There's a new flagship TV that's giving all other premium TVs a run for their money. Last year, Hisense pioneered the first RGB Mini-LED TV with its Hisense 116UX model. Granted it was only available as a massive 116" screen that retailed for about $20,000. But this was the first time an LED TV could actually compete - and in some ways surpass - OLED technology.

In April of 2026, Hisense released its second generation iteration of RB Mini-LED tech, the UR9. It's available in more mainstream sizes (65", 75", 83" and 100") and at prices that consumers can actually afford. Hisense couldn't have timed it better; just recently the company has partnered with Terry Crews to be the official sponsor of the World Cup and - short of being in the stadium - what better way to watch the games than hosting them with friends on a stunning big-screen TV.

The Hisense UR9 RGB Mini-LED TV Gives OLED a Run for Its Money

Lionsgate has tapped Sam Raimi to direct a remake of the 1978 puppet horror movie, Magic, and some of the crew behind Send Help is coming with him.

Deadline reports that the Evil Dead and Spider-Man filmmaker has signed on to reanimate a twisted cult classic for modern audiences after previously being attached only as a producer. The remake will reunite Raimi with writers Mark Swift and Damian Shannon, the scribes behind January's popular horror comedy, Send Help.

"Sam is the dream director for this project—in fact, his coming aboard represents one of the truly great matches of director and material," Adam Fogelson, chair of Lionsgate Motion Picture Group, said in a statement. "The script is fantastic, and we could not be more excited to see Sam’s direction and creative vision take it to another level. We are absolutely thrilled he has chosen to direct the film."

The original Magic premiered in 1978 and starred Anthony Hopkins as both a ventriloquist named Corky and his lively puppet, Fats. Directed by Richard Attenborough and written by William Goldman, 20th Century Fox sold the original tale as a "terrifying love story" about a doll that becomes eager to flip the script and gain control of its master.

Weapons and It producer Roy Lee is on board the Magic remake as a producer, too, as are Chris Hammond and Tim Sullivan. Raimi Productions' Zainab Azizi, who also previously produced Send Help, is back, as well.

Vertigo's Andrew Childs, Nathan Kahane, and Paul Fishkin are attached as executive producers. Lionsgate's Meredith Wieck and Pavan Kalidindi will oversee the movie. The Magic remake's plot, cast, and release date remain a mystery for now.

"That's right... we are running the Send Help gang back for more," Shannon and Swift said in a joint statement posted to their X/Twitter account. "MAGIC is happening and Sam is directing. Rejoice horror fans, this is gonna be insane."

While we wait for updates on Magic, you can read about what we thought of Send Help in our 9/10 review.

"Who wants to go to a deserted island and watch Sam Raimi put Rachel McAdams and Dylan O’Brien through hell? Everybody? Great! Send Help is for you," we said upon the film's release earlier this year.

Photo by Chelsea Guglielmino/Getty Images.

Michael Cripe is a freelance writer with IGN. He's best known for his work at sites like The Pitch, The Escapist, and OnlySP. Be sure to give him a follow on Bluesky (@mikecripe.bsky.social) and Twitter (@MikeCripe).

Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment is a Switch 2-exclusive that was released in November of last year. Up until now, the price has stayed fixed at $69.99. Even today, retailers like Amazon, Gamestop, and Nintendo eShop haven't budged. That's not the case for Best Buy, however. Best Buy has dropped the price of Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment by 30%, down to $49.99, with free shipping for a physical copy. In fact, if you're a My Best Buy Plus member, you can get it for $39.99, saving up to 43%.

Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment on Sale at Best Buy

Forza Horizon 6 for PC and Xbox comes out next week (the PS5 edition comes later). This is the perfect excuse for you to finally upgrade from a controller to a bona fide racing wheel. For a limited time, Amazon Resale is offering a used "Like New" Logitech G923 Trueforce Racing Wheel and Pedal Set for PC and Xbox for just $184.79 with free shipping after an extra 20% discount that's automatically applied. It normally retails for $350 new, although it's currently on sale for $280.

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In the Grey is in theaters now.

The old adage “the worst thing you can be is boring” is very much underlined with In the Grey, a deathly dull would-be action thriller that feels three times the length of its 97-minute run time.

Though Henry Cavill and Jake Gyllenhaal get top billing, the film’s true lead is Eiza González. She plays Rachel Wild, a lawyer whose opening voiceover explains the film’s title in explicit detail, as she talks about how she operates within both legal and illegal and moral and amoral parameters and, yep, outright says she works “in the grey” because that’s just the kind of movie it is.

The film’s paper- thin plot finds Rachel using her skills and the elite team - and bottomless resources and finances - at her disposal to target Salazar (Carlos Bardem), the crime lord who’s stolen a fortune Rachel is tasked with getting back by any means necessary. Her two best agents are Sid (Cavill) and Bronco (Gyllenhaal), who head up the aforementioned illegal side of her operation, using all sorts of tactics to trick, track and hunt those Rachel needs dealt with.

The opening scenes of In the Grey feel very cliche but also don’t stand out as notably bad or unwatchable, as they set the stage for the story, though it does stand out how much González’s voiceover is used to explain how both her job and her larger team works. But as the film continues, it becomes egregious how much the film stays in the same mode it opens in, as it tells, not shows, over and over and over again.

A classic part of a heist or espionage movie is a “this is how our plan will play out” sequence, where we hear how everything is supposed to go for the team’s big operation – often using VO alongside shots of the locations targeted – and get the lay of the land before, inevitably, something goes awry. And those sequences can be super fun and are an appreciated part of the genre. But writer-director Guy Ritchie seems to have the mistaken belief that it would be really fun if a movie was nearly entirely made up of those sorts of sequences, hammering home the technique into monotony.

It is truly maddening how much of this movie is composed of voiceovers from either González or Gyllenhaal explaining what’s going on right now and/or what’s supposed to happen next. It’s not just hand-holding to an extreme degree, it feels lazy and as though Ritchie just didn’t want to figure out any other way to include exposition and simply wasn’t interested in any sort of characterization or personal dynamics, so he skipped as much normal dialogue and character interaction as possible.

Rachel is fierce and shrewd and she’s a shark and… that’s it. There are no other nuances to what we learn about her after what is made quite clear the first few minutes. But that’s better than Sid and Bronco, who are simply there to be generically smart and badass, with zero other layers or reasons to care about them. There is almost nothing in these roles for Cavill and Gyllenhaal to do but glower and yell stock lines about sticking to the plan and getting to the rendezvous point. Given their dueling dullness, it’s curious why these two characters weren’t simply made into one, since there’s so little to make them feel different from one another except that one is British and one is American.

The same goes for their larger team, which includes dudes with names like Baker (Kojo Attah) and Gucci (Jason Wong). Everyone is stoic and super capable, but lacks anything that makes them distinct in personality or skillset. There’s no wit, no charm, and no cool touches for any of these guys.

A film like this usually gets mileage out of how a team of this sort has to improvise and pivot when things go wrong, but this group seem too good and too prepared to ever make things interesting because they really just seem prepared for literally anything. Most of the time, they don’t seem two steps ahead of their enemies, they seem 20 steps ahead, and coupled with them being blank slates, personality-wise, it makes watching them operate boring, no matter how many nameless thugs they shoot or get in car chases with.

Ritchie has had some big highs and lows in his career, and in recent years has been making a lot of movies very quickly that are mostly forgettable. But he’s never made one as dull as In the Grey. It especially stands out that he’s re-teaming with frequent collaborator Cavill here, given these guys have much much livelier – if uneven – films together, like The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

As mentioned, Cavill and Gyllenhaal truly have nothing to work with here, performance-wise, while the naturally likeable González is fine but feels miscast. Though in her mid-30s, she still reads fairly young onscreen in both looks and demeanor, and doesn’t feel like she quite embodies someone meant to be the experienced and dominant leader – her team uses the codename “Mom” for her – as Rachel is intended to be. This is underlined by the presence of Rosamund Pike in a few scenes as a rival of Rachel, given Pike effortlessly exudes the energy Rachel is meant to and feels like she’d be the better casting choice for the role.

Editor's Note: This article is sponsored by Men's Wearhouse.

It's not every day that you need to shop for formal wear, but when it's time, you will likely see incredibly high prices that are a bit hard to swallow. It's getting to be both wedding and spring cleaning season, so if you need a new fit, Men's Wearhouse is a good site to browse. Dress shirts, pants, and suits, especially, are quite expensive in 2026, but thankfully, you can find some great deals right now at retailers like Men's Wearhouse, including 20% off select pairs of items, $129.99 suits, and much more. Check out our picks for the best Men's Wearhouse deals right now, and prepare to be the best dressed this Spring.

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One of the best deals you can get from Men's Wearhouse right now is the 20% bundle. When you purchase two of the same category of item, you can instantly save 20% off. This applies to select dress shirts, button-up shirts, polos, casual pants, jeans, and dress pants. There are some great brands included in this promotion, including Joseph Abboud, Kenneth Cole, Calvin Klein, and more.

If you're already shopping for one new pair of pants, grabbing a second and saving 20% is pretty nice. You can instantly have options for even more outfits, plus save a little cash, too.

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Springtime is here, and casual wear is essential for social events and casual weekend get-togethers. There are some solid discounts on casual shirts and polos available, with some dropping as low as $19.99. Now is a great time to pick up a new shirt or two and freshen up the wardrobe before we head into May. Plus, there's also some great discounts on winter casual clothing.

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In need of a suit in a hurry, but don't want to spend hundreds of dollars? The $129.99 suit deal is a steal for what you get. These two-piece suits come in a variety of colors, including black, tan, brown, grey, blue, and more. If you have a wedding upcoming or a formal event demanding some professional attire, it's hard to beat this deal.

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Dress shoes can sneakily be quite expensive, depending on the style, brand, and material. Thankfully, instead of spending hundreds of dollars on a pair, you can score a pair for $59.99 right now. Men's Wearhouse has a variety of brown and black options available, so look no further to take home a solid pair of new shoes for your next formal occasion.

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Lastly, dress shirts are an essential piece of any business casual or formal oufit. In my experience, you can never have too many, as dry cleaning can get expensive fast. I've found some solid options available here for $24.99, so you can pick up a few dress shirts for even less than the price of one shirt, depending on the brand. There are solid and patterned shirts available in white, blue, purple, and more.

Noah Hunter is a freelance writer and reviewer with a passion for games and technology. He co-founded Final Weapon, an outlet focused on nonsense-free Japanese gaming (in 2019) and has contributed to various publishers writing about the medium.

One of the better regarded 3D printers with multi material print capability is priced well under $300. AliExpress is offering the FlashForge AD5X 3D Printer with integrated multi material printing system for just $260.55 after you apply coupon code "JJY30K". Make sure you're signed into your account to see the shipping options (you may have to refresh the page). You're buying it from FlashForge's official store on AliExpress. It ships free locally from the United States and arrives within 1 to 2 weeks. The exact same printer currently sells for $339 on Amazon.

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The Steam Deck has now been sold out for a few months, and it's not clear if or when Valve is going to get more stock in. While it's possible that at least some of the 'game console' shipments the company has been getting in could be handhelds, it's possible that Valve just waits until its eventual Steam Deck 2 to ship more handhelds, especially with the Steam Machine seemingly around the corner.

That doesn't change the fact that the Steam Deck, even four years after launch, is still one of the best handheld gaming PCs on the market. It's understanable if folks want to pick it up, especially because for a lot of people, 'Steam Deck' is synonymous with 'handheld PC'.

As the Steam Deck has been out of stock, however, the prices have only gone up. Right now, picking up a new Steam Deck on Amazon is going to set you back around $1,110 for the 512GB OLED model, which is exactly double that handheld's list price. You shouldn't pay that much for a Steam Deck, and even if you were willing to spend that much on a handheld, something like the Lenovo Legion Go S or the Xbox Ally X will cost about the same, but with a higher resolution display, better performance, and double the storage.

Even if you're just trying to find something resembling a Steam Deck for around the same price, the Xbox Ally will have about the same level of performance, but with a more comfortable grip. Although, you will have to use Windows 11, but it's at least better now with the Xbox Full Screen Experience. What's wild, is that when it came out, the Xbox Ally was compared unfavorably with the Steam Deck, because at the time, Valve's handheld just delivered a better value. That just goes to show you how much a product shortage can turn the tables.

Alienware prices have skyrocketed in 2026. If you head over to Dell's site to find a deal on an Alienware gaming laptop, you're going to be disappointed. Your best bet is to find one elsewhere. Fortunately, there's a rare opportunity to score a huge discount on Alienware's highest end gaming laptop. Thanks to a new coupon that just launched today, you can pick up a used "Like New" Aienware 18 Area-51 18" RTX 5080 gaming laptop for just $2,644.64 shipped after a 15% discount that's automatically applied during checkout. This nearly matches the best deals I saw back in 2025.

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While folks may picture a certain gentleman spy these days when they hear IO Interactive, fans of Agent 47 and board games may want to listen to this: Hitman: The Board Game is coming, and its campaign is now live on Gamefound.

IGN had a chance to go hands-on with a preview sample to see whether this cardboard adaptation could capture the thrill of the video games. Grabbing my best red tie and bald cap, I eagerly recruited some fellow assassins, and off we went to see who was the best among us. After the blood settled, it was easy to see that even with this small snippet of what's to come, it’s on the right track to succeed in that mission.

Published by Mood Publishing, the same publishers behind the tabletop adaptations of Deep Rock Galactic, Valheim, and Goat Simulator, Hitman: The Board Game, pits up to four players against one another in a race to see who can take out the target first. Along the way, you'll do your best to secure helpful loot around the map, avoid guards, and don disguises all in an effort to complete that task. Think of it like a sort of Anti-Clue (or Cluedo for my overseas friends) where instead of attempting to be the first to deduce the who, what, and where questions of a murder, you are instead racing to pull off said murder and deciding on those things yourself.

The gameplay itself I found to be pretty straightforward, and the friends I brought by to try it out got the gist of things within a turn or two. Turns are composed of drawing an event card that triggers things like moving the target, staff, and guards, or respawning loot resources on the map, followed by the player taking some actions from a pool of possible ones like moving, putting on a disguise, breaking some noses, or playing helpful Agent cards with their one-time effects, all before ending their turn and the cycle repeats with the next hired killer at the table. By the second go-round, the players at my table, consisting of both Hitman vets and not, had a good grasp on how things ran, and we could all just focus on how best to tackle our target.

The big twist, and a large factor when deciding on your next course, is that actions are categorized as either being legal or illegal. Navigating the common areas, scouting around, and drawing those helpful Agent cards, or even “accidentally” dropping that coin nearby to lure staff around, are all perfectly legal and harmless, raising zero suspicion from the attentive staff and guards nearby. However, the moment you move into someplace you aren’t supposed to be in (or at least aren’t dressed the part for) or perform other more incriminating actions like stripping a body for a disguise, hiding a body, breaking property, etc., then you will start drawing attention, with those being classified as “illegal.”

Weighing your options and picking the right moment to perform these actions, positioning yourself or other nearby NPCs so that you won’t be seen committing anything illegal, makes completing your missions far easier and more manageable. It pays to be a silent assassin, as being hidden and inconspicuous makes it easier to take care of enemies too, when you finally do strike.

Combat, much like the rest of the gameplay, is straightforward, coming down to who has the bigger number: you or the NPC. With the exception of the staff (they are just innocent hardworking folk after all), all the guards and enemies have an associated “Alertness” value that you will need to overcome, with each agent having a base attack value of 1. If you're able to sneak up and attack an enemy without their notice – such as being disguised or not found doing anything illegal – the only thing you have to factor in is this alert value. But if the guards attack you or you're found to be doing something illegal, the guards will draw a card from an equipment deck and add its value to their alertness, making them harder to deal with.

Agents aren’t without options of their own, however, thanks to being able to find weapons themselves or discarding certain Agent Cards to boost your own attack value. Other players can even help you out if they wish, but they can just as easily help out the guards instead. These moments reminded my group of playing Munchkin, but thankfully, these interactions here never felt as mean as they do in that dungeon crawler.

The sample I played only featured a small taste of what will be in the full game, with rules and components that are still all works-in-progress and subject to change, but there was still a surprising amount to check out. In the sample box, we could pick from two contracts and one location to mix-and-match, with the final base game promising eight targets and four locations to build out your contract from.

We had plenty of variety even with the smaller offering, thanks to the different perks and unique rooms that the targets Viktor Novikov and Dalia Margolis have. Taking out Dalia requires you to collect Secret Documents that spawn around the map that can be used to either weaken her or lower her ability to spot you (it’s almost like you’re blackmailing her!), which is good because most of your disguises won’t hide your identity from her gaze.

If you feel like reliving the first level from 2016’s Hitman: Showstopper, then take on Viktor during his gala in Paris. Once again, you'll be able to sneak around the luxurious mansion, but just be sure to avoid Viktor, who is always joined by his powerful bodyguard and will take off at the first sign of danger, meaning setting up traps or staying hidden is your best chance with him.

Mood seems to have a solid understanding of how to capture and adapt those qualities that fans of the video games associate with the Hitman series. Many of Agent 47’s classic tricks are here: knocking out enemies and stealing their outfit to disguise yourself, setting traps like poisoning a drink or dropping chandeliers, and even tossing your trusty coin to distract and lure guards out of the way.

Playing the board game gave me much of the same assassin-y goodness that I look for in the Hitman video games. Thought, preparation, and planning feel genuinely important, but much like the source games, things can turn on a dime, and you have to improvise. That twist might come from an unfortunate pull of the cards or a perfectly timed interrupt card held by another player.

Even if you have no idea who Agent 47 is, Hitman still just feels fun to play. Only one of you can be the series’ bald protagonist anyway. The core of this game is much more about the actual gameplay loop – the planning, preparation, and execution of the… execution (pun intended) – with the Hitman backdrop adding to the ambiance in spectacular fashion.

For all that I enjoy about this preview build, it's not it’s without a few areas I hope get tweaked before the final release. As I’ve mentioned, much of the Hitman experience has been adapted pretty solidly to this bio-degradable format, but I find there to be a disappointing lack of any sort of pre-assassination prep phase, as you get in the video games. I would love to have some sort of system that lets you buy some gear before you begin, to help you plan out your mission ahead of time, while keeping it hidden from the other players to keep things extra exciting.

Secondly, considering all of the assassins are masters of their craft, I would like to see some of that come through in their gameplay, as currently the only thing that sets them apart is the art on their standees. There is an optional rule module that you can add on, Opportunity cards, that can provide your character special boons like being able to use tools to improve the damage you deal. But these are randomly drawn at the start of the game, and the possible pool is similar to the event cards, either general or location-based options. Even giving each assassin a small set of unique cards to add into the mix could help.

I also wouldn’t mind more player interaction during the game. The interrupt cards are fun and all, but it feels a bit off that you can’t interact more directly with other players when you’re in a space with them. It would be neat to have the ability to steal an item, or try to knock them out to take their disguise. Or heck, let me get into a larger joint distraction to pull more guards' attention to help other players get away, should there be a co-operative or team game mode. There’s some potential there.

Hitman: The Board Game, even in this early state with its "work in progress" components and rules still in flux, has gotten me excited to see what the full breadth of content will look like when it starts delivering next year. Just the base game alone, with its four locations and eight targets, you would have over 1,500 variations, to say nothing of the randomized room locations.

Already, the success of the Gamefound campaign has unlocked additional cards, as well as a new optional mechanic in the form of Personal Restriction cards that both give you a benefit and a handicap, such as no longer being able to hide bodies, but certain units won’t be able to see through your disguises anymore. And for folks who want even more, expansions adding the Berlin location and three more targets to throw into the mix are on offer too, really kicking up the number of options you have to pick from when the game delivers next year. In the meantime, start brushing up on those sneaking skills, agent, you have people to kill.

Hitman: The Board Game’s campaign is currently live over on Gamefound with a planned delivery date of next year.

Scott White is a freelance contributor to IGN, assisting with tabletop games and guide coverage. Follow him on X/Twitter or Bluesky.

Sony has seemingly started testing a new PlayStation 5 feature that allows users to see player counts for games like Call of Duty, Battlefield 6, Minecraft, and more.

Rumors that the company could soon roll out a new approach to player data began today after YouTuber Mystic shared footage of a new widget with two tracking options: one for trending titles and one for top 10 games. The former seems to track surges in gameplay hours for specific titles, while the latter shows how many players some games had in the last week.

Digital storefronts like Steam have been relatively transparent when it comes to player data — some games have even offered live player counts — but a concept like this would mark a significant change for PlayStation, specifically. As the feature is seemingly part of a beta test, it's unclear if it will materialize into an official feature for all PS5 users in the future or fizzle out, never to be heard from again.

It's the player count tracker that has fans stirring on social media, as these numbers could, theoretically, offer an idea of how popular some PS5 titles are each week. You can see games shared in the list, as well as the number of players they are said to have attracted in the last week, below:

• Apex Legends - 1.72 million
• Battlefield 6 - 1.51 million
• Arc Raiders - 972,000
• Fortnite - 14.6 million
• Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 – 4.95 million
• Grand Theft Auto 5 – 5.13 million
• Minecraft – 4.97 million
• Marvel Rivals – 1.58 million

There is, of course, much to consider before anyone should use these numbers to measure success. For starters, if Sony does intend to widely launch a PS5 player count widget, there's a decent chance the version of it we see here is nothing like the finished product. The exact source of the above numbers also remains unclear, so while it makes sense to see games like Minecraft and Fortnite charting high, it's hard to say just how accurate these player counts are.

Meanwhile, Sony doesn't seem to spell out exactly how the numbers are gathered, assuming they're even accurate. Details — such as how much time each of these players logged, when exactly they played, or when each week begins measuring engagement — are not currently available.

IGN has reached out to Sony for comment.

Should Sony move forward with bringing PS5 player counts to the public, it will do so nearly six years after its fifth home console originally launched. That said, it's hard to say just how late into the device's lifespan we currently are, as the PlayStation-maker recently stated that it still hasn't determined when the release date for PlayStation 6 will land.

For more Sony news, you can check out what the company had to say following rumors that it would soon enforce a new DRM policy.

Michael Cripe is a freelance writer with IGN. He's best known for his work at sites like The Pitch, The Escapist, and OnlySP. Be sure to give him a follow on Bluesky (@mikecripe.bsky.social) and Twitter (@MikeCripe).

When Marvel ended Star Wars: Legacy of Vader after 12 issues, it was obvious they weren't done exploring Kylo Ren's journey between the events of Star Wars: The Last Jedi and The Rise of Skywalker. The publisher has finally revealed what's next for Ben Solo - a new limited series dubbed Star Wars: The Fall of Kylo Ren.

The Fall of Kylo Ren continues to explore Ben Solo's difficult journey in this period as he asserts his control as Supreme Leader of the First Order and butts heads with General Hux and Allegiant General Pryde. Check out Phil Noto's cover to The Fall of Kylo Ren #1 below:

The Fall of Kylo Ren is obviously intended as a bookend to 2020's Star Wars: The Rise of Kylo Ren, which revealed how the troubled Ben Solo first became Kylo Ren and took control of the Knights of Ren. Fittingly, the new series will reunite writer Charles Soule and artist Will Sliney.

Marvel's official logline teases:

THE LEGACY OF VADER CREATES A NEW EMPIRE OF FEAR!

Kylo Ren returns from devastation, wielding total fury! As Generals Hux and Pryde tear the First Order apart with treacherous ambition, Kylo cuts through their schemes with merciless clarity. His wrath forges unity through fear and unleashes a Supreme Leader neither general can escape…nor survive disappointing. A pivotal turning point for Kylo, Hux and Pryde and essential reading for every Star Wars fan.

“The story of Kylo Ren (and Ben Solo, of course) always felt huge to me,” Soule said in a statement. “It was clear that a great deal was out there to explore beyond the moments provided by the films, and it’s been such a pleasure—and a challenge—to deliver new tales for one of the most prominent villains in Star Wars. I’m thrilled I get to do it one more time, and even more so that I get to reunite with the incredible Will Sliney, who kicked things off with me on The Rise of Kylo Ren all those years ago. First the Rise, then the Reign, and now the Fall… it just feels right.”

“This is the one book I have been dying to get back on,” Sliney said. “Ever since Charles and I worked on The Rise of Kylo Ren, we knew we were a part of something special. To be honest, I've never experienced a fan group so excited for the story when we worked on Rise, and quietly behind the scenes, Charles and I had been talking about The Fall of Kylo Ren for a long, long time."

Sliney added, “The story we got to tell in Rise is such a key part in the story of Ben Solo. Fall is the same. I'm thrilled to be back drawing it, I can't wait until this gets out into people's hands.”

Star Wars: The Fall of Kylo Ren #1 will be released on August 12, 2026. You can preorder a copy at your lcoal comic shop.

Star Wars: Legacy of Vader already added plenty of new details to Kylo Ren's story, including revealing why the Knights of Ren were MIA during the first two sequel movies and showcasing a reunion between Ben and the ghost of Luke Skywalker. We even learned what happens when Kylo Ren meets Darth Vader himself. It remains to be seen what new revelations will be contained within The Fall of Kylo Ren.

Jesse is a mild-mannered staff writer for IGN. Allow him to lend a machete to your intellectual thicket by following @jschedeen on BlueSky.

One of the nicest ultra-thin gaming laptops has dropped in price thanks a new Amazon Resale coupon ahead of Memorial Day. For a limited time you can pick up a used "Like New" 2025 Razer Blade 14 gaming laptop - equipped with a 14" OLED display and GeForce RTX 5070 GPU - for just $1,931.95 shipped after a 15% discount automatically applied during checkout. This system normally retails for $2,699.99. Amazon Resale (formerly Warehouse) is Amazon's official account for used goods. The products are sorted by condition, with "Like New" being the best. All Resale items get the same 30-day return policy as any other Amazon purchase.

The Razer Blade 14 OLED RTX 5070 Laptop Drops Below $2K

Over the last two weeks, IGN held a fan-voted tournament to determine what you think is the best Gundam in the nearly 50-year history of the Mobile Suit Gundam franchise. We’ve counted up the votes, and one champion has officially been crowned: Mighty Strike Freedom.

Introduced in Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Freedom, Mighty Strike Freedom is a combo of the Strike Freedom Gundam Type II and the Proud Defender support craft. The Proud Defender acts as the unit’s backpack, has offensive and defensive capabilities, and allows use of the Disruptor beam cannon and Futsunomitama sword.

It came into being when the Strike Freedom II piloted by Kira Yamato was on the verge of defeat. It was saved just in the nick of time, and Lacus Clyne arrived shortly after with the Proud Defender. The Strike Freedom II docked with the support craft, creating the Mighty Strike Freedom. The upgraded Gundam then repelled the enemy attack, launched a counterattack, and helped put an end to the Foundation Conflict.

We held this tournament in part to celebrate the release of Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway: The Sorcery of Nymph Circe, which just came out in U.S. theaters today. It’s the second chapter of the Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway trilogy and follows the anti-government group MAFTY, led by protagonist Hathaway Noa, in its revolution seeking to overthrow the Earth Federation. Hathaway will have to grapple with questions like when revolutionaries become terrorists, when justice becomes extremism, and when war is worth the trauma it leaves in its wake. And as always, it features some epic mobile suit battles.

Congrats to Mighty Strike Freedom on the win, and thank you to everyone who voted. For all the latest coverage of the Mobile Suit Gundam franchise, stick to IGN.

If you’re looking to dive into a new game this weekend, the Premium Edition of Forza Horizon 6 for Xbox Play Anywhere is discounted and available to play ahead of the official release on Tuesday. That’s not all, as a bunch of Switch titles are on sale along with a $10 Nintendo eShop Gift Card. Check out all those deals and plenty more below:

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Full spoilers follow for For All Mankind Season 5, Episode 8, which is streaming on Apple TV now.

It’s kind of late in the game for For All Mankind Season 5 to finally be throwing straight heaters like it’s Season 1 or 2, but better late than never! Rolling with the momentum from the particularly strong episode before it, Episode 8 is easily the high point as we near the end of the season. “Brave New World” has all the hallmarks of For All Mankind at its best: political wheeling and dealing, nailbiting and dangerous flight action, gorgeous shots of outer space (for a show predominantly set on Mars, we’ve been treated to remarkably few of these!), meaty interpersonal drama (replete with, finally, some consistently decent acting), a couple of funny in-universe cultural signifiers sprinkled in that feel meaningful to the era the show is representing, and – last but not least – a big explosion with disastrous consequences.

Despite the collective relief of watching Kelly Baldwin (Cynthy Wu) and the Sojourner crew land on Titan, Happy Valley is feeling the squeeze on its food supply after Dev’s faction blew up the crop domes and the storage silos. But the jailed Russians, Kuragin delegate Irina Morozova (Svetlana Efremova) and Happy Valley governor Lenya Polivanov (Costa Ronin), have it on good authority that the M-6 is weeks away from dissolving, the result of the USSR and U.S. economies being in free fall due to the halted iridium shipments from Mars. With the alliance, and the Russian President Korzhenko, on the way out, Irina and Lenya can all but guarantee a more favorable outcome for the Marsies — if they can hold out for a few more weeks and the SDM agrees to surrender. Big decisions!

Another wrinkle complicating things: Irina has also learned that, in a last-ditch effort to strong-arm Happy Valley into submission, Earth has secretly sent a multinational military crew to the Goldilocks asteroid to retake Kuznetsov Station. On that ship is none other than new OPEF recruit Avery “AJ” Jarrett (Ines Asserson). (Not to mention Connor Storrie doing a Russian accent for five seconds!? What in the Heated Rivalry crossover event is happening?)

The SDM council’s chess move against the incoming force is to destroy the dock at the station with unstable, Anarchist Cookbook-style fertilizer bombs, given their limited resources. Celia Boyd (Mireille Enos) and Lenya do the coolest thing either of them have done all season and volunteer to fly a hopper – with a cargo full of volatile explosives in a raging dust and thunder storm – out from Mars and up to Goldilocks. It’s a truly thrilling sequence that also leads us to some of the nicest space eye candy we’ve been treated to in a minute, as that hopper punches through a sea of rust-colored dust and the camera pulls back to a full shot of Mars before moving off to a thoroughly pock-marked Goldilocks dotted with flood lights and mining infrastructure. A lovely bit of emotional (and certainly expensive) visual storytelling.

And indeed, it’s a pivotal episode for AJ, whose attempts at keeping it together while being haunted by the big red dot of Mars — and her biological dad — are altogether shattered by the explosion on Kuznetsov Station that kills Sergeant Ruiz. It’s like the moment she left Earth’s atmosphere, that woman was destined to face unfathomably awful things – the curse of being a Stevens.

Elsewhere on Happy Valley, Alex (Sean Kaufman) and Lily’s (Ruby Cruz) honeymoon phase is waning as they weather the fallout of the agri-dome explosion and the death of their close friend Gulsora “Gully” Akilmatova. Alex has gone the route of joining the new law enforcement services under Boyd as a medic, which Lily hates. And Lily is roiling, swearing off ever going back to Earth (what about journalism school at Tulane?!). Instead, she channels her anger into finishing Gully’s black-and-white student thesis film, “Astéroïde, Mon Amour” — I’m sorry, but lmao — with her own documentarian bent, filming a Marsie worker who writes protest folk songs. Pretty good tune, though!

Meanwhile on Titan, Kelly is trying to keep the crew on track with troubleshooting the real problems at hand. They’ve landed just a little too far from the initial survey area, making on-the-ground exploring with their oxygen reserves potentially risky. While Kelly and the others attempt to hack out a solution, Walt (Christopher Denham) is spiraling out over where he went wrong when trying to avoid landing on Titan. Kelly very nearly comes clean about her sabotage — until he hands her the reins to the mission. Let’s see if she can throw enough compliments and jangle metaphorical keys long enough to keep Walt from losing it while they’re on the very important quest for life on Saturn’s moon.

Memorial Day weekend isn't this weekend; it's next weekend. But that hasn't stopped Amazon from launching its official sale anyway. The landing page that usually hosts daily deals on the retailer's website has officially been converted over to Memorial Day messaging and you can already check out the full list of deals right now.

NFL teams have been coming up with creative ways to announce their season schedules in recent years, from using memes to parodies to celebrities. For 2026, the Los Angeles Chargers have turned to Halo in order to tell everyone who they'll be playing in the upcoming season.

The team posted a six-minute video, whose introduction notes that the Chargers got permission from Microsoft and that they didn't use any actual gameplay footage. It's modeled after a multiplayer setup screen, with each week's opponent listed as if it was a multiplayer map. They appear to have even hired Halo multiplayer announcer Jeff Steitzer (or a fantastic soundalike) to do callouts for each week, such as "Beast Mode" for the Seahawks matchup in Week 4, complete with a faux Pike Place Market level. Plenty of NFL and pop-culture references are baked in as well, including a subtle nod to the scandal that Week 12 opponent New England Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel is currently mired in.

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Halo, meanwhile, will be "on the field" this season, as Halo: Campaign Evolved, the Unreal Engine 5 remake of the original Halo: Combat Evolved's campaign, is due for release sometime this year. We'll likely get a release date for it at the upcoming Xbox Showcase. Check out our hands-on preview impressions in the meantime.

Ryan McCaffrey is IGN's executive editor of previews and host of both IGN's weekly Xbox show, Podcast Unlocked, as well as our semi-retired interview show, IGN Unfiltered. He's a North Jersey guy, so it's "Taylor ham," not "pork roll." Debate it with him on Twitter at @DMC_Ryan.

No matter where Henry Cavill goes, Warhammer 40,000 seems to follow. The former Superman actor, who is a huge fan of Games Workshop’s tabletop wargame and is set to star in the Warhammer 40,000 Cinematic Universe for Amazon, was chatting with fans during a break from filming Highlander in Poland, when he was presented with a special gift from a local store owner: a Custodes box.

For the uninitiated, the Adeptus Custodes are a popular faction within Warhammer 40,000. In the lore, they are the Emperor’s bodyguard, more powerful even than the genetically enhanced Space Marines, resplendent in their gold armor and devoted to protecting the leader of the Imperium of Man. Cavill has spoken of his love of the Custodes before, posting clips on his social media showing off his painting skills — and even leaving books for the Horus Heresy tabletop game strewn about on his table for a photo showing his recovery from a leg injury sustained while filming Highlander.

And so a Custodes box (specifically, the Warhammer Horus Heresy: Legio Custodes Battle Group box) madce for a fitting gift for Cavill, given to him by a games store owner in Lodz, Poland. In a reddit post, store owner BenzOC called it was “a great experience,” and said he wanted Cavill “to have some nice Warhammer memories from our city.” According to BenzOC, Cavill was “very pleased with the present,” and based on the actor’s smile captured in the photo, below, that’s quite the understatement.

“Hope he will come back to shoot some Warhammer material here also!” BenzOC added, referencing the Warhammer 40,000 live-action work Cavill is set to kick into gear at some point in the future.

Speaking of which, back in January, Games Workshop addressed the long wait for Cavill’s Warhammer 40,000 Cinematic Universe, insisting that Amazon was in control of the delivery of the adaptation. Games Workshop itself has cautioned fans not to expect to see anything of it for some time, even now, over three years after the deal was announced.

Fans have spent the last few years in a state of enduring excitement about the prospect of finally seeing Warhammer 40,000 brought to life in live-action form across films and TV shows — and with Cavill steering the ship, they’re confident it will be done right.

Hopefully we'll get some details, including who Cavill himself will play, soon. In June last year, Cavill touched on the “complexity” and “trickiness” of adapting the Warhammer 40,000 IP. But, he insisted, he was loving the challenge. Bringing Warhammer to life "is a dream come true," Cavill said, "but it's different from what I've done before, in the sense I haven't had my hand on the tiller of things before. It's wonderful doing that. It is a tricky IP, and a very complex IP, and that's what I love about it. The challenges that come with putting this on the page in a way that is doing justice to that complexity, that trickiness, and that nuance, is a challenge I'm enjoying enormously."

But Warhammer 40,000 wasn’t the only thing Cavill is famous for that followed him all the way to the Highlander shoot in Poland. Another fan said that he was given a script of a The Witcher spinoff book, too.

Cavill, of course, played Geralt of Rivia in Netflix’s adaptation of The Witcher, and is a huge fan of the games. The Witcher began life in Poland as a series of fantasy novels by author Andrzej Sapkowski, so this was another fitting gift.

As for Highlander, it’s still without a release date, but production is in full swing, and there are plenty of set photos out there that give us an idea of what to expect from the “John Wick with guns” reboot.

Wesley is Director, News at IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at wesley_yinpoole@ign.com or confidentially at wyp100@proton.me.

Steelseries' flagship headset is the Arctis Nova Elite, which should be obvious from the $600 price tag. Few people are willing to invest that much into a gaming headset no matter how amazing it might be. I've rarely seen any discounts for the Nova Elite since it was released back in November 2025, but thanks to a new Amazon Resale coupon that popped up today, there's a huge discount today that brings the cost much more in line with the competition.

For a very limited time, Amazon Resale is offering a used "Like New" Steelseries Arctis Nova Elite wireless gaming headset for PlayStation, Xbox, and PC for just $415.82 shipped after an extra 15% off discount applied during checkout. Amazon Resale (formerly Warehouse) is Amazon's official account for used goods. The products are sorted by condition, with "Like New" being the best. All Resale items get the same 30-day return policy as any other Amazon purchase.

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