Comic Book Reviews for November 30, 2016
This week's comic book lineup included new annual issues from DC and a pivotal new chapter of Suicide Squad, the return of Ghost Rider and a Star Wars annual at Marvel, an eventful chapter of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers and the debut of Valiant's newest hero, Savage.
Scroll down to see our reviews for these and various other new releases, and be sure to let us know your favorite books of the week in the comments below.
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Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice Delayed
Ninja Theory, the development studio behind DmC: Devil May Cry and Enslaved: Odyssey to the West, has announced that Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice has been delayed to next year.
The studio shared the news in an update video, saying they're "making great progress" on the upcoming action game that's based on Celtic mythology and explores mental illness. For the time being, however, they say in its current form Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice is "not quite great enough" for a release in 2016.
Star Wars: What to Watch Before Seeing Rogue One
We're now mere weeks away from the release of another Star Wars movie, and the wait is getting harder every day. So why not pass the time by watching some episodes of Star Wars: The Clone Wars or Star Wars: Rebels?
The Top 10 Star Wars: The Clone Wars Episodes
We've assembled a list of a handful of Clone Wars and Rebels episodes that can help get you in the mood for Rogue One. In most cases, these episodes probably won't have any direct ties to the new movie, but they do explore similar themes and can help fans get into the right mindset as they prepare to learn how the Rebel Alliance scored its first major victory against the all-powerful Galactic Empire.
Gears of War 4 Testing Multiplayer Cross-Play This Weekend
The Coalition has announced plans to test cross-play for Gears of War 4 competitive multiplayer this weekend.
Starting this Friday, December 2, Xbox One players will be able to face off against those on Windows 10, the studio announced on the game's official forums. The trial, which is being conducted to explore the possibility of a permanent cross-platform option for Versus play outside of Private Matches, will conclude on Monday, December 5.
According to The Coalition, the goal of this test is to gauge player feedback from both Xbox One and PC users, as the studio decides how to move forward in delivering cross-platform play.
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EA is Taking a ‘Couple of Years’ Break off Battlefield to Focus on Star Wars Battlefront
EA has announced that we won't see another Battlefield game "for a couple of years." Instead, the company is choosing to throw its weight behind production on a new Star Wars Battlefront title set for release in late 2017.
The publisher's chief financial officer, Blake Jorgensen, broke the news at the Nasdaq Investor programme. According to a transcription via Videogamer, the decision to focus on Battlefront centres around EA's desire to address player criticism that the original game was light on content.
"We were really working with the old canvas of Star Wars, the old trilogy," he said. "We weren't using any of the new materials that came out of
Why THAT Arrow Character Wasn’t in the Crossover
While the big Arrowverse “Invasion!” crossover featured more superheroes than you can shake an Nth Metal mace at, there was one important Arrow character notably absent: Evelyn Sharp, aka Artemis.
According to executive producer Marc Guggenheim, Artemis wasn't included for a reason, and it had something to do with last week's cliffhanger.
Warning: this article contains spoilers for Arrow and the “Invasion!” crossover!
Madison McLaughlin as Evelyn Sharp/Artemis on Arrow
Time After Time: When H.G. Wells Met Jack the Ripper
Filmmaker Nicholas Meyer is best known for his contributions to the Star Trek franchise, including directing The Wrath of Khan and The Undiscovered Country as well as co-writing The Voyage Home. He’s had a varied career before and after Trek, but the film that led to his involvement in Khan was Time After Time.
The 1979 time-travel tale was a unique spin on H.G. Wells’ The Time Machine, depicting the author as the time traveler himself (played by Malcolm McDowell) who instead of visiting the far-flung future of the Eloi and the Morlocks (as in the original book) instead travels to San Francisco of 1979 in pursuit of the one and only Jack the Ripper (David Warner). While dealing with the complexities of what for him is the future, Wells also finds love with a bank clerk played by Mary Steenburgen.
RDR, Undead Nightmare PS Now Release Date Announced
Red Dead Redemption and the standalone expansion Undead Nightmare will both become available for PlayStation Now subscribers on December 6, Rockstar Games announced today.
Rockstar previously revealed that the original Red Dead Redemption would be hitting PS Now as part of the company's partnership with Sony in the lead-up to the launch of Red Dead Redemption 2. This, effectively, acts as the first time the original RDR is available to play on PC, as PS Now functionality on PC became available earlier this year.
Red Dead Redemption 2 was announced earlier this year after Rockstar began teasing the game on social media with a series of images. The game is currently
See the New Poster for Doctor Who’s Christmas Special
Ahead of Doctor Who's upcoming Christmas Special, BBC America has released a new poster and plot details for the forthcoming episode.
The special, dubbed "The Return of Doctor Mysterio," will premiere on Sunday, December 25, at 9/8c, during which the Doctor will team up with a masked hero to save New York from an alien attack.
Matt Lucas as Nardole, Charity Wakefield as Lucy, Justin Chatwin as the Ghost and Peter Capaldi as the Doctor in Doctor Who's 2016 Christmas Special