Breaking Down That Dark & Bloody Samurai Jack Trailer
With the trailer for Samurai Jack: Season 5 giving us our first good look at Jack's last adventure (one we thought may never come), we combed over every shot to see what we could learn about this final season.
If you haven't already, check out the dark and bloody trailer:
And now dive into our slideshow gallery that analyzes everything from the addition of bloody violence to the lack of Jack's signature samurai sword and more.
What do you think of this grim trailer for Samurai Jack? Did you notice anything we missed? Let us know in the comments!
The final season of Samurai Jack, which will have a 10 episode run, debuts on March 11 at 11 pm ET.
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Kojima on How he is Like an Indie Developer
When you play a Hideo Kojima game, there is no mistaking it for a game under any other hand. People say the 'auteur' in AAA games is a dead concept, yet Kojima manages to inject every part of his personal vision into the most risky projects. Despite the conflict with his previous publisher Konami - a no-go subject for this discussion - it's a remarkable feat.
It's something that occurs to me while Kojima is talking to me about indie games above a busy floor at RTX Sydney. "I think the games
create are interesting," said Kojima, "but also the fact that you get a sense of ... a very direct sense of who the creator is and what their sensibilities are. You know, the story, the game play, the different ideas that they come up with.
Disneyland’s Star Wars Land Opening in 2019
During its first quarter earnings call for 2017, Disney revealed the opening of its upcoming Star Wars Land, as well as the official opening date of its new Avatar-themed section of Animal Kingdom.
Star Wars Land, which will be part of Disneyland and Disney Hollywood Studios, will open in 2019, the company announced today. The largest single-themed expansion at Disneyland or Disney World ever, Star Wars Land will feature a previously unseen planet, a trading port, and will include an attraction that lets parkgoers control the Millennium Falcon in virtual reality.
Infinity War: Thanos, 3 GOTG Characters Filming This Week
Josh Brolin, who plays Thanos in Avengers: Infinity War, has revealed which two additional Guardians of the Galaxy characters are set to appear in the third Avengers film.
As reported by Heroic Hollywood, Brolin posted an Instagram live video where he mentioned he'd been filming Infinity War with Chris Pratt, Benicio Del Toro, and Zoe Saldana.
It's already been teased that Gamora, Star-Lord and the rest of the Guardians from their first film will make some sort of an appearance in the fight against Thanos. Now, it seems Del Toro's the Collector have also joined Infinity War's already large cast.
Worlds Collide in Big Bang Theory/LEGO Batman Promos
To tie into the upcoming release of The LEGO Batman Movie on February 10th, Warner Bros. Television’s The Big Bang Theory has undergone its own LEGO transformation with an exclusive custom opening and two on-air promo spots involving the series’ cast members and LEGO Batman himself.
These new promos show LEGO Batman invading Sheldon and Leonard's living room -- even taking Sheldon's favorite spot on the couch! -- while the new LEGO-ized opening credits sequence will air this week during the show's syndication run, in more than 200 syndicated markets nationwide.
The Big Bang Theory airs five nights a week in national syndication, and Thursdays at 8/7c on CBS.
Grand Theft Auto 5 Has Now Sold-In 75 Million Copies
In spite of having released in 2013, Grand Theft Auto V is still massively successful, at least when it comes to sales figures. The game has now sold-in 75 million copies.
Sold-in means copies sold to stores and not sold-through, which are copies bought by customers. Still, Grand Theft Auto V has sold 5 million more copies since November 2016 and 15 million more copies since last February.
Contrast that with sales of Mafia III, a game that was initially 2K's fastest-selling launch game. First releasing in November, Mafia III sold 4.5 million copies in its first week, but 2K parent company Take-Two announced lifetime sales have now reached 5 million, meaning only half a million copies have been sold since the first week.
Nintendo Says Switch Online Will Be ‘Key’ to Its Business
Nintendo president Tatsumi Kimishima has come forward to express the company's commitment to delivering a valuable online service with Nintendo Switch, saying online play will serve as a core component of its business.
"Online play with Switch is going to be something that's key to the business," Kimishima said in an interview with Time.
With regard to the subscription fee that will be required when the paid service launches this fall, Kimishima said there was a lot of discussion within the company before they settled on a price they felt was reasonable for consumers.
Nintendo Is Not Making a Successor to 3DS Yet
Less than a month before Switch’s launch, Nintendo has confirmed that it is not currently working on a successor to 3DS.
“We are not creating a successor to the 3DS right now. We are, however, still thinking of portable systems,” Nintendo president Tatsumi Kimishima told Time. “We are thinking of ways that we will be able to continue bringing portable gaming systems out, so yes, we are thinking of different ways to continue the portable gaming business," he said.
Kimishima has said in prior interviews that the Switch, then codenamed NX, is not the successor to the Wii U or the 3DS. Nintendo's next console, a console portable hybrid called the Switch, will launch on March 3. Check out IGN's Switch pre-order guide, if you're still trying to track down accessories or games.
Nintendo Addresses Lack of Switch Backwards Compatibility
Nintendo president Tatsumi Kimishima explained the Switch’s lack of backward compatibility and that more ports from previous Nintendo systems could come to the system in the future.
"Switch is not backward compatible with games designed for other systems, and is not currently compatible with controllers designed for other systems,” Kimishima told Time. “Support for certain controllers may be considered for a future update.“
In response to whether Switch could emulate Wii U games, Kimishmia acknowledged that Nintendo can take Wii U games and make them playable or even remade for Switch. “In some cases, games from past systems may be re-released for the Nintendo Switch system as either enhanced or original versions," he added. Previously Nintendo confirmed last year that the Switch was not compatible with Wii U or 3DS games.
The Rock, Logan Star Team for WWE Movie Inspired by Paige
Dwayne Johnson is producing a movie inspired by WWE star Paige.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Johnson's production company Seven Bucks Productions is working on a comedy-drama based on Paige, her family of professional wrestlers, and their journey to WWE stardom. The movie will be loosely based on the Channel 4 British documentary, The Wrestlers: Fighting With My Family.
The film, also titled Fighting With My Family, will be written, directed, and executive produced by Stephen Merchant, who stars as the mutant Caliban in the upcoming third Wolverine film, Logan.