Monthly Archives: October 2016
The Tick Will Parody the Punisher
With The Tick now officially ordered as a full series by Amazon Prime, The Tick’s creator Ben Edlund and his fellow executive producer Barry Josephson were on hand at New York Comic Con today to discuss the new version of the comedic superhero.
Fans of Patrick Warburton and his live-action version of the character can rest easy – the actor (who is one of the producers of the new version) will appear in the new show at some point. Said Josephson, “He’ll do something special. I can’t say exactly when.”
Edlund said, of Warburton, “I think he’ll have a really interesting role. They’ll be some comments on the Tick, because he was The Tick.” Edlund said he’d love to bring in all of the cast members from the previous series eventually, saying, “Everyone in the whole live-action was wonderful, so if we have the opportunity to use Nestor
Metro Creators Announce Oculus Touch Game, Arktika.1
Metro 2033 creator 4A Games announced its next project, a post-apocalyptic first-person shooter designed for Oculus Touch, called Arktika.1.
It's scheduled to launch in Q2 2017. Check out the announcement trailer below.
Arktika.1 is set in the "wastelands of old Russia" in the aftermath of both an apocalpyse and an ice age, which has left most of the world uninhabitable outside of regions around the equator. 4A Games describes it as a "big, atmospheric VR shooter" with a "dark and gritty style." It uses the latest version of the studio's 4A Engine, which the Metro series also runs on.
Don't forget to check out IGN's new VR hub for all things VR, including our latest piece on how to build a VR-ready PC.
Epic Announces New VR Game Robo Recall
Epic Games has revealed its newest VR game, Robo Recall, which will come to the Oculus Rift for free and support Oculus Touch in early 2017.
Alongside the announcement, Epic released a debut trailer for the game.
Robo Recall puts players through the ringer, destroying robotic foes through a number of missions in the game’s cityscape. Players will compete for high scores and leaderboard positions based on points earned based on how skillful and creative they are in combat.
Players can also experience the city in a sandbox mode to master different trick shots.
For more on Robo Recall, which is a spiritual successor to Epic’s VR demo Bullet Train, take a look at the first batch of screenshots revealed from the game.
The Flash: What Barry Allen Learned from Flashpoint
Full spoilers for The Flash's Season 3 premiere, "Flashpoint," continue below.
Barry Allen might have fixed the timelines in the premiere episode of The Flash: Season 3, but Flashpoint is going to have reverberations throughout the rest of the season. Though viewers might have been surprised to learn the comics-inspired storyline only lasted one episode, star Grant Gustin promises its affect will be felt heavily moving forward.
"His journey, this whole season now, is accepting his choices and his present and now knowing that he can time travel doesn't mean he should use it to fix whatever he feels like fixing," said Gustin during a visit to The Flash's set. "That lesson is learned pretty much right out of the gate this season."
Early Psychonauts 2 Gameplay Shown Off in Art Test Video
Developer Double Fine Productions recently released gameplay footage of its upcoming Psychonauts 2, the crowd funded sequel to 2005's Psychonauts.
Shown off in an update video (seen below) uploaded to Double Fine's YouTube channel, Double Fine founder Tim Schafer and the game's project lead, Zak McClendon, reveal a recreation of the first game's camp Whispering Rock, but running in Unreal Engine 4. While they do stress that it is merely an art test, and none of the environments shown will be in the final product, the two do show a fair bit of early gameplay, including combat, traversal, and a 2016 model of the game's main character, Raz.
Oculus Shows Off Standalone VR Headset, Facebook App
During an event this morning, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg showed off Oculus VR's latest plans for an in-development VR headset. As reported by Variety, the as yet unnamed device will serve as a type of middle road between full-fledged VR headsets like the Oculus Rift and mobile headsets like Samsung Gear VR.
The new VR headset will work without the need for cumbersome wires attached to a PC, but will apparently still offer motion tracking. The technology was referenced as inside-out tracking, wherein the sensors are placed on the headset itself and the complementing markers are actually placed on the environment. Zuckerberg says the company is working on the new headset now, but it's "still early" in the development cycle.
Luke Cage Soundtrack Coming on Yellow Vinyl From Mondo
The official soundtrack of Marvel's Luke Cage is coming to vinyl, courtesy of Mondo.
The 180-gram "Power Man Yellow" vinyl will be available for pre-order starting tomorrow, October 7 for $35. It features the original score by composers Adrian Younge and Ali Shaheed Muhammad, as well as collectible artwork by Matthew Woodson.
"We sought to create a score that reflects the world of Luke Cage," Younge and Shaheed Muhammad said in a statement. "We see this world as a place where classic cinema meets classic Hip Hop."
Batwoman’s New Comic Sends Her on Black-ops Missions
DC Comics announced a new Batwoman (Kate Kane) ongoing comic book series by writer Marguerite Bennett and artist Steve Epting as part of the next wave of Rebirth titles. The character will be featured in a Rebirth one-shot that sets the groundwork for her new status quo before the series launches in March 2017.
Batwoman is currently the co-lead of Detective Comics by writer James Tynion IV, and so he will co-write the first story arc of the new Batwoman series with Bennett to establish the new mission that will send her across the globe in pursuit of supervillains outside of Gotham City’s jurisdiction.
Batwoman Rebirth #1 cover. (DC Comics)
Blade Runner Sequel Title Officially Revealed
The sequel to Ridley Scott’s sci-fi classic Blade Runner finally has am official title: Blade Runner 2049.
Aside from the name announcement, no other details were revealed about the upcoming sequel, and the movie’s plot remains a mystery. But, while speaking to Entertainment Weekly about his upcoming film Arrival, Blade Runner 2049 director Denis Villeneuve did confirm the movie takes place several decades after the original, and is set in a future dystopian Los Angeles.
Image Via Warner Bros.
Nickelodeon to Air Double Dare 30th Anniversary Special
Today marks the 30th anniversary of Nickelodeon's beloved game show Double Dare, and to celebrate, the network has announced plans to air a commemorative special next month.
Double Dare's original host Marc Summers will reunite with announcer John Harvey and co-host Robin Marella for the special, which debuts on Wednesday, November 23 at 9 p.m. ET/PT. The half-hour event will include a behind-the-scenes look at the show, as well as classic footage and brand-new games that were filmed this year. An encore will follow at 10 p.m. ET/PT on The Splat.
"Double Dare was the show for a particular generation," Summers said in a statement. "For the kids of the ‘80s and ‘90s, they laughed and learned, and got messy in the process. Thirty years later, I believe it’s still the gold standard."