PAX Organizers Issue Statement on Safety Following Jacksonville Shooting
In the wake of Sunday's Madden Championship Series shooting in Jacksonville, Florida, Penny Arcade and partner ReedPOP have issued a statement regarding security for their upcoming PAX West convention.
Penny Arcade and ReedPOP wrote that their "hearts go out" to everyone affected by the shooting, which resulted in three deaths, including the shooter's, and 11 injuries.
"The safety of our attendees, exhibitors, and staff is paramount to ReedPOP and Penny Arcade," reads the statement. "As PAX has grown in popularity, we have responded with the addition of increased private security, law enforcement, and other personnel, each of whom are on-site at all times during our events."
Alec Baldwin Denies He’s Been Cast in Joker Movie
UPDATED, August 29: Alec Baldwin denies that he's been cast in the Joker movie.
Baldwin tweeted Wednesday: "Let me state, for the record, that I have NOT been hired to play a role in Todd Phillips’ JOKER as some Donald Trump manque. That is not happening. Not. Happening."
Baldwin informed USA Today that "scheduling" issues were the big reason why he was dropping out of the movie. "I'm no longer doing that movie," Baldwin told the outlet. "I'm sure there are 25 guys who can play that part."
Game of Thrones Reveals Super Brief Season 8 First Look
HBO has shared a first brief look at Game of Thrones' upcoming final season.
The network released a trailer, via EW, showing what's coming to HBO in 2019, which includes the return of Game of Thrones. While almost all of the Game of Thrones footage featured in the trailer is from Season 7, there is one new shot of Jon Snow (Kit Harington) and Sansa Stark (Sophie Turner).
The two characters can be seen reuniting in Winterfell, embracing each other.
Fans will have to wait a bit longer for Game of Thrones' return, as Season 8 is set to premiere in the first half of 2019.
Melissa McCarthy Just Had the Worst Debut of Her Career
Actress Melissa McCarthy returned to theaters this weekend with her outlandish R-rated puppet comedy The Happytime Murders, although it managed to underperform with just over $10 million in third place. The opening is actually the worst of McCarthy’s career, for a movie opening in wide release, and when you take a closer look at the movie’s she’s opened, they often aren’t very consistent. With that in mind, we’re taking a deep dive through McCarthy’s previous films, and how they debuted at the box office.
There are movies McCarthy has appeared in that have opened worse than The Happytime Murders, but these are movies where she only had a minor role, like The Life of David Gale ($7.1 million), Drowning Mona ($5.8 million), White Oleander ($5.6 million) and Go ($4.7 million). There are also others which had worse debuts, since they were only given a limited debut such as St. Vincent ($109,878 from four theaters), The Nines ($23,617 from two theaters) and Pretty Ugly People ($2,522 from three theaters). Still, with those movies aside, The Happytime Murders marked a new career low for McCarthy.
‘Netflix for Comics’ App Coming to Nintendo Switch
InkyPen, a new comic subscription service, will be brought to the Nintendo Switch this November, making it possible for users to read comics on the handheld device. It will also be the first international non-game app to come to the eShop on the Switch, according to Variety.
The app will let comics be read in either the handheld or TV mode and will be launching at $8 per month. InkyPen will have a library of over 10,000 graphic novels, manga, and European comics.
Venom Flashes Back to Vietnam This Week
With dozens of comic books to choose from, let us show you which are the best coming out this week. Take a look at this list spotlighting our favorite comics that we know are money-well-spent and new books that look cool and are backed by some top-tier talent.
Once you check out our picks, head to the comments to let us know what you’ll be buying this week!
Web of Venom: Ve'Nam #1 - $4.99
Cyberpunk 2077 Gameplay Demo Stream Included Hidden Message
The Cyberpunk 2077 gameplay demo stream included a hidden message that was placed in the final frame of the demo and contains a letter from the development team, CD Projekt Red.
Discovered and transcribed on Reddit, the letter from CD Projekt begins by them apologizing for making fans wait so long and goes into detail into what brought them to the decision to finally show Cyberpunk 2077's gameplay demo to the world.
New Arrow Season 7 Poster Teases Oliver Queen’s Prison Sentence
Arrow star Stephen Amell has shared a new poster for Season 7, teasing Oliver Queen's prison sentence.
Amell shared the poster on Facebook and it features Oliver in prison clothing, including the caption "This fall, Green Is The New Black." Check out the image below.
New Arrow Season 7 poster, via Facebook. Credit: CW.
Cyberpunk 2077: 77 New Gameplay Screenshots
CD Projekt RED’s mysterious Cyberpunk 2077-related “data transmission” live streamed early Monday morning, August 27, ended up being exactly what fans have been waiting for – their first real look at Cyberpunk 2077 gameplay.
The Cyberpunk 2077 demo was essentially the same version of the demo shown off behind-closed-doors at E3 2018 and Gamescom 2018. You can check out our rundown of all the differences between Cyberpunk 2077’s E3 and Gamescom demos, or just watch out the 48 minute Cyberpunk 2077 gameplay demo in its entirety for yourself.
Cyberpunk 2077 Dev on Why They Released the Gameplay Now
Since its first demo at E3, Cyberpunk 2077 has been one of the most talked-about games of 2018. Both the E3 and Gamescom versions of the behind-closed-doors demo offered an in-depth look at the first-person sci-fi RPG, but what was shown has remained unshared with the public... until now.
Earlier today, CD Projekt Red debuted the 50-minute gameplay sequence to the general public, and ahead of its reveal, IGN spoke to the developer about the decision to release the footage now.
“We felt a little uneasy doing it, but the demand was high enough, so we're putting it out there,” explained Cyberpunk 2077 Quest Designer Patrick Mills to IGN, reminding us that “this is a game still deep in development, and elements are subject to change.”