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The Angry Birds Are Getting Their Own Netflix Animated Series

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Time Stamp: March 26, 2020 12:37 AM - Modified On: March 26, 2020 - Published By:
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The Angry Birds are coming back to TV screens, with a new Netflix series scheduled for 2021. Angry Birds: Summer Madness will debut on the streaming service, and is planned to consist of 40 episodes that will run for 11 minutes each.The show will feature all our the birds from the games, and will have a similar humor and tone to the Angry Birds movies. The Mighty Eagle will serve as camp counselor, and, as you'd expect, the pigs will pop up as antagonists.It will also feature some new characters

Riot Games donates $1.5 million to aid in Los Angeles coronavirus relief efforts

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Time Stamp: March 25, 2020 10:41 PM - Modified On: March 25, 2020 - Published By:
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League of Legends developers and its co-founders have donated a combined $1.5 million to aid in anti-coronavirus efforts in Los Angeles. Continuing efforts against the global pandemic caused by COVID-19 have come in various forms throughout the world as many industries find way to either support local efforts or efforts the world around. League of Legends developer Riot Games has most certainly felt the strain of the virus as it forced esports events and competitions to be canceled, but the developer and publisher isn’t taking it laying down. Riot Games

Games Need To Steal This Small But Crucial Bleeding Edge Feature

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Time Stamp: March 25, 2020 5:43 PM - Modified On: March 25, 2020 - Published By:
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Like plenty of other squad-based multiplayer games that have launched in recent years, such as Apex Legends and Call of Duty: Warzone, Ninja Theory's Bleeding Edge has a ping system that allows you to communicate with your team without actually speaking into a mic. As someone who doesn't always want to talk to his teammates when I'm playing online, it's a trend I hope to see continue in multiplayer games.Though I'm not a huge fan of Bleeding Edge's ping system overall (most of its pings require two button presses instead

The Division 2 “Polarity Switch” Event Now Live

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Time Stamp: March 25, 2020 3:01 PM - Modified On: March 25, 2020 - Published By:
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The Division 2 is well into its new season of content following the launch of the Warlords of New York expansion, and now its first global event has gone live. It's called Polarity Switch, and it adds some modifiers that will make your gunplay feel pretty different for a while.According to a tweet from Ubisoft, Polarity Shift adds damage modifiers to both yours and hostiles' weapons. That will make you both tougher, and in the process earn you some rewards for playing with the modifiers on.Polarity Shift follows a recent

Netflix Down For Many Users, According To Reports

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Time Stamp: March 25, 2020 1:36 PM - Modified On: March 25, 2020 - Published By:
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Globally, many people are social distancing or in their homes under shelter in place orders because of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Because of this, many people are watching streaming services, and the surge of people may have been too much for Netflix to handle in many places. Some are finding they cannot access the service, getting an "NSES-500" error.DownDetector is reporting massive issues with the streaming service, which began to surge at approximately 9 AM PT / 12 PM ET. While things seem to be getting back to normal--roughly an

Nintendo Switch Is Sold Out Everywhere, Drastically Increasing Prices

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Time Stamp: March 25, 2020 1:26 PM - Modified On: March 25, 2020 - Published By:
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With supply chains globally reacting to the rapid spread of COVID-19, stock shortages of numerous goods are expected. If you're been tempted by the recent release of Animal Crossing: New Horizons and planned on picking up a new Nintendo Switch, you might be out of luck already, as stock has become almost impossible to find.That is if you're looking to buy the original Nintendo Switch at its official, $300 retail price. It's difficult to find stock across the usual channels, including Amazon, Best Buy, and Ebay. The Nintendo Switch Lite,

Nintendo Switch Is Sold Out Everywhere, Dramatically Increasing Prices

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Time Stamp: March 25, 2020 1:25 PM - Modified On: March 25, 2020 - Published By:
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With supply chains globally reacting to the rapid spread of COVID-19, stock shortages of numerous goods are expected. If you're been tempted by the recent release of Animal Crossing: New Horizons and planned on picking up a new Nintendo Switch, you might be out of luck already, as stock has become almost impossible to find.That is if you're looking to buy the original Nintendo Switch at its official, $300 retail price. It's difficult to find stock across the usual channels, including Amazon, Best Buy, and Ebay (though we're tracking where

Doom Eternal Rips And Tears Through Franchise Launch Record

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Time Stamp: March 25, 2020 10:55 AM - Modified On: March 25, 2020 - Published By:
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Ripping and tearing is more popular than ever. Doom Eternal had an even better opening weekend than 2016's Doom reboot, setting a new launch sales record for the entire franchise and hitting over 100,000 concurrent players on Steam.Compared to 2016's game, Doom Eternal earned double the revenue, according to publisher Bethesda. It was the best-selling game on Steam that week, as well.These Steam concurrent player numbers are far higher than Bethesda's other recent games. Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus peaked at just over 16,000, while 2016's Doom managed about double

Korean Zombie Movie Train To Busan’s Sequel Gets Scary First Image

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Time Stamp: March 24, 2020 4:02 PM - Modified On: March 24, 2020 - Published By:
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Parasite is one of the most successful foreign language movies ever released in the US, but it's not the only South Korean hit to have found a big audience in the west in recent years. The 2016 zombie action movie Train to Busan is one of the biggest movies ever released in South Korea and grossed more than $1.2 million at the US box office. Anticipation is high for the the follow-up Peninsula, which arrives later this year. The first image and new details have now been revealed.In an interview