Aliens might just be one of the greatest film sequels of all time, and if you’re looking to revisit this landmark 1986 sci-fi action movie, Amazon and Walmart have the definitive edition of it in stock and on sale. Normally $40, you can get the ultimate collector’s edition of Aliens for just $27.77 and enjoy the film in a sharp ultra high-definition format.

Aliens: Ultimate Edition — $27.77 ($40)

It’s worth mentioning that Amazon has a one- to two-month delivery window for Aliens. That said, you can also snag it at Walmart for the same price.

This was released last month, and like other 4K Blu-ray releases, you’ll also get a copy of the film on standard Blu-ray and a digital streaming code. For special features, there’s a lot on offer here. The film has additional commentary from director James Cameron, the cast, and the production crew to listen to, isolated scores to enjoy from Aliens composer James Horner, and additional scenes that didn’t make the theatrical cut.

To see how the film was brought to life, the third disc has behind-the-scenes features detailing the creature effects, the superior firepower of the Colonial Marines, and much more. Aliens was first released in 1986, and while its predecessor set the bar for sci-fi terror, this sequel went in a different direction with its gung-ho action and expansion of the Alien mythos. There are still plenty of suspenseful scenes–like being cornered by a face-hugger eager to violate your personal space–but Aliens fuses those chilling moments with more thrilling scenes.

This isn’t the only James Cameron movie to get a big 4K upgrade lately, as two of the director’s other iconic films are available to order. True Lies, the spy movie starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, is down from $40 to $25, and The Abyss is also available at Amazon. Cameron’s groundbreaking underwater odyssey isn’t on sale (yet) but it’s still essential viewing if you’re a fan of his work.

True Lies — $25 ($40)

The Abyss — $40

We’re drawing closer to The Final Shape in Destiny 2, and if you’re planning to hit the ground running when you take on the Witness, you’ll want to make the weekly trek to see the Exotic gear Xur is offering for a limited time. Here’s where Xur is this weekend and what he has for sale.

This week you can find Xur on Nessus, in The Watcher’s Grave. For his weapon, Xur is offering Skyburner’s Oath. Hunters can pick up Fr0st-EE5 leg armor; Titans can grab the Ursa Furiosa gauntlets; and Warlocks can buy the Starfire Protocol armor.

Xur Location

Head to Nessus and use the Watcher’s Grave transmat zone to find Xur this week. When you arrive, hop on your sparrow and head north toward the exit of the area. Look for a big tree with pink moss on the right side of the area. Climb up onto its big, flat branch, where you can reach Xur.

Xur Exotic and Legendary Items

• Exotic Engram – 97 Legendary Shards
• Skyburner’s Oath- 29 Legendary Shards
• Fr0st-EE5 – 23 Legendary Shards
• Ursa Furiosa – 23 Legendary Shards
• Starfire Protocol – 23 Legendary Shards
• Hawkmoon – 200 Legendary Shards, 125,000 Glimmer, 1 Ascendant Shard, 1 Exotic Cipher
• Xenology quest – Free
• Legendary weapons and armor – 50 Legendary Shards, 1,000 Glimmer

Exotic Armor

(Exotic Hunter leg armor)

A solid option for PvP, Fr0st-EE5 offer increased grenade, melee, and dodge regeneration while sprinting. The mobility stat on these boots are average considering the emphasis to keep running during firefights, but there are some nice resilience and discipline stats here for when you face down enemies.

• Mobility: 12
• Resilience: 16
• Recovery: 6
• Discipline: 18
• Intellect: 2
• Strength: 10
• Total: 64

(Exotic Titan gauntlets)

This is an Exotic that’ll benefit you if you enjoy using your Sentinel Shield to absorb damage, as you’ll move faster while guarding and convert all that guarded damage to Super energy. The resilience on this Exotic could be better, but it’s decent and bolstered by a high strength stat that’ll make your shield and melee blows hit harder when you unleash them.

• Mobility: 2
• Resilience: 12
• Recovery: 18
• Discipline: 2
• Intellect: 11
• Strength: 20
• Total: 65

(Exotic Warlock chest armor)

For a while, Starfire Protocol was the Warlock Exotic to have for high-level PvE activities, until Bungie nerfed it. It’s still decent, as the Fusion Harness perk gives you a super-quick grenade cooldown rate so long as you deal damage while dealing empowered weapon blows. This will in turn grant you more rift energy, to help cast your empowered rift subclass ability more quickly and keep the cycle going. This Exotic has a very high recovery stat in case you’re using Solar effects from the seasonal artifact to quickly heal yourself, but discipline could be higher and resilience is extremely low, so this could turn you into a glass cannon.

• Mobility: 2
• Resilience: 3
• Recovery: 32
• Discipline: 12
• Intellect: 8
• Strength: 12
• Total: 69

Exotic Weapons

Skyburner’s Oath (Exotic scout rifle)

One of the best weapons for dealing with Cabal, Skyburner’s Oath is an overhauled classic with a wide range of effects. If you have its catalyst, it’ll punch right through Cabal Phoenix shields, and it can be used as either a scout rifle when aiming or as a slug-launcher when firing from the hip.

• Slug Rifle
• Extended Barrel
• Extended Mag
• For the Empire
• Short-Action Stock

Hawkmoon (Exotic hand cannon)

Hawkmoon this week is an average roll, as you’re getting Snapshot Sights as the weekly weapon perk. This lets you aim down sights more quickly.

• Paracausal Shot
• Arrowhead Brake
• Alloy Magazine
• Snapshot Sights
• Heavy Grip

Legendary Armor

Legendary Weapons

Xur is present every weekend in Destiny 2, starting with the daily reset at 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET each Friday. His exact location is always a mystery when he first arrives, as he is not listed on the map, and for novice players, he can be easy to miss. However, there are a set number of locations where he takes up residence, including the Tower Hangar area, on Nessus in Watcher’s Grave, and in the Winding Cove area of the EDZ.

In the race to acquire Paramount, Skydance Media still has the inside track. But there may be more players pulling up in the rearview. According to The New York Times, an investment firm, Apollo Global Management, is in talks with Sony Pictures for a joint bid to take over Paramount, the storied studio behind Mission: Impossible and several other film and TV franchises.

Officially, neither Sony nor Apollo are currently in negotiations with Paramount itself, which is only talking with Skydance. However, the potential deal with Skydance has not been well-received by many of Paramount’s investors. Via Bloomberg, Paramount investor William Riley has formally notified Paramount chairwoman Shari Redstone about his belief that the Spyglass deal is solely for her “personal gains.” Because Redstone has a controlling interest in Paramount’s stock, she is currently pushing for a sale to Spyglass without asking the rest of the shareholders to vote on it.

During an earlier stage of negotiations, Apollo extended an offer for Paramount that would have been valued at $26 billion, which included Paramount’s debt. Paramount seemingly ignored that offer because it is in the middle of an exclusivity deal for negotiations with Skydance. The New York Post recently reported that Paramount and Skydance may not close a deal before that exclusive period expires on May 3.

The dynamics of a partnership between Apollo and Sony have not been locked down, especially since no deal has been made between the two companies. If Sony does enter the picture as a potential co-owner of Paramount, it would give the studio its own streaming service with Paramount+ as well as an expanded library of film and TV shows.

However, the biggest hurdle between Apollo and Sony taking over Paramount may be the U.S. government. Following Disney’s 2019 purchase of Fox’s entertainment assets, the FCC has pushed back on large media mergers, and the combination of two major studios into a single studio may face extreme scrutiny from multiple angles. Since Skydance isn’t one of Paramount’s competitors, it may face an easier path to the FCC’s approval. But the battle for Paramount is far from over.

Anna Gunn famously played Skyler White on Breaking Bad, and when the show aired, many people criticized her character, and Gunn felt that blowback and found it upsetting. But now, Gunn says attitudes have changed, and people better understand the position Skyler was in and how she was trying to get Walt (Bryan Cranston) to do the right thing on the show.

Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, Gunn said she wasn’t tuned into the controversy at the time over her character because she wasn’t plugged into social media. People told her what others were saying, and she decided to read the comments–this was “probably a mistake,” she said.

“But it’s a mistake that led to a great deal of soul searching and me thinking, ‘Well, is it me?’ And I think the writers went through the same thing: ‘Is it the way we’ve written her?’ [Series creator Vince Gilligant] would sometimes say, ‘My gosh, no matter what we do with Walt, no matter how bad he breaks, people are still going, ‘Yay!’ They’re still in his corner and they’re still behind him,” she said.

Gunn said it was her lot to “go through that ring of fire” and deal with the abuse. A lot of it, she said, was misogynistic. “A lot of it was the way that female characters were treated, and I think we’ve come a long way since then,” she said.

Gunn said she’s proud of the many actresses who have spoken up over the years and “continued to pave the way and created their own antihero characters for themselves.”

Gunn said she wrote her 2013 op-ed for the New York Times about the response to Skyler because she has two daughters and she wanted them to understand what was going on.

Part of the reason people were so mean to Gunn was due to the anonymity of the internet, she said. “Nobody ever came up to me in person and said, ‘Oh my God, I hate you!’ People don’t do that. They save that stuff for the internet because, for the reasons that we all know, it’s anonymous and it’s hidden and people can let it fly,” she said.

But anonymous comments online can still be alarming and upsetting, Gunn said, because they can become violent. “Sometimes, the comments could turn threatening or violent, and that concerned me. So I just didn’t want to feel bullied by all that, and I felt that it was my responsibility to stand up and answer to it, which is what I did,” she said.

These days, when people approach Gunn and talk to her about her Breaking Bad character, Gunn says she’s observed a shift in what people say. “There’s still a long way to go, but we really have made seismic changes since then. So people come up to me now and say, ‘You were the linchpin for me. You were the conscience of the show. You were what pulled me into the show,'” she said. “Or they say, ‘The first time I watched it, I hated that character. But the second time I watched it, I realized, ‘Oh my God, that poor woman.'”

Gunn currently stars on the AppleTV+ series Sugar with Colin Farrell.

The jail simulator game, Prison Architect 2, has been delayed once again. It was initially due out in March, then delayed to May. Now, it’s coming out on September 3.

Despite being less than a month away from release, publisher Paradox Interactive has revealed that Prison Architect 2 has been running into problems. “Recently, we ran some stability tests on our latest version of the game and noticed unexpected issues occurring too often, especially on low specs configurations,” Paradox Interactive explained in a statement to Eurogamer.

“Once we identified the issue, we started working on improving Prison Architect 2’s memory usage to mitigate the situation. Overall, the work has been successful, and we have seen improvements on lower-spec machines and consoles.”

The publisher went on to say that the memory fix gave way to new issues, such as crashes, especially on other PC configurations. Remedying them took time away from polishing the game up for release. While there is a certified version of the game on all platforms ready for launch, the publisher wants to launch it in the best state possible, hence the lengthy delay. It believes the new memory usage system will significantly improve player experience in the long run.

Paradox Interactive also issued a statement this week about another game it published, City Skylines II, addressing the game’s rough state and rushed content plans.

The first Prison Architect game was released in 2015. In GameSpot’s Prison Architect review, we said, “That’s the strange duality of Prison Architect. It provides a gripping, God’s-eye view of an element of society the Sims and Sim Cities of the gaming world dare not touch, but it is so beholden to the idea of being ‘a game’ that it threatens to neutralize the considerable number of strong, lasting aspects it possesses.”

Prison Architect 2 will launch on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S.

Call of Duty: Mobile is apparently getting a new weapon that has the most cinematic weapon inspection animation we’ve ever seen. A leak has revealed a new mythic weapon for Call of Duty: Mobile that has players staring down the barrel of the gun to see a WW2 sequence that looks like it could be from Saving Private Ryan. Soldiers take cover and shield themselves from incoming machine gun fire on a battlefield complete with a tank and planes flying overhead.

A solider collapses on the battlefield and is helped up by another infantryman who says, “Don’t worry, soldier, I’m with you every step of the way. We stand together. We fight for the generations to come.” Again, all of this is happening on top of the weapon, an MG42.

Normally, Call of Duty weapon inspections amount to the player looking down the barrel and around the sides of their gun to get a better look at it. This is something entirely different and far more impressive.

The video was published by the Leakers On Duty account, but as of yet, this specific weapon animation doesn’t appear to have been officially announced or detailed. The music from the sequel was apparently composed by none other than legendary composer Hans Zimmer.

The MG42 has various kill effects, too, including one that emits a small airplane that drops bombs. Check out the video below to get a closer look.

The Mythic MG42 is apparently a new gun for Call of Duty: Mobile, but whether or not it could show up in Call of Duty: Warzone Mobile, Warzone, or Modern Warfare III remains to be seen. Warzone Mobile, Warzone, and Modern Warfare III share store bundles, but Call of Duty: Mobile stands apart as its own thing.

From My Neighbor Totoro and Spirited Away to Howl’s Moving Castle and Kiki’s Delivery Service, Studio Ghibli is responsible for some of the most beloved animated films of the past fifty years. Plenty of merch has been released for the iconic movies, but few are as adorable as these papercraft decorations–which are both affordable and will make for great display pieces in your home theater or office.

If you’re unfamiliar with papercraft, they’re essentially a buildable kit that lets you piece together a scene using nothing more than premium art paper. You typically don’t need any fancy tools to complete their construction other than some tweezers, scissors or blade, and glue, and each kit comes with all the paper you’ll need to build your masterpiece.

One of the best Studio Ghibli papercraft designs on sale is My Neighbor Totoro: Wood Style. It depicts Totoro, Mei, and Satsuki relaxing by a river–and its unique construction consists of both wood and paper. It’s a bit pricey at $32, but it’s a premium option if you want something a bit fancier than just paper.

Other cool models include Spirited Away: Chihiro In A Mysterious Town for $18, Howl’s Moving Castle: Good Weather for Laundry Day for $24 (down from $26), and My Neighbor Totoro: At The Bus Stop for $19 (down from $22). You’ll also find a few papercraft models for Kiki’s Delivery Service, including one featuring Jiji for $22.

Plenty of other Studio Ghibli papercraft is available, and you’ll find our favorites below. Nintendo fans should also take a look at the Kirby PuPuPu Park Paper Theater kit, which is on sale for $21, and this smaller model featuring sleeping Kirby.

Best Studio Ghibli Papercraft

New images from The Wolf Among Us 2 have been released, confirming that Telltale Games is still working on the game, despite it being announced back in 2019.

On the Telltale community forums, the developer showed off four new screenshots from The Wolf Among Us 2, saying, “We’ve been quiet because we’ve been heads down, focusing on the promise of TWAU2. While we can’t give a big update yet, here’s a little something for you: In-progress shots from the current build. The work continues. The Fabletown gang will be back.”

One is a shot of a snowy city with a person standing on a rooftop, presumably the protagonist, Bigby Wolf. A second screenshot shows Bigby’s face as he’s seemingly talking to someone, and a third screenshot shows two character sitting down to have a conversation. The fourth screenshot simply shows Bigby walking around in a kitchen. You can see them, as rounded up by Geoff Keighley, below.

Telltale Games laid off developers back in October, and according to one former cinematic artist, the team working on The Wolf Among Us 2 was already “very small.” Unfortunately, additional information about the game’s progress couldn’t be revealed as those who were laid off had to sign an NDA about it.

When the layoffs occurred, Telltale reiterated that the game was still being worked on and wasn’t in any danger of being canceled. However, it was delayed out of 2023 with no updated release window at this time. It will launch on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S.

The Simpsons may kill off a character on this weekend’s episode of the long-running animated series. Matt Selman, who has written for The Simpsons since 1997, posted a cryptic message on social media this week, portending the death of a character.

He said, “WHO WILL DIE THIS SUNDAY ON THE SIMPSONS?” Attached to the post were images of Simpsons family members Homer, Bart, and Marge, as well as Larry the Moe’s Tavern barfly. It’s pretty safe to assume that it’s going to be Larry that dies, but who knows. Also unknown is if the death of the character, should it actually happen, will be permanent.

It’s possible someone could die and come back to life, or it’s possible “die” takes on a different meaning altogether. In any event, the only thing that’s clear here is that Selman is trying to drum up interest in this weekend’s episode of The Simpsons. The episode is titled “Cremains of the Day” and it follows Homer and the guys from Moe’s going on a roadtrip to scatter the ashes of someone. That person is probably Larry.

Alongside Sam, Larry is a regular at Moe’s Tavern that viewers know almost nothing about beyond his interest in drinking beer. In the Season 7 episode, “Two Bad Neighbors,” Homer has a rummage sale and gives Larry a blender, and Larry widely smiles upon receiving it. You can see more clips of Larry on The Simpsons in the video below.

Larry would not be the first Simpsons character to be killed off or to vanish from the show. Mona Simpson, Bleeding Gums Murphy, Maude Flanders, and Fat Tony were all killed off. In the case of Fat Tony, his death wasn’t exactly permanent, as the character Fit Tony rose out of his ashes, then gained weight and became Fat Tony again, with Joe Mantegna doing the voice throughout. Schoolteacher Edna Krabappel was written off the show after voice actor Marcia Wallace passed away.

The Simpsons is now in its 35th season, and will come back for Season 36 later.

Capcom plans to scale back the infection rate of Dragonsplague in Dragon’s Dogma 2 later this month. In addition, it will become more obvious when Pawns have fallen ill with the disease.

On X (formerly known as Twitter), the official Dragon’s Dogma account revealed the upcoming update that focuses on Dragonsplague and Pawn behavior. “Glowing eyes will be more noticeable” to affected Pawns, the notes state, and players will now be able inspect them up close in the status screen. In addition, your Pawns should navigate cliffsides better, meaning they shouldn’t tumble over them as much.

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