Vikings: Valhalla has been renewed for Seasons 2 and 3 at Netflix, with the plan of launching the next season sometime in 2023.

Netflix previously handed Vikings: Valhalla a 24-episode series order, but the streamer has sounded its horns to share the news that the show will now be released as three, eight-episode seasons. Season 2 has already wrapped production, with a premiere date slated for next year, while Season 3 is scheduled to start filming this spring.

Vikings: Valhalla will return for Season 2 — and Season 3! pic.twitter.com/9zMYfMa9jc

— Netflix (@netflix) March 9, 2022

Series creator Jeb Stuart is returning as showrunner and executive producer for both upcoming seasons. He will be joined by original Vikings series creator Michael Hirst who will serve as an executive producer alongside Morgan O'Sullivan, Sheila Hockin, Steve Stark, James Flynn, John Weber, Sherry Marsh, Alan Gasmer, and Paul Buccieri.

The first season of Vikings: Valhalla was released on Netflix on February 25, and it quickly became a number one series on the streamer. The historical drama landed on Top 10 lists in 90 countries, with the series garnering 80.5 million hours viewed during its first two days on the platform, which rocketed to 194 million hours viewed after nine days.

Set roughly 100 years after the events depicted in Vikings, Vikings: Valhalla weaves in fictional characters with actual historical figures, including some of the most famous Vikings who ever lived as the show marks the end of the Viking Age, documenting Leif Erikson, Freydís Eiríksdóttir, and Harald Hardrada's epic journey from Kattegat to England and beyond.

IGN's review of Vikings: Valhalla Season 1 called the series "a crafty continuation of Vikings, though lacking in the original series' spiritual (and structural) opaqueness, which was an element that made the old show stand apart from other historical dramas," but ended up being "more pointed and purposeful, unraveling events in a more conventional manner."

Adele Ankers-Range is a freelance writer for IGN. Follow her on Twitter.

Vikings: Valhalla has been renewed for Seasons 2 and 3 at Netflix, with the plan of launching the next season sometime in 2023.

Netflix previously handed Vikings: Valhalla a 24-episode series order, but the streamer has sounded its horns to share the news that the show will now be released as three, eight-episode seasons. Season 2 has already wrapped production, with a premiere date slated for next year, while Season 3 is scheduled to start filming this spring.

Vikings: Valhalla will return for Season 2 — and Season 3! pic.twitter.com/9zMYfMa9jc

— Netflix (@netflix) March 9, 2022

Series creator Jeb Stuart is returning as showrunner and executive producer for both upcoming seasons. He will be joined by original Vikings series creator Michael Hirst who will serve as an executive producer alongside Morgan O'Sullivan, Sheila Hockin, Steve Stark, James Flynn, John Weber, Sherry Marsh, Alan Gasmer, and Paul Buccieri.

The first season of Vikings: Valhalla was released on Netflix on February 25, and it quickly became a number one series on the streamer. The historical drama landed on Top 10 lists in 90 countries, with the series garnering 80.5 million hours viewed during its first two days on the platform, which rocketed to 194 million hours viewed after nine days.

Set roughly 100 years after the events depicted in Vikings, Vikings: Valhalla weaves in fictional characters with actual historical figures, including some of the most famous Vikings who ever lived as the show marks the end of the Viking Age, documenting Leif Erikson, Freydís Eiríksdóttir, and Harald Hardrada's epic journey from Kattegat to England and beyond.

IGN's review of Vikings: Valhalla Season 1 called the series "a crafty continuation of Vikings, though lacking in the original series' spiritual (and structural) opaqueness, which was an element that made the old show stand apart from other historical dramas," but ended up being "more pointed and purposeful, unraveling events in a more conventional manner."

Adele Ankers-Range is a freelance writer for IGN. Follow her on Twitter.

Peacemaker is finally coming to the UK on March 22, 2022.

That’s right – the hit TV show which made headlines thanks to its hilarious intro and over-the-top action is finally getting released in the UK.

Peacemaker stars John Cena as the peace-obsessed antihero from The Suicide Squad, who finds himself heading up yet-another government task force. But while the show has been a huge success in the US, fans in the UK have been patiently waiting… until now.

All 8 episodes of the hit superhero show will be available on Sky MAX from March 22, allowing DC fans to binge Peacemaker as soon as it becomes available.

After the end of The Suicide Squad, Christopher Smith (aka Peacemaker) was recruited by Amanda Waller (Viola Davis) to join the A.R.G.U.S. black ops squad, Project Butterfly. Their mission? To find and eliminate parasitic butterfly-like creatures who have taken human hosts around the globe.

Meanwhile, the controversial antihero will return in Peacemaker Season 2 which was recently confirmed by John Cena himself:

Learning about and eventually becoming #PEACEMAKER was an exercise in exploring the fun and absolutely genius mind of @JamesGunn. It’s been a privilege to work on this show and with the cast, crew and @hbomax team. Elated to say we’ll be back to create more peace for Season ✌️! pic.twitter.com/ujeeXODvOn

— John Cena (@JohnCena) February 16, 2022

Additionally, one of Peacemaker’s characters will return for a major DC movie role according to director James Gunn:

“[Peacemaker] is part of the DCU, I mean they can use these characters,” he said. “I mean one of these characters, which people have kind of figured out, one of these characters is used in a future big DC movie that's from here. So, we are connected to all of this.”

Peacemaker stars John Cena as the obnoxious antihero, alongside Danielle Brooks, Freddie Stroma, Chukwudi Iwuji, Jennifer Holland, Steve Agee, and Robert Patrick.

James Gunn wrote all episodes of the show, directing several along with Jody Hill, Rosemary Rodriguez, and Brad Anderson. Gunn, Peter Safran, and Matt Miller are executive producers on the series, with John Cena as co-executive producer.

Peacemaker is available from March 22 on Sky MAX as well as streaming service NOW (via an Entertainment membership). For more, check out our Peacemaker season 1 review.

Ryan Leston is an entertainment journalist and film critic for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter.

Peacemaker is finally coming to the UK on March 22, 2022.

That’s right – the hit TV show which made headlines thanks to its hilarious intro and over-the-top action is finally getting released in the UK.

Peacemaker stars John Cena as the peace-obsessed antihero from The Suicide Squad, who finds himself heading up yet-another government task force. But while the show has been a huge success in the US, fans in the UK have been patiently waiting… until now.

All 8 episodes of the hit superhero show will be available on Sky MAX from March 22, allowing DC fans to binge Peacemaker as soon as it becomes available.

After the end of The Suicide Squad, Christopher Smith (aka Peacemaker) was recruited by Amanda Waller (Viola Davis) to join the A.R.G.U.S. black ops squad, Project Butterfly. Their mission? To find and eliminate parasitic butterfly-like creatures who have taken human hosts around the globe.

Meanwhile, the controversial antihero will return in Peacemaker Season 2 which was recently confirmed by John Cena himself:

Learning about and eventually becoming #PEACEMAKER was an exercise in exploring the fun and absolutely genius mind of @JamesGunn. It’s been a privilege to work on this show and with the cast, crew and @hbomax team. Elated to say we’ll be back to create more peace for Season ✌️! pic.twitter.com/ujeeXODvOn

— John Cena (@JohnCena) February 16, 2022

Additionally, one of Peacemaker’s characters will return for a major DC movie role according to director James Gunn:

“[Peacemaker] is part of the DCU, I mean they can use these characters,” he said. “I mean one of these characters, which people have kind of figured out, one of these characters is used in a future big DC movie that's from here. So, we are connected to all of this.”

Peacemaker stars John Cena as the obnoxious antihero, alongside Danielle Brooks, Freddie Stroma, Chukwudi Iwuji, Jennifer Holland, Steve Agee, and Robert Patrick.

James Gunn wrote all episodes of the show, directing several along with Jody Hill, Rosemary Rodriguez, and Brad Anderson. Gunn, Peter Safran, and Matt Miller are executive producers on the series, with John Cena as co-executive producer.

Peacemaker is available from March 22 on Sky MAX as well as streaming service NOW (via an Entertainment membership). For more, check out our Peacemaker season 1 review.

Ryan Leston is an entertainment journalist and film critic for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter.

Tiny Tina's Wonderlands four-part season pass will bring new bosses, levels, and a new class.

Each instalment of the post-launch content will take players to a new illusionary world, each with five levels and a final boss fight to cap things off.

Developer Gearbox made the announcement today but didn't say when each of the four content drops will be coming, though the game itself launches on March 25.

Upon release of the final DLC, players with the season pass will also receive a new, seventh class that comes with its own unique class feat, action skills, and skill tree. No details have been announced as to what this class is, so their abilities remain a mystery for now.

The content can be accessed through the season pass, or each of the four "Mirror of Mystery" content packs can be purchased individually. Gearbox has yet to real exact pricing, but the Chaotic Great Edition of Tiny Tina's Wonderlands comes with the season pass and is around $20 more expensive than the standard PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series editions of the game, and $30 more than the PS4 and Xbox One editions.

Gearbox said the post-launch content is intended for replayability as well, as the final boss in each area will grow more powerful each time, and beating them again and again will allow you to earn legendary loot.

Upon the first completion of each DLC, the levels and boss fights will also be added to the "pool of possibilities in the Chaos Chamber", meaning it will add to the endlessly replayable endgame of Tiny Tina's Wonderlands.

The season pass will also include the Butt Stallion pack, which contains a variety of cosmetic items: the Diamond Guard Armor Presets (three items), the Crystal Glitter Makeup Pack (five items), the Adamant Throne Banner Set (two items), and the Diamond Hero Statue Material.

Over on PC, for a limited time orders of Wonderlands from the Epic Games Store will also provide a Diamond Pony Glider for use in Fortnite.

In our final preview of the game, IGN said: "The mechanics of Wonderlands are solid, built on the tried and true Borderlands formula, and its pedigree is undeniable."

Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelancer who occasionally remembers to tweet @thelastdinsdale.

Tiny Tina's Wonderlands four-part season pass will bring new bosses, levels, and a new class.

Each instalment of the post-launch content will take players to a new illusionary world, each with five levels and a final boss fight to cap things off.

Developer Gearbox made the announcement today but didn't say when each of the four content drops will be coming, though the game itself launches on March 25.

Upon release of the final DLC, players with the season pass will also receive a new, seventh class that comes with its own unique class feat, action skills, and skill tree. No details have been announced as to what this class is, so their abilities remain a mystery for now.

The content can be accessed through the season pass, or each of the four "Mirror of Mystery" content packs can be purchased individually. Gearbox has yet to real exact pricing, but the Chaotic Great Edition of Tiny Tina's Wonderlands comes with the season pass and is around $20 more expensive than the standard PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series editions of the game, and $30 more than the PS4 and Xbox One editions.

Gearbox said the post-launch content is intended for replayability as well, as the final boss in each area will grow more powerful each time, and beating them again and again will allow you to earn legendary loot.

Upon the first completion of each DLC, the levels and boss fights will also be added to the "pool of possibilities in the Chaos Chamber", meaning it will add to the endlessly replayable endgame of Tiny Tina's Wonderlands.

The season pass will also include the Butt Stallion pack, which contains a variety of cosmetic items: the Diamond Guard Armor Presets (three items), the Crystal Glitter Makeup Pack (five items), the Adamant Throne Banner Set (two items), and the Diamond Hero Statue Material.

Over on PC, for a limited time orders of Wonderlands from the Epic Games Store will also provide a Diamond Pony Glider for use in Fortnite.

In our final preview of the game, IGN said: "The mechanics of Wonderlands are solid, built on the tried and true Borderlands formula, and its pedigree is undeniable."

Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelancer who occasionally remembers to tweet @thelastdinsdale.

A datamine has discovered multiple references in the files of Aperture Desk Job to four different unannounced Valve games.

As reported by Tyler McVicker, a journalist with a specialism in Valve’s work, the recently released Aperture Desk Job (a small game designed for the Steam Deck) contains folders with multiple detailed references to four different games: Citadel, a Source 2 port of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, a follow-up to Half-Life: Alyx, and a recreation of a previously cancelled Portal game. None of these projects have been formally announced by Valve.

The datamine, which runs over 70 pages long, contains data related to Citadel. “Citadel appears to be a Combine vs rebels, team-based, squad-based, class-based RTS/FPS hybrid,” McVicker explained. “The game appears to have a campaign, a single-player campaign and two major systems at play.”

McVicker reports that Citadel places players in the role of a commander who can direct squads of AI bots. This can be done from a bird’s eye view, or you can drop down onto the battlefield and take direct control of either your commander or other squad members.

It’s unclear from this leak if Citadel is a game in active development at Valve. The studio often builds out projects and prototypes that never come to public fruition. But this datamine provides a fascinating look behind the curtain. While many of the files are difficult to decipher, there are many notes that help build a picture of what Citadel was/is/could be.

The squad based game features groups of AI bots that have a dynamic behaviour system based on “mood” and “memory”. These bots, as well as the player, have access to weapons, upgrades, alternate fire systems, and passive buffs. These are considered “held abilities” that need to be attached to the player’s body, pointing to the fact that Citadel would be a VR game. McVicker’s exploration of the files suggests Citadel would work on “pancake” systems, too (that’s a normal PC to you and I).

There’s very little detail about the other three games referenced in the datamine. There are several instances of the term SteamPal, which McVickers says was a Steam Deck remake of F-Stop, a cancelled sequel to Portal better known as Aperture Camera. There’s also references to Counter-Strike: Global Offensive being moved to the updated Source 2 engine, as well as what could be a sequel to Half-Life: Alyx. As with Citadel, it’s unclear if these are projects currently in active development at Valve, things that have been cancelled, or projects built for different reasons entirely. As such, the datamine should not be taken as proof that Valve is planning to announce and release these games.

That won’t stop many from hoping, though, as almost every Valve game released has been an astonishing success. Last year’s Half-Life: Alyx was a masterpiece of VR design, and demonstrated that the company’s campaign sensibilities still feel as strong as ever more than a decade after the last game in the series.

Matt Purslow is IGN's UK News and Entertainment Writer.

A datamine has discovered multiple references in the files of Aperture Desk Job to four different unannounced Valve games.

As reported by Tyler McVicker, a journalist with a specialism in Valve’s work, the recently released Aperture Desk Job (a small game designed for the Steam Deck) contains folders with multiple detailed references to four different games: Citadel, a Source 2 port of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, a follow-up to Half-Life: Alyx, and a recreation of a previously cancelled Portal game. None of these projects have been formally announced by Valve.

The datamine, which runs over 70 pages long, contains data related to Citadel. “Citadel appears to be a Combine vs rebels, team-based, squad-based, class-based RTS/FPS hybrid,” McVicker explained. “The game appears to have a campaign, a single-player campaign and two major systems at play.”

McVicker reports that Citadel places players in the role of a commander who can direct squads of AI bots. This can be done from a bird’s eye view, or you can drop down onto the battlefield and take direct control of either your commander or other squad members.

It’s unclear from this leak if Citadel is a game in active development at Valve. The studio often builds out projects and prototypes that never come to public fruition. But this datamine provides a fascinating look behind the curtain. While many of the files are difficult to decipher, there are many notes that help build a picture of what Citadel was/is/could be.

The squad based game features groups of AI bots that have a dynamic behaviour system based on “mood” and “memory”. These bots, as well as the player, have access to weapons, upgrades, alternate fire systems, and passive buffs. These are considered “held abilities” that need to be attached to the player’s body, pointing to the fact that Citadel would be a VR game. McVicker’s exploration of the files suggests Citadel would work on “pancake” systems, too (that’s a normal PC to you and I).

There’s very little detail about the other three games referenced in the datamine. There are several instances of the term SteamPal, which McVickers says was a Steam Deck remake of F-Stop, a cancelled sequel to Portal better known as Aperture Camera. There’s also references to Counter-Strike: Global Offensive being moved to the updated Source 2 engine, as well as what could be a sequel to Half-Life: Alyx. As with Citadel, it’s unclear if these are projects currently in active development at Valve, things that have been cancelled, or projects built for different reasons entirely. As such, the datamine should not be taken as proof that Valve is planning to announce and release these games.

That won’t stop many from hoping, though, as almost every Valve game released has been an astonishing success. Last year’s Half-Life: Alyx was a masterpiece of VR design, and demonstrated that the company’s campaign sensibilities still feel as strong as ever more than a decade after the last game in the series.

Matt Purslow is IGN's UK News and Entertainment Writer.

Warner Bros. and DC's upcoming Blue Beetle movie starring Xolo Maridueña has added Bruna Marquezine, Belissa Escobedo, and Harvey Guillén to its cast.

According to The Wrap, Blue Beetle has found its female lead in Brazilian actress Bruna Marquezine who will play Penny, Jaime Reyes' love interest in the film, while Escobedo has been cast as Jaime's younger sister Milagros Reyes. What We Do in the Shadows star Harvey Guillén has also joined the cast, though details about his role have not yet been disclosed.

These three cast members join Cobra Kai breakout Xolo Maridueña who is set to star in the lead role of Jaime Reyes, the alter ego of the titular Blue Beetle. The film will center around the Mexican-American teenager, who is the third character to assume the Blue Beetle mantle after Dan Garrett, the original Blue Beetle, and Ted Kord, Garrett's student.

Debuting in 2006, Reyes is noted for being significantly different from previous Blue Beetles. His origin story sees him personally discover the Blue Beetle scarab, a piece of alien technology, which grafts itself onto the base of his spine and gives him a powerful battle suit, an energy cannon, powered blades, wings, and several other super abilities.

Maridueña's Jaime Reyes will step out to don the Blue Beetle costume on the big screen when the film debuts in theaters next year after shifting gears from its original HBO Max release, and it looks like the live-action movie will be sticking very closely to the character's traditional armored suit from the comics and animated shows.

Charm City Kings director Angel Manuel Soto is set to direct the film from a script by Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer, with Zev Foreman executive producing for Warner Bros.

Adele Ankers-Range is a freelance writer for IGN. Follow her on Twitter.

Warner Bros. and DC's upcoming Blue Beetle movie starring Xolo Maridueña has added Bruna Marquezine, Belissa Escobedo, and Harvey Guillén to its cast.

According to The Wrap, Blue Beetle has found its female lead in Brazilian actress Bruna Marquezine who will play Penny, Jaime Reyes' love interest in the film, while Escobedo has been cast as Jaime's younger sister Milagros Reyes. What We Do in the Shadows star Harvey Guillén has also joined the cast, though details about his role have not yet been disclosed.

These three cast members join Cobra Kai breakout Xolo Maridueña who is set to star in the lead role of Jaime Reyes, the alter ego of the titular Blue Beetle. The film will center around the Mexican-American teenager, who is the third character to assume the Blue Beetle mantle after Dan Garrett, the original Blue Beetle, and Ted Kord, Garrett's student.

Debuting in 2006, Reyes is noted for being significantly different from previous Blue Beetles. His origin story sees him personally discover the Blue Beetle scarab, a piece of alien technology, which grafts itself onto the base of his spine and gives him a powerful battle suit, an energy cannon, powered blades, wings, and several other super abilities.

Maridueña's Jaime Reyes will step out to don the Blue Beetle costume on the big screen when the film debuts in theaters next year after shifting gears from its original HBO Max release, and it looks like the live-action movie will be sticking very closely to the character's traditional armored suit from the comics and animated shows.

Charm City Kings director Angel Manuel Soto is set to direct the film from a script by Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer, with Zev Foreman executive producing for Warner Bros.

Adele Ankers-Range is a freelance writer for IGN. Follow her on Twitter.