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The Cyberpunk 2077 Limited Edition Xbox One Controller Is Up for Preorder

Microsoft and CD Projekt Red are putting out a Cyberpunk 2077-themed Xbox One X console in June, but if all you want is the controller, you can order it now from the Microsoft Store or Walmart. It rings in at $74.99, but it looks stylish as hell. The MS Store product page currently says “out of stock,” but for whatever reason as the page is loading the “Add to Cart” button briefly appears. If you can hit the button while it’s there, you can order the controller.

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The controller itself features a distressed design that’s based on Johnny Silverhand, the Cyberpunk 2077 character played by Keanu Reeves. It’s gray, black, and red, with scuff marks and scratches that add to the rugged design. It’s an eye-catching piece of hardware.

Like all new Xbox One controllers, it allows for button mapping and has a built-in 3.5mm headset jack. It also has Bluetooth technology that lets you use it to play games on PCs, as well as mobile devices.

A special edition Cyberpunk 2077-themed Xbox One X console will be available in June. It features its own futuristic, distressed case and comes with one of the controllers. The console is not yet available for preorder.

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Chris Reed is IGN’s shopping and commerce editor. You can follow him on Twitter @_chrislreed.

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Reebok Celebrates Alien Day With New U.S.C.M.-Inspired Shoes

Alien Day will be here again on April 26, and that means we’re in store for some new merch from the iconic franchise. Reebok started its Alien Stomper shoe line last year, releasing replica versions of the sneakers worn by Ellen Ripley in 1986’s Aliens. This year it’s debuting the Bug Stomper–not a replica, but a fitting homage to some of our favourite Aliens marines.

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From afar they may just look like any old camouflage sneaker, but look closer and the design is filled with tiny homages to the Aliens cast of characters. The Weyland-Yutani logo replaces the standard Reebok Union Jack, the right heel features Hudson’s “eyes on your back” graffiti, with the Bug Stomper’s “We Endanger Species” tagline on the heel strap. Partially hidden in the sockliners are more logos from the film–the Weyland-Yutani Corp logo, and the marines’ Death or Glory skull.

Alien Day is on April 26, a reference to moon LV-426 where all the action of Aliens took place. More merch is being released around this year’s Alien Day, including a number of new toys (already available from Walmart), art books, a new comic, and t-shirts from Reebok, but you can bet it’s the sneakers that collectors will be clamoring over.

Reebok’s new Alien range will be available for sale on its website on April 26.

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Tiger King Sets New Viewership Records

Tiger King is the king of Netflix. Research company Nielsen has reported that the true crime show, Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem, and Madness, has set a new record for Netflix when it comes to streaming minutes, at least in the US.

Nielsen says that the show reached 5.3 billion minutes of streaming over its first seven days (March 23-29), according to The Hollywood Reporter. That’s more than any other show in Netflix’s history. More precisely, Nielsen said the 5.3 billion minutes streamed over its first week is 50 percent more than Ozark’s 3.5 billion minutes.

Additionally, Tiger King had more minutes watched overall than any other program on Netflix or Amazon for its launch week, despite having only seven episodes. An eighth episode, an “aftershow” hosted by Joel McHale called The Tiger King and I, was released on April 12 and it was extremely popular, too. Nielsen’s data showed that this episode beat the best single-day viewership for the entire series in the first 10 days, reaching an average of 4.6 million people on its first day. This eclipses the average of the entire series, 4.06 million, in the week after launch.

Nielsen’s numbers are not necessarily accurate and definitely not a complete representation of the reach of a show. That’s because the figures only count audiences in the United States who watch programming on a connected TV. Still, it’s clear from these numbers–and from all the memes–that Tiger King has broken through to become one of the network’s most popular shows.

On a more serious note, authorities in Florida are seeking new leads in the case of the disappearance of Tiger King subject Carole Baskin’s former husband, Don Lewis, who vanished under mysterious circumstances in 1997.

In other news, a new adaptation of Tiger King is reportedly in development, from Rob Lowe and Glee creator Ryan Murphy. Lowe will play Joe Exotic, while Kate McKinnon is reportedly in talks to play Carole Baskin, according to Deadline. This is on top of the Tiger King follow-up show.

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Pokemon Twilight Wings: Nessa’s Anime Debut Is Delayed In English

The fourth episode of Pokemon Sword & Shield‘s anime webseries Twilight Wings features Water-Type Gym Leader Nessa, as she reflects on losing a battle to Grass-Type Leader Milo. The episode dives into the struggles of Nessa’s life, as well as flashbacks to a formative moment in her past.

Unfortunately, viewers wanting to watch in English will have to wait until April 24. Although the Twilight Wings English dubs usually drop around the same time as the Japanese versions, this episode’s dub has been delayed, Newsweek reported.

You can still catch most of the meaning by watching the Japanese video with YouTube’s auto-translated subtitle feature–just turn closed captioning on, then in the options menu change the language to auto-translate, English (or your language of choice). It’s not a perfect translation, but it should be enough to follow along. With Nessa becoming a fan-favorite character shortly after being revealed as one of Sword & Shield’s Gym Leaders, it’s likely many of her fans just won’t want to wait for the English dub to be released.

New episodes of Twilight Wings release for free on YouTube on a monthly basis, with each episode running for around five minutes. So far four episodes have been released of a planned run of seven, with previous episodes featuring Champion Leon, Chairman Rose, Gym Leader Bea, and Hop and his Wooloo.

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Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare Sequel Details Teased Again By Narrative Director

Spoiler Warning: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare has been continuing on the story from its campaign through its multiplayer modes, and it’s gone in some surprising directions. The biggest reveal so far has been that Alex, who we last saw in the campaign preparing to sacrifice himself to explode a facility, is still alive.

But while this might make it seem like Infinity Ward is trying to wrap up all the game’s loose ends, a tweet from narrative director Taylor Kurosaki suggests that the series won’t be done with Alex by the time a sequel arrives. Responding to a user who said that he wished Alex would be brought back for the sequel, Kurosaki responded “who says we won’t?”

This isn’t the first time Kurosaki has suggested that there’s more to explore in a sequel, and it could still, ultimately, not mean anything–a Modern Warfare follow-up has not been announced yet. But it feels more likely than ever, particularly since Modern Warfare sold so well.

Aside from the Black Ops series, the Call of Duty series has not produced a sequel in some time, with Ghosts, Advanced Warfare, Infinite Warfare, and WW2 all being original stories (and Modern Warfare sitting somewhere between a reboot and a prequel). The Modern Warfare series is the most celebrated Call of Duty sub-brand, though, so it would make sense for Infinity Ward to stick with it.

Call of Duty recently expanded with the free-to-play battle royale shooter Call of Duty: Warzone. The game will try Fortnite-style events to keep players coming back each month.

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This Epic Call Of Duty: Warzone Play Looks Like Something From A Michael Bay Movie

Call of Duty: Warzone players continue to impress with their skill and creativity on the battlefield. The latest example comes from Reddit user u/drulander, who recently posted a video of an epic sequence that looks like something straight out of a Michael Bay action movie.

In the video, u/drulander gets into a firefight on a rooftop, landing some shots on an enemy but not enough to take them down. The slippery opponent jumps off the building, and u/drulander is quick to follow as part of a daring, high-stakes move. It all works out, as they nail the opponent in mid air before deploying their own parachute and landing safely. But it doesn’t end there.

u/drulander then takes out a thermal-scoped sniper rifle and, with great skill and precision, takes down the pilot of a helicopter on their first shot. The shot lands, and the helicopter crashes into the building, bursting into flames like something you’d see in a big action movie.

You can watch the whole sequence in the video embed above.

Warzone recently launched its big Season 3 update, bringing new maps, a new Operator, and many other changes to the battle royale game. You can check out the full Season 3 patch notes here.

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Bob Ross Is Getting His Own Streaming Channel

In a time where we all need a little extra positivity Bob Ross is still coming to the rescue, 25 years after his death. Cinedigm have partnered with Bob Ross Inc to bring around 380 episodes of The Joy Of Painting to a new streaming channel, Variety reported.

The channel will be operating as a free stream supported by ads, and has already launched for Samsung smart TVs, on the Samsung TV Plus service. It’ll soon begin to roll out to other services operating on a similar model, with Roku coming next on May 18.

The Bob Ross Channel will air episodes of The Joy Of Painting back-to-back, giving viewers a chance to experience the beloved artist’s full catalogue.

Bob Ross hosted 31 seasons of The Joy Of Painting between 1984 and 1994, just before his passing from lymphoma in 1995. While the soothing series was popular in its day, Bob Ross has seen a resurgence in popularity in recent years, including a marathon Twitch stream that attracted over 5.6 million viewers. You can still catch Bob Ross episodes on Twitch, where they regularly attract thousands of viewers.

Ross’s soothing manner and low-pressure approach to painting have endeared audiences to him over the years, and thanks to new platforms like the Bob Ross Channel, that legacy can continue on long past his passing.

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Rachel McAdams Would Be Down To Play Regina George In A Mean Girls Sequel

If by some miracle a Mean Girls sequel with the original characters ever happened, we know Rachel McAdams would be keen for it. While no sequel is officially in the works that we know of, McAdams has expressed interest in the concept of playing Regina in a later stage in her life, Entertainment Weekly reports.

During a COVID-19 charity livestream, the actress answered a question from a fan asking if she would ever reprise the iconic role. “It would be fun to play Regina George later in her life and see where life took her,” McAdams said.

This isn’t the first time Rachel McAdams has mused on a potential Mean Girls sequel. In a 2016 interview she said, “we got to have a reunion at a photoshoot a couple of years ago and it wasn’t enough.” She speculated then that Regina could be a mom who “had a few babies who are plotting your demise in the womb.”

While there was a Mean Girls 2 released in 2011, it was a sequel only in name, with all new characters and only one of the original cast members (Tim Meadows, who played Principal Duvall) returning.

The original movie was written by Tina Fey, who’s since taken the franchise in directions that don’t seem to involve plans for a direct sequel. In 2018 Fey adapted it into a musical that premiered on Broadway, and earlier this year announced that she would be adapting the musical back into a film.

If nothing else, hopefully the new movie will have room for cameos from the original cast.

Call Of Duty: Warzone Will Introduce Fortnite-Style Events

Call of Duty: Warzone is planning to take a page out of Fortnite‘s book. Narrative director Taylor Kurosaki told VentureBeat that Infinity Ward is planning to introduce Fortnite-style events in the battle royale game to help keep the experience feeling fresh and worth coming back to again and again.

“That’s exactly the kind of thing that we’re working on, that we have planned,” Kurosaki said about Warzone introducing events that change the experience. “It’s all going to fit into this macro that we’ve established in Modern Warfare, and that we’ve continued into Warzone. If you know who the players are in Modern Warfare, it’ll all make sense, and it’ll all feel appropriate to the universe.”

Fortnite regularly mixes things up inside of its game, including meteors that have crashed onto the map, in-game concerts featuring some of the world’s biggest acts, and of course the biggest one of all: a total blackout that lasted two days.

It remains to be seen if Warzone will make live, dynamic changes to the Verdansk map like Fortnite has, or if the developers are planning live events of a different nature. Kurosaki said in the VentureBeat interview that he wants Warzone to unfold like an episodic TV series.

“A lot of the time, when the showrunners of the Sopranos or Lost or something like that are setting out to tell a story, they’re not exactly sure how many seasons the show is going to be on the air,” he said. “We know where we’re going, and we know where we’re starting from. The question just remains, how long will it take us to get to our conclusion? That’s kind of up to our fans.”

Kurosaki teased that Warzone fans can look forward to additional story details coming to light through Warzone, including how Alex–the new Season 3 operator–survived the events of Modern Warfare’s campaign. “Our fans are super-hungry for more story,” Kurosaki said. “They want to know how Alex got out of the gas lab at the end of the campaign. They want to unlock the mystery.”

Go to VentureBeat to read the full interview.

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Super Troopers 3 Writer Shares An Update

The cult comedy Super Troopers debuted in 2001, and it took 17 years for the sequel to arrive back in April 2018. A third installment is on the way, and now one of the writers has given an update on how the project is coming along.

Replying to a comment on Instagram, writer Erik Stolhanske said, “We’re ✍️ it … 🐇”

Deciphering this internet speak, we can deduce that the team at comedy troupe Broken Lizard–which produced the first two movies–are writing the third entry fast.

Super Troopers 2 was partially funded on Indiegogo, where it raised $4.6 million USD. Fox Searchlight distributed the movie, which would go on to make $31 million USD worldwide.

Broken Lizard member Jay Chandrasekhar, who directed Super Troopers 1 and 2, revealed the third movie at San Diego Comic-Con 2018. It’s called Super Troopers 3: Winter Soldiers, and Chandrasekhar said it won’t be crowdfunded this time around. “We needed a favor from our fans on the last one. They delivered. I don’t know that we need to make them pay for the next one,” he explained during Comic-Con that year, as reported by Vulture.

There is no word yet on the plot for the third Super Troopers movie, but it’ll surely be absurd. Another lingering question is who will distribute the film. Disney now owns Fox Searchlight, which has been rebranded as Searchlight Pictures, and Super Troopers is definitely not family friendly content. Disney will continue to release R-rated Deadpool movies, too, so perhaps Super Troopers can live on at the House of Mouse.

Broken Lizard consists of Chandrasekhar, Kevin Heffernan, Steve Lemme, Erik Stolhanske, and Paul Sotor, all of whom starred in the Super Troopers films. The comedy troupe also made the comedies Club Dread (2004), Beerfest (2006), and The Slammin’ Salmon (2009), among others.

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