Preacher Premiere Date and Poster Revealed
Preacher is going to debut on Sunday, May 22 on AMC at 10pm ET/PT, following the midseason finale of Fear the Walking Dead.
Following that, an encore presentation of the pilot will air on May 29, during Memorial Day weekend, with back to back airings beginning at 9pm ET/PT. Then, new episodes will resume on Sunday, June 5 at the series regular time of 9pm ET/PT.
Preacher poster
Star Wars: Bloodline Posters Remind Leia Who Her Father Is
Set in-between Return of the Jedi and The Force Awakens, the upcoming novel Star Wars: Bloodline focuses on Leia Organa, and the shifting role she finds herself playing after the Rebel Alliance’s victory and key moments that will define who she is in Episode VII.
IGN has the exclusive debut of four posters for the novel, which will be given to fans at C2E2 and other upcoming conventions.
The posters are all variations on one another – starting with an in-universe campaign image of Leia and then showing how it has been defaced in different ways by some who seem none too happy with the Princess from Alderaan.
Xbox Introduces Cross-Network Play for the First Time
Microsoft has announced that games using Xbox Live will now support cross-network play - meaning players on Xbox can play online with those with the same game on PS4, for example. One of the first games to take advantage of that change will be Psyonix's Rocket League.
ID@Xbox director, Chris Charla announced the move in a statement on Xbox Wire, effectively extending the cross-platform play between Xbox One and PC that had already been announced. Not all games will necessarily allow for cross-network play - Charla made clear that "it’s up to game developers to support this feature". Xbox Live players will also have the option to play only with those also on Xbox Live.
Axiom Verge Coming to Wii U and Xbox One
Developer Tom Happ has announced that his Metroid-inspired game, Axiom Verge will be coming to Xbox One and Wii U later this year.
Axiom Verge is an action-platform-exploration game in a 16-bit style designed solely in Happ's spare time over the course of five years. Back in 2014, IGN said that it would be PlayStation's very own Metroid. Now, it's coming to other consoles too.
Axiom Verge is currently out on PS4 and PC, with a PS Vita version also coming.
King’s Quest Chapter 3 Coming Next Month
The third chapter of King's Quest, titled Once Upon a Climb, is due for release on April 26.
Coming out for PS4, PS3, Xbox One, Xbox 360, and PC, Once Upon a Climb will be a romantic comedy adventure featuring King Graham’s wife and Gwendolyn’s grandmother, Queen Valanice.
Longtime King's Quest fans will recognize the name and know the story of how Graham rescued Valanice from Hagatha's tower, but apparently the truth behind the fairy tale is more complicated than it appears.
King's Quest: The Complete Collection, which includes all five chapters and a bonus epilogue, along with the King's Quest Season Pass, which contains Chapters 2-5, are now available on the PS Store, the Xbox Store, and Steam.
Minecraft Is Now Being Played by AI
Microsoft has revealed that computer scientists in its research labs are now using Minecraft as a teaching tool for artificial intelligence, using the recently-announced Project AIX platform.
Clearly not content with 100 million registered players on PC alone, the platform puts an emphasis not on programming AI to perform tasks, but programming it to learn to perform tasks organically. In a Microsoft blog post about the project, the example given was that of an AI player learning to climb to the highest point on a Minecraft map in the same way an inexperienced human player would - by reading the world around it and finding out where it can and can't travel. Also, by dying in lava repeatedly.
Soulstorm – a New Oddworld Game – Has Been Announced
Oddworld Inhabitants has announced a new game, Oddworld: Soulstorm. A follow-up to 2014's Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty and a remake/reimagining of 1998's Abe's Exoddus, the new game will be released in the latter half of 2017.
Announced on the Oddworld website, Soulstorm will directly follow on from New 'n' Tasty, telling the story of hero Abe as he leads 300 Mudokons that he saved in the last game through the desert, before discovering the titular soft drink, which holds a very dark secret.
Soulstorm Brewery as it appeared in Abe's Exoddus
Fallout 4 Automatron DLC Release Date Announced
Bethesda released a new trailer and details about the first of Fallout 4's upcoming DLC, Automatron.
Automatron releases March 22 on all platforms. In it, players can hunt down and destroy evil robots and use their harvested parts to build their own custom companions for the game.
"The mysterious Mechanist has unleashed a horde of evil robots into the Commonwealth," and it's up to the Wanderer to stop them. Among the new robots is the "devious Robobrain."
Parts taken from defeated robots can be mixed and matched to create totally custom robotic companions for use in the game. "Choose from hundreds of mods; mixing limbs, armor, abilities, and weapons such as the all-new lightning chain gun," Bethesda said. Paint schemes and voices customization options are also available for players above level 15.
The Division Becomes Biggest Q1 Launch in UK History
Tom Clancy's The Division has broken an 11 year record to become the biggest first quarter video game launch in UK history.
According to GfK Chart-Track, The Division has beaten the record held by Gran Turismo 4 since 2005. In addition, last week Ubisoft revealed that The Division had the highest day-one sales in the company's history.
Ubisoft is enjoying success in the UK at the moment, with three titles in the UK's top 10 for this week. The Division knocked Far Cry Primal down to the number two spot, while Rainbow Six Siege is hanging on at number 10.
Do Not Get in Red-Kryptonite Supergirl’s Way
Tonight’s episode of Supergirl, titled “Falling,” will see Kara become infected with red Kryptonite. If you thought the green stuff was bad, just wait until you get a load of what this stuff can do.
“It just takes away her inhibitions, it makes you speak the truth, and sometimes that is not always delivered lightly. She becomes dangerous, and in a way red-Kryptonite Kara is the villain of the piece,” executive producer Ali Adler told us at PaleyFest LA 2016.
Red Kryptonite essentially turns Kryptonians into one of the bad guys. They’re full of hate and rage instead of the hope and light that makes them a hero. It also makes Kara really, really cruel to her loved ones.