Monthly Archives: April 2016
Why Garrison Kane, Sluggo and Wire Aren’t In Deadpool
With Deadpool 2 announced this week, the men responsible for the genre's newest franchise have been talking about the characters that very nearly made it into the first movie.
We already know that villains Garrison Kane, Sluggo and Wire were in an early version of the script, and when IGN recently met with director Tim Miller and writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, we got some insight into why they were cut, and whether or not they might be included in the forthcoming sequel.
As Miller explained: “They were Ajax’s sidekicks – they’re all good characters.
Lawbreakers Team-Shooting Gameplay is Furious and Fluid
In a year of colorfully bright hero-shooters getting ready to take over, Lawbreakers is something different. It’s a hybrid of a hybrid, as strange as that sounds, mixing the feel of a frantic arena shooter with the tactics of a character-class team shooter. Then it sends the whole thing into a freeform spiral by bending and breaking the laws of gravity.
Boss Key’s shooter takes place in our future, after the appropriately named “Shattering” broke things up and introduced gravity anomalies. But the story goes that people are starting to use these anomalies in their favor, learning how to pull off crazy maneuvers, which is similar to how I felt a few matches into Lawbreakers.
Comic Book Reviews for April 20, 2016
This was another great week for comics, particularly those from publishers like Image, IDW and Boom Studios. We got the surprise release of a new Walking Dead one-shot from The Private Eye creators Brian K. Vaughan and Marcos Martin, the return of Rick Remender and Sean Gordon Murphy's Tokyo Ghost and the start of a promising new Star Trek series at IDW. All this, plus new issues of Harley's Little Black Book, Deadpool, The Mighty Thor and Superman: American Alien.
Scroll down to check out our reviews for these and various other new releases, and be sure to let us know your favorite books of the week in the comments below.
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Xbox One Has Reportedly Sold 18 Million Units
Update: IGN has received the following statement from Gfinity regarding today's news story:
"Gfinity has not sought to confirm Microsoft sales figures. The comment in the statement today is based on a variety of independent sources published earlier this year."
Neville Upton, head of eSports organization Gfinity, has revealed the Xbox One has sold 18 million units worldwide.
Upton was speaking in a press release which was mainly about the launch of a new Gfinity Xbox One app. "We are delighted to announce the launch of our Tournament Builder App on Xbox One which will enhance the Gfinity offering and enable us to reach Xbox One's 18 million users globally," wrote Upton.
Official Sega Emulator Launching on Steam Next Week
Sega Genesis (or Mega Drive if you're outside the US) games have been available to play on Steam for some time, but owning a single one will give you access to the Sega Classics Hub, which launches next week.
The hub is, essentially, an explorable '90s kid's bedroom, littered with Sega-themed decorations/mess, with a full day-night cycle and a shelf stocked with your owned games. You can see a glimpse in the trailer below.
It's a fully-featured emulator, including "spot-on emulation, local co-op for games that support it, optional graphic enhancement filters, the ability to save states at any point during gameplay and full controller and keyboard support".
Not only that, but all games will connect to Steam Workshop, allowing for modded versions of each one.
Dozens of Bike Crews Join Together in GTA Online to Ask for DLC
70 motorbike crews have come together to ask Rockstar for more bike-themed DLC in Grand Theft Auto Online.
According to VG247, a petition already has over 3,500 signatures, and a video has been made using the in-game editor to give Rockstar some ideas.
"We've waited two and a half years and our time has come!" Says the video's description. In the video there are complaints over how military, mercenary, urban, and mafia crews have access to new clothes, weapons, and vehicles.
DC Comics to Restructure Vertigo Imprint
DC Entertainment has announced a restructuring of its popular Vertigo imprint.
Via CBR, DC says “The goal is to keep competitive and stay relevant in the changing marketplace, and to set the business up for future success.”
The restructure is accompanied by the news that Shelly Bond has been let go from her position as Vertigo vice president and executive editor.
Bond joined DC and the Vertigo imprint back in 1993, and went on to work on some the imprint’s most popular comics, including The Sandman, The Invisibles, Fables, and iZombie.
Remedy’s Been Working On A New Game for Nine Months
LinkedIn listings suggest that Quantum Break developer, Remedy, has been working on an unannounced new game for at least the past nine months.
Spotted by Gamer Center Online, Quantum Break lead designer Kyle Rowley has been lead designer on the new project for nine months, while Mikko Rautalahti has been Narrative Lead on "a thing I can't talk about yet" for three. Videogamer also spotted Tuukka Taipalvesi's listing as Executive Producer on the project.
The Oldest Call of Duty Zombies Mode Still Holds Undiscovered Easter Eggs
Call of Duty's first ever Zombies mode, in Treyarch's World at War, still holds Easter Eggs no player has found.
Talking to IGN, Treyarch's Director of Zombies, Jason Blundell said that there are "absolutely" still hidden surprises in every Zombies map so far, all the way back to the original mode.
"I was having a chat with someone," said Blundell, "and they were saying 'we've found them all!' and I went 'OK, well here's one then - have you looked at the bios for World at War?' That's now 6 years old, and there was a hidden message that was taking the first capital letter of every sentence in the bio, and it made a sentence. They'd already written it off and moved on - there is more of that kind of stuff throughout all the maps."
Star Wars Fans Buy Billboard Pleading For Return of Expanded Universe
A group of Star Wars fans has paid almost $5,000 for a San Francisco billboard, using it to petition Lucasfilm for the return of the franchise's Expanded Universe.
As spotted by Joblo, the sign reads: "Dear Lucasfilm, please continue the original Expanded Universe, the epic story that existed from 1976-2014. Thank you."
The Star Wars Extended Universe billboard.