There are a lot of fantastic video games out there, and more and more choice options are rolling out by the day. For those of us who have kept an Xbox in the home throughout the years, the stacking number of choices to play on the Xbox One is downright exciting and vast. To make sure you can explore those RPGs, sports games, and fantasy jaunts properly, you need to secure the right headset.

Check out the Astro Gaming Superior Fit A40 TR Headset + MixAmp Pro TR for Xbox One (Refurbished), which is on sale for just $139.99 (reg. $249). Redefine what high-quality gaming audio means to you when you stream, play, and experience game audio through this refurbished premium gaming headset. A top-notch choice and audio solution for esports athletes, content creators, streamers, and everyday gamers — the ASTRO A40 is truly stand out.

This headset is tuned for gaming with ASTRO Audio V2, and it performs well in loud tournament environments, for live streaming, and for drowning out the noise made by anyone trying to distract you from the task at hand. The A40 also features a superior fit and finish. It's lightweight yet rugged, and it's made up of the best materials to create a pressure-free fit that won't make you sweaty or feel overheated. The swappable boom microphone is a highly sensitive uni-directional mic that focuses on your voice and can minimize background noise. This headset also comes mod kit ready with synthetic leather noise-canceling ear cushions, voice-isolating mic, padded headband, and closed-back speaker tags.

So much of the appeal of a good game is its ability to make you feel totally lost in it while playing. Yet, even the best games can't stand up against poor audio. Treat your ears to the Astro Gaming Superior Fit A40 TR Headset + MixAmp Pro TR for Xbox One (Refurbished), which is on sale for just $139.99 (reg. $249).

Whether you love art and want to pursue it as a hobby, career, or simple curiosity — there are so many fun and engaging ways to learn about this timeless craft. Especially as time goes on. Digital art and drawing have broadened the horizons of so many visual artists, designers, cartoonists, and lovers of visual innovation. If these themes get you excited, then it's worth taking that curiosity to the next level and taking some steps to learn how to draw properly.

The 2022 Art of Drawing Bundle is on sale for just $29.99 (reg $2,189), and it contains over 25 hours of content on the art and science of drawing. Spanning from basics to advanced techniques for both physical and digital artists, this is the ideal collection of courses and lessons for an artist looking to take their skills to the next level as either a hobby or profession.

One of the most popular courses in this bundle, How to Improve Your Figure Drawing Step-by-Step will teach you how to draw the human form like a professional. Rated 4.5/5 stars, this basic approach to figure drawing systematically breaks down the different parts of the human body and shows you how to approach them using simple shapes.

The bundle goes on to explore more specific and advanced subjects that can help the modern artist succeed. In Digital Painting for Cartoon Characters, students draw and paint characters in a cartoon style using Adobe Photoshop. This is a key lesson in learning how to navigate the popular application itself, and complex techniques used by today's best cartoonists. In The Art & Science of Drawing: Shading Beyond the Basics, you will take your shading skills from basic to advanced in no time.

Don't miss out on your chance to grab The 2022 Art of Drawing Bundle on sale for just $29.99 (reg $2,189).

Idris Elba says Knuckles the Echidna will not be sexy in the upcoming Sonic the Hedgehog movie sequel.

Speaking to Screen Rant about Knuckles' characterization in the film, Elba said, “Honestly, I cannot say. Contractually, I cannot say anything. But I wouldn't say he was sexy. I don't think I'm going for that. That's for sure.”

Elba was named People's Sexiest Man Alive in 2018, and he's known for commanding the screen in shows and movies including The Wire, Luther, and most recently, The Suicide Squad. This has led fans to speculate Elba will bring that same appeal to his animated counterpart. However, we now know not to expect Elba's trademark sex appeal when he voices Sonic's best frenemy, at least on purpose.

While Knuckles has never been known for his sex appeal, he's arguably at the top of his game when he's romping around Pumpkin Hill to the iconic (and endlessly memed) Pumpkin Hill rap soundtrack. Conversely, Knuckles fans weren't head-over-heels for his Sonic Boom redesign, which saw him become much larger, and much less intelligent. We'll have to see where on the scale Elba's portrayal of Knuckles lands.

We first learned Elba would voice the red echidna earlier this year, when the actor posted a photo of Knuckles' knuckles on Instagram. Sonic the Hedgehog 2 is set to release on April 8, 2022.

For more, check out our Sonic the Hedgehog movie review, where we said, "While this family-friendly action-comedy suffers from a simplistic story and leans too heavily on tired visual cliches, Sonic the Hedgehog is nevertheless boosted by solid performances from Ben Schwartz as Sonic and Jim Carrey as Dr. Robotnik."

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

Scientists have found signs of a planet transiting a star outside of the Milky Way, potentially representing what could be the first-ever planet to be detected in another galaxy.

Researchers found evidence of a planet in the Messier 51 galaxy, located some 28 million light-years away from the Milky Way, as they detected a dip in brightness in the luminous "whirlpool" system. They used NASA's Chandra X-ray Telescope to observe transits, which can sometimes occur when planets pass in front of stars and block out a portion of the light.

The transit technique has been used by astronomers for years to aid the discovery of exoplanets and exoplanet candidates — all of which have been found in the Milky Way up until now. It's a method that has produced successful results, though it also presents a few challenges, particularly for scientists wanting a second viewing to confirm their findings.

"Unfortunately to confirm that we're seeing a planet we would likely have to wait decades to see another transit," said Nia Imara, who co-authored the recently published paper, presenting data that is consistent with a model of a planet candidate. "And because of the uncertainties about how long it takes to orbit, we wouldn't know exactly when to look."

While attempts to confirm the observation may be thwarted, the study's lead author, Rosanne Di Stefano, recognized that the potential discovery may help to broaden future studies and "open up a whole new arena for finding other worlds by searching for planet candidates at X-ray wavelengths, a strategy that makes it possible to discover them in other galaxies."

Astronomers previously discovered 139 new "minor planets" in the far reaches of our solar system, just beyond Neptune's orbit in the vast expanse of the galaxy, which also plays host to a free-floating world without a host star, a "hell planet" strangely similar to Darth Vader's lava homeworld of Mustafar, and a Super-Earth that's nearly as old as the universe itself.

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

Thumbnail image credit: NASA/CXC/M. Weiss

Spoiler warning: this article features no story spoilers for Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy, but does discuss one location from the game and details twenty items that can be found there.

Despite its pop music soundtrack, Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy is not based on the James Gunn MCU movie of the same name. Its inspirations go back to the comics, and with that comes a whole bunch of Marvel Easter eggs. A huge amount of these can be conveniently found in one location: The Collector’s Emporium. And while all of them are labelled up to make sure you’re not left in that dark, none of them reveal their comic book origins. And that’s where we come in: our video below looks at every item in the Collector’s Emporium, and the Marvel history behind them.

For a closer look, we've also put together a full gallery of each and every item in The Collector's Emporium, with descriptions of each one. Check them all out below.

For more from Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy, check our our review, as well as our gameplay video.

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