The ‘Real Reasons’ Batman & Superman Hate Each Other
While the trailers for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice have given us a general idea of why the Dark Knight and the Man of Steel are butting heads, we won’t know the full context of their bout until the movie hits. In the meantime, the folks over at MAD Magazine have come up with a few possible reasons, and while we doubt the two heroes are throwing down over stinky guano or fake super-bulges, going over the list is still worth a few laughs.
We have your exclusive first look at the parody that will appear in Issue #538, which releases digitally February 12 and in print on February 23.
Sony VR Studio Head Steps Down
After working at Sony's London Studio for 17 years, Dave Ranyard has announced he's parting ways with the developer.
The studio head oversaw several PlayStation VR demos, including The London Heist and Streetluge. In addition to Sony's virtual reality efforts, Ranyard worked on The Getaway, as well as several titles for Wonderbook, Eyetoy and Singstar.
Ranyard is leaving the company to pursue new virtual reality projects in an independent capacity. "2016 is going to be the year of VR so it's the perfect time for me to take this step into independent development," Ranyard said in a statement (via GameInformer). "The emergence of a new medium like VR doesn't come along very often and I really want to be a part of this new world."
New Game Mode, Car With GTA Online Valentine’s Day DLC
Grand Theft Auto Online's Be My Valentine update is now available for Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC.
Along with everything available in last year's Valentine's Day pack, Be My Valentine brings new clothes, accessories, and cars. Coming Friday, Rockstar is introducing the couples-based Till Death Do Us Part Adversary mode.
Ride around Los Santos in the Albany Roosevelt Valor, available to purchase from Legendary Motorsport. The car is a riff on the classic Roosevelt, with many "exciting modifications" available from Los Santos Customs. The original Albany Roosevelt from last year's update will also return this year.
Donald Trump Spoof Movie Stars Johnny Depp and Many More
Funny Or Die has released a 50 minute long spoof titled Donald Trump's The Art of the Deal: The Movie.
The star-studded cast includes the likes of Johnny Depp as Trump, Ron Howard, Patton Oswalt, Michaela Watkins, Stephen Merchant, Henry Winkler, Kristen Schaal, and many more.
"Donald Trump has it all," says the spoof's description. "Money, power, respect, and an Eastern European bride. But all his success didn’t come for nothing. First, he inherited millions of dollars from his rich father, then he grabbed New York City by the balls. Now you can learn the art of negotiation, real estate, and high-quality brass in this illuminating made-for-TV special feature."
You can find the movie, as well as the full list of actors, on Funny Or Die's website
The Walking Dead: Michonne Episode 1 Gets a Release Date
Telltale has announced that episode one of The Walking Dead: Michonne - A Telltale Miniseries will be premiering on February 23.
The first episode of the three-part standalone, titled 'In Too Deep,' will accompany Michonne, Pete and his crew on the ship The Companion. While they search the coast for supplies and signs of life, a signal for help brings them to the scene of a massacre. Following that, the crew are then led to the survivors’ colony of Monroe; a place that may hold the answers they're looking for.
The series stars Samira Wiley from Netflix's Orange is the New Black as Michonne.
Transformers: Earth Wars Is Autobots vs. Decepticons on Mobile
Transformers: Earth Wars is coming to iOS and Android devices in the second quarter of 2016.
The real-time strategy game uses "fast-paced gameplay and beautiful 3D animation" to pit Autobots against Decepticons. Players choose to wage war as either side, with Optimus Prime leading the Autobots as they battle to destroy the evil forces of the Decepticons, led by Megatron.
After picking a side, players can then put together a "powerful team of playable characters," raid enemy bases for stockpiles of Energon, build a space-bridge to Cybertron for reinforcements, "all while playing in real-time against other players around the globe."
Transformers: Earth Wars also features art "inspired by the Transformers Generations Prime Wars trilogy series," with dialogue written comic-writer Simon Furman. The original voice of Optimus Prime, Peter Cullen, along with Megatron voice actor Frank Welker, are lending their talents to the game.
Spider-Man, Avengers Get Age of Apocalypse Costumes
With the Apocalypse Wars crossover hitting Marvel’s X-Men comics starting in May, the rest of Marvel’s heroes are getting in on the action with apocalyptic new variant covers. Twenty-three comics will get a variant featuring its title characters re-imagined as though they were from the Age of Apocalypse or Horsemen of Apocalypse.
We have your first look at seven of these covers.
Amazing Spider-Man #12 cover by Jamal Campbell
SEGA CEO Talks About the Future of the Company
Hajime Satomi, president and CEO of Sega Sammy Holdings Inc, has spoken about the future of Sega in the entertainment industry.
In an interview with The World Folio, Satomi confirmed that a "live-action and animation hybrid Sonic the Hedgehog movie" is scheduled for release in 2018, in collaboration with Sony Pictures. "Like with this CG animation production, we would like to expand our business into other entertainment areas beyond what we are currently involved," Satomi said.
A New Pokemon Character Has Been Revealed
A new Pokemon has been revealed.
According to Serebii, the new Pokemon was shown off in the latest issue of CoroCoro, and goes by the name of Magiana (マギアナ).
Image credit Corocoro
The site goes on to note Magiana is a “Man-Made” Pokemon, presumably in a similar bracket to Mewtwo, and has a “metallic body.” Also, Magiana was created over 500 years ago and is being chased by Volcanion, who apparently knows Magiana’s secret, what ever that is.
New Hitman Seems Ready to Please Old-School Fans
It’s not every day that the head of a veteran AAA-game-making studio tells you to “please try and break it – that’s what makes the game fun!” But that’s exactly what Io Interactive boss Hannes Seifert told me before I sat down to play an early build of the episodic Hitman reboot. It’s heading into beta this week, and I was eager to see how the series would return to its sandbox-y roots.
I started with Agent 47’s tutorial: a prologue set 20 years ago, back when he was passing tests to become an agent. The bullets are rubber and you’re not technically killing anyone – probably the only time in the game you’re not registering an actual body count. It’s a capable enough tutorial – I got a disguise on a dock, snuck into a yacht party, pretended to bartend, then followed my target until he was alone and choked him to death with my garrote – but I was eager to get to the real thing.