Jessica Jones: What You Need to Know Before Season 2
Marvel’s blunt and super-strong private investigator Jessica Jones will return to Netflix for a brand new season on March 8. Not much has been revealed about the quick-witted character’s new adventures, but based on the trailer, it looks like it’ll delve deeper into her origin and finally reveal how she received her powers. (Also be sure to check out our Jessica Jones Season 2 premiere reaction!)
The best way to refresh your memory on Jessica’s story is obviously to rewatch the first season and Marvel’s the Defenders, but not everyone has time for that. Luckily for you, we’re here to tell you everything you need to know about Jessica Jones’ story so far!
Overwatch Hero 27 Announced
After a series of teases, Blizzard has confirmed Overwatch Hero 27 is Brigitte Lindholm, who will be available on the PTR today.
Brigitte's strengths lie in armor and defense as a support character, including her ability to throw repair packs and use her Flail, a melee weapon allowing her to hit a number of enemies with one swing.
Her full list of abilities, along with their official descriptions, include:
- Rocket Flail – Brigitte’s melee weapon has an extended range, enabling her to strike multiple enemies with a single swing.
- Repair Pack – Brigitte throws a Repair Pack that can heal an ally. Any healing over that ally’s maximum health provides them with armor instead.
Oscars: 16 Best Pictures That Never Won Best Picture
In the tapestry of Best Picture winners, there are more than a few films that are sorely – and often shockingly – missing. These are the movies that a lot of people assume won Best Picture, but in fact, never did. Oftentimes, it was a lesser picture (at least in retrospect) that took home the Academy’s highest honor. For example, The King’s Speech taking the prize over The Social Network. Or La La Land oh so briefly being an Oscar winner before it was revealed Moonlight had actually won.
Whether it was an upset or an oversight, we thought it’d be fun, with Oscar Sunday fast approaching, to list off some of the films commonly mistaken as Best Pictures, even though they never got the recognition from the Academy.
Peggy Carter Makes Her Comic Debut as Captain America
Marvel's upcoming new Exiles comic book series will see the comic debut of Peggy Carter as Captain America.
Nerdist reports the new Exiles team, featuring Blink, Cartoon Wolverine, an older Kamala Kahn and more, will travel around the multiverse and end up meeting an alternate version of Peggy Carter fighting for justice as Captain America.
Exiles #3 cover, image via Nerdist.
Kevin Smith Gives Update on Current Health
Following his recent heart attack, Kevin Smith has reassured fans he's feeling much better now and will be undergoing a massive lifestyle change.
Smith shared what transpired on Sunday night via a Facebook video, revealing he didn't realize he was experiencing a heart attack after a stand-up show.
"I started feeling nauseous, and I tried to lay down on the floor, and when I was laying down on the floor, I wound up getting ill, like threw up but mostly bile,” Smith said. “I just thought I got some bad milk. That was it. I started feeling pressure on my chest, but not like, ‘There’s an elephant on my chest,’ I just couldn’t catch my breath. Honestly, I was never really in pain.”
Batman: Gotham City Chronicles Smashes Funding Goal
The Batman: Gotham City Chronicles board game has quadrupled its Kickstarter goal of $500,000 USD in less than 24 hours.
At the time of writing, Monolith Board Games has raised $2 million USD from over 8,000 backers for its Batman-themed miniatures board game — and the Kickstarter campaign still has 31 days to go. Gotham City Chronicles is expected to ship to backers in April 2019.
Batman: Gotham City Chronicles Heroes and Villains boxes. Image via Monolith Board Games
How Much Will Wreck-It Ralph 2 Poke Fun at Disney?
The new trailer for Ralph Breaks the Internet: Wreck-It Ralph 2 reveals that protagonists Wreck-It Ralph (voiced by John C. Reilly) and Vanellope Von Schweetz (voiced by Sarah Silverman) venture even further beyond the world they know than they did in the 2012 original, this time journeying into the Internet itself.
As Rich Moore explained to me during a recent phone interview with him and his fellow director Phil Johnston (both veterans of the first film), the filmmakers' intention for the Disney Animation sequel was to test the friendship between Ralph and Vanellope by thrusting them out of the familiarity of the old world into the unpredictability of a wild, new one.
PS Plus to Stop Offering PS3 and Vita Games
PlayStation Plus will stop offering monthly PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita titles from next year.
Starting March 8, 2019, the PlayStation Plus monthly games lineup will no longer include PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita titles, Sony announced today.
No other changes are being made to the service, and members will still keep access to any PS3 and Vita titles they redeem, or have redeemed, but no new games will be added beyond that point.
Sony stated it will continue to prioritize PS Plus benefits, including online multiplayer, online game save storage, monthly games on PS4, and exclusive PS Store discounts.
Far Cry 5: Clutch Nixon Stunt Mission Gameplay – IGN First
While times might be bleak in Hope County, Montana during the events of Far Cry 5, there's a vein of lighthearted fun running throughout the world.
There's no better example of that than the legend of Clutch Nixon, the '60s and '70s daredevil who performed impossible feats, usually half drunk, that cemented his place in Hope County lore for all time. Best of all, you'll be able to recreate some of his heroic, and exceedingly dangerous stunts, by finding commemorative plaques throughout the world.
We're happy to share one of those side missions today as part of our IGN First coverage of Far Cry 5. Suit up, put on your best '70s 'stache, and watch the story of the Spray and Pray run in the video above!
PS Plus Lineup for March 2018 Announced
Sony has unveiled the PlayStation Plus free games lineup for March 2018:
- Bloodborne (PS4)
- Ratchet & Clank (PS4)
- Legend of Kay (PS3)
- Mighty No. 9 (PS3)
- Claire: Extended Cut (PS Vita)
- Bombing Busters (PS Vita)
Bloodborne is FromSoftware's PS4-exclusive take on the Souls series. We called it "an amazing, exacting, and exhausting pilgrimage through a gorgeous land that imposes the feeling of approaching the bottom of a descent into madness", in our 9.1 review.
Ratchet & Clank is the beautiful remake of Insomniac's classic 3D platformer - we called it "one of the most charming, creative, and rewarding adventures in recent memory."