Jon Hamm Reveals His Favorite Batman Stories
With Mad Men actor John Hamm expressing his interest in playing Batman, and growing support for the actor to wear the cowl appearing online, IGN asked the self-described comic book fan what Batman stories he enjoys most to get a bit of insight into his Batman fandom.
"I like the Dark Knight stories, the Frank Miller limited series that they had back in the day," Hamm told IGN at the premiere of Bad Times at the El Royale. "I like the Flashpoint timeline. It was a Flash kind of derivative of Batman where he changes the history, and Bruce Wayne dies, and his father becomes Batman. It's very different, right? Kind of cool.
Check out our interview with Jon Hamm below.
SiriusXM Buying Pandora Streaming Service for $3.5 Billion
SiriusXM has announced that it's acquiring streaming music service Pandora for approximately $3.5 billion in stock, which Sirius says will make it the world's largest audio entertainment company with over $7 billion in expected 2018 revenue.
With Pandora, Sirius believes it will be able to "significantly expand" from streaming its vehicle-centric satellite radio into other mobile platforms as well as homes. Listeners will not experience any sort of immediate change to their experiences, however.
The announcement says Sirius plans to create "unique audio packages" and increase Pandora's in-car distribution by leveraging Sirius' strong foothold in that market. Sirius also plans to create a "promotional platform" for artists that will be curated and personalized for users to deliver compelling listening experiences and connect artists with their existing fans as well as potential new fans.
First Fortnite Season 6 Teaser Features DJ Llama
Epic Games revealed the first of what should be several teasers leading up to the start of Fortnite Season 6 later this week.
On the official Fortnite Twitter account, Epic tweeted a single image featuring what appears to be some kind of llama skin. The llama seems very comfortable with a cool DJ headset sitting on its head, matching the "all great parties need a DJ" caption that went along with the image.
"All great parties need a DJ. 3 days to Season 6."
How Doctor Who Can Change Your Life: An Essay by Jodie Whittaker
This September, IGN is highlighting the best TV coming your way in the 2018-2019 season. Today, we're venturing into the wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey world of Doctor Who, which is kicking off a new season with a brand new Doctor, played by Broadchurch alum Jodie Whittaker. Beyond knowing that this season will follow the adventures of the Doctor and her companions, details on the upcoming episodes are top-secret. Instead, this IGN First offers an inside look into the mind of Whittaker as she explains what being the Doctor means to her.
It means everything.
Out This Week: Valkyria Chronicles 4, Life is Strange 2, FIFA 19
With so many new games and movies coming out, it can be hard to keep up. Lucky for you, IGN is here to help with a weekly round-up of the biggest releases each and every week. Check out the latest releases for this week, and be sure to come back next Monday for a new update.
Note: The prices and deals compiled below are accurate at the time we published this story, but all are subject to change.
The Gifted Premiere Sneak Peek: Polaris’ Baby Will Change Everything
When The Gifted Season 2 premieres on Sept. 25, we'll be catching up with our splintered band of mutants six months after the events of last season's finale, which means that Polaris (Emma Dumont) will be on the verge of giving birth.
And as our exclusive sneak peek at the premiere demonstrates, the metal-manipulating mutant won't be able to show up at a regular hospital when she goes into labor - so her new allies in the Hellfire Club, Reeva Payge (Grace Byers) and the Frost sisters (Skyler Samuels), are forced to improvise - and judging by what happens when the baby kicks, it's not likely to be an easy birth for Polaris (or anyone in her vicinity). Even worse, she won't have the baby's father, Eclipse (Sean Teale) by her side, since Polaris chose to align herself with the Inner Circle and take a more aggressive approach to fighting for mutant rights at the end of last season, leaving the Mutant Underground and her partner behind.
Hands-On With Super Mario Party’s Dual Switch Mode
One of the best parts of being a Nintendo Switch owner is how often you find yourself saying “Whoa! I didn’t know my Switch could do that!” This was certainly the most predominant exclamation in our war room after the reveal of Super Mario Party at E3 2018. Now, having seen the dual-screen mode, dubbed Toad’s Rec Room, in action, it’s safe to say our shouting was justified.
Toad’s Rec Room a set of four fun little diversions from the Mario Party we’ve all come to know and (mostly) love. This mode lets players pop off their joy-con and utilize the Switch’s hidden screen sharing ability. This isn’t screen sharing in a “traditional” sense, this function basically turns your Switch into a giant Nintendo DS, creating one larger image across both screens and spreading the touch-screen functionality seamlessly across the larger play area. Rec Room challenges include matching sets of bananas, pummeling each other while piloting tiny tanks, playing three innings of baseball, and fourth mini-game that has yet to be shown off.
ESRB Rates Symphony of the Night and Rondo of Blood for PS4
An ESRB rating seems to confirm that Castlevania: Symphony of the Night and Rondo of Blood are indeed coming to PS4 in the West.
Last week we reported that Castlevania Requiem: Symphony Of The Night and Rondo Of Blood had been rated for PS4 in Korea and now, thanks to the ESRB, it appears Westerners will be getting the classic games bundle too.
Many thought Symphony of the Night, a game we utterly adore, would be the perfect game for the recently announced PlayStation Classic. With the announcement of this and the recent remaster of the Crash Bandicoot Trilogy, many people are wondering what games will end up on Sony’s first foray into mini retro consoles.
Red Dead Redemption 2 PS4 Bundles Announced
Red Dead Redemption 2 PS4 Pro Bundles have been announced for Europe and North America, with those in Europe also getting a pair of standard PS4 options.
First up is the PS4 Pro bundle that’s coming to both the EU and the UK complete with a Jet Black 1TB PS4 Pro, a Dual Shock 4 Wireless Controller and a physical copy of Red Dead Redemption 2. Pre-orders start today for $399.99 / $499.99 CAD. There is no official EU/UK price at the time of writing.
Also available exclusively in the EU are bundles with either a 500GB or 1TB Jet Black PS4 Slim, a Dual Shock 4 Wireless Controller and a physical copy of Red Dead Redemption 2. Again, at the time of writing there is no official EU or UK price.
Aquaman: We’ve Seen New Footage From the DC Movie
Aquaman director James Wan showed IGN and other members of the press roughly fifteen minutes of footage, and revealed more about the comics and films that inspired his upcoming DC comic book movie, during an edit bay visit at Warner Bros. in August.
While I won't go into a blow-by-blow breakdown of the footage due to heavy spoilers, I will say that the footage showcased the film's colorful visual palette, the Romancing the Stone-esque nature of Arthur Curry (Jason Momoa) and Mera's (Amber Heard) relationship, and more of the production and costume designs of Atlantis and its citizens.
We were shown the movie's opening prologue, which depicts New England lighthouse keeper Tom Curry (Temuera Morrison) finnding Queen Atlanna (Nicole Kidman), nursing her back to health, and them falling in love, culminating with the birth of their son, Arthur. Atlanna, though, is a renegade from Atlantis so when white-armored Atlanteans with laser weapons show up to bring her home, she's forced to make a difficult choice that will affect her young son for the rest of his life.