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Iron Maiden are rocking out with XM Studios as a new statue has been announced. This statue is from the bands The Book of Souls World Tour 2016 artwork from their arrival in China. The statue really combines heavy metal with pop culture with this highly detailed and unique statue. The collectible piece shows off Iron Maiden's mascot Eddie riding The Chinese Dragon in glorious fashion. XM Studios and Divine teamed up to bring rockers cold cast porcelain statue that has been hand crafted and hand painted to perfection. From the deep scales on the dragon to the Chinese armor on Eddie, this is one statue Iron Maiden fans will not want to miss out on. To stay in the spirit of heavy metal, this statue is limited to only 666 pieces.

The amount of detail in this statue is truly remarkable. It is not often that iconic of heavy metal get collectibles and XM Studios is doing right with this piece. The idea of using Iron Maiden tour artwork is a great idea and would love to more come from this. Bands like Metallic bring their music to life with some of these tour posters and it's fantastic a company is bringing some alive. The Iron Maiden Eddie and Chinese Dragon Statue are priced at roughly $1557. Pre-orders are not live yet and will go up April 29th at 11 pm in GMT. You will find the link for these heavy metal statues located here.

"XM Studios is excited to present our first collaborative project with Divine. As one of the most influential bands that helped to shape the 80s Heavy Metal music scene and with a career spanning four decades and over 100 million records sold, Iron Maiden needs no introduction. We are proud to present this unique 1:4 scale statue which is inspired by The Book of Souls World Tour 2016 artwork created for their Beijing and Shanghai leg."

"As most of XM's licenses and products reside in the entertainment and pop culture realm, we are excited to also have the chance to delve into the area of iconic music properties. Immortalized in amazingly detailed Cold Cast Porcelain, Iron Maiden fans we hope you love this piece, even for collectors who are not familiar with Iron Maiden, there is no doubt that this artwork will look badass in your collection."

Eddie X The Chinese Dragon: 2016 The Book Of Souls World Tour Premium Collectibles statue features:

• A dynamic statue featuring Eddie the head on a fierce dragon
• Crafted in cold cast porcelain.
• Each painstakingly handcrafted statue is individually hand-painted with the highest possible quality finish
• ES: Made-to-order capped at 666

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Microsoft released details about their quarterly results this week, and there's a few things to celebrate for Xbox. First off, even though gaming revenue was down 1%, the Xbox content and services revenue was up by 2%. Operating income was up 15%, which is the same percentage for revenue for the company as a whole as it reached $35 billion. But one of the biggest takeaways from the report is the company's "record levels of engagement" as they reported nearly 90 million active users on Xbox Live, while there are now over 10 Million Xbox Game Pass users. We have a quote from the report below, as well as their report on the impact of COVID-19 on the quarter.

"We've seen two years' worth of digital transformation in two months. From remote teamwork and learning, to sales and customer service, to critical cloud infrastructure and security – we are working alongside customers every day to help them adapt and stay open for business in a world of remote everything," said Satya Nadella, chief executive officer of Microsoft. "Our durable business model, diversified portfolio, and differentiated technology stack position us well for what's ahead."

In the third quarter of fiscal year 2020, COVID-19 had minimal net impact on the total company revenue.

In the Productivity and Business Processes and Intelligent Cloud segments, cloud usage increased, particularly in Microsoft 365 including Teams, Azure, Windows Virtual Desktop, advanced security solutions, and Power Platform, as customers shifted to work and learn from home. In the final weeks of the quarter, there was a slowdown in transactional licensing, particularly in small and medium businesses, and a reduction in advertising spend in LinkedIn.

In the More Personal Computing segment, Windows OEM and Surface benefited from increased demand to support remote work and learn scenarios, offset in part by supply chain constraints in China that improved late in the quarter. Gaming benefited from increased engagement following stay-at-home guidelines. Search was negatively impacted by reductions in advertising spend, particularly in the industries most impacted by COVID-19. The effects of COVID-19 may not be fully reflected in the financial results until future periods.

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Drake Maverick was one of more than fifty wrestlers and backstage talent laid off or furloughed by WWE this month as part of cost-cutting measures to survive the coronavirus pandemic,  despite the company boasting of $500 million in reserves and despite announcing dividends for shareholders the following day totaling $9.3 million, enough to keep everyone employed into 2021. Or maybe he isn't. It's hard to tell, because soon after the layoffs, it became clear that a seemingly heartfelt video message posted by Maverick in the wake of the firings was actually part of an angle.

Maybe Maverick is really laid off and maybe he isn't, but either way, unlike his former co-workers, he is still wrestling on WWE television, competing in the NXT Interim Cruiserweight Championship round-robin tournament, with the storyline being that he needs to win to save his career. It's crass. It's exploitative. It's ghoulish. But then again, it's wrestling. With that in mind, Maverick cut a promo ahead of his match with Tony Nese tonight.

"Well, it was pretty public that I came into this tournament with a lot of fire in my eyes," Maverick said, "but the match with Jake Atlas last week brought me back down to Earth. I'm in there with some of the best cruiserweight athletes in the world, and I haven't been in a ring for many years. The WWE Universe knows me as the 205 Live General Manager, a man that wears a suit, a man that represents the best cruiserweight athletes in the world. But what a lot of the WWE Universe doesn't realize is that I used to be one of the best cruiserweight athletes in the world. And I still am. Tony Nese, I know you're coming into this tournament wanting to be a two-time Cruiserweight champion. I know that you're the premier athlete, and I know that you've got big muscles and big abs. But Tony, I'm Drake Maverick. I've got a big heart, and I've got a big dream, and that dream is what's gonna keep me here. I'm gonna win the interim NXT Cruiserweight Championship."

Watch the video below and tune in if this sort of thing interests you to NXT on USA tonight at 8PM Eastern.

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