KFC’s Colonel Sanders Will Be Playablae in WWE 2K18

The one and only KFC founder and fast food icon Colonel Sanders will be playable in WWE 2K18.

The news was announced during a stunt at WWE's "Hell in a Cell" pay-per-view event, during which Kurt Angle dressed up as the Colonel and went up against WWE Superstar Heath Slater, who was dressed as the Colonel's arch rival, Puppers Cluckers Chicken.

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Players can access Colonel Sanders through the game's Create-a-Superstar Mode. You'll also gain access to two versions of Angle if you pre-order the game. Check out the screenshots (above and below) for an in-game look at Colonel Sanders in action.

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Why The Last Jedi’s Director Suggests You May Not Want to Watch the New Trailer

Star Wars: The Last Jedi's new trailer will be released today, Oct. 9, just a couple of months ahead of the film's full release. But if you're looking to go in completely free of spoilers, the film's director Rian Johnson has a suggestion.

Ahead of the trailer's debut, and preorder tickets going on sale, Johnson tweeted in response to a fan's concern about whether the trailer should be avoided to keep the moviegoing experience as fresh and surprising as possible.

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legitimately torn. If you want to come in clean, absolutely avoid it. But it’s gooooood.....," Johnson wrote.

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Overwatch Halloween Terror Event Skins Leaked

Some new skins from Overwatch's upcoming Halloween Terror event have seemingly leaked.

Reddit user Mnemosynaut has reportedly discovered images of the new Halloween-inspired skins for Mei, Symmetra, Reaper, and Zanyatta. Check out what appear to be the new skins for Mei and Symmetra below.

Mei Halloween Terror event skin, image from Reddit user Mnemosynaut.

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Fear Effect Sedna Release Window Revealed

Fear Effect Sedna, the crowdfunded sequel to the original action adventure game, will be released in early 2018.

The launch window was revealed on Twitter, along with the announcement that, in addition to Xbox One, PS4, and PC, the game will also be released for Nintendo Switch.

Fear Effect Sedna is being developed by French indie studio Sushee. The game had a successful Kickstarter campaign last year, and is said to be a new Fear Effect with completely new gameplay, rather than being Fear Effect 3.

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Out This Week: Middle-earth: Shadow of War, Baby Driver, The Evil Within 2

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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Arrow: 6 Major Season 6 Teases

Warning: Spoilers ahead for Arrow Season 5.

When the fifth season of Arrow came to an end, it left views shocked as Adrian Chase (Josh Segarra) killed himself, triggering a series of explosions on Lian Yu that potentially killed nearly everyone Oliver (Stephen Amell) cares about.

With a new season ready to begin, producers have remained tight-lipped about who didn't survive the deadly attack and who will return to help the Green Arrow in his continuing quest to save Star City.

While there are some secrets that will remain that way until Season 6 of Arrow premieres, there's still plenty to talk about. Executive producer and showrunner Wendy Mericle spoke to IGN about the show's return and revealed some major details about what's to come.

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Batman: The Animated Series Heading to Blu-Ray

Warner Bros. has announced that Batman: The Animated Series - the beloved cartoon adaptation of the Dark Knight's adventures from the 1990s - will be arriving in remastered form on Blu-ray in 2018.

The announcement was made at New York Comic-Con as part of a special panel held to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the original series, with long-standing Batman voice actor Kevin Conroy, Tara Strong (Batgirl in The New Batman Adventures) and original series producers Bruce Timm and Alan Burnett.

Thor: Ragnarok – First Reactions Twitter Roundup

Disney and Marvel have held their first media screening for Thor: Ragnarok, and allowed press to talk about the movie on social media ahead of official reviews.

IGN's Jim Vejvoda shared his thoughts after the screening, calling it "the best Thor movie" but "good, not awesome."

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SlashFilm's Peter Sciretta also thinks it's the best Thor film thus far, and was one of many who praised its score.

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WWE Hell in a Cell 2017 Live Blog and Results

Join me here for all of tonight's WWE Hell in a Cell action! I'll be posting the match results and my reactions below as they roll in and I'll be live-tweeting over at @TheMattFowler if you want to check me out there too.

Shane McMahon is out to avenge the family name/fall off something dangerously high as he battles Kevin Owens inside a cell. Oh, and also outside a cell since the match, inexplicably, was transformed into a Falls Count Anywhere affair. I know. It's weird. We'll have to see.

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