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Whether it’s video games, movies, or TV shows, entertainment is filled with iconic tools of warfare, and much of the stories we love are defined by them; the Pulse Rifle is synonymous with the Aliens franchise; the Man With No Name’s mystique and effortless cool is heightened by the revolver he whips out in the squint of an eye; and the sound of a bullet from the Intervention hitting an enemy immediately conjures up Call of Duty-flavoured nostalgia.

These weapons are the focus of Loadout, a new show that will identify some of pop culture’s most influential armaments and explore them in-depth. Each week, host Dave Jewitt will tackle a different weapon, delve into its origins, examine how it has been used, and lay out the impact it has had on pop culture.

In Episode 1, Loadout takes hold of the revolver, a legendary weapon that has been present from the earliest days of cinema to the current era of video games. Why is it so popular? Watch Episode 1 of Loadout to find out. New episodes will air every Saturday and you can find them on GameSpot’s YouTube channel–make sure to subscribe so you don’t miss an episode.

Episode 1: Revolvers

If you were one of the people that attended Comic-Con Experience in Brazil on December 7, and you happened to be at the Marvel panel, then you were probably pretty confused as to why the studio only used half of its allotted time before ending the event out of nowhere–especially with Black Widow coming out in May and plenty of Disney+ shows on the horizon.

While only going for 30 of the 60 minutes scheduled for the panel, Marvel Studios did reveal some images for upcoming Disney+ shows, as well as this new poster for Black Widow, which you can see below.

Black Widow movie poster

On December 4, we got a look at the first trailer for Black Widow and now this gorgeous poster. According to Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige, this movie will set up the future of the MCU, while exploring more of the character’s past. While the poster says the movie will arrive on April 30–which is a Thursday, so there will be late-night showings–it’s scheduled to release in the United States on May 1, 2020.

The Eternals

Those in attendance got to see the first footage of the upcoming MCU movie The Eternals as well. Feige explained this movie will change the MCU in Phase 4 and take place over the course of 7,000 years. However, those who weren’t at the show didn’t get to see the footage, and it won’t be shown elsewhere until later down the road.

The Falcon and The Winter Soldier

Images from The Falcon and The Winter Soldier and WandaVision–two Disney+ series launching soon–did make their way onto the internet. And Falcon and Winter Soldier images look like the titular characters just hanging out.

The Falcon and Winter Soldier will arrive in Fall 2020, and the series stars Anthony Mackie as Sam Wilson, Sebastian Stan as Bucky Barnes, Daniel Brühl as Helmut Zemo, Emily VanCamp as Sharon Carter, and Wyatt Russell as John Walker.

WandaVision

There was also one image revealed for WandaVision, and it is a bit of a trip. We already knew this was going to be a weird show, but check the image out for yourself.

It’s still early on in the production process for WandaVision, but it looks like the show jumped into a 1950s sitcom. WandaVision will star Elizabeth Olsen as Wanda Maximoff, Paul Bettany as Vision, Teyonah Parris as Monica Rambeau, Randall Park as Agent Jimmy Woo, Kat Dennings as Darcy Lewis, and Kathryn Hahn as “the noisy neighbor.” WandaVision isn’t expected to arrive to Disney+ until Spring 2021.

While playing games like GTA V, have you ever wondered what the typical NPC does during the course of its day, amidst the explosions, gunfire, and people driving recklessly? The upcoming July movie Free Guy explores just that. Check out the first trailer for the movie below.

Starring Ryan Reynolds as “Guy,” a bank teller grows tired with his day-to-day life, constantly getting robbed, so he decides to fight back. Very quickly, he realizes he’s actually an NPC in a game, and from there, everything goes off the rails.

Free Guy also stars Lil Rel Howery, Taika Waititi, Jodie Comer, and Britne Oldford. The movie is directed by Shawn Levy, who you may know from his work on the Night at the Museum films, along with a few episodes of Netflix’s Stranger Things.

Free Guy arrives in theaters on July 3, 2020.

With Disney+’s The Mandalorian more than halfway through its first season, The Rise of Skywalker coming to theaters this month, and Season 7 of Clone Wars coming in February, there is a lot of Star Wars stuff headed your way. And at German Comic-Con Dortmund 2019 over the December 7 weekend, Hasbro revealed some cool new action figures that will be available this spring.

The toy company revealed imagery and info for six new Star Wars figures and one very cool lightsaber replica, from The Black Series and Galaxy of Adventures lines. You can check them out for yourself below.

Clone Commander Bly

There are two figures within the Black Series that were revealed: Clone Commander Bly–a character from the Clone Wars animated series–and a Sith Jet Trooper–from the upcoming Rise of Skywalker movie. Both of these will release this upcoming spring and are six-inches tall. The retail price will be $21 each.

The final Black Series reveal is the Count Dooku Force FX Lightsaber which also arrives the same time but will set you back $215. What sets the Black Series lightsabers apart from the others is the quality. It’s made of metal, and it contains LED lights in the blade, which gives the collectible more of a movie feel. As someone who owns one of the lightsabers from the Force FX line, I can easily say they are the best lightsabers on the market and are worth the price.

Additionally, for younger collectors, four Galaxy of Adventures figures were announced: Darth Maul, Yoda, Boba Fett, and Sith Jet Trooper. These will also arrive in the spring and will cost $10. Each figure has more of a stylized aesthetic, and many of the figures in this line have a special feature line a “quick draw” mechanism that makes the character’s arm shoot up to fire.

All of these figures will be available in Spring 2020.