Kojima on Why he Doesn’t Want to Make Another Horror Game
Kojima recently pointed out that Death Stranding will not be a horror game, though thanks to his sharp little collaborative effort with Guillermo del Toro, P.T., we know he is more than capable of scaring us. In an interview with IGN at this year's RTX Sydney, Kojima revealed why he's not interested in going back to horror - at least right now.
"I get scared very easily," said Kojima. "Actually, this is true of Alfred Hitchcock as well as Steven Spielberg. Because they scare easily, because I scare easily, it's actually easy for us to make something that is scary, because we understand what is scary.
A New Batman-Led Justice League Forms This Week
With dozens of comic books to choose from, let us show you which are the best coming out this week. Take a look at this list spotlighting our favorite comics that we know are money-well-spent and new books that look cool and are backed by some top-tier talent.
Check out our picks, then head to the comments to let us know what you’ll be buying this week!
Writer Steve Orlando | Artists Ivan Reis, Joe Prado (DC Comics)
World War Z, Friday the 13th Sequels Booted From 2017
World War Z 2 and the Friday the 13th reboot will no longer open in theaters in 2017.
Variety reports that Paramount has delayed both movies' release dates. This is the fourth time Friday the 13th has been pushed back for unknown reasons, with the horror film previously slated for release on January 13 and then October 13, 2017. Paramount will now release mother! in Friday's previous spot. That's the Darren Aronofsky/Jennifer Lawrence picture which will likely be an awards season contender.
Meet Mantis, the Newest Guardian of the Galaxy
Expect to see several new and familiar characters enter the ranks of the Guardians of the Galaxy in its upcoming sequel.
Pom Klementieff makes her MCU debut in Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 2 as Mantis, an alien with empathic powers. Mantis has been seen as part of the full Guardians line-up alongside the likes of Star-Lord, Rocket and Gamora multiple times in the comics, hinting that she’ll be earning the title of Guardian of the Galaxy by the time this film concludes.
Nintendo on Possibility of Switch Hardware Upgrades
Even though the Nintendo Switch is still a month away from launching, Nintendo has already begun discussing the system's long-term future.
Nintendo director Shinya Takahashi and Switch producer Yoshiaki Koizumi opened up to Time about the system's forthcoming life cycle and whether the console could potentially see hardware revisions, like the Nintendo DS or 3DS systems, over time.
"I think we may see that people who have bought a Nintendo home console in the past traditionally, they may treat Switch like a home console and buy it and use it for a long period of time," Takahashi said.
"Whereas people who have been traditionally Nintendo handheld gamers," he continued, "they may buy Nintendo Switch and then for example, if a new version were to come out later, then maybe they would decide to upgrade to that."
Attack on Titan: Season 2 Premiere Date Announced
The second season of Attack on Titan will premiere on April 1, Funimation has announced.
In a post of its official website, Funimation revealed Season 2's simulcast start date, as well as a new piece of promotional art for the series, which you can check out below.
Attack on Titan: Season 2 key art, via Funimation
A second season for Attack on Titan was initially planned for release last year, but was later pushed to 2017. Back in December, it was revealed that Season 2 would premiere sometime this coming April.
Budweiser Tops List of Most Popular Super Bowl 51 Ads
Among the many ads debuted during Super Bowl 51, Budweiser's "Born The Hard Way" commercial currently reigns as the most watched ad on YouTube.
The YouTube blog has highlighted the most popular commercials from the big game. Budweiser's ad has over 22.7 million views as of publishing time, easily doubling Bud Light's second-place video featuring Ghost Spuds MacKenzie with more than 10.3 million views.
Justin Bieber, who was featured in T-Mobile's commercial, sits in third place with over 9.6 million views as of press time. The mobile carrier's ad is then followed by Audi's "Daughter" commercial and sexy Mr. Clean in fourth and fifth place, respectively.
Mads on Rogue One Reshoots and (Maybe) Revisiting Galen
IGN chatted with actor Mads Mikkelsen on the phone this morning to discuss the forthcoming Blu-ray release of Doctor Strange, during which time we also got to ask him some more specific and slightly SPOILERISH post-release questions about Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.
Here's what Mikkelsen had to say about which of his scenes in Rogue One were part of the much talked about reshoots, the prospect of possibly revisiting the character of Imperial scientist Galen Erso in a different Star Wars project, and more.
Again, some minor spoilers follow.
IGN: Now that we've all seen the film, were any of your scenes part of the reshoots and if so can you explain what specifically was changed?
Rock Band VR Release Date Announced
Harmonix has revealed that Rock Band VR will release March 23.
Coming to Oculus Rift, Harmonix made the announcement on Twitter. Pre-orders for the Rock Band VR bundle are now available for $70 on Amazon.
Rock Band VR was unveiled at the Game Awards 2015. The game was initially planned for 2016 but obviously got pushed back to this year.
Simpsons Predicted Lady Gaga’s Super Bowl Performance
An episode from The Simpsons that aired back on 2012 predicted that Lady Gaga would perform at the Super Bowl and even got some aspects of her performance correct.
As reported by the Daily Mail, the music icon is shown flying through the air during the episode titled "Lisa Goes Gaga," which is strikingly similar to how, during her performance at the Super Bowl 51 halftime show, Lady Gaga used a harness to float into the stadium.
A fan pointed out the similarity in a post on Twitter, which was retweeted by the official Simpsons account.