May 2018 – Page 126

Top Comics to Buy This Week

With dozens of comic books to choose from, let us show you which are the best coming out this week. Take a look at this list spotlighting our favorite comics that we know are money well-spent and new books that look cool and are backed by some top-tier talent.

Once you check out our picks, head to the comments to let us know what you’ll be buying this week!

Writer Jason Aaron | Artist Ed McGuinness (Marvel Comics)

We know what you’re probably thinking. Marvel just reverted The Avengers back to its legacy numbering, and already they’re relaunching with a new #1 issue? But when you have a creative team as impressive as this attached, you can number your book however the heck you choose.

Ryan Reynolds Has the Best Deadpool Congratulations for Avengers: Infinity War

Deadpool is happy for the Avengers’ incredible box office success.

Ryan Reynolds congratulated the MCU superheroes on Twitter for Infinity War’s record-breaking opening weekend. The film had the biggest domestic opening of all time, making an estimated $250 million.

“From a guy who never knows when to quit, I’m glad you guys never did,” Reynolds tweeted. “Congrats #Avengers.” The actor also shared a hilarious rejection letter from Tony Stark about Deadpool potentially joining the Avengers.

God of War Director Has Plans for Five More Games

Update: Cory Barlog has clarified his statements from Kotaku’s Splitscreen podcast to clarify he didn’t mean five more God of War games are definitely in the works.

Barlog tweeted that the discussion on the podcast was much more “speculation” and not necessarily a declaration of exact plans for the God of War franchise. The future of the franchise “is going to be more measured” than what he discussed on the show.

“ok. to be honest, 5 games would literally kill me. you can rest assured the reality is going to be more measured than the speculation in the @kotaku discussion,” he wrote.

The Story of Fear the Walking Dead (So Far)

After big events from last night, let’s catch up on the story of Fear the Walking Dead.

Cyberpunk 2077: All News, Trailers, and Rumors

Cyberpunk 2077 is an upcoming RPG from CD Projekt Red, based on the Cyberpunk 2020 tabletop game. It was announced all the way back in May 2012 as an open-world sci-fi RPG set in a dystopian California city in the year 2077.

There’s no release date yet, but we have compiled all the news, trailers, and rumors (no gameplay yet!) about Cyberpunk 2077 in the lead-up to launch – in particular, the possibility that Cyberpunk 2077 will be shown at E3 2018.

Here’s everything you need to know about Cyberpunk 2077.

Genre: RPG

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Star Wars Congratulates Avengers On Breaking Its Box Office Record

Incredibly, Avengers: Infinity War made more than $640 million worldwide during its opening weekend, beating the previous record held by Star Wars: The Force Awakens. It is a remarkable achievement, and one that Star Wars studio Lucasfilm is celebrating today.

Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy congratulated sister studio Marvel on the achievement with a nice note that includes a picture of Rey passing her lightsaber to Iron Man. “From a galaxy far, far, away… to Earth’s mightiest heroes, congratulations on the biggest opening weekend in history,” Kennedy said.

Marvel boss Kevin Feige also commented on Infinity War’s incredible box office milestone. In his own tweet, he sent a nice message to fans thanking them for their support. He wrote, “To the greatest fans, the past ten years have been an unforgettable ride and we couldn’t have done it without the entire team at Marvel Studios, our incredible talent in front of and behind the camera, the visionary comic book creators, but most importantly you.”

He added: “Thank you for embracing these characters and stories since we kicked off the MCU ten years ago. This past weekend was a result beyond our wildest dreams. On behalf of everyone here at Marvel Studios, we thank you for being the best fans in the universe and making Avengers: Infinity War the biggest opening weekend of all time.”

Disney owns Star Wars and Marvel, so that just gives you an idea for how massive the House of Mouse is in terms of box office performance.

The MCU kicked off in 2008 with Iron Man. Infinity War is the 19th MCU film, and collectively they have made $15.4 billion at the box office. The untitled fourth Avengers movie comes to theatres in May 2019, but you won’t have to wait that long to see new MCU films. Ant-Man and the Wasp is due in July, with Captain Marvel to follow in March 2019.

GameSpot’s Infinity War review said, “Marvel has accomplished something truly incredible here, although at this point it’s no more than the absurdly high-quality bar Marvel fans have come to expect. It’s been a long road getting here, but it was worth it.”

Mel Gibson’s Next Directing Effort Revealed, Courted for Role in Six Billion Dollar Man

Mel Gibson is preparing his next projects both behind and in front of the camera.

Gibson’s next directorial feature will be Destroyer, which tells the real-life story of the USS Laffey, which defended itself against 22 kamikaze attacks during World War II. The film is based on the nonfiction book by John Wukovits, Hell From the Heavens: The Epic Story of the USS Laffey and World War II’s Greatest Kamikaze Attack. The screenplay was written by Rosalind Ross, Gibson’s girlfriend.

Gibson’s last directing effort, Hacksaw Ridge, also told a story about WWII. Gibson received an Oscar nomination for best director for the film.

Infinity War: 5 Theories About Avengers 4

Spoilers follow for Avengers: Infinity War.

And just like that — snap! — as Avengers: Infinity War comes to an end, half the population of the universe is dead. Or turned to ash or dust or whatever you want to call it. And that includes half of the heroes of the Marvel Cinematic Universe! Man, they even took out Spidey…

Which of course means that fans will be speculating for the next year about what it all means, and how the Avengers and their friends can possibly undo the damage that Thanos has wrought. Of course, we have a few theories of our own on where Avengers 4 could lead, so read on for them all…

Throughout Infinity War, Doctor Strange insists that if it comes down to it, he’ll let Iron Man and Spider-Man — and anyone else, for that matter — die in order to protect the Time Stone. And yet, in the end, Strange gives Thanos the thing as a trade for Tony Stark’s life. So what gives? Well, don’t forget that Strange used the Stone to see some 14 million possible futures, all of which Thanos won in… except for one. You gotta figure that the good doctor is using that knowledge to manipulate the events of the present to get to that endpoint. Presumably, that means that Thanos had to win, half the universe had to die — including Strange himself — and Tony had to live in order to get to a point where the good guys can ultimately prevail. That, presumably, is also known as Avengers 4.

‘Infinity War Spoilers Without Context’ Is the Best of the Avengers Memes

Avengers: Infinity War is crammed full of references and asides that make very little sense to anyone who hasn’t seen the film. With this said, it’s quite easy to ‘spoil’ the movie without actually spoiling it, which is what Twitter users have been doing under the banner “Infinity War Spoilers Without Context”.

Check out our favourites in the slideshow below.

In other Infinity War news, this is how much it cost to make, and its writers have addressed Ant-Man’s absence from the film.

Lucy O’Brien is Games & Entertainment Editor at IGN’s Sydney office. Follow her on Twitter.