Originally set to arrive in 2020, Ghostbusters: Afterlife will finally premiere in theaters on November 19, 2021. In this sequel to the original Ghostbusters films, Jason Reitman will not only be directing a new generation of Ghostbusters actors like Finn Wolfhard, McKenna Grace, Carrie Coon, and Paul Rudd, but he is also welcoming back original cast members like Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson, Annie Potts, and Sigourney Weaver.

Considering this is one of the most-anticipated movies of the year, this guide will let you know how you can watch Ghostbusters: Afterlife, if it’s any good, and much more.

Ghostbusters: Afterlife Release Date

Ghostbusters: Afterlife will be released on November 19, 2021.

Where to Watch Ghostbusters: Afterlife

Ghostbusters: Afterlife will be released exclusively in theaters, meaning there will be no day-and-date release on any streaming platform.

Ghostbusters: Afterlife Trailer

You can watch the final Ghostbusters: Afterlife trailer right here:

What Is Ghostbusters: Afterlife?

Ghostbusters: Afterlife is set in the small town of Summerville, Oklahoma, and tells the story of Carrie Coon's Callie, a single mom who left Chicago with her two children after hearing of her long-estranged father's passing — a father she never even knew. When they settle in their new home, they quickly discover they are connected to a team of paranormal investigators named the Ghostbusters and that their father/grandfather may have been one of its key members.

As supernatural phenomena begin to occur, the family and their friends must solve a mystery linked to the relocation of their father/grandfather and use the equipment made famous by the Ghostbusters to save the town and possibly the world.

Directed by Jason Reitman, Ghostbusters: Afterlife is a follow-up to the events from 1984’s Ghostbusters and 1989’s Ghostbusters 2, which were both directed by Jason’s father Ivan Reitman.

“I’ve always thought of myself as the first Ghostbusters fan, when I was a 6-year-old visiting the set," Jason said in an interview with EW. "I wanted to make a movie for all the other fans. This is the next chapter in the original franchise. It is not a reboot. What happened in the '80s happened in the '80s, and this is set in the present day.”

How Long Is Ghostbusters: Afterlife?

Ghostbusters: Afterlife is two hours and four minutes long.

What Is Ghostbusters: Afterlife Rated?

Ghostbusters: Afterlife is rated PG-13 by the MPAA for “supernatural action and some suggestive references.”

Is Ghostbusters: Afterlife Good?

Ghostbusters: Afterlife has received relatively good reviews ahead of its premiere. It is currently sitting at 72% on Rotten Tomatoes and 59 on Metacritic. We were on the higher end in our Ghostbusters: Afterlife review, giving it a 9/10 and saying, “A delightfully lovely movie that will satisfy those who grew up with Ramis, Hudson, Murray, and Aykroyd, Ghostbusters: Afterlife will make youngsters fall just as in love with the new generation.”

Adam Bankhurst is a news writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @AdamBankhurst and on Twitch.

Do you have a Final Fantasy Tactics-shaped hole in your heart? If so, you’ll be pleased to know that Triangle Strategy is heading exclusively to Nintendo Switch on March 4, 2022. Published by Square Enix and developed by the team behind Octopath Traveler, Triangle Strategy is a modern take on a particular kind of fantasy strategy game. It’s now available to preorder at a variety of retailers.

Preorder Triangle Strategy

• Get it at Amazon – $59.99
• Get it at Best Buy – $59.99
• Get it at GameStop – $59.99
• Get it at Walmart – $59.99
• Get it on Nintendo eShop (digital) – $59.99

Formerly known at Project Triangle Strategy, this game has dropped "Project" from its title. And unlike many games these days, no special editions or preorder bonuses have been announced so far. So if you want to lock in a preorder, the only choice you have to make is your retailer of choice.

Triangle Strategy Demo

If you want to kick this game’s tires before throwing down money, you can download a demo of Triangle Strategy right now on the Nintendo eShop. Note this isn’t the final build of the game. In fact, Square Enix surveyed players of the demo in order to use the feedback to tweak the finished product.

• Get it on Nintendo eShop

No Preorder Bonus

So far, no preorder bonuses have been announced either by the publisher or by any of the retailers. If that changes, we’ll track it here.

What is Triangle Strategy?

Triangle Strategy is another of what Square Enix is calling “HD-2D” games. That means the art style is roughly 16-bit, harking back to the golden age of JRPGs, but the graphics use modern flourishes like 3D and tilt-shift effects. It comes together nicely, as anyone familiar with Octopath Traveler can attest.

This game is a throwback to the style of Final Fantasy Tactics. As such, it’s a turn-based strategy game that has you commanding a team of warriors on multi-tiered environments to take down opposing forces. Your characters’ position on the battlefield plays into their effectiveness as well, with higher-up forces getting increased range. You can also chain together elemental reactions, like using fire to melt ice in the environment and then using lightning on the water to inflict damage.

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MoviePass, the too-good-to-be-true theater ticket subscription service/venture capital nightmare, may be returning in some form. Business Insider reports that original cofounder Stacy Spikes has purchased the company back.

Spikes was granted ownership over MoviePass on Monday by a Southern District of New York bankruptcy court judge, with the purchase finalized on Wednesday. Spikes reportedly placed an undisclosed bid to the trustee handling the bankruptcy of Helios and Matheson Analytics, the company's previous owner who purchased MoviePass in 2017 as it struggled to stay afloat.

You can watch our video on MoviePass' demise below.

"We are thrilled to have it back and are exploring the possibility of relaunching soon," Spikes told Business Insider. "Our pursuit to reclaim the brand was encouraged by the continued interest from the moviegoing community. We believe, if done properly, theatrical subscription can play an instrumental role in lifting moviegoing attendance to new heights."

MoviePass imploded in incredible fashion back in 2019, thanks in part to a seemingly wildly unstable business model and subsequent (and dramatic) changes to that business model. These included price surging, removing popular movies from the app (I myself was jilted out of seeing Mission Impossible: Fallout at the last minute), even changing users' passwords to lock them out of the app. The pitch was genuinely astounding: Users originally only had to pay $7 a month to watch as many movies in theaters as they liked. When Helios and Matheson acquired MoviePass in 2017, the company launched a subscription tier for $10 a month to see one movie per day. Subscriber count skyrocketed from 20,000 to 100,000 in two days. At its peak, MoviePass boasted more than 3 million subscribers. Spikes, who says he raised concerns about the company's sustainability, was fired from in 2018.

Like all things too good to be true, this proved wildly unrealistic. After months and months of speculation, Helios and Matheson Analytics shut down MoviePass for good in September 2019.

Weirdly, MoviePass began teasing some sort of comeback earlier this year with a new website with the MoviePass name and featuring a mysterious countdown. It's unclear if this is part of Spikes' plan to revitalize the brand.

It's possible Spikes may have reacquired MoviePass for a comparatively modest sum. In the June 2020 bankruptcy auction for Helios and Matheson assets, Business Insider reports no competitive bids were made. The bankruptcy trustee set a minimum bid of $250,000, but Helios and Matheson listed the estimated value of MoviePass between $1 million and $10 million, according to Variety.

Spikes told Business Insider that he acquired MoviePass for less than the $250,000 minimum amount. Customer data and emails were not part of the sale, he added.

Spikes has launched a new website dubbed iwantmoviepass.com where users can submit their email for future notifications about the service.

In the years since MoviePass' demise, theater chains like AMC have started their own filmgoing subscription plans, like AMC Stubs A-List.

Joseph Knoop is a writer/producer/burned former MoviePass subscriber for IGN.

In celebration of the upcoming holidays, IGN, in partnership with Walmart, is hosting a QVC-style holiday shopping guide stream ahead of Black Friday, that will see our greatest deal experts going through Walmart's complete inventory to help you find the hottest game, movie, TV, toy, and tech gifts of 2021. The best part? You will be able to shop along with us and seamlessly add your favorite items to your own Walmart cart and check-out while watching.

IGN is carrying the stream and, as usual, this watch guide will provide you with everything you need to know to watch the show, including when it starts, a list of places you can watch it with us, and what you can expect to see.

IGN’s Shoppable Gift Guide Livestream Start Time

IGN’s Shoppable Gift Guide Livestream will take place on Tuesday, November 16 at 3pm PT/6pm ET/11pm GMT. If you are watching from Australia, that translates to November 17 at 9am AEST. The stream will last roughly 1.5 hours.

Where to Watch IGN’s Shoppable Gift Guide Livestream

If you’re interested in watching IGN’s Shoppable Gift Guide Livestream, we’ll be hosting it here and across our many channels on platforms like YouTube, Twitch, Twitter, Facebook, and more. Here’s the full list of places you can watch the deal extravaganza show with us:

• IGN.com (homepage)
• IGN's Facebook Channel
• IGN’s Twitter
• IGN's Twitch Channel
• IGN’s Youtube Channel
• IGN's TikTok
• IGN's iOS App
• IGN's Android App
• IGN's PlayStation 4 App
• IGN's Xbox One App
• Roku
• IGN App for Android TV
• IGN for Amazon Fire TV
• Apple TV
• IGN 1 on Samsung TV Plus
• Pluto TV
• Plex Live TV

What to Expect at the Upcoming IGN’s Shoppable Gift Guide Livestream

IGN’s Shoppable Gift Guide Livestream will be hosted by our very own IGN Deals guru Seth Macy and host extraordinaire Brian Altano. They will look through Walmart's expansive list of gift options to present clever and fun ideas that are sure to please even the most Grinchiest of recipients.

Not only will this let you get a jump start on your Black Friday shopping, but these items will go live on Walmart.com as we discuss them so everyone will have a fair shot at securing that which they desire most! As previously mentioned, you won't even have to leave IGN's stream as you will be able to add these items to your Walmart cart and checkout via a shopping platform called Talk Shop.

This shopping event will be cozy and just generally a "Good Vibes" time and will cover the best and most sought-after game, movie, TV, toy, and tech gifts of 2021.

If you can't wait to get your holiday shopping done, be sure to check out all of IGN's Holiday Gift Guides, including:

• Best gifts for Mom
• Best Marvel and DC gifts
• Best PlayStation gifts
• Best Nintendo gifts
• Best Xbox gifts
• Best toys and collectible gifts

Adam Bankhurst is a news writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @AdamBankhurst and on Twitch.

Most popular tabletop role-playing systems favor dice to determine whether or not the player’s actions succeed or fail. It was frustration with their arbitrary nature that lead the designer of What Next to create this, his very first game. It's a cooperative family adventure in which success is determined by a variety of dexterity challenges instead of dice.

There are three adventures of increasing difficulty to choose from: a wilderness rescue, a superhero yarn and a sci-fi escape tale.

What’s in the Box

The box of What Next is noteworthy in itself. Rather than a slide-off lid, it has a gatefold opening with a magnetic clasp. There’s an archway cut into the outer flap with a cartoon mural beneath that introduces your adventure. These kinds of boxes are common for smaller games, but this is a full-sized box and the effect is charming, like you’re being welcomed into a favorite novel.

Within there’s such an eclectic set of components that you could be forgiven in thinking you’d bought a design kit rather than a game. There are three boxes of cards, one for each adventure, each holding three decks of different sizes for locations, events and items. A paper bag holds a variety of blue plastic shapes, another holds irregular purple blocks made of sturdy foam. A drawstring bag holds an even more irregular set of yellow plastic pieces.

In terms of cardboard, you have to assemble three dials, one for each adventure, to track time. There’s also a long cardboard wedge, marked into areas, which goes with a wooden puck piece. It’s an intriguing collection that’ll pique your curiosity to see them in play.

Rules and How to Play

The basic structure of What Next? will be familiar to anyone that’s played an adventure gamebook. A player reads out the narrative text on the top card of the Location deck to set the scene. This will normally lead to being offered a choice which can be a mix of other Location cards to go to or Events to tackle. As a group, you’re expected to debate their relative merits and decide what to do.

In reality, there are few clues as to which is the best choice: part of the game is attempting the same adventure multiple times and learning the optimal paths. This isn’t a problem with the game as the adventures are quite short, and the real meat of play lies in undertaking challenges to overcome problems.

Challenges are detailed on the appropriate card but fall into one of four broad groups. In a shape build, you need to find the right blue pieces to fill in a shape on the card, a bit like a Tangrams puzzle. Searching for things involves dipping into the bag of yellow shapes and feeling around, blind, to locate one or more particular forms. The third is the puck push, where you flick the wooden disc up the wedge, aiming for a particular point.

It’s the fourth group that’s most noteworthy, however, since it involves whatever crazy mini-games the designer could come up with using the pieces in the box. These can range from you throwing cards at other players to trying to knock the bottom piece out of a stack with a quick flick on the puck.

As you might imagine, these challenges vary hugely in difficulty: that last one, for example, feels almost impossible. Sometimes you get practice tries which often serve only to strain the nerves before the actual attempt. Certain members of your group may be better at some challenges than others, which can feed into your strategy. What the challenges never are is dull.

Whoever reads the location card has to undertake the challenge, on rare occasions with a helper. Everyone else gets to watch with bated breath, shouting advice and encouragement. It’s a lovely little piece of gaming theatre, aided by that nagging sense that, even in the surest hands, failure is just around the corner.

When you do fail, the penalty is sometimes missing a useful item but more often it’s adding a piece to the Tower of Peril. This is what the purple foam shapes are for: your first two sit side by side and pieces thereafter have to be stacked on top. They’re all manner of weird shapes and there’s definite strategy space in learning how best to line them up. And it’s an important skill to learn because if one falls, it’s game over for the group.

While this makes peril-stacking deliciously tense, this single point of failure can be hard on clumsier players. That’s especially true if you’re playing What Next? as a family game with children, who might find the tower difficult and losing more difficult still. It depends on the individual child, of course, and it’s otherwise a very good family game.

Indeed it’s clearly written as such, with all three adventures adopting a tone of wry comedy, full of silly ideas and showpiece moments. But there’s plenty to enjoy for all ages, from nods to popular franchises to the occasional hidden gag for adults. It’s hard to imagine anyone feeling self-conscious reading out the text since everyone is in on the joke.

Despite the quality of the writing, there’s only so many times you can hear a quip before it gets stale. And repetition is the biggest danger you’ll face during your adventures in What Next. The game tries hard to alleviate this issue. Once every four turns you’ll flip a location card for a different, harder, text and challenge. And the mini-games themselves take a while to master. But some of the charm is lost when you start ignoring over-familiar narratives.

There’s also sometimes a weird sense of artificiality about play. While the mini-games are often a good mimic for the narrative – repairing a compass by making a circle out of shape fragments, for example – it can be hard to lose yourself in the world of What Next. That’s because the group taking on individual challenges is clearly an artifice to get everyone involved. It can be played solo, which offers a more cohesive sense of narrative to make up for what you lose in group dynamics.

Where to Buy

What Next retails for $50 and is available now.

• See it at Amazon