Yearly Archives: 2020
Netflix’s Project Power: First Trailer for Jamie Foxx Superpower Movie Released
Netflix has released the first official trailer for Project Power, an upcoming sci-fi action thriller led by Jamie Foxx and Joseph Gordon-Levitt.
The action-packed trailer takes us on a trip to a new kind of world where everyone can be a superhero for five minutes, as word begins to spread on the streets of New Orleans about a mysterious new pill that unlocks temporary superpowers that are unique to each individual user.
The thrilling new footage showcases the different types of superpowers that can be administered through the dangerous new drug, including bulletproof skin, invisibility, and super strength, but not everyone turns out to be a hero, as some choose to harness their powers to commit felonies. When crime rates begin to escalate to dangerous levels, a local cop (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) teams with a teenage dealer (Dominique Fishback) and a former soldier fueled by a secret vendetta (Jamie Foxx) to fight power with power and track down the group responsible for creating the formula. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=the-best-superhero-movies-and-tv-shows-on-netflix-right-now&captions=true"] Project Power also stars Machine Gun Kelly, Rodrigo Santoro, Amy Landecker, and Allen Maldonado. It's directed by Ariel Schulman and Henry Joost, the directing duo behind Paranormal Activity 3 and 4. The movie will debut on Netflix on August 14. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Adele Ankers is a Freelance Entertainment Journalist. You can reach her on Twitter.What would you risk for 5 minutes of superpowers?
PROJECT POWER from directors Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman and starring Jamie Foxx, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Dominique Fishback, is headed 14 August on Netflix. pic.twitter.com/2MoQtQnql2 — NetflixFilm (@NetflixFilm) July 15, 2020
Reggie Fils-Aimé Appointed to Rogue Games as Advisor, Joining Ex-Sony President Jack Tretton
Publisher Rogue Games has appointed ex-Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aimé as a strategic advisor to its board - just a month after it appointed ex-Sony Computer Entertainment America president Jack Tretton to a similar role.
Announced in a press release, Fils-Aimé will serve as a strategic advisor to the board of directors. Rogue is currently actively moving into console publishing, and the ex-Nintendo executive will offer his expertise in that area.
“When Rogue shared its console vision with me and I saw the first games that will be arriving this summer on platforms like Nintendo Switch, I was immediately impressed by the levels of ambition and innovation,” said Reggie Fils-Aimé. “I’m always on the lookout for fast-growing and innovative companies that are ready to shape the future of games and I’m excited to join Rogue in their mission to unite and simplify games publishing across all platforms.”
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Last month, Jack Tretton - who worked at Sony Computer Entertainment America for 19 years, before stepping down in 2014 - also joined Rogue as a strategic advisor, and will advise on the company's planned move into publishing on next-gen consoles. It leaves Rogue with an unusually notable set of advisors as it makes its move into console markets. IGN will be showing off one of those console games later today, so make sure keep an eye on our feeds.
Rogue has previously published a number of games on Apple Arcade, including Super Impossible Road, about which we said: "For a dash of F-Zero, give Super Impossible Road a try."
Since his retirement from Nintendo, Reggie's been keeping busy, from joining Gamestop's board of directors to launching a gaming podcast. We interviewed him last year as he looked back over "a career of making people smile".
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Marvel’s Avengers Beta Dates Announced
Since its full unveiling back at E3 2019, Crystal Dynamics has promised a beta for the upcoming Marvel's Avengers, and now finally, we know when that beta will take place.
As part of IGN's continuing IGN First coverage of Marvel's Avengers, we can confirm the beta dates for Marvel's Avengers:
Marvel's Avengers Beta Dates[/caption]
Crystal Dynamics will be hosting a second War Table presentation on July 29 at 10 a.m. PT to detail what players can expect out of the beta. While we'll have to wait a few weeks for full details, Creative Director Shaun Escayg did tease that the beta will include a little bit of everything - campaign content, co-op missions, hero progression, and exploration in War Zone and Drop Zones, the latter of which is a new kind of mission to be detailed in the War Table.
"We built the beta in such a way that you can experience most of things that you’ll be doing in the full game,” Escayg said in a statement accompanying the announcement. “That means playing a piece of the original single-player Avengers story campaign, fighting through co-op missions, experiencing hero and world progression, and exploring War Zones and DROP ZONES, a new kind of mission we’ll talk about in the upcoming War Table on July 29. This beta is meaty, but it’s only a small part of the finished game."
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The first War Table demonstration showcased gameplay, new story details, and a bit of how hero progression works. IGN went hands-on with the Thor level shown, as well as a Kamala Khan level.
For more on the upcoming Marvel adventure, hear from lead combat designer Vince Napoli on the unique approaches to each playable hero in Marvel's Avengers, find out more about why the team chose Kamala Khan and M.O.D.O.K. to help tell a unique Marvel story, and stay tuned to IGN for more in the coming weeks.
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Jonathon Dornbush is IGN's Senior News Editor and host of Podcast Beyond! Talk to him on Twitter @jmdornbush.
- August 7 - PlayStation preorder beta access begins
- August 14 - Xbox and PC Preorder beta access begins, PlayStation open beta also begins
- August 21 - Open beta across all platforms begins
Marvel's Avengers Beta Dates[/caption]
Crystal Dynamics will be hosting a second War Table presentation on July 29 at 10 a.m. PT to detail what players can expect out of the beta. While we'll have to wait a few weeks for full details, Creative Director Shaun Escayg did tease that the beta will include a little bit of everything - campaign content, co-op missions, hero progression, and exploration in War Zone and Drop Zones, the latter of which is a new kind of mission to be detailed in the War Table.
"We built the beta in such a way that you can experience most of things that you’ll be doing in the full game,” Escayg said in a statement accompanying the announcement. “That means playing a piece of the original single-player Avengers story campaign, fighting through co-op missions, experiencing hero and world progression, and exploring War Zones and DROP ZONES, a new kind of mission we’ll talk about in the upcoming War Table on July 29. This beta is meaty, but it’s only a small part of the finished game."
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The first War Table demonstration showcased gameplay, new story details, and a bit of how hero progression works. IGN went hands-on with the Thor level shown, as well as a Kamala Khan level.
For more on the upcoming Marvel adventure, hear from lead combat designer Vince Napoli on the unique approaches to each playable hero in Marvel's Avengers, find out more about why the team chose Kamala Khan and M.O.D.O.K. to help tell a unique Marvel story, and stay tuned to IGN for more in the coming weeks.
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Jonathon Dornbush is IGN's Senior News Editor and host of Podcast Beyond! Talk to him on Twitter @jmdornbush.Marvel’s Avengers Beta Dates Announced
Since its full unveiling back at E3 2019, Crystal Dynamics has promised a beta for the upcoming Marvel's Avengers, and now finally, we know when that beta will take place.
As part of IGN's continuing IGN First coverage fo Marvel's Avengers, we can confirm the beta dates for Marvel's Avengers:
Marvel's Avengers Beta Dates[/caption]
Crystal Dynamics will be hosting a second War Table presentation on July 29 at 10 a.m. PT to detail what players can expect out of the beta. While we'll have to wait a few weeks for full details, Creative Director Shaun Escayg did tease that the beta will include a little bit of everything - campaign content, co-op missions, hero progression, and exploration in War Zone and Drop Zones, the latter of which is a new kind of mission to be detailed in the War Table.
"We built the beta in such a way that you can experience most of things that you’ll be doing in the full game,” Escayg said in a statement accompanying the announcement. “That means playing a piece of the original single-player Avengers story campaign, fighting through co-op missions, experiencing hero and world progression, and exploring War Zones and DROP ZONES, a new kind of mission we’ll talk about in the upcoming War Table on July 29. This beta is meaty, but it’s only a small part of the finished game."
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The first War Table demonstration showcased gameplay, new story details, and a bit of how hero progression works. IGN went hands-on with the Thor level shown, as well as a Kamala Khan level.
For more on the upcoming Marvel adventure, hear from lead combat designer Vince Napoli on the unique approaches to each playable hero in Marvel's Avengers, find out more about why the team chose Kamala Khan and M.O.D.O.K. to help tell a unique Marvel story, and stay tuned to IGN for more in the coming weeks.
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Jonathon Dornbush is IGN's Senior News Editor and host of Podcast Beyond! Talk to him on Twitter @jmdornbush.
- August 7 - PlayStation preorder Beta access begins
- August 14 - Xbox and PC Preorder beta access begins, PlayStation open beta also begins
- August 21 - Open beta across all platforms begins
Marvel's Avengers Beta Dates[/caption]
Crystal Dynamics will be hosting a second War Table presentation on July 29 at 10 a.m. PT to detail what players can expect out of the beta. While we'll have to wait a few weeks for full details, Creative Director Shaun Escayg did tease that the beta will include a little bit of everything - campaign content, co-op missions, hero progression, and exploration in War Zone and Drop Zones, the latter of which is a new kind of mission to be detailed in the War Table.
"We built the beta in such a way that you can experience most of things that you’ll be doing in the full game,” Escayg said in a statement accompanying the announcement. “That means playing a piece of the original single-player Avengers story campaign, fighting through co-op missions, experiencing hero and world progression, and exploring War Zones and DROP ZONES, a new kind of mission we’ll talk about in the upcoming War Table on July 29. This beta is meaty, but it’s only a small part of the finished game."
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The first War Table demonstration showcased gameplay, new story details, and a bit of how hero progression works. IGN went hands-on with the Thor level shown, as well as a Kamala Khan level.
For more on the upcoming Marvel adventure, hear from lead combat designer Vince Napoli on the unique approaches to each playable hero in Marvel's Avengers, find out more about why the team chose Kamala Khan and M.O.D.O.K. to help tell a unique Marvel story, and stay tuned to IGN for more in the coming weeks.
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Jonathon Dornbush is IGN's Senior News Editor and host of Podcast Beyond! Talk to him on Twitter @jmdornbush.Rorschach Lives: DC’s New Watchmen Sequel Explores a Legacy of Anger
DC Comics has just announced Rorschach, a new sequel to Watchmen set 35 years after the events of the original comic.
Rorschach will be published as a 12-issue limited series under the DC Black Label imprint. The series is written by Tom King (Batman, Mister Miracle) and drawn by Jorge Fornés (Batman, Daredevil), with colors by Dave Stewart (Hellboy) and letters by Clayton Cowles (Batman).
Check out the slideshow gallery below for a look at the cover and several pages of unlettered art from Rorschach #1:
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Unlike the 2012 prequel series Before Watchmen: Rorschach, the new comic won't be focusing on original Rorschach Walter Kovacs. Nor does it appear to feature his successor Reggie Long, who was a major protagonist in DC's previous Watchmen sequel Doomsday Clock. The new series isn't even about Rorschach the man so much as the dark legacy he left behind after his death. Similar to HBO's Watchmen series, Rorschach has become a cultural icon in 2020, with many in this alternate universe seeking to follow his violent example.
"Like the HBO Watchmen show and very much like the original ‘86 Watchmen, this is a very political work.” said King in DC's press release. “It’s an angry work. We’re so angry all the time now. We have to do something with that anger. It’s called Rorschach not because of the character Rorschach, but because what you see in these characters tells you more about yourself than about them.”
According to DC's press release, the series opens with a mysterious new Rorschach and his partner attempting to assassinate a political challenger to President Robert Redford. Though they fail (and appear to be killed in the process), the series follows a detective's quest to retrace the assassins' steps, uncover their identities and learn the truth behind their mission. In that sense, Rorschach may play with time every bit as much as the original Watchmen and the HBO series.
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The finale of Doomsday Clock laid the seeds for another sequel, though it's unclear how directly Rorschach will reference the events of that story, or if any of the surviving Minutemen will appear. Interestingly, depending how Rorschach is structured it could theoretically act as a continuation to both Doomsday Clock and the HBO series without contradicting either one.
Rorschach #1 is priced at $4.99 and will release on October 13. No doubt DC will reveal more about the new series at upcoming digital conventions like Comic-Con@Home or DC FanDome.
To help tide you over until the release of Rorschach #1, why not read our full review for Watchmen: Season 1 and see all the hidden Easter eggs included in the HBO series?
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Jesse is a mild-mannered staff writer for IGN. Allow him to lend a machete to your intellectual thicket by following @jschedeen on Twitter.
Rorschach Lives: DC’s New Watchmen Sequel Explores a Legacy of Anger
DC Comics has just announced Rorschach, a new sequel to Watchmen set 35 years after the events of the original comic.
Rorschach will be published as a 12-issue limited series under the DC Black Label imprint. The series is written by Tom King (Batman, Mister Miracle) and drawn by Jorge Fornés (Batman, Daredevil), with colors by Dave Stewart (Hellboy) and letters by Clayton Cowles (Batman).
Check out the slideshow gallery below for a look at the cover and several pages of unlettered art from Rorschach #1:
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Unlike the 2012 prequel series Before Watchmen: Rorschach, the new comic won't be focusing on original Rorschach Walter Kovacs. Nor does it appear to feature his successor Reggie Long, who was a major protagonist in DC's previous Watchmen sequel Doomsday Clock. The new series isn't even about Rorschach the man so much as the dark legacy he left behind after his death. Similar to HBO's Watchmen series, Rorschach has become a cultural icon in 2020, with many in this alternate universe seeking to follow his violent example.
"Like the HBO Watchmen show and very much like the original ‘86 Watchmen, this is a very political work.” said King in DC's press release. “It’s an angry work. We’re so angry all the time now. We have to do something with that anger. It’s called Rorschach not because of the character Rorschach, but because what you see in these characters tells you more about yourself than about them.”
According to DC's press release, the series opens with a mysterious new Rorschach and his partner attempting to assassinate a political challenger to President Robert Redford. Though they fail (and appear to be killed in the process), the series follows a detective's quest to retrace the assassins' steps, uncover their identities and learn the truth behind their mission. In that sense, Rorschach may play with time every bit as much as the original Watchmen and the HBO series.
[ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2019/12/17/watchmen-explaining-the-confusing-ozymandias-timeline"]
The finale of Doomsday Clock laid the seeds for another sequel, though it's unclear how directly Rorschach will reference the events of that story, or if any of the surviving Minutemen will appear. Interestingly, depending how Rorschach is structured it could theoretically act as a continuation to both Doomsday Clock and the HBO series without contradicting either one.
Rorschach #1 is priced at $4.99 and will release on October 13. No doubt DC will reveal more about the new series at upcoming digital conventions like Comic-Con@Home or DC FanDome.
To help tide you over until the release of Rorschach #1, why not read our full review for Watchmen: Season 1 and see all the hidden Easter eggs included in the HBO series?
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Jesse is a mild-mannered staff writer for IGN. Allow him to lend a machete to your intellectual thicket by following @jschedeen on Twitter.
Paper Mario: The Origami King Review – Exploring New Dimensions
The Paper Mario series thrives on a clever irreverence that can be hard to maintain. Its outlandish scenarios mash the absurdist, dreamlike world of the Mushroom Kingdom and the mundanity of the real world. It takes jabs at the very concepts that inspire it, nodding knowingly at the audience and whispering, "This whole thing's kind of weird, right?" It's a fun take on the usually-earnest Mario games, but that kind of slyness turns grating when the bits--or, in the case of a game, systems--that are supposed to prop it up don't work, which is where the last couple of Paper Mario games have struggled. But in surprising course-correction, Paper Mario: The Origami King's most clever trick is how its overhauled combat complements its sharp wit, turning the series' Achilles' heel into one of its biggest strengths.
Paper Mario: The Origami King's conceptual gimmick is how its titular origami king, Olly, transforms the flat cutouts of the Paper Mario universe, folding them into subservient, 3D origami figures, and kidnaps Princess Peach along with her entire castle, wrapping both up in a wall of colorful streamers. So now Mario, along with Olly's repentant sister Olivia, need to flatten everything out again. The origami premise adds a nice visual flair to the already-gorgeous papercraft look of the series, and you get to see yet another take on Goombas, Shy Guys, and Koopas, even if this time they're imbued with a slightly creepy energy.
Like other Paper Mario games, The Origami King is less about plot and more about throwing a joke at you at every turn, whether it's a smart turn of phrase, one-off bits that reward you for exploring its environments with a gag or item, or extended setpieces that deliver killer moments. Not every joke or bit lands, but they hit far more than they falter: a theater play that quickly takes a turn for the weird, a guessing game that has you desperately looking at a Snifit's face for any sign of emotion, an extended sequences that riffs, of all things, on The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker. The Origami King is consistently sharp, using both Mario characters and its interactivity to tell some great jokes.
Continue Reading at GameSpotPaper Mario: The Origami King Review – Exploring New Dimensions
The Paper Mario series thrives on a clever irreverence that can be hard to maintain. Its outlandish scenarios mash the absurdist, dreamlike world of the Mushroom Kingdom and the mundanity of the real world. It takes jabs at the very concepts that inspire it, nodding knowingly at the audience and whispering, "This whole thing's kind of weird, right?" It's a fun take on the usually-earnest Mario games, but that kind of slyness turns grating when the bits--or, in the case of a game, systems--that are supposed to prop it up don't work, which is where the last couple of Paper Mario games have struggled. But in surprising course-correction, Paper Mario: The Origami King's most clever trick is how its overhauled combat complements its sharp wit, turning the series' Achilles' heel into one of its biggest strengths.
Paper Mario: The Origami King's conceptual gimmick is how its titular origami king, Olly, transforms the flat cutouts of the Paper Mario universe, folding them into subservient, 3D origami figures, and kidnaps Princess Peach along with her entire castle, wrapping both up in a wall of colorful streamers. So now Mario, along with Olly's repentant sister Olivia, need to flatten everything out again. The origami premise adds a nice visual flair to the already-gorgeous papercraft look of the series, and you get to see yet another take on Goombas, Shy Guys, and Koopas, even if this time they're imbued with a slightly creepy energy.
Like other Paper Mario games, The Origami King is less about plot and more about throwing a joke at you at every turn, whether it's a smart turn of phrase, one-off bits that reward you for exploring its environments with a gag or item, or extended setpieces that deliver killer moments. Not every joke or bit lands, but they hit far more than they falter: a theater play that quickly takes a turn for the weird, a guessing game that has you desperately looking at a Snifit's face for any sign of emotion, an extended sequences that riffs, of all things, on The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker. The Origami King is consistently sharp, using both Mario characters and its interactivity to tell some great jokes.
Continue Reading at GameSpotUncharted Movie Finally Begins Shooting
Tom Holland has taken to social media to mark "day one" playing Nathan Drake, as the Uncharted movie officially enters production.
In an Instagram post on Wednesday, Holland, who is playing a young version of Nathan Drake in the long-delayed movie, shared a photo from the set, showing his folding chair with the name "Nate" emblazoned on the back. In the caption, he wrote: "Day one. #Uncharted."
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Holland's post indicates that filming has finally started on the long-gestating Uncharted movie after a turbulent series of setbacks that have stretched well over the course of a decade, with a number of directors and stars coming and going throughout the movie's cursed development history, which started as far back as June 2009.
In March of this year, Venom's Ruben Fleischer became the seventh director to be attached to the much-beleaguered screen adaptation of the video game franchise, as he officially signed on to replace Bumblebee director Travis Knight, who bowed out of his Uncharted directing duties due to scheduling conflicts stemming from Holland's Spider-Man commitments at the time.
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Since then, however, the project has started to steadily build new momentum, with Holland sharing pre-production teasers on his recent Instagram stories and tagging co-star Mark Wahlberg, who is set to play Drake's treasure-hunting mentor Victor "Sully" Sullivan.
In another promising update, Sony announced in April that the release of the Uncharted movie had been moved up from October 8, 2021, to July 16, 2021, despite pre-production suffering a further delay due to concerns over the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19).
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Adele Ankers is a Freelance Entertainment Journalist. You can reach her on Twitter.
Uncharted Movie Finally Begins Shooting
Tom Holland has taken to social media to mark "day one" playing Nathan Drake, as the Uncharted movie officially enters production.
In an Instagram post on Wednesday, Holland, who is playing a young version of Nathan Drake in the long-delayed movie, shared a photo from the set, showing his folding chair with the name "Nate" emblazoned on the back. In the caption, he wrote: "Day one. #Uncharted."
[ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/02/14/tom-holland-says-uncharted-has-a-solution-to-the-video-game-movie-problem"]
Holland's post indicates that filming has finally started on the long-gestating Uncharted movie after a turbulent series of setbacks that have stretched well over the course of a decade, with a number of directors and stars coming and going throughout the movie's cursed development history, which started as far back as June 2009.
In March of this year, Venom's Ruben Fleischer became the seventh director to be attached to the much-beleaguered screen adaptation of the video game franchise, as he officially signed on to replace Bumblebee director Travis Knight, who bowed out of his Uncharted directing duties due to scheduling conflicts stemming from Holland's Spider-Man commitments at the time.
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Since then, however, the project has started to steadily build new momentum, with Holland sharing pre-production teasers on his recent Instagram stories and tagging co-star Mark Wahlberg, who is set to play Drake's treasure-hunting mentor Victor "Sully" Sullivan.
In another promising update, Sony announced in April that the release of the Uncharted movie had been moved up from October 8, 2021, to July 16, 2021, despite pre-production suffering a further delay due to concerns over the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19).
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Adele Ankers is a Freelance Entertainment Journalist. You can reach her on Twitter.