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Full spoilers for Game of Thrones continue below. For more on Game of Thrones, read our review of “The Bells” and check out our ranking of the top 100 Game of Thrones characters.

Game of Thrones may not adhere to all of the usual fantasy storytelling tropes, but this series does love its prophecies. From the Azor Ahai to Melisandre’s final warning to Arya, prophecies are Game of Thrones’ bread and butter — even if those prophecies generally don’t work out as planned. That was very much the case with one of the (book) series’ most notable prophecies, the Valonqar, which involves a young Cersei Lannister being told how she would die.

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Bethesda’s Rage 2 is out this week, and the long-awaited title’s release is just the beginning. Bethesda has released new details on the post-apocalyptic sequel’s content calendar for 2019, and there’s a lot of extra content coming.

As the graphic explains, all World Events are free, as is the Day 30 update, some weapon skins, cheat codes, Wasteland challenges, and the One Wheeler vehicle. The rest of the content is paid. The two biggest pieces of content seem to be Expansion 1: Rise of the Ghosts, and the untitled Expansion 2, which are set to launch in August and later in the Fall respectively. The two expansions add a variety of newness like new story content, more weapons, vehicles, and locations. You can check out the full content calendar below to see what’s coming.

You can get Rage 2 and all the extra DLC in the Rage 2: Deluxe Edition, which costs $80 USD £70 / $130 AUD.

Rage 2 is developed by Avalanche Studios in Sweden. Id Software, the developer of the original Rage, is also assisting in the game’s development. The game launches on May 14 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC.

Rage 2 is set 30 years after the events of the first Rage, which was released in 2011 for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC. The Earth has started to recover after being ravaged by a global catastrophe, and plant and animal life have begun springing up around the planet, making it more colourful.

One of Microsoft’s newest internal development studios, The Initiative, continues to add to its already impressive lineup of talent. The company recently hired former Naughty Dog developer Robert Ryan as a senior systems designer for the studio’s new, unannounced game.

Ryan worked at Naughty Dog from 2011 through 2017 where he was a game designer for Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception, The Last of Us, Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End, and the upcoming The Last of Us: Part II. He moved to EA’s Motive Studios where he worked on an unannounced title before coming to The Initiative.

WindowsCentral first reported Ryan’s move to The Initiative, working off changes made to his public LinkedIn profile.

Ryan joins a team at The Initiative that is already stacked with talent. God of War veteran Brian Westergaard is the director of production, Drew Murray (Sunset Overdrive, Resistance 3) is a lead designer, William Archbell (343 Industries) is the technical director, and Blake Fischer (Xbox) is director of world and narrative. Daniel Neuburger, who worked on Rise of the Tomb Raider, is The Initiative’s game director. The Initiative also hired Rockstar Games veteran Tom Shepherd, while among the other high-profile hirings include Red Dead Redemption 1 writer/designer Christian Cantamessa.

The studio aims to stay “small,” but the company’s ambition is to “push boundaries,” “challenge convention,” and take risks as they make something “spectacular and unique.”

The Initiative is just one of seven studios that Microsoft either set up or acquired in the past year. At E3 2018, Microsoft announced that it acquired Playground Games (Forza Horizon), Compulsion Games (We Happy Few), Ninja Theory (Hellblade), and Undead Labs (State of Decay). At Microsoft’s X018 event in Mexico City, Microsoft announced the acquisition of Obsidian Entertainment (Fallout: New Vegas) and inXile Entertainment (Wasteland 3).

The acquisition of these studios and the formation of The Initiative came after Microsoft was criticized for not having enough exclusive content.

The latest box office report is in, and Pokemon and Avengers dominated. Pokemon: Detective Pikachu opened to a massive $58 million in the US and Canada this weekend, according to a box office report from Entertainment Weekly.

That is a tremendous result, and it’s the biggest opening for a Pokemon movie of all time not adjusted for inflation. It was enormously successful, but it wasn’t enough to take down Avengers: Endgame. The Marvel team-up pulled in $63 million in the US and Canada to stay at No. 1 for a third week running.

Endgame has now made $723.5 million domestically, which is only behind Avatar ($760.5 million) and Star Wars: The Force Awakens ($936.6 million). Worldwide, Endgame has now made $2.485.5 billion, which brings it even closer to reaching Avatar’s all-time record of $2.78 billion.

The new movie about Lord of the Rings author J.R.R. Tolkien also opened this weekend, and it landed at No. 9 with $2.2 million. As EW notes, the film did “modestly well” considering that it only screened at 1,495 locations in the US and Canada. Other new releases this weekend included the Anne Hathaway and Rebel Wilson comedy The Hustle (No. 3, $13.5 million), and the Diane Keaton movie Poms, which made $5.1 million to come in sixth place this weekend.

You can see the full box office report for May 10-12 below, as compiled by EW.

May 10-12 US/Canada Box Office:

1. Avengers: Endgame — $63 million
2. Pokemon Detective Pikachu — $58 million
3. The Hustle — $13.5 million
4. The Intruder — $6.6 million
5. Long Shot — $6.1 million
6. Poms — $5.1 million
7. Uglydolls — $3.9 million
8. Breakthrough — $2.5 million
9. Tolkien — $2.2 million
10. Captain Marvel — $1.8 million

This week is a roller coaster thanks to Rage 2, the Castlevania Anniversary Collection, and a new Bubsy game.