Star Trek: Bridge Crew Delayed Until 2017
Ubisoft has announced a delay for its VR exclusive Star Trek: Bridge Crew, which has had its release date pushed back to March 14, 2017.
The announcement was made via a very brief post on the Ubiblog. The short explanation doesn’t mention any specific reasons, simply noting the decision was made "in order to deliver the best game experience possible at launch."
Ubisoft previously confirmed at Gamescom that Star Trek: Bridge Crew would be released simultaneously on PlayStation VR, Oculus Rift, and HTC Vive next month, on November 29.
Selma Director Helped Shape a Duel in Force Awakens
In a new clip from the audio commentary for Star Wars: The Force Awakens, director J.J. Abrams discusses how Ava DuVernay (Selma) helped shape a moment in the film’s climactic fight between Rey and Kylo Ren.
Abram’s describes how he showed "an early cut to
friend Ava DuVernay and she had a bunch of great suggestions. One of them was that she really wanted to see Daisy
in her attack on
Ren…have one really cool moment."
Abrams later identifies the specific shot: a close-up on Rey with the lightsaber in both hands over her head as she goes in for a final attack. Abrams points out, "
little thing, but it really connects you to her intensity."
J.J. Abrams Discusses Force Awakens Deleted Scene
In a newly-released excerpt from the upcoming Star Wars: The Force Awakens Blu-ray audio commentary, director J.J. Abrams describes a brief sequence that was ultimately cut from the film.
Warning: Minor spoilers for Star Wars : The Force Awakens below.
During her vision in Maz Kanata’s castle upon grabbing the lightsaber, Rey almost saw Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader fighting on Bespin.
Describing what Abrams called "the Force-back," he mentions, "There were many iterations of this. In one, from
Cloud City corridor she looked down and saw Vader fighting Luke, which we ended up cutting."
Abrams then proceeds to describe the rest of the sequences within the vision as "a more personal story. Something that she couldn’t comprehend that was overwhelming to her. Frightening to her. That was taking her through all these elemental experiences," before hearing her own cries as a child and the voice of Obi-Wan Kenobi calling out her name.
Legends of Tomorrow Creator on the New Team Leader
Warning: Full spoilers for the October 20th Legends of Tomorrow episode, “The Justice Society of America,” below.
This week’s Legends of Tomorrow introduced the Justice Society – while also killing off one of that famous team’s members. On the heels of that event, along with Nathan Heyward's near-death experience, Legends executive producer Marc Guggenheim spoke to press about what’s to come in the series, including the status of Rip Hunter, Nate's future and more.
Asked how Legends of Tomorrow might still keep the Justice Society in play, it was noted that it didn’t seem viable to have the team keep going back to 1942, to which Guggenheim replied, “You're absolutely correct.”
Agents of SHIELD: May’s Back in Action
Ming-Na Wen's Agent May, briefly sidelined by ghostly infection (and also, um, death), is back and ready to kick some butt as Coulson and his team begin their search for the mysterious ancient book, the Darkhold.
In the Marvel's Agents of SHIELD episode "Lockup," which airs Tuesday, October 25th, our heroic agents break into a prison with the aid of Robbie Reyes (Gabriel Luna) -- aka Ghost Rider -- the only man who can actually fight, and kill, the rampaging ghost scientists. Check out the photo gallery below, along with the official teaser for the episode.
The synopsis for "Lockup" reads:
As Robbie Reyes struggles to control The Ghost Rider, S.H.I.E.L.D. infiltrates a high-security prison to unravel the secrets that haunt them all.
The Perfect Symmetry of Logan
Today we got the first teaser trailer for Logan, a.k.a. Wolverine 3, the film that star Hugh Jackman says will be his last as the clawed X-Men character. But interestingly, this final outing for Jackman looks like it may track thematically with where Logan was when we first met him on the big screen 16 years ago. There’s a symmetry shaping up here for Wolverine, and it could prove to be the perfect high note for Jackman to go out on.
Some spoilers follow for the original Old Man Logan comics story from 2008.
In the original X-Men movie, which was released as superhero cinema was just exiting the Dark Ages in the year 2000, Jackman’s Logan is a lone wolf, a pained and tormented character who lives life on the road, apparently subsisting on a mix of cage matches for cash, cheap cigars and stale beer. While we’d later learn his full backstory, Logan’s initial introduction to moviegoers was as an amnesiac with no real sense of where he came from or how he came to be Wolverine. He was painted as a lost, sad character all alone in the world.
Leaving Netflix in November
Here's your monthly list of all the movies and TV shows expiring from Netflix. Take note of these titles, folks, as they'll be vanishing this November and you'll miss your chance to - say - finish watching all five seasons of a fun series like Chuck or snark at the terribleness that is Gigli.
Time to bid farewell to E.T., Scream 2, Major League, Rounders, The Addams Family, Almost Famous, The Boxtrolls, xXx, both Legally Blonde movies, Deliverance, The American, The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, and more.
Also, animated shows like The Boondocks, Uncle Grandpa, the original Powerpuff Girls, Chowder, and Courage the Cowardly Dog are leaving.
September Saw Sports Games at the Top of Sales
The best selling game for the month of September 2016 was NBA 2K17 according to numbers released by the NPD Group.
The next 3 games on the list were also sports titles, with Madden NFL 17, FIFA 17, and NHL 17 rounding out the top 4.
Overall spending was down 23% over last year, according to the NPD Group. Neither the second month of the Xbox One S nor the debut of the PS4 Slim were "enough to stimulate total hardware spending."
Last week Microsoft announced its Xbox One was the top-selling console for September 2016, its third consecutive month at the top of the charts.
Developers Respond to Nintendo Switch
This morning, Nintendo announced its new home console and portable hybrid, the Nintendo Switch, along with an image boasting third-party support from some of the industry’s biggest names.
While we don’t have a full list of every game coming to Switch just yet, IGN reached out to various publishers and developers on the list to get their thoughts on Nintendo’s new platform, and their plans to support it.
Not every publisher or developer was willing to comment, but here are the ones we heard back from.
What Wii U Games Could Be Ported to the Nintendo Switch
Nintendo’s official unveiling of the Nintendo Switch — previously codenamed NX — included gameplay of several familiar titles. The reveal trailer highlighted both Splatoon and Mario Kart playing on the Switch, but Nintendo has yet to confirm whether these are entirely new entries in the series or the Wii U’s Mario Kart 8 and Splatoon.
If the latter is the case, the appearance of these ports would support rumors reported earlier this year reported by Eurogamer, NintendoLife, and more that several Wii U titles would be ported to Nintendo’s next console. (For all rumors on the Switch, be sure to check out IGN's wiki on what has been confirmed, debunked, and may still be possible.)