7 of Fallout's Most Horrifying Vault Stories

The post-apocalyptic world of Fallout is home to some truly terrifying things. Around every corner is a Deathclaw waiting to dismember you. In every abandoned factory, a pack of raiders eager to shoot you dead and steal your precious coffee cups and pencils. It's a bleak existence for any lone wanderer, but for Fallout fans, these horrors are commonplace - almost run-of-the-mill

If you want truly terrifying post-apocalyptic tales, you have to look inside your would-be shelters: The Vault-Tec Vaults.

Each of these tombs carries a dark secret; an experiment engineered by the twisted minds at Vault-Tec. Below are 7 of the most horrifying vault stories, as taken from Fallout 1-4 and supplementary Fallout material.

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New Zootopia Trailer

Walt Disney Animation Studios released a new trailer for Zootopia, and as expected, it's adorable. The two minute clip gives us a peak into what's happening in the bustling city—"a melting pot where animals from every environment live together." Check it out below:

From the directors of Tangled and Wreck it Ralph, Zootopia follows Judy Hopps (Ginnifer Goodwin) and Nick Wilde (Jason Bateman), two natural-born enemies in our universe, who are forced to work together to solve a huge case—who's turning the animals of the city savage?

The new trailer shows bright-eyed Judy moving to the city and starting her career as Zootopia's first rabbit officer. She's underestimated for her small stature, and with the help of Nick, a con-artist who's supposedly a "key witness" to the crime, she sets out to prove to her coworkers that she's more than just a parking cop.

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Force Awakens Script Offers New Details on the Ending

For awards consideration, Disney has released the screenplay for Star Wars: The Force Awakens to the Writers Guild, which provides new insight into the film's ending and other key plot points.

Note: Star Wars: The Force Awakens spoilers below.

According to the script, the planet on which Rey (Daisy Ridley) meets Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) during the film's final moments is called "Ahch-to" and is said to feature a "pristine and mighty" ocean that is "dotted with random, beautiful, mountainous black rock islands," as well as "countless green trees." Not much is known about the planet, but /Film notes that Ahch-to is Hebrew for brother, which may be a clue as to Rey's relation to Luke.

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Force Awakens Highest-Grossing Movie in Disney History

Star Wars: The Force Awakens is now Disney's highest-grossing film of all time, with an impressive domestic total of $629 million.

According to Deadline, J.J. Abrams' record-breaking space film exceeded Wednesday's projections, earning $28.1 million. As such, its domestic gross is just shy of $630 million, putting it ahead of Disney's prior record-holder, Marvel's The Avengers, which earned $623.4 million in 2012.

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Oculus Touch Delayed to Second Half of 2016

The launch date of Oculus Touch has been pushed to the second half of 2016, Oculus has announced.

In a post its official blog, the company provided an update on the development of Touch, noting the team has "made significant advances in ergonomics" and is currently "implementing many changes that make Touch even more comfortable, reliable, and natural." Improvements in hand pose recognition are being worked on as well.

In light of this delay, the company reaffirmed that Oculus Rift—which comes bundled with Lucky's Tale—is still on track to ship during the first quarter of next year, with pre-orders set to open "very soon."

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Just Cause 3 Community Working on Multiplayer Mod

The developer behind Just Cause 2 multiplayer mod JC2-MP announced today its plans to release a multiplayer mode for the third installment of the popular franchise.

So while Just Cause 3 may not need a multiplayer mode from creators Avalanche Studios, the game is getting one straight from the community. Just Cause 2's multiplayer proved very successful and extremely fun—and the new mod looks just as chaotic and destructive in the sneak peak posted to the JC-MP site. Check it out below:

The crew is "incredibly excited" to show what they've been working on for the past few weeks. Though there aren't any details regarding the mod's release date, the development team says that "moving forward you can expect frequent updates on our progress along with exciting new developments as they happen."

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Daily Deals: P90X Workout DVD Set, Fallout 3 for $2.50

P90X Workout DVD Set for $49.99

One-day-only sale! If you've got a fitness-focused New Year's resolution planned to start tomorrow, get the jump on it by placing your P90X order before the ball drops tonight.

$25 Dell Gift Card on PC Games

If you buy select PC games from Dell today (including Star Wars Battlefront, Assassin's Creed Syndicate, Fallout 4 and Rainbow Six Siege), you'll score a free $25 gift card with your purchase.

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Researchers Develop a Way to Control Cars With Their Brain

Self-driving vehicles are one thing, but a team of researches from China have taken things one step further and found a way to control vehicles with their mind.

The team from Nankai University in Tianjin, China first demonstrated their work in mid-November, after working on it for two years, as reported by Reuters. Using a wireless headset that utilizes 16 EEG (electroencephalogram) sensors, and a program developed to choose and translate the necessary signals, a car can be told to move forwards, go backwards, stop, and lock/unlock itself.

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The Expanse Renewed for Season 2 by Syfy

The Expanse has been renewed for a second season, Syfy has announced.

According to the network's announcement, Season 2 will span 13 episodes and air sometime in 2017.

Syfy president Dave Howe celebrated the series' early success, saying The Expanse is not only "firing on all cylinders creatively," it's also "building a passionate fan base among viewers and critics" by delivering "smart, provocative science fiction entertainment."

The Expanse has done quite well for Syfy ever since its December 14 debut, garnering an average of 1.6 million viewers over the course of its first three episodes. New episodes for Season 1 currently air every Tuesday at 10pm ET/PT.

For more on Syfy's ambitious new series, check out IGN's review of its latest episode.

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The Walking Dead Midseason Premiere Preview

Ahead of its midseason premiere in February, AMC has released a new trailer for The Walking Dead: Season 6.

The preview offers a sneak peek at what's in store for Rick (Andrew Lincoln), his son Carl (Chandler Riggs), and the rest of the crew, while also teasing the highly anticipated debut of Jeffrey Dean Morgan's Negan.

The Walking Dead will return with its midseason premiere on Sunday, February 14 on AMC.

While you patiently wait to see what happens next in Season 6, be sure to check out our thoughts on why its midseason finale was a bit of a letdown. While you're at, join us as we take a look back at the show's most brutal walker kills.

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Alien: Covenant is Set 10 Years After Prometheus

Ridley Scott's next return to the Alien franchise will occur 10 years after the events of Prometheus, according to its costume designer.

Janty Yates, who recently worked on the slightly less bombastic science fiction film The Martian, confirmed as much to Collider. This would place the film in the fictional future of 2103, or well over a century before the original Alien.

The film — titled Alien: Covenant — will also feature at least some visual continuity in the form of David. That's Michael Fassbender's amoral android from the previous prequel. He'll apparently be wearing the same sort of spacesuit as before, which would imply that his character has found a replacement for the body an angry Engineer "misplaced" for him at the end of Prometheus.

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Skylander Amiibo Standalone Release Confirmed

Nintendo's Bowser and Donkey Kong Skylander amiibo will soon be available as standalone releases.

According to a user on Twitter (via Skylanders Inquirer), the figures, which were previously only available in their respective Nintendo Starter Packs, will be sold in Dual Packs for $25.

Why did I buy all those starter packs....@jasoninquires @ToysForGames @sclmatt http://pic.twitter.com/kfUjp2BC1a

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Into the Badlands: Season 1 Review

Warning: Full spoilers for Into the Badlands: Season 1 follow.

On a very surface level, Into the Badlands' first six episodes were enjoyable to watch, if not appointment television. As I mentioned in one of my early episode reviews, AMC's fusion-future setting and story elements felt like a first-year film student had made them, and that didn't really change over the course of Season 1. Usually, the world-building felt like it was stitched together from other, better universes, creating a mismatched patchwork. The acting here was also hit-or-miss, which didn't help things.

Granted, some characters and story elements would come to play off each other in fun or interesting ways. Daniel Wu as Sunny, for instance, turned out to be a strong, compelling lead, and his character's internal struggle was a constant high point in the series -- especially as it pertained to his Baron master Quinn (Marton Csokas), Colt apprentice M.K. (Aramis Knight) and secret paramour Veil (Madeleine Mantock).

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British Astronaut to Run in London Marathon From Space

Millions of people have successfully run a marathon, but how many can say they've run one in space?

The London Marathon is set to take place on April 24, 2016 with over 37,000 participants, but British astronaut Tim Peake won't be there. He'll bit in Earth's orbit onboard the International Space Station. Rather than run the marathon in 2017, when he's back on Earth, Peake decided to run it from space to raise awareness for the Prince's Trust charity.

"As soon as I got assigned to my mission to the International Space Station, I thought wouldn't it be great to run," said Peake in a statement and video released by the Prince's Trust.  "The London Marathon is a worldwide event, let's take it out of this world."

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Final Fantasy 9 Announced for PC and Mobile in Japan

Final Fantasy IX will be making its way to PC and mobile devices in Japan, Square Enix has announced.

According to Kotaku, the publisher plans to release the PC and smartphone port sometime in 2016.

There's no word on when or if the game will be getting similar treatment in the west. That said, Square Enix hasn't shied away from releasing its other Final Fantasy ports outside of Japan, so an announcement for North America and Europe is likely just a matter of time.

Earlier this month, Final Fantasy VI released on Steam, joining the likes of Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy VIII, and several others. Which entry in Square Enix's beloved role-playing series is your absolute favorite? Let us know in the comments.

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Comic Book Reviews for December 30, 2015

The final week of 2015 was a relatively quiet one for the comics industry, but there was still a healthy lineup of books on tap. DC dropped several big guns, between Injustice: Year Four Annual #1, Justice League #47 and Superman Annual #3. Marvel delivered new issues of books like Squadron Supreme, All-New Wolverine and Drax. And with new issues of Jughead, East of West and Ringside rounding out this assortment, it was a pretty solid week all around.

A couple of notes about this week's reviews. As with last week, we're doing a lighter load because of the holidays, but we'll be back in full force next week. Also, despite Diamond's shipping list indicating otherwise, books like Amazing Spider-Man #6 and Star Wars: Obi-Wan & Anakin #1 aren't coming out this week. Certain stores may have received copies of those books, but they won't be officially released in print or digitally until next Wednesday, hence why they aren't reviewed here.

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Xbox Elite Controller Supply Limited Until March 2016

If you're in the market for an Xbox Elite Wireless Controller, you might have to wait until early next year to pick one up.

According to Tech Insider, Microsoft has confirmed it expects supply for the controller to be limited through March 2016.

The premium-priced controller was released in October for $150 USD and sold out quickly. Microsoft hoped to have stock replenished by December but they're in high demand and Microsoft is struggling to keep stores stocked.

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Mike Colter Talks Musicality in Luke Cage (among other things)

In a interview with the Los Angeles Times, Mike Colter, Marvel's Luke Cage, talked about what fans can expect from his upcoming Netflix series and how its musical "soul" will set it apart from its predecessors.

"It defines itself through sound that you can feel when you're watching the scenes, whether it's something that's actually a song that they're playing or actually just the pulse of the music that they choose thematically," Colter said. "'Luke Cage' is going to define itself in that way, and it's going to define itself in the locations that we're doing."

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Superman Annual #3 Review

DC has made no secret of the fact that Superman will be regaining his lost powers and returning to some semblance of normalcy in early 2016. And really, did anyone expect the current status quo to last forever? But before then, the de-powered, wayward Superman must face one last challenge in the form of Vandal Savage. This issue sets the stage for "Savage Dawn," a major Superman crossover that will unite most of the franchise for the next three months. And if this issue is any indication, there's plenty to look forward to.

This issue offers one overarching  story that's split along two fronts. In the present, Clark continues to wrestle with his diminished capabilities and his inability to find a solution. In the past, various segments explore the life and times of Vandal Savage, ranging from his transformative experience 50,000 years ago to key encounters with historical figures. Along the way, Savage's origin is reworked to more closely tie him with Superman and set the stage for the conflict to come.

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George Lucas: I Sold Star Wars to 'White Slavers'

In an interview on the Charlie Rose Show, Star Wars creator George Lucas referred to the franchise's new owners at Disney as "white slavers."

When discussing the difficulty of breaking apart from his career-defining series, Lucas said, "these are my kids. I loved them, I created them, I"m very intimately involved with them and I sold them to the white slavers that take these things..." before realizing he'd made a poor analogy and laughing it off.

(Said poor analogy begins around 50 minutes into the below video.)

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Next Suicide Squad Trailer Will Debut on The CW

A new trailer for Suicide Squad will debut on January 19 on The CW.

The footage will premiere during the network's new half-hour special, DC Films Presents: Dawn of the Justice League, when it airs at 9:30pm ET/PT.

In addition to a new Suicide Squad trailer, the upcoming special will offer a "sneak peak" at the upcoming Wonder Woman movie, as well as new details on Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and interviews with Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Gal Gadot and director Zack Snyder.

Immediately prior at 9pm ET/PT, The CW will air another half-hour special. It's titled DC's Legends of Tomorrow: Their Time is Now and will provide an "in-depth look at the origin stories of the heroes and villains" of DC's Legends of Tomorrow ahead of its January 21 premiere.

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Valve Releases Statement on Christmas Day Problems

Valve has finally issued a statement on the problems that plagued Steam on Christmas day. On December 25, the company says, "a configuration error resulted in some users seeing Steam store pages generated for other users."

The issues were caused by a denial-of-service attack that increased traffic to the Steam store by 2000% more than average during Steam sales. Valve enabled caching rules "managed by a Steam web caching partner" to decrease the impact of the attack and "route legitimate user traffic." In the second wave of the attack, "a second caching configuration was deployed that incorrectly cached web traffic for authenticated users."

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Justice League #47 Review

Justice League's "The Darksed War" has been a great read so far, but this storyline has definitely lost some momentum in recent months between the delays, the shift to a series of tie-in issues, and the generally sluggish pace of Act 2. Issue #47 brings artist Jason Fabok back into the fold and kicks off the story's third and final act. That helps pick up the slack a bit, but the series still struggles to regain its momentum and recapture the magic of the early months of The Darkseid War.

Wonder Woman remains front and center in this issue as she leads her new allies on a mission to break the Crime Syndicate out of prison and enlist their aid against the Anti-Monitor. Unfortunately, that about sums up the events of this issue. Early on, the worst problem this storyline dealt with was the fact that Geoff Johns had an excess of story material to juggle. Now, the conflict is feeling a bit thin as Johns continues to move pieces across the board. It's certainly intriguing to see the Justice League and Crime Syndicate forced into an alliance, but this issue doesn't have a chance to capitalize on the resulting character dynamics.

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Platformer Lucky's Tale to be Bundled with Every Oculus Rift

Virtual reality platformer Lucky's Tale will come bundled for free with every Oculus Rift, Oculus VR announced today.

Lucky's Tale developer Playful Corp. has been invested in VR since the beginning. The company's founder and CEO, Paul Bettner, backed the headset's original Kickstarter campaign and visited the Oculus headquarters in 2012. Since then, the Playful team has created a bunch of game prototypes for the system.

Playful is the original creator of Words with Friends, and Oculus VR saw a lot of potential in the company and its games as well. Palmer Luckey, the inventor of Oculus Rift, has said that Lucky's Tale was one of the "defining experiences in VR" for him.

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Pixar Reveals New Finding Dory Characters

Pixar has just released new information about two quirky characters making their debut in Finding Dory. Ty Burrell and Kaitlin Olson will play an important role in helping Dory, played by Ellen Degeneres, find out about her past.

Set six months after Finding Nemo, Dory stumbles upon a marine rehabilitation center where she meets a beluga whale named Bailey (Burrell) and a whale shark named Destiny (Olson). Details are sparse, but Entertainment Weekly reported that the duo are an essential part in finding Dory's parents.

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Sony: 'Unprecedented Rush' of Big Games for PS4 in 2016

While PlayStation 4 continues to sell incredibly well, this year hasn't been Sony's strongest in terms of first-party content. According to SCE Worldwide Studios president Shuhei Yoshida, however, 2016 is going to be a very different story.

The Sony exec told 4Gamer (via DualShockers) that next year "marks an unprecedented rush of big titles for PS4." Yoshida also highlighted the impending release of PlayStation VR as one of the many reasons for console owners to be excited for 2016.

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Check Out IKEA's 3D Printed Meatballs

IKEA thinks we'll be eating 3D printed meatballs in the "not so distant future." Space10, IKEA's green-living design lab, is looking for "Tomorrow's Meatball," a healthy and sustainable meatball that'll satiate our "unsustainable appetite for meat."

We have an increasing demand for food, Space10 says. That demand is creating serious problems for our planet—it's impacting global warming, wasting water, destroying forests, and causing soil erosion. The United Nations states that our food demand will increase by 70% within the next 35 years—and so, we "need to be smarter and more efficient about the way we produce our food."

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Daily Deals: Rainbow Six Siege, Dell XPS 13

Dell XPS 13 (2015 SKYLAKE) for $799.99

If you're in the market for a new laptop, don't pull the trigger on a purchase of any other option before reading our new review of this incredible new model from Dell. We've named it "easily the best thin-and-light PC we've ever used." Don't miss it!

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The Shannara Chronicles: Series Premiere Review

Debuting January 5th, The Shannara Chronicles' two-part premiere is fantasy for a tween generation, for all the good and bad that comes along with that. It's a reinvention of the Terry Brooks novel and that isn't going to please purists, but some of the more interesting elements of the two-hour episode involve deviating from the source material.

It's a good thing "Chosen" is two hours long, because it needs both of them to find its groove. The series introduces Amberle immediately, showing us a strong elf princess who isn't afraid to subvert gender norms. In the opening sequence of the series, Amberle decides to run a gauntlet to prove she is worthy of being one of seven elven Chosen who have the honor of serving the magical tree the Ellcrys. No woman has been a Chosen as long as memory serves, so simply participating -- and, of course, eventually earning the honor -- is a major shock to the Elven world.

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Grim Fandango Headlines PS Plus' Free Games for January

Sony has announced its lineup of titles that will be available free to PlayStation Plus subscribers in January, with Grim Fandango Remastered leading the charge.

According to PlayStation Blog's announcement, Double Fine's adventure game will be free on both PlayStation 4 and PS Vita.

Additionally, Hardware: Rivals will be free for those on PS4, while Vita owners are also getting Legends of War Patton and Nihilumbra.

Meanwhile, those who still have their PlayStation 3 hooked up will be able to download both Dragon Age: Origins and Medal of Honor Warfighter at no cost.

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Star Wars: Force Awakens: 2 New IMAX Posters Revealed

As part of its ongoing IMAX 3D promotion, AMC has unveiled a pair of new posters for Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

Check out the artistic take on Oscar Isaac's Poe Dameron below.

And here's a look at Captain Phasma, the Stormtrooper leader played by Gwendoline Christie.

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Ghostbusters to Face Villainous Spirits from New York's Past

It appears at least some of the ghosts for the all-female Ghostbusters reboot have been revealed.

According to EW, new Ghostbusters stars Kristin Wiig, Melissa McCarthy, Kate McKinnon, and Leslie Jones will face off against the spirits of New York's criminal past, ranging from Pilgrims to Revolutionary War soldiers to "zoot-suited gangsters". However, it is not clear if there will be a head villain in charge of New York's shady spiritual past, like Gozer the Gozerian or Vigo the Carpathian from the first two movies.

Recently, Charles Dance, best known for his role as Tywin Lannister in Game of Thrones, was cast in director Paul Fieg's Ghostbusters. The actor's role hasn't been revealed.

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Capcom Hardcover Art Books From UDON Are Here

UDON Entertainment, a Toronto-based collective of manga inspired artists, has teamed up with Capcom to release new premium editions of their three sold out Tribute art books for the Street Fighter, Megaman, and Darkstalkers series.

Originally published in 2008, 2009, and 2011 respectively, each Tribute book compiles hundreds of pieces of fan art from professional and up-and-coming, Capcom-loving artists from around the world.

Erik Ko, UDON Entertainment's chief of operations, said the company feels "very fortunate" to be able to work with Capcom to offer fans "a rare chance to get officially involved with and contribute to their favorite video game series in a fun, creative way."

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Injustice: Year Four Annual #1 Review

DC is trying something a little different for the latest Injustice Annual. Whereas these issues tend to focus on small standalone stories that don't really fit into the series' overarching narrative, this issue is more or less a prologue for Injustice: Year Five. The scope is bigger, but what really sells this story is the return of writer Tom Taylor and his top-notch brand of storytelling.

Not to diminish the solid work Brian Buccellato has been doing since taking the reins of the series, but Injustice is at its best with Taylor at the helm. His flair for engaging characterization and crafting big, cinematic moments gave Injustice a distinctive voice and appeal amid DC's many other superhero books. Taylor's work has lost none of its charm in his absence. This issue is a fun read, but also suitably dark and dramatic considering how far along the Injustice timeline is now and how close Superman is to becoming the complete and total despot he is in the game.

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Here's How Scientists Want to Recycle Space Junk

There's a lot of junk in space—almost 500,000 pieces of it, according to NASA. The space junk isn't just floating around, either. It's moving at speeds up to 17,500 miles per hour, which is fast enough for even a small piece to cause major damage to satellites and spacecrafts.

NASA currently tracks space junk in efforts to prevent collisions, but one research lab from Tsinghua University in Beijing, China, wants to create a spacecraft that takes in space junk and uses it as fuel. They want to capture debris and grind it into a useable, ion-charged powder, producing a thrust as it ejected from the spacecraft. The trust is used to maneuver the vehicle and to continue collecting more space junk.

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CES 2016: Charge an Xbox One Controller in Under 60 Seconds with PDP's Super Charger

Accessory maker Performance Designed Products (PDP) is coming out with a quick charger, called Super Charger, for the Xbox One controller. The Super Charger will be able to fully charge your Xbox One controller in under 60 seconds, which is a first for the video game industry, claims PDP. One full charge will provide 10-12 hours of gameplay.

"The Super Charger's unique ability to recharge the Xbox One controller in just seconds reduces interruption in game play sessions – a full recharge during a quick break provides convenience to all gamers," says PDP chief technology officer Tom Roberts.

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Doctor Strange: Rachel McAdams' Role Revealed

Ever since Rachel McAdams confirmed she would be starring in Doctor Strange, her role has remained shrouded in mystery. Fortunately, however, Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige has finally shared some details about her character.

In an interview with EW, Feige revealed that McAdams will play a "fellow surgeon that has a history with Strange" who serves as "his sort of lynchpin to his old life" when he becomes a sorcerer. "She is someone he connects with at the beginning, and reconnects with, and helps anchor his humanity."

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Tech Trends to Look Forward to in 2016

As 2015 winds down, let's take a look forward at the technology trends we can expect to see in 2016. In many ways, 2015 didn't see many groundbreaking innovations but companies are laying the foundation of what's to come.

Here are the tech trends you can look forward to seeing in 2016.

Mobile payments finally began taking off in 2015 and we'll likely see much wider adoption in 2016. Beyond the convenience of paying for purchases with your phone, mobile payments add a layer of security with tokenization. In short, tokenization replaces your actual credit card number with a throwaway number that can't be reused. This mean even if hackers got ahold of that token, it'll be useless to them.

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The Expanse: "CQB" Review

Warning: Full spoilers for the episode below.

 

"CQB" rounds out the mystery of who or what destroyed the Canterbury and introduces a new mystery group that seems to want everyone to believe that Mars was behind it. Most of the episode takes place on the Martian warship Donnager and events pick up right where they left off last week with Jim Holden on the bridge.

I have to say the design work on the Martian ship is exceptionally well done. The bridge layout is sparse and functional. It's a rather small bridge when you consider the size of the ship and there are no exterior windows but when you consider it they really don't need a large size or windows since all of their navigation and weapons are done on computer terminals. There is one large curved display that they are using that I wouldn't mind having for my entertainment setup.

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What Is the Force Awakens' Daisy Ridley's Next Film?

Daisy Ridley will voice the lead character in the North American release of the Studio Ghibli film Only Yesterday.

Only Yesterday, which came out in Japan in 1991, will release on January 1 at New York's IFC Center, with a wider release coming in February.

In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Ridley said she believes the beloved Japanese film has endured because the central question that drives the main character, "how do you make your dreams come true?" is something which "feels exactly right."

"The human stories are so human" in the Ghibli films, Ridley said, even when the films are "fantastical."

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Gamer Keeps System on For 20 Years to Keep Saved Game

Twitter user Wanikun left his Super Famicom (the Japanese name for the Super Nintendo) on for over two decades to preserve his save data for Japanese game Umihara Kawase.

ちなみに、20年以上SFCの電源を入れっぱなしにしてある初代 #海腹川背 は、稼働時間は 18万時間を突破しているものと思われます。 電源落とすとリプレイデータは消失します。たぶん http://pic.twitter.com/6ZJfLi997x

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Kevin Feige Describes the Cinematic Powers of Doctor Strange

Kevin Feige has revealed some insight into the powers of Doctor Strange in his cinematic universe debut.

As part of Entertainment Weekly's set on the upcoming Marvel movie, the film's producer explained that Strange's iconic, tongue twisting spells will make it into the film.

"We don't want to shy away from that, because that's what makes Doctor Strange Doctor Strange," Feige said. "He has a Cloak of Levitation that allows him to fly, but he doesn't fly like Superman or like Thor."

Having just seen Benedict Cumberbatch as Doctor Strange it does seem like Marvel really is going whole hog on the design of the character. That's interesting, as aside from some vague allusions in the Netflix Daredevil series this will be the first time Marvel has incorporated its magical mythos into the cinematic universe.

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Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice Batcave Revealed

The iconic Batcave will indeed be featured Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, but until now its appearance in Zack Snyder's superhero film has remained shrouded in mystery.

Fortunately, that ends today, as EW has a pair of exclusive images showcasing the Dark Knight's iconic lair. See Ben Affleck's Bruce Wayne and Jeremy Irons' Alfred working away in the Bat's secret hideout below.

In addition to the photo above, EW revealed concept art of the Batcave, which can be seen on their site.

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Kristen Bell to (Vocally) Guest on iZombie

There will be a Veronica Mars reunion on an upcoming episode of CW's iZombie—well, sort of. Kristen Bell is lending her voice to the eleventh episode of the second season: "Fifty Shades of Grey Matter." It'll air on January 26, though it hasn't been announced exactly how her voice will be involved.

However, we do know a little about the episode. Liv, played by Rose McIver, eats the brain of a young librarian who's also an erotic fiction writer.

You can thank iZombie creator Rob Thomas for Bell's voice cameo, as the two worked together when Bell starred in Veronica Mars, which he also led. Bell isn't the first actor Thomas has brought to the CW show's set, EW points out. Ryan Hansen, David Starzyk, Adam Rose, Daran Norris, and Percy Daggs II have also joined the cast.

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New Phantasy Star Online Anime on the Way

Sentai Filmworks has acquired the licensing rights to Phantasy Star Online 2: The Animation.

According to the company's announcement, the show will release as part of its winter 2016 anime lineup, and will tell an original story based on SEGA's popular role-playing game Phantasy Star Online 2.

The series will tell the story of PSO2 player Itsuki Tachibana and follow "the challenges he faces both in and outside of the game."  Keiichiro Kawaguchi is directing the show, with Mitsutaka Hirota helming the script and composition.

Phantasy Star Online 2: The Animation will debut in Japan next month and will be made available via "select digital outlets." A home video version is being planned as well, and will release sometime in the future.

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Can You Really Be Allergic to Wi-Fi?

Can you really be allergic to wi-fi? The condition is sometimes called electromagnetic hypersensitivity (EHS), and the symptoms range from fatigue and physical pain to rashes and eye discomfort.

The discussion of electromagnetic hypersensitivity came back into public consciousness after a 15 year old girl from the UK committed suicide, with her mother citing a rare wi-fi allergy as the cause. Though her family had taken wi-fi out of their home, the signals at school were keeping her ill, her mother says.

Electromagnetic hypersensitivity is disputed, though scientists don't question the reality of the sufferer's symptoms—the symptoms are just not that of a wi-fi allergy. Researches say that these symptoms are usually "very generalized, meaning they could have many causes," and the World Health Organization notes that "EHS is not a medical diagnosis."

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Unsettling Mule Robot Too Loud to Fight Alongside Marines

Boston Dynamic's robotic mule is unfit for military service at this time, the Marines announced. Under a contract with the Pentagon's research unit Defense Advanced Research Projects Agancy, Google's Boston Dynamics created the Legged Squad Support System (LS3) to carry loads over 400 pounds for Marine troops. Take a look in the video below.

LS3 began field-testing in the summer of 2014 at Rim of the Pacific, which is reported by Military.com as "the largest military exercise in the Pacific region." The Marine Corps Warfighting Lab put the robotic mule to the test, demonstrating its ability to "respond to commands and cross rugged ground."

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Report: Halloween Movie Rights Up for Grabs

Dimension Films has reportedly lost the rights to Halloween.

According to Bloody Disgusting, the iconic horror series is currently up for grabs, as The Weinstein Company relinquishes its 20-year ownership of Michael Meyers' fear-inducing film franchise.

The outlet also reports that Miramax has decided to start over with its work on the series' next installment, with Malek Akkad steering the ship. Currently, Miramax is believed to be on the hunt for a new owner for the franchise, as well as a new distributor.

If the rights to Halloween are indeed up for grabs, where would you like to see the series land? If Paramount or New Line were to pick up the franchise, a potential crossover with Friday the 13th or The Texas Chainsaw Massacre may one day become a reality.  

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Dell XPS 13 (2015 Skylake) Review

Gaming notebooks like the Acer Predator 15 are fun to gawk at due to their ludicrous speed and prodigious girth, but when most of us need to use a laptop we want something thin and light that won't die after a few hours. And preferably one with a display that won't make our eyes bleed. For Mac users, the options are quite attractive, both literally and figuratively. There's the svelte MacBook and MacBook Air, or the MacBook Pro if they need a bit of horsepower and a decent display. Those MacBooks are pretty sweet, and have caused more than a few cases of notebook-envy from PC users.

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10 Great TV Fight Scenes From 2015

Warning: Spoilers for shows like Hannibal, Game of Thrones, The Flash, Jessica Jones, Daredevil, Banshee, Into the Badlands, and more.

Holy cow, 2015 was no slouch in the action department! The Era of "Peak TV" meant more superhero shows, more kung fu, and more overall badassery for your viewing pleasure. Marvel gave us a gritty and complex Daredevil series filled with amazing stunts, AMC went full wire-work choreography with Into the Badlands, Jon Snow faced down a vicious White Walker, Will Graham and Dr. Lecter teamed up to take down a monster, and - well - so much more!

Here's a look back at the year's best TV slugfests, swordfests, gun fights, and basic brutal brawling. Beware! Some of these videos are NSFW and full of extreme gore (looking at you, Banshee!) so check 'em out with caution.

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Daily Deals: LittleBigPlanet 3 for $20, Nexus Tablets on Sale

LittleBigPlanet 3 for $19.99 (Physical Disc on PS4)

You can also score a digital download for just $12!

Google Nexus 7 1920x1200 7" 16GB Android Tablet for $109.99

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Oxenfree: One of 2016's Most Honest, Gorgeous, and Weirdest Games

We adored what we saw of Oxenfree back in May. An amalgam of a coming of age story and a campfire ghost tale, all told through the fittings of the adventure game genre was filled with promise. The beautiful art and atmospheric score created an amazingly-effective mood. The writing was natural, funny, and honest, which is surprisingly rare in our medium. But while I was a big fan of Oxenfree a few months ago, it wasn't until now that I began to understand just how special this game could actually be.

Turns out, what we saw earlier in 2015 just scratched the surface of Oxenfree's mystery, beauty, horror, and potential. Sure, Oxenfree draws inspiration from Freaks & Geeks, Lost, Poltergeist, Twin Peaks, and the like, but it's so much more than that. It's an adventure game that respects your time, the creative freedom of video games, and the natural beauty of conversations.

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Battleborn: 2 New Playable Heroes Revealed

With Battleborn finally rounding the corner and almost in our hands, Gearbox is lifting the lid on two new heroes you'll be playing when Battleborn launches on May 3.

So, without further ado, IGN First is happy to introduce you to Ghalt and Deande, two of Battleborn's most vital heroes. Enjoy!

Out of all 25 Battleborn, Trevor Ghalt was the first. As the stars began to darken and get torn away from the universe by an unknown enemy, Ghalt, as a Peackeeper, a military veteran, and someone's who's been around the block, has seen a bunch of those wars and conflicts firsthand. Everybody likes Ghalt and knows him to be a man of honor and respect. He's a good guy and a good leader.

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Drone Owners Required to Register With The FAA By February

If you own, or plan on owning, a flying drone, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) wants you to register so they can help you fly safely.

The FAA announced a new registration process that's targeted at "small unmanned aircraft." Specifically, ones that weigh between 0.55 pounds and 55 pounds and are used for hobby or recreational purposes. The organization explains that drones are classified as aircraft, and as such, registration is a necessary requirement.

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Daredevil: New Punisher Photo and Info for Season 2

Following teaser footage where he was only glimpsed from the back, the first clear look at the Punisher in Daredevil: Season 2 has surfaced, showing the character having clearly gotten the better of the horned hero.

The image of Frank Castle/the Punisher comes courtesy of Entertainment Weekly. In the site's interview with Season 2 showrunners Doug Petrie and Marco Ramirez we also learn just a bit about where the Netflix series is going in 2016.

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2015's Biggest Box Office Flops

Even as Star Wars: The Force Awakens shatters records across the globe, it wasn't all glory for the 2015 box office. There were plenty of films – some highly anticipated, others dead on arrival – that didn't quite justify their worth in the eyes of movie-goers.

With 2015 winding down, we thought we'd take a look back on the biggest flops of the year (box office data as of December 16):

Production Budget: $37 million

Box Office: $21.1 million (domestic); $26.3 million (worldwide total)

Cameron Crowe's Aloha will probably best be remembered as the movie that controversially casted Emma Stone as a one-quarter Hawaiian woman. The film's impressive A-list cast also includes Rachel McAdams, Bill Murray, Alec Baldwin, and Bradley Cooper (fresh off his turn in the acclaimed American Sniper). It's got a fairly dense (sometimes incomprehensible) story about a defense contractor sent to Hawaii to oversee a new project, while falling in love with the Air Force officer that is assigned to oversee him. Whitewashing controversy aside, Aloha is an inconsistent and bland effort that our review said was "more Elizabethtown, less Jerry Maguire."

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Witcher 3 Mod Lets You Play as Triss, Yennefer, or Ciri

There's a new Witcher 3 mod that lets you play as Triss, Yennefer, Ciri, or Shani. Thanks to Nexus Mods user ParKan, you're no longer limited to playing mainly as Geralt. Check out the video below to see it in action.

The mod is designed only to replace the character model, so all characters use Geralt's animations during combat, and you'll still see him during cutscenes. There's no way to remove his voice just yet, so you'll continue to hear Geralt throughout the game. ParKan also notes that this mod is not compatible with Nilfgaardian, Temerian, or Skellige armor set DLC.

ParKan also created the Witcher 3 mod that allows permanent companions to accompany you during your journey. According to Polygon, there are "five options for non-playable ally characters" who can join you in battle.

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Anakin Could Have Been in The Force Awakens

In The Art of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, concept artist Iain McCraig revealed that Hayden Christensen could have returned as Anakin Skywalker in the new film.

As is, The Force Awakens barely mentions the prequels, but McCraig considered that "Anakin's ghost could come back." (Rumors of a possible appearance in Force Awakens by Anakin's Force ghost made the rounds back in September.)

"If we see Anakin Skywalker, because he does flow back and forth between Darth Vader and Anakin, let's see him as a character with a dark and light side," McCraig explains. "The reason Luke is this whole new entity is because he was the first to acknowledge his own dark side—that it was not separate from him."

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You Can Buy This Lightsaber Pen for $25,000

Fancy penmaker S.T. Dupont Paris is releasing a `limited edition Star Wars levitating lightsaber fountain pen, "fit for a Jedi master." You can purchase it as either Darth Vader's Sith Lord lightsaber or Yoda's Jedi Master lightsaber, both adorned with a 2 carat crystal—red or green topaz—to represent the weapon's blade. And it'll cost you $25,000.

The pen is "formed from bronze with black lacquer with palladium and rhodium finishes" and designed to look like the lightsabers from the Star Wars films. The pen is truly limited edition, with S.T. Dupont releasing only eight.

Your new lightsaber pen will come with a levitating platform, which might as well be made using the force—but in reality, just uses magnets to stay afloat.

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XCOM Modders Announce New Strategy Game

The team behind XCOM: Enemy Unknown's popular Long War mod has formed a new studio to create its first original title.

The new development team, aptly named Long War Studios, is working on a "grand strategy game" called Terra Invicta, in which players must defend Earth from an incoming alien invasion.

According an announcement on the studio's official site (via NeoGAF), the game is currently in "pre-Kickstarter development."

In Terra Invicta, players must "assemble a council of scientists, politicians, military leaders and operatives" in an effort to "unite Earth's squabbling nations with the ultimate goal of taking the fight to the aliens in the high ground of outer space."

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See Super Mario Maker's New Costumes in Action

Nintendo has released a pair of new trailers showcasing Super Mario Maker's upcoming Excitebike and Birdo costumes.

Nintendo of Europe unveiled the new costumes last week, announcing that both skins will be available on December 31 via NES Remix Event Courses.

See the Excitebike costume in action below.

And here's a look at the new Birdo skin.

Nintendo also released a new trailer for Captain Toad, who joined Super Mario Maker's costume lineup last week.

Nintendo of America has yet to provide a specific release information for these new character skins, but both are expected to be available in the region soon.

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Motorhead's Lemmy Dies at 70

Just days after being diagnosed with a very aggressive form of cancer, legendary hard-living/hard-rocking Motörhead frontman Lemmy Kilmister has passed away at age 70.

Over on the official Motorhead Facebook Page, the following message was posted:

There is no easy way to say this…our mighty, noble friend Lemmy passed away today after a short battle with an extremely aggressive cancer. He had learnt of the disease on December 26th, and was at home, sitting in front of his favorite video game from The Rainbow which had recently made it's way down the street, with his family.

We cannot begin to express our shock and sadness, there aren't words. We will say more in the coming days, but for now, please…play Motörhead loud, play Hawkwind loud, play Lemmy's music LOUD.

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The Rock to Appear at WrestleMania 32

We may not know any of the matches occurring at WrestleMania 32 next April at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas - but we do know one big mega-star that's going to be there. The Rock!

Today on Instagram, The Rock announced that he'd be a part of 'Mania 32 in Texas. An appearance that certainly won't hurt the WWE's chances of selling out the stadium's one hundred thousand seats.

IT'S OFFICIAL: People's Champ is coming home to do 3 things with THE PEOPLE: Set an ALL-TIME attendance record, ELECTRIFY Dallas like never before & make all time #WRESTLEMANIA history. And we have FUN. Ok that's four things but you know what the hell The Rock's sayin'.. . THANK YOU #WWEUniverse! It's always an honor coming home and I wouldn't miss it for the world. #PeoplesChamp4L #MakingElectrifyingHistory #SmackethLaidDownOnThyCandyAsses

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Millennium Falcon Takes 7500 LEGO, Over 1 Year to Build

What's the longest you've ever spent building a LEGO set? A couple of hours or days? Well, according to Mashable, one Star Wars-loving LEGO master has spent the last year putting together a 7,500 piece Millennium Falcon complete with working lights, gun turrets, a cockpit, a working boarding ramp, and a detailed underside.

At 22 pounds and 3 feet long, Flickr user Marshal Banana's masterpiece is a stunningly accurate recreation right down to the radar dish.

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Saving Matt Damon Would Have Cost Over $900 Billion

Matt Damon has required a whole lot of saving over the course of his film career, thanks to his starring roles in films like The Martian, Interstellar and Elysium. In fact, more than $900 billion would be required to rescue all of Damon's fictional characters.

Quora user Kynan Eng (via Yahoo! Tech) calculated the cost required to bring Damon home in each of his movies, breaking it down by movie budget, as well as the estimated fictional costs using 2015 currency.

Here's the movie-by-movie budget breakdown:

• Courage Under Fire: $46 million

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The Best-Reviewed Movies of 2015

There were many films that came out in 2015 that IGN reviewed, as superheroes fought dangerous enemies and emotions taught us the range of our feelings and beloved franchises came back, better and more relevant than ever. But of those many movies that hit theaters, these 10 are the ones that we considered the best of the best.

Read IGN's review scale here.

You'll see some overlap with IGN's Best Movie of 2015 nominees, as these films listed below are our 10 best-reviewed movies of the past year. From returning to a galaxy far, far away to an inside look into one of the 21st century's best innovators, here are the projects that got our ringing endorsement.

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Mass Effect Andromeda Director Leaves BioWare

Mass Effect Andromeda director Chris Wynn has announced he's parting ways with BioWare.

Wynn, who served as the senior development director on BioWare's highly anticipated role-playing game, confirmed his departure in a post on Twitter:

It is with a heavy heart today to say that I am moving on from BioWare and Mass Effect: Andromeda, and returning to the USA.

— Chris Wynn (@The1Wynn) December 22, 2015

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Top Comics to Buy This Week

We all want the best of the best, so let us point out the hottest comics released each week. We spotlight our favorite comics that we know are money-well-spent and new books that look cool and are backed by some top-tier talent.

Check out our picks, then take to the comments to let us know what looks good to you!

Written by Tom Taylor & Drawn by Bruno Redondo | DC

While the fifth and final volume of Injustice: Gods Among Us has already kicked off in digital form, the storyline truly begins with this standalone issue. Unlike previous annuals, Injustice: Year Four Annual isn't content to merely tell a small side-story. Instead, it's setting the stage for Year Five's "year of the villains" status quo as it sheds more light on how Superman's regime have dealt with the world's incarcerated supervillains and brings an entirely new player into the fold.

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Rock Band 4 Celebrates the New Year With 6 New Tracks

Rock Band developer Harmonix announced in a blog post today that six new tracks will be coming to the Rock Band 4 storefront on December 29, to celebrate the new year.

Among the announced tracks are new songs from Coldplay and Weezer, as well as some newcomers to Rock Band, like pop sensations One Direction. This adds to the significant number of tracks available both through the store and imported songs from prior Rock Band titles, like Rock Band 3.

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The Invention of the Game Cartridge

Ever wonder how those game cartridges you used to have stacked on top of your TV were made? FastCompany.com has put out an in-depth retrospective on the very first video game console to use cartridges, the Fairchild Channel F.

Coming out in November 1976, just before the Atari 2600 and RCA Studio II, the Fairchild Channel F was gamers' first introduction to the bulky black cartridges that would be the industry's medium of choice well into the 1990s.

Until cartridges were introduced, games were severely held back by memory limitations and the lack of an easy way to switch out software.

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Mads Mikkelsen Will Play Doctor Strange's Mystery Villain

Mads Mikkelsen will play the primary villain in Marvel's upcoming Doctor Strange film, according to executive producer Stephen Broussard.

The news comes via Broussard and Marvel Studios boss Kevin Feige in an interview with Entertainment Weekly. The pair revealed the Hannibal star's role opposite Benedict Cumberbatch as Doctor Strange, saying only that he will play a rogue magician looking to open Earth to the mystical realm.

"Mads' character is a sorcerer who breaks off into his own sect," said Feige. "

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Game of Thrones: Here's a Look at Bran Stark in Season 6

While we've had plenty of catchup time with the rest of the Stark family (or what's left of it), it's been a spell since we last saw the young Bran Stark (Isaac Hempstead-Wright), who made his last appearance at the end of Season 4 after meeting the Three-Eyed Raven (now played by Star Wars: The Force Awakens' Max von Sydow).

Now, EW.com has an exclusive first look at Wright in Season 6, looking much older and taller with a new haircut to boot. Check out the image below:

Isaac Hempstead-Wright in Game of Thrones: Season 6

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Hardy, Branagh and Rylance Up for Nolan's Dunkirk Epic

Christopher Nolan's next project is indeed the reported World War II epic Dunkirk, and the Dark Knight director is in talks with top-notch Hollywood talent to join the film.

According to Variety, Mark Rylance, Kenneth Branagh and Tom Hardy are all in negotiations for roles in the movie. Dunkirk's cast will reportedly be led by unknown actors, with Nolan and his casting department testing teens in London for the leading parts. Nolan is said to have wanted to lock in the movie's handful of adult roles before the holiday season.

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Fallout 4, Black Ops 3 Top Amazon's List of Holiday Best-Sellers

Amazon has announced its best-selling games this holiday season: Call of Duty: Black Ops III, Fallout 4, and Star Wars Battlefront.

The retailer's game sales are part of Amazon's record-setting holiday season, with its busiest day ever on Christmas Eve. Amazon also revealed that "if every Just Dance 2016 video game purchased by Amazon customers this holiday season was played to completion by one person, he or she would be dancing until 2081." That's one tired customer.

Another fun fact from the full holiday sales: Amazon customers bought enough Jurassic World DVDs to equal the height of more than 2,700 Tyrannosaurus Rex.

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Out This Week: Hitman: Agent 47, Kill the Plumber

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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'Real Burning Lightsaber' Created Using Chemistry

With Star Wars: The Force Awakens now in theaters, nearly everyone's getting into the Star Wars spirit, including one science-savvy individual who's managed to craft his very own fuel-powered lightsaber.

YouTube user Sufficiently Advanced has managed to build such a device by filling a silver handle casing—complete with a valve control at the top and nichrome ignition along the side—with a fuel mixture of methanol and acetone, topping it off with butane as a propellant.

The result is a "real burning lightsaber," which you can see in action below. In fact, the guy takes out a few Stormtrooper balloons and concludes the video by setting Jar Jar Binks ablaze.

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The 100: Season 3 Premiere Photos

The 100: Season 3 premieres on January 21st and the CW has released the first photos from the show's return episode, "Wanheda: Part One."

Season 3 picks up several months after the monumental events that ended Season 2 and as the photos show, there are some notable changes in appearance for several characters, including Clarke (Eliza Taylor), Murphy (Richard Harmon) and Jasper (Devon Bostick). The photos also include new characters Roan (Black Sails' Zach McGowan) and Niylah (iZombie's Jessica Harmon - Richard Harmon's real-life sister).

Check out all the new photos in the gallery below.

The 100: Season 3 premieres Thursday, January 21st at 9:00pm ET/PT after the Legends of Tomorrow premiere.

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What TV Show That Ended in 2015 Will You Miss the Most?

With more original scripted shows landing on our TVs (and tablets, devices, etc) than ever before, it's only natural that there be a thinning of the herd. Even with many networks opting not to cancel underperforming series this past fall - but instead shorten their order and ruminate - we still lost a great deal of notable shows this year. Whether through straight-up, in your face cancellation or via natural progression of time.

Mad Men closed out its epic run on AMC while Justified ended its swaggery story on FX. Parks and Rec, which had been on the brink of cancellation several times over the years, managed to make it through a superb seventh season and brought things to a sublime end. Meanwhile, Hannibal managed to eke out a third season, despite low ratings, and give us a series finale that, while very open-ended, still worked as a solid conclusion to the story.

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Daily Deals: Free iTunes Cash, Fallout 4 on Sale

$100 iTunes Gift Cards for $80 at eBay

It's time to snag some free money once again, as iTunes gift cards granting $100 worth of purchasing power are going for 20 bucks off. If you're an iTunes user or know friends who are, grab a bunch!

Fallout 4 for $49.88 at Amazon

If you've waited this long to jump into the experience of Fallout 4, your patience has been rewarded with a 10-dollar savings. On all platforms, too!

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More Legends of Tomorrow Photos

Ahead of next month's premiere of DC's Legends of Tomorrow, The CW has unveiled new photos, providing a detailed look at the show's gang of heroes.

In addition to a slew of cast photos, the network has released several shots from the pilot episode. Check out the gallery below for a look at the cast and a sneak peek what lies ahead in the premiere.

DC's Legends of Tomorrow features a massive cast, including: Victor Garber as Professor Martin Stein / Firestorm, Caity Lotz as Sara Lance / White Canary, Brandon Routh as Ray Palmer / The Atom, Arthur Darvill as the Rip Hunter and many more.

The CW's new superhero show premieres Thursday, January 21 at 8/7c, and will be followed by The 100: Season 3's debut episode. While you patiently wait for Legends of Tomorrow, check out its official key art, as well as our batch of interviews with the show's cast and producer below.

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The Most Epic Video Game Moments of 2015

As 2015 draws to a close, we thought we'd look back on the moments that made our favorite video games of the year great.

From Bloodborne to Super Mario Maker, our standout moments ranged from exciting to sad, hilarious to downright scary. Read on for the most epic video game moments of 2015, but be warned... there are some major spoilers ahead!

Snake's first encounter with Sahelanthropus, The Phantom Pain's imposing bipedal tank developed by Huey Emmerich, occurs at the end of a long, grueling infiltration mission. Most games would have you go in guns blazing during a confrontation like this, but Metal Gear Solid isn't most games. Instead, you're left feeling small, vulnerable, and encumbered against this sinister new adversary, tasked with finding cover across Afghanistan's rocky terrain to avoid its line of sight, and make it to the landing zone undetected. It's a tense and terrifying sequence that makes your eventual final encounter with Sahelanthropus in a later mission that much more powerful. -Chloi

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Bill Nye on the Star Trek vs Star Wars Debate

The world may be going crazy for Star Wars: The Force Awakens at the moment, but Bill Nye seems to prefer sci-fi's other massive franchise.

In an interview with Rolling Stone, celebrity scientist Bill Nye talked about the rivalry between Star Wars and Star Trek.

"Star Wars has magic in it... it's really about family conflicts, and it's Shakespearean... you know, there's commoners and all powerful kings, essentially," said Nye. "But in Star Trek, it's an optimistic view of the future with science."

Nye clearly enjoys the more scientific series over the one with The Force. "They have anti-matter contained in magnetic fields... which is a real thing, but in Star Wars it's just magic and they have wings and there are sound effects in space... The Force is like a ghost or magic."

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New DLC in the Works for Metal Gear Online

Metal Gear Online will continue to be supported with new DLC, Konami has announced.

In a post on MGO's official Twitter account, the publisher confirmed that additional maps are on the way, as well as Survival mode and more content that will be detailed at a later date.

New DLC planned for MGO, including new maps, Survival, and more! Further details to come http://pic.twitter.com/iDu5CSJ113

— Metal Gear Online (@MetalGearOnline) December 17, 2015

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Ranking Tarantino's Movies

With The Hateful Eight, the eighth film from filmmaker Quentin Tarantino, now in theaters, we're looking back at the auteur's filmography and ranking his feature-length movies. (Notice we said "feature-length," meaning we're overlooking the segments he helmed for Sin City and Four Rooms.)

We don't think Tarantino's made a truly bad film yet, just a couple that aren't as good as his best efforts. So bear that in mind as you read the following list… Even the worst of Tarantino is usually better than any other filmmaker's best.

And as always, remember to comment at the bottom of the page and let us know how you would rank Tarantino's films!

Let's get this out of the way now: Death Proof isn't as fun as Planet Terror, but it definitely is the smartest homage to B-movies ever made. The film plays like something one of the most talented (and cocky) filmmakers ever put together with some friends over a series of weekends, albeit with a weekend funded by a major production outlet and one hell of a rapid-fire script.

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First Look at Benedict Cumberbatch as Doctor Strange

Behold Benedict Cumberbatch as Marvel's Doctor Strange!

The first officially released photos of the Sherlock star in costume as the Sorcerer Supreme grace the cover of the latest issue of Entertainment Weekly. Check it out:

Cumberbatch told EW that the photo shoot was one of the first times he'd actually worn the full costume and tried out Strange's classic spell-casting hand gestures.

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Lightning Models Clothes for French Fashion Brand Louis Vuitton

Final Fantasy's Lightning is starring in French fashion house Louis Vuitton's new ad campaign.

Louis Vuitton's creative director Nicolas Ghesquiere shared the video—"Series 4"—on his personal Instagram, saying that Lightning is a "genuine heroine." Watch the video below.

Ghesquiere also writes that the campaign's art is a collaboration between Tetsuya Nomura and Square Enix's Visual Works, created especially for the fashion powerhouse. The clothes modeled by Lightning were previously worn at Louis Vuitton's spring/summer 2016 fashion show back in October—you can watch it on Louis Vuitton's YouTube channel. The first model even from the show even sports Lightning's signature pink hair.

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First Orphan Black: Season 4 Teaser

BBC America just released the first teaser for season 4 of Orphan Black. The show returns to the air in April 2016. Watch the video below.

Season 3 wrapped in June, and IGN reviewer Max Nicholson said it was "consistently great, save for a couple episodes (including the finale) that were only just okay." The ending, he said, wasn't as strong as the first two finales, but "it did set up some intriguing thread to follow in season 4."

Tatiana Maslany and her many characters will return next year with fellow cast members Jordan Gavaris, Maria Doyle Kennedy, and Kristian Braun. We'll keep you updated here with more news as it comes.

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Star Wars: The Force Awakens Once Had a Different Name

Star Wars: The Force Awakens didn't always have that title. Pablo Hidalgo, creative executive at Lucasfilm Story Group, said on Twitter that "for the longest time," The Force Awakens was known as Shadow of the Empire.

@justinlasalata for longest time, the TFA title was the same as an old novel. Thankfully it changed. :) With so many books, it's inevitable

— Pablo Hidalgo (@pablohidalgo) December 25, 2015

Does the name sound familiar? That's because it's the title of a Star Wars Expanded Universe novel by Steven Perry. Shadows of the Empire was released in 1996 and is set between Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi—it was one part of a multimedia campaign, which also featured a video game, comic book, and set of action figures.

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Michael Fassbender Has Finally Played Assassin's Creed

While Michael Fassbender is set to star as Callum Lynch in the upcoming Assassin's Creed move, it wasn't until recently that he finally played a game in the popular video game series it's adapted from.

"I hadn't played it before these guys approached me," Fassbender admitted in an interview with EW, saying he's since played one of the titles "mainly to get an idea of the physicality of the character."

Fassbender went on to note that he's well aware of the passion that Assassin's Creed fans have for the franchise. As such, the studio is "striving to find something special" and deliver the historical accuracy and attention to detail that series veterans expect.

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Star Wars Reigns Over Xmas Weekend Box Office

Surprising no one, Star Wars: The Force Awakens took the top spot at this weekend's box office with $153.5 million.

J.J. Abrams' space epic not only dominated the North American charts over the Christmas weekend, it also managed to surpass $1 billion in global sales faster than any other movie in history.

Sean Anders' new comedy Daddy's Home, starring Mark Wahlberg and Will Ferrell, debuted in second place with $38.8 million, performing well ahead of Paramount's expectations. "This is a movie that the whole family can go to together. This is the Star Wars for comedy," studio vice chairman Rob Moore said told THR.

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'Anti-Earthquake' Beds Swallow Sleepers Whole

Imagine being woken up to an earthquake shaking everything around you, but to avoid any falling objects or debris, you lock yourself inside your earthquake-proof bed. How's that sound?

Well, Chinese inventor Wang Wenxi has designed such a bed with this exact purpose in mind. According to Gizmodo, Wenxi first received a patent for his creation back in 2010, but has been working on it over the years to provide more protection and to allow people to store any supplies/food they deem necessary.

There are several questions that need to be asked, however, such as how you trigger the bed to eat you. Or what if you don't sleep in the same position shown in the above video? What if you share the bed with someone else? The worst case scenarios have the potential to be very painful.

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Christopher Nolan's 2017 Film Reportedly a World War 2 Epic

Christopher Nolan may be filming a World War II film inspired by the evacuation of the French seaport Dunkirk. Dunkirk's mayor Patrice Vergiete is said to have announced that a "world famous director" is set to shoot an American blockbuster in the city. According to local French newspaper La Voix Du Nord, that director is Nolan.

Via translation from Indiewire, La Voix Du Nord writes, "Completely incognito during his recent visits to Dunkirk with his brother Jonathan,

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Star Wars Breaks Another Huge Box Office Milestone

Star Wars: The Force Awakens has hit $1 billion at the box office faster than any other movie in history.

According to the Associated Press, the movie reached the money-milestone today, meaning The Force Awakens now holds the record for biggest domestic opening and biggest worldwide opening, as well as the fastest movie to reach $1 billion.

It took only 12 days for Star Wars: The Force Awakens to reach $1 billion, beating out Jurassic World's previous record of 13 days. However, the AP points out Jurassic World was helped along by a simultaneous opening in China, whereas The Force Awakens isn't set to release there until January 9.

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NASA Reveals Best Images of Pluto We'll See for Decades

The New Horizons spacecraft flew by Pluto in July, and every week it has been sending back data it recorded. The latest images it has sent back were taken on its closest approach to Pluto, and they're the clearest we'll see for some time.

These new pictures have a resolution of around 250-280 feet per pixel which, according to NASA, reveal "features less than half the size of a city block on Pluto's diverse surface." The images show "a wide variety of cratered, mountainous and glacial terrains."

"These new images give us a breathtaking, super-high resolution window into Pluto's geology," said New Horizons Principal Investigator Alan Stern. John Grunsfeld, associate administrator for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, said "we continue to be amazed by what we see."

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Ash vs Evil Dead: "Bound in Flesh" Review

Warning: Full spoilers for the episode below.

Now that was a damn, fine episode of "Ash vs. Evil Dead." The best since the premiere. Better than the premiere, in some ways. Sure, a few weeks ago "The Killer of Killers" also brought back the wit and perverse charm of the pilot for a uniquely gruesome bottle episode set in a diner, but "Bound in Flesh," to date, felt the most Raimi-ish of the non-Raimi episodes. Writer and co-executive producer Rob Wright did a fine job of giving us the most familiar Ash since the guy who got stoned and unleashed hell on Earth.

Because, let's face it. The season's been uneven. This Starz series marks the first time we've seen Ash written and directed by people other than the original creator. And so he's felt different on certain episodes. "Off," even. Yes, it's expected that Ash would mature a bit as the show progressed, as he'd learn to love and respect his new cohorts, but occasionally - like with "The Host" and "Ashes to Ashes" - he's felt almost too mature. Too changed in his ways. So the Ash here in the uber-bloody penultimate Season 1 episode was a return to form. Even if he doesn't exactly line up with some of the more earnest Ashes from episodes past.

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NASA Engineer Schools You on How to Build a Death Star

Maybe building the Death Star from scratch wasn't the best idea after all.

According to Brian Muirhead, chief engineer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a Death Star shouldn't be constructed with parts launched off of a planet like it was in the Star Wars universe. Instead, one should be built using an asteroid.

An already-existing asteroid would provide "all the building blocks you would need to build your family Death Star," says Muirhead, in a Wired video that you can watch below. These building blocks include metals, organic compounds, and water.

Muirhead is currently working on an asteroid redirect mission, which will land on an asteroid, pick up a bolder from its surface, and put it in orbit around our moon. NASA will then go visit the bolder on a crewed mission to collect and bring back samples. The landing is scheduled for 2023.

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Daily Deals: The Force Awakens Visual Dictionary, The Art of Fire Emblem: Awakening

Star Wars: The Force Awakens Visual Dictionary for $11.99 at Amazon

1TB Xbox One with Rise of the Tomb Raider, Assassin's Creed, and Free Game of your Choice

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Wet Bandit Response to Culkin's Home Alone Video

Earlier this month, Macaulay Culkin reprised his role as Kevin McCallister from Home Alone to craft a dark and disturbing short film about Kevin's traumatizing experience. In response, Daniel Stern, who played Marv in the first two Home Alone movies, created a clip of his own.

The video features a very disturbed Marv, who warns his thieving sidekick Harry about Kevin and his quest for revenge. "The kid is coming to get us," he says. "He's coming for all the home invaders and he's gonna come get us."

Stern's character also recalls the hilariously painful attacks inflicted upon him in the original pair of Christmas comedies, adding: "He hit me in the head with a brick. The iron... the bugs! He electrocuted me. For god's sakes, he turned me inside out!"

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Piracy Sites Make Millions By Installing Malware

According to a report by the Digital Citizens Alliance, one in three piracy websites contain malware, and distributing it is a estimated $70 million dollar a year business for them.

The DCA's "Digital Bait" study was conducted by RiskIQ and looked at 800 websites that distributed copyrighted material from torrenting networks to streaming hubs. What they found was that users who visited the websites they were monitoring were 28 times more likely to get infections than from the websites in their control group.

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Pokemon-Themed 2DS Releasing in Japan

Nintendo is launching its 2DS handheld in Japan with the release of four special Pokemon-themed consoles.

The consoles were announced on Pokemon's official Japanese site with a release date of February 27—the 20th anniversary of Pokemon Red and Blue. The handhelds come in classic Pokemon colors—red, blue, green, and yellow—and ship with its respective Pokemon game pre-installed.

The 2DS consoles will also feature a themed home menu, stickers, and the game's region map poster. Players will also receive a download code for the ever-desired Mew. You'll be able to use the code with your 2DS game, or on Omega Ruby, Alpha Sapphire, and Pokemon X and Y.

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Steam Store Caching Issues Resolved

Steam is back up and running normally, according to Valve. Yesterday the Steam Store was experiencing what it called a "caching issue" that allowed users to see some account information from other, random users.

On its discussions page, Valve said the problem only affected some users, and the window of time during which the problems were encountered was limited to just an hour.

Valve said it doesn't believe any unauthorized actions "beyond the viewing of cached page information" happened during the window of time in which the problems occurred.

The company also made it clear that the Steam Store wasn't hacked, and credit card information and phone numbers were "censored and not visible to users, as required by law."

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Sesame Street HBO Debut Trailer and Poster

The 46th season of Sesame Street debuts on its notable new home, HBO, on January 16, and in anticipation, the channel has released a new trailer and show poster. Check out the video below.

Lots of celebrities join Big Bird, Elmo, and Cookie Monster in the new trailer—celebrities like Jon Hamm, Tina Fey, Pharrell, and Gwen Stefani. There's even a Star Wars shoutout with Cookie Monster as Han Solo, and Chewbacca re-imagined as, well, a cookie.

Two 30-minute episodes of Sesame Street will debut on HBO at 9 am ET, with new and classic episodes available for streaming on HBO Now and HBO Go. Sesame Street won't be leaving PBS, either. New episodes will play on PBS nine months after their original release. Older episodes of Sesame Street will continue to play on PBS Kids on weekdays.

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SPECTRE: Radiohead Releases Rejected Bond Theme

Radiohead front man Thom Yorke posted the band's rejected theme song for the James Bond movie SPECTRE online today.

Yorke tweeted the song "Spectre" on Christmas Day. Listen to it below.

Pop singer Sam Smith ended up being chosen to record the theme song ("Writing's on the Wall") for the 24th James Bond film.

SPECTRE's current total at the worldwide box office stands at $838.3 million, making it the sixth highest-grossing film globally of 2015.

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Doctor Who Christmas Special Review

Warning: Full spoilers below.

After the heavy ninth season of Doctor Who which just came to its conclusion a couple of weeks back, Steven Moffat's "The Husbands of River Song" is a nice, fun, wacky change of pace that still manages to touch that sweet spot of emotional resonance that the Twelfth Doctor has done so well this year.

An annual tradition since the launch of modern Doctor Who in 2005, the Christmas Specials air on December 25 (in the UK anyway) and are for some fans as essential to the holiday season as eggnog and unwrapping presents. And Christmas crackers (we Americans know about those because of Doctor Who)!

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