Ubisoft has revealed that Assassin's Creed Valhalla will "run at a minimum of 30 FPS" when it launches on Xbox Series X. Ubisoft issued a statement to IGN, revealing that the forthcoming release will target 30 FPS as a minimum frame rate: "Assassin's Creed Valhalla will run at a minimum of 30 FPS. On Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, we are committed to offer the best experience to our players by immersing them in the most beautiful worlds and environments we could create, and leveraging not only the graphics enhancements offered by the next generation of consoles, but also faster loading times and the new architectures." [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/04/30/assassins-creed-valhalla-official-trailer"] Of course, this may change as the game is finalized ahead of its launch later this year, but for now, you can expect 30 FPS when you boot up the game in 4K on launch day. Microsoft has previously made clear that its performance target for the console is "4K at 60 FPS - up to 120 FPS". Valhalla has seen something of a backlash after its promised gameplay teaser during the May episode of Xbox 20/20 seemingly only featured a few seconds of gameplay footage. The reaction appears to stem from a wider dissatisfaction with the leap in technology many may be expecting from this holiday's consoles, given that graphical improvements are less revolutionary than those seen in the jump between previous generations. Check out our article on why you may need to lower your expectations when it comes to next-gen graphics. Yesterday, we learned that Valhalla's season pass will include a mission themed after the legend of Beowulf. We learned last week that Valhalla will be "shorter and smaller" than Assassin's Creed Odyssey to address the common criticism that the Grecian game was bloated. Valhalla was one of 13 games shown off at last week's Inside Xbox. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=assassins-creed-valhalla-first-screenshots&captions=true"] [poilib element="accentDivider"] Jordan Oloman is a freelance writer for IGN. Follow him on Twitter.

The creators of Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness are reportedly working on a new episode that will focus on the master illusionists, Siegfried and Roy. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Eric Goode and Rebecca Chaiklin, the filmmaking duo behind the hit Netflix docuseries, have taken on a new project, under the Tiger King name, that will apparently explore the 2003 mauling attack that ended the Siegfried & Roy show. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/03/31/netflixs-tiger-king-murder-mayhem-and-madness-season-1-review"] Wildlife veterinarian and Tiger King production member Dr. James Liu told the outlet that the follow-up episode would "act as a higher-minded corrective to both the original seven-episode series as well as comedian Joel McHale's aftershow special." However, a spokesperson for Goode Films disagreed with this characterization of the sequel, claiming it was "untrue that the direction is going in a more conservational route." Regardless of the tone of the new episode, it is believed that it will centre around Siegfried Fischbacher and Roy Horn, a duo of magicians who were best known for their Las Vegas show that ran from 1990 until 2003, ending when a white tiger mauled Horn on stage during a performance. He survived the attack but was left permanently injured. Horn died this month due to complications from coronavirus (COVID-19) at the age of 75. Details of the new episode are said to have emerged when Liu reached out to THR to request contact information for Chris Lawrence, a former tiger handler for Siegfried & Roy's show, who spoke to the outlet in 2019 about his 15-year battle with PTSD following the infamous incident, which he ascribes to several operational failures and onstage handling errors made by Horn on the night. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=best-true-crime-shows-and-movies-to-watch-online&captions=true"] In our review of the original Tiger King series, we called it "a fascinating and depressing look inside a community of big cat fanatics," which can be "downright uncomfortable to watch" at times, but would likely be a valuable addition to the watchlists of "true crime fans hungry for something different." If you can't wait for the new episodes, check out our follow-up piece to find out what happened to Tiger King's cast of colourful characters after the docuseries ended and take a look at our rundown of recommendations for other true crime shows and movies available to stream right now. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Adele Ankers is a Freelance Entertainment Journalist. You can reach her on Twitter.

Filming in the entertainment industry has largely ground to a halt due to COVID-19, but the broadcast TV networks are starting to announce their fall lineups for later this year. Fox was the first network to lay out its fall schedule, leaning on animated shows, reality programming, sports, already-completed dramas, and acquired series from other cable and streaming partners to beef up its roster while the ability to film scripted series is still uncertain. Now The CW has revealed its fall 2020 and midseason schedule, announcing that it will "officially launch its new season in January 2021 with its regularly scheduled series line-up, while loading up Fall 2020 with fresh original and acquired scripted series and alternative programming," in an attempt to safeguard against further coronavirus-related filming delays. Like Fox, The CW will be relying on acquired series, reality, and unscripted shows to carry it through to 2021, with the back half of Supernatural's final season the only returning series slated for a fall premiere date. We'll update this post with ABC, NBC, and CBS's fall schedules as they're announced. The networks aren't expected to announce exact premiere dates until later this summer, but these early announcements help give us a sense of how each network plans to program every weeknight, and which shows will be held until midseason. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=fall-tv-schedule-2020&captions=true"]

The CW Fall 2020 TV Schedule

Renewed and New TV Shows on The CW

The CW is benching all of its biggest returning series - including The Flash, Riverdale, and Batwoman - until 2021, along with its four new shows, Superman & Lois, The Republic of Sarah, and reboots of Kung Fu and Walker, Texas Ranger. The only returning drama on The CW's fall 2020 schedule is the back half of Supernatural's final season, which has seven remaining episodes still to air, two of which have yet to be filmed. Supergirl will also be delayed until after star Melissa Benoist returns from maternity leave, with a return date yet to be determined. CW boss Mark Pedowitz told reporters that he hopes filming will start in September for the majority of the network's scripted shows to get them ready for a midseason launch, while Supernatural will need to resume production on its final two episodes in late summer or early fall - although if that doesn't prove possible, the final seven episodes will be rescheduled. "Everybody ... wants to end 15 years the right way," he said. "We'll wait it out. We are very much attached to this." Instead, The CW will be filling its fall lineup with series acquired from (and cancelled by) other networks, including DC Universe's Swamp Thing, and CBS All Access' Tell Me a Story, as well as unscripted series like Whose Line Is It Anyway and Penn & Teller: Fool Us. Here are all the CW shows that will premiere in January 2021:

• All American
• Black Lightning
• The Flash
• Superman & Lois
• Riverdale
• Nancy Drew
• Walker
• Legacies
• Batwoman
• Charmed

And here's the list of shows that will premiere in "midseason 2021," whenever that ends up being (technically fall 2021, maybe?):

• Kung Fu
• The Republic of Sarah
• DC's Legends of Tomorrow
• Dynasty
• In the Dark
• Roswell, New Mexico
• Supergirl

The fate of Katy Keene has yet to be determined. Here's how The CW describes its four new shows, which will premiere in 2021:

SUPERMAN & LOIS

After years of facing megalomaniacal supervillains, monsters wreaking havoc on Metropolis, and alien invaders intent on wiping out the human race, the world’s most famous superhero, The Man of Steel aka Clark Kent (Tyler Hoechlin) and comic books’ most famous journalist, Lois Lane (Elizabeth Tulloch), come face to face with one of their greatest challenges ever - dealing with all the stress, pressures, and complexities that come with being working parents in today’s society. Complicating the already daunting job of raising two boys, Clark and Lois must also concern themselves with whether or not their sons Jonathan (Jordan Elsass) and Jordan (Alexander Garfin) could inherit their father’s Kryptonian superpowers as they grow older.  Returning to Smallville to handle some Kent family business, Clark and Lois are reacquainted with Lana Lang (Emmanuelle Chriqui), a local loan officer who also happens to be Clark’s first love, and her Fire Chief husband Kyle Cushing (Erik Valdez).  The adults aren’t the only ones rediscovering old friendships in Smallville as the Kent sons are reacquainted with Lana and Kyle’s rebellious daughter, Sarah (Inde Navarrette). Of course, there’s never a dull moment in the life of a superhero, especially with Lois’ father, General Samuel Lane (Dylan Walsh) looking for Superman to vanquish a villain or save the day at a moment’s notice.  Meanwhile, Superman and Lois’ return to idyllic Smallville is set to be upended when a mysterious stranger (Wolé Parks) enters their lives.

Walker

A reimagining of the long-running series Walker, Texas Ranger, Walker stars Jared Padalecki as Cordell Walker, a widower and father of two with his own moral code, who returns home to Austin after being undercover for two years, only to discover there’s harder work to be done at home. He’ll attempt to reconnect with his creative and thoughtful son (Kale Culley) and his headstrong, somewhat rebellious teenaged daughter (Violet Brinson) and navigate clashes with his family - an ADA brother (Keegan Allen) who stepped in during Walker’s absence, his perceptive mother (Molly Hagen) and his traditional rancher father (Mitch Pileggi). Walker’s former colleague is now his Ranger Captain, (Coby Bell). Walker finds unexpected common ground with his new partner (one of the first women in Texas Rangers’ history) played by Lindsey Morgan, while growing increasingly suspicious about the circumstances surrounding his wife’s death.

Kung Fu

  A quarter-life crisis causes a young Chinese-American woman, Nicky Shen (Olivia Liang), to drop out of college and go on a life-changing journey to an isolated monastery in China. But when she returns to San Francisco, she finds her hometown is overrun with crime and corruption and her own parents (Tzi Ma and Kheng Hua Tan) are at the mercy of a powerful Triad.  Nicky will rely on her tech-savvy sister (Shannon Dang), pre-med brother (Jon Prasida), Assistant District Attorney and ex-boyfriend (Gavin Stenhouse), and new love interest (Eddie Liu) as well as her martial arts skills and Shaolin values to protect her community and bring criminals to justice ... all while searching for the ruthless assassin (Gwendoline Yeo) who killed her Shaolin mentor and is now targeting her.

The Republic of Sarah

The bucolic tranquility of Greylock, New Hampshire is upended when a massive vein of coltan – an incredibly valuable mineral used in tech – is discovered under the town. State-backed mining company Lydon Industries swoops in with plans to extract the mineral … plans that include wiping Greylock off the map. With her friends and family in danger of losing their homes, rebellious high school teacher Sarah Cooper (Stella Baker) vows to stop Lydon’s bulldozers. It won’t be easy. Leading Lydon’s efforts is Sarah’s estranged brother, Danny Cooper (Luke Mitchell). After enduring a difficult childhood at the hands of his mother, former state senator Ellen Cooper (Megan Follows), Danny is eager to exact his revenge on a community he feels abandoned him.  Sarah enlists her friends – fellow teacher Corinne Dearborn (Hope Lauren), police officer Amy “AJ” Johnson (Nia Holloway), and diner manager Grover Simms (Ian Duff) – in the fight against Danny, but there seems to be no way to stop the town’s impending demise … Until Sarah proposes an oddly intriguing solution: Greylock could declare independence. Citing various historical maps, she explains that the land on which Greylock sits was never properly claimed by the United States. If Sarah and her friends can convince the town to vote for independence, Greylock would gain international sovereignty and could protect its land for good.  With the help of a group of supporters that includes three of her teenage students – LA transplant Maya Jimenez (Izabella Alvarez), introspective outsider Tyler Easterbrook (Forrest Goodluck), and preppy “popular girl” Bella Whitmore (Landry Bender) – Sarah and her friends win the vote. And after a federal judge agrees that Greylock isn’t – and never was – part of the United States, the town becomes a new nation.  Now, Sarah and her allies must confront an even more daunting task: building a country from scratch.

Fox Fall 2020 TV Schedule

Renewed and New TV Shows on Fox

Fox has renewed reality shows The Masked Singer and Masterchef Junior, along with animated comedies The Simpsons, Family Guy, Bob's Burgers, and Bless the Harts. With animated shows able to continue production and reality shows more easily able to be filmed without audiences and with social distancing precautions on set, this makes the lineup a little more secure from coronavirus-related delays. New series premiering on Fox this fall include Next, "a propulsive, fact-based thriller about the emergence of a deadly, rogue artificial intelligence that combines pulse-pounding action with a layered examination of how technology is invading our lives," starring John Slattery, and Filthy Rich, "a southern Gothic family soap in which wealth, power and religion collide – with outrageously soapy results. When the patriarch (Gerald McRaney) of a mega-rich Southern family, famed for creating a wildly successful Christian television network, dies in a plane crash, his wife (Kim Cattrall) and family are stunned to learn that he fathered three illegitimate children, all of whom are written into his will, threatening their family name and fortune." Both shows have already been filmed and were initially planned to debut as part of the 2019-2020 season. Fox will also be the broadcast home of Bad Boys spinoff LA's Finest, which follows Syd Burnett (Gabrielle Union), "last seen in Miami taking down a drug cartel, who has seemingly left her complicated past behind to become an LAPD detective. Paired with a new partner, Nancy McKenna (Jessica Alba), a working mom with an equally complex history, Syd is forced to confront how her unapologetic lifestyle may be masking a greater personal secret." The series previously aired on Spectrum last year. And Fox will offer the broadcast debut of Cosmos: Possible Worlds, the third installment of the science docuseries produced by Seth MacFarlane and hosted by Neil deGrasse Tyson, which aired on National Geographic earlier this year. At midseason, Fox will air drama series 911 and spinoff 911: Lonestar, animated series Duncanville, and reality series Hell's Kitchen, along with new comedy series Call Me Kat, starring and executive produced by Mayim Bialik, and animated shows The Great North and Housebroken. Fox shows that have yet to be renewed or cancelled include Prodigal Son, The Resident, Last Man Standing, Outmatched, Almost Family, and Deputy, while Empire already aired its final season. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2018/02/20/10-times-the-simpsons-predicted-the-future"] Here are all the Fox and CW shows coming out in Fall 2020. (All times ET/PT unless otherwise noted.)

New and Returning Shows on Monday Night

8:00 PM                              LA's Finest (Fox), Whose Line Is It Anyway? (The CW) 9:00 PM                              Next (Fox), Penn & Teller: Fool Us (The CW)

New and Returning Shows on Tuesday Night

8:00 PM                              Cosmos: Possible Worlds (Fox), Swamp Thing (The CW) 9:00 PM                              Filthy Rich (Fox), Tell Me a Story (The CW)

New and Returning Shows on Wednesday Night

8:00 PM                              The Masked Singer (Fox), Two Sentence Horror Stories (The CW) 8:30 PM                              Dead Pixels (The CW) 9:00 PM                              Masterchef Junior (Fox), Coroner (The CW)

New and Returning Shows on Thursday Night

7:30 PM ET/4:30 PM PT     Fox NFL Thursday (Fox) 8 PM ET/5 PM PT               GMC Kickoff Show (Fox), Supernatural (The CW) 8:20 PM ET/5:20 PM PT     Thursday Night Football (Fox) 9 PM                                   The Outpost (The CW)

New and Returning Shows on Friday Night

8:00 PM                              WWE’s Friday Night Smackdown (Fox), World's Funniest Animals (The CW) 9:00 PM                              Penn & Teller: Fool Us (The CW)

New and Returning Shows on Saturday Night

7:00 PM                              Fox Sports Saturday (Fox)

New and Returning Shows on Sunday Night

7:00 PM                              NFL on Fox (Fox) 7:30 PM                              The OT / Fox Encores (Fox) 8:00 PM                              The Simpsons (Fox) 8:30 PM                              Bless the Harts (Fox) 9:00 PM                              Bob's Burgers (Fox) 9:30 PM                              Family Guy (Fox)

Midseason 2020-2021 TV Schedule (January)

Monday

8:00 PM                              All American (The CW) 9:00 PM                              Black Lightning (The CW)

Tuesday

8:00 PM                             The Flash (The CW) 9:00 PM                             Superman & Lois (The CW)

Wednesday

8:00 PM                             Riverdale (The CW) 9:00 PM                             Nancy Drew (The CW)

Thursday

8:00 PM                             Walker (The CW) 9:00  PM                            Legacies (The CW)

Friday

8:00 PM                             Penn & Teller: Fool Us (The CW) 9:00 PM                             Whose Line Is It Anyway? (The CW)

Sunday

8:00 PM                            Batwoman (The CW) 9:00 PM                            Charmed (The CW) We'll update this post with more network schedules as they're announced.

With a new Dune movie hitting theaters in late 2020, the seminal science-fiction franchise will also be making its return to the comic book arena this year. BOOM! Studios has announced a new adaptation of the Dune prequel novel House Atreides. Dune: House Atreides is a 12-issue limited series adapting the 1999 novel by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson. Herbert and Anderson are also scripting this adaptation, though no artist has been revealed yet. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=dune-movie-images&captions=true"] The first entry in the "Prelude to Dune" trilogy of books, House Atreides is set decades before the events of the original Dune novel. The story focuses on a young Leto Atreides (Oscar Isaac's character in the movie) and his future bodyguard Duncan Idaho (Jason Momoa's "Han Solo-esque" character) as they discover their shared destiny in a galaxy torn apart by revolution and political strife. Dune: House Atreides was followed by 2000's Dune: House Harkonnen and 2001's Dune: House Corrino. Dune: House Atreides is published in an arrangement with Herbert Properties LLC and Abrams ComicArts. Abrams is also publishing a trilogy of graphic novel adaptations of the original Dune novel, with scripts by Herbert and Anderson, art by Raúl Allén and Patricia Martín and covers by Bill Sienkiewicz. Both Dune: Volume 1 and Dune: House Atreides #1 are slated to hit stores in Fall 2020, ahead of the film's December 18 release. “Dune: House Atreides holds a special place in my heart,” said Herbert in Boom's press release. “It was the first novel Kevin and I wrote in my father's fantastic Dune universe, and it is our first collaborative novel to be adapted for comics. In 1999, our novel was a surprise New York Times bestseller, and we have equally high expectations for this special BOOM! Studios adaptation.” “It’s been more than twenty years since Brian and I published House Atreides, the first of our new novels set in Frank Herbert’s Dune universe,” said Anderson. “We loved exploring all the possibilities Frank created for us, and those books introduced a whole new audience to Dune. Now, in adapting House Atreides into a vibrant graphic format, it’s like rediscovering the story and the world all over again. So much of the novel is visually driven, the union of comics and House Atreides is a natural.” [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/tease-for-dune-2020-shows-timothe-chalamets-hero-ign-now"] This isn't the only adaptation of Herbert and Anderson's prequel novels in the works. A TV series called Sisterhood of Dune is being developed for the HBO Max streaming platform. A direct spinoff of director Denis Villeneuve's movies, Sisterhood of Dune will delve deeper into the Bene Gesserit religious order and their efforts to produce the cosmic messiah known as the Kwisatz Haderach. For more on the world of Dune, check out IGN's helpful Dune Explained feature, learn more about the disgusting yet practical stillsuits and check out some early on-set photos of stars Zendaya, Josh Brolin and Oscar Isaac. [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.

Star Wars Episode 1: Racer has been delayed for both PS4 and Switch.

Marvel Studios has "zero" plans to make Deadpool 3, according to Deadpool creator Rob Liefeld. In an interview with Inverse (via /Film), Liefeld was asked what the chances still are for a Deadpool/X-Force movie now that the characters are under the Disney/MCU umbrella and his response was not encouraging. “I don’t know. Here’s what people don’t want to hear, but thank God I’m a realist. I feel like Deadpool, the movies, they’ve set sail," Liefeld said. "We got two brilliant movies, and we live in a culture that always looks forward because all they’re ever selling us is ‘next, next, next.’ It’s the fever." [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=the-a-z-of-deadpool&captions=true"] "For me, as the fever calms down, people just need to calm down and realize that Deadpool 1 and 2 were released within two years of each other, 2016 and 2018, and I just can’t… I’m not really that crazy about Marvel’s plan right now.” Liefeld finds the MCU's Phase 4 -- which includes Black Widow, The Eternals, and Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings -- a less than exciting lineup than what preceded it. And it's a lineup without any X-Men or mutant-related movies in it. He added that even if Marvel Studios were to start work on a Deadpool movie today "it would come out in four years. I can't get excited about that." "Know what their plan for Deadpool is right now? Goose egg. Zero. Zero!" [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2019/08/05/deadpool-2-director-says-sequel-doesnt-have-to-be-rated-r-what-to-watch"] Liefeld's bleak outlook on the prospects for a Deadpool 3 are in sharp contrast to the cautious optimism promoted in the past by the likes of star Ryan Reynolds, co-screenwriter Paul Wernick, and director David Leitch. Do you think Marvel Studios will really make Deadpool 3 someday? Let us know in the comments.

Ubisoft is the latest major gaming publisher or developer to announce a digital E3-replacement for its usual press conference, with the company confirming Ubisoft Forward for July. On July 12, Ubisoft Forward will include "a fully digital showcase with exclusive game news, reveals and more." Ubisoft did not list any games for the event as part of the initial announcement, but it already has quite a few revealed games that could be highlighted. [caption id="attachment_2350460" align="alignnone" width="720"] Ubisoft Forward Art[/caption] There's, of course, the most recently revealed Assassin's Creed Valhalla, which is confirmed for a PS5 and Xbox Series X release as well as current-gen hardware and PC. There's also a trio of confirmed Ubisoft games — Gods and Monsters, Rainbow Six Quarantine, and Watch Dogs Legion — all of which were delayed from their early 2020 planned release dates to accommodate next-gen launches as well. Ubisoft also has several long-gestating games that could be in the spotlight, including Beyond Good and Evil 2 and Skull & Bones. Whatever games may be shown at the event, which, presumably given its name, is looking forward at games to come, the company did confirm earlier this year that it has five AAA games set to launch between the end of 2020 and the beginning of 2021. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/heres-what-ubisofts-5-promised-aaa-games-in-2020-2021-could-be"] Ubisoft is one of many in the gaming industry to announce summer digital events in light of E3 2020's cancellation. IGN will be hosting its own Summer of Gaming event, which kicks off in June, featuring dozens of developers and publishers offering new interviews, demos, and much more. EA will be conducting a digital EA Play this June. And Geoff Keighley also announced the Summer Game Fest, which will include news and events from various publishers. For more on Ubisoft's latest games, be sure to check out our interview with Assassin's Creed Valhalla's creative director Ashraf Ismail about what the next entry in the series holds. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=assassins-creed-valhalla-first-screenshots&captions=true"] [poilib element="accentDivider"] Jonathon Dornbush is IGN's Senior News Editor, host of Podcast Beyond!, and PlayStation lead. Talk to him on Twitter @jmdornbush.

Ubisoft will be joining IGN's showcase ahead of its own July show, as will Blizzard and many more.