Amazon is finally offering a 2TB PS5-compatible SSD for under $100, which I haven't seen for months. Right now you can pick up an Orico 2TB PCIe Gen 4 M.2 Solid State Drive for only $96.19 after you apply the 26% off coupon on the product page. This is a PS5-compatible SSD with speeds well above Sony's minimum recommendation of 5,600MB/s and the proper form factor to drop right into the PS5's drive bay. You'll need to add your own heatsink, but you can easily get a PS5-compatible heatsink for well under $10. The Orico brand isn't as immediately recognizable as Samsung or WD, but this drive in particular has racked up enough positive feedback for me to feel comfortable recommending it.

Orico 2TB M.2 SSD (PS5-Compatible) for $96.19

While we have put together lists recommending the best DC board games and Marvel board games on the market, there are still plenty of great titles out there that don't fall under either of those banners and instead highlight the "superhero" motif itself. These are games that pit players against one another as heroes and villains, and those that let you work together to stop some dastardly villains. This list takes a look at some of those games that will appeal to fans of capes and spandex, regardless of publisher.

TL;DR - These are the best superhero board games

If you don't have time to peruse the blurbs, you can see all the items on this list in the catalog above. But if you want more info about any of these superhero board games, read on for the info.

Kapow!

Sentinels of the Multiverse: Definitive Edition

Massive-Verse Fighting Card Game

Invincible: The Hero-Building Game

Astro Knights

Hellboy: The Board Game

The South Park Season 27 premiere is set to go ahead tonight, July 23, after creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker signed a big money deal with Paramount.

The hotly contested new contract for South Park will see the long-running Comedy Central show continue even as Paramount works to get its merger with Skydance over the line.

Earlier this month, Parker and Stone expressed their frustration about Paramount’s decision to delay the premiere of Season 27 for two weeks — using the show’s social media accounts to claim the Paramount and Skydance merger was “f—king up” their show. The pair even enlisted the services of a “bulldog negotiator” lawyer as the row over their contract escalated.

Now, the new deal is official, which means the new season will debut on Comedy Central at 10pm ET / PT tonight, July 23. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the agreement runs for five years and includes 50 new episodes of the show to debut on Comedy Central. It is reportedly valued at $300 million a year, or $1.5 billion over the length of their contract, which makes South Park one of the most valuable franchises in television.

Meanwhile, the South Park library will move to Paramount+ in the U.S. and globally. New episodes will also stream on Paramount+ in the U.S. the day after they air on Comedy Central.

Remember Secret Level, that Amazon Prime miniseries of short films inspired by popular video games? You know the episode that recast Pac-Man as a marooned warrior abducting strangers to help it fight its way out of a prison planet? Well, Bandai Namco fleshed that idea out into a lengthy metroidvania called Shadow Labyrinth – a rare Street Fighter: The Movie-type beat – and this bizarre reimagining of the industry’s oldest eater is a truly challenging experience. Not necessarily because it’s difficult, as it’s not a cake walk but I’ve thrown myself against the rocks of more tortuous games in the past. No, my biggest struggle with it was staying interested in Shadow Labyrinth’s cryptic, slow, and frankly boring story while also fighting through some gnarly difficulty spikes and brutal checkpointing.

I’m not completely against the idea of a gritty reboot of Pac-Man in theory, but the execution here did not make a great case for it in practice. The story, which drapes you in the rags of Puck’s (read: Pac-Man’s) sword swinging goon, sort of exists around you. That makes some sense given you’ve woken up without any memories or understanding of the wreckage of war you’re being lead through by your scheming yellow companion, but Shadow Labyrinth’s insistence on making you stand around and watch broken, vague, trope-bloated dialogue between the handful of active characters is arduous.

The 10-minute Secret Level episode did a much more effective job of weaving an interesting parable by using the “cycle of survival” story as a parallel of the cyclical nature of Pac-Man’s eat-die-repeat gameplay. As a direct sequel to that short, Shadow Labyrinth expands on the story exponentially, but fills that new space with rote sci-fi lore that has very few compelling plot happenings sprinkled throughout. Even on the occasions where the journey of Puck and the Swordsman took big swerves, those twists came and went without much time spent considering their magnitude or potential consequences. I was always dungeon diving just like I would have been a few minutes later.

Shadow Labyrinth looks pretty good, though. The sort of moving paper doll animation used so well in games like Salt and Sanctuary is mostly solid here, too. There’s a surprising level of detail in many of the monsters, especially the mechanical ones with all of their bits and doodads. Animations can feel a little stilted and floaty, like a marionette on strings, but it doesn’t affect the action in any meaningful way. The levels themselves make good use of color in their fore and backgrounds, though I wouldn’t call its renditions of the depths of a lava filled cavern or the many stories of a high tech tower all that unique. There are disappointingly few locations that aren’t an underground cavern or high-tech base using similar backgrounds with the colors remixed. My favorite zone is the most interesting both in how it looks and how you have to navigate it, a valley filled with sometimes deadly flowers that is a completely optional and can’t be accessed until late.

Unfortunately, the actual task of moving through these expansive areas takes far too long. Platforming never gets too out of hand, the bigger challenges are relegated to side paths occasionally leading to more dangerous mini-puzzles and obstacles that’ll test your timing and reflexes. I was regularly presented with rails that morph you into the round yellow chomp machine we all recognize. These tracks allow you to waka waka waka up designated walls, around corners, and across ceilings, munching on pellets (which is a currency to spend on perks and upgrades) as you go. Hopping from line to line or launching Puck at foes with a spinning sword attack is funny at first, but I can count on one hand the times I encountered sections of this that feels truly clever outside of the fact that the gimmick exists in the first place. They are such isolated experiences that if you removed all of these sections from Shadow Labyrinth, I wouldn’t miss any of them.

While on foot, obscure signposting and an abundance of crossroads often made it unclear where the critical path laid and I regularly stumbled into side paths by accident, which sometimes lead to goodies like bonus health and other times to roadblocks I didn’t have the upgrade to surmount. Sauntering around these corners was oppressively dangerous as death would jettison me back to a checkpoint that almost always felt miles away from where I fell. It was made more stressful because of the two-tiered checkpointing: the larger Miku Sol points that you can upgrade your warrior with and teleport between, and smaller pylons that are checkpoints in the strictest, old school sense of the word. As resources dwindled and the paths splintered and multiplied seemingly endlessly, a little misstep here or there could erase so much of my progress that I felt just as trapped in these places as Puck did. Maybe that's the point, they don’t like it and neither do I.

One thing I did really like were the MAZEs, little pocket dimensions that unlock about midway through the journey that pull you into chaotic versions of Pac-Man levels. You’re doing much more than zooming and eating in these, with various puzzly obstacles like moving walls that you essentially throw at enemy ghosts to make them edible. The flashy colors and arcade music provided a sort of Championship Edition DX energy that was a welcome reprieve from the mostly by-the-numbers dungeon delving I was undoubtedly doing before I approached their glowing headstones, and would return to as soon as they were over.

Combat is full of your standard fare for a game like this. You can dodge around and swing a sword in a basic combo from the start. You unlock a power attack that provides a large amount of ranged damage when used alone or can be linked to the end of your basic combo as a satisfying finisher. There’s an air dash, a grappling hook, a parry, and more all waiting to be found and added to your repertoire as well, each of which cost a little bit of your ESP gauge to use. Running that meter to empty puts you in a Street Fighter 6-style burnout condition, meaning you can’t do anything but attack until it recharges again. This is a heavy and meaningful penalty, one that asks you to really pay attention to how much offense you’re attempting to unload at once.

Meanwhile, perks can alter you in smaller ways, like making your dodge cost less ESP or showing the remaining health of the last enemy you hit. The most effective ones for me were those that make your special abilities stronger or allow Puck to passively gather bits for you. But while those are useful, none of these perks changed combat in significant ways or made the fact that I was just mashing attacks until everything died feel less repetitive.

Puck can get in on the action on occasion, combining with your swordsman to become a sort of mechanical dragon creature that rips and tears until its timed energy bar is done. It was fun to be big enough to ignore enemy damage and adverse terrain for a short period of time, but you are still largely just mashing the basic attack button until you can’t anymore. To recharge this mode, you have to devour fallen foes, which also give you various materials that can be spent at specific vendors for perks. I spent almost no time trying to hunt down specific enemies to farm pieces, and my available perks list was understandably slim because of it. That said, there was nothing sitting on a vendor’s shelf that made me think my odds of beating a nagging boss or a tough jumping puzzle would be greater if I did.

There’s quite a variety of different types of enemies to use all of this offense on, but you spend so much time in large zones that baddies turn from new challenges to nuisances pretty quickly. Enemies that you can’t simply whack to death at first sight are few and far between, and they’re rarely arranged in a way that makes them a real threat to your progress, the occasional archer standing on a platform you need to jump up to hit notwithstanding. Bosses on the whole don’t require much strategy outside of basic pattern recognition, either. A giant rooster mini-boss early on gave me an opportunity to use my air dash optimally just after unlocking it, but it wasn't until much later in the roughly 30-hour campaign that any big enemies forced an extra technical layer out of my combat strategy. And when the challenge did finally ramp up, it was completely over-tuned. The damage output exploded and the time between attacks shrank, turning some late game fights into frustrating walks of shame from the closest checkpoint to the boss.

The Buffy the Vampire Slayer franchise has a rich history in the comic book realm, with multiple publishers adding to the mythology of the classic TV series. Now Dynamite Entertainment has become the newest home for Buffy comics, with the publisher announcing a pair of interconnected titles - Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel.

Both books will be written by Absolute Wonder Woman and Birds of Prey writer Kelly Thompson and feature cover art by David Nakayama. No interior artists have been revealed yet.

The Studio star Ike Barinholtz is reportedly set to play Elon Musk in Amazon’s Artificial, a movie about ChatGPT maker OpenAI.

The Hollywood Reporter said Barinholtz is in talks to play the X / Twitter and Tesla owner in Artificial, which also stars Spider-Man actor Andrew Garfield as OpenAI boss Sam Altman, and Anora actor Yura Borisov as OpenAI co-founder Iya Stuskever.

“Here be monsters,” says the legend on so many antique maps, firing the imagination with thoughts of kraken, chimeras, or worse. But what if it were true? What if Lewis and Clarke, setting out on their expedition across the American interior, encountered buffalo-headed minotaurs and man-eating plants.

That’s the premise of the Corps of Discovery comic and now of this board game adaptation. The game comes from the same designers as the superb Mind MGMT, although, save for the comic book connection, this is a very different kind of game.

What’s in the Box

There are two folders of paper maps that slide into the sandwich, one for each of the two scenarios included in the game. There’s also a second board which is used for tracking the current game state, with spaces for three challenge cards, backpack items and water: this doubles as a handy reminder of the flow of each game day. There are tokens for the various resources that go in your backpack and for your water supply. There are also several card decks, not only the challenge cards that’ll outline the obstacles you must overcome each day, but also characters to play, items for them to use and so on.

As a scenario-based game, there are also additional cards and tokens applicable to particular scenarios. One thing to note is that, as a game based on a comic book series, all the components are furnished with excellent art from the original comics. While it might not be to everyone’s tastes, it does a fantastic job of bringing the game’s dangerous world to life, especially if you’re familiar with the source material.

Google has announced the official launch date of its Google Pixel 10 lineup, and it's just around the corner.

According to media invites shared by Google, the Google Pixel 10 will launch on August 20. Google is expected to share more information about the phone alongside a collection of other Pixel devices, including new earbuds and watches, at its Made by Google event on the same day.

Google is officially showing the Pixel 10 already. Assuming this isn't a 10 Pro, looks like 3 cameras on the base phone is the main thing that's new. Otherwise... same design 🤓 pic.twitter.com/i3gF7Mshts

— Marques Brownlee (@MKBHD) July 22, 2025

Unsurprisingly, the Google Pixel 10's launch comes almost exactly one year after the Pixel 9. And based on the brief showcase video on the device's Google Store page, it appears to share an identical design to the previous iteration, sporting the same rounded display and pill-based camera bump that defined that generation of the popular smartphone lineup.

Despite the similar look, leaks suggest the phone will come with the new Tensor G5 chip, a moderately larger battery, and a third camera. We're certainly eager to learn more about the differences between the standard and Pro models of the phone, too, as Google is known for pushing some of its most attractive features to its premium device.

Fans will also get a look at the Pixel 10 Pro Fold and Pixel Watch 4, both of which are set to be iterative devices rather than substantial updates—at least in terms of design. If you need new earbuds, you can expect a formal announcement of fresh Pixel Buds, too.

Google hasn't confirmed anything regarding pricing for the Pixel 10 family yet, so it's yet to be seen if ongoing tariffs will have a larger impact than usual on those looking to upgrade to the company's newest flagship series.

If you want to watch the announcements from the Made by Google event, you'll be able to livestream it on YouTube. The keynote, which will take place in New York, starts August 20 at 1 PM ET.

For all you budget TV shoppers, Walmart has just released an excellent deal on a sizeable TV. Right now you can pick up a 58" Hisense R6-series 4K Roku Smart TV for just $214 with free delivery. That's pretty much Black Friday tier pricing. If you're looking for a a high-end TV with fancy features like 120Hz or HDMI 2.1, then you've come to the wrong place. If you're looking for an inexpensive TV that offers the best bang for your buck, then this deal can't be beat.

58" Hisense R6 4K Roku TV for $214

Half the fun of San Diego Comic-Con is shopping for exclusive toys and collectibles, and Nickelodeon is bringing an impressive crop of exclusives to this year's show. Whether you prefer Avatar: The Last Airbender, SpongeBob SquarePants, or Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, there's something for you at the Nickelodeon booth this year.

Check out the slideshow gallery below to see images of the various plushies, figurines, vinyl records, and other Nickelodeon collectibles, and then read on for more information and how to acquire them for your collection.

All images courtesy of Paramount Consumer Products

Where to Buy Nickelodeon's SDCC Exclusives

All of these items can be purchased at the Nickelodeon booth at Comic-Con (#4113). Note that not all of these items are exclusive to SDCC. One is making its debut at the show, and several items will be more widely available for purchase later.

EXCLUSIVES

Avatar: The Last Airbender Golden Aang (SDCC 2025) - 4-Inch Mini Figure in Kawaii Style with Golden Deco (1 of 500)

Celebrate a new dawn with Golden Aang! Based on the hit show Avatar: The Last Airbender, this 4-inch mini figure is sculpted in a unique kawaii style and depicts the popular Airbender Aang. It includes unique gold and black deco and commemorates the launch of Jazwares’ new line of Avatar figures and collectibles. This special edition figure is limited to 500 units worldwide and exclusive to SDCC 2025. Officially licensed Avatar product from Jazwares.

SRP: $20.00

Avatar: The Last Airbender 20th Anniversary Painterly Pins

It's the best celebration ever! Celebrate 20 years of Avatar: The Last Airbender with our SDCC exclusive, limited-edition pins by Zen Monkey Studios. Collect pins of Aang, Katarra, Sokka and Uncle Iroh spattered with vibrant paint to capture the festive spirit of this milestone anniversary! Available only at San Diego Comic-Con, each pin is a colorful explosion of artistry, with only 250 pieces per design, making them the perfect keepsake for any fan.

SRP: $20.00

Bear Walk Avatar: The Last Airbender Carved Skate Deck

SDCC Exclusive Appa Surfer

The Appa Surfer is a handcrafted skate deck made in the US, exclusively for SDCC. It features custom artwork and premium materials. The design shows Appa flying over the Air Nomads, and a small graphic of Momo on the back. Each board comes with custom packaging and a signed and numbered Certificate of Authenticity.

30"x9.1"

A-Grade Maple

SRP: $325.00

Avatar: The Last Airbender Wanted Posters

The Avatar: The Last Airbender Wanted Posters. Collect all three Wanted posters featuring Aang, Iroh and Zuko, and Blue Spirit. Each poster is printed on Japanese Masa paper with hand ripped edges for authenticity. Posters will be numbered 1 of 100, 2 of 100, etc. and each poster will come with a detail card that provides the poster's translation.

SRP: $25.00

Avatar: The Last Airbender Uncle Iroh’s Tea for Two

The Avatar: The Last Airbender Uncle Iroh’s Tea for Two set includes a teapot with two cups from Uncle Iroh’s shop. The teapot and mugs feature the logo of The Jasmine Dragon, Uncle Iroh’s tea shop. The teapot comes with a bamboo handle and holds 26 ounces of your favorite tea. The matching traditionally sized teacups hold 5 ounces, making it the perfect size for savoring delicious jasmine tea.

SRP: $40.00

Eddie Valentin Smurfette Bag Charm

Smurfette believes that happiness is contagious. Add this blinged out charm to your bag or keys as a constant reminder.

SRP: $15.00

Eddie Valentin SpongeBob SquarePants Bag Charm

Adorn your bag with this blinged out bag charm that features America’s favorite Bikini Bottom resident, SpongeBob SquarePants.

SRP: $20.00

Diamond Art Club Sparkle Pal – SpongeBob (Rainbow)

Diamond Art Club Sparkle Pal - SpongeBob (Rainbow). Bring a little imagination to life with this shimmering SpongeBob™ Sparkle Pal™! Celebrate endless creativity with this dazzling reminder that anything is possible when you dream big. Made by Diamond Art Club®, the leader in premium diamond painting kits, this bite-sized project lets you create a sparkling character standee one gem at a time. Diamond painting is a relaxing craft that combines the satisfaction of paint-by-numbers with the brilliance of faceted resin diamonds. Perfect for gifting, family bonding, or just adding a little sparkle to your space, Sparkle Pals™ feature your favorite characters in miniature form!

SRP: $15.00

Nickelodeon San Diego Comic-Con 2025 Custom T-shirt

Fans can purchase a t-shirt and tote bag from a customized market stall and personalize it on the spot with characters and art from their choice of 9 fan-favorite Nick shows and Paramount Pictures Movies: Avatar: The Last Airbender, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, SpongeBob SquarePants, Hey Arnold!, Rugrats, Danny Phantom, Smurfs and The Legend of Aang: The Last Airbender.

Choose your nation! A special Avatar: The Last Airbender feature allows fans to pick from the four nations – Water, Earth, Fire and Air – to customize. Hard to pick? Non-benders can stick with an overall ATLA item.

SRP: $25.00

Nickelodeon San Diego Comic-Con 2025 Custom Tote Bags

Fans can purchase a t-shirt and tote bag from a customized market stall and personalize it on the spot with characters and art from their choice of 9 fan-favorite Nick shows and Paramount Pictures Movies: Avatar: The Last Airbender, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, SpongeBob SquarePants, Hey Arnold!, Rugrats, Danny Phantom, Smurfs and The Legend of Aang: The Last Airbender. Choose your nation! A special Avatar: The Last Airbender feature allows fans to pick from the four nations – Water, Earth, Fire and Air – to customize. Hard to pick? Non-benders can stick with an overall ATLA item.

SRP: $15.00

DEBUT

Play-Doh Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Cowabunga Creations

The world's favorite mighty mutant Turtles band together for imaginative adventures with the Play-Doh Cowabunga Creations set! This Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles action figure collection features a creative twist with squishy modeling compound and tools. There are lots of ways to create and play with the Raphael, Donatello, Michelangelo, and Leonardo Ninja Turtle toys. Each 4-inch figure has bendy, flexible arms and legs and a hidden mold in their turtle shell for unique ways to play. They also come with their own tools that they can hold in their hands to imagine even more training battles.

SRP: $44.00

NON-EXCLUSIVES

Magic: The Gathering x Avatar: The Last Airbender Planeswalker Elemental Symbol Tote Bag

The world of Avatar: The Last Airbender meets Magic: The Gathering! Featuring the Planeswalker symbol surrounded by the four elements, this tote bag is perfect for epic adventures or transporting your favorite decks.

Check out BoxLunch's exclusive Magic: The Gathering x Avatar: The Last Airbender collection coming this fall!

SRP: $15.00

Republic Records Avatar: The Last Airbender Book 2: Earth Music From the Animated Series

Featuring music by Emmy Award-winning composer and musician Jeremy Zuckerman, Avatar: The Last Airbender - Book 2: Earth expands his original compositions and employs a full orchestra for this long-awaited release of the score from the second season of the iconic animated series Avatar: The Last Airbender. The music sweeps listeners into the adventures of main protagonist Aang and his friends, who must defeat Fire Lord Ozai and end the Hundred Year War to restore balance to the Four Nations. The original vinyl artwork was created by Bryan Konietzko, co-creator and art director of the award-winning series and co-Chief Creative Officer of Avatar Studios.

SRP: $38.00

YouTooz Avatar: The Last Airbender Ronin Momo 9” Plush

As you stand there, you hear the wind whistle by and all of a sudden, a fallen leaf is split in two and Ronin Momo floats down ready to fight! This brand new plush brings Ronin Momo to real life as a plush, perfect for protecting you! Sitting at 9 inches tall with his feet kicked forward and wearing his iconic blue robes and sandals, he holds aloft a katana in each hand as his face has furrowed brows and a top bun of hair sits atop his head. This plush is packed to the seams with 100% PP cotton and is made of the softest minky material with faux fur material accents, perfect for cuddling or fighting for what's right with!

SRP: $30.00

YouTooz Avatar: The Last Airbender Baby Appa 9” Plush

Finally, an apple that is Appa-sized! Everyone's favorite Sky Bison is back for a brand new Youtooz plush with freshest fruit around! This 9-inch plush shows Appa seated as 4 of his arms (or legs) hold a delicious bright red apple close to his chest. The apple and two of his arms include magnets so the apple can be removed for you to take a bite!

SRP: $30.00

Lethal Cosmetics Avatar: The Last Airbender Eye Shadow Palettes

Yip Yip! Ground your look with eye shadow palettes inspired by the Water, Earth, Fire and Air Kingdoms. The palettes help you to experience an earth-shattering mix of matte, metallic and multichrome shadows, soar to new heights, release your inner waterbender, and ignite your look. Each 9 shadow palette sold separately.

SRP: $33.00

Lethal Cosmetics Avatar: The Last Airbender Makeup Bag

An irresistibly cute makeup bag that looks like Appa, has Momo hanging from the zipper, and the interior lining features Appa and Momo!

SRP: $30.00

Lethal Cosmetics Avatar: The Last Airbender My Cabbages! Makeup Sponge

The only makeup sponge that looks like a cabbage. Stackable, but use caution when Aang is around.

SRP: $7.00

KidRobot SpongeBob SquarePants – PVC/Vinyl 5” Scale Figures – SpongeBob and DoodleBob 2 Pack

SpongeBob and DoodleBob vinyl figures are the perfect good and evil pair.

SRP: $40.00

KidRobot SpongeBob SquarePants – PVC/Vinyl 5” Scale Figures – Barnacle Boy and Mermaid Man 2 Pack

Barnacle Boy and Mermaid Man are the retired superheroes we all need.

SRP: $40.00

Eddie Valentin Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Hoodie

Show off your love for the classic Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles with this stylish black hoodie, featuring rhinestone faces of Leonardo, Donatello, Raphael, and Mikey. Complete with sparkling rhinestone hoodie cords, it’s the perfect blend of nostalgia and bold fashion.

SRP: $75.00

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Edge of Eternities kicks off this week (in prerelease at least), and while it’s yet another Magic: The Gathering set, it’s also shaking things up in the most popular format: Commander.

With the new set, Legendary vehicles (and the Spacecraft within Edge of Eternities) will be able to be used as your Commander, meaning there are almost two dozen Legendary Vehicles you can opt to lead your deck.

Here are the ones you should consider, along with some key points to keep in mind.

The Seriema

Hulu has been around for a while and, for our money, it's one of the absolute best streaming services available. From great movies like Anora and Predator: Killer of Killers to excellent television series like Shogun, The Handmaid's Tale, and The Bear (check out our glowing review of season four here), there is always something awesome to watch. We've also got the highly-anticipated Alien: Earth series on our radar this year, which premieres its first two episodes on August 12.

Below, we've detailed all of the best Hulu deals and bundles so you can get started on your streaming adventures with its library right away. This includes the Hulu, Disney+, and HBO Max streaming bundle, which starts at just $16.99/month and is currently the best value available for the streaming services. To see even more streaming deals, make sure to check out our roundups of the best Disney Plus deals and the best HBO Max deals.

How to Get The Disney Plus, Hulu, and HBO Max Streaming Bundle

The Disney Plus, Hulu, and HBO Max streaming bundle can be purchased on any of the three streaming services and starts at $16.99/month for the ad-supported tier or $29.99/month for ad-free access across all three platforms. If you're looking to cut down on streaming costs and currently own all three of these, this is an excellent bundle to invest in. It'll save you quite a bit compared to what you'd pay for the three of them separately per month - 43% on the ad-supported plan and 42% on the ad-free plan.

Hulu deal for students — Get Hulu (With Ads) for just $1.99/month

If you're a student enrolled in a university (a US Title IV accredited college or university, per Hulu's website), you can sign up for Hulu (With Ads) for $1.99 a month. That's an excellent deal that saves you $8 on the usual monthly price.

Hulu subscription tiers

Hulu: Bundle to Best

If you want a more affordable option when it comes to a Hulu subscription, you can't go wrong with a bundle, and Hulu has several to choose from:

• Hulu + Live TV (With Ads) — Hulu + Live TV (With Ads) is $82.99/month and includes Disney+ and ESPN+. It also gives you access to more than 75 channels with live TV and unlimited DVR functionality. The Hulu + Live TV plan also has a three-day free trial to test out the service.
• Hulu + Live TV (Ad-Free) — The ad-free version of Hulu+Live TV is $95.99/month and comes with ad-free versions of Hulu and Disney Plus, although ESPN still shows ads.
• Disney+, Hulu Bundle Basic — This is the most economic bundle. It will set you back $10.99/month and comes with subscriptions to Disney+ and Hulu. It lets you stream on multiple devices at once and comes with ad-supported versions of both Disney+ and Hulu.
• Disney+, Hulu, ESPN+ Bundle Basic — This bundle adds ESPN+ (with ads) into the mix alongside ad-supported versions of Disney+ and Hulu, bumping up the price to $16.99/month. You can also download and watch select content on ESPN+ at this level.
• Disney+, Hulu, ESPN+ Bundle Premium — This bundle is $26.99/month and comes with ESPN+ (with ads) and ad-free versions of Disney+ and Hulu. You can also download select content across all three streaming services.

What can you watch on Hulu?

There is a bonkers amount of shows and movies you can watch on Hulu. Let's start at the top and simply talk about the verticals on offer with the base subscription, because if we also talk about what is available via Disney+, ESPN+, or live TV, we'll be here forever. (You can also sync up Hulu with HBO Max to gain access to things like The Last of Us and House of the Dragon.)

Here's what you get:

• Network and Hulu Original television shows (AMC, Adult Swim, ABC, A&E, FX, etc.)
• Movies (HBO, Hulu Originals, anime films, etc.)
• Sports (NHL, Soccer, MLB, Auto Racing, NFL, College Football, PGA, Tennis, etc.)
• News (ABC News Live, Good Morning America, World News Tonight, 20/20, The View, etc.)

Hulu television

Hulu has some amazing shows, both those that are finished and many which are ongoing. For comedy, there are plenty of options to choose from, including New Girl, It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia, What We Do In The Shadows, Modern Family, Cougar Town, Broad City, Abbott Elementary, and so much more.

There are also some big Hulu originals to watch, including The Bear, The Old Man, The Handmaid's Tale, and Only Murders In The Building. With an FX partnership, Hulu is also home to those shows, including Shogun and the upcoming Alien: Earth series.

As far as animated fare, there are modern adult classics like Rick and Morty and Bob's Burgers, as well as Futurama, Family Guy, and King of the Hill. Anime staples like Cowboy Bebop are also available. And if you want to bring more youth-friendly fun, Gravity Falls, Steven Universe, Adventure Time, and Curious George are just a small sample of what Hulu has available.

The future of Hulu

Hulu isn't going anywhere. Beyond it being awarded the best streaming service by us, it also received a 9/10 in our updated Hulu review. Writer Rosie Knight said, "Hulu's ease of use, solid UI, and ever- expanding catalog has moved it ahead of top competitor Netflix to secure our highest score for a streaming service."

Hannah Hoolihan is a freelance writer who works with the Guides and Commerce teams here at IGN.

Original story from Brian Barnett.

Ahead of EA's full Battlefield 6 reveal tomorrow, a brief teaser for the game's campaign has been posted online, revealing a major conflict.

Set in the near future, Battlefield 6's campaign will see NATO under attack. Its base in Georgia is hit, the British territory of Gibraltar is invaded, and NATO's secretary general is assassinated inside the organisation's Brussels headquarters. The perpetrator? An organisation named Pax Armata.

A number of countries, including France, are then confirmed to have left NATO to form a new coalition, as in-universe news headlines question whether NATO itself is now a "thing of the past". Hmm...

The teaser then concludes with Battlefield's trademark theme — you know the one, that 'dun dun dun dun dun' drumbeat — and a reminder that the game's full reveal will take place tomorrow, July 24, at 8am Pacific / 4pm UK time.

Eagle-eyed viewers will spot the logo for "BF Studios" on the end of the teaser — this is the coalition of developers that EA has pulled together to work on the game, including franchise founder DICE, Los Angeles-based sister studio Ripple Effect, Montreal-based Dead Space Remake developer Motive, and British Need for Speed studio Criterion.

There's also the note that "no weapon, military vehicle or gear manufacturer is affiliated with or has sponsored or endorsed this game."

Pax Armata rises as NATO cracks. Their motto? “Our protection, your peace.”

But who’s pulling the strings and to what end?#Battlefield6 Intel drop here: https://t.co/kFnyLHbbGu pic.twitter.com/Pr2kSkIaDL

— Battlefield (@Battlefield) July 23, 2025

"Pax Armata rises as NATO cracks," a message posted on Battlefield's X / Twitter account reads. "Their motto? 'Our protection, your peace.' But who’s pulling the strings and to what end?" Presumably we'll find out more tomorrow.

In recent months, footage of Battlefield 6 from various closed playtests has started leaking online, showing the game's modern setting, various firefights, destructible environments, quality of life improvements, and the start of a battle royale match.

Battlefield 6 is currently slated to launch sometime during the current fiscal year, before March 2026. It seems likely we'll see that window narrowed considerably when the game is fully unveiled.

Tom Phillips is IGN's News Editor. You can reach Tom at tom_phillips@ign.com or find him on Bluesky @tomphillipseg.bsky.social

Max is officially back to being HBO Max. Even though the name has changed (returned?), the library is still full of great films and shows to watch. HBO Max is home to some incredibly high-quality watches, including House of the Dragon, The White Lotus, The Last of Us, and Sinners, which very recently dropped on the streaming platform. You can check out our glowing 9/10 review of Sinners to see why it's worth watching.

If you've been hoping to start up an account to dig into that library, we're here to help. We're keeping track of the best price right now for HBO Max subscriptions, along with any deals as they appear. This includes bundle deals like the HBO Max, Hulu, and Disney+ bundle, which is one you absolutely don't want to miss out on. This mega bundle starts at just $16.99/month, which is an astonishing price to have three very popular streaming services right in the palm of your hand. You can learn more about that bundle deal and other HBO Max subscription plans below.

How to Get the Disney Plus, Hulu, and HBO Max Streaming Bundle

The Disney Plus, Hulu, and HBO Max streaming bundle can be purchased through any of the three streaming services and starts at $16.99/month for the ad-supported tier or $29.99/month for ad-free access across all three platforms. If you're looking to cut down on streaming costs and currently own all three of these, this is an excellent bundle to invest in. It'll save you quite a bit compared to what you'd pay for the three of them separately per month – 43% on the ad-supported plan and 42% on the ad-free plan.

To learn more about how to get started with this bundle as a new or existing subscriber, head to our guide on how to get (or switch over to) the Disney+/Hulu/HBO Max streaming bundle.

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In the campaign for Japan’s recent upper house elections, Taro Yamamoto, the leader of the Reiwa Shinsengumi party released a sketch-like video in which he cosplayed as Mobile Suit Gundam character Quattro Bajeena. However, this move attracted backlash from many Japanese commenters on social media, and prompted the anime franchise’s production studio to release an official statement denying their involvement (as previously reported by Automaton).

It’s not unusual for less prominent political parties with a smaller support base to come up with eye-catching ways to attract voters (UK readers need look no further than former LibDem leader Ed Davey’s stunt campaigns). Japan’s Reiwa Shinsengumi is a smaller center-left party, led by actor-turned-politician Taro Yamamoto. With anime voice actress Maya Okamoto on the ballot slip in the June 20 upper house election, they decided to produce a sketch-like video introducing her as their candidate.

In the video, filmed in front of the giant Gundam statue at DiverCity Tokyo, Yamamoto cosplays as Quattro Bajeena, complete with bright red outfit, a blond wig and sunglasses. Quattro Bajeena appears in the 1985 series Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam, which was re-worked into a film trilogy in the early 2000s. In this part of the Gundam franchise, Maya Okamoto voices Emma Sheen. The video is quirky, with Yamamoto quipping to Okamoto that he is dressed normally, and introduces Okamoto’s campaign “to protect Japanese pop culture” by standing against Japan’s Qualified Invoicing System. Implemented in 2023, the invoice system has proven especially unpopular with animators, filmmakers and other freelance creatives, as it has increased the amount of tax they have to pay by around 10% (source: Japan Times).

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There’s still two solid weeks before the Netflix hit Wednesday returns for the first part of its second season — but the streamer seems to be sure of one thing: that it deserves a third. Netflix has officially renewed Wednesday for a third season before the second has even begun.

The show, which stars Jenna Ortega in the title role, originally premiered on the streamer back in November 2022 and has taken nearly three years to bring fans a second helping. But it’s clear fans are hyped up for more, as the show hit No. 1 on Netflix’s global top 10 show ranking when it debuted and stayed there for six weeks. The first season garnered over 252 million views in just 90 days and went on to hit that No. 1 spot in over 90 countries.

“It’s been a dark delight to watch Wednesday cast her spell over audiences across the globe — one deadpan quip at a time,” creators and showrunners Alfred Gough and Miles Millar gushed in a statement announcing the renewal.

“We’re beyond thrilled she’ll be returning to stalk the halls of Nevermore in Season 3," the pair continued. "This time, she’ll unearth more of the school’s sinister secrets — and descend even deeper into the Addams family crypt. Or, as Wednesday would say: ‘Nothing brings a family together like a good exhumation.’”

Netflix’s Chief Content Officer, Bela Bajaria, shared similar sentiments. “The undeniable impact of Wednesday resonated immediately with fans worldwide, driving it to the top of our charts as our most popular English-language TV show, and sparking cultural trends,” the studio rep said in a statement. “We are so proud of Al Gough, Miles Millar, Tim Burton, Jenna Ortega, and the entire Wednesday cast and crew for everything they’ve accomplished. On the heels of its highly-anticipated season two return, we are thrilled to renew the iconic series for a third and to deliver more of what the fans love.”

No word on additional casting for season 3 just yet, but everything — including a release date — in good time. As for season 2, it will premiere on Netflix in two parts, with the first arriving on August 6 and the second coming on September 3.

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

House on Eden opens in theaters Friday, July 25.

House on Eden offers a word of warning for social-media creators considering a transition to conventional movies and TV: What captures the common doomscroller's attention for a few minutes won’t captivate a paying audience for over an hour. The first feature written and directed by Canadian Internet celebrity Kris Collins (a.k.a. KallMeKris) is a found-footage horror movie about two mega-popular creators investigating a haunted house. They say write what you know, and Collins has here, to an extent: She and her co-star Celina “CelinaSpookyBoo” Myers boast tens of millions of collective followers, but those were earned by skits, reaction videos, and streams. Making a full-length movie requires an entirely different skillset (and a premise that isn’t a full decade past its sell-by date), as proven by the sluggish and instantly forgettable House on Eden.

They’re not the first creators to think they can go viral with a few bucks, a Handycam, and improvised dialogue like "Shhh, did you hear that?" House on Eden is just the latest pale imitation of The Blair Witch Project, sending fictionalized versions of Collins, Myers, and Collins' collaborator Jason-Christopher Mayer to an uninhabited home in the middle of nowhere. There, the famous TikTokers foolishly meddle with demonic forces for a few clicks, but so little happens in House on Eden that often feels like watching the discards from superior, actually scary found-footage classics.

Collins aims for the type of nauseating shaky-cam frights found in Blair Witch or Grave Encounters, but can’t replicate their slow-burn chills or intimacy. Kris, Celina, and Jay’s trip to the titular house drags on and on, and even then, it's eons before anything remotely interesting happens there. The cast ad-libs the dialogue of ghost hunters who typically “speak” to followers by typing in chat comments, which makes their interpersonal chatter flat and unnatural. Myers lets a bit about a "shit tent" go for way too long, Mayer constantly interrupts the dull blathering for another shot of empty treelines, and the model of quickfire content creation generally fails to translate into exciting or even vaguely juicy onscreen chemistry.

Speaking as an outsider looking in – I familiarized myself with Collins, Myers, and Mayer’s online work before seeing House on Eden, but I’m by no means a superfan – this is a hollow and at times obnoxious showcase of the trio’s talents. Collins and Myers have done YouTube investigations of famously haunted landmarks together, and there’s a genuine chilliness in those that’s missing here. You might recognize the blinky cat toys in House on Eden from their exploration of Gray Towers Castle, where they yield a much stronger reaction. It makes sense to try to parlay such real-world hits into a movie (after all, it’s what Sam Golbach and Colby Brock – who make a cameo in House of Eden – have done), but a rigid adherence to found-footage convention and the gang’s lackluster improv skills fails to let their winning online personalities shine through.

Even worse, House on Eden is hapless and nonsensical in its structure. Mayer and co-cinematographer Adam Myers use an arsenal of equipment including grainy film cameras and high-definition rentals, and Collins puts that gear in the hands of her characters, but the way the visuals alternate between 8mm home-movie quality and crystal-clear 4K is odd and unnecessarily distracting. The geography of the house is unclear, which makes chase scenes that already look like they're filmed in a cement mixer even harder to follow. Everywhere you turn, there’s an homage, with Collins nearly replicating scenes from Hereditary, The Witch, Kill List, and (again) Blair Witch; but as a byproduct, there’s very little that makes House on Eden stand out as its own, unique creation. Half of the runtime is an exhausting hike, lousy with "What was that?!" fakeouts. Then, a whimpering payoff tries to convince us that it was worth the inconsequential 70-ish minutes of off-camera deaths and spooky old people preceding it.

The biggest problem is that House on Eden doesn't seem to be in on its own jokes. Kris and Celina are depicted as brainrotted online clout seekers who keep brushing off certain death, but their dangerous ambition doesn't feel like commentary. The characters have zero self-preservation instincts, using investigative tools like spirit boxes to communicate with and provoke evil spirits, but these standard-issue interactions with the beyond only lead to boringly redundant and uninventive outcomes. It’s bland, by-the-books found-footage gruel that might work for less attentive or knowledgeable viewers, but feels slightly disrespectful to horror diehards.

At best, House on Even is a fan film built from blocks stolen from better and more accomplished movies. Until its final minutes, there is no excitement. Stationary cameras are rigged all around the house, and yet they almost exclusively only record empty rooms and doors that "spookily" slam shut. Collins and Myers’ onscreen alter egos exploit self-endangerment for entertainment value, but do so without an underlying layer of wit or introspection. We've seen this before and we don't need to see it again – at least not if it’s going to be this shoddily done.

Some of the big summer sale events may be behind us, but there are still some great Xbox deals floating around. If you're looking to save on games or accessories, we've gathered up quite a few different Xbox deals that are available now and worth your time and money. This includes discounts on games like Monster Hunter Wilds, Space Marine 2, and Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, but these just scratch the surface of what's out there.

If you're looking to stock up on new Xbox games or accessories, we're here to help. Here are the best Xbox deals available right now.

Best Xbox Game Deals

If you're looking to stock up on new Xbox games, there are quite a few on sale right now that are worth checking out. Some of our favorite deals at the moment are from Woot's Video Game Super Sale, which includes discounts on Monster Hunter Wilds, Metaphor: ReFantazio, and Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, but there are so many more to look through. You can check out those deals and more of our favorites above.

What's Coming Soon to Xbox Game Pass?

Game Pass has a nice rotation of new titles to play every month. If you're curious about what's in store for the end of July and start of August, we've got you covered. The Xbox Game Pass July Wave 2 lineup is:

• High On Life (Cloud, Console, and PC) - July 15
  Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass, Game Pass Standard
• RoboCop: Rogue City (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X/S) – July 17
  Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass, Game Pass Standard
• My Friendly Neighborhood (Cloud, Console, and PC) – July 17
  Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass
• Back to the Dawn (Cloud, Console, and PC) – July 18
  Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass
• Abiotic Factor (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X/S) – July 22
  Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass
• Wheel World (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X/S) – July 23
  Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass
• Wuchang: Fallen Feathers (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X/S) – July 24
  Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass
• Grounded 2 (Game Preview) (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X/S) – July 29
  Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass
• Farming Simulator 25 (Cloud, Console, and PC) – August 1
  Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass, Game Pass Standard

Best Xbox Accessory Deals

Outside of games, there are a few different Xbox accessory deals that are worth a look. Some of our favorite discounts right now can be found at Amazon and Woot, including on controllers, headsets, and extra storage. Have a look through our favorite deals we've come across below.

When Should I Buy an Xbox?

In general, it is advisable to keep an eye out for sales and restocks throughout the year, as Xbox Series availability has improved since the initial launch of the console. But unlike with the Nintendo Switch, we don't recommend that you wait for specific time of year to buy during a sale. Instead, it's a good idea to monitor various retailers and online platforms for restock announcements and promotional offers, which could happen at any time.

However, certain events like Black Friday or other holiday seasons may bring about unique bundles, discounts, or promotional deals specifically for the Xbox Series X. These bundles may include additional games, accessories, or exclusive limited editions. While quantities for such promotions might be limited, they can provide an opportunity to get more value for your purchase.

It's worth keeing in mind that Xbox recently increased console prices as well, which you can read more about here.

Xbox Series X or Xbox Series S?

Choosing between the Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S ultimately depends on your gaming preferences, budget, and specific requirements. Let's compare the two consoles to help you make an informed decision:

1. Performance: The Xbox Series X is the more powerful option, offering native 4K gaming, higher graphical fidelity, and faster loading times. It has more advanced hardware, including a larger storage capacity. On the other hand, the Xbox Series S targets a lower price point and offers a less powerful performance, targeting 1440p resolution gaming and upscaling to 4K.

2. Price: The Xbox Series S is more affordable compared to the Xbox Series X. If budget is a significant factor for you, the Xbox Series S provides a cost-effective option while still delivering a next-generation gaming experience. For example, the Series S can play Starfield at 1440p 30fps (vs 4K 30fps on Series X).

3. Storage: The Xbox Series X comes with a larger internal storage capacity, allowing you to store more games directly on the console. The Xbox Series S, however, has a smaller storage capacity, which means you may need to manage your game library more actively or rely on external storage solutions.

4. Disc Drive: The Xbox Series X includes a disc drive, enabling you to play physical game discs and enjoy a wider range of media options, including Blu-ray and DVD playback. The Xbox Series S, in contrast, is a digital-only console, meaning you can only play games downloaded from the digital store.

5. Graphics and Performance: While both consoles support ray tracing, the Xbox Series X provides a more immersive and visually impressive experience due to its superior hardware capabilities. If you prioritize cutting-edge graphics and want the best performance available, the Xbox Series X is the preferable choice.

Consider your gaming preferences, budget, and whether you prioritize top-of-the-line performance or cost-effectiveness. If you have a 4K TV, want the most powerful console, and are willing to invest more, the Xbox Series X is the recommended option. If you have a lower budget, a 1080p or 1440p TV, and don't mind sacrificing some performance, the Xbox Series S offers excellent value for money.

With how expensive gaming is getting in 2025, we're trying to save you as much money as possible on the games and other tech you actually want to buy. We've got great deal roundups available for all major platforms such as Switch and Xbox, and keep these updated frequently with brand new offers. If you're trying to keep costs down while maintaining your favorite hobby, stay tuned for more incredible discounts.

Robert Anderson is a deals expert and Commerce Editor for IGN. You can follow him @robertliam21 on Twitter.

Humans like to consider themselves the top of the food chain, and while that idea might work on Earth, we barely scrape by in the galactic gladiator competition. The Predator franchise, which began with the classic Scwarzenegger film in 1987, is all about the "Yautja" - towering trophy-seeking hunters from space who travel to different worlds for lethal competition and have been known to kidnap species for hunts back on their home planet.

Two initial Predator films in 1987 and 1990 created a baseline for the Predator saga. Since Xenomorphs from the Alien moves are also a cinematic scourge for humanity, it made perfect sense in the 2000's to create a shared universe with two Alien vs. Predator flicks. In the following decade, directors such as Robert Rodriquez, Shane Black, and Dan Trachtenberg all put their spins on the franchise.

With Predator: Killer of Killers now streaming and Predator: Badlands arriving later this year, it's a better time than ever to binge the original sci-fi classics. If you want to watch every Predator movie in order, we've got you covered! Below you'll find the full timeline of the Predator movies and where to watch them online.

Jump to:

• How to watch in chronological order
• How to watch by release order

You can also check out our guide to the Alien movies in order to incorporate the whole timeline.

How Many Predator Movies Are There?

There are a total of eight movies in the Predator franchise — four in the mainline series of films, two Alien crossovers, one prequel, and one anthology film. A new mainline Predator movie is set to release later in 2025.

Predator Movies in (Chronological) Order

1. Predator: Killer of Killers (2025)

Killer of Killers is an anthology film featuring different iterations of Predators doing what they do best across three different timelines. The first two timelines, set in the Viking Age and Feudal Japan, take place hundreds of years before even the prequel Prey. The third timeline, however, is set after World War 2, after Prey and before the original Predator. I'd argue Killer of Killers is best enjoyed with context from the original movie, but the animated anthology can be watched at any point in a Predator marathon.

Read IGN's review of Predator: Killer of Killers

2. Prey (2022)

Prey is a prequel and therefore designed to be watched after everything else (especially Predator 2) but if one is truly looking to take in the Predator franchise in chronological order this is the place to begin. Set in 1719, across the the Great Plains, Prey follows a young Comanche woman, Naru (Amber Midthunder), who gets more than she bargains for when she accompanies her brother on a hunt and winds up in the crosshairs of a (more primitive) Predator. Determined to prove herself, Naru sets her sights on taking the alien stalker down in this fresh and thrilling take from the three-decade saga.

Read IGN's review of Prey

3. Predator (1987)

It all started with 1987's Predator, directed by Die Hard's John McTiernan and starring heyday Arnold Schwarzenegger, along with Carl Weathers, Jesse Ventura, Bill Duke, and Shane Black (who would direct his own Predator film many years later). Predator is an awesome action classic where a near-unstoppable military rescue team gets their asses handed to them by a terrifying invisible force in the jungles of South America. When the attacker is revealed to be an alien hunter out on its own version of a sinister safari, Schwarzenegger's Dutch must figure out how to ambush and defeat a monster light years ahead of him in tech and tactics.

4. Predator 2 (1990)

A few years later, Predator returned to multiplexes for more massacres and mayhem, but this time with a complete change of cast and setting. Taking place amongst a near-future heatwave/crimewave -- 1997 Los Angeles -- Predator 2 follows cops played by Danny Glover, Bill Paxton, Ruben Blades, and María Conchita Alonso as they attempt to not only deal with a bloody Cartel war on the streets, but a badass alien Predator too, stalking the cityscape for victims.

5. AVP: Alien vs. Predator (2004)

After 14 years -- with novels, comics, and video games keeping the franchise flames lit -- Predator came back in a huge way with a full crossover movie, merging with the Alien saga, which hadn't been dormant but definitely struggled to find its footing in the '90s. Alien vs. Predator, from Resident Evil/Event Horizon's Paul W. S. Anderson, was a big hit, injecting new life into both sci-fi/horror properties. Set in "present day" America, AVP introduced a nasty bit of history connecting the Yautja and Xenomorphs. Namely that Predators had been conducting hunts on Earth for centuries using humans as breeding bodies for Xenos, and then hunting down the Xeno swarm for "right of passage" sport. Sanaa Lathan, Lance Henriksen, Raoul Bova, and Ewen Bremner star.

Read IGN's review of AVP: Alien vs. Predator

6. Aliens vs Predator: Requiem (2007)

The sequel to AVP, Aliens vs Predator: Requiem, picks up right where AVP left off, so timeline-wise this is all the same battle. Not as successful as its predecessor (hence it being the final crossover film) Requiem delivered an Alien-Predator hybrid, known as the "Predalien," as it attacked a small Colorado town and a Predator "cleaner" being dispatched to take down this new monstrosity.

Read IGN's review of Alien vs. Predator: Requiem here.

7. Predators (2010)

The only Predator movie to not take place on Earth, Predators, from Robert Rodriguez, looked to shake up the formula a bit by bringing audiences to a distant planet, a Yautja game reserve. With a killer cast including Adrien Brody, Walton Goggins, Laurence Fishburne, Topher Grace, and Alice Braga, Predators showed fans how humans, specifically "established killers," are abducted and used for sport between two warring Yautja tribes.

Timeline-wise, this is a tricky one. It's never clearly stated when this all happens. Meaning, the Earth year. But it's easy enough to just assume it's 2010, when the movie was released. Or, in the very least, based on the characters, the early 21st Century. So Predators can fit into your chronological viewing plans here, at number six, or you can save it for last.

Read IGN's review of Predators

8. The Predator (2018)

Despite Predators being a modest hit it would still be eight years before a new Predator film hit the big screen and with 2018's The Predator, director/co-writers Shane Black (Iron Man 3, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang) would take the franchise back to its original formula (which he himself starred in) by presenting a squad of unstable soldiers -- played by the likes of Boyd Holbrook, Trevante Rhodes, Keegan-Michael Key, Thomas Jane and Game of Thrones' Alfie Allen -- who take on a pair of rampaging Predators and thwart their Yautja schemes (which involve DNA splicing). The film ends with a tease for more, while alternate/unused endings featured time traveling versions of both Alien's Ellen Ripley and Rebecca "Newt" Jorden in a new grab for crossover gold.

Read IGN's review of The Predator

How to Watch the Predator Movies by Release Date

If you're looking to watch all the movies in theatrical release order, the correct list is below:

1. Predator (1987)
2. Predator 2 (1990)
3. AVP: Alien vs. Predator (2004)
4. Aliens vs Predator: Requiem (2007)
5. Predators (2010)
6. The Predator (2018)
7. Prey (2022)
8. Predator: Killer of Killers (2025)
9. Predator: Badlands (2025)

The Future of the Predator Franchise

Predator: Badlands, in theaters November 7, 2025, will star Elle Fanning and feature Predator as the protagonist, according to director Dan Trachtenberg. The movie's first teaser appears to show Elle Fanning's character "rebooting" like a Weyland-Yutani synth, pointing to a connection with the Alien movies. The more recent official trailer suggests even more Alien references, while also showing off the surprisingly communicative Predator himself.

Matt Fowler is a freelance entertainment writer/critic, covering TV news, reviews, interviews and features on IGN for 13+ years.

The Nintendo Switch 2 Pokémon Legends Z-A bundle is finally available to preorder at $499.99, making it the first official way to lock in both the upgraded console and one of the most anticipated entries in the series. Z-A leans into real-time action and city exploration, with enhanced graphics and smoother performance on Switch 2 compared to the original console.

On the trading card side, the Destined Rivals Elite Trainer Box is now just $90.98 on Amazon, beating TCG Player’s price by over ten dollars. It’s a solid pick-up during the current sealed product craze, especially for anyone after the Team Rocket’s Wobbuffet promo.

TL;DR: Deals for Today

There’s plenty more worth checking out today. The Prismatic Evolutions Booster Bundle is ten dollars cheaper on Amazon than TCG Player, and the Journey Together Build and Battle Box is also under market, with the added benefit of free shipping.

If you're into The Empyrean series, the new edition of Fourth Wing is down to $23.09, while Iron Flame is just $13.92. Anker's 25000mAh power bank is still one of the more useful tech deals today, and for practical summer gear, the bladeless BEYYON neck fan is a great option at $17.99. Rounding things out are collector-friendly picks like the Dark Knight Trilogy Steelbook set, a glow-in-the-dark Frodo Funko for $14.99, and a reliable BOOKOO jump starter that costs less than a tank of gas.

Switch 2 + Pokémon Legends: Z-A Bundle

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Destined Rivals Elite Trainer Box

Prismatic Evolutions Booster Bundle

Pokemon TCG: Scarlet & Violet—Journey Together Booster Build & Battle Box

Pokémon TCG Stock Update

Amazon is finally getting into the groove with Pokémon TCG Elite Trainer Box stock and pricing, and some are the closest to MSRP the big box retailer has been for weeks. Not only is the Black Bolt ETB vastly undercutting the secondary market, Paradox Rift ETB is even cheaper (and an overlooked set in my opinion, stock up now).

There's other great deals on ex boxes too, which are also near MSRP and around the same or just under listings on TCG Player. The sealed market is becoming more competitive, so it's more important than ever to give eBay a quick check before hitting buy.

Nintendo Switch 2 Stock Updates

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The Legend of Zelda Hardcover Book Sale

Nearly every The Legend of Zelda hardcover book you need for your collection is available in this sale with some cracking discounts. It includes my favorite one, Hyrule Historia, that fills in more than a few gaps in the LoZ lore, although the timeline has already been slightly retconned. It also includes full and expanded official guides for Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom.

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I've been using the 8-inch speaker models for a couple of weeks now, and they destroy my soundbar and subwoofer combo that costs nearly double the price. There's precision adjustments knobs on the back, which I keep mostly in neutral with volume up by half for a crisp flat sound with the right amount of bass. Although that can be cranked up when needed.

Personally, I use an audio splitter so my Krate 8s can handle my Nano QuadCortex guitar amp moddler, my TV audio and gaming PC audio for the best experience. For me, going from a 3-inch to 8-inch speaker option is night and day. The clarity difference and range is top-tier, not to mention the jack, XLR and aux outputs available on each monitor that fits in perfectly in everyone's setup. You're getting top-of-the-range brand quality without the "gaming" brand tax, it's a win-win.

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Donkey Kong Bananza

Clayface is starting to take shape. Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker and Mickey 17 actress Naomi Ackie is in early talks to star in the upcoming DCU feature helmed by Speak No Evil director James Watkins.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Ackie participated in a reading session just last week, in which she ended up the favorite for the role. If she officially joins the project — and according the outlet, negotiations are to begin soon — she will star alongside Tom Rhys Harries, a Welsh actor known for his work in British television, who is already set to play the title character.

Horror favorite Mike Flanagan — who is known for his own expansive body of work of adapting classics such as The Haunting of Hill House, and creating whole new stories in both the film and television spaces — penned the script.

The film is set to follow a rising star actor who ends up with a disfigured face at the hands of gangsters. In an effort to try to get his old life back, he visits a questionable scientist (THR called this character an “Elizabeth Holmes-style” analyst, which certainly garners a laugh and, furthermore, intrigues) who performs what appears to be a successful treatment on him… but of course, this is a body horror movie, so things simply cannot end there. Ackie's potential role in the film is under wraps, but it seems like she could be playing the scientist, which would be wonderful casting.

According to the outlet, the film will have a similar feel to David Cronenberg’s beloved 1986 body horror classic The Fly, starring Jeff Goldblum and Geena Davis. The Batman director Matt Reeves is producing the picture alongside Lynn Harris and DC Studios bosses James Gunn and Peter Safran.

The movie is set to arrive in theaters on September 11, 2026 — and we can’t wait to see who else joins the fray for this one.

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

Osiris opens in select theaters and is available on VOD on Friday, July 25.

Fusing the commandos-versus-extraterrestrials chaos of Aliens with the craptastic space-industrial aesthetic of the first Doom movie, Osiris marks a pivot for B-action director William Kaufman. His previous shoot-'em-ups, while derivative, were at least grounded in tone: 2011’s The Hit List is a shameless Collateral riff, while 2023’s The Channel copies Heat and The Town. Osiris, like Kaufman's 2016 zombie thriller Daylight's End, ventures into more fantastical terrain, this time an unimaginative sci-fi jumble that pits a grizzled Special Forces unit against man-eating monsters from beyond the stars. And while I can usually appreciate the earnestness of the director’s overwrought run-and-gunners, trying to harness the genre brilliance of James Cameron (going so far as to draft the performer behind his most iconic character) is a bridge too far.

Osiris follows a crew of rifle-toting grunts who are first seen shooting their way through an anonymous foreign enemy on Earth before being abducted in a flash of crimson light. Once they awaken from embryonic pods aboard an alien ship, the team grapples with strange and inexplicable new memories and abilities. Their leader, Kelly (Max Martini) suddenly speaks Russian, which proves handy once they bump into Ravi (Brianna Hildebrand), an inscrutable Russian stowaway who serves as the film's primary exposition device.

Between the Kaufman specialty of kinetic, overindulgent shootouts, Kelly, Ravi, and the squad pause for downtime in convenient hiding spots aboard the ship. There, they establish backstories and forge sudden, unearned bonds, like Kelly and Ravi's quasi-father-daughter connection. Time that might be better spent mounting a defense or losing their minds is instead occupied by dreary blasts of play-by-play concerning the basic thrust of the story. What are the aliens after? Ravi: "A meal." Why did they come to Earth? "We rang the dinner bell," says fellow Russian Anya (Linda Hamilton, in a thankless extended cameo), referring to the Voyager probe intercepted by the aliens – a grimmer conclusion to NASA’s deep-space exploration mission than the one offered by this summer’s Elio.

If you haven't set your brain on autopilot by the first few minutes of Osiris, you might have a rough go of it. Still, there is morbid fun in picking the movie's logic to bits. For instance, why do space aliens leave deadly weapons lying around if they can be insta-killed by them? If Ravi and Anya have survived onboard for years, as they say, what have they been living on? Space rats? Do they hydrate by collecting condensation from the walls? And if these creatures are man-eaters, why obliterate their prey with high-powered cannons?

Osiris suggests untold sci-fi/horror possibilities, but Kaufman refuses to go to the extremes that might make his movie memorable. The aliens, who should feel terrifying and unknowable, are revealed unceremoniously in well-lit shots, looking every bit like stunt performers decked out in off-the-rack space armor and force-field riot shields. If you squint, some of the sets vaguely resemble the interstellar meat-grinder causeways of Event Horizon, but more often function as cover-shooter levels where gunfights pop off with all the tension of a paintball match. Death arrives not in monstrous body horror but in standard-issue war-movie finishes, mostly head shots and explosions. Somewhere in his trip to outer space, Kaufman retreated to his comfort zone of militarized cannon fodder blasting their way out of a conflict. No wonder, then, that the movie he made is such a snooze.

In an audio world where surround sound and Dolby Atmos are becoming more and more accessible with each passing moment, Samsung is out to prove that there’s still a market for a solid soundbar that forgoes rear speakers in favor of leaning into its front soundstage. The brand’s new HW-QS700F is just that, a 3.1.2-channel system that sounds excellent, except for the times when it leaves you wishing it had those elusive rear channels to complete the ensemble. Still, it’s a Dolby Atmos-enabled bar that steals a few pages out of its flagship sibling, delivering great sound that’s sure to impress for a price that’s far more comfortable than its aforementioned relative.

Specs

• Price: $699.99
• Channels: 3.1.2
• Drivers: 8 total speakers
• Connections: HDMI eARC 2.1, Bluetooth 5.3, Optical Digital Audio
• Audio formats: Stereo PCM, Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby Atmos (Dolby Digital Plus), Dolby Atmos, Dolby TrueHD, Dolby Atmos (True HD), Multichannel PCM, Dolby Multichannel PCM, DTS Digital Surround
• Dimensions (WxHxD): 116 x 51 x 120 inches
• Weight: 4.4 pounds

Samsung HW-QS700F – Design and Features

If you squint at the HW-QS700F, you might mistake it for Samsung’s flagship Q990F. It borrows much of that same sleek, minimalist design language – which is great news if you like your AV gear to blend in, not stand out.

Samsung's connectivity perks are all here, including wireless Dolby Atmos when paired with a compatible Samsung TV. In theory, this is handy for wall-mounted setups or anyone who breaks into hives at the sight of dangling wires. In practice? It works, but like most wireless tech, it’s not infallible. For those who value rock-solid signal reliability, wired will still be the way to go.

Samsung’s much-touted Q-Symphony also makes a return, letting your Samsung TV’s speakers play in unison with the soundbar. It’s a neat trick, but again – more of a party trick than a necessity. You’re unlikely to miss it if you never use it.

What does genuinely stand out is SpaceFit Sound Pro – Samsung’s automatic room calibration tool. While not quite on the level of pro calibration gear, it’s an earnest attempt at tailoring sound to your room’s acoustics. It adds value, especially for people who don’t want to fuss with manual EQ tweaking.

Samsung HW-QS700F – Performance

The HW-QS700F wastes no time showing off. The bar’s sound is crisp, bold, and wonderfully balanced across bass, mids, and treble. I tested it with a smorgasbord of content – Season 2 of The Last of Us, which navigates between whispered dialogue and chaotic action, and Deadpool & Wolverine, which mixes some truly awesome action with a great soundtrack. The QS700F handled it all with impressive poise.

When it came time to put Dolby Atmos to the test, The Greatest Beer Run Ever on Apple TV+ has been my go-to thanks to its extraordinary depiction of wartime Vietnam and the sights and sounds that come with it. It offered plenty of dynamic vertical effects that the up-firing drivers translated nicely. But it never quite enveloped me the way a true surround system does. The audio soared above and to the sides, sure – but the rear was noticeably vacant. That sense of immersion – the feeling that something (or someone) is creeping up behind you in a dark forest (TLOU vibes) – just wasn’t there.

To Samsung’s credit, you can add rear speakers. But they’ll run you another $300, bringing your total dangerously close to the price of a Sonos Arc Ultra. That’s where the value proposition starts to fray a little.

Beyond the bar itself, I feel the need to once again give Samsung’s SmartThings app its flowers. The soundbar companion is easy to use, well laid out, and full of helpful controls, taking a lot of the pain out of customizing your sound. Whether you’re adjusting EQ, toggling modes, or switching inputs, the app keeps things intuitive. No steep learning curve, no frustration.

Samsung HW-QS700F – The Competition

The HW-QS700F sits in an increasingly competitive mid-tier soundbar market, and there are a few worthy alternatives that might sway your decision depending on your priorities. The Vizio 5.1.2 Elevate stands out as a budget-friendly option that includes rear speakers and still supports Dolby Atmos, making it an enticing choice for those craving full surround sound without spending extra on add-ons. It may lack the refined polish of Samsung’s offering, but it delivers strong performance for the price.

Then there’s the Klipsch Flexus Core 200, which undercuts the QS700F in price and brings along bigger, more aggressive bass and surprisingly solid Atmos performance. While its design and ecosystem don’t match Samsung’s seamless feel, it's a compelling alternative for bass lovers. Finally, for those willing to stretch their budget a bit more, the Sonos Arc Ultra becomes an intriguing option. Even without rear speakers or a subwoofer, it delivers a beautifully wide and detailed soundstage.