Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Easter Eggs, References and Cameos
Full spoilers follow for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2. You've been warned!
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 is packed with Easter eggs, references, and more than a few deep-cut comic character cameos. And we love them all! But did you catch everything?
Check out our video above, or the slideshow below (or both!) for our full rundown of all the weird, funny, and "oh wow" moments in the film. And be sure to take a look at our explanation on Guardians Vol. 2's ending and post-credits scenes as well!
For more on Adam Warlock, check out our video explaining the end of the movie and the other post-credit scenes. Or take a look at our history of the comics character. And don’t forget to check out our Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 review.
Marvel’s Inhumans First Photo Released
Ahead of its debut this fall, the first photo featuring the core cast of Marvel's Inhumans has been released.
Check out the photo below, courtesy of Entertainment Weekly, for an early look at the Royal Family, led by Black Bolt (Anson Mount).
(L-R) Eme Ikwuakor as Gorgon, Ken Leung as Karnak, Anson Mount as Black Bolt, Serinda Swan as Medusa, Isabelle Cornish as Crystal and Iwan Rheon as Maximus in Marvel's Inhumans, courtesy of EW
Microsoft Shares New Details on Phantom Dust Remaster
New details about Microsoft's upcoming Phantom Dust remaster have been revealed.
Speaking to Polygon, creative director Adam Isgreen discussed some of the changes that have been made to the 2004 Xbox original, confirming its single-player campaign progression has been updated, allowing players to skip any mission after failing it three times.
Microsoft also plans to release both free and paid DLC that makes Phantom Dust more accessible. In fact, there will be a free download for those who want to start the game right off the bat with a large array of cards and skills they can take with them into multiplayer. That said, Isgreen noted the overall progression of the remaster hasn't been changed in a way that would push players to purchase DLC.
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Gets US Opening Date
J.K. Rowling's two-part stage play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is heading to the US on April 22, 2018.
Deadline reports the play will open at the Lyric Theatre in New York City. Further details about the play, including when tickets will be available for purchase, will be revealed in the coming months. The Lyric Theatre will be undergoing extensive renovations in preparation for the show.
Back in December, the play's producers confirmed they were in the "final stages" of negotiations to bring the show to Broadway.The Cursed Child recently earned 11 nominations for the Olivier Awards, British theater's most prestigious accolade, making it the most nominated new play in British theater history. It's now tied with the recent West End production of Hairspray, which set the record in 2008.
Blade Runner 2049: Two New Posters Revealed
Two new posters for Blade Runner 2049, featuring the film's two principal characters, have been released today.
Revealed on the film's Twitter page, the stylish posters show Harrison Ford's Deckard and Ryan Gosling's Officer K in stark contrast:
The Deckard poster shows the ruined landscape we saw in the film's teaser trailer (below), but the K poster features a stylish new car, and a much colder aesthetic than any we've seen thus far.
Directed by Arrival's Denis Villeneuve, the long-awaited sequel to Ridley Scott's 1982 sci-fi noir will feature a new blade runner on a quest to hunt down Deckard 30 years later.
Darksiders 3 First Hands-On Preview
Gunfire Games has a unique name for Darksiders 3 internally - a phrase I heard multiple times during my visit to Austin: “Classy-Siders”. The latest iteration of the franchise is undoubtedly an extension of those that came before it - our new protagonist, Fury, looks like she’d fit perfectly in a family photo next to the original game’s hero, War, with a frantic assortment of aggressive looking skulls across her armor. It’s still a post-apocalyptic, hack’n’slash, action-adventure, too, with a combat speed somewhere in between the first and second game, but they’ve put a focus on trying to make things less ‘game-y’.
First things first, check out some brand new screenshots below:
13 Star Wars EU Concepts That Have Become Canon
Before April 2014, the Star Wars universe had levels of canon. The films and Star Wars: The Clone Wars were on their own level, while comics, games, and books had different classifications. The latter stories were collected under the Expanded Universe (or EU) umbrella. Things have since become simpler. Since April 2014, the Expanded Universe published up to that point became Legends, or non-canon. New novels, comics, and other complementary material is now canon, however, and part of the current storytelling universe.
If a story is classified as canon, it has to fit within established parameters/stories and can affect or be affected by other canon material. It's that simple. Legends material isn't any less enjoyable or any less valid because it's not canon.
5 Things We Learned About Marvel’s Defenders Comic
Writer Brian Michael Bendis and artist David Marquez have been working at the forefront of the Marvel Universe in the past couple years, first establishing a new status quo for Tony Stark in Invincible Iron Man and then tearing the Avengers down the middle in Civil War II. For their next collaboration, Bendis and Marquez are delivering a new take on the Defenders, one that clearly shares a few things in common with the upcoming Netflix show.
Marvel held one of their "Next Big Thing" press calls on Tuesday to shed more light on the new Defenders comic. Both Bendis and Marquez were in attendance, as was Executive Editor Tom Brevoort. Check out this preview art Marvel provided, and then scroll down to find out what was revealed during the call and why fans shouldn't assume this book is a simple cash-in on the Netflix series.
Arkane’s Answer to Lack of Prey PC Demo: Use Steam Refunds
Arkane co-director Raphael Colantonio has responded to controversy about the lack of a PC demo for Prey, encouraging players to take advantage of Steam's refund policy instead.
The demo is made up of the first hour of the game - a move many (including IGN's Dan Stapleton) have praised - but is only available on the game's console release platforms.
Speaking to AusGamers, Colantonio explained the reasoning for the missing demo, and his thoughts on how Steam's refund policy - which allows players to try up to 2 hours of a game, and claim a full refund - makes up for it:
7 Star Wars Projects That Never Saw the Light of Day
May the 4th be with you! This month will mark the 40th anniversary of the original Star Wars movie, which of course went on to become a massive franchise far beyond anyone’s dreams. After the box office success of A New Hope and the transformation of Star Wars into a cultural phenomenon way back when, George Lucas indicated that he had some very ambitious plans for both a prequel trilogy and a sequel trilogy. Of course, only the prequels emerged as a finished project under his direction, leaving the rest as an unrealized dream until 2015’s The Force Awakens.
However, that’s nothing new for the Star Wars franchise. Over the past four decades, many intriguing plans have been laid out for that universe, and some of them barely made it past the development stages. So in honor of May the 4th, we’re looking back at seven of the cancelled Star Wars films, television shows and even video games that deserved -- but never got -- a chance to show us new sides of that galaxy far, far away.