Persona 5 Anime Premiere Date Announced
The premiere dates of Persona 5 the Animation and Sword Art Online Alternative Gun Gale Online have been revealed.
In a pair of posts on Twitter, Aniplex USA announced Persona 5 the Animation and SAO Alternative: Gun Gale Online will premiere on April 7. Both shows will be available for streaming on Crunchyroll and Hulu.
The Persona 5 anime series was announced in July last year. A standalone anime special called Persona 5 the Animation -The Daybreakers- premiered just ahead of the release of Atlus' PlayStation 4 RPG in Japan.
Nintendo’s PAX East Lineup Revealed
Nintendo has unveiled its lineup of titles that will be playable on Switch at PAX East this year.
As announced in a post on Nintendo's official website, this will be the first time a number of titles—including Dark Souls Remastered, Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus, Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes, and Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy—will be playable by the public on Nintendo Switch.
Here's the full list of Switch games that will be playable at Nintendo's booth:
- Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
- Hyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition
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Agents of SHIELD Reveals Earth’s Destruction Connects to…Captain America?
This week's episode of Marvel's Agents of SHIELD, "Rise and Shine," took us straight into the heart of the entire season - the fated destruction of Earth itself - while also filling us in on Hydra's sinister schemes post-first Avengers movie.
In a busy, bustling episode, that also included our first look at Yo-Yo with her robotic arms from the comics, we learned that it was, in fact, Daisy Johnson who destroyed the world in the future timeline where our heroes spent the first half of the season. But not just any Daisy...a Daisy who'd been turned into a super-soldier via special infusion chamber designed by Daniel Whitehouse.
New PUBG Map Enters Testing Next Week
Testing for PlayerUnknown's Battleground's upcoming map Codename: Savage will open in just a few days.
As detailed in an announcement post on Steam, the first testing window for the 4x4km island map will open on April 2 at 7pm PT/10pm ET (April 3 at 3am UK/1pm AET) and conclude on April 5 at 4am PT/7am ET/12pm UK/10pm AET.
This first test will be "more limited" since "it's a super early build" of the map, but the studio promises the next test will be larger. Details on how players can participate will be provided on Monday.
PUBG director Brendan Greene offered a sneak peek at the map—which features a lush forested area and branching river—earlier this month at GDC.
Third Party Nintendo Switch Docks Are Bricking Consoles – NVC Ep. 401
Weeelcooome to episode 400 of our weekly Nintendo show and podcast, Nintendo Voice Chat. This week, Miranda Sanchez joins the NVC crew to chat about her review for Detective Pikachu and shares her thoughts on why she thinks it's a great game. Later, the gang discusses the many growing concerns with using third-party Nintendo Switch docks, the closing of the Wii Ship Channel, a possible return for Wario Land, Crazy Justice, and more!
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New Deadpool 2 Poster Celebrates Easter
A new Deadpool 2 poster celebrating Easter has been released.
The image (via GeekTyrant), features the Merc with a Mouth (Ryan Reynolds) alongside a large golden egg. Check out the poster below:
New Deadpool 2 poster, via GeekTyrant.
Jurassic World 3 Director Revealed
Colin Trevorrow is on board to helm Jurassic World 3.
Steven Spielberg, who will return as an executive producer on the film, confirmed the news to Entertainment Weekly. "Colin Trevorrow is going write and direct the third Jurassic World story," Spielberg said.
Trevorrow co-wrote and directed 2015's Jurassic World and penned the script for the upcoming Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, which is directed by J.A. Bayona (A Monster Calls). Trevorrow handed the directing reigns over to Bayona to work on Star Wars Episode IX. However, Trevorrow was later dropped from Episode IX and replaced by J.J. Abrams.
Deadpool Animated Series Rejected Test Footage Reportedly Leaks
Rejected test footage for Donald Glover's canceled Deadpool animated series has reportedly been leaked online.
This test footage, which you can view here, is from animation company Titmouse. Per Reddit, while Titmouse pitched the footage, it didn't get the gig. Instead, FX went with Floyd County Productions, the company behind Archer, before ultimately parting ways with Marvel TV and Glover on the project.
Black Panther Composer Will Score Venom
Black Panther composer Ludwig Goransson is set to score another comic book movie this year.
Deadline reports Goransson will compose the soundtrack for Sony's upcoming Venom solo film starring Tom Hardy as Eddie Brock. Goransson will reunite with the movie's director Ruben Fleischer, after the duo worked together on Fleischer's 2011 film 30 Minutes or Less.
Along with composing the music for Black Panther, Goransson also scored two of Black Panther director Ryan Cooler's other movies, Fruitvale Station and Creed, as well as Central Intelligence and Death Wish. Goransson is also the producer of Donald Glover's Childish Gambino albums.