James Gunn Reminds us That Baby Groot is Groot’s Son
In case you missed it, Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn has confirmed that yes, the original Groot is totally dead. Sorry.
Though he's said this before, Gunn recently clarified in a tweet that Baby Groot from Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 is Groot's son, not a baby version or a clone of Groot himself.
"First Groot is dead," wrote Gunn. "Baby Groot is his son."
Gunn's tweet has sparked a lot of discussion over the nature of plants reproducing. Feel free to browse this (highly entertaining) thread at your leisure.
SEGA Removes Yakuza 6 Demo Because Players Were Able to Unlock Full Game
The Yakuza 6: The Song of Life Demo has been removed from the US PlayStation Store after SEGA discovered users were able to unlock the full game.
The official SEGA Twitter account issued an apology today for having to remove the demo for the latest Yakuza title.
We’re looking into the nature of the issue. Thank you for your patience. 2/2
— SEGA (@SEGA) February 27, 2018
The tweet explains that some players were able to use the demo to unlock the full game without paying for the full game, which isn't too surprising given its whopping 36.53GB download size.
Mario Odyssey’s Greatest Cheat Is Patched
While the latest update for Super Mario Odyssey added Luigi's Balloon World, it also patched out several glitches, including a major one used by speedrunners.
As detailed in our Super Mario Odyssey cheats and secrets guide, prior to the update, players could perform a trick where they capture a frog mid-air with Cappy and find themselves hovering in a glitched swimming position. Speedrunners took advantage of this glitch to quickly clear the game's Darker Side area.
IGN can verify the latest patch released as part of the Luigi's Balloon World update has removed this glitch from the game.
Star Wars Rebels Just Changed the Franchise Forever
Since its debut in the third season of The Clone Wars, Mortis has been one of the most unique and divisive elements in the Star Wars canon.
Combining strands of Force mysticism and ancient Jedi lore in ways never before seen in a Star Wars story, Mortis continues to be a much debated topic in the fandom; and this week on Star Wars Rebels, its presence was felt again.
A three episode story arc in The Clone Wars, the Mortis episodes find Anakin Skywalker, Ahsoka Tano, and Obi-Wan Kenobi responding to a Jedi distress code that appears to be thousands of years old. Upon arriving, they’re drawn into a strange, diamond-shaped monolith, and transported into what appears to be an entirely different dimension.
Oscars: IGN Reviews the Best Picture Nominees
With the winners of the 90th Academy Awards set to be revealed this Sunday, let's take a look back at what our film critics thought of the nine movies the Academy has nominated for Best Picture.
Those nominees are Call Me By Your Name, Darkest Hour, Dunkirk, Get Out, Lady Bird, Phantom Thread, The Post, The Shape of Water, and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.
To find out the scores our reviewers gave the Best Picture nominees, scroll through the slideshow below or watch the video above! (The films are listed in alphabetical order.)
For more Oscars coverage, check out the full list of nominations, which movies and artists got snubbed, discover the 10 major milestones crossed by this year's nominees, learn what our Movies Podcast crew thought about all of the above, and check out our rundown of the weirdest Oscar nominations ever!
Apple Reportedly Planning 3 New iPhones This Year
Three new iPhones are reportedly in the works to be released by Apple this year.
According to Bloomberg, Apple is working on three different devices to target a wider range of customers after the iPhone X sold less than expected potentially, in part possibly due to reported production delays.
The trio of smartphones reportedly includes a large "phablet" — a phone nearing the size of a tablet — which will be the biggest iPhone ever, a new phone similar in size to the iPhone X, and a cheaper model with fewer features.
Barbara Streisand Cloned Her Dog Twice
Dogs are amazing and wonderful, but the time we spend with them on this Earth is far too short. However, if you're enormously wealthy, you can extend your time with your beloved dog by having a perfect copy made, thanks to science.
Barbara Streisand, the fabulously wealthy and talented star of both 1968's Funny Girl and 2010's Meet the Fockers, had her beloved dog Samantha cloned. Twice.
According to Variety, Streisand wanted her photo for the magazine's upcoming issue to feature her with her dogs, with the Streisand-suggested caption "Send in the clones."
Here’s How John Cena Can Still Face Undertaker at WrestleMania
I know, I know. You're all like "Fowler, shut the hell up with your John Cena vs. The Undertaker obsession. You suck! And you smell like poo!"
True, I haven't exactly been coy about wanting to see Cena face Undertaker in the Deadman's (advertised as such) last match in WWE. In fact, the only person I'm sure wants to see this match happen more than me is...well, John Cena.
Last year, Cena vs. Undertaker was one of the rumored WrestleMania bouts but the the decision was made to put Taker against Roman Reigns and Cena was left in the lurch. He wasn't too publicly vocal about it though he did bring it up, during a promo against The Miz (where in insisted he didn't have the pull everyone thinks he has), who'd, at that point, become his WrestleMania opponent. He basically said something like "If I really had the type of power you think I have, I'd be facing Undertaker instead of you."
Fox’s New Mutants Adding in New Character in Reshoots
A new character will reportedly be added to The New Mutants during reshoots this summer.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Fox's upcoming X-Men spinoff "will undergo a round of additional photography this summer that will insert a new character into the thriller." The New Mutants was previously stated to open in theaters this April, but last month the film was delayed to February 22, 2019.
With regard to how the Disney-Fox merger is affecting the studio, a Fox insider told THR, "We actually have way more in development and production in Marvel IP than at any point in the history of the studio. There's been zero slowdown on that front given Disney."
How to Stream the 2018 Oscars
The 90th Academy Awards will take place on March 4th, 2018 at Hollywood’s Dolby Theater. Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk and Jordan Peele’s Get Out are just some of the exciting nominees for best picture this year, which should make for an entertaining evening with Jimmy Kimmel acting as host. (You can find our full list of nominations right here, and here's how you can do a last minute cram-session and watch the Oscar nominees online.)