Marvel’s The Punisher Finally Reveals Its Netflix Debut Date
Netflix has revealed the premiere date for Marvel's The Punisher, and it's less than a month away.
The series will debut on Netflix on November 17. The streaming giant announced the news via a new trailer (below), which proves a few more story details about Frank Castle's upcoming quest for revenge.
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Following the recent tragic events in Las Vegas, Netflix reportedly postponed its premiere of The Punisher. It has taken Netflix quite some time to unveil the debut date, despite prior speculation it would premiere in November. Netflix and Marvel have previously obscured the release date on posters and advertising.
Comic Book Reviews for October 18, 2017
It was another big week of comic book releases. Marvel welcomed several more series into the Marvel Legacy fold, including Invincible Iron Man, Cable, Incredible Hulk and The Mighty Thor. DC delved deeper into Batman's surprise engagement to Catwoman in Batman #33 and spotlighted another twisted Dark Knight in Batman: The Drowned #1. Elsewhere, IDW finally kicked off their new Black Crown imprint with Kid Lobotomy #1, and Dark Horse launched the Black Hammer spinoff Sherlock Frankenstein & The Legion of Evil.
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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IGN’s Next Big Game Looks at Call of Duty: WW2
IGN's weekly video series Next Big Game returns with an inside look at Activision and Sledgehammer Games' upcoming first-person shooter Call of Duty: WWII.
With Next Big Game, we take a look at the biggest and most exciting upcoming games, and break down all of the latest info and work with the studios to provide you with plenty of new content, including gameplay, and much more.
For this week's episode, we went behind the scenes at Sledgehammer and spoke with the Call of Duty: WWII creators about the game's new modes and why the franchise needed to return to its roots.
Pokemon Go: Generation 3 Pokemon, Halloween Event Confirmed
After multiple leaks earlier this week, Niantic has now officially confirmed that Pokemon from Ruby and Sapphire are coming to Pokemon Go, plus a special new Pikachu.
In a blog post on Pokemon Go’s official site, Niantic announced that this year’s Halloween event will begin on October 20. To celebrate, Sableye, Banette, and “a few other Ghost-type Pokemon originally discovered in the Hoenn region” will be the first generation three Pokemon to come to the game.
Dusclops, Duskull, and Shuppet are also shown in a trailer for the event, and Niantic confirms that more new generation three Pokemon will start to “gradually arrive” beginning in December.
Pokemon Ultra Sun and Moon: Suspected Red and Blue Location Is Actually a New Area
An image that led some fans to believe that Pokemon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon would include a trip to Kanto isn't what they'd hoped - although the game's director would not rule out a connection to the setting of Pokemon Red and Blue.
IGN asked about the image from the game's story trailer (shown in the tweet below) - which looked like a new take on Lt. Surge's gym from the original games - and, after some discussion, Ultra Sun and Moon director Kazumasa Iwao came up with a slightly hazy reply:
"What you’ve seen in that particular image is a new place to visit in
Ultra Sun and Moon Will Be the Last Pokemon RPGs for 3DS
Pokemon Ultra Sun and Moon will be the "culmination" of series developer Game Freak's work on 3DS, presumably before the core Pokemon RPG series moves to a new home on Nintendo Switch.
Speaking to IGN, Game Freak director Shigeru Ohmori explained that the company has seen each of its 3DS games as the full extent of what could be achieved on the handheld console:
"When we were making Pokemon X and Y, we really were trying to push the 3DS system to its absolute limits - which is what we thought we’d done. But when Sun and Moon came around, we completely redesigned the system, and actually ended up pushing the 3DS even further to what we thought was the most we could draw out of it."
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Upsets and Comebacks: Previewing the 2017 LoL World Championship
The battle for the League of Legends Summoner’s Cup has been raging for over three weeks. There have been epic plays, massive upsets, and a fair share of surprises. Need to catch up on the most important stories? Here’s a region-by-region breakdown to get you ready for the Knockout Stage!
The expectations were sky high for North American teams heading into the second week of the Group Stage as Immortals, TSM, and Cloud 9 all fought their way to solid 2-1 records. But the second week curse realized itself once again when both TSM and Immortals fell in blowout tiebreaker losses.
Nintendo Switch Update Allows for Save, User Data Transfers
The latest Nintendo Switch system update allows players to finally transfer user and save data, as well as capture video clips of certain games.
Nintendo has released the latest 4.0.0 update for the system, which finally gives Switch users the ability to transfer both their saved game and user account data from one Switch to another. In order to transfer, both systems must be updated to 4.0.0. and connected to the internet. The system a user is transferring to cannot have more than seven users.
Users can now transfer Switch accounts between systems.
Death Comes for the Ten Realms in Thor #700
The Mighty Thor #700 offers a taste of things to come for the series in Marvel Legacy, and it's not looking good for these Thors.
Warning: this article contains spoilers for The Mighty Thor #700!
While this issue features a number of intertwined stories, the main conflict involves the Odinson defending Karnila and her fellow Norns from Malekith's army. Malekith's goal is to destroy the home of the Norns and the threads of fate they weave. Basically, he thinks that be destroyign fate, nothing will stand in the way of him becoming ruler of the Ten Realms.