Month: March 2020

Netflix has finally added Hunter x Hunter’s fourth season, aka the Greed Island Arc, for viewers in the States. 17-episodes long, the season can be watched in dub or sub. If you’re outside of the US, you most likely already have the Greed Island arc Netflix. The streaming service has executed a different rollout of Hunter x Hunter seasons for different regions. Some countries, including the US, only received seasons one to three, while other countries got more episodes.

The Greed Island Arc follows Gon and Killua as they get transported into a game no one has cleared before. They do it for the challenge (and the cheque, provided by a billionaire), but what transpires has a significant impact on Gon’s overall journey. Along the way, the duo finds a mentor, Biscuit–a middle-aged woman who masquerades as a young girl–and at one point, actually have to team up with Hisoka, an antagonist of sorts. While the infamous clown is present, two of the four main characters we started out with–Leorio and Kurapika–are almost entirely absent.

Beyond the Greed Island arc, Netflix still needs to add the Chimera Ant arc and the Election arc as well. And for those fans who have watched both and are wondering if there will be a new anime season in the near future, it’s looking unlikely. Yoshihiro Togashi, author of the manga, hasn’t released a new Hunter x Hunter chapter in over a year, making it hard for the anime to continue, given that there’s no material to adapt. A silver lining is that Togashi does want to finish and commented in an interview translated by VeraciousCake, “It has come to a point where either the story concludes first, or I die before that happens (lol). But I do intend to finish it.”

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Valve just released several gameplay teasers revealing some epic environments in City 17.

The Seattle-based Emerald City Comic Con will proceed as planned, despite multiple confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in the region. In the wake of the outbreak of the virus, organizers have cancelled or postponed several major gaming events, including San Francisco’s GDC, which prompted the statement.

The event is scheduled to take place from March 12 to 15. According to organizer ReedPOP, the team behind the event have “implemented enhanced cleaning and sanitation across the show, including adhering to the recommendations set forth in the US EPA’s Emerging Pathogen Policy.”

Coronavirus fears have the potential to severely disrupt events across the games industry, especially for important industry conventions like GDC and E3. So far, the 96 confirmed cases of the virus in the United States have been clustered on the West Coast, especially San Francisco and Seattle, two of the traditional hubs of the gaming industry.

Appearing at Chicago’s annual comic convention–C2E2–over the February 29 weekend, Mark Ruffalo revealed in a Q&A panel that there’s a chance he could make an appearance on the Disney+’s original She-Hulk. (He made no mention if Banner and Hulk will still be merged–which is what we really want to know.)

The She-Hulk series is slated for a 2020 production wrap and will be released exclusively on Disney+. The show is helmed by writer Jessica Gao, who wrote the famous Pickle Rick episode on Rick and Morty and has also contributed to Comedy Central’s Corporate and HBO’s Silicon Valley.

She-Hulk follows the story of Jessica Walters, who is Bruce Banner’s cousin. In the comics, Bruce saves her life with a blood transfusion, resulting in Walters getting a Hulk alter-ego of her own. Walters retains more of her personality and control while in Hulk form, in contrast to Banner’s more dramatic and unrestrained transformation. The She-Hulk TV series will apparently follow the comic material closely, but specific plot details at this point are scarce.

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There’s more than a year to wait for Tom Cruise to return for his best known action role, Ethan Hunt, in the next Mission Impossible movie–which recently halted production because of the coronavirus outbreak. But in the meantime, the star is set to reprise the character that helped make him a superstar–Top Gun’s Pete “Maverick” Mitchell. Top Gun: Maverick arrives this summer, and it has now been announced that we’ll get to see it earlier than planned.

Admittedly, the movie isn’t coming to theaters that much earlier, but it will release two days ahead of its previous date. Top Gun: Maverick now arrives on Wednesday, June 24 instead of Friday, June 26. As Deadline notes, this follows Paramount’s traditional pattern of releasing big action movies on Wednesdays–previous examples include the Transformers series and an earlier Cruise movie, War of the Worlds.

Top Gun: Maverick also stars Miles Teller, Jennifer Connelly, Jon Hamm, Glen Powell, Lewis Pullman, and Ed Harris. It’s directed by Joseph Kosinski, who previously directed Cruise in 2014’s Oblivion. The spectacular second full trailer was released in December, while the first promo arrived at San Diego Comic-Con last summer. There was also this shorter teaser revealed during January’s Super Bowl.

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James Lipton, creator and host of Inside the Actors Studio, has died at the age of 93. He died Monday, March 2, in his Manhattan home from bladder cancer, according to The Hollywood Reporter who received the news from Lipton’s wife, Kedakai Mercedes Lipton.

Lipton is best known for Bravo series Inside the Actors Studio, which he created in 1994 as a way to teach students of the Actors Studio Drama School. Lipton hosted the show and spoke with actors about their performances and careers in film during a one-hour one-on-one interview each episode.

Since its conception, Inside the Actors Studio aired on the Bravo television network until it moved to Ovation TV in 2018. Lipton stepped down from hosting the show when it moved to Ovation TV. In the show’s 22-season run on Bravo, Lipton interviewed nearly 300 actors, directors and more. The latest episode of Inside the Actors Studio aired on December 15, 2019, with Lupita Nyong’o of Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Us fame, as the guest.

“I made a vow early on that we would not deal in gossip — only in craft, and Ovation, as a network dedicated to the arts, will continue that tradition with the next seasons of the series,” Lipton told The Hollywood Reporter at the time of the show’s transition to Ovation TV. “I’m excited to see the new hosts engage with the guests and students and continue to entertain viewers in the U.S. and around the world.”

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Wesley LeBlanc is a freelance news writer and guide maker for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @LeBlancWes. 

 

 

You never know when your Xbox One controller or TV remote will stop working. That’s why it’s important to have a stock of batteries you can rampage whenever one of your beloved electronics runs out of juice. Right now Amazon has some great deals on batteries, including rechargeable AAs, as well as a 30% discount on just about every other standard battery size. Let’s have a look.

Eneloop Rechargeable AA Batteries (16 Pack) are 16% Off

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• Get them at Amazon – $28.45 (was $34)

These batteries typically sell for $34, but right now you can save a few bucks on them. They’re great batteries; I’ve been using them for years in my Xbox One controllers. They charge fast and last a long time, which is pretty much all you need in a battery. Plus, they ensure you’re not dumping dead one-time-use batteries into the landfill every week. That’s good for your pocketbook and good for the environment. (When they eventually do die, make sure to dispose of them properly, though.)

Energizer AA Lithium Batteries are $6 Off with Subscribe & Save

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• Get them at Amazon – $25.96 (with Subscribe & Save)

Energizer says these lithium batteries are the longest-lasting AA battery in the world. They even have the Guinness World Record to back up the claim. Care to try them yourself? If so, purchase these using Subscribe & Save, and you’ll get $6 off, saving 18 percent.

Pro tip: You can cancel your subscription any time after they ship. I’m constantly subscribing to Amazon items when I find deals on them, and immediately canceling when I receive them. It’s easy, and it can save you a ton of money.

Save 30% Off AmazonBasics Batteries with Subscribe & Save

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• AA Batteries (48 pack) – $8.76
• AAA Batteries (36 pack) – $6.99
• C Cell Batteries (24 pack) – $13.99
• D Cell Batteries (24 pack) – 16.09

Like the Energizers above, this deal only works if you choose Subscribe & Save. But once you do, you’ll save 30% off the listed price. And while we’ve selected the default quantity packs for each size of battery, some of the other quantity packs are 30% off with Subscribe & Save as well.

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Chris Reed is IGN’s shopping and commerce editor. You can follow him on Twitter @_chrislreed.

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