Did you know there's an election happening in November? A significant portion of the Avengers cast and directors the Russo Brothers will be helping get the word out for a fundraiser to support democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden during a virtual fundraiser taking place Tuesday at 3:45 PM PT / 6:45 PM ET. To attend the event, dubbed Voters Assemble!, a donation of "any amount" is required--funds go towards helping Biden, his running mate Kamala Harris, and the democratic ticket.Among those slated to appear so far are: Don Cheadle, Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Paul Rudd, Mark Ruffalo, and Zoe Saldana. The Russo Brothers will moderate a Q&A session, and also a trivia context.Of the Avengers cast, Ruffalo has been among the most vocal for supporting Biden, recently posting on Instagram that, "We must elect champions who will fight for the Green New Deal and push Congress to pass climate action that matches the scale of the problem with the urgency our country's future demands." Fellow Avengers cast member Samuel L. Jackson recently teamed with the Biden campaign on a video focused on mobilizing Black voters for the 2020 election.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

The Sims 4 confirmed on Twitter that the tenth expansion pack, Snowy Escape, will arrive soon. A trailer with more details will premiere on October 20 at 8 AM PT / 11 AM ET.We'll have to wait until the trailer officially streams to know what's in the pack. But from the vague winter-themed teaser image, fans suspect that the Snowy Escape expansion will include an East Asian location. Whether the pack is a living world or vacation world is also unknown at this time.Responding to fans' speculations, The Sims 4 global community manager also clarified that owning a Seasons expansion pack will not be necessary to purchase the Snowy Escape pack.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

To promote the upcoming western release of Yakuza: Like a Dragon, Sega's Australian distribution partner Five Star Games has created what it's calling the "world's most expensive bowl of ramen."Five Star worked with the Sydney-based ramen favorite Gumshara for this unique promo. The bowl of ramen is filled with lobster, pork, and noodles, and it carries an estimated value of $400 AUD ($282 USD).Oh myThis special edition bowl is called the "Rags to Riches" ramen, and it's meant to symbolize Yakuza protagonist Ichiban Kasuga's story in Like a Dragon.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Dawson, Joey, Pacey, and the whole Dawson's Creek crew are heading to Netflix, and if you don't wanna wait, don't worry--the premiere is less than two weeks out. All 6 seasons and 128 episodes will hit Netflix on November 1, but they'll be missing one crucial thing: the theme song. When producer Sony licensed Paula Cole's "I Don't Want to Wait" for the show, they licensed it for broadcast only and didn't ante up for the rights to use it elsewhere.Dawson's Creek — one of television's most beloved coming-of-age stories — is coming to Netflix in The US on November 1...and before you ask, the episodes won't have the original theme song (sorry) pic.twitter.com/f07QkbdFJY — Netflix (@netflix) October 19, 2020Netflix is beholden to broadcast rights just like every other channel or streaming service, and they know what people are expecting from a show and decided to nip it in the bud in their tweet. Long-time fans of the show will know that the song didn't appear on home video releases, or on the show's current home at Hulu, so this is nothing new. But with Netflix's gigantic audience, many people will discover this travesty for the first time on November 11.Honestly, those of us tuning in to re-live the show, which aired from 1998 to 2003 on the WB network--now known as The CW--will probably miss the theme song exactly once. After that first episode, Netflix will shovel you into that endless Next Episode loop, and we'll be jumping into each episode right after the theme song.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Back to the Future co-writer Bob Gale has shared some new insight on the iconic film's original ending and opening scenes. The famous and memorable ending to Back to the Future, where Doc Brown makes a last-ditch effort to power up the clock tower to help Marty get back to the future, was almost completely different. Writer Bob Gale told Collider that he and writer-director Robert Zemeckis had originally wrote an ending that involved a refrigerator time machine and blowing up a city. And that's not all--Gale also revealed the original opening to Back to the Future did not involve Doc Brown's laboratory at all.Here is Gale talking about the original ending:“The idea [was] that the DeLorean was nuclear powered, literally they needed to harness nuclear energy to send the time machine back to the future. Bob [Zemeckis] and I had seen The Atomic Café documentary, a movie called The Atomic Kid which we pay homage to on the marquee of the town theater in 1955--one of the most perverse movies ever made… We were obsessed with the idea of, ‘Hey wouldn’t it be cool if we could recreate one of these towns and blow it up?’ So we wrote this elaborate sequence in and in the original version, the time machine was built into a refrigerator which was a time chamber. And that was where Marty was gonna be when the nuclear blast went off.”Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

As Halloween approaches, live games are breaking out their spooky costumes and livery--but Rocket League will pay homage to a comedy classic rather than haunting your game with ghouls and zombies. The Haunted Hallows event begins on October 20, and it'll bring numerous Ghostbusters items to the game.By completing Event Challenges, which will run until November 2, players of the game--which recently went free-to-play--can unlock 10 unique Ghostbusters items.Here are the items you can unlock:Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Harrison Ford is no stranger to playing captains and commanders, but film fans are in for a whole new take on the idea when they sit down for The Miserable Adventures of Burt Squire Aboard the Horn High Yo, in which Ford will star alongside Ed Helms.Ford (Star Wars, Indiana Jones) and Helms (The Hangover, The Office) are attached to star in the indie film together. Helms, in the grip of a midlife crisis, steps onto Ford's boat on what he hopes will be a dream vacation. Instead, he and Ford's "unhinged captain" find themselves shipwrecked together in the Atlantic Ocean. It sounds like The Lighthouse, but, you know, fun.The indie film's script comes via a screenplay by Ben Bolea. Mickey Liddell and Pete Shilaimon of LD Entertainment will produce alongside Kim Zubick. LD's Michael Glassman will executive produce with STXfilm's Drew Simon and Spencer Ela. No one is attached to direct just yet.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

After some smaller releases like Call of Duty Heroes, Activision made a big push to make Call of Duty Mobile the definitive Call of Duty experience on mobile--and it seems to have worked. Released in October 2019, the game has been a huge success, driven in part by its ever-expanding lineup of content.The game, which is developed by TiMi Studios in China, has reached more than 300 million downloads worldwide and has expanded its content significantly. The game launched with 11 multiplayer maps, and it now has 23; it had one multiplayer mode at release, and now has 27. Some of the other first-year stats include the battle royale map increasing in size by about 50%, while there are now a whopping 182 playable characters in the game.GameSpot recently had the chance to speak with Call of Duty Mobile GM Matt Lewis about the first year of Call of Duty Mobile. In the interview, Lewis spoke about the game's first-year achievements, how the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has impacted development, what's being done to combat cheaters, and lots more. Lewis did not, however, confirm any plans to bring back Zombies, a fan-favorite mode that was removed earlier this year. Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

HBO's drama series Euphoria, which stars Zendaya, is coming back. The network has confirmed that two additional episodes are on the way, one of which is set during Christmas. However, these appear to be one-off episodes and not the start of a Season 2 properly. The first of the new episodes will air on Sunday, December 6, and it will be available on HBO and to stream through HBO Max. This episode is titled "Trouble Don't Last Always" and it picks up with Zendaya's Rue celebrating Christmas while dealing with a recent relapse. The episode was written and directed by Euphoria creator Sam Levinson, and it also features Colman Domingo, but that's all HBO had to say. The network did, however, release a teaser image for the episode; check it out below.Euphoria is coming back for two more episodes in 2020The second episode remains more of a mystery--HBO will announce its title and release date at some point later on. The network also confirmed that the episodes were film in adherence with COVID-19 safety guidelines.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Lawbreakers, the first game from Gears of War director Cliff Bleszinski's Boss Key Productions, struggled to make an impact in the hero shooter market--so much so that the studio eventually closed, having only released one other game, the Early Access Radical Heights. Now Bleszinski, who retired from games and has been working in the world of theatre as a producer, is writing a book about his life--and it's leading to some reflection.In a Facebook post, Bleszinski says that as he works through the section of his book about forming his own studio, it's bringing up some feelings for him. "In spite of it being difficult, in a way, it's therapeutic," he says. "The first two years were a blast but the tail end was extremely difficult on everyone and I've had more than enough time to reflect on my time running that studio.""We should have started with a small, indie game FIRST before trying to make the shooter we ultimately did," he reflects, before digging into the specific issues Lawbreakers faced. Bleszinski has previously lamented how it was a mistake to release Lawbreakers on PS4 rather than Xbox One, which he reiterated in this post. "I already had a core base of fans on Xbox," he writes.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

A Lord of the Rings filming location in New Zealand is re-opening to the public after 11 years, but it may be some time before people can visit it due to the COVID-19 crisis and its impact on travel globally.Deer Park Heights in Queenstown, New Zealand has re-opened for public visitors, and those lucky enough to visit can walk in the same places where scenes from The Towers and The Return of the King were filmed. Specifically, Deer Park Heights is the site of the Warg attack and Aragorn's fall off the cliff from The Two Towers, as well as the refugee camp where Eowyn serves Aragorn some questionable soup.You can see a more detailed breakdown of Lord of the Rings filming locations here at the Deer Park Heights website. The movies X-Men: Origins Wolverine and Pete's Dragon were also filmed partially in the park.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

The XIII remake due on November 10 has been delayed for one system--the Nintendo Switch. Publisher Microids has announced the delay, explaining that the game will now release in 2021.A specific date or time frame within 2021 has not been nailed down.This news has been announced alongside the release of a new trailer, which focuses on the game's weapons. If you've played the original release, you'll recognize these guns--but they look better than ever now.XIII is based on a Belgian comic series. You play as an amnesiac killer, who awakens on a beach and discovers that they're being chased by the FBI for the assassination of the US president. The original game was published by Ubisoft for PS2, Xbox, GameCube, and PC in 2003. This is not the first major 2020 shooter to be delayed on Nintendo's console--a Switch version of Doom Eternal still has not been released.Info from Gamespot.com

Back in 2010, developer Frictional Games set the tone for PC indie horror games with Amnesia: The Dark Descent. Focused heavily on story, it created its scares through an intensity of atmosphere and an emphasis on powerlessness. With Amnesia: Rebirth, it feels like Frictional has fully refined its particular approach to horror. You're trapped in a deadly, smothering world, struggling against your character's limitations and even her perceptions. Rebirth is Frictional's best game yet, marrying a deep, mysterious story to the signature mechanics the developer has been refining over the course of 13 years of horror games.Amnesia: Rebirth continues Frictional's specific approach to story and horror, which emphasizes avoiding conflict, hiding, and mastering your character's own fear. It also adds to the story told in The Dark Descent, although you don't need to know that game well to follow this narrative of this one. (The narrative doesn't link to Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs, the 2013 follow-up to The Dark Descent.) You play Tasi Trianon, a French woman who joins a mining expedition to Algeria in 1937. In the opening moments of the game, the expedition's plane experiences some supernatural shenanigans that cause it to crash in the desert. Tasi wakes up soon after, alone in the plane, with few memories of what has happened and strange black tendrils creeping into her vision. As she goes searching for survivors, she discovers that the strange bracelet she wakes up wearing can open portals to a dark, ruined parallel world. Tasi goes searching through caves and tunnels for her friends, and the story often pulls her into the alternate dimension as she tries to find her way forward.Rebirth brings back the main mechanics from The Dark Descent, and really, all of Frictional's games deal in similar sets of ideas. You trace the survivors' path, gathering notes and uncovering clues as to what happened. As you explore the caves, you're quickly plunged into darkness, and as in The Dark Descent, the dark increases Tasi's fear and has palpable effects on her psyche. You're not dealing with a loss of sanity that changes how you perceive the world like in that game, however. Instead, Tasi's increasing fear causes the black tendrils to reappear and her heart to start pounding, and if she gets too afraid, the blackness overtakes her entirely, causing her to lose herself and wake up somewhere else with no memory of how she got there.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Another new Special Battle event is happening right now in Super Mario Bros. 35, the free-to-play multiplayer Mario game for Switch Online subscribers. This event is called the Limited Course Special Battle, and as its name suggests, it restricts the level selection to a handful of specific stages.During this Special Battle event, players will only play through World 3-1 to 4-4. The latter stage in particular should make this event hectic, as you'll need to follow a specific path through the maze-like castle in order to reach Bowser at the end. This event only runs through the weekend, ending at 11:59 PM PT on October 18 (2:59 AM ET on October 19).The Limited Course Special Battle is coming to #SuperMarioBros35, featuring World 3-1 to World 4-4! Be sure to keep an eye out for those different routes in World 4-4's maze section 👀 pic.twitter.com/h07pE0ZEnd — Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) October 15, 2020As previously mentioned, Super Mario Bros. 35 is a free download exclusive for Nintendo Switch Online subscribers. The game was released as part of Nintendo's Super Mario 35th anniversary celebration, but much like Super Mario 3D All-Stars, it's not a permanent addition to Switch's library; Nintendo says the game will only be available to play until March 31, 2021.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Yakuza: Like a Dragon is set to release next month on PS4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X and Series S, and PC, and SEGA has created something we didn't know we needed to hold us off. Streets of Kamurocho combines the Yakuza series' classic flavor and characters with Streets of Rage 2 to create the ultimate mashup. The best part? It's free, but you don't have much time to grab it. See it on Steam Only available until tomorrow, October 19 at 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET, Streets of Kamurocho takes the characters Kazuma Kiryu and Goro Majima--the stars of most of the series' games—and tosses them into Kamurocho for a Streets of Rage brawl-fest.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com