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If you game online with friends or stream your games on Twitch, you’ll want a decent microphone. Sure, you could get a gaming headset with a microphone built in, but a standalone microphone will almost always sound better—and you can use it with any pair of headphones you want.

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It’s WWE 2K19 roster reveal time, folks, and this year the festivities kick off with…75 freakin’ superstars!

Sorry, to clarify, the first 75 superstars.

Yes, there’re still many more to come. We’ve got most of the current champs from WWE and NXT – from Roman Reigns to Ronda Rousey to Undisputed Era to Kairi Sane – and almost everyone in between. Elias, Velveteen Dream, Johnny Gargano, Braun Strowman, Seth Rollins, Dean Ambrose (who you’ll have to give a haircut), Alexa Bliss, Finn Balor, Pete Dunne, and more!

Check out Rusev, Lana, and the B-Team, as they sit around a table that apparently belongs to Rusev’s grandmother, and rambunctiously run down (and put down) all 75 stars.

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LEGO has built its first life-size, drivable car – and decided to make it a Bugatti, no less.

Fully detailed on LEGO’s website, the LEGO Technic is as close to a 1:1  copy of the Bugatti Chiron as possible, built from LEGO Technic elements and powered by the same motor technology used in standard LEGO Technic models. Check out a video of it in action: just don’t expect it to go too fast.

A true Bugatti Chiron next to the LEGO Technic Bugatti Chiron. Photo credit: LEGO.

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Emmy Rossum has announced she’s leaving Shameless after nine seasons.

Rossum, who has portrayed Fiona Gallagher on the show since Season 1, posted an emotional letter on Facebook announcing her departure. The actress thanked her cast and crew, and the series’ fans for continuing to support Shameless since its 2011 premiere.

“Malcolm Gladwell says it takes 10,000 hours to become truly good at something. To become world class,” Rossum wrote. “Well by my calculation, 100 episodes, 7 days per episode (plus Chicago weeks), 12 hour days, we’re just at about 10,000 hours. So I guess we’re finally good at this.”

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Apple has announced the date and time for its upcoming event where new iPhones, the Apple Watch Series 4, and more are expected to be revealed.

Media invites went out this morning for the event taking place at the Steve Jobs Theater in Cupertino, CA, with the tagline “Gather round” and a date and time of September 12, 2018 at 10 am PT/1 pm ET.

This year, Apple is expected to announce three new iPhones – one that is larger than the iPhone X with a 6.5-inch OLED screen, an updated version of the iPhone X and its 5.8 inch OLED screen, and a less-expensive offering that will have a 6.1-inch LCD display.

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Netflix just added another high-profile animated series to its lineup of original content with Disenchantment. Unfortunately, despite being developed by animated sitcom heavyweights like Matt Groening and Josh Weinstein, we felt like this new series failed to meet the standard of shows like The Simpsons and Futurama in its first season, as we said in our Season 1 review.

We know that Netflix has at least ten more episodes of Disenchantment in the pipeline. If the series is ever going to live up to its potential, we think there’s room for a few improvements. Read on for what we think needs changing to make Disenchantment truly enchanting.

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The Producers Guild of America (PGA) is officially honoring Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige with the 2019 David O. Selznick Achievement Award.

Announced by the PGA, the award recognizes the producer’s body of work in the film industry. Feige will be given the award on Saturday, January 19, 2019 during the 30th Annual Producers Guild Awards.

“Kevin Feige set for himself one of the most ambitious tasks ever attempted in cinematic storytelling, and then over-delivered on it,” said Gail Berman and Lucy Fisher, presidents of the PGA. “What Kevin has accomplished with Marvel Studios is one of the great success stories of this generation.”

Past recipients of the David O. Selznick Award include Charles Roven, Clint Eastwood, Jerry Bruckheimer, Brian Grazer, Laura Ziskin, Kathleen Kennedy/Frank Marshall and Steven Spielberg.

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As Mighty Morphin Power Rangers hits its 25th anniversary, we look back at the show’s best episodes.

Our IGN First month of coverage with Shadow of the Tomb Raider has just about ended, but we’ve got one more fun little feature for you! We got our hands on the game’s Collector’s Edition, which includes, among other things, a tall, hyper-detailed Lara Croft statue.

Unfortunately this edition is sold out, but it’s too cool for us to NOT show it to you when granted the opportunity. Enjoy!

ABOVE: Check out the first 15 minutes of gameplay from Shadow of the Tomb Raider.

Shadow of the Tomb Raider is our IGN First game for August, which means we’ve editorially chosen to take a look at it all month long. Catch up on any of our coverage from the month that you might’ve missed right here.

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Yacht Club Games has plenty of more Shovel Knight content to come, and the developer is now finally ready to share when the King of Cards, Showdown, and more are coming.

IGN can exclusively reveal that Shovel Knight: King of Cards, the third and final story-based expansion, will be released on April 9, 2019. Shovel Knight Showdown, previously revealed earlier this week by IGN, will also be released on April 9.

Yes, both to-be released expansions are debuting on the same day, because Yacht Club has also announced a physical version of Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove — the complete collection of Shovel Knight and all of its expansions, will see a physical, retail release on April 9, 2019 in both North America and Europe for the PS4 and Nintendo Switch.

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