Weekly Wrapup – CYBERTRUCK Edition

Mia Kenney November 25, 2019 4

Here are some of the week’s highlights in gaming, movies, and other nerd-related news:

Next year’s entry in Arc System Works’ long running Guilty Gear fighting game series finally got its full name, Guilty Gear Strive

To celebrate the first anniversary of @enhance_exp's Tetris® Effect on PS4 and PSVR, we will be selling a vinyl release of the beloved soundtrack in addition to doing a Limited Run of the game on PS4! Everything opens for a four-week long open pre-order this Friday at 10am ET. pic.twitter.com/62JPpwZtWq
— Limited Run Games (@LimitedRunGames) November 18, 2019

Limited Run Games will be releasing a physical vinyl of Tetris Effect‘s soundtrack to celebrate the first anniversary of the game’s release on PS4

Amy Hennig, former creative director at Naughty Dog on the Uncharted series, has joined Skydance Media to work on a new “interactive series” (via Polygon)

Destiny 2‘s next season, Season of Dawn, will start on Dec. 10 (via Bungie)

Borderlands 3‘s first campaign expansion, titled Moxxi’s Heist of the Handsome Jackpot, will release on Dec. 19

Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Christian Yelich was announced as the cover athlete for RBI Baseball 20, releasing sometime next year

Last weekend’s launch of Pokémon Sword and Shield sold approx. 6 million units worldwide, the “highest-grossing launch of any Pokémon game,” according to Nintendo (via Polygon)

In a surprise announcement that had been leaked earlier in the week, Valve announced Half-Life: Alyx, a VR exclusive Half-Life game set prior to the events of Half-Life 2
- Releasing in March 2020 on Steam, the game is powered by Valve’s SteamVR software and will be compatible with all PC-based VR headsets, including Valve Index, Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, and Windows Mixed Reality
- Those who purchase the Valve Index VR headset will get free access to the game on launch

The nominees for the 2019 Game Awards have been revealed (via The Game Awards)

State of Decay 2 will come to Steam in “early 2020” according to the game’s store page (via Polygon)

Amazon may be announcing their entry into the game-streaming arena in 2020 (via CNET)

🦇 I said… #CarmineFalcone pic.twitter.com/wa5zNuVwPg
— Matt Reeves (@mattreevesLA) November 22, 2019

In movie news, it was revealed that actor John Turturro (The Big Lebowski, Barton Fink) will play crime boss Carmine Falcone in Matt Reeves’ The Batman

Disney/Lucasfilm released a new TV spot for the upcoming Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

The first teaser trailer for horror film Antebellum, starring actor/singer Janelle Monáe, was released
- The film releases in spring 2020

The final trailer for Martin Scorcese’s The Irishman was released
- The latest from the acclaimed director releases on Netflix on Nov. 27

The first trailer for The Call of the Wild, based on the acclaimed Jack London novel, starring Harrison Ford was released
- The film hits theaters on Feb. 21, 2020

And now a list of some of the week’s notable releases in games and movies