Here’s Your New Spider-Man
Sony Pictures and Marvel Studios have announced that Tom Holland has been cast as the new Peter Parker/Spider-Man. He will play the webslinger in the next Sony Spider-Man film and is also expected to appear in Captain America: Civil War for Marvel. Additionally, the studios have revealed that the Spider-Man film will be directed by Jon Watts, director of Cop Car, a thriller that debuted earlier this year at the Sundance Film Festival.
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Bungie Teases ‘Something Better’ for Destiny Vets
In response to the controversy surrounding the exclusive perks included in Destiny's Collector's Edition of The Taken King, Bungie has confirmed that longtime players have "something better" coming.
"Year One players won't get the same perks as people who buy a collector's edition," David "Deej" Dague told Forbes (via Eurogamer). "They'll get something better. Tune into the Weekly Update for more."
Meet the XCOM 2 Advent Soldiers
On alien-occupied Earth, the setting of Firaxis Games’ XCOM 2, it’s not all fire and brimstone. Though humanity was quickly crushed, and helplessly buckled under the weight of the invasion, the ensuing 20 years of life on our planet have seen more integration than oppressive subjugation.
People flock to the shining white mega-cities built across the earth by our alien benefactors with the promise of an easier life free of disease. And to manage those populations, the aliens have conscripted the Advent - the ostensibly human arm of the occupation force.
Though Firaxis is keeping details on the Advent’s origins quiet for now (other than to say they’re not directly connected to the Exalt forces from XCOM: Enemy Within), its soldiers act as a sort of military police for the aliens proper.
Spider-Gwen Gets a New Series and Joins Marvel Contest of Champions
Get excited, web-heads: we’ve got two announcements for Marvel Comics’ Spider-Gwen.
First, as hinted by a recent teaser image, she will be getting a series relaunch with a brand new Spider-Gwen #1 by the same creative team, writer Jason Latour and artist Robbi Rodriguez. Her comic will be one of ~60 new Marvel comics released as part of a line-wide relaunch after Secret Wars. While Secret Wars and Spider-Verse will be acknowledged in the relaunched comic, the series will largely pick back up where it left off, exploring the alternate universe of Earth-65 where Peter Parker died and Gwen Stacy became Spider-Woman.
Nintendo Well Aware of the Demand for a Proper Metroid
Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime says the house of Mario is well aware of the desire amongst the community to see a proper new installment in the Metroid franchise.
“Look, we know that the fans want a straight Samus Aran game," Fils-Aime told Kotaku. "We also know that the best way to launch a game like that is to surprise and delight them, to give them a launch date, in an environment like this let them play it vs. what other companies do which is to announce a project that you may not see for five, six years.
"It’s just not the way we do things," he added. "We know the community wants to see a straight-up Metroid game. We know it."
Pixel Art World Record Broken in Minecraft
Streamer Thorlar has created what he believes to be the biggest pixel art image ever made in Minecraft.
At the end of a 23-week-long process, he put the finishing touches to the image in a video he uploaded to YouTube.
1,128,960 blocks were used to create the image of Kerrigan, Deathwing, and Diablo, and when you zoom out and look at the picture as a whole, it's remarkably detailed.
Xbox One Backwards Compatibility Supports Xbox 360 DLC
Xbox One's upcoming backward compatibility will also extend to Xbox 360 DLC according to a support account.
Xbox Support has tweeted out that the console will indeed be able to support such a possibility but, as is the case with the games themselves, individual publishers will need to give permission first.
It's also been confirmed by Eurogamer that cloud saves and Achievements will carry over, and 360 multiplayer will work as long as the servers are still running.
The Fate of Bruce Wayne Revealed in September
DC has released their full lineup of solicitations for September 2015. Unlike in past years, September won't see DC take a break from their usual books for a month-long event. Instead, look for the various new "DC You" titles to continue (many with new guest artists), as the Batman books explore the the true fate of Bruce Wayne, the "Truth" storyline wraps up in the various Superman books and "The Darkseid War" reaches a climactic point in Justice League #44.
Ending Series:
- Arrow: Season 2.5 #12
- FBP: Federal Bureau of Physics #24
- The Flash: Season Zero #12
- The Sandman: Overture #6
Final Fantasy 7 Remake Won’t Add New Characters
Final Fantasy director Tetsuya Nomura has shared a few new details on the recently announced Final Fantasy VII Remake, confirming that while the studio isn't adding any new characters, the visual style will be more realistic.
"There won’t be new characters," he told Famitsu (via Gematsu). "As for the visual taste, we’re doing them to match today’s visuals and appear closer to reality."
As far as gameplay is concerned, Nomura said the remake will feature "a more realistic system."
Interestingly enough, Nomura plans to include parts of the teaser trailer, which made its debut during Sony's E3 media briefing, within the game itself. "We’re using part of that video in the game," he said. "We’re going to raise the quality even more."
Burnout Dev Criterion Nearly Made a F-Zero Wii U Game
It's been revealed Nintendo once asked Burnout developer Criterion to create a new F-Zero title to launch with the Wii U.
According to Nintendo Life, Nintendo of Europe wanted Criterion to have a brief demo of the game ready to show at E3 2011 before the full game launched alongside the Wii U, but unfortunately this tight turnaround meant the developer had to turn it down as Need for Speed: Most Wanted was taking up most of its resources. Criterion founder Alex Ward verified timing was the issue.
The last full F-Zero game was F-Zero Climax, a Game Boy Advance title that was never released outside of Japan in 2004. Since then, we've had to make-do with cameos in the likes of Nintendo Land and Mario Kart 8.