The Last Jedi Photos Reveal Captain Phasma Unmasked
A new look at the Star Wars: The Last Jedi's has been revealed via Vanity Fair's new Annie Leibovitz covers, including a first look at Captain Phasma unmasked.
As both a 40th anniversary celebration for Star Wars Episode IV — A New Hope and in anticipation of The Last Jedi's December release, Vanity Fair's newest issue features four Star Wars covers, all photographed by Leibovitz. Check out one below, featuring Gwendoline Christie as Phasma, Adam Driver as Kylo Ren, and Domhnall Gleeson as General Hux.
Vanity Fair Star Wars: The Last Jedi Cover, photographed by Annie Leibovitz
Game of Thrones Key Art Reveals the True Season 7 Threat
The war for the Iron Throne might still be raging, but with Game of Thrones now entering Season 7, there's no hiding that the real threat is coming from the North.
HBO released the official key art for Season 7, which puts the Night's King front and center. This seems to hint that the rest of Westeros will soon know what Jon Snow has been preaching for seasons: despite all the internal political squabbles, the fight with the White Walkers is the only one that matters. Check out the imagery below:
Game of Thrones: Season 7 key art
June Free Xbox Games With Gold Announced
June's line-up of free Xbox One and Xbox 360 games for Gold subscribers has been announced.
The full lineup, plus when they'll be available, is:
- SpeedRunners — June 1-30 (Xbox One)
- Watch Dogs — June 16 - July 15 (Xbox One)
- Assassin's Creed III — June 1-15 (Xbox 360 & Xbox One)
- Dragon Age: Origins — June 16-30 (Xbox 360 & Xbox One)
- Phantom Dust DLC — June 1 - 30
Announced back in 2014, SpeedRunners is a multiplayer side-scrolling racing game that won the Gamer's Voice Award at the SXSW Gaming Awards in 2015.
The first Watch Dogs released in 2014 from Ubisoft. IGN gave Watch Dogs an 8.4 at the time, saying the hacking action game "is fundamentally very well made, and has more than enough unique ideas to make it a great and memorable open-world action game. Its sequel released in 2016 — for more on that game, check out IGN's Watch Dogs 2 review.
Valve Hires Kerbal Space Program Team
The Kerbal Space Program team is now a part of Valve.
As a guest on the Game Dev Unchained podcast, ex-Valve employee Roger Lundeen mentioned that his former company hired the Kerbal Space Program team around five or six months ago.
PC Games Network then clarified the comments with Lundeen and Valve. A company representative said: "Yes, they joined a little while ago, and we will have more news about what they are doing soon."
Kerbal Space Program is a space flight simulation game that's been available for years on PC and came to consoles last year. For more on the game, check out IGN's Kerbal Space Program review for the PS4 edition.
The 100: Will the Rocket Work?
The 100 is ending Season 4 in the midst of a typically intense scenario this week – one with arguably the biggest stakes yet, given “Praimfaya” (also the name of the finale) is about to hit, via a death wave that will wipe out all life on the planet.
I spoke to The 100’s executive producer and showrunner, Jason Rothenberg, about what to expect in the finale, as Clarke, Raven, Bellamy, Monty, Harper, Murphy, Emori and Echo race to get the rocket ready in time to make it to the Ark and save themselves, while Octavia has to adjust to her new position as leader for the 1200 locked inside a bunker that can sustain them for the next five years.
IGN: Last week’s episode firmly established who was going to be in the bunker, while introducing how the others could survive if they can make it back to the Ark. But as far as the rocket scenario, is it safe to say that, this being The 100, things won’t be going off without a hitch for our heroes?
DC Super Hero Girls Coming to Cartoon Network in 2018
A DC Super Hero Girls animated series is coming to Cartoon Network in 2018, Warner Bros. Animation announced.
Based on the popular DC Super Hero Girls direct-to-video movies and digital webisodes, the series will follow DC heroes such as Diana/Wonder Woman, Barbara/Batgirl, and Kara/Supergirl as they try to deal with being teenagers and navigating school while also fighting crime in Metropolis.
Other characters that'll be featured on the show are Harley Quinn, Zatanna, Bumblebee, Katana, and Green Lantern Jessica Cruz, among others. The series will sport fresh character designs from Emmy-winning producer Lauren Faust (Super Best Friends Forever), with Sam Register (Teen Titans Go!) executive producing.
Metal Gear Survive: Road to E3 2017
It's that time of year again: E3 2017 is just on the horizon. From June 10-15, we'll be covering the biggest games and hardware announcements of 2017 and beyond. While you can check out our continually-updated Games of E3 List, we're now going to start diving deeper.
Every day leading up to the show, we'll be highlight the stuff we want to see and play at E3 2017. Today's game: Metal Gear Survive.
One game we’re hoping to see more of at E3 is Metal Gear Survive, a side-story to Metal Gear Solid V that follows four Diamond Dog soldiers who’ve been sucked out of the mainline Metal Gear universe via wormhole and stranded in a desolate alternate dimension filled with crystalized zombie-like creatures, where, as you might’ve guessed, they have to figure out how to survive.
The Dark Tower: Stephen King’s Favorite Easter Egg
After a long and winding road, we're finally nearing the finish line on our long journey to The Dark Tower film. The magnum opus of renowned author Stephen King, The Dark Tower tells the story of Roland the Gunslinger (Idris Elba), and his quest to stop The Man in Black (Matthew McConaughey) from destroying existence. In such, The Dark Tower acts as a nexus of King's works -- it pulls in elements of everything from The Stand and Insomnia, to Salem's Lot and The Shining.
We recently sat down with Stephen King and discussed everything from his love of the casting choices, to his thoughts on the recent rise of cinematic universes. You can check out that larger interview here. But there were still a few things we talked about that related to the past, present, and future of The Dark Tower.
Why Tom Holland in Uncharted Is an Inspired Choice
Sony Pictures is once again moving forward on a new attempt to adapt the Uncharted video game franchise to the big screen, and their casting choice for Nathan Drake isn't exactly who we expected.
Differing from previously attached actor Mark Wahlberg and shifting gears from adapting the story of adult Nathan Drake, it's been revealed that Spider-Man: Homecoming's Tom Holland will star in the Shawn Levy-directed adaptation as a younger version of the character. This take on the story, which still needs a script, will be based on the flashback sequence in Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception where Nate meets his mentor Sullivan for the first time.
Get Ahead of Virtual Console on Switch With 8Bitdo Controllers
If you're looking to play Nintendo Switch with a certain flair of retro-futurism, controller maker 8Bitdo released a firmware update to its controllers, making them compatible with Nintendo's latest console.
The controllers come in a variety of retro-styles, evoking the design of the NES, Famicom, Super Nintendo, and more, including an N64-inspired controller.
Not every controller works with every game, 8bitdo says. It's not a matter of software but rather some controllers don't have enough buttons for certain Switch games. However, the
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both "offer a fully mapped button set for Nintendo Switch."
The controllers still have Android and Steam compatibility on both PC and Mac, so they're multifunctional if you still haven't snagged yourself a Switch yet.