The third episode of Game of Thrones' final season, The Long Night, finally brought the climactic clash we've been waiting for since the opening moments of the show's very first episode. The Night King's army of the dead breached the Wall, and the forces of the living, led by Daenerys, Jon Snow, and Dany's two dragons, laid down everything to try to stop them once and for all during the Battle of Winterfell.It was a pitched battle that had lots of casualties--check out our full rundown of everyone who didn't make it through, and our review for our take on whether The Long Night succeeded in its aims of resolving the conflict with the Night King. But after the dust had settled, there were still a few lingering questions. Ghost, Jon Snow's direwolf, disappeared in the first charge, leaving everyone online asking what happened to him (here's the answer). And then there was Rhaegal, the dragon ridden by Jon, who fell halfway through the battle and was never seen again. So what happened to him?Despite it looking pretty harrowing for Rhaegal in the middle of the battle, we know for sure he survived the Battle of Winterfell. That's because he appears, albeit very briefly, in HBO's teaser for Episode 4.Rhaegal and Drogon, the dragon Daenerys rides, were a powerful force in the battle until a snowstorm wrecked all visibility, and the dragons struggled to help out the fighters on the ground. When the Night King showed up riding the undead Viserion, things got even more hectic.Viserion and Rhaegal literally slammed into each other in the snowstorm, with the wight dragon trying to cook Rhaegal's rider as they slashed away at each other. The Night King took the opportunity to try to spear Rhaegal and take him down for good, just as he did with Viserion during the Season 7 episode Beyond the Wall. But Rhaegal eventually won the fight, tearing off a piece of Viserion's face, and both the Night King and the wight dragon fell to Earth. But Rhaegal's injuries were pretty severe, and he went plummeting to the ground, too--he crashed, throwing Jon from his back, and that was the last we saw of the dragon.So the question that remains now is what condition Rhaegal will be in going forward. Like Daenerys's other forces, Rhaegal took a beating during the battle with the Night King, with Viserion raking a huge gash in his chest. It's also looks like he has tears in his wings in the teaser (although it's tough to tell the dragons apart at any distance). It's very likely he won't be back to 100% for some time, and that could call into question his role in the coming battle for the Iron Throne at King's Landing.Daenerys has already lost a lot of her military might leading up to her final push to take down Cersei Lannister, and the dragons have always been her ace in the hole. We've seen her get a lot done with just one dragon, but a weakened Rhaegal (and possibly Drogon) will definitely be a setback. Info from Gamespot.com

Time is running out to catch Giratina in Pokemon Go. Niantic brought the Legendary Pokemon back to Raid Battles earlier this month, this time in its Origin Forme, but it's slated to leave the mobile game once again today, April 29, at 1 PM PT / 4 PM ET, making this your last opportunity to capture one for the foreseeable future.Unlike Giratina's standard Altered Form--the form it took when it first appeared in Pokemon Go during last year's Halloween event--its Origin Forme is more serpentine in appearance and has offense-oriented stats. In Pokemon lore, this is the form Giratina assumes in the Distortion World--a parallel universe the Pokemon was banished to.To catch Origin Forme Giratina, you'll first need to travel to a Gym where a Giratina Raid is taking place and team up with other players in the real world to battle it. If you manage to successfully defeat the Renegade Pokemon, you'll be rewarded with a handful of Premier Balls and an opportunity to capture it.Like its Altered Forme, Origin Forme Giratina is a dual Dragon/Ghost Pokemon, which makes it vulnerable to its own types. Your best bet is to bring along Pokemon like Salamence, Rayquaza, and Gengar, or Dark-types such as Tyranitar and Houndoom. You can read more tips on how to catch Giratina here.There's no telling yet what Legendary Pokemon will replace Origin Forme Giratina, but a couple of new ones will be available through May and June's Field Research quests. If you achieve a Research Breakthrough during those two months, you'll have a chance to encounter Ho-Oh, Lugia, Latios, or Latias. On top of that, Shiny Meltan is appearing in Pokemon Go again right now, but it'll only be available until May 5.Info from Gamespot.com

Fortnite is appearing to continue teasing the arrival of Season 9, with a few new world events that may be connected. First, the fourth in a series of mysterious runes has slotted into place in the vault underneath Loot Lake. Shortly after, the island's volcano has started to emit plumes of smoke, suggesting an eruption may be imminent.Users on the Fortnite subreddit have captured both in action. The fourth rune is the latest to slot into place as they've been approaching one-by-one over the last several days. The volcanic smoke was confused as a "tornado" but appears to be heralding something destructive.All of this appears to be laying the groundwork for the next big world event, which will accompany the seasonal changeover. The next season should be coming within a few weeks, so now is the time to start teasing the event. Fortnite tends to accompany its season changes with world events that disrupt the map and add new gameplay elements. A volcanic eruption would certainly fit the bill, but the game has been known to throw a curveball and have events trigger something unexpected.Meanwhile, a limited-time mode has been added to celebrate the release of Avengers: Endgame, the latest MCU blockbuster. You can equip the Infinity Gauntlet and several pieces of iconic Avengers gear, and complete challenges that will grant you special themed rewards. The mode won't last forever, though, so if you want to try it out or earn some of those snazzy rewards, you should get right on it.Fortnite has become known for offering frequent updates, both with special LTMs like the Avengers event and with large-scale seasonal changeovers. Epic Games has reportedly adopted a crunch culture to rapidly iterate on the massive game, which means that all these events comes at a cost.Info from Gamespot.com

Treyarch has released a new Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 trailer for the game's upcoming content drop, titled Operation Spectre Rising. The new Operation introduces a brand-new Specialist, as well as new features in Black Ops 4's different multiplayer modes.The new Specialist is called Spectre. Armed with a sharp katana, Spectre is able to approach groups of enemies and quickly leap between them to deliver devastating slashes. They can also see the outlines of enemies through their smoke grenades, allowing them to get the drop on targets. Spectre will also be added to Blackout as a new skin for your character.Strike from the shadows.Operation Spectre Rising introduces Spectre as the latest Multiplayer Specialist and Blackout character. Drop into the Wetworks Map Update, unlock new weapons, take on new Zombies Gauntlets, and much more. #BlackOps4 pic.twitter.com/XVXwAh27iQ — Call of Duty (@CallofDuty) April 29, 2019Three new maps drop in Operation Spectre Rising as well. Artifact is a collection of narrow paths that weave between a collection of rocks and cliffs. You can stay hidden down below, but have the chance of running into an enemy hiding behind a corner, or take the high ground at the cost of exposing yourself. Masquerade is a new metropolitan map that intermixes back alleys with large open spaces that are populated by festival decorations you can use as cover. Finally, WMD comes to Black Ops 4 in the new Operation as well, which is a remaster of the map of the same name from the original Black Ops.The Blackout map receives a huge update in Operation Spectre Rising. Much like how Fortnite's map transforms over time, the original map in Call of Duty's battle royale mode is undergoing a change, nicknamed Wetworks. The dam that marked the top of Blackout will be destroyed, allowing all the water behind it to flood into the rest of the map. This sees all of the shipping containers at shipyard get washed out to sea, and for many of the areas at lower elevations to become flooded. This provides greater utility to boats and helicopters in Blackout, as many pathways on the map can now only be traversed by going through or over water.Operation Spectre Rising also adds new characters to play as in Blackout battle royale, new game modes (Bounty Hunter, Prop Hunt, and Zombie Gauntlets), and new weapons (Ballistic Knife, Tigershark LMG, Nifo'oti Club), outfits, and weapon charms and camos. The Operation goes live on April 30 on PS4, and follows on Xbox One and PC at a later date.Info from Gamespot.com

Avengers: Endgame has the nearly impossible task of bringing plot threads established, expanded, and twisted across 21 different movies to a satisfying conclusion. All the stuff that's been set up, hinted at, or teased across the last decade is supposed to be leading to this one place--and not only does Endgame have to deal with all that plot, it also has to work on resolving a variety of years-long character arcs. With all that in mind, it's no wonder Endgame clocks in at three hours long.Like any massive undertaking of this scope, some elements of Endgame are more successful than others, as Senior Entertainment Editor Mike Rougeau pointed out in his review. The story ultimately belongs to Tony Stark, and it is successful in bringing to a close what Iron Man started 11 years ago. But Endgame isn't nearly as well balanced as other Avengers movies, despite Thanos's many lectures about the importance of evening the scales, and several of its main characters are short-changed throughout the proceedings.The character who gets mistreated the worst is, easily, Black Widow. The decision to sacrifice Black Widow for the Soul Stone is a messy and frustrating one on a lot of levels. First and foremost, Widow has more character development than just about anybody in Endgame, despite being more or less silent through the course of Infinity War. After the time skip in the post-Thanos world, it's not Captain America or Tony Stark holding the Avengers together to safeguard the world--it's Black Widow.Natasha Romanoff has come a long way through the course of the MCU, from aloof spy at Nick Fury's beck and call to finding her calling as a full-fledged Avenger, and now, literally leading the cause. When everyone else wandered off into their respective lives--Tony starting a family, Steve processing his grief, Thor falling into depression, Hulk embracing his celebrity--Black Widow kept the lights on.What's more, she's the character most obviously burdened by the aftermath of Thanos. Five years on and Nat can barely deal with what has happened to the world on her watch (a weight that, frankly, should have been borne by Captain America, given his past character development). Nat talks in Endgame about how important the Avengers have been to her, and how the opportunity to become a superhero allowed her to make up for her darker spy history. The team means more to Nat, seemingly, than anyone else, and their loss to Thanos devastates her.Especially painful for Nat is what the failure to stop Thanos has done to Clint "Hawkeye" Barton, who, after losing his family, has gone full-on psychopathic vigilante. Clint is out there dealing with his loss by racking up a major body count. Nat owes Clint a great deal, as established in The Avengers: Though it's only discussed and alluded to, we know that it was Clint who brought Nat over to the side of the good guys years ago, when he could have killed her instead. A big part of Nat's story in The Avengers is that she feels indebted to Hawkeye and bent on saving him from Loki. She clearly feels responsible for what he has become in Endgame.All that builds to a Black Widow who occupies a place at the heart of the Avengers in Endgame, but who never gets to fulfill that role in a movie that constantly overlooks her. In just a few scenes, it's clear she has the most skin in the game against Thanos, and that's where some of the most interesting potential conflict and emotion in the movie resides. But then the movie sends Nat to Vormir with Barton, where they replay Thanos's sacrifice of Gamora, but, like, friendlier.Chucking Black Widow over a cliff on Vormir is a complete waste of her character and a frustrating end to her arc throughout the MCU (Clint, on the other hand, makes more sense for the sacrifice given what he's done as Ronin, even if offing him there would be completely predictable). Black Widow has her own standalone movie coming, which you might think makes up a bit for her death in Endgame, but it actually makes the choice to use her in this way all the more baffling. The stories of women in the MCU are finally getting told, and one of the most important ones is finally getting the spotlight--why cut off her future when you're about to flesh out her character?And not just that--killing Black Widow in the middle of the movie is also a really bad look for a studio that has struggled with perceived sexism throughout this franchise (Marvel infamously made toys of all the heroes except Black Widow back when The Avengers came out). The next scene after Black Widow's death throws into sharp relief the fact that the movie just disposed of its most major female character: We cut back to all the remaining Avengers having feelings about the loss of Nat--and they're all dudes. Twice, the MCU sacrificed important women for a magic rock in order to give surviving men their feels.And while Tony gets a hero's sendoff and a funeral attended by a ridiculous number of big names--including some characters who appear in the movie only for that purpose--Natasha Romanoff, a character central to the MCU since Iron Man 2, gets a momentary mention from Barton, and she has to share it with Wanda lumping in Vision.Avengers, Assemble (Around Iron Man)Endgame's handling of Natasha is its biggest problem, but far from its only one. Rocket, Nebula, War Machine, Ant-Man--they have next to nothing going on in terms of character development and are mostly warm bodies waiting to serve functions in the plot. If they're lucky, they get a few jokes.Hulk is flubbed even more than those others. Like most of the Avengers, Hulk has zero arc in Endgame; he mostly exists to push buttons on a console and say time travely things. It's worse than just a misuse of one of the main cast of Avengers, though. The driving force of Bruce Banner's story, the motivation at his core, is the conflict between Banner and Hulk. Banner is constantly afraid he'll lose control, and lose his very sense of self, by becoming Hulk, while hurting innocent people in the process. Through his life with the Avengers, Banner has found a use for Hulk, and in Infinity War, their dynamic changed. Banner could no longer use Hulk as his battering ram when danger reared up, and as Thor: Ragnarok established, Hulk was more than just a raging monster--he was a person unto himself.Endgame deals with these evolving ideas about Hulk's dichotomy by resolving all his issues off-screen. During the five-year time skip, Bruce just figures out how to mix his own personality together with Hulk's. In the post-Thanos world, Bruce is doing pretty great! He gets to be huge and strong while maintaining his intellect and personality, all his personal demons have been exorcized, and he finally has love and acceptance from the people, rather than their fear and resentment--another core driver of his character throughout the MCU. Banner didn't resolve his troubles by learning or growing or doing anything; Endgame just handwaved them away and moved on.And then there's Captain America, whose wrap-up in Endgame Meg Downey already addressed. The Avengers' through-line since the very beginning has been an ideological schism between Tony Stark and Steve Rogers that speaks to the fundamental nature of their characters. Tony will give up a lot for safety and protection, and is often looking for the preemptive solution to a problem. Steve has, tragically, lost everything and has no ties to the present world, but given the chance to get back some of what he's lost, he's willing to gamble everything. These things are why Steve would fight his Avengers pals to try to save Bucky; they're what blinded Tony to what he was risking in creating Ultron. They're why the two of them clashed in Captain America: Civil War. The wounds from that movie never healed and its conflicts were never resolved. Endgame seems ready to deal with them all, especially early on, when Tony, half-dead from starvation, took Cap to task for failing to be there to fight Thanos together as a result of their schism.Endgame is perfectly suited to pit these two characters and their ideologies against one another. When Cap gets a time travel solution to undo Thanos' snap, Tony is stuck worrying about the family he's gained in the five years since. Cap is willing to die to retrieve what he lost; Tony is willing to die to protect what he has. It's a great setup for conflict and, eventually, resolution between the two men.Instead, the movie conveniently just puts an end to the longstanding feud between Cap and Tony in one conversation, where both basically say, "Eh, let's move on." Meanwhile, Cap winds up with no character arc at all. He executes some time travel shenanigans and he hits Thanos in the face, and the real character stuff gets handed off to Tony. Pointedly, Steve and Tony never exchange words in the scene before Tony's death.Endgame completely wastes plot threads set up over multiple movies that have informed the core plotlines of what makes the Avengers interesting. It's not that Endgame couldn't or shouldn't be Tony Stark's movie--it's fitting to focus on him as a bookend to how the MCU started--but a focus on Tony doesn't necessarily require the exclusion of the other Avengers. So much of Tony's development as a character has come through his interactions and disagreements with Cap, so why not bring those disagreements to a thorough conclusion that allows them both to grow? Why call the movie "Avengers" if all the Avengers aren't going to have equal importance in the story?The thing that made the Marvel Cinematic Universe exciting was its ability and willingness to pay off investment, to build character arcs over multiple stories, making interactions between superheroes that go beyond punching people to deal with deeper emotional conflicts, scars, and baggage. Telling what is more or less one story over more than 20 disparate films has been an incredible achievement--and something that made being an MCU fan worth the time and money it requires. There are a ton of these movies, but tuning in for all of them allowed you to enjoy and understand each one in more ways than is usually possible with film franchises.Emotionally, Endgame hits a lot of the right notes to pay off all that MCU work. There's a reason it's breaking box office records--it's a fun, exciting movie that works with the broad strokes of the MCU. As epic conclusions go, it's pretty damn epic. And the conclusion of Tony Stark's story is legitimately well-executed, thoughtful, and powerful. Despite its problems, at the top level, there's a lot of payoff for MCU fans to be had in Endgame.But from a more granular, close-up perspective, the conclusion of that story and the MCU experiment, Avengers: Endgame is something of failure. Tony Stark's story gets the wrap-up it deserves, and a few other characters (Thor, most notably) get an emotional and involved journey that uses the best elements of the MCU to its advantage. But Endgame drops the ball on what has made the MCU movies, and the Avengers films in particular, worth showing up for over the last few years. In trying to wrap up everything neatly, Endgame fails to be the satisfying conclusion the Avengers deserved.If you can't get enough Avengers: Endgame, we've got lots more coverage. Check out our full review of the movie; we've got rundowns of all the Easter eggs hidden throughout its three hours, and a list of every MCU character that appears in the film. You can also get an explanation of the movie's ending, and read our opinion on why Captain America's final moments don't match his character.Info from Gamespot.com

CBS is renewing Jordan Peele's The Twilight Zone for a second season. A CBS All Access exclusive, The Twilight Zone is a modern reimagining of the TV series of the same name that began airing in 1958."Jordan Peele and Simon Kinberg's reimagining of The Twilight Zone is off to an amazing start on CBS All Access, driving the most viewers on its premiere day for an original series to date," CBS All Access executive vice president of original content Julie McNamara said in a blog post. "Jordan, Simon, the creative team and cast have done a phenomenal job translating the series' legacy of socially conscious storytelling for modern-day audiences. They are master storytellers, and we look forward to bringing fans further into The Twilight Zone with a second season."Though many of the episodes in Jordan Peele's The Twilight Zone are brand-new stories, a few are reimagined variations of episodes from the original series. One of the first episodes, for example, Nightmare at 30,000 Feet is a modern retelling of the original series' Nightmare at 20,000 Feet. However, even in the brand-new stories, there are plenty of references and call backs to the original The Twilight Zone.Not only does The Twilight Zone come from the mind of Jordan Peele, the Get Out and US director serves as the shows' mysterious host and narrator. His production company, Monkeypaw, produces the series. The Twilight Zone cast includes several big name actors, including Ike Barinholtz, John Cho, Lucinda Dryzek, Taissa Farmiga, Greg Kinnear, Luke Kirby, Sanaa Lathan, Rhea Seehorn, Alison Tolman, Jacob Tremblay, Jefferson White, Jonathan Whitesell, Jessica Williams, DeWanda Wise, and Steven Yeun.For a deeper dive into the first few episodes of The Twilight Zone, check out our breakdowns that are listed below.The Twilight Zone Episode BreakdownsEpisode 1 "The Comedian" Easter Eggs & BreakdownEpisode 2 "Nightmare at 30,000 Feet" Easter Eggs & BreakdownEpisode 3 "Replay" Easter Eggs & BreakdownEpisode 4 "A Traveler" Easter Eggs & BreakdownEpisode 5 "Wunderkind" Easter Eggs & BreakdownNew episodes of The Twilight Zone air on CBS All Access on Thursdays. Disclosure: GameSpot is owned by CBS.Info from Gamespot.com

As Golden Week kicks off in Japan, marking a week-long vacation for many Japanese workers, the rest of us can enjoy a huge wave of deals that celebrate the long history of iconic Japanese-made games. If you're a PlayStation owner, be sure to hit up PSN's Golden Week sale, which has more than 500 PS4, PS3, PS Vita, and PSP games and DLC discounted until May 7. While Microsoft hasn't posted a Golden Week sale, PC gamers are in luck, as Steam just launched its own sale on thousands of PC games and DLC, which ends May 6 at 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET.A ton of classic Japanese-developed series are represented in Steam's Golden Week sale, from Dark Souls and Devil May Cry to Final Fantasy, Street Fighter, and Resident Evil. Some great games are discounted, including Resident Evil 2 for $39.59, Nier: Automata for $30, Nioh: Complete Edition for $25, and Dark Souls III's Deluxe Edition for just over $21. Quite a few fighting games are discounted--Dragon Ball FighterZ is down to just $15, Jump Force is available for $36, and Street Fighter V is only $8.Other notable deals include Ni no Kuni II for $20.39, The Missing: J.J. Macfield and the Island of Memories for $19.79, Final Fantasy XV for $15, and Monster Hunter: World for $39.59.SHOP STEAM'S GOLDEN WEEK PC GAME DEALS »There are literally thousands of discounted games to browse through, so check out some of our picks below.428: Shibuya Scramble -- $15Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown -- $40.19Chrono Trigger -- $7.49Corpse Party -- $9.74Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc -- $8Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair -- $8Dark Souls III - Deluxe Edition -- $21.24Dark Souls Remastered -- $30Devil May Cry HD Collection -- $19.79Disgaea 5 Complete -- $30DmC: Devil May Cry -- $7.49Dragon Ball FighterZ -- $15Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age -- $30Final Fantasy VIII -- $6Final Fantasy XV -- $15God Eater 2: Rage Burst -- $12.49Go Go Nippon! -- $3Jump Force -- $36Lost Planet: Extreme Condition -- $3The Legends of Heroes: Trails in the Sky -- $10Marvel vs. Capcom Infinite - Deluxe Edition -- $18Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance -- $12The Missing: J.J. Macfield and the Island of Memories -- $19.79Monster Hunter: World -- $39.59Nier: Automata -- $30Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom -- $20.39Nioh - Complete Edition -- $25Okami HD -- $13OneShot -- $6Resident Evil 2 -- $39.59Resident Evil 2 - Deluxe Edition -- $52.49Resident Evil 7: Biohazard -- $15Sonic Adventure 2 -- $2.49Sonic Mania -- $6.79Spore -- $5Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection -- $26Street Fighter V -- $8 Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition -- $20Tales of Berseria -- $12.49Tales of Symphonia -- $5Tales of Vesperia - Definitive Edition -- $33.49Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 -- $7.49Yomawari: Night Alone -- $8Zero Escape: Zero Time Dilemma -- $10Info from Gamespot.com

Season 9 of Fortnite is quickly approaching, but Epic Games still has at least one more update in store for the hit battle royale title before Season 8 officially wraps up. The developer hasn't yet announced when the update will go live, but we've now gotten an early look at a new item it'll presumably introduce.Fortnite's in-game News feed has begun advertising a new item called the Shadow Bomb. The grenade is listed in the feed as "coming soon," suggesting it'll presumably arrive as part of this week's update, as Epic likes to tease new weapons and items ahead of its weekly patches. Little info about the item was revealed, but the accompany description reads, "Stealth and utility make for a surprise."Epic has been adding new weapons and items to Fortnite on a near-weekly basis, although last week's 8.50 update didn't introduce anything to the game's arsenal. Instead, that patch marked the start of Fortnite's Avengers: Endgame crossover event, which encompasses a new Endgame limited-time mode with its own assortment of challenges to complete and Avengers-inspired rewards to unlock.The Endgame LTM divides players up into two teams: those aligned with Thanos and the Chitauri, and the heroes who must stop them. Players on Team Thanos will need to score the island for the Infinity Stones to power up the Mad Titan, while the heroes will need to follow treasure maps to find the Avengers' iconic weapons, including Thor's hammer and Captain America's shield. The event will run through the end of Season 8.With Season 9 just around the corner, some unusual events have begun unfolding in Fortnite. Recently, players have discovered a series of mysterious runes around the game's map, which have been slotting into an alien vault beneath Loot Lake. After the fourth rune was inserted this past weekend, however, plumes of smoke began emerging from the volcano, suggesting an eruption may be imminent.What this means remains anyone's guess at this point, but with Season 9 only a few days away, we likely won't need to wait too long to find out. In the meantime, you can still complete any remaining Season 8 challenges and unlock the last few Battle Pass rewards. If you need help doing that, we've put together tips and guides in our complete Season 8 challenges roundup.Info from Gamespot.com

We now live in a post-Avengers: Endgame world, which is a weird thought. A decade of storytelling all led up to one massive final chapter, and now it's just out there for the world to experience. With Endgame in theaters and destroying box office records, there's plenty to discuss. This will be your one and only warning: The following contains major spoilers for Avengers: Endgame. If you haven't seen the movie, please stop reading now.Avengers: Endgame isn't a perfect movie. In fact, it's far from it. There's plenty of criticism for the film going around, from the way it treats Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson) to how it concludes Captain America's (Chris Evans) story. And all of that criticism is valid. I see these same issues and wish they were handled so much better. As fans of this franchise, viewers watched a decade of films and came to care about these characters in major ways.That said, there is one aspect of Endgame that is handled perfectly, and it's one of the most important pieces of the Marvel Cinematic Universe puzzle. When it comes time to finally rid the galaxy of Thanos (Josh Brolin) with one final snap of an Infinity Gauntlet, it doesn't come from the radioactive Hulk (Mark Ruffalo), the super soldier Steve Rogers, or the god of thunder Thor (Chris Hemsworth). Instead, it comes from the man that started it all, Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.).Tony being the one to ultimately defeat Thanos is not only the right call, but it's the only one that makes sense. Since Iron Man hit theaters in 2008, Tony has been the center of this superhero universe. He may be sarcastic, egotistical, and kind of a dick most of the time, but he's also been the most relatable character throughout the majority of the franchise.Throughout the first 10 years of the MCU, audiences have gone through an emotional rollercoaster of a journey with Tony, as he experienced the highs and lows of choosing to become a superhero. In the aftermath of his kidnapping in the first Iron Man film, Tony gave his life over to the cause of being encased in armor as he fought villains from this planet and others.Sure, being a superhero fed into his ego, but along the way, we also saw how it nearly destroyed him on a regular basis. At the climax of Marvel's Avengers, Tony went into a wormhole and saw a corner of distant space that his brain could barely comprehend. The knowledge of how helpless he and Earth could be in the face of threats from throughout the galaxy drove the character forward in a heartbreaking way.Iron Man 3, which is wildly underrated as a character piece, showed the aftermath of Avengers 1 in ways no other MCU movie did. While Thor: The Dark World and Captain America: The Winter Soldier continued to expand the larger story of the MCU, Iron Man 3 provided a window into Tony's mind. After everything he'd experienced, Iron Man was suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder and experiencing anxiety attacks. In the wake of this, Tony lost much of his confidence and could have easily given up, if not for those that cared for him--namely Pepper (Gwyneth Paltrow), Happy (Jon Favreau), and a kid he befriended named Harley (Ty Simpkins). This was arguably the most human we'd seen any of the Avengers until that point, and it's exactly what the franchise needed.Then, in Captain America: Civil War, Tony's humanity was even more evident. The loss of a parent is something that everyone will handle differently. For Tony, being confronted with devastating new information about the years-old death of his parents is a type of pain we had never seen him have to process before. It drove a wedge between him and Steve when Tony wanted to kill Bucky (Sebastian Stan). "He killed my mom," Tony told Cap. In that, it was hard not to understand Tony's grief.In the end, of course, he didn't kill Bucky. However, the friendship between Tony and Steve was over--for a while, at least. Which, of course, brings us to Avengers: Endgame and the perfect superhero ending--and one that was earned by Tony."You can rest now."First, we're confronted once again with just how fragile the human mind can be. Upon his return to Earth, Tony lashes out at his former friend, calling Steve a liar. Cap always said when the Avengers lost, they'd do it side-by-side. But when the loss actually happened, Tony was alone on Titan. He watched Spider-Man, the teenager he'd become a mentor and father figure to, turn to ash--and Steve Rogers, the man who told Tony he'd always be there for him, was nowhere in sight. It doesn't matter to Tony that Cap was knee-deep in fighting his own battle against Thanos in Wakanda. Tony is convinced that together, they could have handled the Mad Titan's threat. Instead, separated, they were defeated, and Tony looked death in the eye as he floated aimlessly through space with his oxygen running out.Tony's rage toward Cap shows how the character has changed over the years. In the past, he was driven by logic and his own intelligence. Now, after everything he's been through, Tony's lashing out at Steve is illogical and based solely on emotion. He felt abandoned by the man he once called a friend, and it's understandable why he'd feel that way.Time heals all wounds, though. And for Tony, that time also gave him the thing he'd been missing since his parents died. Tony Stark got a family, and with it, a new purpose. Marrying Pepper and having a child reframed who Tony was at his core. Suddenly, saving the world and being a superhero wasn't the most important thing. While the fate of the world was still a major concern, making sure his family remains intact became his top priority. Thus, when he decided to get back into the game as Iron Man one last time, it was with the warning that he was unwilling to throw away what he'd gained in the five years since Thanos snapped away half of the universe.You can't blame him for that. Protecting your family is the most human emotion one could possibly have. And, in the end, it didn't stop Tony from doing what was right for the world at large. When it came down to the final battle with Thanos, Tony was willing to confront his own mortality and snap his own fingers with an Infinity Gauntlet, knowing full well it was something he had little chance of surviving.It was a full-circle moment for the character, who had come so far from being a weapons manufacturer without a care in the world in the first Iron Man film. In the first Avengers movie, Steve had some harsh words for Tony, who he believed was only there because of his super suit. "I know guys with none of that worth 10 of you," he told Tony. "And I've seen the footage. The only thing you really fight for is yourself. You're not the guy to make the sacrifice play--to lay down on a wire and let the other guy crawl over you."Tony proved time and again that he was the guy willing to sacrifice. And in Endgame, he did it one final time, allowing the character of Tony Stark to have a nearly perfect superhero ending--and, honestly, the only one that could possibly work for the character. Early on in Endgame, Tony considers not putting the time travel technology he'd created to use, while Pepper reminds him that if he didn't join in the fight to save the humanity that was lost, he'd never be able to rest.This is a character who has tried time and again over the last decade of MCU films to make the world a better place, though his methods were often flawed. He still never gave up. Even if he desperately wanted to, in the end, he just couldn't give up the fight. He couldn't rest knowing there was something he could do to keep his family and the world safe.When Steve tells him in Civil War, "If I see a situation pointed south, I can't ignore it. Sometimes, I wish I could." That's a statement just as true--if not truer--for Tony by the end of his arc. In the end, he gives his life to save the world, not as Iron Man--despite his final words--but as Tony Stark. With that, Pepper tells him, "You can rest now." His mission is complete. And his funeral brings his presence in the MCU full circle. Tony was the beginning of the Infinity Saga, and now he's the end.Of course, it's by his wife and child, the Avengers and assorted superheroes. More telling, though, is the presence of Harley. The little boy Tony met and befriended in Iron Man 3 is nearly an adult now and including him in the group attending the funeral really shows drives home how important Tony Stark was to the world, whether he was wearing his Iron Man armor or not.Info from Gamespot.com

For all its Easter Eggs and call backs, for all it managed to do with Tony Stark, one of the most memorable and satisfying moments of Avengers: Endgame came at the hands of fan favorite character Captain America, who, just as the battle against Thanos looked its bleakest for Thor, saved the day--by wielding Thor's original hammer, Mjolnir.Now, there are a lot of reasons that this moment is extremely cool--c'mon, it's Captain America swinging a lightning-powered warhammer around, what's not to love?--but it actually becomes even more interesting if you take a look at just what picking up a weapon like Mjolnir actually means in the context of Marvel history.Let's break it down.What's Mjolnir's deal? Isn't it gone?It hasn't come up in the MCU for a while, but Mjolnir actually has an inscription. It goes like this: "Whosoever holds this hammer, if he be worthy, shall possess the power of Thor." If you think all the way back to the very first Thor movie, this part was pretty critical--Thor was stripped of his "worthiness" by Odin and cast out, leaving Mjolnir stuck in a crater on Earth with Thor unable to lift it. Of course, he eventually learned a valuable life lesson about his hubris and ego and was able to pick it up again--yay! Then, later, the "worthiness" drum was beaten again when, in Avengers: Age Of Ultron, it was played for a bit of a party trick. After the Avengers took turns trying to lift it from a coffee table, Steve was able to make it wiggle the slightest bit. At the end of the movie, it comes back as another gag with Steve, Thor, and Tony debating what would happen if you put Mjolnir in an elevator."Elevator's not worthy," Steve says, shaking his head.The conversation was prompted after Vision, a synthetic humanoid built out of Ultron's AI, Tony's AI butler Jarvis, and the Mind Stone, was able to pick up Mjolnir during the final confrontation with Ultron himself. The ins and outs of Vision's whole deal vis-a-vis worthiness aren't really examined too thoroughly, but the implications are there. Not only is Vision a new, and therefore wholly "untainted" creation, he's also born of one of the universe's most powerful artifacts--a potent combination.Since then, however, Mjolnir's symbolism and place in the MCU has shifted dramatically. With Thor: Ragnarok, we saw Hela destroy the hammer altogether, sending Thor into a crisis. Eventually, he realized that his power--his worthiness--didn't come from the hammer itself at all. "Are you Thor, god of Hammers?" Odin asked. Of course not--and we have a whole fight montage set to Led Zepplin to prove it. Later, in Infinity War, he's given a new, better weapon, an ax named Stormbreaker with no worthiness clause attached.Here in Endgame there's a bit of an abrupt pivot. During the whole time travel adventure heist, an extremely downtrodden and depressed Thor visits the Asgard of 2013, talks with his mom before she dies, and summons the Mjolnir from 2013 into his hand. This delights him because it means, after everything, he's still "worthy," something he couldn't test with Stormbreaker.So Mjolnir--albeit a temporally displaced Mjolnir--is back in play in time for the final fight against Thanos.What does it mean to be "worthy?"As far as esoteric comic book things are concerned, "worthiness" and Mjolnir is up there with the Infinity Stones in terms of being, uh, fluid to say the least. In the MCU, worthiness tends to be defined through Thor's selfishness or lack thereof--or at least by what Odin thinks is Thor's selfishness or lack thereof. After overcoming that first brush with unworthiness, Thor does just fine--even when he's behaving extremely brashly--which makes a reliable barometer for the MCU's take on the concept pretty difficult to craft.The comics, however, have it a little bit easier. Very recently, Thor was rendered unworthy by an omnipotent Nick Fury (don't ask) who simply whispered these three words: "Gor was right." Gor, a villain known as "The God Butcher," had been one of Thor's newer enemies. He was an alien who made it his life's work to exterminate all "gods" in space. Gor's mission stemmed from his belief that all gods were petty, useless, and selfish creatures who deluded themselves into believing they were above mere mortals. During a fight, he told Thor just that: "You know I'm right. That's why you fight so hard. Why you try so desperately to seem noble."At the time, Gor's words did nothing but make Thor more angry--and fueled him to ultimately take Gor down--but it definitely got a little under his skin. The confirmation from a man who, at the time, was literally all seeing and all knowing, was enough to completely shatter Thor's self confidence and render him unworthy of his own weapon.So what does that tell us? There are a couple ways to slice it, but the easier of them is that worthiness directly ties into belief in one's self more than any lack of arrogance or hubris. You can be a pretty cocky guy, at the end of the day, but if you truly believe in what you're doing, and are completely free of doubt, you'll probably be worthy.Steve's had experiences with Mjolnir in the comics as well to really drive that idea home. The most recent was actually pretty bleak and involved an incarnation of Steve who had had his backstory cosmically re-written (comics!) to be a HYDRA agent. This evil Steve was a ruthlessly loyal HYDRA zealot who was able to pick up the hammer because--again--Mjolnir isn't really looking to judge whether a person's intentions are good or bad; it's only looking for absolute confidence of self.So, what does that mean for that Endgame scene?Steve tossing Mjolnir around like a champ in the final battle against Thanos is not only just a smorgasbord of fantastic visuals for any MCU fan, it's also a fun little wink to fans who have never stopped thinking about that scene in Age of Ultron. Because of the MCU's lack of clarity on Mjolnir's specific rules, it's difficult to surmise whether or not it actually says anything about Steve's character--though certainly if you prescribe the comics logic, it says he is absolutely confident that he's in the right in that moment--and who can blame him?Sure, if you think too hard about it, it gets a bit confusing. In the comics, Mjolnir is the conduit not only for Thor's lightning and thunder powers but his entire identity, costume, speech pattern, and all. When a new worthy person picks up Mjolnir, they (sometimes) get a new costume out of the deal and a cool Olde English style accent as part of the package while Thor himself remains an Asgardian with strength and endurance but can't otherwise go around zapping people with lightning or flying. In fact, when other characters pick up Mjolnir in the comics, they typically adopt Thor's name entirely, leaving Thor to go by "Odinson" to prevent confusion.In the MCU, however, all of Thor's abilities exist within him innately, essentially meaning there can be two Thor-powered people running around at the same time. Thor's own magic is no longer beholden to the hammer at all. It's really just a very cool weapons upgrade with an extremely high level requirement--one that Steve finally hit after around a decade's worth of work.Does it make a ton of sense? Not really. But in the comics, a frog and a horse-monster-alien regularly toss around versions of Mjolnir like its nothing while Thor's still kicking, so we're more than happy to write them a pass on this one for the sake of an extremely cool fight scene.Info from Gamespot.com

For the second year running, Pokemon Go developer Niantic teamed up with Playmob to host a series of Earth Day cleanup events during the month of April. The initiative turned out to be a big success; according to Niantic, more than 14,800 people participated in these events, and as thanks, the developer has rolled out a batch of exciting rewards for a limited time in the Pokemon mobile game.From now until May 2, Ground-type Pokemon such as Diglett, Sandshrew, and others will appear in the wild more frequently than normal. On top of that, players will have a chance of finding a Shiny Diglett, marking the first time it has been available in the mobile game.Rounding out the Earth Day rewards, players will receive two times the normal amount of Candy and Stardust each time they capture Pokemon. Finally, the Legendary Ground Pokemon Groudon will also appear as a Raid boss again until May 2. You can see the full list of rewards on Niantic's website.In addition to the Earth Day rewards, Niantic recently announced that a new set of Field Research tasks are coming soon to Pokemon Go. The tasks will go live beginning May 1 and will be available through the end of June. Moreover, each time you achieve a Research Breakthrough during that time frame, you'll encounter one of the following Legendary Pokemon: Ho-Oh, Lugia, Latios, or Latias.Shiny Meltan has also returned to Pokemon Go for a limited time. Meanwhile, the game's next Community Day event is scheduled to take place on Sunday, May 19. The featured Pokemon this month will be the Gen 3 starter, Torchic, and players will be able to earn triple the normal amount of Stardust for catching Pokemon.Info from Gamespot.com

Besides access to online multiplayer and exclusive game discounts, another perk Xbox Live Gold members enjoy is free monthly games for Xbox One and Xbox 360--and the latest freebies for May 2019 have just been announced. Gold members, here are the titles you can download and keep for free next month:Available May 1: Kicking things off is Marooners, a hectic party game with local or online co-op where you and your friends play as quirky Marooners. You'll be dropped into intense minigames, where you can pull some shenanigans and pester each other as you compete (and even haunt each other after you die). You can grab Marooners on Xbox One. Then there's Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon, an EDF spin-off where you take down waves of deadly aliens and giant insects invading Earth. The third-person shooter includes over 300 weapons, jetpacks, and tactical armor, and thanks to backwards compatibility, you can play it on both Xbox One and Xbox 360.Available May 16: Spring is officially here, but if you can't make it out to the links, pick up The Gold Club 2019 midway through the month. Available on Xbox One, The Golf Club 2019 features the new PGA Tour Career Mode that lets you play on famous real-world courses and participate in PGA Tour events like the John Deere Classic. Finally, there's Comic Jumper, our second Xbox 360/Xbox One game that follows the adventures of Captain Smiley, a failed comic book character who jumps into other comics to explore why they're so popular. Gameplay involves defeating enemies and platforming as Captain Smiley makes his way through various genres, his design and weaponry changing throughout to match each comic's aesthetic.Xbox Live Games with Gold for May 2019Marooners (Xbox One) -- May 1 - 31Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon (Xbox One, Xbox 360) -- May 1 - 15The Golf Club 2019 (Xbox One) -- May 16 - June 15Comic Jumper (Xbox One, Xbox 360) -- May 16 - 31Xbox Live Games with Gold for April 2019Last chance to grab The Technomancer and Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter 2 from last month's batch of games! You'll have another two weeks to download Outcast: Second Contact if you want it.The Technomancer (Xbox One) -- April 1 - 30Outcast: Second Contact (Xbox One) -- April 16 - May 15Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter 2 (Xbox One, Xbox 360) -- April 16 - 30Not an Xbox Live Gold member? Get a one-month subscription for only $1 »Info from Gamespot.com

Avengers: Endgame has destroyed box office records since its premiere, and there's plenty to talk about when it comes to the movie--including what and who was originally planned to appear but ultimately didn't make the final cut. If it isn't clear already, let this be your final warning: the following article contains spoilers.The final chapter to the Infinity War saga and second to last film for the third phase of the MCU, Endgame does plenty right. Unfortunately it gets some wrong too. Endgame ends Tony Stark's story in the best way, but the movie doesn't quite honor the legacy of Natasha Romanoff or Steve Rogers. Not all of these plot points played out as they were originally planned, however. In an interview with The New York Times, Endgame screenwriters Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely explained how many aspects of the movie were once very different.Banner Was Going To Become Professor Hulk Much EarlierOne of the many surprise changes for one of the original Avengers during Endgame's five year jump is that Bruce Banner discovers a way to unite his mind with Hulk's body. As a result, Banner has access to Hulk's incredible strength without losing his brilliant mind. Although this transformation was always planned for Banner, it was originally scheduled for much earlier."There was a time when Banner became Smart Hulk in [Infinity War]. It was a lot of fun, but it came at the wrong moment. It was an up, right when everyone else was down," Markus said. "It happened in Wakanda," McFeely continued. "His arc was designed like, I'm not getting along with the Hulk, the Hulk won't come out. And then they compromise and become Smart Hulk."The Team Wasn't Going To Time Travel To The Battle Of New YorkDuring the time heist, a group of the team travels to the Battle of New York, which takes place in 2012's Avengers. The team chooses this moment because three of the Infinity Stones are present in the battle. However, there is another point in the MCU where more than one Infinity Stone shows up, and originally that was going to be the focus of Endgame's time heist."In the first draft, we didn't go back to the [original] Avengers movie," McFeely said. "We went back to Asgard. But there's a moment in the MCU, if you're paying very close attention, where the Aether is there and the Tesseract is in the vault. In that iteration, we were interested in Tony going to Asgard. He had a stealth suit, so he was invisible, and he fought Heimdall, who could see him."The original plan was to also give Thor several long scenes with Jane Foster in Asgard. In Endgame, the two former lovers never interact, with Thor chickening out upon seeing her. This massive journey to Asgard would have changed up the composition of the designated teams for each of the other missions as well, resulting in entirely different time periods during the heist. "They went to the Triskelion at one point to get the [Tesseract], and then somebody was going to get into a car and drive to Doctor Strange's house," Markus said.No Alexander Pierce CameoDuring the time heist, we discover what transpired in the immediate aftermath of the Avengers' victory over Loki during the Battle of New York, prior to the team splitting up and going their separate ways. Turns out Tony Stark and Thor were stopped from exiting Stark Tower by Head of SHIELD and undercover HYDRA operative Alexander Pierce. Pierce tries to take the Tesseract away from Tony and Thor, which the two Avengers refuse to give up. Pierce's role was always going to be filled by one of SHIELD's leaders, but in previous versions of the script the possible characters had less villainous motives."That was one where we thought, should it be Nick Fury? We also wrote a version for Maria Hill," McFeely said.The Final Battle Would Have Paused For Strategy DiscussionThe final battle against Thanos sees Captain American, Iron Man, and Thor joined by every friend they've made as well as the allies of said friends. It's a massive spectacle, and one that originally was going to pause for the heroes to discuss strategy."It didn't play well, but we had a scene in a trench where, for reasons, the battle got paused for about three minutes and now there's 18 people all going, 'What are we going to do?' 'I'm going to do this.' 'I'm going to do this.' Just bouncing around this completely fake, fraudulent scene," McFeely said. "When you have that many people, it invariably is, one line, one line, one line. And that’s not a natural conversation."The Final Battle Had A Few More HeroesSpeaking of said battle, there was a plan to have more heroes take part in it. The MCU's version of the Avengers replaces founders Hank Pym (Ant-Man) and Janet van Dyne (Wasp) with Hawkeye and Black Widow. However, both Hank and Janet did make their way into the MCU eventually, and Endgame's screenwriters did consider having both suit up to join Iron Man, Captain America, Hulk, and Thor in the final battle."There were moments, as they brought everybody back, where we're like, technically, Michael Douglas and Michelle Pfeiffer have [Ant-Man] suits," Markus said. "Do we bring them back? It became impossible to track the people we did bring back, but also, it's just going to be an orgy."Black Widow Didn't Die To Retrieve The Soul StoneIn a scene everyone knew was coming the second it was revealed Clint Barton and Natasha Romanoff were headed to retrieve the Soul Stone, the two fight over who will sacrifice themselves in order to earn their prize so the other doesn't have to. For a second, it almost looks as if Clint successfully immobilizes Natasha before leaping to his death, but the former spy turned Avenger is able to outsmart her teammate and maneuver into a position where she's the one sacrificed. Originally, there was a time when things were supposed to go the opposite way."Jen Underdahl, our visual effects producer, read an outline or draft where Hawkeye goes over," McFeely said. "And she goes, 'Don't you take this away from her.' I actually get emotional thinking about it."Info from Gamespot.com

The final chapter of the Marvel Cinematic Universe's Infinity Saga has arrived, and with it, we have so many questions about what happens next. While Avengers: Endgame wraps up many of the MCU's lingering threads, it also leaves room for many more, including something that could have major ramifications on the Disney+ streaming service. Warning: What follows contains major Avengers: Endgame spoilers. Read at your own risk.When Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.), Captain America (Chris Evans), Hulk (Mark Ruffalo), and Ant-Man (Paul Rudd) travel back in time to New York City in 2012--during the final showdown of the first Avengers film--something very interesting happens. While trying not to screw up the timeline, they accidentally let the 2012 version of Loki (Tom Hiddleston) get his hands on the Tesseract--which houses the Space Stone--and disappear into a portal with it.While Tony and Cap solve the problem of getting their hands on the Space Stone by, instead, going even further back in time, neither of them seem to care much that Loki got his hands on the stone in their timeline and disappeared. Using Endgame's own flawed time travel logic, that should create a branching timeline and a new--and likely very bad--series of events.After all, this isn't the Loki you couldn't help but love from Thor: Ragnarok and Avengers: Infinity War. This is the absolutely awful and vile Loki that nearly brought about the destruction of Earth in Marvel's Avengers. This Loki is the worst, plain and simple, and him having possession of the Tesseract it bad news, regardless of the timeline. And yet, as far as we know, Tony, Steve, and Scott didn't even bother to tell anyone what happened.So what happens now?The future of the MCU remains a giant question mark after Endgame. We know Spider-Man: Far From Home is out soon and a number of Phase 4 movies--from Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 to a Black Widow standalone film to Black Panther 2--are all expected eventually. But what about Loki and the Tesseract?This may be where the upcoming Disney+ streaming service comes into play. It was previously revealed that among the MCU shows coming to Disney+ was a series starring Hiddleston as Loki. However, after Endgame, the god of mischief is still very dead in present day after being killed by Thanos (Josh Brolin). So how will he appear in his own show?We may already know the answer. The Hollywood Reporter, citing a source, claimed the show will follow Loki as he revisits events in human history and acts as an "unlikely influencer." Does this mean we're getting an evil Loki going around and further screwing up human history? While the Space Stone allows him to teleport, it doesn't make him able to travel through time. That said, Avengers: Endgame is loaded with time travel, for better or worse, which means finding a way to jump around in human history is a distinct possibility.Are fans going to love a show where evil Loki just screws things up left and right, though? It's always possible the show will find a way to make him good, but it's hard to see this version of Loki as a hero.Whatever the case, it should be interesting to see where Marvel Studios takes Loki in his standalone show. The important thing is that Hiddleston isn't done playing the character just yet, which is very exciting.Info from Gamespot.com

At the start of April, 343 Industries announced that it hoped it might be able to release Halo: The Master Chief Collection's first PC beta test during the month. But now it turns out that's not going to happen.Community director Brian Jarrard said on Twitter that the team had to delay the first beta test, or "flight" in the Halo parlance, due in part to the complexity of the project. Here's his full statement:Well this tweet didn't age well. Hey, this project is complex, and being transparent means sometimes things change vs. what we originally hoped. Work continues but the first public flights are pushing out further than originally targeted. Will share more info soon! https://t.co/aSCB37ZxD2 — Brian Jarrard (@ske7ch) April 29, 2019The delay is a bummer, especially because fans have been waiting so long for Halo: The Master Chief Collection to come to PC, but it's refreshing to hear 343 speak so openly about the development process. There is no word yet as to when the first flights will be available, but Jarrard added that a more in-depth blog post is coming this week with answers.Halo: The Master Chief Collection is coming to PC in stages, beginning with Halo: Reach (which is also releasing for Xbox One) and continuing chronologically from there--Halo: CE, Halo 2, Halo 3, and then Halo 4. The titles will be released on PC through betas with the aim of testing each title with a limited group of people first before rolling out publicly for everyone. You can sign up for the free Halo Insider program here for a chance to try out the games early.Each title within the Halo: The Master Chief Collection on PC will be sold individually, but the "flights" are free, if you get in. And in a big change for the series, Halo: The Master Chief Collection will be available through Steam.Halo: The Master Chief Collection originally launched in November 2014 for Xbox One. It faced serious and significant server issues at launch that made the title basically unplayable for some. Microsoft improved the experience significantly over time, and today the title is mostly stable and highly populated with players thanks in part to its inclusion with Xbox Game Pass.The next Halo game, Halo Infinite, is in the works for PC and Xbox One. It's supposedly going to be featured during Microsoft's E3 2019 briefing in June. Info from Gamespot.com