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If you’re one of the many Halo fans looking forward to the first public Halo Infinite tests, you’ve probably been refreshing your go-to Twitter accounts and other sources each day while looking for news in hopes that the beta will launch the next day or perhaps even that day. Based on a brief update from 343 Industries, however, it looks like you won’t have to worry about a sudden beta launch or being left out because you didn’t get an email....

Kingdom has shared new details for the opening and ending themes for the fourth season of the series along with a brand new poster! The fourth season of the Yasuhisa Hara manga series adaptation will soon be hitting screens as part of the Spring 2022 anime schedule, and fans can’t wait to see what comes next following the monumental shifts taking place over the course of the third season. Thankfully, it won’t be too much longer until we can see these new episodes for ourselves as the promotional train for the new season has officially kicked off in full....

Hawkeye finally premiered on Disney+ today and it features a whole lot of fun for any fan of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. When the first trailer for the series dropped, folks couldn’t get enough of the reveal of Rogers: The Musical, a Broadway show featured in Hawkeye about the life of Steve Rogers AKA Captain America. Thankfully, fans didn’t have to wait to see the music unfold. The first episode of the series features Clint Barton (Jeremy Renner) taking his kids to see the show, which includes the instant classic, “Save the City....

WandaVision came back today with a twist! After three episodes that followed Wanda Maximoff (Elizabeth Olsen) and Vision (Paul Bettany) in the suburban town of Westview, we finally got a glimpse of what was happening outside of the town. The show’s fourth episode was seen from the perspective of SWORD, which means fans got to learn a bit about the agency’s history. In fact, some folks have pointed out a special connection between SWORD and SHIELD....

What If…? writer A.C. Bradley recently addressed how many times the show has killed Tony Stark. In a conversation with EW, the Marvel scribe explained what they were thinking when making these stories surrounding Iron Man. It’s not like they went into every writing session pledging to kill Tony Stark, it just sort of happened that way. Whether it was getting drugged and assassinated during the second episode or being murdered by Killmonger later on....

Marvel’s Shang-Chi star Simu Liu is celebrating Asian Heritage Month and speaking out against hate. The actor has never been shy about speaking his mind on social media. So, when May rolled around, Liu had a few words about this May and increasing violence against Asian American people. He’s trying to use his platform to shed some more light on the issue. It’s just been such a wild few weeks for the Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings star....

Marvel has been dropping big hints that Peter Parker/Spider-Man may soon die. The teasers have mostly come from images that Marvel has put up on social media, along with some cryptic captions, teasing an event called “Spider-Man Beyond.” The latest teaser for the event shows something pretty ominous: Peter Parker as Spider-Man, laid out in a hospital ICU bed, with Mary Jane by his bedside, in a state of obvious grief....

There are apparently plans for a Mortal Kombat trilogy according to writer Greg Russo, and he shared how the team approached their first entry with Collider. It wouldn’t be too smart to focus on the future before handling this big film. Mortal Kombat fans have been waiting a long time for this movie, so it makes sense that they wanted to get the beginning right. The tournament structure foundation is set and the increasing action will be fun to watch if they get the chance to continue their story....

Peacemaker’s current comics revival isn’t predicated on fond memories of past stories; Peacemaker’s most notable contribution at DC Comics is providing a spark of an idea for The Comedian in Watchmen. Prior to the current decade he appeared primarily in supporting and only one miniseries of his own in the 1980s, none of which require much if any comment. Yet in the past couple of years the publisher has dedicated themselves to increasing his profile as actor John Cena delivers a take more memorable than anything seen in the comics on both the big and small screens in The Suicide Squad and Peacemaker, respectively....

To celebrate the Winter Olympics, Deadpool star Ryan Reynolds took to social media to share a new cocktail based on the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team. Called the “Miracle on Ice,” the drink features Aviation Gin (in which Reynolds has an ownership stake, making him the perfect pitchman) along with cold brew coffee, ice, and oat milk. The ad, which you can see below, features the hockey team’s captain, Mike Eruzione, and talks about triumph over adversity and sending a message to the world....

Rick and Morty decided to redesign The Suicide Squad’s characters in that distinctive art style. On Instagram, you can now see what Bloodsport, Peacemaker, Harley Quinn, Ratcatcher 2, King Shark, Rick Flag, and Polka Dot Man would look like if they went on adventures with the Smith family. This is just the latest moment of some Rick and Morty cross-promotion as the duo unexpectedly turned up in Space Jam: A New Legacy as well....

Thunder Rosa will walk into Sunday night’s Double or Nothing pay-per-view as the AEW Women’s World Champion. But “La Mera Mera” will be representing so much more than just herself as she walks down to the ring. Rosa spoke with ComicBook earlier this week about how her special ring gear for the event will be dedicated to women who have disappeared near the United States/Mexico border as well as the victims of the mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, on May 24....

Cartoon Network has two live-action American Girl specials coming this year. Both American Girl: Corrinne Tan and another special will be hitting the cable network and HBO Max. (The second special is on the way for 2023.) It’s a big honor for the series’ “Girl of the Year.” Mattel Television is partnering with Cartoon Network for theses specials. Angela Tortu (Fresh Off the Boat) directs Corinne’s story as she adjusts to her parents’ split and helps steady her 10-year-old sister in a time for change....

Watchmen star Regina King celebrated the release of One Night in Miami with Alamo Drafthouse. The film had been greatly anticipated heading into the last quarter of 2020. King’s story centers on Muhammad Ali, Malcolm X, Sam Cooke, and Jim Brown meeting to discuss their lives. It’s a fictionalized account of the night Ali prevailed over Sonny Liston to capture the world championship in a stunner. Alamo sent out a tweet to commemorate a limited release for fans who want to see the spectacle in theaters....

Tony Khan had major plans for All Elite Wrestling in 2021. But the year wound up being so much bigger than he possibly imagined. On the business side, the young company launched a second weekly show in AEW Rampage, returned to touring the country after spending 16 months inside Jacksonville’s Daily’s Place amid the Covid-19 pandemic, announced AEW Dynamite’s move to TBS and signed some of the biggest free agents in the industry....

Could Anchorman 3 be coming along in 2024? That’s what franchise star David Koechner suggested when quizzed about the future of the beloved comedy series during a recent conversation with Entertainment Tonight. Speaking in support of his new movie Vicious Fun, Koechner – who plays Champ Kind in the Anchorman films but is also recognizable from projects like The Office and Twin Peaks – suggested that since it was an eleven year wait between 2002’s Anchorman and the 2013 sequel, maybe the plan should be to aim for 2024 for a third installment....

Walt Disney World has announced The Soul of Jazz: An American Adventure as a brand new exhibit. The company is using Soul as a jumping off point to explore the larger impact of the American contributions of Jazz music. African American people had significant output during the formation of the genre and Black History Month seems like the perfect time to announce this kind of exhibit. As viewers were treated to Joe’s adventure through the afterlife in Soul, they clearly saw how much the music affected his life and the experiences of his family....

The new mobile game Disney Mirrorverse offers a pleasantly deep mobile RPG game with plenty of different game modes and options to keep players busy but suffers from aggressive sales tactics that constantly push players to purchase premium bundles and items even when they aren’t necessary. Published by Kabam, the maker of mobile hits like Marvel: Contest of Champions and Lord of the Rings: Legends of Middle-Earth, Disney Mirrorverse brings players into a divergent Disney multiverse in which classic characters like Mickey, Belle, and Maleficent are re-imagined as more powerful fighter-esque characters....

A massive haul of counterfeit Pokemon cards were seized by Chinese officials earlier this week. Chinese news service Ticai Global reports that twenty boxes of counterfeit Pokemon trading cards were seized at Shanghai’s Pudong Airport earlier this week, marking one of the biggest seizures of counterfeit goods by Chinese officials in years. The fake cards weighed over 7.6 tons and were bound for the Netherlands, where they would presumably be distributed around Europe....

Fox has quietly canceled the controversial reality show Labor of Love after one season. According to Variety, Fox’s head of alternative content Rob Wade confirmed the show’s cancellation during the network’s recent Television Critics Association press tour presentation. Labor of Love is currently the only unrenewed show at Fox to officially be canceled. Several other unrenewed shows fates remain up in the air, including America’s Most Wanted, The Masked Dancer, and Lego Masters....