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Football fans have to wait until Sunday to find out who will win Super Bowl LI. But what team does EA’s Madden game think will win? The developer will announce the results of its annual Madden Super Bowl simulation today, crowning either the New England Patriots or Atlanta Falcons the champions.

The developer will use Madden NFL 17 to simulate the game, using up-to-date rosters, ultimately determining a final score. We should also learn who the MVP is, among other things. We’ll update this post with the results of the simulation as soon as they are announced.

Last year, the Madden Super Bowl simulation got it wrong, picking the Carolina Panthers to win, when in reality it was the Denver Broncos who emerged victorious. A year before that, however, the simulation picked the Patriots to beat the Seahawks 28-24–and that’s exactly what happened.

Super Bowl LI takes place on Sunday, February 6, in Houston, Texas. The Patriots are three-point favorites, while the over/under is 58.5; that’s the highest-ever for a Super Bowl.

We’re expecting a lot of new movie trailers to air during the big game, and we’ll round them up in a post here on GameSpot so you can watch them all in one place.

Which team do you think will win Super Bowl LI and why? Let us know in the comments below!

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John Wick: Chapter 2 hits theaters next week, and sees Keanu Reeves back as the reluctant-but-ruthless dog-loving hitman. There has already been talk of a third movie, and now the director has spoken about the possibility of a TV prequel.

At a recent press conference, director Chad Stahelski explained why a potential prequel might end up on the small screen. “We’re not doing a prequel [with Chapter 2]. We wanted to, it just didn’t fit quite where we’re at,” he said, via Slashfilm. “We basically almost have a prequel written, but we’d save that for other aspects of the property.

“Lionsgate is very interested in doing a John Wick TV show, and that seems very appealing to us, to give those creative ideas to that entity. I think in TV you could really expand on what that is, and greater than we could in just a two-hour film.

“We’d like to wrap up the story we’re telling now and maybe save all our prequel ideas and impossible task ideas for that medium.”

In October, Stahelski revealed that Lionsgate was also looking to produce a third movie in the series. “The studio has asked us to put our heads together and see if we can come up with something,” he said. “Winston [the character played by Ian McShane] is a big part of the next one, so is Lance Reddick. We’ve got some ideas.”

There has been plenty of recent promotional activity for John Wick: Chapter 2. Earlier this week, week, a new video revealed the training that the cast took to deliver what is termed “gun-fu,” while this clip showed Wick returning to a familiar location.

John Wick: Chapter 2 also stars Common, Laurence Fishburne, Bridget Moynahan, and John Leguizamo. It arrives in theaters on February 10, 2017.

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Take-Two Interactive, the company that owns Rockstar Games and 2K Games, announced today that it has paid $250 million to acquire the mobile game developer Social Point.

The Barcelona, Spain-based developer is best known for its two big free-to-play games, Monster Legends and Dragon City, which have reached a combined 180 million downloads.

Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick said in a statement that this acquisition helps the company further diversify its lineup and to deeper embed itself in the “fast-growing free-to-play mobile gaming space.”

“We believe that Social Point’s deeply engaging mobile offerings will be a perfect complement to our business,” Zelnick said. “Social Point is one of the few mobile game developers that has a proven track record of growing revenues and delivering multiple hits, and we expect this growth to continue given the company’s exciting development pipeline.”

For its part, Social Point co-CEOs Horacio Martos and Andres Bou said in their own statement, “We are thrilled to have Social Point become part of an organization that shares our commitment to quality and innovation, and we look forward to being part of Take-Two’s continued success for many years to come.”

In addition to the $250 million acquisition price, Take-Two said it will pay up to an additional $25.9 million in cash and shares of Take-Two stock to Social Point if certain milestones are met.

Take-Two will share more details on its acquisition of Social Point during the company’s upcoming earnings briefing, which is scheduled for Tuesday, February 7.

The company already has an established mobile game business, as there are various Grand Theft Auto games available for iOS and Android devices. Additionally, Rockstar’s Bully was recently released for smartphones.

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As it does basically every year, EA Sports has now released a Super Bowl edition of the newest Madden game. The Madden NFL 17 Super Bowl edition goes for $20 and is available now on Xbox One.

The game’s cover features Pittsburgh Steelers WR Antonio Brown on it. He is no stranger to Madden NFL marketing material–you have probably seen that funny “Can’t Feel My Face” parody video he did–but he is not competing in Super Bowl LI on Sunday.

You can grab the Madden NFL 17 Super Bowl LI edition here on Xbox.com. It is probably also coming to PlayStation 4, but the PlayStation Store doesn’t appear to have updated yet this week.

The Super Bowl edition is only available for a limited time.

In other news, EA has confirmed that Madden NFL 17 commentators Charles Davis and Brandon Gaudin are recording new commentary for the Super Bowl. Here they are in the studio:

EA Sports will announce the results of its Super Bowl LI simulation tomorrow, February 1. The matchup is between the New England Patriots and the Atlanta Falcons, and the game takes place in Houston on Sunday, February 5.

Who do you think will win Super Bowl LI and why? Let us know in the comments below!

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The young leads for the upcoming Marvel TV show Cloak & Dagger have been found. It has been reported that former Disney star Olivia Holt (Ultimate Spider-Man) and Aubrey Joseph (Run All Night) will headline the series.

According to Deadline, Holt and Jospeh have signed on to the show, which has been given a full series order. Cloak & Dagger will be the fourth Marvel show developed at ABC, following Agents Of SHIELD, the now-cancelled Agent Carter, and the upcoming The Inhumans.

The show will be screened on Freeform, the channel previously known as ABC Family. Its programming is aimed at teenagers and young adults, and Cloak & Dagger has been in development there for several years.

Cloak & Dagger first appeared in a 1982 issue of The Spectacular Spider-Man. The duo are a pair of runaways teens given super powers after they are fed a dangerous drug. Cloak can absorb villains into the darkness of his mysterious robes, while Dagger throws deadly blades of pure light.

There is currently no confirmed broadcast date for Season 1 of Cloak & Dagger.

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M. Night Shyamalan’s newest movie, the psychological thriller Split, was the No. 1 movie again at the US box office this weekend, holding on to the top spot for a second week running. It’s now made $78 million domestically and $24 million internationally, pushing its worldwide total above $100 million.

Split opened with $40 million in the US, representing one of the strongest starts for the writer-director. It was only behind the opening weekend tallies for The Last Airbender ($40.3 million), The Village ($50.7), and Signs ($60.1 million).

The Sixth Sense is M. Night Shyamalan’s best performing movie ever in the US, bringing in $293.5 million when all was said and done back in 1999. Just two weeks after release, Split currently stands as M. Night Shyamalan’s sixth best-performing movie, behind Unbreakable ($95 million), The Village ($114.2 million), The Last Airbender ($131.8 million), Signs ($227.9 million), and The Sixth Sense ($293.5 million).

All of these figures are for the US only and come from Box Office Mojo (via Collider).

Split stars James McAvoy as a man with 23 different personalities. This being an M. Night Shyamalan movie, it has a surprise twist at the end, but this one is different.

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Ocean’s 8 is the latest entry in the series of hit heist thrillers that kicked off with 2001’s Ocean’s Eleven. The movie features an all-female gang, led by Sandra Bullock and Cate Blanchett, and the first official image has been released. Check it out below:

Ocean’s 8 also stars Anne Hathaway, Helena Bonham Carter, Rihanna, Mindy Kaling, Awkwafina, and Sarah Paulson. As this image suggests, the film is set in New York, and the star-studded Met Gala is the target of the movie’s central heist.

Homeland‘s Damian Lewis will play the film’s villain, while Matt Damon, one of the stars of the original movies, is also set to cameo. “I’m doing a little bit in the movie,” Damon said in November. “The cast is phenomenal, and I’m excited to see what those women do with it. It’s going to be fun.”

The movie is directed by The Hunger Games‘ Gary Ross, and produced by Steven Soderbergh, who helmed the original trilogy.

Ocean’s Eleven earned $450 million worldwide. While the two sequels weren’t quite as successful, they all proved to be considerable box office hits, helping the franchise reach more than $1.1 billion at the box office, according to Box Office Mojo.

Ocean’s 8 opens on June 8, 2018.

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