Yearly Archives: 2018
Tennis Icon Serena Williams Wears ‘Wakanda-Inspired Catsuit’ to French Open
Serena Williams has returned to Grand Slam tennis following maternity leave, in a specially-designed "catsuit" that the tennis ace has called "Wakanda-inspired."
The athlete cites Black Panther's fictional setting as the inspiration for the bodysuit, which she wore for medical reasons at the French Open — specifically to prevent blood clots following a somewhat arduous delivery of her daughter.
"I feel like a warrior in it, like a warrior princess kind of, (a) queen from Wakanda.
I'm always living in a fantasy world. I always wanted to be a superhero, and it's kind of my way of being a superhero.
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Xbox Reportedly Lays Off Support Staff and Replaces with Volunteers
Microsoft has reportedly laid off paid support staff in favour of the unpaid volunteers that they trained.
Polygon reports that 12 Xbox support staff lost their jobs after unwittingly training their replacements — volunteers in the Xbox Ambassadors program.
The support staff were hired by Affirma Consulting but worked out of Microsoft's offices. According to Polygon's sources, a small team has been kept on to manage the Ambassadors.
The Xbox Ambassador program was set up in 2013, and rewards members of the community with various prizes for volunteering their time to assist with customer support.
Tom Cruise Teases Top Gun 2 With On-Set Photo
Production has finally started on the sequel to 1986's hit action flick, Top Gun, with Tom Cruise posting an on-set photo from the first day on set.
Cruise tweeted a photo of his character, Pete "Maverick" Mitchell, looking at his trusty F-14A Tomcat, with the everybody's favourite line emblazoned across it, and the hashtag #Day1.
#Day1 pic.twitter.com/7jjPL277Es
— Tom Cruise (@TomCruise) May 31, 2018
Woody Harrelson Says He’ll Return for Future Venom Movies
Woody Harrelson may only appear briefly in the upcoming Venom, but he is apparently set to return in a bigger role for the film's sequel.
In an interview with Collider, Harrelson was asked about his work on the upcoming superhero flick.
"I’m in a little fraction of this movie, but I’ll be in the next one, you know? So I haven’t read that script, but anyways, just rolled the dice."
As IGN previously reported, Harrelson joined Venom late last year. At the time, sources said Harrelson would be playing a "Henchman" character, but few details were available. When pressed for details about his character in Collider, Harrelson did not offer any new information.
Marvel Sneaks Superman and Wonder Woman Into One of Their Comics
Marvel's Lockjaw comic features two of DC's biggest superheroes, Superman and Wonder Woman.
Warning: Spoilers for Lockjaw #4 follow.
Per ComicBook.com, the final issue of the Lockjaw miniseries has a small cameo from the DC heroes during a climatic battle.
The series centers on Lockjaw reuniting with his long lost siblings, and it also reveals his true origins. In the latest issue, Lockjaw goes up against Annihilus, lord of the Negative Zone. Their battles take them to different realms, including Asgard, the Ultimate Universe, and Duckworld.
Marvel Subtly Clarifies How to Pronounce Venom’s ‘Symbiote’
Marvel has subtly clarified how to pronounce Venom's "symbiote" in the latest Amazing Spider-Man comic.
Warning: Spoilers for Amazing Spider-Man #800 follow.
The first full trailer for Sony's Venom movie had everyone debating the pronunciation of the word. In the trailer, one of the film's stars, Jenny Slate, repeatedly pronounces "symbiote" as "sym-BYE-ote" instead of "sym-BEE-ote."
Per ComicBook.com, Amazing Spider-Man #800 has none other than J. Jonah Jameson clearing things up. After Spider-Man struggles in his battle with Red Goblin, Jameson decides to phone Eddie Brock/Venom to ask him to help Spidey.
James Marsden Cast in Sonic the Hedgehog Movie
Westworld star James Marsden has officially joined the Sonic the Hedgehog movie.
Variety reports Marsden will star in Paramount's live-action/CGI hybrid adaptation of the popular video game franchise. No word yet on who Marsden will play in the film.
James Marsden as Teddy Flood in Westworld.
The History of Vault 76 and What It Means for Fallout 76
The next Fallout has been announced, and no Bethesda didn’t suddenly decide to skip a few dozen numbers. Fallout 76 seems to be following New Vegas’ lead as a spin-off from the main Fallout series, with the 76 referring to Vault 76.
The thing is, this isn’t the first time we’ve heard about Vault 76, and what we know about this vault actually tells us where Fallout 76 will likely be set, its place in the Fallout timeline, and also reveals a surprising connection to the very first Fallout.
Vault 76 is mentioned in a few places outside of its debut teaser trailer. It’s listed on a Vault-Tec computer terminal in The Citadel in Fallout 3, discussed by the news announcer in the intro of Fallout 4, and named during an audio log in Fallout 3’s Mothership Zeta add-on. You can see all of those examples in the video at the top of the page, and that handful of references is full of solid info.
Fallout, Pokemon, LEGO Among Today’s Five Big Game Announcements
While E3 2018 is still nearly two weeks away, but that hasn't prevented publishers and developers from introducing plenty of new titles to keep us playing all 2018 long...and likely into 2019.
In the last 24 hours, as of publication, five major games have been announced — and one of them is already available. In case you've missed any of the announcements — or all of IGN's breakdowns of what we've learned so far, read on to learn the latest about upcoming Fallout, LEGO, and Pokemon games.
And be sure to catch up on what, including some of these, games will be at E3 2018.