Overwatch Christmas Event Begins December 13
Overwatch is officially having a Christmas event and it will begin on December 13.
Word of the event comes by way of Twitter, where Overwatch's official account tweeted out a GIF of a holiday card, which includes the date along with the message, "It's the most wonderful time of the year, and we hope you'll join us for some holiday cheer!"
You're invited! pic.twitter.com/MQZPZOW4Y1
— Overwatch (@PlayOverwatch) December 6, 2016
Netflix Releases New Trailer for Lemony Snicket Series
Ahead of its Netflix-exclusive debut next month, a new trailer for Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events has been released.
Watch the second official trailer below to see Neil Patrick Harris' Count Olaf — the evil guardian of the Baudelaire orphans — as he seeks to claim the inheritance of the three children under his care.
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events is based on the beloved novel series by Lemony Snicket (aka Daniel Handler). In addition to Harris, the series stars Patrick Warburton as Lemony Snicket, Joan Cusack as Justice Strauss, Louis Hynes as Klaus Baudelaire, and Malina Weissman as Violet Baudelaire.
The Flash: What’s Next for Jay Garrick
Actor John Wesley Shipp has worn many hats in the Flash franchise, beginning with his time as Barry Allen/The Flash on the original 1990 TV series. Since then, Shipp has voiced Reverse-Flash on the animated series Batman: The Brave and the Bold and played Barry's father, Henry, on the first two season of the current Flash series on the CW. And even though Henry was killed at the end of Season 2, Shipp remains an active player on the show, taking on the role of Jay Garrick (the real one, following last season's imposter), a speedster hero who defends the inhabitants of Earth-3.
Shipp's Jay Garrick will be returning in tonight's new episode, "The Present," which also serves as the midseason finale. We'll see Barry cross over to Earth-3 to seek advice on how to deal with Savitar, only to be drawn into Jay's ongoing feud with his world's version of the Trickster (Mark Hamill). Along the way, fans will learn a great deal more about what the second half of Season 3 holds in store for these speedster heroes.
The Canadian Prime Minister Made a Video Game and People Keep Sending Him Bug Reports
The 23rd Prime Minister of Canada today published his first video game (to our knowledge), but Twitter has been quick to report a game-breaking bug.
The unnamed indie project, which sees players attempting to place an endlessly bouncing puck into a goal, can be played on the Code Studio website (with whom Trudeau is working to aid the Hour of Code movement).
Unfortunately, Trudeau's game seems to have joined the litany of recent high-profile releases - including Watch Dogs 2 and No Man's Sky - to ship with game-breaking bugs or major issues, and Twitter has been quick to let the fledgling developer know.
Game of Thrones Star Peter Vaughan Dies at 93
Peter Vaughan, the actor who starred as Maester Aemon Targaryen on HBO's fantasy drama series Game of Thrones, has died. He was 93.
According to the actor's agent Sally Long-Innes, as reported by Variety, Vaughan passed away "peacefully with his family around him" in England this morning on Tuesday, December 6.
Peter Vaughan as Maester Aemon Targaryen in HBO's Game of Thrones
The Future of the Transformers Movie Universe
I was among a group of journalists invited to watch a day of filming on the Transformers: The Last Knight set in August, where we learned a ton about the film's story and characters. But another topic that kept coming up was the long rumored Hasbro shared cinematic universe. While no one on set seemed interested in confirming any sort of crossover between Transformers and other properties, many were happy to share their candid thoughts about the future of the Transformers franchise, including the Bumblebee spinoff.
Humans: Season 2 Images Reveal New Characters
AMC's Humans returns for its second season on Monday, February 13th at 10/9c.
Written by Sam Vincent and Jonathan Brackley, with Joe Barton, Charlie Covell and Iain Weatherby, Season 2 will span a total of eight episodes and take place a few months after the first season, continuing the story of Niska (Emily Berrington), who's still on the run with the consciousness code.
IGN has an exclusive look at some new episodic images from Season 2, including new faces such as Carrie-Anne Moss (The Matrix, Jessica Jones), Sam Palladio (Nashville, Episodes), Marshall Allman (True Blood, Prison Break), and Letitia Wright (Black Panther, Cucumber, Banana).
To see the full photo, please click the top right corner of the image to expand.
Beta Registration for Ghost Recon: Wildlands Open Now
Ubisoft has announced that fans can sign up from today at ghostrecon.com for a chance to join a beta test for its upcoming, open-world tactical shooter Ghost Recon: Wildlands.
It was confirmed last month that the game would have multiple betas prior to its release.
Set in a corrupted, cartel-controlled Bolivia “a few years from now”, Ghost Recon: Wildlands will be the largest action game Ubisoft has ever made. It will be playable in single-player or up to four-player co-op and, from IGN’s hands-on at E3 2016, feels a lot like Tom Clancy meets GTA Online at this stage.
Pokemon Go Will Reportedly Get New Monsters This Week
A leak from Starbucks (who else?) may have outed that new Pokemon will be added to Pokemon Go this Thursday, December 8.
Reddit user alturrisi posted an internal Starbucks memo that says "the world of Pokemon Go is about to expand with new Pokemon", and explains that a new update will be released in the US on Thursday.
The internal Starbucks memo.
Pokemon Walking Animations Discovered in Sun and Moon
Ever since Pokemon Heart Gold and Soul Silver featured sprites of the Pokemon that would follow their trainer around when traversing the world, fans have been requesting that the option return. According to files in Pokemon Sun and Moon, it appears this feature may have been cut from the game.
Hacker KazoWAR (via Kotaku) discovered there are "low polygon models and walking animations" within the files of Pokemon Sun and Moon, and has taken to Twitter to share his findings.