Maze Runner Actor Cast as Its Pennywise
True Detective director Cary Fukunaga has reportedly found his Pennywise.
According to Variety, British actor Will Poulter will play the evil clown in the New Line retelling of Stephen King's It. Poulter's most recently been seen in We're the Millers and The Maze Runner, but others will remember him as "Eustace Scrubb" in The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader and from 2007's Son of Rambow.
"After considering older actors like Mark Rylance and Ben Mendelsohn for the Pennywise role, New Line wanted to take a different route and go younger," claims Variety. "Sources say in the end, Fukunaga could not say no after being blown away by Poulter’s audition for the part and felt he was the right choice for the role."
MKX Devs Contribute $20k To Tournament Prize Pots
In today's official Mortal Kombat X stream, NetherRealm Studios announced its plans to contribute $10,000 each to the prize pots for two upcoming tournaments: Combo Breaker and CEO.
"You're going to be hearing a lot more stuff regarding future tournaments and just the tournament scene in general," said director Ed Boon. "It's all in the plan."
The Mortal Kombat X team will also be in attendance for what it refers to as "a whole season of tournaments," in addition to its prize pot donations.
NetherRealm community specialist Tyler Lansdown added, "We couldn't just forget about these grassroots tournaments that have been pushing our games for years and years and years."
Ed Boon Explains Why MKX Has Easy Fatalities
On today's Mortal Kombat X livestream, series creator Ed Boon explained why the Netherrealm team included easy fatalities in MKX.
"There are players who cannot do fatalities," Boon said, "especially when it says 'Finish Him' and there's a timer counting down. That's part of what prompted us to make these easy fatalities."
He continued, "
, we did research and had focus groups play the game, and easy fatalities was the number one request. Having them helps everyone in that group. It's for people who will never be able to do a fatality, who will never experience doing fatalities in MK."
MKX includes microtransactions for easy fatalities, if you find yourself unable to pull them off. You can also unlock them by opening containers in the Krypt
Mortal Kombat X Boss Introduces Online Fix
In a recent live stream, Mortal Kombat X boss Ed Boon discussed complaints he and his team at NetherRealm had received from the community surrounding the online connection in their recently-released fighting game.
"We definitely want to hear it," Boon said of people's reports with issues in Mortal Kombat X. "There's no way we could consider ourselves content with the online experience."
In order to address reported issues with individual player connectivity in ranked matches, Boon announced the team would be implementing a quick check that would allow people to back out of matches that would not meet a certain connectivity threshold guaranteeing a stable match with their opponent. The concern arises from certain connectivity issues affecting rankings.
Gotham Season Finale Preview
Oswald Cobblepot has successfully pushed Falcone and Maroni into a brutal gang war that threatens to bring Gotham City to its knees. The Season 1 finale of Gotham will see Cobblepot work with Maroni, and they'll take on Detectives Gordon and Bullock as well as Fish Mooney. She's returned, and she wants to take back her corner of the city.
Outside of the war, Bruce continues his investigation of his father and Wayne Enterprises. He searches the manor for further clues and stumbles upon a secret compartment in his father's office. See photos from the episode in the below gallery.
Gotham: "All Happy Families Are Alike" Photo Gallery:
Out This Week: May 4, 2015
With so many new games and movies coming out, it can be hard to keep up. Lucky for you, IGN is here to help with a weekly round-up of the biggest releases each and every week. Check out the latest releases for this week, and be sure to come back next Monday for a new update.
Note: The prices and deals compiled below are accurate at the time we published this story, but all are subject to change.
PlayStation Now Subscriptions Coming to PS3 This Month
PlayStation 3 users will be able to access the subscription model for game streaming service PlayStation Now on May 12.
One-month subscription memberships can be purchased for $20 USD, while three-month memberships are available for $45.
Over 100 PlayStation 3 games are available, and several others will also debut on the service on the day of its official roll out. These include Fat Princess, F1 2014, Sanctum 2, Dynasty Warriors: Strikeforce, and Farming Simulator.
PlayStation Now is currently available in open beta on all major PlayStation platforms and will soon be available on Samsung TVs and Sony Blu-Ray Players. A post on the PlayStation Blog confirms more games to stream will be added soon. Those interested are invited to start a seven-day free trial to get a feel for it.
Game of Thrones: The Rise of the Fanatics
Welcome back to IGN's Game of Thrones show! This week, Eric Goldman and Roth Cornet give their initial impressions of episode 4, "Sons of the Harpy", of Season 5 of the HBO series.
From there, we move into a deeper discussion of some of the particulars of the episode, the Sparrows - the newly empowered faith militant - and Cersei's big move against Margaery, Tommen learning some of the pitfalls of leadership (as Dany continues to discover), Jamie and Bronn and the evolving storyline in Dorne - including our first real look at the Sand Snakes, and what Melisandre is up to over at the Wall.
Download Dragons on the Wall, "Sons of the Harpy" Here!
Star Wars Battlefront Features Over 10 Multiplayer Maps
Star Wars Battlefront will boast 12 multiplayer maps when the game launches this holiday season.
On the Star Wars Battlefront website, EA and DICE revealed the multiplayer map tally while discussing the creation of planet Sullust for Star Wars Battlefront. Sullust, which previously was only mentioned in Return of the Jedi, joins other confirmed locations Endor, Hoth and Tatooine as settings for arenas in the multiplayer-centric action game.
In regard to Sullust, there are mentions (though not confirmed) that the lava planet may host four of the maps, based on various themes. "The overall look and feel for Sullust is very much Imperial and under construction, playing in locations within the planet such as a lava theme, sulfur theme, Death Star-inspired theme and lastly a mine theme," reads the EA and DICE blog post.
App Store Update: May 4
Every day hundreds of new apps make their debut on the App Store, and hundreds more are updated or reduced in price. We have sifted through the noise and highlighted those select few that might be worth your attention.
Note: The prices and deals compiled below are accurate at the time we published this story, but all are subject to change.
The Enchanted Cave 2 – ($2.99)
"Delve into a strange cave with a seemingly endless supply of treasure, strategically choosing your battles to gather as much treasure as possible!"