Watch the Destiny: Shadowkeep Launch Trailer

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Today, independent studio Bungie has revealed the launch trailer of Destiny 2: Shadowkeep to the delight of millions of Destiny fans playing on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Steam). Destiny 2: Shadowkeep launches on 1st October and part of a brand new era for Destiny this fall.

As the heroes of the last safe city turn their attention to the far-reaching frontiers of our galaxy, new Nightmares have emerged from an ancient evil that once slumbered beneath the Lunar surface.

Return to the Moon. Journey deep into a mysterious Hive Keep. Work with Eris to slay the Nightmares before they cast humanity into an age of darkness for good.
Get ready for the new “Season of the Undying”, and experience a new activity, discover new exotic weapons, collect exclusive universal ornaments, and grow more powerful.

Destiny: Shadowkeep will release on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC on October 1st!

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LEGO releases new Batman sets to mark 80th anniversary

Saturday 21st September marked Batman Day and this year is extra special as it’s also the 80th anniversary of The Dark Knight. Luckily, you don’t have to be a Gotham resident to get involved in the celebrations as The LEGO Group has launched two new and exciting products including Batmobile: Pursuit of The Joker and Batman Batwing and The Riddler Heist.

Celebrate this yearly occasion with the latest additions to the hugely popular LEGO Batman range with cool features and functions to thrill Batman fans, encouraging exciting adventures with everyone’s favourite superhero.

The LEGO Batmobile: Pursuit of The Joker playset includes two minifigures which can be customised and a pack of ten assorted Bat elements and the Batman Batwing and The Riddler Heist includes rapid-fire multi shooters which can shoot tiles or studs.

 

Batmobile: Pursuit of The Joker

 

This classic Batmobile toy car model has lots of eye-catching features to delight young super heroes, including a detailed dashboard in the opening minifigure cockpit, Bat symbol decoration on the wheel trims and a flame exhaust element that automatically rotates when the car is pushed along.

The set has 342 pieces and sells for £24.99.

Batman Batwing and The Riddler Heist

This Batman toy playset also includes The Riddler’s helicopter with a chain and hook to attach to a lockable safe containing cash and gem elements, and Commissioner Gordon’s police car to play out a robbery getaway and pursuit.

The set has 489 pieces and sells for £49.99.

These new LEGO sets are amazing, and you are a fan of LEGO and of Batman (and who isn’t) these sets are a must for your collection. Happy Birthday Batman!

Win The Queen and I on DVD

To celebrate the release of The Queen and I on DVD, we have two copies to give away.

Based on the bestselling novel by Sue Townsend (author of the Adrian Mole series), when Republican Jack Barker (David Walliams) is voted in as prime minister, the royals are sent to live on a council estate. They struggle to settle in but when the Queen (Samantha Bond) discovers the system is rigged against the working class, she bends rules to help her new friends. Featuring a stellar supporting cast in Amanda Abbington (Sherlock, Mr Selfridge) and Oliver Chris (Bluestone 42, Motherland), Stephen Russell (Peaky Blinders, Coronation Street, and Shameless) hilariously brings to life Townsend’s satire on modern Britain.

How to enter to win

We have two copies of The Queen and I on DVD to give away.

For your chance to win simply enter below:

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The closing date is 12.00am on 7th October 2019.

This contest is only open to those in the UK – sorry!

Wonder Woman: Bloodlines Releasing October 5th on Digital, DVD and Blu-ray on October 21st

Experience an all-new adventure with DC’s most powerful heroine – filled with intrigue, mythology and relentless battles on shores near and far – in Wonder Woman: Bloodlines, the next entry in the popular series of DC Universe Movies. Produced by Warner Bros. Animation and DC, the feature-length animated film arrives – accompanied by the DC Showcase animated short Death, inspired by Neil Gaiman’s “The Sandman” – from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment on Digital starting October 5, 2019, and on DVD, Blu-ray, and Limited Edition Blu-ray Steelbook on October 21, 2019. 

In Wonder Woman: Bloodlines, Amazon princess Diana of Themyscira chooses to save fighter pilot Steve Trevor and return him to his home in America – setting in motion one of Wonder Woman’s most captivating chapters. Fulfilling the role of both ambassador as well as protector, Diana soon earns the name Wonder Woman from the gracious people of Earth. Equally strong in body, heart and will, she makes it her mission to help a troubled young girl enlisted by a deadly organization known as Villainy, Inc., whose criminal members have their sights set on invading Themyscira, Diana’s paradise home. Prepare for a thrilling quest packed with brutal battles, mysterious mythology and endless wonder!

Rosario Dawson (Jane the Virgin, Rent, Luke Cage) returns as the voice of Wonder Woman for the sixth time, leading a sensational Wonder Woman: Bloodlines voice cast that includes Jeffrey Donovan (Fargo, Burn Notice) as Steve Trevor, Marie Avgeropoulos (The 100) as Silver Swan, Adrienne C. Moore (Orange Is the New Black) as Etta Candy, Kimberly Brooks (DC Super Hero Girls, Mass Effect, Winx Club) as The Cheetah & Giganta, Courtenay Taylor (Regular Show, Fallout 4) as Dr. Poison, Constance Zimmer (Entourage, House of Cards, Unreal) as Veronica Cale, Nia Vardalos (My Big Fat Greek Wedding) as Julia Kapatelis, Michael Dorn (Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Arrow) as Ferdinand, Cree Summer (Batman Beyond, Rugrats) as Hippolyta, Mozhan Marno (The Blacklist, House of Cards) as Dr. Cyber, and Ray Chase (Justice League Dark) as Lead Bandit.

Wonder Woman: Bloodlines is co-directed by Sam Liu (Reign of the Supermen) and Justin Copeland (Batman: Hush) from a script by Mairghread Scott (Justice League Action, Guardians of the Galaxy animated series). Jim Krieg (Batman: Gotham by Gaslight) is co-producer. Sam Liu and Amy McKenna (The Death of Superman) are producers. Executive Producers are Sam Register and James Tucker (Batman: Hush). 

“Wonder Woman has been inspiring fans for generations and Wonder Woman: Bloodlines will further stoke that flame with an action-packed adventure that offers new and cherished characters from across Diana’s impressive comics history,” said Mary Ellen Thomas, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Vice President, Family & Animation Marketing.

Supergirl: The Complete Fourth Season available on DVD and Blu-ray today

Kara Zor-El is back with the DVD and Blu-ray release of Supergirl: The Complete Fourth Season which is available today! To make sure you are ready to re-watch the fourth season, we’ve created a super quick summary of where we were left at the end of the climactic finale of season three.

To begin, Reign has unleashed her evil plan to turn Earth into a new Krypton, causing devastating seismic earthquakes that threaten the lives of everyone on the planet. In an effort to stop the terrible effects of Krypto-formring, everyone steps in to lay titanic superhero smackdown. The Department of Extranormal Operations, The Legion and more jump in to help stop the destructive event.

We then say an emotional goodbye to Myr’nn, who after sharing his memories with his son J’onn, merges with the Earth’s life force in a sacrifice to stop the Kryptonian witches’ scheme.

Querl Dox, or Brainy as he is better known, tracks down Mon-El and Winn, revealing that despite what they previously though, one of his distant relatives didn’t actually die in the blight. This unnamed foe (who could that be?) has begun wiping out all other A.I.s and Brainy’s safety is no longer assured. He begs Mon-El to help him fight this new nemesis and for Winn to take over his own position despite being a lesser intellect. Brainy explains that Winn has a part to play in history farr beyond anyone’s expectations.

But, it turns out the rest of witches didn’t do a very good job at finishing off Thomas Coville, and he alerts the team to their location. The team sets out to finish the job, with Kara aiming to break her anti-killing philosophy by delivering a lethal dose of deadly Kryptonite to Reign.

Despite her powers and planning, Kara is very nearly beaten by Reign, but is saved by Samantha Arias, previous host to Reign. Regin is defeated, not by the poison, instead by falling into her own cauldron. In the process, she takes a last stab at vengeance, killing Samantha, Mon-El and Alura with laser blasts.

Kara blames herself for the deaths of her friends, and thinks that her plan to kill Regin is what caused this very eventuality. To fix this, she orders the team to find her a time disruption, so she can travel back and fix what went wrong.

Using Mon-El’s flight ring to stave off the effects of the vacuum, Kara flies into the disruption, returning to the past fight with Reign and stopping Sam from landing the fatal blow. Instructing Mon-El to throw her the Harun-El, she travels to the Dark Valley and forces Reign to drink from the weakening well, trapping her in the dimension.

After this tidal wave of action and triumph, Kara explains to Mon-El that living the rest of her days on Argo isn’t what she wants, and that Earth is herr true home. Mon-El, despite his reservations, leaves to join the Legion, giving her his flight ring as a parting gift. Winn joins Mon-El to replace Brainy, Samantha returns to her life with Ruby and Lena passes on the power to create more Harrun-El in a collection of resolutions to the series’ many deep character arcs.

But, not all is well. It is revealed that just as Kara was travelling to the Dark Valley, a Kara duplicate has arrived on the Siberian Border, leaving us with a ton of questions for Season Four to answer.

And now you’re caught up! To find out the answers, or to just rewatch your favorite bits, you can get your own copy of Supergirl: The Complete Fourth Season on Blu-ray and DVD now!

The Flash: The Complete Fifth Season on Blu-ray and DVD today

The legendary speedster is bolting back onto our screens with the launch of The Flash: The Complete Fifth Season on Blu-ray and DVD today! In order to prepare you for the inevitable binge watching before Season Six, we’ve created a lighting fast catchup of where Season Four left us in its finale ‘We Are The Flash’ .

Team Flash battles the Thinker, a villain with a mighty intellect granted after surviving a traumatic particle accelerator explosion. The Thinker, originally, Clifford DeVoe, wants to fix the slow dumbing down of humanity due to our reliance on technology, and creates a team of metahumans to achieve his goals. The ‘Enlightenment’ as DeVoe calls it, begins with stealing the power of Central City to power his brain zapping array.

In order to beat this strange new foe, Barry must enter his mind as his brain is the only one fast enough to survive the ordeal. Chasing DeVoe through his own mind, Barry must use the power of emotions and love to best the cold, calculating DeVoe.

Barry barely managed to win against this superhuman force, and has to use all his powers to save the city from DeVoe’s falling satellites, dropped from orbit as last backup plan to ensure victory. Barry almost doesn’t save the day, but is helped by a mysterious speedster ally, who is revealed to be Barry’s future daughter, Nora.

With this shocking revelation and Nora’s motivating presence, Barry and Iris decided to finally get married. But with the knowledge of the future and the anxieties of starting a family, the situation starts to have a serious effect on their relationship. Knowing Nora is an inevitability and now required to save the city from DeVoe’s onslaught, they feel like the choice is no longer theirs, and the pressure mounts. Nora feels the burden as well, thinking she has made a terrible mistake and may actually have destroyed her own future with her intervention.

And it’s not just them, both Joe and Cecile have just had a child themselves. Despite being successful parents, they feel that starting all over again so late in life may be the biggest challenge they have ever faced. Well, other than facing all those super villains of course.

And what about about Killer Frost? During a fight with the thinker, it is revealed that Caitlin’s abilities are not actually being taken from frost, but are actually kept deep within her. She learns that her powers were awakened during an accident in her youth, and not the all too common particle accelerator explosion as she had thought. Now flooded with questions about her past, she wonders if maybe, just maybe, she may know more about her father’s death than she first thought.

And now you’re ready for Season 5, with all its future daughters, newborns and Killer Frost revelations. Timeline problems aside, our characters end on a happy, if somewhat existential point, preparing us for a season of Superhero parenthood and questions of what the future of the Arrowverse really looks like. You can catch up with The Flash: The Complete Season 5 on DVD and Blu-ray which is available now.

Wolverine now available at Build-A-Bear Workshop

As of Wednesday, September 11, hailing from the northern wilderness of Canada, the iconic Marvel character, Wolverine, is now at Build-A-Bear Workshop.

 

Known as one of the gruffest, most irascible, totally cynical and brooding heroes of the X-Men, Wolverine takes the stage as an online exclusive collector’s item. Complete with his classic costume and soft claws, he is ready to take on any opponent. 

The gruff and brooding Wolverine is ready to claw his way into your collection! This no-nonsense furry friend is ready to fight any opponent who crosses his path with his built-in costume and lethal soft claws. Plus, his epic Wolverine paw pad makes this bear a must-have for collectors. Start a legendary new friendship with Wolverine and add this unstoppable mutant to your collection today!

Wolverine is an online exclusive available right now from Build-A-Bear Workshop priced £27, and is a must for any fan! The fight now begins between myself and my 3 year old to see who gets to play with him!

© 2019 MARVEL

Voting for the 37th Golden Joystick Awards Now Open!

Which games have captivated and thrilled you this year? From today you can cast your vote in the Golden Joystick Awards, the award ceremony that honours the best videogames of 2019. Voting will open across seventeen different categories including Most Wanted Game, PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo, PC, Indie and Multiplayer Games of the Year, alongside new categories – Best Gaming Hardware and Best Game Expansion.

Leading the shortlist nominations this year is open-world mystery Outer Wilds, with six nominations, followed by action-adventure hit Control, with four nominations. Other titles with multiple nominations include Metro Exodus, Observation, Days Gone, Tetris Effect, Sunless Skies and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, all of which have three nominations apiece.

See the full shortlist and cast your vote at goldenjoysticks.com, voting closes on Thursday 24th October. Every voter will receive a free ebook worth up to £9.99*.

Dan Dawkins, Content Director, Games and Film at Future said:

“2019 has been an amazing year for innovative and experimental games, from the high-concept Outer Wilds, to the dazzling level designs of Control, and the evolution of full motion video storytelling with Erica and Telling Lies. Over 110 titles have made the shortlist this year, a phenomenal number, and a reflection of the depth and range we see in the industry today, as services like the recently launched Apple Arcade create new ways to discover quality games from diverse genres.”

The Awards feature two new categories this year – Best Game Expansion, which recognises the trend for popular long running online games with major updates, and Best Gaming Hardware, which expands to include peripherals, PC components and gaming phones.

Back for 2019 is a dedicated one-week voting window for Ultimate Game of the Year held at the end of the voting period. The voting for this category will not open until Friday 25th October and will close on Friday 1st November.

The critics choice award winners will be revealed on the night for Critics Choice Award, Breakthrough Award, Lifetime Achievement and Outstanding Contribution award to celebrate the games, people or technology that has changed our industry for the better in 2019.

Categories open to vote now:

  • Best Storytelling
  • Best Visual Design
  • Best Audio
  • Best Indie Game
  • Best Multiplayer Game in partnership with Servers and Gameye
  • Best Game Expansion
  • Still Playing Award
  • Esports Game of the Year in partnership with Corsair
  • Best VR / AR Game
  • Best Gaming Hardware
  • Studio of the Year
  • Mobile Game of the Year
  • Nintendo Game of the Year
  • PlayStation Game of the Year
  • PC Game of the Year
  • Xbox Game of the Year
  • Most Wanted Game

Viewers can tune into the Golden Joystick Awards livestream on Friday 15th November when the awards will return to London’s Bloomsbury Big Top for a spectacular ceremony hosted by comedian Danny Wallace.

*Once your votes have been cast, you will receive instructions for claiming the free ebook via email. The available ebooks are: Complete Guide to Fortnite, The Ultimate Guide to Minecraft, Edge – The Annual, A Hideo Kojima Book, Retro Gamer Annual 2019, PC Gamer Annual 2019.

Watch The Surge 2 Launch Trailer!

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Hardcore Action-RPG The Surge 2’s blend of limb-chopping combat and post-apocalyptic exploration releases September 24 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. Developer Deck13 and publisher Focus Home Interactive are delighted to deliver a sequel enjoyable by all – either for its incredible standalone story and gameplay, or how it builds and improves upon The Surge in every way. Check out today’s launch trailer for just a taste of the fast-paced action:

The Surge 2 presents a harsh, sci-fi, dystopian world to explore and survive. Create your own character and decide how to approach the hardcore melee combat, putting your reactions and RPG character-building skills to the test. Deep character progression and customization lets you decide how to equip yourself and handle enemies – with many additions over the original game, including challenging but rewarding directional parries and companion drones with dozens of uses. Limb-targeting and executions return new and improved, so get ready to target, loot, and equip everything you see on your enemies.

Pre-orders are now available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC, and come with the URBN Gear Pack, which includes a new armor set, two new weapons, and other cosmetics and equipment. The Surge 2 releases September 24.

The Surge 2 releases September 24 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. 

Terminator: Resistance Reveal Trailer

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UK video game publisher Reef Entertainment is proud to announce the release of TERMINATOR: RESISTANCE for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC via Steam. It will release on November 15 2019 in Europe & Australia and December 3 2019 in North America.

TERMINATOR: RESISTANCE is a single player first-person shooter developed by Teyon. It features an original story based on the film rights for legendary motion-pictures ‘THE TERMINATOR’ and ‘T2: JUDGMENT DAY’. It takes place in a post-apocalyptic Los Angeles, nearly 30 years after Judgment Day, and expands upon the Future War glimpsed at in the iconic films from James Cameron, ‘THE TERMINATOR’ and ‘T2: JUDGMENT DAY’.

The game introduces a new hero, Jacob Rivers, a soldier in the Resistance Pacific Division. Despite the fact that Jacob is just a private, he’ll soon discover that he’s been targeted by the latest threat from SKYNET and marked for termination!   SKYNET may be destined to lose this war, but at what cost to Jacob? Experience the events leading up to the decisive final battle, smash SKYNET’s Defence Grid and help decide the fate of mankind in the war against the machines!

Key Features:

  • Resist the machines! Fight against a selection of iconic enemies from the films, including the T-800, as well as a host of enemies that are brand new to the Terminator universe.
  • Equip an arsenal of plasma weaponry to run and gun or sneak and hack through sprawling environments! The world isn’t as forgiving as it used to be so you’ll need to search for scraps to trade and craft.
  • Choose the kind of hero you want to be by levelling up your skills while exploring post-Apocalyptic Los Angeles. Complete story missions to rise through the ranks of the Resistance as well as side-quests to help your friends.
  • Change the fate of mankind! Protect a motley crew of survivors, each with their own motivations and backstories. The actions you take throughout the game will impact their survival and change the ending you get.

The actions you take throughout the game will impact their survival and change the ending you get.

For more information head to website http://www.TerminatorVideoGame.com

HITMAN 2: Haven Island Trailer

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Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and IO Interactive today released a new HITMAN 2 trailer showcasing Haven Island (Maldives), a brand-new sandbox location that transports players to a lavish resort off the coast of India, rumored to be the premiere destination for wealthy criminals to reconstruct their reputations and identities.

Available Sept. 24 for all Expansion Pass owners, Haven Island picks up directly after the events from the Milton-Fitzpatrick investment bank mission in New York, as Agent 47 must now travel to the luxurious resort under a fake identity and assume the role of a guest. While undercover, 47 must locate and eliminate three different targets – Ljudmila Vetrova, a former confidence artist and the public face of Haven Island; Tyson Williams, the founder and CEO of the island; and Steven Bradley, a technical wizard and the brains behind Haven Island’s proprietary software platform.

Haven Island features an entire tropical resort to explore with secrets and opportunities hidden around every corner, along with 20 levels of Location Mastery, five new item unlocks, new achievements, trophies and an unlockable suit. Winners of last year’s HITMAN Sniper Assassin competition will also have their likeness appear in this location.

The HITMAN 2 Expansion Pass is available now and is also included as part of the HITMAN 2 Gold Edition, featuring the Haven Island (Maldives) and New York (N.Y./U.S.) locations, new Sniper Assassin maps, challenges, missions, outfits, weapons and more.

HITMAN 2 is the follow-up to the internationally acclaimed videogame, HITMAN. Featuring entirely new hyper-detailed sandbox locations full of living, breathing environments to explore, HITMAN 2 offers players the freedom to plan the ultimate assassination utilizing an assortment of tools, weapons, disguises and a variety of stealth techniques to creatively trigger their own unique chain of events. HITMAN 2 is available now for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 4 Pro, the Xbox One family of devices including the Xbox One X and PC.

To learn more about HITMAN 2, please visit www.hitman.com or join the HITMAN 2 conversation on Twitter (@Hitman), Facebook (@Hitman), Instagram (@Hitman), YouTube (Hitman), Twitch (Hitman), Discord (Hitman), Reddit (Hitman) or the Hitman Forum.

Merchoid Reveal the Xbox: Christmas Unlocked Jumper!

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The official Xbox Christmas sweater has now been revealed. Remember the days when you would wake up early on Christmas morning, run downstairs and hope that you’d been good enough all year for Santa to leave you the one thing you wanted more than anything, the new Xbox? There may not be a new console out this year, however, thanks to Merchoid, now you can hope to find the Xbox: Christmas Unlocked Knitted Sweater under your tree!

Inspired by the classic Xbox colours, and controller, this high quality knitted sweater has been made durable enough to survive the Christmas Day Gears of War 5 showdown with your loved ones and beyond. Featuring the iconic Xbox logo in the centre of the chest and an achievement trophy on each sleeve, Christmas has officially been unlocked.

The Xbox: Christmas Unlocked Knitted Sweater is available to order here: https://www.merchoid.com/xbox-christmas-unlocked-knitted-sweater-jumper/

Elite: Dangerous September Update Brings “New Starter Experience”

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With Elite Dangerous’ September Update, the team is working to bring an entirely new generation of intrepid explorers into the galaxy! The New Starter Experience offers a fully-voiced introduction to teach recruits the basics of flight, navigation, combat and more. And for our more seasoned players, there’s the new Livery System and ARX virtual currency.

New Starter Experience
We’ve introduced a new starting experience meaning that it’s easier to pick up Elite Dangerous than ever before!

Under the tutelage of Pilots Federation instructor, Theo Acosta, new Commanders will be led through a fully-voiced experience before being left to pilot their own starter ship, the Sidewinder! Throughout the experience, Commanders will learn the basics of space flight, scanning and combat as listed below:

  • Basic flight controls and scanning
  • Supercruise and navigation
  • A combat exercise around a megaship
  • Completing one’s first Hyperspace jump
  • Docking at a starport
  • All of the training will include voiceover across our supported languages

This new starter experience will also be added to the existing list of training simulations, found on the internal panel of the Commander’s cockpit, meaning even the most veteran of pilot can still experience it.

Elite: Dangerous will go offline for maintenance from early Wednesday 18th September as the update is rolled out, exact times TBC. The official Elite Dangerous Twitter channel will confirm when the servers are back up.

For full details on the September Update, go here.

For details on the ARX currency system, go here.

Bungie Release New Destiny: Shadowkeep Vidoc – The Moon and Beyond

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Today, Bungie has released an updated developer documentary that takes an inside look at the team as they get ready for the big changes coming to Destiny 2 on October 1. The team shares insight on the new expansion, Shadowkeep, the upcoming year of seasonal content, and PVP philosophy.

Destiny: Shadowkeep Expansion releases on October 1st for PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One family of consoles.

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