Monthly Archives: March 2016
Oculus Founder Hand Delivers First Rift
Founder of Oculus VR Palmer Luckey has hand delivered the first Oculus Rift headset to one lucky customer.
Luckey posted pictures and a video to his Facebook detailing the event. "It was awesome delivering the first Rift to Ross - we have a lot in common," wrote Luckey. "We are both big gamers, and we were both homeschooled as kids. The biggest difference is that I grew up with surfboards while he grew up with sled dogs...Take care of it, Ross, hundreds of man-years are tied up in that thing!"
Palmer Luckey delivering the first Oculus Rift.
WonderCon 2016 Cosplay Gallery
With WonderCon 2016 wrapped up, we've collected pictures of our favorite cosplayers. Whether professionally assembled or made at home, we admire all cosplayers for getting out there and showing off their fandom. There were lots of Star Wars icons, video game characters, and, of course, a boatload of Harley Quinns. Check 'em out!
Let us know which cosplayers you dig in the comments!
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New Legends of Tomorrow Trailer Includes Jonah Hex and Talia al Ghul
The time-traveling superhero ensemble from The CW's Legends of Tomorrow flew into WonderCon. They probably didn't use the Waverider for this mission. The panel featured executive producer Marc Guggenheim and cast members Ciara Renee (Kendra/Hawkgirl), Brandon Routh (Ray/Atom), Caity Lotz (Sara/White Canary), and Franz Drameh (Jax/Firestorm).
Before the panelists fielded questions about the future (and past -- it is a time traveling show), they shared this new sizzle reel, focused on the second half of Season 1.
Yes, you did see Quentin Lance, Felicity Smoak, Ra's al Ghul, Nyssa and -- finally confirmed to exist in this universe! -- Talia al'Ghul, introduced as a child in scenes set in the past. There are also scenes with Jewel Staite's mystery character and Jonah Hex (Johnathon Schaech).
IGN Reveals a New Legendary Hearthstone Card
The next Hearthstone expansion – Whispers of the Old Gods – is coming soon and will be introducing 134 new cards to the game. (Read our interview with Team 5 here.)
Today, we’re exclusively revealing one of those cards – “Ragnaros, Lightlord” - a Paladin legendary, and a very surprising twist on an existing icon of the game.
Wait, what??
The 100: Learn About the Next Shocking Events
WonderCon hosted a panel for The CW's The 100 on Sunday, hosted by IGN's own Eric Goldman, who moderated the discussion with executive producer Jason Rothenberg, Eliza Taylor (Clarke), Bob Morley (Bellamy), Devon Bostick (Jasper), Christopher Larkin (Monty), Lindsey Morgan (Raven), and Richard Harmon (Murphy). Before the panel started, they shared the first 13 minutes of the next episode, so...
Spoiler warning: The 100 panel at WonderCon began with several minutes of footage from the next episode, so spoilers are ahead. Scan ahead and look for the "end of spoilers" note to read Jason Rothenberg's comments about the reaction to a certain character's death, to see what the cast has to say about their characters' current situations, and more.
BvS Has the Biggest Opening of Any DC Movie
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice enjoyed a blockbuster opening this weekend both at home and abroad, taking in an estimated $424.1 million worldwide.
The Zack Snyder-directed DC superhero showdown earned $170.1 million from North America and an additional $254 million from 66 international markets. BvS made $57.3 million alone in China, the second biggest film market in the world.
Domestically, BvS broke The Hunger Games' March opening weekend record of $152.5 million. And should the estimates hold, BvS will also be Warner Bros.' biggest domestic debut of all time, surpassing Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 ($169.2 million).
BvS also marks the biggest opening ever for a DC Comics movie, passing The Dark Knight Rises' domestic bow of $160.9 million. It made roughly $54 million than its predecessor Man of Steel did when it opened in 2013. However, it's the fourth-biggest superhero movie opening of all time in North America behind three Marvel movies: The Avengers ($207.4 million), Avengers: Age of Ultron ($191.3 million) and Iron Man 3 ($174.1 million).
DC Reveals New Batman Creative Team
During DC's Rebirth event at WonderCon, the new creative team for Batman's comic book series was announced: writer Tom King and artists David Finch and Mikel Janin.
DC Comics Will Reveal The Joker’s Identity
During the DC Rebirth event at WonderCon, the creative team for Justice League, writer Geoff Johns and artist Jason Fabok, announced that they will be revealing the identity of the Joker in Justice League #50.
In Justice League #42, Batman sat on the Mobius Chair, which granted him access to all knowledge. He tested it out first by asking who killed his parents and, yup, it said Joe Chill. He used it again, this time asking "What's the Joker's true name?" and while the chair did respond, only Batman heard the answer, leaving us to just see his shocked reaction. Come Justice League #50, on sale May 25, Johns and Fabok will finally tell us what Batman heard.
First Details on DC Rebirth’s Batman, Justice League
Today at WonderCon, DC Comics held a special event unveiling the creative teams for the upcoming line-wide Rebirth relaunch, plus we got the first details on all of the books from the creators themselves. The event was hosted by DC All Access’s Tiffany Smith with CCO/writer Geoff Johns and Co-publishers Jim Lee and Dan Didio taking the stage.
First up were the Batman titles.
The Walking Dead Theme Park Attraction Won’t Hold Back
At WonderCon today, new information was given about Universal Studios Hollywood’s upcoming attraction based on The Walking Dead - and the promise that it won't hold back on the type of experience if offers those attending the theme park.
While The Walking Dead has been a part of Universal’s hugely popular Halloween Horror Nights for four years now, Universal Studios’ John Murdy, Chris Williams and Don Burgess all said that creating a permanent attraction was another beast all together.
Williams said that when recreating notable areas from the show, compared to the Horror Nights mazes, they were going for, “Bigger and broader sets and more high end sets,” saying they were, “taking the level of sets and the scenic tricks and taking them to a higher level.”