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Following their initial reveal over the weekend at the New York Toy Fair, Microsoft has revealed higher-resolution images of the new Halo Infinite action figures that are on the way.

The items, which are made by Wicked Cool Toys in partnership with developer 343 Industries, include collectible figures and “premium” helmets. The 6.5″ Master Chief figure is particularly noteworthy because its art and design is seemingly based off his MJOLNIR armor design from Halo 1-3, before 343 changed things up when it took over the franchise from Bungie.

There are also new Grunt and Brute figures coming, in addition to what appears to be a life-size Master Chief helmet featuring working headlamps. You can check out all the images in the tweet below.

The earlier images that came out of the New York Toy Fair also revealed that Wicked Cool Toys was working on multiple figures based on new villains that will appear in Halo Infinite. Final images of those designs have not been shared yet because they are pending Microsoft’s approval.

Wicked Cool Toys said on Twitter that Halo fans should stay tuned for more information on Halo Infinite figures.

Separately, Mega Bloks announced new Mega Construx sets for the Warthog, Pelican, and Mongoose, while Nerf has announced a new series of blasters as well. The announcement of all this Halo Infinite merchandise has come before Microsoft has shown any proper gameplay for Halo Infinite.

Halo Infinite releases this holiday as a launch title for Xbox Series X. It’s part of the new Smart Delivery cross-buy program, whereby people who buy it for the regular Xbox One or Xbox One X can also get the game for Xbox Series X for no extra fee.

More details on Halo Infinite will be announced during the Xbox E3 2020 briefing, if not sooner.

Destiny 2‘s Empyrean Foundation community event has been completed, and with its end comes confirmation of something players have suspected for a while now: the Trials of Osiris is returning to the game. News of the Empyrean Foundation’s completion came with a livestream from Bungie that gives some details about the return of Trials.

Bungie announced that players had completed the Empyrean Foundation quest on its Destiny 2 Twitter feed. We also found out the name of Destiny 2’s next season: the Season of the Worthy.

The end of the event also unlocked a new cutscene players can access in the Tower by interacting with the Obelisk, which has been the center of the Empyrean Foundation event.

You can watch Bungie’s livestream here:

If you’re not familiar, the Trials of Osiris was Destiny and Destiny 2’s pinnacle PvP event that only ran during weekends. The upcoming version will challenge teams of three players to some of the toughest battles in the game. Jumping into the match provides you with a scorecard, with the goal of winning as many matches as possible in a row; the idea is to try to complete seven total matches without losing more than three. Along with just surviving, players also have to deal with the fact that Power levels are enabled–meaning if you have stronger weapons and armor than your opponents, earned from doing Destiny’s toughest activities, you go into the fight with an advantage. Managing to complete a Trials scorecard nets you some of Destiny and Destiny 2’s coolest rewards.

The loot is even better, however, if you can manage to go “flawless” and win seven straight Trials matches. In Destiny 1, that earned you the opportunity to visit the Lighthouse, a special location that dished out some of the rarest and coolest weapons and armor in the game. (Destiny 2 had its own spin, the Trials of the Nine, which was a four-player version of the event and included a different special location for winners.) Trials was removed from Destiny 2 way back in August 2018, so it’s been a long while since we’ve had the opportunity to take on one of the game’s greatest challenges.

According to Bungie’s livestream, that original Trials gear from Destiny 1 is set to return with the new Trials of Osiris. If you manage to go flawless, your special Trials armor will react so that other players can see your accomplishment for that week wherever you go. It also looks as though Trials-themed weapons will make their return with the new mode. The new Trials will also bring back three maps from the original Destiny: Cauldron, Exodus Blue, and Anomaly.

On Twitter, Destiny 2 director Luke Smith teased a few other details about the new Trials, including tweaks to matchmaking that will sort you into matches against people in a similar situation. If you’re close to completing your scorecard, for instance, you’ll be facing players who are also reaching the end of the line–which could make the battles even more desperate and intense.

Trials of Osiris is set to make its return on March 13, the weekend after the start of the Season of the Worthy on March 9.

Warning: this review contains full spoilers for The Flash: Season 6, Episode 13. If you need a refresher on where we left off, here’s our review for Season 6, Episode 12. Also, in the interest of transparency, we should note that Jesse is related to one of the co-writers of this episode. That relation had no bearing on the content of this review.

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It’s one of the great tragedies of the Arrowverse that we’ll probably never see a full season of The Flash built around Gorilla Grodd. Grodd certainly has the potential to be more than just an annual guest star, but it’s really not practical from a time and budgetary standpoint. On the other hand, the benefit is this forces the series to make the most of those annual appearances when they do come along. “Grodd Friended Me” keeps the hot streak going, even if it is a much smaller-scale Flash vs. Grodd story.

This episode flips the script by casting Grodd as a sympathetic protagonist trying desperately to win over an incredulous Barry Allen. Coming in the wake of both Crisis and a series of episodes where Grodd attempts to take over Central City, this plays like a logical and even necessary shift for the character. There’s only so much that can be accomplished with Grodd as an annual, one-and-done antagonist. At some point the series either has to find a new angle or just retire the character.

This episode’s greatest strength is in creating a sense of a cohesive arc for Grodd over the course of six seasons. He may only appear once or twice a year (plus that recurring role on Legends of Tomorrow: Season 3), but there has been a clear progression as Grodd has evolved from pitiful lab specimen to power-hungry villain and now homesick ARGUS prisoner. Thanks in no small part to David Sobolov’s grave vocal performance, Grodd’s transformation feels both genuine and earned.

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The actual story fueling Grodd’s redemption and unlikely alliance with Barry is disappointingly spartan. It’s literally a case of two characters moving from one isolated spot to another and trying to run through a portal. It’s hard not to wish the series had given its other subplots a rest for a week and focused more fully on Grodd’s return. As it is, Grodd only appears in the flesh in a handful of scenes, with the rest taking the economical approach of having him assume the forms of other Team Flash members. Still, the visual of Grodd and Barry merging to form “Brundleflash” is neat, and at least this pairing hits the right emotional notes despite the overly straightforward narrative.

We’ll see how Grodd’s apparent redemption plays out in the recently greenlit Season 7, but for now its most immediate impact seems to be in giving Chester his official induction into Team Flash. Chester and Kamilla are both seemingly being positioned as Cisco’s replacements, which raises the question of what happens when Cisco returns and whether that character is being gradually phased out. Chester doesn’t immediately click in his new role as junior tech support trainee. Regardless of the series, the Arrowverse tends to cast all of these characters from the same mold. They’re impossibly brilliant yet annoyingly quippy and chatty. The Flash doesn’t need a Cisco Lite.

Fortunately, Chester shows signs of more depth than that. The character really starts to click during his heart-to-heart with Caitlin, as he reminisces about being a young African American student learning the hard way that there’s no room for screw-ups or second chances. That moment of introspection tells us more about the character than we’ve learned all season. There’s a refreshing honesty and candor to the character that the series would do well to lean into going forward, rather than the usual fast-talking tech geek shtick.

Even if more Grodd content would have been nice, there is something to be said for this episode’s ability to keep the Mirror Master storyline moving along. Here we catch a glimpse of the true villain lurking beneath Eva’s befuddled facade. It’ll also be interesting to see how much damage Mirror Iris does to Iris’ personal life and relationships by the time she’s done.

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Finally, the series continues to struggle on the Nash/Allegra front. As I’ve said before, the idea of a Harrison Wells pining for an estranged daughter just isn’t compelling enough to be rehashed all over again, even with the added complication of Allegra being a doppelganger. This episode does nothing to change that view, even as Allegra uncovers the truth about her “father.” It’s a disappointing shift for a character who showed plenty of promise in the first half of the season. Why isn’t Nash’s guilt over Crisis enough of a story catalyst on its own?

We do get a major swerve at the very end of the episode, as Sherloque resurfaces to deliver a dire warning about the return of Reverse-Flash. This could potentially be what the series needs to get back on track with all things Wells. On the other hand, it wasn’t all that long ago that Eobard Thwane made another surprise return. Will this be another case of The Flash rehashing familiar beats too often? Thawne’s presence wasn’t enough to salvage Season 5, and with Season 6 improving so dramatically, this time The Flash may not actually need him at all.