DC Universe Online Is Adding A Birds Of Prey Episode Soon

DC Universe Online, the free-to-play MMO for PS4, Switch, Xbox One, and PC, is expanding soon with the Birds of Prey. Their episode will debut on April 16, according to a post by Dimensional Ink Games’ senior community manager, Ted Stone, on the PlayStation Blog.

The event will be available to all players who have hit level 15 or above for a limited time, and the team will consist of Black Canary, Harley Quinn, The Huntress, and Poison Ivy. While there’s plenty of overlap, this isn’t quite the same team as from the recent Birds of Prey movie.

The in-game episode will follow Lex Luthor having lost his mind and destroyed LexCorp Tower, which will send Metropolis into a panic. Playing through this episode, the player will repeatedly come into contact with the Birds of Prey team, regardless of whether they’re playing as a hero or a villain. Each will have unique abilities and fighting styles that they can help you out with.

In the meantime, all previous episodes have been made free-to-access in the lead up to the Birds of Prey launch, so now’s a great time to jump into–or return to–DC Universe Online.

DC Universe Online first released in 2011 for PC and PlayStation 3. It has since made its way to modern systems, and is the first MMO on Switch (outside of Japan, at least, where Dragon Quest X is also available).

If you didn’t get a chance to see Birds of Prey in cinemas, it’s now available digitally.

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Why Time Travel In Animal Crossing Is A Bad Idea

Animal Crossing: New Horizons has finally arrived on Nintendo Switch. Nintendo’s charming life sim series has always had a very leisurely pace compared to other games, but even by these standards, New Horizons gets off to a slow start. You’ll spend your first few days gradually transforming your deserted island into a bustling town, and this entails gathering lots of materials to build bridges, picking out plots of land for new residents, and setting up a museum and general store.

Given how long it takes to develop your island, you may be tempted to set your Switch clock forward and skip time to unlock things more quickly. We wouldn’t recommend that, however. As Jake explains in the video above, time traveling may be an alluring way to get your town up and running, but you should resist the temptation and let the game unfold naturally.

New Horizons has received very positive reviews from critics. GameSpot’s Kallie Plagge gave it an 8/10 in our Animal Crossing: New Horizons review-in-progress, writing, “So far, I’ve played Animal Crossing: New Horizons for 80 hours over 17 days, and that anticipation hasn’t yet gone away. While I’ve spent a lot of time developing my island so far, I still feel as if there’s plenty left for me to do and see–there’s a lot in New Horizons to occupy your time with.”

If you’re just settling into your new island home, we’ve rounded up lots of tips and guides for New Horizons to help you out, including what you should be doing every day, how to get the all-important shovel, and how to make money. We also have explainers on how to unlock the ladder and upgrade your inventory space.

UK Film Students Receive Surprise Masterclass From The Social Network Director David Fincher

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to force people to self-isolate, students across the world have been impacted as classes move online and practicals become impossible. But 450 students at the National Film and Television School in the UK are likely feeling a bit better about their situation now after a surprise masterclass from David Fincher.

Fincher, whose directorial credits include The Social Network, Fight Club, and (my personal favorite) Zodiac, made a surprise appearance over Zoom, Indiewire reports. The Masterclass was conducted through Zoom, and since Fincher tends to shy away from interviews and press appearances, it offered some rare insight into his processes.

Unfortunately, the class he gave is unlikely to appear online anytime soon, but it would have been a nice surprise for the students.

David Fincher’s next film, Mank, is going to Netflix in 2020. He has not released a movie since 2014’s Gone Girl, but he served as an executive producer and director across both seasons of Mindhunter, also on Netflix.

The future of Mindhunter is currently in doubt, with the show’s actors released from their contracts while Fincher pursues other projects.

Now Playing: Best Things To Stream For March 2020 – Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime Video

Just Cause 4, Rage 2, And All Other Avalanche Games Are Discounted Right Now On Steam

Avalanche Studios is running a huge sale on all their titles on Steam, with games up to 90% off. Avalanche is best known for the Just Cause series, published by Square Enix, as well as Rage 2 from early last year.

This sale is a part of the studio’s announcement to rebrand as Avalanche Studios Group, a studio comprising three developer companies: Avalanche Studios, Expansive Worlds, and Systemic Reaction. The sale also includes titles from Expansive Worlds and Systemic Reaction, known for games like theHunter: Call of the Wild and Generation Zero respectively.

A teaser trailer for an all new game was also released with this announcement.

We will cover this new title in more detail once we have more information.

The following Avalanche Studio Group games are on sale:

  • Generation Zero – $14.99

  • Just Cause 3 – $2.99

  • Just Cause 3 XXL – $4.19

  • Just Cause 4 Complete Edition – $20.97

  • Mad Max – $3.99

  • RAGE 2 – $17.99

  • theHunter: Call of the Wild – $5.99

  • theHunter: Call of the Wild –2019 edition – $14.59

The sale includes all the DLC content for these titles.

This is the best opportunity to grab some of the Avalanche Studio Group games for cheap, as the next major steam sale isn’t until Summer.

Captain America’s Chris Evans Is A Father Pushed To The Limit In Trailer For Dramatic Apple Plus Series

Apple has released the first trailer for its new mini-series, Defending Jacob, which stars Captain America actor Chris Evans as a father whose young son has been accused of murder.

Complicating things is that Evans plays an assistant district attorney who must navigate the waters of supporting his beloved son and finding justice. The movie is based on the 2012 book of the same name. The first trailer promises a lot of drama and intrigue in small-town Massachusetts.

As you can see in the debut trailer, Evans partakes in some shady behaviour that would not make the noble and virtuous Captain America very proud.

Defending Jacob also stars Stephen King’s It star Jaeden Martell as Jacob, as well as Master Chief actor Pablo Schreiber. Oscar-winner J.K. Simmons also has a role on the show.

There are eight episodes for Defending Jacob, which premieres on Apple TV Plus on April 24. This is just the latest Apple TV Plus program, following The Morning Show starring Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon, and Servant from M. Night Shyamalan. There is also a video game show called Mythic Quest from the It’s Always Sunny team that’s well worth your time.

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New On Crackle (April 2020): Free Movies To Watch From Your Own Home

There are plenty of choices for streaming services out there. Between Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime Video, and others, you are probably paying a good amount of money for all these. However, there are plenty of free services–like Crackle–that offer up new content every single month. Here is what is coming to Crackle this April.

While Crackle is free, it is ad-supported, meaning as the content you select plays, you’re going to get some ads. There are 30-second and 90-second ad breaks scattered throughout the movies and TV shows, but it’s a free service. Additionally, there is original and exclusive content on the service as well.

The coolest exclusive for the upcoming month is the documentary Memory: The Origins of Alien. The film takes an in-depth look at the film that redefined science fiction. This includes adapting the artwork of H.R. Giger and director Ridley Scott’s vision for the film. Check out the trailer for the film below.

There is a wide-variety of films and TV shows arriving, including the cringe-worthy classic Double Dragon, very mildly based on the video game of the same name. Starring Mark Dacascos (The Chairman on Iron Chef America) and Scott Wolf (Party of Five), the movie follows two brothers who have half of an ancient Chinese talisman, and they need to get the other half from an evil gang leader. It is not a great movie, but it is unintentionally hilarious.

If you’re looking for a horror movie to watch, you can check out the horror anthology films V/H/S 2 and V/H/S: Viral–the third movie in the series. Different directors give their takes on the horror genre in what is a pretty fun series. V/H/S 2 is one of the best of the series, and we highly recommend watching it, especially for the stories “Phase I Clinical Trials” and “Safe Haven.” While Viral is considered the weakest of the series, “Dante the Great” and “Parallel Monsters” are both great stories in the series.

Below, you’ll find everything coming to Crackle for the month of April.

New to Crackle in April 2020:

April 1

  • About Alex
  • Afterglow
  • All the Man I Need
  • Amun
  • Astro
  • Avenging Angelo
  • Beasts of the Bible
  • Beautifully Insecure
  • Before I Do
  • Big Fan
  • Black Butterflies
  • Black Death
  • Black Eagle
  • Blast
  • Bluest Moon
  • Bob the Butler
  • Bold Evil Liar
  • Boogie Boy
  • Bottom Out
  • Break Loose
  • Bridge of Dragons
  • Censor
  • A Christmas Snow
  • Cocaine Cowboys 2: Hustlin’ With the Godmother
  • Compliance
  • Crazy Six
  • Crossed Lines
  • Dark Planet
  • Deadfall
  • Death of a Superhero
  • Desert Saints
  • Detachment
  • Digging to China
  • Direct Action
  • Double Dragon
  • Drinking Buddies
  • Drone
  • Epoch
  • Ernest Goes to School
  • Ernest in the Army
  • Ernest Rides Again
  • Ex$pendable
  • Fixation
  • Flawless
  • Gigantic
  • Ginger Snaps
  • Give Me One Reason
  • Grand Piano
  • Half Light
  • Harvard Man
  • Hayflick Limit
  • He Who Finds a Wife
  • Headhunters
  • Helix
  • Hollywoodism: Jews, Movies, and the American Dream
  • Honeymoon
  • I Am Hooligan
  • I Saw the Devil
  • I Want Candy
  • Imprisoned By Love
  • In Hell
  • Incomplete
  • Infestation
  • Intruders
  • Intuition
  • Irresistible
  • Isolation
  • Jack Frost
  • Jack Squad
  • Jackson Bolt
  • Jump In
  • Kundo: Age of the Rampant
  • Labor Pains
  • Leaves of Grass
  • Lionheart
  • A Little Bit of Heaven
  • A Long Way Down
  • Lymelife
  • Madame Bovary
  • Malicious Intent
  • Marilyn Monroe Declassified
  • Meet the Patels
  • Melancholia
  • Memory: The Origins of Aliens
  • Mercenary for Justice
  • Microbe and Gasoline
  • Mothers and Daughters
  • Mr. Nobody
  • Mutant Chronicles
  • Nature Calls
  • Nemesis
  • New Blood
  • Nico the Unicorn
  • Night Catches On
  • No Weapon Shall Prosper
  • Nobody Walks
  • Nocturnal Agony
  • Noel
  • Nothing Without God
  • Ondine
  • Out of Control
  • Out of Gas
  • Owd Bob
  • Palo Alto
  • Prince Avalanche
  • Prom Night
  • Puncture
  • Pursued
  • Quest for the Lost Tribes
  • Recon 2022
  • Red Lights
  • Rituals of Guilt
  • A Royal Affair
  • Rubber
  • Science of the Soul
  • Shade
  • Shots Fired
  • Sorcerer and the White Snake
  • Southern Comfort
  • Split Second
  • Strangeways Here We Come
  • Strike One
  • Sunday Morning Rapture
  • Sunken El Dorado: The New Underwater Gold Rush?
  • Sweepers
  • Swindle
  • Stories from the Organ Trade
  • Tankers
  • Teacher of the Year
  • The 30 Day Rule
  • The ABC’s of Death
  • The ABC’s of Death 2
  • The Boy Who Saved Christmas
  • The Christmas Bunny
  • The City of Your Final Destination
  • The Collectors
  • The Daniel Collection
  • The Double
  • The Elf Who Didn’t Believe
  • The Exodus Decoded
  • The Foreign Exchange Student
  • The Great New Wonderful
  • The Haunting in Hollow Creek
  • The Hunchback of Notre Dame
  • The Illusionist
  • The Island On Bird Street
  • The Lost Tomb of Jesus
  • The Lost Voyage
  • The Maiden Heist
  • The Man From Earth
  • The Next Day
  • The Prophecy
  • The Proposition
  • The River King
  • The Seat Filler
  • The Signal
  • The Ultimate Weapon
  • To Love the Soul of a Woman
  • Torn
  • Torn Soul
  • Touchy Feely
  • Treacherous
  • Trollhunter
  • A Troubled Mind
  • Truman
  • V/H/S 2
  • V/H/S: Viral
  • What Just Happened?
  • Without Evidence
  • Yonkers Joe
  • Young Ones
  • Animal Tales: Season 2 Episodes 9-15
  • Forensic Files Season 13 Episodes 1-49
  • Forensic Files Season 14 Episodes 1-20
  • Guy Martin: Speed Season 1 Episodes 1-4
  • Hell’s Kitchen Season 13 Episodes 1-16
  • Hell’s Kitchen Season 14 Episodes 1-16
  • Hell’s Kitchen Season 15 Episodes 1-16
  • Twice in a Lifetime Season 1 Episodes 1-22
  • Twice in a Lifetime Season 2 Episodes 1-22

April 9

  • Yelawolf: A Slumerican Life

April 15

  • Interview With a Hitman
  • Phantasm
  • Phantasm III
  • Phantasm IV: Oblivion
  • The Wailing
  • Train to Busan

Netflix Orders Angry Birds: Summer Madness Animated Series

Netflix has announced that it has ordered an Angry Birds: Summer Madness animated series which is set to premiere in 2021 on the streaming platform. The series will feature a teenage version of Red, Bomb, and Chuck as they head to summer camp.

Reported by Deadline, the beloved birds will be up to their regular antics and wild adventures, under the direction of their camp counselor, Mighty Eagle. Of course, the rather obnoxious Pigs won’t be far away and will be setting up camp across the river, because no summer camp experience would be complete without a rival camp causing chaos.

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While this is the first Angry Birds title to come to television, the franchise has already released two successful films, with the first title bringing in $107 million.

Angry Birds creator Rovio Entertainment has elected to continue its partnership with Cake Entertainment to bring the animated series to Netflix. “Angry Birds animated content plays a key role in our long-term franchise strategy,” said Rovio’s Ville Heijari. “After more than a decade in hit games, blockbuster movies, and licensed products, this is the Angry Birds’ first foray into a long-form series. We’re delighted to continue our partnership with Cake and can’t wait to unveil the world of Angry Birds: Summer Madness to viewers on Netflix.”

“Angry Birds are about to smash the small screen and we are thrilled to be making the journey with Netflix as our global partner,” said Cake Entertainment’s Ed Galton.

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While you’re waiting on Angry Birds: Summer Madness to release, be sure to check out our complete list of every video game movie currently in production. Additionally, be sure to check out every movie and show delayed by the coronavirus.

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Deals: Score an Xbox One X with The Witcher 3 for $230

Today you can score an Xbox One X with game for only $230. That means you’d be getting the fastest gaming console on the market for the same price as an entry level Xbox. It’s factory refurbished, but you still get a Microsoft warranty. Don’t forget to sign up for 2 free months of ComiXology and Kindle Unlimited while you’re at it. Dell also has a new crop of excellent deals on high-end LG OLED TVs and Vizio QLED TVs.

Xbox One X (Factory Refurbished) with Bonus Witcher 3 Game for $229.98 at Dell

This is the lowest price we’ve ever seen for an Xbox One X gaming console from a reputable vendor, plus you’re getting an outstanding game. Note that this is a Microsoft refurbished item, which means that it still comes with a 90-day warranty. Note that you do not need to be a Dell member or student to get this deal; simply use guest checkout.

Xbox One X (Factory Refurb) for $229.99 at Walmart

Walmart has matched the price on the refurbished Xbox One X, but without the game. The advantage of getting it from Walmart directly (and not a marketplace vendor) is that it’s easy to return it to your local brick and mortar store if you have any problems with the unit.

ComiXology Free Trial Extended to 60 Days

Normally 30 Days

The 60-day extension (normally $30) has never, ever happened before. ComiXology is Amazon’s digital comic platform and is the largest digital retailer of American comics. The site hosts 20,000 digital comics, graphic novels, and manga from DC, Marvel, Image, Dark Horse, and more. Here’s your chance to access all of it, totally free, for 30 60 days. If you’re an avid comic reader, you might want to consider continuing on afterwards, since it’s only $5.99/month. You can even sign in with your Amazon account.

Get 2 Months of Kindle Unlimited for Free

Normally 30 Days

Make your life stuck at home (and for many of you, with kids) a lot easier. Kindle Unlimited is a great way to keep yourself at home and still get access to a virtual library of over 1 million Kindle eBooks and over 20,000 digital comics This deal is typically for new subscribers only, but there have been reports that it has worked for people who have previously subscribed for Kindle Unlimited but are not current members. Check out this very awesome Harry Potter “Kindle in Motion” book with animated art, free with a Kindle Unlimited subscription.

2019 55″ LG B9 OLED 4K Smart HDTV with Bonus $100 Dell eGift Card for $1299

The LG B9 might be the least expensive of any 2019 OLED TV, but it’s still absolutely stunning. Image quality is every bit as good as the more expensive TVs (the pricier modesls simply have more features). Compared to traditional TVs, there’s no contest; the ability to shut OLEDs off completely enables the TV to boast true blacks and incredibly high contrast ratios

2019 65″ Vizio P-Series Quantum 4K HDR QLED Smart HDTV with Bonus $250 Dell eGift Card for $1099.99

The Vizio Quantum P-series is a higher end model over the M-series and a good choice for real image quality enthusiasts. Like the M-series Quantum it features full HDR support, a full-array LED backlight, and has SmartCast Smart TV functionality, but that’s where the similarities end. This TV boasts 200 local dimming zones, 1,100 nits of brightness, and a 240Hz refresh rate, perfect for sports, gaming, and anything else with fast movement.

2019 65″ Vizio P-Series Quantum X 4K HDR QLED Smart HDTV with Bonus $250 Dell eGift Card for $1499.99

This is Vizio’s absolute best 4K TV of 2019 and it’s designed to compete with much more expensive models like LG’s 2019 OLED TVs, Samsung’s highest end QLED TVs, and Sony’s best XBR TVs. It’s normally priced at $2200 but at $1398 this kind of picture quality is pretty astonishing. Compared to the already impressive P-Series Quantum, the Quantum X boasts nearly double the LED dimming zones (398) and 3 times the brightness (up to 3000 nits).

Child of Light for PC is Free

Ubisoft is offering this excellent indie game totally free for PC gamers. We gave this game an “Amazing” 9.3/10 when it was released back in 2014. The beautiful painted-on watercolor art style withstands that test of time, and the RPG gameplay is still as fun as ever.

Control for PS4 for $23.99

Control is an outstanding PS4 exclusive title that deservedly earns its spot as IGN’s 2019 Game of the Year. Before this price drop, the game has never gone below $29.99.

Watch All Episodes of Picard and Star Trek: Discovery with a CBS All-Access 30-Day Free Trial

Normally 7 Days

This is really simple to pull off. Simply apply code “GIFT” at checkout. With 30 days, you’ll have plenty of time to binge exclusive CBS All Access shows like Picard, Star Trek: Discovery, The Good Fight, and more. Afterwards, you can renew for only $5.99/mo (or $9.99/mo for the ad-free option), or just cancel before your trial ends. The trial normally is for 7 days, and this 1 month extension usually only happens two to three times a year.

2017 Apple MacBook Pro 13.3″ Retina Intel Core i5 8GB Laptop (Refurbished) with 2 Year Accidental Damage Warranty for $999.99

This laptop might be a few generations older but it’s still a very capable workstation. This is a 3-pound laptop that boasts an Intel Core i5 processor with Turbo Boost to 3.6GHz, 8GB of RAM, 128GB SSD, and Intel Iris Plus graphics. There’s no Apple warranty but you do get a 2 year accidental damage warranty provided by CPS.

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Clarifying Xbox Series X’s Power

Our Xbox crew discusses the recently revealed Xbox Series X tech specs in more detail after some added context arrives in our inbox from a software developer. Plus: Bleeding Edge is another new first-party release this week, we try to decode Konami’s denial of the Silent Hill reboot rumor, and more!

Subscribe on any of your favorite podcast feeds, or grab an MP3 download of this week’s episode. For more awesome content, check out the latest episode of IGN Unfiltered, featuring an interview with Valve’s Robin Walker and Chris Remo about the past, present, and future of Half-Life:

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It’s already an incredibly fun year of Xbox coverage, and the best is yet to come. Join us!

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Ryan McCaffrey is IGN’s Executive Editor of Previews. Follow him on Twitter at @DMC_Ryan, catch him on Unlocked, and drop-ship him Taylor Ham sandwiches from New Jersey whenever possible.