Monthly Archives: March 2019

Batman: Hush – Exclusive First Look at the DC Movie

IGN has the exclusive scoop for you on who’s playing who in Batman: Hush, the next DC Universe Original Movie from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, as well as a brand new first look photo from the feature-length, animated feature film.

Coming to Blu-ray, DVD and Digital this summer, Batman: Hush is inspired by the acclaimed 2002-2003 storyline written by Jeph Loeb, penciled by Jim Lee, inked by Scott Williams, and colored by Alex Sinclair.

Batman: Hush centers on a mysterious new villain known only as Hush, who uses a rogues' gallery of villains to destroy Batman’s crime-fighting career as well as Bruce Wayne’s personal life, which has been further complicated by a relationship with Selina Kyle/Catwoman.

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Cobra Kai: Season 2 Clip Featuring Mr. Miyagi Flashback

Be sure to check out our advanced spoiler-free review of the Cobra Kai: Season 2 premiere right here. You can stream all 10 episodes on YouTube Premium on Wednesday, April 24, 2019.

Daniel LaRusso and Johnny Lawrence continue their long-standing rivalry in Season 2 of the hilarious Karate Kid spinoff series, Cobra Kai. In our review, we say, "Cobra Kai's Season 2 premiere is a worthy follow-up and raises the stakes with excellent character development."

For an exclusive look at Season 2, check out the clip below. In the footage, we see Daniel in Mr. Miyagi's dojo with Robby Keene - Johnny's son.

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Final Fantasy 15 Studio Begins Work on New AAA Game

A new AAA game from Final Fantasy 15's Luminous Productions is seemingly now in the works.

Luminous was set up by Final Fantasy 15 director Hajime Tabata (who has now quit the company), and includes much of the original FF15 team in its staff.

According to a Famitsu interview with Final Fantasy 15 DLC director, Takeshi Terada (via ResetEra), the studio's next title will be set in a brand new world, and is the reason that Luminous Productions was established.

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New Borderlands Game Teased, More Coming Tomorrow

A teaser has been released for what appears to be the latest game in the Borderlands series.

The teaser, called Mask of Mayhem, doesn't explicitly call the game Borderlands 3, but does show a whole lot of imagery you'd expect from the series. Check it out below:

Publisher 2K says more will be revealed at the Gearbox PAX East panel tomorrow, March 28 - you can tune into the livestream at 11:00 Pacific / 14:00 Eastern / 18:00 GMT (that's March 29 at 5:00 AEDT).

It's been fairly clear for some time that a Borderlands announcement was coming, following public tech demos, leaks and teases.

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How 80 Years of Detective Comics Shaped Batman’s Legacy

It's shaping up to be a huge year for Batman. Not only is he celebrating his 80th birthday in 2019, but Detective Comics is reaching its 1000th issue on March 27. The Caped Crusader sure has come a long way since his debut way back in 1939's Detective Comics #27. It goes without saying that the past 80 years' worth of Detective Comics stories have featured many formative Batman moments. From major character introductions to influential origin stories, here are 20 issues of Detective Comics that altered the course of the Batman franchise.

Batman's Debut

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Gwent Announced for Smartphones

Gwent: The Witcher Card Game is coming to iPhones later this year, with an Android release to follow "at a later date."

“We’ve been preparing long and hard to adapt Gwent to smartphones,” said GWENT game director, Jason Slama. “Beautiful visuals aside, we’ve tailored much of our technology, including GOG Galaxy which powers Gwent’s multiplayer, to support mobile devices.

"I think our vision for bringing Gwent to smartphones combines the best we have to offer both in terms of graphics and gameplay. I can’t wait to share more details on the subject with you later this year.”

Gwent's single-player campaign launched as a standalone game last December, while the first card expansion, Crimson Curse, announced earlier this month, will be dropping tomorrow.

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Game of Thrones Showrunners Reveal The Night King’s True Motivation

Game of Thrones showrunners David Benioff and Dan Weiss have spilled the beans on what's driving the Night King as he descends upon Westeros with his undead army.

"I don’t think of him as evil, I think of him as Death,” Benioff told EW. “And that’s what he wants — for all of us. It’s why he was created and that’s what he’s after.”

That should bring some (very) small comfort to Jon Snow, who has been pegged as a specific target of the Night King by the character's actor, Vladmir Furdik.

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Marvel Puts the Carnage Symbiote on Various Heroes for New Variant Covers

Every single character who has ever worn a symbiote is a target in Marvel's upcoming Absolute Carnage story arc.

Marvel has revealed a huge event kicking off this August with Donny Gates and Ryan Stegman's Absolute Carnage #1, which sees Cletus Cassidy return to hunt down "every single human being who has worn a symbiote."

To celebrate the "epic summer event," Marvel is releasing “Carnage-ized”  variant covers that re-imagine your favourite heroes taken over by the titular symbiote.

The "massive storyline" will "blow the entire Marvel

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6 Things Detective Pikachu Is Already Doing Right

Call me crazy, but I think 2019 might be the year we get the first good video game movie -- And yes, Mortal Kombat is a wacky, stupid, fun time that I’ve adored since I was eight, seen dozens of times, and own on blu-ray, but if you unironically think it’s a genuinely good movie, please please watch more movies.

But now, we’re just months away from Pokémon: Detective Pikachu, and it looks way better than it has any right to… Could this be the first good video game movie? Here are six choices that might keep this furry flick from being big screen shovelware.

1. A Pikachu, Not THE Pikachu

Detective Pikachu is A Pikachu, but he’s not THE Pikachu, the one that’s been hanging out with Ash Ketchum for over a thousand episodes of the cartoon show, and he’s not even the same Detective Pikachu from the 3DS game released last year who sounded like Danny DeVito, as funny as that would’ve been.

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