Warning: full spoilers for Avengers: Endgame ahead!
The filmmaker’s commentary track on the digital release of Avengers: Endgame has shed light on the abrupt and shocking death of Thanos in the first 20 minutes of the movie.
The scene takes place soon after the surviving Avengers locate the Mad Titan’s hideaway planet and capture him in an effort to secure the Infinity Stones. As we now all know, Thanos had already destroyed the stones, leaving the heroes without an easy way to undo the Snap. Upon learning this, Thor takes a hollow victory by lopping off the villain’s head with Stormbreaker. But co-writer Christopher Markus reveals that the Avengers were only able to kill him because Thanos allowed it.
After several delays and false starts, a live-action Halo TV series is finally moving forward at Showtime. While the studio says it will stay true to the source material, there is one area that might make a big departure from the games: Master Chief’s face.
“There’s all kinds of new drama that we will be exploring but we will stay faithful to the canon,” Showtime president Gary Levine told Deadline at the annual Television Critics Association. “We’re not going to violate anything that’s in the canon.”
However, Showtime may cross one line neither Bungie nor 343 Industries have walked over yet: showing Master Chief’s face.
Unlike other major stores, Best Buy didn’t try too hard to compete during Amazon Prime Day in July, but the retailer has followed up with a major sale of its own this weekend with some deals that are comparable to what we saw during Prime Day. As usual with Best Buy sales, the event focuses largely on general tech deals on things like TVs, computers, smart home devices, and more, but there are some solid game and console deals to be had this weekend as well.
We’ve rounded up some of the best gaming deals that caught our eye in Best Buy’s sale below; plus, check out the best deals on smartwatches, tablets, and more from our friends over at CNET. The sale ends Sunday, so don’t wait too long if you see something you like.
These Geek Squad-certified refurbished Joy-Cons come at a deep discount compared to their hefty list price of $80. You can get them on sale for just $54.
The ultimate party game is on Nintendo Switch, including all the characters and tracks from the Wii U version, new vehicles, and more. It’s $10 off, selling for $50 at Best Buy right now.
SanDisk 64GB MicroSD Memory Card for Nintendo Switch
$25 ($50)
Running out of memory on your Nintendo Switch? This memory card has double the amount of storage that the console itself comes with, so you’ll have room to add plenty more games to your library.
Add a new wireless controller to your collection for $20 off. The special edition Phantom White controller is on sale for $50 (its list price is $70, but other colors are discounted, too.
If new releases like Fire Emblem: Three Houses and Wolfenstein: Youngblood are making you consider picking up a Switch, you can grab a Geek Squad-certified refurbished console at Best Buy for $25 off.
This budget laptop is even more appealing now that it’s on sale for $220 off–you can get it for $580 instead of $800 at Best Buy. With a 1920×1080 resolution, an Intel Core i5 processor, and Nvidia’s GeForce GTX 1050 Ti graphics card, this 15.6-inch Acer laptop is a great affordable option for those looking to get into PC gaming.
Toshiba TV and Xbox One S console with free copy of Madden NFL 20
Save $130
Best Buy is currently offering the Toshiba 43-inch 2160p 4K Fire TV in a bundle with the Xbox One S and a free digital copy of Madden NFL 20 (Xbox One), which just released August 2. The TV is $80 off, dropping its price to $250, and the Xbox One S bundles are each $65 off, dropping their price to $235 (you may not see the Xbox One discount until checkout). Just be sure to verify you see Madden 20 added during checkout–some of our editors didn’t see the digital code included at checkout, while others did.
Welcome back to Game Scoop!, IGN’s weekly video game podcast. This week we’re talking new sales milestones for the PS4 and Switch, why EA avoids the Switch, Game Boy turns 30, and more. Watch the video above or hit the link below to your favorite podcast service.
Pokemon Go‘s August Community Day takes place this weekend, but that isn’t the only event beginning in the game soon. Niantic has announced a new gift-themed event, which is set to kick off on Monday, August 5, and it’ll introduce yet another new Shiny Pokemon to the game.
From August 5-19, the number of gifts you can carry in your inventory will be increased to 20. Additionally, Niantic will be upping the number of gifts you can open each day to 30. Any Eggs you receive from these gifts will also only require 2 km to hatch, but the Pokemon that can appear from them are those that can normally be found in 7 km Eggs.
One such Pokemon is Bonsly, the baby form of Sudowoodo. Not only will you be able to hatch it from 2 km Eggs, you’ll also have a chance of hatching a Shiny Bonsly for the first time. You can’t tell what Pokemon will hatch from an Egg before you begin incubating it, so you’ll need to exchange a lot of gifts and hatch as many Eggs as you can if you’re hoping to add a Shiny Bonsly to your collection.
In the meantime, August’s Community Day takes place this Saturday, August 3. The featured Pokemon this time will be Ralts. Throughout the event, Ralts will spawn in the wild much more often than it normally does, and you’ll have a chance of encountering a Shiny Ralts for the first time. If you can evolve it into one of its final forms, Gardevoir or Gallade, up to an hour after the Community Day ends, the Pokemon will learn the event-exclusive move Synchronoise.
That’s not all that’s happening in Pokemon Go right now. Team Rocket recently invaded the game, and now they have even more kinds of Shadow Pokemon in tow. The Legendary Rayquaza also recently returned to Raid Battles. The Pokemon will be available again until September 2, and this time, you’ll have a chance to capture a Shiny Rayquaza.
Crew members on the Fast & Furious movies claim that actors Vin Diesel, Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham strongly dictate how much they get hit during fight scenes.
According to an article in The Wall Street Journal, the three actors have created specific guidelines that ensure they don’t get beat up too much on screen.
The report says Diesel saw that Statham was getting more hits on him during rehearsal for a fight in the seventh Fast & Furious movie, so he came to producers with a numerical system that gives a different value to each type of hit. This was rejected for being too convoluted.
Monster Hunter: World alone has hundreds of hours of content (yes, really!) but don’t worry, you don’t have to put that much time into it to be prepared for the massive expansion, Iceborne, even though its Master Rank will be a good difficulty jump from High Rank.
Now is a better time than ever to prepare since all of the Event Quests are back, too! This video is a quick look at what you should do, whether you’re new, Hunter Rank 50, or beyond. There’s a lot to cover, so if you need more details about any of it, make sure to check our comprehensive IGN Monster Hunter: World Wiki! Nearly every link in this article is to a guide, so click on anything you want more explanation for. Let’s begin!
Watchmen is one of the most acclaimed comic books of all time. The 1986 limited series was written by Alan Moore and illustrated by Dave Gibbons, and set a new standard for mature superhero storytelling. After many years of attempted movie adaptations, Zack Snyder’s film version was released in 2009 to mixed reviews and moderate box office.
So there was some surprise when in 2017 it was rumored that a Watchmen TV show was in the works at HBO. Snyder’s movie had been released less than a decade earlier, and while there were a few big changes, it was a reasonably faithful adaptation. What more could be added in a TV show? But as showrunner Damon Lindelof subsequently explained, his Watchmen show is not an adaptation–but something he has termed a “remix,” using the existing comic narratives to create something new.
Watchmen is set to premiere on HBO in October. Although Lindelof and his team have been tight-lipped about what to expect, we are starting to learn more about his hugely anticipated show. So here’s everything we know about Watchmen to date–and we’ll continue to update this as more information is released.
