Monthly Archives: December 2016
IGN UK Podcast #363: The Alternative IGN Awards 2016
The end of the year is nigh. So before we peer into the future (well, it'll be more a cursory perusal of a release calendar) on the next week's show, we take a moment to look back at 2016. No, we don't focus on that or that and especially not that, but there's plenty of time to focus on the things we did like.
We'll be giving out some very important, serious awards shortly on the site, but until then, check out these very special 9 categories cooked up by our very partial panel of Daniel Krupa, Gav Murphy, and Joe Skrebels... enjoy:
Militaristic ‘Mastodon Sentries’ Are Modeled After Black Power Ranger
Coming hot off the heels of the mysterious new Green/White Power Ranger, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #11 by writer Kyle Higgins and artist Hendry Prasetya from BOOM! Studios will debut another new type of Power Ranger called Mastodon Sentries.
Take a look:
Art by Hendry Prasetya. (BOOM! Studios)
Assassin’s Creed Movie’s Animus Could Make It Into the Games
Ubisoft is apparently interested in making the Animus device used in the Assassin's Creed game series more like the one created for its new tie-in movie according to its director and star.
The movie Animus is a far cry from the virtual reality headset/hip lounge chair we're used to, instead comprising a giant mechanical arm and holographic lights to help represent the genetic memories its accessing in the user.
"We're really excited about it," explained director Justin Kurzel in an interview with IGN. "Actually, Ubisoft were really interested in it. They thought that the potential of it to actually interact as gameplay was really interesting. So they were talking about maybe evolving it even further for possible games for the future.
The Secret History of Westworld
20 Biggest Box Office Flops of 2016
With just a few weeks left this year, there’s still a chance that the 2016 box office could come out ahead of 2015’s record totals. But that’s not the complete picture of this year’s cinematic landscape. There was a lot of carnage along the way, as previously safe sequels and franchises were soundly rejected by audiences or met with indifference.
Even a few quality films fell victim to some of 2016’s strange box office fluctuations, which may only encourage Hollywood to take fewer and fewer risks going forward. We can’t say what the future holds for the movie industry, but we can look back at some of the biggest flops of the year. Note that our box office data is current as of December 21, 2016.
Watch These Awesome Rogue One Fan Film Contest Winners
Last week Disney announced the winners of its global "Go Rogue" contest, which celebrated Star Wars fan content, creativity and storytelling in the run up to Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. The competition invited fans from around the world to share their own rogue stories, for a chance to win a trip to Lucasfilm in San Francisco and see their videos premiered on the big screen before an early screening of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.
The seven winners from Australia/New Zealand, Germany, Mexico, South East Asia and the U.S./Canada were selected based on their quality of storytelling, character development, originality and overall entertainment value. Led by Rogue One: A Star Wars Story director Gareth Edwards, the panel of judges also included Ashley Eckstein, who voices “Ahsoka” on Star Wars Rebels.
Pokemon Go Now Available for Apple Watch
After its announcement earlier this year, Pokemon Go is now available for download on the Apple Watch starting today.
Niantic Labs revealed the app's availability today in a new blog post, again detailing what the smartwatch version of the game will allow Pokemon trainers to do. Players can use Pokemon Go on the Apple Watch to discover Pokemon around them and tap into PokeStops and collect items from them. Pokemon cannot be caught through the Apple Watch version of the game, however — if notified about nearby Pokemon via the smartwatch app, players must then catch them via the iPhone version.
Using Pokemon Go on Apple Watch will also count toward a player's cumulative distances for hatching Pokemon Eggs and for receiving Candy for your chosen Buddy Pokemon. The Apple Watch app will also notify users when Eggs are hatching and if they have received any medals.
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New Apes Film Includes a Big Connection to Original Series
War for the Planet of the Apes has a big connection with the first two original Apes movies.
Throughout the first trailer for War for the Planet of the Apes, a young child can be spotted with the gorilla Maurice. She's in the beginning of the trailer, hugging Maurice tightly and riding a horse while Caesar is staring at her. According to Entertainment Weekly, this young girl is Nova, the same mute character played by Linda Harrison in the original Planet of the Apes and Beneath the Planet of the Apes.
While speaking to EW, director Matt Reeves revealed that Caesar finds Nova while trying to hunt down Woody Harrelson's character, Colonel. Reeves wanted to include Nova in the film to highlight that there's a battle "not just between the humans and the apes, but in Caesar’s soul."
Wonder Woman Photo Shows Diana Getting Ready to Fight
Wonder Woman prepares to take her fight to Europe in a new image from the upcoming Wonder Woman film.
Via Entertainment Weekly, the still shows Diana stealing the Amazonian mythical sword the "god killer" from the armory on Themyscira as she makes the decision to help the humans fighting in World War I in order to help "save humanity."
Gal Gadot stars in Wonder Woman
Director Patty Jenkins describes this scene to EW as Wonder Woman's "moment." "She’s heard all the terrible things about man’s land. But she’s also heard that mankind is in need and under duress," said Jenkins. "This is her great moment to make the decision to be the one to try and save them."