New DC Comic to Explore Supergirl’s Origin
Today DC announced a new comic book mini-series called Supergirl: Being Super that will reexamine the origin story of Kara Zor-El.
Being Super is similar to last year's Superman: American Alien in that it's an out-of-continuity story that explores Supergirl's formative years. This four-issue series will be written by Mariko Tamaki (This One Summer) and drawn by the newly DC-exclusive Joelle Jones (Ladykillers).
Art by Joelle Jones. DC Entertainment.
Funimation and Crunchyroll Partnering for Anime Simulcast Streaming
Funimation and Crunchyroll are partnering to share some existing library content and split future anime streaming responsibilities: Funimation will handle simulcast dubbing, and Crunchyroll will take on simulcast subbing.
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. In the future we’re going to try to squeeze that in and try to get the dub out as fast as humanly possible every week,” Funimation CEO Gen Fukunaga told IGN. “Since we can’t dub as fast as we can subtitle, the likely scenario we’re looking at is Crunchyroll takes the lead with the subtitled version up on their site before the dub is completed.”
Previously, a new anime season’s 50 or so shows were split between Crunchyroll and Funimation as the sites acquired their licenses, Crunchyroll Founder and GM Kun Gao told IGN.
Deathstroke Cast for Batman Movie
True Blood and Magic Mike star Joe Manganiello will star as Deathstroke in Warner Bros.' upcoming Batman solo film, DC Entertainment chief creative officer Geoff Johns has announced.
In addition to confirming Ben Affleck's previous social-media tease that Deathstroke will appear in the aforementioned standalone film, Johns revealed in an interview with The Wall Street Journal that Manganiello will be taking on the villainous role.
Daily Deals: Overwatch, PS4 With Year of Plus, 65-Inch 4K HDR TV
Here's the First Real Discount on Overwatch Since Launch
Xbox One and PS4 copies over Blizzard's new team-based shooter are currently $10 off. I'd have a hard time summing up my love for this game, so I'll just tell you that we gave it a 9.4 out of 10 and that I harass all my PSN friends to play it with me almost every night.
Geoff Johns on Bringing Hope and Optimism to the DCEU
DC Entertainment President and Chief Creative Officer Geoff Johns and veteran Warner Bros. executive Jon Berg, who came aboard to co-run DC Films in May, have a clear mission: To make the DC Extended Universe lighter and more hopeful going forward.
“Mistakenly in the past I think the studio has said, ‘Oh, DC films are gritty and dark and that’s what makes them different.’ That couldn’t be more wrong,” Johns told the Wall Street Journal. “It’s a hopeful and optimistic view of life. Even Batman has a glimmer of that in him. If he didn’t think he’d make tomorrow better, he’d stop.”
Nintendo Won’t Rule Out Amiibo Support for Future Smartphone Games
In an interview with IGN, Nintendo Creative Fellow Shigeri Miyamoto said the Japanese game maker was interested in using Apple’s NFC technology with amiibo, the company’s toys-to-life platform.
“There's nothing we can announce today but It’s certainly an area we’re interested in,” Miyamoto said, “and today Apple announced some new news about their NFC technology.”
But what’s he referring to exactly? During Apple’s September event, where the company made several big announcements regarding its popular phone and tablet lines, the company said that iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus and Apple Watch Series 2 will support FeliCa Type-F NFC contactless technology in Japan. This type of NFC is used for more than 160 million daily transactions across Japan, according to Apple’s press release.
A Beginner’s Guide to Hearthstone
Hearthstone is an intimidatingly deep game: it’s multi-faceted and strategic, there’s a lot to learn and there’s also a big card pool you don’t have access to out of the gate. It’s the sort of game that takes months to really come to grips with, and even then you’ve still got an enormous amount to learn.
There are, however, some fundamental pieces of advice that will help accelerate that learning process, and that’s what this feature is about. It’s primarily aimed at new-ish players and those that have been playing for a while but aren’t making much headway on the ladder.
To be extra clear: This isn’t a guide for people who have yet to play Hearthstone at all. I’m assuming you’ve played through the tutorial, unlocked all the heroes, and know the basics—at the very least. The game’s tutorial and its practice mode do a good job of introducing the mechanics, as does Blizzard’s own Hearthstone site – How to Play, Hero overviews, Lessons and tips for new players.
The Witness Will Get PS4 Pro Forward Compatibility
The Witness will receive a patch to add PlayStation 4 Pro support that, “if all goes well,” should go live on November 10 when Sony’s new HDR and 4K-ready PS4 model is available, game director Jonathan Blow told IGN.
Since The Witness already runs at 60fps on current PlayStation 4 consoles, the focus of the patch is “increasing visual fidelity.” According to Blow, the patch will allow The Witness to render at 1440p “or possibly higher” on a 4K display, while maintaining a consistent 60fps. You can read a full post with more technical details on The Witness blog.
Pokemon Sun and Moon Features Prof. Oak’s Mulleted Cousin
A new Japanese trailer for Pokemon Sun and Moon featured a familiar face, revealing that the new games will include a cousin of the original PokeProfessor.
Fans noticed a split-second shot of what looked like Professor Oak in beach casual clothing and sporting a mullet, but 4Gamer (translated by Siliconera) reveals that it is in fact one Nariya Oak.
Nariya Oak in all his Tommy Bahama glory.
Endless Space 2 Shows A Lot of Sci-Fi Strategy Potential
The problem with space games, in the words of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, is that “space is big.” Space is empty. This was the problem with the first Endless Space game, a strategy game with some good ideas but a distinct lack of personality. Developer Amplitude remedied that in a big way with the award-winning fantasy game Endless Legend, which was nothing but personality. Now with Endless Space 2, Amplitude is heading back into the void.
In Endless Space 2, this starts with the different races. As with most other science fiction grand strategy games, you start as a single race on a single planet, just beginning to explore the stars. What separates the Endless games is that the different races are tremendously different. Endless Space 2 has races with extreme focuses on science, militarism, and commerce, with traits like the warlike Cravers exhausting and destroying planets, forcing them to move on. There’s also the vampiric Voydanoi, who don’t actually live on planets, instead enslaving the races below.