Futurama
Epic Games has announced that the animated comedy series “Futurama,” which began its most recent revival on Hulu this week, will be crossing over with the battle royale video game “Fortnite”.
A tweet from the game’s official Twitter account is captioned ‘All Hail Hypnotoad’ with further information to be revealed at 2am US-PT tomorrow. [Source: Twitter]
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
Tied to the upcoming “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem” animated feature, Microsoft has reportedly created the “world’s first-ever pizza-scented controller”. The company will give away a limited number of the ‘ooze green’ Xbox wireless controllers to coincide with next month’s cinema release.
The exclusive controllers “come with a built-in scent diffuser shaped like a slice of delicious New York ‘za”. There are also four variations – each representing the signature colors, weapons, and personality of a Turtle brother. [Source: VGC]
Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies
Paramount Home Entertainment has announced that “Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies” has now hit digital stores like iTunes and Amazon, whilst a DVD release for the whole series is slated for November 7th.
It marks a welcome bit of news for the series which was abruptly cancelled and removed from Paramount+ just three weeks after its series finale aired. [Source: Deadline]
Virgin River
Netflix has announced a September 7th premiere date for the highly anticipated ten-episode fifth season of its acclaimed dramedy series “Virgin River”. In addition, “Virgin River” is getting a two-episode length Christmas special on November 30th.
The new season features “surprising new relationships, a shocking break-up, a difficult court trial, a heartbreaking goodbye, and a wildfire that threatens the town, bringing some residents of Virgin River together while tearing others apart.” [Source: Netflix]
