What Would a God of War That Explores West African or Aztec Mythologies Be Like?
With 2018’s God Of War, Kratos and his son Atreus have stepped out of the shadow of Mount Olympus, and into the wilds of Midgard. They’ve been exploring the fabled worlds of Norse mythology, fighting drooling Nordic beasties and making sense of ancient stories about gods and monsters. See why Jonathon Dornbush called it a ‘Masterpiece’ in IGN's God of War review here.
However, taking Kratos from the Mediterranean to Germanic regions is more than a matter of swapping wine for mead and chains for an axe. It’s a fundamental tonal shift that tells us far more about the world of God of War than it does about Kratos himself.
Game of Thrones Stars Kit Harington and Rose Leslie Just Got Married
Rose Leslie and Kit Harrington, also known as Game of Thrones' Ygritte and Jon Snow, have just been married at the Kirkton of Rayne church in Aberdeenshire, Scotland this past Saturday.
Leslie and Harrington began dating in 2012 on the set of Game of Thrones, while their characters had also formed a relationship in the show's second season. The couple announced that they were engaged to be married.
The ceremony was attended by many of their fellow cast members from Game of Thrones, including Emilia Clarke, Peter Dinklage, Maisie Williams, and Sophie Turner. The ceremony was followed by a reception at Wardhill Castle.
Rage 2 Looks Like a Great Id Game, But What About Its Open World?
Rage 2 is an Id shooter alright. The furious-bordering-on-ridiculous pace, the bulging, oversized guns, that blood-spattered feedback designed to keep you pushing, pushing, pushing. Even the noise of it feels right. The soundtrack has the industrial pound of Doom 2016, newly augmented with ringing synths, and every gun I try sounds gratifyingly stupid - everything down to the humble pistol sounds like it could core out a beluga whale in a single shot.
My hands-on demo is a 10-minute run-through an abandoned space centre, now overrun by the mohawk-laden Goon Squad faction we got acquainted with in Rage 2’s first trailers. I play it four times. It’s a fetch quest of sorts, except what you’re fetching is an orbiting building that you need to crash into the neon pink-lit desert. The gauntlet to get to your goal is essentially a spiral staircase punctured with kill rooms, a corridor-fight-corridor structure that’ll be familiar to anyone who’s played an Id production.
Nintendo Talks About the Six Big Switch Games Missing from E3 2018
Nintendo's E3 2018 showing was brimming with amazing games like Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Fire Emblem: Three Houses, and Pokemon Let's Go. However, there were a handful of notable franchises that were nowhere to be found during the show. Everything from Metroid Prime 4 to Yoshi, and even Animal Crossing to Mother 3 — many of us have been left wondering where some of Nintendo's most iconic titles have been.
With that being said, we did a little digging ourselves and reached out to Nintendo to find out the fate of some of our favorite franchises.
Metroid Prime 4 and Pokemon 2019
Speaking with IGN, Nintendo’s Senior Product Marketing Manager, Bill Trinen, revealed that Nintendo wanted to focus on a shorter window this year rather than showing off some of last year’s big surprises like Metroid Prime 4 and the upcoming core Pokemon RPG.
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom Dominates US Box Office in Debut, Crosses $700M Overseas
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom opened in North America with an estimated $150 million, bumping last week’s champ, Incredibles 2, from the No. 1 spot.
According to THR, Fallen Kingdom opened 28% behind 2015’s Jurassic World ($202.5 million), but ahead of earlier projections of $130 million. It is the second biggest opening weekend ever for Universal Pictures, behind Jurassic World. It is also the third-biggest opening weekend of 2018 behind Avengers: Infinity War, Black Panther and Incredibles 2.
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom has already been playing internationally for three weeks, where its overseas haul stands at $711.5 million to date, with $202.6 million coming just from China.
Spider-Man Homecoming 2 Title Revealed by Tom Holland
Tom Holland, the latest actor to play Spider-Man, has been pretty bad at keeping secrets regarding the Marvel Cinematic Universe. As of last night, it appears Marvel has leaned into that joke, as Holland has "accidentally leaked" the name of the Spider-Man: Homecoming sequel: Spider-Man: Far From Home.
In an Instagram post from Ace Seattle Comic-Con, Tom apologized to his fans that there will be no "real revelations" about Spider-Man 2, but mentioned he did just get the new script and it's "going to be great." However, when he mentioned the script, he held up an iPad with an image that reveals the Spider-Man: Far From Home title.
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Ant-Man and the Wasp First Twitter Reactions
Disney screened Marvel's Ant-Man and the Wasp for members of the media in Los Angeles last night. Following the showing, attendees were allowed to share their first thoughts on the sequel to 2015's Ant-Man (and the first Marvel movie since Avengers: Infinity War) on social media.
IGN's Terri Schwartz "had a blast" and thought Ant-Man's daughter stole the show.
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom Spoilercast
Welcome back to the IGN Movies Podcast! In this week's episode, Jim Vejvoda, Laura Prudom, and Tom Jorgensen explore all the latest developments from the geek moviesphere!
We begin with a discussion on the conflicting reports about the state of the Star Wars Story anthology films before seguing into our reactions to those set photos of Linda Hamilton back as Sarah Connor in the latest Terminator reboot.
We also chat up the trailer for Creed II and address the buzz about the long-awaited Black Widow solo movie closing in on a director.
Finally, we close with a FULL SPOILER discussion about Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom and share our thoughts on where the franchise could go next.
DC Comics Pulls the Plug on Cyborg
DC Comics has canceled its monthly Cyborg comic, according to writer Marv Wolfman. The recently released Cyborg #23 will serve as the series' final issue, with the previously solicited Cyborg #24 and #25 being canceled.
This marks the second time the series has been put on the chopping block in 2018. It previously ended with issue #20 in January before unexpectedly returning in April with Wolfman (who co-created the character in 1980) installed as the new writer. Unfortunately, that second lease on life didn't last very long.
Cyborg #23 cover by Dale Eaglesham. (DC Entertainment)