Yearly Archives: 2018
Marvel Comics Spoils Major X-Men Gold Twist
Warning: this article contains spoilers for X-Men Gold #30, which won't be released until Wednesday!
Marvel Comics has revealed major spoilers about the contents of X-Men Gold #30, ahead of the issue's release this week.
Final warning: spoilers ahead!
X-Men Gold #30 has been hyped as featuring the long-awaited wedding between Kitty Pryde and Colossus. But things don't go exactly as planned in this issue. As revealed by The New York Times, Kitty gets cold feet and calls the wedding off at the last minute. However, that doesn't mean there's no wedding in this issue.
Star Trek Showrunner Reportedly Developing 4 New Star Trek Shows
Star Trek: Discovery showrunner and co-creator Alex Kurtzman and his production company Secret Hideout reportedly signed a 5-year, $25 million deal with CBS Television Studios to create a myriad of Star Trek content, including at least four new shows set in the Star Trek universe.
As reported by Variety, Kurtzman will supervise the expansion of the Star Trek franchise in the form of a Starfleet Academy series, a limited series based around the "Wrath of Kahn" storyline, a second limited series that has yet to be disclosed and an animated series.
Additionally, The Hollywood Reporter's sources say that Kurtzman and Akiva Goldsman, who worked on Discovery during Season 1, are working on a Patrick Stewart project. Stewart of course played Captain Picard on Star Trek: The Next Generation. Whether or not this is the second limited series mentioned by Variety is unclear. According to THR, "CBS TV Studios declined to confirm the Stewart project as sources say a deal is far from completed and may not happen despite the fact that the actor recently teased his potential return to the franchise."
PUBG’s Sanhok Map Gets a Release Date
PUBG is getting a new map this week.
In a tweet this morning, PUBG Corp. revealed after four rounds of testing, Sanhok will release on PC Thursday as part of Patch #15.
Sanhok will be PUBG's third map, and it comes with its own exclusive weapon, the QBZ95, an assault rifle holding 30 rounds. The new QBZ95 assault rifle replaces the existing SCAR-L on Sanhok, and spawns about 1.4 times as often as the SCAR-L used to.
At just a quarter the size of the existing Erangel and Miramar maps, Sanhok will result in games typically ending more quickly. All matches will still feature PUBG's signature 100-player count, but several changes have been made to optimize the standard gameplay for the smaller map. For instance, the red zone is smaller and shorter-lasting while the blue zone has shorter waiting times, longer travel times, and adjusts both times based on remaining players.
ARK: Survival Evolved Extinction Expansion Release Date
Studio Wildcard has revealed the first gameplay details, and release date, for it's upcoming expansion to ARK: Survival Evolved.
The expansion, titled ARK: Extinction, releases November 6 on Steam, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One, and will be included in both the Explorer's Pack and the Season Pass. It will also be available as a standalone expansion and upgrade.
The first trailer for Extinction was also revealed, so be sure to check it out below.
Extinction pits players against wandering Titans, who have dominated Earth; a planet which has long been infested by Elements and filled with "both organic and technological" creatures.
In the months leading up to the release of Extinction, Explorer Notes related to it will begin appearing throughout ARK and its other expansion packs. When collected, these notes will unlock new skins, as well as "powerful Tek-themed dinosaur variants." The first of these notes was released last Friday, alongside the first Extinction-themed skin, "Corrupted Helm."
Rocket Launch Update Hints at Fortnite: Season 5
A mysterious hologram appeared near Fortnite's evil lair missile, and a recent leak suggests that a rocket launch is imminent.
Although the hologram simply projects an image of the rocket, it's the recent datamine fueling all the latest fan theories. According to TwoEpicBuddies, text for a launch sequence where players can initiate the launch themselves was found along with a model of the rocket.
A hologram at the evil lair seems to be the start of a rocket launch event.
Check Out a New Poster for Netflix’s Sci-Fi Thriller Tau
Along with a new trailer for Netflix's upcoming sci-fi thriller Tau, IGN can exclusively debut the new poster for the upcoming movie.
First, be sure to watch the full trailer, starring Maika Monroe:
Set in a futuristic smart house run by an AI program, Tau follows a woman, played by Monroe, who seeks to escape by befriending the program that controls the house. Judging by the trailer, Tau isn't quite as friendly as your normal Alexa.
The tagline for the poster reads: "No bars. No guards. No escape." Check it out below:
A Visual History of Mario Sports Games
Nintendo realized Mario’s potential outside of traditional platforming games pretty early on. The success of Super Mario Kart early in the life of the SNES proved that the mascot was malleable enough to tackle a wide array of genres, which has only grown throughout the generations. Just look at this year’s E3, where Nintendo showcased Super Smash Bros. Ultimate and Super Mario Party.
One major area of expansion for Mario has been into the world of sports, which have ranged from traditional to extremely strange. From Mario's Tennis on the Virtual Boy to a weird dancing phase on the GameCube, here’s a brief history of Mario’s adventures in sports. Check out the slideshow below.
Lucifer Season 4 Will Only Have 10 Episodes
The fourth season of Lucifer on Netflix will only have 10 episodes.
Speaking to TVLine, co-showrunners Joe Henderson and Ildy Modrovich confirmed the new season will run approximately half the length of previous seasons, which consist of 22 episodes.
The Season 4 episodes will still run for around 43 minutes and the story will be split into two parts. “We were going to have two parts to it anyway, so we’ll just tell a really strong, gnarly first part,” Modrovich said.
lets us concentrate the story and focus it, and that’s what’s really exciting about this," Henderson said. "We have a really strong first half that is now going to make for an amazing story."
PlayStation Hits Offers PS4 Classics at Budget Price
PlayStation has announced PlayStation Hits, a collection of some of the best games the PlayStation 4 has to offer at $19.99 USD and $19.99 CAD.
Revealed via the PlayStation Blog, 15 titles will be available as part of PlayStation Hits in the U.S. beginning on June 28, with more being added in the future. In Canada, 14 of the 15 titles announced for the U.S. will be available, all except for Doom.
Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End, Metal Gear Solid V: The Definitive Experience, and Bloodborne are a few of the titles that will be available when this new line launches.
A Supergirl Actor Won’t Be Returning and What’s Next for Season 4
Note that spoilers are ahead for those who have not watched the Season 3 finale of Supergirl!
As the Season 3 finale wrapped up for Supergirl, fans were left with lingering questions – but one of those has been definitively answered by Executive Producer, Robert Rovner: Chris Wood will not be returning for Season 4.
Rovner told TVLine that was always the plan for Wood's character, Mon-El. “The plan for Chris was always to have him on the show for two years," Rovner explained. "We’ve loved telling Mon El's story, as well as the story we’ve told for him and Kara. We hope the fans felt that it was a satisfying conclusion."