Monthly Archives: April 2015
Marvel Has Lots of Secret Wars and Star Wars in July
Marvel released their full solicitations for July 2015 today. As we've been reporting, there are several new Secret Wars tie-ins hitting that month, even as the core mini-series passes the halfway mark. Also look for Marvel's latest Star Wars comic, Lando, to debut in July.
New Series
- Age of Apocalypse #1-2
- Captain Britain and the Mighty Defenders #1
- Civil War #1-2
- Hail Hydra #1-2
- Red Skull #1
- Secret Wars: Official Guide to the Multiverse #1
GoT’s Tywin Lannister Performs and Praises The Witcher 3
Charles Dance, the man responsible for bringing Tywin Lannister to life in Games of Thrones, has spoken out about his role in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt and praised the medium of video games.
A new behind-the-scenes video, which you can see above, shows Dance recording lines for his role of Emperor Emhyr var Emreis, leader of the Empire of Nilfgaard in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt.
In the video, Dance speaks about his joy at finally getting to perform in a video game after a long and distinguished career, and also comments on the increased popularity and mainstream acceptance of fantasy.
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt went gold earlier last week a month ahead of its expected release on May 19 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC.
Splatoon Wii U Bundle Coming to Best Buy
A new Splatoon-themed Wii U console bundle will launch alongside the game on May 29, Nintendo has announced.
The deluxe hardware bundle, which comes packed with a download code for the aforementioned ink-filled third-person shooter, a pre-installed copy of Nintendo Land, and, of course, a 32GB model of the console, will be available exclusively at Best Buy for $300 USD.
Here's a look at the packaging.
Founding X-Men Member Comes Out as Gay
Pages from All-New X-Men #40 have leaked online ahead of Wednesday's launch, revealing one of the original team members is gay.
As you can imagine, spoilers for the issue follow so if you'd rather wait and pick it up on Wednesday to see who out of Ice Man, Cyclops, Beast, Angel, and Jean Grey are gay, then click away now.
Why Weren’t There Any Force Awakens Toys at Celebration?
At this past weekend’s Star Wars Celebration, we did get a new trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens, news of a novelization, and a closer look at some props and costumes from the movie, but one thing integral to the Star Wars experience was missing: new toys.
It’s no secret that back when the first Star Wars movie was being developed, George Lucas passed on a bump in salary in exchange for retaining full merchandising rights to Star Wars. Lucas mined the blockbuster movie like no one before, putting out untold numbers of collectibles over the years. There were action figures of everyone from the iconic Darth Vader down to the obscure Ugnaughts -- what kid wanted to play with Ugnaughts, we don’t know. The result was earning untold amounts of cash and hooking fans on the plastic stuff for life.
Splatoon: Hands-on with 1v1 Battle Dojo, Amiibo, and More
As Nintendo builds up to Splatoon’s May 29 release, it’s only a matter of time before we spray and splatter ink in single and multiplayer matches. We’ve had a lot to say about Splatoon at the IGN office. It’s a ton of fun to make a mess with ink. But it’s even more satisfying to examine the aftermath, since the stages look like two-tone Kandinsky paintings. Recently, IGN went hands-on with a few new modes and features. Here’s what we learned.
Battle Dojo, a 1v1 offline multiplayer versus mode, changes the focus from spraying up territory to popping balloons. These skirmishes unfold in the same arenas as multiplayer Turf Wars. Here, a column of colored rings indicates where a set of inflated targets will spawn. The player with the highest score at the end of five minutes wins. As a way to push for a potential comeback, the point value doubles in the later moments of a match.
The Flash: “Who is Harrison Wells?” Photo Preview
Harrison Wells (Tom Cavanagh) is looking just as suspicious as ever. Cisco (Carlos Valdes) and Joe (Jesse L. Martin) decide to continue their investigations of the STAR Labs leader in Starling City. Yes, it's time for another crossover. Joe works with Captain Lance (Paul Blackthorne), and Cisco has a run-in with the Black Canary (Katie Cassidy).
While they're off working in Arrow territory, Barry (Grant Gustin) continues to deal with the metahuman problem in Central City. The newest superhuman in town is Hannibal Bates, a shapeshifter who can transform himself into anyone he touches. See photos from the episode in the below gallery.
The Flash: "Who is Harrison Wells?" Photo Gallery:
Six GBA Mega Man Classics Coming to Virtual Console
Capcom is teaming up with Nintendo of America to bring six GBA Mega Man titles to Wii U Virtual Console in May 2015.
Through the poll on the Capcom Unity blog, fans can vote for the GBA Mega Man game to be released on May 7. The remaining games will be released chronologically, every Thursday, for the remainder of May (which Capcom has playfully nicknamed as "Mega May").
The poll is open until April 29 and allows users the chance to vote for either Mega Man & Bass, Mega Man Battle Network 3 Blue/White, Mega Man Zero 2 or Mega Man Battle Network 4 Red Sun/Blue Moon.
Shovel Knight Digs Its Way to Xbox One Next Week
Yacht Club Games' 2D side-scrolling action platformer Shovel Knight will release on Xbox One next week, Microsoft spokesman Major Nelson announced.
After mistakenly tweeting that the game would be hitting the Xbox platform later this week, Mr. Larry Hryb corrected himself in a followup post, confirming that the game will arrive on Xbox Live's marketplace one week later.
Correction: Shovel Knight is coming to Xbox One next week http://t.co/Cqj8YT49Y0
— Larry Hryb (@majornelson) April 21, 2015
Shovel Knight Digs Its Way to Xbox One Next Week
Yacht Club Games' 2D side-scrolling action platformer Shovel Knight will release on Xbox One next week, Microsoft spokesman Major Nelson announced.
After mistakenly tweeting that the game would be hitting the Xbox platform later this week, Mr. Larry Hryb corrected himself in a followup post, confirming that the game will arrive on Xbox Live's marketplace one week later.
Correction: Shovel Knight is coming to Xbox One next week http://t.co/Cqj8YT49Y0
— Larry Hryb (@majornelson) April 21, 2015