A recently discovered job ad at Netflix is seeking a candidate who will lead the company's efforts in finding ways to use generative artificial intelligence for its gaming efforts.

"This role sits at the intersection of technology, product, and creativity--driving how we leverage cutting-edge AI to create meaningful, novel, and scalable experiences for players," Netflix said.

The ad for a Head of Gen AI (spotted first by a BlueSky user) states that a successful candidate will be paid a salary in the range of $430,000 - $840,000.

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So, you're bored at work, probably sitting in front of your computer scrolling nothing to look busy. (Did I just snitch on myself?) Maybe you'd rather be playing Sucker Punch Productions' new samurai fantasy sequel Ghost of Yotei, but you've got however many hours until you get home. Well, if you wanted to make the wait easier, you should definitely check out the recently released "Music from Watanabe Mode" soundtrack. It's a total vibe.

Ghost of Yotei is the PlayStation 5-exclusive sequel to 2020's Ghost of Tsushima. Many things in Yotei are similar to Tsushima, but there are a few differences. One of them is the newly introduced Watanabe Mode, a collaboration with Samurai Champloo director Shinichirō Watanabe that features original lo-fi music created under his direction. You could only listen to these beats on your PS5 if you selected Watanabe Mode--one of three playable options based on samurai film directors like Akira Kurosawa and Takashi Miike--but now, Sony has dropped the soundtrack on music streaming services.

Released on October 3--one day after Yotei hit PS5--the "Ghost of Yotei - Music from Watanabe Mode - EP" houses nearly 30 minutes of chill beats to kill (time) to. You can listen to it just about everywhere: Apple Music, Spotify, Amazon Music, Pandora, YouTube Music, and a streaming service I've never heard of called Deezer.

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Unlike the previous two entries in the Final Fantasy 7 Remake trilogy that launched exclusively for PlayStation consoles--with Switch 2 and Xbox Series X|S versions on the way--the third game will adopt a multiplatform release strategy. This means that Square Enix will be developing for multiple consoles and PC for a wide release, but the company doesn't expect this approach to hinder production on the game.

"We do have designated teams working on each platform so that our multiplatform approach won't impact the development whatsoever," Final Fantasy 7 Remake trilogy director Naoki Hamaguchi said to Easy Allies (via Eurogamer). Hamaguchi did acknowledge that Square Enix was facing some challenges with bringing Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth to Xbox Series X|S, suggesting that a "lack of memory" was to blame.

"As for the Xbox version, like many other publishers, I think we did see some issues with the lack of memory compared with other platforms," Hamaguchi said.

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Microsoft has raised the price of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate by 50% and offered some additional perks like more games, access to Fortnite Crew, and better cloud streaming--but Microsoft is also removing a previous perk as well.

CharlieIntel has discovered that Xbox Game Pass Ultimate members no longer get 10% off Call of Duty Points or BlackCell bundles. The change appears to have gone into effect recently. This discount was a pretty nice perk for regular Call of Duty players who buy DLC. In fact, this perk has been removed across the board, for every game, a spokesperson for Microsoft said. Instead, people can now earn points through the Game Pass Rewards program.

"This is not specific to any one game and reflects all games and DLC purchases. Instead of a discount on the purchases, Ultimate and Premium subscribers will earn 10% and 5%--respectively--in points when purchasing select games and add-ons from the Game Pass library," a spokesperson for Microsoft said. "Ultimate members continue to have 20% discount on select games from the Game Pass library. On top of that, all Rewards members will earn points when shopping games and add-ons on the Store, while Premium and Ultimate subscribers will earn even more, 2x and 4x respectively. See more detail on the Game Pass Rewards program here.”

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With Battlefield 6 hitting PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S on October 10, analysts believe that EA's military shooter could sell a whopping five million copies within its first week on the market.

Veteran games journalist Christopher Dring sat down with games industry researcher and analyst Joost van Dreunen to mull over EA's $55 billion deal on October 2. During the conversation, hosted on Dring's The Game Business Show website and podcast, the two discussed Battlefield 6's highly successful beta--which attracted an estimated 25 million players, surpassed 2.4 million Steam wishlists, and has 1.7 million Steam preorders. These figures, according to van Dreunen and London-based market researchers Ampere Analysis, suggest that Battlefield 6 could absolutely dominate at launch.

"However, Battlefield 6 clearly has huge momentum," Dring wrote. "Ampere believes the game will sell five million units in its first week, and the excitement for the game is growing as we near its October 10 launch. It's pretty much guaranteed a big day one, and if it can deliver a strong start, that will likely have a knock-on effect on Call of Duty (which arrives over a month later)."

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Microsoft and Halo Studios teased an upcoming announcement earlier this summer to coincide with the Halo World Championships event later this month. While that announcement is set for a panel on Friday, October 24, an unofficial report indicates that a remake of the original game, Halo: Combat Evolved, is in the works from The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered developer Virtuos.

According to Rebs Gaming, Abstraction, a studio under Virtuos' umbrella, is co-developing the Halo remake with Halo Studios and handling most of the work. Xbox Era subsequently corroborated the report, which also states that the remake will utilize a hybrid game engine that utilizes the Halo Reach Engine for the game's mechanics and Unreal Engine 5 for the visuals. This could potentially be the first version of Halo to hit PlayStation consoles, but that has yet to be confirmed.

Abstraction previously created accessibility features for Halo: The Master Chief Collection, which included the 2011 remake of the first game, Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary, in which you could switch between the remastered and original visuals on the fly.

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Backbone Pro: Pink Edition

$170

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Backbone One: Purple Edition

$100

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Backbone controllers for smartphones come in black and white, but if you've been looking for something more vibrant, then you can pick two limited-edition colorways right now. Available exclusively through Target, you can choose from the $170 Backbone Pro: Pink Edition or a $100 Backbone One: Purple Edition controller. These will go on sale soon, with online orders starting on October 5 and in-store sales starting on October 6.

Backbone Pro: Pink Edition $170

The Backbone Pro launched earlier this year, and as its name suggests, it's designed to be a premium add-on for your smartphone. This updated model offers a USB-C connection for compatible iPhone 15 and up, and it's also compatible with Android phones. Some of the noteworthy changes include larger grips with a textured finish, full-sized ALPS analog sticks, Hall Effect triggers, two remappable back buttons, and "carbon-pill" face buttons that are quieter when pressed. All the inputs you'd expect from a modern-day controller are here, so you can jump right into a game of Genshin Impact or Call of Duty.

App functionality also expands on the functionality of the Backbone Pro, and overall, this model improves on the ergonomics and customization of the original Backbone One.

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While the Backbone One isn't as advanced, it's still a budget-friendly controller that can easily give you a traditional gaming experience on your smartphone. The design has been tweaked to feel more comfortable in your hands, and these Gen 2 controllers use an enhanced D-pad and face buttons that Backbone claims are more responsive. Using one is very easy, as all you have to do is snap it onto your smartphone and you're good to go. You don't even need to remove the protective cover of your smartphone, and these devices are compatible with PlayStation Remote Play, Xbox Cloud Gaming, and other streaming services.

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If the colors above don't appeal to you, then you can pick up a Backbone Pro or a Backbone One in neutral shades of black and white. These are priced the same as the models above, as you can get a Gen 2 Backbone One for $100 or a Backbone Pro for $170.

Backbone One

Gen 2 (USB-C)

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Lego Brick-Built Star Wars Logo (700 Pieces)

$50 (was $60)

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A large selection of Star Wars Lego sets are on sale ahead of next week's Prime Big Deal Days sale. Amazon's deals include a bunch of new Star Wars building sets released over the past few months. Arguably the most notable recent model on sale is the Brick-Built Star Wars Logo. The 700-piece replica display model was already a budget-friendly option at its $60 MSRP, but now it's on sale for only $50. The Brick-Built Logo is one of several Star Wars Day 2025 Lego sets up for grabs for below MSRP.

Lego Brick-Built Star Wars Logo (700 Pieces) $50 (was $60)

The Brick-Built Star Wars Logo accurately depicts the legendary design that dates back to Star Wars: A New Hope's 1977 theatrical release. Exposed studs between the letters add depth and make it clear that this is a Lego set. The rounded edges of the logo are cleverly recreated with a variety of yellow pieces. There's an Easter Egg hidden inside the letter T that pays homage to Episode IV.

The completed 700-piece model measures 5 x 11.5 x 1 inches. If you're looking for a Star Wars model to serve as a centerpiece for your display shelf, it probably doesn't get any more ideal than the series logo constructed from Lego.

The Brick-Built Star Wars Logo launched a few months after the 913-piece Lego Marvel Logo set. That one has yet to be discounted from its $100 price, and it comes with five Marvel minifigures that pop out by pressing buttons on the model.

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Other Star Wars Day 2025 sets with discounts include the Rebel U-Wing Starfighter and Jango Fett's Starship for $60 (was $70) each. Jango Fett's Helmet, another Star Wars Day release, is $65 (was $70). Two Walmart-exclusive Star Wars Day sets, Kylo Ren's Helmet and his Command Shuttle, are available in a bundle together for $98 (was $140). Walmart also has the Darth Maul Mech bundled with the Sith Infiltrator for $62 (was $88). The Darth Maul Mech launched in June. Both of those are makeshift bundles, but Walmart also has an official Lego Star Wars 3-in-1 Gift Set Bundle for $45.

Amazon also has a few sets that launched over the summer for below MSRP. The Battle Droid with STAP 1,088-piece model is $130 (was $140). Meanwhile, The Clone Wars V-19 Torrent Starfighter, which launched in August, is down to $52 (was $65). And if you haven't picked up your 2025 holiday calendar, the new Lego Star Wars Advent Calendar is on sale for $38 (was $45).

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For the first time since it began running its annual small-scale Rainbow Royale event to celebrate members of the LGBTQIA+ community four years ago, Fortnite skipped its Pride celebration in 2025.

For each year since 2021, Fortnite has held its annual Pride event, Rainbow Royale, sometime during the summer. It was never a particularly huge event, as it mainly consisted of a pile of free rainbow-colored items in the item shop, like the Take a 'Bow and The Dip emotes. In 2022, they even had a Pride-themed battle bus and a few quests that you could complete to unlock a cool weapon wrap and hammer pickaxe, and dropped a skin for DC's Dreamer, a transgender superhero, in the item shop as part of the celebration, but that was as involved as it ever got. The annual Pride event wasn't exactly a takeover, since it never involved gameplay changes in Battle Royale. Last year the whole thing was only a shop section, which popped up for a week in both June and September.

Fortnite used to celebrate Pride.

In 2025, though, Fortnite has skipped Rainbow Royale completely. For the first time since Epic introduced the event, Fortnite has made it to October without anything related to Rainbow Royale appearing in the game. None of the free Pride items have been available in the shop during this calendar year thus far. The Mazy skin, a paid cosmetic that is usually included in the Rainbow Royale shop section, has popped up in the item shop by itself on just one single day in 2025.

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Games based on Dungeons & Dragons aren't anything new, but it's no secret that Larian Studios' Baldur's Gate 3 did a lot to popularize video games in which you roll dice. In the wake of Baldur's Gate 3, Wizard of the Coast invested $1 billion into its gaming ecosystem, partnering with several different developers to create their own takes on D&D, such as Tactical Adventures' very D&D Fifth Edition-coded Solasta II and an unnamed, single-player D&D game from Star Wars Jedi director Stig Asmussen's new studio. Unless WotC does a mass cancellation (like the five D&D games canned just prior to the release of Baldur's Gate 3), we can expect quite a few D&D games over the next several years.

The next one is slated for this year: Demeo x Dungeons & Dragons: Battlemarked, a mouthful of a title for a fun four-player co-op game. If Baldur's Gate 3 is for folks who want something on par with the mechanical crunch of D&D Fifth Edition, then Battlemarked feels like the ideal choice for those who want something more approachable--a game to play with kids too young for something like Baldur's Gate 3, or other adults too busy to devote hours to a hobby as time-consuming as D&D.

GameSpot got an exclusive first look at Battlemarked, playing through two early levels alongside game director Gustav Stenmark and PR director Jamie Camargo. While I played as a Tiefling Rogue, Camargo played as an Elf Ranger, and Stenmark controlled two characters: a Dragonborn Paladin and Gnome Wizard. The first level we played through was a simple encounter between the party of heroic adventurers and a band of attacking goblins, while the second was the first floor of a multi-leveled dungeon crawl.

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I'm sorry, Redditor JR_Masterson, but a sequel to the 2006 stealth-action game Sneak King will probably never happen because the mascot was creepy as hell.

In an interview with Restaurant Business (via IGN), the burger chain's chief marketing officer Joel Yashinsky said that because rivals like McDonald's were dominating with a more family-friendly mascot, the eerier "Creepy King" had to go to maintain profitability.

"There were a number of learnings we had from creepy king," Yashinsky said. "And we've moved away from creepy king because he had limited appeal."

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A Song of Ice and Fire: Leatherette Box Set

$36.12 (was $85)

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A collectible box set of George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series is on sale for cheap at Amazon. As part of the retailer's Prime Big Deal Days early book sale, the leather-cloth-bound editions of all five novels in the fantasy series is discounted to only $36.12 (was $85). The 58% discount is the biggest price cut in two years. You need to be a Prime member to take advantage of this deal, otherwise the set will cost you $45.

Amazon also has a 50% discount on the similar J.R.R. Tolkien box set featuring The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings with leatherette covers and a display case.

A Song of Ice and Fire: Leatherette Box Set $36.12 (was $85)

Includes:

1. A Game of Thrones
2. A Clash of Kings
3. A Storm of Swords
4. A Feast for Crows
5. A Dance with Dragons

These handsome editions of Martin's best-selling novels are bound in leatherette. Each one is a different color, though all five share a unified, minimalist design. The front covers and spines feature the title in a decorative box and George R.R. Martin's logo in the center. The set comes with the display box shown above.

The leatherette editions of ASOIAF are roughly the same size as the mass market paperbacks, though they are understandably higher-quality books. Just keep in mind that these pocket-sized editions, which are roughly 4 x 6 inches, have small text. If you're reading Game of Thrones for the first time, we'd generally recommend the trade paperback or hardcover editions. But if you're used to reading mass market paperbacks, you probably won't be bothered by the size of the leatherette editions.

All told, you're getting 5,280 pages of superb fantasy fiction for only $36, which breaks down to roughly $7 per book.

Get deal at Amazon A Song of Ice and Fire Hardcover Editions (Random House)

A Dance with Dragons was published way back in 2011, and it remains unclear when The Winds of Winter will be published--if it releases at all. Not to mention the seventh and final book, A Dream of Spring. Even with the uncertainty surrounding future books, A Song of Ice and Fire is still worth reading. It's one of the best fantasy series of the last 30 years.

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Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 arrives on November 14, but you can already go hands-on with the game during the BO7 beta. You'll want to adjust some of the game settings to improve your aim and movement, and there's also an intelligent movement setting to help with Black Ops 7's new wall jump mechanic. This guide covers recommended settings for controllers, graphics, and audio settings in the Black Ops 7 menus.

Optimal settings are always going to be subjective, but here we detail our preferred options for console players on PS4/PS5 and Xbox One/Xbox Series X|S.

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Rockstar Games has announced plans for how Grand Theft Auto V will celebrate Halloween, and there is a lot of spooky content on tap.

To begin with, the Cayo Perico Survival and Ludendorff Cemetery Survival modes are back, but with a zombie twist for Halloween. Players will face off against "tides of zombies" in these locations, along with "hulking juggernauts, armored conquistadors, splitters, possessed animals and their trainers, zombie DJs, and more," Rockstar said.

Halloween comes to GTA Online.

The Cayo Perico Survival mode pays out double GTA$ and RP now through October 8, while the Ludendorff Cemetery Survival mode pays triple rewards October 23-November 5.

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Amazon has revealed the next batch of PC games that'll be coming to Prime Gaming in October, and this month, you can torment some souls, join the bite club of Vampire: the Masquerade, and journey back into the wasteland of Fallout.

Right now, you can grab the retro-inspired action game DragonStrike and check out some classic survival-horror with Tormented Souls. Later this month, you can continue the fight against alien invaders in the tactical-RPG XCOM 2 and prepare for the arrival of Vampire the Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 with a visual-novel game set in the same universe, called Reckoning of New York.

Fallout fans can also download two of the best games in the series--Fallout 3 and New Vegas--when they arrive later this month.

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Developers at independent studio ZA/UM, the team behind the critically acclaimed RPG Disco Elysium, have formed a union that was recognized by the United Kingdom's games industry, marking a first in the country.

In an October 2 blog post on the Independent Workers Union of Great Britain (IWGB) Game Workers website, chairperson Spring McParlin-Jones and organizing officer Eugenia Peruzzo expressed excitement about this development. It's a big deal, after all, particularly because ZA/UM's recognized union could provide hope for other developers in the UK looking to gain collective power.

As the blog post noted, this is an "exciting milestone for workers industry-wide" that will give employees and management the appropriate means to negotiate workplace-related matters revolving around mental health, financial stability, and social livelihoods. ZA/UM will elect a committee of workplace representatives--with the IWGB support--to discuss the team's concerns. In essence, ZA/UM developers will now have the power.

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Fortnite's upcoming Halloween event will have some additional star power behind it, with celebrity singer Doja Cat joining the fray as a boss for Fortnitemares.

Doja Cat appeared on Wednesday's episode of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, during which she was quizzed on the names of apparent Fortnite skins to guess whether they were real or fake. The last skin named in the challenge directly led to the reveal of Doja Cat's Fortnite character, which features her likeness: The Mother of Thorns, described as a "trickster, enchantress, and sorceress."

The Tonight Show segment ended with Doja Cat sitting on a real-life replica of The Mother of Thorns' throne. Along with being an NPC boss in Fortnitemares 2025, which is expected to kick off on October 9, Fortnite leaker NotPaloleaks reports on X that Doja Cat cosmetics, including two skins and two emotes, will be on the Fortnite Shop.

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Borderlands 4 just received a major update on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S that buffs the game's four Vault Hunters to make their many builds more viable.

Developer Gearbox Software took to the game's official website on October 2 to detail the latest update. In the blog post, the studio said the focus was to create "greater build diversity by adjusting underperforming skills." This includes tweaks like buffing the Forgeknight Amon in general so he's as strong as the other Vault Hunters, increasing the Exo-Soldier Rafa's summons and the Siren Vex's melee power to make those builds better in the endgame, and adjusting the Gravitar Harlowe's Stasis ability to ensure it's "getting value" for you.

While sending the Vault Hunters to the gym for strength training is the main highlight of this new update, Gearbox Software also made some other changes to the looter-shooter. This includes buffing the weekly Big Encore boss, moving Maurice’s Black Market Vending Machine and altering its available offerings, and adding an auto-clearing of Borderlands 4's stale shaders to prevent performance degradation on some PCs.

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The Halo TV series didn't work out and was canceled after two seasons, but if you're curious and have a Netflix subscription, you're in luck. Both seasons of the sci-fi series are out now on Netflix.

The debut of the Halo series on Netflix seems to be proving popular, as the show has reached No. 4 on the most-popular TV show chart in the US today, October 2. The Top 10 list is ranked by views, and you can read more about how the data is calculated on Netflix's blog.

Season 1 had nine episodes, with Season 2 delivering eight, for a total of 17. The show stars Pablo Schreiber as Master Chief, Natascha McElhone as Halsey, and Jen Taylor as Cortana.

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Minority Report Limited Edition Steelbook (4K Blu-ray)

$37 | Releases December 9

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Minority Report (4K Blu-ray)

$31 | Releases December 9

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Minority Report is one of the more interesting films that Steven Spielberg directed, and soon Spielberg, Tom Cruise, and Philip K. Dick fans will be able to watch the 2002 dark sci-fi film on 4K Blu-ray. Slated for December 9, the 4K restoration is available to preorder now at Amazon. Minority Report Limited Edition Steelbook is listed for $37, while the standard 4K Blu-ray edition is $31.

Heads up: At the time of writing, Minority Report's Steelbook Edition is the No. 1 best-selling movie on Amazon, so you may want to secure your preorder sooner rather later. The Steelbook Edition of Catch Me If You Can, another Spielberg movie releasing on 4K Blu-ray December 9, is the No. 2 best-selling movie on Amazon.

Minority Report Limited Edition Steelbook (4K Blu-ray) $37 | Releases December 9

The Steelbook Edition features the same front cover as the standard Blu-ray release from 2010. On the back, you'll find the emblem of the Precrime department, while the interior art is a screenshot of Tom Cruise as he works on his case via his gesture-controlled PC. This is a two-disc set consisting of the film on a 4K Blu-ray and special features on a standard Blu-ray disc. A voucher for the digital edition is also included.

The 4K version of the film supports Dolby Vision and HDR10, and it has enhanced sound with a DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 track. The special features are all inherited from the previous Blu-ray release, and they include a look at how Spielberg imagined the future, the props used in the film, pre-visualization sequences, storyboards, and more.

Preorder at Amazon Minority Report (4K Blu-ray) $31 | Releases December 9

The standard 4K Blu-ray is identical to the steelbook edition, save for the cover. This one utilizes one of the Minority Report posters from its theatrical run for the cover, but otherwise, you're getting the same special featureson the included standard Blu-ray disc, and a digital streaming code.

Preorder at Amazon Minority Report Limited Edition SteelbookMinority Report Special Features

• Minority Report: Future realized
• Minority Report: Props of the future
• Inside the world of precrime
• Philip K. Dick, Steven Spielberg, and Minority Report
• The Future according to Steven Spielberg
• Deconstructing Minority Report
• The stunts of Minority Report
• Highlights from Minority Report: From the set featurette
• Minority Report: Commercials of the Future featurette
• Pre-visualization sequences
• From story to screen
• ILM and Minority Report
• Final Report featurette
• Production concepts
• Storyboard sequences
• Original trailers

Set in the year 2054, Minority Report follows Sprezzatura, a detective working for the "Precrime" special unit of the Washington DC police department. Thanks to a trio of precognitive siblings, the Precrime division has been able to stop murders before they take place, arresting the would-be killers in the process. After Anderton is identified as the future killer of a man he's never met before, he goes on the run to uncover the identity behind his potential victim,

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