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Pre-Order Your Own Skryrim Dragonborn Helmet Today at IGN Store!

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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is one of the biggest RPGs out there. While there are many iconic items and locations in the game, perhaps none comes close to the Dragonborn Helmet worn by your character. For a limited time at IGN Store, you can pre-order this brand new Dragonborn Helmet Replica from Fanattik. If you’re a huge fan of Skyrim or just looking for a new item for your gaming collection, the Dragonborn Helmet is the perfect choice!

Pre-Order The Elder Scrolls V: Skryrim Dragonborn Helmet Today at IGN Store

Fanattik is no stranger to the worlds of collectibles and replicas, with many items available at IGN Store. This Dragonborn Helmet Replica is a limited edition product, with only 5,000 units available worldwide. With The Elder Scrolls as big as it is, it’s likely that this item will sell out quickly. For many Skyrim fans, this Dragonborn Helmet should be quite familiar, as it is used by the protagonist of the game.

Thanks to the hand-painted work, there are a ton of details all over the helmet, so you can expect even details like rust to appear on this premium product. There’s a built-in stand included in the box, so you won’t have to worry about finding a way to display the helmet.

Currently, this Skyrim Dragonborn Helmet Replica is set to ship out in September 2025. Don’t miss your chance to take home this limited edition collector’s item!

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Astro Bot Cut Content Included a Bird Flight Level and a Headless Astro

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Astro Bot fans have all heard the story of the creation of the sponge power-up, but did you know developer Team Asobi also prototyped even wackier powers, like a coffee grinder and a roulette wheel?

We didn’t, until IGN attended GDC 2025, where Team Asobi studio director Nicolas Doucet gave a talk simply titled, “The Making of ‘ASTRO BOT'”. In his talk, Doucet went in-depth on the process of creating the PlayStation mascot platformer, including showing off a number of early prototype images and cut content.

Doucet began his talk by talking about the initial pitch for Astro Bot, which was written in May 2021, just a few months after Team Asobi began prototyping it. According to him, there were 23 different revisions of the pitch before it was shown to top management. Their pitch was apparently initially given as an adorable comic strip showing off the main pillars and activities of the game. Clearly, it was a success.

Next, Doucet explained how the team generated ideas. The answer, unshockingly, is a lot of brainstorming, but what Team Asobi did was form small groups of 5-6 people that mix individuals from different disciplines together. Everyone wrote or drew ideas on individual sticky notes, leading to this absolutely incredible brainstorming board image:

Not every idea made it to the next phase, prototyping, Doucet said. In fact, only around 10% of their brainstorms actually got made. But that was still a lot of prototyping. Doucet went on to talk about the importance of prototyping all sorts of things, explaining that everyone on the team was encouraged to prototype ideas they had. This included departments outside of game design, such as an example where audio designers made a theater inside Astro Bot to prototype haptic controller vibrations that corresponded to different sound effects, such as the different ways a door can open and close.

Prototyping was so important to the Astro Bot team, Doucet said, that a few programmers on the team were reserved to prototype things that had nothing to do with platforming. That’s where Astro Bot’s sponge mechanic came from – they prototyped a sponge that squeezed dry using the adaptive trigger, it was fun, and it became a part of the game.

Doucet shared the above image, which included a number of such prototypes that were made, but never turned into Astro Bot mechanics, alongside those that did. You can see the balloon and sponge, which were used, alongside prototypes of what looks like a tennis game, a little walking wind-up toy, a roulette wheel, a coffee grinder, and several more.

Later in the talk, Doucet also discussed how levels were selected and designed around certain mechanics. The goal, he said, was for every level to have unique gameplay of some kind and never feel too similar to another level. While that doesn’t mean that Astro Bot could never use the same power-up on more than one level, Doucet said that the expression of it had to be different enough each time to make the level feel unique. For instance, he showed some images of a cut level themed around bird flights that was cut due to reusing Astro Bot’s monkey power-up in ways that were a bit too similar to the level Go-Go Archipelago, as well as another level in Astro’s Playroom that had a similar power.

“In the end, it was decided that the overlap was not healthy enough to create variety, and we just cut this level entirely,” he said. “We’ll never know if that level would have been popular. But in hindsight, I think it’s a good thing that we got to spend that time elsewhere.”

Finally Doucet closed the talk by talking about the game’s final scene, and yes, this is Spoilers if you haven’t finished Astro Bot yet. Read on at your own risk.

In the final scene of Astro Bot, the player reassembles a broken Astro Bot using limbs and assistance from the other gathered bots. According to Doucet, originally the player was just handed a completely dismembered Astro. No head, no limbs, just the torso. But Doucet said that this made some people “really upset”, so they went with the slightly more intact version we see in the existing game.

Doucet’s talk included a number of other interesting nuggets and tidbits about the development of Astro Bot. We’ve spoken to him in the past multiple times about the development of Astro Bot, a game that we gave a 9/10 in our review, calling it “A fantastically inventive platformer in its own right, Astro Bot is particularly special for anyone with a place in their heart for PlayStation.”

Rebekah Valentine is a senior reporter for IGN. You can find her posting on BlueSky @duckvalentine.bsky.social. Got a story tip? Send it to rvalentine@ign.com.

The Alienware Aurora R16 RTX 5080 Gaming PC Is Available Starting at $2,399

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Starting today, Dell is offering an Alienware Aurora R16 gaming PC equipped with the new GeForce RTX 5080 GPU for just $2,399.99 shipped. This is one of the best prices you can get right now for an RTX 5080 equipped prebuilt, especially since most other brands seem to be jacking up prices steadily since the RTX 50 series launch in January. The only other prebuilt you can get at Dell with an RTX 5080 GPU costs over $4,000. Good luck trying to find a standalone GPU to build out your own DIY PC; you’ll probably spend as much for the GPU as you would this entire system.

Update: Just like everyone else, Dell has also been hit by tariffs. WIth the stock situation of the Blackwell cards not looking any better, prices on Alienware gaming desktops with RTX 50 series GPUs are expected to go up in the near future.

Alienware Aurora R16 RTX 5080 Gaming PC for $2,400

This Alienware Aurora R16 gaming PC is equipped with an Intel Core Ultra 7 265F CPU, GeForce RTX 5080 GPU, 16GB of DDR5-5200MHz RAM, and a 1TB NVMe SSD. The current-gen Intel Core Ultra 7 265F Meteor Lake CPU boasts a max turbo frequency of 5.3GHz with 20 cores and a 30MB cache. It’s cooled by a robust 240mm all-in-one liquid cooler and the entire system is powered by a generously equipped 1,000W 80PLUS Platinum power supply.

The RTX 5080 is one of three new Blackwell graphics cards that are out (and impossible to find). In our Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 FE review, Jackie writes that “If you already have a high-end graphics card from the last couple of years, the Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 doesn’t make a lot of sense – it just doesn’t have much of a performance lead over the RTX 4080, though the extra frames from DLSS 4 Multi-Frame Generation do make things look better in games that support it. However, for gamers with an older graphics card who want a significant performance boost, the RTX 5080 absolutely provides – doubly so if you’re comfortable with Nvidia’s AI goodies.”

RTX 5080 and 5090 GPUs Are Sold Out Everywhere

The first wave of Nvidia GeForce RTX 50-series graphics cards went up for preorder and sold out within the first hour. First to be released were the two highest-end GPUs in the stack: the RTX 5090 and RTX 5080. The RTX 5070 Ti followed shortly after in February. Sadly, the same is the case with prebuilt gaming PCs equipped with these new GPUs. We saw a number of systems listed at launch, and at this point these are either out of stock, have gone up in price, or are currently experiencing extended delivery delays.

Check out more of the best Dell and Alienware gaming deals of 2025.

Eric Song is the IGN commerce manager in charge of finding the best gaming and tech deals every day. When Eric isn’t hunting for deals for other people at work, he’s hunting for deals for himself during his free time.

The New Dell Tower Plus Gaming PC with GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super GPU Drops to $1,650

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Starting this week, Dell is offering a Dell Tower Plus gaming PC equipped with a GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super graphics card for only $1,649.99 with free shipping. This PC can comfortably run games at up to 4K resolution, and it’s considerably less expensive than a RTX 5070 Ti prebuilt, which would cost you well over $2,000 no matter where you buy it from.

Dell Tower Plus RTX 4070 Ti Super Gaming PC for $1,649.99

The Dell Tower Plus is equipped with an Intel Core Ultra 7 265 CPU, GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super GPU, 16GB of DDR5-5200MHz RAM, and a 1TB M.2 SSD. The Intel Core Ultra 7 265 processor has a max turbo frequency of 5.3GHz with 20 cores and a 36MB cache. You can choose the more powerful Ultra 7 265K model for an additional $100 and that will automatically upgrade your cooling from “Standard” to “Advanced” air cooling, which features a more robust tower heatsink fan. Skip the Core i9 CPU upgrade, since gaming performace is usually GPU-bound, especially at higher resolutions. The entire system is powered by a 750W 80PLUS Platinum power supply.

The GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super is a great card for gaming at any resolution, from 1080p all the way to 4K. At 1080p and 1440p you’ll be able to achieve 144fps or beyond in most games, so it pairs best with FHD or QHD monitors with high refresh rates. 4K is a much more demanding resolution, but you should still be able to run most games at a consistent 60fps. Compared to the new Blackwell cards, the RTX 4070 Ti Super is significantly more powerful than the RTX 5070 and only about 10%-15% less powerful than the RTX 5070 Ti. The RTX 4070 Ti Super also has the same amount of VRAM as the RTX 5070 Ti and 5080, although it does use older generation GDDR6 instead of GDDR7.

This costs hundreds less than an RTX 5070 Ti gaming PC

Although the new RTX 5070 Ti GPU might be a bit faster, a prebuilt RTX 5070 Ti gaming PC will run you hundreds more than this deal. Right now, the least expensive gaming PC equipped with an RTX 5070 Ti GPU on Amazon runs for over $2,000, which means you’re going to have to pay an extra $500+ for 10% improved performance.

Eric Song is the IGN commerce manager in charge of finding the best gaming and tech deals every day. When Eric isn’t hunting for deals for other people at work, he’s hunting for deals for himself during his free time.

The Iniu 20,000mAh 22.5W Power Bank Just Dropped to $11.99 on Amazon

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If you’re looking for a larger capacity power bank at an affordable price, then check out this new deal from Amazon. Right now you can get the Iniu 20,000mAh 22.5W Power Bank for only $11.99 after you clip the 50% off coupon on the product page and apply coupon code “UDC86U7K“. A 20,000mAh power bank at this price is uncommon, especially one that can also deliver up to 22.5W of power over USB Type-C (enough to fast charge a Nintendo Switch). Iniu power banks have solid reviews and are less expensive than equivalent Anker models.

Iniu 20,000mAh Power Bank for $11.99

This Iniu power bank boasts a generous 20,000mAh, or 74Whr battery capacity. If you factor in 80% power efficiency, here are the approximate number of times you can fully recharge each gaming handheld or iPhone model:

  • Nintendo Switch (16Whr) about 3.7 times
  • Steam Deck (40Whr) about 1.9 times
  • Asus ROG Ally (40Whr) about 1.9 times
  • Asus ROG Ally X (80Whr) about 1 time
  • Lenovo Legion Go (50Whr) about 1.5 times
  • Apple iPhone 16 (14Whr) about 4.2 times
  • Apple iPhone 16 Plus (18Whr) about 3.3 times

This power bank is equipped with three output ports: one 22.5W USB Type-C port and two USB Type-A ports that support QuickCharge 4. The USB Type-C port can charge Nintendo Switch at its fastest rate, which is 18W. It will also charge the iPhone 16 at nearly its fastest rate (ChargerLAB has shown that the maximum rate caps at 30W for the Pro Max).

You don’t need to worry about being stopped at airports. The 20,000mAh capacity is well below TSA’s 27,000mAh carry-on limit. Iniu provides a 3 year warranty with purchase.

Looking for more options? Check out the best power banks for travel.

Eric Song is the IGN commerce manager in charge of finding the best gaming and tech deals every day. When Eric isn’t hunting for deals for other people at work, he’s hunting for deals for himself during his free time.

Anthony Mackie Says Avengers: Doomsday Will Recapture ‘That Old Marvel Feeling’

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Anthony Mackie believes Avengers: Doomsday – in which he will reprise his role as Sam Wilson/Captain America – is “going to give the audience that old Marvel feeling that they always had.”

While chatting with Mackie today about the upcoming second season of Peacock’s Twisted Metal, I asked the actor when he starts filming Doomsday. “Yeah, man, we’re kicking on down the road, so everybody’s getting excited and we’re getting the band back together,” said Mackie.

“We’re supposed to go out this week and we’ll be out there doing it. Everybody’s excited. I feel with the script and having the Russo brothers back, it’s going to be great.” Mackie added, “I’m really excited for what this project is going to be. It’s going to give the audience that old Marvel feeling that they always had.”

“That old Marvel feeling” is probably exactly what fans are hoping for from Avengers: Doomsday given the lukewarm reactions from both critics and audiences to the MCU’s Phase Five, including Mackie’s own recent outing, Captain America: Brave New World, which underperformed at the box office.

Mackie is the latest Doomsday cast member to go on the record about the upcoming Marvel epic following Ant-Man’s Paul Rudd and Human Torch’s Joseph Quinn.

In addition to Mackie, Rudd and Quinn, the Avengers: Doomsday cast includes Robert Downey Jr. (Doctor Doom), Chris Hemsworth (Thor), Tom Hiddleston (Loki), Vanessa Kirby (Invisible Woman), Pedro Pascal (Mister Fantastic), Ebon Moss-Bachrach (The Thing), Letitia Wright (Shuri / Black Panther), Winston Duke (M’Baku), Tenoch Huerta Mejía (Namor), Simu Liu (Shang-Chi), Danny Ramirez (Joaquin Torres / Falcon), Sebastian Stan (Winter Solder), Wyatt Russell (John Walker / U.S. Agent), Florence Pugh (Yelena Belova), Lewis Pullman (Robert Reynolds / Sentry), David Harbour (Red Guardian), Hannah John-Kamen (Ghost), Kelsey Grammer (Beast), Patrick Stewart (Professor X), Ian McKellen (Magneto), Alan Cumming (Nightcrawler), Rebecca Romijn (Mystique), and James Marsden (Cyclops).

And while that’s certainly an epic lineup of talent, it’s notable which Avengers and X-Men characters are not in Doomsday (well, at least so far) while also begging the question how many minutes of screen time can each Avenger actually get.

For more on Avengers: Doomsday, check out the fan theories produced by a recent set photo leak and the 75 Marvel comics that Doomsday will pull from.

The Disney+, Hulu, Max Bundle Is the Cheapest Way to Watch Both The Last of Us Season 2 and Daredevil: Born Again

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Streaming has gotten expensive. We’re no longer living in the era of subscribing to a single streaming service and getting almost everything. The biggest streamers like Netflix, Disney+, and Max all have exclusive content that you can only watch by subscribing. Realistically, the only way to cut down the cost of your streaming bill each month while still being able to watch your favorite shows is to bundle your services together.

The overall best streaming bundle right now is the Disney+, Hulu, and Max bundle. This option, which starts as low as $16.99 with ads included, combines all three services into one subscription. This saves you quite a bit of money while letting you watch some of the best new shows on streaming: Daredevil: Born Again and The Last of Us Season 2. Here are all of the details you need to know about this bundle in 2025.

How to Get the Disney+/Hulu/Max Bundle

Actually taking advantage of this streaming bundle can be confusing, especially if you already have one or more of these services you’re paying for separately. To help you out, we have this handy guide to switching over to the Disney+, Hulu, Max bundle in 2025 that gives you all of the details on how to save. Here’s a quick rundown of the option available to you depending on your situation:

For New Subscribers

If you don’t currently have a subscription with any of the streaming services in the bundle, signing up is as easy as clicking the link above and signing up for the service.

For Existing Subscribers

If you are currently subscribed to only one of these subscription services, then switching to the bundle is also easy. All you need to do is go to your account settings for that service and choose to upgrade to this bundle. Once that’s done, you will be billed through that service.

If you happen to have separate accounts for Disney+ and Max, then the process gets a little bit more complicated. You will need to choose one service to upgrade to the bundle from while canceling the other service.

Watch Two of the Most Popular Shows This April

Two of the most popular shows of 2025 are now available to stream. Daredevil: Born Again is about to air its season finale and The Last of Us Season 2 has officially begun. If you really want to watch episodes of both of these hit shows this April, the cheapest way to do so is to sign up for the bundle. Both Disney+ Basic and Max Basic subscriptions with ads are currently $9.99 per month each. So if you were to subscribe to both of these separately, yo would be paying about $20 for each service. With the bundle, you’ll save $3 a month while making it easier for you to cancel the service all at once after you’ve finished streaming the new shows. You also get the added benefit of Hulu subscripton as a bonus.

The Last of Us Season 2 – Streaming on Max

The Last of Us Season 2 has started at Max. IGN reviewed the full season of the show before all of the episodes aired, so here is a quick synopsis of what we thought of The Last of Us Season 2 as whole:

Daredevil: Born Again – Streaming on Disney+

Daredevil is back following the end of Netflix’s take on the Marvel series. Daredevil: Born Again started streaming on Disney+ back in March and is headed for its season finale on April 15. For a quick snippet of what to expect from the series, here’s a synopsis of IGN’s Daredevil: Born Again premiere review:

Save $160 Off the Massive LEGO Star Wars Razor Crest Ultimate Collector Series Set

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LEGO enthusiasts, here’s a massive Star Wars set to add your collection at its lowest price ever. Amazon is currently offering the massive LEGO UCS Star Wars The Razor Crest 75331 for only $439.99 with free shipping after a 27% off instant discount (it’s normally $600). This is the best deal so for in 2025 on a coveted Ultimate Collector Series set.

$160 Off LEGO UCS Star Wars The Razor Crest

The Razor Crest 75331 consists of 6,187 pieces, which makes it the third largest Star Wars set in brick count. The resulting build is impressively large at 20″ long, 29″ wide, and 10″ high. This is an offical Ultimate Collector Series – or UCS – set. The UCS models are the largest and most detailed Star Wars sets that LEGO produces and an obvious pick for collectors. They are also technically challenging build that are aimed at adult (18+) builders and the instruction manuals are often hundreds of pages long; the Razor Crest is no exception with about 250 pages.

This is a faithful recreation of the iconic ship from The Mandalorian TV series. The detailed interior is easily accessible and features two removable engines and cockpit, two side hatches, a cargo compartment with space for the included Blurrg minifigure, a weapons cabinet, a LEGO minifigure sized carbon-freezing chamber, and detachable escape pod with space for another minifig. Five minifigs are included: the Mandalorian (set exclusive), Mythrol, Kuiil, Grogu in a pram, and a Blurrg.

Although this is a complex build, the interior is made of different color-coded interior components and different steps are individually packaged in bags to make the process more user friendly. Although the Razor Crest is fully intended to be more of a display piece, it’s more interactive than most other UCS sets with a lot of internal elements that you can explore even after the build is completed. If you’re a LEGO Star Wars collector, this is a must-buy.

Retired LEGO Sets Still Available at Amazon

For more LEGO news and deals, check out the recently retired LEGO sets of April, the best LEGO Star Wars sets to build, an upcoming LEGO Mario Kart set geared towards adults, and our recent LEGO River Steamboat in-house build.

Eric Song is the IGN commerce manager in charge of finding the best gaming and tech deals every day. When Eric isn’t hunting for deals for other people at work, he’s hunting for deals for himself during his free time.

Star Wars: Zero Company to Be Officially Revealed From Respawn and Bit Reactor This Weekend

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After a small leak last week, EA has confirmed the title of its next Star Wars game, as well as who’s making it. It’s called Star Wars: Zero Company, and it’s being developed by Bit Reactor with support from Lucasfilm Games and Respawn.

We don’t know much more about Zero Company, except that it be a “single-player turn-based tactics game”. We won’t have to wait long for more information, though, as EA says it will be giving a first look at the game on April 19 at Star Wars Celebration in Japan.

Developer Bit Reactor is a newly-formed strategy game studio made up of veterans from games like XCOM, Civilization, Gears of War, and Elder Scrolls Online. The studio was founded in 2022, and we’ve known for a while now that it was working on a Star Wars game with Respawn, but this is the first time we’ve received any real details about the project.

As for Respawn’s involvement, it’s not 100% clear exactly how involved the studio is. Respawn has undergone a number of difficult challenges lately, including the cancelation of its own Star Wars FPS one year ago alongside mass layoffs at EA, and the cancelation of another multiplayer FPS incubation project just last month.

More about Star Wars: Zero Company will be revealed at a live panel on Saturday, April 19 at 4:30pm local time in Japan…which is unfortunately 12:30am PT and 3:30am ET over here in the U.S., so set your alarms accordingly.

Rebekah Valentine is a senior reporter for IGN. You can find her posting on BlueSky @duckvalentine.bsky.social. Got a story tip? Send it to rvalentine@ign.com.

Switch 2 Zelda Ports Will Let Players Repair Equipment With the Zelda Notes App, If They’re Lucky

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The Nintendo Switch 2 versions of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom are getting a few upgrades, and one of them looks to be a way to repair equipment.

As spotted in the recent Nintendo Treehouse Live stream by YouTuber Zeltik, the Zelda Notes app—a mobile companion app exclusively for the Nintendo Switch 2 versions of Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom—has a Daily Bonus feature. When the user opens this up, they can roll for a number of in-game bonuses, including helpful meal effects, health and stamina recovery, and one labeled Equipment Repairs.

Both The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom use durability meters, where weapons, shields, and other items will break after enough uses. It’s been a controversial mechanic, so having a workaround for keeping your favorite Flameblade intact certainly has its appeal.

For those worried about this completely changing the game though, there is at least one notable limitation: chance. The Daily Bonus uses a roulette wheel to randomly select which bonus the player gets, so it’s not guaranteed to always hand you an Equipment Repair. The bonus is also daily, with a built-in timer you’ll have to wait on until your next spin. While this may be extremely effective in a pinch, it’s unlikely to become a massive game-changer.

The Zelda Notes app looks to have many other interesting features alongside some free Equipment Repairs. Both Zelda games are also getting their own form of achievements through the mobile companion program, and special audio memories will add new lore and background to different parts of Hyrule.

These additional upgrades certainly seem like they’ll enhance the open-world Zelda experience, alongside the performance improvements, especially for people who really disliked breaking their favorite weapons.

For more, read up here on how the Nintendo Switch 2 is improving on certain Switch 1 games.

Eric is a freelance writer for IGN.

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