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Summer Game Fest Showcase Coming on June 9, Will Be Shown in US IMAX Theaters

Geoff Keighley's Summer Game Fest showcase will be streamed live on Thursday, June 9. In addition, it will be shown live in select IMAX theaters.

The Summer Game Fest showcase will be shown at 11am Pacific / 2pm Eastern / 7pm UK (that's June 10 at 4am AEST). The show will be a "live cross-industry showcase" featuring game reveals and once again tying in a separate Day of the Devs indie game showcase.

Keighley added that both the Summer Game Fest showcase and his Game Awards event will partner with IMAX this year, seeing both events shown live in theaters. "That’s right," Keighley wrote. "Watch all the reveals, surprises and announcements with your friends in select IMAX theaters for full-scale immersion."

"With #SummerGameFest we are building a next-generation global event — decentralized physical events for the community in IMAX, big showcases from us + partners, play at home content, and much more!"

As previously announced, IGN will be carrying and covering Keighley's Summer Game Fest as part of our Summer of Gaming programming. More details to come.

Last year's Summer Game Fest: Kickoff Live event included the first Elden Ring gameplay trailer and a release date, the announcement of a Death Stranding Director's Cut, and much more. You can check out everything announced in that show for a sense of the scale of annoucnements to come.

Joe Skrebels is IGN's Executive Editor of News. Follow him on Twitter. Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to newstips@ign.com.

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Summer Game Fest Showcase Coming on June 9, Will Be Shown in US IMAX Theaters

Geoff Keighley's Summer Game Fest showcase will be streamed live on Thursday, June 9. In addition, it will be shown live in select IMAX theaters.

The Summer Game Fest showcase will be shown at 11am Pacific / 2pm Eastern / 7pm UK (that's June 10 at 4am AEST). The show will be a "live cross-industry showcase" featuring game reveals and once again tying in a separate Day of the Devs indie game showcase.

Keighley added that both the Summer Game Fest showcase and his Game Awards event will partner with IMAX this year, seeing both events shown live in theaters. "That’s right," Keighley wrote. "Watch all the reveals, surprises and announcements with your friends in select IMAX theaters for full-scale immersion."

"With #SummerGameFest we are building a next-generation global event — decentralized physical events for the community in IMAX, big showcases from us + partners, play at home content, and much more!"

As previously announced, IGN will be carrying and covering Keighley's Summer Game Fest as part of our Summer of Gaming programming. More details to come.

Last year's Summer Game Fest: Kickoff Live event included the first Elden Ring gameplay trailer and a release date, the announcement of a Death Stranding Director's Cut, and much more. You can check out everything announced in that show for a sense of the scale of annoucnements to come.

Joe Skrebels is IGN's Executive Editor of News. Follow him on Twitter. Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to newstips@ign.com.

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House of the Dragon: Game of Thrones Prequel Gets New Trailer, Character Posters

HBO has revealed a new trailer and a number of character posters for its upcoming Game of Thrones prequel series, House of the Dragon.

The new trailer gives us a fresh look at a very different Westeros, with familiar family names swearing allegiance to the Targaryen family. We also get a brief look at a dragon (and a dragon's egg), and hints of the conflict to come between the ruling family and beyond.

With the show set to premiere on August 21 and the last trailer dropping as far back as October last year, this is about as much as we've seen from the show in some time.

As you can see in the gallery below, each poster shows off a single character, while the show's Twitter account provided a character name and a short description for each, from Matt Smith's Prince Daemon Targaryen ("Prince of the City") to Sonoya Mizuno's Mysaria ("Confidante to Daemon Targaryen").

Based on George R.R. Martin's Fire & Blood, the 10-episode first season will flesh out the tales behind the Targaryen family, who ruled Westeros before the events of Game of Thrones. Set 200 years before the show, it will show the beginning of the end of the Targaryen reign, leading up to a civil war waged between family members – and the seeming death of dragons in the fantasy world.

Aside from Smith and Mizuno, the cast includes Paddy Considine, Emma D'arcy, Olivia Cooke, Steve Toussaint, Rhys Ifans, Eve Best, Fabien Frankel, Milly Alcock, Emily Carey, Graham McTavish and more.

It's far from the only Game of Thrones spin-off on the way. In March, George R.R. Martin updated fans on a number of live action and animated shows set in the GoT universe, including The Sea Snake, 10,000 Ships, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, The Golden Empire, and more.

Joe Skrebels is IGN's Executive Editor of News. Follow him on Twitter. Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to newstips@ign.com.

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House of the Dragon: Game of Thrones Prequel Gets New Trailer, Character Posters

HBO has revealed a new trailer and a number of character posters for its upcoming Game of Thrones prequel series, House of the Dragon.

The new trailer gives us a fresh look at a very different Westeros, with familiar family names swearing allegiance to the Targaryen family. We also get a brief look at a dragon (and a dragon's egg), and hints of the conflict to come between the ruling family and beyond.

With the show set to premiere on August 21 and the last trailer dropping as far back as October last year, this is about as much as we've seen from the show in some time.

As you can see in the gallery below, each poster shows off a single character, while the show's Twitter account provided a character name and a short description for each, from Matt Smith's Prince Daemon Targaryen ("Prince of the City") to Sonoya Mizuno's Mysaria ("Confidante to Daemon Targaryen").

Based on George R.R. Martin's Fire & Blood, the 10-episode first season will flesh out the tales behind the Targaryen family, who ruled Westeros before the events of Game of Thrones. Set 200 years before the show, it will show the beginning of the end of the Targaryen reign, leading up to a civil war waged between family members – and the seeming death of dragons in the fantasy world.

Aside from Smith and Mizuno, the cast includes Paddy Considine, Emma D'arcy, Olivia Cooke, Steve Toussaint, Rhys Ifans, Eve Best, Fabien Frankel, Milly Alcock, Emily Carey, Graham McTavish and more.

It's far from the only Game of Thrones spin-off on the way. In March, George R.R. Martin updated fans on a number of live action and animated shows set in the GoT universe, including The Sea Snake, 10,000 Ships, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, The Golden Empire, and more.

Joe Skrebels is IGN's Executive Editor of News. Follow him on Twitter. Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to newstips@ign.com.

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District 9 Director Neill Blomkamp’s New Game Is a Cyberpunk Battle Royale

The first game from District 9 director Neill Blomkamp is Off The Grid, a cyberpunk-style third-person Battle Royale, coming next year.

Gunzilla Games promises a next-generation Battle Royale with a strong focus on narrative progression, with Richard K. Morgan (lead writer of Crysis 2 and author of Altered Carbon) writing the script, and Blomkamp serving as chief visionary officer.

Off The Grid pits 150 players against each other, but PvE (player versus environment) story missions will also take place on the map in real time, with player actions affecting how the story (and therefore other people's gameplay), unfolds.

Crafting and customisation will also be a key component, with players encouraged to trade items with one another.

"With Off The Grid our ambition is not only to create the Battle Royale 2.0 by adding deep player progression, but to build an evolving world designed to take on a life of its own, changing in unexpected ways each time a player rejoins the game," said Blomkamp.

"With an innovative approach to the Battle Royale core session flow and a deep narrative experience, we add purpose to each element of the game, allowing players to revisit the OTG world repeatedly where there is always something new to find and explore, and for us to expand upon."

More information about Off The Grid's blend of Battle Royale and narrative will be shared in the coming months, Gunzilla Games said.

The studio was formed in 2020 and joined by Blomkamp last year, who said at the time he'd be working closely with other senior creatives to make sure his ideas could work in a game.

Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelancer who occasionally remembers to tweet @thelastdinsdale. He'll talk about The Witcher all day.

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District 9 Director Neill Blomkamp’s New Game Is a Cyberpunk Battle Royale

The first game from District 9 director Neill Blomkamp is Off The Grid, a cyberpunk-style third-person Battle Royale, coming next year.

Gunzilla Games promises a next-generation Battle Royale with a strong focus on narrative progression, with Richard K. Morgan (lead writer of Crysis 2 and author of Altered Carbon) writing the script, and Blomkamp serving as chief visionary officer.

Off The Grid pits 150 players against each other, but PvE (player versus environment) story missions will also take place on the map in real time, with player actions affecting how the story (and therefore other people's gameplay), unfolds.

Crafting and customisation will also be a key component, with players encouraged to trade items with one another.

"With Off The Grid our ambition is not only to create the Battle Royale 2.0 by adding deep player progression, but to build an evolving world designed to take on a life of its own, changing in unexpected ways each time a player rejoins the game," said Blomkamp.

"With an innovative approach to the Battle Royale core session flow and a deep narrative experience, we add purpose to each element of the game, allowing players to revisit the OTG world repeatedly where there is always something new to find and explore, and for us to expand upon."

More information about Off The Grid's blend of Battle Royale and narrative will be shared in the coming months, Gunzilla Games said.

The studio was formed in 2020 and joined by Blomkamp last year, who said at the time he'd be working closely with other senior creatives to make sure his ideas could work in a game.

Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelancer who occasionally remembers to tweet @thelastdinsdale. He'll talk about The Witcher all day.

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Tim Allen Shares First Photo From the Set of The Santa Clause Disney+ Series

Actor Tim Allen has shared a first look at The Santa Clause Disney+ series, offering fans of the film series a glimpse inside one of the rooms at the North Pole.

T'is might not yet be the season to hang the stockings by the chimney with care, but that hasn't deterred Allen from posting a photo from the set of The Santa Clause Disney+ series. "Might just be a photo of Santa's office but don't tell anyone," Allen teased in a tweet on Wednesday, posting a behind-the-scenes snap of Santa's swanky new office space.

The room is furnished with a desk for him to carry out the secondary checks of his naughty and nice list, a sofa for his Christmas comrades to kick back on, and an exercise bike to keep him occupied between his milk and cookie dashes around the globe. There's also a set of double doors leading to another room, which appears to be shelved out with books.

Allen is reprising his role as Scott Calvin from the original films, in addition to serving as an executive producer on the series alongside fellow executive producer and showrunner Jack Burditt. The series will follow Calvin as he sets out to find a suitable replacement Santa while also preparing his family to leave the North Pole to return to normal life.

Allen isn't the only original star from the film series to be returning for some holiday cheer. Deadline previously reported that Elizabeth Mitchell would be back to reprise her role as Carol Calvin aka Mrs. Claus. The two actors will be joined by Allen's real-life daughter, Elizabeth Allen-Dick, playing her dad's on-screen offspring, making it a real family affair.

Other cast members include Austin Kane playing a character called Cal, the eldest son of Scott and Carol Calvin, Kal Penn in the role of Simon Choksi, a game inventor and product developer, Rupali Redd as Grace, Choksi's angelic daughter, Devin Bright as Noel, Santa's trusted right-hand elf, and Matilda Lawler as Betty, Santa's Chief of Staff, per Deadline.

The series is set after The Santa Clause film trilogy, which started in 1994 with The Santa Clause — a film that sees an ordinary man take on all of Santa's responsibilities. The movie got two sequels, The Santa Clause 2 in 2002, and 2006's Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause. The festive franchise has been dormant since the third film came out over 15 years ago.

While the series does not yet have a release date, you can check out everything new to Disney+ this month.

Adele Ankers-Range is a freelance writer for IGN. Follow her on Twitter.

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Tim Allen Shares First Photo From the Set of The Santa Clause Disney+ Series

Actor Tim Allen has shared a first look at The Santa Clause Disney+ series, offering fans of the film series a glimpse inside one of the rooms at the North Pole.

T'is might not yet be the season to hang the stockings by the chimney with care, but that hasn't deterred Allen from posting a photo from the set of The Santa Clause Disney+ series. "Might just be a photo of Santa's office but don't tell anyone," Allen teased in a tweet on Wednesday, posting a behind-the-scenes snap of Santa's swanky new office space.

The room is furnished with a desk for him to carry out the secondary checks of his naughty and nice list, a sofa for his Christmas comrades to kick back on, and an exercise bike to keep him occupied between his milk and cookie dashes around the globe. There's also a set of double doors leading to another room, which appears to be shelved out with books.

Allen is reprising his role as Scott Calvin from the original films, in addition to serving as an executive producer on the series alongside fellow executive producer and showrunner Jack Burditt. The series will follow Calvin as he sets out to find a suitable replacement Santa while also preparing his family to leave the North Pole to return to normal life.

Allen isn't the only original star from the film series to be returning for some holiday cheer. Deadline previously reported that Elizabeth Mitchell would be back to reprise her role as Carol Calvin aka Mrs. Claus. The two actors will be joined by Allen's real-life daughter, Elizabeth Allen-Dick, playing her dad's on-screen offspring, making it a real family affair.

Other cast members include Austin Kane playing a character called Cal, the eldest son of Scott and Carol Calvin, Kal Penn in the role of Simon Choksi, a game inventor and product developer, Rupali Redd as Grace, Choksi's angelic daughter, Devin Bright as Noel, Santa's trusted right-hand elf, and Matilda Lawler as Betty, Santa's Chief of Staff, per Deadline.

The series is set after The Santa Clause film trilogy, which started in 1994 with The Santa Clause — a film that sees an ordinary man take on all of Santa's responsibilities. The movie got two sequels, The Santa Clause 2 in 2002, and 2006's Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause. The festive franchise has been dormant since the third film came out over 15 years ago.

While the series does not yet have a release date, you can check out everything new to Disney+ this month.

Adele Ankers-Range is a freelance writer for IGN. Follow her on Twitter.

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Moon Knight Cut Out Two Planned MCU Crossovers – ‘We Don’t Need That’

Moon Knight was originally a lot more connected to the MCU than we thought.

During an interview with Variety, showrunner Mohamed Diab revealed that there were not one, but two crossovers with other parts of the MCU cut from the series.

“We had the freedom to place it whenever,” he said. “I want to tell you the very first scene, there was a crossover, and the very end scene, there was a crossover. But as the story developed and we kept changing the scripts, we felt like, “We don’t need that.” All of us. It was a collective decision.”

Throughout Moon Knight’s six-episode run, fans and critics alike were expecting to find connections stretching across all corners of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Instead, it’s been refreshing to see a Marvel project that doesn’t push those connections.

“I kept thinking: It’s a rule,” added Diab. “There has to be a scene at the end that connects us to the MCU. But I think they decided, ‘You know what, the surprise is that there isn’t, and what’s going to make this show unique is it doesn’t need anything else.’”

As for who was set to appear in Moon Knight, we know that Echo almost showed her face.

"At the time, Echo was going to be our love interest, solely based on the fact that they knew Marvel liked the character of Echo and was trying to find a show to put her in," said writer Jeremy Slater on the House of R podcast.

Who the other connection would have been remains to be seen.

Still, Moon Knight has certainly been unique for an MCU project, in more ways than one. Marc Spector’s struggle with dissociative identity disorder is central to the plot, weaving in modern-day Egypt and Egyptian folklore to create a very distinctive superhero. And that’s exactly what the showrunner had in mind.

“The best compliment we get on the show is when people tell us, ‘This doesn’t feel like a Marvel show. It feels like a standalone show that feels more dramatic, more dark, grounded’,” he said. “I feel like we succeeded in bringing Marvel more to our corner.”

Bringing the series to a close, Moon Knight episode 6 also introduced a brand new hero to the MCU. Whether we see more from Steven and Marc is another matter, as Season 2 still isn't confirmed – even though there's an important character we were only just introduced to.

Moon Knight stars Oscar Isaac as Marc Spector/Steven Grant alongside May Calamawy, Ethan Hawke, Antonia Salib, and F Abraham Murray.

Mohammed Diab, Justin Benson, and Aaron Moorhead directed the series based on characters by Doug Moench and Don Perlin.

Ryan Leston is an entertainment journalist and film critic for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter.

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Moon Knight Cut Out Two Planned MCU Crossovers – ‘We Don’t Need That’

Moon Knight was originally a lot more connected to the MCU than we thought.

During an interview with Variety, showrunner Mohamed Diab revealed that there were not one, but two crossovers with other parts of the MCU cut from the series.

“We had the freedom to place it whenever,” he said. “I want to tell you the very first scene, there was a crossover, and the very end scene, there was a crossover. But as the story developed and we kept changing the scripts, we felt like, “We don’t need that.” All of us. It was a collective decision.”

Throughout Moon Knight’s six-episode run, fans and critics alike were expecting to find connections stretching across all corners of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Instead, it’s been refreshing to see a Marvel project that doesn’t push those connections.

“I kept thinking: It’s a rule,” added Diab. “There has to be a scene at the end that connects us to the MCU. But I think they decided, ‘You know what, the surprise is that there isn’t, and what’s going to make this show unique is it doesn’t need anything else.’”

As for who was set to appear in Moon Knight, we know that Echo almost showed her face.

"At the time, Echo was going to be our love interest, solely based on the fact that they knew Marvel liked the character of Echo and was trying to find a show to put her in," said writer Jeremy Slater on the House of R podcast.

Who the other connection would have been remains to be seen.

Still, Moon Knight has certainly been unique for an MCU project, in more ways than one. Marc Spector’s struggle with dissociative identity disorder is central to the plot, weaving in modern-day Egypt and Egyptian folklore to create a very distinctive superhero. And that’s exactly what the showrunner had in mind.

“The best compliment we get on the show is when people tell us, ‘This doesn’t feel like a Marvel show. It feels like a standalone show that feels more dramatic, more dark, grounded’,” he said. “I feel like we succeeded in bringing Marvel more to our corner.”

Bringing the series to a close, Moon Knight episode 6 also introduced a brand new hero to the MCU. Whether we see more from Steven and Marc is another matter, as Season 2 still isn't confirmed – even though there's an important character we were only just introduced to.

Moon Knight stars Oscar Isaac as Marc Spector/Steven Grant alongside May Calamawy, Ethan Hawke, Antonia Salib, and F Abraham Murray.

Mohammed Diab, Justin Benson, and Aaron Moorhead directed the series based on characters by Doug Moench and Don Perlin.

Ryan Leston is an entertainment journalist and film critic for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter.

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