DC Universe Adding The New Batman Adventures and More TV in February
DC Universe is continuing to expand its roster of TV shows, films, and comics for members, with a number of beloved titles heading to the subscription service this February - along with the anticipated premiere of Doom Patrol.
IGN can exclusively reveal that two more classic animated shows will be added to DC Universe's lineup next month: Premiering February 1, The New Batman Adventures (1997-1999) joins the two seasons of Batman: The Animated series already available to stream on the platform; while The Batman (2004-2008), with Rino Romano voicing the Dark Knight, premieres February 8. As previously announced, Titans spinoff Doom Patrol will debut on February 15, following the same weekly rollout pattern as Titans, and the DC animated movie Reign of the Supermen (read our review here) premiered on the service yesterday - the same date that the film was released on DVD and Blu-ray.
37 of the Biggest Video Game Anniversaries in 2019
Video games are still a relatively new form of entertainment. But while games don't have the long history of other mediums, there are a number of them that are getting up there and deserve to be remembered for helping to guide the future of the art form.
With a big side of nostalgia we're remembering those games that celebrate major milestones this year: 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, and yes, even 40 years old now. While we can't include them all, here are just some the biggest anniversary milestones in video gaming we can celebrate in 2019!
10 Years Old
Street Fighter 4
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When you think Humble Bundle, PC games probably spring to mind, but the latest Humble Bundle offer is a tiered collection of PlayStation 4 games you can get by spending between $1 and $15. Humble may have made a name for itself with pay-what-you-want PC bundles, but it has branched out since the early days. Now it regularly offers bundles of things like ebooks, comics, game development software, and even cookbooks.
Christine Love on Creating Visual Novels and Inclusivity in Games
Episode 3 of Humans Who Make Games features Christine Love, the writer and developer behind popular indie games such as Digital: A Love Story, Analogue: A Hate Story, and Ladykiller in a Bind.
Adam Conover, the host of Humans Who Make Games chatted with Love about everything from how she dropped out of college to pursue Analogue: A Hate Story to incorporating queer relationships into games.
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Love's only formal programming training was at a two-week long summer camp with five other kids in a basement, as she felt more connected to writing before combining the two later on.
Exploring Rage 2’s Wasteland of Opportunity
Up until now exposures to Rage 2 have been fairly linear affairs; the barren open world expanse of Avalanche Studios and id’s post-apocalyptic shooter sequel has remained strictly off limits in favour of highlighting the game’s overhauled and overcharged combat system. For my latest hands-on with the game I wasn’t quite given the keys to the kingdom, but I was handed the keys to a rusted out bucket of bolts generously referred to as a ‘car’ and allowed to tour a small section of Rage 2’s map.
My first stop was a return to the city of Wellspring. The ramshackle sprawl of neon and rust from the original game was begging to be reexamined, but since my time with the game was limited I decided to hustle past the bulletin boards covered in job contracts, and various other NPC quest-givers, and instead trigger the main story mission. Wellspring mayor, Loosum Hagar, was locked in a power struggle with an entitled twerp named Klegg Clayton (the wealthy offspring of Mayor Clayton from the original), and I was charged with sneaking into Clayton’s high-rise office in order to plant a bug on his computer. In order to gain access to his domain, I had to first build up my celebrity status by becoming a reality TV star in a manner so ruthless it would make a Kardashian wince.
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Sony Reportedly Shifting First Party Development Focus onto PS5
Sony is apparently having its first-party studios focus on PlayStation 5 game development, but we may not see the fruits of that labour for some time.
Industry analyst Daniel Ahmad – who has previously reported inside information ahead of official confirmation – took to ResetEra to explain that, "in general, most of the focus for Sony
is on PS5 right now. It is still early to talk about next gen but I imagine we'll hear some whispers come out of GDC."
Lena Headey on Her ‘Weirdly Tedious’ Last Day Filming Game of Thrones
Lena Headey, the actress known for playing Cersei Lannister, has described her last day on the set of Game of Thrones as "weirdly tedious".
In a video interview with Variety, the actress at first didn't want to reveal anything for fear of spoilers. She did eventually confess one very small piece of information saying "My last day on set was really weirdly tedious because I just had to shoot going up and down these stairs and that was it."
Lena Headey teases what we can expect from Cersei Lannister in the series finale of #GameOfThrones | #Sundance #VarietyStudio presented by @ATT pic.twitter.com/vdD92gcF6I
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Still Needs Better Patch Notes
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate’s 2.0 patch just dropped, adding Piranha Plant as a DLC character and letting you play its Spirit Boards with up to four players. Another round of balance changes also arrived alongside side those additions and, similar to last time, Nintendo veered away from giving hard data on how it changed its fighters.
Despite being widely praised for its transparency around Metroid Prime 4 just last week, the Smash Bros. patch notes continue to be frustratingly opaque. This time Nintendo at least gave a full list of which fighters and moves were changed (a big step up from the barren "game balance adjustments" line from the last patch), but it still didn't provide a detailed account of damage adjustments and number changes like nearly every other online game does. The 2.0 patch is a massive move in the right direction, but Nintendo should still do better.
Zack Snyder’s Next Movie Is a Netflix Zombie Thriller
Zack Snyder, known for his work on Batman v Superman, Watchmen and 300, will direct a zombie thriller for Netflix.
Announced through Netflix’s See What’s Next Twitter account, the film will be called Army of the Dead and features a group of mercenaries that "take the ultimate gamble: venturing into a quarantine zone following a zombie outbreak to pull off the greatest heist ever attempted.”
Zack Snyder will direct "Army of the Dead" for Netflix. In the zombie thriller, a group of mercenaries take the ultimate gamble: venturing into a quarantine zone following a zombie outbreak to pull off the greatest heist ever attempted. pic.twitter.com/t37j2bJBvS