Amazon Prime has made a wide selection of children's TV shows free to watch on its video streaming service. Prime Video usually costs $12.99 per month and by signing up, subscribers get access to all of Amazon's original TV shows and movies, as well as a number of other TV shows and movies on the service. That includes TV shows made specifically for children. The company has lifted the subscription requirement needed to view a number of these shows for children. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=new-movies-coming-to-vod-early&captions=true"] Amazon Original shows that are family-friendly like Costume Quest, The Stinky Dirty Show, and If You Give A Mouse A Cookie are now free to watch as are a number of PBS KIDS shows like Arthur, Cyberchase, and Reading Rainbow. While a paid subscription is no longer necessary, users will still need to create a free Amazon account to take advantage of Amazon's free offerings. This comes at a time when children around the world are at home due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. With MLB, NBA, NHL and other sports seasons postponed, movie theaters and theme parks closed, and numerous gaming conferences canceled, many are adjusting to new at-home routines as quarantines continue to take place. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/03/16/universal-to-distribute-new-releases-on-demand-amid-coronavirus"] Other companies like Comcast are offering free services too. Elsewhere, movie studios are bringing their movies to on-demand services much sooner than anticipated as a result of the virus. Read about how COVID-19 is affecting the film industry and then read about how medical experts believe delaying movies will help prevent the spread of the virus. You can also read up on the first video game console delayed as a result of the virus. Here are some ways you can help others and stay safe during the COVID-19 pandemic. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Wesley LeBlanc is a freelance news writer and guide maker for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @LeBlancWes.

Amazon Prime has made a wide selection of children's TV shows free to watch on its video streaming service. Prime Video usually costs $12.99 per month and by signing up, subscribers get access to all of Amazon's original TV shows and movies, as well as a number of other TV shows and movies on the service. That includes TV shows made specifically for children. The company has lifted the subscription requirement needed to view a number of these shows for children. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=new-movies-coming-to-vod-early&captions=true"] Amazon Original shows that are family-friendly like Costume Quest, The Stinky Dirty Show, and If You Give A Mouse A Cookie are now free to watch as are a number of PBS KIDS shows like Arthur, Cyberchase, and Reading Rainbow. While a paid subscription is no longer necessary, users will still need to create a free Amazon account to take advantage of Amazon's free offerings. This comes at a time when children around the world are at home due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. With MLB, NBA, NHL and other sports seasons postponed, movie theaters and theme parks closed, and numerous gaming conferences canceled, many are adjusting to new at-home routines as quarantines continue to take place. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/03/16/universal-to-distribute-new-releases-on-demand-amid-coronavirus"] Other companies like Comcast are offering free services too. Elsewhere, movie studios are bringing their movies to on-demand services much sooner than anticipated as a result of the virus. Read about how COVID-19 is affecting the film industry and then read about how medical experts believe delaying movies will help prevent the spread of the virus. You can also read up on the first video game console delayed as a result of the virus. Here are some ways you can help others and stay safe during the COVID-19 pandemic. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Wesley LeBlanc is a freelance news writer and guide maker for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @LeBlancWes.

British gaming studio Splash Damage has announced that it is working on an unannounced Google Stadia exclusive. Unfortunately, the developers won't be sharing details on the project quite yet, but promise more details in the coming months. Splash Damage is known for creating immersive multiplayer games and has had a hand in multiple well-known titles. Most notably, the studio developed the multiplayer maps for Doom 3, worked with The Coalition to develop Gears of War: Ultimate Edition and Gears Tactics, partnered with 343 Industries to develop The Master Chief Collection, and much more. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=google-stadia-review&captions=true"] It seems safe to assume that whatever Splash Damage is working on will likely have multiplayer given the studio's pedigree. However, for now, we will have to wait to get official information. Google Stadia had a bit of a rough launch late last year and currently has over 40 confirmed games for the platform. In December, Stadia acquired Typhoon Studios, the team behind Journey to the Savage Planet. Stadia recently appointed former God of War executive producer Shannon Studstill to lead its new games and entertainment studio, which will focus on delivering exclusive titles to the platform. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2019/12/31/should-i-buy-stadia"] In the past few months, Stadia has been rather quiet, but with the Xbox Series X and PS5 set to release later this year, hopefully, we'll hear some more from Google's platform in the coming weeks and months. In the meantime, be sure to check out our Google Stadia review if you're on the fence about subscribing to the service. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Andrew Smith is a freelance contributor with IGN. Follow him on Twitter @_andrewtsmith.

British gaming studio Splash Damage has announced that it is working on an unannounced Google Stadia exclusive. Unfortunately, the developers won't be sharing details on the project quite yet, but promise more details in the coming months. Splash Damage is known for creating immersive multiplayer games and has had a hand in multiple well-known titles. Most notably, the studio developed the multiplayer maps for Doom 3, worked with The Coalition to develop Gears of War: Ultimate Edition and Gears Tactics, partnered with 343 Industries to develop The Master Chief Collection, and much more. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=google-stadia-review&captions=true"] It seems safe to assume that whatever Splash Damage is working on will likely have multiplayer given the studio's pedigree. However, for now, we will have to wait to get official information. Google Stadia had a bit of a rough launch late last year and currently has over 40 confirmed games for the platform. In December, Stadia acquired Typhoon Studios, the team behind Journey to the Savage Planet. Stadia recently appointed former God of War executive producer Shannon Studstill to lead its new games and entertainment studio, which will focus on delivering exclusive titles to the platform. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2019/12/31/should-i-buy-stadia"] In the past few months, Stadia has been rather quiet, but with the Xbox Series X and PS5 set to release later this year, hopefully, we'll hear some more from Google's platform in the coming weeks and months. In the meantime, be sure to check out our Google Stadia review if you're on the fence about subscribing to the service. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Andrew Smith is a freelance contributor with IGN. Follow him on Twitter @_andrewtsmith.

Long before he played the captain of the Enterprise-D or the sage leader of the X-Men, Sir Patrick Stewart was a longtime and Olivier Award-winning member of the Royal Shakespeare Company. Now Stewart is turning his love of the Bard's work into a series of social media posts to soothe away worries during these difficult times. A casually dressed Stewart first recorded himself reading Shakespeare's Sonnet 116 ("Let me not to the marriage of true minds ..."), which you can watch below:

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— Patrick Stewart (@SirPatStew) March 21, 2020

Encouraged by the outpouring of support from fans, Stewart tweeted the following day: "When I was a child in the 1940s, my mother would cut up slices of fruit for me (there wasn't much) and as she put it in front of me she would say, 'An apple a day keeps the doctor away.' How about, 'A sonnet a day keeps the doctor away'?" He then posted a video of himself reading Sonnet 1, which you can watch below. This would certainly seem to indicate that we have months of Stewart sonnet posts to look forward to as Shakespeare wrote 154 of them in his lifetime. They were poems on a variety of topics that were published posthumously in 1609.

2. When I was a child in the 1940s, my mother would cut up slices of fruit for me (there wasn't much) and as she put it in front of me she would say, "An apple a day keeps the doctor away." How about, “A sonnet a day keeps the doctor away”? So...here we go: Sonnet 1. pic.twitter.com/kDoMNhdqcI

— Patrick Stewart (@SirPatStew) March 22, 2020

For more Patrick Stewart goodness, check out our review of the latest episode of Star Trek: Picard as well as this exclusive clip from the show. Meanwhile, here's how you can help, and stay safe, during the coronavirus pandemic. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=star-trek-picard-the-essential-treks-to-take-before-the-show&captions=true"]

Long before he played the captain of the Enterprise-D or the sage leader of the X-Men, Sir Patrick Stewart was a longtime and Olivier Award-winning member of the Royal Shakespeare Company. Now Stewart is turning his love of the Bard's work into a series of social media posts to soothe away worries during these difficult times. A casually dressed Stewart first recorded himself reading Shakespeare's Sonnet 116 ("Let me not to the marriage of true minds ..."), which you can watch below:

pic.twitter.com/dA92uM4Hr3

— Patrick Stewart (@SirPatStew) March 21, 2020

Encouraged by the outpouring of support from fans, Stewart tweeted the following day: "When I was a child in the 1940s, my mother would cut up slices of fruit for me (there wasn't much) and as she put it in front of me she would say, 'An apple a day keeps the doctor away.' How about, 'A sonnet a day keeps the doctor away'?" He then posted a video of himself reading Sonnet 1, which you can watch below. This would certainly seem to indicate that we have months of Stewart sonnet posts to look forward to as Shakespeare wrote 154 of them in his lifetime. They were poems on a variety of topics that were published posthumously in 1609.

2. When I was a child in the 1940s, my mother would cut up slices of fruit for me (there wasn't much) and as she put it in front of me she would say, "An apple a day keeps the doctor away." How about, “A sonnet a day keeps the doctor away”? So...here we go: Sonnet 1. pic.twitter.com/kDoMNhdqcI

— Patrick Stewart (@SirPatStew) March 22, 2020

For more Patrick Stewart goodness, check out our review of the latest episode of Star Trek: Picard as well as this exclusive clip from the show. Meanwhile, here's how you can help, and stay safe, during the coronavirus pandemic. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=star-trek-picard-the-essential-treks-to-take-before-the-show&captions=true"]

SPOILER WARNING for Half-Life: Alyx. We’ll be avoiding all story spoilers that aren’t relevant to the tease itself, but know that we ARE discussing a scene from the very end of Alyx if you plan to keep reading.

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Half-Life: Alyx launched Monday morning, but it may already be setting up another Half-Life game – and it could be the proper sequel we’ve all been waiting for for over a decade.

As mentioned above, we are about to dive into spoiler land here, so turn back now if you don’t want to know anymore!

Also, if you DO plan on playing Alyx, I'd highly recommend holding off on reading this. It's a pretty awesome surprise to experience yourself.

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Avoiding any specific details that relate to Half-Life: Alyx’s story, the post-credits scene is likely a setup for a new Half-Life game to pick up almost exactly where Half-Life 2: Episode 2 left off 13 years ago.

In the scene, the player sees through the eyes of Gordon Freeman instead of Alyx Vance. It takes place just after the final moments of Episode 2, and Freeman is handed his signature crowbar as a character tells him “we’ve got work to do.”

It’s unclear if this is a setup for a Half-Life 2: Episode 3, a proper Half-Life 3, or – if it’s another VR-only game – something along the lines of “Half-Life: Gordon” in the same way we just got Alyx. Regardless, the message that Valve plans to finally continue this story feels fairly unambiguous – something they’ve even said in interviews recently.

If you do want all the spoiler-filled details (maybe you don’t have VR and just want to know what happens), then we have a full ending explanation here. Also be sure to check out our review of Half-Life: Alyx, and read Valve explaining why it never made Episode 3 13 years ago. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Tom Marks is IGN's Deputy Reviews Editor and resident pie maker. You can follow him on Twitter.

SPOILER WARNING for Half-Life: Alyx. We’ll be avoiding all story spoilers that aren’t relevant to the tease itself, but know that we ARE discussing a scene from the very end of Alyx if you plan to keep reading.

[ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/03/23/half-life-alyx-review"]

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Half-Life: Alyx launched Monday morning, but it may already be setting up another Half-Life game – and it could be the proper sequel we’ve all been waiting for for over a decade.

As mentioned above, we are about to dive into spoiler land here, so turn back now if you don’t want to know anymore!

Also, if you DO plan on playing Alyx, I'd highly recommend holding off on reading this. It's a pretty awesome surprise to experience yourself.

[widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=every-ign-valve-game-review&captions=true"]

Avoiding any specific details that relate to Half-Life: Alyx’s story, the post-credits scene is likely a setup for a new Half-Life game to pick up almost exactly where Half-Life 2: Episode 2 left off 13 years ago.

In the scene, the player sees through the eyes of Gordon Freeman instead of Alyx Vance. It takes place just after the final moments of Episode 2, and Freeman is handed his signature crowbar as a character tells him “we’ve got work to do.”

It’s unclear if this is a setup for a Half-Life 2: Episode 3, a proper Half-Life 3, or – if it’s another VR-only game – something along the lines of “Half-Life: Gordon” in the same way we just got Alyx. Regardless, the message that Valve plans to finally continue this story feels fairly unambiguous – something they’ve even said in interviews recently.

If you do want all the spoiler-filled details (maybe you don’t have VR and just want to know what happens), then we have a full ending explanation here. Also be sure to check out our review of Half-Life: Alyx, and read Valve explaining why it never made Episode 3 13 years ago. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Tom Marks is IGN's Deputy Reviews Editor and resident pie maker. You can follow him on Twitter.

Zombieland screenwriters Paul Wernick and Rhett Reese have uploaded script pages from the original movie featuring celebrity cameos that never happened. The writers of the film always envisioned a celebrity cameo during the scene where the four main characters break into a Hollywood mansion. Bill Murray ended up with the role, but Wernick says they wrote out "a dozen or so" scenarios for that scene with different celebrities. Wernick mentions Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Kevin Bacon, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Joe Pesci, Matthew McConaughey and more on Twitter. So far, script pages for Patrick Swayze, Sylvester Stallone and Mark Hamill have been uploaded. "Since we’re all currently living in #zombieland, @rhettreese & I thought it’d be fun to take you behind the curtain, back to the early days," Wernick said in a post on Twitter. "The role Bill Murray played started in the original draft as Patrick Swayze. Patrick tragically got sick and we never had the opp [sic] to offer him the part. But we did WRITE IT. Along with a dozen or so [for different celebrities]. @rhettreese and I are going to post a new scene every day, as written, just, well, just because…" [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2019/10/15/zombieland-double-tap-cast-rewatch-zombielands-best-scenes-10-years-later"] The Swayze script was uploaded by Wernick in four parts on Thursday. Wernick notes that most of the characters had different names at this time. Jesse Eisenberg's character was originally Flagstaff, Woody Harrelson's character was once named Albuquerque and Abigail Breslin's character was Stillwater. And, Swayze is already a zombie when the characters pull up to the mansion whereas Bill Murray was pretending to be one. The scene starts off with Harrelson's character imitating Road House and ends with Harrelson performing a move from Dirty Dancing that sends Zombie Swayze head-first into a pillar.

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— Paul Wernick (@paulwernick) March 19, 2020

Reese uploaded the Stallone version to Twitter on Friday. "We sent this to Mr. Stallone... but his schedule / better judgment thwarted our plans," Reese said. In this version, all of the characters' names match the ones from the final movie and Stallone is also a zombie from the very beginning. Hamill's version was posted on Wernick's Twitter on Saturday. Hamill is also a zombie the whole time and eventually has his arm cut off in a moment that mimics his dismemberment from The Empire Strikes Back. "So a no-go on Swayze & [Stallone]. Our fearless leader, [producer Gavin Polone,] called: ‘Fire up the [Mark Hamill] draft' We would not be deterred," Wernick wrote on Twitter. "#BillMurray hadn’t yet been mentioned, for we would have never in our wildest imagination thought we could get him." "So we used the force. And got a forceful f*** no," Wernick wrote. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=zombieland-columbuss-full-list-of-rules-to-survive-the-zombie-apocalypse&captions=true"] All's well that ends well. The Zombieland crew eventually attracted Murray to the role and the rest is history. The movie received critical praise on its release in 2009 and ended up making over $100 million at the box office on a budget of $23.6 million, according to The Numbers. A sequel was released in October 2019. The Numbers says the sequel grossed $122 million at the box office on a budget of $48 million. Did you know that Ryan Reynolds almost ended up as a celebrity cameo in Zombieland 2? Also, check out a side-by-side comparison of the original Zombieland cast with themselves 10 years later. For more Zombieland goodness, here are 6 details you may have forgotten about the original movie. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Petey Oneto is a freelance writer for IGN who LOVES Zombieland and will gladly be in the theater every 10 years for a sequel.

Zombieland screenwriters Paul Wernick and Rhett Reese have uploaded script pages from the original movie featuring celebrity cameos that never happened. The writers of the film always envisioned a celebrity cameo during the scene where the four main characters break into a Hollywood mansion. Bill Murray ended up with the role, but Wernick says they wrote out "a dozen or so" scenarios for that scene with different celebrities. Wernick mentions Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Kevin Bacon, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Joe Pesci, Matthew McConaughey and more on Twitter. So far, script pages for Patrick Swayze, Sylvester Stallone and Mark Hamill have been uploaded. "Since we’re all currently living in #zombieland, @rhettreese & I thought it’d be fun to take you behind the curtain, back to the early days," Wernick said in a post on Twitter. "The role Bill Murray played started in the original draft as Patrick Swayze. Patrick tragically got sick and we never had the opp [sic] to offer him the part. But we did WRITE IT. Along with a dozen or so [for different celebrities]. @rhettreese and I are going to post a new scene every day, as written, just, well, just because…" [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2019/10/15/zombieland-double-tap-cast-rewatch-zombielands-best-scenes-10-years-later"] The Swayze script was uploaded by Wernick in four parts on Thursday. Wernick notes that most of the characters had different names at this time. Jesse Eisenberg's character was originally Flagstaff, Woody Harrelson's character was once named Albuquerque and Abigail Breslin's character was Stillwater. And, Swayze is already a zombie when the characters pull up to the mansion whereas Bill Murray was pretending to be one. The scene starts off with Harrelson's character imitating Road House and ends with Harrelson performing a move from Dirty Dancing that sends Zombie Swayze head-first into a pillar.

pic.twitter.com/2HSZ3OourN

— Paul Wernick (@paulwernick) March 19, 2020

Reese uploaded the Stallone version to Twitter on Friday. "We sent this to Mr. Stallone... but his schedule / better judgment thwarted our plans," Reese said. In this version, all of the characters' names match the ones from the final movie and Stallone is also a zombie from the very beginning. Hamill's version was posted on Wernick's Twitter on Saturday. Hamill is also a zombie the whole time and eventually has his arm cut off in a moment that mimics his dismemberment from The Empire Strikes Back. "So a no-go on Swayze & [Stallone]. Our fearless leader, [producer Gavin Polone,] called: ‘Fire up the [Mark Hamill] draft' We would not be deterred," Wernick wrote on Twitter. "#BillMurray hadn’t yet been mentioned, for we would have never in our wildest imagination thought we could get him." "So we used the force. And got a forceful f*** no," Wernick wrote. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=zombieland-columbuss-full-list-of-rules-to-survive-the-zombie-apocalypse&captions=true"] All's well that ends well. The Zombieland crew eventually attracted Murray to the role and the rest is history. The movie received critical praise on its release in 2009 and ended up making over $100 million at the box office on a budget of $23.6 million, according to The Numbers. A sequel was released in October 2019. The Numbers says the sequel grossed $122 million at the box office on a budget of $48 million. Did you know that Ryan Reynolds almost ended up as a celebrity cameo in Zombieland 2? Also, check out a side-by-side comparison of the original Zombieland cast with themselves 10 years later. For more Zombieland goodness, here are 6 details you may have forgotten about the original movie. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Petey Oneto is a freelance writer for IGN who LOVES Zombieland and will gladly be in the theater every 10 years for a sequel.