Monthly Archives: March 2015
7 Things to Watch This Week
This week, Mad Men kicks off its final run of episodes, Salem unleashes its Witch War, Claire and Jamie's out-of-time romance continues on Outlander, and Mark Hamill reprises his role as The Trickster on Flash.
On the new show front, FOX premieres its dating comedy Weird Loners and NBC debuts its follow-up miniseries to The Bible along with political thriller American Odyssey.
Netflix in April: Marvel's Daredevil, The Babadook, More
TUESDAY, March 31st at 8/7c on The CW
Mad Max: Fury Road Poster Revealed
A new poster has hit for Mad Max: Fury Road, director George Miller's return to the Wasteland which stars Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron. Take a look below:
Mad Max: Fury Road poster
The official plot summary for Mad Max: Fury Road is as follows: "An apocalyptic story set in the furthest reaches of our planet, in a stark desert landscape where humanity is broken, and almost everyone is crazed fighting for the necessities of life. Within this world exist two rebels on the run who just might be able to restore order. There's Max (Tom Hardy), a man of action and a man of few words, who seeks peace of mind following the loss of his wife and child in the aftermath of the chaos. And Furiosa (Charlize Theron), a woman of action and a woman who believes her path to survival may be achieved if she can make it across the desert back to her childhood homeland."
Game of Thrones’ Maisie Williams Guest Starring on Doctor Who
Maisie Williams, best known for her role as Arya Stark on HBO's Game of Thrones, will be guest starring on Doctor Who when the series returns later this year.
"I'm so excited to be working on Doctor Who as it’s such a big and important part of British Culture," Williams said. "I can’t wait to meet the cast and crew and start filming, especially as we’ll be shooting not too far from my home town."
GTA 5 Patch Fixes Reported Graphical Issues
Problems with Grand Theft Auto 5's graphics have been addressed by Rockstar with the latest patch for all currently available versions of the game.
Title update 1.23 for PS3 and Xbox 360 and the 1.09 update for PS4 and Xbox One fixed a variety of issues that went beyond just graphical eccentricities, including fixing a variety of exploits and an issue where players would spawn multiple parachutes.
Also added with the update are a variety of new features, mostly pertaining to the recently added Heists to GTA Online. Improvements include an option added to the heist planning board that let's gamers "press left on the D-pad to quickly join a Heist as a crew member," and other matchmaking tweaks and new features.
Daily Deals: PS4 Bundle With Free Bloodborne, Amiibo Discount, Buy One Get One Games Sale
PlayStation 4 With Bloodborne, The Last of Us Remastered, and $20 Amazon Gift Card
Amazon's Bloodborne bundle just got real. For $400 you're getting two games and a $20 Amazon gift card. This bundle was previously $435, but Amazon dropped the price. If you bought this bundle and received it in the last seven days, email Amazon and request a refund of the price difference. And FYI, the The Last of Us is digital, but Bloodborne is a disc copy.
PC Gamers Are Missing Key Features in Dead or Alive 5
Dead or Alive 5: Last Round is missing a number of key features found in its console counterpart.
Unlike the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions, the PC port of Last Round doesn't include in-game achievements or controller rumble support. Additionally, online play won't be available for another three months, and the game is missing two stages: The Crimson and The Danger Zone.
The game's visuals are a generation behind as well, with graphical effects on par with the PlayStation 3 version, rather than visual flourishes seen in the enhanced PS4 release.
We've reached out to Koei Tecmo for comment and will update the story as soon as we know more. In the meantime, read Vince Ingenito's review of Dead or Alive 5: Last Round for Xbox One and PS4.
Star Wars Rebels Zen Pinball Coming Soon
Star Wars Rebels is getting its own Zen Pinball 2 and Star Wars Pinball table on PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, and PS Vita the weekend of April 28th.
Based on the Disney XD animated series, Star Wars Pinball: Star Wars Rebels will include seven missions set during a time period in the Star Wars canon unexplored in the films, according to Zen Studios.
Missions will feature animated TIE fighters, starships like the Ghost, and more.
You'll be able to buy the Star Wars Rebels pinball table as DLC for Zen Pinball 2 or as part of the standalone Star Wars Pinball on April 28th in the US and April 29th in Europe.
Dragon Age: Inquisition – Jaws of Hakkon Officially Coming to PlayStation
Bioware has revealed that Dragon Age: Inquisition - Jaws of Hakkon will soon be making its way to other platforms.
According to the game's official Twitter account, the DLC will be coming to Playstation 4, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360 sometime in May.
Jaws of Hakkon was released as a timed-exclusive for Xbox One and PC last week. Due to the exclusivity contract, Bioware was previously unable to comment on when it would be coming to platforms.
As of now, no specific release date has been revealed. Until then, be sure to check out our Jaws of Hakkon review.
ESL Announces Mortal Kombat X Pro League
The Electronics Sports League has announced the formation of a Mortal Kombat X pro league. Sign ups for preseason qualifying cups begin April 19, a mere 5 days after the game releases.
Regular season play for the Mortal Kombat X pro league begins May 3, with $1000 USD weekly prizes given out. Each of the three regions, North America, Europe, and the Commonwealth of Independent States that make up much of the Eurasian continent, will have 8 cups up for grabs.
Global finals will take place in Burbank, CA, with a prize pool of "at least $50,000." Competitors in the North American and European regions will be fighting on the Xbox One version of Mortal Kombat X while the CIS region will be Kombatting on PC. Dates for the finals, along with the full prize pool amount, have yet to be determined.
Avengers 2: How Fast is Quicksilver’s Taylor-Johnson?
We're only a little over a month away from the release of Marvel's Avengers: Age of Ultron -- the final piece in the Phase 2 puzzle before the next phase begins with Civil War, Spider-Man in the MCU, Black Panther, and more.
IGN had the opportunity to visit the set of the Joss Whedon-helmed sequel, along with a small group of other journalists. While there, we talked to Aaron Taylor-Johnson, aka Quicksilver, about playing the beloved speedster, Marvel's unique take on the character and which Avengers star would really win in a foot race...
Aaron Taylor-Johnson as Quicksilver