Monthly Archives: May 2017
The Walking Dead Gets Pride Month Variant Cover
Image Comics is celebrating Pride Month in June with LGBTQ cover variants, including ones for The Walking Dead and Rose.
Overall, 11 variants are planned by Image Comics for next month, with six revealed today and seen below in the image gallery. The company says that 100 percent of the proceeds for these special edition covers will go to the Human Rights Campaign.
"It’s never been a secret that Image Comics is supportive of creative freedom, but it’s important that we also make it clear that we stand for inclusivity, diversity and equality, now more than ever," Image Comics publisher Eric Stephenson said in a statement. "We hope these variants will serve as a positive display of that ongoing commitment."
Wrestling: The Post-WrestleMania Slump Has Set In
I know what you're thinking. Aside from pondering Guardians Vol. 2, Persona 5, and how icky those Taco Bell commercials are where the taco and burrito finally engage in a drunken 2am hook up. You're thinking "Are we in a slump like the headline says or is this just, kind of, WWE's standard factory setting?"
Well, to be fair, long gone are the days when RAW was must-watch, despite what Miz decrees. There's no longer an onus to deliver every single drop of creative passion into a typical three-hour Monday show. There's a lot of wheel-spinning and going-through-the-motion and most times you feel like you've watched a house show/live event because nothing's changed after the show. The status quo still holds.
What to Watch Next
Hollywood may have avoided a strike, but we are still very much in the era of Peak TV. There’s so much good television programming that it’s impossible to keep up with it all. Even those of us who get paid to watch TV can’t find the time to watch everything.
That’s why we’re launching a new weekly column offering up our choices for the best shows to watch on TV and streaming services. Think of it as a curated experience. We will be recommending a variety of shows, including shows that don’t always get coverage on IGN. But with all of the shows, we’ll let you know why you need to be onboard for these series.
For our inaugural column, we’ve picked four series: a drama, a comedy, a sci-fi show, and an animated series.
Gearbox Hires an Entire University Class to Work on Game
Gearbox Software has hired an entire university class to develop an unannounced VR game, the studio revealed.
A team of 16 student were picked from one of the best grad schools for game development, SMU Guildhall, and they'll begin work on the mysterious title after graduating in May. Gearbox has a long history with SMU Guildhall, as the studio has hired many of the university's alumni. Some of these developers have even come back to the school to participate in thesis reading committees.
Guildhall's quality education and its experienced students prompted CEO and Co-Founder of Gearbox Software, Randy Pitchford, and Senior Producer Brian Burleso "to custom-build a new team around the 16 graduating Guildhall artists, programmers, designers and producers that will be joining a key Virtual Reality project this month at our headquarters in Frisco, Texas."
The LEGO Movie’s Unikitty Gets Cartoon Network TV Show
The LEGO Movie's Unikitty is getting her own animated series on Cartoon Network.
The series, titled Unikitty! and produced by Warner Bros. Animation, will follow Unikitty's adventures in Cloud Cuckoo Land, as she tries to rule the kingdom while also keeping all her subjects and citizens happy.
The Unikitty! animated series
Unikitty was introduced in The LEGO Movie as the princess of Cloud Cuckoo Land, a place devoid of rules, governments and bedtimes. The character was also featured in the video game LEGO Dimensions.
Elder Scrolls Online: Morrowind Early Access Outlined
Elder Scrolls Online players who purchase the digital upgrade version of the upcoming Morrowind expansion are eligible to start playing on May 22.
You can start exploring the entirety of the game, including 2 new houses available for purchase in Vvardenfell: the Ald Velothi Harbor House and Amaya Lake Lodge.
According to the game's official site, early access is only available on the PC version due to the certification process required for the Elder Scrolls Online clients on consoles.
Anyone who pre-ordered the physical version of the Elder Scrolls Online: Morrowind Collector's Edition can get in early by following the steps laid out in the official announcement.
Judge Dredd: Mega-City One TV Show Announced
IM Global Television and Rebellion have announced a partnership create a Judge Dredd television series.
The series, titled Judge Dredd: Mega-City One, will follow a team futuristic cops called Judges who "encounter the myriad challenges of a world in which east-coast cities have merged into a giant megalopolis."
Judge Dredd: Mega-City One poster
Judge Dredd: Mega-City One will be based the iconic character from Rebllion's British comic books and set in the 22nd century, where the threat of domestic terrorism and growing conflict between the rich and deprived are prevalent issues that need resolving.
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.