GameStop appears to be gearing up for a major strategy shift, seemingly away from its existing brick-and-mortar store model and into embracing e-commerce. Today, the company announced the formation of a new strategic planning committee "to identify initiatives that can further accelerate the Company’s transformation." The members on the committee are Alan Attal, Kurt Wolf, and committee chairperson Ryan Cohen. What does this mean? Specifically, the committee is responsible for changing GameStop into a technology business, something that Cohen, the former CEO of Chewy, is known for being good at. It's one of the reasons his appointment to the company's board of directors last year helped trigger a massive short squeeze on company stock. He's been asking for this flavor of change from GameStop since his appointment last year, including penning a letter to the board of directors in November saying the company must "promptly pivot" from a focus on physical stores to "a technology-driven vision." [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2021/01/28/what-is-going-on-with-gamestop-stock-ign-now"] But Cohen's not the only interesting figure on this committee. Wolf was one of the key figures in an executive board coup last year that saw a group of activist shareholders effectively take control of the board after a vicious, two-year campaign against existing leadership. A move to e-commerce was one of the key platforms of Wolf's group of shareholders, as well as an overhaul of executive compensation -- which, incidentally, Wolf is also now in charge of thanks to this same committee. Other actions already taken by this committee have included appointing a new chief technology officer in Amazon Web Services veteran Matt Francis, and forming a plan to find a new chief financial officer after Jim Bell resigned last month. Incidentally, Bloomberg has reported that Cohen himself may be in line for the role. GameStop stock has surged again today in light of the news, going from an opening of $154.89 to a high today of $210.87 per share, currently sitting at $194.50. Its last surge was in late February a day after Bell's departure, and has held steady about $100 per share ever since. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Rebekah Valentine is a news reporter for IGN. You can find her on Twitter @duckvalentine.

DC's Wonder Woman: Earth One saga is nearly complete, and IGN has an exclusive preview of the third and final graphic novel in the series. Wonder Woman: Earth One Vol. 3 reunites writer Grant Morrison and artist Yanick Paquette for one last Wonder Woman epic. In this climactic chapter, Queen Diana is forced to lead the charge in defense of her homeland as Max Lord's army of robots invade Themiscyra. Can Diana remain a force for love and peace when she's forced to become the warrior her mother designed her to be? Get a taste of what's coming and see Diana interacting with Artemis by checking out the slideshow gallery below: [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=wonder-woman-earth-one-vol-3-exclusive-preview&captions=true"] For those not familiar with the Earth One line of graphic novels, they're simialr to Marvel's Ultimate Universe imprint in that they reimagine and modernize familiar heroes for a 21st Century audience, with some heroes changing more drastically than others. The Wonder Woman books offer a fairly unusual take on Diana and her world, as they draw heavy inspiration from the original Golden Age Wonder Woman comics and the themes of bondage and subservience that were so prevalent in the work of creator William Moulton Marston. The first volume even drew controversy for its depiction of Diana being the daughter of Hercules, a choice even Morrison admitted he "struggled" with. "In this particular story I wanted that tension," Morrison told IGN in 2016. "I wanted that push and pull, and I wanted Diana to be a bit more impure in the sense that, yeah, there is a little bit of masculinity that has been put into her. Originally, Hippolyta does it just for the reasons that Hercules' DNA will then go on to destroy women, and there would be no more sons, as Hippolyta said. So it's actually kind of an act of revenge. Diana is used as revenge on the battlefield, which to me seemed much more this sort of thing that people could relate to. She's a character who's so pure and so perfect that it seemed like we needed that little bit of dark in the character to give her a chance to grow and to think about things and change." Vol. 2 further shook up the Wonder Woman mythology by depicting long-time DC villain Doctor Psycho as a supervillain pickup artist and a critique of toxic masculinity. "Part of it was my revenge on having seen [this level of manipulation] actually done to someone. You can see the narcissist type, the sociopath type and how easy it is for them get to people -- people you wouldn't even imagine could be that manipulated by anything," Morrison told IGN in 2018. "It's a very real problem for young people in the world. There are people out there who are quite willing to use these techniques so I kind of wanted to draw attention to it, but, you know, on the Wonder Woman scale where the guy is a supervillain. I wanted to put these paragon of femininity up against that threat and see how she deals with it -- because even paragons of intelligence and grace I've watched having real trouble with people like this. Here are the techniques. If you see anyone using these techniques against you, the warnings should go off." [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/12/15/wonder-woman-1984-review"] You can check out IGN's review of Wonder Woman: Earth One Vol. 1 and Wonder Woman: Earth One Vol. 2. DC is also finally releasing the third volume of Batman: Earth One in 2021, which will introduce a very different version of Two-Face and shed more light on this Bruce Wayne's ties to the Arkham family. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Jesse is a mild-mannered staff writer for IGN. Allow him to lend a machete to your intellectual thicket by following @jschedeen on Twitter.

DC's Wonder Woman: Earth One saga is nearly complete, and IGN has an exclusive preview of the third and final graphic novel in the series. Wonder Woman: Earth One Vol. 3 reunites writer Grant Morrison and artist Yanick Paquette for one last Wonder Woman epic. In this climactic chapter, Queen Diana is forced to lead the charge in defense of her homeland as Max Lord's army of robots invade Themiscyra. Can Diana remain a force for love and peace when she's forced to become the warrior her mother designed her to be? Get a taste of what's coming and see Diana interacting with Artemis by checking out the slideshow gallery below: [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=wonder-woman-earth-one-vol-3-exclusive-preview&captions=true"] For those not familiar with the Earth One line of graphic novels, they're simialr to Marvel's Ultimate Universe imprint in that they reimagine and modernize familiar heroes for a 21st Century audience, with some heroes changing more drastically than others. The Wonder Woman books offer a fairly unusual take on Diana and her world, as they draw heavy inspiration from the original Golden Age Wonder Woman comics and the themes of bondage and subservience that were so prevalent in the work of creator William Moulton Marston. The first volume even drew controversy for its depiction of Diana being the daughter of Hercules, a choice even Morrison admitted he "struggled" with. "In this particular story I wanted that tension," Morrison told IGN in 2016. "I wanted that push and pull, and I wanted Diana to be a bit more impure in the sense that, yeah, there is a little bit of masculinity that has been put into her. Originally, Hippolyta does it just for the reasons that Hercules' DNA will then go on to destroy women, and there would be no more sons, as Hippolyta said. So it's actually kind of an act of revenge. Diana is used as revenge on the battlefield, which to me seemed much more this sort of thing that people could relate to. She's a character who's so pure and so perfect that it seemed like we needed that little bit of dark in the character to give her a chance to grow and to think about things and change." Vol. 2 further shook up the Wonder Woman mythology by depicting long-time DC villain Doctor Psycho as a supervillain pickup artist and a critique of toxic masculinity. "Part of it was my revenge on having seen [this level of manipulation] actually done to someone. You can see the narcissist type, the sociopath type and how easy it is for them get to people -- people you wouldn't even imagine could be that manipulated by anything," Morrison told IGN in 2018. "It's a very real problem for young people in the world. There are people out there who are quite willing to use these techniques so I kind of wanted to draw attention to it, but, you know, on the Wonder Woman scale where the guy is a supervillain. I wanted to put these paragon of femininity up against that threat and see how she deals with it -- because even paragons of intelligence and grace I've watched having real trouble with people like this. Here are the techniques. If you see anyone using these techniques against you, the warnings should go off." [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/12/15/wonder-woman-1984-review"] You can check out IGN's review of Wonder Woman: Earth One Vol. 1 and Wonder Woman: Earth One Vol. 2. DC is also finally releasing the third volume of Batman: Earth One in 2021, which will introduce a very different version of Two-Face and shed more light on this Bruce Wayne's ties to the Arkham family. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Jesse is a mild-mannered staff writer for IGN. Allow him to lend a machete to your intellectual thicket by following @jschedeen on Twitter.

V1 Interactive, the development studio behind RTS-inspired first-person shooter Disintegration, is closing its doors today. In an announcement to Twitter today, the studio thanked its staff for their work over the last five years, with CEO and founder Marcus Lehto adding in a separate tweet that this news was not coming as a shock to the studio's employees. "We’ve been transparent with them about the state of things for months and are making this decision now so they still have ample time to search for new jobs while being supported by our studio," he said. As of the middle of last year, the studio had around 30 employees. V1 Interactive was founded by Lehto, the co-creator of the Halo franchise, with Disintegration as its only published title. The game was first envisioned as a real-time strategy title, but was gradually shaped into an FPS ahead of its official announcement in July of 2019. It launched in June of last year, but our review of the game said that its simple shooting and squad management made its campaign "fall pretty flat." [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/06/10/disintegration-single-player-review"] Support for multiplayer was shuttered three months after release, and publisher Take-Two (via its Private Division label) CEO Strauss Zelnick called Disintegration's sales "a bit disappointing." This is the second Private Division studio to go under in recent years, with development of Kerbal Space Program 2 being moved to a new, internal studio from independent external studio Star Theory in February of 2020, along with half of Star Theory's employees. Those remaining at Star Theory were eventually forced to shutter the studio due to an inability to secure new publishing contracts. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Rebekah Valentine is a news reporter for IGN. You can find her on Twitter @duckvalentine.

V1 Interactive, the development studio behind RTS-inspired first-person shooter Disintegration, is closing its doors today. In an announcement to Twitter today, the studio thanked its staff for their work over the last five years, with CEO and founder Marcus Lehto adding in a separate tweet that this news was not coming as a shock to the studio's employees. "We’ve been transparent with them about the state of things for months and are making this decision now so they still have ample time to search for new jobs while being supported by our studio," he said. As of the middle of last year, the studio had around 30 employees. V1 Interactive was founded by Lehto, the co-creator of the Halo franchise, with Disintegration as its only published title. The game was first envisioned as a real-time strategy title, but was gradually shaped into an FPS ahead of its official announcement in July of 2019. It launched in June of last year, but our review of the game said that its simple shooting and squad management made its campaign "fall pretty flat." [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/06/10/disintegration-single-player-review"] Support for multiplayer was shuttered three months after release, and publisher Take-Two (via its Private Division label) CEO Strauss Zelnick called Disintegration's sales "a bit disappointing." This is the second Private Division studio to go under in recent years, with development of Kerbal Space Program 2 being moved to a new, internal studio from independent external studio Star Theory in February of 2020, along with half of Star Theory's employees. Those remaining at Star Theory were eventually forced to shutter the studio due to an inability to secure new publishing contracts. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Rebekah Valentine is a news reporter for IGN. You can find her on Twitter @duckvalentine.

Nintendo is ending repairs of the original Nintendo 3DS and 3DS XL a few weeks earlier than expected in Japan. This news comes by way of 4Gamer.net, as translated by Siliconera, which reports that the final batches of original 3DS units sent in by March 8, 2021 — so today — will be the last batches repaired by Nintendo. The company previously announced on February 25 that it would no longer be offering repairs of the original 3DS and 3DS XL in Japan due to "difficulty in securing spare parts" after March 31, 2021, according to Siliconera. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2016/10/19/top-25-3ds-games"] That February announcement reportedly led to more units than expected to be sent in for repair, which further drained Nintendo's supply of spare parts to repair the handheld devices. That's why the company has pushed back its final repair date to today. All of this is to say that if you're someone with a Japanese model of the original 3DS or 3DS XL unless you've already sent your unit in, you're out of luck as far as an official repair by Nintendo goes. As noted by Siliconera, though, Nintendo's online 3DS services will remain online for the foreseeable future and Nintendo's official Japanese repair centers will still be accepting repairs for all other 3DS models like the New Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo 2DS, and their XL counterparts. The two models being phased out of repairs, the original 3DS and 3DS XL, were released in 2011 and 2012 respectively. Production of those two models and all other 3DS models ended back in September of last year after nine years of being on the market. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2019/10/31/nintendo-will-make-more-3ds-franchises-available-on-switch"] The Nintendo 3DS was the last device to be co-developed alongside another console by Nintendo — the WiiU, in this instance — as the company focused its home console and handheld development into one system with the release of the Nintendo Switch back in 2017. Check out our list of the 25 best 3DS games and then check out IGN's thoughts on the latest 3DS consoles released in our New Nintendo 3DS and 3DS XL review. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Wesley LeBlanc is a freelance news writer and guide maker for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @LeBlancWes. 

Nintendo is ending repairs of the original Nintendo 3DS and 3DS XL a few weeks earlier than expected in Japan. This news comes by way of 4Gamer.net, as translated by Siliconera, which reports that the final batches of original 3DS units sent in by March 8, 2021 — so today — will be the last batches repaired by Nintendo. The company previously announced on February 25 that it would no longer be offering repairs of the original 3DS and 3DS XL in Japan due to "difficulty in securing spare parts" after March 31, 2021, according to Siliconera. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2016/10/19/top-25-3ds-games"] That February announcement reportedly led to more units than expected to be sent in for repair, which further drained Nintendo's supply of spare parts to repair the handheld devices. That's why the company has pushed back its final repair date to today. All of this is to say that if you're someone with a Japanese model of the original 3DS or 3DS XL unless you've already sent your unit in, you're out of luck as far as an official repair by Nintendo goes. As noted by Siliconera, though, Nintendo's online 3DS services will remain online for the foreseeable future and Nintendo's official Japanese repair centers will still be accepting repairs for all other 3DS models like the New Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo 2DS, and their XL counterparts. The two models being phased out of repairs, the original 3DS and 3DS XL, were released in 2011 and 2012 respectively. Production of those two models and all other 3DS models ended back in September of last year after nine years of being on the market. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2019/10/31/nintendo-will-make-more-3ds-franchises-available-on-switch"] The Nintendo 3DS was the last device to be co-developed alongside another console by Nintendo — the WiiU, in this instance — as the company focused its home console and handheld development into one system with the release of the Nintendo Switch back in 2017. Check out our list of the 25 best 3DS games and then check out IGN's thoughts on the latest 3DS consoles released in our New Nintendo 3DS and 3DS XL review. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Wesley LeBlanc is a freelance news writer and guide maker for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @LeBlancWes. 

A new Justice League Snyder Cut teaser has been spotted as an ad on Twitch and it features 30 seconds of what appears to be the Flash, Joker, and Deathstroke in Batman's Knightmare as well as footage featuring Darkseid. The teaser hasn't officially been released on YouTube or social media, but comicbook.com has the footage in their story. The teaser begins with Darkseid sitting on a fiery throne, talking about how he's turned "1000 worlds to dust," before it cuts to Ben Affleck's Knightmare Batman and a new look at Ezra Miller's Flash in the Knightmare. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=justice-league-snyder-cut-all-the-known-differences-from-the-theatrical-version&captions=true"] As the teaser continues, it becomes pretty clear that Darkseid is quite upset at "those who robbed [him] of [his] true glory," which he says while pummeling through dozens of soldiers that appear to be from the likes of Atlantis and elsewhere. The ad then cuts to Jared Leto's Joker in the Knightmare, holding up a Joker playing card while laughing, before cutting to Joe Manganiello's Deathstroke, who appears to be in the Knightmare as well. This is likely alluding to the team-up between Deathstroke and Batman, something director Zack Snyder discussed during IGN's Fan Fest 2021 Justice League Snyder Cut panel. "Joe's character in this movie when we find him clearly he and Batman have struck some sort of a deal and they have a bit of a partnership," Snyder said. "There's a bigger enemy, I guess." [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/08/21/snyder-cut-of-justice-league-will-cut-this-superman-line"] From there, the teaser cuts between different Justice League heroes like Superman, Aquaman, and Cyborg before showing what appears to be an entire planet being devoured or destroyed in some way — presumably by way of Darkseid. The teaser finishes with a Darkseid that looks quite different from the one at the beginning of the trailer. This Darkseid is all-black with embers erupting ever so lightly out of him. Something tells us that this is a powered-up Darkseid, but it's anyone's guess. We'll learn more about what's going on with Darkseid in that scene, and what Batman and Deathstroke's team-up looks like, when Zack Snyder's Justice League is released to theaters and HBO Max on March 18. For more Justice League Snyder Cut, read this story of 27 things IGN learned from talking to Snyder about the movie, and then check out this story about how the movie fleshes out the full arc of Affleck's Batman. Read about why Snyder's cut of Justice League isn't widescreen after that. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Wesley LeBlanc is a freelance news writer and guide maker for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @LeBlancWes. 

A new Justice League Snyder Cut teaser has been spotted as an ad on Twitch and it features 30 seconds of what appears to be the Flash, Joker, and Deathstroke in Batman's Knightmare as well as footage featuring Darkseid. The teaser hasn't officially been released on YouTube or social media, but comicbook.com has the footage in their story. The teaser begins with Darkseid sitting on a fiery throne, talking about how he's turned "1000 worlds to dust," before it cuts to Ben Affleck's Knightmare Batman and a new look at Ezra Miller's Flash in the Knightmare. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=justice-league-snyder-cut-all-the-known-differences-from-the-theatrical-version&captions=true"] As the teaser continues, it becomes pretty clear that Darkseid is quite upset at "those who robbed [him] of [his] true glory," which he says while pummeling through dozens of soldiers that appear to be from the likes of Atlantis and elsewhere. The ad then cuts to Jared Leto's Joker in the Knightmare, holding up a Joker playing card while laughing, before cutting to Joe Manganiello's Deathstroke, who appears to be in the Knightmare as well. This is likely alluding to the team-up between Deathstroke and Batman, something director Zack Snyder discussed during IGN's Fan Fest 2021 Justice League Snyder Cut panel. "Joe's character in this movie when we find him clearly he and Batman have struck some sort of a deal and they have a bit of a partnership," Snyder said. "There's a bigger enemy, I guess." [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/08/21/snyder-cut-of-justice-league-will-cut-this-superman-line"] From there, the teaser cuts between different Justice League heroes like Superman, Aquaman, and Cyborg before showing what appears to be an entire planet being devoured or destroyed in some way — presumably by way of Darkseid. The teaser finishes with a Darkseid that looks quite different from the one at the beginning of the trailer. This Darkseid is all-black with embers erupting ever so lightly out of him. Something tells us that this is a powered-up Darkseid, but it's anyone's guess. We'll learn more about what's going on with Darkseid in that scene, and what Batman and Deathstroke's team-up looks like, when Zack Snyder's Justice League is released to theaters and HBO Max on March 18. For more Justice League Snyder Cut, read this story of 27 things IGN learned from talking to Snyder about the movie, and then check out this story about how the movie fleshes out the full arc of Affleck's Batman. Read about why Snyder's cut of Justice League isn't widescreen after that. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Wesley LeBlanc is a freelance news writer and guide maker for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @LeBlancWes. 

Marvel Studios and Disney+ have released four new character posters for The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. The new posters spotlight Anthony Mackie as Sam Wilson aka The Falcon, Sebastian Stan as Bucky Barnes aka The Winter Soldier, Emily VanCamp as Sharon Carter, and Daniel Brühl as Helmut Zemo, offering fans a closer look at who's who before they take off on their global adventure, which is scheduled to hit Disney+ on March 19. Check out the very latest images in our gallery below: [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=marvels-the-falcon-and-the-winter-soldier-character-posters&captions=true"] The titular characters appear suited and ready for action alongside Sharon Carter aka Agent 13, the niece of SHIELD founder Peggy Carter, who previously helped the duo when Bucky was framed for a terrorist bombing by Helmut Zemo. The villainous Zemo also makes an appearance in the posters, wearing his comics-accurate purple mask, after skipping the look in Captain America: Civil War. There may be practical reasons for Zemo donning a costume this time. For example, in the comics, the mask is shown to give him resistance to psychic attacks, similar to how Magneto's helmet safeguards against Professor X's powers. However, the real significance of the purple mask lies in its family history, with Helmut being the second character to use the Baron Zemo title, after his father Heinrich Zemo. In the upcoming superhero adventure, Sam Wilson/Falcon and Bucky Barnes/Winter Soldier are teaming up on a global escapade that "tests their abilities—and their patience" after Steve Rogers bestowed his shield upon Sam at the end of Avengers: Endgame, trusting him to carry on the legacy of Captain America. The six-episode series will dig into Sam's decision in regards to taking up that mantle. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2021/02/28/the-biggest-streaming-movies-and-shows-of-march-2021"] To revisit the journeys of these characters before The Falcon and The Winter Soldier launches, tune into Marvel Studios' Legends series on Disney Plus. The individual Falcon and Winter Soldier character episodes debuted on Friday, March 5, while the Sharon Carter and Zemo episodes are scheduled to drop on Friday, March 12, just one week before the next big MCU show premieres. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Adele Ankers is a Freelance Entertainment Journalist. You can reach her on Twitter.