Unicron Dwarfs Earth in This Amazing Transformers Art
Unicron is about to make his first major appearance in IDW Publishing's Transformers universe. Today at WonderCon the publisher revealed first details about Transformers: Unicron, a new miniseries that promises to profoundly reshape the Transformers franchise.
First, check out this amazingly detailed new image of Unicron drawn by Alex Milne and colored by Sebastian Cheng:
Transformers: Unicron is a six-issue miniseries drawn by Milne and written by John Barber. The series will ship twice-monthly beginning in July. The series will see Optimus Prime rally his fellow Cybertronians in a desperate effort to hold back their all-powerful enemy. IDW's press release teases that this series will serve as "the epic conclusion to the current Transformers comic book universe."
DC Reveals Two New Justice League Teams
We already knew that one new Justice League comic would be spinning out of the Justice League: No Justice miniseries, but at WonderCon 2018 DC Comics revealed that two more Justice League teams will also be joining in on the fun: Justice League Dark and Justice League Odyssey.
Dark will be written by James Tynion IV with art by penciller Alvaro Martinez, inker Raul Fernandez and colorist Brad Anderson. Wonder Woman is the leader with members Swamp Thing, Detective Chimp, Man-Bat, Zatanna and the Question (Renee Montoya). Magic is disrupted at the end of Dark Nights: Metal and the plot sees the beings who created it are coming to take it back. Check out some images of the lineups from WonderCon below:
Black Panther to Be Top-Grossing Superhero Film of All Time
Black Panther is on track to surpass The Avengers at the domestic box office this weekend to become the top-grossing superhero movie of all time in North America.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, projected weekend numbers put director Ryan Coogler's Marvel movie ahead of The Avengers' $623.4 million haul in 2012, unadjusted for inflation. Additionally, Black Panther ranks sixth among only seven films to ever reach $600 million at the domestic box office.
EA Hiring for ‘Star Wars Open World Project’
If a recent job listing is any indication, Electronic Arts' Vancouver Studio is working on an open-world Star Wars game.
The listing, discovered by GameSpot on EA Vancouver's careers page, is for a lead online engineer, who will "lead a team to deliver online features for a Star Wars Open World project."
While the job post doesn't provide much in terms of specifics about the project itself, we do know EA Vancouver is currently at work on what initially started as the Amy Hennig-directed Star Wars project at Visceral Games. The game is being developed across EA's Worldwide Studios, with its Vancouver studio heading up production.
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Our First Thoughts on Marvel’s Cloak and Dagger Premiere
Marvel's Cloak and Dagger doesn't premiere on Freeform until June 7, but fans at WonderCon in Anaheim got an early sneak peek at the pilot episode on March 23. (And fans at South By Southwest got an even earlier look on March 11.)
We'll have a full review of the premiere before its official release this summer, but here are five things we noticed in the first episode.
Actually, they're way more than alright -- our heroes Tandy Bowen (Olivia Holt) and Tyrone Johnson (Aubrey Joseph) are both played by engaging performers with natural charisma, especially when their powers start to manifest. The two treat their burgeoning abilities with just the right blend of confusion and fear, and although it's clear that they'll be on a steep learning curve as they try to get to grips with what's happening to them, you can definitely see the potential for them to have fun with their newfound skills down the line. Since the show hinges on Holt and Joseph's chemistry, it's a relief to see that the dynamic between Tandy and Ty is satisfyingly complicated -- certainly enough to power the show through multiple seasons as the duo grows closer.
R.I.P. Meltdown Comics and Nerdmelt Showroom
After 25 years of serving the nerdy and artistic needs of the Los Angeles community, the beloved Meltdown Comics neon sign is about to go dark. The news broke this week via a post from Meltdown co-founder and CEO Gaston Dominguez-Letelier.
Meltdown stood out among the many comic stores in L.A. for so many reasons. It had a huge space, cramming in vintage toys, collectibles and artwork (for this writer, the veritable shrine of Daniel Clowes memorabilia was a regular draw) alongside a jaw-dropping range of comic books, manga, variant covers, local zines, and indie graphic novels.
How PUBG Corp. Brought the Core PUBG Experience to Mobile
Earlier this week, following a successful beta test in Canada, PUBG Corp. launched PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds Mobile internationally on iOS and Android.
IGN recently spoke with key members of the mobile version’s development team and found out how PUBG Corp., in partnership with Tencent, worked to bring the complete PUBG experience to mobile devices around the world.
From the start, PUBG Corp. CEO Chang Han Kim knew a mobile version of the hit battle royale game would have to deliver the same “core excitement” players have come to love in the pre-existing PC and Xbox One versions. As the team would learn, accomplishing this required them to strike the right balance between consistency and optimization.
43 Awesome Cosplay Photos from WonderCon 2018
With WonderCon 2018 kicking off, we've been busy snapping pictures of our favorite cosplayers at the California convention. Whether professionally assembled or made at home, these cosplayers showed off their fandom in a variety of creative and awesome ways.
Watch our full video roundup here:
There are some standout Disney, Marvel, Pokemon, Star Wars and IT cosplayers and as well as some epic crossovers, so check 'em out! We'll be updating this throughout the con, so be sure to check back from March 23 through March 25 for our latest cosplay photos.
WonderCon is taking place all weekend long, so make sure to stay tuned to IGN for all the biggest reviews and hottest news coming out of the convention. Here's our review from DC animated films' Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay's world premiere, as well as our first impressions of Freeform's Cloak and Dagger series.
The Best Switch Game From Nintendo’s 2018 Spring Nindies Showcase – NVC Ep. 400
Weeelcooome to episode 400 of our weekly Nintendo show and podcast, Nintendo Voice Chat. This week, Brjann Sigurgeirsson, Founder & CEO of Image & Form joins the panel to discuss SteamWorld Dig 2's massive success on Switch, what it's like working with Nintendo to get a game on the eShop, and the possibility of SteamWorld characters in Smash! Later in the show, Filip and Brian give a rundown of the best Switch games they played from Nintendo's 2018 Spring Nindies showcase, and Zach chimes in for a very special nod to The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker!
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