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The gang’s all here as Game of Thrones debuts the first episode of its final season.

It took far longer than necessary, but The Walking Dead has finally kicked the Commonwealth storyline into high gear. Issue #189 and #190 deliver some of the payoff readers have been waiting for months to see. And even as the undead become a bigger threat to our heroes than they have in years, this issue serves as a necessary reminder that humanity is always its own worst enemy.

Long-simmering tensions have finally boiled over as Mercer leads a revolt in the Commonwealth and Rick is offered the chance to rule in Pamela’s stead. It’s the latest compelling wrinkle in a very long, twisting journey for Rick. Short of Michonne, he’s probably benefited the most from this extended story arc. His single-minded focus on preserving peace and the rule of law has continuously backfired. He’s had to make impossible choices and even kill a close friend, and the events of this issue force him to question whether any of those sacrifices were worth it in the end. For all that this series has faltered in its sluggish build-up, it has at least re-energized Rick as a protagonist.

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Disney unveiled new footage from their upcoming live-action remake of Aladdin at CinemaCon on Wednesday, including the film’s version of the iconic “Friend Like Me” musical number.

What was immediately apparent is that, unlike Jon Favreau’s upcoming Lion King remake, Aladdin doesn’t appear to be quite as much of a shot-for-shot remake of the original animated film. (It should be noted the visual effects in the footage shown were not final.)

The shot selections and backgrounds of the new “Friend Like Me” scene were markedly different from the animated version; indeed, matching what animators did in that particular sequence and with a performer as wild as Robin Williams always seemed impossible. So the remake — and new Genie actor Will Smith — is definitely doing its own albeit familiarly energetic thing.

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Hearthstone’s next expansion, Rise of Shadows, is out on April 9 (April 10 in ANZ), and we’ve now seen every single card it has to offer.

The verdict? It’s shaping up to be a powerful set of cards, with really interesting synergies. But don’t take my word for it, have a look through the cards yourself!

I’ve broken the set up to create a slideshow for each class, as well as one for all the neutral cards and one for the Lackeys and Lackey-generating cards. The class and neutral galleries are ordered by rarity, with legendary cards first, then epic, rare and common. Enjoy!

Cam Shea is Editor in Chief for IGN’s Australian content team and can’t wait to see what happens in Taipei later this month. He’s on Twitter.

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Disney screened footage of their new interpretation of The Lion King at CinemaCon on Wednesday, an almost shot-for-shot, line-for-line remake of the scene where Mufasa teaches young Simba about the circle of life.

Just as in the 1994 original, this version opens with a rambunctious young Simba (voiced by JD McCrary) waking up his parents and Mufasa (once again voiced by James Earl Jones) telling his wife Sarabi (voiced by Alfre Woodard) that before sunrise Simba is her son.

Everything plays out just as fans of the animated movie will remember, as Mufasa explains to Simba that everything the light touches is his kingdom and that one day it will all be Simba’s.

And, of course, Mufasa goes on to explain how all animals — even those who eat each other, as lions do antelopes — are connected in the circle of life.

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This article contains plot details about Avengers: Endgame! While Disney showed it to the press, some may nevertheless find the following details spoilerish.

Disney showed two scenes from Avengers: Endgame at CinemaCon on Wednesday, footage which revealed the status of the Infinity Stones and explains — to a degree — why Captain Marvel has been a no-show until now.

The first scene is set in Avengers headquarters and it’s the same scene from the trailer where Thor faces off with Captain Marvel. The footage opens mid-scene with Carol Danvers about to walk out on Cap, Banner, Natasha, Thor, Rhodey, Rocket and Nebula. No sign of Tony Stark or Scott Lang here. When asked where she’s going, Carol says matter-of-factly, “To kill Thanos.”

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BEYOND!

On this week’s episode of IGN’s weekly PlayStation show, Jonathon Dornbush, Brian Altano, Lucy O’Brien, and Max Scoville discuss all the biggest PlayStation news of the last week, offer impressions on some awesome-looking PSVR games to come, share a fun Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater memory, and more!

Timecodes:

• 0:00 – Intro
• 1:45 – News Crunch (Borderlands 3, Driveclub, PS Plus and more!)

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One of the nice things about 2018’s comic book lineup was that Marvel gave readers a bit of a break on the crossover event front. While they still published franchise-specific events like Spider-Geddon and Infinity Wars, there was nothing on the level of Civil War or Avengers vs. X-Men that dominated the bulk of Marvel’s output for months at a time. Like it or not, 2019 is not continuing that trend. War of the Realms is here, and it’s going to spill into many corners of the Marvel Universe in the months ahead. Fortunately, it has a solid backbone beneath all the usual event comic spectacle.

In fact, the biggest selling point with War of the Realms is the fact that it serves as the grand climax of Jason Aaron’s six-year-long Thor run. It’s all been building to this. Malekith’s slow consolidation of power now culminates in a massive invasion of Midgard. Worse, this invasion comes at a time when Asgard’s strength has never been weaker and Thor himself is still separated from Mjolnir. Where Asgard fails, it now falls on the Avengers to clean up this mess.

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