Video games out this week
■ “Halo 5: Guardians.” Microsoft’s marquee game franchise returns with larger 24-player battles, three new worlds to explore, a new rewards system and a four-player cooperative campaign. Rated T for Teen. $60$250 in various Standard, Limited and Collector’s Editions for Xbox One.
■ “WWE 2K16.” Like “Halo,” this series keeps getting bigger, this time with 120 WWE and NXT Superstars, Divas and Legends, plus unlockable gear, match types and legacy wrestlers. Match commentary has also been improved and there’s a MyCareer mode. Rated T for Teen. $60-$90 in Standard and Deluxe Editions for Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.
■ Also out this week: “Darksiders II: Deathinitive Edition” (PS4, Xbox One), “Divinity: Original Sin Enhanced Edition” (PS4, Xbox One), “Outpost 13” (Windows PC), “Star Wars: The Old Republic — Knights of the Fallen Empire” (PC), “MX vs. ATV Supercross Encore” (PS4), “Monster High: New Ghoul in School” (Nintendo Wii U), “WRC 5” (PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One), “Albert and Otto” (PC), “Fuego!” (PC), “How to Survive 2” (PC), “Sun Dogs” (PC), “Sound of Drop: Fall Into Poison” (PC), “The Seven Years War (1756-1763)” (PC), “Cloudrift” (PC), “Cobalt” (PC, Xbox 360, Xbox One), “Niffelheim” (PC), “Chime Sharp” (PC), “Bulb Boy” (PC), “The Park” (PC), “A Wolf in Autumn” (PC), “Spellsworn” (PC), “The Coma” (PC), “Terminal Hacker: Into the Deep” (PC), “Indie Game Battle” (PC), “Vector 36” (PC), “Void and Medler” (PC).
— OMAR L. GALLAGA
■ Frank Turner & the Sleeping Souls at Emo’s. Like Austin’s rising star Shakey Graves, Turner recorded a duet with Denver singer Esme Patterson on his latest album. And like Graves, he favors juicing up a style grounded in acoustic songcraft with quite a bit of noise and fervor. Turner’s been doing this longer, though, since he left an English hardcore band a decade ago. On the new “Positive Songs for Negative People,” his sixth album, he sought to capture the live spark of his backing band the Sleeping Souls and recorded one song onstage at the fabled Washington, D.C., venue 9:30 Club. Catch a free sneak-preview of the show when Turner makes a 5 p.m. in-store appearance at Waterloo Records.
■ Asian American Resource Center’s “I Want the Wide American Earth.” This exhibition explores how Asian Pacific Americans have shaped and been shaped by the course of history. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Friday and Saturday; 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday. Through Nov. 21. Asian American Resource Center, 8401 Cameron Road. austintexas.gov/aarc.
Coming up
Texas Performing Arts’ “Frankenstein.” Watch a screening of the 1931 film “Frankenstein,” starring Boris Karloff as the monster, while listening to a new film score by composer Michael Shapiro performed by the University of Texas Wind Ensemble. The first half of the program features the ensemble performing Bach’s “Toccata and Fugue in D Minor” and Dukas’ “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice.” 7:30 p.m. Thursday. $10-$40. Bass Concert Hall, 2350 Robert Dedman Drive. texas performingarts.org.