The next installment of IGN’s Watch From Home Theater is coming this week! We are watching Full Metal Jacket with star Matthew Modine. Join us on November 5 at 5 p.m. PT/8 p.m. ET as we watch this Stanley Kubrick masterpiece. IGN's Clint Gage and Terri Schwartz are enduring boot camp alongside Joker himself, Matthew Modine while you get to watch along on Movies Anywhere in 4K from the comfort of your home. WFH Theater is streamed live as IGN hosts watch a film with its star to hear behind-the-scenes trivia and glean new insight. But it’s not complete without you, the audience, so be sure to participate by asking questions in the chat or tweet along using the hashtag #WFHTheater. Your question just might be featured on the show as it unfolds live! While we won’t be able to show the entirety of Full Metal Jacket in the live stream watch-along, we encourage watchers to purchase the movie and redeem the digital copy on Movies Anywhere. And, if you have a friend to enjoy the movie with, send them a Screen Pass and then Watch Together in a synced viewing experience.

Check out the highlights from our previous episodes below!

WFH Theater - X-Men: Days of Future Past w/ Writer Simon Kinberg

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WFH Theater - Empire Strikes Back with Sam Witwer & Rahul Kohli

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WFH Theater - Revenge of the Sith with Ashley Eckstein & Cameron Monaghan

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WFH Theater - Netflix's Extraction with Chris Hemsworth, Joe Russo and director Sam Hargrave

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Building off their previous work on “The Park” and “The Neighborhood” modes, NBA 2K developer Visual Concepts has announced new NBA 2K21 social multiplayer hub dubbed “The City” for next-gen consoles. Check out the trailer below.

Starting with NBA 2K14, Visual Concepts introduced the idea of a social hub filled with opportunities to play pick-up games of basketball, alongside some ridiculous mini-games. That eventually expanded into the “Neighborhood” mode, an even bigger hub with more to do and seasonal changes. Check out screenshots from the City in the gallery below.

Visual Concepts says the City will be “many, many times larger” than previous Neighborhoods. The City is comprised of four different districts, each run by a rival Affiliation. Visual Concepts adds that “hundreds” of players will populate each City.

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“The City is our most ambitious execution of a virtual basketball community...ever,” Visual Concepts executive producer Erick Boenisch said in a lengthy blog post.

Players all start out in Rookieville, a dock community where they must prove themselves against other MyPLAYERS before actually gaining access to the City. The four Affiliation-controlled Burroughs each have their own aesthetic and unique basketball courts that promise new MyPLAYER progression.

The City also houses an Event Center area, a giant shining monolith where all new and returning events will be hosted, as well as competitions between Affiliations. LED screens and lighting will change the mood of the Event Center depending on the occasion.

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Visual Concepts is also introducing “Garage Hoops,” which are basically basketball hoops scattered around the map. Shoot some hoops in one and other players can initiate several different modes. It’s a simple addition, but Visual Concepts says players will get some extra VC rewards for the first five games played each day.

The City also features a quest system with NPCs, with a series of single-player 3v3 games, and another line of quests that encourages you to explore the city and play games outside the Warehouse.

Other features include:

•  A remade Gatorade training facility where players can beef up their athletes or rent courts for uninterrupted play.

• Larger 4v4 and 5v5 courts, including a Kobe Bryant tribute court that features the late player’s snakeskin design and a large mural overlooking the court.

• After winning 10 Affiliation games, the reigning team’s ball will catch on fire, acting as a sort of bat-signal to other players hoping to unseat the local champs.

• Pink Diamond Plaza: A neon pink-infused court where the MyTeam Triple Threat mode is housed.

• Apparel stores where you can purchase cosmetics for your player avatars. To no one’s surprise, this will feature sports brands like Nike, Jordan, Adidas, and more.

Players looking to dive into the returning Affiliations feature will be randomly assigned an Affiliation after proving themselves in Rookieville but can file for a transfer which sets your reputation level back to square one. Players will earn more Rep points by playing games on their Affiliation’s courts, and each Affiliation can compete in “Rival Day Conquest” and “Rival Day Championship” events to crown a faction as the kings of the City.

Certain players can even be elected mayor of their Affiliation’s borough, and are responsible for creating hype videos that play on jumbotron screens, curating custom music playlists, court and mural designs, and uniform selection. Visual Concepts says they’re pre-selecting the first round of mayors (corruption!) and each mayor will be a recognizable face from the NBA 2K community. Mayors will change every six weeks, though.

These aren’t the only next-gen improvements coming to the PS5 and Xbox Series X version of NBA 2K21. Visual Concepts is using the PS5’s adaptive triggers and haptic feedback to simulate player fatigue. New player AI and customization options are also on the way. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Joseph Knoop is a writer/producer for IGN. Ball with him on Twitter.

Building off their previous work on “The Park” and “The Neighborhood” modes, NBA 2K developer Visual Concepts has announced new NBA 2K21 social multiplayer hub dubbed “The City” for next-gen consoles. Check out the trailer below.

Starting with NBA 2K14, Visual Concepts introduced the idea of a social hub filled with opportunities to play pick-up games of basketball, alongside some ridiculous mini-games. That eventually expanded into the “Neighborhood” mode, an even bigger hub with more to do and seasonal changes. Check out screenshots from the City in the gallery below.

Visual Concepts says the City will be “many, many times larger” than previous Neighborhoods. The City is comprised of four different districts, each run by a rival Affiliation. Visual Concepts adds that “hundreds” of players will populate each City.

[ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/11/04/nba-2k21-welcome-to-the-city-trailer"]

“The City is our most ambitious execution of a virtual basketball community...ever,” Visual Concepts executive producer Erick Boenisch said in a lengthy blog post.

Players all start out in Rookieville, a dock community where they must prove themselves against other MyPLAYERS before actually gaining access to the City. The four Affiliation-controlled Burroughs each have their own aesthetic and unique basketball courts that promise new MyPLAYER progression.

The City also houses an Event Center area, a giant shining monolith where all new and returning events will be hosted, as well as competitions between Affiliations. LED screens and lighting will change the mood of the Event Center depending on the occasion.

[widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=nba-2k21-next-gen-the-city-screenshots&captions=true"]

Visual Concepts is also introducing “Garage Hoops,” which are basically basketball hoops scattered around the map. Shoot some hoops in one and other players can initiate several different modes. It’s a simple addition, but Visual Concepts says players will get some extra VC rewards for the first five games played each day.

The City also features a quest system with NPCs, with a series of single-player 3v3 games, and another line of quests that encourages you to explore the city and play games outside the Warehouse.

Other features include:

•  A remade Gatorade training facility where players can beef up their athletes or rent courts for uninterrupted play.

• Larger 4v4 and 5v5 courts, including a Kobe Bryant tribute court that features the late player’s snakeskin design and a large mural overlooking the court.

• After winning 10 Affiliation games, the reigning team’s ball will catch on fire, acting as a sort of bat-signal to other players hoping to unseat the local champs.

• Pink Diamond Plaza: A neon pink-infused court where the MyTeam Triple Threat mode is housed.

• Apparel stores where you can purchase cosmetics for your player avatars. To no one’s surprise, this will feature sports brands like Nike, Jordan, Adidas, and more.

Players looking to dive into the returning Affiliations feature will be randomly assigned an Affiliation after proving themselves in Rookieville but can file for a transfer which sets your reputation level back to square one. Players will earn more Rep points by playing games on their Affiliation’s courts, and each Affiliation can compete in “Rival Day Conquest” and “Rival Day Championship” events to crown a faction as the kings of the City.

Certain players can even be elected mayor of their Affiliation’s borough, and are responsible for creating hype videos that play on jumbotron screens, curating custom music playlists, court and mural designs, and uniform selection. Visual Concepts says they’re pre-selecting the first round of mayors (corruption!) and each mayor will be a recognizable face from the NBA 2K community. Mayors will change every six weeks, though.

These aren’t the only next-gen improvements coming to the PS5 and Xbox Series X version of NBA 2K21. Visual Concepts is using the PS5’s adaptive triggers and haptic feedback to simulate player fatigue. New player AI and customization options are also on the way. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Joseph Knoop is a writer/producer for IGN. Ball with him on Twitter.

Cody Bellinger, outfielder for the Los Angeles Dodgers, is playing a character in Assassin's Creed Valhalla. The Major League Baseball star did the motion capture, voice acting, and face modeling for Otta Sluggasson, a character players can encounter on their journey through the game. Sluggasson is described as "a Dane with a knack for hitting rocks very very far." In his reveal, he is shown swinging a spiked club like a baseball bat, showing off his slugging skills to Eivor, the player character in Assassin's Creed Valhalla. You can check out the reveal video below. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/11/04/assassins-creed-valhalla-cody-bellinger-picks-up-a-viking-axe-video"] In an interview with ESPN, Bellinger called himself a video game nerd, and was very excited about his role in the game, saying, "It felt pretty cool to be a Viking. I got to make Viking moves and added a baseball swing to it. You can't fight me, but Otta Sluggasson would win if there were fighting." It's been a busy year for Bellinger, as he and the Dodgers just won the 2020 World Series over the Tampa Bay Rays. Bellinger has played for the Dodgers for all four years of his already-decorated MLB career, winning Rookie of the Year in 2017, and Most Valuable Player in 2019. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=assassins-creed-valhalla-new-screenshots&captions=true"] Celebrity cameos in video games are nothing new, but it's more common to see high-profile actors crossover into video game roles. Recent examples include Keanu Reeves in the upcoming Cyberpunk 2077, or Terry Crews appearing in Crackdown 3. We're less than a week away from the launch of Assassin's Creed Valhalla, as it releases on November 10 for Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PC, and Stadia. The game is coming to PlayStation 5 on November 12, the same day as the console's launch in select regions. For more, you can read our final preview of Assassin's Creed Valhalla. Or, if you're interested in next-gen, check out our PS5 guide and Xbox Series X guide. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/03/16/mlb-the-show-20-review"] [poilib element="accentDivider"] Logan Plant is a news writer for IGN, and a huge baseball fan. You can find him on Twitter at @LoganJPlant.

Cody Bellinger, outfielder for the Los Angeles Dodgers, is playing a character in Assassin's Creed Valhalla. The Major League Baseball star did the motion capture, voice acting, and face modeling for Otta Sluggasson, a character players can encounter on their journey through the game. Sluggasson is described as "a Dane with a knack for hitting rocks very very far." In his reveal, he is shown swinging a spiked club like a baseball bat, showing off his slugging skills to Eivor, the player character in Assassin's Creed Valhalla. You can check out the reveal video below. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/11/04/assassins-creed-valhalla-cody-bellinger-picks-up-a-viking-axe-video"] In an interview with ESPN, Bellinger called himself a video game nerd, and was very excited about his role in the game, saying, "It felt pretty cool to be a Viking. I got to make Viking moves and added a baseball swing to it. You can't fight me, but Otta Sluggasson would win if there were fighting." It's been a busy year for Bellinger, as he and the Dodgers just won the 2020 World Series over the Tampa Bay Rays. Bellinger has played for the Dodgers for all four years of his already-decorated MLB career, winning Rookie of the Year in 2017, and Most Valuable Player in 2019. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=assassins-creed-valhalla-new-screenshots&captions=true"] Celebrity cameos in video games are nothing new, but it's more common to see high-profile actors crossover into video game roles. Recent examples include Keanu Reeves in the upcoming Cyberpunk 2077, or Terry Crews appearing in Crackdown 3. We're less than a week away from the launch of Assassin's Creed Valhalla, as it releases on November 10 for Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PC, and Stadia. The game is coming to PlayStation 5 on November 12, the same day as the console's launch in select regions. For more, you can read our final preview of Assassin's Creed Valhalla. Or, if you're interested in next-gen, check out our PS5 guide and Xbox Series X guide. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/03/16/mlb-the-show-20-review"] [poilib element="accentDivider"] Logan Plant is a news writer for IGN, and a huge baseball fan. You can find him on Twitter at @LoganJPlant.

Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War is almost here and Activision has revealed the storage space required on consoles and PC for pre-loading. As expected, the storage space required on consoles and PC is around or more than 100GB of space. Activision has shared pre-loading details for Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War. On PS4 and Xbox One pre-loading will begin on November 5 at 9 pm PT while on PC pre-loading will begin on November 10 at 10 am PT. Pre-loading on next-gen systems will begin on each system’s respective launch date. So November 10 for Xbox Series X|S and November 12 for PlayStation 5. All of which is before the official November 13 launch date for Black Ops Cold War. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/10/15/call-of-duty-black-ops-cold-war-fireteam-dirty-bomb-trailer"] How Big is Black Ops Cold War? To pre-load Black Ops Cold War, players will need to ensure they have the right amount of available storage to launch the game. Here are the storage space numbers required for each system.

• PS4: 95GB
• PS5: 133GB
• Xbox One: 93GB
• Xbox Series X|S: 136GB
• PC 125GB (Full Game on Ultra Graphics), 82GB (Full Game), 35GB (Multiplayer Only)

[poilib element="accentDivider"] Activision says players on both PC and console can choose to uninstall specific game mode packs such as Campaign or Zombies to reduce the overall file size. With only a few short weeks to go until Black Ops Cold War is released, check out IGN’s hands-on Black Ops Cold War preview. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Matt T.M. Kim is a reporter for IGN.

Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War is almost here and Activision has revealed the storage space required on consoles and PC for pre-loading. As expected, the storage space required on consoles and PC is around or more than 100GB of space. Activision has shared pre-loading details for Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War. On PS4 and Xbox One pre-loading will begin on November 5 at 9 pm PT while on PC pre-loading will begin on November 10 at 10 am PT. Pre-loading on next-gen systems will begin on each system’s respective launch date. So November 10 for Xbox Series X|S and November 12 for PlayStation 5. All of which is before the official November 13 launch date for Black Ops Cold War. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/10/15/call-of-duty-black-ops-cold-war-fireteam-dirty-bomb-trailer"] How Big is Black Ops Cold War? To pre-load Black Ops Cold War, players will need to ensure they have the right amount of available storage to launch the game. Here are the storage space numbers required for each system.

• PS4: 95GB
• PS5: 133GB
• Xbox One: 93GB
• Xbox Series X|S: 136GB
• PC 125GB (Full Game on Ultra Graphics), 82GB (Full Game), 35GB (Multiplayer Only)

[poilib element="accentDivider"] Activision says players on both PC and console can choose to uninstall specific game mode packs such as Campaign or Zombies to reduce the overall file size. With only a few short weeks to go until Black Ops Cold War is released, check out IGN’s hands-on Black Ops Cold War preview. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Matt T.M. Kim is a reporter for IGN.

Sea of Thieves will feature faster load times and 60 FPS on Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S, as well as resolutions of 4K on Series X and 1080p on Series S. Announced on Sea of Thieves' official Twitter, these optimizations are revealed less than a week from the launch of both the Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S on November 10, 2020. Sea of Thieves is just one of Microsoft's console exclusives that will be getting upgrades on these new next-gen systems alongside games like Gears 5, Ori & the Will of the Wisps, Gears Tactics, Forza Horizon 4, Halo: The Master Chief Collection, and more. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/03/19/sea-of-thieves-review-2020"] Originally released in 2018, Sea of Thieves is a game that has seen constant updates and improvements. So much so, we re-reviewed the game earlier this year. In our updated review for Sea of Thieves, we said, "is a pirate fantasy sandbox with an enormous amount of things to do, made unpredictable and exciting by the addition of other players. Coordinating together across the deck of a massive pirate ship is pure chaos at times, but it’s also endlessly entertaining. The cosmetic-only progression system doesn’t give you as much incentive to keep playing as I’d have liked and its free-form nature left me feeling lost at sea at times – but if you’ve got a good group of two or three friends to play with, it’s hard to find a game as entertaining to jump aboard." [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=confirmed-xbox-series-x-games&captions=true"] For more on Sea of Thieves, check out our look at how Rare successfully reinvented its pirate game and all the adorable dogs that were added in its September 2020 update. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to newstips@ign.com. Adam Bankhurst is a news writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @AdamBankhurst and on Twitch.

Sea of Thieves will feature faster load times and 60 FPS on Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S, as well as resolutions of 4K on Series X and 1080p on Series S. Announced on Sea of Thieves' official Twitter, these optimizations are revealed less than a week from the launch of both the Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S on November 10, 2020. Sea of Thieves is just one of Microsoft's console exclusives that will be getting upgrades on these new next-gen systems alongside games like Gears 5, Ori & the Will of the Wisps, Gears Tactics, Forza Horizon 4, Halo: The Master Chief Collection, and more. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/03/19/sea-of-thieves-review-2020"] Originally released in 2018, Sea of Thieves is a game that has seen constant updates and improvements. So much so, we re-reviewed the game earlier this year. In our updated review for Sea of Thieves, we said, "is a pirate fantasy sandbox with an enormous amount of things to do, made unpredictable and exciting by the addition of other players. Coordinating together across the deck of a massive pirate ship is pure chaos at times, but it’s also endlessly entertaining. The cosmetic-only progression system doesn’t give you as much incentive to keep playing as I’d have liked and its free-form nature left me feeling lost at sea at times – but if you’ve got a good group of two or three friends to play with, it’s hard to find a game as entertaining to jump aboard." [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=confirmed-xbox-series-x-games&captions=true"] For more on Sea of Thieves, check out our look at how Rare successfully reinvented its pirate game and all the adorable dogs that were added in its September 2020 update. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to newstips@ign.com. Adam Bankhurst is a news writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @AdamBankhurst and on Twitch.

Innersloth has pushed an update to Among Us and outlined a small roadmap for future content, with a new map, an account system and colourblind support on the way. A new developer blog post on the Among Us news hub over on Steam mentions that Innersloth is working on an account system, set to arrive as early as December, which will let players report toxic or hacking accounts, with friend lists to follow after that. The team is also hard at work on a free new map, which is apparently bigger than Polus and features brand new task types, is themed after Henry Stickmin, and will be free to all players. Professional translations into multiple languages are also in the pipeline, as well as full-blown colourblind support. The latest update has brought bug fixes and anonymous voting to the game, which marks every vote as grey to obscure voting intention and make ejections even more mysterious. Taskbar modifiers have also been added to the Among Us options, with Meeting mode making it so the taskbar only updates during a meeting, or Invisible mode, which removes the taskbar entirely. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=among-us-screenshots&captions=true"] Innersloth also mentioned that it's working on dealing with cheating and hacking in the game. "Some cheats still work and now there are bugs too. There will be more server updates to fix all of this, but rushing anti-hacks is what caused the bugs, so cleaning things up is a slower process. Also rest assured that any threats made in the game are false and your devices and data are safe. If you see a hacker, ban them or find a different room," the blog reads. Interested in the Among Us phenomenon? We've written a history of the game's sudden rise from obscurity, which led to one of the largest ever Twitch streams among other acheievements. The game is so successful that its developers cancelled a sequel to add more content to the original game. For more on Among Us, check out our article for some useful tips and tricks to help you succeed when playing crewmate and impostor. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Jordan Oloman is a freelance writer for IGN. Follow him on Twitter.