Twin Peaks in 5 Minutes
Twin Peaks is returning in less than two weeks with its much-anticipated season 3 premiere. To get up to speed on the major events of Twin Peaks and the film Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, here's as brief a synopsis as we could muster.
Be warned: major spoilers ahead.
Click through the gallery below for a refresher on Twin Peaks characters.
When the body of homecoming queen Laura Palmer washes up on the sleepy shores of Twin Peaks, the small Washington town goes into an absolute panic. Meanwhile, Laura’s classmate Ronette Pulaski is found wandering in a catatonic state near the train tracks. Enter Special Agent Dale Cooper, sent in by the FBI to investigate. Cooper quickly finds a link between Laura and Ronette’s attackers and the murder of a young woman named Teresa Banks, whose corpse was found in similar circumstances the year before in Deer Meadow — wrapped in plastic and with a tiny letter slipped under her fingernails.
Overkill’s The Walking Dead: New Concept Art Released
During today's Starbreeze livestream event, new concept art for Overkill's The Walking Dead was released.
Check out the slideshow below for a look at two new pieces of concept art, along with a few images showcasing the game's character models:
Overkill's The Walking Dead is a cooperative online shooter, where players must fight to survive against both walkers and other human survivors during the zombie apocalypse.
Earlier this month, Starbreeze and Skybound Entertainment announced another delay for the game to allow the studio more time to expand on its original vision for the project. As such, Overkill's The Walking Dead is now slated to launch sometime in second half of 2018.
Assassin’s Creed Games Have Leaked 13 Times
Another year, another Assassin's Creed leak. We recently reported on a promotional keychain that seemed to point to the next AC game being set in Greece, and titled Assassin's Creed Odyssey. If that's the case, this marks at least the 13th (!) leak in the long, porous history of the Assassin's Creed franchise. In fact, the only core entry in the series to date not to have been leaked in some fashion is Assassin's Creed 2, which released back in 2009.
Let's take a look back through the fine tradition of Assassin's Creed revelations through less-than-ideal means.
Deadpool Animated Series Announced for FXX
FXX has ordered an untitled Deadpool "adult action-comedy" animated series, set to debut in 2018.
The 10-episode first season is executive produced by Atlanta's Donald Glover and Stephen Glover, who will also serve as showrunners and writers on the upcoming show.
No plot details or casting announcements were made at this time. The untitled Marvel's Deadpool series will also be executive produced by Marvel's Jeph Loeb and Jim Chory and be produced by Marvel Television, FX Productions, and ABC Signature Studios. This series will mark the second Marvel TV series for the FX family of channels, with Noah Hawley's Legion having premiered earlier this year on FX.
"Donald Glover is an incredibly gifted and versatile artist who’ll bring the untitled Marvel’s Deadpool series to life with the same intense, singular vision as his breakout hit Atlanta," said Nick Grad, co-president of original programming for FX Networks and FX Productions. "With the success of Legion, we’re looking forward to again partnering with Marvel Television to create a series that is bold, striking and entirely original."
Europe to Get Standalone Switch Dock With AC Adapter
FOX Cancels Sleepy Hollow After Four Seasons
Sleepy Hollow won't be back for a fifth season, as FOX has canceled the supernatural drama series.
As reported by Deadline, Sleepy Hollow's fourth season had an incredibly modest viewership in its Friday night slot, which, when taking into account delayed viewing, had an average of 3.2 million viewers.
Tom Mison as Ichabod Crane and Janina Gavankar as Diana Thomas in Sleepy Hollow Season 4
Vanquish PC Port Will Release This Month
PlatinumGames' sci-fi shooter Vanquish will finally make its way to PC on May 25.
Following some prolonged teasing by publisher Sega, the Shinji Mikami cult classic will come exclusively to Steam, and those who bought Bayonetta's long-awaited PC port last month will automatically receive a 25% discount when they pre-order.
All pre-orders will receive the Digital Deluxe edition, which includes a digital art book, 5-track soundtrack sampler, exclusive wallpapers and Vanquish avatars for your Steam profile. The Digital Deluxe Edition will only exist as a pre-order bonus, and will revert to the standard edition upon release on the 25th.
The 100: How Will Kane React to Clarke’s Shocking Choice?
In the midst of a huge storyline for The 100, there’s also a notable event going on behind-the-scenes in this week’s episode, as Henry Ian Cusick makes his directorial debut on the series.
Having played Marcus Kane since the series began, Cusick directs “The Other Side,” which depicts the fallout from Clarke’s shocking decision last week, locking most of her people inside the bunker to save them, which simultaneously condemned everyone outside the bunker – Kane and Octavia included – to death.
I spoke to Cusick about how he came to direct on The 100, what the experience was like, how Kane is dealing with Clarke’s decision, and more.
IGN: How did you decide you were interested in directing an episode and how did it come to be that you ended up doing it?
Absolver Release Date Announced, New Trailer Released
Devolver Digital and Sloclap's upcoming real-time combat game Absolver comes to PS4 and PC August 29.
The release date news was accompanied by a new combat trailer, giving a deep-dive into Absolver's combat system.
There are three different combat styles to choose from at the beginning of the game, each with their own special strengths and abilities: Kahlt Method, Forsaken, and Windfall.
The trailer also goes into detail about Absolver's Combat Deck, "the inventory of attacks that players can use while fighting." Decks are built of "four stances," with different attacks available with each stance.
New moves can be learned in combat, or by finding a "mentor to spar and learn from."
Wipeout Omega Collection Come in a PS1-Style Box
Wipeout Omega Collection will feature a retro, original PlayStation-style wraparound box sleeve.
The wraparound sleeve - which strongly resembles the first Wipeout's cover, released way back in 1995 - comes complete with the original PlayStation logo, and artistic impressions of scuffs, folds and tears along the edges of the sleeve to give it that PS1 pre-loved look.
Wipeout Omega Collection: pre-order front cover
At time of writing, the sleeve is being offered on pre-orders from select UK retailers, such as ShopTo - it's not currently clear where else it will be available, or if it will be the standard wraparound for the boxed game.