Monthly Archives: October 2015
Jessica Jones Teaser Introduces Purple Man
A new trailer for Marvel's Jessica Jones has just launched, providing a sneak peek at David Tennant as Purple Man.
Give it a look below.
Jessica Jones joins Marvel's Daredevil as the second of four live-action comic book adaptations coming exclusively to Netflix. Two other series are in the works, including one centered around Luke Cage and another on Iron Fist.
Marvel's Jessica Jones: Season 1 will hit Netflix on November 20, and stars Krysten Ritter, who plays a former superhero who's traded in her costume to work as a private investigator. For more on the upcoming series, be sure to check out this additional teaser, where Jessica Jones uses her powers to get to work.
Worlds: League of Legends’ Group Stage Opens With Chaos
The first week of the League of Legends World Championships have finished up, and hoo-boy were we not prepared for the chaos that ensued. The group stage’s first week was chock-full of upsets, teams playing well beyond their strength, and a slew of moments that left the audience in Paris in shock and awe.
Let’s break down everything that went down.
Coming into the World Championship tournament, Counter Logic Gaming fans were hopeful their team would finally live up to its long-held potential. After the first week of play, it seems that faith wasn’t entirely unfounded. Finishing 2-1, CLG brought down Taiwan’s Flash Wolves and Brazil’s paiN Gaming in intelligently played, controled games. After their first two games of the week, CLG looked like a strong contender for a deep run into the tournament.
Neverwinter: Strongholds Coming to Xbox One Later This Year
MMO Neverwinter's Strongholds expansion is coming to Xbox One on November 3, 2015.
The seventh expansion of the free-to-play action MMORPG introduces guild housing, large-scale PvP and the Dragonflight co-op event.
“As in the simulation style of Dungeons & Dragons, Strongholds gives players the chance to grow with their guild and gives members a new home to forge their legend following the Tyranny of Dragons and Elemental Evil,” said Rob Overmeyer, executive producer.
“Strongholds gives our Neverwinter players the ability to take their guild’s story and make it legend while providing an all-new competitive mode where they defend their guild hall from invading threats. Strongholds gives us a great foundation upon which we can tell more Dungeons & Dragons stories in the future.”
Marvel Announces Ant-Man Sequel for 2018
Minor spoilers for Ant-Man follow if you still haven't seen it.
Marvel has added another film to Phase 3: Ant-Man and The Wasp will be released on July 6, 2018.
Ant-Man made his debut this year in a film which brought Marvel's Phase 2 to a conclusion. The film introduced Scott Lang, who took over the mantle of Ant-Man from Hank Pym. The film also introduced Evangeline Lilly as Hope van Dyne, the daughter of Hank Pym and Janet van Dyne, the original Wasp.
One of the scenes that plays during the end credits of Ant-Man sets up Hope as the new Wasp, with Pym revealing a new prototype costume he was working on with his late wife. The sequel marks the first Marvel Studios film named after its heroine. Ant-Man will next be seen in Captain America: Civil War coming out on May 6, 2016.
Game of Thrones Adds New Red Priestess for Season 6
Melanie Liburd has been cast as a Red Priestess for Season 6 of Game of Thrones.
This news comes from Deadline. Melanie Liburd is a British actress who has previously appeared in the likes of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Stalker, Dracula, and The Grinder.
Melanie Liburd's Twitter profile picture
Melisandre (Carice van Houten) has been the Red Priestess who's had the most screen time on Game of Thrones, but we did briefly meet another Red Priestess in Season 5, played by Rila Fukushima.
NYCC 2015: LexCorp to Provide Free Wi-Fi to Attendees
If you're attending New York Comic Con this weekend, your free Wi-Fi will be provided by LexCorp Industries.
In the About section of the NYCC website, it says "Free WiFi throughout the Javits Center will be provided by LexCorp Industries. LexCorp unites humanity through technology. We believe in technology as a means of communication, unification and a source of inspiration."
The statement continues: "To access the WiFi on-site at the Javits Center, connect to the "LexCorp" network from the list of available networks. You will automatically be redirected to the LexCorp WiFi login page where you can enter your email address and click "CONNECT" to gain access to the network. LexCorp -- together, we can build a better world."
Fallout 4 Install Size and Recommended Specs Revealed
Bethesda has revealed a host of details about Fallout 4, including how much space it'll take up on your hard drive, what the minimum PC specifications are, and when the game will actually be unlocked and made available for play.
The developer has revealed you'll need between 28GB and 35GB on console depending on where you live and what languages you want the game to support.
Additionally, it's been announced Fallout 4 will digitally unlock on November 10, 2015, at 12:00am (local time) in all territories (In North America, the unlock time will be 12:01am EST), except Asia (available at 12am on Tuesday, November 11) and Japan (available at 12am on Thursday, December 17).
Tatiana Maslany May Pass on Star Wars: Episode 8
Tatiana Maslany is in early negotiations to star in Stronger, which may take her out of the running to act in Star Wars: Episode VIII.
Stronger is a film about the Boston Marathon bombing that stars Jake Gyllenhaal as survivor Jeff Bauman. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the Orphan Black lead is currently in the mix for Star Wars: Episode VIII, but she may star opposite Gyllenhaal in Stronger instead.
Tatiana Maslany in Orphan Black.
The 100: Sneak Peek at the Season 2 DVD
One of the coolest and most exciting shows on TV (and IGN's pick as the Best Sci-Fi Series of 2014), The 100 is getting a new DVD and Digital HD release with The 100: The Complete Second Season next week and IGN has an exclusive sneak peek at one of the special features.
Season 2 took the show in many new and thrilling directions, including the reveal of what exactly was inside the mysterious Mount Weather. In this behind-the-scenes clip from the DVD set, two of the show's stars, Eliza Taylor ("Clarke Griffin") and Devon Bostick ("Jasper Jordan"), discuss that major element and how Clarke reacts to her new environment.
Meet the Characters of The Shannara Chronicles
The Shannara Chronicles, MTV's adaptation of Terry Brooks' beloved fantasy book series, is heading to New York Comic Con this week, and IGN can offer a first look at a cool exclusive the network is offering for attendees. In an effort to familiarize future viewers with the main characters of the TV show, MTV will be handing out character cards for the core four.
Based on Brooks' novel The Elfstones of Shannara, the 10-episode season will follow the adventures of part human/part elf Wil (Austin Butler), elf Amberle (Poppy Drayton) and human Eretria (Ivana Baquero) as they seek to protect the world from an invasion of demons as the magical tree that kept them at bay starts to die.