For a closer look at the alien in action, check out the new trailer below:
IGN asked Scanlan if he drew inspiration from any of the previous Lobo interactions – comic books, DC animated series, etc. “Comic books, yes for sure,” Scanlan explained. “Plus I was surrounded by a team of Lobo fanatics. Cam Welsh (showrunner) and Cam Cuffe (Seg-El) know their Lobo inside out. My barometer was ‘Are they happy?’ My job was to inject life into this beast, and with the boys, the comics, the scripts, and the world already built, I had a plethora of stuff to pick from… Once I found the characters inner music, his heartbeat, I just danced.”
Denis Dyack has made his fair share of interesting, groundbreaking games, but even he never saw the chance to make a Metal Gear game coming. That’s just what happened when the late Nintendo president Satoru Iwata and Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto sat down and informed Dyack, then the president of Silicon Knights, he’d be working with Hideo Kojima himself.
For Dyack, the biggest takeaway from working on what would become Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes was that nothing is impossible in game development. He took the chance elaborate during this month’s episode of IGN Unfiltered with Ryan McCaffrey (see the full episode below).
John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum brings the title character back to his roots while also offering new twists to where things could go from here, all with the over-the-top, brutally executed action set-pieces fans have come to expect from the franchise. They will not leave disappointed.
Picking up moments after the end of John Wick: Chapter 2, Parabellum takes place over the course of a few very bloody, desperate days as John faces the proverbial music for breaking the rules of the High Table in the preceding film. His breathless journey to stay alive — and hopefully find a way to set things right with the High Table — will take him through dingy back alleys, arcane buildings, exotic overseas interludes, and finally back to … well, you’ll see.
Michael Rooker, who has worked with James Gunn previously on both Guardians of the Galaxy films as Yondu Udonta, is in talks to join Gunn’s The Suicide Squad as King Shark.
As reported by TheWrap, Rooker would portray the supervillian who was created by Karl Kesel in 1994 and is the son of Chondrakha, the God of all Sharks. He was originally introduced as a Superboy villain and “has been a member of the Secret Six, the Secret Society of Super-Villains and the Suicide Squad.”
Rooker has also worked with Gunn on The Belko Experiment and the upcoming Brightburn, which asks “what if a child from another world crash-landed on Earth, but instead of becoming a hero to mankind, he proved to be something far more sinister?”
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Mother’s Day is heading our way faster than a bullet train, and there’s nothing you can do to stop it. This year, Mother’s Day is Sunday, May 12, so you’re running out of time to buy a gift if you’re like me and you’ve been putting it off. We’ve reached the point where you basically need to stop what you’re doing right now and get a gift.
Flowers are always a good option, and the best part about them is you can order a beautiful bouquet right now using the device you’re reading this on. What could possibly be more convenient? (Nothing. The answer is nothing.) Here are some excellent flower delivery options.
There’s no better way to kick off a weekend than with free games, and this week Humble has stepped up with a great giveaway: Age of Wonders III. The turn-based strategy game is free to claim and keep right now–all you have to do is sign up for Humble Bundle’s newsletter. The deal ends tomorrow, May 11, at 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET or while supplies last, so hurry over to Humble and claim your copy now.
Note that the free download will be provided in the form of a Steam key, so you must have a free Steam account to redeem.
The game earned a 7/10 in GameSpot’s Age of Wonders III review for its enjoyable tactical combat, streamlined empire management, and balanced randomization.
“Age of Wonders III is a well-crafted strategy game that doesn’t let itself get bogged down in needless busywork. It pushes your focus onto its strongest suit, the battlefield, while keeping everything else in the background,” wrote critic Maxwell McGee. “Some smart elements of randomness help keep you on your toes after multiple sessions, though you will find several go-to strategies still apply regardless of the sort of army you lead. Age of Wonders III is the welcome return of a long-absent strategy series and a tactically rewarding game.”
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And while we’re on the subject of free Steam games: Heads-up that Conan Exiles is free to play this weekend through Sunday to celebrate the game’s one-year anniversary. The open-world survival game just received a huge free update that added two brand-new dungeons, a new feat, total revamp of several locations and enemies, new items (both lootable and craftable), various UI fixes, and more. Plus, new DLC, The Riddle of Steel, is now available with a range of items and cosmetics inspired by the 1982 movie starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. The base game is 50% off until May 20, so there’s no better time to dive into Conan and check out all the new changes.
Last year, before its big debut at Bethesda’s E3 press conference, Rage 2 was outed by a large leak from Walmart Canada. Bethesda took those lemons and made lemonade by essentially acknowledging the leak was legit and making jokes about it. Now as it prepares for release, it’s immortalizing the leak with a special giveaway.
A tweet from Rage 2 account announced that for the one-year anniversary of the Walmart Canada leak, it’s giving away some specially stylized Xbox One controllers. The controllers are essentially a printout of the leak itself, showing the game page with Bethesda’s wise-cracking notes, along with the pink anarchy symbol. You can enter to win a controller by following and retweeting the Rage 2 account.
Of course, it’s no coincidence that this promotion is also coming just as the game itself is on the way. It releases next Tuesday, May 14, and Bethesda recently announced PC system specs and other technical details for the two console versions.
A separate giveaway, with a similar entry structure, recently gave away a custom Rage 2 “Dreamcast.” It’s actually a custom-built PC inside a Dreamcast shell, but it does actually play Rage 2. The game is also leaning into nostalgic references with NBA Jam announcer Tim Kitzrow commentary available as a pre-order bonus.
The Matrix was one of most successful and influential action movies of the ’90s, and while the sequels didn’t live up to their predecessors, the series looks set to return to the screen. There have been rumors of a Matrix reboot since 2017, but now John Wick director Chad Stahelski has stated that Lilly and Lana Wachowski, who created the series, will be involved.
Stahelski worked on all three Matrix movies as a stuntman and stunt coordinator, and he has been involved with several other Wachowski projects. In an interview with Yahoo Movies UK to promote the upcoming release of John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum, Stahelski revealed that the Wachowskis will be returning to the sci-fi series.
“I’m super happy that the Wachowskis are not just doing a Matrix, but they’re expanding what we all loved,” he said. “And if it’s anywhere near the level of what they’ve already done, it wouldn’t take more than a call to go, ‘Hey, we want you to be a stunt guy’ and I would probably go and get hit by a car. [But] if they wanted help, I would absolutely put down whatever I was doing to help them.”
While Stahelski seems sure that the Wachowskis will be working on a new Matrix film, he did admit that he wasn’t sure if they would be directing. “I’m not sure of the overall,” he said. “I’m not sure if Lana is [directing].”
The first Matrix was released in 1999. It starred Keanu Reeves and Laurence Fishburne and grossed more than $463 million worldwide. The sequels–The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions–were not as popular with critics but were still very successful, making $742 million and $427 million worldwide respectively.
Pokemon Sword and Shield might have already been announced, but we now know there’s another new Pokemon game on the way from DeNA. The Japanese developer, which has partnered with Nintendo on a number of smartphone games before this, says it plans to launch a new mobile Pokemon game in the coming months.
“[We] plan to launch a new and exciting smartphone game this fiscal year based on the globally popular Pokemon franchise in partnership with The Pokemon Company,” DeNA stated in its latest financial report. “More details, such as information about the game and launch timing, will be announced later.” The current fiscal year ends on March 31, 2020, so we can expect the game to launch before then.
Pokemon Sword and Shield are also due to launch in the next few months: no release date has been announced, but they’re scheduled to be released in 2019. We might learn more during Nintendo’s E3 2019 Direct presentation, which kicks off on June 11 at 9 AM PT / 12 PM ET / 5 PM BST (2 AM AET on June 12).