Steven Spielberg, the iconic director behind films such as E.T., Jurassic Park, and Saving Private Ryan, reportedly played quite a bit of Pong in his day.
In this month’s IGN Unfiltered, Underworld Ascendant creative director Joe Fielder mused about his brief time working alongside the enigmatic filmmaker on 2008’s Boom Blox.
“Spielberg, he came up with the initial idea for throwing the ball and would check in regularly,” Fielder said. “It was great to be able to tell my dad ‘Steven Spielberg stopped by my desk the other day.’ He’s a gamer. He told a story about how he first got introduced to games, when he was working on Jaws. Richard Dreyfuss said ‘Oh, come here. You’ve got to check this out.’ He and Steven Spielberg went off and played Pong on one of the piers until the machine was full of quarters and couldn’t play anymore. So that was his in for video games.”
Black Friday is quickly approaching on Friday, November 23, the day after Thanksgiving in the US. Walmart has released its circular for the retail holiday, and it contains hundreds of physical copies of moves and television shows–along with TVs–for exceptionally low prices.
Many of these deals, including games, will be available online on Wednesday, November 21 starting at 10 PM ET / 7 PM PT, while the in-store shopping kicks off on Thursday, November 22 at 6 PM, locally. Walmart will not be closing during the early morning hours. However, make sure to check with your local Walmart as hours may vary.
There will be hundreds of movies on sale during the event. In the circular, Walmart only listed a small portion of what will be available in store. It states over 110 movies will be priced at $2, 180 at $4, 70 at $6, 30 at $8, 50 at $9, and 90 at $10. The selection will be very wide for the Black Friday event, but there is a limited stock, so you’ll want to get to your local Walmart early to pick these up.
From the $2 items listed on site, there isn’t anything exceptionally notable, aside from the original Jumanji on DVD. There were, however, a couple decent selections on Blu-ray in the $4 category: Spider-Man: Homecoming and Home Alone. Walmart is also discounting a few movies in 4K to under $10 like Wonder Woman, Deadpool 2, and Rampage. You can also pick up this year’s Mission Impossible: Fallout for only $8, but keep in mind, this is a digital code for Vudu and not a physical copy.
Below is the full list of the DVDs, Blu-rays, and 4K movies listed in the Walmart Black Friday ad. This is not the complete list, but if more get added, this list will be updated.
DVDs:
Movies:
Hotel Transylvania 2 — $2
The Peanuts Movie — $2
Rio 2 — $2
Jumanji — $2
Smurfs — $2
Captain Underpants — $2
Fifty Shades Freed — $2
Jurassic Park — $2
The Secret Life of Pets — $2
Alvin and the Chipmunks: Road Chip — $2
Jurassic World — $2
San Andreas — $2
It (1990) — $2
The Wizard of Oz — $2
Goosebumps — $2
Ice Age: Collision Course — $2
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle — $4
Justice League — $4
Wonder Woman — $4
Ferdinand — $4
Hotel Transylvania 3 — $4
Despicable Me 3 — $4
How the Grinch Stole Christmas — $4
Spongebob Christmas $4
The Greatest Showman — $4
The Fate of the Furious — $4
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom — $4
Deadpool 2 — $6
Miracle on 34th Street — $6
Annihilation — $6
Sherlock Gnomes — $6
Ice Age Movie Collection — $6
Solo: A Star Wars Story — $8
Avengers: Infinity War — $8
TV:
The Flash: Season 4 — $10
Game of Thrones: Season 5 — $10
Rick and Morty: Season 3 — $10
The Big Bang Theory: Season 11 — $10
The Walking Dead Season 8 — $10
Blu-Ray:
Movies:
Mission Impossible: Fall Out — $8 (Digital only through Vudu)
Fortnite developer Epic Games has been introducing new weapons and items to the hit title with nearly every update, and it looks like that trend will continue with this week’s patch. The in-game News feed has given us our first glimpse at a new weapon on the way to Battle Royale mode: the Mounted Turret.
Judging by its description in the feed, the Mounted Turret seems like it’ll be fairly different from the other kinds of weapons you can pick up in the game. “Place the Mounted Turret and hop in to apply some suppressive fire,” the description reads. However, it also warns the weapon can overheat, so you’ll want to use it strategically if you’re lucky enough to come across one. You can take a look at it below.
Epic hasn’t officially confirmed when the Mounted Turret will appear in the game; however, weapons that are teased in the News feed typically arrive as part of the next weekly update, which is expected to roll out for all platforms on November 13 barring any unforeseen delays.
The latest weapon to come to Fortnite was the Heavy Assault Rifle, which launched alongside last week’s 6.22 update. The gun comes in Rare, Epic, and Legendary forms and can be found in chests, vending machines, supply drops, and as floor loot. You can see it in action in the video above.
In addition to that, Epic recently partnered with the NFL to add a line of football jersey skins to Battle Royale; these are available for purchase from Fortnite’s in-game store. The developer has also begun selling a Summit Striker starter pack that comes with a new skin, back bling, and 600 V-Bucks for $5.
— Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (@sabrinanetflix) November 12, 2018
The episode, called “A Midwinter’s Tale,” was announced by series creator Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa on Twitter. The announcement also came with a trailer featuring a whole lot of other holiday-themed content coming to Netflix, including Love Actually, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Irving Berlin’s White Christmas and more. A slew of Netflix original content was announced as well, including holiday special episodes of Nailed It! and The Great British Baking Show and Fullerhouse, and multiple full-length films.
Details about Call of Duty: Black Ops 4’s upcoming DLC and canceled campaign, as well as solutions to some of its Easter Egg mysteries, may have been revealed over the weekend.
Reddit user CadzTrikz, however, reposted all of the leaked info, and players proceeded to verify that the Zombies Easter egg solutions were legitimate.
Black Friday is nearly here. November 23 is just days away, and that means many retailers have already kicked off their major season of discounts and deals. Game’s Black Friday UK sale starts in earnest on November 15, but the chain has a number of deals live on its website already.
On the green side of the gaming fence, you can get a 1 TB Xbox One S with Forza Horizon 4, two months of Now TV, and either The Elder Scrolls Online: Morrowind or Prey for £250. If you’re not a Forza fan, you can get the same bundle but with Playground’s racer subbed out for a Fortnite full game download, 2,000 V-bucks, and the Eon cosmetic set for the same price.
The cheapest Nintendo Switch bundle contains the device itself with Sports Party for £290; pay £10 more and the sports title gets swapped for Lego DC Super Villains. The Switch is a newer console, so it’s perhaps unsurprising deals are a little hard to come by compared to PS4 and Xbox One. The cheapest way to get a new Switch from Game is still to simply buy the console itself–this comes in at £280.
Check out a wider selection of Game’s Black Friday UK deals below, or visit the retailer’s website for the full list.
Game’s Black Friday UK 2018 Deals
PS4 Console Deals
500 GB PS4 Slim + Red Dead Redemption 2 or FIFA 19 + two months’ Now TV Entertainment Pass + Doom or The Elder Scrolls Online: Morrowind — £250
500 GB PS4 Slim + Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 — £250
500 GB PS4 Slim + FIFA 19, extra controller — £280
1 TB PS4 Pro + FIFA 19 + two months’ Now TV Entertainment Pass + The Elder Scrolls Online — £300
Xbox One Console Deals
1 TB Xbox One S + Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Battlefield V, Sea of Thieves, Forza Horizon 4, or Fortnite bundle + Dishonored 2 or The Elder Scrolls Online: Morrowind + two months’ Now TV Entertainment Pass — £250
1 TB Xbox One S + Minecraft creators bundle — £250
1 TB Xbox One X + Battlefield V + Forza Horizon 4 + Forza Motorsport 7 + Prey + two months’ Now TV Entertainment Pass — £450
1 TB Xbox One X + Battlefield V + Battlefield 1 Revolution + Battlefield 1943 + The Elder Scrolls Online: Morrowind + two months’ Now TV Entertainment Pass + one month’s EA Access
1 TB Xbox One X + PUBG + Overwatch + two months’ Now TV Entertainment Pass + one month’s Game Pass — £450
If you can feel your apocalyptic anticipation growing, it might be because Fallout 76 is gearing up for launch on PS4, Xbox One, and PC on November 14. If you’re a PS4 owner, you can grab a handful of free Fallout 76 items right now, whether you’ve pre-ordered the game or not. The items are only free between now and November 14, so time’s running out.
You can pick up your freebies right here. These include three Fallout 76 avatars, as well as a theme for your PS4. One avatar is a Nuka Cola cap, while the other two feature the smiling Vault Boy. He’s winking and giving a thumbs-up in one, and holding a shoulder-mounted rocket launcher in the other.
The theme decks out your PS4’s dashboard with Fallout 76 imagery. The background shows a close-up of a power armor helmet resting in the dirt of a dusty, post-apocalyptic world. In the background are a man and a woman wearing vault suits and holding weapons. The PS4 system icons are also changed to a fittingly dingy yellow style.
While you’re on the page to claim your freebies, you can also enter to win a copy of Fallout 76 Power Armor Edition–though you’ll have to do it between now and November 13. This special edition comes with the game, a steelcase, canvas duffel bag, wearable power armor helmet, glow-in-the-dark world map, and a collection of 24 Fallout figurines, plus additional digital items.
We caught a glimpse of the future (and a sassy new Judith) at the end of Rick’s final episode of The Walking Dead, but in episode 6 of Season 9, we actually get to explore the brave new world that our remaining characters now inhabit.
Some things are the same: Negan’s still in his cell; Henry’s still getting into trouble; Eugene is still the worst. Some things are very different: Carol has long hair; Daryl’s living in the woods like a hermit; Gabriel and Rosita are an item for some reason, and, oh yeah, Michonne and Rick have a baby.
The first poster for Toy Story 4 has popped up, and it’s a little more downbeat-looking than today’s teaser trailer.
Featuring a lone Woody giving a (goodbye?) hat-tip against a plain background, it definitely lends some credence to the idea that the film might be a little melancholy, after Tim Allen said he “couldn’t even get through the last scene” during recordings.
