Monthly Archives: August 2018
New Spider-Man Trailer Reveals New York City Sites
A new Spider-Man gameplay trailer is debuting exclusively on IGN, and it centers on the open-world New York City that Spider-Man calls home.
The trailer, called Just the Facts: Marvel's New York, consists of Spider-Man swinging, spinning, and swan-diving through the upcoming game's open-world while a radio show hosted by J. Jonah Jameson plays in the background. In it, Jameson smack-talks everyone's favorite web-slinger while Peter Parker calls on the show to defend his alter ego.
Some major landmarks are shown off in the trailer, both fictional and real. The video gives us a closer look at the Sanctum Sanctorum, the famous residence of Doctor Strange, and the Avengers Tower, headquarters of, you guessed it: The Avengers. As far as real-world landmarks, the Radio City Music Hall and a riff on MoMA called the Manhattan Museum of Contemporary Art (MMoCA) are both shown off.
Is Gamora Marvel’s New Thanos?
If you've been keeping up with Marvel's latest comic event -- Infinity Wars (not to be confused with Infinity War, the movie) -- you'll know that fan-favorite Guardian of the Galaxy Gamora recently had a major reveal, and a pretty dark one at that. So dark, in fact, she may have just solidified her future role as one of Marvel's next big bads, just like her father. The question is: how did she end up here, and, more importantly, what does that actually mean?
Warning: this post contains spoilers for Infinity Countdown, Infinity Wars Prime, and Infinity Wars!
Soul Searching
Unsurprisingly, Gamora's descent into madness (?) begins well before all the Infinity Gem chaos really started to ramp up, all the way back in the mid ‘70s before the original Infinity Gauntlet event where Gamora's consciousness was absorbed into the Soul Gem after her body was killed. In the ensuing years, Gamora's soul was projected from the Soulworld housed within the gem and given new physical form, essentially resurrecting her and paving the way for the modern Gamora we know and love today.
Batman Day Celebrates The Dark Knight With Free Comics and Big Sales
DC Entertainment is celebrating the upcoming fifth annual Batman Day in a big way.
As detailed on DC Comics' website, Batman Day will take place on September 15 this year. Thousands of participating retailers worldwide, including Barnes & Noble, Indigo, Books-A-Million and more, will feature Batman-themed events.
Batman Day 2018, via DC.
Aladdin Live-Action Remake’s New Songs Detailed
Disney's upcoming live-action Aladdin remake will feature a few new songs for some of its main characters.
Per Variety, La La Land duo Benj Pasek and Justin Paul shared some details about the new songs they've composed for the remake. Working with Alan Menken, who composed the score for the original film, Pasek and Paul wrote a new duet for Jasmine and Aladdin, as well as a new song for Jasmine.
“Alan wrote a beautiful piece of music and
is incredible,” Paul said.
Earlier this year, Pasek and Paul confirmed they were working on two new songs for Aladdin with Menken, who has composed scores for several classic animated Disney movies.
MoviePass Causes $126 Million Loss For Parent Company, Shareholders File Lawsuit
The parent company of MoviePass, Helios and Matheson have reported a loss of $126.6 million for their third quarter, which ended June 30, according to Deadline.
Shareholders have also filed a class action lawsuit to be compensated for the drop in stock that began last month, as MoviePass' stock fell below $1 per share following outages during the premiere of Mission Impossible: Fallout, which later led to the public news of MoviePass running out of money.
Telltale’s The Walking Dead: The Final Season Full Release Schedule Revealed
Telltale Games has announced the release schedule for all four episodes of The Walking Dead: The Final Season.
Telltale Games tweeted this news just a day after the release of Episode One, "Done Running", in which our review states that the "meandering conversations and exposition make this first episode a slow, dull build."
Back to School: The Best Headphones and Speakers
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Music is a crucial part of the college experience, whether it's sitting quietly with your favorite tunes while studying, putting on something loud on a Friday night, or just enjoying music for enjoyment's sake. That's why a good set of headphones or speakers for college life are crucial investments. Whether you want to block out the other noises of college life with a pair of noise-cancelling headphones, or invite others to enjoy the beat with a Bluetooth speaker, these are the best headphones and speakers for college life.
Mario Tennis Aces Nintendo Switch Bundle Coming Exclusively to Walmart
The Nintendo Switch is getting a brand new bundle this September, coming exclusively to Walmart.
Announced by Nintendo, the bundle comes with full game download codes for Mario Tennis Aces and 1-2-Switch, though it more prominently features Aces on its packaging. The bundle will run for $360 US when it hits Walmart shelves (and presumably Walmart's website) on September 5.
How Shadow of the Tomb Raider Looks to Evolve the Series
The Shadow of the Tomb Raider IGN First continues with an in-depth look at how the studio behind the game, Eidos Montreal, looks to evolve the series. With this final entry in her origin story, Lara goes on a darker journey as she has to navigate what it means for her to be the Tomb Raider, and the team tells us just what that means.
The behind the scenes video feature above has no spoilers for Shadow of the Tomb Raider, so please watch worry-free!
IGN's month-long coverage of Shadow of the Tomb Raider kicked off with the First 15 Minutes of gameplay – which you can watch below – followed by a feature on all the biggest gameplay changes and new in Shadow of the Tomb Raider. Stay tuned for even more coverage coming later this week.
EA Sports Boss: MVP Baseball Could Return Someday
When asked if EA was still thinking about one day returning to making baseball video games, EA Sports Executive Vice President Cam Weber simply says “the answer is yes.”
“I would love to have a baseball game in our portfolio,” Weber says. “It's something that once again, every couple years, we take a look and we talk about and theorize about what it might look like to get back into something like baseball.”
In this month’s IGN Unfiltered (see the full interview above), Weber sat down to discuss his career journey, from The Simpsons: Road Rage to managing the world’s largest sports game company.