Monthly Archives: April 2016
Wonder Woman Release Date Moved
The Warner Bros. Wonder Woman solo film will now be released three weeks earlier than expected, with the new date being June 2, 2017.
According to Variety, the studio also has given dates to two currently untitled DC movies, one of which opens on October 5, 2018 and the other on November 1, 2019. Additionally, an unnamed Warner Bros. "event film" has been dated for October 6, 2017.
Warner Bros. also adjusted the release date of Jungle Book: Origins, pushing it back an entire year—from October 6, 2017 to October 19, 2018—and providing Andy Serkis' upcoming film over two years of breathing room from Disney's Jungle Book movie, which opens later this month.
Rocket League Collector’s Edition Release Date and Content Revealed
The retail release for the Collector's Edition of Rocket League on Xbox One, PS4, and PC will be out on June 24 in Europe and July 5 in North America.
This new edition will include the base game, plus cars and content found in the Supersonic Fury, Revenge of the Battle-Cars, and Chaos Run DLC packs. It'll also have four brand new vehicles debuting in the retail version.
Rocket League debuted on PS4 and PC last year before coming to Xbox One in February. The game has over 12 million unique players, and sold over one million copies within three weeks of its Xbox release.
Sean Penn Joins The Angry Birds Movie Voice Cast
Academy Award-winning actor Sean Penn will lend his voice to The Angry Birds Movie.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Penn will voice Terrence in the Sony animated film. The big red bird was promoted as only getting his point across with grunts and growls, and striking a humorously terrifying figure.
Penn joins a cast that already includes Jason Sudeikis, Josh Gad and Danny McBride. The Angry Birds Movie also features Bill Hader, Maya Rudolph, Peter Dinklage and Kate McKinnon.
The Angry Birds Movie comes out May 20.
Sean Penn in The Gunman
Outlander: Can the Future Be Changed in Season 2?
Claire and Jamie Fraser have one mission in Season 2 of Outlander: to change the future of Scotland by stopping the Battle of Culloden from ever happening.
"I guess that sounds so easy: you’ve got to change the future," star Sam Heughan pondered during a recent interview. "But then, for Jamie and Claire, how do we do that? And it’s so complicated — I mean, so complicated."
The execution proves more complicated than Claire, a woman flung back in time from the '40s to the 1740s, expected. Together she and her Scottish husband decide to infiltrate the French court of King Louis XV to try to alter the course of history and prevent Prince Charles Stuart (better known now as Bonnie Prince Charlie) from claiming his family's stake on the British throne -- all while Jamie and Claire lie to everyone around them about their true motivations.
Image Announces 19 New Comics
Image Comics held their latest Image Expo in Seattle, WA today, where they announced a huge new lineup of indie comics from creators like Jonathan Hickman, Ed Brubaker, Rick Remender and Howard Chaykin. Scroll down to see creative teams and early details for all the new books that were announced at the show.
Creative Team: Leila del Luca & Kit Seaton
The Division’s New Mission Is Too Hard for the Lead Designer
The Falcon Lost incursion is coming to Tom Clancy's The Division on April 12, and apparently it's pretty difficult.
So hard in fact, according to the developer's latest podcast (via VG247) neither the game's lead designer Matthias Karlson nor lead economic designer Andrada Gregiuc have finished it yet.
Gregiuc replied in the affirmative when asked whether Incursion hard modes will be more difficult than the existing challenge mode on regular missions.
Halo 5 Warzone Firefight Beta Announced
Developer 343 Industries will run a Warzone Firefight beta in Halo 5: Guardians later this month.
From April 14 to 18, Halo 5 players can check out the cooperative multiplayer mode, which was announced back in February. The Warzone Firefight beta will have eight spartans facing off against computer enemies on the Escape from A.R.C. map, according to 343.
Now Warzone Firefight won't officially launch until this summer, though 343 Industries revealed the first footage for the multiplay mode last month. The company says it's the "biggest Halo cooperative" mode in the franchise's history.
8 Big Changes Coming to Destiny PvP in the April Update
Destiny's big April update is bringing some big changes to the game. Bungie held a special preview-event live stream, during which members of the Destiny team showed off and discussed the changes coming to Destiny's player versus player content.
Sprint revives are going to be a thing of the past in PvP once the update goes live. You'll need to be closer to your fallen teammates when you revive them. Additionally, when revived, overshields won't be as strong.
Bungie promises the Crucible is going to be more rewarding as part of the update. End of match rewards are going to include more legendaries.
The April update brings with it weekly sterling treasure boxes. These can be obtained by playing Crucible matches and contain one guaranteed item, but may contain up to 3.
FF7 Remake’s “Episodes” are the Size of Full Games
Final Fantasy VII Remake's episodes will each be the size of a full-scale game, on par with installments of the Final Fantasy XIII sub-series.
There had previously been some confusion over the announcement that the game will be a multi-part series, with some asking whether it would take the form of something like Telltale's 2-3 hour episodes.
However, in the latest issue of Game Informer, producer Yoshinori Kitase clarifies, saying: "It will essentially be a full scale game for each part of the multi-part series
Jonathan Hickman’s New Comic Is Harry Potter for Adults
Today’s Image Expo saw a slew of new comic books announced, chief among them a new series from writer Jonathan Hickman with artist Tomm Coker called The Black Monday Murders.
The series is described as an adult Harry Potter where the secret schools of magic are actually big banks that control society. Black Monday of course refers to the global financial crisis that hit on Monday, October 19, 1987.