Marvel Subtly Clarifies How to Pronounce Venom’s ‘Symbiote’
Marvel has subtly clarified how to pronounce Venom's "symbiote" in the latest Amazing Spider-Man comic.
Warning: Spoilers for Amazing Spider-Man #800 follow.
The first full trailer for Sony's Venom movie had everyone debating the pronunciation of the word. In the trailer, one of the film's stars, Jenny Slate, repeatedly pronounces "symbiote" as "sym-BYE-ote" instead of "sym-BEE-ote."
Per ComicBook.com, Amazing Spider-Man #800 has none other than J. Jonah Jameson clearing things up. After Spider-Man struggles in his battle with Red Goblin, Jameson decides to phone Eddie Brock/Venom to ask him to help Spidey.
James Marsden Cast in Sonic the Hedgehog Movie
Westworld star James Marsden has officially joined the Sonic the Hedgehog movie.
Variety reports Marsden will star in Paramount's live-action/CGI hybrid adaptation of the popular video game franchise. No word yet on who Marsden will play in the film.
James Marsden as Teddy Flood in Westworld.
The History of Vault 76 and What It Means for Fallout 76
The next Fallout has been announced, and no Bethesda didn’t suddenly decide to skip a few dozen numbers. Fallout 76 seems to be following New Vegas’ lead as a spin-off from the main Fallout series, with the 76 referring to Vault 76.
The thing is, this isn’t the first time we’ve heard about Vault 76, and what we know about this vault actually tells us where Fallout 76 will likely be set, its place in the Fallout timeline, and also reveals a surprising connection to the very first Fallout.
Vault 76 is mentioned in a few places outside of its debut teaser trailer. It’s listed on a Vault-Tec computer terminal in The Citadel in Fallout 3, discussed by the news announcer in the intro of Fallout 4, and named during an audio log in Fallout 3’s Mothership Zeta add-on. You can see all of those examples in the video at the top of the page, and that handful of references is full of solid info.
Fallout, Pokemon, LEGO Among Today’s Five Big Game Announcements
While E3 2018 is still nearly two weeks away, but that hasn't prevented publishers and developers from introducing plenty of new titles to keep us playing all 2018 long...and likely into 2019.
In the last 24 hours, as of publication, five major games have been announced — and one of them is already available. In case you've missed any of the announcements — or all of IGN's breakdowns of what we've learned so far, read on to learn the latest about upcoming Fallout, LEGO, and Pokemon games.
And be sure to catch up on what, including some of these, games will be at E3 2018.
Bethesda Announces Fallout 76
Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection Review – Keep The Past Alive
The Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection is another example of Digital Eclipse going above and beyond to properly port and pay tribute to a bounty of classic Capcom games. This anthology includes 12 Street Fighter arcade ports in all, and four of the best have been updated for online play. You can also find plenty of insightful history to unpack outside of combat. From soundtracks to sprite animation breakdowns, to high-res design documents for classic and cancelled games alike, there's a wealth of high-quality reference material to round out the robust selection of games.
All told, the 30th Anniversary Collection includes the original Street Fighter, five versions of Street Fighter II, three iterations of Street Fighter III, and the Street Fighter Alpha, Alpha 2, and Alpha 3. It's great to have all of these seemingly arcade-perfect ports in one place today, and with any luck, for many generations to come. Eagle-eyed aficionados will note the absence of Alpha 2 Gold and Alpha 3 Upper, both of which were available in 2006's Street Fighter Alpha Anthology on PS2, but their omission is far from a deal-breaker.
Likewise, while it may be momentarily disappointing that your favorite console ports are missing (understandable given the lofty scope of emulating multiple consoles) what is here plays wonderfully. If you already love these games, no matter how you played them in the past, the 30th Anniversary Collection will deliver a great experience. In some cases, you may just be looking for a quick trip down memory lane, because let's be honest, the original Street Fighter isn't great by modern standards; it is nonetheless awesome to see it preserved so well and be so easily accessible.
The enduring qualities of the collection's more notable games remain as strong as ever. Capcom's prowess for making exciting and attractive 2D fighting games was almost unparalleled during the '90s, and thus a game like Street Fighter III feels only marginally retro 19 years after the fact. In a similar fashion, Street Fighter Alpha 3's roster variety and variable fighting mechanics make it a fan-favorite to this day for reasons all its own. Does every version of Street Fighter II feel worth playing? Maybe not in isolation, but the evolution of that game in particular meant a lot to the community that grew up around it, and its prominent share of the games list helps tell the complete story of an important chapter in video game history.
Street Fighter's popularity rose out of tense face-to-face arcade bouts, and every game in this collection was released before the popularization of online battles. Over the years, however, Street Fighter II: Hyper Fighting, Super Street Fighter II Turbo, Street Fighter Alpha 3, and Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike would wind up on various connected platforms. Those same games makeup the selection of online-enabled games here, and they exist under a single roof (one lobby can support fight requests for all of the available games at once.) Digital Eclipse has implemented a customizable framework that allows you to dial-in settings tied to input latency, giving you a small but meaningful advantage in the battle against poor network connections.
Just as the 30th Anniversary Collection breathes new life into classic games, its supplemental material helps you appreciate them in all new ways. There's an interactive timeline that chronicles 30 years of milestone and obscure events alike, often with breakout galleries accompanying the release dates of the biggest games. Each of the collection's 48 relevant characters has a dedicated profile with an interactive sprite gallery that lets you manually scrub through their most iconic attacks from each game, frame by frame. Perhaps most valuable of all, it's awesome to have complete soundtracks for each included game. There's a notable lack of video content given what was included in the 25th Anniversary Collection, but Capcom has otherwise given Digital Eclipse a ton of great and never-before-seen content to work with.
That's more or less the story of the 30th Anniversary Collection. It won't satisfy every specific demand, but it's still a big collection of awesome games and behind-the-scenes content that no Street Fighter fan should miss. Street Fighter is a series worth celebrating and Digital Eclipse has managed to do so in a manner that feels respectful to the series and to the people who keep the spirit of arcade battles alive.
Wreck-It Ralph 2 Images Feature the Disney Princesses
New images for Ralph Breaks the Internet: Wreck-It Ralph 2 offer a sneak peak at two new characters, alongside the Disney princesses.
Per USA Today, one of the images includes Vanellope von Schweetz (Sarah Silverman) meeting Belle, Snow White, Cinderella, Aurora, Pocahontas, Elsa, Anna, Moana, Rapunzel, and Tiana.
Wreck-It Ralph 2 Disney princesses image, via USA Today.
Fallout 76: Gameplay Reveal, Release Date, Online, Map, Special Edition
Fallout 76 is an upcoming game published by Bethesda Softworks. It was revealed without additional information about platforms, gameplay, release date, and even which specific division of Bethesda Game Studios is working on it, so there’s very little detail to comb through until we find out more at E3.
For now, we’ve compiled all the information about Fallout 76 that’s out there so far, including news, trailers, and rumors. We’ll continue to update as more info rolls in, so if you don’t see what you’re looking for yet, keep checking back!
Fallout 76 Release Date, Platforms, and Developer TBA
- Release date: November 14, 2018
What the Life Cycles of Previous PlayStations Say About the PlayStation 5
Buy a hot new game system, and you’ll see an even better model the next day. That’s the stuff of lazy sitcom jokes, yet there’s an undeniable rhythm to the seemingly brief lives of game consoles. Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO John Kodera recently mentioned that the PlayStation 4 is in its “final life cycle,” prompting many to point out that the system isn’t even five years old.
We may complain, but it’s all part of the process. Sony follows the time-honored practice of piping up about a new system just as the current one hits its stride and the competition gets fierce. Yet if there’s a common thread in the PlayStation family, it’s one of dignified exits for old systems and overhyped entrances for the newcomers. Here's what the life cycles of the previous four PlayStations possible tell us about the PlayStation 5.
Why Daredevil Has a Lot in Common With Superman
Comic scribe Brian Bendis turned heads last year when he announced he would be leaving Marvel Comics after two decades to take over writing Superman at rival publisher DC Comics. With Man of Steel #1 out today, the first in a six-issue mini-series that aims to kick off a fresh start and set up key elements of his upcoming run on the Superman solo comic and its sister series Action Comics, Bendis shared some insight with IGN about how he approached writing the Last Son of Krypton. Given that his first major success at Marvel was writing a now-considered-classic take on Daredevil, it’s fitting that the lawyer with super-senses has been his biggest help in figuring out how to write Superman.
FLCL: Progressive Premiere: Adult Swim Launches US Concert Tour with The Pillows
To celebrate the upcoming premiere of FLCL: Progressive, Adult Swim is launching a US concert tour featuring alternative rock band The Pillows.
Adult Swim Presents The Pillows Featuring FLCL Mono Me You Sun Tour will begin on July 10 in Boston and concludes on July 19 in Los Angeles.
It'll be a limited six-city concert tour where fans can hear new songs from the anime series, such as "Spikey Seeds" and "Star Overhead," among others.
Former Smith Westerns frontman Cullen Omori will be opening up for The Pillows, with Japan's all-girl rock ensemble Noodles as the special guest in what will be the group's first US performance in eight years.
The full list of tour dates and locations are as follows: