2 New Spider-Man: Homecoming Posters
Two new posters for Spider-Man: Homecoming, both of which put Tom Holland's Peter Parker in close proximity to Avengers Tower, have been released.
The first poster was revealed on the film's official Twitter account, along with the tagline: "Homework can wait. The city can’t." See it below.
Spider-Man: Homecoming poster, via Twitter
Sony Pictures UK also released a new, city-set poster for the film on Twitter, bearing the tagline: "Straight A superhero."
Nintendo: Super Mario Run Sales Didn’t Meet Expectations
The sales of Nintendo's mobile game Super Mario Run failed to live up to the company's expectations.
According to Nikkei, Nintendo president Tatsumi Kimishima said the revenue generated by the pay-once-to-unlock platformer, which launched last year for iOS and earlier this week for Android, "did not meet our expectations."
Meanwhile, Nintendo's strategy RPG Fire Emblem Heroes has a "freemium" price model, and has proven to be a massive money-maker for the company. Despite its success, however, Nintendo has no intention of shifting entirely to a free-to-play pricing scheme for all of its future mobile games.
Zelda Fans Uncover Hidden Message in Breath of the Wild’s First Shrines
If you're already 100 hours into the vast wonderland that is Zelda: Breath of the Wild, you've no doubt seen more than a few instances of something amazing or delightful. Yet even in the earliest hours of the game, there's a Zelda-series Easter Egg hiding in plain sight.
Slight spoilers for the opening of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild under the video.
The first four shrines you encounter in your exploration of Hyrule all pay homage to the power of the Triforce. The monks encountered at the end of the shrines are holding their hands in such a way that combined, they reference the most powerful object in the Zelda universe.
Reddit user pkbronsonb posted the discovery to the Breath of the Wild subreddit yesterday.
Zombieland Director Will Bring Valiant Comics’ Archer & Armstrong to the Big Screen
Zombieland director Ruben Fleischer will helm the film adaptation of the action-comedy comic book Archer & Armstrong.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, independent comic publisher Valiant Entertainment has been interested in moving into film production, and wants Archer & Armstrong to be one of the company's first movie projects.
Fleischer will direct from a script by Pirates of the Caribbean franchise scribe Terry Rossio, who recently became the creative lead on the MonsterVerse for Legendary, which includes King Kong and Godzilla. Jason Brown, Sean Daniel, and Valiant CEO and CCO Dinesh Shamdasani are producing.
Marvel’s Generations Brings Back Classic Heroes
Marvel fans pining for the return of iconic characters like Wolverine, Jean Grey and Bruce Banner are about to get their wish thanks to the upcoming event comic Generations.
Generations teaser art by Alex Ross. (Marvel Comics)
Marvel first teased this project last month, promising a massive superhero team-up involving new and old versions of characters like Hulk, Iron Man, Captain America, Wolverine and Spider-Man. Now ABC News has revealed more about the scope of this story. Generations will debut in July 2017 and is structured as a series of ten one-shot issues, each focusing on a different pair of characters. The full lineup will include:
Your Exclusive First Look at WoW’s Biggest Patch Ever
World of Warcraft: Legion is being injected with yet another hefty content update next week. Patch 7.2, ominously named "The Tomb of Sargeras" is the largest patch ever created in WoW's storied 13-year history, and it's launching Tuesday, March 28.
Watch Blizzard's official patch overview above, exclusively on IGN.
The patch is loaded with content, and will push the narrative of the demonic invasion of Azeroth. Players will return to the Broken Shore in a new scenario, with new world quests, bosses, and treasures, pushing into the heart of the Legions power on Zeroth all while in the shadow of a massive demon command ship called The Sentinax.
The Best Midrange Gaming Headset for 2017
A high-quality gaming headset is one of the easiest and most overlooked improvements you can make to your gaming setup. Spending just a little bit of cash can get you a great PC gaming headset that's more much comfortable and can really make a huge difference in games. It's a wise long term investment in your gaming happiness. Not only can picking up the best headset for gaming make games more immersive than you might have realized was possible, but they can allow for better communication between teammates as well. Whether you pick a wireless or wired option, you can't go wrong. Also, these days a lot of headphones include 7.1 surround sound, so you can have much better situational awareness, giving you a pretty sweet advantage over those chumps still using a cheapy headset.
GameStop Expects Switch Shortages Throughout 2017
Based on the high demand for Nintendo Switch thus far, video game retailer GameStop expects Nintendo's new console to be in short supply throughout the year.
During its Q4 2016 earnings call, GameStop COO Tony Bartel said "the demand is incredibly strong" for Nintendo Switch, noting that "as soon as we get it into our stores it's out within hours." As such, Bartel said they "anticipate that we're going to be chasing supply this entire year."
He also spoke to the console's high attach rate, especially in the case of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. "We almost have a 1:1 attach with Zelda," Bartel said.
9 Marvel Comics Mysteries That Took Years to Solve
This week was an important one for Thor fans, as writer Jason Aaron finally addressed a mystery that's been dangling since his 2014 mini-series Original Sin. The Unworthy Thor #5 finally revealed what Nick Fury said to Thor that made him no longer worthy to wield Mjolnir. No sooner was that mystery solved than another began, but such is the way of superhero comics.
While Aaron left readers waiting and guessing for the better part of three years, this is hardly the first time a Marvel series has played the long game. Here are nine other cases where fans had to wait years to learn the answer to a huge Marvel mystery.
How Marvel Duped Us on Star-Lord’s Father’s Identity
"J'son in it."
On the front page of my notes from my visit to the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 set in April 2016, those words are written and underlined. I still remember the moment our group of press arrived on set, where we were brought to a conference room lined with concept art from the film. While we were waiting for interviews with Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige and co-producer Jonathon Schwartz, we scoured the art for any Easter eggs and clues we could find at the plot of the movie. There in the center of it was the biggest secret of all, seemingly revealed: the word "J'son," written above concept art of a new environment. Of course, I know now this was all a ruse.