Monthly Archives: January 2016
Randy Pitchford, Penn Jillette Developing Desert Bus Sequel for VR
American entertainer and magician Penn Jillette, best known for being the speaking half of magic duo Penn and Teller, is working with Gearbox boss Randy Pitchford on a VR follow-up to Desert Bus.
Jillette discussed the project with co-host Michael Goudeau on the latest episode of his podcast Penn’s Sunday School (via Gamasutra).
“I’m working on a game. I’m working with Randy Pitchford,” said Jillette, adding that the game had not been announced publicly yet. “And we're going to do – and this is a big, big deal – we’re going to do a new Desert Bus and it’s going to be just for charities, so charities can use it to raise money.”
Twin Peaks Revival Premiering “First Half of 2017″
Awesome Twin Peaks revival news from the Showtime panel at today's TCA Press Tour, as network CEO David Nevins announced "David Lynch is more than halfway through shooting schedule, and
will premiere in the first half of 2017."
So there you go. In the very least, we now know that the new Peaks series will air during the first half of next year, not the second.
After the presentation, Nevins answered a few questions about what he's personally seen of the new show so far. "I've seen 25 minutes of cut scenes," he said. "I was shown selections and bits. I have not seen an entire assembled episode. There are no assembled episodes yet. This was just to get a feel for various characters."
Agents of SHIELD: The Fallout From Ward’s Change Will Be ‘Big’
After Marvel's Agents of SHIELD's midseason finale left viewers with two big plot twists, the cast and creators of the show previewed to IGN that various characters' decisions will have unforeseen consequences in the episodes ahead.
Full spoilers for Agents of SHIELD up through its Season 3 midseason finale continue below.
It was a pretty huge deal when Phil Coulson (Clark Gregg) killed his former agent-turned-traitor Grant Ward (Brett Dalton) in an emotional decision that Gregg believes "definitely" crossed a line for his character. But that death allowed the mysterious Inhuman living on Maveth to inhabit a new body and make it to Earth, something that none of the SHIELD agents yet know about. IGN caught up with the stars and creators of Agents of SHIELD at ABC's Television Critics Association party and asked how the repercussions of those big events will be felt once SHIELD returns from its hiatus.
11 Amazing Speedruns from Awesome Games Done Quick
The charity live streams organized by Games Done Quick have become a bi-annual showcase of the best speedruns skills on the Internet. It’s all for an amazing event cause, too. Participants fly in from all over the world to help marathon through a smorgasbord of classic and modern video games and raise money for the fight against cancer.
The first charity event for the 2016 calendar year, called Awesome Game Done Quick, raised a total of $1.2 million for the Prevent Cancer foundation. If you're looking for more videos, tricks, and tips of the finish-this-game-as-quickly-as-possible variety, head over to Speed Demos Archive or GDQ's homepage for more information.
I’m Dying Up Here Is Jim Carrey’s New Showtime Series
Showtime has picked up Jim Carrey's new one-hour comedy series I'm Dying Up Here.
The show, produced by Carrey, is set in 1970s Los Angeles and centers around the stand-up comedy scene, highlighting the early beginnings of various comedic icons.
I'm Dying Up Here boasts a large cast, including Ari Graynor, Clark Duke, Michael Angarano and Melissa Leo, as well as Andrew Santino, RJ Cyler, Erik Griffin and Stephen Guarino. The series is written and executive produced by Dave Flebotte (Desperate Housewives), with both Carrey and Michael Aguilar (The Departed) onboard as executive producers.
Showtime Renews Shameless
Following its biggest season premiere last Sunday, Shameless has been renewed for a seventh season, Showtime announced today.
"Shameless has clearly resonated with audiences as evidenced by their steady growth on Sunday nights over the past 6 years," said Showtime's president of programming, Gary Levine. "We are extremely pleased with the creative work being done by John Wells, Nancy Pimental and the entire cast, producers and writers – and we so appreciate Shameless’ clear and distinctive voice."
Production on the twelve-episode seventh season is expected to begin later this year.
The network also announced return dates for House of Lies and Penny Dreadful. Season 5 of the Don Cheadle-led comedy series will return April 10 at 9pm, while Penny Dreadful's third season kicks off May 1 at 10pm. Get your first look at Season 3 of Penny Dreadful in the video above.
Episode 9 Director Responds to Rey Origin Theory
Star Wars -- Episode IX director Colin Trevorrow said Rey is his favorite character from Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
"I love her and I love what she represents in that universe and where we can take her. It's pretty incredible," the Jurassic World filmmaker told Entertainment Tonight at a BAFTA Awards event Saturday.
ET also asked Trevorrow if he was aware of the fan theory that Rey is the granddaughter of Obi-Wan Kenobi. Here's his carefully phrased reply, which is not exactly a denial:
The 7 Cutest Robots At CES 2016
Robots were unavoidable at CES this year, with drones buzzing around in cages, Bluetooth-controlled dinosaurs, dancing humanoid robots and some that could form and respond to coherent sentences.
Regardless of their functions, some of them were just plain cute. Here are our picks for the cutest robots at CES 2016.
Swipe right for more images.
For more on CES, including $99 rubber ducks and consoles for dogs, check out our CES hub.
Alanah Pearce is IGN's Toys Editor. Feel free to tweet her pictures of dogs Twitter @Charalanahzard.
Stan is Now Available on Xbox One
The aussie on-demand service Stan is available on Xbox One from today.
"Stan provides consumers with another great reason to jump into the Xbox One’s growing entertainment offering", said Jeremy Hinton, Business Group Lead for Interactive Entertainment at Microsoft Australia. "Fully integrated into the Xbox One’s entertainment features to ensure consumers have the very best experience – Stan on the Xbox One offers users more flexibility in their viewing experience than any other platform, even allowing them to continue gaming, unlock achievements or even sharing content to Twitter whilst watching their favourite film and TV shows, all at the same time.”
The Stan app makes use of Xbox One's exclusive features like Snap, while full integration with Oneguide will be coming "not long after launch".
Marvel Teases a Superhero Resurrection
Marvel has released a rather cryptic new teaser image that hints towards a major comic book development in the months ahead. We don't know what characters or franchises are involved, but it appears that a major Marvel character (or more than one character) will be returning to life soon.
Check out the teaser below:
So what does this mean? The most obvious possibility is that Marvel will finally be resurrecting Jean Grey. Jean died 12 years ago in New X-Men #150, and not counting the presence of her younger self in All-New X-Men has stayed dead ever since. Given how prominent a role Jean is playing in this summer's X-Men: Apocalypse, now may be the right time to finally bring her back into play. But this would hardly be the first time that Marvel has teased Jean's return and then swerved in a different direction.