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Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Adds Donkey Kong Villain King K. Rool As New Character

Nintendo released a Nintendo Direct presentation that focused on the upcoming Switch game Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Among many other pieces of news, the company announced that Donkey Kong Country villain King K. Rool will be a playable character in the game–the croc’s first appearance in the series.

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is set to land on Nintendo Switch on December 7. In addition to many other characters announced in the Nintendo Direct, it will also feature every character who’s ever appeared in the entire series, giving it by far the biggest roster of any Smash Bros. game in history.

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King K. Rool made his first appearance in the 1994 Super Nintendo game Donkey Kong Country. He is the leader of a gang of crocodilian enemies known as Kremlings, and one of his eyes is veiny and bulging. He’s a fairly goofy villain, using tactics like pretending to be defeated to get a leg up on the Kong crew. In Ultimate, he’ll be able to throw his boomerang-like crown at opponents and use a blunderbuss that can fire cannonballs.

Other new characters appearing for the first time in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate include Castlevania’s Simon Belmont and Richter, who will be Simon’s echo, meaning he’ll control similar to Simon. Also announced was Dark Samus, an echo character for Samus who first appeared in the Metroid Prime series.

WWE Summerslam 2018: Match Card, Date, Start Time, And The Miz Vs. Daniel Bryan

WWE’s upcoming PPV Summerslam will be coming to the WWE Network on Sunday, August 19. For the fourth year in a row, WWE’s premiere summer event will be taking place at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. Many of WWE’s titles will be on the line for the major event, including a deja vu moment where Roman Reigns will take on Brock Lesnar for the Universal Championship.

Summerslam‘s main card will start at 7 PM ET / 4 PM PT. In the past couple of years, the bigger WWE events, like Summerslam and Wrestlemania, have had longer Kickoff Shows, which are two hours long, so expect this Kickoff to start at 5 PM ET / 2 PM PT. As of this writing, WWE’s scheduling for August 19 is not available, so we don’t know for sure.

If you’re interested in watching the event, but don’t have the WWE Network, you can sign up for one month for free and cancel at any time without any contractual obligations. That means you can watch Summerslam for free and cancel right afterwards. However, if you like the service, it’ll cost you $10 a month to continue using it. The WWE Network is available on gaming consoles, iOS, Android, Roku, Smart TVs, and more.

As of this writing, there are already eleven matches on the card, and there could possibly be more added, included a match for the Raw Tag Team Championship. If it happens, it will be announced the Monday before the event.

Aside from Reigns taking on Lesnar for the Universal Championship for the umpteenth time, there are some continuations of solid storylines as well as new rivalries that have some legs. Jeff Hardy will get his rematch against Shinsuke Nakamura for the United States Championship, and hopefully, Hardy learns to wear a cup to protect himself from low blows. Additionally, Ronda Rousey will get a chance to win the Raw Women’s Championship from Alexa Bliss. Hopefully, if Rousey ends up winning, she will be a fighting champion and not absent like a certain champion on the men’s roster has been for the past couple of years. The card is already pretty filled out, and we’re still a couple weeks away from the show.

Summerslam match card:

  • Cedric Alexander (c) vs. Drew Gulak (For the Cruiserweight Championship)
  • Shinsuke Nakamura (c) vs. Jeff Hardy (For the United States Championship)
  • Carmella (c) vs. Charlotte Flair vs. Becky Lynch (For the Smackdown Women’s Championship)
  • Daniel Bryan vs. The Miz
  • Dolph Ziggler (c) vs. Seth Rollins (For the Intercontinental Championship)
  • Braun Strowman vs. Kevin Owens
  • The Bludgeon Brothers (c) vs. The New Day (For the Smackdown Tag Team Championship)
  • Finn Balor vs. Baron Corbin
  • Alexa Bliss (c) vs. Ronda Rousey (For the Raw Women’s Championship)
  • AJ Styles (c) vs. Samoa Joe (For the WWE Championship)
  • Brock Lesnar (c) vs. Roman Reigns (For the Universal Championship)

Make sure to come back to GameSpot on Sunday, August 19 for live coverage of the event. Don’t expect the demon from Hell, Kane, to be involved in this PPV in anyway though. He’s currently transitioning into his new role as mayor.

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Adds Castlevania’s Simon And Richter Belmont

Nintendo kicked off today’s Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Direct presentation by revealing not one, but two brand-new characters: Simon and Richter Belmont from the Castlevania series. The new fighters were introduced via a grim cinematic trailer, which began with Luigi exploring a dark castle filled with supernatural monsters.

Just as in Konami’s classic series, Simon uses many of his signature items in battle, including his iconic whip. According to director Masahiro Sakurai, Simon’s whip is a bit slow and leaves him open, but it has a longer average reach than other fighters and can be controlled freely. Simon can also throw axes and crosses, as well as use holy water. His Final Smash, meanwhile, is called the Grand Cross; it stuffs opponents into a coffin and launches them.

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Simon’s stage is Dracula’s Castle, which Sakurai notes is the darkest stage in the game. Attacking candlesticks around the level will drop items. Iconic Castlevania bosses and enemies such as Medusa and Flea Man also appear on the stage, as will Dracula–although the conditions that make him appear appear to be a mystery. The stage also features 34 new and classic music tracks.

Richter Belmont, meanwhile, is an Echo Fighter based on Simon. He has his own distinct voice and animations, but his moveset is similar to his ancestor’s. Another iconic Castlevania protagonist, Alucard, also appears in the Ultimate as an Assist Trophy. and his moves are inspired by Symphony of the Night.

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate launches for Nintendo Switch on December 7. We learned a ton of other details about the game during the new Direct presentation and got a look at several other new fighters, including Chrom, Dark Samus, and the much requested King K. Rool from Donkey Kong Country.

Blizzard: Multiple Diablo Projects Are In The Works

Blizzard has dropped some news on Twitter regarding the dungeon-crawling Diablo series. In addition to saying it would continue using themes for future seasons of Diablo III, community manager Brandy Camel said in a video that Blizzard is currently working on multiple other Diablo projects.

“The forges here at Blizzard are burning hot, and we have multiple Diablo projects in the works,” Camel said. “Some of them are going to take longer than others, but we may have some things to show you later this year.”

That’s all the new information we got, but this isn’t the first hint we’ve seen that Blizzard is working on new Diablo games. A job listing for a dungeon artist appeared on the company’s website earlier this year. The listing said it was for an “unannounced Diablo game.” Whether that would be a full sequel to Diablo III or some kind of spinoff was unclear.

A Blizzard Twitter post from February, showing a demonic nightlight flicking on and off, also sparked rumors that Diablo III was heading for Nintendo Switch, although Blizzard denied it, saying, “We can assure you we’re not that clever.” Even so, Eurogamer said its sources confirmed a Switch port is, in fact, in the works.

As for Diablo III, its 14th season was based on the theme of greed. As such, all Treasure Goblin spawns were doubled, so when one Goblin would normally appear, two appeared instead, doubling the amount of loot players could collect if they were fast enough to slay them both. According to Camel, upcoming seasons will also have themes.

Power Rangers Movie Sequel Is Reportedly In Development

When the big screen reboot of the classic TV show Power Rangers was released last year, hopes were high for potential sequels. Unfortunately, the movie was a commercial failure, creating uncertainly about the future of the property. However, it has now been reported that another Power Rangers film is in early development.

The news comes via an interview with Brian Goldner, the CEO of Power Rangers rights holders Hasbro, by trade site Inside Licensing. Much of the interview focuses upon Hasbro’s plans for its toyline, but the site also states that the company “will work with a film studio to develop a new Power Rangers movie as a follow-up to the 2017 release.”

Power Rangers hits theaters in March 2017 and was directed by Dean Israelite. The confidence of producers Lionsgate in its potential success led to ambitious plans for “five or six or seven” movies in the series. However, the movie only made a disappointing $142.2 million worldwide. In addition, the movie was a flop in China, which is an increasingly important market for big budget Hollywood action and sci-fi movies.

Hasbro acquired the rights to Power Rangers from Saban Brands in May, and it joins Transformers, GI Joe, My Little Pony, and Battleship. It is unknown what Hasbro plans for these properties on the big screen. However, it was reported in February that a restructuring of its Transformers deal with Paramount would allow the toy company to greenlight future movies in that series. The Transformers spin-off Bumblebee arrives in December, but beyond that, there are no movies in the franchise scheduled for release.

The Power Rangers first appeared on screens in 1993’s Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers. The show mixed new American scenes with footage taken from the Japanese show Super Sentai. To date, there has been numerous TV series, two earlier movies, plus a number of video games.

Red Dead Redemption 2 Gameplay Reveal Coming This Week

Rockstar has been playing its cards close to the vest on Red Dead Redemption 2, but the time has come to show its hand. The company has announced that the official gameplay video for its eagerly-anticipated open-world game is coming tomorrow, August 9, at 2 PM PT / 11 AM ET / 10 PM BST.

According to the brief announcement posted via the Rockstar Games Twitter account, the footage will debut on Rockstar’s own YouTube, Facebook, and Twitch channels. We’ve seen three cinematic trailers so far, but we know precious little about the gameplay and systems. Tomorrow’s debut should shed some light on what we can expect to actually do while touring the old west as a gang of outlaws.

Rockstar has been teasing Red Dead Redemption 2 in its massively long-lasting Grand Theft Auto 5 Online mode. It was conspicuously absent from E3, as Rockstar often chooses to promote its games on its own schedule. We’re inching extremely close to the release date though, so a reveal had to be incoming at some point. Red Dead Redemption 2’s release date has been confirmed as October 26, and it is coming to PlayStation 4 and Xbox One (and maybe PC). There will also be a few different versions to choose from.

Take-Two has boldly said that RDR2 will “redefine” gaming. In terms of sales, though, Cowen & Company analyst Doug Creutz has already staked a prediction that it won’t match the success of Grand Theft Auto 5. That would be quite a feat considering it’s sold nearly 100 million in all.

Pokemon: Let’s Go Pikachu And Eevee Bring Back Mega Evolutions

Alolan forms won’t be the only Pokemon variants available in Pokemon: Let’s Go, Pikachu and Let’s Go, Eevee. The latest issue of CoroCoro magazine (via Pokemon fansite Serebii) has revealed the upcoming Nintendo Switch games will also feature Mega Evolutions, the powerful transformations introduced in Pokemon X and Y.

Details are scant at the moment, but it appears Mega Evolutions will function much the same as they do in X and Y and their follow-ups, Pokemon Sun and Moon. In those titles, players need to equip a Mega Stone to a corresponding Pokemon, which will allow it to Mega Evolve once per battle. Along with taking on a new appearance, Mega Evolving often changes a Pokemon’s type and gives it a significant power boost.

CoroCoro reveals that the original three starter Pokemon–Venusaur, Charizard, and Blastoise–will be able to Mega Evolve in the Let’s Go games. This will presumably also extend to other Gen 1 Pokemon capable of Mega Evolving, such as Pidgeot, Alakazam, and Gengar, although those have yet to be confirmed. It also remains to be seen if the Let’s Go games will introduce any new Mega Evolutions to the series.

Additionally, the new issue of CoroCoro shared the first images of Lt. Surge, the Gym Leader of Vermilion City. Just as in the anime, he can be seen battling alongside Raichu. The magazine also provides another look at the returning Jessie and James of Team Rocket. This time, it appears the duo challenge players to a double battle.

Let’s Go, Pikachu and Let’s Go, Eevee launch for Nintendo Switch on November 16. The games will release alongside a Poke Ball-shaped controller called the Poke Ball Plus, which comes with the Mythical Pokemon Mew. You can read more about the upcoming titles in our roundup of everything we know about Let’s Go, Pikachu and Let’s Go, Eevee.

PUBG Opens A Website Called “Fix PUBG”

PUBG came out of Early Access back in December on PC, but the game is still not in a state that some fans and developer PUBG Corp. would like to see it in. The studio is putting a lot of resources into getting PUBG to a better place, it seems, and one part of that is a new website called “Fix PUBG.”

Why that name? “This is a phrase that we’ve been hearing a lot lately. Bugs, performance problems, and quality-of-life issues have been limiting PUBG’s true potential, and you want it fixed,” reads a line on the website. “So we think it’s time to do something about it.”

Fix PUBG will be a “months-long campaign” that will see PUBG Corp. update and improve the game with fan-requested features and more. The purpose of the Fix PUBG website is to offer a level of transparency so fans understand the what, why, and when of it all.

The campaign is set to run from August through October, though PUBG Corp. stressed that it will always be looking into how it can expand and improve upon PUBG over time.

The website shows off a roadmap of changes for things like client performance, server performance, anti-cheat, matchmaking, bug fixes, and quality-of-life issues, along with specific timelines for when those problems will be addressed in the August-October period.

Go to the Fix PUBG website to learn more.

While PUBG’s profile and popularity may have fallen in recent months due in part to the huge spike of interest in Fortnite, it remains massively popular. The game had a peak concurrent player figure of more than 1.1 million today, which is almost double the next highest game.