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Bong Joon Ho’s Parasite may be coming to HBO as an English-language limited series.

Joon Ho and producer-director Adam McKay are currently in talks with HBO to adapt the movie for television as a limited series, according to The Hollywood Reporter, though nothing has been finalized. Netflix reportedly attempted to secure the rights to Parasite as well, but the streaming giant was ultimately outbid by HBO.

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The limited series could come to HBO as a complement to Parasite, a straightforward English adaptation of the 2019 film, or something else entirely; “creative details” are still being ironed out, according to THR.

Parasite was the 2019 winner of the Palme d’Or, the top prize awarded at Cannes. It recently took home the Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture – Foreign Language. IGN also named it the best movie of 2019 and one of the best movies of the decade.

Our Parasite review awarded the film a 9.5, calling it a “stellar dark comedy about class warfare.”

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Jordan is a freelance writer for IGN.

During this morning’s Pokemon Direct, Nintendo and Game Freak revealed Pokemon Sword and Pokemon Shield will be getting an expansion pass with two major sets of DLC, and the game will see 200+ Pokemon (both new and old) join the Galar Pokedex.

There’s lots of confusion on the internet surrounding exactly how these Pokemon will be integrated into Sword and Shield, and if it’s necessary to buy the expansion to obtain them – so let’s dive in and detail how Pokemon’s National Dex is inching closer to being complete once again.

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How the Expansion Pass Addresses Dexit

A major point of contention between Pokemon fans centers on Pokemon Sword and Shield not containing a complete “National Pokedex,” meaning the games shipped without every official Pokemon ever created (which is currently 890 in total, not including Alolan and Galarian variants). This perceived mass exodus of Pokemon from the Galar region’s Pokedex was dubbed Dexit.

Pokemon Sword and Shield launched with a combined 400 Pokemon for fans to catch, less than half of the National Dex, but with over 200 Pokemon coming via The Isle of Armor and The Crown Tundra expansions later this year (some are new, but seemingly most will be among those missing from the National Dex) Gen 8 seems to be taking a piecemeal route towards completing the National Dex once more.

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There are several fans across the internet that are upset these returning Pokemon will be stuck behind a paywall, but fear not! Game Freak assured fans that players who have the base Sword or Shield game will be able to obtain the new and returning Pokemon through trading with friends and/or using the upcoming Pokemon Home storage service. Since Pokemon Home can house Pokemon from Let’s Go Pikachu and Eevee, as well as Pokemon Go and more past games, it appears any of the returning Pokemon joining Galar’s regional dex can be sent to Sword and Shield through the service.

It’s unclear if Game Freak intends to slowly bring the entire National Dex to Gen 8 through expansions like this, but it’s clear this is one way the developers are addressing Dexit. Heck, even one Pokemon, Slowpoke, is already available as part of a free update that went live today in its new Galarian form. Perhaps it’s a mix of free and paid DLC that will eventually complete the National Dex once more.

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Fans Excited for Pokemon Expansions

Naturally, with there already being a decently large rift in the Pokemon community over Dexit and other aspects of Sword and Shield, not every fan was pleased with what Nintendo revealed this morning. However, there were lots of fans ecstatic over the DLC, particularly since it’s not an expanded (largely identical) game in the vein of Pokemon Crystal or Pokemon Ultra Sun and Moon.

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Fans Raise Concerns Over Pokemon Paywalls

While Game Freak is being proactive about allowing those who don’t buy the DLC still get its new and returning Pokemon, many fans have raised points about the National Dex still being incomplete, even after the new additions come to Galar. Additionally, some fans noted Nintendo Switch Online and Pokemon Home act as soft paywalls for those who don’t purchase the Expansion Pass. While it’s unknown how much Pokemon Home will cost, Nintendo confirmed during the Direct that it will be a paid service.

 

Pokemon Sword and Shield Guide, Review, More

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While we’re sure to get more information before The Isle of Armor is released this June, there’s plenty of base game content in Sword and Shield to keep fans busy for some time. You can check out our full Pokemon Sword and Shield walkthrough, along with our Max Raid battle guide and tips and every NPC trade quest in the games.

In our Pokemon Sword and Shield review, we called the games “Amazing” saying “Pokemon Sword and Shield are the best games in the series, streamlining its most tedious traditions without losing any of the charm.”

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Colin Stevens is IGN’s video game social coordinator, and he’s very excited there (hopefully) won’t be a third Pokemon game in Gen 8. Follow him on Twitter.

Board gaming is enjoying a quality spike the like of which it has never seen. You’ll find plenty to choose from, whether you’re interested in family board games, horror board games, or anything else.  But just because modern games are the best they’ve ever been, it doesn’t mean that older games are bad. They’ve been around a long time, and there’s a long history of quality to enjoy.

Modern games are mostly the product of a design trend that dates back to the mid-nineties. So it’s of particular interest to go digging for gold in the years prior to that explosion. Here, in chronological order, are some gems you might have missed.

Go (~2200 BC)

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We’re not including well-worn abstracts like Chess on this list. Go is huge in Japan and China, where it originated, but it’s a little more obscure in the West. And that’s a shame because Go is a thing of staggering genius. On your turn, you place a stone of your color atop an intersection on a grid of lines. If you can cut off all four adjoining spaces for a stone of the opposite color, it’s removed. That’s pretty much the entire game, yet the strategy beneath is so deep that only very recently has an AI challenged a top human player. Place one stone and you could be playing for a lifetime.

Playing Cards (~900 AD)

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These also originated in China, and are also a game you can play for the rest of your life. Because, of course, it’s not one game but thousands. Many you’ll already know: Poker, Bridge and other popular titles constitute hobbies in their own right. But there are equally fun games played with slightly different decks across the world. You can play them fine with a standard 52 card deck: Jass, Scopa and dozens more. There are modern designers working with the deck to create new, strategically rich games like Ambition. Get a deck, get to Pagat.com, and it might be the only gaming equipment you ever buy.

Perudo / Liar’s Dice (1800)

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You’ll see this sold under various branded names, but the game is always the same. Everyone shakes some dice in secret, under a cup. Then they have to bid a certain number of a particular value they think the combined dice hold: seven fours, for example. Next player either ups the bid or calls their bluff. This straightforward setup disguises a wealth of statistics, guesswork and outright chicanery. Making a bid high enough to put the next player in a quandary is a wonderful moment. Being in a quandary, calling the bluff and finding the fates have rolled in your favor is better.

Othello / Reversi (1883)

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This is often presumed to be a classic two-player ancient abstract like Chess and Checkers. In fact, it’s much more recent and, bizarrely, two different men took credit, each rubbishing the other’s claim. On your turn you place a disk of your color, black or white, onto a grid space. The aim is to fill the grid with your color. But the disks are reversible. If you can bookend a line or diagonal of your opponent’s color with yours, all the disks flip to your side. Cue a fiendish battle of wits that can suddenly swing, even late in the game.

Scrabble (1948)

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Yes, this well-known word game does take a bit too long between turns, especially with more players. But it’s a fascinating and brilliant balance between vocabulary and spatial play. Sure it helps to know a lot of words when you’re finding ways to lay out your seven random letters. But a player that can sneak a ten-point letter into an awkward bonus space will scoop the prize every time.  And it’s so well-known it’s easy to find people willing to play. Grab your phone between turns, and get gaming.

Yahtzee (1956)

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Roll and write games, where you scribble in the results of dice or card draws, are very much in vogue right now. But let’s not forget their mass-market progenitor, Yahtzee, which is far more fun than you may remember. Sure, you’re in the hands of fate when you’re rolling the bones. But filling in the grid takes a lot more skill and statistics than many realize. There’s nothing worse than crossing in a blank and then getting the right rolls down the line. Fast, furious and family-friendly, get the pencils out and take this classic for a roll.

Diplomacy (1959)

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Wrecking friendships for over 50 years, Diplomacy is divisive in a way few other games are. Designed by a historian to examine the political geography of 19th century Europe, the game has no randomness. Players struggle to conquer the continent, with one unit simply eliminating another in combat. It’s designed so that you can’t win alone: you need allies to prosper. Yet only one player can claim victory, so betrayal and backstabbing is inevitable. Its clever catch is that movement is simultaneous. You write orders down in advance, and all players reveal them at the same time. So you don’t know who’s kept their promises and who’s turned against you until it’s too late.

Acquire (1964)

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Some credit this game, by virtuoso designer Sid Sackson, as the progenitor of much of modern gaming. In an era where there were only mass-market titles and war games, Acquire was something new.  It’s a game about creating, merging and investing in companies. On your turn, you place a tile onto the grid, representing a company stock. If your placement joins two existing companies, the larger absorbs the smaller. Then, you can buy shares in any of the companies which you’ll sell later for a profit, depending on the size. The result is a masterful mix of fiendish spatial challenges and economic wiles that remains fresh and thrilling to this day.

Can’t Stop (1980)

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A second Sackson classic, Can’t Stop is an easier and more raucous game. It’s a race to reach the top of three of the eleven columns on the board. Each column matches a possible roll of two dice and the more likely the result, the longer the column. You roll four dice, make two pairs and move two markers. Then comes the kicker: you can keep rolling, or end your turn. If you carry on and fail to roll a match, you lose your progress. It’s a constant, agonizing temptation to balance luck and skill. Play it as a board game, or try the excellent mobile version.

Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective (1981)

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A bizarre blend of board game, whodunnit, and choose your own adventure, this sleuthing title was years ahead of its time. Pick a scenario and head out onto the foggy streets of Victorian London as the agents of fictions’ most famous detective. Players must work together to uncover clues, solve riddles and try and piece a solution together as efficiently as they can. Do it better than Holmes himself and your group wins. Atmospheric writing elevates these scenarios into an engrossing fiction in its own right. And if you manage to solve them all, there are loads of expansion packs to puzzle through.

Settlers of Catan (1996)

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A modern classic, now known simply as Catan, this game has fallen a little out of favor. But we shouldn’t forget what a revolution it was in its time. Its mix of clever dice mechanics, trading and route planning as players competed to colonize an island was like nothing we’d seen before. In its native Germany, games like this weren’t quite so novel, but its import in English kickstarted the whole modern gaming scene. It’s worth playing for its historical value alone. Luckily, it remains worth playing to recall how addictive its sweet blend of luck and strategy can be.

Fortnite‘s Winterfest event is now over, but a new set of challenges has gone live in the battle royale game. This batch is called Remedy vs. Toxin, although there isn’t much of a theme running through the challenges, so you’ll be doing various tasks like getting SMG eliminations and earning Survivor medals.

While many of the Remedy vs. Toxin challenges are fairly straightforward, one that may give you some trouble asks you to visit three different food trucks. If you don’t know where those are located, this guide will show you where to go.

Where Are The Food Truck Locations?

Food trucks aren’t nearly as common in Fortnite as they were on the game’s old map. That said, we’ve found four of them spread out around the island, and you only need to visit three to complete this challenge. We’ve marked all the food truck locations on the map below.

How To Complete The Challenge

You don’t need to do anything special to complete this challenge; simply make your way to three of the food trucks listed above and you’ll be finished. You need to visit three different trucks, so you can’t simply return to the same one in different matches, but other than that, this challenge shouldn’t pose too much of a problem. Once you’ve visited three, you’ll earn 52,000 XP for your troubles and unlock another Remedy vs. Toxin challenge to complete.

There are still a few weeks left in Season 1 of Fortnite Chapter 2, so there’s still time to complete any challenges you may have missed from earlier weeks. If you need help with those, we’ve collated all of our maps and guides in our full Fortnite Chapter 2 challenges roundup.

Respawn has released a new trailer for the next event in Apex Legends, called Grand Soirée Arcade. The event begins on January 14 and will continue through to January 28. Given Season 3: Meltdown ends on February 3, Grand Soirée Arcade will likely be the final limited-time event for the season.

Unlike previous events, which have traditionally only added one new mode, Grand Soirée Arcade adds seven. Each mode will go live one at a time, with each available for two days before the game transitions to the next one. You can see all seven modes in action in the video embedded below.

The first mode is called Gold Rush Duos, which sees squads of two drop onto World’s Edge and the only weapons you can loot are gold, legendary tier items (L-STAR, Kraber, and Mastiff as well as fully outfitted versions of Flatline, EVA-8, Triple Take, G7 Scout, and Charge Rifle). After that is Live Die Live, which automatically respawns all fallen players on their still-living squadmates whenever the ring closes. This will be followed by Third-Person Mode, which forces you to play through the match entirely in third-person as opposed to first-person.

The fourth mode looks to be the most stressful of the lot. Called Always Be Closing, the mode will see the ring constantly closing in, meaning your squad will have to always be on the move or risk suffering massive damage. The all shotguns and sniper rifles Armed And Dangerous mode returns after that–though this time on World’s Edge instead of Kings Canyon. The sixth mode is Kings Canyon After Dark, which puts your squad into Apex Legends’ original map–only this time it’s at night, as seen in Fight or Fright’s Shadowfall mode. Dummies Big Day, the final mode, is an odd one, transforming all characters into colorful dummy-looking 3D renders that make it more difficult to discern who is who.

Grand Soirée Arcade adds several cool-looking legendary skins for the playable characters too–most of which seem to have a steampunk or 1960s’ funky look to them. Based on the trailer, Pathfinder, Bangalore, Bloodhound, Octane, Mirage, Wattson, Caustic, and Crypto are getting new skins. The cosmetics will rotate throughout the store during the event, so if one catches your fancy it will be better to buy it sooner rather than later. There are also new Peacekeeper, R-301, and Havoc skins that can be unlocked by completing event challenges

Going into 2020, the Nintendo Switch has no shortage of excellent games, but it’s a bit rare to find many of them discounted at the same time. Lucky for Switch owners, this is one of those rare times, as there’s a huge New Year sale going on in the Nintendo Eshop right now featuring many of the platform’s best games, including The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Complete Edition, Divinity: Original Sin 2 – Definitive Edition, What Remains of Edith Finch, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, and more. The big New Year event also encompasses publisher-specific sales from Ubisoft, Capcom, and WB games.

Thousands of people are checking out the masterpiece that is The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt for the first time following the success of the Netflix Witcher series, and if you want to play it on Switch, you can snag the Complete edition for a nice discount right now. The Switch version is currently on sale for $42, which might be the cheapest we’ve seen the port since it released in October.

Some first-party Switch games feature in the sale as well, including Splatoon 2, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, and Yoshi’s Crafted World. All three of these games are excellent multiplayer options, and they’re down to $42, which is about as low as first-party Switch games go.

The Nintendo Switch has been a great home for indie gems as well, and you can snag some of the best indie Switch games for even cheaper than usual right now. We especially recommend Celeste ($10), Gris ($8.49), Neo Cab ($15), Wargroove ($16), the Hotline Miami Collection ($12.49), and Sayonara Wild Hearts (9.09). It’s also a great time to pick up Stardew Valley ($10) if you slept on it back in 2016, as the farming sim just received a huge update with tons of new content.

The New Year Switch sale is live now through January 16. That means you have about a week to check out the sale and take advantage of these deals, so check out our picks below and peruse the full offering of game discounts in the Eshop.

Best Nintendo Switch games on sale right now

• Ape Out — $7.49 ($15)
• Assassin’s Creed: The Rebel Collection — $30 ($40)
• Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night — $28 ($40)
• Celeste — $10 ($20)
• Civilization VI — $30 ($60)
• Devil May Cry — $15 ($20)
• Divinity: Original Sin 2 – Definitive Edition — $40 ($60)
• Donut County — $6.49 ($13)
• Dragon Ball FighterZ — $15 ($60)
• Fitness Boxing — $35 ($50)
• Gris — $8.49 ($17)
• Hotline Miami Collection — $12.49 ($25)
• Jackbox Party Pack 4 — $12.49 ($25)
• Just Dance 2020 — $26 ($40)
• Kirby Star Allies — $42 ($60)
• Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 — $34 ($60)
• Mario Kart 8 Deluxe — $42 ($60)
• Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle — $15 ($60)
• Mega Man 11 — $15 ($30)
• Moonlighter — $10 ($25)
• Mortal Kombat 11 — $24 ($60)
• My Friend Pedro — $14 ($20)
• Neo Cab — $15 ($20)
• NBA 2K20 — $30 ($60)
• Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch — $35 ($50)
• Okami HD — $12 ($20)
• Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition — $14 ($20)
• Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy — $20 ($30)
• Resident Evil 0 — $15 ($30)
• Resident Evil 4 — $20 ($40)
• Samurai Shodown — $45 ($50)
• Sayonara Wild Hearts — $9.09 ($13)
• South Park: The Stick of Truth — $15 ($30)
• Splatoon 2 — $42 ($60)
• Stardew Valley — $10 ($15)
• Super Bomberman R — $10 ($40)
• Team Sonic Racing — $20 ($40)
• Terraria — $21 ($30)
• Wargroove — $16 ($20)
• What Remains of Edith Finch — $14 ($20)
• The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Complete Edition — $42 ($60)
• Yomawari: The Long Night Collection — $20 ($40)
• Yoshi’s Crafted World — $42 ($60)