The Biggest Character You May Have Missed in The Red Dead Redemption 2 Trailer

The great character reveal in last week’s Red Dead Redemption 2 trailer wasn’t one of the seven masked figures thundering toward us during the dramatic climax, nor any of the townspeople hunching in the muddy streets of a ramshackle town.

Images like this lone rider emerging from over a ridge appeal to our common vocabulary of Western myths. Images like this lone rider emerging from over a ridge appeal to our common vocabulary of Western myths.

The West is the central, essential character, with its vibrant personality and complex traits revealed in every thoughtfully choreographed shot. Its harshness is meant to be felt in the ever-present breezes whipping the grass and the bite of cold coming down the mountain into the pale prairie sun, smelt in pine needles and rotting carcasses. Its kindness is reflected in the soft light of the rising sun as a rider crosses a plain, its wildness in the seeping contrast of mountain and plain across a lonesome valley.

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Xbox One S Holiday Bundles Revealed

Microsoft revealed eight Xbox One S Holiday Bundles, including three different Gears of War 4 options, a Minecraft option, three Battlefield 1 options, and a FIFA 17 option.

The Xbox One S Gears of War 4 Limited Edition Bundle ($449 USD) features a "a gritty, battle-weathered custom console" and matching controller with a 2TB hard drive, copy of Gears of War 4: Ultimate Edition, and "tons of extras."

The Gears of War 4 Special Edition Bundle ($299 USD) features a deep blue console with matching controller and 500GB hard drive as well as a copy of the game.

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Star Wars: Rogue One Gets Earlier UK Release Date

Rogue One: A Story Wars Story is now set to come out December 15 in the United Kingdom, one day earlier than originally planned.

The official Star Wars UK Twitter account announced the release date change for Rogue One. In fact, the same shift forward happened with Star Wars: The Force Awakens in the UK last year.

Star Wars fans in the United States and Canada have to wait until December 16 for Rogue One. But certain European countries, like Belgium and Sweden, get the Rebel-centric film December 14, according to Empire Online.

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Daily Deals: Battlefield 1, DualShock 4 Controllers, Star Wars Trilogies

Welcome to IGN's Daily Deals, your source for the best deals on the stuff you actually want to buy. If you buy something through this post, IGN may get a share of the sale. For more, read our Terms of Use.

Battlefield 1 for 20% Off

Our verdict is in on the latest sequel in the Battlefield series, and friends, the outlook's looking good. As Chloi says in our review, "Battlefield 1 does an amazing job of transplanting the fantastic chemistry of the series’ traditional multiplayer action into the weaponry and vehicles of World War I."

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Indiana Jones 5: George Lucas Isn’t Involved

Creator George Lucas isn't involved with the story for Indiana Jones 5.

Screenwriter David Koepp, who's writing the fifth film in the series and also penned Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, told Collider he's not working with Lucas.

"He’s not, to my knowledge

," Koepp said. "I’ve had no contact with him.”

It's a notable departure for the franchise, as Lucas has helped create the story for the four previous Indiana Jones films. Back in March, Disney and Lucasfilm also didn't list Lucas as a contributor when officially announcing Indy 5.

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Alien: Covenant’s Xenomorphs Have a New Name

Michael Fassbender, who's set to reprise his role as David in Alien: Covenant, has shared a new detail about Ridley Scott's upcoming sci-fi thriller -- the new name given to the film's Xenomorphs.

Warning: Alien: Covenant spoilers ahead.

In an interview with BBC Radio 2 (as reported by Birth.Movies.Death.), Fassbender appears to have inadvertently let the cat out of the bag a bit early, referring to the film's alien monster creatures as "Neomorphs."

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A Fan Is Making a 3D Open-World Sonic Game

YouTube user The Great Lange recently released gameplay footage for a 3D open-world Sonic game that he's been creating, called Sonic Utopia.

"Sonic Utopia is an experiment that not only tries to expand on Sonic gameplay in an intuitive way in 3D, but also aims to capture the best of Sonic's style and tie it together in a cohesive experience," a description of the game explains. "Nearly everything in this demo, from art to sound to the gameplay engine, was made from scratch."

Seen in the footage below, Sonic Utopia marries several different ideas the Sonic series has implemented over the years. Taking on the classic blocky worlds and character models of the early Genesis games — Sonic the Hedgehog 1, 2, 3, as well as Sonic and Knuckles — The Great Lange adds more contemporary gameplay mechanics such as free roaming and 3D combat, as seen in later Sonic titles, such as the Sonic Adventure series and Sonic Unleashed.

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Out This Week: Titanfall 2, Skyrim Special Edition, World of Final Fantasy

With so many new games and movies coming out, it can be hard to keep up. Lucky for you, IGN is here to help with a weekly round-up of the biggest releases each and every week. Check out the latest releases for this week, and be sure to come back next Monday for a new update.

Note: The prices and deals compiled below are accurate at the time we published this story, but all are subject to change.

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