Monthly Archives: March 2019

John Wick: Chapter 3 Will Explore John Wick’s Backstory

John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum will dig deeper into the mythology of the world of John Wick, and reveal the more about the man behind the gun.

IGN exclusively visited the set of the third installment of the John Wick franchise where we learned how Parabellum will offer us the long-awaited origin story of the title character. Watch the video for our full set visit featuring interviews with Keanu Reeves, director Chad Stahelski and stars Ian McShane, Lance Reddick and Asia Kate Dillon:

"We wanted to open up the world a bit. So the world of the High Table, the world of the Continental and to see a little bit of where John Wick comes from," star Keanu Reeves told IGN during an exclusive visit to the John Wick 3 set.

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Hellboy Characters Will Be Added to Brawlhalla Next Month

In celebration of the upcoming Hellboy film, Ubisoft has announced that it has partnered with Lionsgate and Millennium Media to bring Hellboy, Nimue, Gruagach, and Ben Daimio to Brawlhalla, its free-to-play platform fighting game.

These characters from Hellboy will be new guest characters that will be joining a roster of over 40 characters that also features Rayman, which was made possible after Ubisoft purchased Brawlhalla developer Blue Mammoth Games last year.

Hellboy, created by Mike Mignola, is being adapted once again into a feature film and will see "the legendary half-demon superhero called to the English countryside to battle a trio of rampaging giants."

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‘Absolute Carnage’ Unleashes Spider-Man’s Deadliest Foe on the Marvel Universe

Marvel Comics started off its C2E2 announcements with a bang, revealing a new crossover event called Absolute Carnage. This story will put Spider-Man's most deadly foe in the spotlight, as Cletus Kasady hunts down every person who's ever been bonded with a symbiote.

Absolute Carnage will be handled by the current Venom creative team - writer Donny Cates, artist Ryan Stegman and colorist Frank Martin. The story will unfold in a four-issue Absolute Carnage miniseries, which begins in August 2019.

Absolute Carnage art by Ryan Stegman. (Image Credit: Marvel Comics) Absolute Carnage art by Ryan Stegman. (Image Credit: Marvel Comics)

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Judgment Actor Replaced for Western Release, Still Launching June 25

Judgment, the next game from the developers of the Yakuza franchise, will have the character model and Japanese voice of Kyohei Hamura adjusted for the Western release following the arrest of the character's voice actor for alleged drug use, but the release date will not change.

Announced by SEGA, this change does not appear to affect Judgment's Western release date of June 25, 2019 on PlayStation 4. Judgment was released in Japan on December 13, 2018.

SEGA has also announced that all screenshots and trailers featuring Hamura have been temporarily removed from its official channels and it will be updating these and bringing them back in the future.

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Control Gets a Release Date

Alan Wake and Quantum Break developer Remedy Entertainment's next game, Control, now has an official release date.

Control's release date was first seen on Microsoft's Xbox store as it appeared to be published early, and now Remedy has confirmed to Eurogamer that Control will be released on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC on August 27, 2019.

Control will be the first Remedy multiplatform title since Max Payne 2 and puts players in the shoes of Jesse Faden, who was recently given the title of director of the Federal Bureau of Control.

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Cyberpunk 2077 Seemingly Won’t Be an Epic Games Store Exclusive

Cyberpunk 2077 developer CD Projekt Red has suggested that its much-anticipated RPG will not launch as an Epic Games Store exclusive on PC.

Talking on Twitter, CD Projekt Red’s global community lead, Marcin Momot, said that “Our goal is to make Cyberpunk 2077 available to as many gamers as possible on their platform of choice.”

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Sony Announces State of Play Livestream, Will Announce New Games March 25

Sony has announced State of Play: a series of live broadcasts that will reveal new updates and announcements for PS4 and PS VR games. The first episode will be shown March 25.

The announcement was posted to the PlayStation Blog today, and explains that the debut episode will be broadcast at 2:00pm PT on Monday, March 25. That’s 5:00pm for anyone on Eastern Time, 9:00pm for those in the UK, and 7:00am on Tuesday morning for those on Australia East Coast.

The blog details that the first State of Play episode will show new trailers, footage, and game announcements for both PlayStation 4 and PS VR games. Effectively, it appears to be Sony’s equivalent to Nintendo Direct, and with any luck it will be just as revealing.

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Apex Legends Has Removed a Favourite Camping Spot From Bunker

Despite being absent from the patch notes, Respawn has stealthily rolled out map changes in the Bunker location that will stop players from camping.

Spotted by Twitter user PlayApexESP (via GamesRadar+), the Season 1 update appears to have removed the air con units from above the doors, which acted as handy perch for a one or two players to rain down shots from on high, or for Caustic mains to watch their noxious traps take effect on their victims below.

You can check out where the camping spots used to be in acuriousfeline's tweet below:

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