X-Men: Famke Janssen Wants Her Jean Grey to Return
While X-Men: Apocalypse ushers in a new, young Jean Grey in Sophie Turner, Famke Janssen—who first starred as the telepathic mutant in Fox's original trio of X-Men films—would like to see the return of her older take on the character as well.
Janssen told Entertainment Weekly she's "really excited" to see the introduction of young Jean Grey, noting that several of the older X-Men characters have appeared alongside their younger counterparts in the more recent films and she would like to do the same.
Cuphead: Still Stunning, Still Punishing
Cuphead will, if nothing else, stop you dead in your tracks. The stunning bullet-hell, boss-rush side-scroller is like a playable 1930’s Steamboat Willie cartoon – right down to the smallest visual detail (though Cuphead is, of course, in glorious color). It’s dropped the jaw of anyone I’ve ever shown the trailer to, including non-gamer family members.
But it’s not been seen since last year’s E3. Though the concrete still isn’t dry on its release date (in fact, it arguably hasn’t even been poured yet), it nevertheless is back out on tour at PAX East in order to remind everyone that, visually, it stands second to none.
Above: Direct-feed, 1080p/60fps video of the new Cuphead content shown off at PAX East 2016, with commentary by art director Chad Moldenhauer.
Sailor Moon Funko Pop! Figures Available This Summer
The Sailor Senshi join the Funko Pop! Figure line this July.
The five Inner Senshi — Sailor Moon, Sailor Mercury, Sailor Mars, Sailor Jupiter, and Sailor Venus — and their ally Tuxedo Mask each get their own Funko Pop! figure, Funko announced.
Sailor Moon and Sailor Venus are accompanied by their cat companions, Luna and Artemis, respectively. Check out their poses in the slideshow below.
Last week Bandai Namco released the adorable new Sailor Moon Drops game. For more on collectibles and other cool toys, be sure to check out IGN's toy hub.
Who Is the Greatest Character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe?
If our math is correct, there are now about 455,000 characters in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It's crazy cool that there is a shared cinematic space that combines talking raccoons, a shrinking man, a sorcerer, a God, and plenty more insanity. But because this is the internet, nothing cool can exist with people arguing about it - and IGN is here to help.
Check out the Marvel Cinematic Universe Face-Off to vote on the greatest characters in the MCU.
Marvel Teases ‘A Long Awaited Return…’
Marvel Comics has released a new teaser image that came with the email subject line, "A Long Awaited Return..."
Take a look:
The quote on the image reads "I knew this was my chance to be a hero." and sports a glowing yellow, pointed cross symbol that could be a couple different things.
The first thing that springs to mind is the original Captain Marvel, Mar-Vell, although Carol Danvers is currently killin' it as Captain Marvel, so that would make things awkward, to say the least.
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Sneak Peek Video
Ahead of the July debut of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, author J.K. Rowling is giving fans a look behind the scenes. In the video taken during the stage play's rehearsal, Rowling shows the cast of children and adults practicing their wand choreography.
"This will be such an incredible theatrical experience that I'd love us to be able to surprise people and move people in the natural way that a story should surprise and move people," Rowling said.
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Dead World of Warcraft Private Server Petition Gets 200K Signatures
A petition for Blizzard to open World of Warcraft legacy servers has garnered over 200,000 signatures. Popular private server Nostalrius was shuttered earlier in April after receiving a cease and desist from Blizzard Entertainment, sparking the petition.
With the petition at this benchmark, Mark Kern—a former World of Warcraft team lead— is working on delivering the petition to Blizzard President Mike Morhaime.
In a post to Twitlonger, Kern detailed his plan to write an open letter and create a video addressed to Morhaime, along with a followup phone call to “his cell and office.”
Over Two Million People Played the Battleborn Beta
Over two million people played the Battleborn open beta, 2K Games and Gearbox Software announced today. The beta period—which launched April 8 on PlayStation 4 and April 13 on Xbox One and PC—ended on April 18.
During the open beta, players competed in 1.1 million competitive multiplayer matches,1.4 million story mode episodes, and collected 27 billion shards. Additionally, Gearbox shared the top three healers or life stealers in the Battleborn open beta as Miko, Ambra, and Rath. Oscar Mike, Marquis, and Thorn earned the title of top damage dealers during the open beta period.
What We Think of Iron Man Joining Spider-Man’s New Movie
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Tekken X Street Fighter is ‘On Hold’
Tekken X Street Fighter isn't officially dead, but it's not coming out anytime soon.
Tekken series producer — and sometimes voice actor — Katsuhiro Harada revealed as much to GameSpot today.
In an interview with the site Harada said the game is "on hold for the moment." Though he didn't specify how long that might last. The producer cited the recent release of Street Fighter V and the upcoming release of Tekken 7 as factors in the decision.