HBO Renews Veep and Silicon Valley
Veep and Silicon Valley have been renewed by HBO for their fifth and third seasons, respectively.
"Veep and Silicon Valley are terrific series, and I'm immensely proud that they will return to HBO next year," said President of Programming at HBO Michael Lambardo. "Along with Game of Thrones and Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, both of which have already been renewed for 2016, they give HBO a stellar Sunday night like no other."
Veep stars Seinfeld's Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Selina Meyer, who is now President of the United States. Season 4 of the political comedy kicked off last night. Check out IGN's review of Veep's season premiere to learn more.
7 Hot Comics to Buy This Week
We all want the best of the best, so let us point out the hottest comics and collectibles released each week. We spotlight our favorite comics that we know are money-well-spent, new books that look cool, and any toys we can't wait to play with.
Check out our picks, then take to the comments to let us know what looks good to you!
By writer Jeff Lemire & artists Mico Suayan, Jeff Lemire | Valiant Comics
Destiny House of Wolves Will Have No New Raid, Update Hits Tomorrow
Destiny's second expansion, titled House of Wolves, will not have a new Raid and will instead offer a three-player cooperative multiplayer arena mode.
According the Bungie blog, the developer didn’t make the decision to omit a new Raid from the upcoming expansion lightly but placated it is creating a new Raid for a release later this year. This gives weight to Activision executive Eric Hirshberg’s claims the biggest content release yet is coming after House of Wolves.
Your Reactions to the Game of Thrones Premiere
It felt like last night would never come, but it finally did. With excitement at a record high, the fifth season of Game of Thrones debuted on HBO, and a collective sigh of relief was heard around the world.
By now, you've seen the episode (maybe even twice) and have had time to reflect on it. You've read our thoughts, and we want to read yours. So, we took to Twitter and asked you: Now that the dust has settled, what did you think of Game of Thrones' season 5 premiere? Here's what you had to say:
Marvel Editor Leaves to Start Rival Company
Marvel Comics editor Mike Marts is leaving the comics giant to be the Editor-in-Chief of his newly-founded company.
Known for his work on Guardians of the Galaxy, X-Men, and DC's Batman, Marts is joining with former Marvel writer Joe Pruett to form AfterShock Comics.
Deadline reports Marts and Pruett are joined by co-CEOs Michael Richter and Jon Kramer of Facebook and reality television, respectively. Head story analyst for Endeavor Lee Kramer will serve as AfterShock's president, and Jawad Qureshi of SVP Investor Relations will also be a part of the executive team.
Supernatural: Felicia Day on Charlie’s Quest for a Home
The search for a cure to the Mark of Cain is far from over. When we last saw Felicia Day's Charlie Bradbury on Supernatural, she was headed to Tuscany to follow a lead that could provide a solution to Dean's predicament. This Wednesday's episode, "Book of the Damned," sees her contact the Winchesters with a hot lead. The Book of the Damned could hold the answer to removing the Mark and saving Dean's existence, soul, etc. But of course, things are rarely that straightforward in the world of Supernatural.
We spoke with Day about the evolution of Charlie, what to expect from the Book of the Damned, and how Charlie has found a home with the Winchesters.
Felicia Day in Supernatural
This Could Be the Biggest LEGO Set Ever
A custom LEGO designer has made a set that earns its namesake.
Ars Technica reports that designer Ssorg has designed not one but three different versions of the RMS Titanic, the cruise ship that famously sank in 1912. The smallest is 750 pieces, and measures 41.4cm. It can even split in half to authentically represent the sinking, which its creator calls "macabre" but often requested.
Watch Movies at Home Day 1 Legally–for $40k
If you've ever wanted to legally watch a newly released movie without the trouble of traveling to the theater, then PRIMA Cinema may be for you. Unfortunately, it's only an option for the super wealthy.
PRIMA Cinema allows you to skip the movie theater entirely with a system that lets you screen new releases, many on the same day they're available in the theater, in your home. But the price isn't cheap. Each 24 hour "rental" costs $500 (USD), and obtaining the equipment costs a base of $35,000 (USD) with a new user required to pay for ten movies upfront ($5,000).
Meet The Flash’s New Villain
The Walking Dead's Emily Kinney will be making her debut in another comic book adaptation this week, as she guest stars on The Flash.
Kinney plays Brie Larvan, a villain inspired by the DC Comics character The Bug-Eyed Bandit. In the episode, both Ray Palmer/The Atom (Brandon Routh) and Felicity Smoak (Emily Bett Rickards) visit Central City, only to be caught up in some nasty plans Larvan has.
I spoke to Kinney about appearing on The Flash and its larger world of DC Comics on TV.
Emily Kinney as Brie Larvan in The Flash.
All the Mortal Kombat X Gore You Can Handle
Mortal Kombat X is hitting store shelves tonight and we have a ton of coverage landing on the front page of IGN. If you're looking for all the goodies like fatalities, x-ray's, brutalities and alternate skins/costumes you're in the right place. Below we've compiled all of our montage like coverage in one spot for you to enjoy. If you want to know where a brutality can be unlocked or how to do a certain fataility be sure to hit up our MK X wiki for everything you need.