The new trailer for Assassin's Creed Valhalla introduces some new story hooks and finally ties the story to the Assassins, but the trailer is also notable for its accessibility options. That is to say, the trailer itself has a neat new accessibility tool.As noted by accessibility specialist Ian Hamilton on Twitter, the YouTube version of the trailer features a new option in the Settings menu. Right between the Subtitles and Quality options you can find a new Audio Track option, which lets producers upload audio track variants. In the case of the Valhalla story trailer, that includes an "English Descriptive" option, which includes narration for blind viewers worked in nicely between the bits of dialogue.It's a cool feature you can sample below. In a recent interview with GameSpot, advocate Steve Saylor (aka the Blind Gamer) noted Ubisoft as a company that is especially forward-thinking about accessibility, having invited content creators with accessibility needs to the preview for Immortals: Fenyx Rising.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

The Xbox Series X and S are slated to launch on November 10, and while Microsoft has new controllers on the way to accompany the next-gen consoles, some third-party peripheral makers are launching their own lines of accessories this holiday. Hori USA revealed its new line of controllers, headsets, and other accessories that work with Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, and PC.All of these products launch in November, and unfortunately, there are no preorder links available at the moment. If you're interested in accessories you can buy right now, then check out our best Xbox controller guide. There are a lot of great options that you can use right now on Xbox One and PC, and they're ready to go for Xbox Series X and S when they release this holiday. See all controllers at Hori Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

California's Disneyland and Disney California Adventure have both been closed since March, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. While the company's Disney World theme parks in Florida reopened in July with limited capacity, theme parks are still closed throughout California. Now, Disney is making massive reductions to the workforce in its Parks, Experiences, & Products division, citing the ongoing closures in the state.The news was revealed in a statement from Disney Parks, Experiences, and Products chairman Josh D’Amaro. "In light of the prolonged impact of COVID-19 on our business, including limited capacity due to physical distancing requirements and the continued uncertainty regarding the duration of the pandemic--exacerbated in California by the State’s unwillingness to lift restrictions that would allow Disneyland to reopen--we have made the very difficult decision to begin the process of reducing our workforce at our Parks, Experiences and Products segment at all levels, having kept non-working Cast Members on furlough since April, while paying healthcare benefits," the statement reads.A statement from Josh D’Amaro, Chairman, Disney Parks, Experiences and Products: https://t.co/EiBnCNBCqd pic.twitter.com/kXF2PH5D13 — Disney Parks News (@DisneyParksNews) September 29, 2020The reduction means the company is laying off roughly 28,000 domestic employees, 67% of whom are part-time workers. Disney says it's discussing the layoffs with the employees impacted, as well as the unions representing certain employees.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

The well of Stephen King content to adapt has absolutely no risk of drying up. Actor Zack Efron has been pegged to star in the remake of 1984's Firestarter, based on the King novel of the same name.The story of a young girl named Charlie, played by a 9-year-old Drew Barrymore in the original film, who develops telepathic and pyrokinetic abilities, Firestarter skews more towards the sci-fi end of the spectrum in King's work. It deals with shady government agencies, human experimentation -- and of course, lots of mayhem and terror.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

CD Projekt Red, the studio behind upcoming open-world RPG Cyberpunk 2077, has reportedly instituted a mandatory six-day work week that will be enforced until the launch of the game on November 19. Bloomberg reports that an employee, speaking under conditions of anonymity, has indicated that some staff have been working nights and weekends for over a year.Additionally, Bloomberg states that, in an email, studio head Adam Badowski told the entire team that this was required to polish the game. "Starting today, the entire (development) studio is in overdrive," the email reportedly reads. This means that developers are required to commit to a normal work week of five days, along with an additional paid day (required by Polish labor laws) on the weekend, bringing the work week to six days.Badowski also reportedly addressed a previous position stated by the studio that mandatory overtime would not be part of Cyberpunk 2077 development process. "I take it upon myself to receive the full backlash for the decision," he allegedly wrote.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Plenty of popular TV shows have been rebooted in recent years, and The Office might be next. A new version of the show is reportedly in the planning stages, and now actor Rainn Wilson--who played the buffoon Dwight K. Schrute on the workplace comedy--has said he would be interested.Speaking to Collider, Wilson said he would "love" to come back for a new version of The Office. In fact, he said he has already spoken with The Office's US creator Greg Daniels about the idea."Maybe someday we'll do something. It's funny, I hear things like, 'We can't do anything because we ended this show perfectly, and we don't wanna do anything else,'" Wilson said. "But then, someone will send some idea that's just preposterous and I don't know what to think. Hopefully, one day. The fans would really love it. That's the thing that counts the most. The fans would really love to see those characters again and have an experience with them."Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

The PlayStation 5 is set to be one of the biggest gift items this holiday season, as it kicks off a new generation of gaming with exciting upcoming titles like Spider-Man: Miles Morales and Demon's Souls. Sony's new console is definitely going to be at the top of many gamers' wish lists, but they don't need the new console to have a great time this holiday season. Thanks to games like Assassin's Creed Valhalla, Cyberpunk 2077, and Watch Dogs Legion offering free next-gen upgrades, gamers can still play some of this year's biggest titles on PS4 and will be able to upgrade to the PS5 version for free once they have the new console. That makes this console launch particularly exciting, as no one is going to be left completely behind if they don't have a PS5 come December. And that's a good thing as the PS5 is sold out at all retailers--though you may still get lucky with a PS5 preorder before launch.No matter who you're shopping for, there are a ton of great games, accessories, and merch out there that would make any PlayStation fan happy. This holiday season is absolutely packed with huge PS4 and PS5 games, and there are plenty of new figures, art books, and more for gamers to add to their collection. Marquee titles like Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War, Cyberpunk 2077, and Assassin's Creed Valhalla join the vast library of great PlayStation games along with gems from earlier this year like The Last of Us Part II, Ghost of Tsushima, and Final Fantasy VII Remake.For more PlayStation gift ideas, see our guides to the best PS5 gaming headsets, the best 4K TVs for next-gen gaming, and the biggest PS5 games up for preorder now.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Microsoft's pirate game Sea of Thieves has added new DLC that supports the Stand up to Cancer charity. The "Sails of Union" cosmetic pack is out now, and it includes a new cosmetic option for your ship's sails.As you can see in the trailer below, in the daytime, the Sails of Union show off the Stand up to Cancer's arrow-themed logo, with a yellow background and small holes. At night, the sails take on a different look, with the moonlight streaming through the holes to give off a starry nightsky vibe. Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

The Orville, Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane's sci-fi show that is part parody, part homage of Star Trek, has grown and improved since its so-so pilot, and now fans are awaiting news on season 3. Now, MacFarlane has given a brief update on how the next batch of episodes is coming along amid the current COVID-19 pandemic.In an Instagram chat with Jessica Szohr, who plays Lt. Talla Keyali on the show, MacFarlane said that work on the show is continuing, but there's not much he can say. As reported by Deadline, MacFarlane said to his co-star, "All I can say is we are working on it. We’re working on it very hard, we got hit by this just like everyone else, but we’re working on it."The Orville has not begun shooting its third season yet, so it's still in pre-production.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

NBA 2K21's next-generation edition for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X now has a release date. 2K Sports has confirmed that the next-gen edition will begin its rollout on November 10 as a launch title for the Xbox Series X and S consoles.The professional basketball game will then arrive for the PS5 as a launch title on November 12 in the console's launch markets, including the US, Canada, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, and South Korea. The game will then arrive in other markets around the world on November 19 when the console is released in those places.#NBA2K21 Next Gen is coming...PS5 and Xbox Series X|S digital pre-orders ➡️ https://t.co/vvOEdFGQaU pic.twitter.com/I2LqkRnpIC — NBA 2K21 (@NBA2K) September 29, 2020NBA 2K21's next-gen version is a new edition of the game "built from the ground up" for those consoles. Because of that, there is no cross-gen multiplayer support. The game costs $10 more on PS5 and Xbox Series X, and Take-Two's CEO has defended the price increase. Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

The writing of author George R.R. Martin spawned one of the most popular fantasy TV shows ever with HBO's Game of Thrones, but Martin didn't love every scene in the show.Martin told Entertainment Weekly that his least favorite scene in the show's eight-season run came at the very start. In Season 1, Game of Thrones was working on a modest budget (for the scale of the production) of around $6 million USD per episode. Due to this, and presumably other factors, the scene were King Robert goes hunting was scaled back beyond Martin's liking."Where we really fell down in terms of budget was my least favorite scene in the entire show, in all eight seasons: King Robert goes hunting," Martin said. "Four guys walking on foot through the woods carrying spears and Robert is giving Renly s**t. In the books, Robert goes off hunting, we get word he was gored by a boar, and they bring him back and he dies. So I never did [a hunting scene]. But I knew what a royal hunting party was like. There would have been a hundred guys. There would have been pavilions. There would have been huntsmen. There would have been dogs. There would have been horns blowing--that's how a king goes hunting!"Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Most of the time in Among Us, you'll have the tough job of identifying which of the people you're playing with can't be trusted--ideally before they kill you or sabotage your spaceship and kill everyone aboard. Figuring out who's an imposter and who's just nervous is your main job in Among Us, while also scrambling around the ship to repair systems and bank points on your own. But spotting someone's murderous intent can be very difficult, especially since you can't always tell whether another player on your ship is actively helping you, or just pretending to.Luckily, there are a lot of things players do that can give you clues as to whether they're on your side or just waiting for a chance to snack on your brains. We've compiled a quick list of things that can tip you off to an imposter's identity. Keep your wits about you, watch everyone around you, and identify the telltale signs of the monster among you and you might just make it out of Among Us alive.The Person Nearest A Body Usually Did ItThis is an easy one, but worth mentioning: if you pass someone leaving a room and find a body right afterward, the chances are extremely good that the fleeing party is responsible. Anybody who spots a body and isn't the imposter would, in most cases, immediately report it, and if you're not the imposter, you have an incentive to check every room you enter for lurking enemies--so you would probably have spotted the body if you were in the same room as it. This isn't a foolproof piece of evidence, but the vast majority of the time, the person closest to the scene is your culprit, so at least keep an eye on them.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Felicia Day, star of The Guild and Mystery Science Theatre 3000: The Return, has started a new weekly Twitch panel series focusing on women in the entertainment industry. The show is called Women R, and it will run for eight episodes. The first episode is up now, and it focuses on game streamers.In the episode below, Day speaks to streamers CupAhNoodle, Anne Munition, Silvervale, and WowGrandma78 about their work and experiences. Future episodes will feature designers, artists, writers, and women in other roles across games, movies, comics, television, and other entertainment fields. Bonnie Ross, head of Halo Infinite developer 343 Industries, is set to appear on a future episode.Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter about her new show, Day says that she wanted to create the show to make women in these industries more visible. "You never know when you'll stumble upon someone who really inspires you to take a leap in designing a board game or becoming a voiceover artist," she says. "It's so important to be exposed to it, because often ideas don't occur to us as people unless we sense the possibility of it.""This is an opportunity for me to not only highlight, but also learn from other women in different areas, and hopefully inspire other people to pursue careers in those areas," she continues. New episodes will debut over the next seven weeks. Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Digital events have been largely replacing real-life gatherings in 2020, and gaming peripheral company Razer is hosting its own. Dubbed RazerCon 2020, the inaugural event will take place on October 10 and be livestreamed across Razer's social media channels.Razer promises that RazerCon will host new product reveals and game previews, with a keynote from Razer CEO Min-Liang Tan to begin at 9 AM PT. Product managers will host individual showcase panels with new products, and studios like Romero Games, Perfect World, and Paradox Interactive are on-tap to showcase their games. The announcement specifically mentions Empire of Sin and Torchlight 3. The show also promises "the world's first RGB lighting reactive livestream."Naturally, viewers will be able to win some Razer products too, including game beta keys, Razer gear and hardware, and a Razer Blade 15 gaming laptop. The show will wrap up with online concert performances by Sabaton and DragonForce. You can register and find more info through the official site.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Fortnite is getting yet another physical bundle this November, just in time for holiday shopping and next-gen console launches. Fortnite: The Last Laugh was announced last month and is up for preorder at Amazon, bundling V-bucks and in-game items for $30. The bundle releases November 17 for all platforms, with the physical edition available for PS5, Xbox Series X, Nintendo Switch, PS4, and Xbox One. Like previous physical bundles, Fortnite: The Last Laugh only includes a voucher code in the box. Fortnite itself, of course, is free-to-play. Fortnite: The Last Laugh $30 See at Amazon Fortnite: The Last Laugh stars Joker and unlocks various in-game items for the Batman villain: The Joker Outfit, Laugh Riot Back Bling, Bad Joke Harvesting Tool, The Joker's Revenge Harvesting Tool, and the Pick a Card Contrail. The bundle also features two other antagonists from Gotham City, Poison Ivy and Midas, and includes the Poison Ivy Outfit, Back Bloom Back Bling, Ivy Axe Harvesting Tool, Midas Rex Outfit, Midas Crest Back Bling, and Kingmaker Harvesting Tool. As usual, the bundle also comes with 1,000 V-Bucks for in-game purchases, and you'll be able to buy it digitally for consoles and PC if you don't care about owning the box.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com