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November is wrapping up, and now streaming platform Hulu has announced all of the TV shows and movies coming to a leaving the platform for December. As you might expect, there are a handful of holiday-themed movies landing on Hulu next month.

One of these is A Christmas Wedding Tail, which tells the story of two dogs who fall in love. Other holiday movies landing in December include A Princess For Christmas, Chilly Christmas, and I’ll Be Home For Christmas. As for non-holiday additions to the Hulu library in December, some great movies like Silence of the Lambs, Space Jam, Searching for Sugar Man, and Apocalypse Now, among others.

As for what’s leaving Hulu next month, James Bond movies Thunderball, The Spy Who Loved Me, The Man With the Golden Gun, Die Another Day, and A View to a Kill are all on the way out. Congo, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, and Total Recall are also headed out.

You can see a full rundown of what’s coming to and leaving Hulu for December below, as compiled by the company and shared with GameSpot. In other streaming news, here’s everything coming to Netflix in December.

Hulu December 2017:

Available December 1

East Los High: Finale Event (Hulu Original)

The History of Comedy: Complete Season 1 (CNN)

Inside Number 9: Complete Season 2 (BBCWW)

Tree Fu Tom: Complete Seasons 3 & 4 (Sprout)

Trust Me: Complete Season 1 (StudioCanal)

The Wine Show: Complete Season 2 (Sky)

3 Ninjas (1992)

A Christmas Wedding Tail (2011)

The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949)

A Princess for Christmas (2011)

Aliens of the Deep (2005)

Apocalypse Now (1979)

Apocalypse Now Redux (2001)

At Close Range (1986)

Basic Instinct 2: Risk Addiction (2006)

The Black Cauldron (1985)

Bloodsport (1988)

Breakheart Pass (1975)

The Brothers Grimm (2005)

Buffalo 66 (1998)

Cheri (2009)

Chicago (2002)

Child’s Play (1988)

Chilly Christmas (2012)

Coopers Camera (AKA Coopers’ Christmas) (2010)

The Count of Monte Cristo (2002)

Crazy/Beautiful (2001)

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988)

Downhill Racer (1969)

Driftwood (2006)

Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Sex… (1972)

Evita (1996)

Extortion (2017)

The Falcon and the Snowman (1985)

The Final Cut (2004)

First Kid (1996)

The French Lieutenant’s Woman (1981)

George of the Jungle (1997)

Hammett (1982)

Hannibal (2001)

Heaven’s Gate (1981)

Hitch (2005)

I’ll Be Home for Christmas (1998)

The Improv: 50 Years Behind the Brick Wall (2013)

In & Out (1997)

In Enemy Hands (2003)

In the Line of Fire (1993)

Jack (1996)

Kill Bill: Volume 1 (2003)

Kill Bill: Volume 2 (2004)

L7 Pretend We’re Dead (2016)

The Last Warrior (2000)

Light Sleeper (1992)

Meet Wally Sparks (1997)

A Midsummer Night Sex Comedy (1982)

The Missing (2003)

Mississippi Burning (1988)

Moonstruck (1987)

Mr. Wrong (1996)

One from the Heart (1982)

One Magic Christmas (1985)

P2 (2007)

Penelope (2008)

The Perfect Score (2004)

Political Animals (2012)

The Pope of Greenwich Village (1984)

Presumed Innocent (1990)

Primal Fear (1996)

Puppetmaster: Axis Termination (2017)

Red Corner (1997)

Robocop (1987)

Robocop 2 (1990)

Robocop 3 (1993)

Rocky (1976)

Rocky II (1979)

Rocky III (1982)

Rocky IV (1985)

Rocky V (1990)

S.F.W. (1995)

Sarafina! (1992)

Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993)

Searching for Sugar Man (2012)

Serpico (1973)

Shelby: A Magical Holiday Tail (2014)

Silence (2016)

The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

Space Jam (1996)

Stealing Harvard (2002)

Stigmata (1999)

The Three Musketeers (1993)

The Thomas Crown Affair (1968)

Three Men and a Baby (1987)

Titanic (1997)

Total Recall (1990)

Valkyrie (2008)

The Water Horse (2007)

The Weight of Water (2002)

Winnie the Pooh, A Valentine for You (1999)

Without (2011)

Wristcutters: A Love Story (2007)

The Yummy Gummy Search for Santa (2012)

Available December 2

Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Season 5 Premiere (ABC)

Available December 3

Cop Land (1997)

Sweet Home Alabama (2002)

The Rules of Attraction (2002)

Available December 4

Frontera (2014)

Superbad (2007)

Available December 5

The Great Christmas Light Fight: Season 5 Premiere (ABC)

Iron Protector (2016)

Available December 6

Shut Eye: Season 2 Premiere (Hulu Original)

Killers (2015)

Available December 8

Defining Moments: Season 1 Premiere (ESL)

The Great American Baking Show: Season 3 Premiere (ABC)

Legion: Complete Season 1 (FX)

Crank: High Voltage (2009)

Legion of Brothers (2017)

Available December 9

Dave Made a Maze (2017)

Available December 11

Steven Universe: Complete Season 4 (Cartoon Network)

Available December 12

Younger: Complete Season 4 (TV Land)

Holiday Fairy Tale Wedding: Special (Freeform)

Foreman (2017)

Available December 13

Vengeance of an Assassin (2014)

Available December 14

Bunheads: Complete Season 1 (Freeform)

Available December 15

40 Days and 40 Nights (2002)

The Crow (1994)

Everest (1998)

Kate and Leopold (2001)

The Limehouse Golem (2017)

Score (2016)

Tears of the Sun (2003)

Available December 16

The Next Step: Complete Season 5B (BBC)

Available December 18

Graves: Complete Season 1 (Epix)

Made In Chelsea: Complete Seasons 1-13 (E4)

Mighty Magiswords: Complete Season S1A (Cartoon Network)

Ragnarok (2013)

Available December 19

Decorating Disney: Special (Freeform)

Available December 20

Kim Dotcom: Caught in the Web (2017)

Available December 21

Lemon (2017)

Available December 22

Goat (2016)

Monster Trucks (2017)

Available December 23

Clarence: Complete Season 3 (Cartoon Network)

Banksy Does New York (2014)

Someone Marry Barry (2014)

Available December 24

The Detour: Complete Season 2 (TBS)

Available December 25

United Shades of America: Complete Season 2 (CNN)

The Hollow One (2015)

Available December 28

Anjelah Johnson: Mahalo & Goodnight (2017)

Literally Right before Aaron (2017)

Available December 29

Gilbert (2017)

Rings (2017)

Available December 30

The Art of the Game: Ukiyo E Heros (2017)

Available December 31

Always Watching (2015)

Anarchy Parlor (2015)

Osiris Child: SFv1 (2016)

Pilgrimage (2016)

Solace (2016)

**Here’s what is leaving Hulu in December:

December 31

A View to Kill (1985)

Across the Great Divide (1976)

Alice (1990)

Barbershop (2002)

Barbershop 2: Back in Business (2004)

Blue Chips (1994)

Bringing Down the House (2003)

Clueless (1995)

Congo (1995)

Dances with Wolves (1990)

Delta Farce (2007)

Die Another Day (2002)

Election (1999)

Enemy at the Gates (2001)

Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986)

Fierce People (2007)

Fools Rush In (1997)

Fright Night (1985)

Ghoulies (1984)

Ghoulies II (1987)

Grumpier Old Men (1995)

Grumpy Old Men (1993)

Little Man (2006)

Love Finds You in Valentine (2016)

The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)

Mousehunt (1997)

Out of Time (2003)

P2 (2007)

Pet Sematary (1989)

Pet Sematary Two (1992)

Proof (2005)

The Quiet American (2002)

Rent (2005)

Road House (1989)

Shopgirl (2005)

The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)

Swingers (1996)

This Binary Universe (2012)

Thunderball (1965)

Total Recall (1990)

Under Siege (1992)

Undisputed (2002)

Volver (2006)

Yellowbird (2014)

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Some fans have already gotten a taste of Star Wars Battlefront II thanks to its early trial on EA/Origin Access, but today marks the game’s official release. While much of the conversation around it has centered on its controversial handling of microtransactions and fan backlash (which ultimately forced EA to temporarily drop them just prior to release), developer DICE has built on the previous Star Wars Battlefront in some notable ways with Battlefront II, one of which is its new campaign.

Unlike its predecessor, Battlefront II features a full-fledged single-player storyline that’s set between the events of Return of the Jedi and The Force Awakens. The campaign puts players in the role of Iden Versio, the commander of an Imperial special forces unit known as the Inferno Squad and the primary character you play as throughout the campaign’s 5-8-hour runtime.

Battlefront II’s campaign is a canonical part of the franchise, filling in important details that lead up to the rise of the First Order in The Force Awakens and dropping clues as to what could be in store the next Star Wars film, The Last Jedi. If you’re eager to see what happens in Battlefront II’s story without the need to play through the campaign, we’ve compiled all of its cutscenes and some gameplay clips together in the video above so you can watch the entire tale unfold as if it were its own Star Wars movie.

Star Wars Battlefront II is available for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. In our Battlefront II review-in-progress, critic Alessandro Fillari said the game’s campaign “does a decent job of showing the internal strife within the Empire’s ranks,” though it ultimately “falls a bit short of making it a remarkable journey for its characters.”

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There’s very little change at the top of the UK sales chart this week (ending December 2), as the five best-selling games all maintain their positions from last week. That means Call of Duty: WWII comes top, before FIFA 18 at No. 2 and Gran Turismo Sport at No.3, according to sales monitor Chart-Track.

Star Wars Battlefront II keeps its No.4 position, while Assassin’s Creed Origins rounds off the top five once again. Nintendo Switch exclusives Super Mario Odyssey and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe finish at No.6 and No.8, respectively, but the console’s latest release, Xenoblade Chronicles 2, fails to chart in the top 10. It debuts at No.19, though that is nine places higher than its predecessor, Wii U title Xenoblade Chronicles X, managed upon its launch in December 2015.

The RPG has been received well among critics, and it earned a 7/10 in our Xenoblade Chronicles 2 review. “Xenoblade 2 exhibits admirable depth,” wrote critic Peter Brown. “Adventurous types that enjoy complex combat systems can easily spend more than 100 hours uncovering Alrest’s secrets and developing their team of Blades, provided they can come to terms with a handful of unavoidable shortcomings. It’s equal parts pleasing and frustrating, but the struggle to keep up with everything thrown your way is more of a hurdle than a roadblock. It will be a tough pill to swallow for people who aren’t accustomed to the typical cliches found in many Japanese RPGs, and its often clumsy nature keeps it from being the next groundbreaking Switch game, but Xenoblade 2 is worth pursuing if you’ve got enough patience to let it blossom.”

You can read the full top 10 sales chart below, courtesy of UKIE and Chart-Track. Note this table does not include digital sales data, and so should not be considered representative of all UK game sales.

1. Call of Duty: WWII
2. FIFA 18
3. Gran Turismo Sport
4. Star Wars Battlefront II
5. Assassin’s Creed Origins
6. Super Mario Odyssey
7. Forza Motorsport 7
8. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
9. Grand Theft Auto V
10. Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy

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The PlayStation Store refreshes for the first time this Tuesday, December 5, so now is your last chance to get November’s free PlayStation Plus games before they return to their normal prices.

On PS4, the free games include Bound, Dungeon Punks, and Worms Battlegrounds. Also of note is that one Until Dawn: Rush of Blood will stay free until January 3. You can see the full line of November’s free PS Plus games below, covering PS4, PS3, and PS Vita.

When the PlayStation Store updates on December 5, December’s freebies will become available. These include Darksiders II: Deathinitive Edition and Kung Fu Panda: Showdown of the Legendary Legends, among others. The full list can be seen below.

November 2017 Free PlayStation Plus Games

PS4

• Bound
• Dungeon Punks (Cross-Buy with Vita)
• Until Dawn: Rush of Blood (available until January 3)
• Worms Battlegrounds

PS3

• R-Type Dimensions
• Rag Doll Kung Fu: Fists of Plastic

Vita

• Broken Sword 5: The Serpent’s Curse (Episodes 1 & 2)
• Dungeon Punks

December 2017 Free PS Plus Games

PS4

• Darksiders II: Deathinitive Edition
• Forma 8
• Kung Fu Panda: Showdown of the Legendary Legends
• That’s You (EU only)
• Until Dawn: Rush of Blood (PSVR)

PS3

• Xblaze Lost: Memories
• Syberia Collection

Vita

• Forma 8
• Wanted Corp

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In honor of Star Wars: The Last Jedi, we’re giving away a Porg Funko Pop! One (1) winner will be chosen after the giveaway closes on Monday, December 4 at 11:59PM PT.

Open to US residents only, void where prohibited.

Enter below (the additional entries are optional to increase your chances of winning):

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The first trailer for Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom is coming soon. The trailer will premiere on Thursday, December 7, but you don’t have to wait that long to see footage from it. A 15-second teaser trailer has been released, showing Chris Pratt’s character sprinting out of the forest as a volcano erupts and dinosaurs emerge. Bryce Dallas Howard and newcomer Justice Smith are also in the brief clip.

You can watch the teaser trailer in the video embed above.

This teaser follows the first clip from Fallen Kingdom that was released last month, showing Pratt’s character, Owen, bonding with a baby raptor.

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom is due in theatres in June 2018. It’s directed by J.A. Bayona, who made The Orphanage and A Monster Calls. In addition to Smith, James Cromwell and Toby Jones are some of the other newcomers for the sequel.

2015’s Jurassic World currently stands as the fourth-highest grossing movie of all time, bringing in $1.6 billion at the global box office. It was the first new entry in the series since 2001’s Jurassic Park III.

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Microsoft’s much-anticipated Xbox One and PC game Sea of Thieves will appear at The Game Awards later this week, the company has confirmed. According to GamingBolt, Xbox marketing manager Aaron Greenberg said during an Extra Life livestream recently that the pirate-themed multiplayer game will be shown during the event, which takes place on Thursday, December 7.

In response to the news stories making the rounds based on his comments during the livestream, Greenberg cheekily wrote on Twitter, “Lose lips sink… ;-)” He went on to say that fans should “be sure” to watch The Game Awards to learn the latest.

Sea of Thieves was originally slated to launch for Xbox One and PC at some point this year, but at E3 2017 Microsoft announced the title would be pushed back into 2018. Developer Rare has confirmed that the game will allow cross-play between Xbox and PC players. The developer also added 540p and 15 FPS lock options to the PC version.

As for The Game Awards, they take place on the evening of December 7. We’re expecting announcements and new trailers, and of course there will also be awards. You can see a full roundup of all the categories and nominees here. In other news about The Game Awards, it was recently confirmed that Hideo Kojima and Guillermo del Toro will present awards at the show, while Avenged Sevenfold’s guitarist will perform at the event.

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With the arrival of the holidays comes a slew of new shows and movies on Netflix. It’s a particularly busy month for the streamer, with many holiday specials joining the service, alongside several Netflix originals and a number of new library titles. With popular titles like V for Vendetta, Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, and Disney’s The Santa Clause trilogy arriving, December is going to be a busy month for streaming.

However, it’s a Netflix original movie that you should be paying closest attention to. December 22 will see the premiere of Bright, starring Will Smith and Joel Edgerton. The fantasy crime movie is directed by David Ayer (Suicide Squad) with a script by Max Landis (American Ultra). The film marks Smith’s first time starring in a Netflix project and he’s certainly picked an interesting one.

Bright is set in a world where humans and fantasy creatures coexist. Smith plays an LAPD officer who is partnered with an Orc (Edgerton) when they find a very powerful magic wand that has the potential to change the world. Other new entries include Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, a new season of The Ranch, and Dave Chappelle’s latest stand-up comedy special. It’s not all good news, though.

There are also many titles departing the service in December. Black Snake Moan, Practical Magic, and 11 seasons of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia are just a few of the movies and shows that will no longer be available after the end of 2017. So make sure you watch them while you still can.

You can take a look at the full list of what’s coming and going on Netflix throughout December below. You can also see everything that’s arrived in November.

Arriving on Netflix, December 2017

December 1

• 8 Mile
• Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
• Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls
• All Hail King Julien: Season 5 (Netflix Original)
• A StoryBots Christmas (Netflix Original)
• August Rush
• Chef & My Fridge: 2017
• Dark: Season 1 (Netflix Original)
• Diana: In Her Own Words
• Dreamcatcher
• DreamWorks Home: For the Holidays (Netflix Original)
• Easy: Season 2 (Netflix Original)
• Exporting Raymond
• Forbidden Games: The Justin Fashanu Story
• Full Metal Jacket
• Hitch
• My Happy Family (Netflix Original)
• Nacho Libre
• Sahara
• The Farthest – Voyager in Space
• The Little Rascals
• The Wackness
• The Young Victoria
• Tyson
• V for Vendetta
• TURN: Washington’s Spies: Season 4
• Voyeur (Netflix Original)
• While You Were Sleeping

December 4

• When Calls the Heart: Season 4

December 5

• Craig Ferguson: Tickle Fight (Netflix Original)
• Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

December 6

• Trolls Holiday Special

December 8

• El Camino Christmas (Netflix Original)
• The Crown: Season 2 (Netflix Original)

December 11

• Catwoman
• The Magicians: Season 2

December 12

• Disney’s The Santa Clause
• Disney’s The Santa Clause 2
• Disney’s The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause
• Judd Apatow: The Return (Netflix Original)

December 14

• 41 Dogs in My Home
• A&E: When Patients Attack
• Ainsley Eats the Streets: Season 1
• Halt and Catch Fire: Season 4

December 15

• A Five Star Life
• Christmas Inheritance (Netflix Original)
• Discovering Bigfoot
• El Señor de los Cielos: Season 5
• Erased: Season 1 (Netflix Original)
• Freeway: Crack In The System
• Neverlake
• Pottersville
• Reggie Yates Outside Man: Volume 2
• The Haunting of Helena
• The Mafia Kills Only in Summer
• The Ranch: Part 4 (Netflix Original)
• Trollhunters: Part 2 (Netflix Original)
• Ultimate Beastmaster (Netflix Original)
• Wormwood (Netflix Original)

December 18

• Hello, My Twenties!: Season 2 (Netflix Original)

December 19

• Miss Me This Christmas
• Russell Howard: Recalibrate (Netflix Original)
• The Indian Detective: Season 1 (Netflix Original)
• You Can’t Fight Christmas

December 20

• La Casa de Papel: Season 1 (Netflix Original)

December 21

• Peaky Blinders: Season 4 (Netflix Original)

December 22

• 72 Dangerous Animals: Latin America: Season 1 (Netflix Original)
• Bright (Netflix Original)
• Dope: Season 1 (Netflix Original)
• Fuller House: Season 3, New Episodes (Netflix Original)
• Rosario Tijeras: Season 1
• The Toys That Made Us: Season 1 (Netflix Original)

December 23

• Creep 2
• Myths & Monsters: Season 1

December 25

• Cable Girls: Season 2 (Netflix Original)
• Planet Earth II

December 26

• Todd Barry: Spicy Honey (Netflix Original)
• Travelers: Season 2 (Netflix Original)
• All Hail King Julien: New Year’s Eve Countdown 2018
• Beat Bugs: New Year’s Eve Countdown 2018
• Larva: New Year’s Eve Countdown 2018
• Pororo: New Year’s Eve Countdown 2018
• Puffin Rock: New Year’s Eve Countdown 2018
• Skylanders Academy: New Year’s Eve Countdown 2018
• Trollhunters: New Year’s Eve Countdown 2018
• True and The Rainbow Kingdom: New Year’s Eve Countdown 2018
• Word Party: New Year’s Eve Countdown 2018

December 27

• Pusher

December 29

• Bill Nye Saves the World: Season 2: Part 1 (Netflix Original)
• Killer Legends
• La Mante: Season 1 (Netflix Original)
• Shelter
• The Climb (Netflix Original)

December 31

• Dave Chappelle: Equanimity (Netflix Original)
• Fun Mom Dinner

Leaving Netflix, December 2017

December 1

• All I Want for Christmas
• Bedazzled
• Black Snake Moan
• Compulsion
• Cousin Bette
• Hoffa
• La Viuda Negra: Season 1
• Picture Perfect
• Practical Magic
• Rebelde
• Scary Movie 2
• Scary Movie 3
• Super Size Me
• Terriers: Season 1
• The Crucible
• The Gospel Road: A Story of Jesus
• The Man from Snowy River
• Touch: Season 2
• Toys
• Two Girls and a Guy
• Waking Life
• Young Frankenstein
• Yu-Gi-Oh! Bonds Beyond Time
• Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal: Seasons 1-2

December 5

• Holes

December 9

• It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia: Seasons 1-11

December 10

• Lucky Number Slevin
• Nightcrawler
• The Rite

December 11

• Dollhouse: Season 2

December 13

• The Queen of Versailles

December 15

• America’s Funniest Home Video Kids: Holidazed
• America’s Funniest Home Videos Kids: Animals with Attitude: Season 1
• America’s Funniest Home Videos Kids: It’s Tough Being a Kid: Season 1
• America’s Funniest Home Videos Kids: Playtime Ain’t for Wimps: Season 1
• America’s Funniest Home Videos: New Collection D: Nincompoop Nation
• Jeff Dunham: Arguing with Myself

December 19

• Dance Academy: Series 1-3

December 20

• Che: Parts 1 & 2

December 24

• Amores Perros

December 25

• Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

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Sony has launched the next set of free games for PlayStation Plus members. We’re now well into November, and subscribers can download a total of seven titles across PS4, PS3, and Vita. That’s one more than usual, as Sony is again offering a bonus PlayStation VR game following the headset’s recent one-year anniversary. As usual, PS4 owners have the widest and best selection of games, but you’ve got something to look forward to regardless of platform.

PS4 owners with PS Plus have four games in total to nab for free right now: strategy game Worms Battlegrounds, the gorgeous (but hard-to-describe) Bound, and PSVR shooter Until Dawn: Rush of Blood; the latter will be available for longer than the other games, as it’s not a part of the standard monthly lineup. Additionally, Cross-Buy provides PS4 players with a fourth title at no cost, the action RPG Dungeon Punks.

Over on, PS3 there are two free games: classic shoot-em-up R-Type Dimensions and fighting game Rag Doll Kung Fu. Along with the aforementioned Dungeon Punks, Vita owners can download episodes 1 and 2 of adventure game Broken Sword 5: The Serpent’s Curse for free.

All of the standard PS Plus freebies can be claimed until December 5, when they’ll return to their regular prices. By adding them to your library before then, you can play them for as long as you remain a Plus subscriber. Until Dawn: Rush of Blood, meanwhile, remains free until January 3. You can see the full list of this month’s PS Plus freebies and grab them from the links below. PSN’s Black Friday sale has come to a close, but there’s still something to look forward to, as December’s PS Plus games have been announced.

November 2017 Free PlayStation Plus Games

PS4

• Bound
• Dungeon Punks (Cross-Buy with Vita)
• Until Dawn: Rush of Blood (available until January 3)
• Worms Battlegrounds

PS3

• R-Type Dimensions
• Rag Doll Kung Fu: Fists of Plastic

Vita

• Broken Sword 5: The Serpent’s Curse (Episodes 1 & 2)
• Dungeon Punks

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