Black Lightning and Thunder Will Experience Some ‘Growing Pains’ in Season 2
This September, IGN is spotlighting the best TV coming your way in the 2018-2019 season. Today we've got an exclusive behind-the-scenes photo from Black Lightning Season 2, along with a preview from star Cress Williams, who plays the titular hero (aka high school principal Jefferson Pierce). In the sophomore season, Jefferson will be faced with new threats as the town of Freeland must reckon with the ASA's abduction of its children, who have been experimented on and held in stasis pods, some for decades. Closer to home, Jefferson and his wife Lynn (Christine Adams) are still coming to terms with the fact that both their daughters, Anissa (Nafessa Williams) and Jennifer (China Anne McClain), have inherited Jefferson's metahuman gene and are manifesting powers, while Jefferson's nemesis, Tobias Whale (Marvin "Krondon" Jones III) is still at large and plotting his adversary's demise. Black Lightning Season 2 premieres October 9 on The CW.
Devil May Cry 5: How a Motorbike Chainsaw Sword Holds the Key to Tradition
Here’s Devil May Cry 5’s in-game description of the Cavaliere, an actual weapon Dante is able to wield.
(I haven’t made this up.)
“Cavaliere – a motorcycle fused with a demon that splits in two to be wielded as twin swords.”
When equipped, Dante dons two motorbike chassis as if they were chrome boxing gloves. While the description above may say sword, chainsaw is far more accurate. As a combo escalates, the two halves fuse together to form a rideable bike, allowing Dante to power-slide his way through demons. It’s gloriously absurd, as you’d imagine, and stupidly fun to use.
But there’s more to the Cavaliere than you might think. Behind its ostentatious design lies the essence of how Capcom is navigating its return to the series (the last instalment was produced in 2013 by British studio Ninja Theory) and particularly the character of Dante.
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Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy Coming to Consoles and Steam
The original three Ace Attorney games are coming to the Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Steam in a single compilation.
The trilogy of Ace Attorney games was announced during the Ace Attorney panel during the Tokyo Game Show and will include updated HD visuals. The trilogy was originally released on 3DS back in 2014.
The compilation includes the original game, Justice for All, and Trials and Tribulations. Expect to see the trilogy launch in early 2019.
Capcom also previewed the second season of the Ace Attorney anime with stories focusing on cases from the third game. The Ace Attorney Orchestra was also confirmed to return in 2019.
Ace Attorney: Spirit of Justice was released back in 2016 and in our review we thought it was a "less than essential entry in the Phoenix Wright saga."
Completely New, Un-Catchable Pokemon Begins to Appear in Pokemon Go
A brand new, never-before-seen Pokemon has started to appear in Pokemon Go but can't actually be registered to the Pokedex.
The mysterious new Pokemon, which was found by a dataminer yesterday, began to appear in the Asia Pacific region following the conclusion of Chikorita Community Day, a three-hour event that saw increased spawns of second generation Pokemon Chikorita.
After Chikorita spawns concluded, many players saw the mysterious new Pokemon appear on the “nearby” radar, but after encountering the Pokemon and attempting to catch it, the Pokemon immediately transformed into Ditto or Chikorita and did not actually register to the Pokedex as seen or caught.
Telltale’s Underappreciated Contribution to Games
Adventure games are some of my all-time favorites. I was more of a LucasArts guy than a Sierra guy, but both studios made incredible stuff in the late ‘80s through the ‘90s: The Monkey Island series, Space Quest, Sam & Max, King’s Quest, Full Throttle, etc. They were smart and, in an era where video games had never been thought of as comedies before,often funny. They were also successful by any and all metrics.
Until they weren’t.
As gaming moved into the third dimension, adventure games, by and large, didn’t come along for the ride. And so they were left behind, with layers of dust gathering on them. They were forgotten, seemingly bound to a specific time and place in the industry’s history. That is, until Telltale came along.
My Favourite New Fighting Game Character is a Self-Flagellating Disciplinarian
Kill la Kill is one of my favourite anime series of recent years. It’s creative, weird, super high energy and wonderfully animated. It also manages to indulge in, while simultaneously parodying, many classic anime tropes.
If you’ve never seen it, the basic story set-up sees teen protagonist Ryuko Matoi searching for answers about the death of her father. She transfers to Honnoji Academy in the dystopian Honno City, which is run with absolute authority by the student council and its ruthless president Satsuki Kiryuin. Ryuko finds herself facing off against a bizarre parade of characters, all of whom have special uniforms that boost their abilities to an insane degree... and also transform. Ryuko, meanwhile, has an outfit that’s even more powerful.
Players Discover Shadow of the Tomb Raider ‘Mistakenly Included’ Alternate Ending
Shadow of the Tomb Raider has an official ending with playful nods to the original games in the series, but an ending that wasn’t supposed to be in the game was mistakenly included in launch copies of the title.
Spoiler Warning: For those who don’t want the real (or unofficial) ending of Shadow of the Tomb Raider ruined, finish the game and come back to read this strange story after.
As reported by Kotaku, the day-one patch for Shadow of the Tomb Raider actually included the proper ending of the game. In this official post-credits scene, Lara is sitting at a desk at Croft Manor while the camera pans over various items and artifacts from this latest trilogy of Tomb Raider games. The scene ends with a shot of a hand-drawn picture, one Lara drew as a child, that shows her with her parents next to a Tyrannosaurus Rex and a pyramid. It’s a fun reference to the original 1996 Tomb Raider, which featured both of these elements.
Marvel’s Jeph Loeb Hints at Defenders Return With Potential New Team
Marvel's Defenders may continue, although Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Iron Fist, and Luke Cage may not always be the stars.
Marvel TV Head Jeph Loeb told Entertainment Weekly there is potential for a continuation of the series, saying, "all we've ever said is that there are no plans right now
. It doesn’t mean that it’s off the table."
That could mean much more than just another season with series regulars, however. "It doesn’t mean that it even has to be with the original characters that were in the first Defenders" Loeb said.
When asked to elaborate, he said, "There are lots of Avengers, and through that, you should be able to ascertain that there may be lots of Defenders.
PlayStation Classic Will Support Smartphone AC Adaptors
With the PlayStation Classic's announcement this week came the exciting news of 20 classic PS1 games packed in a mini nostalgia console. Some questions about the hardware came from its initial announcement, however.
One of the biggest lingering questions concerns the way the PlayStation Classic will actually be packaged. The box for the system notably revealed that a USB AC Adaptor would be sold separately. Speaking to IGN via email, a PlayStation spokesperson did not comment on the decision to sell power supplies separately, but did note that many widely available power sources could be used.