Everything You Need to Know About Unbreakable and Split Before Glass
David Dunn, Elijah Price and the many mysterious (some monstrous) personalities of Kevin Wendell Crumb return in Glass, M. Night Shyamalan's third installment in what's become an unexpected Unbreakable trilogy.
So what's the deal with this specific super-verse? If you haven't seen Unbreakable in a while, or hadn't seen it before you watched Split, making the final minutes featuring Bruce Willis in a diner rather confusing, here's a handy catch-up piece to get you all settled and ready to Glass it up this weekend.
Watch the exclusive clip above from Glass: The Beast reveals himself for Mister Glass.
UNBREAKABLE: ORIGINS
New Star Wars Crossover Explores TIE Fighter Pilots and Alphabet Squadron
A new Star Wars crossover event will feature a comic book series and novel trilogy exploring the lives of TIE Fighter pilots and Alphabet Squadron following the fall of the Empire.
Announced by Star Wars, the TIE fighter comic miniseries will follow an elite squadron of Tie fighter pilots, Shadow Wing, as they protect Imperial interests in the final days of the Galactic Civil War and then deal with the inevitable fall of the Empire.
Star Wars’ Most Dangerous Idea Yet: Giving Jar Jar Binks a Lightsaber
The lightsaber used to be a special weapon that only those skilled in the Force could properly wield, but as the anthology Star Wars: Age of Republic Special #1 shows, they’re pretty much giving them to anyone with opposable thumbs these days. The short story titled “501 Plus One” is set in the Clone Wars era during the Battle of Mimban where Commander Rex is tasked with both protecting Senator Jar Jar Binks and bringing down the enemy shield generator, but when tragedy strikes it leads to a short-lived badass moment for Binks.
During the firefight, Jedi Master Laan Tik is killed, forcing Rex to retreat his forces without taking down the shield generator. After he sees to it that his troops and Binks are safe, Rex sneaks out to finish the mission by himself, not wanting to further risk the lives of his men, but he takes a laser bolt to the shoulder and falls to the ground just short of his goal. As the battle droids approach to finish off Rex, a lightsaber suddenly chops them down to size. Rex is confused, thinking it might be Laan Tik somehow returned from the dead, but his savior is revealed to be none other than Jar Jar Binks weilding the blue lightsaber of the fallen Jedi.
Deadpool Creator Rob Liefeld Debuts New Marvel Character: Major X
Rob Liefeld, co-creator of Deadpool, Cable, Domino and more, has announced a six-issue limited series featuring a new Marvel character: Major X.
Marvel revealed this new character in an EW exclusive. With Major X #1 due out in April, Liefeld is finally unleashing a character he’s had in mind for over 25 years. Writing and illustrating the first issue himself, Major X comes from “a different plane of existence” called the X-Istence, a “safe-haven for mutants.” X-Istence is suddenly threatened and terrorized, and his home is taken from him - arriving in the X-Men continuity, they become his first target.
This Is the Best X-Men Story in Years
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There are a lot of X-Men comics out there, but every once in a while one rises above the rest and cements itself as a Marvel masterpiece. 2018 saw writer Tom Taylor (Injustice, All-New Wolverine) and his artistic collaborators like Mahmud Asrar and Carmen Carnero capture lightning in a bottle with their riveting, witty and emotional series, X-Men Red (See it on Amazon). Now that it's wrapped up, it's clear to see they created an instant classic. Much like the ‘90s Uncanny X-Men and the ‘00s Astonishing X-Men, this comic speaks to the times via the mutant metaphor and cuts to the core of what it means to be an X-Man in stunning fashion.
The Best Wi-Fi Range Extenders
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If you have a large house, your router may not be able to beam its signal to every corner of every room. That’s where a Wi-Fi range extender comes in. As its name suggests, it boosts your Wi-Fi signal further than your router alone can handle.
Traditionally, Wi-Fi extenders have been, well, terrible. Many required you to create a new network with a different SSID otherwise your devices would have trouble knowing which one to connect to. In addition, most cheaper extenders will cut your Wi-Fi speed in half just by virtue of how they repeat the signal—not great if you want a constant, reliable connection.
Fortnite Secret Skirmish Competition Announced
Epic Games has announced a special Fortnite invitational competition for next month.
The two day event, featuring $500,000 in prize money, is taking place at an as of yet undisclosed location on February 14 and 15, and will be streamed on the game's "official channels."
Competitors will include the top players from previous Open Fortnite competitions, but that's all of the info the studio is divulging for now.
"You can expect the same high-powered matches as TwitchCon and PAX, but also expect us to explore additional… operations…during the two days of competition," Epic teased in the announcement.
Ubisoft Apologizes to Players for Assassin’s Creed Odyssey DLC Controversy
Spoilers for Assassin's Creed Odyssey and its DLC to follow.
Assassin's Creed Odyssey's Creative Director Jonathan Dumont says players' response to the Shadow Heritage DLC has been a "learning experience" for the developer.
The ending of Legacy of the Blade's second installment sees the player funneled into a heterosexual relationship resulting in a baby, regardless of their actions and choices in the main game, or its DLC.
Ubisoft's initial response was to assure players that the third episode would explore "the motivation behind this relationship," adding that it is part of a "set story."
Someone Made Tanks and Planes Appear in Pirate Game, Atlas
Grapeshot Games' nautical MMO was invaded by tanks, planes, and whales after an admin account was "compromised."
One player, BurkeBlack, was streaming with some friends and whales just started appearing, causing him to exclaim, "there are whales everywhere!"
Jatheish Karunakaran, lead community manager and live producer, stressed that the breach wasn't due to a "hack, third party program, or exploit." In the official announcement (via Rock, Paper, Shotgun), Karunakaran explained that an "admin's Steam account was compromised" to "cause some devastation" over on the North American PvP servers.
Bungie Director Addresses the Future of Destiny
Destiny franchise director, Luke Smith, has made clear that Bungie's future lies with the sci-fi shooter series.
Following Bungie's split from its publisher, Smith has posted on the company website, thanking Activision and other development partners for their help on the series so far, before detailing the short and long-term plans for the series.
In the short term, Bungie's "continuing to build the content we’ve promised for the Annual Pass." Smith acknowledges criticism of the last expansion's high Power requirement, going on to say, "we want to find the line between new content that many players can play, and aspirational content for players to progress toward. We're exploring improvements to catch-up mechanics for players in upcoming seasons."