Epic Announces $10 Million Fortnite Fall Skirmish

Epic Games today announced Fortnite's Fall Skirmish, with millions more in prize money available following a shorter competition period than the recently concluded Summer Skirmish.

"The weather may be cooling down, but the battle is heating up," Fortnite's Twitter account tweeted today. "Fall Skirmish starts soon, with $10,000,000 awarded across 6 weeks. Stay tuned for major details dropping later this week!"

By comparison, the Summer Skirmish was an eight-week event with $8 million on the table. It pitted professional players against some of the best amateurs and most popular streamers from around the world in a variety of online, invite-only competitions.

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How This Iron Fist Villain Could Impact Daredevil Season 3

Warning: this article contains spoilers for Iron Fist: Season 2!

Head here for an explanation on how Danny Rand's powers work and how one can become an Iron Fist, or here for an explanation of the ending of the season.

Iron Fist Season 2 introduced a major new villain into the Marvel Cinematic Universe in the form of Mary Walker (Alice Eve), a mentally unstable killer who proved to be both friend and foe to Danny Rand. Not only that, this season opened the door for much more to come with Mary, hinting that she has a third and even more dangerous personality waiting to manifest itself.

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How This Iron Fist Villain Could Impact Daredevil Season 3

Iron Fist Season 2 introduced a major new villain into the Marvel Cinematic Universe in the form of Mary Walker (Alice Eve), a mentally unstable killer who proved to be both friend and foe to Danny Rand. Not only that, this season opened the door for much more to come with Mary, hinting that she has a third and even more dangerous personality waiting to manifest itself.

Who is this new "alter," and what does it tell us about Mary's future role in the Netflix Marvel Universe? Here's what we know based on Typhoid Mary's comic book appearances.

Typhoid Mary: Comics vs. TV

Typhoid Mary changed more than most Marvel characters when she made the jump to the MCU. Apart from the fact that she's still portrayed as a psychologically unstable woman with split personalities and a penchant for killing, there's not a lot in common between the two. Heck, even the fact that she made her debut on Iron Fist when the comic book version of Typhoid Mary is most closely associated with Daredevil is a major departure.

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How This Iron Fist Villain Could Impact Daredevil Season 3

Iron Fist Season 2 introduced a major new villain into the Marvel Cinematic Universe in the form of Mary Walker (Alice Eve), a mentally unstable killer who proved to be both friend and foe to Danny Rand. Not only that, this season opened the door for much more to come with Mary, hinting that she has a third and even more dangerous personality waiting to manifest itself.

Who is this new "alter," and what does it tell us about Mary's future role in the Netflix Marvel Universe? Here's what we know based on Typhoid Mary's comic book appearances.

Typhoid Mary: Comics vs. TV

Typhoid Mary changed more than most Marvel characters when she made the jump to the MCU. Apart from the fact that she's still portrayed as a psychologically unstable woman with split personalities and a penchant for killing, there's not a lot in common between the two. Heck, even the fact that she made her debut on Iron Fist when the comic book version of Typhoid Mary is most closely associated with Daredevil is a major departure.

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Players Are in Love With Spider-Man PS4’s Photo Mode

Marvel's Spider-Man has only been available on PS4 for a few days, but since its September 7 release date, fans have been capturing their time in Insomniac Games' New York with a ton of polished photos.

I wrote last week about why Spider-Man's photo mode is so great and specific to the Spidey experience, and since then, players have taken the mode to new heights. (You can see a bit of the IGN team's ingenuity with the mode in the gallery below - some light spoilers will follow.

Fans, Marvel Games, and members of the Insomniac Games have been celebrating player creations with the mode all weekend. And the outpouring of creative photos has even lead Spider-Man's lead character artist Gavin Goulden to compile a Twitter moment cataloguing all of the photos fans are sharing. We've compiled some of our favorites below — some spoilers may follow.ˆ

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Players Are in Love With Spider-Man PS4’s Photo Mode

Marvel's Spider-Man has only been available on PS4 for a few days, but since its September 7 release date, fans have been capturing their time in Insomniac Games' New York with a ton of polished photos.

I wrote last week about why Spider-Man's photo mode is so great and specific to the Spidey experience, and since then, players have taken the mode to new heights. (You can see a bit of the IGN team's ingenuity with the mode in the gallery below - some light spoilers will follow.

Fans, Marvel Games, and members of the Insomniac Games have been celebrating player creations with the mode all weekend. And the outpouring of creative photos has even lead Spider-Man's lead character artist Gavin Goulden to compile a Twitter moment cataloguing all of the photos fans are sharing. We've compiled some of our favorites below — some spoilers may follow.ˆ

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