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Of all the unfortunate TV cancelations we’ve seen in 2020, the cancelation of the already-confirmed GLOW Season 4 has stood out as one of the most egregious. But as beloved as the show was, it wasn’t perfect–and steps were being made to fix some of the show’s representation issues in Season 4.

A statement has been shared on Instagram by Sunita Mani, who played wrestler Arthie Premkumar on the show. It details how the series’ POC cast members came together to write a letter to the show’s creators and executive producers asking for the show to do better with how it handles racial issues and representation.

“Since season 1, the show has planted racial stereotyping into our character’s existence, yet our storylines are relegated to the sidelines in dealing with this conflict or have left us feeling like checked-boxes on a list,” the letter reads. It notes that, while the show is celebrated for its diversity, the writer’s room was entirely white.

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Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is currently streaming the video game Among Us with popular streamers Pokimane, HasanAbi, Jacksepticeye, and others, and the stream is pulling in some big numbers.

AOC’s livestream alone reached a peak of around 430,000 concurrent viewers, which makes it close to the biggest Twitch livestream in history. Combining that with the streaming figures for Pokimane, HasanAbi, Jacksepticeye, Moist, and Dr Lupo, the number climbs significantly higher. Another US representative, Ilhan Omar, is taking part in the livestream event as well.

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Control: Ultimate Edition is available now on PS4, Xbox One, and PC, but Xbox players are finding that the game requires a one-time connection to the internet to activate. While it’s not unusual for a new game to require updates, patches, or downloads, Control: Ultimate Edition is a collection of already released material–and the PS4 version can be played offline.

505 Games has cleared this up on their support website, explaining that the Xbox One disc for Control: Ultimate Edition does not contain the full game, because it could not fit on a single disc.

“We have used Xbox intelligent delivery to provide some content on the disc and the rest via download,” the page explains. “On PlayStation 4, this isn’t the case as Control Ultimate Edition fits on a single disc, due to compression and other variables.”

Intelligent delivery is an Xbox system that allows players to only install the parts of a game that they want. You’re prompted to download the rest of Control after reaching the maintenance elevator near the game’s opening.

However, while the Xbox version will only need to go online once, TheGamer reports that this download also performs a one-time DRM check. This will not happen in the PS4 version.

The Ultimate Edition of Control is the only one that will give you access to a free next-gen upgrade. 505 Games has previously said that it was not possible to upgrade players who bought Control and the DLC separately–however, an incident where Xbox One players were briefly upgraded to the Ultimate Edition has given us reason to be skeptical.

Control: Ultimate Edition features both DLC packs for the game, The Foundation and AWE.

When watching the original The Fast and the Furious back in 2001, no one could’ve guessed what kind of mileage Vin Diesel would get out of the series. But the longest quarter-mile in movies had to end eventually, and it will end with the eleventh Fast & Furious film. Justin Lin is in talks to direct the final two installments, according to a report from Deadline, ending the core series of Universal’s most successful franchise ever.

Lin is currently in post-production on F9, which Universal recently delayed even further into 2021, which means these films are nowhere near even starting. Lin has worked on the series on and off since 2006, when he directed The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift. Since then, he’s also directed Fast & Furious, Fast Five, Fast & Furious 6, and of course F9.

F9 is set to continue the events of Fate of the Furious, with Charlize Theron once again playing villainous hacker Cipher. The movie also adds John Cena as Dom Toretto’s never-mentioned brother (what happened to “family,” Dom?) and Helen Mirren as Magdalene Shaw. Series stalwarts like Diesel, Ludacris, and others return, along with Sung Kang as Han. We still don’t know how Han is alive, although we have some theories. F9 is set to hit theaters–we hope–on May 28, 2021.

Following a small delay, the first public beta test for Halo 4 through The Master Chief Collection is beginning now. Invitations are going out now, community manager John Junyszek said on Twitter by way of emojis.

Microsoft uses the term “flight” for its beta tests, which explains the airplane emoji in the tweet.

Unlike previous Halo beta tests, every eligible Halo Insider member is being invited into the Halo 4 test. If you didn’t get an invite right away, keep checking your email, as invites are rolling out in waves. This beta test includes portions of both the campaign and multiplayer.

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