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While only one episode of Swamp Thing had aired on the DC Universe streaming service, it has already gotten the ax and will not be picked up for a second season.

Swamp Thing’s first episode was critically acclaimed, but that doesn’t matter, as GameSpot can confirm the show will not return for a second season. This was quite the shock, as the first episode of the series was horrifyingly good. “The first episode was surprisingly well put together and exceeded expectations, which is a task considering DC Universe’s track record of A+ original series thus far,” GameSpot said in its review of the first episode.

The new DC Universe series strayed a bit from what subscribers have seen in previous originals, as Swamp Thing was not a superhero show by any means, and it laid heavily into the horror genre. From the first two episodes we saw, the series is dark, adult, and at times, extremely violent.

This isn’t the first time controversy has surrounded the show. Towards the end of filming, there were reports that the final three episodes of the series were canceled. Allegedly, Warner Brothers was deciding what to do with the subsidiary streaming service, as the company makes moves to get into the streaming game sometime in 2019. However, DC Universe’s subscriber base was stronger than ever at the time, and these reports were denied.

The Swamp Thing cancellation comes as a surprise as DC Universe has been growing its service over the past few months. Aside from airing a new episode of an original series every single week, Season 2 of Titans is coming down the pipeline, and the comic book side of the service just got a major upgrade, adding thousands of newer titles. Currently, DC Universe costs $8 per month or $75 annually.

Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order is going to be a big part of EA Play–the fan-focused event just before E3 2019. Ahead of that showcase, EA has released two key pieces of artwork, showing off the standard and deluxe box covers.

The standard cover is a character medley in the identifiable Star Wars style, showing off protagonist Cal Kestis flanked by allies and enemies, along with TIE Fighters and AT walkers. The deluxe cover takes a more simplistic approach, with a close-up of Cal’s face draped in shadow. Both covers notably have a light-dark motif, splitting the color scheme into two parts.

Jedi Fallen Order focuses on a Padawan who escaped the Jedi purge that occurred when the Emperor instructed his troopers to execute Order 66. Since it takes place in the dark times between Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope, Cal spends his time hiding from the Empire’s agents, who have been deployed to watch for and mop up any remaining Jedi.

The game from Respawn is headlining the EA Play event, and will be the first to take the stage on Saturday, June 8 at 9:30 AM PT / 12:30 PM ET / 5:30 PM BST / 2:30 AM AET (June 9). EA isn’t giving a formal press conference for E3 this year, but will be hosting a series of streams focused on its various games all Saturday morning. Others include Apex Legends, Battlefield 5, FIFA 20, Madden NFL 20, and The Sims 4.

Familiarize yourself with everything we know about Jedi Fallen Order, and check out our pre-order guide. For more on when and where to watch all the E3 festivities, read our full press conference schedule along with all of the pre-E3 events happening this week.

The full trailer for Season 3 of Jessica Jones is here. The dark superhero drama was the last of Netflix’s Marvel shows to be cancelled, and the final season hits the streaming service next week.

The trailer reveals that Jessica’s adversary in Season 3 will be a character named Gregory Salinger. In Marvel’s comics, Salinger is the alias of Foolkiller, the blue-suited enemy of the Defenders. The version in the trailer isn’t wearing a costume, but seems to be a suitably scary villain, who is out to get Jessica and Trish. Check it out above.

Jessica Jones stars Krysten Ritter as troubled private detective Jessica, plus Rachael Taylor as Trish, Carrie-Anne Moss as Jeri Hogarth, and Jeremy Bobb as Salinger. This trailer follows the first teaser, which released last month. The season hits Netflix on June 14.

Jessica Jones was the second Marvel Netflix show, following Daredevil, and Season 1 was released in November 2015. Iron Fist, Luke Cage, The Punisher, and The Defenders followed, but ultimately, all were cancelled.

Of course, this is hardly the end of Marvel shows on the small screen. Disney is set to launch its own streaming service, Disney+, in the fall, and there are several Marvel shows in the works for the platform. The confirmed series include WandaVision, focusing on Vision and the Scarlet Witch, a Falcon and Winter Soldier mini-series, and shows focusing on Hawkeye and Loki. Two supernatural Marvel shows were also announced for Hulu last month–Ghost Rider and Helstrom.

E3 2019 is nearly upon us, and it’s bringing a huge deluge of game news even before the show has started. Bungie is primed to discuss the next chapter of Destiny 2 on a livestream today ahead of E3, but a lot of the details about what it has coming down the pike have already leaked. The latest is a premature early DLC posting on the Microsoft Store that gives new information about Shadowkeep, Destiny 2’s apparent next expansion.

According to a report from TrueAchievements, Microsoft posted Shadowkeep for preorder ahead of the announcement, including its release date: September 17. The posting also includes a description of the expansion’s story:

“New nightmares have emerged from the shadows of our Moon. Called forth by haunting visions, Eris Morn has returned. Join her to slay these nightmares before they reach out beyond the Moon to cast humanity back into an age of darkness.”

That’s more detailed than, but in keeping with, the description that appeared on Reddit from information allegedly datamined from Destiny 2’s new expansion, Penumbra, which released on Tuesday. It also makes sense with Destiny 2’s current story, which has revolved around the Hive ever since the release of the Forsaken expansion last fall. Eris Morn was a significant character related to the Hive in Destiny 1, but while lots of Destiny 2 lore has mentioned her, so far she’s been absent from that game.

The leak also provides an idea of what players can expect for Destiny 2 Year Three: basically, a similar system to Year Two. This year of Destiny 2 content saw a big expansion in Forsaken, and then three smaller “seasons” of content following it, comprising an annual pass players could purchase. From the sounds of things, you’ll be able to buy Shadowkeep on Xbox One as a Digital Deluxe version, which includes four “season passes.” That sounds like there will be four content seasons following Shadowkeep.

The Digital Deluxe version will also come with exclusive cosmetic items, according to the leak. Here’s the store description:

“Digital Deluxe items include:

• Four Season Passes, each offering a unique set of exclusive Seasonal activities, artifacts, and rewards
• Exclusive Eris Morn themed items:
  • Exotic Emote
  • Exotic Ghost Shell
  • Emblem”

According to TrueAchievements, you’ll also be able to pre-order a version of Shadowkeep that includes Destiny 2 and all its Year One content if you don’t already own the game, so you can catch up on what’s already available in Destiny 2 while you wait for Shadowkeep.

We’ll have more coverage of Destiny 2’s next chapter and Shadowkeep when Bungie reveals details later today.

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Fortnite carries on changing, week by week, and we’re now into Season 9, Week 5. Many of this week’s challenges are fairly self-explanatory, but there is one that’s a little trickier.

“Visit different wind turbines in a single match,” developer Epic Games asks of us. “But where are the wind turbines’ locations?” I hear you respond. Don’t worry, we’ve got you covered.

You can watch the video above to see the locations of the five wind turbines you need to visit to complete this challenge (hint: they’re all pretty close to Pleasant Park). You just need to land on top of a wind turbine for it to register you as having visited it.

When you’re done, you might want to read the full patch notes for Fortnite’s 9.20 update, which introduces a new throwable named the storm flip. According to Epic, the throwable “explodes on impact and creates a sphere-shaped zone.” This zone brings Fortnite’s evil storm to any safe zone, and makes any storm zone safe. You can therefore use it in a pinch if the storm has caught up with you–or throw it at an enemy to subject them to the storm’s damage-dealing abilities, even when they would normally be safe.

In other Fortnite news, players have recently spotted a giant eyeball encased in ice within the game. The eye can be found underneath Polar Peak. It’s still unclear just what this means for the game, although fans are theorizing it could lead to some kind of community event or even a Godzilla: King of the Monsters tie-in, which certainly wouldn’t be out of the ordinary, as Epic has previously held tie-in events for John Wick and Avengers: Endgame. You can watch some footage of the eyeball here.

To tie in with E3 2019, meanwhile, Microsoft has unveiled a new Fortnite-themed Xbox One console bundle. In addition to the console itself, which sports a stylish royal(e) purple gradient, the bundle includes a matching purple Xbox wireless controller, a copy of Fortnite, a Dark Vertex cosmetic set for the game (comprising a Legendary Outfit, Epic Glider, and Rare Pickaxe), 2000 in-game V-Bucks, and a one-month free trial Xbox Live Gold and Xbox Game Pass (the former of which is required to play Fortnite).

With E3 2019 almost in sight, Nintendo has detailed all the Switch games it’s bringing to the show. We already knew about many of them, but there are one or two surprising titles we weren’t aware of.

In a press release, Nintendo confirmed it’s bringing Pokemon Sword and Shield to the E3 show floor. That was to be expected, after the recent Pokemon Nintendo Direct stream, in which we discovered Sword and Shield’s release date, story details, and more.

In addition, the platform holder stated Luigi’s Mansion 3, The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening, and Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order will all be playable on Nintendo Switch. There’s no mention of the upcoming Animal Crossing for Switch, which is yet to be properly revealed, but Nintendo does say “other games” not listed in its press release will be playable at its booth.

Other Switch games we already knew to be attending E3 include Doom Eternal, FIFA 20, and Fortnite. We may well see more revealed during Nintendo’s E3 Direct presentation, though the company’s E3 plans span more than just that press conference.

While Nintendo is playing its cards close to its chest for now, many other publishers and developers have confirmed lots more. For more E3 coverage, be sure to check out the full E3 conference schedule and our running list of every single game confirmed to appear at E3 2019.

Microsoft and Sony recently made a surprise announcement that they were agreeing to a strategic partnership for gaming and cloud services, specifically using Microsoft’s own Azure infrastructure. Two of the biggest console manufacturers working together was big news, but it doesn’t mean the PlayStation and Xbox brands are joining forces.

In an interview with the Financial Times, PlayStation CEO Jim Ryan ruled out any kind of larger merger afoot.

“There is to my knowledge… no scenario where the PlayStation and Xbox platforms combine,” Ryan said. “The two platforms will remain separate with their own separate identities and brands and fans.”

The deal does, however, give Sony a more robust back-end for its PlayStation Now streaming service thanks to Azure datacenters. It appears that the company is seeing competition coming between Google Stadia and Microsoft’s xCloud and wants to be prepared to match with its own service.

“We are getting more confident with the [PlayStation Now] service and we are really going to start to push it hard this year and the year to follow,” Ryan said. He also suggested that Sony has resolved the technical end of PlayStation Now and can focus its efforts on lining up content.

Shortly after the deal was announced, we learned that PlayStation was largely left out of the negotiations. It was a high-level deal between Microsoft and Sony, rather than between the Xbox and PlayStation divisions at the companiesm . The report even stated that managers had to calm addled nerves from employees who wondered what this meant for their next console, so fans weren’t the only ones wondering about a possible console merger in the works.

Microsoft is likely to further detail its xCloud plans at its E3 2019 press conference. Before then, though, Google is giving a special “Stadia Connect” presentation where it has promised price and launch plans for Google Stadia.