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Xbox Series X May Be Sold Out After Pre-orders But Microsoft Promises More Stock at Launch

It seems like only yesterday that we were ruminating on what went wrong with PS5 pre-orders, and here we are again. The Xbox Series X and Series S pre-orders didn’t quite go as planned for Microsoft, even after suggesting things would go much more smoothly than they did for Sony. The sudden rush of customers to retailers like Amazon, Best Buy, Walmart, and GameStop led to sites crashing and many people being left without a pre-order as stores sold out of the next-gen consoles within minutes. Target wouldn’t let some people actually add a console to their carts. Even The…
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Xbox Series X Pre-orders Are Going as Poorly as PS5

When Microsoft hinted last week that pre-ordering the Xbox Series X and Series S would be a much smoother process than the PS5 pre-order debacle, it probably should have checked with retailers first. So far, Xbox pre-orders are an absolute mess. Minutes after Xbox pre-orders went live at 11 am ET today, several retailers came crashing down, including the Microsoft Store itself, which seemed to collapse pretty much immediately. Target was taking pre-orders but refused to let some customers actually add a console to their carts. Best Buy and Amazon showed up late to the party, but listings either took…
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PS5 Pre-Orders From Amazon May Not Arrive at Launch

Some customers who pre-ordered a PlayStation 5 via Amazon are receiving emails that warn them they may not get their console when the PS5 is officially released on November 12. “We’re contacting you about your order of PlayStation 5 Console to let you know in advance that you may not receive this item on the day it is released due to high demand,” reads a copy of the email. “We’ll make every effort to get the item to you as soon as possible once released.” The above text is taken from an email received by an Amazon customer who ordered…
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Xbox Series X Pre-order Date and Time Confirmed After Chaotic PS5 Pre-orders

Microsoft has confirmed when Xbox fans will be able to pre-order an Xbox Series X or Series S. Players hoping to get their hands on one of the company’s next-gen consoles should be ready to pounce on digital storefronts on Tuesday, Sept. 22 at 11 am ET. Retailers that will begin taking pre-orders at that time include Amazon, Target, Walmart, Best Buy, Costco, GameStop, and Newegg. The details come from the Xbox PR via GamesBeat editor Jeff Grubb, who shared a screengrab of the Xbox Series X pre-order details on Twitter: From Xbox PR about preorders: pic.twitter.com/rqpSbbX1se— Jeff Grubb (@JeffGrubb)…
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PS5 Pre-orders Went Live Early, Breaking the Internet and Several Retailers

What should have been a very easy win for Sony turned into pure chaos on Wednesday evening. Just weeks after PlayStation worldwide marketing head Eric Lempel reassured gamers that Sony wouldn’t surprise announce PS5 pre-orders, it did exactly that after a digital showcase. Right after the event, which ended with the reveal of the console’s price and release date, Sony announced in a very matter-of-fact Twitter reply that pre-orders would be available “starting as early as tomorrow at select retailers.” PS5 pre-orders will be available starting as early as tomorrow at select retailers.— PlayStation (@PlayStation) September 16, 2020 Naturally, this…
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HBO Max Orders The Shining TV Series Spinoff, Overlook

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. Still, in times of social distancing and quarantine, it’s nice to see some work is getting done behind the scenes at HBO Max. Indeed, the incoming streaming service from WarnerMedia announced Thursday a bonanza of new shows they’re developing with J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot Productions—with Overlook, a spinoff of Stephen King’s The Shining, at the top of the list. Apparently intended to be a similar dive into the horror-filled imaginings of King as Hulu and Warner Bros. Television’s two seasons of Castle Rock on Hulu, Overlook is described as a…
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On the President’s Orders

The searing story of President Duterte's bloody campaign against drug dealers and addicts in the Philippines, told with unprecedented and intimate access to both sides of the war - the Manila police, and an ordinary family from the slum. Shot in the style of a thriller, this observational film combines the look and feel of a narrative feature film with a real life revelatory journalistic investigation into a campaign of killings. The film uncovers a murky world where crime, drugs and politics meet in a deathly embrace - and reveal that although the police have been publicly ordered to stop…
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