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Pokemon Go continues to launch in new countries. Developer Niantic announced this week that the popular smartphone game is now available in a number of South Asian countries, including India.

In addition to India, Pokemon Go is now available in Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh. The game is available on iOS and Android in those regions.

In a blog post, Niantic had a special message for fans in India.

“We appreciate your patience during the last few months while we worked on bringing Pokemon Go to your country,” the developer said. “The Niantic team had to resolve a few administrative challenges before launching in order to ensure we could provide the best experience possible.”

Additionally, Niantic confirmed that it partnered with telecom company Reliance Jio Infocomm to bring Pokemon Go to India. “With this partnership, nearly 3,000 Jio stores and partner locations will become PokeStops and Gyms that Trainers can visit to collect items and to battle over,” Niantic said.

Additionally, as part of a special offer, some Jio customers can download and play Pokemon Go without getting hit with data charges. You can read more about the promotion here.

In other news about Pokemon Go, the game has added new creatures, while a festive Pikachu is also now in the game to catch as part of a holiday event.

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The PC version of Dishonored 2 is currently discounted big time at Dell. You can get the recently released stealth-action game for only $20 right now–and shipping is free.

As explained by Slickdeals, this deal is for a physical copy of the game that comes with a Steam key, if that matters to you. Go to Dell’s website here to learn more and place an order.

Dell has also discounted Dishonored 2 for Xbox One and PlayStation 4; you can get it for $40 right now. There is no word on when these offers may end, so if you’re interested, you may want to act quickly.

Dishonored 2 launched in November. The game has encountered issues on PC, some of which were addressed in a recent patch–read more about that here.

For more on Dishonored 2, check out Gamespot’s review and what other critics are saying.

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Uncharted 4 is set to grow in a big way, as Naughty Dog will release the game’s huge “Survival” update today, December 14. As announced previously, the 3 GB-plus update adds the new co-op, horde-like Survival mode, as well as two new maps, five more weapons, and new items for regular multiplayer.

Naughty Dog has not said exactly when today the update will go live. We’ll report back when it pops up, at which time we’ll also post the full patch notes here for you to see.

While you wait, you can watch a replay of yesterday’s Uncharted 4 Survival livestream through the Twitch embed above. During the hourlong stream, Naughty Dog developers spoke at length about Survival and the new multiplayer content, showed off tons of gameplay footage, and answered questions.

Survival challenges players to progress through 50 waves of enemies. This is broken up into 10 stages, each with five waves. Each stage should take you around 15-20 minutes to clear, according to Naughty Dog.

Survival isn’t just about killing enemies. There are five different types of objectives, including, “Survival (kill everyone), Siege (kill enemies from a certain location), Treasure Race (collect treasure spread across the map), Marked Man (kill a particular target), and Boss Waves (kill pirate ghosts).

The Boss Waves begin with an intro cinematic setting up the particular villain. Pulled from the game’s campaign, these bosses include pirates like Henry Avery; the pirates can use Uncharted 4’s mystical abilities and each has a specific tactic that it uses.

Survival supports up to three players online–unfortunately, there is no split-screen. Read GameSpot’s previous coverage to learn more.

As for the new multiplayer content, two new maps (Prison and Trainwreck) are coming, while the King of the Hill mode is being added. There are 10 more levels to progress through, while there are also new weapons, “biker” and “warrior” skins, and price drops for some chests.

Survival isn’t the last free update for Uncharted 4’s multiplayer mode–check out the image below to get an idea for what’s coming in the future.

In addition to more multiplayer content, Naughty Dog has announced a standalone DLC Uncharted game called The Lost Legacy starring Chloe and Nadine–learn more about it here.

If you’re looking for a new PS4 and Uncharted 4, now is a good time to consider buying a console. Until December 24, the Uncharted 4 PS4 Slim bundle is discounted to $250 at retailers across the US.

Are you planning to jump back into Uncharted 4 to check out the new content? Let us know in the comments below!

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Last week, it was revealed that The Hateful Eight and Sons of Anarchy actor Walton Goggins would play the villain in the upcoming Tomb Raider film starring Alicia Vikander as Lara Croft. Now, Goggins has shared some details on why he joined the movie and teased that his character is “very complicated.”

“Is he a villain? Sure, that is an easy description,” Goggins told Yahoo Movies (via VideoGamer.com). “An antagonist, for sure. But [like other characters] I have been so lucky to have the opportunity to play over the course of my career, there are real reasons behind his antagonism, and it’s not what you’d expect. He is very complicated, and his motivations are pure.”

The name of the character Goggins will play has not been revealed, while no details about his backstory or motivations were provided.

Also in the interview, Goggins spoke highly of director Roar Uthaug (The Wave) and Vikander, who won as Oscar for The Danish Girl. He also explained that he joined the movie in part because the script is “so good.”

“This director is an extraordinarily talented filmmaker, and Alicia Vikander I’ve met a few times, we have some friends in common, but I just think she’s one of the greatest contributions to any generation of actors, man,” he said.T”hat for me was just a wonderful opportunity. But more importantly, the story is so good. It’s so good! I think I can say this: For me, it’s like Raiders of the Lost Ark meets a genre version of the Joseph Conrad novel Victory: An Island Tale. I just jumped at the chance.”

The untitled Tomb Raider film comes to theaters on March 16, 2018.

No new Tomb Raider games have been announced. However, a sequel to Rise of the Tomb Raider is expected, given that the story that began with the 2013 reboot has been described as a trilogy trilogy.

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A new update for professional football game Madden NFL 17 has arrived–but don’t expect any new features and tuning changes. The focus of this newest “mini title update” is on bug fixes and preparations for the “Freeze” winter event in the game’s Ultimate Team mode.

One of the bug fixes is for a problem where the quarterback would become frozen in some situations. Another issue addressed is when a receiver would switch back to a previous assignment when he shouldn’t have.

You can see the full patch notes below, as posted on the Madden website.

Madden NFL 17 December 13 Patch Notes

• Addressed a gameplay issue where a receiver who was hot routed would switch back to his previous assignment if he was motioned and not fully set.
• Addressed a gameplay issue where the QB would freeze after hot routing a running back and motioning him out before he became fully set.
• Various upgrades to improve the Madden Ultimate Team Holiday experience.
• Enhanced preparations to help deal with the upcoming Freeze.

In other news, Madden creative director Rex Dickson said on Twitter that the development team will hold a livestream this Friday, December 16, to discuss future updates for Madden NFL 17. Check back later for more.

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There has never been much doubt that the new Star Wars spinoff Rogue One would be a box office success–the question is how big? The latest projections estimate that the film could set the second highest December opening in history when it arrives this weekend.

As reported by Variety, Rogue One is on course to make between $120 million and $150 million at the US box office in its opening three days. Combined with a projected $150 million from the international release, this would give it the second biggest December opening of all time, behind last year’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens, which opened with $248 million worldwide.

Other studios are steering clear of releasing against Rogue One–the only other films that are opening this weekend are low-key dramas that could play well with those with less interest in the Star Wars series, such as the Will Smith-starring Collateral Beauty and the Denzel Washington-directed Fences.

Earlier this week, Lucasfilm boss Kathleen Kennedy admitted that making this first Star Wars spinoff was risky, given it is not a continuation of the classic saga movies. “If we’re going to keep Star Wars alive, and we’re going to make it interesting for the fans and for ourselves as well, we have to keep pushing ourselves,” she said. “And we have to keep pushing those stories and finding new adventures and finding new technology and great new characters.”

Early reviews for Rogue One have been very positive–check out our round-up here. The movie hits theaters on December 16.

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