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Epic Says Fortnite’s New Matchmaking System Creates ‘Fairer Matches’
Epic has waded into the discussions around whether Fortnite's new skill-based matchmaking system is balanced, saying the goal is to create "fairer matches."
The new matchmaking process disregards what platform you're playing on, and instead attempts to drop you in with players of similar skill. It means you could be playing on a map with mobile and PC players together.
"With the rollout, we've seen a lot of discussion about potentially unfair competitive advantages from pooling players together across platforms and input devices," Epic wrote in a blog post. "The new matchmaking system, however, accounts for various skill levels across different platforms and control inputs, and groups players of similar skill levels together.
House of the Dead 1 and 2 Remakes Confirmed
The iconic on-rails zombie shooters that dominated 90s arcades, House of the Dead 1 and 2, are being remade.
Publisher Forever Entertainment confirmed on Twitter that a deal has been signed, though no further details are available at this point. We don't know what platforms the remakes will land on, nor when they might release.
"Hi Guys! We confirm the signing of the agreement regarding remakes of the games 'The House of the Dead' and 'The House of the Dead 2'," reads the tweet. "No platforms or release dates have been confirmed, and unfortunately we can’t say anything more for now."
Spider-Man: Bob Iger on Tom Holland’s Appeal to Save Marvel/Sony Deal
Disney CEO Robert Iger has confirmed that Tom Holland played a pivotal part in Spider-Man negotiations following his last-minute appeal for Sony and Marvel to reconnect and renew a deal.
THR reports that Iger recently appeared as a guest on an episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live, where he confirmed an earlier report about how the Spider-Man: Far From Home star helped to facilitate Peter Parker's return to the Marvel Cinematic Universe after reaching out directly to the Disney chief.
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Joker Ending Explained
Full SPOILERS ahead for Joker!
Given his reputation as an unreliable narrator, it should come as no surprise that the Joker’s solo movie is a story rife with ambiguity that might make viewers question how much truth there is to what is depicted in the DC film, including its deliberately murky ending.
Given how open to interpretation Joker is, we’ve deviated from our usual Ending Explained approach to include multiple takes on the film’s ending from IGN editors who have seen the film.
So let us all break down as best we can then what happened — or appeared to happen — in the closing moments of director Todd Phillips’ award-winning comic book movie.
Ubisoft Removes Some Microtransactions From Ghost Recon: Breakpoint
Ahead of Ghost Recon: Breakpoint's launch on October 4, Ubisoft has addressed its philosophy towards microtransactions and why it chose to remove some Time-Savers items that weren't supposed to be available quite yet.
As reported by USGamer.net, Ubisoft took to its forums to discuss in-game purchasable content and how it "aimed at offering a fair and rewarding experience to our players however they want to experience our game, in solo, co-op, PvE or PvP."
Harley Quinn: November Premiere Date Revealed for DC Universe Series
The upcoming DC Universe animated series Harley Quinn now has an official release date: November 29.
Executive Producers Justin Halpern and Patrick Schumacker were on hand at New York Comic Con to officially announce the premiere date for the original adult-animated comedy series Harley Quinn.
Amanda Conner, artist and co-writer of DC’s hit New 52 Harley Quinn series, was on hand as well to talk about the art she created that went on to inspire the look of the animated series. Pieces of are featuring Harley were hung throughout an immersive pop-up installation at DCU HQ.
IGN reviewed the Harley Quinn series premiere when it was aired at San Diego Comic-Con.
Hasbro Reveals Marvel Legends Stan Lee Figure
Hasbro announced at New York Comic Con 2019 that the new line of Marvel Legends figures will include a six-inch figure of Stan Lee, as well as a Deadpool figure assortment and Fantastic Four figure assortment.
Take a look at all the new figures in the gallery below:
The Stan Lee figure will be available starting Spring 2020 for $24.99. The design is inspired by Lee's cameo in Marvel's The Avengers, where he played a chess player skeptical of Earth's mightiest heroes. The figure also includes a Captain America shield featuring Lee's signature and the chessboard from his cameo. Lee passed away in 2018 at the age of 95.
5 Obscure SNES Games We Want on Switch
It’s been a while since Nintendo dropped 20 free SNES games for the Nintendo Switch Online Service, meaning we’ve already finished them all and are looking for something else to play.
With 721 games released in North America alone, Nintendo has a lot of choices when it comes to what to re-release next… whenever that may be. Still, with so many options to choose from, we’ve got the ones we know we’d like to see first. Here are five (more) SNES games that we want to see on Switch.
Click through the gallery above or scroll down the page for the full list.