward. However, since the game isn't really designed with flight in mind, you'll find yourself going inside a building, and the framerate is a bit jittery throughout.Cyberpunk has received a couple of big mods in the past few weeks, most notably a third-person mod by the user sarunama. Much like the Freefly mod, the third-person angle can really mess with the game, and it's more of a proof of concept than a valid way to play the game. There's also a mod that allows you to change your hairstyle after character creation, which is one of the game's many strange omissions.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

At CES 2021, gaming accessory company Atlantic will be showing off its newly expanded line of products and accessories. The line consists of three new items: the Dardashti Gaming Riser, the Centipede XL, and the white Gaming Desk Pro.Dardashti Gaming Riser The Gaming Riser is a gaming desk featuring integrated dual mounts which can accommodate monitors from 17 to 27 inches. Both mounts can be swiveled and moved around, and the monitor heights can be adjusted within a 9.5-inch range. The desktop height can be raised from 4.5 inches to 20 inches by squeezing easy-to-use handles on the sides, and the desktop area can support up to 33 pounds. This riser also comes complete with a built-in mousepad, a headset stand, and a built-in cable management system. Its recommended retail is currently $350 with a three-year warranty and will be available sometime in Q1 of 2021.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com