Nintendo announced that Everybody 1-2 Switch will launch on June 30 for Nintendo Switch. The game is a follow-up to 2017’s 1-2 Switch.

While there weren’t many specific details about the kinds of multiplayer mini-games it'll have, the eShop listing says that it'll involve wacky objects like balloons and aliens. Players can use both Joy-Con controllers and smart devices to play. Additionally, many of the mini-games have different variations to change up the rules or add extra challenges.

For those who want to use a compatible smart device, a Nintendo account is required, as well as internet access. Only certain mini-games are available in smart device mode and players must be in the same room to play them.

#Everybody12Switch is coming to #NintendoSwitch on 6/30.

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— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) June 2, 2023

There were also new Joy-Con colors revealed, including pastel pink, pastel green, pastel purple, and pastel yellow.

Back in July 2022, Fanbyte reported that Everybody 1-2 Switch was in development, but the current crop of mini-games didn't test well internally. Playtests allegedly concluded that the mini-games were boring, like Bingo and a Musical Chairs-type game.

Nintendo was also reportedly considering charging $60 for Everybody 1-2 Switch, but the eShop lists it for $30.

George Yang is a freelance writer for IGN. He's been writing about the industry since 2019 and has worked with other publications such as Insider, Kotaku, NPR, and Variety.

When not writing about video games, George is playing video games. What a surprise! You can follow him on Twitter @Yinyangfooey

Trapped in a hell he helped make, a lone hacker aboard a space station far from home sneaks and fights his way through horrible mutants and killer robots in order to take down the monstrous artificial intelligence behind it all: SHODAN, one of the all-time great gaming villains. System Shock pioneered so many first-person shooter concepts back in 1994 that now feel fundamental, simultaneously paving the way for the entire immersive sim genre. Nightdive Studios has done masterful work with this 2023 remake, taking a fantastic game that the years have made hard to play and updating it with modern conveniences that will let it be enjoyed for decades to come.

Nominally a shooter, System Shock is more about exploring the labyrinth that is the TriOptimum corporation's Citadel space station than any combat that takes place within it. Your Hacker and their military-grade neural implant are responsible for the significantly degraded situation here, having disabled the AI SHODAN's ethical limitations. So, naturally, SHODAN has chopped everyone into bits and stitched them back together as horrible cyborgs, made her own strain of a world-ending mutagenic virus complete with freaky mutants, and now wants to export her godlike divinity to Earth proper. We love SHODAN for this, because she's just so delightfully unnerving while she does it. Evil artificial intelligences can often be depicted as cold, calculating super geniuses – SHODAN isn't that. SHODAN is completely, transparently bonkers, inflicted with the delusion that she is a god and delightfully obsessed with both herself and her often extremely bad plans.

If SHODAN's body is the giant Citadel space station, then you are a horrible little parasite killing her from the inside out. Figuring out the extent of her plans and then foiling them is what you do. System Shock is old school in the oldest-school way, with levels that are deliberately-designed mazes of interconnecting corridors, rooms, and locked gates. It's basic design that holds up thirty years and a hefty visual update later, giving you a space to delve out that's hard to navigate by its nature and providing a very satisfying challenge to learn your way around. There isn’t really any main-quest hand holding, no log of what you're doing next (though there is now an optional difficulty setting to change that), so stopping SHODAN means you actually have to explore, listen to audio logs, and figure out what plans the now-dead crew had cooked up.

The awesome setting and style as you poke around is fuelled by one hundred per cent pure grade uncut spaceborne cyberpunk vibes. Cyberware? We’ve got that. Cool smart guns? We’ve got those as well. An evil corporation-turned-government? But of course. The revamped visuals and effects are great, and I loved the semi-pixelated textures and blocky objects at work, probably best exemplified in the power interface panels. The new music and sounds are a superb accompaniment, too. It all works together to remind you that you're still playing a game that's 30 years old, but that this version of it has been brought forward in time for you to more easily see what made it so special in the first place. You can even tweak the interface color if phosphor green isn't your thing.

As you might expect, you are going to have to bash, shoot, burn, and blow up some nasty monsters to escape Citadel. While the heart of System Shock is undoubtedly exploration, there's still a lot of fighting to do along the way, with some enemies requiring a pure firefight to take down while others necessitate the exploitative stealth ambushes of a survival horror game instead. Brute force won’t always work, so you’ll often have to cleverly sneak around corners and through maintenance shafts to take down enemies that are far tougher and more dangerous than you are.

Combat is probably the place where this new System Shock changes most from the original game. Enemies were previously fairly slow and unintelligent, and the whole concept of what a first-person shooter even was hadn’t been nailed down in the way it is today. That meant many of the coolest weapons on paper were hard to use in practice, and enemies weren't very good at fighting back. Most experienced players would just run at everything and rip it to pieces with the Laser Rapier, a kind of electro-charged lightsaber, but that’s no longer as much of a viable option.

That's not to say the Laser Rapier is weak now. Please note: The Laser Rapier is still awesome.

But other weapons are cool now, too. I don't think I ever did anything with a grenade but kill myself in the original, whereas this time around I not only used them, I got to fire them out of a really cool grenade launcher. Other weapons like the magnum and assault rifle also come into their own thanks to more modern design sensibilities, and for the first time I felt like System Shock was a real FPS. It's a testament to how thorough and thoughtful this remake is that I kept having to check if certain weapons and moments were in the original at all. The new stuff just feels completely natural.

The cyborgs, mutants, and robots that serve SHODAN have received even bigger improvements. The clunky movements of times past are long gone in favor of enemies with proper AI that know how to maneuver out of your line of fire, duck behind obstacles, and rush you in groups. The gruesomely gooey spliced-together cyborgs are really the ones that benefit most from their visual upgrade, going from kinda-goofy movie frankensteins to brainwashed surgical nightmares.

I really appreciated the unique designs that went into how each of these enemies fights and behaves, too. The jury-rigged work robots rush at you, as do the more brainless mutants, but most of the cyborgs will try to out-shoot you. The heavily armored enemies will move implacably towards you, shooting all the while, before ripping you apart in melee. Bosses that were once simply tedious encounters – like the vicious Cortex Reavers, militarized gun platforms powered by an unwilling human host – are now tense fights that require you to gather the right equipment from around the station to win, and probably not without dying a few times.

On death, you revive at the nearest medical chamber you've unlocked, gear and equipment intact. It's a pleasant respawn mechanic that punishes without ever frustrating and serves the goal of encouraging you to explore really nicely. Rushing through levels can work, but it's easier if you've found a way to revive nearby when you accidentally step off a platform and fall to your death.

It's a nice bit of older design that aged well, which is good because how you move around the station hasn’t. Your hacker's movements can at times feel clunky and slow, unable to perform some actions that have become staples of modern games like sliding down ladders. That one I can forgive, but I'm not sure we needed to be forced to crouch-jump in order to get on top of objects anymore – that's a bit of old game wisdom best left in the past.

Speaking of the very few things I didn't like: Cyberspace. At certain points in System Shock you find terminals that let you enter the station's cyberspace mainframe, where reality is instead a kind of “six degrees of freedom” shooter with mediocre wireframe graphics. Questionably, but perhaps to its credit, the remake is very faithful to these sections by leaving them intact, but that still doesn't change the fact that they could often bore me to tears.

Extremely to its credit, however, the remake lets you adjust individual difficulty settings for four separate areas of gameplay: combat, puzzles, cyberspace, and the main story missions. If you dislike exploring blindly and scouring audio logs, the lowest mission difficulty will give you clearer directions to follow. If you, like me, hate cyberspace, just turn the difficulty down and quickly blaze through those bits. If you want a more hardcore survival experience, you can crank up the combat and get absolutely dunked on by Cortex Reavers. I did this and it ruled.

I do expect that the most commonly tweaked difficulty will be puzzles, however. The Pipe-Dream-esque power rerouting minigame is ubiquitous in System Shock, and second to finding a security access keycard is needed to open many doors and activate pieces of sensitive equipment that have been locked off. I find these puzzles almost therapeutic. They ask you to step back, take your time, and let your pulse settle after being chased around by, for example, two-faced zebra gorilla mutants. I also just really like the clacky in-world interface of plugging and unplugging power cables.

Thank your own personal deity, it's Friday. The mid-year / end of financial year sales have heated up again this morning. I've spotted a whole bunch of triple A titles that have gotten the chop. It's also a damn fine time to secure keyboards and controllers too. Stop reading this intro. Go get the deals before they're goneski!

This Day in Gaming

Aussie birthdays for notable games.

- The Legend of Zelda (GBA) 2004.

- Tekken 7 (PS4, XO) 2017.

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In this cinematic future of giant movie franchises, it can be hard to distinguish just who the real giants of the industry are. Sure, there are some obvious choices that one could assume are in the leaderboards, but things get a bit messy when considering what production companies and investors were involved in separate spinoff projects. Some of these long-running franchises here are a conglomeration of all projects within the universe, while some are specified to those specific spinoffs that earned their own place among the ranks. Some of these franchises seem to have no end in sight when it comes to future productions, securing them an exponential future of output and income and promising their superfans to always have something new to watch.

We dive into the top 10 highest grossing movie franchises in North America below. You can find the full list of franchise numbers from Box Office Mojo.

10. James Bond

Total: $2,273,796,409

Based on Ian Fleming's award-winning book series, James Bond is the iconic British spy that has blessed the silver screen since Dr. No in 1962. In the lifespan of the James Bond movies, so far there have been 26 feature films portrayed by 6 different actors. Since this is the oldest of the franchises on this list, it’s a bit surprising that it takes 10th place but makes more sense as the list winds down.

9. X-Men

Total: $2,458,462,356

Separate from the now-gigantic Marvel cinematic universe, the X-Men movies were a grossing beast in their prime. Including all of the original X-men movies, the Wolverine movies, and the Deadpool movies, it’s no surprise this franchise made its way onto the list. With more content on the way–including a Deadpool x Wolverine movie in the works–this franchise is bound to continue growing as they delve deeper into R-rated territory.

8. DC Extended Universe

Total: $2,476,431,293

Another well-known comic adaptation is the DC extended universe, scrappily jumping into the ranks of high-grossing franchises with a slightly lower quality of films. With just 12 titles to represent this franchise, the combined lifetime gross is pretty great–considering they’ve been playing catch-up with Marvel the entire time. While some love it and some hate it, DC will continue to put out more adapted content as long as there are producers to hire.

7. Avengers

Total: $2,619,552,260

Including only the 4 ensemble-cast Avengers movies, this franchise has to be the most impressive as far as lifetime gross per movie. Since Avengers: Endgame is the very highest-grossing Marvel movie overall, it’s obvious that the other Avengers movies were top contenders in their time as well. As there are no mentions of any upcoming ensemble-cast Avengers in the making, this category may still climb but will ultimately freeze with all the competing content on the horizon.

6. Batman

Total: $2,780,809,581

One of the most popular comic book heroes of all time, Batman has had great success with a live-action portrayal from 6 different actors and multiple universe iterations. While this list also includes a couple of animated–arguably very high-quality–movies, the 12 movies that add up to create this number all have their place in the hearts of hardcore Batman fans. It’s fair to assume that no matter who is in the running to play Batman–after Pattinson’s next Matt Reeves Batman movie–next, there will be a line down the block to witness his dark majesty.

5. J.K. Rowling’s Wizarding World

Total: $2,884,087,807

Getting into the slightly bigger and more impactful of these franchises brings us to the Harry Potter universe; J.K. Rowlings’ brain-child that brought the minds of the audience into her magical wizarding world. The main thing that makes this universe so special is the cultural impact it has, with the super-fans taking personality tests based on the Hogwarts houses just to feel a bit closer to it. After the announcement of some upcoming HBO projects, it seems that this is another franchise with seemingly no end in sight.

4. Spider-Man

Total: $3,311,113,189

One of the most fun and exciting franchises of all is Spider-Man: a witty and quirky superhero story that fans can’t seem to get enough of. Since the first Tobey Macguire iteration in 2002, there have only been 2 other–3 if you count Miles Morales–portrayals of our favorite, web-slinging hero, which ultimately led to the recent, box-office busting universe mish-mash that is Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021). With the smashing success of the aforementioned Spider-Man film and Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse now in theaters, the will only keep growing.

3. Disney Live Action Reimaginings

Total: $3,493,794,115

It is already known that Disney is responsible for a lot of the box office success in recent years (as they have acquired Lucasfilm Ltd. as well as the Marvel label), but one of their other goals has been the re-imagining of Disney classics into live-action format. While not all of them have been received well from a critical standpoint, the right demographic is there with enough curiosity to support their gross earnings. Typically cast with superstar talent as the primary voice actors, as the budget goes up, so do the earnings just as steadily.

2. Star Wars

Total: $5,083,065,844

A film franchise with a special place in the hearts of many, Star Wars is the ever-growing and expanding film universe with 11 films and a 133-episode animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars. Since this number does not yet reflect the multitudes of live-action series consistently coming to Disney+, this makes the lifetime gross earnings of this franchise even more impressive. Though even if the gross earnings from the new series could be added, it still would not stand up to the franchise giant that we have next.

1. Marvel Cinematic Universe

Total: $11,355,359,299

The overall highest-grossing franchise by almost $6 billion, the Marvel Cinematic Universe is an immortal giant that towers over all other franchises mentioned here. While the number shows a staggering discrepancy between this and the runner-up, it’s important to mention that these numbers also include the gross earnings from the newest Tom Holland Spider-Man trilogy as well the Avengers ensemble-cast movies; most of which take the top 6 places in box-office earnings. Even though some of these franchises can include movies from other franchises, the logic still stands that Marvel is far and beyond the most filthy-rich franchise to ever exist.

Connor Sheppard is an Oregon-grown entertainment writer for IGN with a love for popculture and movies.

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom has been out now for weeks, but players are still finding tons of incredible secrets, easter eggs, and lore tidbits throughout the game. One of the most interesting and enormous of these secrets involves the Depths, and it's taken players until just recently to fully begin to uncover just how deep (heh) the rabbit hole goes.

Warning: This article discusses some pretty major spoilers regarding the layout and locations in the Depths. If you haven't explored a sizeable portion of the map yet, read on at your own risk!

Early on in Tears of the Kingdom, you might start to get hints as to what's really going on with the Depths. For instance, you might notice that Lightroots in the Depths seem to correspond to Shrine locations on the surface, and that their names reflect the Shrine names backwards. So Mayachin Shrine on the surface is Nihcayam Lightroot in the Depths. Neat, right?

But it goes so much farther than that. In fact, the Depths appears to be a literal dark mirror of the surface above, with all its major locations and landmarks corresponding to ones on the surface.

A recent Reddit thread has catalogued a number of these parallels, and IGN has been able to confirm they're true. For instance, Goddess Statues on the surface correspond to Bargainer Statues in the Depths, and towns correspond to Grand Mines. Forests on the surface are groves in the Depths, and leviathan skeletons on the surface line up with dark skeletons underground. The similarities are remarkably striking. Some Redditors are even suggesting at least some boss locations match up between the two maps.

What's more, the topography seems to mirror itself too. Tall mountains on the surface seem to be deep valleys with mines in the Depths. Those giant walls you keep running into underground tat are hindering your progress? Those tend to line up with rivers and other bodies of water above ground. Essentially, to navigate the Depths, you can use your surface map and keep an eye out for Shrines that will correspond to Lightroots to light the way, and avoid rivers, since they'll generally block off progress.

The level of detail here is genuinely incredible, as this means that Nintendo essentially created a "Dark World" version of Hyrule ala Link to the Past, but underground instead of through a mirror. It's a truly mind-blowing secret once you realize what's really going on.

If you still need a little help getting to the Depths in the first place, check out our guide to the Camera Work in the Depths quest that will get you there.

And for help with everything Tears of the Kingdom, take a look at our Tears of the Kingdom Walkthrough and Guide about making your way through Hyrule. In fact, you can start here:

• 16 Things to Do First in Tears of the Kingdom
• 14 Things Tears of the Kingdom Doesn't Tell You
• How to Uncover the Full TOTK Map
• How to Expand Your Inventory in TOTK
• PSA: Your Old BOTW Save Unlocks Something Cool in TOTK

Rebekah Valentine is a senior reporter for IGN. You can find her on Twitter @duckvalentine.

If you are a hardcore Starship Troopers fan, chances are I’ve already served with you on the front lines of Valaka in the early days of Starship Troopers: Extermination’s early access launch. For those of us who know who Casper Van Dien is, the long grind, very limited objectives and mission types, and old-school shooting were never going to deter us from doing our part, because working together as a team to blast enormous waves of bugs while building a base and then high-tailing it to safety has a powerful draw. But for those who don’t, there may not be much reason to drop in just yet.

Decades after the events of Paul Veerhoven’s cult sci-fi classic Starship Troopers, the arachnid threat still looms large and threatens the safety of humankind every minute of every day. Want to know more? Well, Extermination doesn’t have much more story to tell than that, but it can at least answer the question of “What would it be like if you and 15 of your peers were dropped directly into the chaos?” Though the answer is at best inconclusive, but the base-building mechanics do add an interesting tower defense-style angle to its fun but otherwise straightforward running and gunning.

I think maybe the biggest letdown out of the gate for Extermination is that even though it very much looks like the 1997 movie, it lacks any of the satirical substance. There are plenty of references to the movie, from the soldiers’ kits to the news bulletins that blare in front of every new round to the soundtrack, but all resemblance is mostly skin deep. One could argue that the old-school shooter feel (it lacks the auto health regeneration and dash happy movement of modern shooters) and mandatory friendly fire could be seen as an attempt at satire, but that seems like a stretch.

Without any story to speak of you literally are just showing up to shoot bugs over and over again, with no attempt to subvert the “head empty” grind inherent in these sorts of team shooters in the way the movie did for war films. This is likely fine for superfans of the Starship Trooper series, but for a brand so associated with holding genre cliches up as a mirror for critique, it feels like a glaring missed opportunity.

There are two mission types available at the early access launch. The first is Attack and Secure (AAS), which gives your squad a faster, more mobile set of objectives where you must take and hold various points at different parts of the map. I found these to be lighter, quicker battles but also prone to bizarre bugs (apart from the kind trying to kill you). For instance, a common objective is to activate and guard ore refineries that produce a tank you then have to escort back to base every 30 seconds. Any one processor can do this a handful of times before needing to cool down for a few minutes. That’s not a problem if you have multiple processors active at once, but frequently I would find the entire team standing around one refinery twiddling our thumbs because it's the only one that spawned. The saying is “do you want to live forever?” not “do you want to wait forever?”

The second mission type, ARC, keeps the primary objective in one place while you refine resources from around the map to keep it powered. It requires much more coordination, and you engage with both the combat and building mechanics far more frequently. That said, it's locked behind an account level that took me around an hour and a half of game time to grind to unlock, which seems like way too much for what amounts to half of the content available.

Both available mission types end with your team protecting an asset from egregiously bland waves of bug invaders by building a base around it. There are five types of bugs so far, but three of them are effectively just the same type of melee warrior as far as how you deal with them. The gunner and grenadier are relatively uncommon and shake the formula up a bit, though, as their long-distance threats are always priorities on the field.

Besides the same menu of bugs, both mission types also share most of the same limited amount of sub-objectives, meaning you’ll be doing the same things largely the same way in either mode. I preferred AAS mode largely because of this – any added tactical element that ARC mode brings only serves to expose how shallow the list of things to do during any given moment in Extinction is.

The base-building systems are very simple and constructing things like walls, bunkers, and gun turrets is as easy as dropping a template and fabricating the piece with your repair tool. That intuitiveness is good, because when bugs start tearing through your defenses there’s very little room to fumble around while repairing or rebuilding them. You will need to coordinate with your team on how to lay out your base, though, because anything you place can be altered or destroyed by anyone else.

Once the ARC finishes its business (or is destroyed before it can) there’s a frantic sprint towards an extraction point, during which self-respawning is disabled and the bugs start multiplying in greater numbers. These escape dashes always felt appropriately desperate and dangerous, and the tension is high every time even if the reward for successful extraction is just more meta progression points than if you were killed in action.

Dying while fighting the good fight is an incredibly easy thing to do in Extermination. Your weapons are adequate at killing bugs, but even teams of 16 players can find themselves overwhelmed by the sheer scale of the bug menace. This makes the Operator class the most valuable of the three available in Early Access, as healing comes at a premium and trying to get fallen soldiers back on their feet after falling without their clutch revival drone is a risk often not worth taking.

The other two classes, Hunter and Bulwark, have unique features in their jetpack and deployable mobile fortifications, respectively, but they don’t have the same obvious value as the healer. Besides which, their offensive capabilities don’t differentiate themselves from one another until you’re a ways down their tech trees, which locks away their unique weapons and passive perks behind XP gates. After roughly 15 hours of playtime I'm around tier 6 for the Hunter and Operator classes, which means I have one other primary and secondary weapon option, a perk to equip, and additional gear like thermal mines on top of your standard grenades. My Bulwark is tier 11, and is starting to come into his own as the class that can support itself by laying down gates that stun enemies, or pack a uniquely large punch with their Nuclear Det Pack. Classes max out at tier 20, so you’ll have your work cut out for you if you want to unlock everything.

With so many bugs and players on screen at once across the giant map, Extermination runs with remarkable stability. It’s not glitch-free – I’ve been stuck on my fair share of terrain – but the only major bugs I encountered on a regular basis were of the giant, explodey variety. The menus in the lobby are a bit more frustrating though: your loadouts and gameplay settings reset every time you exit and restart, so you’ll need to reequip your weapons and perks and readjust your mouse sensitivity and sound options at the beginning of each session. This is very annoying.

Star Wars Jedi: Survivor may have been a bit tough for some players.

EA has released some interesting statistics from the recent Star Wars action game, that seems to confirm that more players lowered the game’s difficulty than raised it.

The default difficulty, Jedi Knight, was the most popular, played by 52.5% of players. Meanwhile, Story Mode and Jedi Padawan made up 29.5% of the player numbers combined. The harder difficulties, Jedi Master and Jedi Grand Master were much more rare, making for a combined total of just 18%.

Only 4% of players played Star Wars Jedi: Survivor on its hardest difficulty.

Exploring the galaxy with Cal and BD has never been more exciting!

Check out what players have been up to in these #StarWarsJediSurvivor stats! ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/YHxofLBdjQ

— EA Star Wars (@EAStarWars) June 1, 2023

Hilariously, 489 players were defeated by Rick the Door Technician – a sort-of boss that appears early in the game who is felled just as easily as a regular Scout Trooper.

I mean, come on. Seriously, guys?

Conversely, over 9 million players have been defeated by Rancor, while the most popular lightsaber stance is single-handed (31%) followed closely by dual wield (29%).

The grand total of enemies defeated? That’s an impressive 2.8 billion with more kills racking up every day. Quite a body count for a Jedi.

Surprisingly, the most popular lightsaber color is white – a style not seen in the movies. Given that Cal begins the game with a blue blade, it’s surprising to see players opt for a white blade over the more traditional blue or green.

IGN’s review of Star Wars Jedi: Survivor gave it 9/10 and said: “Star Wars Jedi: Survivor takes what Fallen Order achieved and wall-runs with it, then double-jumps and air-dashes straight into an epic lightsaber battle. It’s a sequel that does virtually everything better than the original – which was already an exceptional Star Wars game. If Respawn makes one more like this it’ll complete the best Star Wars trilogy in 30 years, hands down.”

Want to read more about Star Wars Jedi: Survivor? Check out our full Jedi: Survivor walkthrough as well as our 11 essential combat tips and tricks.

Ryan Leston is an entertainment journalist and film critic for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter.

With over 1,500 original titles, Netflix continues to stay atop of the streaming wars pyramid thanks to their exclusive content offerings. Netflix has something for everyone, covering every genre and target demographic imaginable. Sure, everyone knows about popular series like Stranger Things, Squid Games, or The Witcher, but when it comes to film, Netflix has some genuinely good original movies on the platform. With so many titles to choose from, it’s difficult sometimes to make heads or tails of what’s available, let alone what’s actually worth the sit down and stream. We’ve done the heavy lifting so you don’t have to, and figured out the very best Netflix movies ready for your viewing pleasure.

Please note: This list pertains to U.S. Netflix subscribers. Some titles may not currently be available on international platforms. This article is frequently amended to remove films no longer on Netflix and to include more original films that are now available on the service.

Death at a Funeral (2007)

For fans of Matthew Macfadyen’s Tom Wambsgans on Succession, Death at a Funeral offers

another outing where he plays a character who is much-put-upon by everyone around him.

Aspiring writer Daniel’s (Macfadyen) father has just died, and all he wants in the world is to give

him a dignified send-off. But his entire extended family seems determined to upset these plans,

creating a comedy of errors that reaches its climax with a pre-Tim Robinson coffin flop.

Macfadyen gamely plays the straight man, allowing a raucous ensemble cast – including Peter

Dinklage, Alan Tudyk, Ewen Bremner, Rupert Graves – to take the comedy to ever-more

extreme heights. Death at a Funeral made such an impact that three years later, it earned an

American adaptation with Chris Rock in the lead role.

It Follows (2014)

At first glance, the monster in the modern horror classic It Follows doesn’t seem like the most threatening thing in the world. But while it's not grotesque or even inherently spooky – as many of its top horror movie counterparts are – it is utterly relentless, which is almost scarier. Passed from teenager to teenager like some sort of supernatural sexually transmitted infection, the unsettling entity hunts and kills whoever is last in the chain – unless they pass it on to someone else, that is. Understated but totally unnerving, It Follows is a defining piece of horror cinema in the 2010s, showing that sometimes creating a sense of dread can be just as frightening as a well-timed jump scare.

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Easy A (2010)

Heralding a new golden age of teen sex comedies, Easy A is a star-making vehicle for Emma Stone in the lead role. A clever play on Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter, Easy A revolves around a teenage girl (Stone) who realizes that she can charge money for allowing boys at her school to lie about their sexual exploits with her. They’re probably going to do it anyway, so she might as well make a little money off it, and plus, it’s not like she really needs her pristine reputation. But becoming the school harlot ends up being more trouble than she bargains for. Easy A is a great teen comedy, but it also has a lot to say about the double-edged sword facing high school girls, who are often considered either prudish or promiscuous, with absolutely nothing in between.

The Woman King (2022)

Set amidst the 19th-century African kingdom of Dahomey (located in present-day Benin), The Woman King revolves around the Agojie, a group of female warriors who have pledged to protect their people and their king (played by John Boyega). This army is led by the fierce Nanisca (Viola Davis) as she trains a new cohort of soldiers, including the strong-willed Nawi (Thuso Mbedu). The Woman King examines the power dynamics of African empires before European colonization, and it does so without sacrificing an ounce of thrilling action along the way. The fight sequences are bold and energetic, aided by vivid costumes and a powerful score. Viola Davis may have missed out on an Academy Award nomination for her performance in The Woman King, but that doesn’t make this film any less worthy of praise.

The Wonder (2022)

Science and religion are two warring philosophies, and they come into abrupt conflict in The Wonder, when a young nurse, Lib Wright, (played by Florence Pugh) is sent to Ireland to observe a bona fide miracle. Anna O’Donnell, an Irish child, allegedly hasn’t had a bite to eat in months, yet she still survives. A local board has been assembled to assess whether or not this little girl is a saint in the making, and to that end, they’ve hired the nurse and a local nun to watch her every hour of the day and report back on their findings. Lib expects to find a reasonable explanation for the girl’s strange behavior, her faith in science and medicine flying in the face of the religious fervor that otherwise grips the small rural community. Gorgeously shot by cinematographer Ari Wegner, The Wonder is a fascinating historical drama that examines the tensions between conflicting belief systems in 1860s Irelan

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022)

With 2019’s Knives Out, we have Rian Johnson to thank for singlehandedly bringing back the murder mystery. After it became a surprise hit, a sequel was all but assured, resulting in Glass Onion, which features an all-new cast of characters aside from its fan-favorite detective Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig). In it, Blanc is invited to a murder mystery party on a private Greek island hosted by a tech billionaire and, predictably, chaos ensues. Glass Onion is just as clever and narratively satisfying as its predecessor, with Craig preventing Blanc from becoming a caricature and Janelle Monae stealing just about every scene she appears in. Here’s hoping for the Knives Out cinematic universe to have a long and healthy life!

See our guide to the best mystery movies for more films like Knives out.

Leave no Trace

Back before Last Night in Soho, Old, or Jojo Rabbit, Thomasin McKenzie was just a young New Zealand teen actress getting her start in the industry. Enter Leave No Trace, a quiet independent film with a towering performance that put McKenzie on the map. She stars as Tom, the young daughter of a war veteran (played by Ben Foster) whose struggles with mental illness have led them to an unconventional life off the grid in the Pacific Northwest.

Their existence is peaceful and fulfilling in its own way, but questions are raised about the suitability of it for a young girl who, after all, deserves to have a proper roof over her head and an opportunity to socialize with people her own age. With thoughtful, mature turns from both Foster and McKenzie, Leave No Trace is unassuming yet completely captivating.

Colette

There’s something about Keira Knightley that just cries out for a period drama. Maybe it’s her diction, maybe it’s the way she owns every historically accurate costume she’s ever put on, but you just can’t keep her in the modern world for too long. In Colette, she stars as the French novelist Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette, whose book series about the coming of age of a young schoolgirl named Claudine became a phenomenon in France at the turn of the century.

Knightley puts in a self-assured performance, navigating Colette through her own journey from meek housewife to shining star of Parisian literary society. The film shows her challenging traditional norms, experimenting with clothing styles (at the time in France, it was illegal for women to wear pants in public), and embarking upon relationships that span the gender spectrum. Colette is a story of self-discovery, as Keira Knightley’s clever French author learns how to be fully herself, regardless of the consequences.

Crimson Peak

Guillermo del Toro has made his directorial career by bringing to life nightmarish visions, but with Crimson Peak, he sets his sights on a gothic story that is as much based in romance as it is in horror. Tom Hiddleston stars as an English nobleman with a crumbling estate and a too-close relationship with his sister (Jessica Chastain) who marries Buffalo heiress Edith Cushing (Mia Wasikowska) for less than honorable reasons. Blending ghostly elements, an atmospheric manor house, and a tragic love story, Crimson Peak may not be Guillermo del Toro’s most famous film (and its middling reception reflects an audience expecting something more in line with his other, more horror-focused projects), but it is one of his most beautiful.

A Knight’s Tale (2001)

Over a decade after his untimely death, Heath Ledger’s legacy seems tied in the eyes of many movie fans to his now-iconic performance as the Joker in The Dark Knight. But that’s ignoring the charm of his earlier roles, including his turn as William Thatcher in A Knight’s Tale.

A lowly squire in medieval England, William has dreams of “changing his stars” and becoming a knight. When his master, Sir Ector, dies unexpectedly before a tournament, he gets his wish – but before long, the lies associated with his new career as a fake knight grow larger and spiral out of control.

Ledger is a ball of charisma in the lead role, cheerfully supported by comedic turns from Mark Addy, Alan Tudyk, and Paul Bettany. A Knight’s Tale is playfully anachronistic, featuring a modern soundtrack and jousting scenes that give a medieval tournament the atmosphere of a 21st-century sports arena.

If Beale Street Could Talk (2018)

Based on a 1974 James Baldwin novel, If Beale Street Could Talk was Barry Jenkins’ first film after the Oscar-winning Moonlight. It’s the haunting, lyrical tale of Black love in 1970s Harlem, as childhood sweethearts Tish and Fonny struggle to build a life for themselves. Together, they grapple with an out-of-wedlock pregnancy that threatens to see them shunned by their loved ones, and a criminal case that may tear them apart.

No one knows how to shoot the streets of Harlem with more beauty than Barry Jenkins, which, combined with the lush, melancholy score from Nicholas Britell, creates a stunningly romantic backdrop for their ill-fated love story. Regina King, playing Tish’s mother Sharon, puts in one of the best performances of her career, which would see her take home an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.

RRR (2022)

One of the biggest global hits to come out of India in decades, RRR is an over-the-top extravaganza of violence, nationalism, and of course, epic dance numbers. It stars N.T. Rama Rao Jr. and Ram Charan as a pair of best friends who will do anything for one another. But their relationship becomes more complicated when it becomes clear that neither is being completely honest with each other.

Their conflict amidst their individual efforts to stay true to themselves provides the backbone of RRR, as duty tears them apart. The film is a little over three hours long, but it hardly feels it: When would you even have time to look at the time, when there are fight sequences with actual tigers and endlessly charming dance battles to watch instead?

See more of the best action movies on Netflix.

The King (2019)

Set in England during the 15th century, The King is the most recent film to explore the life of King Henry V. A story first dramatized by William Shakespeare in the late 1500s, we are given a glimpse of the king not as a proud and noble leader, but as a young man who still has some serious maturing to do.

Timothee Chalamet stars as Hal, the hard-partying son of King Henry IV who ascends to the throne reluctantly, uneager to take on the responsibilities of all of England. But he can’t hide from his fate, and he will be given an opportunity to prove himself at the now-legendary Battle of Agincourt. With strong performances from Chalamet and Joel Edgerton as the part-buffonish, part-wise Sir John Falstaff, The King is a respectable period drama that doesn’t fail to engage.

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018)

Known for their work on the big screen, it was something of a surprise when Joel and Ethan Coen announced that they would be making a western exclusively for Netflix. But although the medium may be different, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs has many of the same qualities that made the Coen Brothers famous. It features a series of vignettes, capturing life in the Old West in ways that are often melancholy, frequently hilarious, and always entertaining.

Tim Blake Nelson earns special attention as the singing cowboy Buster Scruggs, whose shootout opens the film. But it is the story of “Meal Ticket” that lingers with the viewer, where a young man with no limbs (Harry Melling) performs dramatic recitations while traveling from town to town, only to be replaced by a chicken who can supposedly solve math problems.

The Power of the Dog (2021)

The Power of the Dog is a meditative exploration of masculinity amidst the Old West. Benedict Cumberbatch stars as Phil Burbank, a grizzled Montana cowboy who runs a ranch alongside his soft-spoken brother George (Jesse Plemons), but has little patience for George’s new wife Rose (Kirsten Dunst) or her seemingly delicate teenage son Peter (Kodi Smit-McPhee).

As the story progresses, an aura of tension fills the ranch as Phil plays subtle mind games with Rose, upsetting the fragile balance of the homestead. Filled with top-tier performances from the entire cast and the stunning cinematography of traditional western landscapes from Ari Wegner, The Power of the Dog is a slow-burning visual feast that challenges conventional stereotypes of manliness, especially within the western genre.

tick, tick … Boom! (2021)

Up-and-coming Broadway playwright Jonathan Larson tragically died the night before RENT, the show that would redefine musical theater in the 1990s, premiered on Broadway. But before that, he was just another struggling artist in New York. Tick, tick … Boom! is the musical he wrote while grappling with his fear of growing older without having achieved his dreams.

Although Andrew Garfield has a background in theater, his performance here is nonetheless a huge leap of faith, as he showcases hitherto unexplored musical abilities in the lead role of Jonathan Larson himself. Directed by Lin-Manuel Miranda, tick, tick … Boom! is a love letter to theater fans everywhere, with more cameos from Broadway legends than you can shake a stick at.

13th (2016)

From groundbreaking director Ava DuVernay, 13th is a documentary analyzing the connection between the 13th Amendment which abolished slavery throughout the United States and ended involuntary servitude except as a punishment for conviction of a crime, and the mass incarceration of Black citizens in America.

13th is a gripping documentary showcasing how despite the “abolishment” of slavery, that the continued systemic oppression of Black Americans through things like Jim Crow laws, the school-to-prison pipeline, the war on drugs, and the prison industrial complex have all contributed to what is essentially “slavery with extra steps.” The film was later nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature at the 89th Academy Awards, and won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special at the 69th Primetime Emmy Awards.

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (2018)

We certainly have plenty of dreamy World War II-era romances floating around in film – but at this point, what’s the harm in one more? In The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (what a mouthful), Lily James stars as Juliet Ashton, a young writer who becomes fascinated by the war experiences of the inhabitants of Guernsey, one of the Channel Islands that was occupied by the Germans. When she travels to the island, she discovers the horrors and small rebellions of people whose lives have been turned upside down. And in the process, she becomes drawn to one inhabitant in particular – Dawsey Adams, played by the always delightful Michiel Huisman. Their chemistry is undeniable, and goes a long way in helping The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society stand out in a crowded field.

I’m Thinking of Ending Things (2020)

The inside of Charlie Kaufman’s mind must be a fascinating and terrifying place to be. Based on Iain Reid’s novel of the same name, I’m Thinking of Ending Things feels like a waking fever dream of emotional duress and psychological torment. The story centers on a woman considering ending her relationship on the way to meet her boyfriend’s family, but that surface level synopsis does the film no justice.

Kaufman has a history of making idiosyncratic cinema, with films like Being John Malkovich, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, and Synecdoche, New York, but this feels like his least accessible venture yet, and that’s not a bad thing. This is one that you’ll be thinking about and over analyzing long after the credits roll, and possibly find yourself wandering into your own personal struggles of existential instability in a way that only Kaufman movies can.

To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before (2018)

It seems impossible to make a romantic comedy these days now that the commonly accepted romcom tropes have all gone the way of the dodo, but Netflix’s film adaptation of Jenny Han's 2014 novel of the same name was so successful, it lead to a trilogy of films and an upcoming spin-off. The film centers on teenage Lara Jean Covey (Lana Condor) who writes secret, soul-baring letters to her five crushes, but never intends to send them.

After the letters get out (because of course they do), her entire world is thrown upside down and she must learn to navigate life, love, and being honest about her feelings. It’s a genuinely heartfelt look at teenage love in a way that never feels like it's talking down to its intended audience, and brings to life relatable characters you won’t regret cheering for in a decade. Lara Jean is the newest teen movie queen.

Marriage Story (2019)

The memes of Adam Driver punching a wall and crying are good, but the source material, Marriage Story, is great. If you’ve ever been in a relationship that has fallen apart, married or not, Marriage Story is downright gutting. Driver and co-star Scarlett Johansson star as a stage director and his actor wife as they struggle through a gruelling, coast-to-coast divorce that pushes them to their personal and creative extremes.

Laura Dern won the Best Supporting Actress Award at the 92nd Academy Awards for her performance as lawyer Nora Fanshaw, and although the film is not autobiographical, the personal touch Noah Baumbach brought after his own divorce from Jennifer Jason Leigh is downright palpable.

To Leslie

After premiering at Sundance in 2022, To Leslie seemed like it would join the extensive catalog of independent films that are well-received by critics but never get the kind of distribution deal that allows it to be seen by mainstream audiences. That is, of course, until Andrea Riseborough pulled off the ultimate Cinderella story, earning an Oscar nomination through a tiny (and to some, suspiciously executed) grassroots campaign. She plays the titular Leslie, a drug addict in recovery attempting to reconcile with her son (Owen Teague) and begin a new life with the help of a grumpy but soft-hearted motel owner (Marc Maron). Her performance is transformative, creating a character who is unlikeable but somehow sympathetic at the same time.

Da 5 Bloods (2020)

Spike Lee really never misses, huh? In what is arguably his most ambitious film, Da 5 Bloods focuses on four Black veterans forced to battle the forces of man and nature when they return to Vietnam looking for the remains of their fallen squad leader and the gold fortune he helped them hide.

Part historical drama, part heist movie, and part political thriller, Lee weaves an intersectional masterpiece topped with an all-star cast featuring Delroy Lindo, Jonathan Majors, Clarke Peters, Johnny Trí Nguyễn, Norm Lewis, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Mélanie Thierry, Paul Walter Hauser, Jasper Pääkkönen, Jean Reno, and Chadwick Boseman.

The Mitchells vs. the Machines (2021)

Netflix’s main competitor in the streaming wars is Disney+, and the juggernaut company feels almost untouchable when it comes to animated fare … that is until Netflix and Sony released the best animated film of 2021, The Mitchells vs. the Machines. The Mitchells seem like your average, slightly dysfunctional American family, but they must put their strife aside when AI assistance robots begin to take over the world.

The premise sounds silly, but The Mitchells vs. the Machines is filled with so much heart it’s impossible not to fall in love with this family. Danny McBride, Abbi Jacobson, Alex Hirsch, Maya Rudolph, Michael Rianda, Olivia Colman, Fred Armisen, Eric Andre, and Doug the Pug all thrive in their voiceover roles, and this film proves that Netflix is a true contender in original animated programming.

If you're looking for more like this you can take a look at our list of the best sci-fi movies on Netflix right now.

Okja (2017)

Before Bong Joon-ho took home Oscars for Parasite, the South Korean director delivered Okja for Netflix. The film centers on a young girl named Mija, who has served as a caretaker and companion to the massive “super-pig” named Okja in the mountains of South Korea.

After a massive conglomerate takes Okja for themselves and transports the creature to New York City, Mija sets out on a rescue mission to find her friend, and stop the nefarious plans of the corporation’s image-obsessed CEO played by Tilda Swinton. Okja is easily one of Joon-ho’s best films, but there’s been little attention paid to it since its release in 2017. That needs to change. All hail the super-pig.

How We Choose the Best Netflix Original Movies

Netflix's Originals have become a force to be reckoned with in recent years, with the service going from a collection of other studios' films and popular TV shows to a genuine content-churning machine. We try to focus on the Netflix Originals that have proven to be popular favorites as well as those movies that scored well on aggregate sites like Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic. In some cases, we may pick more surprising titles that aren't as "buzzy" as some others on this list. The one common thread is that all these movies are truly worth your time.

Upcoming Netflix Movies

Netflix has a constant churn of new original fillms and old titles coming to the streaming service every month. For June 2023 we're expecting the sequel to the Chris Hemsworth movie, titled Extraction 2. There's also a Netflix Original romantic comedy called The Perfect Find featuring Gabrielle Union arriving on June 23.

The Writers Guild of America (WGA) has sent a clear message to Hollywood’s producers: their attempts to “divide and conquer” among the industry’s various guilds won’t work.

The assertion came in an email sent to WGA members today, as reported on by Deadline. In the email, the WGA’s leaders say that the now month-old writers’ strike won’t end with the Directors Guild of America (DGA) reaching a deal with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) and essentially forcing the WGA to accept it as well – basically, the way the historic strike of 2007-08 ended.

“The AMPTP remains committed to its strategy. They pretended they couldn’t negotiate with the WGA in May because of negotiations with the DGA. That’s a lie,” the WGA said in its email. “It’s a choice they made in hope of breathing life into the divide and conquer strategy. The essence of the strategy is to make deals with some unions and tell the rest that’s all there is. It’s gaslighting, and it only works if unions are divided.”

To break that all down: the WGA went on strike starting on May 1, bringing writing duties in Hollywood to a halt as they continue to push for a fairer contract with producers and studios. Among its asks is a pay structure that better accommodates the streaming TV landscape, including higher residuals, minimum writers’ room sizes, and protections against artificial intelligence technology.

The Directors Guild of America, meanwhile, is also currently negotiating with the AMPTP on its own contract, which expires on June 30 – the same day that the contract for SAG-AFTRA, which represents actors, expires. SAG-AFTRA’s board previously called for a strike authorization vote – which would allow them to go ahead with a work stoppage should they not reach a deal – ahead of negotiations, which are set to begin for them in just a few days.

In regards to how that relates to the 2008 strike, the DGA had reached a deal with studios over internet compensation (the world of streaming was still an extremely new one at that point) that essentially set the template for the writers and producers to reopen talks. But as the various Hollywood unions have made several statements of solidarity as the writers’ strike has raged on, the WGA maintains that that won’t happen again.

“The AMPTP set a strategy in motion designed to be a repeat of 2007/08,” today’s email said. “Divide and conquer. Hold off a deal with the DGA until after the WGA contract expiration date so that in the event of a writers’ strike the AMPTP could force a DGA pattern on the WGA. Even better if they could also sew up a deal with SAG-AFTRA. They would then claim that the writers were being unreasonable.”

“That strategy, however, depends on divided unions,” it added. “This year is different.”

The WGA and DGA just recently came together to jointly speak out against Max’s lack of credit specificities, an issue that arose as HBO Max turned into its newly renamed consolidation of Warner Bros.’ streaming services. After a strongly worded joint statement from the two guilds, Max said it would revert back to listing writers, directors, and producers under their respective roles instead of lumping them all into the generic “creators” category.

The WGA also issued a statement yesterday urging the studios to reach a “fair contract” with the directors, as reported by Variety.

The DGA has historically been much less willing to strike than the WGA – in fact, it’s only gone on one strike back in 1987, and it lasted just three hours. But, as directors fight largely for better terms on residuals, the general atmosphere is that a strike shouldn’t be ruled out, and a united front would certainly put more pressure on the AMPTP.

To learn more about the writers’ strike, check out a list of productions that have been paused due to the work stoppage, and our breakdown of one of the strike’s key issues: mini rooms.

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Nintendo has officially ceased all eShop sales to players in Russia effective immediately.

Nintendo of Europe made the announcement yesterday that users living in Russia will no longer be able to make purchases or redeem digital codes on the eShop, and that their credit card information and PayPal details will be deleted for security purposes. However, they will still be able to download games and DLC they previously bought for a while longer.

"As of May 31, 2023, and for the foreseeable future, Russian customers with an existing Nintendo Account will be able to redownload digital content that they have previously purchased," the company said in the announcement (translated by Engadget). "It will not be possible to make any new purchases or use download codes within [the] Nintendo eShop in Russia."

How much longer Russian users will still be able to access their previously purchased content from the eShop is unknown. Nintendo also noted that customers will not be able to make new Nintendo accounts as long as they have Russia set as their country of residence.

This announcement comes over a year after Nintendo put the Russian eShop into "maintenance mode," explaining that the payment service the company uses on the eShop was no longer processing rubles. That came on the heels of its previous measure to halt shipments of its games and hardware to the country after other gaming companies, including other Big 3 members Microsoft and Sony, did the same as a result of its invasion of Ukraine, which is ongoing.

Cristina Alexander is a freelance writer for IGN. To paraphrase Calvin Harris, she wears her love for Sonic the Hedgehog on her sleeve like a big deal. Follow her on Twitter @SonicPrincess15.

Let's make this easy: You want to know if there are any post-credits scenes in Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. We'll tell you right here: There are no scenes after the credits of the latest Spidey epic, whether it be mid-credits or post-credits.

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (review) treats fans to the next chapter of Miles Morales’ superhero journey, and with the film being only half of a two-part story, it tees up the next installment, Beyond the Spider-Verse. Starting on Friday, we're going to use this page to break down the ending of Across the Spider-Verse and address the big questions heading into Beyond the Spider-Verse.

But for now, we're just here to tell you without spoilers what the deal is with the movie after the credits.

Does Across the Spider-Verse Have a Post-Credits Scene?

As noted above, the latest Spider-Man movie does not feature any mid-credits or post-credits scenes. There is a title card that appears during the end credits, however, and which states the obvious: “Miles Morales will return in Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse.” Still cool, though.

Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse, the third film in the Into the Spider-Verse saga, is scheduled to be released on March 29, 2024.

Be sure to check back here starting Friday night for our full spoilery breakdown of the ending of Across the Spider-Verse and more!

Oppenheimer is officially rated R, marking Christopher Nolan's first film to earn the rating since 2002's Insomnia.

First reported by Variety, Universal Pictures confirmed the rating today. A new TV spot for the movie says the rating is for, "Some sexuality, nudity, and language". Since Insomnia, Nolan has directed the Dark Knight trilogy, The Prestige, Inception, Interstellar, Dunkirk, and Tenet, all of which earned the PG-13 rating.

Oppenheimer is also set to be the longest movie of Nolan's career so far, clocking in just shy of three hours. The movie stars Cillian Murphy as American physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, the father of the atomic bomb.

The latest Oppenheimer trailer showed a lot of new footage, including a quick look at the moments leading up to the Trinity nuclear test. Nolan has previously said he recreated the devastation of the first atomic bomb without using CGI.

Alongside Murphy, Oppenheimer stars Emily Blunt, Matt Damon, Robert Downey Jr, Florence Pugh, Rami Malek, Josh Peck, David Dastmalchian, and more. Oppenheimer will hit theaters on July 21, the same day as Greta Gerwig's Barbie movie.

For more, check out our ranking of every Christopher Nolan movie.

Logan Plant is a freelance writer for IGN covering video game and entertainment news. He has over seven years of experience in the gaming industry with bylines at IGN, Nintendo Wire, Switch Player Magazine, and Lifewire. Find him on Twitter @LoganJPlant.

Best Buy has the Arcade1Up X-Men video game arcade cabinet with matching themed riser and stool for only $399.99, a $350 price drop from its original $750 MSRP. For those of you who want to recreate retro arcade gaming at home but don't have the time, expertise, or money to set up your own MAME cabinet, Arcade1Up cabinets offer an easy-to-assemble, slick-looking package at a reasonable price. These cabinets are 3:4 scale replicas of the original product, complete with officially licensed artwork, preloaded with multiple games, and many of them even have the option to connect online, either to upload your scores to a WiFi leaderboard or play with other Arcade1Up players.

Arcade1Up X-Men Cabinet

The X-Men arcade cabinet measures about 4 feet tall but the included themed riser raises it another 1 foot, making it perfect for standing play. If you'd prefer to sit, a matching themed X-Men stool is also included. Both the deck and marquee are illuminated to give it even more retro swag. The X-Men arcade game, released in 1992, is a 4-player side-scrolling brawler that lets you to choose among iconic characters like Cyclops, Wolverine, Colossus, Storm, Nightcrawler (my favorite), or Dazzler, complete with their own unique mutant powers. If you don't have four local players to help you out, this game supports Live WiFi, which means you can play co-op online with other Arcade1Up gamers.

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Right now, there's a GeForce RTX 4080 GPU that's priced below MSRP. Amazon is offering the PNY GeForce RTX 4080 XLR8 Gaming VERTO EPIC-X RGB GPU (could they make that name any longer?) for only $1107.99, which is about $90 lower than the price of the stock RTX 4090 at launch. This is the "OC" model that has a very modest 45MHz boost overclock compared to the reference card (2550MHz vs 2505MHz).

PNY GeForce RTX 4080 XLR8 GPU for Below MSRP on Amazon

You can read our GeForce RTX 4080 review for the full breakdown, but the RTX 4080 is the second most powerful card on the market. This is the card we'd recommend for 4K gaming if you didn't want to pony up $500 more for an RTX 4090. The RTX 4080 performs on par with AMD's flagship GPU, the Radeon RX 7900 XTX... until you throw in ray tracing and DLSS. If either of those are enabled, the RTX 4080 performs noticeably better. Compared to previous generation cards, it's about 50% more powerful than an RTX 3080 Ti. It also supports DLSS 3.0 (DLSS 2.0 + frame generation), something the RTX 30 series lacks, and that increases the performance gap for games that support it. Although its 16GB of RAM isn't as much as the 4090, it's far more than the 10GB found in the RTX 3080 and 12GB in the RTX 3080 Ti. That means it's still a perfectly capable GPU for graphic workstation applications.

The PNY model boasts a massive 3 slot triple-fan cooler. That said, it's one of the smaller RTX 4080 cards available, with only the original FE model being much smaller. That means it should fit in more cases than most other aftermarket 4080 cards. Is it worth it? If you game in 4K or high resolution VR, then yes, it's worth it. If you play on anything less than 4K, let's be honest, it's totally NOT worth it.

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If you use an Apple iPhone, then there's no question: the Apple Watch is absolutely the only smartwatch you should consider. Apple watches come in a variety of price points, from the value-minded Apple Watch SE to the no holds barred Apple Watch Ultra. They combine smart iPhone integration with a dazzling array of fitness, and health-related tech that no other brand can match. They've always topped our list of best watches, including for 2023.

We've compiled a list of the best Apple Watch deals currently available.

The Best Apple Watch Deals

Apple Watch Nike SE with Cellular for $149

The fact that you can get a fully featured Apple Watch for only $149 is very impressive, especially coming from Apple. Although it was released back in 2020, the 1st gen Apple Watch SE is still a very relevant watch. The 2nd gen Apple Watch SE might have a newer S8 processor, but it's technically only one generation newer than the S5 processor found in the original Watch SE (the S8, S7, and S6 have the same CPU). Aside from that and crash detection, it has pretty much every sensor and feature you'd find on the 2nd gen.

The Apple Watch SE sports a gorgeous Retina OLED display. It's powered by the same S5 chipset that you'd find in the Apple Watch 5. Its sleek aluminum casing is water resistant up to 50 meters. It features an accelerometer, gyroscope, and altimeter, optical heart sensor for heart rate monitoring and irregular heart rhythm detection, GPS and motion sensors for tracking your pace and distance when exercising, sleep tracking, and more.

Apple Watch Series 7 GPS + Cellular for $279

At this price, it is a far better value to stick with the Apple Watch Series 7 over the Series 8. Really the only new features of the Series 8 are a built-in temperature sensor (primarily geared towards women's health) as well as the ability to detect when you've been subjected to a serious car crash. The S8 processor in the Apple Watch Series 8 is physically the same processor as the S7 processor found in the Apple Watch Series 7.

Apple Watch Series 8 From $329

The Apple Series 8 is the newest generation out right now. It is an incremental upgrade to the Series 7 and cosmetically they look pretty much identical. The Series 8 carries over the best features of the Series 7 like the Always-On Retina OLED display, the dual-core CPU (now called the "S8" processor, even though functionally it's the same as the S7 processor on the Series 7), the rugged IP6X dust resistant and swimproof (to 50mm) casing, and the wealth of health features like ECG, blood oxygen, and heart rate meters. Two features new to the Series 8 are a built-in temperature sensor (primarily geared towards women's health) as well as the ability to detect when you've been subjected to a serious car crash.

Apple Watch Ultra for $729.99

Amazon is offering Apple's highest end watch, the Apple Watch Ultra, for $729.99. That's $70 less than the original $799 MSRP. The extravangantly priced Ultra is designed to withstand more extreme outdoor activities than your typical Apple watch, including diving. It features both GPS and cellular connectivity, a 49mm corrosion-resistant rugged titanium case with an extra durable Sapphire crystal glass watch face, a handy physical "action" button on the side, the Oceanic+ app which functions like a mini dive computer, 100m of water resistance, a more accurate dual-frequency GPS, and a longer 36-hour battery life.

Apple Watch SE (2nd Gen) From $219

The Apple Watch SE 2 features an upgraded CPU over the original Apple Watch SE. The Apple Watch SE 2 has the same S8 processor found in the Apple Watch Series 8 and the Apple Watch Ultra. The original Apple Watch SE uses an older S5 processor. Apple claims about a 30% performance improvement between the two. Outside of that, both SE watches are largely similar. The bright and sharp Retina OLED display is 30% larger that what you'd find on the Apple Watch Series 3. It also features crash detection (new to the 2nd gen Apple Watch SE), IPX7 water resistance, international roaming, heart rate notifications, fall detection, sleep tracking, sports monitoring and activity tracking, Apple Pay, and more.

Can you use an Apple Watch with Android phone?

Although it's technically possible to use an Apple Watch with an Android phone, we wouldn't recommend it. Apple made it so that a lot of the functionality of the Apple Watch requires a smartphone with an iOS operating system. There are some workarounds to implement some of the features, but for the average person, the hassle isn't worth it. If you're absolutely intent on getting an Apple Watch, then getting an iPhone first would be the best option. For those of you quite happy with your Android smarpthone, there are plenty of Android smartwatches that would be a better fit than the Apple Watch.

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Summer of Gaming is fully locked and loaded. In case you missed the first summer gaming event from Sony (on May 24th), we've got the recap from the PlayStation Showcase to catch you up; but there's still plenty more to come! We've got the full Summer of Gaming Schedule to stay up to date on the latest streams and showcases, where IGN will recap all the biggest game announcements and provide our own insights and exclusives throughout the month.

As part of Summer of Gaming, we wanted to share some exciting giveaways we're hosting right here on IGN. See the details below and make sure to note any deadlines so you don't miss out!

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For most PC gamers, buying a prebuilt gaming rig is far more attractive than it used to be. Years ago, it was inarguably cheaper to build your own gaming PC than to buy a boutique gaming rig. That's not the case anymore. It's not uncommon for major brands like Alienware, HP, and Lenovo to offer quality pre-built PCs for cheaper than the cost of building your own PC with the exact same specs. And that's if you can find all your parts in time. In an era of component shortages and supply not keeping up with demand, OEM PC builders get first dibs. If you want the latest and greatest video cards and processors, it's easiest getting it in a prebuilt PC rather than sourcing your own parts. Factor in the extra work and lack of warranty, and DIY PC builds are reserved for enthusiasts who welcome the challenge.

We've compiled a list of the best current gaming PC deals, both from the manufacturers themselves like Dell (Alienware), HP, and Lenovo, as well as from reliable 3rd party retailers like Amazon, Best Buy, and Walmart. If price isn't a factor and you're only concerned about getting the best PC for your needs, check out our picks for best gaming PCs of 2023.

If you've picked up a new gaming PC, check out the best PC games to play in 2023.

Today's Best Gaming PC Deals

We singled out the best gaming PC deals available right now. These PCs are significantly discounted from their normal retail price and are going to be less expensive than comparable models from other brands.

Alienware Aurora R14 RTX 3080 PC for $1402.49

Alienware Aurora R15 RTX 4080 PC for $2499.99

Alienware Aurora RTX 4090 Gaming PC for $3399.99

HP OMEN 45L RTX 4090 Gaming PC for $2834.99

360mm All-in-One CPU Liquid Cooling

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Dell Memorial Day Sale Is Now Live!

If you're in the market for a prebuilt gaming PC, Dell is one of the brands we'd recommend. Alienware gaming desktops offer a staggering array of options, all built into a custom chassis that's both easy on the eyes and easy on the wallet. Consistent build quality, available inventory, frequent sales, and solid customer service are the main reasons why Dell is at the top of our buying list.

Several Dell & Alienware GeForce RTX 40 Series Gaming Laptops & PCs Are Discounted for Memorial Day

Up to now, Dell hasn't been discounting many of its newer laptop and desktop PCs equipped with the new GeForce RTX 40 series GPU. Of course it makes sense that Dell would want to clear out their inventory of older model PCs. Fortunately, this Memorial Day Sale caters to the gamers want the latest and greatest hardware. There are several deals right now that feature PCs equipped with RTX 40 series cards, including the most powerful RTX 4090 GPU.

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HP Memorial Day Sale Is Now Live!

Of the big three OEM PC manufacturers, HP usually offers the lowest price on equivalently configured items. HP carries several different models of gaming PCs depending on how much power you need. At the upper end of the scale, the HP OMEN 45L offers a massive tower chassis with space for up to a 360mm all-in-one liquid cooler as well as a total of four additional 120mm case fans for ventilation. This is also the only model that can be configured with the latest RTX 40 series GPUs. On the other end of the scale, the HP Victus, Eny, and OMEN 25L gaming PCs feature understated aesthetics and a bargain price point. These PCs can still be configured into formidable gaming rigs.

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Lenovo Memorial Day Sale Is Now Live!

Lenovo Legion gaming PCs may be the priciest of the big three OEM manufacturers, but they are also generally the highest praised among gamers and reviewers alike. The Legion gaming PCs are highly rated for their build quality. People like the fact that Lenovo does not use proprietary components in their rigs, so they're much easier to upgrade with easiy obtainable, off-the-shelf components compared to some other popular prebuilt PC brands. Lenovo gaming rigs generally also utilize solid cooling, especially for the CPU, even if you opt for the base models. The new Legion Tower 7i Gen 8 gaming PCs, which are equipped with the latest RTX 40 series GPUs, feature up to 360mm all-in-one liquid cooling to take on even the hottest components.

Things to Consider When Buying a Gaming PC

Which video card is enough for me?

As a general rule of thumb, you want to size your gaming rig based on (1) the resolution, not size, of your monitor and (2) the games you play. A 4K monitor has 2.25 times more pixels than a QHD (2560x1440) monitor and 4 times more pixels than a 1080p (1920x1080) monitor. Simply put, the more pixels on your monitor, the more power your GPU needs. Some games are also more performance intensive than other games, but that's often scalable by tweaking your settings. This is a rough recommendation:

• 1080p - RTX 3060 to RTX 3060 Ti (RX 6600 XT to RX 6700 XT)
• QHD - RTX 3060 Ti to RTX 3080 (RX 6700 XT to RX 6900 XT)
• 4K - RTX 3080 to RTX 4090 (RX 6900 XT)

If you have a gaming PC already and want to simply upgrade the GPU yourself, check out our picks for the best graphics cards of 2023.

Console vs Gaming PC?

Consoles may have come a long way in terms of graphical improvements, but gaming PCs still remain uncontested when it comes to absolute technical performance. A PS5 or Xbox Series X might be the most powerful consoles ever created, but they seem antiquated compared to the likes of a PC equipped with GeForce RTX 4080 or 4090 video card. Unlike consoles, gaming PCs are also infinitely backwards compatible, and the thousands upon thousands of games available at your disposal via Steam, Xbox Live, Origin, Battle.net, and more puts any console library to shame. Even better, most games that are released for the current gen consoles are often also available for the PC as well, often with even more extensive customization and graphics options.

Gaming PC vs Gaming Laptop?

Gaming laptops have become more and more popular in recent years, but they certainly don't make gaming PCs obsolete. First and foremost, a gaming laptop simply isn't as powerful as an equivalently priced gaming PC. Gaming laptops requires more delicate (and thus more expensive) engineering; because the laptop is such a compact form factor, and gaming components generally draw a lot of power and heat, compromises need to be made. The most powerful gaming laptops are about as powerful as a mid-range gaming PC. The highest end gaming PCs use video cards that are larger and heavier than your average laptop and can draw up to 600W of power all by itself. If you're on the fence between getting one of the other, you will have to weigh your priorities. If you want to know more, check out our in-depth article on the gaming laptop vs gaming desktop dilemma.

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Final Fantasy 16 is June 2023’s IGN First! We’ll be bringing you tons of exclusive content all the way up to the game’s release on June 22. To kick things off, check out this lava-hot boss battle against Liquid Flame. “Liquid Flame awaits you at the Inner Sanctum of Drake’s Breath, a location you visit somewhere mid-game,” Director Hiroshi Takai tells IGN.

For longtime fans of the 35-year-running series, the name Liquid Flame might sound familiar. That’s because Liquid Flame is one of the most iconic bosses of Final Fantasy V, which was also the first game in the series Takai worked on as a developer. Takai was not the one who decided to include this nostalgic foe in Final Fantasy XVI, though, as Creative Director Kazutoyo Maehiro came up with the idea. Maehiro also wrote Final Fantasy XVI’s story, and he says that Final Fantasy V was the game that inspired him to become a creator himself.

Producer Naoki Yoshida explains: “Takai was one of the original developers for Final Fantasy V, so it is a title he has very strong feelings for. And Maehiro, well, he’s a real nerd – he’s a Final Fantasy nerd, a game nerd, and he’s crazy about detailed scenarios. Just as with Final Fantasy XIV, the many references to the series’ history come from these two guys. It’s just their touch.”

Explaining why he wanted to include Liquid Flame, Maehiro adds, “There are various reasons. First of all, I’m just a huge fan of Final Fantasy V. For me, Liquid Flame left a lasting impression because of how the character takes many different forms and shapes during battle. Drake’s Breath is a volcano stage with lava as its main concept, so for this area’s boss I thought, ‘Who else but Liquid Flame!’”

That being said, Final Fantasy XVI’s boss battle against Liquid Flame is more than just a cool reference. According to Maehiro, there’s a solid reason for why it appears. “It’s not like it appears out of nowhere,” says Maehiro. “Liquid Flame has a purpose of its own. If you play the game casually, it might be no more than, ‘Oh, here’s a tough enemy!’, but if you think it through you might be able to figure out why Liquid Flame appears.”

As can be seen in our gameplay video, Liquid Flame’s characteristic of changing shapes during battle was faithfully implemented into Final Fantasy XVI’s real-time action. “Sometimes it’s standing on two feet, but then it transforms into a beast-like form standing on four feet, only to change into a flying enemy later,” explains Combat Director Ryota Suzuki. “So yes, we’ve definitely incorporated that unique trait.”

“It’s an enemy with the element of fire,” Suzuki continues. “When standing on four feet, it will charge at the player with agile attacks. When in the air, it becomes out of range and attacks protagonist Clive with a breath of flame. When it’s standing on two feet, it becomes a more traditional melee encounter. We designed the battle so that the player has to react to these different forms.”

According to Suzuki, many of Final Fantasy XVI’s bosses consist of multiple phases. “We’ve designed it so that heading into a new phase of a boss battle doesn’t only become more difficult, but it also functions as a change in flow that keeps the player engaged,” says Suzuki. “With cutscenes in between, the attack patterns and other characteristics of a boss will change, which demands the player fight it in different ways and use different Eikon abilities.”

Eikon abilities are special attacks that stand central in Final Fantasy XVI’s combat. Clive will learn new Eikon abilities over the course of his adventure. The player can equip multiple Eikon abilities and switch between them during battle. “Even if you lose, you can change your build directly from the game over screen before you head back in,” says Suzuki. “You can learn from the attack patterns on your first playthrough, and then equip Eikon abilities accordingly. For the battle with Liquid Flame, I think you'll be able to work out which Eikon abilities are a good match.”

Suzuki says that the team has made sure that Final Fantasy XVI’s battles never become so difficult that they make you want to give up. If you are defeated by a boss during one of its later phases, the battle starts from that phase on your next try. This is true for both of the difficulty settings that you can choose from on your first playthrough.

“The game’s main pull is its story, and we want our players to see Clive’s life through to the end,” says Takai. “This is why we made sure that both Story-focused Mode and Action focused Mode – the difficulty settings you can choose between on your first playthrough – aren’t too difficult.”

“As you enjoy the story in your first playthrough, Clive will naturally grow stronger and learn many different moves and Eikon abilities,” says Suzuki. “We made sure that enemies aren’t so difficult that some players might want to give up, and even when you are defeated we do our best to make it a bit more manageable on your next attempt. For those who are looking for more challenging action, a new difficulty setting called Final Fantasy Mode unlocks on your second playthrough. Here, you will be able to take the version of Clive from your first playthrough with everything you unlocked to enjoy the game’s action to the fullest.”

Stay tuned for many more exclusive content drops before Final Fantasy XVI lands on PlayStation 5 on June 22.

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Verizon is combining competing streamers Netflix Premium (the most expensive tier) and Paramount+ with Showtime in a new, first-of-its-kind bundle, according to Variety. As many confused (and amused) people were quick to point out, though, this option - with its bundling as oppsed to the a la carte nature of traditional streaming - isn’t that different from cable.

The bundle, which U.S.-based Verizon customers can snag for $25.99 per month through the company’s +play subscription hub, subtracts $5.99 from the $32 you’d pay for them separately.

“With partners like Netflix and Paramount+ With Showtime on +play, we’re leading the industry in offering customers the content they want in completely new formats, with never-before-seen bundles they can’t get anywhere else," Erin McPherson, Verizon’s chief content officer, said in a statement.

Netflix recently amended its available subscription plans to a four-tier pricing model that pushes its approach closer to that of its competition.

Naturally, social media had lots of opinions about how, well, time is a flat circle and everything old is new again. Here are a few reactions to the news:

Are we going in circles

— Annabella (@anabelafay) June 1, 2023

Sooo, cable? We’re circling back to cable now? 😂

— usuallydope ✡️ (@UsuallyDopeSVSC) June 1, 2023

And another for when words just don't do:

pic.twitter.com/FmpSL4IkYU

— the tribal clown (@ruega_por_ella) June 1, 2023

Last month, it was announced that the standalone Showtime app would be shut down by the end of the year, making bundles such as Verizon's more attractive for consumers wanting more binge for their buck.

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Spider-Man is one of the few Marvel heroes with a supporting cast and rogues gallery wide enough to support an entire cinematic universe. And that's exactly what Sony is trying to launch. Even as Tom Holland fans await word on where the actor will play Spidey again, Sony is moving full speed ahead on its Spider-Man Universe. Morbius came, went, and will never be forgotten, Aaron Taylor-Johnson is starring in the upcoming Kraven movie, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse is getting another sequel after Across the Spider-Verse, and a fairly obscure character known as El Muerto is reportedly getting his own film as well. Plus, the live-action series Silk: Spider Society and the live-action Spider-Man Noir series have been announced.

To help make sense of the many Spider-Man-adjacent movies in the works, we're breaking down every Sony Marvel movie that's either been officially announced or rumored to be in development. Check out the slideshow gallery below or scroll down to get the scoop on Spidey's cinematic future.

Spider-Man Spin-Off Movies

Here's a quick bullet list of all the movies and TV shows that are in various stages of development:

• Kraven the Hunter (In Production) - October 6, 2023
• Madame Web (In Production) - February 16, 2024
• Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse (In Production) - March 29, 2024
• Untitled Sony/Marvel Universe Movie (In Development) - July 12, 2024
• Tom Holland Spider-Man Sequels (In Development) - Dates TBD
• El Muerto (In Development) - Date TBD
• Venom 3 (In Development) - Date TBD
• Silk: Spider Society (In Development) - Date TBD
• Spider-Man Noir Series (In Development) - Date TBD
• Untitled Female Cast Into the Spider-Verse Spin-Off (Status Unknown/Possibly Dead)
• Black Cat (Status Unknown/Possibly Dead)
• Silver Sable (Status Unknown/Possibly Dead)
• Nightwatch (Status Unknown/Possibly Dead)
• Jackpot (Status Unknown/Possibly Dead)

Read on for more details on each project.

Kraven the Hunter (October 6, 2023)

Status: In Production

Sony is also shining a spotlight on Kraven the Hunter. One of Spider-Man's oldest rogues, Kraven is a skilled hunter who sets his sights on Spider-Man after conquering all other prey in the animal kingdom. He's also the central antagonist in the seminal comic storyline Kraven's Last Hunt, which could easily serve as a source of inspiration for the movie. Richard Wenk (The Equalizer) and the team of Art Marcum and Matt Holloway (Iron Man) wrote the screenplay. Triple Frontier director J.C. Chandor is directing the film, which will star Avengers: Age of Ultron's Aaron Taylor-Johnson as Kraven. Christopher Abbott, Alessandro Nivola, and Russell Crowe have also been cast in the film, which is currently set for an October 6, 2023 release, having been bumped from its prior January 13, 2023 date.

Madame Web (February 16, 2024)

Status: In Production

Morbius writers Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless are scripting a Madame Web spin-off. Also known as Cassandra Webb, Madame Web is an elderly mutant with clairvoyant powers who has been associated with various Spider-Women in the comics. Jessica Jones director S.J. Clarkson will direct Sony's first female-led Marvel movie. Dakota Johnson will star as the title character while Sydney Sweeney will play Julia Carpenter/Spider-Woman. Previously slated for an October 6, 2023, release, the film is now scheduled to drop on February 16, 2024.

Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse (March 29, 2024)

Status: In Production

The third Spider-Verse film is called Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse (dropping the Part One and Part Two from the Into the Spider-Verse sequels' titles that had previously been announced). Obviously Across the Spider-Verse, the second film in the series, leaves a lot of questions that will need to be answered in Beyond. Beyond the Spider-Verse is expected on March 29, 2024. Learn more about the Spider-Verse here.

Untitled Sony/Marvel Universe Movie (July 12, 2024)

Status: In Development

Sony has slotted a mystery project for July 12, 2024. It was previously scheduled for June 7, 2024, but no word on what the film might be about or which Marvel characters could appear in it.

Tom Holland Spider-Man Sequels (Dates TBD)

Status: In Development

It's a little unclear when the next appearance of Tom Holland's wallcrawler will come. When Sony and Marvel made a new deal in 2019 to continue to share the character, which allowed No Way Home to be made, an MCU crossover film was also said to be part of that agreement. What that crossover film might be is unclear, however.

As for future solo films, during No Way Home's press tour, producer Amy Pascal said that the thinking is that there will be at least three more Spider-Man films starring Tom Holland. It should be noted, however, that has not yet been confirmed by Sony or Marvel.

El Muerto (Date TBD)

Status: In Development

At CinemaCon 2022, Sony announced El Muerto, a Spider-Man spin-off movie starring musician, producer, actor, and wrestler Bad Bunny as the title character. El Muerto is a wrestler with superpowers whose mask and abilities are passed down from generation to generation. The film was reported to have a release date of January 12, 2024, at that time, and yet as of April, 2023, filming had still not begun and Bad Bunny's publicist said the film was "at a standstill" only to later clarify that it was "in development." Hmmm.

Venom 3 (Date TBD)

Status: In Development

A third Venom movie is in the works, but little is known about it at this time. Sony officially announced the film at CinemaCon in April, 2022. In February of 2023, Tom Hardy revealed that Venom 3 is in pre-production. Check out what Spider-Man: No Way Home means for the future of Venom here.

Silk: Spider Society (Date TBD)

Status: In Development

A more recent addition to Spider-Man's world, Silk is a heroine who was bitten by the same radioactive spider that gave Peter Parker his powers. Resurfacing after a decade spent locked in an underground bunker, Cindy Moon has followed the example of Spider-Man and become a costumed superhero. Cindy has actually made small appearances in Spider-Man: Homecoming and Avengers: Infinity War (played by Tiffany Espensen). But we assume the role will be recast for any new Silk project.

Silk was originally announced as a movie, but has since evolved into a series that will air on MGM+ and Prime Video (the first in a new partnership between Sony, MGM and Prime Video). Into the Spider-Verse's Angela Kang will serve as showrunner, and the series will follow Cindy's origin story as she escapes imprisonment, comes to terms with her powers and seeks out her missing family.

Spider-Man Noir Series (Date TBD)

Status: In Development

Following the announcement of Silk: Spider Society, word came that Spider-Man Noir is the second series to come about from Sony and Prime Video's new partnership. The Spider-Man Noir series is a live-action show set in this Depression-era version of the Marvel Universe, though Peter Parker himself reportedly won't be the main character.

Spider-Man Noir is being developed by Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse producers Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, and 22 Jump Street writer Orien Uziel, who will write and executive produce.

Untitled Female Cast Into the Spider-Verse Spin-Off

Status: Unknown/Possibly Dead

An Into the Spider-Verse spin-off featuring an all-female cast was said to be in the works at one point, with Spider-Gwen expected to make her return. Other characters like Spider-Girl, Spider-Woman, Madame Web, Silk and even Black Cat might've been featured. Not much has been heard of this project since it was first revealed in 2018, however, and it seems likely to have died on the vine.

Black Cat

Status: Unknown/Possibly Dead

Along with Venom, one of the earliest Spider-Man spinoff movies Sony pursued was Silver & Black, a team-up film featuring mercenary Silver Sable and master thief/occasional Spider-Man love interest Black Cat. While Sony went as far as hiring director Gina Prince-Bythewood (The Secret Life of Bees) and dating the film for a February 2019 release, it was eventually canceled. Last we heard, the studio was reworking Silver & Black into solo movies for the characters, though it's unclear if there's any movement on these projects at this point. In 2020, reports indicated that Black Cat and Silver Sable might become TV projects for Sony instead.

Silver Sable

Status: Unknown/Possibly Dead

Silver Sable got her biggest role in the Spider-Man PS4 game. As with the Black Cat project, this movie's status is uncertain at this point. In 2020, reports indicated that Black Cat and Silver Sable might become TV projects for Sony instead. Learn more about Silver Sable with our explainer.

Nightwatch

Status: Unknown/Possibly Dead

Nightwatch is easily the most obscure Marvel character being tapped for the Spider-Man Universe. This vigilante hero wears a durable nanotechnology costume that enhances his strength by stimulating his adrenal glands. Interestingly, Variety reported in March 2018 that director Spike Lee was in talks to direct the film, though Lee has since said he is not attached. This is another project that seems to not be moving forward any time soon.

Jackpot

Status: Unknown/Possibly Dead

Another fairly recent addition to the Spider-Man universe, Jackpot has often fought alongside Spider-Man in defense of New York City. When she was first introduced, readers were led to believe she was actually Mary Jane Watson in disguise. Instead, it was eventually revealed that Jackpot is an identity used by two different women - genetic researcher Sara Ehret and her admirer, Alana Jobson. It was reported in August 2018 that a Jackpot movie was in development, and in 2020 further news came that Marc Guggenheim was writing the screenplay. No cast or director have been revealed so far and this one also seems unlikely to happen at this point.

The Future...

Sony Pictures Entertainment execs clearly have plans for the Marvel characters they have the rights to. “We have the next seven or eight years laid out as to what we’re going to do with that asset, and that will not only be on the film side -- it’ll be on the TV side,” said Sony Pictures Entertainment chairman Tony Vinciquerra. “Our television group will have its own set of characters from within that universe that we will seek to develop.” Of course, that was in 2019, so we're already four years into his seven...

Could the Olivia Wilde-directed Spider-Woman movie that was reported on in 2020 still be in the works? Or the Roberto Orci-scripted Marvel project that was also rumored that year? How many of the projects already reported on fall under Vinciquerra's plans, or have been dropped by now? One thing is certain: The Spider-Man universe is only going to get bigger on the big and small screens in the coming years.

Which of the Spider-Man spin-offs are you most looking forward to? Let's discuss in the comments!

Note: This story originally ran in August, 2018. It was updated with the most recent information available on June 1, 2023.