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Halo TV Series Release Date and Official Trailer Revealed

Update (1/30/21) - The official trailer for the Halo TV series has been released ahead of its March 24, 2022, premiere date.

Find the Halo, win the war. March 24 @ParamountPlus #HaloTheSeries pic.twitter.com/u930ruxTBu
— Halo on Paramount+ (@HaloTheSeries) January 30, 2022

Ahead of the reveal of its official trailer, the Halo TV series has been given a premiere date of March 24, 2022.

The announcement came as part of a teaser for the trailer that will air during the AFC Championship Game that will see the Cincinnati Bengals facing off against the Kansas City Chiefs for a chance to go to the Super Bowl.

We’re just getting started. Watch the #HaloTheSeries Official Trailer today during halftime at the AFC Championship Game on @CBS and @ParamountPlus.
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— Halo on Paramount+ (@HaloTheSeries) January 30, 2022

The premiere date can be heard around 0:53 and follows footage of both Master Chief and his fellow Spartans alongside clips of Chiefs and Bengals players.

Our first look at the Halo TV series was given at the Game Awards 2021, and we saw for the first time Pablo Schreiber's Master Chief in action. This show has been in development for some time now, but we only have a short time to wait to see its story unfold.

Speaking of which, the show's story will be separate from the games' canon. Despite that Jen Taylor will make the jump from games to the TV screen to once again voice the AI known as Cortana. Schreiber and Taylor will be joined by Danny Sapani's Jacob Keyes, Olive Gray's Miranda Keyes, Charlie Murphy's Makee, Yerin Ha's Quan Ah, Natascha McElhone's Catherine Halsey, Bokeem Woodbine's Soren-066, and more.

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Adam Bankhurst is a news writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @AdamBankhurst and on Twitch.

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Spider-Man: No Way Home Wins Its Sixth Domestic Weekend Box Office and Crosses $1 Billion Overseas

Not only has Spider-Man: No Way Home secured its sixth domestic weekend box office, but it has also become one of the rare films to cross $1 billion overseas.

As reported by Variety, Spider-Man: No Way Home added another $11 million to its domestic total and surpassed $735 million at the North American box office. While it still remains the fourth-highest grossing domestic release in history, it is currently $25 million away from passing Avatar's $760 million for third place.

No Way Home may very well pass Avatar at the domestic box office, but it still has a long way to go to topple its global first place spot with $2.8 billion. Despite that, No Way Home passed another impressive milestone and crossed the $1 billion mark overseas. It has also done so without the help of China, which just so happens to be "the world's biggest moviegoing market." In total, No Way Home has earned $1.74 billion globally and sits at the sixth-highest earning movie of all time at the worldwide box office.

Scream, which bested Spider-Man: No Way Home in its opening weekend, took second place with $7.3 million. This was a 40% drop week-over-week, but Scream continues to shoot past its production budget of $25 million as it now has earned $106.2 million globally.

Sing 2 placed third with $4.8 million, bringing its global tally to $134 million and continuing to raise its record as the highest-grossing animated film during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Redeeming Love placed fourth with $1.85 million and The King's Man rounded out the top five with $1.8 million. The latest entry in the Kingsman franchise has also crossed $100 million globally.

Spider-Man: No Way Home is in for a bit of competition next week as both Moonfall and Jackass Forever will be released in theaters on February 4, 2022.

For more on Spider-Man: No Way Home, read on as to how it was Andrew Garfield's idea to include this meme in the film, how the stars of the movie had a "Spider-Man therapy session" before filming the first scene, and check out the full script of the latest Spidey movie.

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Adam Bankhurst is a news writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @AdamBankhurst and on Twitch.

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Spider-Man: No Way Home Wins Its Sixth Domestic Weekend Box Office and Crosses $1 Billion Overseas

Not only has Spider-Man: No Way Home secured its sixth domestic weekend box office, but it has also become one of the rare films to cross $1 billion overseas.

As reported by Variety, Spider-Man: No Way Home added another $11 million to its domestic total and surpassed $735 million at the North American box office. While it still remains the fourth-highest grossing domestic release in history, it is currently $25 million away from passing Avatar's $760 million for third place.

No Way Home may very well pass Avatar at the domestic box office, but it still has a long way to go to topple its global first place spot with $2.8 billion. Despite that, No Way Home passed another impressive milestone and crossed the $1 billion mark overseas. It has also done so without the help of China, which just so happens to be "the world's biggest moviegoing market." In total, No Way Home has earned $1.74 billion globally and sits at the sixth-highest earning movie of all time at the worldwide box office.

Scream, which bested Spider-Man: No Way Home in its opening weekend, took second place with $7.3 million. This was a 40% drop week-over-week, but Scream continues to shoot past its production budget of $25 million as it now has earned $106.2 million globally.

Sing 2 placed third with $4.8 million, bringing its global tally to $134 million and continuing to raise its record as the highest-grossing animated film during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Redeeming Love placed fourth with $1.85 million and The King's Man rounded out the top five with $1.8 million. The latest entry in the Kingsman franchise has also crossed $100 million globally.

Spider-Man: No Way Home is in for a bit of competition next week as both Moonfall and Jackass Forever will be released in theaters on February 4, 2022.

For more on Spider-Man: No Way Home, read on as to how it was Andrew Garfield's idea to include this meme in the film, how the stars of the movie had a "Spider-Man therapy session" before filming the first scene, and check out the full script of the latest Spidey movie.

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Adam Bankhurst is a news writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @AdamBankhurst and on Twitch.

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New to HBO Max in February 2022: Free Guy, Raised By Wolves, KIMI, and More

Not only will HBO Max gain a ton of new films and TV shows in February 2022, but it will also see a number of high-profile season finales for shows like Peacemaker, And Just Like That..., Euphoria, and The Righteous Gemstones.

As for the new content, subscribers will be treated to the second season of Ridley Scott's Raised By Wolves, which follows the tale of two androids raising human children on a mysterious virgin planet. Steven Soderbergh's Kimi will also join the HBO Max library and this new film stars Zoë Kravitz as an agoraphobic tech worker in a COVID-19 pandemic Seattle who uncovers violent crimes and has to leave the safety of her apartment to help ensure justice is served.

Those who have yet to see Free Guy, The Many Saints of Newark, and The French Dispatch will have another chance to do so as all three films will be released on HBO Max in February. Next month will also see the arrival of season 5 of Rick and Morty, a celebrity game show produced and hosted by Ayesha and Stephen Curry called About Last Night, and much more.

Check out the slideshow gallery below for the highlights of HBO Max's February 2022 offerings, followed by the full list:

February 1

3:10 to Yuma, 2007 (HBO)
12 Years A Slave, 2013 (HBO)
21 & Over, 2013 (HBO)
A Bridge Too Far, 1977 (HBO)
After The Sunset, 2004 (HBO)
Airheads, 1994 (HBO)
Alex & Emma, 2003 (HBO)
Amistad, 1997
An American Haunting, 2005 (HBO)
Army Of One, 2020 (HBO)
Bad Milo!, 2013 (HBO)
Black Dynamite, 2009
The Book Thief, 2013 (HBO)
Broken English, 2007 (HBO)
The Butterfly Effect, 2004 (Director’s Cuts) (HBO)
The Butterfly Effect 2, 2006 (HBO)
Calvario, 2019 (HBO)
Casa De Mi Padre, 2012 (HBO)
Chinatown, 1974 (HBO)
Chuck
The Dark Half, 1993 (HBO)
Defending Your Life, 1991 (HBO)
Donnie Darko, 2001 (HBO)
Dr. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas, 2000 (HBO)
Escobar: Paradise Lost, 2014 (HBO)
The Falcon And The Snowman, 1985 (HBO)
Fame, 1980
Free Willy 2 The Adventure Home, 1995 (HBO)
Free Willy 3 The Rescue, 1997 (HBO)
From Paris With Love, 2010 (HBO)
Good Deeds, 2012 (HBO)
The Hunter, 2011 (HBO)
Hyde Park On Hudson, 2012 (HBO)
Kick-Ass 2, 2013 (HBO)
La Foquita, 2020 (HBO)
The Life Before Her Eyes, 2007 (HBO)
The Loft, 2014 (HBO)
Love & Mercy, 2014 (HBO)
Master of Disguise, 2002 (HBO)
The Mighty Quinn, 1989 (HBO)
Monsters, 2010 (HBO)
My Blue Heaven, 1990 (HBO)
National Lampoon’s Van Wilder 2: The Rise of Taj, 2006 (HBO)
Network, 1976
Night Owls, 2015 (HBO)
Nightmare Alley, 2021 (HBO)
No End In Sight, 2007 (HBO)
Ondine, 2009 (HBO)
The Ones Below, 2015 (HBO)
Presenting Princess Shaw, 2015 (HBO)
Rabbit Hole, 2010 (HBO)
Rango, 2011 (HBO)
Red 2, 2013 (HBO)
Return To Me, 2000 (HBO)
Riddick, 2013 (Director’s Cuts) (HBO)
Rob Roy, 1995 (HBO)
Rules Of Engagement, 2000 (HBO)
Runaway Train, 1985 (HBO)
Santa’s Slay, 2005 (HBO)
School Ties, 1992 (HBO)
The Searchers, 1956
The Secret Garden, 2020 (HBO)
Shake!: Otis at Monterey, 1987
Shrink, 2009 (HBO)
Splinter, 2008 (HBO)
Sugar, 2008 (HBO)
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street, 2007 (HBO)
Terry Bradshaw: Going Deep, Documentary Premiere (HBO)
This Is Where I Leave You, 2014 (HBO)
Uncommon Valor, 1983 (HBO)
Unlocked, 2017 (HBO)
The Untouchables, 2011 (HBO)
West Side Story, 1961 (HBO)
Yun, 2018 (HBO)

February 2

Tacoma FD, Season 3

February 3

40 Means Nothing (40 No Es Nada), Max Original Season 1 Premiere
And Just Like That…, Max Original Season 1 Finale
Cracked, 2021 (HBO)
Cry Macho, 2021 (HBO)
Looney Tunes Cartoons Valentine’s Extwavaganza!, Max Original
Mass Ave, 2021 (HBO)
Pure, 2021 (HBO)
Raised By Wolves, Max Original Season 2 Premiere
The Snakes, 2021 (HBO)
When the Sun Sets, 2021 (HBO)

February 4

Double Cross
Rhodes To The Top
Sin Senas Particulares

February 5

Rick and Morty, Season 5
Shaq Life, Seasons 1 and 2

February 6

Big Trick Energy

February 7

Backyard Bar Wars

February 9

Smiling Friends, Season 2

February 10

About Last Night, Max Original Season 1 Premiere
Adventure of the Ring, Max Original Season 1 Premiere
The Girl Before, Max Original Season 1 Premiere
Just Call Out My Name, Max Original Documentary
KIMI, 2022 (Made for Max film)
ODO, Max Original Season 2 Premiere

February 11

Antlers, 2021 (HBO)
Apple & Onion, Season 2C

February 13

The Bachelor Winter Games

February 15

Icahn: The Restless Billionaire, Documentary Premiere (HBO)

February 16

Off The Air, Season 11

February 17

Craig of the Creek, Season 4A
Dream Raider, Max Original Season 1 Premiere
The Many Saints of Newark, 2021 (HBO)
Peacemaker, Max Original Season 1 Finale
Yabba-Dabba Dinosaurs, Max Original Season 2 Premiere

February 18

La Foquita El 10 De La Calle
Top Gear, Season 30

February 20

Last Week Tonight, Season 9 Premiere (HBO)

February 22

Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel (HBO)

February 23

Free Guy, 2021 (HBO)
Robot Chicken, Season 11 A

February 24

Bilardo, Max Original Documentary Premiere
Bing, Season 1
Las Bravas, Max Original Season 1 Premiere

February 25

The French Dispatch, 2021 (HBO)
Euphoria, Season 2 Finale (HBO)
The Righteous Gemstones, Season 2 Finale (HBO)
Somebody Somewhere, Season 1 Finale (HBO)

Adam Bankhurst is a news writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @AdamBankhurst and on Twitch.

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New to HBO Max in February 2022: Free Guy, Raised By Wolves, KIMI, and More

Not only will HBO Max gain a ton of new films and TV shows in February 2022, but it will also see a number of high-profile season finales for shows like Peacemaker, And Just Like That..., Euphoria, and The Righteous Gemstones.

As for the new content, subscribers will be treated to the second season of Ridley Scott's Raised By Wolves, which follows the tale of two androids raising human children on a mysterious virgin planet. Steven Soderbergh's Kimi will also join the HBO Max library and this new film stars Zoë Kravitz as an agoraphobic tech worker in a COVID-19 pandemic Seattle who uncovers violent crimes and has to leave the safety of her apartment to help ensure justice is served.

Those who have yet to see Free Guy, The Many Saints of Newark, and The French Dispatch will have another chance to do so as all three films will be released on HBO Max in February. Next month will also see the arrival of season 5 of Rick and Morty, a celebrity game show produced and hosted by Ayesha and Stephen Curry called About Last Night, and much more.

Check out the slideshow gallery below for the highlights of HBO Max's February 2022 offerings, followed by the full list:

February 1

3:10 to Yuma, 2007 (HBO)
12 Years A Slave, 2013 (HBO)
21 & Over, 2013 (HBO)
A Bridge Too Far, 1977 (HBO)
After The Sunset, 2004 (HBO)
Airheads, 1994 (HBO)
Alex & Emma, 2003 (HBO)
Amistad, 1997
An American Haunting, 2005 (HBO)
Army Of One, 2020 (HBO)
Bad Milo!, 2013 (HBO)
Black Dynamite, 2009
The Book Thief, 2013 (HBO)
Broken English, 2007 (HBO)
The Butterfly Effect, 2004 (Director’s Cuts) (HBO)
The Butterfly Effect 2, 2006 (HBO)
Calvario, 2019 (HBO)
Casa De Mi Padre, 2012 (HBO)
Chinatown, 1974 (HBO)
Chuck
The Dark Half, 1993 (HBO)
Defending Your Life, 1991 (HBO)
Donnie Darko, 2001 (HBO)
Dr. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas, 2000 (HBO)
Escobar: Paradise Lost, 2014 (HBO)
The Falcon And The Snowman, 1985 (HBO)
Fame, 1980
Free Willy 2 The Adventure Home, 1995 (HBO)
Free Willy 3 The Rescue, 1997 (HBO)
From Paris With Love, 2010 (HBO)
Good Deeds, 2012 (HBO)
The Hunter, 2011 (HBO)
Hyde Park On Hudson, 2012 (HBO)
Kick-Ass 2, 2013 (HBO)
La Foquita, 2020 (HBO)
The Life Before Her Eyes, 2007 (HBO)
The Loft, 2014 (HBO)
Love & Mercy, 2014 (HBO)
Master of Disguise, 2002 (HBO)
The Mighty Quinn, 1989 (HBO)
Monsters, 2010 (HBO)
My Blue Heaven, 1990 (HBO)
National Lampoon’s Van Wilder 2: The Rise of Taj, 2006 (HBO)
Network, 1976
Night Owls, 2015 (HBO)
Nightmare Alley, 2021 (HBO)
No End In Sight, 2007 (HBO)
Ondine, 2009 (HBO)
The Ones Below, 2015 (HBO)
Presenting Princess Shaw, 2015 (HBO)
Rabbit Hole, 2010 (HBO)
Rango, 2011 (HBO)
Red 2, 2013 (HBO)
Return To Me, 2000 (HBO)
Riddick, 2013 (Director’s Cuts) (HBO)
Rob Roy, 1995 (HBO)
Rules Of Engagement, 2000 (HBO)
Runaway Train, 1985 (HBO)
Santa’s Slay, 2005 (HBO)
School Ties, 1992 (HBO)
The Searchers, 1956
The Secret Garden, 2020 (HBO)
Shake!: Otis at Monterey, 1987
Shrink, 2009 (HBO)
Splinter, 2008 (HBO)
Sugar, 2008 (HBO)
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street, 2007 (HBO)
Terry Bradshaw: Going Deep, Documentary Premiere (HBO)
This Is Where I Leave You, 2014 (HBO)
Uncommon Valor, 1983 (HBO)
Unlocked, 2017 (HBO)
The Untouchables, 2011 (HBO)
West Side Story, 1961 (HBO)
Yun, 2018 (HBO)

February 2

Tacoma FD, Season 3

February 3

40 Means Nothing (40 No Es Nada), Max Original Season 1 Premiere
And Just Like That…, Max Original Season 1 Finale
Cracked, 2021 (HBO)
Cry Macho, 2021 (HBO)
Looney Tunes Cartoons Valentine’s Extwavaganza!, Max Original
Mass Ave, 2021 (HBO)
Pure, 2021 (HBO)
Raised By Wolves, Max Original Season 2 Premiere
The Snakes, 2021 (HBO)
When the Sun Sets, 2021 (HBO)

February 4

Double Cross
Rhodes To The Top
Sin Senas Particulares

February 5

Rick and Morty, Season 5
Shaq Life, Seasons 1 and 2

February 6

Big Trick Energy

February 7

Backyard Bar Wars

February 9

Smiling Friends, Season 2

February 10

About Last Night, Max Original Season 1 Premiere
Adventure of the Ring, Max Original Season 1 Premiere
The Girl Before, Max Original Season 1 Premiere
Just Call Out My Name, Max Original Documentary
KIMI, 2022 (Made for Max film)
ODO, Max Original Season 2 Premiere

February 11

Antlers, 2021 (HBO)
Apple & Onion, Season 2C

February 13

The Bachelor Winter Games

February 15

Icahn: The Restless Billionaire, Documentary Premiere (HBO)

February 16

Off The Air, Season 11

February 17

Craig of the Creek, Season 4A
Dream Raider, Max Original Season 1 Premiere
The Many Saints of Newark, 2021 (HBO)
Peacemaker, Max Original Season 1 Finale
Yabba-Dabba Dinosaurs, Max Original Season 2 Premiere

February 18

La Foquita El 10 De La Calle
Top Gear, Season 30

February 20

Last Week Tonight, Season 9 Premiere (HBO)

February 22

Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel (HBO)

February 23

Free Guy, 2021 (HBO)
Robot Chicken, Season 11 A

February 24

Bilardo, Max Original Documentary Premiere
Bing, Season 1
Las Bravas, Max Original Season 1 Premiere

February 25

The French Dispatch, 2021 (HBO)
Euphoria, Season 2 Finale (HBO)
The Righteous Gemstones, Season 2 Finale (HBO)
Somebody Somewhere, Season 1 Finale (HBO)

Adam Bankhurst is a news writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @AdamBankhurst and on Twitch.

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Xbox Games with Gold for February 2022 Revealed

Microsoft has announced that February 2022's Xbox Games with Gold are Broken Sword 5: The Serpent's Curse, Aerial_Knight's Never Yield, Hydrophobia, and Band of Bugs.

As detailed by Xbox Wire, all of these Games with Gold will be available to those with Xbox Live Gold or Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, and the first two - Broken Sword 5: The Serpent's Curse and Hydrophobia - arrive on February 1.

Broken Sword 5: The Serpent's Curse, which will be available from February 1-28, puts players in the shoes of American George Stobbart and "sassy French journalist Nico Collard" as they follow the trail of a stolen painting and a "murderous conspiracy" that has "roots older than the written word."

The Broken Sword series began in 1996 with Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars and the games are point-and-click adventures that have followed the stories of Stobbart and Collard for years now.

Aerial_Knight's Never Yield will be available from February 16 to March 15 and puts players in the shoes of Wally, a "mysterious character always in motion as you run, jump, slide, or dash to the soundtrack of Danime-sama." The game also boasts a "runtime of an action movie," meaning it's perfect for those looking to find a new game that won't take hundreds of hours or those who may want to find their next speedrunning challenge.

Hydrophobia, which will be part of Games with Gold from February 1-15, was, in 2010, setting out to deliver an unprecedented horror game with "next-gen water rendering and other advanced technology." It follows Kate, who must use her engineering skills to "fight back against terrorists who have taken control of her floating city."

In our Hydrophobia review, we said that it "relies on its impressive water simulation to hold up an otherwise standard action game. It's definitely worth playing, though, and using the environment to creatively put down your enemies is quite satisfying."

Band of Bugs, which will be available from February 16-28, was first released in 2007 and has you fighting against spiders, bugs, and "even your friends in Spider Hunter Mode." It is billed as a "fast playing, accessible game for fans of the tactics-strategy genre, that puts you into the game."

In our Band of Bugs review, we said, "Band of Bugs is a success in just about every category, except the most important one. The feature set, most notably the level editor, visuals, sounds, and wit all work and work well. Unfortunately for fans of turn-based strategy games, the gameplay won't hold up to the standards we're all used to."

As you wait for these games to arrive, be sure to redeem January 2022's Xbox Games with Gold before they leave the service, including NeuroVoider, Aground, and Space Invaders Infinity Gene.