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• EA Buys Titanfall And Its Developer, Respawn; New Titanfall Game Coming

  09-11-2017 23:58 via gamespot.com
  
  Although Respawn Entertainment, the developer responsible for the Titanfall series, has worked primarily with Electronic Arts since its inception, it wasn't actually owned by EA. That changes today, as EA has announced it has acquired the California-based developer and the Titanfall IP along with it.EA has served as the publisher of Respawn's games so far, including last year's Titanfall 2. The studio is currently at work on a new Titanfall game (a fact that was confirmed today), a third-person
  
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• Mother questions why 14-year-old son fatally shot by officer

  09-11-2017 23:55 via yahoo.com
  MILWAUKEE (AP) — Family members of a 14-year-old boy fatally shot by a sheriff's deputy on a northern Wisconsin reservation questioned on Thursday why the teen, who they describe as loving and kind, was gunned down.
  
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• Hundreds Of Students Flood Senate Building To Protest For Dream Act

  09-11-2017 23:52 via yahoo.com
  On Thursday, hundreds of students across the country walked out of class to demand that Congress take swift action to protect young undocumented immigrants from deportation.
  
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• PUBG Publisher Announces New Game, And It's Totally Different

  09-11-2017 23:46 via gamespot.com
  
  After basically conquering the world with PUBG, what's next for the game's publisher, Bluehole Studios? Something completely different. The Korean company today announced Ascent: Infinite Realm, a steampunk MMORPG. The game is being made by Kakao Games (Tera) and is published by Bluehole.Infinite Air is described by Bluehole as a "groundbreaking" MMO, with a setting that mixes steampunk and high-fantasy. There are five classes, including Warlord, Sorceress, Gunslinger, Assassin, and Mystic. Each
  
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• Nintendo Switch Quietly Introduces Its First Video Streaming App In The US

  09-11-2017 23:39 via gamespot.com
  
  Despite the fact that both Wii and Wii U offered video streaming apps for services like Netflix, Nintendo Switch launched without them. For its part, the company said it was focused on making Switch a solid games system and that such apps could come later, but firm plans were never revealed. Now, the US is finally getting its first Switch video app, some eight months after its initial launch.As always, Nintendo has sent out its weekly press release detailing the games releasing on the Eshop in t
  
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• New South Park Game Warns You To Not Play Due To Microtransactions

  09-11-2017 23:36 via gamespot.com
  
  Nearly every one of the 283 episodes of South Park that has aired over the last 20 years started out with an identical disclaimer. If you're ever tuned in before the show's intro, you know the one: the white-text-on-black-background message warning people of poor impressions and foul language, punctuated with the statement, "Due to its content, it should not be viewed by anyone." With the release of the franchise's new mobile game, South Park: Phone Destroyer, we now have a new version of that d
  
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• New Star Wars Movie Trilogy Being Developed By Rian Johnson

  09-11-2017 23:31 via gamespot.com
  
  Disney has announced that Star Wars: The Last Jedi director Rian Johnson is returning to the franchise to develop a new trilogy of films after the release of Star Wars: Episode IX. Additionally, Johnson will also write and direct the first installment of the new trilogy.The announcement shows exactly what Disney has planned for the series after the ninth film in the Skywalker saga (Episodes I through IX). According to StarWars.com, this new trilogy will be separate from that saga, introducing ne
  
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• Roy Moore scandal in Alabama might slow Bannon’s insurgency, GOP leaders hope

  09-11-2017 23:30 via yahoo.com
  When Steve Bannon backed Roy Moore in the Republican Senate primary in Alabama, it looked like a shrewd move, and Bannon said his target was the Senate Majority Leader. Now that Moore’s candidacy is in question, so is Bannon’s influence.
  
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• It Sure Seems Like Paul Manafort Is Misleading A Federal Judge So He Can Winter In Florida

  09-11-2017 23:30 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON ― A lawyer for Paul Manafort, the former Donald Trump campaign manager who was indicted on federal charges last week, told a judge on Monday that Manafort is working with a company in Florida that’s developing secure, “virtually indestructible” cellphones.
  
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• 11 Movie Supervillains Who Were Very Bad At Being Bad

  09-11-2017 23:21 via gamespot.com
  
  There have been some great supervillains in recent years--think Thor's Loki, Daredevil's Wilson Fisk, or Spider-man: Homecoming's Vulture. Nevertheless, one of the biggest complaints about modern superhero movies is that the villains are rarely as interesting as the heroes. Their evil plans are often very similar (destroying the Earth is a favorite) and too many superhero showdowns rely more on dazzling CGI and not enough on characterisation for their bad guys.But which are the very worst? Let'
  
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• Veterans Day 2017: When is it and how does the US mark it?

  09-11-2017 23:18 via yahoo.com
  It also coincides with other holidays, including Armistice Day and Remembrance Day, which are celebrated in other countries to mark the end of World War I.The US previously observed Armistice Day, but the holiday was was renamed Veterans Day in 1954.Veterans Day is observed annually on November 11.
  
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• Exclusive: Lebanon believes Saudi holds Hariri, demands his return

  09-11-2017 23:17 via yahoo.com
  By Laila Bassam and Tom PerryBEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon believes Saad al-Hariri is being held in Saudi Arabia, from where he resigned as Lebanese prime minister, two top government officials in Beirut said, amid a deepening crisis pushing Lebanon onto the frontlines of a power struggle between Saudi Arabia and Iran.A third source, a senior politician close to Saudi-allied Hariri, said Saudi Arabia had ordered him to resign and put him under house arrest.A fourth source familiar with the situatio
  
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• New Star Wars Live-Action TV Show Announced

  09-11-2017 23:06 via gamespot.com
  
  In addition to a new Star Wars movie trilogy from writer/director Rian Johnson, Disney today announced a new live-action Star Wars TV show. The show was announced during Disney's earnings call today. CEO Bob Iger also announced TV shows based on Monsters Inc. and High School Musical, and an unnamed Marvel series. All of these will be released through Disney's streaming service, which launches in 2019.Wall Street Journal journalist Ben Fritz reported this from the earnings call today. This is als
  
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• Black Panther Character Posters Introduce Wakanda's Royal Family

  09-11-2017 23:01 via gamespot.com
  
  With Marvel preparing to unleash Black Panther in theaters in early 2018, a series of character posters have been revealed, introducing the world to the royal family of Wakanda and the movie's key players. The posters go a long way in not only establishing the characters fans will meet in the film, but illustrate how different Black Panther will be visually from the rest of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.The different look of the movie is something that's already been partially established in tra
  
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• O.J. Simpson Reportedly Banned From Cosmopolitan Hotel in Vegas After Becoming 'Extremely Unruly'

  09-11-2017 23:00 via yahoo.com
  Simpson has been out of prison for a little more than a month.
  
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• Angry mob lights baby elephant on fire with flaming tar ball in horrific photo

  09-11-2017 22:58 via yahoo.com
  A horrific photo of a mother and baby elephant fleeing an angry mob in West Bengal, India, has won the top award in a wildlife photography competition.
  
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• Russian Twitter trolls downplayed bad Trump news while attacking Clinton, analysis reveals

  09-11-2017 22:53 via yahoo.com
  Russian Twitter accounts operating during the 2016 election regularly sought to insulate Donald Trump from damaging news and highlight criticisms of Hillary Clinton, an analysis has found.Social media’s role as a vessel for Russian election meddling was the focus of high-profile hearings on Capitol Hill last week, where Congress members grilled tech executives about the extent of Russian efforts.Twitter shared a list of hundreds of Russian operatives, which was later released to the public
  
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• German killer nurse's suspected victims pass 100

  09-11-2017 22:46 via yahoo.com
  A German nurse who used lethal drugs on patients out of "boredom" is responsible for the deaths of 106 people, investigators said Thursday, noting the toll could rise further as more bodies are studied.Niels Hoegel, 41, was convicted in 2015 of two murders and four counts of attempted murder or causing bodily harm on intensive-care patients at the Delmenhorst hospital near the northern city of Bremen.More deaths may still be uncovered with toxicology studies under way for five other cases, and e
  
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• Texas church pastor wants to demolish building after shooting: official

  09-11-2017 22:39 via yahoo.com
  The pastor of the Texas church that was the scene of the United States' latest mass shooting wants to demolish the building to create a memorial for the victims, an official said Thursday.Pastor Frank Pomeroy, whose 14-year-old daughter Annabelle was among those killed Sunday at the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs told national church governing officials of his wishes earlier this week.Resuming services in the same small rural church building would be an "emotional and physical imposs
  
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• Lebanese PM's fate in doubt amid Saudi-Lebanon escalation

  09-11-2017 22:36 via yahoo.com
  BEIRUT (AP) — Saudi Arabia on Thursday ordered its citizens out of Lebanon in its first concrete action against the Mediterranean country, while officials in Beirut demanded the immediate return of Prime Minister Saad Hariri, who abruptly announced his resignation last week in a television appearance from the kingdom, where he has been holed up since.
  
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• Overwatch Free Weekend Coming Up

  09-11-2017 22:32 via gamespot.com
  
  The next Overwatch free weekend is coming up soon. Blizzard today announced that the hero shooter will be playable completely free on Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC next weekend, running November 17-20. It kicks off November 17 at 11 AM PT and runs through November 20 at 11:59 PM PT. All 26 heroes and 16 maps will be playable, Blizzard said. Presumably this includes Moira and Blizzard World, the new hero and map announced last week at BlizzCon. All modes are playable, including Quick Play, Cust
  
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• Rand Paul's accused attacker pleads not guilty to assault

  09-11-2017 22:19 via yahoo.com
  Rene Boucher, 59, waived the formal reading of the charge at a hearing in Bowling Green, Kentucky, Warren County Attorney Amy Milliken said by telephone.Boucher, the Republican senator's neighbor, is charged with fourth-degree assault causing minor injury, for which he faces up to a year in jail if convicted.Paul, 54, told police that Boucher came onto his property in a gated community near Bowling Green and tackled him from behind, the Bowling Green Daily News reported, citing an arrest warrant
  
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• Aaron Hernandez Had Most Severe CTE Ever Found For Someone His Age, Researchers Say

  09-11-2017 22:16 via yahoo.com
  Former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez had the most severe case of chronic traumatic encephalopathy ever discovered in someone his age, researchers at the Boston University School of Medicine disclosed at a conference Thursday.
  
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• Walmart's Black Friday Sale: All The Nintendo Switch, PS4, And Xbox One Deals Revealed

  09-11-2017 22:13 via gamespot.com
  
  Walmart has released its flyer for Black Friday, and as expected it contains tons of sales on consoles and games. The sale starts at 6 PM local time on Thanksgiving (November 23) in stores, and at 12:01 on Friday, November 24 online.Right on the front page, you'll see you can pick up a Nintendo Switch, suggesting Walmart has it in stock, but at the full price of $299. You can also pick up a PlayStation 4 (1 TB) for $199, and an Xbox One (500 GB) for $189. Tons of accessories are on sale too, lik
  
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• PUBG Desert Map Shown Off In New Screenshots

  09-11-2017 22:06 via gamespot.com
  
  We've known for some time now that PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds is getting a new desert map, but publisher Bluehole has revealed few details about it. While the studio still hasn't given any indication of when the map will go live, fans have a few new screenshots to look over in the meantime.PlayerUnknown himself, Brendan Greene, showed off the new screens on Twitter today. "The team at our office in Madison [Wisconsin] have been working hard on our new desert map," the tweet begins. Greene the
  
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• Spelunker Party Review

  09-11-2017 22:00 via gamespot.com
  
  When you bring up "difficult games," the first thing that comes to mind for many Japanese players isn't Dark Souls, but the NES game Spelunker, thanks to the many ridiculous ways that the game's hero can die very, very easily. This notoriety has given Spelunker a cult following big enough for developer Tozai Games and publisher Square-Enix to reimagine it on modern platforms--while implementing all the little idiosyncrasies that made Spelunker so infamous in the first place.The game follows Spel
  
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• 4 Women Accused Roy Moore Of Sexual Misconduct. GOP Senators Need More Proof.

  09-11-2017 21:59 via yahoo.com
  On Thursday, The Washington Post published a bombshell report with the stories of four women who say that Roy Moore, the Republican nominee in the Alabama Senate race, pursued them sexually when he was in his 30s and they were between the ages of 14 and 18.
  
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• Former Bodyguard Says Russian Offered To Send Women To Trump's Moscow Hotel Room: Report

  09-11-2017 21:58 via yahoo.com
  The existence of the famed Russian “pee tape” may remain shrouded in mystery, but a former bodyguard for President Donald Trump reportedly has confirmed Trump was given the opportunity to host five women in his Moscow hotel room in 2013.
  
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• Sebastian Gorka, Ex-Trump Aide Known For Anti-Islamic Views, Set To Join Fox News

  09-11-2017 21:40 via yahoo.com
  Sebastian Gorka, the endlessly controversial former aide to President Donald Trump, has been hired by Fox News.
  
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• Amid Lebanon crisis, France's Macron flies to Riyadh to see crown prince

  09-11-2017 21:40 via yahoo.com
  Macron, who flew in from a visit to the United Arab Emirates, had earlier declined to discuss a wave of high-level arrests for corruption in Saudi Arabia, but said it was vital to work with the kingdom for the stability of the region.Two top Lebanese government officials said on Thursday that Riyadh was holding Lebanon's Saad al-Hariri captive and a third told Reuters that the Saudi authorities had ordered Hariri to resign while he was in Riyadh last weekend, and put him under house arrest.
  
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• Billionaire investor doubles funding for Trump impeachment campaign

  09-11-2017 21:39 via yahoo.com
  Tom Steyer is showing what happens when bottomless pockets meet limitless anger against Donald Trump.The liberal mega donor announced he was adding $10 million to his effort to see Mr Trump impeached, funding a pair of new television spots calling for the President’s removal from office.Mr Steyer had already poured $10 million into the effort, bankrolling spots warning that the President “is a clear and present danger who is mentally unstable and armed with nuclear weapons”.
  
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• GOP figures call on Moore to leave Alabama race after allegations of sexual misconduct

  09-11-2017 21:19 via yahoo.com
  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and a slew of other Republicans called on Senate candidate Roy Moore of Alabama to “step aside” if new allegations that he had sexual contact with a 14-year-old girl — in 1979, when he was 32 — are true.
  
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• 5 Women Accuse Louis C.K. Of Sexual Misconduct

  09-11-2017 21:17 via yahoo.com
  The New York Times released a damning report Thursday detailing multiple allegations of sexual misconduct against comedian Louis C.K., who had disputed rumors of such troubling behavior for years, most recently in September.
  
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• Sen. Rand Paul's neighbor pleads not guilty in attack

  09-11-2017 21:13 via yahoo.com
  BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Rand Paul's longtime neighbor pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges that he assaulted the Kentucky Republican while the senator was mowing his lawn.
  
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• Here Are the Best Black Friday Deals That Are Leaked Online

  09-11-2017 21:11 via yahoo.com
  If you haven't made a game plan yet, you're already behind.
  
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• Mark Cuban again speaks to a potential 2020 bid: I'd have to convince my wife

  09-11-2017 21:08 via yahoo.com
  Mark Cuban continued to speak to the possibility of his running for president on Thursday, this time noting his wife's reaction to such a future political endeavor.
  
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• Where Could North Korea Strike the US?

  09-11-2017 21:03 via yahoo.com
  It's a fiendishly tricky question.
  
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• Star Wars: The Last Jedi Won't Answer All Of Your Burning Questions

  09-11-2017 21:03 via gamespot.com
  
  In the aftermath of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, there were many questions on the minds of fans. Revisiting the Star Wars universe after so many years--and even longer if you pretend the prequels never happened--may have given hints at life in the galaxy after Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi, but there are still many more questions to address?Who are Rey's (Daisy Ridley) parents? What, exactly, has Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) been doing since the fall of the Empire? Why was the MacG
  
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• Shadows: Awakening - Dungeon Crawling Gameplay

  09-11-2017 21:00 via gamespot.com
  
  Take a look at this ARPG while we sling spells around and get cool loot in this gameplay.
  
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• Macron arrives in Riyadh on surprise visit

  09-11-2017 20:55 via yahoo.com
  Macron, on his debut visit to the Middle East, made the surprise announcement at a news conference in Dubai that he would meet Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.Macron's talks with Prince Mohammed will cover Iran and Yemen, where Saudi Arabia and its allies have imposed a complete blockade in the wake of a missile attack last Saturday by Tehran-backed Huthi rebels."I've heard some very hard positions" taken by Saudi Arabia against Iran, said Macron, adding it was important to speak to all sides a
  
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• Louis C.K. Cancels Appearances as 'New York Times' Drops Bombshell Report of Sexual Misconduct

  09-11-2017 20:51 via yahoo.com
  Rumors of inappropriate behavior have been swirling around him for years.
  
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• Ex-Airman Sentenced to Life for Murdering the 4-Year-Old Son He Had Just Met

  09-11-2017 20:49 via yahoo.com
  A former airman was sentenced on Monday in Colorado to life in prison for the murder of his 4-year-old son, whom he had only recently met, PEOPLE confirms
  
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• Zelda: Breath Of The Wild Update Adds Free Xenoblade Chronicles 2 DLC Armor

  09-11-2017 20:45 via gamespot.com
  
  The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild's second major DLC expansion is still on the way, but before then players can pick up a new set of DLC gear. The Xenoblade Chronicles 2-crossover armor is now available for free to all players, provided you can find it.Nintendo announced the DLC earlier this week during a Xenoblade-focused Direct presentation. The gear is modeled after the costume that protagonist Rex wears in Xenoblade Chronicles 2. Like previous DLC armor sets, you'll need to acquire eac
  
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• Backlash Erupts Against DJ After He Says Roy Halladay 'Got What He Deserves' in Plane Crash

  09-11-2017 20:40 via yahoo.com
  Michael Felger made the comment in reaction to a video that shows Halladay making low dives before the crash.
  
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• Trump Follows China's Lead On Press Freedom, Doesn't Take Questions From Reporters

  09-11-2017 20:39 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON ― President Donald Trump, whose presidential campaign featured plenty of tough talk about China, took a more cordial tone with Chinese President Xi Jinping while visiting Xi’s country this week.
  
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• Republicans Say Roy Moore Should Withdraw From Senate Race If Allegations Are True

  09-11-2017 20:39 via yahoo.com
  Republicans distanced themselves from GOP Alabama Senate nominee Roy Moore on Thursday after a woman alleged that the controversial judge sexually assaulted her when she was 14 years old.
  
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• The Inner World: The Last Wind Monk - Adventure Gameplay

  09-11-2017 20:30 via gamespot.com
  
  We get our classic adventure on and solve some puzzles in The Last Wind Monk.
  
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• Frenchman thrown off Costa Cruise liner in Indian Ocean after leading 'mutiny' over cancelled stops

  09-11-2017 20:16 via yahoo.com
  A French passenger was thrown off a luxury cruise liner in the Indian Ocean for staging a "mutiny" after the captain cancelled two island stops and gave appalled customers €150 (£133) to spend on board by way of recompense. It was supposed to be a dream cruise around the "Vanilla islands" of Madagascar, Maurice, Reunion and the Seychelles on the Costa neoRiviera liner. But Alain Jan, a 53-year old French chef who boarded the huge boat with his wife at the French islands of la Reunion
  
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• Man breaks woman's neck after she rejects his marriage proposal

  09-11-2017 20:13 via yahoo.com
  A man has been charged with murder after desecrating the body of a young woman who turned down his marriage proposal.Christopher Tucker, a 34-year-old from Pennsylvania, allegedly murdered 19-year-old Tara Serino after she turned down his marriage proposal, telling him that she was sleeping with other men.After the rejection, Ms Serino reportedly made an off-hand comment that Mr Tucker should kill her.
  
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• Hey Arnold: The Jungle Movie Trailer Packs In Nostalgia Ahead Of Thanksgiving Release

  09-11-2017 20:08 via gamespot.com
  
  It's been 13 years since Hey Arnold ended on Nickelodeon. However, one of the show's biggest mysteries was never solved: What happened to Arnold's parents?Thankfully, it looks like that question will finally get an answer. Hey Arnold is back, thanks to a new movie premiering on Nickelodeon. Hey Arnold: The Jungle Movie sends the kid with a football-shaped head into the jungle with his friends to locate the last place his mom and dad were seen.A new trailer for the movie has been released, promis
  
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