Monthly Archives: July 2016
Two New Characters Confirmed For Injustice 2
Wonder Woman and Blue Beetle have been officially confirmed as playable characters for Injustice 2.
Warner Brothers announced it today at their Comic-Con 2016 panel, and confirmed it with a tweet shortly thereafter.
INJUSTICE 2 announcement; Wonder Woman and Blue Beetle just revealed! #SDCC pic.twitter.com/fMiUA7jRjR
— DC (@DCComics) July 22, 2016
Some early story details have begun to emerge as well. Tom Taylor, author of the upcoming Injustice 2 comic book series, said at the panel that Gorilla Grodd and Supergirl have very large parts in the story, and this tweet further states that she "rockets to earth between the two games."
The 100: First Season 4 Teaser
Straight from San-Diego Comic-Con, check out a new sizzle reel for The 100.
With production on Season 4 beginning soon, the footage consists of material from the first three seasons, backed by a new voiceover from Eliza Taylor as Clarke Griffin, looking back on everything she and her people have endured so far. However, there is one big new shot of Polis at the end of the footage, providing an ominous tease of what's to come when The 100 returns in early 2017.
Sagal and McBrayer Guesting on Big Bang Theory
Katey Sagal (Sons of Anarchy) and Jack McBrayer (30 Rock) have joined the cast of The Big Bang Theory as part of Penny's family.
Sagal will play Penny's (Kaley Cuoco) mom, Susan, who's "stressed out and neurotic from a life with her troubled son." McBrayer will play the aforementioned "troubled son," named Randall, who's described as "a cheerful former drug dealer and ex-con."
Sagal (left) and McBrayer (right)
Sagal and McBrayer's characters will both make their debut in the Season 10 premiere.
Civil War II Will Change Marvel Forever
In its three issues, Civil War II has seen a battle with Thanos, the death of two heroes, and an Avenger put on trial. During today's panel at Comic-Con, Editor-in-Chief Axel Alonso assured fans that the event was just getting started.
“It’s gonna change the universe in a profound way. It will be a very different Marvel universe when it's over.”
While that's the obligatory catch phrase of literally every event comic ever written, Alonso and the rest of the panel, which included Director of Character and Content Development Sana Amanat and writers Matthew Rosenberg, Marc Guggenheim, G. Willow Wilson, and David Walker seemed certain they had enough tricks up their collective sleeves to make Civil War II a landmark comic event.
Daily Deals: One Day Sale on Xbox One Hardware!
One Day Sale on Xbox One Hardware!
Today's major savings highlight is a One Day Only sale that GameStop's got going on for Xbox One hardware bundles. For as low as $249.99, you can pick up the console and get a free game with it, and a free second controller, and a $30 GameStop gift card to put toward the purchase of even more Xbox goodies. (Or non-Xbox stuff. It's a normal gift card.) There's never been a better time to jump in if you've still not added Microsoft's latest box to your living room!
There are lots of different options for which free game to get with the system, so pick one of these options:
Get a Good Look at These New Dragon Ball Z Toys
Every year, San Diego Comic-Con is a hotbed for new, exclusive collectibles and toys from a wide range of pop-culture franchises. As the enduring popularity of Dragon Ball Z cannot be denied, naturally, you can find a bevy of new DBZ collectibles to snag and/or ogle on the show floor.
Just because you're our personal favorite, we've whipped up this slideshow of 24 pictures showing off some new DBZ toys (or action figures if you prefer).
For more on Comic-Con watch our live stream and our Comic-Con 2016 homepage at http://www.ign.com/events/comic-con.
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First Wonder Woman Film Poster Released
The first official poster for Warner Bros. and DC's upcoming Wonder Woman movie has been revealed.
Wonder Woman star Gal Gadot shared the poster on Twitter, saying, "A dream come true! Happy to finally share this with you all."
Official Wonder Woman film poster
For more on the film, check back to IGN tomorrow for coverage of Warner Bros. Comic-Con panel, which will feature Gadot alongside director Patty Jenkins and other cast members.
Watch the Hideo Kojima Chat Live on IGN
IGN is proud to announce that we will be livestreaming Metal Gear Solid and Death Stranding creator Hideo Kojima's San Diego Comic-Con talk on Saturday, July 23, at 3pm PT/6pm ET/11pm BST/8am AEST (Sunday). The Game Awards creator Geoff Keighley will be hosting the chat with Kojima. What will the conversation be about? Nobody knows just yet, but we'd be surprised if Kojima didn't speak about his buzzed-about E3 trailer for Death Stranding.
Tune in on the IGN homepage or on IGN's YouTube tomorrow and watch. But if you don't see it live, we'll have coverage posted afterwards to catch you up on what you missed.
Here's Kojima's tweet announcing the event:
Justice League Action Highlight Reel Released
This week at San Diego Comic-Con, DC Entertainment debuted a new highlight reel for its upcoming animated series Justice League Action.
See Kevin Conroy's Batman and Mark Hamill's Joker, as well as Rachel Kimsey's Wonder Woman, Jason Lewis' Superman and many more in the new video below.
During the convention, DC announced several other additions to the show's cast, including Ken Jeong, Patton Oswalt and Hannibal Buress, who are voicing Toyman, Space Cabby and Mr. Terrific, respectively. Other cast members include Diedrich Bader (Booster Gold), James Woods (Lex Luthor), PJ Byrne (Firestorm), John DiMaggio (Lobo) and Sean Astin (Shazam).
Get Ready for Another Batman/TMNT Crossover
Good news for fans of the recent crossover comics Batman/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Star Trek/Green Lantern: The Spectrum War. DC and IDW will be continuing their partnership and debuting new crossovers in late 2016.
First up will be another Batman/TMNT mash-up. This new mini-series won't be a sequel to the first, however. Whereas the original book paired the New 52 Batman characters with the Turtles from IDW's current TMNT comic, this crossover will combine the casts of Batman: The Animated Series and Nickelodeon's CG-animated TMNT cartoon.
