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In celebration of Halloween this year, the team over at Call of Duty has brought back The Haunting event for both Black Ops Cold War and Warzone, offering players a bit of festive fun. Spearheading the celebrations will be two new models drawn from two of horror cinema’s most iconic characters: Ghostface from Scream and Frank the Rabbit from Donnie Darko. The former will be a standalone operator while the latter will be a skin for Baker. There’ll also be a Necro Queen skin for Portnova, a Disciple of Mayhem skin for Weaver, and a Lumens skin for Maxis. Cosmetics aside, there’s also a whole range of changes to gameplay. A new LAPA SMG can be unlocked when you’ve completed all challenges, and Verdansk itself is getting a nighttime makeover with a Ghosts of Verda...

After a three-year reign by Nintendo, Sony has finally managed to reclaim the top spot for the best-selling console. According to NPD analyst Mat Piscatella, the PlayStation 5 has managed to both sell more units and bring in more dollars over the month of September this year than any other console, effectively ending the Switch‘s reign for the past 33 consecutive months. The new record would give Sony the top position once again after holding it with the PlayStation 4 all the way back in November, 2018 just before Nintendo’s amazing spree. As a whole, console sales in the U.S. jumped 49% as of September this year when compared to the same period a year ago, with total sales for 2021 reaching a whopping $3.4 billion USD. While Nintendo still managed to sell more Switch units as a whole acro...

Warner Bros. Games has now released the latest story trailer for Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, offering gamers a new look at what’s to come for the highly-anticipated title. Developed by the Batman: Arkham series’ creator Rocksteady, Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League is an upcoming action-adventure shooter placing players in the roles of Harley Quinn, Deadshot, Captain Boomerang and King Shark as the four criminal misfits are recruited into Task Force X, also known as the Suicide Squad. As Metropolis goes under siege by Brainiac, everyone in the city becomes brainwashed by his powers, including the Justice League themselves. With no one left to defend humanity, it’s up to the team of Arkham Asylum inmates to stop him and his mind-controlled subjects. There’s curren...

J Balvin, ZHU and Katy Perry Design Merchandise for “Pokémon 25: The Album” Presented by Pokemon Introducing exclusive merchandise collections that celebrate the styles of each musician and Pokémon. Presented by Pokemon /Oct 15, 2021 Oct 15, 2021 2,638 Hypes    Katy Perry, Post Malone, J Balvin and More to Collab for ‘Pokémon 25: The Album’ Compilation As part of the franchise’s 25th anniversary. Mar 1, 2021 2,640 Hypes    A New Free Digital Pokémon Trading Card Game Is Coming Soon Pokémon Trading Card Live offers a more straightforward way to trade cards online. Sep 21, 2021 2,121 Hypes    New V-Union ‘Pokémon’ Cards May Complicatedly Impact the Game V-Union cards are expected to allow players to create more powerful and bi...

A Fortnite and Dune crossover is set to make an appearance on the game imminently. Fans will soon be able to show off their Paul Atreides and Chani skins inside of battle royale. The film’s protagonist Timothée Chalamet took to Instagram story to tease his character in the new skin. Fortnite insider HYPEX took to Twitter to leak skin cosmetics and various props for Chalamet and Zendaya‘s characters. A “Sand Walk” emote, Twinblades for harvesting and Fremkits are both revealed. The leak comes just days before Dune premieres in the U.S. though no official date for the skins has been released. However, HYPEX mentions that the skins will come available in two bundles. Aside from the leak, there is not much information on the upcoming Dune skins. However, the announcement of the release have se...

Aside from releasing a whole host of live-action and animated trailers for its upcoming movies and series, DC FanDome also unveiled new looks at some of its highly-anticipated video games, including a story trailer for Gotham Knights unveiling the sinister Court of Owls. Based in the crime-ridden city of Gotham, Gotham Knights is an upcoming open-world action RPG putting players in a period shortly after Batman‘s apparent death. You’ll take on the roles of his former partners Red Hood, Nightwing, Batgirl and Robin to investigate what exactly happened to the Dark Knight, bringing you on a collision course with one of the city’s oldest crime syndicates: the Court of Owls. Not much about the rest of the game has been revealed at the moment, but you can expect action-packed sequences...

The KAWS x Fortnite Halloween skin pack is here. The two sides recently teased audiences with the artist’s familiar iconography on a teaser Fortnightmares card, as part of the game’s weekly roundup of upcoming skins. Last night, the team at Epic Games released what is being dubbed the KAWS Skeleton Outfit in the Item Shop — four “COMPANION” skins that come in orange, green, pink, and a bone colorway. Fortnite is no stranger to collaborating with members of mass culture, having done so recently with Balenciaga and in 2020 with Travis Scott. However, the KAWS collab is the first time the game has worked with a high-profile artist — further cementing the fact that the worlds of fashion, music, and art are seeping into the fervent and lucrative realm of gaming. The Fortnite “COMPANION” skins a...