Square Enix Announces E3 2018 Streaming Event

Square Enix will hold a streaming video event this E3.

Called the Square Enix E3 Showcase 2018, the pre-recorded stream will start at 10 a.m. PDT, 1 p.m. EDT and 6 p.m. BST on June 11. While the company isn't detailing what will be part of the event, it's promising on Twitter that viewers will "discover the exciting future of Square Enix."

Lara Croft's newest adventure will likely be featured in Square Enix's showcase. Launching in a few months, be sure to check out IGN's preview of Shadow of the Tomb Raider.

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10 Best Flash Comic Books

The Flash, DC Comics’ fastest man alive, has decades of comics to his name, so after doing some speed-reading through his catalogue, we’ve selected the best of the best that every fan of the Scarlet Speedster needs to check out.

Here are the 10 best Flash comics to get you up to speed on the adventures of Barry Allen, Wally West, and the rest of the Flash family.

For more from the world of DC, check out our video on why this Batman story is an instant classic:

Joshua is IGN’s Comics Editor. If Pokemon, Green Lantern, or Game of Thrones are frequently used words in your vocabulary, you’ll want to follow him on Twitter @JoshuaYehl and IGN.

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Rainbow Six Siege: New Characters, Map, Tweaks Announced

Rainbow Six Siege is getting two new Defenders and a new map in the Year Three Season Two update, Operation Para Bellum.

Ubisoft describes the map as the "most competitive" to date, which will arrive alongside two new Italian Defenders. It seems likely that the new operators are the two characters allegedly leaked earlier this year.

Season Two will bring new gadget intel with it, as well as buffs to the Clubhouse map and Echo operator, and the new Pick & Ban system, in addition to a few other tweaks and fixes.

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Daredevil, Jessica Jones Writers Join the Witcher Netflix Series

The writers' room for Netflix's in-development The Witcher series has opened, and Daredevil and Jessica Jones writers Sneha Koorse and Jenny Klein have joined the team.

Showrunner Lauren Hissrich announced the news in a tweet:

Nintendo Has “No Plans” For Switch Virtual Console Branding

Nintendo Switch doesn't look like it's getting Virtual Console, but that doesn't necessarily mean Nintendo won't re-release older games.

Speaking to Kotaku in the wake of its announcements about the Nintendo Switch online service, a company spokesperson said: "There are currently no plans to bring classic games together under the Virtual Console banner as has been done on other Nintendo systems."

It's important to note that while it may be abandoning the Virtual Console brand, Nintendo isn't saying that it will abandon re-releases.

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Xbox One X with Far Cry 5, PUBG, Halo V and Gears of War for £430

 

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Xbox One X 1TB with Four Popular Games under £430

Get the sweetest Xbox One X 1TB bundle, which includes four popular games; Far Cry 5, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, Halo 5 Guardians and Gears of War Ultimate Edition, all for only £429.99 at Very.co.uk. You can also add an optional wireless controller and/or Xbox Live Gold membership for 12 months for an additional £40.

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Deadpool 2 Originally Featured Wade Wilson as a Dad

The Merc with a Mouth was originally going to be a father in Deadpool 2, but Wade Wilson's shenanigans made it too complicated.

"The genesis of it was 'What if Deadpool had a child?' Like, what if we started five years later and what would that be like?" Reynolds told EW. "By page 1.5, it was totally untenable. We were just like, ‘Nope. Nope. No, no, no. This is never, ever going to work.'"

Reynolds co-wrote the sequel with Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick. After figuring out the dad angle wasn't quite right, they decided to make the story about wanting a family but being unable to have one. "We went back to the drawing board and kind of reworked it in a way about wanting to have a child, which is something that so many people I know experience on a daily basis — wanting to have a child but can’t.”

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Original Avengers Get Matching Tattoos

The stars of the original Avengers movie have picked up matching tattoos.

Speaking to Entertainment Weekly, Iron Man star Robert Downey Jr revealed the news.

“Five of the original six Avengers got a tattoo, and the sixth was the tattoo artist, who gave it to five of us, the one who opted out being Mark Ruffalo"

The tattoo appears to be a modified version of the Avengers logo created by artist Joshua Lord. You can check it out for yourself on Robert Downey Jr's Instagram page.

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The CW Renews The 100 for Season 6

The 100 is returning for another new season.

Variety reports the CW has renewed the post-apocalyptic series for Season 6, which does not have a premiere date yet. No episode count has been determined, with previous seasons fluctuating between 13 episodes and 16 episodes.

Season 5 recently debuted on April 24 and is two episodes in so far. The fifth season saw a six-year time jump and has just bid farewell to one of the show's most controversial characters. Be sure to read how we felt about the character death and our overall thoughts on the "Red Queen" episode.

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