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Grab This Sound Bar and Speaker Set and Ditch Your TV's Crummy Speakers
The speakers in your TV? Sorry, but they're not good, and they're pointed at the wall behind your TV, not your face. The solution? External speakers, like this Vizio sound bar set with satellite speakers and subwoofer. I have this set, sans speakers, and I love it. I'm no longer turning the TV's volume up to hear dialogue, then frantically turning it back down when something explodes or music plays.
This set is typically $450, and previously the lowest price I've ever seen it go for was $30, but right now it's only $300. This is a perfect entry-level system to your TV room into a home theater.
Game of Thrones Actor Joins Kingsman: The Golden Circle
Pedro Pascal, who played Oberyn Martell on Game of Thrones, is now part of the cast of Kingsman: The Golden Circle.
The follow-up to 2015's Kingsman: The Secret Service sees Pascal as a character named Jack Daniels, according to a report from Deadline.
Halle Berry and Julianne Moore are also rumored to be involved in the sequel.
Pascal's most infamous role may be that of Oberyn Martell, but the actor also plays Javier Pena in the Netflix series Narcos, a show we called one of the top 10 Netflix original shows.
Edge of Tomorrow Sequel Finds Its Writers
The sequel to Tom Cruise's Edge of Tomorrow has found its writers. Joe Shrapnel and Anna Waterhouse will pen the follow-up to the sci-fi hit.
According to Deadline, Shrapnel and Waterhouse are in high demand after writing the Jesse Owens biopic Race. The pair have also collaborated on a re-write of Sony's The Grey Man, as well as an adaptation of Circle of Treason, based on a book written by former CIA agents.
The original movie didn't set the domestic box office on fire, but Edge of Tomorrow did go on to earn a respectable $270 million USD internationally. It's domestic and international take put the film at $370 million.
HTC Vive Coming to GameStop, Microsoft Stores
Soon you'll be able to try the HTC Vive VR headset at GameStop and Microsoft stores.
The device will first be available to demo at Microsoft's flagship stores in New York, Bellvue Square in Washington, and City Creek Center in Utah.
In April Microsoft will have up to 30 locations open to Vive demo stations. At about the same time GameStop will open similar kiosks at 10 of its stores.
The full list of locations will eventually be available on the HTC Vive official website.
Demo stations will sport "more than 120 titles that are available now on Steam," while participating stores will allow customers to "place reservations for June orders directly with retailers."
SiriusXM Is Teaming Up With IGN for IGN Esports Today
SiriusXM and IGN are teaming up for a brand new eSports show, IGN Esports Today, appearing on SiriusXM Bleacher Report Radio channel every weekday from 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Eastern, 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm Pacific.
Hosted by IGN’s Kevin Knocke, IGN Esports Today will provide live analysis and up to the minute news about the biggest competitions in League of Legends, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Hearthstone, Street Fighter V, Call of Duty and more. Listeners can call in live to participate in the show, ask their favorite eSports players and personalities questions, and even ask our guest experts how to improve their competitive gaming skill.
IGN Esports Today will have the biggest names in the eSports industry and entertainment celebrities with a passion for eSports on every day for deep discussions about the biggest stories.
PS4 3.50 Update Has Unannounced Features
After the introduction of PS4's 3.50 update, users on Reddit have reported finding several features that were not announced previously.
These range from the reintroduction of USB music playback - which was removed in a previous update - to a reported (although not fully confirmed) ability to use 4TB hard drives without problems.
Alongside those are the ability set a party member limit, improvements to the Live from PlayStation menu to help with easy searching, and the option to disable the console's screenshot notification pop-up (letting you take multiple screenshots without capturing the pop-up too).
IGN UK Podcast: Uncharted 4 Is the Send-Off Drake Deserves
Nathan Drake's final adventure is just around the corner, but we've played some of it early. Alex gives us a rundown of why it's worth looking forward to even if you think you know the Uncharted formula pretty well by now.
And besides that, we've run down our greatest gaming achievements and try our hand at some aural magic. Yes, a podcast first is happening right here.
IGN UK Podcast #326: Uncharted 4 Is the Send-Off Drake Deserves
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My Chemical Romance Frontman Heading DC Comics’ New Imprint
The Umbrella Academy writer and former My Chemical Romance frontman Gerard Way is curating a new DC Comics popup imprint.
Young Animal, the imprint intended for "mature readers," will feature four series under Way's creative direction.
"I am thrilled to help bring DC's Young Animal to life, having been raised on experimental 80s and 90s takes on superheroes," Way said.
Young Animal's four titles are Doom Patrol; Shade, The Changing Girl; Cave Carson Has a Cybernetic Eye; and Mother Panic. Way spoke on the DC All Access panel at Emerald City Comicon, and said these stories will allow the publisher to "explore fine art, bold concepts, mature themes, and strangeness—with a lot of heart."
Director Describes Scene that Was Cut From BvS
Zack Snyder has been talking about a key moment at the end of Batman v Superman, explaining how a scene that was cut from the movie explains a potential plot-hole.
So as we're dealing with the film's finale, BEWARE OF SPOILERS AHEAD.
When IGN sat down for a chat with the BvS director, we asked why Superman can’t hear his mother’s screams and cries for help when she’s kidnapped by Lex Luthor late on.
“I think all the way – to me, from Metropolis to Smallville is probably just on the edge of his range of hearing” he explained. “Also the clutter of the city makes it difficult as well."
It sounds like an excised sequence might help explain the issue as well.