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Mindhunteris one of Netflix’s best TV shows, and though it unfairly ended too soon, its best replacement is also on Netflix and has an 85% critics' score onRotten Tomatoes. In 2017, Netflix released the psychological crime thriller TV seriesMindhunter, based on the 1995 true-crime bookMindhunter: Inside the FBI’s Elite Serial Crime Unit, by John E. Douglas and Mark Olshaker. Mindhunterfollows FBI agents Holden Ford (Jonathan Groff) and Bill Tench (Holt McCallany), who, along with psychologist Wendy Carr (Anna Torv), operate the FBI’s Behavioral Science Unit....

TheHarry PotterTV show has been in development for long enough now for me to be excited about my Voldemort dreamcast, especially after a recent update. WhenJ.K. Rowling’sHarry Potterbooksswept the U.K. and overseas, it was only a matter of time before they became the genre institution that they are. Now, the legendary Warner Bros. movies populate the minds of millions of fans with visuals of what the book characters look like, but that could change....

The9-1-1universe is expanding to Nashville, Tennessee, but the best spinoff opportunity for the first-responder drama has already come and gone. With star-studded names like Angela Bassett (Athena Grant) and all theintense disasters in9-1-1, it’s no surprise the flagship series made a name for itself following its 2018 premiere. The procedural hasn’t been without its hardships, however. There have been manyheartwarming moments in9-1-1focused on the station 118 firefighters, but characters have considered leaving many times throughout the series....

In order to resume the NBA season after the COVID-19 pandemic forced it to be suspended, the professional basketball league has made the decision to host the remaining games within a bubble community at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida. With the players and team staff being located within the bubble for a considerable period of three months, it appears that the league has taken into consideration the need for everyone to look sharp with good haircuts....

More than 3 years after the launch ofDragon Ball Xenoverse 2, the development of the popular anime-based fighting game continues. Today Bandai Namco announced a new round of DLC forDragon Ball Xenoverse 2. Ultra Pack 2, or DLC Pack 10 forDragon Ball Xenoverse 2, features a major crossover with another popular Bandai NamcoDragon Ball Zfighting game,Dragon Ball FighterZ. The DLC will include two new characters, including Android 21, and a ton more content....

Developer Niantic announced it will be droppingPokemon GOsupport for the Apple Watch support on July 1st. The company feels that the utility of the smart watch was rendered redundant by the implementation ofAdventure Syncin November of last year. It was over two years ago thatPokemon GOreleased itsApple Watch appand while it undoubtedly had its fans, it seems the app wasn’t popular enough for Niantic to keep investing in it. With the app, players could track their steps to hatch eggs, spin Pokestops, and get notifications anytime a Pokemon was near....

Thanks to Yo-Kai Watch 2 and new bundles There’s been a lot of talk lately about the gaming scene in Japan. Some reports indicate stagnation that may be worrisome, particularly with regard to theconsole market. Others find those claims to beexaggeratedand no real cause for concern. Regardless of the interpretation, everyone should be able to agree that what happened this past week was a good thing. Sales figures for Nintendo’s 3DS and PlayStation’s Vita spiked for the week ending on July 13....

I should just ‘remaster’ last year’s text Well, it clearly isn’t a fad. As Destructoid’s annual nominees have frequently shown, theRemake/Remaster trendis most certainly A Thing. Revitalized editions of the classic games of yesterday have become such a central — not to mention lucrative — venture in modern gaming that it has, essentially, become its own genre. It’s understandable that this raises eyebrows among much of the community; offering games less than 15 years old a fresh coat of paint and a fresher $60 price tag ishardlythe right side of innovation, after all....

After finally releasing thelong awaited Bastion buff patchyesterday to the multiplayer shooterOverwatch, players are starting to discover a few more of the smaller or hidden updates also included within 2.05. One of the hidden features wasdiscovered and revealed on Redditafter hearing in-game audio of when a teammate is on fire. Essentially, being on-fire is simply a tool that indicates if a player is performing extremely well and could also be a candidate for MVP of the match....

Needing some space from the office [Ricky Namara was a bad, bad boy. So bad, he decided to take two days off of work to enjoy the finer things in life – video games! Join him in his roller coaster of emotions as he regales us with his tale of anticipation, heartache, and inevitable triumph as he tells work to eat it while he chows down on someFFXV. Wanna see your work featured by Destructoid?...

Pokemon GOplayers getone free Battle Raid per day(or two if they skip a day), but after that each encounter costs about $1 worth of the in-game currency. Despite the cost, many players end up participating in multiple Raids per day when a special event is happening. That was recently the case when a group of players decided to organize a Legendary Raid day and got over 40 participants together to tackle level 5Pokemon GOencounters from 6am until the sun went down....

[Update:PSN name change is now available. Just last week, a rumor began to do the rounds that gamedevelopers were preparingfor the PlayStation Network name change feature. While some were skeptical of the comments from anonymous sources, others were delighted to hear that the feature was on its way. The ability to edit names onPSNhas been a highly requested feature for years. Following that report, Sony has now made the PSN name change feature official....

It’s no secret that developer Rockstar Games has packedRed Dead Redemption 2with a ton of things to do. While players can stick to the critical path and focus mainly on thestory of Arthur Morganand the Dutch Van der Linde Gang, it’s oftentimes hard not to be distracted by the various collectibles and side missions that pop up in the game. Keeping track of everything that there is to collect and do inRed Dead Redemption 2is a task unto itself, and for those players that are hoping to get 100% completion in the game a little help might be necessary....