Monthly Archives: September 2019
Remnant: From the Ashes Getting New Dungeon, Adventure Mode
Remnant: From the Ashes is receiving two free updates this month, adding a new mode and dungeon, Perfect World Entertainment and Gunfire Games announced Monday.
The first update, which adds Adventure Mode, will be released on September 12. Adventure Mode allows players to re-roll Earth, Rhom, and Yaesha individually without having to restart the entire campaign. (Players can currently re-roll the campaign, though doing so sacrifices all story progress; Adventure Mode "can be re-rolled freely without affecting your story," according to Gunfire.) Like the current re-roll system, all character progress will be saved.
A new dungeon, Leto's Lab, will follow as part of the second free update on September 19. Leto's Lab is a backstory-heavy dungeon that will dynamically spawn on Earth. It mixes "light puzzles" with combat, according to Gunfire, and adds an all-new boss fight.
Marvel’s Hawkeye May Have Found Its Kate Bishop
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-verse star Hailee Steinfeld has reportedly been offered a pivotal part in Marvel's upcoming Hawkeye live-action series alongside Jeremy Renner, who will reprise his role as the titular hero, Clint Barton.
Per Variety, if Steinfeld accepts the role, she will portray Kate Bishop, who eventually takes over the mantle of Hawkeye for a time, until Clint comes back from the dead in the comic books. Back at San Diego Comic-Con 2019, Marvel Boss Kevin Feige didn't say much about Kate Bishop, but did promise to "explore more of
Margot Robbie Rebooting Tank Girl, Says Co-Creator
Margot Robbie's film production company is working on a Tank Girl movie, according to co-creator Alan Martin.
Martin took to Twitter on Monday to say a new Tank Girl movie is far into pre-production, though he isn't personally involved in the project.
"Just heard that Margot Robbie's company have optioned rights from MGM to make a new Tank Girl movie - now several months into development." tweeted Martin. "We haven't been contacted by any of the parties involved with the project, so not sure if there will be any input from the original creators."
Kingdom Hearts 3 DLC ReMind Trailer Highlights New Battles, Story Teases
Still set for a release this "Winter," Kingdom Hearts III's ReMind story DLC has received a new trailer highlighting the new combat scenarios ahead, along with a few more teases of the story beats.
Watch the trailer above to take a new look at the DLC via its latest TGS 2019 trailer and check out screenshots from the trailer in the gallery below.
The new trailer gives us a better look at Sora's brand new form in a duel against Organization XIII member Xigbar. The footage also includes new scenes with Sora and Namine, a conversation between Sora and Chirithy about Kairi, and several new aspects of battles featuring Terra, Ven, and Aqua, as well as members of Organization XIII.
Former Batman Actor Christian Bale Approves of Robert Pattinson’s Casting
Christian Bale has voiced his approval of Robert Pattinson’s casting as the new Batman.
“Good choice! He’s interesting,” Bale told Variety when asked about the casting at the Toronto Film Festival.
Bale portrayed Batman in Christopher Nolan’s lauded Dark Knight trilogy.
Bale’s Ford v. Ferrari co-star Matt Damon, who was also in the interview, weighed in, “Did you see the Safdie brothers movie he did? He was fantastic,” referring to Pattinson’s 2017 crime drama Good Time where he received critical praise for the portrayal of a bank robber trying to free his brother from prison. IGN listed all of Pattison's best movies that show he's got the acting chops to portray Batman, Good Time included.
Falcon and Winter Soldier’s John Walker Explained: Who Is U.S. Agent?
Steve Rogers' retirement leaves a big hole in the MCU in the wake of Avengers: Endgame. Steve may have passed on his shield to Sam Wilson, but Sam isn't the only hero vying for the honor of becoming the new Captain America. The upcoming Disney+ series The Falcon and the Winter Soldier will also introduce Wyatt Russell as John Walker, better known as patriotic superhero U.S. Agent.
Who is U.S. Agent? Is he friend or foe to the Avengers? Read on for everything you need to know about Marvel's other patriotic super-soldier.
Shenmue 3 Refunds Will Only Be Available for a Limited Time
Shenmue 3 developers Ys Net announced that Kickstarter backer surveys will be going out in mid-September, and with them refund requests for anyone who doesn’t want an Epic Games store version of Shenmue 3. But know that refund requests will only accepted during the two-week survey period.
Kickstarter campaigns typically send out backer surveys before the release of the final product. This is where backers give their product preferences and shipping addresses for their final rewards. Ys Net’s Kickstarter update says that “refunds will be honored for backers who had selected a PC version and are not satisfied with the proposed reward options.”
Amazon’s Undone Might Be the Most Ambitious Animated Series Ever
All September long, IGN is highlighting the best TV coming your way in the 2019-2020 season. Today, we're spotlighting Amazon's Undone, described by the streaming service as a "half-hour, genre-bending, animated dramedy that explores the elastic nature of reality through its central character, Alma, a twenty-eight-year-old living in San Antonio, Texas. After getting into a car accident and nearly dying, Alma finds she has a new relationship to time. She develops this new ability in order to find out the truth about her father’s death." Here, co-creator Kate Purdy tells us about her inspiration for the series and its distinctive animation style.
Resident Evil Project Resistance Trailer Teases Cyborg Tyrants
As promised by Capcom recently, a new Resident Evil game - Project Resistance - has been revealed with a short teaser trailer ahead of its gameplay debut at Tokyo Game Show this week.
The trailer shows four characters in what appears to be an Umbrella laboratory. They are repeatedly attacked zombies and a Licker that appear to be unleashed by an unseen, shadowy presence in a control room. The person in shadow ends the trailer by putting on a pair of mechanical gloves that glow with red LEDs, which are mirrored by two glowing red eyes beneath the brim of a Tyrant's hat, seemingly suggesting that this antagonist has the power to control one of Resident Evil's most notorious enemies.
Marvel Teases Murder Mysteries and Mutant Alliances for 2020
Marvel Comics is releasing a series of teasers for a mysterious project called Incoming! We don't know much about this upcoming comic in terms of length or creative team. All we know is that Incoming! will debut in the final week of December and build on several major storylines from 2019, even as it introduces a pivotal new murder mystery in the Marvel Universe.
Read on for a breakdown of all the teasers revealed so far, along with some speculation about what Incoming! could mean for the future of Marvel's heroes. We'll continue to update this article as new teasers are revealed.
Warning: beware of spoilers for House of X #2!