When Fortnite dropped its Simpsons mini-season earlier this month, dataminers discovered evidence that a SpongeBob collaboration was also on the horizon. Now, reports suggest Fortnite's plans with Paramount go beyond just SpongeBob, with "many" other Paramount franchises lined up for the battle royale game.

Alongside the Simpsons season launch on November 1, Epic introduced the new Sidekicks feature to Fortnite--small pet or minion creatures that follow players around. Regular Fortnite leaker SamLeakss has now reported that "many" Paramount-owned characters will soon be coming to the game as Sidekicks.

There's no information yet on the characters or series that might be included, but Paramount has a huge roster of popular franchises, with its portfolio including both Nickelodeon and Comedy Central. Some of its biggest series include SpongeBob SquarePants, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Transformers, South Park, Dora the Explorer, and Paw Patrol--though it seems unlikely that the franchises aimed at younger kids will be added to a video game like Fortnite.

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It's coming up to a decade since Nintendo released Star Fox Zero for the Wii U in 2016. But if Nintendo won't get around to it, someone else has something very similar. Giles Goddard--one of the programmers of the original Star Fox--is working on Wild Blue Skies, a new on-rails sky shooter that looks and feels a lot like his former franchise.

IGN debuted the new gameplay video for Wild Blue Skies, which covers the entirety of the second stage, Hurricane. It's enough to give you Star Fox 64 flashbacks as Bowie Stray, an anthropomorphic pilot dog, leads his squadron--Chuck, Roe, and Thorne--into battle during a raging storm. And it gives us enough of the new team's personalities that we can say Thorne is definitely the Slippy Toad of this group.

Goddard and his team at Chuhai Labs keep up the banter between Bowie and his group throughout the stage. And when Boss--that is his name--shows up to fight them at the end of the level, even he gets in on the chatter. The final version of the game will feature multiple biomes for the team to fly over, and Bowie can already do a Fox McCloud-style barrel roll.

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Silent Hill f Day One Edition (Amazon-Exclusive)

$50 (was $70)

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Silent Hill f Standard Edition

$50 (was $70)

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The Silent Hill series saw its first all-new entry in the series earlier this year with Silent Hill f. The game expands the series' narrative scope with a new setting, new characters, and overhauled gameplay systems that make of one of the scariest games of the year. And while the game only recently launched back in late September, it's already on sale thanks to early Black Friday discounts at Amazon and Best Buy. You can pick up the Amazon-exclusive Silent Hill f Day One Edition for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X for $50 (originally $70), which includes with a double-sided poster featuring art from the game and some digital bonuses. Meanwhile, at Best Buy, you can pick up the Silent Hill f standard edition, which is also down to $50 (was $70).

Silent Hill f Day One Edition (Amazon-Exclusive) $50 (was $70)

The Day One Edition is exclusive to Amazon and includes a physical poster and a handful of extra in-game items. The cover art also features an emblem in the upper left denoting it's the Day One Edition. Here's what you'll get:

• Silent Hill f base game
• A double-sided poster featuring protagonist Shimizu Hanako
• White Sailor School Uniform
• Peony Umamori
• Item Pack: Shriveled Abura-age, Divine Water, and First-aid Kit

Amazon's deal applies to the PS5 and Xbox Series X versions of the game.

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The Silent Hill f standard edition doesn't include the bonuses from the Day One Edition, but you're at least getting the full game at a $20 discount thanks to Best Buy's deal, which applies to both the PS5 and Xbox Series X physical versions. Since it's the same price as the Day One Edition, we recommend going for the standard edition only if the Day One Edition sells out at Amazon.

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Silent Hill f captures the challenging, claustrophobic gameplay and dreary, macabre settings the series is known for, but moves the horror from the U.S. to Japan for the first time. With a new story, setting, and combat mechanics, Silent Hill f is both a good place to start if you're new to the series, and a benchmark moving forward, according to GameSpot's review by Jessica Cogswell.

If you're looking for more survival horror deals, you can also grab the Silent Hill 2 Remake on PS5 for $30 (was $50) at both Amazon and Best Buy. Silent Hill titles are known for their deep exploration of human trauma fear, and Silent Hill 2 is the series' most apt example of this. As part of our best games of 2024 list, it expertly recaptured the original version's harrowing story, but with higher fidelity visuals, new voice acting, overhauled and expanded gameplay, and modern quality-of-life features.

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Lego Star Wars UCS Millennium Falcon

$765 (was $850) | 7,541 Pieces

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Lego Star Wars UCS Jabba's Sail Barge

$450 (was $500) | 3,942 Pieces

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Lego Star Wars UCS Jango Fett's Firespray-Class Starship

$270 (was $300) | 2,970 Pieces

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Lego Star Wars collectors can secure rare discounts on three Ultimate Collector Series models during Walmart's Black Friday sale. The enormous and intricately designed UCS Millennium Falcon is discounted to $765 (was $850). The 7,541-piece display model is one of the five largest building sets by piece count in Lego history. You can also save $50 on Jabba's Sail Barge, the 3,943-piece replica of The Khetanna from Return of the Jedi. On the "budget" side of Lego Star War UCS is the 2,970-piece Jango Fett's Firespray-Class Starship, which released on Star Wars Day this year and is on sale for $270 (was $300).

On the actual budget side of Star Wars Lego sets, Walmart's sale features several great smaller models for up to 50% off. The 654-piece Tantive IV Starship is up for grabs for only $40 (was $80). You could pair it with Boarding the Tantive IV, a Lego Star Wars diorama featured in Walmart's and Amazon's Black Friday Lego sale for $38.49 (was $55). Walmart is the only retailer outside of the Lego Store that sells the 630-piece Executor Super Star Destroyer, which is also discounted to $40 (was $70).

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Gaming Laptops on sale at Amazon

Get a portable powerhouse in these early Black Friday deals

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Several early Black Friday deals are live, and if you're looking to upgrade to a gaming laptop, Amazon is offering steep discounts on models from top brands like Asus, MSI, and Acer. While there are dozens of great models listed, we've gone ahead and selected five of the best gaming laptop deals in Amazon's sale in case you're looking for recommendations on where to start.

Some of the standout deals include the Asus ROG Strix G16 laptops. Amazon has two different configurations on sale, starting at $1,200 (was $1,500). The second model is on sale for and $1,424 (was $1,900). It has a Nebula Display with a 240Hz refresh rate. Both laptops are designed to make potential RAM and SSD upgrades simple with their easy-access shells.

The MSI Katana can handle a wide variety of games using its Intel Core i9 processor, Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop GPU, and 32GB of RAM. On sale for $1,370 (was $1,680), this is one of the powerhouse laptops on sale, and it features a rebuilt thermal system to help keep the hardware cooled during intense gaming sessions.

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