Four Telltale Games veterans have been hired by Ubisoft San Francisco, Ubisoft announced today.

Dennis Lenart, Nick Herman, Pierre Shorette, and Adam Sarasohn have all been hired by the studio to expand its "narrative creative pool," according to Ubisoft.

"We are excited to welcome these strong industry veterans to our skilled team at Ubisoft San Francisco." said executive producer, François Pelland. "As we continue to expand our portfolio of games, we look to hire the best talent in the industry and infuse team members with a shared passion for development."

Lenart oversaw the first season of Telltale's The Walking Dead: Season One and was the creative director for Minecraft: Story Mode. Herman was Telltale's first cinematic artist and worked on The Walking Dead's first season as its lead cinematic artist and director.

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Greg Berlanti's potential Black Lightning TV series has found its leading man in Cress Williams.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Williams will star as Black Lighting/Jefferson Pierce in the upcoming DC drama, which received a pilot order from The CW. The actor is no stranger to the network, having previously starred as Lavon Hayes in The CW's romantic drama Hart of Dixie.

Cress Williams as Lavon Hayes in Hart of Dixie

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A new teaser hinting at who will presumably be the next playable hero to join the Overwatch roster has been revealed.

In a post on Twitter, the official Overwatch account shared the following image, along with the message: "

OR15 defense units destroyed in confrontation with unidentified assailant at Numbani airport. No civilian casualties reported."

Overwatch teaser image, via Twitter

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At this point, it’s hard to remember a time when The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild was not in the works. This game has been churning in the background since before the Wii U came out, meaning its development spanned an entire Nintendo console generation.

Not only will Breath of the Wild be Nintendo’s final game for Wii U, but it’s also positioned as the standout launch title for the Nintendo Switch. With both versions set to launch on March 3, let’s look at the winding road Breath of the Wild traveled to get here.

Believe it or not, Nintendo first dropped hints about about an HD Zelda game way back at E3 2011 — before Skyward Sword even came out. The hint was a CGI demo that showed Link squaring off against the giant spider Gohma. The demo bears little resemblance to the Breath of the Wild we know today, but it proved Nintendo had plans to bring the franchise into the modern HD world.

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Gears of War 4 will be getting its first ever Horde variant playlist starting today, February 24 and ending on Monday, February 27.

Titled Feral Horde, the weekend playlist will "up the intensity of each wave, changing the composition of each wave to focus more on constant pressure and unrelenting assault," according to The Coalition. "Prepare to move, dodge and scrap your way to victory against new waves filled with hefty amounts of Explosive Trackers, Swarm Grenadiers, DR-1s, Dropshot Scions and more!"

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Lethal Weapon star Danny Glover was originally being eyed to play Raiden in New Line's original 1995 Mortal Kombat movie, NetherRealm Studios creative director Ed Boon has revealed.

On the latest episode of our monthly interview show IGN Unfiltered, the Mortal Kombat co-creator discussed the creative consulting he did on the film, noting they had some "pretty interesting discussions" with the studio, including Glover's potential involvement. "They had some pretty wild suggestions for characters, I remember them saying they wanted Danny Glover to be Raiden," he said.

Boon also mentioned that "Kano originally just had like a pirate eye patch," to which he responded, "no, no, no, he's gotta have the big plate." After running the character by focus groups it became clear that fans wouldn't have been happy with an eye patch. According to Boon, this type of feedback from Mortal Kombat players "course corrected them a few times."

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When we last saw the pirates of Black Sails, Captain Flint (Toby Stephens) had turned himself over to Eleanor (Hannah New) with the hopes that John Silver (Luke Arnold) would go retrieve the buried treasure for her - a deal struck that could end the bloody conflict over Nassau.

But Silver objected to this plan from the start. Now the Pirate King has a very difficult choice to make. Here, in this exclusive clip from Chapter "XXXIII." -- airing Sunday, February 26th -- Israel Hands (David Wilmot) has stepped into help Silver come to a decision. And as you can see, Hands has a very hands-on approach to supporting his leader. Check it out! (oh, and the language is NSFW)...

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In honor of "Twin Peaks Day," Showtime has released two new posters for the much-anticipated return of Twin Peaks, spotlighting the key characters Agent Dale Cooper (Kyle MacLachlan) and Laura Palmer (Sheryl Lee).

While both MacLachlan and Lee are back for the show's revival, it's notable that we see an older Cooper, but the Laura poster features the same iconic photo of the character used since the show's 1990 debut. Of course, Laura Palmer was dead from the moment Twin Peaks began -- in fact, Twin Peaks Day was created by fans to mark the canon anniversary of Laura's death: February 24th, 1989 -- begging questions of how Lee will be used in the show's 18-episode run. But as fans of the series know, there are always strange ways to see people again in Twin Peaks...

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With one week to go until the release of Horizon: Zero Dawn on PS4, we're giving one lucky reader the chance to win the ultimate bundle to celebrate its launch.

So you can experience Horizon: Zero Dawn's stunning visuals at their best, we're giving away a PS4 Pro, along with a 55-inch 4K TV and of course, a copy of the game.

For your chance to win this prize, all you need to do is follow IGN UK's official Twitter and re-tweet the below.

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