As 2021 comes to a close, Amazon Prime Video has a few more holiday gifts for its subscribers, including the premiere of Being the Ricardos, a film that stars Nicole Kidman as Lucille Ball and Javier Bardem as Desi Arnaz. This movie explores the legendary couple's relationship both in real life and on the screen.

If you are looking for something a bit more galactic, the sixth and final season of The Expanse will arrive on December 10 and will pick up in the middle of a solar system at war. There are a few other Amazon Original films arriving as well, including Michael Pearce's Encounter (starring Riz Ahmed), Tracy Oliver's Harlem, and Gloria Calderon Kellet's With Love.

Those in the mood for a bit of a walk down memory lane will be happy to know all 11 seasons of The Jeffersons will join Prime Video's library on December 1 alongside Sleepless in Seattle, Edward Scissorhands, Haloween 2 & 3, Little Women, and The Hunt for Red October.

Check out the slideshow gallery below for a spotlight of some of the most notable December 2021 Prime Video releases followed by the full list:

December 1

Movies

• Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (2012)
• Alex Cross (2013)
• All Is Lost (2013)
• Dr. Seuss' The Cat In The Hat (2003)
• Edward Scissorhands (1990)
• End Of Days (1999)
• Guess Who (2005)
• Halloween II (1981)
• Halloween III: Season Of The Witch (1982)
• Jennifer's Body (2009)
• Little Women (1994)
• Mistletoe Mixup (2021)
• Mr. Popper's Penguins (2011)
• Pineapple Express (2008)
• Pineapple Express (Unrated) (2008)
• Ronin (1998)
• Sleepless In Seattle (1993)
• Soul Surfer (2011)
• Talladega Nights: The Ballad Of Ricky Bobby (2006)
• The Hunt For Red October (1990)
• The Proposal (2009)
• The Royal Tenenbaums (2002)
• The Thin Red Line (1998)
• The Usual Suspects (1995)
• The Waterboy (1998)
• Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys (2008)
• Under The Tuscan Sun (2003)
• What's Love Got To Do With It (1993)
• White As Snow (2021)

Series

• A Discovery of Witches: Season 1 (AMC+)
• A House Divided: Season 1 (ALLBLK)
• Believe (2016) (UP Faith & Family)
• Bonanza: Season 1 (Best Westerns Ever)
• Brad Meltzer’s Decoded: Season 1 (HISTORY Vault)
• Christmas Everlasting (2020) (Hallmark Movies Now)
• Hallmark Drama’s Christmas Cookie Matchup: Season 1 (Hallmark Movies Now)
• Hostages: Season 1 (Topic)
• My Crazy Ex: Season 1 (A&E Crime Central)
• Roadkill: Season 1 (MotorTrend)
• Sanford: Seasons 1-2
• Sanford And Son: Seasons 1-6
• Signed, Sealed, Delivered for Christmas (2014) (Hallmark Movies Now)
• The Gulf: Season 1 (Acorn TV)
• The Jeffersons: Seasons 1-11
• The Perfect Wedding Match (2021) (UP Faith & Family)
• The Tom & Jerry Show: Season 1 (Boomerang)
• When Calls the Heart: Home for Christmas: Season 7 (Hallmark Movies Now)

December 3

Movies

• Joe Bell (2020)
• We Are X (2016)

Series

• Harlem - Amazon Original Series: Season 1

December 8

Series

• FC Bayern – Behind the Legend - Amazon Original Series: Season 1

December 9

Series

• The Ferragnez - Amazon Original Series: Season 1

December 10

Movies

• Encounter - Amazon Original Movie (2021)

Series

• LOL: Last One Laughing Mexico - Amazon Original Series: Season 3
• The Expanse - Amazon Original Series: Season 6

December 12

Movies

• A Christmas Star (2021)

December 16

Movies

• Theory Of Everything (2014)

December 17

Movies

• Boxing Day (2021)
• Christmas Is Cancelled (2021)

Series

• With Love - Amazon Original Series: Season 1

December 19

Movies

• Joy for Christmas (2021)

December 20

Movies

• Who You Think I Am (2021)

December 21

Movies

• Being The Ricardos - Amazon Original Movie (2021)

December 23

Specials

• Yearly Departed - Amazon Original Special (2021)

December 31

Movies

• Lady Of The Manor (2021)
• Time Is Up (2021)

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

As 2021 comes to a close, Amazon Prime Video has a few more holiday gifts for its subscribers, including the premiere of Being the Ricardos, a film that stars Nicole Kidman as Lucille Ball and Javier Bardem as Desi Arnaz. This movie explores the legendary couple's relationship both in real life and on the screen.

If you are looking for something a bit more galactic, the sixth and final season of The Expanse will arrive on December 10 and will pick up in the middle of a solar system at war. There are a few other Amazon Original films arriving as well, including Michael Pearce's Encounter (starring Riz Ahmed), Tracy Oliver's Harlem, and Gloria Calderon Kellet's With Love.

Those in the mood for a bit of a walk down memory lane will be happy to know all 11 seasons of The Jeffersons will join Prime Video's library on December 1 alongside Sleepless in Seattle, Edward Scissorhands, Haloween 2 & 3, Little Women, and The Hunt for Red October.

Check out the slideshow gallery below for a spotlight of some of the most notable December 2021 Prime Video releases followed by the full list:

December 1

Movies

• Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (2012)
• Alex Cross (2013)
• All Is Lost (2013)
• Dr. Seuss' The Cat In The Hat (2003)
• Edward Scissorhands (1990)
• End Of Days (1999)
• Guess Who (2005)
• Halloween II (1981)
• Halloween III: Season Of The Witch (1982)
• Jennifer's Body (2009)
• Little Women (1994)
• Mistletoe Mixup (2021)
• Mr. Popper's Penguins (2011)
• Pineapple Express (2008)
• Pineapple Express (Unrated) (2008)
• Ronin (1998)
• Sleepless In Seattle (1993)
• Soul Surfer (2011)
• Talladega Nights: The Ballad Of Ricky Bobby (2006)
• The Hunt For Red October (1990)
• The Proposal (2009)
• The Royal Tenenbaums (2002)
• The Thin Red Line (1998)
• The Usual Suspects (1995)
• The Waterboy (1998)
• Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys (2008)
• Under The Tuscan Sun (2003)
• What's Love Got To Do With It (1993)
• White As Snow (2021)

Series

• A Discovery of Witches: Season 1 (AMC+)
• A House Divided: Season 1 (ALLBLK)
• Believe (2016) (UP Faith & Family)
• Bonanza: Season 1 (Best Westerns Ever)
• Brad Meltzer’s Decoded: Season 1 (HISTORY Vault)
• Christmas Everlasting (2020) (Hallmark Movies Now)
• Hallmark Drama’s Christmas Cookie Matchup: Season 1 (Hallmark Movies Now)
• Hostages: Season 1 (Topic)
• My Crazy Ex: Season 1 (A&E Crime Central)
• Roadkill: Season 1 (MotorTrend)
• Sanford: Seasons 1-2
• Sanford And Son: Seasons 1-6
• Signed, Sealed, Delivered for Christmas (2014) (Hallmark Movies Now)
• The Gulf: Season 1 (Acorn TV)
• The Jeffersons: Seasons 1-11
• The Perfect Wedding Match (2021) (UP Faith & Family)
• The Tom & Jerry Show: Season 1 (Boomerang)
• When Calls the Heart: Home for Christmas: Season 7 (Hallmark Movies Now)

December 3

Movies

• Joe Bell (2020)
• We Are X (2016)

Series

• Harlem - Amazon Original Series: Season 1

December 8

Series

• FC Bayern – Behind the Legend - Amazon Original Series: Season 1

December 9

Series

• The Ferragnez - Amazon Original Series: Season 1

December 10

Movies

• Encounter - Amazon Original Movie (2021)

Series

• LOL: Last One Laughing Mexico - Amazon Original Series: Season 3
• The Expanse - Amazon Original Series: Season 6

December 12

Movies

• A Christmas Star (2021)

December 16

Movies

• Theory Of Everything (2014)

December 17

Movies

• Boxing Day (2021)
• Christmas Is Cancelled (2021)

Series

• With Love - Amazon Original Series: Season 1

December 19

Movies

• Joy for Christmas (2021)

December 20

Movies

• Who You Think I Am (2021)

December 21

Movies

• Being The Ricardos - Amazon Original Movie (2021)

December 23

Specials

• Yearly Departed - Amazon Original Special (2021)

December 31

Movies

• Lady Of The Manor (2021)
• Time Is Up (2021)

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

Welcome back to IGN Game Scoop!, the ONLY video game podcast! This week your Omega Cops -- Daemon Hatfield, Tina Amini, Sam Claiborn, and Justin Davis -- are discussing IGN's Game of the Year AND the Daemie Awards. And, of course, they play Video Game 20 Questions.

Watch the video above or hit the link below to your favorite podcast service.

Listen on:

Apple Podcasts

YouTube

Spotify

Stitcher

Find previous episodes here!

Welcome back to IGN Game Scoop!, the ONLY video game podcast! This week your Omega Cops -- Daemon Hatfield, Tina Amini, Sam Claiborn, and Justin Davis -- are discussing IGN's Game of the Year AND the Daemie Awards. And, of course, they play Video Game 20 Questions.

Watch the video above or hit the link below to your favorite podcast service.

Listen on:

Apple Podcasts

YouTube

Spotify

Stitcher

Find previous episodes here!

We already knew that Valve had to delay the Steam Deck, its handheld gaming PC, from December 2021 into February 2022 due to the ongoing chip shortage. Thankfully, that appears to be the only delay for the product before its release date, as Valve confirmed the Steam Deck will still make its new release date with no further delays.

In a recent interview with PCGamer, Valve designer Greg Coomer confirmed that the company will not have to delay the Steam Deck's release, with the first shipments still on track for a February 2022 release. "We're still bummed that we had to move from end of this year to beginning of next. But yeah, all the signs are pointing to us being able to ship in February," Coomer told PCGamer.

Despite the February 2022 release confirmed for the Steam Deck, many people who reserved a unit will not receive theirs until later in the year as well saw earlier this year when reservations when up in July. "It's a real product launch, so many thousands of people right away are going to receive Decks as soon as we're able to ship them," Coomer told PCGamer. "But even talking about thousands would be quite low compared to the volumes we're shooting for in the first few months."

The Steam Deck is one of many gaming handhelds negatively impacted by the chip shortage. The Playdate, a quirky little gaming handheld, was also delayed into 2022. While the Analogue Pocket was also negatively impacted by the chip shortage, it did meet its 2021 release date. Though new orders won't ship until next year and the device increased its price by $20.

For more on the Steam Deck, check out the packaging included with every unit. As well as our hands-on preview.

Taylor is the Associate Tech Editor at IGN. You can follow her on Twitter @TayNixster.

We already knew that Valve had to delay the Steam Deck, its handheld gaming PC, from December 2021 into February 2022 due to the ongoing chip shortage. Thankfully, that appears to be the only delay for the product before its release date, as Valve confirmed the Steam Deck will still make its new release date with no further delays.

In a recent interview with PCGamer, Valve designer Greg Coomer confirmed that the company will not have to delay the Steam Deck's release, with the first shipments still on track for a February 2022 release. "We're still bummed that we had to move from end of this year to beginning of next. But yeah, all the signs are pointing to us being able to ship in February," Coomer told PCGamer.

Despite the February 2022 release confirmed for the Steam Deck, many people who reserved a unit will not receive theirs until later in the year as well saw earlier this year when reservations when up in July. "It's a real product launch, so many thousands of people right away are going to receive Decks as soon as we're able to ship them," Coomer told PCGamer. "But even talking about thousands would be quite low compared to the volumes we're shooting for in the first few months."

The Steam Deck is one of many gaming handhelds negatively impacted by the chip shortage. The Playdate, a quirky little gaming handheld, was also delayed into 2022. While the Analogue Pocket was also negatively impacted by the chip shortage, it did meet its 2021 release date. Though new orders won't ship until next year and the device increased its price by $20.

For more on the Steam Deck, check out the packaging included with every unit. As well as our hands-on preview.

Taylor is the Associate Tech Editor at IGN. You can follow her on Twitter @TayNixster.

A Halo Infinite player has discovered a glitch that enables local co-op in Halo Infinite's campaign, months before the feature is planned to be officially released.

In a video posted to Twitter, and reported by Kotaku, user nobleactual posted a few seconds of split-screen multiplayer running in the Halo Infinite campaign. Along with the video, they also explained how you can pull off the glitch as well.

I glitched into campaign coop! #HaloInfinite pic.twitter.com/5j4CclpbtL

— nobleactual (@nobleactual4) December 17, 2021

Before you get too excited to try this for yourself, it's necessary to note there are serious limitations and risk after activating multiplayer. First of all, you can't progress the campaign's story or access FOBs when a second player is in the game. And, player two won't have a HUD, meaning they can't see weapons, ammo, health, or the radar.

So basically, you'll just be able to romp around the world with a second player, without progressing anything. Plus, nobleactual says this may put your save data at risk, as they found their saves refused to load after 10 hours of messing around with the glitch.

Still, to see this fun glitch in action, there are a few steps nobleactual pulled off to make it happen. After making sure Infinite is offline, you connect a second controller and sign in to an Xbox account. Then, you start the campaign with your first controller, hit start and then back, and hit start on the second controller to add the player to the fireteam. That's how some users have been able to enable co-op.

1. Infinite must be offline
2. Connect second controller
3. Sign into an Xbox account
4. Start campaign with controller 1
5. In game, hit start and then back
6. On second controller, hit start to add the second player to the fireteam
7. Halo infinite co-op enabled!

— nobleactual (@nobleactual4) December 17, 2021

If you're still waiting for the official update to Infinite that will add campaign multiplayer, 343 plans to add that highly-anticipated feature along with Forge in May 2022 at the earliest. However, you can play online with friends in Halo Infinite's free-to-play multiplayer, which just got more adjustments to the season 1 battle pass to improve progression

Logan Plant is a freelance writer for IGN. You can find him on Twitter @LoganJPlant.

A Halo Infinite player has discovered a glitch that enables local co-op in Halo Infinite's campaign, months before the feature is planned to be officially released.

In a video posted to Twitter, and reported by Kotaku, user nobleactual posted a few seconds of split-screen multiplayer running in the Halo Infinite campaign. Along with the video, they also explained how you can pull off the glitch as well.

I glitched into campaign coop! #HaloInfinite pic.twitter.com/5j4CclpbtL

— nobleactual (@nobleactual4) December 17, 2021

Before you get too excited to try this for yourself, it's necessary to note there are serious limitations after activating multiplayer. First of all, you can't progress the campaign's story or access FOBs when a second player is in the game. And, player two won't have a HUD, meaning they can't see weapons, ammo, health, or the radar.

So basically, you'll just be able to romp around the world with a second player, without progressing anything. Plus, nobleactual says this may put your save data at risk, as they found their saves refused to load after 10 hours of messing around with the glitch.

Still, to see this fun glitch in action, there are a few steps nobleactual pulled off to make it happen. After making sure Infinite is offline, you connect a second controller and sign in to an Xbox account. Then, you start the campaign with your first controller, hit start and then back, and hit start on the second controller to add the player to the fireteam. That's how some users have been able to enable co-op.

1. Infinite must be offline
2. Connect second controller
3. Sign into an Xbox account
4. Start campaign with controller 1
5. In game, hit start and then back
6. On second controller, hit start to add the second player to the fireteam
7. Halo infinite co-op enabled!

— nobleactual (@nobleactual4) December 17, 2021

If you're still waiting for the official update to Infinite that will add campaign multiplayer, 343 plans to add that highly-anticipated feature along with Forge in May 2022 at the earliest. However, you can play online with friends in Halo Infinite's free-to-play multiplayer, which just got more adjustments to the season 1 battle pass to improve progression

Logan Plant is a freelance writer for IGN. You can find him on Twitter @LoganJPlant.

This story does not contain plot spoilers for Spider-Man: No Way Home, but does discuss an Easter egg that can be spotted during the events of the movie.

Spider-Man: No Way Home director Jon Watts has paid homage to Star Wars by recreating the original trilogy in the nerdiest way possible – with LEGO.

This cool (and incredibly nerdy) Easter egg sees Jon Watts re-enact the original Star Wars trilogy via a LEGO Death Star set, from A New Hope through to Return of the Jedi, within his own Spider-Man trilogy.

It all starts back in 2017 with Spider-Man Homecoming. Peter Parker (played by Tom Holland) and his best friend Ned (Jacob Batalon) make plans to get together and build a LEGO Death Star – an impressive LEGO set with over 4000 pieces.

Holland and Batalon recently told Comicbook.com that they attempted to make this set themselves… but failed spectacularly.

“We tried to, and it didn’t really work out,” said Batalon.

“We got like ten pages into the instructions and then we were like this is really difficult,” added Holland.

“Yeah, there’s a lot of pieces,” Batalon responded. “Bless [the] people who actually did it.”

Still, the LEGO Death Star ultimately appeared in the movie, and it must have taken Peter and Ned some time to build. Much like in A New Hope, this Death Star has been built to completion.

The set then appears in a hilarious scene when Ned finds out that Peter is Spider-Man. Surprising his friend in his room, Ned discovers Peter's secret… dropping and smashing the Death Star set in shock. This mirrors the destruction of the original Death Star in Star Wars: A New Hope.

Obviously, Peter has more important things to do in Spider-Man: Far From Home – the LEGO Death Star makes no appearance in this movie, in much the same way that there’s a distinct lack of Death Stars in Empire Strikes Back.

Then, in Spider-Man: No Way Home, the LEGO Death Star returns – mirroring the return of a half-built Death Star in Return of the Jedi. Peter Parker’s LEGO Death Star is even unfinished, exactly the same as the Star Wars trilogy. And, echoing the end of Return of the Jedi, Peter’s LEGO Death Star is destroyed, once again, before it can be completed.

Unfortunately, we have no idea whether it was armed and fully operational.

This impressive Star Wars Easter eggs has played out through the Spider-Man trilogy over the course of three films and five years – making Jon Watts arguably the nerdiest Marvel director so far.

It’s even more poignant when you consider that Watts is the first director to complete a trilogy of movies within the MCU – now also completing a trilogy within his trilogy in LEGO form.

Spider-Man: No Way Home debuts in theaters on December 17, 2021. To check out what we thought, take a look at our Spider-Man: No Way Home review. We've also got stories on how the movie was almost about Kraven the Hunter, and Tom Holland's favourite moments from the Sam Rami Spider-Man films.

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

Warner Bros. has announced that Blue Beetle is now heading to theaters in 2023, instead of its original streaming release.

As noted by The Hollywood Reporter, the Blue Beetle solo movie is now getting a full theatrical release. Originally set to release on HBO Max, it will now instead get a theatrical release on August 18, 2023.

Blue Beetle will star Xolo Maridueña (who starred as Miguel Diaz in Netflix’s Cobra Kai) as the titular DC superhero, who gains superpowers upon finding a suit of alien armour. It will focus on the Mexican-American teen Jaime Reyes – the third character to adopt the Blue Beetle mantle. The film was among a number of super-powered movies being developed for Warner’s HBO Max streaming platform, alongside Batgirl and Static Shock.

It’s also set be DC’s first film about a Latino superhero.

Although little has been revealed about the upcoming Blue Beetle film, fans were recently given a glimpse of his on-screen costume – the Blue Beetle armour – which was revealed at the DC Fandome.

Warner Bros. was originally fast-tracking the project for an exclusive HBO Max premiere after the rumoured Blue Beetle/Booster Gold movie fell through. But now, it looks to play a part in bringing Warner Bros. movies back to theaters.

During the pandemic, Warner Bros. began an industry-shaking approach to distributing its films, revealing that all of its theatrically released movies in 2021 would also be released the same day they premiered on HBO Max.

However, this is due to change as Warner Bros. switches back to theatrical only releases, with upcoming films appearing on HBO Max after an exclusive theatrical window.

“Warner Bros, which sent its entire 2021 slate day-and-date to HBO Max, will resume exclusive theatrical windows in 2022, with its films hitting the streaming service 45 days after entering theaters.”

Blue Beetle is set to be helmed by director Angel Manuel Soto (who directed Charm City Kings) based on a screenplay by Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer.

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