Comic Book Reviews for November 1, 2017
It was another big week for the comic book industry. DC dropped several new Batman comics, including Batman #34 and Batman: White Knight #2, while also debuting a new take on an old-favorite with The Jetsons #1. Marvel welcomed a new team to Captain America, with excellent results, while also inducting Guardians of the Galaxy and Spider-Man into Marvel Legacy. Elsewhere, IDW kicked off a new TMNT/Ghostbusters crossover and Image dropped a new issue of The Walking Dead.
Scroll down to check out our reviews for these and various other new releases, and be sure to let us know your favorite books of the week in the comments below.
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Super Mario Odyssey Is the Fastest-Selling Mario Game Ever in the US and Europe
Nintendo has announced that Super Mario Odyssey's success is continuing, as it becomes the fastest-selling Mario title ever in two major territories.
The US market accounts for 1.1 million copies alone, overtaking the launch sales of New Super Mario Bros. Wii. In Europe, the game eclipsed reigning champion Super Mario Galaxy 2's opening weekend sales, although no specific number was given.
It's not hugely surprising news - we already knew the game had sold over 2 million copies in just three days.
It's richly deserved - we awarded Odyssey a perfect 10 in our review, calling it a "generational masterpiece".
4K FAQ: Everything You Need to Know
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"4K" is a format, a resolution, and a marketing term that implies a whole host of features. "4K" is also part of a new console war, the hottest thing in TVs, and the bane of your monthly internet data cap.
For a technology that’s all about sharpness and clarity, it sure can be muddy and confusing. Here, we’ll try to answer the most common 4K questions to give you a basic understanding of what it is, and what it means for gamers.
Call of Duty: WW2 Has a Nail-Biting Espionage Campaign Mission
If I had to describe Call of Duty: WW2’s single-player campaign in just one word, that word would be loud. Boasting some of the biggest and most deafening set pieces in a Call of Duty campaign to date, those who enjoy bombastic moments and hair-raising intensity should find themselves quite satisfied. And yet it wasn’t until the gunfire stopped and I was told I needed to stealthily infiltrate an enemy garrison disguised as a Nazi that I learned another kind of fear WW2 had to offer.
The mission itself is simple enough: Make contact with your associate and exchange briefcases. To get to him, you’ll have to talk your way through Nazi guards and officers, convincing them there’s nothing out of the ordinary. The entire sequence is action free, but one of the most edge-of-your-seat moments I’ve ever experienced in a Call of Duty campaign.
LA Noire is the Next Switch Game That Won’t Fit on its Hard Drive
The eShop version of LA Noire for the Nintendo Switch is too big to fit on the internal storage.
Developer Rockstar revealed the news via a post on its support page for LA Noire. The article goes into further detail about the storage requirements, which differ depending on what version of the game you choose to pick up.
If you decide on the physical cartridge version, expect a 14GB download before you can play which contains "required gameplay data" as well as "general bug fixes and improvements"
However, those who opt for a digital copy of LA Noire for their Nintendo Switch will have to purchase a microSD card which is sold separately to the console.
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7 Crucial Things to Know About Pacific Rim: Uprising
On a boiling hot Thursday in February, we took a bus out to Homebush, a sprawling suburb located about a 40 minutes drive out of the Sydney CBD on a good day. Pacific Rim: Uprising’s set here looked bare from a distance, bar the four 20-meter high bluescreens that will become the large submarine station that houses its Jaegers, the “Shatterdome”.
The set is a lot busier on closer look. Groups of military and scientists across multiple ethnicities stroll the same carefully choreographed route after every call of action. Trucks trundle across the tarmac, reverse, then do it again. Earth’s last line of defence has changed in the 10 years since the events of the first film, and Pan Pacific Defence Corps is now a humming homogeneous organisation, united across all countries in its efforts to defend humanity against the omnipresent threat of the Kaijus.
Luke Skywalker Returns to the Millennium Falcon
Disney and LucasFilm have unveiled another brief glimpse at Star Wars: The Last Jedi, debuting a fresh TV spot for the next chapter in the Star Wars saga during Game 7 of the Major League Baseball World Series in the US.
You can view the spot yourself here.
The short, 45-second teaser is largely built from snippets of the film we've already seen in previous trailers, although there are a few new shots, including a lingering one of a slightly-spellbound Luke Skywalker reentering the cockpit of the Millennium Falcon. The TV spot also reiterated Luke's perturbing line from the previous trailer: "This is not going to go the way you think."
Shadowverse Is Introducing Portalcraft: A Whole New Class
Shadowverse developer Cygames today dropped some absolutely huge news for fans of its anime-flavoured CCG. Shadowverse Producer Yuito Kimura announced that alongside the next expansion – the game’s 7th set of cards – Shadowverse will be introducing formats to constructed play, as well as a whole new class – Portalcraft.
The two formats for constructed will be Rotation and Unlimited. Rotation will include all cards released in the five latest card sets, as well as select basic cards, and the total card pool will be around 500. That may sound like a lot, but if you consider that the game’s sixth card set, Starforged Legends, which was released at the end of September, brought the total number of cards to over 900, which means that the next set, which will hit at the end of the year, will bring the total pool to more than 1000, the number seems a lot smaller.
Tyrese Gibson Threatens to Quit Furious Franchise if Dwayne Johnson Is in Fast 9
Actor and music artist Tyrese Gibson’s clash with Fast & Furious franchise co-star Dwayne Johnson continues, with Gibson declaring today that he would back out of the series if Johnson returned for Fast 9.
Gibson made his announcement via his personal Instagram account, writing, “I’m sorry to announce that if Dewayne
is in Fast9 there will no more Roman Peirce
.”
Gibson proceeded to refer to Johnson as a “clown” and a “selfish champ.”
Gibson’s anger at Johnson is linked to the upcoming Fast & Furious spin-off in the pipe for Johnson and Jason Statham, due to hit theatres July 26, 2019. In a previous Instagram post Gibson admitted that he “was just mad that