Monthly Archives: June 2016

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Photos: New Walking Dead Theme Park Attraction Puts the Dead In Your Face

Officially opening July 4th at Universal Studios Hollywood, The Walking Dead is a new year-round theme park attraction - a walk-through experience where guests find themselves traveling into the Walker-infested world of the hit AMC series.

IGN got an early look at The Walking Dead attraction this week, and you can take a look at the photo gallery below to see what awaits you, including some notable Easter eggs and familiar undead rotting faces from the series.

Check out the video below to get our first impressions of the attraction.

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Harry Potter star Tom Felton Joins The Flash: Season 3

The actor behind Draco Malfoy in the Harry Potter film series, Tom Felton, has joined The Flash's third season as a series regular, TVLine reports.

Felton joins the cast as Julian Dorn, a Central City Police Department crime scene investigator who doesn't quite trust the high regard in which everyone holds Barry Allen, according to TVLine. As a series regular, Julian might have the time to prove whether he's a good enough investigator to piece together Barry's secret identity.

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Key Nintendo Exec Departs Company

UPDATE: A representative for Nintendo provided the following statement to IGN about Scott Moffitt's exit from Nintendo:

Scott Moffitt, Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing, has decided to leave Nintendo of America. In order to ensure a smooth transition, Scott will continue to work through the end of July. Nintendo has a strong group of seasoned leaders in place who will step in to assume the full responsibilities of the role on a permanent basis, with the objective of driving more collaboration and greater efficiencies across these groups and among the respective leaders. We thank Scott for his years of service and wish him the best of luck in his future endeavors.

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Watch Nintendo Voice Chat Live at a Special IGN Streetpass Event

Do you have a Nintendo 3DS? Do you like IGN’s Nintendo Voice Chat podcast? Well, do I have some great news for you! We're inviting you to come hang out with us for a special StreetPass event and join us for a live recording of Nintendo Voice Chat.

Come hang out with us! There will also be snacks and *gasp* Capcom has provided some prizes you can win.

Thursday, July 7, 2016 from 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM PT

Sign up to attend Nintendo Voice Chat Live right here

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Marvel Confirms Luke Cage, SHIELD Comic-Con Panels

Marvel TV has confirmed they're bringing the new Luke Cage Netflix series and Agents of SHIELD to San Diego Comic-Con next month.

Luke Cage will kick things off on Thursday, July 21 with a panel moderated by executive producer and head of Marvel TV Jeph Loeb. Including "exclusive updates" on the upcoming series, the panel will feature cast members Mike Colter (Luke Cage), Alfre Woodard, Mahershala Ali, Theo Rossi, Simone Missick, Frank Whaley, and showrunner/EP Cheo Hodari Coker.

Footage from the series, which premieres September 30, will reportedly be previewed during the panel.

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AMC Bringing The Walking Dead, Fear TWD and Preacher

AMC has announced its lineup for San Diego Comic-Con 2016. The network is hosting several panels and other opportunities for Walking Dead and Preacher fans during the convention.

The Walking Dead panel will be held on July 22 at 1 p.m. PT in Hall H of the San Diego Convention Center. Moderated by Talking Dead host Chris Hardwick, the panel will include cast members Andrew Lincoln, Norman Reedus, Steven Yeun, Lauren Cohan, Danai Gurira, Chandler Riggs, Michael Cudlitz, Sonequa Martin-Green, Christian Serratos, Ross Marquand, Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Josh McDermitt.

Executive producer and showrunner Scott M. Gimple will also appear alongside executive producers Robert Kirkman, Gale Anne Hurd, David Alpert, and Greg Nicotero.

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We Spent a Week With Pokemon Go

Pokemon Go, the augmented reality game that’s coming to smartphones, sets up some awesome possibilities if you’ve ever been a fan of the series: Imagine walking home and discovering a Pikachu or a Snorlax hiding right in your neighborhood. Prior to this, each chapter of the series focused on catching Pokemon in a specific region. This mobile game lets you catch them all over the real world.

This massive project combines the talent of Nintendo, The Pokemon Company, and Ingress-developer Niantic, and changes the rules of Game Freak’s mainline RPGs series for a smartphone audience. We gave you our brief impressions based on 30 minutes with the game. IGN got access to the closed beta, so we assembled an awesome elite foursome to spend a week catching and collecting Pokemon. Read on as Andrew Goldfarb, Kallie Plagge, Miranda Sanchez, and Jose Otero share their experiences in the Pokemon Go Field Test.

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Wreck-It Ralph 2 Confirmed, Release Date Announced

Wreck-It Ralph 2 will hit theaters on March 9, 2018, Disney announced in a livestream today.

Co-directors Rich Moore, who co-directed Zootopia and helmed the original Wreck-It Ralph, and Phil Johnston, who co-wrote the first film, made the announcement alongside John C. Reilly, who is returning to voice Ralph in the sequel, on Facebook.

"Ralph leaves the arcade and wrecks the internet," Reilly says of the film's plot. While few other details are known, Disney also released concept art showing Ralph entering the online world with his friend Vanellope von Schweetz, voiced by Sarah Silverman in the first film. The art features parodies of major online brands like Google, Amazon, and more.

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Wreck-It Ralph 2 Confirmed, Release Date Announced

Wreck-It Ralph 2 will hit theaters on March 9, 2018, Disney announced in a livestream today.

Co-directors Rich Moore, who co-directed Zootopia and helmed the original Wreck-It Ralph, and Phil Johnston, who co-wrote the first film, made the announcement alongside John C. Reilly, who is returning to voice Ralph in the sequel, on Facebook.

"Ralph leaves the arcade and wrecks the internet," Reilly says of the film's plot. While few other details are known, Disney also released concept art showing Ralph entering the online world with his friend Vanellope von Schweetz, voiced by Sarah Silverman in the first film. The art features parodies of major online brands like Google, Amazon, and more.

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