The survival slasher movie Wrong Turn hit theaters back in 2003, and while it was only a modest box office success, it managed to spawn no fewer than five sequels over the next decade. It's been six years since the last entry, 2014's Wrong Turn 6: Last Resort, but the series is about to get a reboot. The first trailer for the next movie--simply titled Wrong Turn--has now been released.The set up is familiar stuff if you've seen any of the previous entries. A group of kids are hiking in some remote mountainous woodland and take--you got it--a wrong turn. They find themselves at the mercy of a group of deranged backwoods killers--in this case, a gang calling themselves the Foundation. The trailer doesn't exactly suggest the film will be breaking any new ground, but it'll hopefully deliver the required amount of thrills and kills. Check it out below:Wrong Turn is directed by Mike P. Nelson and written by Alan B. McElroy, who created the series. It stars Charlotte Vega (Warrior Nun), Adain Bradley (Riverdale), Bill Sage (Hap and Leondard), Emma Dumont (The Gifted), Daisy Head (Underworld: Blood Wars), and Matthew Modine (Stranger Things).Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Season 1 of Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War has officially begun. As part of its first season, a wealth of new content is now live in Cold War, as well as Warzone, including new weapons, maps, modes, and more. Developer Treyarch has outlined all the new additions in its Season 1 patch notes, which you can learn more about below.On the Warzone side, the new Rebirth Island map is now available. This stage is much smaller and denser than the game's Verdansk map, supporting up to 40 players and emphasizing close-range firefights. Alongside the map, a Rebirth Island seasonal event is also now live. It includes 16 new challenges that will net you calling cards, charms, emblems, the Noxious LMG blueprint, and other rewards.Rebirth Island also features a new mode: Resurgence. Here, the gulag is disabled, and eliminated players will respawn every 30 seconds until the match reaches the final circle or only one team remains. On top of that, killing enemy players will reveal where the rest of their teammates are currently located.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Over the past week, we've been publishing features for what we've nominated to be the best games of 2020. On December 17, we will crown one of the nominees as GameSpot's Best Game of 2020, so join us as we celebrate these 10 games on the road to the big announcement. Be sure to check out our other end-of-the-year coverage collected in our Best Games of 2020 hub.For several years, those who followed the Yakuza franchise were captivated by the legend of Kazuma Kiryu. He's been the driving force behind the series, even when he's off-screen, but for as much as we love him, Yakuza 6 let us know it was time to move on. It's not easy to follow up the story of a strong character who has become beloved over seven games, so Yakuza: Like a Dragon had a lot to live up to. Now, however, it’s hard to imagine the series without our new lead and best boy Kasuga Ichiban.Like a Dragon isn't just about winning the hearts and minds of long-time fans, it was also an opportunity to show newcomers what Yakuza has always been about, and inviting them to enjoy it without having to wonder where to start or if they should play previous entries (I mean, they should, but still). That's certainly a reason why Like a Dragon landed on GameSpot's 10 best games of 2020--folks without prior knowledge were able to jump into the wild mix of gripping drama and absurdist humor and get the full Yakuza experience. But Like A Dragon is so much more than just a convenient entry point for newcomers.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Sephiroth became the second Final Fantasy character to come to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate when he was announced at The Game Awards. Players can get a deeper look at him with game director Masahiro Sakurai's special presentation on December 17.The presentation will be on December 17 at 2 PM PT / 5 PM ET. Players can watch the 35-minute stream on Nintendo's YouTube and Twitch pages. Nintendo's Facebook and Twitter feeds will be updated regularly with info from the stream if you're unable to watch it live.The one-winged angel, Sephiroth from the @FINALFANTASY series, joins #SmashBrosUltimate as a DLC fighter later this month! Tune in at 2pm PT on 12/17 for a presentation from director Masahiro Sakurai all about the DLC fighter, including the release date! pic.twitter.com/zRaZCSZkrn — Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) December 11, 2020The stream will go into detail about Sephiroth's mechanics and how they work in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Sakurai will show live gameplay and will also reveal the One-Winged Angel's release date. DLC characters regularly come with a dedicated stage and music, so we can expect that with Sephiroth once he is released.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Call of Duty: Warzone players have been anticipating the big update that would bring the battle royale together with Treyarch's Black Ops Cold War. However, many players were disappointed to find that the XP tokens they saved have been removed from Warzone completely."Did you guys notice that they took all our XP tokens from MW?" said Redditor IzNotorious. "I've been stacking them for a long time and I thought I could use them to level up my weapons in Cold War, only to notice that they took them all? Do you guys have the same problem?"XP tokens help players level up faster by giving them double or triple the experience for a short period of time. Many players were saving them to level up the Black Ops Cold War weapons that were just added to Warzone. Now they're finding that they can only be used in Modern Warfare's multiplayer.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Rocket League is getting official NFL decals of all 32 teams starting tomorrow, December 17. Psyonix announced the news on its official Twitter account.The decals place the logo on the hood of each car, alongside a special color palette that matches each team. You can even get the logo for the Washington Football Team, the temporary team name for Washington DC's club. The team changed their name from the Washington Redskins before the 2020 season due to backlash from fans. "The NFL Fan Pack comes with slick new Octane Decals for all 32 NFL teams," the studio wrote on its official site. "Check them out in the slideshow below! The Pack will be available for purchase in-game until December 28 for 800 Credits. Look out for the pack as its own tab within the Item Shop."Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

December continues to be a veritable jam-packed Advent calendar full of exciting new surprises for Star Wars fans. Tuesday saw the release of a new behind-the-scenes Empire Strikes Back reel, taking us back to when Star Wars wasn't yet a sure thing. Earlier this month, at Disney Investor Day, 11 new projects set in the universe were announced. (This has been part of a bigger pattern stretching at least all the way back to November, when Baby Yoda and Mandalorian launched its own line of expensive jewelry.) Now, Disney has announced that on Christmas Day, Disney+ will be getting an hour long Mandalorian special titled Making of Season 2.While the name pretty much gives it away, a release indicates that this special has "filmmakers and cast provide unprecedented access to the storytelling decisions and innovations that went into the second season." The new special documentary is intended to "place viewers right in the middle of the filmmaking process… from early concept art through the groundbreaking technology introduced in the series."The Mandalorian, Disney+'s Star Wars space western created by Jon Favreau (The Wolf of Wall Street, 2019's The Lion King) debuted on Disney+ in 2019. Season 2 began on October 30 of this year, and will be airing its season finale on December 18--a week before the newly announced special.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Blizzard has gone mostly quiet regarding Overwatch 2 this year, especially with the cancellation of BlizzCon. We know now when we'll be hearing more from the team, though, as game director Jeff Kaplan outlined upcoming plans in a year-end developer update video.Kaplan said that we'll be hearing more details on Overwatch 2 in February at BlizzCon Online. That event was announced as a substitute for the in-person event that was canceled this year, and it only made sense that we'd hear more about Blizzard's upcoming slate of games and big game updates there.The developer update also detailed a new free-for-all map, Kanezaka, coming to the original Overwatch, and recapped the game's updates throughout this year. Kaplan also mentioned that the team is mostly focused on Overwatch 2 right now.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

When Warner Bros announced plans to release their entire 2021 slate of films on HBO Max simultaneously with theaters, HBO Max skyrocketed out of relative obscurity to the very forefront of the streaming marketplace--with only one catch. The service was never made available for download on Roku devices, meaning Roku-users would be stuck watching these films on their computers, if at all. Not exactly ideal, especially when you're trying to recreate a blockbuster experience in your living room.Thankfully, a solution is on the way. HBO Max is being made available on Roku devices as of December 17. Users will be able to download the app from the Roku channel store and experience everything Max has to offer on their TVs or Roku-enabled devices.The Roku app comes not a moment too soon as Wonder Woman 1984, the first of WB's simultaneous theatrical/streaming release plans, is set to hit the service on December 25 at no additional cost to subscribers.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Over the next week, we will be posting features for what we've nominated to be the best games of 2020. Then, on December 17, we will crown one of the nominees as GameSpot's Best Game of 2020, so join us as we celebrate these 10 games on the road to the big announcement. Be sure to check out our other end-of-the-year coverage collected in our Best Games of 2020 hub.Who would have thought that 11 years after its initial launch, Demon's Souls--a game described by a current senior PlayStation executive as "crap" and an "unbelievably bad game" when he played it during development--would be the showpiece for a new generation of PlayStation console.From Software's PlayStation 3 original was, at the time, something that felt harsh and alienating to many. But for those who clicked with it, the game was a wholly unique experience that offered rewarding challenges with a palpable sense of self-improvement, a thoughtfully constructed world to explore and unpack, and a fascinating narrative that rewarded those willing to piece it together.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Hades players can now access their save files on both PC and Nintendo Switch. Supergiant Games released an update that added the cross-save feature earlier today, December 16.Cross-save functionality was originally promised alongside Hades' launch on Nintendo Switch, but Supergiant Games decided to push the feature to focus on the game itself. The studio said it delayed the feature so it wouldn't have to delay the full release of the game.Hermes is here with some good news: Our Cross-Saves update for HADES is out now on Nintendo Switch!💾↔️☁️Please read the in-game Help & Info section for details. This update also includes various other improvements from our post-launch PC patches. #HadesGame #NintendoSwitch pic.twitter.com/UgwBRQsUOo — Supergiant Games (@SupergiantGames) December 16, 2020Other improvements that had already been released on PC were also added to the Nintendo Switch with the update today. You can download it by launching Hades from the Nintendo Switch menu. Full patch notes for the update can be found on Supergiant's website.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Call of Duty: Warzone is never gonna let you down. New songs, including Rick Astley's classic Never Gonna Give You Up, have been added to the game as vehicle tracks.One of the most exciting things you can do in Warzone is hop in a vehicle and soar through Verdansk while blasting the horn. Players can customize what sound they make when they honk their car horns--those options now include the infamous rickrolling song. They better hope that someone isn't hiding on a nearby rooftop with an RPG.If you don't know what it means to get Rickrolled, this link should be a good explainer. Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

For many of us, Disney+ means more Star Wars, more Marvel, and more Pixar. But for a whole generation, it means an opportunity to revisit characters like Hilary Duff's Lizzie McGuire. The announced reboot is officially off after a bumpy road, though, according to Duff herself.Duff made the announcement via text post on Instagram today. View this post on InstagramA post shared by Hilary Duff (@hilaryduff)Disney began production on the revival of the 2001 show shortly after Disney+ debuted in November 2019. The show was set to bring back not just Duff herself but series stars Jake Thomas, Hallie Todd, Robert Carradine, and Adam Lamberg. Series creator Terri Minsky was to return as showrunner, too.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Big Pixel Studios, the developer behind the popular Rick & Morty mobile RPG spin-off Pocket Mortys, is shutting down. The studio, which was bought by Adult Swim in mid-2018 after making the Pokemon-like adventure, will be shuttered at the end of 2020, leaving is employees out of work.According to a report from Gamesindustry.biz, around 40 people are affected by this closure. Developer Laurie James announced the news on Twitter, saying that the team's next game won't be released. "Some hella good people here, who made something proper cool," he said. "Unfortunately you'll never get to play it, because capitalism."Narrator: 'It was 2020; this was not good news.'@BigPixelStudios has been shut down, so we've all been made redundant from January 1st.Some hella good people here, who made something proper cool. Unfortunately you'll never get to play it, because capitalism. https://t.co/kfTMOr3bXC — Laurie James 🌱 🌍 (@sicklydove) December 15, 2020In a statement to Gamesindustry.biz, an Adult Swim spokesperson said that this decision was made "as part of WarnerMedia's larger transformation," and that the games based on their IP "will continue to be a priority" going forward.Pocket Mortys has continued to receive updates, but it's unclear if this will remain the case going forward.Info from Gamespot.com

The PlayStation 5 released worldwide in November, but right now it's very difficult to buy one, with stock in short supply. One issue since preorders opened has been the prevalence of scalpers, including bots that automatically buy systems to then resell at a higher price. Now, figures out of Japan suggest this might be an even more severe problem than first thought.Bloomberg reports that strong console sales are not necessarily translating into software sales. Figures they've taken from Famitsu show that the system has sold 213,000 units in Japan since launch, but the sales for physical releases of the system's top 3 games (Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Demon's Souls, and an unnamed third-party title) come to just 63,000 units. Comparably, the Switch sold 525,000 units in its first month, and saw that almost matched with 509,000 sales for its top 3 games. There are numerous caveats here--because of forwards compatibility, it's likely that many customers have bought PS4 versions of certain games for less money, and digital sales figures have been on the rise. The PS5 also has a digital only version, which would drive down physical sales, too. But the disparity is great enough to signal an issue, and because the PS5 is sold at a loss--as most consoles are at launch--Sony is reliant on software sales to make money. Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com