Guillermo del Toro’s Hellboy 3 That Never Was
The official announcement by Hellboy creator Mike Mignola that a cinematic reboot of Hellboy is on the way seals the fate of Guillermo del Toro's long-gestating Hellboy 3.
Ever since Hellboy II: The Golden Army's 2008 release, del Toro and Hellboy star Ron Perlman frequently discussed the potential for a third iteration of his take on the comic book character. Earlier this year, del Toro said the third film "100 percent will not happen," but what could have been — as it's just one of many cancelled projects IGN is dying to see — had del Toro and Perlman had one more chance to tell Red's story?
BioWare’s New IP Release Date Pushed Back
During its quarterly call with investors today, EA announced BioWare's new project has been pushed into its 2019 fiscal year.
EA's fiscal year begins in April, so it looks like we'll need to wait until at least April 2018. In January, EA announced BioWare's new IP release date was sometime before March of 2018.
The delay is attributed to new features BioWare is adding to the as-of-yet unnamed game, built around a live service, something EA said is coming along well.
"We're very pleased with the progress of our new action IP from BioWare," EA CEO Andrew Wilson said during the call. "We decided to add more to the disruptive new social design for our players."
Prey: Bethesda Aiming to Have a Patch to Fix Game-Breaking Bugs ‘This Week’
Publisher Bethesda Softworks has said that the company is looking to release an update to address the game-breaking Prey issues on PC sometime this week.
After a number of players and IGN's Dan Stapleton have reported running into save-related issues and full game crashes late into playing Prey, Bethesda announced the company is "actively working" on an update to Arkane Studios' latest release. Now, Bethesda has offered a more specific time frame for that patch.
"The team is working diligently on a fix and the aim is to have an update out this week," a representative for Bethesda Softworks told IGN, explaining that more information regarding the update should be on the way tomorrow.
Chicken Nugget Fan Now Has the Most Retweets Ever
Nevada teenager Carter Wilkerson just wanted some chicken nuggets. In the process, he ended up with the most retweets ever on Twitter.
The official Wendy's Twitter account announced that Wilkerson posted "the most retweeted tweet of all-time." Back on April 5, he screen-capped a conversation he had with Wendy's on social media and asked for retweeting help on Twitter to get a year's worth of chicken nuggets.
Nevada teen Carter Wilkerson now holds the record for most retweets. Courtesy of the Wendy's Twitter account
GRRM Releasing New Game of Thrones Short Story
"The Book of Swords," an upcoming anthology featuring stories from an array of different authors, will include a new Game of Thrones short story from George R. R. Martin.
As reported by Winter Is Coming, Martin's story, titled "The Sons of the Dragon," chronicles the history of the second and third Targaryen kings who ruled from the Iron Throne. Aenys I Targaryen and Maegor the Cruel were entirely different rulers, with the former being both wise and thoughtful, while the latter was incredibly cruel.
"The Book of Swords" cover art, via Penguin Random House
Clearing Up The Real Best-Selling Comic of April 2017
While the monthly comic book unit sales chart usually comes and goes without much incident, April’s recently released stats from Diamond Comic Distributors have caused some confusion over which comic book was actually the top seller. Marvel Comics’ Secret Empire #0 sits atop the chart, which writer Nick Spencer took as reason to celebrate on Twitter, but after taking a closer look, that book was actually outsold by two others from DC Comics.
April saw the start of “The Button” crossover between Batman and The Flash solo books, picking up on the juicy Watchmen plot seeded in last year’s best-selling DC Universe: Rebirth #1. Special lenticular (a term for those 3D images that change when you tilt them) variant covers were made for Batman #21 and The Flash #21, bumping the price up from $2.99 to $3.99.
Fox Options Rights to Andy Weir’s Next Novel Artemis
Artemis, the upcoming novel from The Martian author Andy Weir, is getting a film adaptation.
IGN can confirm Fox has optioned the rights to the book, which, as reported by Nerdist, will release on November 14 in the US and Canada in both print and digital formats.
Andy Weir's Artemis novel is now available for pre-order on Amazon
Bob Ross Comes to Smite
Smite is getting a happy little Bob Ross Sylvanus bundle.
The add-on content comes with a Bob Ross skin for Sylvanus, the playable god who fittingly already has a tree companion. The bundle also includes a paint splatter jump stamp and loading frame.
"We’ve partnered with Twitch for special Smite content in the past and this latest collaboration is something our dev team was really excited to work on," said Todd Harris, who's a co-founder and COO of Hi-Rez Studios, in a statement. “The Joy of Painting inspired artists across the game industry and the Twitch livestreams introduced Bob to gamers worldwide."
The Bob Ross bundle in Smite will cost 700 gems or $10 on Twitch Commerce. It's available now on PC and releases May 16 on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.
Is the Arrow-verse Setting Up Its Own Justice League?
One of the biggest mysteries in the Arrow-verse over the years has been the question of whether Batman exists in the same world as The Flash and Green Arrow.
We've seen some of his iconic villains show up (Ra's al Ghul and Harley Quinn, sort of), and even heard Vandal Savage make a reference to "Dark Knights" falling, but there's never been direct confirmation that the Arrow-verse has a Batman. But now we seem to have our answer. There may not be a Batman on Barry Allen and Oliver Queen's world, but there is one in the Supergirl universe.
That confirmation came in last night's episode, "City of Lost Children," as Winn and James made a joking reference to "Clark's friend," a dark vigilante with a habit of frightening the very people he's trying to protect. The name "Batman" was never actually uttered, but it's clear from the context of that scene (and Winn miming a pair of bat ears) that they were referring to the Caped Crusader. This is more than a simple, fun cameo. This twist could have major ramifications for the Arrow-verse as a whole.
iZombie: Liv’s a Hot Mess and Even Corpses Are in Trouble
In each episode of iZombie, part of the fun is seeing what new brain Liv (Rose McIver) consumes, and what traits she takes on as a result. This week, Liv finds herself on "hot mess brain" and the results aren't pretty. A clubbing, self-obsessed, disorganized, scatter-brained wannabe DJ, the victim here is not exactly an upgrade for Liv.
Check out IGN's exclusive clip from "Some Like it Hot Mess," as Ravi (Rahul Kohl) learns just how much Liv's new persona is interfering with her job - and the corpses it involves.
Previewing this episode with IGN, iZombie co-creator/executive producer Rob Thomas said, "Rose, as she often does -- but this one I particularly enjoyed -- has so many winning, unscripted moments. Just looks that she gives that are so great. We kinda knew she would be good on this one."