Monthly Archives: October 2018
Game Scoop! 500: Our Favorite Games IGN Has Ever Covered
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Cyberpunk 2077: CD Projekt Red Partners With Another Developer for ‘Technological Solutions’
CD Projekt Red has announced that they have established a long-term partnership with Digital Scapes and the focus will be on CD Projekt's upcoming title, Cyberpunk 2077.
Digital Scapes was founded by industry veterans that once worked at such studios as BioWare, Radical Entertainment, and Relic.
In the past, Digital Scapes team members worked on "blockbuster game series like Company of Heroes, Warhammer 40,000, Dying Light, Prototype, and more."
Their studio specializes in "AAA multiplayer console and PC development, development tool creation, asset production, and cloud computing."
“Cyberpunk 2077 is our most ambitious project to date and we work hard every day to make it a creative and technological achievement." Michał Nowakowsi, SVP Business Development of CD Projekt Red said. "The Digital Scapes team brings aboard a lot of talent, experience and technical knowledge, and I’m very confident our long-term cooperation will add plenty to the game.”
The 5 Best New Anime of Summer 2018
With most of the new summer anime over and the biggest new fall anime starting, it's a good time to look back and binge anime you may have missed out on. The summer 2018 season brought with it some excellent comedies and a few creative dramas, which you'll find in our list below.
While we adored the third season of My Hero Academia (it's coming back for another season!) and enjoyed other returning series like Attack on Titan, this list only includes brand new series. Take a look at IGN's unranked picks for the best new anime series from the summer season in the slideshow above, or take a look at the list below.
Gotham Season 5 Trailer Previews No Man’s Land
After the cataclysmic events of the Season 4 finale, Gotham Season 5 will put its own twist on the iconic No Man's Land comic book arc of the '90s, with villains like Penguin, Scarecrow and Mr. Freeze claiming territory across a devastated Gotham City.
Warner Bros. TV and Fox released a new teaser trailer for Season 5 at New York Comic Con, previewing the devastation across Gotham City following Jeremiah's bombing.
The NYCC panel also confirmed speculation that Shane West would be playing iconic Batman villain Bane in Season 5 - and in a twist on the Knightfall comics arc that saw Bane systematically trying to destroy Bruce Wayne's life, executive producer John Stephens revealed that the baddie will break Alfred Pennyworth's spine, rather than Bruce's, in the final season.
Mark Ruffalo Explains Why He Doesn’t Have the Avengers Tattoo
Mark Ruffalo, the actor who portrays Bruce Banner/The Incredible Hulk, most recently, in Avengers: Infinity War, has spoken up about why he still hasn't gotten the tattoo that the original Avengers co-stars received earlier this year.
On The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Ruffalo spoke to Fallon and said the main reason he didn't get the matching tattoo was because he is "afraid of needles."
However, he did mention that, in referring to the upcoming Avengers 4, "It's not over, there's still another movie."
He went on and jokingly said, "I've kind of got a punk rock soul and I felt like 'dude, everyone has tattoos. I'm going to be punk rock and not get the tattoo.'"
Peter Jackson’s Mortal Engines Looks Kind of Amazing
Peter Jackson himself hit New York Comic-Con today to promote his upcoming film Mortal Engines, which the Lord of the Rings maestro is producing and co-wrote. His old pal Andy Serkis moderated the panel, which gave fans a close-up look at the project that's based on the Philip Reeve book. The first 25 minutes of the film were also unveiled during the panel.
Set centuries after civilization was destroyed, mankind now lives in huge, roaming cities... moving lands that prey on smaller, weaker towns.
Director Christian Rivers was also on hand along with writer-producer Philippa Boyens and stars Hera Hilmar, Robert Sheehan, Stephen Lang, Leila George and Jihae. And Andy Serkis had some fun right off the bat, talking about how he had recently lost three dear friends -- Caesar, Supreme Leader Snoke, and Ulysses Klaue! He needed his franchise fix, and so he was happy to host this panel…
Joaquin Phoenix Is Shown Smoking in Chaotic New Joker Scene
New footage has leaked showing Joaquin Phoenix’s Joker casually smoking a cigarette as he leaves a chaotic scene in a Brooklyn subway station.
The footage itself was posted on YouTube by Hollywood Pipeline and features Phoenix in full face makeup, lighting and inhaling a cigarette while police officers run towards the train the Joker is walking away from.
As reported by Comicbook.com, the footage comes amid various other set photo leaks that show the Joker wearing a mask while entering the station containing a mob of other people in clown masks. They are reportedly holding signs saying things like: “Clown4Mayor,” "Kill the Rich” and "Blame Wayne.”
Marvel’s Spider-Geddon Begins This Week
With dozens of comic books to choose from, let us show you which are the best coming out this week. Take a look at this list spotlighting our favorite comics that we know are money-well-spent and new books that look cool and are backed by some top-tier talent.
Once you check out our picks, head to the comments to let us know what you’ll be buying this week!
Spider-Geddon #1 - $3.99
Writers Christos Gage & Dan Slott | Artist Jorge Molina (Marvel Comics)
Ridley Scott’s Sci-Fi Series Raised By Wolves Get Series Order at TNT
Ridley Scott, director of films such as Alien, Blade Runner, Gladiator, The Martian and more, is bringing a new sci-fi series to TNT called Raised by Wolves.
The show focuses on two androids that are tasked with raising human children on a “mysterious virgin planet.” As the ensuing human colony begins being torn apart by religious differences, the androids find how difficult it is to control human beliefs.
Aaron Guzikowski, known for his work on the film Prisoners, will serve as showrunner and will act as one of the writers of the show. Scott, Guzikowski, David Zucker, Jordan Sheehan, Adam Kolbrenner and Robyn Meisinger are all set to executive produce. International rights to Raised by Wolves will be handled by Turner International.
Every Big Marvel Series Just Revealed
Marvel took over the main stage at New York Comic-Con to announce new projects big and small in their annual Marvel's Next Big Thing panel, lead by editor-in-chief C.B. Cebulski alongside a revolving door of Marvel talent. The projects announced were scattered across the board from new IP acquisitions to weekly event stories.
Conan The Barbarian
Writer Jason Aaron announced he would be working on a brand new Conan The Barbarian series alongside artist Mahmud Asrar with covers by Esad Ribic. Marvel reacquired the Conan licence after its 15-year tenure with Dark Horse back in January, but Aaron's book marks the first Marvel produced content for the IP. "This is basically the book I've wanted to do since I was 12-years-old," Aaron said at the panel before detailing out his childhood obsession with Conan novels and explaining that the deal prompted him to send a photo of his Conan collection to Cebulski to campaign for the job.