IGN UK Podcast #339: The Best Games of 2016 (So Far…)
This week, we forgot how time works and realised that we had COMPLETELY missed the June half-yearly milestone.
So suspend all disbelief and step inside the Tardis with Alex, Alysia, and Joe to pretend it's six months into 2016 and time to look back at the biggest games, movies and TV shows thus far.
Oh, by the way it's a mammoth podcast special, so settle down and perhaps grab a cup of tea while you're at it.
Don't forget, we're all donning lycra to run 10k for an incredible charity called SpecialEffect - here's our JustGiving page if you have a few pennies spare!
New Overwatch Character to Be Revealed This Month
There were rumours. There were teases. And now we know that, almost certainly, we'll see a new Overwatch character revealed on July 21.
Listed among San Diego Comic-Con's many panels is a Blizzard-hosted affair tellingly titled, "Behind the Scenes of Overwatch's Newest Hero".
The panel's listing says,"Blizzard developers James Waugh (director of story & creative development), Michael Chu (senior designer, Overwatch), and Arnold Tsang (assistant art director, Overwatch) present a behind-the-scenes look into the creative process of developing the art, design, and story for Overwatch's newest hero."
New Overwatch Character to Be Revealed This Month
There were rumours. There were teases. And now we know that, almost certainly, we'll see a new Overwatch character revealed on July 21.
Listed among San Diego Comic-Con's many panels is a Blizzard-hosted affair tellingly titled, "Behind the Scenes of Overwatch's Newest Hero".
The panel's listing says,"Blizzard developers James Waugh (director of story & creative development), Michael Chu (senior designer, Overwatch), and Arnold Tsang (assistant art director, Overwatch) present a behind-the-scenes look into the creative process of developing the art, design, and story for Overwatch's newest hero."
New Overwatch Character to Be Revealed This Month
There were rumours. There were teases. And now we know that, almost certainly, we'll see a new Overwatch character revealed on July 21.
Listed among San Diego Comic-Con's many panels is a Blizzard-hosted affair tellingly titled, "Behind the Scenes of Overwatch's Newest Hero".
The panel's listing says,"Blizzard developers James Waugh (director of story & creative development), Michael Chu (senior designer, Overwatch), and Arnold Tsang (assistant art director, Overwatch) present a behind-the-scenes look into the creative process of developing the art, design, and story for Overwatch's newest hero."
Ghostbusters Director Responds to Trailer Hate
When the first trailer for the new Ghostbusters hit the net, it caused something of an uproar, the video criticised for both lacking laughs, and being confusing in that it connected the film to the 1984 original while at the same time seeming to be a full-on reboot. It also quickly became the most disliked movie trailer on YouTube.
Director and co-writer Paul Feig hasn’t said much about the furore – being somewhat busy finishing said film – but when he recently stopped by IGN's London office, we asked for his thoughts about the controversy surrounding both the trailer and the film…
“It was very interesting because we were early enough in the process where we didn't have hardly any VFX we could show, we were very early in the process. So we had developed that one big shot of Time Square - we originally had a teaser trailer we were going to put out on the front of Star Wars, and it was really great but it was very... we decided to take a tone that was very serious, just to throw people off a little bit. And then at the last we all kind of decided 'Do we want to go out with that?' So we pulled it back, but we had developed that one shot of Time Square for it, but even at that I didn't think it was refined yet - I wanted to keep working on it.
Ghostbusters Director Responds to Trailer Hate
When the first trailer for the new Ghostbusters hit the net, it caused something of an uproar, the video criticised for both lacking laughs, and being confusing in that it connected the film to the 1984 original while at the same time seeming to be a full-on reboot. It also quickly became the most disliked movie trailer on YouTube.
Director and co-writer Paul Feig hasn’t said much about the furore – being somewhat busy finishing said film – but when he recently stopped by IGN's London office, we asked for his thoughts about the controversy surrounding both the trailer and the film…
“It was very interesting because we were early enough in the process where we didn't have hardly any VFX we could show, we were very early in the process. So we had developed that one big shot of Time Square - we originally had a teaser trailer we were going to put out on the front of Star Wars, and it was really great but it was very... we decided to take a tone that was very serious, just to throw people off a little bit. And then at the last we all kind of decided 'Do we want to go out with that?' So we pulled it back, but we had developed that one shot of Time Square for it, but even at that I didn't think it was refined yet - I wanted to keep working on it.
New Spider-Man: Homecoming Image
Spider-Man: Homecoming actor Tom Holland has shared a new photo of himself as the webslinger.
Suited up and a couple of stories above ground level, Holland's taken a pretty good Spidey selfie - check it out below.
Spider-Man: Homecoming is due to hit theaters a year from today. Bokeem Woodbine Michael Keaton, Logan Marshall-Green, Hannibal Buress, Michael Mando and Donald Glover will join Holland in the Jon Watts-directed flick, which is Spider-Man's first solo film in the MCU.
Kiefer Sutherland Joins Cast of Flatliners Remake
After starring in the original Flatliners, Kiefer Sutherland is returning to join the cast of Sony's upcoming remake of the 1990 film.
According to Deadline, Sutherland's deal with the studio hasn't been signed yet, but he's committed to the project.
Kiefer Sutherland as Jack Bauer in 24
The actor joins a cast that includes Ellen Page, James Norton, Kiersey Clemens, Diego Luna and Nina Dobrev, and will play a "seasoned doctor" in the film. Sutherland will also star in ABC's new TV drama Designated Survivor.
George Takei on Sulu’s Sexuality in Star Trek Beyond
George Takei has known for a while that Star Trek Beyond's Hikaru Sulu would be openly gay in the new film, and though he's happy there's a gay character in the film, he's not in favor of the decision.
Actor John Cho, who plays Sulu in Star Trek Beyond, revealed his character will have a same-sex partner and a daughter in the new film, making Sulu the first openly LGBTQ character in the series. It's intended as an homage to Takei, who publicly announced he was gay in 2005. Takei, however, doesn't see the gesture that way.
"I'm delighted that there's a gay character," Takei told The Hollywood Reporter. "Unfortunately, it's a twisting of Gene's creation, to which he put in so much thought. I think it's really unfortunate." The prolific actor would have preferred writer Simon Pegg and director Justin Lin to respect creator Gene Roddenberry's vision for the character.
PlayStation Exec Leaves Company
PlayStation's VP of Third Party Relations Adam Boyes is departing from his position at PlayStation to return to the development side of the industry.
Boyes made the announcement on Twitter as well as on the PlayStation Blogcast today.
"After an incredible journey here at PlayStation, I've made the very hard decision to return to the world of game development," Boyes wrote in a series of tweets.