Do Demons Exist? CBS’ Evil Will Keep You Guessing

All September long, IGN is highlighting the best TV coming your way in the 2019-2020 season. Today we're focusing on CBS' new psychological thriller Evil, created by The Good Wife's Robert and Michelle King, and starring Luke Cage's Mike Colter, Westworld's Katja Herbers, and Person of Interest's Michael Emerson. The series explores the origins of evil along the dividing line between science and religion, centering on a skeptical female psychologist, Kristen Bouchard (Herbers), who joins a priest-in-training (Colter) and a carpenter (Aasif Mandvi) as they investigate the Church's backlog of unexplained mysteries, including supposed miracles, demonic possessions, and hauntings. Their job is to assess if there is a logical explanation or if something truly supernatural is at work. Get an exclusive first look behind the scenes of Evil with the cast, and watch a clip from the series premiere in which Emerson's chilling Leland Townsend reveals that he knows far too much about Kristen's personal life.

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Borderlands 3 Is 2K’s Fastest Selling Game Ever

Borderlands 3's publisher 2K says the looter shooter sold over five million copies during its first five days on the market, making it the fastest-selling game in the company's history.

That works out at 50 percent more sales than Borderlands 2 during the same launch window - a game which went on to sell over 22 million units.

The high figures were achieved despite backlash from fans when it was announced the PC version of Borderlands 3 would be an Epic Games exclusive. A press release from 2K announcing the sales records draws attention to the store figures in particular, saying "Borderlands 3 delivered the highest pre-order sales figures to date for a 2K title, as well as broke pre-order records with the Epic Games Store. Initial sales of Borderlands 3 have exceeded the label’s expectations and, in particular, PC sales of the title through the Epic Games Store have been incredibly strong."

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Borderlands 3 Is 2K’s Fastest Selling Game Ever

Borderlands 3's publisher 2K says the looter shooter sold over five million copies during its first five days on the market, making it the fastest-selling game in the company's history.

That works out at 50 percent more sales than Borderlands 2 during the same launch window - a game which went on to sell over 22 million units.

The high figures were achieved despite backlash from fans when it was announced the PC version of Borderlands 3 would be an Epic Games exclusive. A press release from 2K announcing the sales records draws attention to the store figures in particular, saying "Borderlands 3 delivered the highest pre-order sales figures to date for a 2K title, as well as broke pre-order records with the Epic Games Store. Initial sales of Borderlands 3 have exceeded the label’s expectations and, in particular, PC sales of the title through the Epic Games Store have been incredibly strong."

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New Batman Creative Team on the Challenge of ‘Rebuilding’ Gotham City

DC Comics celebrated Batman Day by revealing the new creative team taking over the flagship Batman comic in January 2020. We had a chance to chat on the phone with new writer James Tynion IV and artist Tony Daniel and learn more about how a new year will bring new challenges for the Dark Knight and begin the difficult process of rebuilding Gotham City.

From how the fallout of "City of Bane" impacts Bruce Wayne and Gotham City to the possibility of a new costume, read on to find out what we learned from Tynion and Daniel.

Returning to the Batman Franchise

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New Batman Creative Team on the Challenge of ‘Rebuilding’ Gotham City

DC Comics celebrated Batman Day by revealing the new creative team taking over the flagship Batman comic in January 2020. We had a chance to chat on the phone with new writer James Tynion IV and artist Tony Daniel and learn more about how a new year will bring new challenges for the Dark Knight and begin the difficult process of rebuilding Gotham City.

From how the fallout of "City of Bane" impacts Bruce Wayne and Gotham City to the possibility of a new costume, read on to find out what we learned from Tynion and Daniel.

Returning to the Batman Franchise

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PlayStation 5 Will Include Power Saving Feature to Tackle Climate Change

The PlayStation 5 will have an optional setting to slash the amount of power the next-generation console consumes in standby mode.

In a blog post, Sony announced it's working with the United Nations as part of its "Playing For The Planet" initiative, which aims to mobilise gamers to take an active role in combating climate change. Part of this effort involves partnered companies like PlayStation examining ways they can reduce their carbon footprint, and Sony is committing to working sustainable features into its new console's design.

"The next generation PlayStation console will include the possibility to suspend gameplay with much lower power consumption than PS4 (which we estimate can be achieved at around 0.5 W),” writes Jim Ryan, President and CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment. “If just one million users enable this feature, it would save equivalent to the average electricity use of 1,000 US homes.”

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PlayStation 5 Will Include Power Saving Feature to Tackle Climate Change

The PlayStation 5 will have an optional setting to slash the amount of power the next-generation console consumes in standby mode.

In a blog post, Sony announced it's working with the United Nations as part of its "Playing For The Planet" initiative, which aims to mobilise gamers to take an active role in combating climate change. Part of this effort involves partnered companies like PlayStation examining ways they can reduce their carbon footprint, and Sony is committing to working sustainable features into its new console's design.

"The next generation PlayStation console will include the possibility to suspend gameplay with much lower power consumption than PS4 (which we estimate can be achieved at around 0.5 W),” writes Jim Ryan, President and CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment. “If just one million users enable this feature, it would save equivalent to the average electricity use of 1,000 US homes.”

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Game of Thrones Wins Best Drama Emmy Award for Season 8

And now our watch has ended: Game of Thrones has won its final Emmy Award, taking home the prize for Best Drama at the 2019 Primetime Emmys ceremony, airing live from the Microsoft Theater in Downtown Los Angeles.

Game of Thrones led the 2019 Emmys race with a record-breaking 32 nominations, and had already won 10 Creative Arts Emmys leading into the Primetime Emmys ceremony, dominating below-the-line categories including casting, costumes, main title design, makeup, score, editing, sound editing, sound mixing, special visual effects, and stunt coordination.

Earlier in the night, Peter Dinklage won the Emmy for best supporting actor for his role as Tyrion Lannister, beating his castmates Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and Alfie Allen in the category. Supporting actress went to Ozark's Julia Garner, who beat GOT's Gwendoline Christie, Lena Headey, Sophie Turner, Maisie Williams, and Killing Eve's Fiona Shaw. Kit Harington lost out in the Lead Actor category to Pose's Billy Porter, while Emilia Clarke lost out on Lead Actress to Killing Eve's Jodie Comer.

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