Monthly Archives: March 2016
Powerpuff Girls Premiere Date Announced
The Powerpuff Girls are coming back next month.
Cartoon Network announced that the series reboot will premiere on April 4 with back-to-back episodes starting at 6 p.m. ET. After that, it will air new episodes every weekday through April 15 in the same time slot, ultimately leading to its regular weekly time, Thursdays at 6 p.m. ET starting on April 21.
For those who can't wait a month for sugar, spice, everything nice, and a dash of Chemical X, the South by Southwest festival in Austin will feature a premiere screening, along with a pre-party and a Powerpuff Girls parade. Premieres will follow in other regions around the world.
Tom Kenny will return in the new series to voice the Narrator/Mayor, while the girls themselves will be voiced by Amanda Leighton (Blossom), Kristen Li (Bubbles), and Natalie Palamides (Buttercup).
PlayStation 4 Tops Sales in February
Sony's PlayStation 4 was the top selling console for the month, according to numbers released by the NPD Group.
"We would like to thank our fans and partners for making PlayStation 4 the top-selling hardware platform and the software sales leader in February," Sony said in a statement.
PlayStation 4 continues to see strong year-over-year growth, Sony said. However, overall hardware sales were down 26% from the same period the previous year. Most of the decline was due to nose-diving sales of last-gen hardware. Decline for seventh-generation consoles, including PS3 and Xbox 360, declined 77% overall.
PlayStation 4 was the top-selling console in January, as well. Since its debut, the PS4 has performed strongly sales-wise, beating out its competitors in almost every month.
Lethal Weapon TV Pilot Finds Its Martin Riggs
Rectify star Clayne Crawford has joined the cast of FOX's Lethal Weapon television series.
According to Variety, Crawford will star as Martin Riggs—Mel Gibson's iconic character from the original film series—in the upcoming pilot episode. The actor joins Damon Wayans, Sr., who was recently cast as Roger Murtaugh.
Crawford in Rectify - Photo credit: SundanceTV
Game Scoop!: Fable & Other Mismanaged Games
Welcome back to Game Scoop!, IGN's weekly video game talk show. This week we're discussing Fable Legends, Mass Effect Andromeda, Broforce, and more. Watch the video above or download the podcast below.
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Batman v Superman: Jena Malone’s Role Revealed
Following last week's news that Jena Malone's mystery role in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice won't make it to the silver screen, it appears Warner Bros. has accidentally revealed her character, which will appear in the R-rated Ultimate Edition home release.
Warning: Spoilers ahead.
A screenshot from a Warner Bros. community survey was posted on Reddit (via CBR), which asked fans who they'd like to see featured in the marketing for Dawn of Justice. On the survey, Malone is listed as the actress who plays Barbara Gordon.
Obama Likens ISIS to Dark Knight’s Joker
While we don't normally cover politics here, we felt compelled to tell you about this very geeky analogy President Barack Obama reportedly made to describe the Islamic State and the danger they pose to the United States.
In the past the President may have described ISIS (or ISIL) as a "jayvee" basketball team, but now Obama has likened the al-Qaeda affiliate to Heath Ledger's anarchic Joker in The Dark Knight.
As The Atlantic reports: "Advisers recall that Obama would cite a pivotal moment in The Dark Knight, the 2008 Batman movie, to help explain not only how he understood the role of ISIS, but how he understood the larger ecosystem in which it grew. 'There’s a scene in the beginning in which the gang leaders of Gotham are meeting,' the president would say. 'These are men who had the city divided up. They were thugs, but there was a kind of order. Everyone had his turf. And then the Joker comes in and lights the whole city on fire. ISIL is the Joker. It has the capacity to set the whole region on fire. That’s why we have to fight it.'"
Check Out These New X-Men: Apocalypse Posters
Fox has released two new posters—one for the good guys, and one for the bad—for its upcoming film X-Men: Apocalypse.
Take a look:
Plays Live: An Early Look at Pokken Tournament after Playing Pokemon Snap
On today's stream, we are able to show you guys some of Pokken Tournament at the end of the show, while we build to that we are going to be snapping some cool pictures of our favorite Pokemon!
We're going to be livestreaming every Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from 1PM - 3PM PT. We'll focus on new releases and DLC drops, but let us know in the comments what games you'd like to see!
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Daily Deals: Call of Duty, Awesome Headphones, Xbox One With Six Games
This Is A Pretty Cheap Copy Of CoD: BlOps III
Just $33 for the latest Call of Duty on PlayStation 4, and only $27 on PC. That's the lowest price I've seen for a console copy of the game.
These Nintendo Selects Games Are Only $16 Each
Nintendo just gave the "greatest hits" treatment to a bunch of great 3DS Wii, and Wii U games. That's not surprising. What is surprising is how cheap they are. They're just $20 a pop, and if you have Amazon Prime, you can snag one for just $16. If you need to pad out your Wii, Wii U, or 3DS library, now is the time so snag a modern Nintendo classic.
Apple Event Confirmed for March 21
Apple's next media event will take place on March 21 at its Cupertino, California campus, the company confirmed today. The invitation reads, "Let us loop you in."
Image via Buzzfeed
In addition to the next iPhone, which may not have a headphone jack, Apple is expected to announce its iPad Air 3 and smaller-screen iPhone SE. Apple's iPad Air 3 is the long-awaited upgrade to the iPad Air 2, which launched in October 2014. The next generation of iPad Air is rumored to "include a Smart Connector and support for Apple-branded accessories."