If you’ve been wanting to try out an Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscription, today might be the day, as Newegg is offering $20 off a 3-month membership. Those after a few new games will want to check out the discounts on Metroid Prime 4: Beyond for Switch 2, Borderlands 3 for Switch, and more. Plus, The Beatles Anthology Collection, LEGO The Starry Night, and Marvel Studios Cross-Sections book are all down to their lowest prices. Below, you’ll find all the best deals for March 5:

TL;DR - The Best Deals for March 5

$15 Off Metroid Prime 4: Beyond for Switch 2

Pokémon TCG: Mega Evolution—Perfect Order Booster Bundle Preorder In Stock on Amazon

$20 Off a 3 Month Xbox Game Pass Ultimate Membership

Borderlands 3 Ultimate Edition for Switch Is Only $10

Save $30 on LEGO The Starry Night

Score up to $300 Off a MacBook Air M4

Save $100 on The Beatles Anthology Collection (2025)

Marvel Studios Cross-Sections Hardcover Book Hits New Low Price

Pokémon Mega Evolution - Ascended Heroes Elite Trainer Box Drops to $109.88 on Amazon

Alan Wake 2 Deluxe Edition for PS5 Hits New Low

Save 45% on Astro Bot

MTG x TMNT Pizza Bundle Preorder Is Under $100

$15 Off MTG x TMNT Commander Deck

Save $50 on the MTG x TMNT Collector Booster Box

Save 30% on the LEGO Super Mario Piranha Plant

Disney+ has revealed a new discount on its Hulu bundle for March 2026. The offer gets you both Disney+ and Hulu basic for $4.99 per month (down from $12.99) for the first three months. This is the best deal we've seen on the service in 2026, with last month's discount only dropping the price a few dollars for a single month.

The new discount is only available for the ad-supported Disney+ and Hulu bundle plan and will auto-renew at $12.99 after the first three months of the subscription is over. According to the offer page on the Disney+ website, the discount is only valid for new and eligible returning subscribers. If you already have the ESPN Unilmited bundle that includes Disney+, for example, you will not be able to get these savings.

New Disney+ Deal for March 2026

It's smart to have a light source on hand for emergencies, especially since everyday carry flashlights can be had for a throwaway price. The Sofirn brand is extremely popular amongst the enthusiast flashlight community for the amount the light they throw out at a bargain price. Sofirn's official store on AliExpress routinely sells these flashlights for a much lower price than on Amazon. They ship free from a local US warehouse with no tariff fees or obnoxious shipping times.

Sofirn Q8 Plus 16,000-Lumen LED Flashlight for $49.88

Sofirn SP36 Pro 8,000-Lumen LED Flashlight for $29.56

The powerful yet compact Sofirn SP36 Pro 8,000-Lumen Rechargeable LED Flashlight has also dropped in price to $29.56 after you apply $4 off coupon code "4USAFFS". This exact flashlight sells for $70 on Amazon.

The Sofirn SP36 Pro is a compact EDC style flashlight, measuring just 5" in length and weighing about 10 ounces without the battery. It features a rugged aluminum shell and has an IPX8 rating, which means it can be submerged in water up to 1 meter deep. The flashlight comes with three 18650 Li-on batteries that can be recharged with a USB Type-C cable.

The light array is comprised of four Luminus SST-40 LEDs each with is own individual reflector. They combine for a maximum output of 8,000 lumens and a beam distance of up to 450 meters, which means that this little flashlight can illuminate an entire football field. The intensity is adjustable so you can conserve battery life.

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LG has announced that it's now taking preorders for its next generation of OLED TVs, the LG OLED Evo G6 and OLED Evo C6. The TVs, which range in price from $1,399 for the 42-inch C6 all the way up to an eye-popping $24,999 for the 97-inch G6, will be available to buy at an unspecified time later this month.

Happily, LG isn't raising prices for the new TVs, despite supply chain costs that have been rising in recent months due to tariffs and the voracious appetite of AI companies, particularly for RAM and storage. What you get for your money is a pair of 4K TVs with 120Hz-native variable refresh rate panels that are some of the brightest in the business. In the case of the G6, the company has claimed it will be 20% brighter than its predecessor, the G5, already impressively bright, thanks to four-stack OLED panel tech the company started using last year.

That brightness is a big part of why the G5 is our money-is-no-object gaming TV pick. That doesn't mean the C6 is a bad TV, though. Both TVs will support good TV picture and audio certifications like Dolby Vision (although not Dolby Vision 2) and Atmos, HDR10, HLG, and now, Filmmaker Mode with Ambient Light Compensation – that last one is a feature, developed by the UHD Alliance in collaboration with professional Hollywood filmmakers, that algorithmically compensates for the ambient light in a room in a way that, in theory, correctly represents the artists' vision.

They've each also got built-in AI upscaling via LG's A11 AI Processor 4K Gen 3. Interestingly, LG downgraded from Wi-Fi 6E to Wi-Fi 5 for both TVs. That won't necessarily translate to a worse experience for most owners, unless your TV is in an area with lots of Wi-Fi interference and you're trying to stream from Sony Pictures Core, Sony's super high-bitrate streaming service. Finally, the G6 will come in five screen sizes, ranging from 55 inches up to a behemot 97 inches, while the C6 starts at 42 inches and goes to 83 inches.

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Best Buy is offering an outstanding deal on a laptop that marries powerful gaming performance with a slim and lightweight profile. While supplies last, you can pick up an open box "excellent condition" Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 RTX 5070 Ti gaming laptop for just $1763.99 with free delivery. Compare that to the brand new price of $2,400. These preowned laptops are Geek Squad verified and sometimes still have all or some of their original warranty.

Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 RTX 5070 Ti Laptop for $1,764

Open box "excellent condition"

The new live-action movie isn't the only Masters of the Universe release coming in June. The Blu-ray steelbook for Masters of the Universe: Revelation and Revolution is also getting re-released on June 2, just a few days before the new film on June 5, 2026.

The Masters of the Universe: Revelation/Revolution Blu-ray steelbook is currently available to preorder from select retailers (see it here at Walmart). If you're hoping to add it to your collection, this is the time to grab it. There's every chance it could sell out fast, so better to make a move on it now than wait too long and let it slip through your fingers.

Preorder Masters of the Universe: Revelation/Revolution Steelbook

• See here at Walmart - $39.99
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This complete series Blu-ray steelbook features quite a colorful cover with all of the characters bursting from the center, which you can see in greater detail above. Even the inside has fun artwork of He-Man and Skeletor. If you're a fan, it looks like a great addition to a physical media collection.

Masters of the Universe: Revelation is a show we were very big fans of, giving it an 8/10 in our review. Writer Matt Fowler said: "Masters of the Universe: Revelation uses the original He-Man sandbox to truly go wild and explore these characters in ways that allow them to break tired molds and dissolve old conventions."

We weren't quite as big on Masters of the Universe: Revolution, which earned a 6 in our review. Writer Ryan Gaur called it, "a great-looking show with a storyline and writing style that are comforting in their familiarity for long-time fans." As for what held it back? "some lackluster action sequences and its short length detract from what could have been a classic crowd-pleaser, even for newcomers."

Searching for even more physical shows and films to grab for your library? Have a look through our breakdown of upcoming 4Ks and Blu-rays. Here, you can see what else is set to release over the next few months, and stock up on the best options that catch your eye.

Hannah Hoolihan is a freelancer who writes with the guides and commerce teams here at IGN.

A new video game deal has joined the party that is Woot's 'Video Games For All!' sale, and it's one we called "an excellent comeback" in our review. Metroid Prime 4: Beyond for Nintendo Switch 2 is currently discounted as part of the Amazon-owned online retailer's latest sale event, marked down to $54.99 (see it here).

Overall, this is a 21% discount from its original list price of $69.99, which means you'll get to save $15 on it. If you have a Switch 2 and have been waiting to get your hands on the latest Metroid game, now is a great time to pick it up.

Metroid Prime 4: Beyond for $55

Sarah J. Maas is author to some of the most popular romantasy novels in existence. Arguably her most popular series, A Court of Thorns and Roses (ACOTAR), has been in limbo for five years as fans have waited for any news about the next book. And as of March 4, we finally have a release date for book six on the record. The biggest surprise, however, was Maas announcing book seven with a release date just over two months after book six comes out.

Mass announced ACOTAR book six will release on October 27, 2026, followed by book seven on January 12, 2027. She shared the news on the most recent episode of the Call Her Daddy podcast.

"It's been a long time coming. It's something that took me a long time to write, just because there were enough things going on in my life," Maas said in the interview. "It's taken a while because it took me a while to find the right story and to be in the right head space. And then what poured out of me was this, and it poured out very quickly."

This is massive news for fans of A Court of Thorns and Roses and was a surprise announcement after going quiet following her previous reveal of finishing her first draft of ACOTAR 6 back in July 2025. The previous entry in the series, A Court of Silver Flames, released in February 2021.

The Boys Season 5 has its final trailer, showing off Homelander's attempt to realize what he believes to be his true destiny.

The trailer reveals The Boys' resistance to Homelander's rule. They believe the ultra powerful supervillain is looking for V1, Vought’s first iteration of Compound V. If Homelander gets some, he’d become immortal.

The Boys’ plan is to use a virus to wipe out every supe on the planet. We see Billy Butcher doing his tentacle thing, once again (gross). Homelander wakes up Soldier Boy, as he threatened to do in the previous trailer. “I need you, father,” Homelander says. Soldier Boy responds with something entirely in keeping with the shock value we’ve come to expect from The Boys.

“We need to prepare America for my ascension,” Homelander goes on to declare. A super-powered Butcher goes up against Soldier Boy, throwing a car at him. All of the major characters are present and correct in the trailer, setting the Prime Video series up for its grand finale. I'm worried about Ryan Butcher, who we see as Homelander mentions "the backstabbers." A-Train feels in trouble, too.

Meanwhile, Homelander seems thrilled in his position as ruler of the United States, and even affords himself a smile while sitting in the Oval Office. And yes, Kimiko talks now, which perhaps shouldn't come as much of a surprise given how she reacted to what happened to Frenchie last season.

Last month, Karl Urban, who plays Billy Butcher, teased that character deaths will come thick and fast in Season 5 — and insisted "nobody is safe."

Speaking to Variety, Urban told fans they should look forward to The Boys “coming to a big crescendo” when the fifth and final season hits Prime Video on April 8 with a two-episode launch. He wouldn’t point to any specific moment as jaw-dropping, no doubt to avoid spoilers, but did say there are plenty of shocking moments to come.

“Every season, but particularly this season, from episode one, you’re like, oh wow,” he said. “Nobody is safe. Fatalities right from the get-go. Let’s go! Last season! It’s all on!”

Shocking moments are The Boys’ trademark, so we can expect plenty of over-the-top, gore-filled scenes. But who might die? The main character fans are wondering about here is Homelander, who starts Season 5 ruling over the United States with an iron fist.

Here’s the official blurb on The Boys Season 5:

In the fifth and final season, it’s Homelander’s world, completely subject to his erratic, egomaniacal whims. Hughie, Mother’s Milk, and Frenchie are imprisoned in a “Freedom Camp.” Annie struggles to mount a resistance against the overwhelming Supe force. Kimiko is nowhere to be found. But when Butcher reappears, ready and willing to use a virus that will wipe all Supes off the map, he sets in motion a chain of events that will forever change the world and everyone in it. It’s the climax, people. Big stuff’s gonna happen.

Season 5 not only follows on from the end of Season 4, but Season 2 of spinoff Gen V. Fans were left wondering how the incredibly powerful Marie from Gen V might fare in a showdown with overpowered The Boys supervillain Homelander. Showrunner and executive producer Eric Kripke has said in the past, however, that fans shouldn’t expect Marie to appear in The Boys Season 5 as a Captain Marvel-style deus ex machina who kicks Homelander’s ass. That’s because Marie still hasn’t mastered her powers, or as Kripke has put it in a number of Gen V Season 2 finale spoiler interviews, she’s not Neo at the end of The Matrix.

For a much deeper dive on all this, check out IGN’s Gen V Season 2 Ending Explained: How It Sets Up the Final Season of The Boys article, but to summarize, Marie can control blood, which potentially makes her more powerful even than Homelander. Homelander, for the uninitiated, is a sort of evil Superman, a character so overpowered that few rivals dare question his word. But Marie Moreau, played by Jaz Sinclair, has the potential to kill him due to her ability to command and weaponize blood.

The big question, of course, is whether Homelander actually dies in The Boys Season 5. Kripke told THR last year that Butcher is “front of that line” when it comes to characters wanting to take Homelander out. But then there’s the likes of Stan Edgar, the aforementioned Marie, Annie, and Huey who would no doubt all like a piece of the action.

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.

It's basically an open secret that Jon Bernthal's Punisher and Mark Ruffalo's Hulk are appearing in Spider-Man: Brand New Day, even if Marvel and Sony have yet to confirm as much. But Marvel seems to have indirectly confirmed this three-way team-up with the announcement of a new comic book series called Spider-Man: Long Way Home.

Long Way Home is a new limited series written by Jonathan Hickman and Adam Kubert and drawn by Kubert. Like the movie, this series focuses on the slightly unusual pairing of Spider-Man, Punisher, and Hulk, as all three characters fight to liberate a Cosmic Cube from the clutches of A.I.M.

Check out the slideshow gallery below for a preview of Spider-Man: Long Way Home #1:

While Spidey has an established history with both Punisher and Hulk in the comics, Marvel has never really spotlighted all three characters at the same time. The fact that they're suddenly releasing a Spider-Man/Punisher/Hulk crossover series weeks before Brand New Day hits theaters would seem to be all the confirmation fans need that Punisher and Hulk are appearing in the movie.

Long Way Home isn't tied to MCU continuity, nor is it set in the traditional Marvel Comics universe. This series is set in a standalone continuity and is meant to be easily accessible to newcomers, much like Hickman's 2024 comic Wolverine: Revenge, which was released alongside Deadpool & Wolverine.

Here's Marvel's official description of the new series:

It’s a world before the Punisher. A world where the existence of the Hulk is but a whisper of a rumor. A world where A.I.M. has just developed a Cosmic Cube in the jungles of South America. Frank Castle, Bruce Banner and Peter Parker are all on a mission to keep the Cube out of the wrong hands – including each other’s. In this three-way free-for-all for the power of the cosmos, who will come out on top?

Spider-Man: Long Way Home #1 will be released June 17. Brand New Day will debut in theaters on July 31.

With Brad New Day's release date fast approaching, fans are still impatiently waiting for the first trailer to drop. The trailer did apparently leak back in December 2025, offering new clues to the identity of Sadie Sink's mysterious character.

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Rooster premieres Sunday, March 8 at 10:00p.m. ET/PT on HBO. New episodes drop weekly.

Rooster is Steve Carell at the top of his game. It’s also Danielle Deadwyler at the top of her game. Phil Dunster, Charly Clive, Annie Mumolo, Lauren Tsai, and John C. McGinley too. The new series from Scrubs and Ted Lasso co-creator Bill Lawrence and his producing partner Matt Tarses (Sports Night, The Goldbergs, Scrubs) is a delightful comedy about coming home, even if “home” is an unfamiliar place.

The HBO series (the first s 6 of 10 total episodes were available for review) stars Carell as Greg Russo, a famous author known for his breezy “beach reads,” and whose fictional protagonist is nicknamed the titular Rooster. Greg pays a visit to the college campus where his daughter Katie (Clive – The Lazarus Project, All My Friends Hate Me) teaches and hijinks ensue. Katie is going through a personal crisis – her husband Archie (Dunster, in a delightful smarmy twist on his Ted Lasso character Jamie Tartt) left her for a younger grad student – and is hanging on by a razor’s edge. In a moment of midadventure, Katie accidentally burns down Achie’s house and Greg is more-or-less blackmailed by the school’s president (McGinley) into taking a teaching job in order to get Katie out of hot water.

Greg is immediately a stranger in a strange land; the students consider his novels little more than populist trash and he’s living in the shadow of his revered ex-wife (Connie Britton), who made a huge donation to the school. But soon, unsurprisingly, Greg finds his place. He uses the teaching job to move past his divorce and help Katie. But this isn’t an “Old School” situation. Rooster isn’t the story of an awkward man trying to reclaim his youth. It’s much more subtle, thoughtful, and brilliant than that.

As the inker on the legendary Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Klaus Janson's Bat-pedigree is guaranteed based on that series alone. But Janson has had a long, prolific career drawing the Caped Crusader and numerous other superheroes, and that work is being celebrated at a new exhibit at New York's Philippe Labaune Gallery.

IGN can exclusively reveal some of the original artwork on display at the new exhibit. Check out the slideshow gallery below to see pieces from The Dark Knight III: The Master Race, Batman: The Last Halloween, and more:

Janson's 50-year career started with a stint on Marvel's Black Panther series in 1974. Janson has worked as a solo artist and as an inker for a number of acclaimed pencillers like Frank Miller, John Romita Jr., John and Sal Buscema, Dick Giordano, Bill Sienkiewicz, Gil Kane, and Gene Colan. The exhibit brings together 100 pieces of original art from across Janson's career.

“Through this survey, Klaus Janson emerges as a singular figure whose adaptability, sensitivity, and understanding have permanently expanded what comics can achieve,” says Philippe Labaune. “His ability to work as a penciler, inker, colorist, writer, and teacher demonstrates the depth and range of his contributions to the medium and underscores why this exhibition is so significant. The exhibition celebrates a life in comics, offering a rare and considered perspective on the medium, and honoring an artist whose work has defined the visual and emotional language of American comics for generations.”

The Klaus Janson exhibit will run from Friday, March 6 through Saturday, April 11 at the Philippe Labaune Gallery, which is located at 534 West 24th Street in New York. There will be an opening reception on March 5 from 6pm to 9pm ET.

Previous artists featured at the Philippe Labaune Gallery have included Frank Cho, Paul Pope, and Will Eisner.

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Pokémon Pokopia is out today (hooray!), and if you somehow don't have enough to do in that game already, there's a limited-time event on the way later this month that will give you even more little tasks, items, and Pokémon pals, as it's bringing Hoppip, Skiploom, and Jumpluff to the game. It starts next week, but if you don't mind a little manipulation, you can just play it right now.

Per an official announcement, beginning March 9 at 1pm PT through March 24 at 12:59pm PT, you'll be able to encounter Hoppip in Pokémon Pokopia, as well as collect a new "cotton spore" material. Cotton spores can be exchanged for picnic-themed furniture items, which you can then use to build habitats that will attract Hoppip's evolutions, Skiploom and Jumpluff. The official announcement warns that you won't be able to encounter these Pokémon outside the event, so you'll want to make sure to play during these dates if you want them in your game.

What's more, you'll also need at least one rebuilt Pokémon Center in order to encounter Hoppip and friends. Rebuilding a Pokémon Center is an endeavor that can take a few hours of gameplay minimum, so you'll want to get a jump-luff on that to make sure you don't miss out.

But you don't have to wait until March 9 to get started. If you open up your Switch 2 system clock and set it to a date and time within the event range, and you already have the finished Pokémon Center, Hoppip will just be chilling in your game right next to it. I managed to get Hoppip to appear in my game, and it sent me out to the Dream Islands to collect Cotton Spores for furniture. Be mindful that doing this can potentially muck with things in other realtime games, like Disney Dreamlight Valley and Animal Crossing, so it may be best to set it back to normal once you're done and before opening any of those games.

In addition to the Hoppip event, those who purchased Pokopia early can get an in-game Ditto rug for free using the Mystery Gift function in the menu. The Ditto Rug is available until January 31 of next year so you're not likely to miss out even if you wait to buy the game. And, as a heads up, you can get the Ditto Rug in-game without using this function too. This just gives you a free one much earlier than you'd otherwise encounter it.

Pokopia is amazing, and I said as much in my 9/10 review: It's "an enjoyable building and town simulator that capitalizes on the charming personalities of its monsters in a way that appeals to both the creative and collector alike." Wondering which Pokémon you'll be able to live alongside? Check out our list of all the Pokémon in Pokopia, and take a look at our Things to Do First in Pokopia guide to make the most of your first few days. To help you get started, we've also got a list of 17 things that Pokopia doesn't tell you, plus How to Raise the Environment Level and How to Raise Pokémon Comfort Level.

Rebekah Valentine is a senior reporter for IGN. Got a story tip? Send it to rvalentine@ign.com.

Nathan Fillion has hyped up Firefly fans with a number of social media posts that has some hoping for a series return over 20 years after it was canceled.

Fillion, who plays Captain Mal Reynolds in Firefly, has made several social media posts where he visits various cast members from the show while highlighting a mysterious “announcement.” He’s made videos with folks like Morena Baccarin, Gina Torres, Summer Glau, and Sean Maher, and in the clips, he tells his former costars that “it’s time.”

It seems as though Fillion is hinting at some kind of cast reunion, but in what form will that reunion take? That’s anyone’s guess right now. In the post where Fillion joins forces with Maher, the caption tells fans: “Some of you have guessed convention, podcast, or cross-over. You are wrong.” And that means some folks who assumed Fillion and his other former Firefly costar Alan Tudyck would be hosting a reunion (and maybe even a rewatch, too) on their podcast Once We Were Spacemen are probably ultimately incorrect.

When is this big announcement happening, you might be wondering? Well, in Fillion’s latest post — all of which have been made on his podcast account, fueling that speculation — he visits costar Jewel Staite and confirms that the surprise will be revealed on Sunday, March 15, though he doesn't clarify where or how the announcement will be made.

As far as what the announcement could actually be, fans have been musing about a potential 25th anniversary reunion special, one bigger than a podcast meetup, or even the highly anticipated and hoped-for revival series fans have waited patiently for.

"I swear by my pretty floral bonnet, if Nathan Fillion is leading us on with these hints I will curse his sudden but inevitable betrayal," said one fan on the Firefly subreddit, which as you can imagine is all sorts of busy right now.

That said, Baccarin, who played Inara Serra, previously opened up about how unlikely it was for a full-scale revival to happen. "There’s always talk. There’s always people asking about it. Part of me would be excited to revisit that world, and part of me is also a little bit like, I love it so much where it is, that I’m worried about reopening that door,” she explained on Inside of You with Michael Rosenbaum back in July 2025. “That’s a lot of different careers and different people that you have to negotiate with and make work and all that … schedules and whatnot. Could there be a comic book or [another] thing–maybe?"

Firefly premiered on Fox in September 2002 and ran for just 11 of its 14 episodes before being cancelled. The series, created by Joss Whedon, followed the crew of the spaceship known as Serenity helmed by Fillion’s Mal Reynolds in the year 2517 and ended up becoming a cult classic once it made its way to DVD. We’ll see where this new announcement takes things for the fans.

Lex Briscuso is a film and television critic and a freelance entertainment writer for IGN. You can follow her on Twitter at @nikonamerica.

The developer of Marvel Rivals has addressed what it called the “disturbing trend” of "incentivized throwing,” where players are enticed by third-party bounties to deliberately sabotage matches.

Last month, Marvel Rivals players called on developer NetEase Games to take action after the emergence of an unofficial bounty website that triggered fears it could harm the community it was supposedly trying to protect.

Fans of the hero shooter sounded the alarm when third-party site Intlist.org went live on February 22. Established by Marvel Rivals content creator and X/Twitter user EchoRivals, Intlist’s goal was to give players an avenue to name those who intentionally sabotage or “throw” multiplayer matches and “put a price on their head.”

“Put a bounty on griefers & throwers,” the first, now-deleted post on its X account read, promising a system that offered an 80% payout for those who successfully throw matches in retaliation. “Someone queues in, throws it back, gets paid.”

One Reddit user calling attention to the issue said they’d seen an increase in sabotaged matches for every kind of player, warning that “now every game is people throwing each other’s games.” The Intlist account replied to the criticism, insisting: “Collateral damage is an unfortunate reality of war.”

Now, in an official statement published to the Marvel Rivals Discord, NetEase threatened players who engaged with external bounties with a permanent ban.

Here’s the statement in full:

We have recently identified a disturbing trend within our community: "incentivized throwing," where players are enticed by third-party bounties to deliberately sabotage matches. This behavior not only undermines the integrity of our game but also tarnishes the experience for honest players who are committed to fair competition.

In light of this, we want to make our position clear:

We maintain a strict zero-tolerance policy against any form of malicious disruption. To combat this issue, we are implementing a specialized investigation protocol focused on identifying and addressing negative gameplay linked to these external bounties. Accounts found to be violating our policies will face serious repercussions, including, but not limited to, permanent bans. We strongly advise players against jeopardizing their valuable accounts and hard-earned progress for the sake of temporary incentives.

Moreover, to reinforce the principles of fair competition, we have enhanced our regulations regarding negative gameplay. Accounts found to be engaging in disruptive behaviors, such as malicious idling (AFK) or intentionally throwing matches, will incur significant penalties following reporting and verification.

If you encounter players who are maliciously idling or intentionally throwing games, we encourage you to utilize the reporting feature immediately. Your reports are crucial and will be thoroughly investigated by our dedicated team.

Maintaining a positive gaming environment is a collective responsibility. Thank you for your continued support!

Intlist had already been pulled offline last month, promising “something big is coming.” At the time, EchoRivals claimed the site was locked down after they “detected unauthorized access to our database from a single bad actor.”

Today, March 5, EchoRivals posted in the Intlist Discord to say the website would remain offline “for the time being,” adding: “No ETA on when/if we will be back. This was my decision.”

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.

Doomsday Diner is the restaurant sim that dares to take post-apocalyptic storytelling to a new height by focusing on an element we so often overlook, that of the humble hot dog. A new trailer and a playable demo drop today, ahead of a PC release on Steam later this year.

It has all the hallmarks of the classic diner sim, cooking, cleaning, upgrading your equipment piece by piece but with some added carnage as you do your best to defend your humble eatery from wasteland raiders. To keep things spicy, the controls are physics-based, which should make for some sausage slinging chaos when the pressure is on.

The maniacs behind the game are Space Rock Games, a studio in New Zealand that is also working on Criminals Within, an asymmetric co-op multiplayer action-adventure game with a fantasy flavor. Members of its team have worked on notable titles like Fable, Path of Exile, Chivalry 2, Alien vs Predator and Black And White 2.

Doomsday Diner joins the collection of increasingly unhinged sim games on Steam, which includes big names like House Flipper, Goat Simulator and Powerwash Simulator, but also hidden gems like Paver Simulator, TCG Card Shop Simulator, and Crime Scene Cleaner.

You can wishlist Doomsday Diner now.

Rachel Weber is the Head of Editorial Development at IGN and an elder millennial. She's been a professional nerd since 2006 when she got her start on Official PlayStation Magazine in the UK, and has since worked for GamesIndustry.Biz, Rolling Stone and GamesRadar. She loves horror, horror movies, horror games, Red Dead Redemption 2, and her Love and Deepspace boyfriends.

You play a handcrafted puppet in a papercraft world in Hidalgo, a newly announced cozy narrative adventure that's playable in co-op. It's based on the novel Don Quijote de La Mancha, and it's in development for PC.

Appropriately named developer Infinite Thread games promises first-person parallax puzzles, cozy boss battles, environmental puzzles, and a wholesome-themed story. When playing in co-op, one player controls Don Quijote, while the other controls Sancho. Check out the announcement trailer above and the first screenshots in the gallery below.

Hidalgo is due out later this year on PC. Wishlist it on Steam if you're interested.

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Earlier in 2026, we got our first look at Saber Interactive’s currently Untitled John Wick Game at a Sony State of Play. But apart from an impressively cinematic trailer, very little is known about the upcoming project. Well, IGN recently spoke with Saber’s Chief Creative Officer, Tim Willits, and squeezed a few extra tiny details out.

A John Wick game seems like a no-brainer. In theory, it's gun-fu action, which is not overly dissimilar from Remedy’s Max Payne bullet-time combat or Sifu’s hand-to-hand melee combos — the former has already received a movie adaptation, with the latter in production at Netflix from, incidentally, John Wick’s Chad Stahelski. So, the Keanu Reeves-led movie series making its way into video games seems a natural reversal of the adaptation process.

It’s a sentiment shared by Willits. “The great thing about the Wick series is when you watch the movies, they're kind of like video games. You have a group of enemies, then you have some tough guys, and you have a boss fight, and then you have a group of enemies, tough guys, and a boss fight. So it's really exciting to bring that action to a video game. It's going to be like watching a movie. That's all I can say.”

While the structure of the game remains unknown, we can infer that this will perhaps be a level-based action game in the mold of classics like the aforementioned Max Payne, if the flow of grunts, brutes, and bosses that Willits mentioned is as suggested. What we do know, however, is when the game will be set, and, in turn, how its place on the John Wick timeline may impact its style of gameplay.

“So yes, it's before movie one,” Willits confirms. “And you can kind of infer that because [in the reveal trailer] he's getting measured for his suit, and he looks a little bit younger.”

Because this John Wick is a prequel, Saber’s intention is for fights to be a little bit more clumsy than what fans have seen on the big screen, and the combat is more instinctual. This would, in theory, give the game a nice sense of progression, as we presumably gain experience and unlock skills on our way to becoming the much-feared Baba Yaga figure inhabited by Keanu Reeves’ assassin in the first movie. It also, crucially, means he isn’t fuelled by the murder of his beloved dog, so, thankfully, we won’t have to go through that trauma all over again.

We’ll learn plenty more about the Untitled John Wick game as we creep closer to its release, but Willits is very excited about getting it in players’ hands, claiming it's “Saber's biggest announcement we've ever done.”

For a developer now highly adept in adapting existing IP into games, that’s no small claim, with the highly successful Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 and Evil Dead: The Game under the studio’s belt, as well as the upcoming John Carpenter’s Toxic Commando, Jurassic Park: Survival, and Hellraiser: Revival.

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