Take a First Look at Netflix’s Fast & the Furious: Spy Racers Photos and Cast
Universal Pictures and Dreamworks Animation released a slew of new photos and cast details for its Fast & Furious: Spy Racers series, which releases on December 26 on Netflix. Check out the new images in the gallery below:
Fast and Furious: Spy Racers is an animated spinoff of the same Fast & the Furious franchise. It follows the adventures of young Tony Toretto, cousin of Vin Diesel’s Dom Toretto, who is recruited to a government agency to spy on an extreme racing league that serves as a front for a criminal organization known as SH1FT3R.
Marvel’s Runaways: Season 3 Will Be an ‘Emotional’ Final Ride
Marvel's Runaways has found its way back home, as Season 3's new trailer came with the announcement that these next 10 episodes, premiering December 13 on Hulu, will be the show's last.
An adaptation of Brian K. Vaughan and Adrian Alphona's critically-acclaimed comic series, Runaways was ushered to the screen by executive producers Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage - the duo behind The O.C., Gossip Girl, Hulu's current Looking for Alaska, and more.
With the news of Season 3 being the series' final bow, I reached out to both Schwartz and Savage about these remaining episodes and what it was like for them bring Cloak and Dagger, from the Marvel Freeform series, into the mix while also wrapping up this sensational, spawning saga of rebellious teens, conflicted parents, life-sucking aliens, and - now - Elizabeth Hurley as Marvel's nefarious Morgan le Fay.
Explaining Last Night’s Big Watchmen Surprise
Full spoilers follow for HBO's Watchmen through Episode 5, "Little Fear of Lightning."
HBO's Watchmen series is specifically a sequel to the original comic book, not the 2009 movie version. Most of the time, that distinction makes little difference, as the movie mostly follows the plot of the comic very closely. However, the two versions diverge in one very important way - the alien squid monster.
With Watchmen's fifth episode delving even more deeply into the squid monster and the long-term effects of Ozymandias' plot, as well as how it affected the character of Wade "Looking Glass" Tillman (Tim Blake Nelson), we figured now was the perfect time for a refresher on all things squid. Read on to learn why the endings of the comic and movie differ and why the squid monster continues to play such a major role in the HBO series.
A $0.05 Component Delayed the PS3
If you've ever wondered why the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 launched so far apart, one big reason was a shortage of a very small component that only cost Sony around $0.05 per unit.
In this month's episode of IGN Unfiltered, Ryan McCaffrey sat down with former PlayStation executive (and current Google VP) Phil Harrison to talk about the PlayStation 3 release schedule, as well as Harrison's time at Sony, Microsoft, Google, and much more.
While the Xbox 360 originally launched in November of 2005, the PlayStation 3 wouldn't hit store shelves until a full year later in November of 2006, leaving many fans wondering why Sony would give Microsoft a full year head start on the HD generation of consoles.
JJ Abrams Says The Rise of Skywalker Tells Leia’s Story as Intended
Filmmaker JJ Abrams has revealed new details about Carrie Fisher's posthumous role in The Rise of Skywalker, explaining how Leia Organa's story will honor the franchise's original plans for her character.
In an interview with Total Film (via GamesRadar), Abrams opened up about the process of repurposing unseen footage of the late Star Wars actress for Episode IX, as he expressed his desire to tell the same story he would have told prior to Fisher's sudden death in December 2016.
Sonic 3 Prototype With Lost Content Discovered
A prototype version of Sonic 3, containing features that would never make it into the final build, has been discovered.
Video game preservation communities Hidden Place and The Cutting Room Floor have been able to unearth a prototype of Sonic 3 that contains a variety of elements that were reported in a 1993 magazine preview, but never seen in the retail release. These include the Flying Battery zone and bosses (which were moved across to Sonic & Knuckles), and Lava Reef. Also found in the ROM are three unfinished bonus stages, and object, badniks, and boss data for cut zones.
The Expanse: Official Season 4 Trailer and Poster Revealed
Amazon has revealed the official trailer for season 4 of the Expanse alongside a brand new poster. In addition, Kevin Smith will recapping the first three seasons in a brand-new video to get fans old and new ready for Season 4's debut on Amazon Prime on December 13, 2019.
Season 4 of The Expanse, which will be its first season as a global Amazon Original, begins "a new chapter for the series, with the crew of the Rocinante on a mission from the U.N. to explore new worlds beyond the Ring Gate. Humanity has been given access to thousands of Earth-like planets which has created a land rush and furthered tensions between the opposing nations of Earth, Mars and the Belt. Ilus is the first of these planets, one rich with natural resources but also marked by the ruins of a long dead alien civilization. While Earthers, Martians and Belters maneuver to colonize Ilus and its natural resources, these early explorers don’t understand this new world and are unaware of the larger dangers that await them."
New Patent Reveals PlayStation 5 Controller Design
A new patent filed by Sony Interactive Entertainment shows what appears to be the PlayStation 5’s controller.
As first spotted by VGC, the patent was published on the Japanese Patent Office website today, noting that the patent has been issued. The illustrations in the patent show a controller that is largely identical to the DualShock 4 used for the PS4, albeit with a few significant alterations.
The body of the controller appears to be slightly larger/chunkier than that of the DualShock 4, with grips more akin to the shape of the Xbox’s controller, rather than the almost tube-like shape of the ones on the DS4. The light bar has been removed, and a USB-C port added. The triggers also appear a little bigger than those on the DS4.
The Streaming Wars Explained: Will Netflix Take the Crown?
With an abundance of streaming providers already dominating the market or preparing to launch in the coming months, knowing which streaming service is the best can be a pretty daunting task. If you still have questions about the future of streaming, then you've come to the right place. All week long, as part of IGN's State of Streaming series, we'll be debuting reviews and in-depth analysis about current streaming providers like Netflix and Amazon, as well as upcoming services like NBCUniversal's Peacock and WarnerMedia's HBO Max. So keep it locked on IGN this week for all of your streaming needs.
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Street Fighter 5: Champion Edition Announced
Capcom has announced that Street Fighter 5: Champion Edition will be released in February 2020, and will bring with it the return of Gill.
Champion Edition will include 40 characters, 34 stages, and over 200 costumes, made up of everything released for Street Fighter so far, excluding Fighting Chance and brand collaboration costumes, and Capcom Pro Tour DLC. It will also include any DLC released between now and the February 14 release date.
Joining the roster for Champion Edition is Gill, master of pyrokinesis and cryokinesis. All of his heavy attacks and all but one of his special moves are elementally aligned, so expect punches that flame and freeze in equal measure. Gill actually launches in December for current players, for $5.99 or 100,000 Fight Money, but will be part of the package for Champion Edition.