The time is now. The un-fur-gettable marsupials, Crash and Coco Bandicoot, are back to take players on a wumpy ride of cosmic proportions in the brand-new game, Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time. The long-awaited sequel to the original Crash Bandicoot™ trilogy is available worldwide today for PlayStation® 4, PlayStation® 4 Pro and the family of Xbox One devices from Microsoft, including the Xbox One X.
As the first original Crash Bandicoot title in more than a decade, Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time is built from the ground up and brings with it an onslaught of absurd challenges for players to conquer. In the game, players uncover four powerful Quantum Masks, the guardians of space and time, that must be reunited to restore order to the multiverse.
Fans can play as newly designed Crash or Coco on their journey to save the multiverse and can even play as the fiendish Dr. Neo Cortex, Dingodile or Tawna, each equipped with their own unique playstyle. Many of the levels in the game feature the perspective-shifting, core precision platforming that fans know and love, while others will introduce players to massive bosses, high-speed mount rides and thrilling chases.
Along the way, Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time offers an N. sane amount of fun to be had as players unlock additional optional Timelines and Flashback Tapes, gain access to Bonus areas, as well as earn Gems, new cosmetic skins, Color Gems and more Wumpa than you can shake a stick at. An all-new style of play called N. Verted mode gives players alternate perspectives, sound effects, music and in some dimensions, additional transformations to experience. Fans can also try their hands at Modern and Retro modes or compete head-to-head with up to four players in either Bandicoot Battle competitive mode or Pass N. Play co-op mode – because sharing is caring.
Developed by Toys For Bob and published by Activision, Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time is available for the suggested retail price of $59.99 in the U.S. For more information on the Crash Bandicoot franchise, please visit www.crashbandicoot.com and follow @CrashBandicoot on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook.
Get ready for spooky season with HBO Max! Today, the streamer launched “Halloween is Here,” a spotlight page bringing together all your favorite spooky, scary, chilling and thrilling Halloween films and series for easy streaming. The “Halloween is Here” page will be available on HBO Max for the entire month of October, featuring a rotating roster of movies, series and Halloween-themed TV episodes, hand-picked by HBO Max’s dedicated editorial team and grouped in themes like Terrifying TV, Scares for All Ages, Foreign Frights and Creepy Cult Classics. HBO Max will boast over 140 curated movies and episodes, coming to over 300 hours of Halloween related programming on any given day to keep you entertained all month long.
Hit horror movies you won’t want to stream alone like The Invisible Man, Us, It: Chapter 2, and Doctor Sleep, creepy cult classics Night of the Living Dead, Eraserhead and Scanners, and psychological thrillers like The Haunting, Glass, and Dolores Claiborne will be available to stream alongside TV series such as Lovecraft Country, True Blood, The Outsider, and Raised by Wolves, and scares for all ages such as Scooby-Doo! Haunted Holidays, Gremlins 2, Spooky Buddies, and Adventure Time.
In addition, HBO Max is pulling together a collection of Halloween-themed episodes from fan-favorite series like Friends, Euphoria, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, The Big Bang Theory, South Park, and more.
You can also find costume inspiration on the Halloween-themed page from hits like The Matrix trilogy, The Lord of the Rings trilogy, and HBO Max’s extensive DC library like Batman, and Wonder Woman movies and iconic series like Game of Thrones, Doctor Who, Watchmen, Rick and Morty, Harley Quinn, and more.
Below is a list of the Halloween programming on HBO Max this October.
Hit Horror Movies:
Annabelle Comes Home, 2019 (HBO)
Black Christmas, 2019 (HBO) – Available Starting October 31
The Blob, 1958
The Brood, 1979
Child’s Play 2, 1990 (HBO)
Child’s Play 3, 1991 (HBO)
The Curse of La Llorona, 2019 (HBO)
Devil, 2010 (HBO)
Doctor Sleep, 2020 (HBO)
Final Destination 5, 2011 (HBO)
The Invisible Man, 2020 (HBO)
It, 2017 (HBO) – Available Starting October 27
It: Chapter 2, 2019 (HBO)
Jaws, 1975 (HBO)
Jaws 2, 1978 (HBO)
Jaws 3, 1983 (HBO)
Jaws the Revenge, 1987 (HBO)
Jeepers Creepers, 2001 (HBO)
Jeepers Creepers 2, 2003 (HBO)
Leprechaun, 1993 (HBO)
Leprechaun 2, 1994 (HBO)
Leprechaun 3, 1995 (HBO)
Leprechaun 4: In Space, 1997 (HBO)
Leprechaun: Origins, 2014 (HBO)
Night of the Living Dead, 1968
Piranha, 1978 (HBO)
Prometheus, 2012 (HBO)
Ready or Not, 2019 (HBO)
Red Riding Hood, 2011
The Thing, 2011 (HBO)
Us, 2019 (HBO)
Terrifying TV:
The Alienist
Bedlam
Inside No. 9
The Leftovers (HBO)
Los Espookys (HBO)
Lovecraft Country (HBO)
The Outsider (HBO)
Raised by Wolves
The Third Day (HBO)
True Blood (HBO)
True Detective (HBO)
The Fades
Spawn (HBO)
Halloween Episodes
Friends – “The One with the Halloween Party”
Big Bang Theory – “The Good Guy Fluctuation”
South Park – “Korn’s Groovy Pirate Ghost Mystery”
Pretty Little Liars – “The First Secret”
Young Sheldon – “Seven Deadly Sins and a Small Carl Sagan”
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air – “Hex and the Single Guy”
Euphoria — “The Next Episode”
Curb Your Enthusiasm – “Trick or Treat”
Creepy Cult Classics
Alien, 1979 (HBO)
Aliens, 1986 (HBO)
Alien 3, 1992 (HBO)
Alien Resurrection, 1997 (HBO)
AVP: Alien vs. Predator, 2004 (HBO)
Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem, 2007 (HBO)
An American Werewolf in London, 1982 (HBO)
The Brood, 1979
Carnival of Souls, 1962
The Curse of Frankenstein, 1957
Dracula Has Risen from the Grave, 1969
Eraserhead, 1977
Eyes Without a Face, 1962
Equinox, 1970
The Frighteners, 1996 (HBO)
Horror of Dracula, 1958
House, 1977
Kwaidan, 1965
The Mummy, 1959
Puppetmaster, 1985 (HBO)
Scanners, 1981 (HBO)
The X From Outer Space, 1967
Foreign Frights:
Coyote Lake, 2019 (HBO)
Lullaby, 2019 (HBO)
El Pacto (AKA The Pact), 2020 (HBO)
Fantasmagorias (HBO)
Folklore (HBO)
Grace (HBO)
Halfworlds (HBO)
Haxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages, 1929
House, 1977
Kwaidan, 1965
Perseguida (Persecuted), 2019 (HBO)
Shadows, 2019 (HBO)
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse, 1933
Vampyr, 1932
Psychological Thrillers
The Butterfly Effect, 2004
Cronos, 1993
Deerskin, 2020 (HBO)
Diabolique, 1955
Dreamcatcher, 2003
Dolores Claiborne, 1995
Glass, 2019 (HBO)
Gothika, 2003
The Haunting, 1999
Incarnate, 2016 (HBO)
Insomnia, 2002
The Invisible Man, 2020 (HBO)
Lights Out, 2016 (HBO)
Open Water, 2004 (HBO)
Open Water 2: Adrift, 2007 (HBO)
Se7en, 1995
Sisters, 1972
Unbreakable, 2000 (HBO)
Scares for All Ages:
Adventure Time
Adventure Time: Distant Lands
Craftopia – Halloween Episodes Available Starting October 22
Ghosts (S1)
Ghosts (S2) – Available Starting October 27
Beautiful Creatures, 2013
Godzilla: King of Monsters, 2019 (HBO)
Gremlins 2, 1990
Little Shop of Horrors, 1986 (HBO)
Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase, 2019 (HBO)
The Scooby Doo Show
Scooby Doo, Where Are You?, 1969
Scooby-Doo! Haunted Holidays, 2012
Scooby-Doo, 2002
Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed, 2004
Scoob!, 2020
Spooky Buddies, 2011 (HBO)
Teen Witch, 1989 (HBO)
Where the Wild Things Are, 2009
Victor and Valentino
Commander ’85 explores humankind’s dream of creating self-aware AI. Go back in time to the 1980s, become a teenage boy with no idea of the powerful machine in his hands, and see what said machine could lead to once it discovers that the human commanding it is entirely unprepared for such a responsibility.
Following on the successful launch on Xbox One, The Molasses Flood has announced that its cooperative action village-building game Drake Hollow is available today on the Microsoft Store for Windows starting at 6PM Pacific time and Steam starting at 10 AM Pacific time.
Drake Hollow is a cooperative action village-building game set in The Hollow – a blighted mirror of our world – in which players protect villages of Drakes; the lovable, local vegetable folk. Either solo or with friends, players explore a dynamically generated and aether-swept world of islands to defend the Drakes from a menagerie of feral beasts, all while helping them to maintain their camps.
Mysteries and rewards, as well as danger, await those curious enough to search every nook and cranny of The Hollow. Drakes are hungry, thirsty, and need a place to sleep. They can also – quite literally – die of boredom. Players will explore the wilderness and set up valuable supply routes to bring essentials back to camp, while keeping the Drakes entertained and happy (think yoga and puppet shows). Defending the Drakes from enemies with weapons ranging from tennis rackets to nail guns, players will eventually unravel the peculiar and ancient connection between The Hollow and our own world.
To be more specific, this is the Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan. Chenqui!
This week, NCSOFT will launch a fully integrated ad campaign for FUSER™, a DJ video game from award-winning developer Harmonix, that’s a never-ending virtual music festival for music lovers, content creators and gamers. The upcoming game lets players create their perfect DJ personas, customize their performance stages, and then mix over 100 songs different artists, genres and generations. Thanks to FUSER, you no longer need fancy turntables or years of training to be a DJ—now anyone can headline their own virtual music festival.
And NCSOFT and Harmonix mean anyone: The campaign, titled “Unexpected DJs,” features David Hasselhoff (DJ Hoff), Jonathan Van Ness (DJ YasKween), Chloe Kim (DJ 1080) and other unexpected celebs. The effort includes online films, a site that lets users create their own DJ persona, unexpected brand partnerships, and even the chance to have a DJ battle against Diplo online. Each element will reinforce how easy it now is to feel like a DJ while igniting the creativity of FUSER’s core audience.
“FUSER redefines the music game genre. It’s driven by creativity, originality and expression. It empowers players to be at the center of creating culture by developing and then sharing mixes using various pieces of some of the world’s most iconic songs,” said Tim Granich, vice president of marketing at NCSOFT.
Today, FUSER will release a long-form online film that unveils the unexpected-DJ lineup one by one and invites viewers to become DJs too. Shot entirely during the COVID-19 pandemic, the film takes place in each unexpected DJ’s home, illustrating how FUSER can transform any living room into an epic festival stage—even Diplo makes a cameo from his home studio. The 90-second spectacle was directed by music-video super duo BRTHR and features an impressive array of VFX as well as tracks from the game.
“My favorite part about FUSER is how it really gave me the feeling of DJ’ing a festival,” said David Hasselhoff. “Anyone at home can step into a world of epic music, colors, lights and be a legitimate DJ. It’s a wonderful thing and a lot of fun.”
But the DJ announcements won’t stop with the film. To help fans and brands join in on the fun too, a UGC tool built for social sharing called “DJ DNA” will live on DJDNATEST.com, allowing gamers to generate their own Unexpected-DJ personas and then share them with the world. Additionally, users of the tool will then have the opportunity to enter for a chance to battle with superstar DJ Diplo online. NCSOFT will be releasing more details on that event later.
The campaign is the first work from NCSOFT’s new ad agency, Goodby Silverstein & Partners. “This game is about bringing together the most unexpected collaborations. Our ad needed to do the same,” said Laura Petruccelli, GS&P creative director. “But we didn’t want this to be about influencers only. The DJ DNA Test allows anyone to turn into a DJ– allowing gamers to create a piece of music culture before they ever start playing FUSER. It’s an epic game demo wrapped in a commercial.”
No word yet on if Hoff’s DJ career will continue after the campaign. We really, really hope it does.
CD PROJEKT RED has released a brand new Cyberpunk 2077 commercial featuring Keanu Reeves, who also portrays a major character in the game.
The promotional video was broadcast during game 1 of this year’s NBA Finals between Los Angeles Lakers and Miami Heat. In the commercial, Keanu Reeves invites players to join his character, Johnny Silverhand, in Night City when the game releases in November.
Cyberpunk 2077 will release November 19th, 2020, for PC, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4, with the version for Google Stadia set to launch the same year. The game will also be playable on Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5 consoles when available. At a later date, a free upgrade to Cyberpunk 2077, taking full advantage of next-gen hardware, will become available for owners of the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 versions respectively.
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Start off your Halloween month right and go see “Friday the 13th 40th Anniversary” as it hits selected cinemas this weekend, Sun., Oct. 4, and on Tues., Oct. 6, and Wed., Oct. 7.
One of the most popular horror franchises of all time celebrates 40 years, with the original terrifying film that started it all, restored and remastered on the big screen. In this still-scary shocker, the new owner and several young counselors gather to reopen Camp Crystal Lake. Years ago, a young boy named Jason Voorhees drowned, and a series of vicious murders occurred thereafter. Despite locals’ warnings that the place has a death curse, the new crew continues on to relaunch the camp. One by one they find out how unlucky Friday the 13th can be, as they are stalked by a violent killer.
Event attendees will also be treated to a special featurette, “Secrets Galore Behind the Gore.” Join revolutionary special-effects and makeup artist Tom Savini for a look at some of the groundbreaking gory great moments in the original “Friday the 13th” (directed by Sean S. Cunningham and written by Victor Miller).
WHEN: Sunday, October 4 at 7 p.m. local time.
Tuesday, October 6 at 7 p.m. local time.
Wednesday, October 7 at 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. local time.
WHERE: Tickets for “Friday the 13th 40th Anniversary” are available now at FathomEvents.com and participating theater box offices. For a complete list of theater locations, visit the Fathom Events website (theaters and participants are subject to change based on local cinema openings).
Hubie Dubois (Adam Sandler) thanklessly spends every Halloween making sure the residents of his hometown, Salem, celebrate safely and play by the rules. But this year, an escaped criminal and a mysterious new neighbor have Hubie on high alert. When people start disappearing, it’s up to Hubie to convince the police (Kevin James, Kenan Thompson) and townsfolk that the monsters are real, and only he can stop them.
Hubie Halloween is a hilarious family film about an unlikely hero with an all-star cast including Julie Bowen, Ray Liotta, Noah Schnapp, Steve Buscemi and Maya Rudolph, produced by Happy Madison.
The second standalone expansion for SpellForce 3 – Fallen God will arrive on November 3rd. Mark that day in your calendar, you can start changing the fate of the Trolls. This noble race has always been pushed around, seen as monsters or cheap workforce, they were hunted, enslaved, and exploited. But a people can only take so much, before breaking its chains and stop being “prey”.
Lead your tribe on its path to freedom through the new campaign in SpellForce 3 – Fallen God, coming on November 3rd, 2020 for PC and check out the new gameplay trailer below:
