Angry Miao is best known for its bespoke, and very expensive, mechanical keyboards. They’re great and usually packed with innovative features, but they’re so pricey that they’re out of reach for most people, which is what makes the Infinity gaming mouse so refreshing. Taking inspiration from the Logitech G Pro Wireless and the Razer Viper Mini, it’s lightweight and designed for competition with its high-performance sensor and 8,000Hz polling rate. Unlike those other mice, however, it’s able to ostensibly run forever without needing to be plugged in thanks to its swappable battery design, helping it stand out even among the best gaming mice today. It’s not perfect, but it's the exact kind of product that makes you wonder why no one thought of it sooner.

Angry Miao Infinity Mouse – Design and Features

Angry Miao isn't a household name, but if you have paid attention to the custom mechanical keyboard scene over the last several years, you may very well have seen some of its products. It made its name delivering premium boutique custom mechanical keyboards that blended art with functional peripherals. In fact, it refers to its community as a “future art” community, and it only takes a glance at the Infinity Mouse to see its design inspirations made manifest.

There's clearly Angry Miao DNA throughout, but its size and shape borrow equally from the Razer Viper Mini and Logitech G Pro Wireless – the company hasn't been shy about sharing which competitors it’s targeting either. And that makes a lot of sense because even though it looks very different, the feel and performance are very similar and the mouse has the added benefits of a lightweight, but exceptionally sturdy frame and practically unlimited battery life.

Like the Razer Viper Mini SE, it uses a frame made of skeletonized magnesium-aluminum alloy. There’s a surprising amount that has been removed for weight reduction, including the very bottom of the palm rest. This is a mouse that hides nothing. Unlike the Viper’s design language, however, the Infinity Mouse leans into contours more than aggressive angles, citing the Lotus Evanora Concept car as an inspiration.

Despite having so much removed, it's quite comfortable to use. It honestly surprised me because when I saw that the bottom of the palm rest was completely absent, I thought for sure that it would be distracting but it really wasn’t. The company has shared that it studied grip styles in the development of this mouse and that most people with average or large hands don’t contact this area very much, which is where I land. If you have very small hands, however, the company has suggested this cutout may become noticeable and that you might be better suited looking at other mice.

The use of magnesium aluminum alloy is smart. Angry Miao isn't the only company to have done that and neither is Razer. But this particular combination is naturally very light as well as being very strong. At first glance, you could be forgiven for thinking that the Infinity Mouse is going to feel cheap and likely to break. Nothing could be further from the truth. The cutouts can be a little unnerving for dust and spills, but the structural integrity is very strong, and there is no flex whatsoever. It’s as sturdy as gaming mice come – it's also very lightweight. My sample was an early prototype and weighed in at 49 grams. On the company's Kickstarter page, it shares that it's looking for ways to reduce this weight further and isn't prepared to share the final weight at this point. but even at 49 grams it's one of the lightest weight gaming mice available without paying significantly more and shrinking down in size. The Razer Viper Mini SE weighs the same so even shaving off a gram or two will allow Angry Miao to claim the advantage.

The company has outfitted it with a top-tier sensor and specs for competitive gaming. It uses a modern sensor in the PixArt 3950 which features a maximum DPI of 30,000, a top speed of 750 IPS, and 50G of acceleration. The tracking is also fantastic – it was reliably pixel-perfect accurate throughout my testing, which really comes as no surprise given PixArt’s track record.

Angry Miao has gone for TTC V2 micro switches, which are also great. They have a satisfying, just sharp enough click that competes well with Razer and Logitech. They are optical switches, so there are no mechanical contacts to cause the dreaded double-click issue over time and allows them to avoid debounce delay for faster performance. They’re rated for 100 million clicks each, so long-term durability shouldn’t be a concern.

The Infinity Mouse comes with tri-mode wireless connectivity. You can connect over Bluetooth, 2.4GHz, or use the included USB Type-C cable, though there’s usually no reason to. While Bluetooth is traditionally limited to its 125Hz polling rate, 2.4GHz can be set to 8K polling in perpetuity.

Which brings us to the Infinity Mouse's main party trick: hot-swappable batteries. The mouse comes with a polling dock that doubles as a battery charger. Every mouse will come with two 350mAh batteries, so when one runs low, you can pop it out and swap it with the other in just a few seconds. Both the dock and the mouse use strong magnets that draw the batteries into place. Because of the hole in the palm rest and another in the dock, ejecting each battery can be done with a finger and exchanged with the other in less time than it takes to respawn in a match of Call of Duty.

This system completely sidesteps the usual limitation on 8K wireless mice, where setting such a high polling rate usually chews through the battery much faster than 1K, 2K, or even 4K polling. While you might get upwards of a week with a 1kHz polling rate, 8K might limit you to a single day depending on how much you play. Here, you can swap batteries on the fly, and even though the mouse turns off while this happens, it turns on and reconnects immediately after the new battery is inserted. That makes this the only gaming mouse that you can leave on 8K 24/7 without worrying about plugging it in. Unless you're taking it on the go and don't have the extra battery with you, it's just not necessary.

Each battery lasts for around 15 hours in my experience and is rated for 17 hours. Even with this system, I didn't have to swap more than a couple times a week with my usual gaming schedule. The hot-swap battery feature does require that you have the charger out on your desk at all times. It's not that different from other 8K polling dongles, but it is a bit bigger to accommodate the charging slot. It lights up with an RGB glow, which looks good, but if your goal is to avoid extra things on your desk, it’s still not going to be the best fit.

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The final thing to consider is software. This is an area where I unfortunately couldn't do much testing. The mouse does support software and I was able to take a tour of its settings — DPI and polling rate settings, RGB controls for the light, and other simple but necessary features — but on my early sample, settings wouldn’t save yet. It is still being actively developed, however, and a representative for the company assured me that it will be ready by the time people receive their units. Given where it’s at in development now, that seems reasonable, but again, it isn’t something I was able to test myself.

Angry Miao Infinity Mouse – Performance

The Angry Miao Infinity Mouse is more comfortable than it has any right to be. All of the cutouts in its frame make it look like it would be distracting and even a bit uncomfortable to use, but that's just not the case. In fact, when you're actually using it, those cutouts aren't noticeable at all. It's quite comfortable, in fact, despite looking like something out of a sci-fi movie.

I can see the inspiration from the Razer Viper Mini here, and the fact that it's more gently curved definitely harkens back to the Logitech G Pro Wireless. The blend of those two design styles as well as Angry Miao's unique chassis design make it at once familiar while also feeling fresh. I like it and how it allows you to see every component that makes it tick. You’d better believe I keep liquids far away from it, though – one spill and there’s no going back.

It’s an impressive peripheral on multiple levels.

That trade-off is worth it for its light weight, however. It's so light that without a magnesium shell, it would almost certainly feel cheap. As it is, you can almost forget it's there, allowing it to become an extension of your arm. Its PTFE glide feet allow it to move effortlessly across soft or hard surfaces, but I especially liked it on my hard Razer Firefly mouse pad. It feels downright rapid with how fast it is, which is a perfect fit for an ultralight design such as this.

As I alluded to earlier, tracking was stellar with a sensor such as the PixArt 3950 driving the experience; a high-performance sensor if ever there was one. I wasn't able to get it to spin out or feel less than pixel-perfect, even as I scaled DPI and sensitivity settings, integrating these configurations sensibly. Even side by side with my different generations of Razer Viper, the Infinity lacked absolutely nothing.

The battery system is easily the best thing to come to gaming mice since the Logitech PowerPlay charging mousepad. The batteries are so lightweight that they don't detract from the experience at all, and swapping them out is so quick that you essentially never have to worry about plugging in again. You could be in the middle of a match – in the middle of a firefight, even – and if the low battery indicator came on, you could be swapped and back to full battery before running from cover.

For competitive gaming, this is excellent. With the Infinity Mouse, you don't need to choose between battery life and the mouse at its full responsiveness (that 8,000Hz polling rate), allowing you to focus on the game consistently. And if you're paying this much for a mouse, no longer needing to consider that trade-off is a pretty big perk.

Frankly, there's just not a lot to criticize about this mouse. You can tell that a lot of attention and iteration went into its design, and that Angry Miao understands the target audience. You'll either love or hate the skeletonized spaceship-like design, and it may not be suited for those with smaller hands, but it’s an impressive peripheral on multiple levels.

Here are the best deals for Tuesday, March 11. HIghlights include huge discounts on a new Apple iPad from Walmart and an Asus Chromebook from Best Buy, the coveted AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D back in stock on Amazon at a non marked-up price, big savings on speedy Samsung SSDs, power banks for your handheld gaming PCs, and more.

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Chromebooks aren't exactly gaming-minded PCs, but they're compact, lightweight, great for productivity on the go, and in this case, a bargain. As part of Best Buy's Deal of the Day, you can pick up this Asus 14" Chromebook for just $118 shipped after a $180 off instant discount, although I'd say the MSRP is a tad inflated. Even so, that's still a fantastic deal for a chromebook that features a relatively recent 8-core MediaTek processor which pairs well with Google Chrome OS.

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Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) veteran Scarlett Johansson says Black Widow is "dead" and doesn’t seem interested in returning to the character anytime soon.

The star touched on the Avenger's future in the MCU during an interview with InStyle. While she looks ahead at leaving her mark on another big-budget franchise with this summer’s Jurassic World Rebirth, Marvel fans have speculated about what it might take to see her revisit Natasha Romanoff. Black Widow no doubt played an important role in Johansson’s career, but it doesn’t seem like she has much interest in returning to the character anytime soon.

“Natasha is dead. She is dead. She's dead. Okay?” Johansson said in response to fans calling for her return.

Although Johansson last portrayed the character in 2021’s Black Widow standalone film, the assassin actually met her in-universe demise in 2019’s Avengers: Endgame when sacrificing herself to save Jeremy Renner’s Clint Barton a.k.a. Hawkeye. It was about as unambiguous a death as Marvel could possibly cook up, but that hasn’t stopped fans from theorizing about how she — and others — may return.

“They just don't want to believe it," Johansson added. "They’re like, ‘But she could come back!’ Look, I think the balance of the entire universe is held in her hand. We’re going to have to let it go. She saved the world. Let her have her hero moment.”

MCU fans have mused about bringing back dead fictional characters long before Black Widow made her sacrifice for the Soul Stone. Event movies like the upcoming Avengers: Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars have been propped up not only as the next chapter for the MCU but as potentially cameo-filled blockbusters, too.

We already know Robert Downey Jr. will hang up his Iron Man suit to play the first new live-action Doctor Doom in more than a decade, but there are also rumors that other recognizable faces will appear. In December, The Wrap reported that Chris Evans would return as Captain America. It's a claim he later denied, but it’s also sent Marvel fans spinning as they wonder how he may play a part in a future MCU film.

Meanwhile, Hayley Atwell’s Agent Carter has died in MCU movies not once but twice and is still rumored to show up in next year’s Doomsday project. With so many names in the running to reappear, it’s hard to blame fans for speculating about potential inclusions even with Johansson outright denying that Black Widow has another shot at life. Unfortunately, we’ll have to wait until May 1, 2026 for Avengers: Doomsday and May 7, 2027 for Avengers: Secret Wars to see who, living or dead, makes the cut.

For more on the MCU, you can check out our list of every upcoming movie and show Marvel has in the works. You can also catch up with the comic book company’s most recent project, Daredevil: Born Again, which will premiere its third episode tonight.

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With all the trailers, showcases, and dev diaries that often lead up to a game’s launch nowadays, it’s harder than ever for one to be a real surprise – and that’s especially true of a multiplayer first-person shooter when, like me, you are a Certified Old Gamer™ who’s been playing them since the genre began. Yet FragPunk has done just that. What I worried might end up being a Valorant clone with a card gimmick and a big list of other buzzword features has instead impressed me with how fresh it all feels. It's still early, and I'm far from ready to say if this is a definite winner, but so far, I’m having a hard time putting FragPunk down.

In many ways, FragPunk reminds me of a reverse Ship of Theseus. If every component of a game came from somewhere else, does it eventually become something original? It’s hard to say, but the result is at least a lot of fun. Like Overwatch, it has very distinct characters with big personalities and unique tools to match them. Like Valorant or Counter-Strike, the primary game mode, called Shard Clash, revolves around teams of five competing to plant or defuse a Converter (aka bomb) or eliminate one another across multiple rounds. And like Fortnite, it has a deep bag of cosmetic items like costumes, weapon skins, stickers, and emotes to entice you to spend some money on this otherwise free-to-play shooter.

FragPunk’s playable characters are called Lancers, and so far this is a fun group to choose from. Some are relatively typical archetypes, like a sniper named Hollowpoint with her abilities that help reveal enemies. Others are way out there, like the punk rocker Axon, who shoots lightning from his guitar. Unlike Valorant, where abilities can give you an edge but are rarely what win a fight outright, Fragpunk places a much bigger emphasis on using them to dominate the map, which I like. When abilities like Broker’s rocket launcher can instantly erase enemies, it feels good to use it yourself or devise a counter on the fly as you see it coming, like throwing down a wall of Fungi as Pathojen to provide cover and then returning fire from a remote controlled combat drone.

Naturally, Fragpunk isn’t all lightning guitars and rockets. Your standard assortment of shotguns, SMGs, assault rifles, and more forms the backbone of combat. I don’t mind that the guns really aren’t the star of the show here, but I do wish there was more variety to choose from. There are two options in each category you can select as your primary weapon, and they all shoot pretty much exactly how you’d expect. Most of the maps seem to favor medium-range engagements, so I’ve been gravitating toward the SMGs. The gunplay is smooth and responsive, and the fast time-to-kill does a good job of emphasizing the importance of positioning over raw gun skill.

The other aspect of shooting that stands out is how little movement affects your aim. Unlike Valorant, where stopping and popping is often essential if you want to be accurate, Fragpunk fully embraces running and gunning. I found myself repeatedly lagging behind my squad in kill count until a teammate pointed out that I’m better off treating gunfights like Call of Duty with powers, advice that put me right at the top of the next match’s leaderboard. That style of shooting isn’t necessarily better than the more deliberate action of other games, but it does stick out as atypical for an objective-based tactical shooter in a way that seems like a perfect fit with the general FragPunk vibe.

The star of the show, however, is the Shard Card system. Before every round, each team has three random cards pulled that players can then put Shard Points into, effectively voting on which ones will be active. The costs of effects vary, and you earn more Shard Points by either getting kills or picking them up off the ground mid-round. Some Shard Cards are simple, like one that increases your movement speed, while others are extremely powerful, like another that forces the next round to play out as a melee battle – or one called Big Heads, which (as advertised) gives the entire enemy team overgrown, easy-to-hit craniums. A few are even downright weird, like Egg King, which causes you to lay an egg after crouching for ten seconds, which you can then eat to regain health. It’s hilarious, utterly bizarre, and unlike anything I’ve ever seen in a shooter before.

I’m surprised by how much I enjoy the card-collecting aspect of FragPunk. You start with less than a third of the 169 total Shard Cards in your inventory and can earn more after completing matches. Getting more matters, as the cards that are randomly selected before each round are based on what each team member has unlocked. It’s pretty exciting getting a new card and reading what weirdness it’s going to introduce. I also appreciate that you can easily see your collection, read the effect, and, in some cases, watch a quick video showing you exactly what it does.

Rounds of Shard Clash go by fast – possibly too fast. In theory, one team is trying to plant the Converter on one of two objective points, which the other team would then need to defuse… but in practice, the overwhelming majority of rounds end when one team wipes out the other, often in just a few minutes. That means that matches rarely have the same sort of strategic back and forth that makes hard-fought games of Valorant so engaging. It also means that Lancers with abilities that have more of a nuanced, tactical focus have seemed less viable overall so far. I’d love to hunker down with Nito’s turrets and drone to hold a point, but that’s just a recipe to have all the action happen elsewhere. Hopefully some balance tweaks will arrive to make the objectives a more relevant part of the action.

Matches end when one team wins four total rounds, but if both teams reach three wins before that happens, it activates one of my favorite twists: Duels. This has each team face off in a series of 1v1 fights in a small arena, and whoever survives sticks around to face the other team’s next champion until every member of one has been eliminated. Health and abilities don’t regenerate round to round, which makes it tough for one great player to run the table. The action is as exciting as it is tense, and spectating while you root on your teammate and wait for your own turn is thrilling, especially when you get the win that clinches the Duel and, by extension, the entire match for your team.

So far, I am really enjoying FragPunk, though there are still some unanswered questions before I can render a final verdict. I’m still a few levels short of being able to compete in ranked competition, which is an important mode for this sort of game. Likewise, as much as I’m enjoying both the action and the hilariously mad Shard Cards, I wonder if that novelty could wear off sooner rather than later. There are still more matches to be fought, Lancers to unlock, cards to collect, and quite a few in-game currencies to figure out. For now, I can say that FragPunk is very fun, and while it is pulling a lot from games that came before, it goes against the grain and mixes in twists in a way that feels original, which has me looking forward to playing more.

Max is home to some incredibly high-quality films and shows, including House of the Dragon, Succession, The Penguin, The White Lotus, and The Last of Us, which has season 2 coming this year on Sunday, April 13. 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 Max subscriptions, along with any deals as they appear.

This includes bundle deals like the 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 Max's subscription plans below.

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

The Disney Plus, Hulu, and 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 – 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/Max streaming bundle. It's worth signing up for this right now as well, given Hulu and Disney Plus have increased their prices, so you'll ultimately be saving money with this bundle.

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Rockstar owner Take-Two Interactive is suing online marketplace PlayerAuctions, alleging it contains "thousands of listings for unauthorized, infringing GTA V content – including heavily modified player accounts, in-game assets, and virtual currency – all gained by using hacking software, cheats, and technical exploits."

The lawsuit was filed last week in the U.S. Central District Court of California against the Chinese company that owns the website, Paiao Network Technology. It accuses PlayerAuctions of operating "with full knowledge that its sellers are engaged in rampant infringement and other unauthorized conduct," while it "reaps millions in revenue by taking a cut of every transaction on its marketplace."

Specifically, Take-Two alleges that PlayerAuctions hosts listings of modded accounts that have been manipulated to give high game levels and in-game currency, or to unlock content normally unlocked through playing or purchases. Take-Two also claims PlayerAuctions sells money drop services that work using hacking software to give purchasing players large amounts of in-game money, and account boosting services where sellers use hacking software or glitches to inflate a purchasing player's in-game level or currency total.

Take-Two further argues that PlayerAuctions goes out of its way to "lull its users into buying illegitimate GTA V content from its sellers" by offering refunds if the hacked accounts purchased are caught and banned post-purchase. According to the complaint, Take-Two has "repeatedly confronted PlayerAuctions with evidence of infringement" and has issued a cease and desist, but PlayerAuction has refused to shut down these listings.

The GTA publisher is claiming relief for multiple different types and levels of copyright infringement, as well as intentional interference with contract. Take-Two is seeking a permanent enjoinment on PlayerAuctions from continuing to directly or indirectly sell accounts, currency, or items in any Take-Two game, or participating in or assisting hacking efforts, or infringing the GTA trademarks. It's also seeing damages for trademark infringement, costs and attorney fees, damages, and restitution.

Take-Two isn't the only company going after PlayerAuctions. Early last month, Roblox filed a similar suit in the Northern District of California Court covering roughly the same accusations, attempts at a cease and desist, claims, and prayer for relief. Notably, PlayerAuctions offers similar sales and services across many other games, including World of Warcraft, Genshin Impact, Valorant, Path of Exile, Final Fantasy 14, Call of Duty, and Fortnite. In total, PlayerAuctions claims to sell various boosts, items, and benefits for over 200 games.

While the Take-Two suit is still early in the process, the Roblox case has its first hearing set for March 20 in Oakland, California, where Roblox is seeking a preliminary injunction to stop PlayerAuctions from selling Roblox-related products and services while the case proceeds.

The lawsuit comes ahead of the fall 2025 launch of GTA 6, which Take-Two recently reaffirmed. The hope is of course that any new version of GTA Online that launches alongside GTA 6 will be as free from cheaters as is possible, and the lawsuit may go some way to helping.

We’ve got plenty more on GTA 6, including Take-Two boss Strauss Zelnick’s response to concern about the fate of GTA Online once GTA 6 comes out.

Rebekah Valentine is a senior reporter for IGN. You can find her posting on BlueSky @duckvalentine.bsky.social. Got a story tip? Send it to rvalentine@ign.com.

Samsung's newest SSD - the Samsung 990 Evo Plus PCIe 4.0 M.2 NVMe solid state drive - is on sale today. Pick up the 2TB model for $129.99 or, if you can swing it, the 4TB model is an even better deal at $249.99. It's currently $40-$70 cheaper than the Samsung 990 Pro and most (if not all) gamers won't notice the difference in performance.

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Last year the 9th generation iPad was the least expensive iPad you could get brand new and with warranty. It was regularly priced at $179, but it went out of stock pretty much everywhere starting from Black Friday. Fortunately, it's back for one final hurrah; right now, Walmart has it available for delivery for only $179 shipped. Seriously though, this deal probably won't last much longer so don't hesitate if you've been considering a new tablet.

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Fallout Season 2 is set to head to New Vegas, and some new set videos are teasing what it might look like, potentially across different eras.

Warning! Potential spoilers for the Fallout TV show follow.

Videos shared by TikTok user onzo1313 (thanks, Eurogamer) give us a tantalizing look at the Fallout show's adaptation of New Vegas. One video shows part of New Vegas, including the iconic Lucky 38 resort and casino, all bright and lit up. It's certainly far from the rusty place you might expect, but there's likely a good reason.

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In a separate video, we can see a welcome sign for the strip and another for The Tops, among other locales, that are a bit more worn, weathered, and cobbled together. The easy conclusion to draw is that we'll see the strip both pre- and post-war.

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It's an exciting prospect, especially for Fallout: New Vegas fans and those eager to see the glitz and glamour of the strip before the bombs dropped in the Fallout universe.

The show is confirmed to be heading to New Vegas for Season 2, and it's not just about the location itself. Mr. House is set to be a part of the new season, though how involved he'll be is still unclear. We've already seen the tease of some familiar sights thanks to previous set leaks, and all that indicates the Amazon series is going to journey to quite a few notable spots in the Mojave.

In February, Walton Goggins — who plays The Ghoul in the series — said Fallout Season 2 will blow Season 1 "out of the water." A lit-up New Vegas strip certainly doesn't dissuage his claims. We'll see more as information rolls out on the next season of Amazon's adaptation.

To help tide you over until Season 2 premieres, be sure to check out our interview with Todd Howard and Jonathan Nolan covering all our burning questions after the end of Season 1.

Eric is a freelance writer for IGN.

For most PC gamers, buying a prebuilt gaming rig is far more attractive than it used to be. Years ago it was inarguably cheaper to build your own gaming PC than to buy a boutique gaming rig. That's not the case anymore. It's not uncommon for major brands like Alienware, HP, and Lenovo to offer quality pre-built PCs for cheaper than the cost of building your own PC with the exact same specs.

We've compiled a list of the best current gaming PC deals, both from the manufacturers themselves like Dell (Alienware), HP, and Lenovo, as well as from reliable 3rd party retailers like Amazon, Best Buy, and Walmart. This includes an incredible deal on a Dell Tower Plus RTX 4090 Gaming PC for $2849.99. These PCs are significantly discounted from their normal retail price and are going to be less expensive than comparable models from other brands.

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Blizzard has announced today that it will once again hold an in-person BlizzCon convention at the Anaheim Convention Center. However, it won't be happening until 2026.

In a press release today, Blizzard revealed the next in-person BlizzCon dates: September 12 and 13, 2026. It also promised to bring back favorite convention elements such as the opening ceremony, panels, the Darkmoon Faire, competitions, and hands-on gameplay. Additionally, Blizzard says it will "aim to meaningfully elevate this iconic celebration and create an unforgettable experience for all who take part in it."

Blizzard did not provide an explanation for why it was skipping 2025, or if it has plans for any sort of online celebration this year.

BlizzCon's status has been rocky the last few years. Formerly an annual event, it was, like many other similar events, canceled in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It returned in 2021 as a digital show in 2021, then went on hiatus again in 2022. In 2023, BlizzCon was held once again in person with plans to follow it up in 2024, but the event was then canceled for that year as well. While no reason was given at the time, the 2024 cancellation followed its acquisition by Microsoft, and a rash of mass layoffs company-wide.

The question of what BlizzCon will look like under Microsoft's oversight remains, and we won't find out the answer until at least next year. At least we have loads of time to plan our cosplay.

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Bong Joon-ho's latest film, Mickey 17, led by Robert Pattinson as the titular character (and many more Mickeys) is officially up for preorder in a physical format. If you've been hoping to get your hands on a copy of this film after checking it out in the cinema, there's a 4K steelbook up for preorder for $39.99, a standard 4K for $34.99, and a Blu-ray for $29.99. There's no official release date for these yet, but by putting your preorders in now you'll set yourself up for success when it's officially announced.

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Death Stranding 2: On the Beach's latest trailer revealed a bevy of new information, including one particular casting that's caused quite a stir thanks to the character's distinctly Solid Snake-esque vibes. As it turns out, casting this character went a bit further, as director Hideo Kojima tried to find someone who could surpass a standout from the first Death Stranding.

On X/Twitter, Kojima wrote a lengthy post about the process of casting Italian actor Luca Marinelli to play Neil in Death Stranding 2. "During the pandemic, I was casting for DS2," Kojima said. "Neil would be an important role that replaces Cliff from DS1. The fans would not be satisfied unless the casting would surpass Mads."

Kojima first learned of Marinelli through his role in the Italian film They Call Me Jeeg, and a correspondence sprung up around the Japanese distribution of the film Martin Eden. Marinelli sent an email to Kojima, which read: "I grew up with Metal Gear. I am a big fan of yours. I am very honored that you saw the film I starred in. I wanted to tell you this directly."

After seeing Marinelli in The Old Guard, Kojima sent the actor an email offer and talked with him after the actor wrapped filming The Eight Mountains. Once pitched, Marinelli agreed and, after learning Kojima was looking for someone to play Lucy, introduced the game director to his wife Alissa Jung.

"We did their scan and pcap [performance capture] during the height of the pandemic, but their on-set performance was excellent," Kojima said. "You can see that in the digitized results from even the small bits of the trailer. I can only thank Luca and Alissa for agreeing to perform when we didn't even have a script yet."

Marinelli's character, Neil, has been one of the breakout reveals from the latest Death Stranding 2 trailer. At its conclusion, we see Neil don a bandanna in the same way Solid Snake would in Metal Gear Solid, before directing a squad of soldiers in the same manner as Cliff in the first Death Stranding.

The casting has clearly been on Kojima's mind for some time, as has the imagery of Luca donning the bandana. Back in 2020, Kojima talked about how Marinelli had caught his attention, adding: "I think if he donned a bandanna, he'd be a spitting image of Solid Snake!"

While it's unlikely Neil is some multiversal Snake, the imagery certainly brings to mind Kojima's legacy with the Metal Gear franchise. Hopefully, he's picked the right man for the job. For more, check out IGN's feature, Who Is Kojima’s New ‘Solid Snake’ and Why Death Stranding 2 Looks Like the Closest We’ll Ever Get to Another Metal Gear Solid.

Death Stranding 2: On the Beach is set to launch on June 26, 2025 exclusively on PlayStation 5.

Eric is a freelance writer for IGN.

“To me, there is no greater pleasure than to feel the warmth of my fists drenched in blood.”

Those fiendish words are spoken by the brutal supervillain Conquest – voiced by The Walking Dead’s Jeffrey Dean Morgan – in IGN’s exclusive clip from the Season 3 finale of Invincible, which streams on Prime Video this Thursday, March 13.

The clip – which you can watch via the player below – is from one of the biggest and bloodiest battles in the adult-animated superhero series.

The battle-scarred Conquest first appeared in last week’s penultimate episode, which saw the alternate universe Invincibles invade Earth. He’s the especially powerful enforcer the Viltrum Empire sends to make protagonist Mark Grayson (voiced by Steven Yeun) complete his mission of prepping Earth for takeover.

As we explained in our preview of Invincible, Season 3, “Conquest appears in the aftermath of a particularly devastating conflict on Earth, bringing with him an ultimatum from the Viltrumite Empire. Either Invincible carries out his duty and conquers his homeworld in the name of the empire, or Conquest will kill him and finish the job himself. Thus begins the most violent and desperate battle of Mark Grayson’s life (so far).”

Our exclusive clip illustrates the point that IGN’s Jesse Schedeen made in his Season 3 preview that “Mark is still too young and inexperienced to truly hold his own against veteran Viltrumite soldiers. But somehow he’ll have to find a way, because the alternative means his own death and the enslavement of his world.”

The Conquest storyline sets up the endgame for the overall Viltrumite conflict, which should be covered in Invincible’s fourth season. You can catch up on all of our Invincible, Season 3 reviews here.

In addition to Steven Yeun and Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Invincible’s voice cast includes Sandra Oh, J.K. Simmons, Seth Rogen, Walton Goggins, Gillian Jacobs, Jason Mantzoukas, Zazie Beetz, Grey DeLisle, Zachary Quinto, Chris Diamantopoulos, Ross Marquand, Khary Payton, Andrew Rannells, Kevin Michael Richardson, Ben Schwartz, Clancy Brown, Jay Pharoah, Mark Hamill, and Melise Jow.

Invincible is a co-production of Skybound Entertainment and Amazon MGM Studios.

Numerous mechanical characters whirr and wisecrack their way through The Electric State, a slick Netflix time-killer and money-waster set in the aftermath of a war against the machines. The scariest of a robotic ensemble generally more cuddly than fearsome are also the most emblematic: For the true spirit of this vulturous enterprise, look not to the literal sentient mascots (among them an animatronic Mr. Peanut voiced by Woody Harrelson) but to a pack of feral desert scavengers pieced together from the limbs of other artificially intelligent beings. “Just like Toy Story,” you might absently think – and that’s but one precursor likely to leap to mind while watching a likewise Frankensteined streaming mockbuster begging only to be half-watched. An elevator pitch is easily gleaned from its gleaming assembly of spare parts: What if Starlord and Eleven went on a road trip across the retro-futuristic wasteland of Fallout?

Only by squinting mightily might you see the skeleton of this latest collaboration between the Netflix algorithm and the Hollywood hitmakers most sympathetic to its data-driven whims, Joe and Anthony Russo. The Electric State draws the loosest of inspiration from a 2018 illustrated novel by Swedish artist Simon Stålenhag, who envisioned an alternate 1990s dystopia littered with the remnants of 1950s-style space-age technology and populated by humans experiencing life through a brain-rotting VR headset. Haunting and spare, the book reads like a travelogue of the post-apocalypse, told through starkly diaristic first-person prose and Stålenhag’s painterly vistas of junkyard Americana – of abandoned cybernetic behemoths looming over the loneliest stretches of lost highway.

Little of that survives in the adaptation, which is “based on the book” to the same extent that Mickey Mouse is based on the physiology of a rodent. The Russos take Stålenhag’s singular vision to the chop shop, borrowing an image or two (the crimson glow of server towers, looming in the distant background of shots like canyons or skyscrapers) and discarding the rest. The original plot, in which a young woman embarks on a cross-country drive with a big-headed corporate droid virtually piloted by her little brother, has been cheerily cluttered up with nattering supporting characters. Leave it to the directors of Marvel’s most overstuffed event pictures to bastardize a deeply lonely science fiction yarn into another expensive group hug and team-building comedy routine.

Who better to headline a synthetic Amblin Entertainment than the star of Netflix’s hit exercise in Spielberg cosplay, Stranger Things? To sit through The Electric State is to understand why Millie Bobby Brown, the streaming-era equivalent of a studio contract player, doesn’t watch her own movies. No sooner has her rebellious Michelle gotten on the road with the remote-controlled Kid Cosmo – a walking action figure that communicates exclusively through pre-recorded catchphrases, a little like Sheriff Woody, a little like Bumblebee – than the movie is pairing them off with slovenly fence Keats (Chris Pratt, whose cocky goofball routine is beginning to seem rather pre-recorded itself). Keats has his own metal companion, a trash-talking cutup who adds another naked appeal to MCU fans by being voiced by Anthony Mackie.

Most of the robots in this movie are tireless joke dispensers. They trade quips like language models trained on, well, older Russo brothers blockbusters. A dopey newsreel recap of the film’s Terminator-lite mythology and backstory, featuring some Forrest Gump-like footage of Bill Clinton brokering post-Judgment Day peace talks, traces the invention of artificially intelligent robots to none other than Walt Disney. But lest one think the Russos are biting the hand that usually feeds (and is once more signing their enormous checks), note that these AI-friendly filmmakers are very much on the side of computerkind. The movie floats an irony as old as the Voigt-Kampff test: The more dependent we become on technology, the more the technology will start looking more human than human.

For a film about a postwar hellscape where humans have disappeared into virtual reverie, The Electric State goes down smooth. It blithely races through a premise that really ought to be more troubling. The busy story, concocted by fellow Marvel veterans Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, becomes a long chase, but not in that exciting Mad Max way. To save her lost-in-the-code brother (Woody Norman), Michelle has to track down some exposition-spouters. The heavy, played by Stanley Tucci, wants to keep the world hooked on his digital Ready Player One playground. Tucci delivers much of his dialogue on a screen mounted to a mechanical avatar, as does Giancarlo Esposito as the robot hater/hunter tasked with intercepting our heroes. It might be the most topically resonant aspect of the whole movie: supervillainy via Zoom meeting.

At least the effects look good – and let’s hope so, given the $300 million Netflix spent on them. The Avengers movies the Russos directed sometimes drifted into cartoon weightlessness, with celebrity mugs pasted on rubbery CGI bodies, like the supposedly “state-of-the-art” equivalent of an old N64 sports game. The Electric State, by contrast, benefits from the smoothed surfaces and limited expressiveness of its digital creations. When Kid Cosmo first marches into the frame, you can see every moving component of his factory-assembled boots. And the relative simplicity of the designs – some of them lifted from Stålenhag’s artwork, most intended to resemble something that might greet you at the entrance of a roadside Big Boy restaurant – keeps the climactic Endgame-style battle sequence from devolving into blurry muck.

Of course, the very fact that there is a climactic battle sequence in this movie speaks to how thoroughly the Russos have Marvelized their source material, sanding down its weirder edges, reshaping it into something vaguely familiar and formulaic. About midway through the film, the cavalry is taken into a Southwest shopping mall sanctuary for robot survivors of the war, with Harrelson’s drawling, combat-hardened Mr. Peanut overseeing a makeshift Island of Misfit Toys. That’s the movie in, ahem, a nutshell: generic corporate mascots, pleading for our nostalgic affection when not slinging one-liners or preparing for battle. If there’s anything remotely personal about The Electric State, it lies in the ascribing of a soul to assembly-line corporate product… you know, like friendly automatons or the shiny popcorn pictures Martin Scorsese casually dismisses.

But there’s no ghost in the machine of The Electric State, which operates under the skittish assumption that any of the spooky melancholy of the book (or the kind the Russos smuggled into the opening minutes of Endgame) might tank its engagement metrics. Ideologically, it’s muddled to the point of incoherence: an anti-technology cautionary tale that wants you to cry for a bucket of bolts. Still, there’s some semblance of consistency to its anti-screen stance, its sermon about not getting too connected to your digital opiates. After all, Netflix is after a different kind of dystopian future, where movies aren’t so much a consuming addiction as bright, inconsequential background noise.

Monster Hunter Wilds has emerged as one of the most popular games of the year thus far, setting records for both the series and Capcom. The reason for its popularity, according to series producer Ryozo Tsujimoto, comes down to story, immersion, and cross-play.

Tsujimoto spoke to The Nikkei (via Automaton) about Monster Hunter Wilds. According to the producer, the biggest factors that influenced the new Monster Hunter's popularity are an emphasis on story, heightened immersion (citing Wilds being fully voiced), and cross-play.

It might sound a bit strange, but Monster Hunter Wilds does have a surprising interest in the story and "why" behind all of the monster hunting. Alongside the obvious points like cutscenes and a sizeable cast of characters, the low-rank section of the campaign moves along at quite a pace.

In IGN's review of Monster Hunter Wilds, we noted as much. While the trek to the first credits roll is a little short than you might normally expect, the intent felt like a desire to have more players get through the campaign and see higher-end content.

It might be working, if player numbers are anything to go by. Capcom confirmed that Monster Hunter Wilds surpassed 8 million units sold in three days to become the fastest-selling Capcom game of all time. At launch, Monster Hunter Wilds was charting over 1 million concurrent players on Steam, and helped Valve's storefront to crack the 40 million concurrent players mark.

Monster Hunter Wilds is due for its first big post-launch update in early April. Title Update 1 will add a monster of "formidable strength at a level above Temprered," as well as an endgame area to gather. Though there have already been patches for Monster Hunter Wilds, they've mostly been addressing bugs and immediate issues.

Eric is a freelance writer for IGN.

Today, Disco Elysium developer ZA/UM has offered just the tiniest tease of its next project: a game focused on the themes of spy and espionage currently being referred to as "Project C4".

As part of the reveal, we got a look at a short teaser trailer, and were briefed on a few of the big ideas we can expect in C4...as well as what we should NOT expect. For one, we were told C4 is not Disco Elysium 2, but instead takes place in a completely original new world. We also were told that it's explicitly not a 007-style spy tale. Instead, it's inspired by the novels of John le Carré, especially the Smiley vs. Karla trilogy (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, The Honourable Schoolboy, and Smiley's People). It also includes elements of psychadelic sci-fi, borrowing from authors like Usula LeGuin and Philip K. Dick, and action sequences inspired by Park Chan-wook.

Project C4, we're told, will be about the struggles of spies behind the scenes, espionage, allegiances, betrayals...and failure. Failure specifically will play a key role in Project C4 because it sounds like it will bring back one key element from Disco Elysium: the "fail forward" philosophy. Like in Disco, failure in C4 will not result in a reset or reload of the game. Instead, the story will move on, accounting for your failure. That means living with the consequences of your decisions, such as who to ally with, who to be loyal to, and how to spend your time. And yes, you're still at the mercy of your dice rolls.

A press release offers a bit more clarity as to the story itself:

The world of [C4] is rife with shadowy characters who help move the pieces for competing geopolitical powers in a game of concealed conflict. The player sets out to complete a desperate assignment which will put them at risk of losing their life, or much worse – being exposed for what they really are.

As an Operant serving a questionable global power, the player finds themselves locked in a vicious, clandestine struggle for truth and influence. Yet it is the mind that takes centre stage in Project [C4]. More vulnerable and more powerful than the physical world, it can be erased, changed, reordered, and of course significantly altered through regular use of psychoactive substances amongst other means. Players must steel themselves with whatever comfort they can in order to survive the violent canvas of the real.

Unfortunately, it's worth noting that while the studio name is the same, many of the people who worked on Disco Elysium will not be working on Project C4. Numerous former ZA/UM members have left the studio since Disco Elysium's release, with multiple conflicting reports surfacing involving accusations of investor fraud and financial malfeasance, and counter-accusations of some developers creating a toxic work environment. People Make Games endeavored to sum up and reconcile these accounts in a lengthy video report, but the end result has been the splintering of ZA/UM into multiple new studios purportedly working on spiritual successors, with now what remains of ZA/UM focusing on Project C4. That leaves little hope left for a true Disco Elysium 2.

We're expecting to see more of Project C4 from ZA/UM next week at the Game Developers Conference.

Rebekah Valentine is a senior reporter for IGN. You can find her posting on BlueSky @duckvalentine.bsky.social. Got a story tip? Send it to rvalentine@ign.com.

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