What Made Robert Pattinson ‘Furious’ About Batman Casting News
Robert Pattinson has finally commented on taking over the role of Batman. As he explains, he was "furious" with the way the news broke online.
Pattinson told Variety the initial casting rumor was a bit premature, as he hadn't actually auditioned for The Batman at that point. Worse, he feared the rumor might harm his chances of eventually landing the role.
“When that thing leaked, I was f—ing furious,” Pattinson told Variety. “Everyone was so upset. Everyone was panicking from my team. I sort of thought that had blown up the whole thing.”
Fortunately, that leak didn't wind up costing Pattinson the job. Nor is he particularly concerned about the backlash from Batman fans who don't want the former Twilight star to take up the cape and cowl. “To be honest, it was less vitriolic than I was expecting,” he said. “It’s much more fun when you’re an underdog. There’s no expectation of you.”
Ghost Recon Breakpoint: 6-Hour Hands-On Preview Impressions
Before I sat down to play several hours of Ghost Recon Breakpoint, community developer Grace Orlady set the stage: “We want to make the player live the life of an elite special forces hunter,” she said. Well, I’m pretty sure real special forces don’t stare down former allies turned maniacal supervillains on private islands overrun by weaponized drones, but...well, if they did I suppose we’d never know about it. So sure, let’s go with it!
Let’s get this out of the way so we can move on to more important stuff: Breakpoint’s story, based on what I’ve seen so far, is going to be laughably bad. Ex-Punisher Jon Bernthal is an ex-Ghost-turned-Wolf, and it seems chock full of all the usual cliches: good guys turning bad, friends turning against each other, etc. But forget about that because it’s not why you’re going to play Breakpoint: the super chill, open-ended structure of the game is.
Shameik Moore on Hulu’s Wu-Tang Series and Into the Spider-Verse
All September long, IGN is highlighting the best TV coming your way in the 2019-2020 season. Today, we're delving into the gritty world of Hulu's Wu-Tang: An American Saga, co-created by RZA and Alex Tse. The historical crime drama is inspired by The Wu-Tang Manual and Tao of Wu, and based on the true story of the Wu-Tang Clan. Set in early ’90s New York at the height of the crack cocaine epidemic, the show tracks the Clan’s formation, a vision of Bobby Diggs aka The RZA, who strives to unite a dozen young, black men that are torn between music and crime but eventually rise to become the unlikeliest of American success stories. The series premieres on Hulu on Wednesday, September 4, 2019.
Exclusive Spider-Man: Far From Home Deleted Scene!
Spider-Man: Far From Home arrives on Digital on September 17 and on Blu-ray on October 1, but you can watch one of the scenes that didn't make it into the final MCU Spidey movie right here and now.
In the deleted scene dubbed "Peter's To-Do List", which you watch in the player above, Tom Holland's Peter Parker visits a passport agency to pick up his passport for his class trip to Europe. But there's a long line and Peter's impatient so he relies on some Stark tech to cheat the line.
Peter uses his cell phone to pilot the Spider-Drone from his suit out of his backpack to a nearby clerk's window. We watch the Spider-Drone fly under the window, scatter across the desk, and turn the sign above the clerk's window from closed to open.
Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance Producer Talks Season 2
Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance executive producer Lisa Henson, daughter of Jim Henson, recently opened up about the continuation of her father's legacy, as she confirmed that the creative team behind the Netflix series "definitely" have ideas for future episodes.
Henson told Yahoo that the original pitch for the puppet-driven prequel series extended beyond the first season, but said only time would tell whether they would be granted the opportunity to expand upon the story, which takes place years before the events of The Dark Crystal film.
Gears 5 Has a Level 50 Times Bigger Than Anything in Previous Gears Games
Gears of War 5 includes a map fifty times larger than any previous Gears of War level, says Coalition studio head Rod Fergusson.
"What players will see in Act 2 and Act 3 of the campaign is that you'll be able to use the Skiff to traverse the largest levels we've ever built," Fergusson said during a panel at PAX West. "You know, in some cases, the levels are 50-times bigger than any previous Gears level."
Developers have made no secret of the fact Gears 5 is the biggest Gears of War game they've ever created. While past instalments have been corridor shooters, Gears 5 shakes things up with open-ended levels containing side-quests and collectables.
40-Minute Nintendo Direct Announced For This Week
Nintendo has announced a 40-minute Nintendo Direct for Wednesday, September 4, 2019, at 3pm PT/6pm ET/11pm BST that will focus on "2019 Nintendo Switch games, including Pokemon Sword & Pokemon Shield and Luigi's Mansion 3."
As with all Nintendo Direct announcements, no further details were given, but 40 minutes gives Nintendo a lot of time to provide at least a few surprises for fans of the Nintendo Switch.
Madden NFL 20 Gets Weirder and Looser With Superstar KO
Superstar KO streamlines every aspect of the Madden NFL 20 experience. One offensive possession for each team, no field goals or punts, stripped-down playbooks, mandatory two-point conversions, and a sudden-death overtime tiebreaker. It’s as if college football overtime and arena football had a love child. EA postulates that the online-only multiplayer mode, which will be launching on Madden 20 servers later this month, will require about eight minutes of actual gametime. For longtime football gamers who eulogize the cheeky arcade chaos of NFL Street and NFL Blitz, this should be taken as an olive branch. After years of elaborating on the monolithic algorithms of Madden Ultimate Team and the salary-cap math of Franchise Mode, Superstar KO returns Madden to its core base -- people who always go for it on 4th down.
SteelSeries Announces the First Wireless Gaming Headset for the Switch
SteelSeries has introduced the first wireless gaming headset for the Nintendo Switch—and when I say wireless I don’t mean Bluetooth.
Rather the Arctis 1 Wireless connects to the Switch using SteelSeries’ lossless 2.4GHz wireless technology. The headset’s accompanying dongle may look strikingly similar to the third-party Bluetooth dongles companies like HopeSpot, Genki, and Bionik have made, but it doesn’t require you to pair it to a separate set of Bluetooth headphones or Bluetooth earbuds.
See Zelda: Link’s Awakening’s New Chamber Dungeon Mode in Action
With under a month until The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening's release on Nintendo Switch, Nintendo is showing off more than just what fans may remember from the beloved adventure, having given IGN a chance to go hands-on with the completely new Chamber Dungeon mode.
Between a few run-throughs of the new mode and a chance to dive into the reimagined version of the third dungeon, it’s clear that: Nintendo is making some exciting advancements to this remake; the art style continues to be one of my favorites of the franchise; and that Link’s Awakening still has some performance issues in Full Screen/Docked mode.