During the TCA (Television Critics Association) press tour today, IGN joined a small group of journalists to chat with Captain America: The First Avenger/Captain America: The Winter Soldier screenwriters Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely about returning to write the third film, Captain America: Civil War (and their TV series Agent Carter, but more on that later).

Naturally, with Marvel's formidable secrecy, there were few specifics they could give on the film, which -- like the comic book story it's based on -- will involve Captain America and Iron Man at odds with one another. However, they did touch on the Black Panther casting, the relationship between Tony Stark and Peggy Carter, balancing the Civil War comic storyline with the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the film's tone.

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Capcom is delaying its upcoming episodic horror adventure, Resident Evil: Revelations 2, by one week for “polishing work and gameplay optimisation.”

Originally scheduled for a February 17 release, the first episode is now scheduled to launch on February 25 worldwide (that's February 24 for North America) for Xbox One, Xbox 360, Steam, PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4.

Capcom confirmed that release schedule for Resident Evil: Revelations 2 for the remaining three episodes will roll out weekly on March 4, March 11 and March 18, respectively. A retail release consisting of all four episodes will launch on March 20 in Europe and March 18 in North America.

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John Rhys-Davies (Lord of the Rings, Indiana Jones) has been cast in MTV's upcoming fantasy series, Shannara.

According to Entertainment Weekly, Rhys-Davies will play King Eventine, the grandfather of Amberle who has ruled over Arborlon for decades. "Eventine has done questionable things to keep the Four Lands at peace, but when his beloved granddaughter is chosen to fulfill a dangerous destiny, his path is changed as well."

Rhys-Davies in Indiana Jones.

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The Walking Dead has added yet another series regular, as Ross Marquand is set to join the cast.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Marquand (Down and Dangerous) will appear in AMC's hit zombie series sometime in the second half of Season 5, and will likely return for The Walking Dead's previously announced sixth season.

While AMC isn't ready to share details on Marquand's character, early speculation suggests that he may play Aaron, an Alexandria resident from The Walking Dead comic series. It's a safe bet as the series' creator, Robert Kirkman, said they'll be introducing a "very prominent gay character from the comic" in the second half of Season 5.

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The long-gestating Monopoly movie reportedly begins shooting this summer, and according to producer Randall Emmett (2 Guns), the film can be compared to the 1980's treasure-hunt classic, The Goonies.

Speaking to Collider, the Monopoly movie producer indicated, “We’ve worked on the script for about nine months, we now have a script that we’re going to go make this summer." Emmett noted that filming will likely take place in Georgia or Louisiana, with some additional exterior work being shot in Atlantic City.

But who wrote the script? That information hasn't been revealed yet, but Emmett says that some big casting/directorial announcements are going to be announced at the start February. “

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Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number was refused classification in Australia due to a sequence featuring a “visual depiction of implied sexual violence.”

A copy of the report regarding the decision obtained by IGN from the Classification Board details the offending portion of the game.

Warning - the below description is graphic. 

“In the sequence of game play

footage titled Midnight Animal, the protagonist character bursts into what appears to be a movie set and explicitly kills 4 people, who collapse to the floor in a pool of copious blood, often accompanied by blood splatter. After stomping on the head of a fifth male character, he strikes a female character wearing red underwear. She is knocked to the floor and is viewed lying face down in a pool of copious blood. The male character is viewed with his pants halfway down, partially exposing his buttocks. He is viewed pinning the female down by the arms and lying on top of her thrusting, implicitly raping her (either rear entry or anally) while her legs are viewed kicking as she struggles beneath him. This visual depiction of implied sexual violence is emphasised by it being mid-screen, with a red backdrop pulsating and the remainder of the screen being surrounded by black.

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If you pre-purchase  Evolve over the Xbox One beta period kicking off January 15th, you'll instantly unlock new Hunters Abe (trapper), Parnell (assault), Caira (medic) and Cabot (support), as well as well as awesome "space alien ninja" the Wraith.

We sat down with official Evolve Growlcaster DB Sinclair to get the skinny on playing as these new characters before the beta begins; check out his in-depth tips in the videos below.

The Evolve Xbox One open beta kicks off 9am PST Jan 15,  5pm GMT, and 4am Jan 16 AEST.

Lucy O'Brien is Entertainment Editor at IGN AU. Follow her ramblings on Twitter.

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