Black Friday is almost upon us once again, and that means retailers will be offering deep discounts on everything from coffee machines to baby cribs. Chances are you have an eye on getting some gifts this holiday season, or maybe just treating yourself to some great prices on items from your own wish list.
The annual retail holiday makes for a great time to catch up on your movie and TV show collection. Whether it's finding a movie at an impulse-curiosity price or catching up with a season of a TV show, you can snag plenty of watch time for your dollars with some of these discounts. These deals run the gamut from DVD to Blu-ray to the 4K Ultra HD options, so you can find some deals that are right for you no matter what your viewing preference or fidelity.
As always, keep an eye on all of our Black Friday round-ups for regular updates on the best deals you can find this shopping season.
Avengers: Infinity War is the big event film the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe has been building to, and this year we finally saw it in theaters. If you want to check out all the Blu-ray special features and relive some heroic (and some emotionally devastating) moments, you can pick it up at Best Buy for a song and seven bucks.
Also available at this price at Best Buy are Coco, Dead Pool 2, and fellow Marvel film Black Panther.
Then again if you have a 4K TV, you may want to view Avengers in the highest possible resolution. Best Buy has that covered too, with the 4K Ultra HD version of the movie for $14.99. Ant-Man and the Wasp is also available at this price for 4K, in case you want the biggest tiny action around in all its high-definition glory.
The long-awaited sequel to The Incredibles finally came this year, and you can already snag it for a pretty incredible price. Walmart has it available for $8, making the family hit less than the price of a single movie ticket.
Part of Black Friday means deep discounts on older blockbusters you may have missed. Such is the case with 2017's Justice League. You can get the big DC team-up on Blu-ray for just $6 at Target. As long as you're there, you may want to pick up action film John Wick 2 on Blu-ray as well.
A veritable love letter to video game and geek culture, Ready Player One was a hit novel turned movie by visionary director Steven Spielberg. You can pick it up and play a game of spot-the-reference for just $6 at Best Buy.
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom takes the new Chris Pratt-helmed series and heads back to the doomed island on a dinosaur rescue mission. Of course, everything goes according to plan and no one gets eaten. If you want to see how profoundly incorrect that last sentence is, you can pick it up at Walmart for less than ten bucks.
Judging by its disappointing box office performance, plenty of Star Wars fans haven't seen this standalone story that explores the younger days of everyone's favorite roguish nerf-herder. You can change that at Walmart by picking it up for just under eight dollars.
Westworld continued its unique blend of cowboy futurism this year, but if you want to start from the beginning, Best Buy has you covered. You can pick up the entire first season on DVD for just ten bucks, making HBO's prestige series nicely accessible for everyone.
We're nearing the final season of Game of Thrones, but what if you want to catch up on all seven previous seasons first? Walmart has a big box set of all the seasons on Blu-ray for just over a hundred bucks. It's perfect for that special Dothraki in your life or a little early holiday gift for yourself.
Rick and Morty are continuing their bonkers journey through the multi-verse, and you can see all of its latest season for just ten bucks at Best Buy. Finally you'll understand all those Pickle Rick references.
The critically acclaimed war drama Band of Brothers is just ten dollars at Best Buy too. It's a great gift for the war buff in your family, or to recognize some familiar tropes and storytelling from WW2 games like Call of Duty and this year's Battlefield V.
The CW has its own superhero universe, and the Flash is one of the most popular additions. You can catch up on the first season at Target with this series set, but be careful: it might go fast.
When transferring your Pokemon from Pokemon Go to Pokemon: Let's Go, Pikachu / Let's Go Eevee, make sure you don't do anything to interrupt the process, says Nintendo. Interrupting the transfer could result in you losing some of your Pokemon from Pokemon Go.
To make sure the process isn't interrupted, Nintendo highlighted some best practices on its support site. When you decide to start moving your Pokemon from Go over into Let's Go, make sure to avoid clicking the home or power button on your Switch. You also don't want to press the home button, turn off Bluetooth, or suspend the Pokemon Go app on your mobile device. Nintendo also advises keeping your mobile device and Switch console close together during the process to ensure a smooth transition.
Following this advice should prevent any problems when you transfer your Pokemon. If you notice that your transfer has somehow paused itself or did not completely move all your Pokemon over, Nintendo advises you turn off the Pokemon Go app and uninstall it. After reinstalling the game, you should be able to resume the transfer again. However, any Pokemon that were in between your mobile device and Switch may be lost for good, "as uninstalling and reinstalling the app would cause the transfer process to be stuck in limbo."
In our Pokemon: Let's Go, Pikachu / Let's Go, Eevee review, Jake Dekker gave the two games an 8/10, writing, "...Pokemon Let's Go Pikachu and Let's Go Eevee are delightful reimaginings of the series' origins and a deep RPG in their own right. It makes a lot of smart improvements on the original Red, Blue and Yellow while holding on to what made them so special in the first place."
"A lot to share with fans at E3 2019. Always a high point of the year to witness the industry's creativity and the energy of the community," Spencer tweeted. An hour later, Xbox followed up by tweeting out to fans that the company "can't wait" to see everyone at E3 2019. Although the company has not confirmed it, one of the announcements that Xbox is looking to share could be the new console teased at E3 2018.
Xbox may be presenting at a different time for E3 2019 as well. Xbox business lead for Asia Jeremy Hinton tweeted that Microsoft would be moving its presentation time in consideration of Australian viewers. We've reached out to Microsoft to confirm, as well as whether the company intends to have its E3 presentation outside the event hall, like this past year.
The absence of Sony from E3 2019 will be the first time the company won't be attending the event since E3 was founded. Sony has shared the spotlight at E3 with both Microsoft and Nintendo for a number of years, so it's a fairly big surprise to see the company willingly sit out. The first details that Sony wouldn't be in attendance were announced via the ESA. Sony followed-up with a confirmation.
"As the industry evolves, Sony Interactive Entertainment continues to look for inventive opportunities to engage the community," the company said in a statement to GameSpot. "PlayStation fans mean the world to us and we always want to innovate, think differently and experiment with new ways to delight gamers. As a result, we have decided not to participate in E3 in 2019. We are exploring new and familiar ways to engage our community in 2019 and can't wait to share our plans with you."
The November 2018 Xbox One update is officially live, and it adds mouse and keyboard support to certain games on the console. The choice of whether a game on Xbox One supports mouse and keyboard controls will be up to individual developers, and nearly a dozen are planning to add the feature to their games in the near future.
Microsoft has announced in a blog post that Fortnite and Warframe now support mouse and keyboard controls. Gaijin Entertainment's War Thunder supports the new control scheme as well. Support is expected to launch for Bomber Crew, Deep Rock Galactic, Strange Brigade, Vermintide 2, and X-Morph Defense later this month. Children of Morta, DayZ, Minion Master, Moonlighter, Vigor, Warface, and Wargroove are scheduled to be updated with mouse and keyboard controls at a later date.
The new update also opens the Alexa Beta program--which allows you control your Xbox One with your voice--to the UK. Improvements have been made to the Cortana feature on US Xbox One's as well, and new commands for both Alexa and Cortana that allow you to completely navigate through your console's menus with your voice have been implemented across the US and UK. The update also adds the Amazon Music app to Xbox One consoles, as well as an expanded search function for finding games.
Last week, Microsoft revealed a selection of Designed for Xbox mice and keyboard peripherals, created in partnership with Razer. The new tech will be shown off at CES in January 2019. Microsoft says these are going to be "created for living room or desktop scenarios, come equipped with a dedicated Xbox key, and support the new Xbox Dynamic Lighting feature enabling immersive in-game lighting effects."
A new update for Overwatch officially adds Ashe to the game. This new Hero's addition is accompanied by a general update for all other Heroes, tweaks for four specific characters, map changes, and bug fixes.
Although this new update adds Ashe to Overwatch, she won't be added to Competitive Play until two weeks after her release. Ashe is one of Overwatch's more versatile offensive Heroes, possessing abilities that can deal precise damage from range or area-of-effect in close quarters. Her primary weapon, Viper, is a lever-action rifle that can fire in semi-automatic bursts or precise long-range shots. Coach Gun allows her to deal major damage to targets at close-range and her Dynamite ability throws out a timed explosive. Her ultimate, B.O.B., summons her omnic companion seen in McCree's animated short, who targets enemies hiding out of Ashe's reach.
The new update also implements several large Hero changes that were previously tested in Overwatch's Public Test Region. The first change makes jump height consistent across the entire roster of characters, so no one Hero will now jump higher or lower than another. The power of Mercy's ultimate has also increased, as well as how quickly it charges. Reaper has been adjusted to make him a more consistent pick for close-range combat. Symmetra's primary weapon now has a faster fire rate, allowing her to more easily hold her own in a fight. Roadhog has undergone the most changes, with his Chain Hook, Scrap Gun, and Whole Hog all receiving major updates.
The exact changes that are now live for Mercy, Reaper, Symmetra, and Roadhog are listed in the full patch notes on Overwatch's main website. We've listed out the other major changes--map updates and bug fixes--below.
Overwatch is available for Xbox One, PS4, and PC.
Overwatch November 13 Character And Map Updates, And Bug Fixes
Hero Updates
Mercy
Developer Comments: Mercy's ultimate was charging a bit too slowly after her base healing was reduced in a previous update. These changes should restore some of her ultimate's strength and let it build up more quickly.
Reaper
Developer Comments: Reaper's specialty is fighting at a very close range. The more consistent spread pattern and increase in healing from his passive ability will make him more capable of standing toe-to-toe with his enemies.
Symmetra
Developer Comments: It's still difficult to use Symmetra's Photon Projector beam effectively, even after its range was increased. By speeding up the primary fire charge rate, it takes less time to ramp up to its full damage potential and will be a stronger option when she's presented with targets to charge up on.
Roadhog
Developer Comments: Roadhog is receiving several large changes to make his abilities more consistent. His Chain Hook had issues with breaking when enemy targets jumped or fell behind environment collision. It will now slow them down in the air more when the hook lands, and wait less time before it starts reeling them in. Since Chain Hook's cooldown now begins immediately upon use, so it no longer varies based on Roadhog's distance to the hook target. We've also moved some of the projectiles closer to the center of the spread pattern on his Scrap Gun, which gives him a more consistent damage output for its primary and alternate fire. Previously, there was a long-standing bug that caused close-range targets to fly much further than expected. After this bug was fixed, we still wanted to keep some of the knockback burst it provided, so we've increased the overall velocity cap to maintain some of that functionality.
Map Updates
Reduced the setup timer for Assault, Escort, and Assault/Escort maps from 1 minute to 45 seconds
Assemble Your Team timer increased from 10 to 25 seconds in the second round on Assault, Assault/Escort, and Escort maps
Bug Fixes
A.I.
Fixed a bug that caused Mei bots to attempt landing headshots on Wrecking Ball while he was immune to them in Roll mode
Fixed a bug that caused bots to get stuck near Point A on Eichenwalde
Heroes
Brigitte
Fixed a bug that prevented Brigitte's Whip Shot from going on cooldown if it was interrupted before the chain retracted
Doomfist
Fixed a bug that prevented victims of Doomfist's Rocket Punch from ragdolling if they were eliminated by it
Fixed a bug that prevented Doomfist's Rising Uppercut from damaging enemies
Fixed a bug that prevented Doomist's Seismic Slam from dealing damage if he hit by a knockback ability the moment he landed
Junkrat
Fixed a bug that caused Junkrat to return to his idle animation if he was stunned while using RIP-Tire
Lúcio
Fixed a bug that caused some allied heroes to say their "under attack" voice lines when receiving a friendly Sound Barrier
Orisa
Fixed bug that prevented Orisa's Fortify from canceling Doomfist's Rising Uppercut air control effects
Reinhardt
Fixed a bug that allowed Reinhardt's Earthshatter to hit Brigitte when she blocked it with her Barrier Shield if she was strafing during high latency periods
Roadhog
Fixed a bug that prevented Chain Hook from going on cooldown if it was interrupted before the chain retracted
Fixed a bug that prevented Chain Hook from destroying breakable objects when pulling the target backward
Fixed a bug that caused Roadhog's Whole Hog visual effects to cover a wider area than the spread of projectiles
Symmetra
Fixed a bug that prevented Symmetra to charge up her primary weapon on enemy ice walls
Torbjörn
Fixed a bug that prevented Santaclad Torbjörn's ultimate voice lines from playing when activating Molten Core
Fixed a visual issue that prevented Molten Core's magma globules from appearing in the correct place with his Barbarossa or Blackbeard skins equipped
Fixed an animation issue that caused Torbjörn's claw arm to suddenly appear when Overload and Molten Core were used in quick succession
Tracer
Fixed an issue that caused Tracer to accelerate slightly slower and decelerate slightly faster than other heroes
Wrecking Ball
Fixed a bug that prevented Wrecking Ball voice lines from playing when previewed after opening a Loot Box
Zarya
Fixed a bug that allowed heroes to charge through a Graviton Surge without getting trapped
Hero Gallery
Fixed an issue that caused some heroes legs to twitch when viewed in the Hero Gallery
Fixed a bug that prevented players from rotating heroes in the Hero Gallery while the UI was hidden
Social
Fixed a bug that allowed players to hear the voice lines of heroes controlled by players they muted
Maps
Fixed a bug that prevented the payload from healing attackers if they were damaged while pushing it on Assault/Escort and Escort maps
Fixed a lighting issue that caused a skyscraper in Hollywood's skyline to appear pitch black
Rockstar has announced that it is working on an issue that is affecting Red Dead Redemption 2. Currently, a bug in the game can cause Sadie, Jack, John, and Abigail--four of Arthur Morgan's camp companions--to disappear after the completion of chapter two.
"If you completed the mission 'Polite Society, Valentine Style' at the start of Chapter 2, but needed to use the Retry Checkpoint feature, then Sadie, Jack, John, and Abigail will only appear in camp when they have missions for you to complete," Rockstar wrote in a Q&A blog post. "We are aware of the issue and are currently working on a fix to be included in an upcoming Title Update."
While Rockstar works on a solution for the bug, the developer advises all players who have yet to complete "Polite Society, Valentine Style" to do so without retrying from a checkpoint. If you fail the mission, make sure you immediately abandon and restart it, or load an earlier save. These are currently the only ways to avoid encountering the glitch.
If you've already encountered the bug, you'll have to keep playing RDR2 until chapter four to see Sadie, Jack, John, and Abigail in the camp again. You will miss the four character's unique conversations unless you reload a previous save from before "Polite Society, Valentine Style" to avoid the glitch.
Red Dead Redemption 2 is available for Xbox One and PS4. In our review, Kallie Plagge gave the game a 9/10, writing, "Red Dead Redemption 2 is an excellent prequel, but it's also an emotional, thought-provoking story in its own right, and it's a world that is hard to leave when it's done."
Prior to the game's release, Fox wrote down his answers to questions about the new game that he thought people might have. He released his answers only after Deltarune: Chapter 1 came out, so his opinion on certain aspects of the game's development might have changed in response to the positive reception.
Regarding when fans can expect the next chapter, Fox said that Chapter 1 took "a few years" to make, which is longer than development of Undertale's demo. As of right now, Fox doesn't want to spend more than seven years on any one project, so finishing Deltarune is "actually impossible" unless he recruits more people. "So I'm going to try making a team," Fox said. "Because I really want to make this. But I may not be able to succeed because I have no experience successfully directing a team and I have no idea who I'm going to work with."
Fox currently has no timetable for Deltarune, but he promises that he'll release all the chapters at once if the game is made. "I'm not doing pre-orders because I don't like those," he added. "It just seems like the best way not to burn anybody."
In his Q&A, Fox also addresses whether or not Deltarune will have multiple endings like Undertale. "No matter what you do the ending will be the same," he said. He also iterated that Deltarune's world is not the same as Undertale. Despite the two's similarity in setting and characters, Deltarune is a game featuring "different characters, that have lived different lives." He does add that Deltarune is "just a game you can play after you complete Undertale" though, so future chapters of the game might make more sense or take on additional meaning if you complete Undertale first.
The rest of the Q&A mostly deals with Fox's own complaints with Deltarune: Chapter 1--namely the battle system--and his affirmation that he's never going to use Kickstarter again. Fox took to Twitter after the Q&A's release to thank those who helped him on Deltarune: Chapter 1 and clarify a few more details. Most noticeable is his tweet about his inspiration for Deltarune. Although Undertale came out first, Deltarune was the original game he wanted to make.
Deltarune: Chapter 1 is available for PC. Undertale is available for PS4, PS Vita, PC, and Nintendo Switch--with the Switch version on sale this Black Friday.
The doppelganger has been used to scary effect in a wide variety of movies over the years. From high profile releases such as The Prestige and Moon to weird, horror-influenced films like Denis Villeneuve's Enemy and David Lynch's Lost Highway, the idea of an exact double performing evil deeds is potent and sinister. The new horror movie Cam, which can now be streamed on Netflix, uses this concept within the world of adult live cams with impressive, scary results.
The film stars Madeline Brewer (The Handmaid's Tale, Orange is the New Black) as Alice, a rising cam girl who uses the online alias Lola. She has a faithful group of viewers for whom she performs requests on camera, including some outrageous stuff involving knives and fake blood. She's desperate to crack the Top 50 on her cam site, but is reluctant to push her act into the more extreme sexual direction of her rivals.
Alice's life away from the camera is very different; she's a normal young woman with a regular job and a loving family. But when someone--or something--with her name, face, and live cam login starts occupying Alice/Lola's channel and stealing her fans, things get really weird.
On paper, Cam's mix of sex and horror suggests that it will be an exploitative film focused solely on its sensationalist qualities. But while it does make full use of these more commercial subjects, the film also presents a sensitive, intelligent view of the live cam industry as well as some insightful observations about how we interact with modern technology. The movie's writer, Isa Mazzei, is a former cam girl, and she ensures that Alice is a sympathetic, believable character, never once judging her choices. Alice is a woman in full command of her life, making great money while working from behind the relative safety of the webcam. Despite some creepy behavior from one of her overly enthusiastic admirers, Alice can look after herself perfectly well in that world--it's the "woman" with her name and face that is the true danger.
What director Daniel Goldhaber instead delivers is a movie steeped in creeping dread, as the mystery deepens and Alice tries to keep her life--and her mind--together. Much of the film consists of Alice attempting to solve the riddle of her doppelganger, who has taken her on-camera persona in a far more explicit direction than she ever did. Soon her secret identity has spilled over into her real life, and her "work" as Lola is exposed to her family. Again, Mazzei and Goldhaber deal with this in an unexpected way, helped by Brewer's committed performance. Cam also has a lot to say how we use our identities online, and makes some smart observations about how we are all ultimately powerless against the outside forces that control those identities.
The Super Smash Bros. series has always excelled in a party setting thanks to its frenetic action and easy-to-learn mechanics, but the franchise has generally struggled to offer an equally compelling single-player experience. While each installment has featured a variety of modes tailored to solo players--the most robust being Super Smash Bros. Brawl's Subspace Emissary, a full-fledge crossover adventure--none of these have had the same lasting appeal as its standard Smash mode. The series' latest entry, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate for Switch, introduces a few new single-player options of its own in the form of the Spirit Board and World of Light mode, and from what we've seen of them thus far, they look to be just what the series needed to elevate its solo experience.
We had the opportunity to try both of the new solo modes during a recent hands-on demo of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Much like Subspace Emissary, World of Light is an expansive single-player adventure that unites the game's motley cast against a powerful, supernatural entity known as Galeem. As we saw during the final Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Direct, the story begins when Galeem unleashes a barrage of light that reduces every character on the roster--with the exception of Kirby--to Spirits, beings who have lost their corporeal form. As the sole survivor of the onslaught, it falls to the intrepid puffball to rescue the other fighters and put a stop to Galeem's machinations.
Despite its initial similarities to Subspace Emissary, World of Light differs from it in some notable ways. While the campaign does feature some cutscenes, Nintendo says it isn't quite as story driven as Brawl's adventure mode. Instead, World of Light compensates for its lighter narrative with a sprawling world map, which features branching pathways and dozens of battles to take part in. As you work your way through these bouts, you'll gradually rescue other characters, who you'll then be able to freely switch between as you head toward the final confrontation with Galeem.
Each opponent you face off against in World of Light comes equipped with Spirits, collectible characters drawn from an array of different video games. Much like the different pieces of equipment you could acquire in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and 3DS, Spirits are used to augment your fighter's stats and abilities. They come in two varieties. The first, Primary Spirits, confer a stat boost to your character. Depending on their class level, they also typically boast one to three slots that can be outfitted with Support Spirits, which further imbue your fighter with different abilities and attributes. For instance, equipping Fire Emblem Awakening's Lon'qu as a Support Spirit will give your character a Killing Edge sword at the start of a match, while the Wind Fish from The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening increases the power of your special moves.
Furthermore, Primary Spirits fall under one of three different categories: Attack, Grab, or Shield. Much like the elemental types in Pokemon, these coexist in a rock-paper-scissors-style triangle, each one offering an advantage over another. As a result, the battles in World of Light introduce a new layer of strategy to the series, as you'll need to carefully consider which Spirits to equip to your fighter in order to counteract the different battle conditions imposed by your opponent's Spirits. Defeating foes will in turn reward you with their Spirits and other in-game currency, which you'll then be able to use to level them up and even unlock additional attributes for your fighters on a skill tree.
Complementing World of Light is the aforementioned Spirit Board, another mode in which you can unlock the titular collectibles. True to its name, the Spirit Board is laid out much like a quest board; you'll be able to select the picture of a Spirit you'd like to challenge and compete against an appropriately themed character who is equipped with it, just as you would in World of Light (albeit without the adventure game trappings found in that mode). The difficulty of these bouts is determined by the rarity of the Spirit you are facing, and they can get surprisingly challenging if you're battling an Ace or Legendary Spirit. Fortunately, even if you don't succeed the first time around, you'll be able to challenge the Spirit again after a set amount of time.
Thanks to the introduction of Spirits, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate's new single-player modes are shaping up to be the deepest in the series yet. The game launches for Nintendo Switch on December 7. On top of the new modes, it boasts the largest roster in the franchise to date, with 11 new characters set to debut in the game (plus five as-yet-unannounced fighters slated to arrive throughout 2019 as DLC). You can take a look at some of the new fighters in action here. For even more on the title, check out our roundup of everything we know about Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.
On Sunday, November 18, WWE held it's major fall PPV, Survivor Series. There were a few memorable moments and quite a few cringe-worthy moments as well. This was an evening where wrestlers from WWE's premiere shows, Raw and Smackdown, would face each other in numerous matches to determine who is the dominant brand.
There were three Survivor Series elimination matches: men's, women's, and tag team. Additionally, there were three champion vs. champion matches--four if you count Ronda Rousey vs. Charlotte. According to commentator Michael Cole, Raw swept the evening, with Smackdown losing all its matches. However, Smackdown's tag team match on the Kickoff Show beat Raw's, so Cole's ability to count is subpar at best.
The evening delivered some thrills, chills, and yawns. That may not rhyme, but that's all I've got after watching an almost 6 hour long PPV. Like every human on the internet, I have opinions about how everything went down at the Staples Center in Los Angeles during Survivor Series. Here are the rankings of all the Survivor Series matches, presented in the order they aired on the PPV.
Match Card:
Tag Team Survivor Series Match [Kickoff Match]
Women's Survivor Series Match
Intercontinental Champion Seth Rollins vs. United States Champion Shinsuke Nakamura
Raw Tag Team Champions AOP vs. SmackDown Tag Team Champions The Bar
Buddy Murphy (c) vs. Mustafa Ali (Cruiserweight Championship)
Men's Survivor Series Match
Raw Women's Champion Ronda Rousey vs. Charlotte
Universal Champion Brock Lesnar vs. WWE Champion Daniel Bryan
Tag Team Survivor Series Match (Kickoff Show)
I completely forgot about how long it takes to kick off each Survivor Series match, as everyone gets an entrance. I'm all about the luchas having a tag team, but the team name "Lucha House Party" is pretty awful. Then, there's The Ascension. I feel bad for them. Remember when they were this really dominant force in NXT, then when they came up they were repackaged as a poor man's Legion of Doom and buried? Raw's tag division is packed with potential that feels wasted, as Raw doesn't really care about it.
This match was doomed from the start. There were a few botched moments and others where I thought someone was close to dying. Most of the time, the only thought in my mind was, "Is this over yet?" The only highlights were Chad Gable German suplexing Big E and Bobby Roode giving E a neckbreaker. It picked up toward the end, but it's hard to really get excited about this when Smackdown is the only show with a strong tag team roster.
3.5/10
Women's Survivor Series Match
Three of the participants in this event weren't booked until the Kickoff Show. I just want to make note of that because it seems bonkers to me. I made a little joke on Twitter that anyone that hits Nia Jax turns face, but it didn't seem like so much of a joke five minutes in. It's reality. Jax has tons of heat from fans because she busted up Becky Lynch.
The first 10 minutes of this match felt like they moved too quickly, with lots of eliminations happening in quick succession. I think my expectations for this match are askew from watching 1987's Survivor Series earlier this week, where all the matches were like 45 minutes long. Anyway, the last few minutes of the women's Survivor Series match were totally not what I expected, in a good way. I was pumped for a Jax/Asuka rematch, but what we got was a Jax stampede, and it worked. WWE played really well into Jax being a monster, and this ended up being a really nice opening match.
7/10
Seth Rollins vs. Shinsuke Nakamura
I'm going to be honest here, which is what I'm supposed to be doing anyway. I spent a good amount of this match trying to decide if the dude in the second row was Enzo Amore or not. He kept hiding his face behind the dude with sunglasses and long hair, but I got some quick glimpses of him, and I'm like 75% sure it's Enzo. Note: I was later notified by someone sitting two rows behind this guy that it was Enzo, and he got kicked out.
As for Rollins vs. Nakamura, this is exactly what I expected from these two. It was a solid and enjoyable match, with lots of back and forth moments, proving why they're two of the best competitors on their respective brands and in WWE as a whole. The finish was fantastic, and this is the finest match from Nakamura we've seen in quite some time, even though he lost. If WWE were smarter, they'd put both these gentlemen in a match against each other soon.
8.5/10
AOP vs. The Bar
Drake Maverick peed his pants, and that was the highlight--or lowlight from my perspective. Also, Enzo Amore got kicked out. As far as these champion vs. champion matches go, this was the one I cared about the least. AOP just became Raw's tag team champions, and I don't find them interesting at all. Big Show's presence in this match seemed utterly pointless, but apparently, he was needed in order to make Maverick urinate into his own pants. It made no sense.
2/10
Buddy Murphy vs Mustafa Ali
This was not the outcome I wanted. I'm a huge Mustafa Ali fan, and I was really pulling for him to win. These guys put everything out on the line for this match. It was filled with tremendously dangerous spots, and it's another amazing match for both these men. Like all 205 Live matches, it felt buried in the card, this time between a man peeing himself and the titular Survivor Series match. However, it was a fantastic transitional event to bring the crowd back and breath new life into them in order to get through the second half of the show.
8.5/10
Men's Survivor Series Match
This is the fun I'm looking for in a Survivor Series match and a little something different from what we saw from the women earlier. Raw's team isn't so much of a team as it is a barely-functional group of men about to implode. Meanwhile, Smackdown is working together real well, even though they're a bit outpowered. Speaking of outpowered, the clothesline that Braun Strowman gave to Shane McMahon during his second coast-to-coast is one of the highlights of the night for me. It was just utter domination for team Raw, which was kind of expected for the match. However, I like seeing those types of elimination matches from time to time.
7.5/10
Ronda Rousey vs. Charlotte Flair
I wasn't expecting Charlotte to be so dominant so early in this match. I was also not expecting to like Rousey as much as I do. She's really improved as a competitor since Wrestlemania earlier this year. She's not on the same level as Flair or Becky Lynch, but Rousey puts on consistently entertaining matches, and she was actually getting the crowd pumped up. There were a few times where I really felt this match could go either way, and that's exactly what I want out of it. This was, so far, Rousey's best match in WWE.
The DQ finish I was not entirely into, but it really works for the overarching Lynch/Rousey storyline that's been built up the past few weeks. We got to see Flair at her breaking point, where she's lost it and she gave the Natural Selection to Rousey onto a chair, which was the icing on the cake. I was a fan of Flair's before, but I'm now a super fan.
8/10
Brock Lesnar vs. Daniel Bryan
I don't feel great about a heel Daniel Bryan, especially when there hasn't been a lot of establishing of Bryan as a heel, since he turned less than a week prior. During the match, Lesnar suplexes Bryan, walks around for a few minutes, bear hugs him, suplexes him, repeat. This match is filler. It's nothing but stalling. By the 9-minute mark, I have had enough of this. This is why I can't stand Lesnar as champion. It's paced so incredibly slow and is never competitive. It didn't get interesting by any means until about 12 minutes in. After this point, it became like a solid match with Daniel Bryan doing his whole "underdog rising to the occasion" thing, even though he's a heel now, and the effect isn't the same. There were genuine moments where I, as well as the audience, really thought Bryan was going to win--he didn't--and were feeling the spirit of the match. And that last third of the match was a ton of fun, but it still doesn't make up for 12 minutes of "more of the same" from Lesnar. Why is he still here?
One of WWE's biggest shows of the year, Survivor Series, wrapped up last night in Los Angeles, where the rosters of Raw and Smackdown battled each other to determine which is the dominate brand. There were a few surprises during the evening, including Enzo Amore popping up, and we have a full review of the show. However, if you want just straight results, keep scrolling down.
The Survivor Series PPV aired live from the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. The rosters of Raw and Smackdown battled each other to see which show was the dominant one. Below you'll find the results for every match and the order of elimination for every Survivor Series bout.
The Kickoff Show for Survivor Series beings 2 PM PT / 5 PM ET / 10 PM GMT on the WWE Network. There are plenty of ways to watch the show before the main card starts at 4 PM PT / 7 PM ET / 12 AM GMT (November 19).
While the Kickoff Show is two hours long, there has only been one confirmed match for the event, and that's the Tag Team Survivor Series Match which features two teams of 10 battling each other in an elimination bout. For the main card, there will only be one title defense during the evening, and that's Cruiserweight Champion Buddy Murphy taking on Mustafa Ali.
The rest of the evening will feature plenty of Raw vs. Smackdown matches. It will have title holders from one brand facing champions from the other, except for the women's champs. Ronda Rousey was originally going to face Becky Lynch, but the Smackdown Women's Champion got injured, so Lynch picked Charlotte Flair as her replacement. Additionally, Brock Lesnar was going to take on AJ Styles, but days before the event, Daniel Bryan beat Styles for the WWE Championship, so Bryan is off to Survivor Series to fight Lesnar.
Survivor Series Match Card:
Universal Champion Brock Lesnar vs. WWE Champion Daniel Bryan
Raw Women's Champion Ronda Rousey vs. Charlotte
Intercontinental Champion Seth Rollins vs. United States Champion Shinsuke Nakamura
Women's Survivor Series Match
Men's Survivor Series Match
Raw Tag Team Champions AOP vs. SmackDown Tag Team Champions The Bar
Buddy Murphy (c) vs. Mustafa Ali (Cruiserweight Championship)
Tag Team Survivor Series Match [Kickoff Match]
Check out the live updates, as they happen, below. In case you're not caught up, don't worry; we put the final results in spoiler blocks, and this includes eliminations during the match as well.
Kickoff Show
Team Raw vs. Team Smackdown: 10-Man Tag Team Survivor Series Match
Match in progress
Colons eliminated (Smackdown)
B-Team eliminated (Raw)
Sanity eliminated (Smackdown)
The Ascension eliminated (Raw)
The Good Brothers eliminated (Smackdown)
Lucha House Party eliminated (Raw)
Gable and Roode eliminated (Raw)
New Day eliminated (Smackdown)
Revival eliminated (Raw)
The Usos win by pin at 23:17
Note: Sasha Banks and Bayley were added to the women's elimination match after Ruby Riott and Natalya had an altercation and were removed from the team.
Main Card
Team Raw vs. Team Smackdown: 5-on-5 Survivor Series Match
NOTE: Natalya and Ruby Rose were replaced by Sasha Banks and Bayley
Naomi eliminated (Smackdown)
Tamina eliminated (Raw)
Mickie James eliminated (Raw)
Carmella eliminated (Smackdown)
Mandy Rose eliminated (Smackdown)
Sonya DeVille (Smackdown) and Bayley (Raw) counted out
Sasha Banks eliminated (Raw)
Asuka eliminated (Smackdown)
Nia Jax wins by pin at 20:!5
Seth Rollins vs. Shinsuke Nakamura
Rollins pins Nakamura at 21:26
AOP vs. The Bar
AOP wins by pin at 9:00
Buddy Murphy (c) vs. Mustafa Ali (Cruiserweight Championship)
Murphy wins by pin at 12:22
Team Raw vs. Team Smackdown: 5-on-5 Survivor Series Match
Samoa Joe eliminated (Smackdown)
Finn Balor eliminated (Raw)
Dolph Ziggler eliminated (Raw)
Jeff Hardy eliminated (Smackdown)
Rey Mysterio eliminated (Smackdown)
The Miz eliminated (Smackdown)
Shane McMahon eliminated (Smackdown)
Braun Strowman wins by pin at 24:00
Ronda Rousey vs. Charlotte Flair
Ronda Rousey wins by DQ at 14:10
Brock Lesnar vs. Daniel Bryan
Brock Lesnar wins by pin at 18:40
That's the end of the show. Stay tuned for our review.
How are you doing? Well, former WWE superstar Enzo Amore seemed to be in high spirits at the Survivor Series PPV, when he popped up into the audience to cut a promo to no one, then was chased out of the arena by security.
Sitting in the second row, in full view of the hard cameras, Eric Arndt, known by WWE fans as Enzo Amore, arrived to this year's Survivor Series during the Seth Rollins/Shinsuke Nakamura match. He was wearing a hoodie and keeping his head low throughout the match, as first noticed by comic book writer Mario Candelaria, who was sitting two rows behind him.
During the AOP vs. The Bar match, Arndt got up and starting making a scene, but the cameras quickly cut away. Those watching the PPV at home missed out on what many have described as Enzo being Enzo.
Photo by Mario Candelaria
Arndt stood up, spung around, and did was sounded like a typical Enzo promo, all while holding a custom championship belt, according to Candelaria who sent GameSpot an image from the moment. Security forcefully threw Arndt from the chair he was sitting in, and Arndt ran out of the area. Apparently, people were hurt when this went down and the LAPD is currently taking statements from the audience.
Many who noticed Amore in the crowd prior to his hijacking of the show thought Amore was going to get involved in the ring somehow. Back in January, Arndt was released from WWE after the company found out about an ongoing sexual assault case, which turned out to be false. However, many insiders say that this was the last straw for WWE as Arndt caused numerous problems backstage.
The former WWE star is no stranger to getting kicked out of things after making a scene. Earlier this week, Arndt was booted from a Delta flight after refusing to stop vaping on an airplane before takeoff, according to Pro Wrestling Sheet. As he was being escorted off the place, some hero yelled, "How you doin'?"
However, Survivor Series continues, so make sure to check out our live coverage of the event.
The idea of a PG-13 rated Deadpool 2 might seem completely ridiculous, given the very adult content of that movie, but it's happening. Once Upon A Deadpool is a new version of this summer's irreverent superhero sequel, with new footage and (obviously) some of the language and violence toned down. The first trailer has now been released.
The trailer features Deadpool (Ryan Reynolds) sitting with former child star Fred Savage, who is best known for the long-running show The Wonder Years and the 1987 fantasy comedy The Princess Bride. In a pastiche of Savage's role in the latter, Savage sits in bed while Deadpool tells him about the new movie. Except in this case, Deadpool has tied him up. Check it out above.
Once Upon A Deadpool is only having a limited theatrical run in the US, from December 12 through to December 24. Earlier this month, it was reported that eight new scenes had been shot, all of which were filmed in a single day. The rest of the movie will consist of toned down versions of the same footage from the R-rated cut.
Another element of Once Upon a Deadpool is that it's going to be a vehicle to help drive awareness and raise money for cancer research. $1 from every ticket sold will go to the F**k Cancer campaign, but it'll be called "Fudge Cancer" at ticket sales locations.
In an interview with Deadline, Reynolds spoke about the movie. "Fox has been asking for a PG-13 basically since the start in 2006," he said. "I've said no since 2006. Now, this one time, I said 'Yes' on two conditions. First, a portion of the proceeds had to go to charity. Second, I wanted to kidnap Fred Savage. The second condition took some explaining…"
Deadpool 2 opened in May this year, and it made $734 million during its theatrical run. The 2016 original was a bigger hit, bringing in more than $780 million at the box office. Those are massive figures, all but ensuring there will be a third Deadpool movie sometime down the road.
The latest pair of Pokemon adventures, Let's Go Pikachu and Let's Go Eevee, are now available for Nintendo Switch. Among other things, the new games feature connectivity with Pokemon Go, allowing you to transfer over certain monsters from the mobile title. In fact, doing this is quickest way to unlock the new Mythical Pokemon Meltan, but even if you don't own either of the Switch games, you'll have a way to get the new Hex Nut Pokemon in Go.
A new Special Research questline centering around Meltan is now live. By completing the missions assigned by Professor Willow, you'll be able to encounter the new Mythical Pokemon in Pokemon Go, even without connecting it to either of the Let's Go titles. The new questline arrived much earlier than anticipated; The Pokemon Company had previously teased that Special Research related to Meltan would be available this "winter," although it hadn't provided a time frame.
In addition to the new Special Research, Niantic is rolling out a few more special events to commemorate the launch of Pokemon: Let's Go. First, you'll be able to collect new Field Research tasks focusing on Gen 1 Pokemon at PokeStops from now until November 27. Niantic says these tasks feature monsters "not commonly found" in either of the Let's Go games, such as Kabuto and Omanyte, giving you a good incentive to catch and transfer them over.
On top of that, new Raid Battles are slated to arrive in Go from November 23-26. During this time frame, you'll be able to encounter certain Eevee evolutions--Flareon, Jolteon, Vaporeon, Espeon, and Umbreon--as Raid Bosses. Raichu and Alolan Raichu will appear as Raid Bosses more commonly during this period as well.
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