Monthly Archives: October 2017
This $500 Metal Gear Statue Is One Solid Collectible
First 4 Figures highlighted a number of its statues at New York Comic Con 2017, including this $500 Solid Snake.
With an estimated Q3 2018 release, preorders will soon open for First 4 Figures' Metal Gear Solid statue, which you can see, along with the company's other NYCC showings, below:
F4F also had statues based on Dark Souls, Spyro the Dragon, and Crash Bandicoot's Aku Aku mask on display, among several others.
The Solid Snake statue has three interchangeable head sculpts,, night vision goggles with LED lights, and a rotating ammo box.
Major Watchmen Character Returns for DC Crossover
During Geoff Johns’ panel at New York Comic Con, he revealed that a major Watchmen character will be returning for Doomsday Clock, a 12-issue event comic that sees the Watchmen come to the DC Universe for the first time.
Warning: this article contains spoilers for Doomsday Clock!
The returning character is masked vigilante Rorschach.
Rorschach died at the end of the original Watchmen story by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons after he refused to keep Ozymandias’ plan a secret, provoking Doctor Manhattan to vaporize him. Doomsday Clock is a sequel to Watchmen, so his return obviously raises a lot of questions. Did Rorschach somehow survive? Was he resurrected? For a character who died such an iconic and meaningful death, is it even right to bring him back?
Gotham By Gaslight Movie: A Batman and Horror Story Combined
At New York Comic Con today, Warner Bros. Animation offered up a first look at its next DC Universe Original Movie (its 31st!), Batman: Gotham by Gaslight. Based on the popular Elseworlds comics tale by Brian Augustyn and Mike Mignola, the film features a steampunk take on Batman as he pursues Jack the Ripper in turn-of-the-century Gotham City. This is Elseworlds 101 people!
The film, which is coming in early 2018, was executive-produced by DC animation legend Bruce Timm, directed and produced by Sam Liu (Teen Titans: The Judas Contract), and written by Jim Krieg (Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox), all of whom were in attendance to chat about the project and show off a few clips.
Constantine Animated Series Key Art Revealed
The CW released a new piece of key art for the upcoming animated Constantine series.
The image, which you can view below, provides a new look at John Constantine along with some of the baddies Constantine will be going up against.
The animated series will premiere on The CW's online platform The CW Seed in early 2018. Matt Ryan, who starred as the title character on the recent NBC series, will return to voice John Constantine, with Greg Berlanti producing.
Check Out These Amazing Dragon Ball, One Piece Figures
Ban Presto has an incredible line of Dragon Ball and One Piece figures on display at New York Comic Con, and IGN has an up-close and detailed look for fans.
Check out the gallery below for over 30 photos of the Dragon Ball figures, which pull inspiration from across the Dragon Ball franchise's different series:
And for more, check out the One Piece figures Ban Presto also had on display at the show in the gallery below:
Some of these figures are part of Ban Presto's World Figure Colosseum sculpting competition, which allows professional and amateur sculptures to create their own pieces and be crowned the world's best sculptor. The winners will be announced at NYCC, with a grand prize winner earning $10,000 and a fan award winner receiving $3,000.
Pokemon Video Game Championship Rules Announced
The Pokemon Company has announced new rules for their 2018 video game championships.
A post on the official Pokemon website outlines the rules that players can try out when battling online as soon as Pokemon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon are released on November 17. All live tournaments will use them beginning January 1, 2018.
Play! Pokemon has an overview at what to expect:
- All matches will be in the Double Battle format, played in Pokemon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon
- All Pokemon in the National Pokedex are allowed, with a few exceptions:
NVC: The Completionist x IGN Switch Talk
Welcooooooome to Nintendo Voice Chat, Episode 376! This week on our Nintendo show, Jirard Khalil, That One Video Gamer and host of The Completionist, joins the NVC panel to talk about his experience as a Nintendo-focused YouTuber as well as the latest Nintendo Switch and 3DS games out now.
Jirard joins Zach Ryan, Daemon Hatfield, and Peer Schneider for thoughts on new game announcements (Darkest Dungeon!), brand-new Switch games like Earth Atlantis, and the arrival of some of yesteryear's favorite indie hits to our beloved console/portable hybrid.
Fantastic Beasts 2 Adds Historical Figure Nicolas Flamel
A few familiar characters from Harry Potter will be featured in the upcoming Fantastic Beasts sequel.
As detailed by Pottermore, the famous alchemist Nicolas Flamel, who was first mentioned in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone and discovered the Elixir of Life, will appear in Fantastic Beasts 2. The character will be portrayed by Brontis Jodorowsky.
Brontis Jodorowsky, image via Pottermore
‘Flash War’ Will Answer Who Is the Better Flash
During DC Comics’ Dark Nights: Metal/New Age of Heroes panel at New York Comic Con, three announcements for new stories and comic books were revealed.
First among them was “Flash War,” a new storyline from writer Joshua Williamson and Howard Porter. Williamson explained how he always gets asked who is the better Flash, Barry Allen or the classic Wally West, so he’s going to use this story to address that fan debate. It will kick off in The Flash Annual #1, out in February.
Art by Howard Porter. (DC Comics)
The Flash: 5 Teases for Season 4
The Flash is ready to speed back into your living room with the premiere of Season 4. When the series left off, Barry (Grant Gustin) sacrificed himself to the Speed Force as a way of paying penance for his creating The Flashpoint timeline. With The Flash’s return, it's going to be very different than fans last saw it.
At the beginning of Season 4, it's been six months since The Flash disappeared from Central City. Without him, the team has moved on with their lives and their mission to be heroes. Then, as if out of nowhere, Barry returns, setting the stage for a new year of adventures. IGN spoke with The Flash showrunner Todd Helbing about what to expect from the new season, as well as the upcoming four-show crossover.