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Monster Hunter World Armor: All Male High-Rank Gear
All The Fortnite Season 3 Battle Pass Rewards And Skins
Overwatch's New Legendary Skins: Year Of The Dog Cosmetics
Every Netflix Original Movie Released In 2018 So Far
Guillermo Del Toro's 12 Greatest Movie Monsters
Super Mario Odyssey Costumes: Mario Sunshine Outfit, Knight Armor, And More

Monster Hunter World Armor: All Male High-Rank Gear

By Chris Pereira on Feb 23, 2018 08:46 pm

Thanks to a variety of factors, Monster Hunter World is likely to be many people's first experience with the franchise. New gear is desirable in any RPG, but it's especially important in Monster Hunter, where your progression is tied not to experience points, but the new armor and weapons you're able to acquire and craft.

The armor you collect comes in a variety of different styles, shapes, types, and sizes. Every armor set you acquire comes in two types: alpha and beta. Alpha sets come with preset skills that enhance its wearer with a series of statistical benefits, while Beta sets allow its wearer to customize what skills each piece has. In addition, each set has an entirely different look depending on the gender you choose.

To give you an idea of what kind of armor sets you'll be able to use once you've progressed far enough in the game, we've compiled the gallery above. You'll find images of high-end armor for male characters in this gallery. If you're curious about female character gear, check out our high-end female player gear gallery. You can also check out our high-end Palico armor gallery.

Monster Hunter World releases on January 26 for Xbox One and PS4, with a PC release to come later in the year. That's notable, as recent entries were limited to 3DS. The additional horsepower has allowed for a game with much larger, more beautiful environments to play in. It also does a better job of introducing newcomers to the flow of playing a Monster Hunter game. You can read more about what to expect in our Monster Hunter World review.

Those playing on PS4 will be able to get their hands on some exclusive gear based on Horizon: Zero Dawn. We also know that new Mega Man-themed items are on the way, and if past games are any indications, that won't be the last crossover content that Capcom releases.

All The Fortnite Season 3 Battle Pass Rewards And Skins

By Chris Pereira on Feb 23, 2018 08:40 pm

Fortnite's next big update has launched on all platforms, bringing new content and improvements to Battle Royale and Save the World. Players of the former mode will find that Season 3 has begun, introducing a new Battle Pass on PC, PS4, and Xbox One. Along with that, there are a ton of new items to acquire.

As with previous Battle Passes, this one includes a limited selection of content that anyone can unlock. The vast majority of rewards, however, are limited to players who purchase the full Battle Pass, which costs 950 V-Bucks (or just around $10). If you owned the Season 2 Battle Pass, you'll automatically get five tiers' worth of progress for free. Additional tiers can be earned by collecting stars by playing and fulfilling specific objectives, or by purchasing them with additional V-Bucks.

Among the items you'll find in the premium tier of the Battle Pass are new pickaxes, skins, gliders, emotes, and much more. There's also Back Bling, which is a new category of item added as part of the 3.0.0 update alongside skydiving trails and loading screens. In the images above, you can see all of the major new items included in the Season 3 Battle Pass. Bear in mind, these are all cosmetic; nothing will actually impact gameplay directly. If you're a fan of references, though, you're in luck, as you'll find skins clearly meant to resemble the likes of John Wick and Guardians of the Galaxy's Star-Lord.

In terms of playable content, Fortnite has received some new additions. Battle Royale now has a new weapon, the Hand Cannon, that uses Heavy ammo. Some notable improvements have also been made to building (which also extends to Save the World), and a 60 FPS framerate is now the default option for all console players. You can see everything the update does in the Fortnite 3.0.0 patch notes.

Overwatch's New Legendary Skins: Year Of The Dog Cosmetics

By Chris Pereira on Feb 23, 2018 08:36 pm

A new update has arrived for Overwatch. Blizzard has kicked off this year's edition of the Lunar New Year event, which this time around is dubbed Year of the Dog. It revamps the game's Capture the Flag mode and introduces other new features. But as is to be expected from any new update, there are a variety of new Overwatch skins and cosmetics now available in a limited-time loot box.

In terms of skins, there are six Legendary ones in total: those for Hanzo, Genji, Mercy, Pharah, McCree, and Widowmaker. Additionally, there are more than 50 new items in all to get your hands on; there are new sprays, victory poses, and other cosmetics now available. The event also sees the return of the skins from last year's Lunar New Year.

You can check out all of the new skins, as well as many of the new cosmetics, in the gallery above. We've also got galleries of all the recently added Blizzard World update skins, as well as the huge number of Overwatch League skins introduced earlier this year.

With new skins now available, this update marks the addition of a welcome feature for those with a growing collection to show off. From the Assemble Your Team screen before a match, you can now easily change your skin. This is only accessible during the pre-match phase, no doubt to avoid having players spending time contemplating their choice when they could be helping the team, but it should still make it easier to rotate through your collection.

Also new in this patch is the aforementioned CTF revamp. This sees the introduction of a new Sudden Death mode--meaning no more ties--where flags are located closer to one another. Also, throughout the match, flags are now picked up instantly, though it will be dropped when using certain abilities, like Winston's leap. Blizzard says this should all result in a more "action-packed" experience overall.

Every Netflix Original Movie Released In 2018 So Far

By Mat Elfring on Feb 23, 2018 08:21 pm

Netflix may be primarily known for its award-winning series, but the streaming service also provides quite a few movies that are worth your time. The streaming giant puts out more original movies than any of us realized, but don't worry, we will have you up to date with everything coming to a streaming device near you.

Starting with January, we're highlighting every Netflix original movie the company releases this year--as well as a few notable ones Netflix didn't produce but has distribution rights to--and including a few of our thoughts about the shows we've seen. Here are the original movies you can currently watch on Netflix, right now.

If you're more interested in the company's original shows, check out every Netflix original series for 2018.

Click here to jump to February's releases

The Polka King

Release Date: January 12

Genre: Comedy/Drama

Based on a true story, The Polka King follows Jan Lewan (Jack Black), a polka band leader who was imprisoned in the mid-'00s for running a Ponzi scheme.

The Polka King is pretty mediocre. At times, it can be funny, but its appeal seems to be to people that find Polka either the worst or best music genre of all time, even though it's not the primary focus of the story. It's a letdown as the real-life story the movie is based on is fascinating.

Step Sisters

Release Date: January 18

Genre: Comedy

Megalyn Echikunwoke (Arrow, Vixen) plays a Harvard Law student helps a sorority win a step dance championship by teaching them to step.

The Open House

Release Date: January 19

Genre: Horror

A mother and her teenage son move into a secluded mansion in the mountains. They find someone else is at the house as well--someone who wants to harm them.

Blockbuster

Release Date: January 24

Genre: Romantic Comedy

After being dumped by his girlfriend, a man devices a plan to get back his girlfriend, Lola, who loves superheroes.

A Futile and Stupid Gesture

Release Date: January 26

Genre: Comedy

Based on a true story, A Futile and Stupid Gesture follows comedy writer Doug Kenny (Will Forte), the mind behind National Lampoon magazine.

The Cloverfield Paradox

Release Date: February 4

Genre: Sci-Fi/Horror

The Earth is in crisis and a group of the brightest scientists heads to space in order to test technology that could provide the planet with infinite power. However, the tech creates a paradox which has some unwanted effects.

GameSpot's Mike Rougeau said in his review, "By the time The Cloverfield Paradox limps lamely to its nonsensical yet somehow predictable conclusion, you'll probably already have stopped paying attention."

The Ritual

Release Date: February 9

Genre: Horror

A group of friends reunites and takes a trip to Sweden where they hike through a national park. They find a menacing creature stalking them throughout their journey.

Note: Netflix is the international distributor for this movie.

Seeing Allred

Release Date: February 9

Genre: Documentary

Seeing Allred follows women's rights attorney Gloria Allred--who has devoted four decades to her work--as her life is chronicled, and she takes on powerful men accused of sexual assault.

When We First Met

Release Date: February 9

Genre: Comedy

At her engagement party, Avery Martin (Alexandra Daddario) recalls the first time she met her fiance Noah Ashby (Adam DeVine) at a Halloween party.

Love Per Square Foot

Release Date: February 14

Genre: Romantic Comedy

The Hindi-language movie follows a young man and woman searching for a house in Mumbai.

Irreplaceable You

Release Date: February 16

Genre: Drama

Irreplaceable You follows an engaged couple, Abbie and Sam, who have been best friends since childhood. Abbie learns she has terminal cancer and tries to find someone to replace her in Sam's life.

Fullmetal Alchemist

Release Date: February 19

Genre: Live-Action Anime

In a world where alchemy is real, two brothers go on a quest for the Philosopher's Stone, after failing to revive their dead mother.

GameSpot's Mike Rougeau said in his review, "Despite its high profile and fan hunger, Fullmetal Alchemist is everything wrong with live-action anime adaptations. It both adds nothing to the original and does a poor job imitating it."

Note: Netflix is the international distributor for this movie.

Mute

Release Date: February 23

Genre: Sci-Fi

40 years in the future, a mute bartender searches for his missing girlfriend. The director Duncan Jones has called this a spiritual sequel to his 2009 film Moon.

GameSpot's Mike Rougeau said in his review, "Mute is a bad joke about itself, the movie version of a Weird Al Yankovic song (an "Amish Paradise" sequel set in the future?), only if the filmmaker wasn't aware it was supposed to be a parody."

Guillermo Del Toro's 12 Greatest Movie Monsters

By Dan Auty on Feb 23, 2018 08:16 pm

Guillermo Del Toro is one of fantasy cinema's great modern directors. From acclaimed Spanish language movies such as The Devil's Backbone and Pan's Labyrinth to high profile Hollywood blockbusters like Pacific Rim and Hellboy films, Del Toro's gift for imaginative, exciting, scary, and often deeply moving cinema is unrivalled. He's also delivered some of the most memorable monsters of recent times too. By tapping into the great tradition of movie creatures that goes back to the likes of Frankenstein and Creature From the Black Lagoon, Del Toro has ensured that his creations are a vital part of his storytelling and frequently unlike anything we've seen on screen before.

His latest movie, The Shape of Water, is another masterpiece. Part period drama, part sci-fi thriller, part offbeat love story, it features another fantastic monster creation, played by the director's regular creature collaborator, Doug Jones. So with the film nominated for 13 awards at the upcoming Oscars, let's take a look at some of the other amazing monster creations in Del Toro's filmography.

12. Cathedral-Head (Hellboy II: The Golden Army, 2008)

Hellboy II is packed with weird and wonderful monstrous creations; so many that some of the best are on screen only fleetingly. Cathedral-Head is one of Del Toro's most hilariously odd creatures. He runs a map shop in the Troll Market, and yes, has a cathedral for a head. Del Toro originally planned an even more lavish design for this creation: "Originally the idea was to have little humans running around the ramparts," he said. "But the budget wouldn't allow it."

11. Karl Ruprecht Kroenen (Hellboy, 2004)

Although Kroenen appeared in Mike Mingola's Hellboy comics, he was dramatically reworked by Del Toro into the one of the first movie's main bad guys. On the page he's just a scientist in a gasmask, but on screen he became--to use Del Toro's words--a "mechanical clockwork Nazi zombie." We approve.

10. The Last Elemental (Hellboy II: The Golden Army, 2008)

One of Del Toro's greatest skills is his ability to make his monsters more than just weird and scary. He frequently treats them as he does his human characters, giving them personalities and even making them sympathetic and relatable. Hellboy II's Last Elemental is a great example. Despite its destructive nature, this gigantic tree god is the last of its kind, and Hellboy's decision to kill it is a haunting, tragic moment.

9. Ghosts (Crimson Peak, 2015)

Crimson Peak is Del Toro's least-loved movie. It was a box office failure, and was met by mixed reviews from critics who found the mix of gore, scares, humor, and gothic romance a little uneven. But there is much to like, including the gruesome ghosts which haunt the movie's Gothic mansion. These bloody phantoms are both visceral and otherworldly, their high-contrast red design a world away from more familiar cinematic spectres.

8. Behemoth (Hellboy, 2004)

This terrifying tentacled beast is perhaps as close as we'll get to seeing what Del Toro would have done if he'd had the chance to direct his passion project, At the Mountains of Madness. Sadly that H.P. Lovecraft adaptation never happened, but we do have the Behemoth. One of the 369 children of the demonic entities known as the Ogdru Jahad, it was inspired by the interdimensional horrors of Lovecraft's stories, and made its appearance in Hellboy by bursting out of the body of Hellboy's nemesis Rasputin.

7. Trespasser (Pacific Rim, 2013)

Pacific Rim is packed with cool kaiju, but none have quite the initial onscreen impact as the Trespasser. It's the first creature we see, and this towering beast--also known as Axehead--gives us the perfect introduction to the destructive power of the kaiju. Trespasser lays waste to San Francisco, and because he pre-dates the Jaegers, lives to fight another day.

6. Faun (Pan's Labyrinth, 2006)

This goat-like creature was played by Doug Jones and formed a major part of Pan's Labyrinth's poster campaign. He towers above Ofelia as he leads her into the labyrinth and. despite Del Toro's insistence that the Faun is "neither good or evil," there is a strong suggestion that he harbours unhealthy desires for the young girl.

5. Reapers (Blade 2, 2002)

With Del Toro in charge of the second Blade movie, he made sure that his vampires were way more memorable than those in its predecessor. The Reapers are genetically enhanced bloodsuckers with three-part jaws that split their heads wide open, to allow a proboscis-like tongue to hoover up their victim's blood. Tasty.

4. Judas Breed (Mimic, 1997)

Del Toro may not have had a happy experience directing his English-language debut Mimic, but the movie did deliver one of his scariest monsters. The Judas Breed are huge, human-hunting mutant termite/mantis hybrids that can imitate people by folding their wings and arms, shortly before they rip your head off.

3. The Angel of Death (Hellboy II: The Golden Army, 2008)

Played by Doug Jones once more, this demonic, grinning figure holds Hellboy's fate in her hands in a key scene towards the end of Hellboy II. Like Pan's Labyrinth's Pale Man, the Angel's eyes are located elsewhere on her body--in this case on her wings--with the top-half of her head replaced by a weird cracked organic disc. Or something.

2. Otachi (Pacific Rim, 2013)

Otachi is the meanest, deadliest, an coolest of all Pacific Rim's kaiju. She spits gallons of Jaeger-melting neon acid, can fly, has a lethal barbed tail, and just keeps on fighting. And, as we discover when she is finally stopped by Gipsy Danger, she did all this while pregnant!

1. Pale Man (Pan's Labyrinth, 2006)

Perhaps the most iconic and terrifying monster in Del Toro's filmography, the Pale Man is the child-eating humanoid creature that Ofelia must face in Pan's Labyrinth. Played, of course, by Doug Jones, the moment in which this creature places his eyeball-hands on his face remains a classic, unforgettably chilling moment.

Super Mario Odyssey Costumes: Mario Sunshine Outfit, Knight Armor, And More

By Matt Espineli on Feb 23, 2018 07:00 am

Odyssey Wardrobe

Super Mario Odyssey's presentation is undeniably charming. The upcoming adventure is brimming with vibrant visuals that'll likely cement a smile on your face.

Aside from its colorful environments, one of the game's most delightful aspects are the optional outfits Mario can wear. From outfits that are themed around the worlds you visit to ones that are direct homages to Mario's history, there's an abundance of fun costumes to throw on.

In time for Super Mario Odyssey's new content update, we've gathered all the new outfits that are included in it. To give you a look at all the new outfits as well as all of the outfits in the base game, we've gathered them all here.

Click ahead to take a look, and be sure to check back often as we update this feature with even more DLC outfits. If you're curious how to find some of the best of what you see in this feature, check out our guide on how to get the best costumes.

Super Mario Odyssey is out now for Nintendo Switch. It's the latest installment of Nintendo's tenured franchise starring the lovable Italian plumber. You once again control Mario as he works to rescue Princess Peach from Bowser. But this time around, he has the help of a new hat sidekick named Cappy, who he can throw at certain objects or enemies to temporarily possess them and use their unique abilities.

Check out our full review of Super Mario Odyssey, and for more about the game, check out our roundup article containing features, gameplay videos, and everything you need to know about Super Mario Odyssey. You can also check out our roundup containing tips, guides, and things we wish we knew.