The Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge was released just a few months ago, but it looks like you didn't have to wait very long to get it at a huge discount. Amazon is currently selling the 256GB model in your choice of Titanium Icy Blue, Jet Black, or Silver for just $699.99 after a massive $400 off instant discount. Alternatively, get the 512GB model (in the same colors) for $819.99, also after a $400 off discount. This is far better than any previous deal I've seen, including the preorder bonus. The Galaxy Edge is Samsung's newest flagship phone that's nearly identical in specs to the S25 Ultra.
Save $400 off the Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge Smartphone
The Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge is a thinner version of the S25 Ultra with mostly the same specs, albeit with some concessions given because of the smaller footprint. This ultra-slim phone is just 5mm (0.22") thick and weighs 163 grams (5.7 ounces). Like the S25 Ultra, it's equipped with a powerful Galaxy-tuned Snapdragon 8 Elite chip and 12GB of RAM. The screen is slightly smaller (6.7" vs 6.9"), but it's the same AMOLED 2X display with up to 120Hz refresh rate and 2,500nits of brightness. The Galaxy S25 Edge also supports Samsung's full array of "Galaxy AI" tools and features.
One of the bigger compromises is that the S25 Edge lacks a telephoto lens, but it still packs in a 12MP selfie camera, 12MP ultra wide AF, and a 200MP wide-angle 2x optical-quality zoom lens. Because of the slimmer body, you also do lose some battery life (Samsung claims 24 hours of video playback compared to 31 hours for the S25 Ultra). Finally, the Galaxy S25 Edge is not compatible with the S-Pen. If you want stylus functionality, then the Galaxy S25 Ultra is your only option. Check out our Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge review but keep in mind we docked points because of the high retail price.
If you're looking to upgrade to a new Android phone right now and the S25 Edge had previously been just out of your price range, then this deal should tip the scales in its favor. This is the best Galaxy phone for most people, unless you're looking for a much bigger display (like the Galaxy Z Fold 7) or stylus functionality (like the Galaxy S25 Ultra).
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Principal photography on Clayface is currently underway in Liverpool, England and set photos making the rounds on social media provide a first (unofficial) look at the film’s lead actor in costume and the DCU’s Gotham City. These images also revealed additional casting for the James Watkins-directed, Mike Flanagan-scripted body horror film and have confirmed that an obscure Batman villain will appear in it.
The Daily Mail published photos of actor Tom Rhys Harries appearing in-character, bloodied and bandaged. According to THR, Clayface “centers on an ascending actor whose face is disfigured by a gangster. As a last resort, the actor turns to a fringe Elizabeth Holmes-style scientist for help.”
Just for the sake of speculation, what if those aforementioned period cars are for a 1970s-era project Harries’ character was filming when he suffered his facial injuries?
The gangster who injures the actor is apparently Jimmy “Red” McCoy, a minor gangster character from Batman #4 published in 1940. Set photos show the frontpages of the Gotham Gazette and the Gotham Herald chronicling the case of “Red” McCoy.
Just to befuddle fans, though, the logo of this Gotham Gazette is in the same style as the one depicted in Matt Reeves’ Batman universe, specifically The Penguin, which is considered Elseworlds in the canon of the DCU.
Gunn previously explained why Clayface belongs in the DCU and not Matt Reeves’ Batman Epic Crime Saga. “It was important that Clayface be part of the DCU. It's an origin story for a classic Batman villain that we want to have in our world,” Gunn said in February. “It was very outside of the grounded non-super metahuman characters in Matt's world.”
Techland has released the official PC system requirements for Dying Light: The Beast. Dying Light: The Beast will be a standalone new game set in the Dying Light universe. So, let’s see what PC you’ll need in order to run it. In this game, you will assume the role of Kyle Crane, the man whose … Continue reading Here are the PC requirements for Dying Light: The Beast→
There's a powerful Legion gaming PC from Lenovo that's even lower in price that it was during the Labor Day Sale. Lenovo is currently offering a Lenovo Legion Tower 5i Gen 10 Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX GeForce RTX 5070 Ti gaming PC for just $1,764.99 after you apply two coupon codes "EXTRAFIVE" and "BUYMORELENOVO". This is $60 less than a similar deal I posted during Labor Day, but is one of the very few gaming PCs I've seen that's equipped with a mobile (laptop) processor.
Lenovo Legion RTX 5070 Ti Gaming PC for $1,821.59
Apply codes "EXTRAFIVE" and "BUYMORELENOVO"
The Lenovo Legion Tower 5 Gen 10 gaming PC is equipped with an Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX processor, GeForce RTX 5070 Ti graphics card, 32GB of DDR5-5200MHz RAM, and a 1TB M.2 SSD. The processor is equipped with a 240mm liquid cooler, which is a rare upgrade for a Legion Tower 5 series PC. An 850W 80PLUS Gold power supply provides plenty of power. The case offers toolless entry and most of the components are non-proprietary, so they are easy to swap out or upgrade yourself down the road. The exception in this particular case is the CPU and motherboard.
The Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX is normally a laptop CPU
According to Lenovo's spec sheet, this PC is equipped with an Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX CPU on a customized Intel HM870 mATX motherboard. The 275HX is traditionally a laptop-class CPU, and it's important to note that laptop CPUs are (permanently) soldered onto the motherboard. Unlike a desktop CPU, a laptop CPU cannot be upgraded. If you do plan on swapping the CPU for something better in the future, then you'll have to stick with a gaming PC equipped with a traditional desktop CPU. If you don't intend on swapping the CPU, then you'll get excellent performance out of this chip. According to Passmark, the Ultra 9 275HX is roughly comparable in gaming performance to the Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF. It also has more cores (24 vs 20) for better multi-core performance.
The RTX 5070 Ti GPU Has Excellent 4K Gaming Performance
Despite the fact that the CPU is a mobile chip, the RTX 5070 Ti is a desktop-class graphics card with 16GB of RAM and 1,406 AI TOPS. Unlike the CPU, the GPU can be user upgraded.
Of all the Blackwell cards released thus far, the RTX 5070 Ti offers the best bang for your buck, especially when pitted against the previous generation GPUs. It performs neck-and-neck with the RTX 4080 Super and marginalizes the RTX 5080, which is only about 10%-15% faster but costs 33% more. Like all Blackwell cards, the RTX 5070 Ti supports DLSS 4 with multi-frame generation. It also has 16GB of GDDR7 VRAM same as the RTX 5080, making it suitable for AI.
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If you're a Windows user that's looking for an affordable PC that's as small as the Apple Mac Mini, this popular deal is back with a new promo code. Amazon Prime members can pick up the AceMagic Vista Mini V1 Intel N150 Mini PC for just $133.98 shipped after you apply coupon code "DLSLICKV1". This is an excellent price for a complete PC that comes ready to go out of the box with a CPU, RAM, storage, and even the Windows 11 Pro operating system.
AceMagic Vista Mini V1 Intel N150 Mini PC for $133.98
The AceMagic Vista is small, really small, measuring 4" x 4" x 1.3". Obviously this limits the gaming capabilities, but the components are certainly good enough to run all of your every day tasks. The mini PC is equipped with an Intel N150 CPU with a max turbo frequency of 3.6GHz with four cores and four threads. It's a very low voltage chip, only using 6W at base power. You'll commonly find it in entry level Chromebooks and home NAS servers. It's paired with 16GB of DDR4 RAM and a 512GB M.2 SSD. Windows 11 Pro is pre-installed, however a common suggestion with overseas mini PCs like these is that a fresh OS install is highly recommended to get rid of any bloatware. You will need to re-install the drivers.
There are plenty of connectivity options here. Running down the list, the ports include two USB 3.2 ports, two USB 2.0 ports, one HDMI 2.0 port, one DisplayPort 1.4 port, one 3.5mm audio jack, and one gigabit ethernet jack. It's also equipped with Bluetooth and WiFi 5 (802.11ac) wireless networking.
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It may not have been the first book the Master of Horror ever published, but The Long Walk was the first novel Stephen King ever wrote. Written during the height of the Vietnam War, it’s a fascinating, primal keystone text for understanding the lens through which King sees the world, and all that remains relevant about the text - translated faithfully by director Francis Lawrence and screenwriter JT Mollner - allows this long-overdue adaptation to punch above the weight its barebones premise may suggest.
The rules for the 50 young men who’ve won a nationwide lottery to compete in the Long Walk are simple: Walk. Don’t stop, don’t sleep… walk. If a walker drops below three miles per hour, interferes with another walker, or otherwise breaks the rules, it’s a warning. Three warnings, and you “get your ticket.” In most cases, that means a bullet to the brain courtesy of the military escort riding along in humvees, led by The Major (Mark Hamill), a roaring parody of machismo and rugged individualism who’s something of a godhead in this ailing world.
The more the Walk winds on though, and as the elements and the limits of the human body come into play, the better that bullet starts to look for the set-upon young men. Lawrence - who cut his teeth on dystopic fiction with I Am Legend and most of the Hunger Games movies - kicks the Walk off within moments of the movie starting, but takes his sweet time before letting the first contestant get eliminated, a moment he punctuates with a cinematic flourish that lands as a real surprise so long after the movie has started. Every drop of rain, hill, dropped ration, and bowel movement that follows become life-or-death modifiers of the march.
The dozens of deaths that occur as The Long Walk goes are covered plainly and unflinchingly, and by the time the Walk has wound down to its final contestants, the ones who “got their tickets” early on look like the real lottery winners. Lawrence rarely lets viewers off the hook, squeezing every drop of blood out of that R-rating and forcing the viewer to be complicit in the violence. Even when we don’t see the carnage, Lawrence puts the focus on the terrified faces of the survivors, highlighting the mounting psychological weight being loaded onto them as their bodies start to fail. The violence doesn’t take long to become numbing, but that’s the whole point here. The director smartly illuminates this by having Cooper Hoffman’s Ray Garraty call out the real horror of The Long Walk early on, vocalizing his fear that both the Walkers and the audience (in their world, and by extension our own) will grow to accept the bloodshed as routine. Simple though it is, the conceit of The Long Walk proves a very elastic premise onto which many types of societal adversity can be projected.
Garraty’s reasons for joining the walk, and why winning matters to him, are a lot more complicated than most of his other competitors, which leaves him more open to forging relationships with the other Walkers, in particular Peter McVries (David Jonsson). Garraty and McVries spend much of The Long Walk musing on the larger existential questions begged by the very existence of the competition, and both Hoffman and Jonsson bring easy naturalism to their performances, which winds up being a real saving grace in the midst of all this darkness. The support and kindness they show each other become infectious, leading to moments of triumph as small as sharing food or letting one lean on the other.
It also makes the times when they’re at odds feel as dangerous as the creeping exhaustion they’re both fighting, as that camaraderie feels more and more like the real secret to getting out of this thing alive (even if the rules state only one of them would be able to make it in the first place). With Garraty’s attention set to how his single wish could change the world if he wins, Jonsson’s McVries becomes the real heart of the film, putting lovely emphasis on the power of living moment to moment and finding silver linings to every thundercloud… even the ones that dump rain on the boys as their shoes begin to fall apart and their feet start to bleed.
Garraty and McVries’ fellow walkers don’t get nearly as much depth, and here Lawrence and Mollner feel a little stuck figuring out how much time to invest in developing characters with presumably such short life expectancies. Even more prevalent characters like Olson (Ben Wang) and Baker (Tut Nyuot), who take to Garraty and McVries’ optimism, are mostly just there to reinforce the co-protagonists’ viewpoints. Barkovitch (Charlie Plummer) is an antagonist in the truest sense of the word, a nervy, annoying nihilist who The Long Walk uses to needle at the competitors, positioning him as a ticking time bomb, poking holes in Garraty and McVries’ attempts to keep morale up, but he never quite goes off the way the movie seems to want you to think he will. Garrett Wareing's Stebbins, a strong, quiet contender for the win, is a much more interesting character in that respect: his usual silence makes any infrequent observations about the futility of hope or his own thorny motivations to walk hit a lot harder. Mark Hamill’s Major is drawn pretty thin, and the fact that he’s got the privilege of being driven around on the back of a jeep while the boys die walking gives you everything you need to understand what The Long Walk’s trying to say through him.
The Long Walk runs relatively short at 108 minutes, but it feels every second of it. The rinse-and-repeat nature of the deaths may hold a lot of emotional weight here, but rarely has the hairsplitting thought of shaving 10 or even five minutes off a cut felt like it may pay greater dividends as the pace does start to drag in The Long Walk’s second half. Gorgeous though the practical locations may be, Lawrence is only able to squeeze so much visual variety out of those long, verdant stretches of road, though he does break up the drone of the Walk with occasional flashbacks to Ray’s home life which explain why he was so adamant to join the Walk in the first place. These flourishes aren’t the only changes Constant Readers will notice. But the detours Lawrence takes from King’s source material are all additive. They stay in the spirit of the book and feel respectful to the story, rather than an attempt to change anything just for the sake of it.
Though the focus and perspective rightly stays on the Walkers, Judy Greer’s Ginny Garraty has a few opportunities to show up in support of Ray and, hey, no shock for anyone who knows thing one about Judy Greer, but she absolutely crushes in these very brief appearances. Greer’s quick shifts through all of the complex emotions a mother in this world may possibly experience, watching her boy take part in this death march, bookend the story, and are as haunting as any bullet or hemorrhage the movie has to offer.
You'd think it would be enough for filmmaker James Wan to have two hugely successful horror franchises under his belt with Saw and Insidious (both co-created with writing partner Leigh Whannell). But then he also went and created The Conjuring, which, since its debut in 2013, has produced nine films in total and grossed over $2 billion at the box office.
Starting as a 1970s ghost series, based on the real life investigations of married paranormal snoops Lorraine and Ed Warren, The Conjuring Universe has sprawled into a franchise that not only keeps track of the Warrens' demon-busting adventures, but also delves further into the haunted backstories of these cases with prequel installments set decades before the Warrens show up. As we gear up for the fourth and final Conjuring movie, you might want to revisit the full timeline of The Conjuring-verse.
So are you looking to watch these Conjuring films as they were released - or do you want to absorb all the spookiness via chronological binge, kicking things off in 1950s Romania with The Nun? Whatever the case, you'll find both lists below.
There are 10 total movies set within The Conjuring universe — four Conjuring movies, three Annabelle movies, The Nun and The Nun 2, and The Curse of La Llorona. The fourth Conjuring movie, titled Last Rites, is arriving in theaters this Friday. If you're planning on marathoning all of these movies, you can currently stream most of them on HBO Max.
The Conjuring Movies in Chronological Order
1. The Nun (2018)
Prequel frightfest The Nun takes place in 1952 Romania, and stars Demián Bichir and Taissa Farmiga (sister of franchise star Vera Farmiga) as a Roman Catholic priest and a nun uncovering an unholy secret involving Bonnie Aaron's evil Nun from The Conjuring 2.
Taking place after The Nun, in 1955 California, Annabelle Creation was the fourth installment in the Conjuring Universe, but the second chronologically, depicting the origin of franchise breakout star -- Annabelle, the creep haunted dolll. It's the story of a story of a doll-maker who opens his home to six orphans and a nun, only to have an ancient evil released in his own house.
Although The Nun 2 takes place after the events of The Nun, it's actually the third movie in the timeline. The events of The Nun 2 take place in 1956, taking place four years after Sister Irene's first encounter with Valak and one year after the events of Annabelle: Creation.
The second film made in the Conjuring Universe, even before The Conjuring 2, was prequel Annabelle, taking place in 1967 in Southern California, 12 years after the official origin of the doll. Annabelle tells the story of a young doctor and his wife who bring the doll into their home (to reside amongst other scary-looking dolls) only to have it make their life a living hell.
The movie that started it all, The Conjuring, starred Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson as real-life paranormal investigators/ghost hunters Lorraine and Ed Warren (whose exploits reportedly inspired The Amityville Horror), as they aid the besieged Perron family in 1971, on Rhode Island. Series creator James Wan directed this first outing, marking the third official blockbuster horror franchise he'd created.
Next up is Annabelle Comes Home. Taking place only one year later in the story, in 1972, the Warrens' young daughter, Judy (McKenna Grace), must contend with Annabelle and other demons who escape the Warrens’ artifact room while the couple is away. Conjuring Universe (and It: Chapter One and Two) writer Gary Dauberman makes his directorial debut here.
Based on the Latin American folklore of La Llorona, this Conjuring Universe spinoff follows a mother in 1973 Los Angeles who must save her children from a malevolent spirit trying to steal them. Starring Linda Cardellini and Raymond Cruz, The Curse of La Llorona is the most detached and removed tale from the franchise's ongoing story, only featuring Tony Amendola's Father Perez from Annabelle as a connecting character.
Based on the events of the Enfield Poltergeist in England, The Conjuring 2 brings back Lorraine and Ed Warren, now notrious from the Amityville case, as they help a family being haunted by a malevolent spirit in 1977. Whereas the first Conjuring movie brought about the Annabelle films, this one originally introduced The Nun, who would go on to receive her own prequel. James Wan also returned to direct.
The actual eighth film made in the franchise is also the next film you should watch if you're doing a chronological binge. The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do brings us into the '80s with a ghoulish tale based on the real life trial of Arne Cheyenne Johnson, who claimed "demonic possession" after murdering his landlord. Lorraine and Ed Warren are drawn into the case after they'd apparently exorcised a demon out of a young boy's body... accidentally causing it to flee into Arne.
The final film on the The Conjuring timeline is also the next up to be released. The Conjuring: Last Rites is the fourth mainline film in the series and is being billed as the final movie in the franchise. Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga return as Ed and Lorraine Warren, paranormal investigators taking on their most dangerous case yet. Like other films in the series, Last Rites is based on the true story of the Smurl hauntings, a series of paranormal occurences at a Pennsylvania home in the 70s and 80s.
How to Watch The Conjuring Movies by Release Date
If you're looking to watch all the movies in theatrical release order, the correct list is below:
The Conjuring (2013)
Annabelle (2014)
The Conjuring 2 (2016)
Annabelle: Creation (2017)
The Nun (2018)
The Curse of La Llorona (2019)
Annabelle Comes Home (2019)
The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021)
The Nun 2 (2023)
The Conjuring: Last Rites (2025)
How to Watch The Annabelle Movies in Order
Within The Conjuring Universe exists two separate film trilogies: The Conjuring and Annabelle. The narrative chronology of the Annabelle movies differs from their theatrical release order, so we've created this quick viewing guide to help you out.
In 2023, a TV series set in The Conjuring universe was also greenlit for the streaming service Max, though little has been revealed about who will be involved or how the series will fit into the franchise's timeline.
Matt Fowler is a freelance entertainment writer/critic, covering TV news, reviews, interviews and features on IGN for 13+ years.
Considering what it offers, Disney Plus is one of the best streaming services on the block. From classic Disney animated films to the latest Marvel shows, Star Wars movies, and so much more, Disney Plus puts an incredible range of high-quality viewing options at your fingertips. And with so much to check out, you'll want to find a plan that best suits you. We're here to help.
At the moment, one of the best Disney Plus bundle deals available is the massive Disney Plus, Hulu, and HBO Max streaming bundle. This starts at $16.99/month to get you all three streaming services with ads. Bundles such as these are worth considering, especially following the news of Hulu eventually fully integrating into the Disney+ app. But while we wait for that merge to finalize, there's still plenty for Disney Plus users to enjoy.
How to Get the Disney Plus, Hulu, and HBO Max Streaming Bundle
Want a way to save on your Disney+ membership? Bundles are a great, affordable way to go. Our top recommendation is the Disney+, 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 the three platforms.
If you currently own all three and want to cut down on costs, this is a great way to bundle them together and save big on what you'd pay for them separately per month – 43% on the ad-supported plan and 42% on the ad-free plan.
Every Other Disney+ Bundle Option
Beyond HBO Max, you can also choose to bundle Disney+ with just Hulu or the all-new ESPN Unlimited service. Here's the breakdown of all your bundle options:
Disney+, Hulu Bundle is $10.99/month and comes with subscriptions to Disney+ and Hulu. This plan lets you stream on multiple devices at once and comes with ad-supported versions of both services.
Disney+, Hulu Bundle Premium is $19.99/month and comes with Hulu and Disney+ with no ads. It also includes Disney+ Premium features like the ability to download shows to watch on the go.
Disney+, Hulu, ESPN Select Bundle adds ESPN Select (With Ads) to the mix alongside Disney+ (With Ads) and Hulu (With Ads), bumping up the price to $16.99/month. You can also download and watch select content on ESPN Select at this level.
Disney+, Hulu, ESPN Select Bundle Premium is $26.99/month and comes with ESPN Select (With Ads) and ad-free versions of Disney+ and Hulu. You can also download select content across all three streaming services.
Disney+, Hulu, ESPN Unlimited Bundle will be priced at $35.99/month, but is currently $29.99/month for new subscribers. The bundle includes the new ESPN Unlimited service with live ESPN coverage as well as Hulu and Disney+ (With Ads).
Disney+, Hulu, ESPN Unlimited Bundle Premium will be priced at $44.99/month, but like the standard bundle, is currently discounted to $38.99/month for new subscribers. The big difference here is you get the ad-free versions of Hulu and Disney+.
What About Standalone Disney+ Subscriptions?
Disney+ is available in a couple of different tiers. You can get the least expensive option (simply called Disney+) for $9.99/month, which gives you access to everything except the ability to download select shows to watch on the go. This tier is ad supported. If you want to get rid of ads and be able to download certain shows, you can spring for the $15.99/month or $159.99/year Disney+ Premium package.
What Is the Paid Sharing Plan on Disney Plus?
In an effort to crack down on password sharing, Disney has added a paid sharing plan for individuals outside of your household. Basically, anyone using your account that's not within your household will have to be added as an "Extra Member" to your account. This costs an additional $6.99/month for the ad-supported subscription and $9.99/month for the Premium ad-free plan, and only one Extra Member slot is available per account. You can learn more from Disney's paid sharing explainer here.
Disney+ Gift Cards
If you want to help someone out and give them a gift that will keep on giving, gifting a one-year Disney+ card is a great option. It provides all the great things Disney+ offers and it costs a fraction of what it would take to buy even a small sampling of those movies physically.
What Can You Watch on Disney+?
There is a bonkers array of shows and movies you can watch on Disney+. Highlights coming to Disney+ in September include the live-action Lilo & Stitch, the latest season of The Simpsons, and the new MCU series Marvel Zombies.
For new and potential subscribers, here's a deeper dive into what's available on the service:
Disney
On the Disney front, you have awesome classic movies like The Sword In The Stone, Robin Hood, 101 Dalmations, Hercules, and Sleeping Beauty, modern classics like The Princess & The Frog, Tangled, and Frozen, and a wide range of animated shows, including Phineas & Ferb.
You also gain access to a ton of vintage content like Escape to Witch Mountain, The Apple Dumpling Gang, Bedknobs and Broomsticks, The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes, The Love Bug, and a whole lot more. The Disney Junior section is home to absolutely top tier animated shows like Bluey (which, for my money, is worth the price of admission on its own).
There's way more on offer, too, including a ton of Muppet movies, new live-action films and adaptions (including the new Snow White), nature programs, documentaries, Pirates of the Caribbean, and musical programs featuring Taylor Swift (like her wildly popular The Eras Tour), Elton John, Ed Sheeran, and more.
Pixar
When it comes to computer generated films, Pixar stands alone. Kicking off the revolution with Toy Story, Pixar has consistently put out fantastic films, and they are all here. From the Toy Story series to Finding Nemo, Cars, and more recent hits like Inside Out 2, there is a ton to love.
Beyond even that, there are incredible shorts like Bao and Party Central, as well as a wide range of originals and series based on major films, such as Dory's Reef Cam, Forky Asks A Question, Cars On The Road, and more.
Marvel
The MCU has become a true juggernaut, and there are many viewers who subscribe to Disney+ purely for access to nearly the entire MCU lineup of films and shows.
Whether you are a fan of the blockbuster action films, you are an appreciator of the classic 90s runs of "Saturday morning" cartoons like X-Men, or you are currently vibing to the funky theme of the 1981 Spider-Man series, there is a ton of Marvel to enjoy on Disney+. And with new movies and shows being added to the MCU all the time, including most recently Thunderbolts* and Captain America: Brave New World, there is always more coming.
Star Wars
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, there was a film that changed everything. The original Star Wars is a seminal sci-fi fantasy work that inspired generations of creators, but there is still nothing quite like that far away galaxy. Disney+ grants access to all things Star Wars, including the remastered versions of the original trilogy (hopefully some day they'll add the theatrical cuts, too), as well as the prequels and sequels.
There aren't very many TV shows that I watch as soon as new episodes air, but Murderbot was too hard to resist. It was the perfect mix of sci-fi and comedy all wrapped up into perfectly bite-sized 30-minute chunks. Now that the first season has wrapped up on Apple TV+, I've been left with a Murderbot-sized hole in my life that no other show has really been able to fill.
The good news is that Apple has gone ahead and renewed the series for a season 2, so we'll get to see more of Alexander Skarsgård's portrayal of the space-opera loving bot in the future. The bad news is there isn't any sort of release date for that yet. Fortunately for me, and other fans of the show, all of the Murderbot books and short stories still exist. And if you want to pick up the whole lot of them at once, there's a bundle available for just $18 that's worth checking out right now.
The bundle includes more than just the Murderbot books and short stories, offering additional novels from author Martha Wells. All of the books in this bundle, if purchased separately, would cost around $155 but it's only $18 for the full bundle. The books themselves are digital, so you'll be able to download them and read them on your phone, computer, or reading tablet.
$18 is the minimum you have to pay to get the full bundle, but there are a couple more tiers available for cheaper if you don't want all 14 novels on the list. $10 will get you three of the Murderbot books, and $1 will get you just the first book in the series. You can also choose to pay more than $18 and contribute the additional funds to charity.
All nine of the books from Martha Wells' The Murderbot Diaries are included in this bundle, along with six other novels written by her. If you're looking for what specific order to read them in I'd recommend checking out the reading order here. All Systems Red is the first book in the series and follows the same storyline as the first season of the TV show. You can also read this book for free with a Kindle Unlimited subscription, which I'd recommend doing if you already have a subscription.
If you haven't watched the show yet, the full first season is now available on Apple TV. Here's a quick snippet of what we thought in our IGN review of season 1:
"Like its title character, Murderbot plays at being darker and more serious than it really is. And while plot momentum sometimes suffers from an over-dependance on a formulaic structure, the show is refreshingly light and life-affirming – especially for viewers who may see some of themselves in Murderbot’s cold detachment from humanity. It’s a wryly funny sci-fi comedy with a robot trying to understand humans, even if it would be easier to just kill them all instead."
As with all Humble Bundles, a portion of the proceeds will go to charity. In the case of this particular bundle, the charity you'd be supporting is the World Central Kitchen. According to the charity's official website, World Central Kitchen is "first to the frontlines, providing meals in response to humanitarian, climate, and community crises."
A Scrubs revival is officially on the way, and series regular Judy Reyes is now set to return alongside other members of the medical comedy's original cast.
Details on Reyes’ return come from Deadline, which says viewers can expect to see her in a special recurring guest role, reprising her role as Carla Espinosa after playing the character for the series’ original run. Additional details about her return to the Scrubs universe remain under wraps for now.
Scrubs premiered in 2001 and eventually resulted in nine seasons of sitcom television. Mixed reactions to its ninth and then-final season in 2009 helped lead to nearly 15 years without more from Zach Braff as JD Dorian, Donald Faison as Christopher Turk, Sarah Chalke as Elliot Reid, and the rest of the Sacred Heart Hospital crew.
“JD & Turk scrub in together for the first time in a long time — medicine has changed, interns have changed, but their bromance has stood the test of time,” an official description says. “Characters new and old navigate the waters of Sacred Heart with laughter, heart and some surprises along the way."
Lawrence is attached as an executive producer for the new Scrubs season, with Sacred Heart veterans Tim Hobert and Aseem Batra on board as co-showrunners. Braff, Faison, and Chalke are also attached as executive producers.
Deadline reports that special accommodations were made to ensure Reyes could fit a Scrubs return into her schedule, which includes her work as a regular on ABC’s High Potential. The Scrubs revival currently has no firm release date, so while we wait for more news, you can check out our list of the top 10 episodes from the show’s original run.
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The South Park Season 27 Episode 4 trailer is here, and while the long-running animated comedy show once again takes aim at Donald Trump, it also has a new target in its sights: Labubus.
Labubus, for the uninitiated, are a line of collectible plush toys created by Hong Kong illustrator Kasing Lung and typically sold in blind boxes. They have taken the world by storm, with interest — as any parent’s wallet will probably attest — peaking over the summer amid a surge on social media platforms such as TikTok.
The South Park trailer, below, shows the Labubu craze getting out of control at South Park Elementary (fake Labubus are certainly a thing in the real world). But there’s also room for Donald Trump, who is seen stepping off Air Force One alongside his long-term South Park partner, Satan.
Butters experiences the reality of tariffs when he has to buy a Labubu doll for his girlfriend’s birthday in an all-new episode on Wednesday, September 3 at 10/9c on Comedy Central and next day on Paramount+. pic.twitter.com/dRHRtWzhqd
Butters experiences the reality of tariffs when he has to buy a Labubu doll for his girlfriend’s birthday in an all-new episode on Wednesday, September 3 at 10/9c on Comedy Central and next day on Paramount+.
The latest run of South Park episodes, which are currently airing on Comedy Central and Paramount+, have drawn some of the series' best-ever ratings, as well as global attention, for their no-holds-barred depiction of President Trump. But episodes are taking longer to produce, with just three arriving in the six weeks since Season 27's debut.
South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone make each episode week-by-week, which makes for a chaotic production but topical shows. The elongated production time allows the pair more time to work on each episode, something Paramount is reportedly happy with.
It’s worth noting that during their San Diego Comic-Con 2025 panel, which took place the day after the Trump-skewering season opener aired, Parker said the pair were unsure what the next episode would be, revealing the decision was “super stressful.”
It’s also worth noting that the creators recently admitted that the Season 27 trailer that came out in April included footage made just for that trailer, and not from the episodes. “You seriously think we went and made a bunch of shows ahead of time and we’re banking them for later?” they said. “We just made something up and we’re like, this is what we’re doing! And we’re not doing any of that.”
South Park Season 27 Episode 4 airs on Wednesday, September 3 at 10/9c on Comedy Central and next day on Paramount+.
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The Initiative, the studio behind Perfect Dark, was shuttered earlier this year in a mass Microsoft layoffs, with its project apparently canceled. However, Perfect Dark apparently remained in development at Crystal Dynamics until just last week, while leadership from both studios struggled to find new funding from a surprising source: Take-Two.
In a report from Bloomberg, which IGN can corroborate from its own sources, it is revealed that Perfect Dark was not "fully abandoned" when The Initiative shuttered earlier this year. Leadership from both Crystal and The Initiative spent the following two months looking for a new publisher and funding source. While multiple parties expressed interest, the most likely candidate turned out to be Take-Two interactive. However, the two groups couldn't come to an agreement, at least in part due to disagreements over long-term ownership of the property.
As a result, the deal fell through, resulting in last week's layoffs at Crystal Dynamics as all hope of the project being reinstated vanished.
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Nintendo fans have an opportunity to score one of the best LEGO x Nintendo collabs at a great price. Amazon is currently offering the LEGO Super Mario World: Mario & Yoshi building set (71438) for just $104.99 after a 20% off instant discount. Free delivery is included. At just 8.6 cents per brick, this is the biggest discount I've seen for this popular LEGO set and a deal that I did not see during Amazon's Labor Day Sale.
LEGO Super Mario: Mario & Yoshi (71438) for $105
The Mario & Yoshi set is impressively sized at nearly 16" tall and 5" wide with a relatively hefty 1,215 brick count. This is a mostly 2-dimensional build that looks amazing as a display piece on a shelf. Fortunately, it's not without its charming interactive elements, like a crank handle that makes Yoshi run with Mario on his back, and a dial that makes Yoshi's tongue pop in and out. Despite its simple design, this is a fairly challenging build that involves small bricks and technical pieces like rubber bands, hinges, and ball joints. LEGO recommends it for builders ages 18 and up. The end result is more than worth it, though. We built this set ourselves and absolutely loved it.
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It’s September, and that can only mean one thing: a new batch of LEGO sets is coming to help you while the time away. This month’s new sets include the 2025 advent calendars, a massive Arkham Asylum set, plus some great Disney, Harry Potter, Wicked, and movie sets as well. Without further ado, let’s check them out.
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LEGO Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Minifigures Are Now Available
New LEGO minifigures are always popular with our audience, as are Marvel LEGO sets in general. So these have been flying off the shelf since they went up for preorder. Based on the animated movie Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, this batch of minifigs includes 12 heroes, ranging from standard Peter Parker and Miles Morales to Werewolf Spider-Man and Margo Kess.
LEGO Batman Arkham Asylum Is Up for Preorder
In a month with tons of awesome new LEGO sets coming out, this might be my favorite. It’s a massive 2,953-piece set that does justice to Gotham’s house for the criminally insane. It has the full three-story building, complete with sliding prison doors, the gated front area, plus an inmate delivery van and 16 superhero and supervillain minifigures. For more (including less expensive) options, check out our picks for the best Batman LEGO sets available now.
Every year I get LEGO advent calendars for my kids. And every day in December, during the lead-up to Christmas, they love opening and assembling their new daily mini-build. This year’s offerings include Star Wars and Harry Potter calendars, as always. We also have Minecraft and Disney Frozen this year, along with the usual LEGO City and Friends sets to choose from.
Several new LEGO Harry Potter sets are available this month, and unfortunately for my pocketbook, my favorite is quite pricy. It’s the collector’s edition of Hogsmeade Village. It’s a huge street block that includes numerous storefronts, complete with their crooked chimneys. And if you happen to have the this Diagon Alley set, you can connect them together to create a whole town’s worth of storefronts.
Three new Disney sets are out this month, and frankly they’re all bangers. Advent calendars are great, of course. That 101 Dalmations set of Cruella De Vil’s car looks fantastic. But the best of the bunch IMO is unlikely duo of sadboi garbage-bot Wall-E and sleek, futuristic EVE. This one could easily end up in our best LEGO Disney sets list in the future.
The next Oz-set prequel, Wicked: For Good, is set to hit theaters on November 21. You don’t have to wait to start pumping yourself up for it, thanks to these new LEGO sets based on the upcoming film. I love me some LEGO book nooks, so I’m eyeing the bookends, but I also love LEGO art sets you can actually hang on your wall, so I’m considering that one, too.
LEGO and Nike have kicked off an ongoing partnership, the latest releases of which are now available. The slam dunk set is stylish, but the trickshot one has my heart.
LEGO Icons Captain Jack Sparrow's Pirate Ship Is Coming September 15
Good ole Captain Jack Sparrow’s Pirate Ship, from the Pirates of the Caribbean movies, is getting a LEGO set on September 15. It’s the ghostly, pitch-colored Black Pearl. Unfortunately, it’s not available for preorder, so you’ll have to keep an eye on it and buy when the link goes live later this month.
LEGO Ideas Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory Is Out September 15
If you watched the beloved 1971 movie as a kid, there’s a good chance you’ll want to build LEGO Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory this month. The set features the big, iconic candy-filled factory room, a working chocolate waterfall, the Wonkatania boat, and more. It’s not up for preorder, but it will be available on September 15.
LEGO Game Boy Is Still Available for Preorder
This one's out next month, but it's still available for preorder, and preorders have been going wild. It's IGN's single most popular Amazon item of the year. It's a 1:1 scale replica of the original Nintendo portable gaming handheld, and it absolutely rules. Lock in your preorder if you want one at launch.
We’ll be posting “We Build” articles on some of these sets in the coming days, so keep it locked to IGN.
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Last month, Deep Silver released a new third-person action-adventure game, Echos of the End. Echoes of the End is powered by Unreal Engine 5, so it’s time now to benchmark it and examine its performance on PC. For our benchmarks, I used an AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D, 32GB of DDR5 at 6000Mhz, AMD’s Radeon RX … Continue reading Echoes of the End PC Performance Analysis→
I was pretty skeptical of Sony entering the high-end keyboard space with the all-new Inzone KBD-H75, meant for enthusiasts and competitive gaming. Not because I didn't think it'd put out a quality product, but because the space is already crowded with tons of great gaming keyboards. After using the Inzone KBD-H75 for the past week, however, I'm a bit reluctant to go back to even my current favorites like the SteelSeries Apex Pro and Keychron K4 HE, which says a lot. That's to say the Sony KBD-H75 is some impressive state-of-the-art stuff, mainly because of its incredible Hall Effect magnetic switches that genuinely bring a typing and gaming experience few can deliver. But its hefty $300 price tag isn't doing it any favors, even at a time when the general cost of the latest gaming gear constantly causes me to wince.
Sony Inzone KBD-H75 – Design and Features
The KBD-H75 is part of Sony's lineup of new Inzone products that includes a mouse, headset, and earbuds that targets a premium tier. They all share a certain minimalist aesthetic, so this is a fairly unassuming keyboard, maintaining a modest, sleek look with its all-black color scheme and no frills design. It doesn't have any gaudy branding, which is mostly due to the compact 75% layout and minimal onboard features. The aluminum top plate and rounded edges are nice, and the prominent textured volume knob at the top right corner matches the understated yet effective look. Otherwise this is a straightforward keyboard that lets its performance do most of the talking.
That leaves the magnetic switches as the main reason why you'd consider the Inzone KBD-H75 over the many other great keyboards already on the market. These are Sony's proprietary purple switches and they feel absolutely fantastic. "Buttery" and "creamy" are somewhat overused descriptors when it comes to the feel of keystrokes, but it's as true as it's ever been when talking about the Inzone KBD-H75. These switches sport double-rail stabilizers to help make each keystroke tight and consistent and the board's foam and gasket mounts soften the feel when bottoming out – it's one of the least harsh experiences I've had from a keyboard.
There's no denying that the Sony Inzone KBD-H75 offers a beautiful typing and gaming experience.
Magnetic switches also provide the advantage of customizable actuation points, and they can be set anywhere between 0.3mm and 3.4mm in 0.1mm increments for individual keys. It's the kind of fine-tuning you just don't get out of a typical mechanical keyboard, which has been losing ground to Hall Effect keyboards in recent years. Setting a short actuation point for a shooter gives you an ever-so-slight advantage with quicker inputs, then swapping to a longer throw works well for the work day to limit errant inputs while typing. This also allows for features like Rapid Trigger, where the keyboard will recognize an adjustable reset point along a keystroke and register any movement downward as a new keystroke, letting you perform repeat inputs at a faster rate and more convenient fashion.
The Inzone KBD-H75 also has an 8000Hz polling rate, which seems great on paper, but doesn't make a meaningful impact in practice. This increase in frequency of the keyboard sending inputs to your PC technically means there's less of a delay between a keystroke and when the system registers it. However, when it comes to digital inputs like a keyboard, as opposed to the frequency and precision demanded by a mouse sensor, 8000Hz is more of a flex than it is a tangible advantage when compared to the standard 1000Hz on most other gaming-grade keyboards.
What's disappointing, though, is that this is a wired-only keyboard. While that doesn't affect how this keyboard performs, it's missing the kind of versatility you should expect from something in this price range – and it doesn't necessarily make up for that with other features. Yes, its switches and performance are incredible, but keyboards that are $100 cheaper still offer more with Bluetooth or 2.4GHz wireless connectivity at the very least.
Sony Inzone KBD-H75 – Software and Customization
Like Sony's other PC gaming peripherals, the KBD-H75 uses the Inzone Hub software suite. If there's anything I appreciate about it, it's that it's a no-nonsense app unlike many of the software suites you see from big-name peripheral manufacturers. Once it's downloaded and installed, it'll recognize any Inzone product connected to your system. With the KBD-H75 in particular, you can allocate two layers (the default mappings and the FN layer), tweak performance settings, and customize the RGB backlighting. Since there aren't any extra buttons on the keyboard, it's nice that you're able to set macros and unique actions (such as mouse controls) to any key you want, which also makes the FN layer that much more useful. I'm a bit disappointed you can't tweak the volume knob, however.
Performance settings are where you can adjust the actuation and reset points of each key, and the visual layout with the keys on screen and the sliders for each actuation/reset point makes it intuitive to make these tweaks. The RGB lighting is quite bright, shining nicely through each keycap and peaking out of the edges of the chassis, and presets such as the ripple effect or flowing wave pattern work well. Here, you can also set colors on a per-key basis and save two custom profiles to the keyboard.
Sony Inzone KBD-H75 – Gaming and Performance
The Inzone KBD-H75 was designed in collaboration with esports team Fnatic, so it's intended to be cut out for competitive gaming, and from my experience, it certainly is. As per usual with my keyboard reviews, I played several competitive rounds of Counter-Strike 2 and Valorant, and ran a few raids in Final Fantasy XIV to get a feel for how it handles various gaming environments.
Counter-Strike 2 was a great example of where this keyboard shines – using a 0.8mm actuation point kept my inputs swift, and having an extra-short Rapid Trigger reset point let me peek and quick-strafe around corners efficiently. Keep in mind that this is not simultaneous opposing cardinal directional (SOCD) input, so it's not a bannable offense like you see with features such as Snap Tap on Razer's newer keyboards. This extends to my experience with Valorant, being a similar style of competitive shooter where positioning, precise movements, and quickness really matter for success. After three ranked rounds in each game, I came away as satisfied with the KBD-H75's performance as the best keyboards I've tested in the past year.
Its keystrokes strike such a delicate balance between firm and easygoing thanks to the linear magnetic design, providing just enough resistance to let me confidently apply pressure to a key but soft enough to not wear out my fingers during long and intense raids in Final Fantasy XIV, for example. It may sound like a negligible thing; however, I've fumbled my attack rotation and key actions in heated moments from errant inputs enough times to where something like this matters. I've had technically impressive keyboards not work out so well due to things like the actuation force being too light or actuation points being too short – so while it's not necessarily those keyboards' faults, it just wasn't the best fit.
[K]eystrokes strike such a delicate balance between firm and easygoing thanks to the linear magnetic design.
In a way, the KBD-H75 almost made me more productive by virtue of simply enjoying the typing experience on it. It's sort of a sensory thing where I just want to keep typing as if it's tapping into a part of my brain activated by a fidget toy. Sony absolutely nailed it here, which is testament to construction of its switches that give the keys stability and consistency, as well as the adjustability that accommodates different use cases and preferences.
This week's most-preordered item overall on IGNDeals social channels was the Marvel Legends Series Wolverine Mask, coming out November 1. In fact, nothing else even came close, with more Wolverine masks preordered than the next four preorder items combined.
If you already preordered it, nice work. If you haven't yet, bad news: it went up in price $15. But there's a silver lining, bub: if it goes back down in price again between now and its release date, you'll get whichever the lowest price is during the period between when you click the "preorder now" button and release.
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No real surprises here, in my opinion. The new LEGO Black Pearl set announced last week probably would have made an appearance if it were actually available for preorder (and not $379.99). No new Magic: The Gathering or Pokemon sets went up for preorder, and if something had, it would have almost certainly hit the top.
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