Monthly Archives: February 2017
Zelda’s Season Pass Hints More DLC in Nintendo’s Future
Nintendo made a announcement for an expansion pass that will unlock additional content in the company’s anticipated Switch game, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Yes, even the seemingly-sacred Nintendo is selling season pass content that will be released in two waves.
Purchasing the expansion will unlock three extra treasure chests in the game’s Great Plateau area, one of them has a shirt with a Switch logo Link can wear during his adventure. The first DLC pack coming this Summer will feature a Cave of Trials challenge, access to hard mode, and a new feature for the in-game map. The second pack will be released during Holiday 2017 and include a new dungeon, a new original story, and additional challenges.
Black Lightning TV Character Descriptions Revealed
The character descriptions for Greg Berlanti's potential Black Lightning TV series have been revealed.
The Hashtag Show (via Heroic Hollywood) has shared a detailed breakdown of each character among the show's core cast, including descriptions for Jefferson Pierce/Black Lightning, his two daughters Jennifer and Anissa, and Pierce's ex-wife Lynn.
Black Lightning, created by Tony Isabella and Trevor Von Eeden
The Raid Remake Lands Bad Boys 3 Director
The Grey and Bad Boys for Life filmmaker Joe Carnahan will direct The Raid remake.
Production company XYZ Films announced Carnahan's involvement on Twitter, followed by the director discussing The Raid project on his own Twitter feed. Carnahan, who is directing and producing, said his idea is more a reimagining than a remake.
"It's not a remake," Carnahan said on Twitter. "It's a reimagining of the same scenario. Everybody take a deep breath. We won't disappoint you, rabid-fanboy-from-hell."
Carnahan, who recently finished scripting the Uncharted movie, also mentioned on Twitter that The Raid remake "will hew closer in tone
Guardians of the Galaxy Ride Gets An Opening Date
Guardians of the Galaxy - Mission: Breakout! will open to the public on May 27 at Disney California Adventure Park, Disney has announced.
The post on the official Disney Parks blog calls the attraction a "randomized ride experience," in that certain audio/visual elements can change, making subsequent visits potentially unique.
The full post also details a handful of other intereactive experiences that will be launching the same day as part of a larger "Summer of Heroes" Marvel event at the park.
Origin of Green/White Hybrid Power Ranger Revealed
In Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #12 by writer Kyle Higgins and artist Hendry Prasetya from BOOM! Studios, the origin of Lord Drakkon, the Green/White hybrid Power Ranger was revealed.
Warning: full spoilers for Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #12!
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #12 cover by Jamal Campbell. (BOOM! Studios)
Wrestling Wrap Up: WrestleMania 33 Just Got Interesting
A few weeks back, when Rollins went down with his bum knee, 'Mania 33 was looking a little rough. A little worse for wear, I'm afraid. Not that, in the end, it wouldn't be a huge success or come across like the grand spectacle that it is, but it was missing those few must-see matches that we crave. The ones we're invested in. Goldberg vs. Lesnar? It's big. And it may soon be for the Universal title, but how much have we bought in on a feels level? It's pretty empty. Though I wouldn't object to seeing Goldberg thrash Brock one more time. I think he should just clean sweep this feud.
Also, speaking of the match that's sort of up in the air now -- Rollins vs. Triple H -- how much did we even care? Seth isn't a natural babyface. Neither is Reigns and we all remember how few effs we gave last year about his Hunter match. Again, it's a high profile match but not a great one.
Sony Drops PlayStation Now Support for PS3, Vita
Sony will significantly scale back the number of devices that support PlayStation Now this year.
On the PlayStation Blog, the company announced plans to end PlayStation Now services for PlayStation 3, Vita and other devices on August 15. That includes PlayStation TV, Sony Bravia TVs from 2013 to 2015, Sony Blu-ray players and Samsung TVs.
In fact, Sony plans on only supporting PlayStation 4 and PC for PlayStation Now going forward.
"After thoughtful consideration, we decided to shift our focus and resources to PS4 and Windows PC to further develop and improve the user experience on these two devices," said PlayStation Now senior marketing manager Brian Dunn. "This move puts us in the best position to grow the service even further."
E3 2017: Microsoft Conference Date and Time Announced
Microsoft has announced the date and time of its E3 2017 press conference, revealing the company has shifted to a new day for its briefing.
The Xbox E3 press briefing will take place on Sunday, June 11 at 2 p.m. PT/5 p.m. ET at the Galen Center in Los Angeles, California. Microsoft announced the time via the Xbox Twitter account, simply saying "Brace for big news."
The Xbox E3 2017 briefing announcement, via @Xbox.
The Sunday afternoon window breaks from the company's traditional E3 briefing time slot, has Microsoft has normally held its conference the Monday morning of E3 over the last several years. The teaser uses the same image previously used to tout the company's upcoming console upgrade, Project Scorpio.
IGN and The Marine 5 Want to Send You to WrestleMania
Have you ever dreamed of witnessing the "Grandest Stage of Them All" WrestleMania live and in person? This year's 'Mania will be an epic event indeed, hailing from Orlando, Florida on Sunday, April 2nd, and featuring the likes of John Cena, Roman Reigns, Brock Lesnar, Bill Goldberg, WWE World Champion Bray Wyatt and many more.
IGN and The Marine 5: Battleground want to send one lucky winner, plus their guest, to WrestleMania 33 with two tickets to the action-packed event - and air travel and hotel accommodations provided.
Jed Whedon Makes Directorial Debut on Agents of SHIELD
Marvel's Agents of SHIELD co-showrunner Jed Whedon will make his directorial debut on Tuesday's episode of the series, "Self Control," IGN can exclusively reveal.
The February 21st episode is pivotal for Season 4, as it marks the end of the current "L.M.D." story arc and kicks off the third and final pod of episodes of the season. Whedon, who also wrote the episode, told IGN that he's always wanted to try his hand at directing, and decided last year that Season 4 would finally be his time to get behind the camera.
"Now the ship is up and running," he said. "Last year
Maurissa and I wrote
and Kevin
directed it and I did a little second unit stuff on that, and that was a special one to us, so I was like, 'Alright, let's not wait. We'll schedule it and see what happens and see how life gets in the way.'"