Marvel’s Joe Quesada Makes Directorial Debut with Slingshot
Marvel legend Joe Quesada will be making his directorial debut behind the camera of the first episode of Marvel's Agents of SHIELD's new digital series, Slingshot, IGN can exclusively reveal. The six-episode series focuses on what happened to SHIELD character Yo-Yo Rodriguez, aka Slingshot, during the break between Season 3 and Season 4.
Watch a behind-the-scenes featurette about Quesada's involvement in the series below:
"Joe Quesada is one of the legendary Shaolin ninja priests of Marvel. We've been friends for a long time, and it's really a treat to get him to be out here and to get to work with him the first time he directs," said Clark Gregg in the above video.
Quesada story-boarded the first episode like he would a comic, he explained, because that's how he is able to visually convey his ideas for shots. "The same rules of storytelling, whether it film or television, apply directly to comic books when you do it right," he said.
The White House Is Holding a Gaming Marathon Today
Starting at 1pm PT / 4pm ET / 9pm GMT / 8am AEDT today, basketball legend Shaquille O'Neal will be hosting The White House Competitive Gaming Event on Twitch.
The gaming marathon event is aiming to raise awareness of the importance of healthcare coverage in the US. You can watch on the GetCovered Twitch channel when it begins later today.
Twitch partners such as ActaBunniFooFoo, Annemunition, bijoudemi, darkness_429, Elspeth, imcoty, LifeWithLaughs, Okaydrian, and thatchickparker will be streaming games live at the event.
Golden Globe Nominations Revealed
The nominations for the 74th Golden Globes have been announced. Don Cheadle, Laura Dern and Anna Kendrick announced the nominees from the Beverly Hills Hilton this morning.
Full list of nominees...
- Hacksaw Ridge
- Hell or High Water
- Lion
- Manchester by the Sea
- Moonlight
- 20th Century Women
- Deadpool
- Florence Foster Jenkins
- La La Land
- Sing Street
- Casey Affleck, Manchester by the Sea
- Joel Edgerton, Loving
- Andrew Garfield, Hacksaw Ridge
Deadpool 2: ‘Don’t Believe What You Read on the Internet’
Deadpool director Tim Miller - who left production on the sequel in October - has spoken out about some of the rumored creative differences that resulted in his departure.
Speaking on the CG Garage podcast (and reported by Gamespot), Miller appeared to specifically counter a report from The Wrap that put the split down to the style of film he wanted to make, and his choice of casting for incoming character Cable:
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The Cheapest Price Yet for Final Fantasy XV
Final Fantasy XV is one of the best selling games this year and has taken the gaming scene by storm. The whole office absolutely adores this game and most of us feel the 8.2 rating it holds is completely undeserved and should be more around the 9/9.5 mark.Today is the first day that Final Fantasy XV has had a huge price drop. Still £44.99 at GAME, Amazon are well ahead of the market and will sell you a physical copy of Final Fantasy XV for just £32.99.
Battlefield’s New Update Brings Along a Grenade Crossbow
A new update for Battlefield 1 is coming tomorrow, December 13 for some players, and brings with it a range of gameplay tweaks, fixes, and additions.
The big addition is the new map called Giant's Shadow, which is based on the Battle of the Selle. It features a large crashes airship, and takes place along the river banks and open ground surrounding the Cateau-Wassigny railway. It'll be available from tomorrow for Premium Pass owners and people who pre-ordered the game, but everyone else will have to wait until December 20.
A new support class gadget called the grenade crossbow is exactly what it sounds like (brilliant). Plus, there's a new spectator mode where you can join a match as an observer. You can switch between first- and third-person views, or even switch to free cam to get a view from wherever you'd like.
Nintendo Experimented With a Minecraft-Like Game for N64
The creator of the most successful game character of all time says he came close to making something like one of the most successful games of all time.
In an interview with Glixel, Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto explained that he admires Minecraft "from the perspective of the fact that I really feel like that's something we should have made".
The Mario creator said: "We had actually done a lot of experiments that were similar to that back in the N64 days and we had some designs that were very similar."
It sounds as though the idea didn't meet Miyamoto's notoriously high bar for quality, however - which seems to be why he's impressed by Minecraft's success in that department: "It's really impressive to me to see how they've been able to take that idea and turn it into a product."
Every Star Wars Sith Ever
Report: Sony Considering Merging Film and Gaming Divisions
Sony is reportedly contemplating a shake-up of its US operations and a merger between Sony Pictures Entertainment and Sony Interactive Entertainment, claims The New York Post.
The move, should such a merger proceed, would see Sony Interactive Entertainment boss Andrew House acquire “oversight over but likely not daily control of the studio,” sources have allegedly told The Post.
For its part, Sony has adamantly dismissed the report.
“This is nothing but baseless rumor and speculation,” a Sony spokesperson told The Post. “There are no plans to for
Andrew House to oversee Sony Pictures.”
Nintendo’s First Universal Attraction is Super Nintendo World
The first Nintendo-themed attraction coming to Universal Studios theme parks will be called Super Nintendo World.
Nintendo's official Twitter account confirmed the name of the attraction coming to the Universal Studios Japan park, accompanied by the conceptual art below.
via Nintendo of America
As explained in a subsequent press release, the attraction will be coming to the Japan park first in time for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, though Nintendo-themed areas are also coming to the Orlando and Hollywood Universal parks.