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Back on October 17th, a PlayStation Network error briefly made the stealth game Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun available for free. Normally costing $40, many players were able to download it on PS4 and PS5 for a couple of hours before Sony fixed the problem. While people expected Sony to revoke the downloads soon after, they never did. Now, two months later, Sony has reversed those downloads. Given that Shadow Tactics typically takes 25-30 hours to complete, the initial 24-48 hour window wouldn’t have allowed most players to finish the game. However, the two-month period meant anyone who claimed it during the glitch had ample time to try it out for free.

Starting January 1st, the classic animated film The Land Before Time will no longer be available on Netflix. This beloved dinosaur adventure, created with the help of Steven Spielberg (who later made Jurassic Park) and George Lucas, follows Littlefoot, a young Apatosaurus, after he loses his mother to a T. Rex. Left alone in a harsh world, Littlefoot sets out on a long journey to find the legendary Great Valley. Along the way, he makes friends with four other young dinosaurs: Cera the Triceratops, Petrie the Pteranodon, Ducky the Saurolophus, and Spike the Stegosaurus.

After a long wait for new content, the battle between Jinwoo and the Ant King became the most popular anime fight on Crunchyroll’s official YouTube channel this year. The nearly ten-minute video, released in March 2025 and taken from Episode 12, has already earned over 30 million views and 20,000 comments, proving how much fans love the series. Viewers are repeatedly watching the clip because it shows the entire, action-packed fight without any cuts, making it one of the best animated battles in recent memory.

Although many deceased characters from the original Buffy the Vampire Slayer could be popular choices to bring back in the new series, there’s one character who should remain gone.

The Court of Owls debuted as the primary antagonists in Scott Snyder’s acclaimed Batman series, beginning in 2011. This secret society, comprised of Gotham’s most powerful families, had secretly manipulated the city’s history since its earliest days. They were so effective at hiding their influence that Batman himself believed they were just a legend—until he encountered them directly. While the Court quickly established itself as a formidable threat worthy of being recurring Batman villains, it was originally conceived not for Bruce Wayne’s Batman, but for his successor, Dick Grayson.

Here are seven Apple TV+ shows that are incredibly hard to stop watching. If you haven’t checked them out yet, they’re definitely worth adding to your list for a great binge-watching experience.

Filming for Roger Corman’s troubled Fantastic Four movie started on December 28, 1992, directed by music video director Oley Sassone. The shoot lasted between 21 and 25 days, using a sound stage in Venice, California, and nearby locations like the former Pacific Stock Exchange in Los Angeles and the Loyola Marymount University campus. Though the movie—originally planned for release on May 31, 1994, but ultimately shelved—never officially came out, it’s become famous among comic book fans. Even with the Fantastic Four getting several big-screen adaptations, including The Fantastic Four: First Steps, many still hope this early, unfinished version will one day be released.

Power systems in anime frequently mirror the show’s central ideas. They’re often used to examine deeper questions about things like the consequences of having power, how much strength someone should have, and what it means to grow as a person.

Next summer will see the release of Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, starring Milly Alcock as Kara Zor-El, also known as Supergirl. Joining her is Jason Momoa as Lobo, Matthias Schoenaerts as Krem of the Yellow Hills, and Emily Beecham as Alura. The film promises a unique take on the superhero genre, drawing inspiration from Westerns like John Wayne’s True Grit – the comic book it’s based on was directly inspired by that film. This means audiences can expect a story that’s a bit different from the typical superhero battle between good and evil, and it’s something to be excited about.

Beau DeMayo, who previously led the creative direction of X-Men ’97, shared on X what he had envisioned for Gambit’s storyline. He planned to feature Gambit in Season 3, adapting the ‘Age of Apocalypse’ arc where Magneto tasks him with gathering a team to locate and steal the M’Krann Crystal.