Monthly Archives: April 2019
The Flash Reveals Godspeed, Season 5 Villain
The first look at the new speedster villain making his debut on Season 5 of The Flash.
Behold Godspeed in all his white-and-gold glory, as well as some pages from the comics for comparison.
As you can probably tell, Godspeed is yet another speedster villain in the same vein as Zoom and the rest, but he’s a relatively recent addition to comics canon, having debuted in The Flash Rebirth run that kicked off in 2016. He was created by Joshua Williamson and Carmine Di Giandomenico.
Godspeed has all of the traditional speedster powers but with the added ability to steal the Speed Force from others. He can also divide the Speed Force within his body to create a temporary clone, allowing him to team up on enemies. The first story arc featuring Godspeed saw a “Speed Force storm” give dozens of new Central City citizens speedster powers, and then Godspeed hunted them down to steal their powers to become stronger.
Twitch Temporarily Bans White Streamer After Apex Legends Cosplay
Lithuanian streamer Karina "Karupups" Martsinkevich has been temporarily banned from Twitch following cosplaying as Apex Legends' Lifeline and using blackface makeup.
As reported by Kotaku, Martsinkevich was streaming herself preparing her Lifeline cosplay in Twitch's "Just Chatting" section when, after she dyed her hair and dressed to mimic the Apex Legends character, she applied a dark foundation to her face that caused Twitch to take the stream down even before she could finish her cosplay prep.
Martsinkevich took to YouTube to announce her 30-day suspension and explain that she was banned for "engaging in hateful conduct against a person or group of people.” However, she claims she "just wanted to be similar to Lifeline from Apex...it wasn’t meant to have
Disc-less Xbox One S Info Leaked
New images have surfaced following the reports of the Maverick – a disc-less Xbox One S – that has been rumored to be releasing this spring from Microsoft.
As reported by Thurrott and found by Winfuture.de, alleged images of the new, all-digital console have surfaced online, showing a near-identical console to the Xbox One S, but with no disc-loading slot on the front.
Game of Thrones Season 8 Premiere Ratings Are Highest Ever
The premiere episode for the eighth and final season of Game of Thrones has reached a series high.
According to HBO, last night’s premiere was viewed by 17.4 million viewers, up from the previous series high of 16.9 million viewers for the season seven finale. The season seven premiere, by comparison, garnered 16.1 million viewers. This number accounts for all of HBO’s platforms, including on-air viewings, HBOGO and HBO Now.
HBO Now experienced a jump of about 50% in viewing when compared to the season seven finale, and increased by 97% when compared to the season seven premiere. This also marked the largest night of streaming ever for HBO, with Barry reaching 2.2 million viewers, Veep bringing in 1.5 million viewers and Last Week Tonight With John Oliver coming in at 1.7 million viewers.
Did Kylo Ren Lie About Rey’s Parents?
Whether you loved or hated The Last Jedi, there's no doubt that Rian Johnson's Star Wars movie had a lot to say about the franchise, the Force, and more. And the director has gone on the record saying that he wouldn't mind if one of the most controversial pieces of information from his film was retconned in J.J. Abrams’ upcoming Episode IX, The Rise of Skywalker: the nature of Rey’s parentage.
Rey's biggest question throughout The Force Awakens and The Last Jedi surrounded her parents. Who were they? Where were they? Would they ever return to her? With the revelation that Rey isn't just Force sensitive, but legendarily strong in the Force, the importance of these questions only grew. And it was in The Last Jedi that Kylo Ren's attempts to manipulate Rey into joining him on the dark side of the Force seemingly revealed the truth behind her lineage.
New LEGO Star Wars Game Reportedly in Development
According to Skywalker Sound's supervising sound editor and sound designer Matt Wood, a new LEGO Star Wars game is reportedly in development.
As reported by Eurogamer, Wood was speaking on the Star Wars Live Show at Star Wars Celebration this weekend and passingly mentioned that a new LEGO Star Wars game was currently being worked on.
"So many things we're doing right now, we've got Resistance going, Clone Wars going, we've got Mandalorian happening, of course Episode IX happening, there's a LEGO Star Wars game we're working on..." Wood said, as captured by Twitter user @WillHaddad8.
Aunt Becky Actress Lori Loughlin Pleads Not Guilty in College Scandal
Lori Loughlin, best known for playing Aunt Becky on Full House, has pleaded not guilty in a major college admissions scandal.
Per Variety, the actress and her husband, fashion designer Mossimo Giannulli, decided to forego a guilty plea and will instead be fighting charges for allegedly paying a $500,000 bribe to ensure their two daughters would get onto the University of Southern California’s crew team, and a single felony count of mail fraud. Last week, Loughlin and 16 others tied to the case were indicted with charges of money laundering.
Several others charged in this widespread scandal have decided to plead guilty, including actress Felicity Huffman. For her part in the scandal, Huffman said "I am in full acceptance of my guilt, and with deep regret and shame over what I have done, I accept full responsibility for my actions and will accept the consequences that stem from those actions."
Michelle Yeoh Cast in James Cameron’s Avatar Sequels
Star Trek: Discovery's Michelle Yeoh has been cast in James Cameron's upcoming Avatar sequels, according to Variety.
Yeoh will play a scientist named Dr. Karina Mogue in the upcoming films.
"Throughout her career, Michelle has always created unique and memorable characters, Director James Cameron said. "I look forward to working with Michelle to do the same thing on the Avatar sequels."
Yeoh is known for various roles throughout her career, including the well known martial arts film from 2000, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon to recently starring in the award-winning, Crazy Rich Asians.
No God of War DLC Planned, but More Anniversary Content to Come
God of War director Cory Barlog has reiterated that there’s no DLC planned for God of War, but there is anniversary content on the way.
In response to news that God of War is getting one-year anniversary content in the form of themes and avatars, Barlog tweeted "That's not all...”
Naturally, fans suspected this meant even bigger announcements were coming for the anniversary, specifically news of DLC for God of War. To quell those expectations, Barlog quickly tweeted "Just so no one gets the wrong idea - there is no DLC coming for the game. Sorry."
Analysts Report Apple Arcade Will Spend Over Half a Billion Dollars
Analysts from Financial Times reported that Apple may end up spending over half a billion dollars on their upcoming games subscription service, Apple Arcade, according to Gizmodo.
If true, Apple Arcade's budget would be half of Apple's current TV and films streaming budget, which is reportedly $1 billion. Multiple sources told Financial Times that the majority of games planned for the service have million dollar budgets.