Monthly Archives: April 2019
Wonder Woman 1984 Footage Shown at CinemaCon
Warner Bros. presented CinemaCon attendees with a look at footage from Wonder Woman 1984, only a few moments of which were new and the bulk of it the same as the shopping mall and street scenes shown at San Diego Comic-Con 2018. But its most notable new moment was the first glimpse at Kristen Wiig as Barbara Minerva, aka the villainess Cheetah.
The footage did not show Barbara in her Cheetah guise, though, but she still seemed in an unsettled state in the few shots shown. In a pre-recorded greeting to the attending theater owners, exhibitors, and press, director Patty Jenkins called Barbara "sometimes a friend, sometimes a colleague” of Diana Prince who “becomes Diana’s nemesis” along the way.
Listen to Our Latest PSVR Impressions
BEYOND!
On this week's episode of IGN's weekly PlayStation show, Jonathon Dornbush, Brian Altano, Lucy O'Brien, and Max Scoville discuss all the biggest PlayStation news of the last week, offer impressions on some awesome-looking PSVR games to come, share a fun Tony Hawk's Pro Skater memory, and more!
Timecodes:
- 0:00 - Intro
- 1:45 - News Crunch (Borderlands 3, Driveclub, PS Plus and more!)
Respawn Fixes Apex Legends Progression Issue
Update 4/3: Developer Respawn Entertainment has released a fix for the progression issue that the 1.1 Update was causing players, and it’s now live on all platforms.
Posted on Reddit, Respawn says the issue was caused by players being unintentionally moved to the wrong servers that didn’t have their persistent data, and made it appear that player accounts were reset with all progression lost.
"Fortunately, your progress up until the update was still safe and sound,” reads the post. "We shut down all live servers so we could remove players from the wrong place and roll up the correct servers with your progress. Once we confirmed internally that we had fixed the issue we started rolling out the right servers starting with Xbox and staggered the updates to PS4 and PC."
How the Joker Trailer Makes Him More Like Batman
Many Batman fans argue the Joker shouldn't have an origin story. To them, the lingering mystery behind this villain's past and motivations is more compelling than any reveal ever could be. But like it or not, the Clown Prince of Crime is getting a brand new origin story this October thanks to DC's Joker movie from director Todd Phillips and star Joaquin Phoenix.
The first trailer for Joker gives us a better idea of both the tone of the film and the take that Phillips and Phoenix are applying to the character. And if there's one takeaway from this early footage, it's that this version of Joker is a whole lot like Batman.
Stranger Things’ David Harbour Reportedly Cast in Marvel’s Black Widow Film
Stranger Things and Hellboy star, David Harbour, has reportedly been cast in Marvel Studios' standalone Black Widow movie in an unnamed role with Scarlett Johansson, according to THR.
English actress Florence Pugh is also attached as a reported rival-spy that is on the same level as Johansson's Natasha Romanoff.
Oscar nominated, The Favourite's Rachel Weisz is reportedly in early talks to join the film in a key role as well, as reported by Variety.
One of The Outer Worlds’ Best Weapons Started Life as a Bug
The Outer Worlds, the upcoming role-playing game from Obsidian Entertainment, has a bizarre melee weapon that started out as a bug in the game.
In a PAX East 2019 gameplay demo by Obsidian, a recording of which was uploaded by the YouTube channel MrRedRivers, the developer showcased the Mandibular Rearranger, a glowing blue melee weapon that morphs your victim’s head in various ways, shrinking or enlarging certain parts of the face every time they’re hit.
“This was a bug in the game and we liked it so much we decided to make a science weapon based around it,” said the developers. "Compared to other melee weapons, this one doesn’t deal as much damage, but it actually will slow people down and if you hit them multiple times, it will freeze them... as well as doing some rearranging of faces."
Marvel’s War of the Realms Has a Violent Debut
Marvel's War of the Realms crossover has begun, and already some major characters have fallen to Malekith's armies.
Warning: this article contains spoilers for War of the Realms #1!
Having completed his conquest of the other nine realms of the World Tree, the Dark Elf Malekith has turned his attention toward Midgard and his pesky superheroes. But as the invasion of Earth begins, Malekith kicks off the festivities by targeting Thor and his family for murder.
Captain Marvel Breaks $1 Billion at the Global Box Office
Captain Marvel has officially joined the $1 billion club.
According to Variety, the film has surpassed $1 billion in global ticket sales. The film, which stars Brie Larson as the titular hero, has earned over $358 million domestically and $645 million internationally.
Captain Marvel is the seventh Marvel film to earn $1 billion worldwide. The other top-grossing MCU movies are:
Call of Duty Endowment Has Placed Over 54,000 Veterans in High-Quality Jobs
The Call of Duty Endowment has announced that it has helped over 54,000 veterans find high quality careers, with 10,686 veterans being placed into well-paying jobs in 2018 alone.
Since it began operations in 2009, the Call of Duty Endowment has been focused in its mission to help find veterans high quality careers by "supporting groups that prepare them for the job market."
According to the Call of Duty Endowment, one third of working veterans are underemployed, and the amount of veterans asking for help in this regard has increased 59%.
In 2018, the average cost-per-placement for veterans in jobs was $522 for the Endowment, which is "nearly six times as effective as United State Government efforts."
When I Died on Game of Thrones: A Fallen King Reflects on His Legacy
In honor of the eighth and final season of Game of Thrones, IGN is taking a look back at some of the iconic characters who've fallen along the way, and the lasting impact they had on the story. These heroes and villains may not have made it to the end of the road, but their lives weren't in vain - they stand as a fitting reminder that when you play the game of thrones, you win, or you die.
Renly Baratheon had the loyalty of his people, the backing of the powerful Tyrell family, and a loyal Kingsguard behind him, but that wasn't enough to save him. While Renly's many years in King's Landing might have prepared him for the conniving schemes of the Lannisters, he never could have predicted the manner in which his ambitious brother Stannis and the magical Red Woman Melisandre plotted against him -- and neither could we.