DC Comics has named Marie Javins as its new permanent Editor-in-Chief. Javins replaces previous EiC Bob Harras, who was among a number of DC editorial staff laid off as part of WarnerMedia's recent corporate restructuring. Javins will report directly to Daniel Cherry III, who recently joined the company as Senior Vice President and General Manager. Javins had been serving as interim editor-in-chief alongside Michele Wells. Prior to that, she served as DC’s Executive Editor of Global Publishing and Digital Strategy. Javins' past editing work includes titles like DC Super Hero Girls, Justice League, Dark Nights: Death Metal and Exit Stage Left: The Snagglepuss Chronicles. According to DC's press release, Javins will work closely with both Cherry and Publisher/Chief Creative Officer Jim Lee to chart a new direction for DC in 2021. Her responsibilities will include "developing and overseeing the execution of the company’s annual publishing schedule to grow all DC imprints. She’ll also lead the strategy for expanding worldwide consumer reach of DC Publishing content and provide editorial and creative direction for DC imprints." “As a young girl devouring comics of Wonder Woman, Nubia, and Supergirl, I never dreamed that decades later, I’d be at the helm of the mighty DC Comics,” said Javins. “I’m incredibly honored by this responsibility, and will dedicate myself to supporting and challenging DC’s extended family of staff, talent, retailers, and partners around the world in our quest to tell innovative visual stories that both reflect and expand our world—and in some cases, our galaxy and multiverse.” It's unclear exactly how much DC's publishing strategy will change in the months and years ahead. But as we've previously explored, all signs point to DC undergoing major changes in 2021. Javins' prior editing experience suggests DC may be shifting away from traditional, monthly superhero comics in favor of more self-contained graphic novels and digital-first releases. That certainly gels with Lee's earlier comments about DC streamlining its publishing lineup going forward. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=future-state-every-comic-in-dcs-massive-2021-crossover&captions=true"] "We will be reducing the size of the slate," Lee told The Hollywood Reporter. "But it’s about looking at everything and looking at the bottom 20 percent, 25 percent of the line that wasn’t breaking even or was losing money. It’s about more punch for the pound, so to speak, and increasing the margins of the books that we are doing. It was about aligning the books to the franchise brand content we’ve developed and making sure that every book we put out, we put out for a reason." We do know that DC is gearing up for Future State, a two-month-long crossover in January and February 2021 that will reveal the future of the DCU ten years into the future. Future State will feature Jon Kent taking up the mantle of Superman and introduce a new Wonder Woman named Yara Flor, while 12 Years a Slave writer John Ridley will be chronicling the adventures of a brand new Batman. The company has hinted at big plans for March 2020, likely involving a line-wide relaunch building on the fallout of Dark Nights: Death Metal, but what exactly they have in store remains to be seen. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/10/13/dc-showcase-batman-death-in-the-family-review"] What to you hope to see from DC in 2021? let us know in the comments below. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Jesse is a mild-mannered staff writer for IGN. Allow him to lend a machete to your intellectual thicket by following @jschedeen on Twitter.

DC Comics has named Marie Javins as its new permanent Editor-in-Chief. Javins replaces previous EiC Bob Harras, who was among a number of DC editorial staff laid off as part of WarnerMedia's recent corporate restructuring. Javins will report directly to Daniel Cherry III, who recently joined the company as Senior Vice President and General Manager. Javins had been serving as interim editor-in-chief alongside Michele Wells. Prior to that, she served as DC’s Executive Editor of Global Publishing and Digital Strategy. Javins' past editing work includes titles like DC Super Hero Girls, Justice League, Dark Nights: Death Metal and Exit Stage Left: The Snagglepuss Chronicles. According to DC's press release, Javins will work closely with both Cherry and Publisher/Chief Creative Officer Jim Lee to chart a new direction for DC in 2021. Her responsibilities will include "developing and overseeing the execution of the company’s annual publishing schedule to grow all DC imprints. She’ll also lead the strategy for expanding worldwide consumer reach of DC Publishing content and provide editorial and creative direction for DC imprints." “As a young girl devouring comics of Wonder Woman, Nubia, and Supergirl, I never dreamed that decades later, I’d be at the helm of the mighty DC Comics,” said Javins. “I’m incredibly honored by this responsibility, and will dedicate myself to supporting and challenging DC’s extended family of staff, talent, retailers, and partners around the world in our quest to tell innovative visual stories that both reflect and expand our world—and in some cases, our galaxy and multiverse.” It's unclear exactly how much DC's publishing strategy will change in the months and years ahead. But as we've previously explored, all signs point to DC undergoing major changes in 2021. Javins' prior editing experience suggests DC may be shifting away from traditional, monthly superhero comics in favor of more self-contained graphic novels and digital-first releases. That certainly gels with Lee's earlier comments about DC streamlining its publishing lineup going forward. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=future-state-every-comic-in-dcs-massive-2021-crossover&captions=true"] "We will be reducing the size of the slate," Lee told The Hollywood Reporter. "But it’s about looking at everything and looking at the bottom 20 percent, 25 percent of the line that wasn’t breaking even or was losing money. It’s about more punch for the pound, so to speak, and increasing the margins of the books that we are doing. It was about aligning the books to the franchise brand content we’ve developed and making sure that every book we put out, we put out for a reason." We do know that DC is gearing up for Future State, a two-month-long crossover in January and February 2021 that will reveal the future of the DCU ten years into the future. Future State will feature Jon Kent taking up the mantle of Superman and introduce a new Wonder Woman named Yara Flor, while 12 Years a Slave writer John Ridley will be chronicling the adventures of a brand new Batman. The company has hinted at big plans for March 2020, likely involving a line-wide relaunch building on the fallout of Dark Nights: Death Metal, but what exactly they have in store remains to be seen. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/10/13/dc-showcase-batman-death-in-the-family-review"] What to you hope to see from DC in 2021? let us know in the comments below. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Jesse is a mild-mannered staff writer for IGN. Allow him to lend a machete to your intellectual thicket by following @jschedeen on Twitter.

Sony discussed raising its game prices even higher before settling on its $70 USD price point, according to a new report from Bloomberg. We know now that many of Sony's first-party games will cost $70. That's the price tag on upcoming titles like Demon's Souls and Destruction All-Stars. This is a $10 jump in the cost of games, but according to Bloomberg, an even bigger jump was discussed. The report doesn't reveal how much higher Sony discussed going, but the idea of going beyond $70 comes from games executives that wished to remain anonymous when speaking to Bloomberg. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=ps5-games-coming-in-2020&captions=true"] Based on the games coming from Sony this year, we know the company settled on $70, but according to Bloomberg's report, companies are not likely to even acknowledge this $10 price jump, and will instead opt for the more optics-friendly wording that prices will vary by title. It's important to note, however, that not every Sony first-party game will release at $70. This week's Spider-Man: Miles Morales is launching at $50 — although there's a $70 edition that includes Spider-Man Remastered — and Sackboy: A Big Adventure will launch at $60. Outside of Sony's first-party lineup, there are others shifting to the $70 price point as well. Activision's upcoming Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War will release at $70 as will Take-Two's NBA 2K21. Even third-party PlayStation 5 console-exclusive game, Godfall, will cost $70. The jump to $70 is the first price increase since the Xbox 360-PlayStation 3 generation, which saw prices jump from $50 in the previous generation to $60. That $60 price tag stuck throughout that generation and throughout the Xbox One-PlayStation 4 generation. Only time will tell if $70 sticks across the medium, but it seems Sony is intent on holding to it. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/11/06/playstation-5-review"] While waiting to spend $70 on these games, catch up on all of IGN's PlayStation 5 coverage. Check out our thoughts on Sony's latest console in our PlayStation 5 review, and then read our PS5 DualSense review and our PS5 Pulse Headset review. Check out our Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales review after that. Here's where you can preorder everything PlayStation 5, from games to controllers to consoles and more. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Wesley LeBlanc is a freelance news writer and guide maker for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @LeBlancWes. 

Sony discussed raising its game prices even higher before settling on its $70 price point, according to a new report from Bloomberg. We know now that many of Sony's first-party games will cost $70. That's the price tag on upcoming titles like Demon's Souls and Destruction All-Stars. This is a $10 jump in the cost of games, but according to Bloomberg, an even bigger jump was discussed. The report doesn't reveal how much higher Sony discussed going, but the idea of going beyond $70 comes from games executives that wished to remain anonymous when speaking to Bloomberg. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=ps5-games-coming-in-2020&captions=true"] Based on the games coming from Sony this year, we know the company settled on $70, but according to Bloomberg's report, companies are not likely to even acknowledge this $10 price jump, and will instead opt for the more optics-friendly wording that prices will vary by title. It's important to note, however, that not every Sony first-party game will release at $70. This week's Spider-Man: Miles Morales is launching at $50 — although there's a $70 edition that includes Spider-Man Remastered — and Sackboy: A Big Adventure will launch at $60. Outside of Sony's first-party lineup, there are others shifting to the $70 price point as well. Activision's upcoming Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War will release at $70 as will Take-Two's NBA 2K21. Even third-party PlayStation 5 console-exclusive game, Godfall, will cost $70. The jump to $70 is the first price increase since the Xbox 360-PlayStation 3 generation, which saw prices jump from $50 in the previous generation to $60. That $60 price tag stuck throughout that generation and throughout the Xbox One-PlayStation 4 generation. Only time will tell if $70 sticks across the medium, but it seems Sony is intent on holding to it. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/11/06/playstation-5-review"] While waiting to spend $70 on these games, catch up on all of IGN's PlayStation 5 coverage. Check out our thoughts on Sony's latest console in our PlayStation 5 review, and then read our PS5 DualSense review and our PS5 Pulse Headset review. Check out our Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales review after that. Here's where you can preorder everything PlayStation 5, from games to controllers to consoles and more. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Wesley LeBlanc is a freelance news writer and guide maker for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @LeBlancWes. 

Marvel and Adidas have revealed that Miles Morales' shoes from Spider-Man: Miles Morales will be available for purchase starting next week.

Miles Morales and his Spider-Man persona are known for a lot of things, including the shoes he wears. He's traditionally seen wearing Nike Air Jordan 1's, as seen in 2018's Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, but in the upcoming PlayStation game, he'll be wearing a pair of Adidas' instead. Those exact Adidas shoes will be available in real life for purchase starting November 19 and you can check out what they look like in the slideshow below. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=marvels-spider-man-miles-morales-adidas-shoes&captions=true"] "Miles is a stylish teenager from Brooklyn who has just moved to Harlem," a press release for the shoes reads. "In the beginning of the game he has designed his own Spider Suit out of sportswear (and) everyday clothing he loves to wear. But it wouldn't be a Spider-Man suit without drip, and Miles needed some killer sneakers to complete the look. Enter Adidas." Insomniac Games, PlayStation, and Marvel Games worked in close collaboration with Adidas to create these new sneakers for fans to wear in real life and for Miles to wear in the game. The shoes pay honor to New York with the Adidas Superstar silhouette just in time for the 50th anniversary, according to the press release. "It's a classic design, connected to New York, and quintessentially Adidas, and one that features the timeless colors for which Spider-Man is most known: the black suit with the red spider icon." [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/11/06/marvels-spider-man-miles-morales-review"] Adidas says players will see Miles wear both hi-top and low-top variants of these Adidas Superstar silhouettes in the game when using select suits. As for what suits those shoes are featured in, you'll be able to discover that yourself when the game releases this week on November 12. You can purchase these Adidas shoes on November 19 on adidas.com in the U.S., Canada, and Asia-Pacific regions. While waiting for the shoes and game to drop, check out our Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales review and then read the official IGN PlayStation 5 review. If you don't yet have a PS5 preorder, here's how to get a PlayStation 5 on release day. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Wesley LeBlanc is a freelance news writer and guide maker for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @LeBlancWes. 

Marvel and Adidas have revealed that Miles Morales' shoes from Spider-Man: Miles Morales will be available for purchase starting next week.

Miles Morales and his Spider-Man persona are known for a lot of things, including the shoes he wears. He's traditionally seen wearing Nike Air Jordan 1's, as seen in 2018's Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, but in the upcoming PlayStation game, he'll be wearing a pair of Adidas' instead. Those exact Adidas shoes will be available in real life for purchase starting November 19 and you can check out what they look like in the slideshow below. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=marvels-spider-man-miles-morales-adidas-shoes&captions=true"] "Miles is a stylish teenager from Brooklyn who has just moved to Harlem," a press release for the shoes reads. "In the beginning of the game he has designed his own Spider Suit out of sportswear (and) everyday clothing he loves to wear. But it wouldn't be a Spider-Man suit without drip, and Miles needed some killer sneakers to complete the look. Enter Adidas." Insomniac Games, PlayStation, and Marvel Games worked in close collaboration with Adidas to create these new sneakers for fans to wear in real life and for Miles to wear in the game. The shoes pay honor to New York with the Adidas Superstar silhouette just in time for the 50th anniversary, according to the press release. "It's a classic design, connected to New York, and quintessentially Adidas, and one that features the timeless colors for which Spider-Man is most known: the black suit with the red spider icon." [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/11/06/marvels-spider-man-miles-morales-review"] Adidas says players will see Miles wear both hi-top and low-top variants of these Adidas Superstar silhouettes in the game when using select suits. As for what suits those shoes are featured in, you'll be able to discover that yourself when the game releases this week on November 12. You can purchase these Adidas shoes on November 19 on adidas.com in the U.S., Canada, and Asia-Pacific regions. While waiting for the shoes and game to drop, check out our Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales review and then read the official IGN PlayStation 5 review. If you don't yet have a PS5 preorder, here's how to get a PlayStation 5 on release day. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Wesley LeBlanc is a freelance news writer and guide maker for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @LeBlancWes. 

Netflix is testing out a new linear content channel, dubbed Netflix Direct, which will offer subscribers real-time, scheduled programming for the very first time. According to IndieWire, Netflix is trialling a new service that will pull content from the streaming giant's existing library and present it in a linear, scheduled format for those subscribers who like the idea of accessing a pre-programmed feed that "doesn't require them to choose what they are going to watch," similar to standard broadcast and cable TV channels. The report notes that Netflix Direct had a soft launch in France on November 5, with a broader rollout of the service expected across the country next month. Netflix said it chose this location to test out the company's first linear channel because of the "consumption of traditional TV [in France]." [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/11/02/new-to-netflix-for-november-2020"] "Whether you are lacking inspiration or whether you are discovering Netflix for the first time, you could let yourself be guided for the first time without having to choose a particular title and let yourself be surprised by the diversity of Netflix's library," Netflix said in a statement announcing the new service, which is only available on the web version of the streaming platform for select subscribers in France. This isn't the first time that Netflix has experimented with its entertainment offerings. In September, the company unveiled a promotion that offered a selection of Netflix original movies and TV show episodes to non-subscribers for free. The "Watch Free" page invited users to sample some of the platform's content without the need for a subscription, presumably in a bid to attract new members. Once users are subscribed, however, Netflix doesn't seem to face too many issues in trying to maintain viewers' interest, as a recent report revealed that the company's investment in anime had been going particularly well for them in terms of viewership. In fact, Netflix announced plans to produce even more anime content after noting an exceptional uptake in anime streaming on the platform over the past year. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=feel-good-movies-and-tv-shows-to-stream&captions=true"] With dozens of new shows each season and a robust back catalogue that is yet to be fully explored, anime has quickly become one of the streaming market's most popular content categories. For more on this shift in streaming, read all about why we think anime is the next streaming frontier and what it could mean for the future of streaming services. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Adele Ankers is a Freelance Entertainment Journalist. You can reach her on Twitter.

Netflix is testing out a new linear content channel, dubbed Netflix Direct, which will offer subscribers real-time, scheduled programming for the very first time. According to IndieWire, Netflix is trialling a new service that will pull content from the streaming giant's existing library and present it in a linear, scheduled format for those subscribers who like the idea of accessing a pre-programmed feed that "doesn't require them to choose what they are going to watch," similar to standard broadcast and cable TV channels. The report notes that Netflix Direct had a soft launch in France on November 5, with a broader rollout of the service expected across the country next month. Netflix said it chose this location to test out the company's first linear channel because of the "consumption of traditional TV [in France]." [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/11/02/new-to-netflix-for-november-2020"] "Whether you are lacking inspiration or whether you are discovering Netflix for the first time, you could let yourself be guided for the first time without having to choose a particular title and let yourself be surprised by the diversity of Netflix's library," Netflix said in a statement announcing the new service, which is only available on the web version of the streaming platform for select subscribers in France. This isn't the first time that Netflix has experimented with its entertainment offerings. In September, the company unveiled a promotion that offered a selection of Netflix original movies and TV show episodes to non-subscribers for free. The "Watch Free" page invited users to sample some of the platform's content without the need for a subscription, presumably in a bid to attract new members. Once users are subscribed, however, Netflix doesn't seem to face too many issues in trying to maintain viewers' interest, as a recent report revealed that the company's investment in anime had been going particularly well for them in terms of viewership. In fact, Netflix announced plans to produce even more anime content after noting an exceptional uptake in anime streaming on the platform over the past year. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=feel-good-movies-and-tv-shows-to-stream&captions=true"] With dozens of new shows each season and a robust back catalogue that is yet to be fully explored, anime has quickly become one of the streaming market's most popular content categories. For more on this shift in streaming, read all about why we think anime is the next streaming frontier and what it could mean for the future of streaming services. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Adele Ankers is a Freelance Entertainment Journalist. You can reach her on Twitter.

The next game in The Dark Pictures Anthology, House of Ashes, is a horror game set in the Iraq War and it's coming next year. We learned last week that the end credits for the most recent game in the Dark Pictures Anthology, Little Hope, teased House of Ashes and from what we could gather, it stars Ashely Tisdale and is set during a war of sorts. Bandai Namco Entertainment Europe and Supermassive Games revealed today that the game is set during the Iraq War in 2003. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/11/09/the-dark-pictures-house-of-ashes-teaser-trailer"] "Iraq, 2003," a press release for House of Ashes reads. "As the conflict draws to a close, CIA field operative Rachel King joins an elite military unit on a raid of a suspected underground chemical weapons facility in the shadow of the Zagros Mountains." Once King and her unit arrive at the coordinates, they're ambushed by a local patrol led by Sergeant Salim Othman. An earthquake opens sinkholes in the ground during their ensuing firefight and both sides of the fight are tossed into the ruins of a buried Sumerian temple. In the darkness beneath the Arabian Desert, something evil is awakened, the press release reads, and ancient, unstoppable creatures begin their hunt. If you've played a Dark Pictures Anthology game, you likely know exactly how this game will play. You'll be working to uncover the mystery behind this Sumerian temple and the darkness below while making key decisions that change the outcome of your story. Oh, and there's a good chance a lot of people die at the hands of your choices. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=the-most-terrifying-scares-in-video-games&captions=true"] "We are thrilled to reveal this third game within The Dark Pictures Anthology," Supermassive Games CEO, Pete Samuels, said. "Like the previous stories, House of Ashes will bring a brand-new story and cast of characters to players, with its own unique twists and turns, and a new threat for the characters to face." House of Ashes will launch in 2021 on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, PC, Xbox One, and Xbox Series S/X. If you haven't yet played a game in the Dark Pictures Anthology, check out our Man of Medan review and then read our Little Hope review to get our thoughts on the series so far. Check out our story about the end credits of Little Hope and what they reveal after that. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Wesley LeBlanc is a freelance news writer and guide maker for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @LeBlancWes. 

The next game in The Dark Pictures Anthology, House of Ashes, is a horror game set in the Iraq War and it's coming next year. We learned last week that the end credits for the most recent game in the Dark Pictures Anthology, Little Hope, teased House of Ashes and from what we could gather, it stars Ashely Tisdale and is set during a war of sorts. Bandai Namco Entertainment Europe and Supermassive Games revealed today that the game is set during the Iraq War in 2003. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/11/09/the-dark-pictures-house-of-ashes-teaser-trailer"] "Iraq, 2003," a press release for House of Ashes reads. "As the conflict draws to a close, CIA field operative Rachel King joins an elite military unit on a raid of a suspected underground chemical weapons facility in the shadow of the Zagros Mountains." Once King and her unit arrive at the coordinates, they're ambushed by a local patrol led by Sergeant Salim Othman. An earthquake opens sinkholes in the ground during their ensuing firefight and both sides of the fight are tossed into the ruins of a buried Sumerian temple. In the darkness beneath the Arabian Desert, something evil is awakened, the press release reads, and ancient, unstoppable creatures begin their hunt. If you've played a Dark Pictures Anthology game, you likely know exactly how this game will play. You'll be working to uncover the mystery behind this Sumerian temple and the darkness below while making key decisions that change the outcome of your story. Oh, and there's a good chance a lot of people die at the hands of your choices. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=the-most-terrifying-scares-in-video-games&captions=true"] "We are thrilled to reveal this third game within The Dark Pictures Anthology," Supermassive Games CEO, Pete Samuels, said. "Like the previous stories, House of Ashes will bring a brand-new story and cast of characters to players, with its own unique twists and turns, and a new threat for the characters to face." House of Ashes will launch in 2021 on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, PC, Xbox One, and Xbox Series S/X. If you haven't yet played a game in the Dark Pictures Anthology, check out our Man of Medan review and then read our Little Hope review to get our thoughts on the series so far. Check out our story about the end credits of Little Hope and what they reveal after that. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Wesley LeBlanc is a freelance news writer and guide maker for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @LeBlancWes.