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Disney+ will launch on November 12, the company announced today. It’ll cost $7/month or $70 for 12 months (which works out to around $5.83 per month). The price and release date is only confirmed for the United States at this stage. This was described by management as the “initial price point,” which suggests it could rise in the future.

Notably, $7 USD per month is below competitor Netflix and other streaming services.

Disney+ will launch first in the United States and then “rapidly expand globally.” Disney’s plan is to release the service in “nearly all” major regions globally within the next two years. However, pricing for other markets was not announced.

In Year 1, Disney+ will offer more than 25 episodic series, including the new Star Wars show The Mandalorian, which will be available at launch, or at least the first episode. There will also be more than 10 new movies/specials for Disney+ in the first year. In terms of back catalog content, Disney+ will have around 7,500 episodes of shows, along with more than 100 recent movies and more than 400 library titles.

Netflix is expecting to get between 60 million and 90 million people to sign up for Disney+ by the end of Fiscal Year 2024. Around 1/3 of subscribers are expected to come from the United States, with 2/3 coming from international markets.

All content on Disney+ can be downloaded. The service will available on pretty much every screen you can imagine, including game consoles like PS4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch.

After more than 15 years with the company, longtime Nintendo of America president and COO Reggie Fils-Aime is officially stepping down from the role as of today, April 15. Fils-Aime’s retirement means he’ll no longer serve as the face of the company’s North American operations, as he has for the past decade. But while his presence will sorely be missed at events and Nintendo Directs, fans have a new way to follow the Regginator’s adventures.

Fils-Aime has opened a personal Twitter account, which despite only being live for a few hours, has already garnered more than 190,000 followers at the time of this writing. For his first tweet, the former Nintendo president shared an image of the Reggie doll from Nintendo’s E3 2014 presentation holding a card with his Twitter handle written on it, and in a subsequent tweet, he shared a picture of another piece of memorabilia: his badge from E3 2004, when he first appeared on-stage as part of the company.

Nintendo announced Fils-Aime’s retirement back in February. Shortly after the news, the company shared a heartfelt video message from him thanking fans for their support over the years. “Thank you for your never-ending support, and for your passionate love of Nintendo. And personally, for giving me a Mushroom Kingdom full of incredible memories that I will never forget, ever,” Fils-Aime said.

“From the first time I saw the nickname ‘Regginator,’ I realized that Nintendo fans share a unique sense of community, a bond that goes beyond just a love of video games. For these past 15 years, I’ve been honored to be included as part of your family.”

Fils-Aime’s successor as Nintendo of America president is Doug Bowser, who previously served as the company’s senior VP of sales and marketing. In his farewell message, Fils-Aime called Bowser “a passionate and powerful leader, and a guy who in his youth probably spent too much time in front of a Donkey Kong arcade machine.”

A few weeks ago, Gearbox announced Borderlands 3 at its PAX East panel, and the developer also confirmed that a remastered Borderlands: Game of the Year Edition was coming soon. That enhanced edition of the acclaimed role-playing shooter became available early this month. If you already owned the Game of the Year Edition on Steam, you should have received a free update with the remastered version already–but if you don’t own the game on Steam and want to try out the new enhanced edition, Amazon is offering a PC download of Borderlands: Game of the Year Edition for only $7 right now. The game normally sells for $30, so you’re getting it for 77% off.

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The digital Steam key will be available to use immediately after purchase. Unfortunately, this deal is only limited to North America.

Borderlands: Game of the Year Edition initially launched in 2010 and, in addition to the base game, contains all four DLC packs: The Zombie Island of Doctor Ned, Mad Moxxi’s Underdome Riot, The Secret Armory of General Knoxx, and Claptrap’s New Robot Revolution. The enhanced GOTY edition, which is described as the “brand new definitive edition,” adds gameplay tweaks, new guns, more character customization options, and, of course, visual improvements in terms of lighting, textures, and character models. The enhancements apply to both the base game and DLC.

For many fans, Margot Robbie’s Harley Quinn was the best thing about 2017’s Suicide Squad, and she will return to the big screen in next year’s Birds of Prey. The movie has now wrapped production and a new behind-the-scenes image has been released.

The picture was posted to Instagram by Robbie’s production company, Lucky Chap Entertainment. It shows Robbie in costume as Harley, sitting in a chair. Most interestingly, it reveals the movie’s current logo, which features its long, full title: Birds of Prey and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn. Of course, the logo could change between now and the movie’s release early next year, but it’s still cool to see it. Check it out below.

Birds of Prey also stars Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Huntress, Jurnee Smollett-Bell as Black Canary, Rosie Perez as Renee Montoya, Ella Jay Basco as Cassandra Cain, Ewan McGregor as Black Mask, and Chris Messina as Victor Zsasz. It’s directed by Cathy Yan, and releases on February 7, 2020.

The first teaser for the movie was released in January. In addition, attendees at the recent industry convention CinemaCon got to see more of the movie. Slashfilm described the footage shown as “bright, bold, and bursting with neon colors,” and it included a shot of Harley Quinn roller skating behind a moving vehicle.

As well as Birds of Prey, there is much anticipation of DC’s Joker, which releases in October. The movie stars Joaquin Phoenix in the lead role and also features Robert De Niro, Zazie Beetz, and Marc Maron. Check out the recent first Joker trailer.

Beyond that, Wonder Woman 1984 is set to hit theaters in July 2020. There are also 2021 dates for the standalone Batman movie and James Gunn’s Suicide Squad reboot, while Aquaman 2 will be with us in 2022.

The Division 2 is top of the UK physical sales chart for the second week running. Ubisoft’s game was the best-selling physical title in the UK for the week ending April 13.

Immediately below the looter-shooter lies FIFA 19, which remains at No.2, according to sales monitor Chart-Track. That’s followed by Red Dead Redemption 2, which is up three places to No.3.

It’s been a relatively quiet week for new releases, with only one new game in the chart. That game is Dangerous Driving, which enters at No.34. The two new Nintendo Labo Toy-Con kits miss out on the top 40 altogether.

You can read the full top 10 sales chart for this week below, courtesy of UKIE and GfK Chart-Track. Note this table does not include digital sales data, and so should not be considered representative of all UK game sales.

1. The Division 2
2. FIFA 19
3. Red Dead Redemption 2
4. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
5. Yoshi’s Crafted World
6. Assassin’s Creed Odyssey
7. Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
8. New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe
9. Grand Theft Auto V
10. Spider-Man

If you’ve been running out of storage space on any of your consoles or other electronic devices, today’s flash deal will help end your struggles. Amazon US is running a one-day sale on SanDisk products, including memory cards, flash drives, hard drives, and SSDs. The sale ends after today, so browse the deals and pick up whatever you need ASAP.

Notable deals include the SanDisk Extreme microSD cards, which have data transfer speeds of up to 160 MB per second, a helpful feature if you’re working with high-res image and 4K UHD videos. The 64 GB, 128 GB, and even 400 GB Extreme cards are all marked down. On the other hand, if you haven’t upgraded your Nintendo Switch yet and are starting to feel the pain of its 32 GB internal storage limitations, SanDisk’s 256 GB Ultra microSD memory card is your best bet, and it’s only $31 right now.

There are quite a few external storage devices to pick from as well, including the 1 TB portable external SSD, which is drastically marked down to just $143 from $350. The WD 2 TB My Passport X for Xbox One hard drive is also discounted to $63 and provides a ton of extra, portable storage for Xbox One and Xbox 360 so you can keep all your games in one place. And if you need to pick up a reliable flash drive for storing photos, videos, and music, the SanDisk Cruzer 128 GB USB 2.0 flash drive is only $15 right now.

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