Monthly Archives: December 2016
Game of Thrones Star Peter Vaughan Dies at 93
Peter Vaughan, the actor who starred as Maester Aemon Targaryen on HBO's fantasy drama series Game of Thrones, has died. He was 93.
According to the actor's agent Sally Long-Innes, as reported by Variety, Vaughan passed away "peacefully with his family around him" in England this morning on Tuesday, December 6.
Peter Vaughan as Maester Aemon Targaryen in HBO's Game of Thrones
The Future of the Transformers Movie Universe
I was among a group of journalists invited to watch a day of filming on the Transformers: The Last Knight set in August, where we learned a ton about the film's story and characters. But another topic that kept coming up was the long rumored Hasbro shared cinematic universe. While no one on set seemed interested in confirming any sort of crossover between Transformers and other properties, many were happy to share their candid thoughts about the future of the Transformers franchise, including the Bumblebee spinoff.
Humans: Season 2 Images Reveal New Characters
AMC's Humans returns for its second season on Monday, February 13th at 10/9c.
Written by Sam Vincent and Jonathan Brackley, with Joe Barton, Charlie Covell and Iain Weatherby, Season 2 will span a total of eight episodes and take place a few months after the first season, continuing the story of Niska (Emily Berrington), who's still on the run with the consciousness code.
IGN has an exclusive look at some new episodic images from Season 2, including new faces such as Carrie-Anne Moss (The Matrix, Jessica Jones), Sam Palladio (Nashville, Episodes), Marshall Allman (True Blood, Prison Break), and Letitia Wright (Black Panther, Cucumber, Banana).
To see the full photo, please click the top right corner of the image to expand.
Beta Registration for Ghost Recon: Wildlands Open Now
Ubisoft has announced that fans can sign up from today at ghostrecon.com for a chance to join a beta test for its upcoming, open-world tactical shooter Ghost Recon: Wildlands.
It was confirmed last month that the game would have multiple betas prior to its release.
Set in a corrupted, cartel-controlled Bolivia “a few years from now”, Ghost Recon: Wildlands will be the largest action game Ubisoft has ever made. It will be playable in single-player or up to four-player co-op and, from IGN’s hands-on at E3 2016, feels a lot like Tom Clancy meets GTA Online at this stage.
Pokemon Go Will Reportedly Get New Monsters This Week
A leak from Starbucks (who else?) may have outed that new Pokemon will be added to Pokemon Go this Thursday, December 8.
Reddit user alturrisi posted an internal Starbucks memo that says "the world of Pokemon Go is about to expand with new Pokemon", and explains that a new update will be released in the US on Thursday.
The internal Starbucks memo.
Pokemon Walking Animations Discovered in Sun and Moon
Ever since Pokemon Heart Gold and Soul Silver featured sprites of the Pokemon that would follow their trainer around when traversing the world, fans have been requesting that the option return. According to files in Pokemon Sun and Moon, it appears this feature may have been cut from the game.
Hacker KazoWAR (via Kotaku) discovered there are "low polygon models and walking animations" within the files of Pokemon Sun and Moon, and has taken to Twitter to share his findings.
Nintendo Offering Cash Rewards to Improve 3DS Security
In an effort to improve the security of 3DS, Nintendo is paying hackers to provide information about vulnerabilities in its family of handheld systems.
Through HackerOne—a platform for coordinating and offering bounties for providing vulnerability and bug information—Nintendo is offering cash rewards that range between $100 to $20,000 USD for reports of 3DS vulnerabilities.
According to Nintendo's HackerOne "Bug Bounty Program" page, the company is strictly interested in receiving information tied to 3DS, with the desire to prevent various activities, including piracy, cheating, and the "dissemination of inappropriate content to children."
Hitman Holiday Update Channels Home Alone
Two thieves. One big mansion. Lots of deathtraps. One (likely sociopathic) protagonist. Yep, Hitman's Holiday content update is all a bit Home Alone.
Coming to PS4, Xbox One and PC next Tuesday, December 13, the update gives the Paris Showstopper level a Christmas makeover, and then drops in a little jeopardy.
Two thieves are trying steal a selection of presents from the mansion, and it's your job to stop them by any means necessary. A nail through the foot will probably be the least of their problems.
Apparently, those presents are for 47, as he can open them, finding that "some of the content will be handy to get the job done", according to Io Interactive. Oh, and there's a pretty strong implication that that Santa suit is straight from the source. I have a bad feeling this may be St. Nick's final chimney abseil.
Build-A-Bear Workshop Introduces New Charmander Plush
After the releases of both an Eevee and Pikachu plush, Build-A-Bear workshop has announced its third Pokemon plush offering, Charmander.
Charmander will be available both in stores and online, with an online exclusive set costing $61, which includes the Charmander plush with sound chip, a Great Ball hoodie, a Lucario Hoode, and a Build-a-Bear Workshop-exclsuive Charmander trading card. Check out the new plush, and its apparel options, below:
The plush will be individually available for $28, as well as the Great Ball Hoodie for $12.50, in Build-A-Bear stores in the U.S., U.K., and Canada beginning December 8. Charmander plushes bought in stores will also come with an exclusive Charmander Trading Card Game card. The Lucario Hoodie and sound chip are only available online. (All prices listed don't include tax.)
Check out New Iron Fist Photos
With the fourth Netflix/Marvel series debuting this March, IGN has the debut of several exclusive new photos from Marvel's Iron Fist.
Check out the gallery below to get new looks at Danny Rand/Iron Fist (Finn Jones), Colleen Wing (Jessica Henwick), Claire Temple (Rosario Dawson), Joy Meachum (Jessica Stroup) and Ward Meachum (Tom Pelphrey).
Iron Fist will be followed by The Defenders later in the year, as Danny Rand joins forces with Daredevil, Luke Cage and Jessica Jones for Netflix's big team-up event. Netflix has also ordered The Punisher (starring Jon Bernthal), along with second seasons of Jessica Jones and Luke Cage and a third season of Daredevil.
Marvel's Iron Fist premieres March 17, 2017 on Netflix.