New Rainbow Six Siege Operators Teased

Ubisoft has released the first tease for Rainbow Six Siege‘s two new Operators. The gif, which you can see below, is difficult to make out, and that appears to be a deliberate move from the publisher, which captioned the video, “Look carefully… what do you see?”

From what can be gleaned, the two figures appear to be hooded, with one wielding some form of… electricity orb? We’re not entirely sure. Let us know what you see in the comments below.

Ubisoft typically ties its Siege reveals into the game’s esports scene, and with the pro league finals being held in Milan on May 18-19, we hopefully don’t have too long to wait until we hear more about these new Operators and the upcoming Year 4, Season 2.

The most recent Operators, Mozzie and Gridlock, were revealed in February along with a new map named Outback. More recently, Ubisoft introduced reverse friendly fire as an attempt to curb teamkilling in Siege.

GTA, Red Dead, Borderlands Parent Company Has Unannounced Games Coming Before 2020

Grand Theft Auto V and Red Dead Redemption 2 parent company Take-Two has stated it has more unannounced games coming before the end of the financial year. The company, which owns publisher Rockstar, confirmed the news in an earnings call; CEO Strauss Zelnick said the company has “titles coming in the fiscal year that have not been announced yet.”

The current fiscal year ends on March 31, 2020, meaning these titles will arrive before then. It should be noted, however, that Take-Two also owns 2K Games, the publisher of games like XCOM and Borderlands 3, and 2K Sports. We therefore shouldn’t get too excited at the prospect of GTA 6 and Red Dead Redemption 3 launching in the next 10 months.

Elsewhere in the call to investors, Take-Two stated GTA V has sold another 10 million copies in the last six months, despite being six years old at this point. Red Dead Redemption 2 sold 1 million in the same time frame.

The company also said a million people continue to play Borderlands 2 every month. That game launched in 2012, with a sequel coming later this year.

Ghost Recon Breakpoint Has an Online Social Hub

Welcome to start of our IGN First for the month of May, all about Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Breakpoint! Over the next few weeks we’ll be bringing you exclusive inside peeks at this survival-focused follow-up to Ghost Recon Wildlands. Up first, we’ve got details about a part of Breakpoint that hasn’t been revealed yet: the hideout.

Called Erewhon, this village in a hidden cave on the main island of the Auroa archipelago is the shelter of a group called the Homesteaders. This multipurpose hideout acts as your central hub for story progression, a place to evaluate your objectives around Auroa, and even an online social hub where you can coordinate and meet up with other players for co-op and PvP.

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Batman: Hush – Exclusive Movie Trailer Debut

IGN has the exclusive first trailer for Batman: Hush, the next feature-length DC Universe Original Movie from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment. You can watch it in the player above or embedded below.

Coming to Blu-ray, DVD and Digital later this summer, Batman: Hush is inspired by the acclaimed 2002-2003 storyline written by Jeph Loeb, penciled by Jim Lee, inked by Scott Williams, and colored by Alex Sinclair.

Batman: Hush centers on a mysterious new villain known only as Hush, who uses a rogues’ gallery of villains to destroy Batman’s crime-fighting career as well as Bruce Wayne’s personal life, which has been further complicated by a relationship with Selina Kyle/Catwoman.

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OnePlus 7 Pro Review

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The OnePlus 7 Pro is pretty much the phone of my dreams. It’s an incredible all-screen phone that doesn’t ruin its edge-to-edge display with a notch or hole punch front-facing camera—opting to move it to a pop-up module instead. Sure, other phones like the Oppo Find X, Nubia X, and Vivo Nex have pulled off the all-screen and pop-up camera move before, but none of them have had the specs or software to match up with the best flagship smartphones currently on the market.

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Stop Wasting Money and Grab a Cable Modem While They’re on Sale

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Today only, you can save up to 50% off ARRIS Surfboard cable modems on Amazon. It’s the online retailer’s Deal of the Day, and while buying a cable modem on sale isn’t the most thrilling thing in the world, it’s something you should absolutely consider.

That’s because your internet service provider is probably taking advantage of you (shocking, I know.) By default, most cable providers charge a monthly fee of around $9 to lend you a not-very-expensive piece of equipment each month until you die. But if you buy your own cable modem, you can stop paying that fee right now and watch gleefully as your cable bill drops. The modem pays for itself in just a few months, and then you’re just saving money going forward. What’s not to love? Just hurry, because the deal ends at midnight.

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PS4 Owners Can Play Red Dead Online Without PS Plus Right Now

After over six months in open beta, Red Dead Online is finally leaving its beta phase and rolling out a huge new update. This week, Red Dead Redemption 2‘s online mode is getting pumped up with new co-op story missions, Free Roam missions that feature new characters from the main game, new Posse Versus Challenges with activities like fishing and shooting, a new hostility system, poker games that seat up to six players, various gameplay improvements, and more.

To celebrate the occasion, Rockstar Games is making Red Dead Online available to all PS4 players, including those who aren’t subscribed to PlayStation Plus, as part of a special bonus period. From now through May 27, anyone who owns Red Dead Redemption 2 on PS4 can dive into its online multiplayer mode. With all the new additions and improvements, there’s no better time to see what Red Dead Online is all about.

If you want to keep playing Red Dead Online past May 27, PlayStation is temporarily lowering the price of PS Plus for Red Dead Redemption 2 owners in the US. The 12-month subscription is being offered for $48 (usually $60), while the three-month plan is available for $21 (usually $25); plus, you’ll receive 10 Gold Bars per month while your subscription lasts. This offer ends June 3 and must be purchased within Red Dead Redemption 2. The subscription will auto-renew at full price unless you cancel. (Psst–if you don’t care about the Gold Bars, you can get a 12-month PS Plus subscription for $40 at MassGenie right now.)

More content and bonuses are planned for Red Dead Online in the coming weeks, including new Free Roam missions, clothing, and PS4 Early Access content, which will release on May 21 in time for players without PS Plus to check it out. Another perk: Anyone who logs into Red Dead Online this week will get a one-time gift of 15 Gold Bars and receive a 15% XP increase on A Land of Opportunities, Free Roam missions and events, Showdown modes, and races. You’ll also find 25% extra cash and gold in chests. Finally, Ultimate Edition owners will also receive $100 in Red Dead Online cash and the Throat Slit emote for free.

Disney Has Acquired Hulu

Disney has reached a deal with Comcast that will give the company majority control of Hulu for $5.8 billion.

Per Variety, Comcast’s NBCUniversal will keep licensing content to Hulu through 2024, while retaining a 33% stake in the streaming provider. Over the next five years, NBCUniversal has the right to either cancel some of its existing content or offer it “on a nonexclusive basis for a reduced licensing fee.” Disney can buy out NBCUniversal’s remaining 33% share in 2024 for an evaluation price of $27.5 billion.

Bob Iger, Disney’s chairman, and CEO said, “We are now able to completely integrate Hulu into our direct-to-consumer business and leverage the full power of The Walt Disney Company’s brands and creative engines to make the service even more compelling and a greater value for consumers.”

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This Week’s New Movie Releases In Stores And Digitally

Each week, digital storefronts and local retailers release a slew of new movies and TV series for you to purchase. While movies like Detective Pikachu are dominating the box office, maybe you want to stay home and watch something on your couch? This week is a pretty large week for releases, even though there isn’t anything huge of note.

Digitally, you can find new releases at digital storefronts like iTunes, Google Play, Vudu, and more. The Kevin Hart/Bryan Cranston dramedy The Upside drops this week. The movie follows a wealthy handicapped man who needs someone to help him with his daily routine. He hires a parolee who is trying to put his life back together.

Additionally, there is a new Batman movie available. In Batman vs. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, the dark night teams up with the heroes in the half shell to fight Shredder and Ra’s Al Ghul. This is very much a movie title that explains the entirety of the plot. Other releases of note are Apollo 11, Cold Pursuit, and the A24 horror movie Climax.

On the physical side of things, on DVD and Blu-ray this week is Fighting With My Family. The film is the real-life story of WWE superstar Paige and her family, who are also wrestlers. Paige starts off in the indies and works her way through WWE’s developmental system, NXT. While the movie tends to make choices that may annoy hardcore wrestling fans, Fighting with my Family is a lighthearted and fun flick. The DVD release includes deleted and extended scenes, a gag reel, commentary, and making-of featurettes, including in-ring training for the movie. If I had a pick of the week, this would be it–mainly because I love wrestling.

Below, you’ll find the full list for his week’s releases, both digitally and physically.

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Next Star Wars Movie Will Be From Game Of Thrones Showrunners, Disney Boss Confirms

Last week, Disney revealed the release dates for the three Star Wars movies that will follow Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker this December. It has now been confirmed that Game of Thrones showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss will be making the first of these, which is set to arrive in 2022.

As reported by io9, this news was announced by Disney boss Bob Iger while was speaking at the MoffetNathanson Media & Communications summit in New York. It’s not a big surprise, as it’s been known for some time that Benioff and Weiss have been working on a new series of Star Wars films.

The new Star Wars movies will be released on on December 16, 2022, December 20, 2024, and December 18, 2026. There are two sets of movies in development, one from Benioff and Weiss, and the other from The Last Jedi director Rian Johnson. It had been rumored that work on Benioff and Weiss’s series was further along, and Star Wars Net recently reported that their first movie will begin production this fall. It has also been reported that their films will be set in the days of the Old Republic, hundreds of years before the events of the current movies.

It’s notable that the Star Wars release schedule has slowed down. When the series relaunched in 2015 with The Force Awakens, Disney’s plan was to release a movie each year. However, the commercial failure of 2018’s Solo: A Star Wars Story reportedly led to plans for further spin-offs to be cancelled, with Iger admitting that the movies so far had been released “a little too much, too fast.” The new films will now be released every two years, alternating their December releases with James Cameron’s Avatar sequels.

In related news, the live-action Star Wars show The Mandalorian premieres in the fall, when the streaming platform Disney+ launches. There is also a show focusing on the Rogue One character Cassian Andor in development for the service.